Yami awoke to the sound of giggling he opened his eyes to see a very close up view of a pair of eyes which suddenly ducked down below the edge of the mattress Yami quickly sat up staring down over the edge of the mattress

"Yugi? Ryou?" he said just noticing that both were gone he heard that noise again from under the edge of the bed Yami looked under the bed his hair was practically brushing the floor. He had just long enough to see two balls of feathers jump at him before he found himself sprawled out on the bed with Yugi and Ryou on top of him laughing at the surprised look Yami was giving them.

"Yami!" Yugi squeaked happily

"What did I do?" he asked the sudden change in both their moods was startling

"You slept in" Yugi squeaked again

"Well you certainly changed over night" he said plucking the two of them off his chest and sitting up

"So what have you been up to while I was asleep?" he asked

"We made breek-fast" Yugi said trying to say breakfast right Yami looked down at Yugi

"Made breakfast?" Ryou slinked off into the kitchen

"How?"

"Ryou read a 'cook book' and helped me make something" Yugi said with a grin

"Ryou can read?"

--Yes sir, Ryou can read -- he heard Ryou speak indignantly into his head from the kitchen

"Well where is it?" Yami said happy that Ryou and Yugi were happy.

"In here" Yugi said hopping off the bed and pulling Yami towards the kitchen door. Yami had to admit the boys had done a great job with the pancakes and toast and scrambled eggs, but he couldn't help but laugh at the mess they had made all over the counter and the rest of the kitchen. Yugi heard him snickering and looked up at him

"What's so funny?" he said with a cute pout

"I don't think Jou will be to happy if he comes in and sees the mess you guys left" he said pointing out the mess

"Oops." Ryou said looking around

-- I'll clean it up -- Ryou replied

"Why don't we eat first" Yami said before Ryou had a chance to start. He brightened up as they sat down to eat Ryou and Yugi had made enough food to feed about 15 people (hence the mess) Ryou and Yugi alone ate about half of it which amazed Yami because both of them didn't look like they had gained much at all from all the food they ate, he even voiced it.

"How on earth do you guys eat so much?" He asked as he helped clean

"We have high meta- meteba -metabol" Yugi was trying to say another complex word and failing

"Metabolic systems" Ryou finished for him Yami still looked a little confused (Yami forgot health class 101)

"Um... we eat a lot and our bodies' just burn it off extremely fast" Ryou said trying to simplify it for him

"Oooh" Yami said finally getting it.

"So what about the wings, if you guys weren't allowed outside how'd you keep them in shape?" Yami said interested with how the little guys worked

"Just exercise daily stretches and flapping is about all we could do" he said clearing out the dishes in the sink

"What about the rest of the body though none of those rooms that I saw looked big enough to be gymnasium"

"What do you think some of the tests were for?" replied Ryou dully

"Sorry" Yami said finishing cleaning off the table.

--It's not your fault it just still fresh in my mind --

"Yami what are we going to do?" Yugi asked they were done with the clean up

"Um, well, what did you do for fun?" Ryou gave him a very cynical look

"Sorry, I was just kidding, well I'm not sure. What did I do when I was your age?" he asked himself then he looked back at Yugi his wings sprouting out of his back and fluttering slightly in excitement

"There has to be some way to cover your wings though before we go out" said walking around Yugi

"Why?" Ryou piped up behind him he turned around and started to tell him the same thing he had told Yugi

"No, really, why?" Ryou said suddenly before Yami said it

"Because we look different right?" he continued Yami nodded for some reason Ryou was making him feel guilty about it

"why don't you just let them see us for what we really are, we have a gift something people only wish and dream they had, I don't want to cover it over with a jacket, it just about killed Yugi last time you tried"

"How do you?" Yami was about to ask

"Yugi told me, your lucky Jou caught him" Ryou said he had been getting louder, ignoring Yugi's frantic signals to calm down coming from behind Yami, he had also raised up to his full height; quite suddenly all of that collapsed he dropped back down, his eyes took on the same frightened look as they had the first time he'd seen him, he looked like he had done something wrong and was about to be punished. He suddenly hit the floor on his knees wrapping his arms around his ankles he started crying

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it, don't hurt me, please don't hurt me" he said doing all but kiss Yami's shoes. Yami looked to Yugi startled; he bent down and started to gently remove Ryou's arms but all that seemed to do was make him grip tighter and shut his eyes

"Ryou... Ryou, it's all right I'm not going to hurt you" Ryou's grip loosened a little bit but he still didn't let go. Yami looked to Yugi for help and he tried to help Yugi knelt down next to Ryou who was still shaking in fear his eyes were open now his working eye seemed intent on focusing straight ahead

"Ryou its Yugi its okay you can let go Yami isn't going to hurt you please let go" Yugi said

"Ryou please listen" Ryou's grip finally loosened enough to where Yami could remove him from his ankles. Yami was able to kneel down next to him Ryou was still crying, he drew him into a hug

"Shh, its okay I won't hurt you"

-- No syringes? -- Ryou said even his mental voice sounded scared

"No"

-- No hits? --

"No"

-- Safe? --

"Yeah" Ryou relaxed completely going limp in Yami's arms Yami had to check his pulse to see if he was still alive, he'd changed so suddenly. Yami picked him up his eyes were still open whether he was actually awake or not he didn't know. Apparently he wasn't asleep because he looked up at Yami, Yami looked down at him right into Ryou's half-lidded eyes he was immediately hit with hundreds of images, thousands went flashing past his eyes his headache from before came rushing back to him every image that flashed by caused more pain and he couldn't tear his eyes away from Ryou's. Yugi saw that something was wrong and started to tug on Yami's arm; Yami's legs gave way and he fell to the floor his eyes still locked on Ryou's he started to cry out in pain as his head felt like it was about to explode Yugi finally pulled Yami's head away. Yami put Ryou down quickly and backed away from him; Yami sat there holding his head curling up on himself as Ryou lay out on the floor in front of him.

"Yugi help me" he said rocking back and forth a little Yugi sat down next to him pulling his head close to his chest Yami listened to Yugi's fast beating heart as he waited for the pain in his head to subside he held onto Yugi he didn't want to think he didn't want to do anything for a while other than sit there and listen, but something in the back of his mind couldn't help but wander why Ryou had done that to him.

Gruzzee: ohh the evil cliffy

Cazi: you know you can be really cruel at times you know that

Gruzzee: yeah I know -- smiles big --

Cazi: they finally had something nice going for them and you had to ruin it

Gruzzee: yeah I know and I don't like it but it's for the good of the story they'll get a good point sometime soon until then just chill

Cazi: and what about Jou?

Gruzzee: he has a job now hush and you readers out there R & R and come back for more