A/N-Hey, minna! Sorry it took me so long to update, but last weekend was my little brother's birthday! He turned 8 so this chapter could be dedicated to him, but he has no interest in YGO so it's not...:)

Thanks you guys for waiting patiently again!

Hazel-Beka: Hey, Hazel-chan and Beka-chan! I sent you guys an e-mail, but I don't think you got it. (I sent it last weekend...) I think my e-mail account might be messing up or something b/c it sent back all the e-mails I sent Ne1 even Una's! The only way I can think of to get around that is for you to send something to my other account ) and then I'll be able to send back a reply. (For some odd reason that e-mail won't let me e-mail NE1 unless they e-mail me first. Thanks for reviewing my 1-shot b/c no one else has. I'm planning on putting another one up sometime, but this one is YGO. Enjoy the chap!

Subieko: Thanks! Well, I actually got that idea from the way Kaiba acts, you know? He's always got to be in control and he's always trying to beat Yugi to prove himself b/c of his father...this is sort of the same. HAHA! I know! He's so funny, but he's one of the main characters so you gotta love him!

hobbit13: Thanks, I love you too! HAHA! Yeah, yeah, I know I'm not that observant some times! What did you think Yugi would be afraid of? Loosing Yami? I thought of doing that one, but it was a bit redundant so I didn't do it. Sorry, we don't see Yami in this chapter! You'll just have to wait!! HEHE! :)

Nicky: All studied up for that test Mon? That's so funny that we got out of school Fri and it hardly even rained that day! Evil?! You're talking to the girl with Selina as her yami (at least I have a yami...you're just messed up w/out a brain! LOL) YUMMY! SUGAR!!!! (bounces off walls).

a neo okami named wolfy: WOW! You figured it out!! You are so observant! I'm glad you caught that little detail, wow. I didn't think anyone would figure that out! Good job! (gives you pile of cookies!)

Thank you all for your reviews and I hope all of you enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 5- Fear Factor II

The darkness closed in, threatening to consume her, but Tea knew they were just illusions...at least, she hoped they were. She hated, hated the Shadow Realm and it gave her the creeps. After all those times when Yugi or someone else was pulled into a Shadow Game, Tea did not want anything to do with it, she shivered at the remembrance of some of those instances. She really hated the Shadow Realm.

What was it with psychotic evil people, she idly mused, that they seemed to be attracted to her friend Yugi? Hadn't he been through enough? She sighed then wrapped her arms around herself as a shiver ran up her spine.

Something was about to happen; she could feel it...

Almost as if the shadows had access to her thoughts, something large stepped out of the darkness. Tea froze like a deer caught before headlights, her eyes huge and glazed with fear, her body taunt and rigid, with uncontrollable shivers that had nothing to do with cold coursed through her body.

It's just an illusion, she told herself mentally as the creature came closer. Just an illusion, it's just an illusion, it's just an illusion! Her mantra became desperate as it loomed over her and her mind, that had seemed to shut down before, awakened and she yelled out loud, "It might be an illusion, but it looks real enough! AHHH!"

Tea turned and ran as fast as she could in the opposite direction as the enormous spider gained on her.

"Gross, gross, GROSS!" she screamed before stumbling to a stop as a monolithic cockroach stood in front of her. She screamed again and ran perpendicular to the way she had been formerly heading.

"Please don't let there be more," she prayed as she sprinted blindly through the darkness. And to think, people wondered why she hated Weevil Underwood.

After a few minutes of running and not seeing or sensing anything chasing her, Tea calmed down a bit. Still a bit wary and cautious, she tried to peer through the shadows into the darkness beyond. She heaved a sigh of relief when she saw no bugs forthcoming. That sigh of relief quickly turned into a strangled scream as once again, bugs began to appear out of the darkness.

These bugs were only a little smaller than her fingers, but as there were hundreds upon hundreds of them coming out of the ground and trying to crawl on her, Tea was terrified out of her mind and scream as loud as she could to be answered...by silence.

Warily looking around and trying to stay hidden at the same time, Joey slunk through the Shadow Realm looking like some kind of wanna-be secret agent.

Everything looked much different from the last time he had been there and he did not know quite what to expect. He began talking to himself to keep himself occupied (and company), as being alone unnerved him slightly.

"What'n that world is going on here? Why did Selina separate us? Is she trying to get to Yugi?" He gasped slightly. "Yug! What if she's hurting him right now? I'm coming, Yugi! I'll help you!"

"Oooooh? Wiiiiiill youuuuu?" asked a figure to the right of him in a wispy type of voice.

Joey jumped at the unexpected voice and called out, "Who's there?"

"I aaaaam," came the frail tone again and Joey began to get a bad feeling about whoever it was that was talking to him.

Out of the shadows stepped a translucent figure, unfocused eyes staring at him, almost as if it could see right through him. Joey blanched and jumped back away from the ghost as a coldness swept over him, engulfing him, tugging at his soul.

"S-stay away from me! D-don't come any closer!" Joey warned, but he was unheeded as the ghost drifted closer and closer to Joey, pushing him back until he found himself locked in a firm embrace.

Looking back, he saw another form wrapped in bandages from head to foot. He cried, "AHHA!" and struggled to break away from the strong grip that held him, but it was no use. For a dead person, their grip was surprisingly strong and Joey could not get loose.

And all the while the ghost drifted closer and closer as the coldness beckoned to him...

Tristan found himself walking through an oddly familiar scene although he could not quite place where he had seen the site before. He sauntered down an aisle with gravestone markers on each side and scattered about, close together in clusters.

He was dressed oddly as well. Now Tristan was not the kind of person that usually entered Duel Monster tournaments or ran off to challenge (or accept challenges from) other duelists, but he knew enough about Duel Monsters that he could play if he had to (like when he had been pulled into that digital world of Noah's).

So it seemed to him, that when he looked at his attire and compared it with his favorite Duel Monster, he found the dress compatible and it unnerved him. It looked as if he had brought the Cyber Commander to life, enlarged it (or shrunk, depending on how big it was when it came to life...), and swapped outfits with it. This also appeared to be oddly similar to a vague memory he had and he pondered over it as he walked through the graveyard.

Every so often, Tristan would pause and look at the names on the gravestones. They were covered with dust and grim and almost none of them could be made out, but whenever he came across one that was slightly less dusty or grimy, he would endeavor to read the names on them. Maybe if he knew where he was, he could find a way out.

Finally, he stopped beside a stone he thought he might be able to make out and he rubbed his hand across the name trying to release the dust into the air so he could see the name.

When he had finally swept off enough dust, he squinted at the name, just barely able to read what was written on it.

Tristan Taylor

His eyes widened and the memory he had been searching for clicked in his head. It was when he, Tea, and Joey had first found out about Yami. Bakura had trapped them all in their favorite cards and they had been forced to duel his monsters.

He remembered as he was sent to the Card Graveyard, this graveyard, and he had found his name printed on this stone. At the time he had thought it was all just a dream, but in hindsight, maybe it hadn't been. Mostly he just had not believed that there were two Yugi's and two Bakura's, but as there so obviously was, maybe it really had happened. His thoughts traveled back to the incident...

What came next was what scared him the most. Just before he had ended up back on the field, the Reaper of the Cards was pursuing him; and it had almost gotten to him.

Tristan stood up, his stance rigid and screamed of anxiety, as his eyes darted around the graveyard, seeking anything that resembled the swaying cloak or sharp blade of the Reaper of the Cards.

He felt a cold, putrid breath rush over his neck and he spun around, coming face to face with a creature that haunted nightmares. He took out his gun that the Cyber Commander carried on his back; taking aim, he fired it at the creature, but it seemed to have no effect. The bullets just went right through him...

Ryou sighed.

It was back to this again.

(Is it just me or do we always end up in here?) Ryou asked Bakura as he tried to shift through the shadows and find a way out.

((Yes,)) came the laconic answer from the back of his mind.

Ryou rolled his eyes and sighed again; the best way out of the situation, for the moment, was to just go with it. As Ryou drew farther and farther away from where he originated from, it seemed to him to grow darker as the clouds of shadows grew denser.

((That's just your imagination,)) Bakura told him and the sad thing about the statement was that Ryou had no idea if it really was happening or "just his imagination" playing tricks on him.

Walking closer, Ryou noticed that he could hear voices speaking in the dark mist that seemed to shroud the figures within.

"I don't care what you say, Yug, I don't trust that guy farther than I can throw him! He can't control Bakura, who would love to hurt just about anybody, but he has a personal vendetta against you! As soon as he sees you, he's going to be coming after you, no matter than Ryou is your friend or not. Bakura would do anything to get his hands on your puzzle, Yug, and I for one do not want to have my best buddy in danger just because he's friends with some lonely albino!"

Tea's voice drifted out to Ryou and Bakura then, "I didn't know that you even knew the word vendetta existed, let alone know what it means. I agree with Joey though, Yugi. I know you want to be friends with everybody and keep people from feeling left out and stuff, but it is dangerous to hang around people like Ryou, Bakura could go off at any moment! You do remember him sticking us all into cards back at Duelist Kingdom don't you?"

"Well, yeah, but Ryou wasn't—"

"In control at the time? We know, Yugi. That's what makes him so dangerous! What if he looses control again?"

"What if he doesn't? Look guys, I know you're just trying to help, but I can take care of myself you know. I may be short, but that doesn't mean I'm not any less capable—"

"Unless we're reaching for something up high..."

"—of doing things on my own."

Tea sighed and said, "Alright, Yugi we get your point: you can take care of yourself. What about us though? Being friends with you means he is with us too. What if he comes after us and you're not around to stop him? I know you mean well, Yugi, but you should really think about what's best for all of us. Ryou was just fine before when he just had Bakura, and we certainly don't need him around; he's just an annoying tag-along after all so there's just no point. Just dump him, Yugi, and be done with it. Everyone's happy."

Yugi sighed and hesitated for a moment before replying, "Alright, guys. You win. We don't need Ryou..."

Ryou did not get the chance to hear much more before Bakura took control of the body, sneering at him all the while.

"That's what you're afraid of? You're such a baka. As if little Yugi would ever throw you out, no matter what his friends say. The little runt keeps trying to make friends with Kaiba and the baka inu hates it! You've got nothing to worry about. Now, let's stop wasting time and find a way out of here."

Serafina did not know what to do now that she was back out in the corridor, as there seemed to be nowhere to go. The door to the chamber that had been "her" room was nowhere in sight and she did not particularly feel like walking down the same hallway for hours (or days).

Just as she thought that another door appeared in front of her almost as if it had heard her thoughts. Serafina pushed the door open and found herself face to face with...herself.

Or at least the girl looked like her. They were both the same height and had the exact same features; the only differences that Serafina could see was that while the girl in front of her had sharper features, dark blond hair, and her eyes seemed dead and hollow, Serafina's facial appearance was softer, her hair lighter, and her eyes were twinkling merrily with life and emotion.

The girl was just standing in the middle of the room and appeared to not be doing anything other than staring at a wall. Serafina was confused at first until writing began appearing on the wall.

Worthless.

Good-for-nothing.

No account.

Disgrace.

Then the letters bled together, forming figures of people that began talking to the girl in front of her, telling her that she was a disgraceful, worthless, good-for-nothing no account and that she would never amount to anything...would never become great.

They told her the only thing she had the hope of being was a lonely orphan girl from Domino Children's Home because her "daddy" died and her "mommy" did not want her.

A/N- Hey guys! I hope you all liked it and I'm really sorry that it was so short after you had to wait a whole two weeks! Please tell me what you thought of it though and feel free to ask questions or give comments about what you think might happen!