The last month before the trip went far too quickly. Kusanagi became quite adept to living the high life, and, withing a week, was taking high school courses alongside Yugi. As Croquet had put it,'Kusanagi is an intelligent boy, if he'd had a better upbringing, he may have been able to outsmart Miss Pegasus and Mister Kaiba.' Kaily herself had realized just how boring her life had become since being adopted by Pegasus, and had taken to wandering gang land whenever she could, usually with Joey and Tristan trailing behind for safety's sake. Yugi's daily routine, as Croquet had so bluntly put it, would have 'bored Miss Pegasus to death' which plainly meant he got chased around by bullies during school, picked at by Joey and Kusanagi in their spare time, and yelled at by Kaily after school, poor boy, and Aurora didn't have it much better, due to her relationship with Kaily and Mai, she and Mokuba were picked on endlessly at school, until Kaily and Kaiba showed, but, as soon as they were gone, it continued. T'ea continued with her normal, everyday, stuff, mostly dancing, and Serenity had taken up the job of cook and maid at the Mutou household, cleaning, cooking, helping where ever she could, which she certainly seemed to enjoy. Joey and Tristan rarely left Kaily's side, mostly out of fear she'd be dragged off to juvie again. And the yamis, being who they were, spent every ounce of free time brooding in their soul rooms or fighting with eachother.

Finally, the time came for the long awaited trip to Tokyo, and poor Kaily, Yuga, and Bakahno couldn't haven't been more on edge, and Yami and Yugi weren't much better. Kaily awoke the morning of the trip wishing she could go back to sleep and wake up the night she, Joey, and Tristan had firt broken into Domino High, but she couldn't, and, two hours from that moment, she'd be headed for Tokyo trying to figure out why she was doing this, but, till then, she'd have to make the best of the time she had left. (Kaily:You make it sound like I'm about to die!!)

"KAILY!!!!!!!!!!!" The guardian growled and teleported into the kitchen, where Mai was barking out orders to everyone,"Yugi, stop moping!! Serenity, pay attention to those pancakes!! Kusanagi, Croquet, start taking the bags out to the limos!! Joey, Tristan, go pick up your girlfriends!! Aurora, Mokuba, quit playing around and find my makeup!! KAILY!!!!!!!!!"

"I'm right here, Mom."Kaily grumbled, running her fingers through her spikey white, blue, and blond hair,"You don't need to scream."

"KAILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

*thwack!* Kaily brought her hand down on Mai's head,"I'm.Right.Here.!!!"

"There you are!!"Mai shouted,"Would you get dressed already? You can't have JUST gotten up!!"

Kaily crossed her arms in a defiant pose,"Honestly mother, I need to get some sleep, I'm not a kami-forsaken morning person like you ya know."

Serenity slipped in between them and handed each a plate of pancakes,"Now eat up, you'll need your energy for the trip."

"Thanks Sere'."Kaily smiled, grabbing Solomon's coffee out of his hands and gulping it down,"Atleast someone around here has some manners."

Yugi's head shot up from his spot sitting at the table,"What about me?"

Kaily glared at the cast on his arm,"You're my brother, brother's don't count."

"Spoken like a true Egyptian princess."Yuga wandered out of her light's form, rubbing her eyes.

"A true Yami more like."Bakahno corrected, also stepping out of Kaily's form.

"I heard that."Yami snarled from his spot on the counter, where T'ea was nursing a burn on his arm,"Ow!"

"What'd ya do this time?"Kaily sneered,"Put you arm on a hot burner?"

"No,"Serenity shook her head,"I asked him to strain my ravioli and her poured it on his arm."

"Ravioli?"Kaily raised an eyebrow at this.

"Aurora and Mokuba wanted it."Serenity shrugged.

Kaily rolled her eyes and glared out the nearby window,"I do NOT want to do this."

"None of us do."Serenity shook her head,"But we have to."

Kaily nodded,"I just need to keep reminding myself that Amane is waiting for us."

"By the way,"Yugi glanced up,"did you ever find out her brother's name?"

"No go."Kaily growled,"It's like she didn't even read that part of the letter."

"She's hiding something."Kaiba said simply, grabbing one of Kaily's pancakes and taking a bite out of it,"Or someone's making her hide it."

"Probably the latter."Solomon sighed,"Just don't get in over your head, Kaily, I don't want a repeat of the Shadow Games inident."

Kaiba rolled his eyes,"Sorry, old man, but that's like asking me and Yugi to give up duel monsters."

"Just plane stupid."Yugi finished,"I'll be suprised if nothing happens besides them winning the tournament."

Kaily closed her eyes,"I should be so lucky. The entire Shadow Realm is on edge because of this trip, but I can't see why."

"Maybe Amane's the new Millenium Ring holder."Serenity suggested,"You said she's connected to the Millenim Items."

"No."Kaily shook her head,"I'm not sure she's an item holder."

"What about a guardian?"Mai asked.

Kaily shook her head again,"A guardian, but, at the same time not."

"Kinda like Shadi."Aurora poked her head into the room.

Kaily growled at this comment,"Yes, kinda like Shadi, no matter how much I hate him."

"But that doesn't make sense at all."Solomon pointed out,"There are no other Millenim Items, and there's only supposed to be three guardians."

"Maybe on of us is gonna die."Joey suggested.

Kaily's eyes glowed through their lids,"Joey......"

"Shuting up."Joey quickly took refuge behind Solomon,"Hide me."

"Aren't you two supposed to be getting Nova and Serena?"Kaily asked dryly.

"Oops...."the two boys sprinted out of the room.

"That's one way to get rid of them."Yami grinned.

"Can we just eat already?"Bakahno asked, prodding his panckes with a fork,"I think I just saw my food move. I want to get it eaten before it walks off my plate."

"Yugi's the one who cooks radio-active food, not Serenity."Kaily shook her head and opened her eyes again,"And don't even think about saying anything Yugi."

Yugi, who was about to open his mouth to retort his twin's insult, stopped short and glared at her,"I hate it when you do that."

"And I hate it when you try to insult me."Kaily shrugged,"Where are those girls? It doesn't take Joey that long to drive down into Domino and pick up two fashion happy chickies."

"Probably stopped to pick up some sweets."Serenity shrugged,"When Tristan picked me up after my surgery,"

"Tristan picked you up?"Kaily asked.

Serenity nodded,"he pretty much bought every bit of food at one train station because I was a little hungry, though he ate most of it."

"Sounds like our Tristan,"Kaily smiled,"the only thing bigger than his stomach is his heart."

"And his ego."Kaiba muttered.

"Yeah, maybe that."Kaily shrugged lightly,"Either way, OH RA!!!!!!"

"What?"Solomon, Mai, Aurora, Mokuba all yelped.

"The Shadow Games,"Yugi whispered,"they're..."

"gone."Serenity finished.

"It's like they just..."T'ea was grappling around for a word.

"vanished."the yamis finished.

"Vanished?"Mai asked.

"We can quite easily sense the Shadow Games,"Yami began.

"and we know every move they make,"Yuga added.

"but now,"Bakahno glanced back at Kaily, who was clutching the Millenium Ring with one of her hands,"it's like they were never there."

"I can't even sense the Dark Sorceress anymore."Kaily's eyes wandered around the room,"And I can't remember a time when I couldn't sense her."

"Same with the Dark Magician,"Yugi nodded,"even though I didn't know what he was when I was little, I could always feel the Dark Magician watching over me."

"Magician of Faith too."T'ea nodded.

"This can't be good."Serenity whispered,"There's never been a time when the Shadow Games couldn't be sensed."

Yugi nodded,"Maybe it's a sign that you shouldn't go to Tokyo."

"Perhaps,"Yami made a bemused face,"or, perhaps it's trying to persuade the girls not to go because it could be fatal to the Shadow Realm."

"Or maybe it's trying to protect them."Aurora suggested.

"I think not,"Yugi shook his head,"according to what I've been told, it's our destiny to completely wipe out the Shadow Realm, the last thing anything from there would want is to help us."