Author's Notes: My muse has run away! MUSE! COME BACK MUSE!! I did the best I could without any creativity….                    

I MARRIED JOU AT KURAMA'S DEN!!! Let's hear it for Cho Jonouchi! (AKA, me)

Later on I'm switching to Bakura and Ryou instead of Yami Bakura and Bakura. Also, Yugi and Yami Yugi will be Yugi and Yami respectfully. You'll see why.

David and Alice

A Darker Yami Yugi

Yugi Motou's POV

Tired! I'd been searching this whole place for what's seemed like hours. Though in complete honesty it was only something like an hour. In that short time period Jou, Anzu and I have managed to find the staircase to the second floor, gotten lost, and found an old broom closet. Yes, we're so productive aren't we?

We've had no sign of Alice, Kaiba, either of them, Honda, Shizuka, or David. We haven't seen Bakura either which is odd because I'm sure we'd bump into him sometime or another. I really do hope he's ok. Both of him.

//Both?//

/Yes. Both./

I mentally felt a sigh and Yami shack his head.

I smiled and made my eyes real big. REALLY big (mentally again. It would look pretty odd if I did this in front of everyone (AN-I know this from experience. Go do that to someone in a bookstore! Or, when a person's cell phone rings in a bookstore and you're nearby and the ring is a musical one go up behind them and start dancing. Aha, I laughed so hard I cried))

He stared into my eyes non-accusingly and I made them bigger and my smile more deranged.

He laughed. //Just go look for Bakura//

/Going! /

(AN-I have found my muse!)

When I left him to his thoughts he was still laughing.

It wasn't very long before I sensed something. I wasn't sure what it was, but I knew it was bad.

Downstairs.

Bakura.

I stopped mid-step, which I don't recommend doing, and ran back towards the newly discovered staircase and flew down the stairs, feeling Yami wrapping himself around me. That's what it felt like. A second skin; unless he felt it was too dangerous, then I'd retreat completely.

I stopped at the bottom to focus. Where was he, exactly? How could I get to him?

Left.

The answer came to me before I even finished the question.

"Yugi, wait!" Anzu said at the top of the stairs.

I tore down the hall on my left and wound up seeing Bakura staring between two things. One right in front of him and the other on his right.

It was our Bakura. Ryou.

"Bakura!" I yelled to him.

He looked at me almost unknowingly.

"Bakura?" I asked.

He squinted and shook his head violently.

"Yugi? Yugi, get out of here!"

I saw the form of a girl clearly in front of him. Not blurred or misted like it should be.

She had her hand out toward what was next to Bakura.

It was…well, Bakura. Wearing a white skirt and a red and white overcoat.

"Bakura, what…?"

"Just run Yugi!"

I seemed to have broken the concentration of Alice and Bakura, the spirit, got a shot in.

She flinched and glared back at him.

She was taking on color, becoming visible.

"So that's what she looks like!" Said Jou, behind me on my right.

"Um, Jou, we've got bigger problems at the moment!" said Anzu.

"What is this? What are you doing."

Alice turned her head slightly to look at me. Her eyes glowed blue-y (AN- Like Hiei's third eye does, only blue. I don't own YYH) and I felt a sensation of having my clothes taken off. Only, in this case, it was a second skin, so to speak. I felt Yami leave me.

I also heard both Anzu and Jou fall unconscious behind me.

"Anzu! Jou!"  I said. She'd turned back to Bakura and done the same thing, only she didn't let him fall.

"Stay away from my other!" I heard the other Bakura say. "You can not touch him! Remove whatever spell you've placed on him!"

She smiled a smile to innocent. It didn't belong on her face.

I understood what happened. Yami had taken the hit for me. I was supposed to be unconscious, not him.

I saw him appear by my side though. Startled me badly in the process I might add.

"Not quite Yugi…"

I looked at him and saw he was wearing a skirt, a red cape, and several arm bands.

/So you we were separated then?/ I asked.

He didn't reply.

Alice turned her attention to me, backing up so her back was almost to the wall. Smart move. She wasn't turning her back on Bakura. I wouldn't either.

"He can't hear you. He's an independent spirit now. Shame. I would've had fun without your guardian spirit to protect you…" And she really did look disappointed.

"Yami? What did you do? Can you reverse it?" I asked worried. I didn't want Yami to leave the Puzzle! Though he might have more freedom if he did.

He looked at me and said, "Maybe. She trapped me inside. I didn't want to leave you here without someone protecting you. I don't trust Bakura to do that."

I understood what happened to Bakura then. Why his spirit was standing next to him. He'd been locked in the Sennen Ring and deemed it necessary to separate to protect Bakura. So the spirit of the Millennium Ring really did care about Bakura enough to risk not being able to watch over him again as long as he survived this. I never thought he'd be the type to defend Bakura so passionately.

Yami Bakura, if he still owns the title 'Yami', due to the fact they were separated, decided to attack then.

Alice was smart in backing up against the wall. She had seen it coming and blocked.

I could only look on. Yami…er…wait, yes Yami. We're going to fix this. Yami knew how to use the Puzzle, mostly. Well, knew more then I did. I couldn't really help at all.

I figured the magic Bakura used must be his own due to the fact that he was no longer 'of the Ring'.

I thought about what I could do when I saw Bakura, who, though he hadn't immediately fallen to the ground, had plopped onto it in Alice's distraction.

I knew it would be dangerous to go over next to ….Yami Bakura's and Alice's fight, but she was pre-occupied. And though Yami Bakura doesn't like me, he wouldn't go so far as to attack me when next to Bakura. Especially if I was trying to help him. Erm, the original Bakura.

I decided to help my friend and walked over to him, Yami following behind me, and then standing in between Alice and myself.

I crouched down and looked at Bakura's face. It didn't have much color, but there was enough to be considered healthy. Besides, Ryou is naturally pale. I pulled him into a sitting position and brushed away the hair from his face.

I heard a gasp from Yami and I looked up.

Bakura had stopped fighting and was staring at Yami with mild concern. Imagine. Concern.

Yami himself had taken on a silver-y black hue. He was flinching and his hands were balled into fists.

Not being able to feel him was starting to spook me.

He threw back his head as he started to glow gold and disappear into the black color.

"Yami..." I said, feeling hopeless and useless.

Bakura looked on in a glare that would've been a glare had it not held concern in it.

Yami had vanished in the black sphere.

"Yami!" I looked at the sphere as it disappeared.

"Yami….." I said, almost in a whisper.

I fell over from my crouch. In shock; until a voice that sounded somewhat like Ryou's said, "Even more reason to kill that little bitch."

Lovely thing to say to someone who just lost their other half.

"He's…..he's……" I said. I still couldn't believe it.

"Gone?" suggested Bakura.

"…Yeah…" I said, whispering it.

"Well get over it already. A state of shock isn't going to help." I looked up at the Spirit and noticed he was now standing right above me, arms folded.

I looked down at Ryou who had given off a 'nnhmm' sound.

Bakura kneeled down and tried to feel Ryou's forehead. His head went though Ryou's head and in response Ryou flinched. Even though I wouldn't have hurt. It would be cold though. Very cold.

I put Ryou down and went over to Anzu and Jonouchi who were unconscious, but starting to wake up, I thought. Anzu at least had rolled over. Jonouchi was snoring which probably meant that he was conscious, only sleeping. Jou always found the worst time to sleep. First it was during the math final, then on the train to Tokyo, and now in the middle of a nightmare.

I shook Anzu's shoulder. She tried to swat at me. "Common Anzu, wake up."

I looked back to Ryou who was still out. Bakura was kneeling by his side and hadn't taken his eyes off him. I personally thought this must just be some effect of having been torn apart from Ryou. And in a sense it probably was. Not being connected as strongly as they….we were used to was really … odd. I felt alone. Incomplete somehow and the knowledge that Yami was in the hands of Alice wasn't helping. I'm sure he'll be ok. He always is.

Anzu opened her eyes and quickly sat up. "Yugi? Yugi, are you alright?"

I put on a smile that I didn't think would be very conviencing and told her I was fine. She bought it which really makes me question how hard Alice had knocked her out.

Mokuba Kaiba's POV

I remember Yugi entering the little house. Yugi dressed as an Egyptian king. And then Alice, telling him how stubborn he was before I blacked out. I remembering thinking that that was it and that'd I'd never see the light of day again. I was partially correct.

After I had blacked out I woke up in a black abyss. I had been tired and unable to hold onto more then one thought. The one thought I had chosen was that I had died and gone to Hell.

I had seen a light then. Coming towards me.  I looked up and saw two figures. One was a man. Tall with red hair and green eyes. What was next to him was a girl. Blonde and black eyed.  They were talking about something. The girl then looked up at me and looked at me with interest.

"Dad! Look….she caught another…"

The man looked at me and walked over. He put his hands under my arms and pulled me up. Only now did I realize that I had been face down.

"You ok son?" The man asked.

I didn't think I could manage to make a sound, much less a word.

"Ooh, he looks kinda bad Dad…"

The man made a 'hmm' sound and picked me up.

"What're we gonna do Dad?"

"Whatever we can. Betty might be able to help."

"I've always wanted another person my age here! Do you think he's Japanese? Cause that's the only language I can speak well."

"I know deary. I know." Said the man. "But I wouldn't bother him just yet. Let things set in. Remember what it was like for you?"

The girl was silent. "I didn't think it was possible."

"Exactly." Said her father.

What the hell was this? I knew that I must be a doll by now…so who were these people?

I felt drowsy again. Nasuea more then anything.

I looked more closely at where I was and saw I wasn't in a dark abyss, but rather in an inner room, where no light could shine.

How did I get here?

Where was Seto?

And most importantly, is he still alive?

How do I get out?

Yami's POV

I was set free of Alice's magic. It no longer surrounded me. It didn't have to. It was inside me.

As both of us were spirits we can easily step through each other. Alice had done something to make it so that I couldn't get her out. Our molecules were stuck inside of each other.

She was moving now. I didn't like this feeling. Someone inside me was moving. Like Yugi had done at Duelist Kingdom.

I imagined a rod running through me inside, a rod that extended into every finger, everywhere. Forcing me to move with there movement.

I let out a small cry as I felt myself heading towards Yugi. I wasn't going to let her hurt him. He was the only thing in this world that meant something to me. Really meant something. (AN- not yaoi ^_^ Just a friendly reminded that friends do love each other ^_^)

I felt Alice getting annoyed that I refused to move.

I felt her magic extending and covering me outside as well.

What was I going to do?

Katsuya Jonouchi's POV

I woke up to see Yugi and Anzu standing above me.

"Ouch." I said. It didn't hurt though. I just felt like saying ouch. And for some odd reason, 'where's Waldo?" Maybe she did hit me harder then I thought.

"Feeling alright Jou-kun?" Yugi asked.

"Yeah. Mostly." I went into a state of mental lapse and indulged and said, "I like pickles."

Anzu replied with, "Yeah. He's fine." I think I should be insulted or something.

I sat up and noticed Ryou laying down at the end of the hallway, about 15 feet away.

"Um…shouldn't you be paying attention to Bakura?" I asked.

"He's being taken care of." Yugi said.

I looked closer and still didn't see anything. Except the Ring on his chest. Oh. The Ring. Wait a minute…didn't Honda say he chucked that?

"The Ring…"

"Harmless" Yugi reassured me.

Yugi looked over his shoulder and rolled his eyes.

"The spirit is taking care of him."

I nodded. Not completely understanding, but eh. Whatever.

A black ball then came whizzing down from the floor up, did a loopy loop, and rammed into Yugi's back.

Yugi's eyes widened in pain and he let out a 'hiss'.

He then went completely still with his eyes closed.

I got a bad feeling.

He opened his eyes and I saw they were the other Yugi's.

'He must've come out to protect Yugi.' I though.

He smirked.

"Now let's see what I can't do…" he said.

I opened my eyes big and Anzu let out a gasp.

"Yugi?" I asked.

"Not exactly." He said in a low toned voice that wasn't either his or the other Yugi's.

He started chuckling and I got really worried all of the sudden.

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AN

Not bad for someone who lost their muse….It's still crap though. I could've done a much better job if only I had more time…..

BTW, for LOTR fans I have a listing of things you can do during the movie. I think it's hilarious. You can get it from me by emailing me at cho_jonouchi@ivebeenframed. com or kool_aid_addict@quackquack. com