Hi again! Thanks for all of the wonderful reviews! You guys make me so happy! *teary

eyes* Yep, the usual: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh.

Responses to reviews:

Redrum: I hope this clears it up!

Yami-no-Yugi: I wasn't going to have Tea be sent to the shadow realm, but I might. ^_^

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U don't wanna noe: Same here. ^_^

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Friday: I did write more. ^_^

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Inner World, Chapter One: Egyptian Dreams

~Still Flashback~

"Mmph." Yugi stirred from his slumber, waking Yami up in the process. He blinked

sleepily, making Yami's heart melt at the edges. But the peaceful moment didn't last

long, as a tidal wave of grief washed over Yugi.

~*~

It was a week after the funeral, and Yugi was still mourning for his deceased mother and

father. He was stuck in-between reality and his soulroom. Grandpa couldn't get him to

talk, and Yami couldn't find him. Both were extremely worried. Yugi stared at

something, his smile not beaming from his lips for a long time. "Please, Yugi, say

something, anything!" Grandpa begged, his efforts trivial. He sighed, leaving Yugi to

stare at the coffee table.

~*~

Yami was pacing up and down the corridor, waiting for Yugi to appear in his soulroom.

He couldn't sense Yugi's emotions, it was as if his thoughts and feelings were numbed

over. "Yugi...let me help you..." He murmured. With that, Yugi was sucked

back into his room, passing out in the real world. He looked around blearily, dazed.

"There you are, I was concerned." The baritone voice hit him softly, waking him up in a

way. He spotted Yami glancing uncertainly into his soulroom.

"Who are you?" Yugi whispered, nearly overwhelmed by the fleeting instinct to run.

Wasn't he a stranger, a person his mom told him to be wary of? But this man did not feel

like a stranger. Quite the contrary, as a matter of fact.

"My name is Yami, and I'm am your yami, your darker half." He paused. "And you are

my little hikari, my light half. We are connected over time and distance, for I was born in

Egypt over a millennia ago." He saw Yugi's baffled face. "But this is a lot of information

for you to take in, especially at your age. Why haven't I seen you for so long, hikari?"

"My parents..." Yugi drifted off, his emotions clearly visible in the expressive eyes.

He lunged at Yami, throwing his arms around his waist. The darker half just wrapped his

arms around Yugi, almost as a reflex. "I just want the pain to go away." He sobbed into

Yami's shirt. "It's possible, Yugi. You can seal it all away." Yugi gazed up and did what

Yami had said. A new door, not unlike the many in Yami's, appeared in Yugi's room,

tightly sealed shut. Behind was all of the memories of his parents. But since his parent's

death was what led him to meet Yami, he forgot about him too. Yami was forced out, the

entrance to Yugi's room slamming shut, as another door appeared, keeping the memories

of Yami captive. The opening to the room had not locked, leaving the possibility of

opening again. Yami was once again enclosed in the dark, waiting for the day he and his

light were to be reunited. Until then, he prowled the darkness.

~End Flashback~

Grandpa was bewildered that Yugi had suddenly become, and remained, a cheerful and

optimistic person. Now he was asleep, curled up in his bed.

~Dream Sequence~

"Pharaoh....Pharaoh!" "What?" The cold voice answered. Yugi glanced around. "This

place, it's unreal!" He wandered around, touching the marble floor and stone walls with

intricate carvings. 'Hieroglyphics.' He thought, recognizing the pictures from his 6th

grade history book. 'But how can I read them?' He scanned the walls, translating them.

'Evil will befall this world when the seven Millennium Items, and the three god cards are

brought together and the pharaoh's memory is restored once again. The Shadow Realm

will be reopened, and Armageddon is unleashed upon the unsuspecting victims...." He

was interrupted by a shaky voice. "My liege, I did not have any other way to feed my

family, I beg your forgiveness!" A weak, thin man cried. "You talk too much for your

own good." Was the cold reply. Yami turned to his followers. "High Priest Seto, give him

to Malik. Order him to cut off this commoner's tongue." He commanded viciously.

"Pharaoh, have mercy!" The beggar screamed. "Mercy is for the weak, no place for the

King of Egypt." "Stop this!" Yugi cried, but no one could hear him, no one could see

him, and the dream dissolved before his eyes.

~End Dream Sequence~

~*~*~ WOW! Four typed pages! That's really long for me. Did you like that? Please review,

and tell me what you think of it. Yami/Yugi fluff eventually.