Dagger

Chapter 5

"Get up, boy!", the man in Jou's nightmares yelled at him, "I said UP YA LAZY MUTT!!!!!",

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Joey actually woke in his new room, warm and safe. He'd been plagued by nightmares since his Father's death, and didn't know why. 'Just the after effects of abuse I guess.', Jou thought to himself.

Joey looked at the time, surely by now Sirus was at work and he was hungry for his usual bowl of cereal anyway. Soon, he was ready to go out and spend the day exploring the town itself, so he slipped on his rollerblades and zipped off downtown.

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"Where are you going today, Ryou?!", Bakura asked, harshly.

"T-To talk t-t-to Yugi about something...", Ryou said, nervously.

Bakura grabbed him by his shirt collar, and glared at Ryou's face hard. "About what?", Bakura asked, "You better not lie either, Ryou, I can tell when you do.",

"About another item.", Ryou replied.

"I see...", Bakura replied, "I'm coming with you, then.",

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As Jou rollerbladed down the street he saw Sirus coming toward him. "I got off work earlier than expected.", he explained to Joey, "What are you doing?",

"I was going to head over to Yug's.", Joey explained.

"Um... I meant what are you doing?", Sirus said, pointing to the rollerblades.

"Oh, rollerblading, it's really fun, but not as easy as skating, you can do more tricks with them though.", Joey replied.

"Okay, I'll come with you, then, I guess.", Sirus shrugged.

As Sirus, and Joey headed for the shop, they got into a discussion. "Would you ever take Yugi away from Yami, Sirus?", Joey asked, quietly.

"No, the two of them love each other too much, I can tell by the way he cared about your safety knowing that if you were hurt, Yugi would be upset too.", Sirus replied, "I can tell when a Yami and Hikari are not hurting each other, that's the only time I step in.",

"Um... How many are there?", Joey asked.

"Let's just say that soul mates is another term for that type of thing.", Sirus replied, "You see everyone has a dark or a light, they just hardly find each other do to how large the world is today.",

"Even Kaiba?", Joey asked.

"Even Kaiba, which I would say is a light by the way he acts sometimes.", Sirus suggested, "But, soul mates don't depend on age, sex, hair or eye color, doesn't matter at all.",

"Wow, so, Yugi and Yami are a rare type of soul- mates.", Joey suggested.

"Yes, very rare.", Sirus said.

So, they headed to the game shop, neither Sirus nor Bakura realizing whom they would run into while there, but, or that it would effect Ryou in such a manner.

End chapter: Next chapter, read to find out.