Alone, I must Try

'I saw her on the other side of the room how could I have let her get away once more? How could I just let him take her away from me? I was right there...right there...' these thoughts ran through Yami's mind. "This was all my fault." He said aloud for all to hear. Yugi looked up at his other half with sad eyes.

"Yugi don't look at me like that. You know it was my fault, and I need you to stay here, I need to save her on my own, I could not bare to lose you nor could I bare to lose the others. Should I fail at least you and the others will be safe." Yami looked down at his puzzle. It seems that Yugi's Puzzle was a fake, but he kept it anyway for luck.

Yugi needed that luck now more than ever, "Yami, how can you think that? We need to help each other, you know that." Yugi said, "Tea needs all of us."

Yami stepped in front of the one he considered to be his little brother and hugged him. "I have to do this little one, for I must prove to myself that I can." Yami said pulling away, watching Yugi cry a tear of pain. "Good then you understand why I have to do this?"

"Yes." Yugi sniffed and nodded "Be careful and please come back." Yugi said letting Yami slip through the back door of the Turtle shop.

They had all moved from the theater in order to explain the whole situation to the Shop. Yugi and Yami together with Joey and Tristan explained all they knew and where they had been for the few days of their absences. Soon all was known and that was when Yami chose to pull Yugi a side to tell him of his plan to rescue his queen.

Yami truly believed that I was his responsibility alone would he be right of have to suffer the ultimate sacrifice? The world, his friends, his love and his life...he very soul, the very reason it was preserved was for this moment in time, there would be no other chances. Yami was taking a big risk and Yugi Knew this. They still shared a bond, sort of a twin bond and it made sense since they were one and the same though from different times.

Yugi could feel Yami's hurt and want, his urge to save Tea was so strong, so powerful that it brought Yugi to tears. Yugi also knew what it was like to want to save someone on his own. He had to save Joey once from Marik and Yami did not interfere, he granted Yugi his wish. Yami could have easily taken control, Luckily he was nothing like evil Marik and evil Bakura. He was kind-hearted and Yugi watched as the door closed behind His older brother.

"Please, Ra, protect Yami." Yugi said and breathed in to turn around. He found Joey and Tristan standing behind him.

"you did da right t'ing Yug." Joey slung an arm around his friend. "Yami will know w'at ta do." he smiled

"I guess. But I want to watch him..." Yugi said and looked down at his Puzzle as it began to glow projecting an image onto the white paint of the wall. It was Yami and he was running toward a field of dark purple energy. Yugi and the others knew it as shadow energy.

"I guess we can watch him now. We will cheer him on." Tristan said going to the door to call the girls in.

Into the vision of Yami and the Tapa Tower

Yami ran, not frantic but not as relaxed as he usually was. This was a bigger load than ever before, this time he had no clues to tell him that he would make it. His faith that kept him going was some how shortening as he thought of the end.

Suddenly he felt a shove in the back of his mind. Yami visualized his friends; they were watching him, cheering for him. Yami knew that he had to get rid of the thoughts of failure if he was to ever win and he was sure he would.

Yami skidded to stop before the tower; a purple energy surrounded it, not letting any one in. Yami knew he could get through because of his Puzzle. 'Good thing I left the others behind, for they would have had to stop here anyway.' Yami smiled at his Prudent Judgment on the situation.

Meanwhile

Tea wrestled with the rope that tightly bound her to a pole. She had not thought of how she would retrieve the beads from her pocket and she began to despair. Marik watched her as she struggled

"what are you doing? You will not be freed until the moon is high at midnight." Marik said "so stop moving and behave like a good little girl." He smiled and turned to look out a window at the moon, he wanted to watch it rise. "Soon I will rule all of Domino City, Egypt, and the world." He spoke and Bakura scoffed behind him.

"You know, he's here." Bakura said

"Yes, I do, I felt him come in." Marik said Tea watched at the two spoke; she raised an eyebrow, wondering who they were talking about. "He is alone too." Marik smiled "would you like the honors?" he said and Bakura stood and shot a look at Tea

"I will kill Yami with ease, and since he is alone, this should be easy." He licked his lips after hearing Tea's fearful gasp. He smiled and left the room.

"Yami." She whispered taking pleasure in the taste of his name on her tongue and lips as his name slipped out.

"So sad, you find love and it leaves you." Marik said not looking at her. "He would have left you anyway..." He said and as if hearing her thought he spoke again, "Why you ask, simple, where do you think he will go when he accomplishes his goal?" he spoke "not that he will, but he would dissipate, leave this world and go on to live with the gods." Marik said bringing tears to Tea's eyes

'he's right.' She thought

"But I will just have him killed now, to save you the trouble." He smiled and turned to see her face red with anger. "what is it?"

"I don't care if what we had was short lived, if he has to leave then it will be for the best, but I will not let you kill him now. I will not let you win." Tea said Secretly she had struggled enough to pull out the beads from her pocket. She pulled out the bag and managed to scoot her other hand to the bag where it pulled on the draw stings.

Marik stood and watched her in amusement.

Tea pored out the bag into her hand and smiled but frowned when she found ordinary, solid, gray sandstone pebbles. She looked up at Marik in horror.

"Ha! Did you think I was stupid? I knew you had them, so when you blacked out a few days ago I took them and replaced the with pebbles." Marik laughed and tapped a hand over a pocket in his robes.