A/N: Not much to add except...I HATE HOMEWORK!!! GAH!!! *stabs her report* Oh well, now that that's been said.

Dog Tags

Ryou sat quietly, late at night in his tent writing slowly and carefully on a bit of paper. He knew that he had to tell Jounouchi, he was Yugi's best friend, he had to know about it. 'But how can I tell him without telling him?' Ryou thought as he impatiently tapped his pencil on the paper. 'He needs to know, but what if the letter is intercepted? They think Yugi is M.I.A., what if they find out he deserted?' He sighed heavily and spoke aloud to himself. "There HAS to be an easier way to do this." Wearily, he re-read for the 1000th time that night what he had written:

Dear Jounouchi,

'Well, you have to start somewhere I suppose.' he thought. 'I'm just going to have to put this simply.' he continued writing:

I cannot tell you everything now. Yugi is not dead nor is he wounded however he is not safe yet either. His future is uncertain; I will explain the next time I see you.

Signed,

Ryou

Sighing once again, he put his pencil down. 'It's the best I can do for now.' He lay there, staring at the top of his tent. If only the spirit of the millennium ring were still with him ((A/N: I decided to have Marik be the only yami only because it was my preference and I think it will make for a better plot line)), he would surely know what to do in a situation like this.meaning in a war. 'But he isn't here, so I'll have to make due by myself.' Ryou thought more confidently then he had felt in a week.

His situation had been quiet.too quiet almost.

*Yugi*

Yugi stumbled; tripping as he passed the same spot for the forth time that week. 'I should've been there by now, I know it.' He thought as he slumped, out of breath, against a tree. 'I've been going in circles, I can tell.oh no.' he looked down on the ground and picked up a button, the same button that had fallen off his uniform a few days back.

He wanted to cry. He wanted to be home, hell, anywhere else then here would be better. "If only I had someone here with me." he said aloud bitterly. "I don't even know if everyone is still alive now." Hearing something shift in the bushes he bolted up and began running off in a direction he hoped was North (which was where he was ment to be heading). He was completely sure that someone or something had been following him for the past few nights.

'Maybe I'm just going crazy.it's happened before, infact I heard its' quiet common in war-' he stopped his own thought. 'NO! No, I'm not crazy I know that something is after me.maybe it's one of the enemy? Whatever it is, I have to stay ahead no matter what. If it gets to me, before I get to the air port Ryou mentioned then I don't know what'll happen to me!' He slowed down his running, fairly sure that he had lost what ever was following him.

*Unknown*

A pair of dark eyes watched the small boy slow in his running and regain his proper breathing pace. 'He's running.he's afraid.Why?' the eyes thought. 'I must keep watching him, he can't know I'm here just yet, but eventually once I decide what to do with him.' The eyes ended their thought and faded to black.

*Ryou*

'I know something is going on where Marik is.' He thought trying to distract himself from thoughts of Yugi. 'I felt it a while ago.' Ryou wasn't exactly psychic nor did he have ESP with anyone but Bakura, however he was very in tune with the emotions of his friends. He had felt it, a great out burst of anger then so much joy. 'I hate being so far from everyone. I have no idea what's going on. How long will this war last I wonder?' Suddenly a thought occurred to him. 'and what if someone accepts a position above Sergeant? The government will then be allowed to draft them back into the army anytime they please!'

Letting out a small moan of anguish, he rolled over on his cot desiring sleep more then he ever had in his life. But unfortunately for poor Ryou, sleep did not grant him with it's presence for many hours to come.

*Yugi*

He found a suitable spot on the ground and curled up tightly. It was dark now; and no place is safe after dark when in a war. Shivering slightly, he stared up at a tiny patch of stars through the think trees. 'Now there's something I haven't seen in awhile.' he thought in reference to the sky. 'I'll bet that someone I know is looking up at this same sky.' He thought as he smiled a tiny bit for the first time since he had left basic training. "I'm not alone.not as long as I can see the sky." He said aloud.

*Unknown*

The pairs of eyes observed again. 'No, you definitely aren't alone right now. But I still don't know what I'm going to do about you.I can't just have you wandering around here aimlessly.' the eyes ceased thought and watched as Yugi rolled over and closed his eyes, an innocent and peaceful smile playing on his lips. The eyes for the first time in this entire war softened. 'You don't belong here. Don't worry, I'll try my best to get you out.' Having decided what the eyes were going to do about Yugi, they once again faded into blackness.

END CHAPTER SIX

A/N: Sorry this is so short, blame my damned school. Also, I'll be gone Friday, Saturday and the earliest I'll be updating is either tomorrow, Sunday, or both if I find the time. Sorry once again about the shortness of this chapter..