Disclaimer: I don't own Pegasus. I don't own Yami(even though I want to), I don't own the whole frigging show. Heck, I don't even own
a pack of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards yet! So, don't sue me, I'm just writing this for fun, capeesh?



~Chapter 4~



Yugi woke up to feeling a splash of cold water hit his face, as he moaned a little.

"Hey, Jou, he's coming around!"

Yugi slowly opened his violet eyes, his vision a bit blurry. As his vision focused, he found that somebody was over him. "...Anzu?"

Anzu smiled a little, as Jou came into view as well. "Hey, you had us worried there, Yug!"

"What happened?" Yugi asked.

"Well, we were kind of wondering the same thing, Yugi," Anzu said slowly, "I mean, whoa. How did you take on those guys?"

"...What?" Yugi replied, his eyes wide.

"Come on, Yug, you can tell us." Jou promised.

Yugi touched his head with his hand, as he sat up. "It's...hard to explain," he started, "I guess it's...well, uh...it's that I have another
...spirit inside of me?" Yugi laughed a bit nervously.

"Your kidding. Come on, tell us the truth, Yugi!" Anzu exclaimed.

"It IS the truth, Anzu," Yugi said sadly, "I'm not quite sure how, but I think it has to do with this.." Yugi held up his puzzle a bit, looking
at it sadly.

"I still find it hard to believe, Yug," Jou sighed.

"Trust me, I feel the same way." Yugi said, looking on in front of him. He noticed that he was a little bit away from all of the guards were lying,
but were still by the ocean, explaining why some water hit his face.

//So, you told them, huh?//

/Ack! Don't DO that!/

//Sorry, but you did, huh?//

/They asked me./

//It's ok, don't worry. As long as Pegasus doesn't find out, I don't mind.//

/Pegasus? How do you know about him?/

//I can see what you see, Yugi, and hear what you hear, too. I hear tons of people take about Pegasus everyday.//

/Oh../

"Hey, Earth ta Yug, come in, Yug!" Jou said, waving his hand in front of Yugi's face.

Yugi snapped out of his mind link with Yami, and looked back at Jou. "Huh? What?"

"Um, I think we should get going, buddy," Jou whispered cautiously, "'Cause those guys over there are waking up.."

Yugi snapped his attention towards the guards, who were indeed, starting to twitch and wake up. Yugi nodded in agreement, and winced a bit as he stood
up, the pain in his legs, ribs, and back burning. Realizing that Yugi was in no condition to walk, Jou bent down and let Yugi 'piggy-back ride' on him.
Yugi was greatly relived, as he rested his head on Jou shoulders, "Thanks, Jou.." And with that, Anzu and Jou ran back into the forest. (A/N- Just
letting you know, it may have seemed Yaoi-ish there, but I have no intention of making this a yaoi fic, in fact, I'm planning on making this Anzu/Yugi
fic. ^-^ OK, back to the story.)


Yugi looked around as Jou and Anzu ran through the forest, the trees all seeming to running with them, due to the fact that they were everywhere. Yugi
blinked a few times, still feeling incredibly weakened, when something caught his eye.

There was a large black oval to his side, taking place of a few trees, with blue swirls moving in it slowly. In front of it, was a person, with long and
messy white hair, and judging by the way the person dressed, he was a boy. His back faced Yugi, but just by passing him and the dark gate sent a shiver
down his spine telling him that there was nothing good about them.


//Do you feel that, Aibou?//

/Ya, and it's making me feel sick../

//That's dark energy. We must be prepared for what the future holds for us, Aibou..//

/*nods*/


Just as soon as it came, they passed the portal, leaving Yugi wondering what would happen next..


Meanwhile....


'The shadow realm had opened, and the time comes near to retrieve Pegasus's millenium eye, with that, I can travel throughout the world and find the other
items. But, there is one threat that I had not expected. The millenium puzzle is nearby, which is not good for me. But..' The boy who was deep in thought
turned away from the portal, and faced the other way, just missing Yugi and his friends, his face covered by a nearby shadow, 'At the same time, it is also
the window of opportunity to get another item. But, I'll have to wait until I get the eye to get the puzzle. The game is ever shifting, it seems. And it's
my turn to do the shifting, because the next time I try to gather souls, there will be no disturbance by the holder of the puzzle, I'll see to that. That's
the least I can do in the meantime...' He chuckled cruelly to himself, and disappeared into the shadows of the forest, and the portal closed shut.



But the time darkness had fallen, everything was fine and dandy. Panchito had returned to the room where Yugi was, and found Yugi there lying down in the room,
looking as if he never left. Panchito wasn't the one to be suspicious, though, because the memory spell Yami had cast on him was working pretty well. Panchito
brought Yugi back into the kitchen, where he continued to keep an eye on the children. Soon after, the children's shift had ended, and were back into their
cells. Yugi was once again left alone in his cell, except for the fact that Yami was in his head, of course...

/....Yami?/

//Yes?//

/I was wondering...can you...you know.../

//No, I don't.//

/Well, are you able to stand in front of me?/

//What?//

/What I meant was, can you show yourself in person without using my body?/

//...I'm not sure. Why, Aibou?//

/Well, I've never really ACTUALLY seen you in person, just a faint image of you in my head. I'd like to see you in person sometime./
//...Maybe one day you can. But I'm not sure if that's in my power, so I'm not promising anything.//

/Just knowing you'll try makes me happy, Yami./

//I'm glad.//



"Yugi!"

Yugi snapped out of his mind link with Yami, and faced to cell door. Yugi smiled widely, and nearly burst into tears. "M-mom!" Yugi got up, and ran towards his
much taller mother, and hugged her tightly.

His mother returned to hug, and said through tears and sobs, "I was so worried about you, Yugi!"

"Why, mom?" Yugi asked, his eyes closed, a small tear sliding down his soft cheek.

"Because.." his mother sniffed, "I know that you came to save me. It was you who challenged one of the guards, so we could get away! You may have looked a bit
different when you did, but I could tell it was you all along, just by looking in your eyes. I'm so proud of you, but at the same time sad and even a bit angry,
because I don't want you to get hurt..." His mother looked up, and saw Yugi staring wide eyed at her, his jaw open. She scanned him a big, and gasped. "And it
looked like you did! Oh, honey!" She gave him another hug.

"But...but.." Yugi stuttered, lost for words.

"But what?"

"How...did you know?" Yugi whispered.

"Like I said, I just needed to look into your eyes to know."

"..."

Yugi and his mother hugged each other for a while, until they finally broke apart. Then, something caught his mother's eye. "Where did you get that?" she asked
curiously, reffering to the puzzle.

"You know the puzzle that Jii-chan gave me...before..." Yugi trailed off, sniffing a little.

"Yes." His mother said gravely.

"Well...this is it."

"Oh, it's really pretty! But you can't let anyone find it. Jii-chan said that if Pegasus found out, he would kill you. I won't let that happen. So...if you wear
it again so it can be seen, I'll have to take it from you." His mother said sternly.

Yugi's jaw dropped. "But-"

"No buts, Yugi. I don't want you to get hurt, so I'm making sure that you won't. Understand?"

Yugi nodded a bit sadly, and tucked the puzzle underneath his shirt, getting a small smile from his mother.






"I still can't believe it, Yug," Jou said loudly, "I just can't believe you beat the crap out of those guys! Not to mention saved me an' Anzu.."

"Well, I can't really believe it myself," Yugi said quietly, his face crimson red.

"Well, thanks a lot for saving my brother!" chirped Serenity.

"I know he'd do the same for me."

Jou nodded. Yugi, Jou, Anzu, Honda, and Serenity were all in the lunch hall, once again being forced to eat what looked like cow crap, and which Pegasus called
'food.'

"But this still bugs me," Anzu started, "You looked different when you did. And your voice was deepened, too. Why was that?"

"Like I said before, I'm sharing my body with another spirit." Yugi replied innocently.

"And like I said before, I still find it hard to believe." Anzu sighed.

"Ya, not that I doubt you, Yug, but do you have any real proof of that?" Honda asked.

"...Ya," Yugi said slowly, looking down at his shirt, "But I can't show it here. It's too risky."

"Why is it too risky?" Jou asked suspiciously.

"Because," Yugi said slowly, looking at the ground, trailing off. "Jii-chan said he'll kill me if they find out I have it." He said in a very low whisper, so only
himself could hear it. Yugi felt his eyes start to fill up with tears, and whipped his violet eyes on his sleeve, and sniffed a little.

"Hey, Yug, i-it's ok," Jou said comfortingly slowly, "Why you crying?"

"I-it's nothing," Yugi sniffed forcing a small smile on his face as he looked up, "N-never mind, I'll show you. Here, look underneath the table, to be safe." Yugi
leaned down from his chair to the ground, and when he was under the table, he took the puzzle from under his neck, so it was hanging loosely from his neck in plain
view. Jou, Honda, Anzu, and Serenity all looked underneath the table, and gasped in awe when they saw it.

"Wow, it's so...pretty!" Serenity giggled.

Yugi blushed a little, "Ya, but if Pegasus finds out about this, he'll kill me. Literally, not figuratively."

"No wonder! That's thing's solid gold, lotsa people would kill for dat!" Jou said bluntly.

"Wait a minute. Kill you? Why would he do that?" Honda asked.

Yugi sighed, "I'm not sure, Honda. But...somebody I trust told me that, and I believe him. But, like I said before, this is my proof. This is what holds that spirit
inside of me."

"OK, now your confusing me," Anzu puzzled, "I mean, didn't you say he was inside your head?"

"Well, ya, but the millenium puzzle is what released him into me, and what keeps him with me."

"Ah."

"Well, that's my proof." Yugi tucked the puzzle underneath his shirt, and sat back up in his chair, and everyone lifted their heads up.

"Boy, this is really weird," Serenity started, "So, what you mean is, that when you saved our mom, it was that spirit who really did it?"

"At some extent," Yugi said, looking to the left, "I mean, well, he was there physically...actually, I can't really remember it too well, but he was there mentally as
well, I think I was unconscious that time. But, when we were outside the forest, He was there physically, but we were both there mentally, sharing our actions and such.
Um, I hope I'm making sense to you guys, because I'm actually confusing myself a bit." Yugi chuckled a bit meekly.

"Hey, I'm not in position to ask, 'cause I probably wouldn't understand even if you explained again." Jou shrugged.

"Actually, it made sense in a way." Anzu blinked, "But I think that your sharing your body with another spirit is going to take some getting used to.."

"Ya, same here. But he's probably is finding us just calling him 'spirit' offensive, so I'll just tell you his name. It's Yami."

"What, can he hear us or something?" Honda inquired.

"Quoting him, 'I can see what you see, and hear what you hear, too.'" Yugi quipped with a small smile on his small face.

Silence then echoed throughout the table area, everyone now in deep thought.

'Great, why'd I go tell them about Yami? What was I thinking? I beat they're now in danger, and are sooner or later going to be tortured for information..' Yugi thought
sadly, putting his hands on his legs, and balling up his fists a bit.

"Ugh, I can't take this shit any longer!" suddenly spat Honda, "Day after day, they make us slave away washing Pegasus's dishes, and cleaning his underwear, they could at
least give us something edible!"

Jou hushed Honda up, but Yugi was still thinking too much to notice his friend's outburst.

"You know, swearing can grow into a bad habit."

Everyone looked up, including Yugi, and saw a boy about their age, with long white hair, and soft brown eyes. He wore a inviting smile, and a green sweater, and had a
British accent.

"May I sit here?" he asked politely.

Everyone nodded a bit. The boy smiled, and sat down on the end of the left side, beside Yugi, Jou, and Serenity. Yugi blinked a bit at the boy, feeling a bit uncomfortable
beside him.

"By the way, my name's Ryou, but you can call me Bakura, since everyone else does." The boy, Bakura, smiled.

"I'm Yugi." Yugi said in a friendly tone.

"Jou here," Jou grinned, giving him a joking salute.

"My name's Anzu,"

"Honda's what people call me around these parts. Ow! Anzu.."

"Oh, hush up!" Anzu hissed.

"I'm Serenity, Jou's little sister!" Serenity said cheerfully.

Bakura smiled a bit more, and said, "It's nice to meet you all, and thanks for letting me sit here with you. It's kind of lonely around here if you don't have any friends."
Bakura turned to Yugi, "Isn't that right, Yugi? I saw you a couple of times sitting by yourself, you know."

Yugi didn't hear Bakura. Instead, he was talking to someone else...


/Yami, I feel it again./

//Feel what, Aibou?//

/That gut feeling from back in the forest. That one you said was that feeling of evil and darkness./

//...Yes, I feel it too. And I think it has something to do with that boy there.//


"Yugi, you in there?" Bakura asked with a frown, waving his hand in front of Yugi's face, but to no avail.



/Bakura? Are you sure, Yami?/

//I'm not positive, Aibou, but I have a theory that it's coming from him, or at least something he's wearing. I know I've felt that energy before, but I'm not sure where.//

/We felt it yesterday, if that's what you mean./

//No, I've felt it before that, too.//


"Yugi!" shouted Jou, shaking Yugi's shoulder.

Yugi blinked a bit, the glaze over his eyes disappearing. Yugi shook his head a bit, then said, "What? Sorry, I was just thinking."

"Well, maybe next time, you shouldn't think that hard. You've been out of it for five minutes straight, we were wondering what happened to you!" Honda huffed.

"Tell you later," Yugi whispered, then looked up at Bakura. "So, what did you say?"

"Never mind," Bakura sighed. "It doesn't really matter." Suddenly, the shrill ring of the sound that lunch break was over went off, and all of the guards gathered up the children
once more.

Bakura was the last to leave, after Yugi. He smiled a bit evilly as he went in line behind Yugi. 'It's him, he's the one. I'll get that Bakura boy to keep close to him.' Yami
Bakura thought, with a small evil chuckle, walking down the hall towards their next chore.


~To Be Continued...~

A/N: Ugh, my shortest chapter yet! @_@ But, I hope you all enjoyed it! ^^ Press that little review button below, to make us all happy!