Joey looked himself over in the bathroom mirror.

"I can't believe I just did that. How stupid can one person be?" He turned the water on and washed his face. His hand reached out to find a towel but one was handed to him. He dried his face and looked up at Kaiba.

"Didn't your parents ever teach you to knock?" Joey said annoyed, turning the water off.

"No," Kaiba said boredly. Joey put the towel down on the side on the sink. "For someone who I told not to go anywhere, my room seems to have gotten a lot smaller. Don't you think?" Kaiba looked around the room then back at Joey.

"Nah, it's only a little smaller," Joey shrugged. He was starting to get nervous and he didn't know why. He guessed it had something to do with the look in Kaiba's eyes. Somehow it was just unsettling.

"Are you afraid of me?" Kaiba asked sensing the discomfort. Joey shook his head vigorously, which only made the assumption seem that much more true. Kaiba took a few steps toward him. "Good...because you should be." Joey backed up into a crevice between the sink and the bathtub as Kaiba moved in closer, only stopping when he hit the wall. "Nobody go against my wishes without at least some kind of punishment." Kaiba slid up close to him and ran his hands under Joey's shirt. "Lucky for you there's only one thing I want out of you tonight." Joey closed his eyes as Kaiba started to kiss him.

"Do you think Joey's coming back?" Yugi asked getting bored with the TV show that Tristan had turned on. All three of them were seated on the couch, Tristan half leaning over the side and Yugi curled up against the other side, his legs folded underneath him. Yami sat in the middle with his arms crossed. Tristan sat up and stretched.

"I don't know but I'm hungry," he said.

"Me too... Let's go find something," Yugi stood up. Yami looked at him alarmed.

"Yugi, this isn't our house," he said.

"It'll be fine. Kaiba probably won't miss anything," Tristan said joining Yugi. Yami stood up and followed.

"I wonder what kind of food he eats? I never see him eating at school," Yugi commented as the hallway.

"Do we even know where the kitchen is to find out?" Tristan asked. Yugi looked at him and smiled.

"I guess not. Maybe we should just go to the all night convenient store down the street." Tristan shrugged.

"Beats trying to find our way around here." They went for the door but Yugi stopped when he noticed that Yami wasn't following.

"What?" he asked. "It's not that far and you already said that we shouldn't take Kaiba's food. And it's not like we're going alone." Yami looked at him the way a father would look at a twelve year old son who was asking if they could drive the car. "And you'll be there to be my hero if someone's come to grab us," Yugi smiled the cutest smile he could come up with. Yami sighed.

"I can't really stop you," he said before disappearing into the millennium puzzle. Yugi maintained his smile while they walked outside but he couldn't help but feel guilty as they exited the grounds.

' Are you mad at me?' he asked Yami through their link.

' No. But you should have at least told them you were going." Yugi looked back toward the house but kept walking.

"Don't worry, they probably won't even notice we're gone," Tristan said noticing his concern.

"I don't know whether that seems good or bad?" Yugi said too quiet to be heard. Neither Yami nor Tristan responded. "So, have you heard from Serenity? How's she doing?" Yugi asked trying to think of something nice to talk about.

"Well she..." Yami reappeared and pulled both of them into the entranceway to an apartment building nearby. "Hey what gives?" Tristan pulled away angrily. Yami quieted him with a glare.

"What is it Yami?" Yugi asked watching the spirit inch his way to the edge of the alcove cautiously. He pulled back suddenly as a crash sounded in the alleyway around the corner.

"Can't you put up a good fight anymore? Or have you grown weak in the past few months? Oh...that's right. You were always weak," A cold voice said unpleasantly. Clinks of cans being moved followed and a growl responded.

"I thought I'd never have to see your ugly face again. Get bored with torturing your own people?"

"I had some unfinished business."

"Well too bad you won't get to finish it. I'm going to kill you you bastard.

"Now is that any way to talk to an old friend. I think they forgot to teach you manners when they converted you to being so soft." There was another crash and Yugi winced and drew back a bit. ' Why does it feel like I know them?' he thought to himself.

"Well I can't just sit here while someone gets hurt," Tristan said walking back out into the street.

"Tristan no!" Yami ran out to stop him. The two people in the alley looked toward them.

"Well, well. Look who decided to save the day," the tormentor replied abandoning his prey for the moment. "Too bad you'll be receiving the same fate." Yugi continued to try and place both voices as Yami pushed Tristan out of the way.

"Wait, is that..."

"Bakura!" Ryou jolted awake, pain responding to the sudden movement. He could feel Bakura slipping away and looked around the room wildly. He attempted to throw the sheets off himself and stand but got tangled and fell to the floor. More pains shot through his body from his injuries but he ignored them and forced himself to stand. He limped through the house swiftly in search of the missing spirit. "Bakura?" he called weakly. ' Where are you?' he asked through their link.

' Don't worry about it kid. Go back to sleep before you hurt yourself," was the rough reply. Then the link was cut off.

"Bakura," Ryou whispered one last time before the pain took over and he fainted.