Joy: Hey, everyone! Chapters are coming along quite nicely. This is chapter 25, and I am going to go ahead and tell you that this story ends at chapter 30. What is going to happen at the end of this story? You are just going to have to find out.

Sakura: Yeah, Seto's other bad self was never caring or wanting to help in any way. Sorcerer is gonna be different. Thanks for the e-mail. Read your story today. It was great! Update it soon, okay?

Silver Moon Phoenix: Yeah, it was a sudden decision, wasn't it? Oh well. We'll just have to see how useful the high priest is in future chapters.

Midnights: Heh. When you pouted I was reminded of when Yami had a pout on his face when he was talking to Mai right before BattleCity. (laughs) And yep, it was a rather informative chapter.

Thanks for the reviews and I hope you all like this chapter. Ready, set, go!

Arguments

As Joy got ready for bed, Katilli was in deep thought. Finally she couldn't take it anymore. She broke the silence.

"Joy, I think we both know our troubles with Vargon and that fool James Smith are just beginning."

"Yeah." Joy finished changing and sat down on the chair, looking up at her dark.

Katilli looked over at her with a raised eyebrow. "Are you not worried?" she asked, a little shocked.

"Not really, Katilli. I think together we can handle those two bakas with little problem." She got up and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth. Katilli followed.

"Joy, I don't think you realize how dangerous Vargon is. He kidnapped you and took you to the Shadow Realm! You almost died there!"

"No I didn't. I was perfectly fine. Exodia came and clobbered his monster no problem." She brushed her teeth. Katilli stared at her with a look of astonishment.

"I cannot believe you are not at least a little concerned. Exodia is not a monster to be taken lightly, if you recall the reason he is not in your deck…"

Joy finished and headed to the bedroom, rolling her eyes along the way. "Katilli, I know all about that, but we can't dwell on it. To be honest, I am thinking of putting him in my deck for the tournament."

"What!"

"I know you don't care for Exodia and how risky it is using him after…but we may be forced to use him again, even if he isn't in my deck. Vargon has strong duel monsters and Exodia is called unstoppable for a reason. We should use what we have and not worry so much."

"I cannot believe you said that. Exodia is more than just five cards, Joy Houyoku. You could get hurt."

"Katilli, I hate to say this but – you are incredibly over protective of me. Just let me handle it. Vargon got put away once, it can be done again. You sitting around mothering me is not going to help. Besides, I didn't have you around in Egypt and I made out just fine."

"JUST FINE! You DIED! Yugi had to bring you back with Shadow Magic! Or did you conveniently forget that while your ego was as high as a pyramid?!" Katilli snapped, her anger and frustration obvious. She couldn't believe that Joy was just brushing all the recent trouble off like it was no big deal.

"But I still didn't have you! Sometimes I wonder what you do in your soul room – sit around and think of new ways to aggravate me?"

"Well it's better than staring at your mother's picture dreaming that she will suddenly come back to life!"

Joy froze. Katilli knew the instant she had spoken those words, she had done a horrible thing.

When Katilli became Joy's spirit companion, it was agreed that neither of them would ever enter the other's soul room unless they got permission or it was a dire emergency. This was to allow each other to have a bit of privacy and have some time apart when they needed to think or just be alone for awhile. It was a promise to respect one another. Joy had only gone into Katilli's soul room once, and she had done so with Katilli's permission because she had wanted to talk. Katilli had never asked permission, and Joy was under the belief that Katilli had never gone into her soul room.

She whirled to face her dark, giving her a look that could have frozen a bonfire. "YOU WENT INTO MY SOUL ROOM!" She was furious. How could she do that? She didn't ask my permission!

"Joy…I…"

"You went into my soul room WITHOUT MY PERMISSION! How could you?! How DARE you!"

"Joy, I'm sorry. It was…I mean…I…"

"You promised…I never go in without your permission…and not only that, but you have the audacity to ridicule me about looking at my deceased mother's picture."

Katilli suddenly took an interest in the floor. She felt so guilty about what she had done and said. "Joy, I am so terribly sorry." She vanished into her soul room.

Oh sure, run away after you BROKE YOUR PROMISE! You are such a fucking hypocrite, Katilli. I am so angry with you right now I don't know what to do. I trusted you and you trusted me. I kept my promise and never enter your soul room without your consent.

Receiving no response and not expecting one, Joy got into bed and after a long while, finally went into a fitful sleep.

…Meanwhile…

Yugi was in the bathroom, brushing his teeth. Yami was in the bedroom pacing. When Yugi got done and noticed his dark's unease, he went over to see what was up. "What's wrong, Yami. You seem upset about something."

"Yugi, do you not trust me?" Yami asked suddenly. Yugi tilted his head.

"Of course I trust you, Yami. Why would you think otherwise?"

"Because you did not tell me about Sorcerer Seto being free and staying in your soul room."

"Yami, I didn't want Katilli to find out if it meant Sorcerer was going to be trapped back inside that crystal."

"Yugi, Sorcerer Seto used you to free himself. He manipulated you in order to serve his own purpose. How can you trust him so easily."

Yugi frowned. "I don't trust him completely. That is why I kept him in my soul room. To keep an eye on him."

"But you could have just told me, Yugi. I would not have been mad about your choice." Yami sighed, closing his eyes. "I just want you to have faith in our friendship. You know that I would not have forced you to do something against your will, don't you?" Yugi nodded. "Then why do you feel the need to hide things from me?"

Yugi's frown grew deeper, and Yami could feel his emotions of frustration and annoyance coming through the link. "Yami, sometimes I would like to do something for myself. Without having to have you hovering over me to make sure I'm not hurt. I want to show that I am as strong as you and everyone else. And not just prove it to all my friends, but to myself as well. There will come a time when you cannot be there, Yami, and I need to be able to take care of things myself."

Yami sighed. "That is good, Yugi. I am glad you are being independent, but that does not keep me from worrying that if you hide important things from people, it might lead to you getting hurt. You need to trust others not to hate you if you share things with them. You can't do everything alone, Yugi. I would have helped you if only you had asked."

"I know, Yami. I think it's great that you care. I just want to have a chance to be brave. I want to be useful."

"You are useful, Yugi. I swear it. You are the bravest person I know. I am sorry if my words were too harsh, aibou."

"They weren't, though sometimes I worry that you might drive yourself insane by worrying about me too much, Yami." Yami gave him a mock glare, causing Yugi to laugh a bit as he climbed into bed, almost immediately falling asleep.

Joy: I know, I know. Short chapter. The next one might be, too. Anyway…two arguments. I don't know if Joy went overboard in her anger, but I know if it were me, I would be pissed, too. Katilli was a little out of line…so, yeah. I didn't want to leave Yugi and Yami angry with each other, since they hardly ever get angry at each other in the anime…except that time at DK when Yami and Yugi fought Kaiba on the roof…

As I said, this story is nearing the end. It will be a thirty chapter story. I want to do another story in this saga, but I will not write it until this one is complete and I have your blessings on another story. I will tell you now that the ending can be changed if you don't want a sequel. As it is I can go either way. Let me know in reviews or e-mails what you want. I am only asking now so that I can anticipate and plan out the next story.

Anyway, the next chapter is called Goodbye Egypt. It will be about the group's trip back home. Not much more to say about it without spoiling it all, so I'll just remind you to review and I'll see you later!