I know I promised a fight between Yugi and Yami, but have decided to finish with Joey first as a few people are still confused about what happened to him

Once again thanks for reviewing and please read my other stories

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" Welcome Back, Mr Wheeler "

" You gave us quite a scare there"

Joey lay back trying to collect his thoughts, one minute he was in front of a beautiful castle and next he was back in the hospital. He was pretty sure he had died, their was the white light and the feeling of peace and contentment.  Did this mean he was alive, or was his mind was playing tricks on him.

" Alora " he asked again voice sounded croaky and rusted, he tried to look around for her, but couldn't summoned the strength

" Shhhhhhh, Rest now you can talk to your friends later, rest now"

He was so tired, he just wanted to close his eyes and sleep for a week. His eyes felt heavier and heavier before long he drifted off into a deep healing sleep. But just before his eyes closed he could have sworn he saw her standing their smiling broadly.

" You did good joey, you did good "

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Even though Joey was OK, everything else was not. The group had never felt so relived when the doctor had returned and announced that Joey was ok. A loud celebration broke out, but they soon realised that they had an even bigger problem on their hands, Yugi.

Apart from a brief glance of relief after the news, he didn't join in the celebration in fact he was standing as far away from the group as he possibly could shooting everyone evil looks especially Yami. Yami was looking at Yugi like he had never seen him before, his eyes filled with pain and confusion.

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Betrayal is a funny thing, it can make people act in ways that they normally wouldn't. It is one of the most powerful feelings we can have, anyone who has ever been betrayed knows exactly what I mean.

Yugi knew all about betrayal, his closest friends had betrayed him. It had been a few days since his return, and the only reason he was still there is that he left his passport at Cassandras.

Joey was improving in leaps and bounds, but he didn't come back quite the same, he seemed more mature, more thoughtful. He didn't even react when Seto (who came because of Mokuba) called him puppy or tried to say nasty things to him to get a reaction, he just gave him a pensive look that made him seem older than his years. Sometimes he seemed to drift off into his own world listening to something only he could hear, Yugi had overheard tea saying, that he had the same expression on his face during those times as Yugi did when talking to Yami when he was still in the puzzle. At the thought of Yami, white-hot anger filled Yugi's body, he was still extremely angry and hurt about how he had been treated. As if summoned by their bond Yami appeared in front of him.

" WHAT" Yugi spat the word out, taking twisted pleasure as yami flinched

" Aibou, please don't shut me out " Yami voice shook with emotion as tried for the billionth time to connect with him.

" You have no right to call me that, you don't even know what it means " bitterness underlined every word

"Actually, I Think that either of us do " The words as well as the tone made Yugi meet Yami's eyes for the first time in days. In them was a look he had seen many a time, a look that made many a duliest tremble, and one that had never been directed at him before. A look of challenge, that Yugi was more than happy to meet.

He rose from the window seat where he had been sitting, closing the distance between them

" And what makes you say that " each word was carefully pronounced

" Ever since I got my body, we've been acting more like rivals than partners, I thought that it would pass and we could go back to the way things where before",

Yugi snorted in disgust

"I now understand that things can never go back to the way they where before" he paused

"It comes down to this, the light cannot exist without the dark, and the dark cannot exist without the light"

Yugi cut in " And the brighter the light, the darker the shadows blah blah blah …"

" I've heard all this before yami, it still doesn't excuse what you did"

" And exactly what did I do, Yugi " He gazed at him

Yugi made a sound of disbelief " You took everything that mattered to me, my home, my grandfather, my friends, in short my life"

" Don't you mean our life "?

Yugi stared at him in shock " Excuse me "

" Some of those things you wouldn't have without me and others I wouldn't have without you, People, including us. Forgot that even when we were joined we were two separate people, each with our own set of thoughts and feeling, I realise now that it was perfectly natural for both of us to become territorial about what we believed was ours" Yami stopped his expression becoming sad " but I never meant to drive you away "

Feeling very unsettled Yugi folded his arms across his chest " Well you did "

" Why do you think the Tomb Robber protects Ryou even now he has his own body, he knew from the very beginning how important the light and dark relationship is  "

Yugi was extremely shaken, the fight between them was taken a different direct than he could of ever imagined.

" We need each other yugi, even if you like it or not "

" I don't need you "

" Yes, you do, where connected Yugi, though the puzzle" Yami fingered the puzzle hanging around his neck

" Do you mean I'm stuck with you for the rest of my life "

Yami flinched " I wouldn't put it quite like that but yes "

He touched Yugi gently on the shoulder as he continued " Yugi, we have no choice in this, we need to get past this, renew our friendship, our partnership, danger could erupt at any moment, We are weak like this "

Yugi was silent for a moment, Yami hoped and prayed he had gotten thought to him, every time he had tried to talk to Yugi before, he hadn't wanted to listen. Hope filled Yami's heart, as Yugi for the first time looked at him in the eye with something other than hate in them

" I understand Yami, BUT you don't understand I don't want a life known as only the pharaohs light, I want a normal life "

Passion filled his voice as he continued " Why do you think I left, I wanted to discover who I was, without you. I wanted friends who liked me for me and not for you, Cassandra is a kindred soul, someone who had been a true friend to me when I needed her most, neither you or my other friends were there, or even seemed to care"

For the second time, a person seemed to appear as if by magic when their name was spoken, Both Yugi and Yami turned as they heard her out the window

" ……. And my god, could you have a dorkier haircut "

Yugi smiled, she must be talking about Triston, with his fringe all spiked up.

A strange expression crossed yami face

" Yugi, she could be evil, trying to break us up, and its working " He said warming to the subject, he realised to late it was the wrong thing to say, and Yugi stared at him, his face pale from disbelief

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Is Cassandra evil, will yugi ever forgive yami

Find out in the next exciting adventure