AN: Sorry I have taken so long in posting another chapter; I have been really busy with my other story, Playtime! So, I will shut up and let you all read it before you decide to kill me.

Chapter 3

"I'm not the Pharaoh?" Yami stuttered along his words, unable to believe what he was hearing. Ishezu's facial expressions hadn't changed at all.

"I am sorry," she whispered barely loud enough for Yami to hear. She moved to another tablet. "But here it says-"

Yami didn't hear her last words as he turned and ran as fast as he could up into the museum and pushed out the huge swinging doors. He ran among people who in turn gave him dirty stares, which he ignored easily. Yami stopped not until he reached the park where he had sat for so long before.

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Ishezu sat on the floor of the museum with her back to the stone tablets. "Oh, Marik," he small shoulders heaved over her knees in quick, sharp sobs. "W-w-why? I thought.I told you.that-"

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"I am truly sorry, Yugi," Yami muttered with his head bent, "but now is when I leave you."

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"Tomorrow, Marik, I'll let you get to know my friends and-" Yugi couldn't finish. It felt like his body was being ripped in half. A searing pain cut through him like a knife on fire. His whole body burned and flamed, but nothing to the eye was visible. Yugi was being torn in two, or so he thought..."Yami!"

"Yugi? What's wrong?" Marik said in a trying-to-be-sympathetic voice.

"Marik," Yugi started clutching his Millenium Puzzle, "I have to go see my friends. Now." His puzzle had lost its glow, and was a dull, cold chunk of, well, whatever is it's made of.

"I have to go anyway," sighed Marik, hiding his Millenium Rod in his jacket, and sauntered toward the door. "See you tomorrow?" Yugi nodded, got to his feet, and followed Marik out his front door.

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About an hour later Tea and Yugi were knocking outside on Joey's door. "Joey, it's Yugi and-" but he was cut off as Joey swished the door open, revealing himself in Scooby Doo boxers with a toothbrush hanging out the side of his mouth

"Hey, Yug," Joey said sleepily removing the toothbrush from his mouth. "AHHHHHH!" He jumped behind the door so just his head was exposed. "Uhhhh, hey Tea." He turned to Yugi and whispered. "Why is she here? You didn't tell me you were bringing her with you."

"I tried, but-"

"Whaddeva, whaddeva. Tea, I'll be right back, just let me, uhhh, change." Tea nodded, and within five minutes, Joey reappeared at the door. "C'mon in guys, and umm, girl." They followed him up to his room and made themselves comfortable stretching out on Joey's bed. "So, eh, what brings both ya over here around ten 'o clock?"

"Joey," Tea said monotonously, "Yami is gone. Yugi felt his presence leave the puzzle."

"I think I'm going to call the police," replied Yugi, sorrowfully. Joey lurched forward in his chair and landed on his face on the floor laughing.

"JOEY!" Tea hollered, then quieted down, realizing other people were sleeping. "Joey, this is a serious matter."

"B-but," Joey's laughing slowly seemed to cease, "how is Yug s'pose to call the cops? 'Ummm, Officer, I have an ancient Egyptian puzzle that contains a million-year-old spirit in it. The spirit's missing and I hoped you could find him for me.'"

"Oh, Joey," Tea smiled beside herself. "You know that's not funny."

"How am I going to get him back?" Yugi stated to the air in front of him.

"Well, if you ask me," Tea interrupted, causing Yugi to jump, "I think he'll come back when he's ready. Maybe he needed some space; all of us do sometimes."

"But what if he's hurt?"

"Aw, Yug," Joey suddenly became part of the serious conversation. "Don't worry about him. He'll be fine, he's got enough stamina to outlast everybody in this room."

"Thanks Joey," Yugi murmured, a small smile edging on the corner of his mouth. "And you too, Tea."

"Now, if you two don't mind," Joey spoke in a high, girlish-voice, "I need to get my beauty sleep." Everyone smiled and headed to the door. "See ya tomorrow!" Yugi stepped out of the house and shuffled toward his house quickly. Tea held back a moment.

"Thank you so much, Joey," she smiled, gave him a soft kiss on the cheek, and left him staring after her as she to started home.

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"ACK! GET IT AWAY, GET IT AWAY!" shrieked an unfortunate woman, who's 'Voice of the Forest' monster was selected victim of Joey's Red Eyes Black Dragon.

"Go, Red Eyes, GO!" Joey chanted to his dragon as it smacked the sheep into a tree with it's tail.

"JOEY!" Tea yelled at him for the second time in the past twenty-four hours.

"Oh, all right," he growled at Tea. "Red Eyes! Come here, Tea doesn't want you to fight sheep," then he added this below a whisper, "it's against her religion." A glint of annoyance appeared in the Dragon's red eyes.

"They are soul mates aren't they," laughed Tea at Joey and his Red Eyes' looks at her, as she slurped up her KC soda. Joey soon sulked back the table with Marik, Tea and Yugi; his Red Eyes followed similarly and sat down so hard the table shook.

"Ya know what, guys?" Joey exclaimed suddenly excited. "I think I should name my Red Eyes Black Dragon!" Everyone just looked at him. "I'M SERIOUS! I was thinking along the lines of: 'How Far Can He Make It Fly' or maybe, 'Doom-Raider'."

"I liked the first one," Marik smiled evilly, but received glares from everybody but Joey. "Just kidding."

"How about," Tea thought a moment, positioning her straw in the crook of her mouth, "Fluffy?" The guys looked at each other, than at Tea, and then at the Dragon. The Red Eyes gave a definite snort of irritation. "Just a suggestion."

"What about," Yugi entered the conversation, "Red Eyes?" He received a few snickers, and he, himself even laughed at his joke.

"I like it," they stared at Joey in bewilderment. "Hey, Red Eyes, like the name?" But Red Eyes was more preoccupied in watching the sheep attempt to free itself from the tree it was lodged in.

(AN: This next paragraph is for you Cassie! LOL "Chee" too I suppose.) "Well," smiled Yugi up at his Dark Magician, "I suppose I should name you too. What about: 'Magical Magician'?" Tea and Marik laughed loudly; Joey shot him daggers.

"Well, what do you guys want to do-" started Marik, but the crashing of something disembodied his sentence. A crowd began to form around the same "hill" that Kaiba's Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon resided as. The four ran over to it, and pushed their way to the front of the crowd.

"So, you thought you could get away with touching my Blue Eyes?" mocked the distinct voice of Kaiba.

"Mr. Kaiba, sir," replied a man Yugi now noticed was lying on the ground in front of Kaiba's Blue Eyes; he could only imagine what could have happened, "I have told you before. It was an accident; I tripped. It was quite a random trip too. I was walking by your Blue Eyes, I thought it was a hill, and when I walked past this tree, a sheep fell out of it. I tripped over the little guy and fell on your Dragon." Tea thrust her elbow straight into Joey's stomach.

"A very likely story," Kaiba smirked. "Because we all know how often sheep fall from trees." There was a soft bit of laughing from the "audience".

"B-b-but, sir-"

"I am tired of your begging," snorted Kaiba. "Let's end it quick, shall we, Odion?" He turned to his Blue Eyes. "Blue Eyes White Dragon, attack him with-"

"Revival Gem, (AN: I am not really sure how to spell/say it, I just know what it is and does) block it!" shouted someone from the audience. The white beam of light struck the blob and it reformed itself.

"Ah," Kaiba remarked bitterly. "I have a cowardly challenger. Please step forward and state your name aloud."

A man with whitish-colored hair stepped forward, holding his Revival Gem card in his hand, smiling, "Marik."

AN: Yes, I know it is a cliffy, but I had to. I will try and make longer chapters starting now. Please review or not more chappies! Hope you all enjoyed!

!!!Shout-Outs!!!

Dilandau-Is-My-Boyfriend: I wrote, wrote, wrote, wrote, wrote, wrote, wrote, wrote, wrote, wrote, wrote, wrote, wrote, wrote, wrote, wrote!!! Yay for me! I finally had time, and I knew you and Cassie wanted another chapter a long time ago. Sorry to keep you waiting. YOU BETTER REVIEW! LOL

YugisMPuzzle: *More 'I wrote's for you too* I hope you also enjoyed it because you actually LIKED this one of my fanfics! Please review too, I really appreciate it. Hope to see you sometime soon!

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Playtime! - ESCAFLOWNE - HUMOR

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