~*A.N: Does anyone know what color is Marik's hair? I know I made a mistake in my last chapter. Yah…that's why there's a star next to the color. Anyone who knows, could you tell me, I'd appreciate it. Thanks*~

~*Goldilocks and the Three Yamis?"*~

Mai: Goldilocks

(Yami) Marik: The oldest

(Yami) Bakura: 2nd oldest

Yugi/Yami: I think we got this one already

            "All right Yugi," Yami skimmed through the pages of the red-checkered book, trying to find a story to read Yugi. After much skill, he finally found the story he was looking for. "Ah, here we are…"

            "Uh-oh." Yugi rolled his eyes into the back of his head. "Here we go again."

            "It's called Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Oh yes, this was one of my favorite stories when I was young." Yami smiled, adjusting his glasses.

            "What did they do?" Yugi snickered. "Write it in hieroglyphics and ran out of space to put the pictures?"
            "What was that?" Yami lowered the book, his hypnotic gaze locked with Yugi's.

            "Nothing." Yugi smiled nervously. "Just go. Go and read your story."

            Once upon a time in Domino City, people gathered about the streets either to go to work, to go to school, or to just simply walk about the streets during their leisure hour.

            Tucked within the alleys is a young girl, about sixteen or so. Her blonde hair was messy, her shirt torn and tattered. She was a poor girl indeed. At such an age, she had been kicked out of her house. After all, she had the life of a rebellion.

            One day, daring to brave the world, she stepped outside the alley, gazing left to right at the people who passed by. As usual, they were all ignoring her. Sighing, she slumped back on the brick wall.

            "Here kid." A voice called out. Looking up, the young girl saw two guys standing before her. A third one was with them, though much shorter. The one who spoke to her had a sort of brownish or blonde hair, flipping a quarter towards her. The one that stood next to him had rather wild white hair, which seemed to fly all over the place from his head. The third one, who actually stood a foot shorter than the two had blonde, black and red hair. He appeared to be a grade school kid of some sort.

            "Uh…thanks." Mai took the quarter, gazing down at it.

            "Who are you anyway?" the small boy looked down at her curiously.

            "I…" Mai was taken back at first before she finally answered. "I'm Mai."

            "That's nice," he then pointed to the other two. "That's Marik," he pointed to the one wearing the black shirt. "And that's Bakura." He pointed to the one with the wild hair.

            "Oh damn it Yugi," Bakura was irritated as he picked Yugi up. "We don't got time for introductions. We have to get home."

            "You can always visit us whenever you want." Yugi hollered as the three started walking. "We just live over here." He then pointed to the red brick-building close by.

            "You don't know when to keep your mouth shut now do you?" Marik took a glance at Yugi before they made their way inside.

~*The Next Morning*~

            Marik and Yugi were sitting in the kitchen while Bakura was finishing making miso soup over the stove. He then brought over the pot towards the table, sitting down.

            "It's about time snowball." Marik took the ladle, scooping up some of the soup into the bowl.

            "How many times do I gotta tell you to quit calling me that?" Bakura's voice tensed, trying to calm himself down as he scooped some of the miso soup into his bowl.

            "Well," Marik mixed the green onions and tofu inside his soup. "A couple of times I guess. But if it makes you happy, I'll switch your name to cotton ball."

            Yugi spat out his miso soup, laughing. Bakura glared at Yugi, then at his millennium puzzle. "Shall I take your millennium puzzle and toss it inside the river?"

            At that instant, Yugi stopped laughing and started to drink up the rest of his soup before helping himself to another bowl.

            Suddenly, a loud scream pierced through the kitchen, causing Yugi to drop his bowl, screaming in pain as the hot liquid touched his skin. Looking up, he realized it was Marik who caused the chaos.

            "Damn it Bakura." Marik glared at Bakura. "The soup is still hot!!"

            "Well why didn't you just wait until it cooled down you twit?" Bakura twitched slightly.

            "Look at what you made me do Marik." Yugi glared at Marik. "You burned your mouth but you've burned my hands for crying out loud. And besides, mine's is just right."

            "Well la-di-da!" Bakura rolled his eyes back. "Mine's is…well…cold."

            "Cold?!?" Yugi and Marik looked at Bakura rather strangely. "You just cooked it for crying out loud."

            "Well," Bakura smiled. "You see this was from last night."

            "Ho boy," Marik stood up. "Enough of this. Why don't we just go out for now. Maybe by the time we get back, the soup would cool down."

            "Oh yeah," Yugi snapped his fingers. "We were supposed to meet up with the rest. Tea's dueling with Kaiba today remember?"

            "Strange, bizarre, what not." Bakura wiped the table of the soup that Yugi spilled earlier.

            Meanwhile, Mai had been watching from the window at the three. Occasionally, she had to duck once in awhile in fear of getting caught by one of them. Suddenly, she saw the three emerged from the doorway, walking down the steps and across the street to the arcade.

            Being her sneaky self, Mai used her rebel skills to sneak up the stairs. Her hand twisted the doorknob only to be surprised that it was not locked. Opening the door, she looked about the house. The appearance of it was no different than any ordinary house that she had come across. An enchanting aroma filled the air, making Mai wonder where that wonderful smell was coming from. Following the smell, it led her straight to the kitchen where three bowls stood. A huge silver pot was in the middle.

            "Hey, miso soup!" Mai grinned to herself. She then picked up Marik's bowl, taking a sip. At that instant that the liquid touched her tongue, she screamed, dropping the bowl, cracking it. "Oh shit! Oh shit! That is so hot!" she then looked down at the mess she made on the floor. "Uh-oh."

            Standing there for a few minutes, she shrugged it off and moved onto Bakura's bowl, taking a sip from it. The color drained from her face before she placed the bowl down. "Yuck! It's too cold!" she then gazed at the third bowl, picking it up. A bit hesitant at first as she was expecting more bizarre surprises, she then took a tiny sip from the bowl. A smile curled her lips as she finally found the right bowl.

            "Finally, this soup tastes just right." She gobbled up the seaweed and tofu before wandering around. Noticing the staircase, curiosity had gotten the best of her as she made her way up the stairs. Only three rooms were plastered within the walls. Two were on the left and was on the right. There, on the closed the doors were a name carved in kanji. Perhaps this indicated whose room is who. Going to the first room, she noticed that it was Marik's. Opening it, taking a peek, she noticed his room was more of a dungeon rather than a normal room. There, darkness surrounded the room and no windows were ever there. Quickly, she slammed the door shut, obviously scared at what she saw.

            Slowly, she made her way towards the next room, seeing that it was Bakura's. She tried to twist the doorknob, only to realize it was locked. Damn it she fumed. She then made her way down the hall and into the last room, which Mai assumed it was Yugi's. She tried the doorknob once again, happy that it wasn't locked. Opening it, she looked around the room, sighing in relief. Of all the rooms, Yugi's one was perhaps the most normal. Well, she assumed Bakura's room was more bizarre than Marik's but who's caring. She noticed there was a bathroom in the far corner of his room.

            "Hmmm…well, I do need a bath after all. It's been a while." She took a look around his room seeing a few posters on the wall. One particular one hanging on his closet was a dark magician, posing with a girlish version of him. And from the right of it, there were kanji characters going up and down engraved on the piece of cloth. Making her way towards the bathroom, she stripped down her tattered clothing, hopping inside the shower, turning on the water.

            Minutes passed by as she finally finished showering. She had never felt this clean in years. Smiling to herself, she stepped out of the shower with a towel wrapped around her body. Looking through Yugi's drawers, she found out that most of his clothes are a bit small for her. And since Bakura's room is locked, she had no choice but to get some clothes from Marik's room.

            "Ho boy, ho boy, ho boy, ho boy." Mai kept saying over and over again as she found a flashlight on Yugi's drawer. Turning it on, she headed over to Marik's room, shining the flashlight all over, looking over to see if she could find some sort of clothing to use. And there she found on his bed a pair of boxers and a black tank top. "Well, better than not wearing anything." She said to herself as she snatched the clothes from his bed, leaving. There is no way in the world she would stick around in Marik's room for more than a minute. Running back to Yugi's room, she changed seeing the clothes fitted okay. Though the tank top was a bit loose but it didn't matter. Feeling tired, she decided to take a nap on his bed.

            About an hour later, Marik, Yugi, and Bakura returned home.

            "Damn it Yugi," Marik was holding Yugi up by the collar of his shirt. "I thought you said you locked the door on your way out."

            "Well, I thought I did." Yugi was struggling to release from Marik's grasp.

            "You guys," Bakura said in an irritated tone. "That's enough." He took out a ring of keys, placing a black one through the keyhole. "I forgot to give Yugi the key to the house anyway. Plus, I doubt anyone would break in." he then opened the door walking inside. "See, the house still looks normal."

            "Yeah," Marik dropped Yugi. "It looks normal but is it normal?" he then made his way toward the kitchen. "What the hell?"

            Yugi and Bakura ran in. "What? What is it?"

            Marik looked down at the cracked bowl and the spilled miso soup. "Someone tried to eat my soup."

            "So," Bakura picked up his bowl. "Someone tried to eat my soup!"

            "Oh yeah!" Yugi picked up his empty bowl. "Someone ate my soup and damn, they ate the whole thing!"

            "You didn't happen to eat it before we went out didn't you?" Marik glared at Bakura.

            "Why are you looking at me for?" Bakura settled his bowl down. "I didn't even touch your soup."

            "Well," Yugi watched Marik clean up the mess on the floor. "At least we know one thing. Someone broke in."

            The three then left the kitchen and went up the stairs. First, they checked out Marik's room. Marik lit up a few candles and placed it on the nightstand looking about.

            "Okay Yugi!" he grabbed Yugi by the neck again. "Where are my clothes? I know you took them!"

            "Me?!?" Yugi started struggling again. "Why would I want your clothes for? They're too big."

            To this, Marik smiled. "Oh…oh yeah, I forgot. Sorry bout that." He then dropped Yugi on the floor before exiting the room, heading towards Bakura's room.

            Bakura twisted the knob, realizing it's locked. "What? Hey, who's in there?" he then started to pound on the door. "Hey you, open up! I know you're in there. Ah-hah, we got you!"

            "Uh, Bakura," Yugi gave him a strange look. "You locked your room before we left the house like you always do."

            Bakura, laughed hysterically at first, smiling. "Yes, did you not think I know that?" he then paused for a moment. "Well, I know that whoever it is isn't in my room."

            "Right, which that leaves to Yugi's room." A smirk curled Marik's lips.

            "Well Yugi," Bakura smiled. "Let's head for your room shall we?"

            "But…but…" Yugi stuttered.

            "No buts my friend." Marik took Yugi by the arm as they noticed the door was ajar. They noticed a huge lump on Yugi's bed that was turning side to side.

            "Psst Yugi." Bakura whispered in Yugi's ear. "When's the last time you cleaned your bed?"

            "Shutup!" Yugi hissed as the three made their way towards the bed.

            Marik looked up at Yugi's bathroom, noticing a bit of steam coming out. "Strange, whoever it is, they used your bathroom."

            "Well, let's find out who this someone is now." Yugi pulled the covers off of the lump. All three were surprised to see it was Mai.

            "It's that girl." Bakura was taken back.

            "Mai?!?" Yugi was stunned.

            "Hmph," Marik smirked. "Touchy, you know what I would like to do to trespassers?" he reached behind his back taking out his millennium rod.

            Mai's eyes widened as she woke up the instant she saw the three. "I can explain."

            Yugi turned to Marik. "Marik, you said you wouldn't send anymore people to the Shadow Realm."

            "Well, I'm making this an exception." Marik smirked, the millennium rod glowing. "She broke in. And besides, cops these days would let any off for free with a warning."

            Suddenly, the millennium puzzle that wrapped around Yugi's neck started to glow. "Oh no, not again."

            "Uh-oh." Bakura took a glance at Yugi, then at Marik. "I think Yugi's having one of those convulsions again."

            Marik looked down at Yugi, slapping his own forehead. "Aw crap, and I thought he got over it."

            Within a second or so, Yugi changed to an older version of himself glaring at Mai. "Yes, I believe we should send her to the shadow realm.

            "Good thinking." Bakura smiled.

            Suddenly, Yami changed back to his hikari self. "No!! Just spare her for once. Besides, she's just a homeless person. I mean, give it a rest."

            Soon, Yugi's puzzle glowed as he changed to the older version. "Send that tramp to the shadow realm Marik. She stole your clothes after all!"

            "Oh yeah," Marik nodded in agreement. "That's true. She is wearing my clothes!"

            Yugi reverted back to his normal self. "Don't listen to him. Yami has gone nuts. He's gone nuts I tell you."

            "I think your Yami is fine, Yugi." Marik smiled. "It's you who's going nuts." He then pointed the rod towards Mai. "See you in…."

            "I think that's it." Yami slowly looked up from his book and towards Yugi.

            "What?!?" Yugi was stunned. "What do you mean that was it?!? That's not even the ending!!"

            "Well," Yami looked over the pages. "The bottom half of the page got ripped off."

            "Well that's too bad." Yugi pouted. "Because I'm not going to sleep."

            "Well you have too." Yami slowly rose from the chair. "Because I read you enough stories that would make anyone go to sleep. Plus, I'm tired."

            "You don't read one that's worthwhile," Yugi took of his millennium puzzle from his neck, holding it up in the air and aiming it for the floor. "I swear you will be gone."

            Yami was stunned to see Yugi putting his puzzle in such position. If he smashes it, he'll disappear for a long while. That is, until Yugi plans to redo the puzzle over again. "All right, all right, all right! I'll read you a good story. A good long story." He then looked through the pages once more.

~* To be continued. What happened to Mai? Check in the next chapter*~