Hey All!

Ok, so now Yugi is keeping a secret from Daricio. He can get to her room whenever he wants. Daricio is hiding a secret from Yugi. She can get to his mind whenever she wants. (As soon as she finds that link of course.) is this confusing or what?

(Yet another note to Yami Mojobubbles: (For anyone else who reads this little not, if you want to know what in the world I'm talking about here, Just read my reviews, then, for good measure, review yourself!) Anyways, To Mojobubbles: (Hi- fives back) Yeah! (end of note to Mojobubbles. All of the other readers may continue in their weirdness)

(continues in her weirdness) I love writing this fic! It's SO fun! I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it! Here's the latest part of this confusing, enjoyable, crazy fic!

NOTE: (3/11/05) I reposted this chapter, and chapter 16 because I was filling plotholes, so if things look different, blame Quickedit. Thoughts are in italics now for this chappie and that chappie.

+Daricio's Mom+

Daricio was unusually quiet throughout dinner. She ate without saying a word or even listening to what anyone else was saying. To Mom, that meant only one thing. Something was wrong.

"Daricio, Why are you so quiet tonight?" She asked.

"Huh? What?" Daricio looked up from her dinner with a slightly lost look on her face.

"What's up?" Mom asked.

"Oh, nothing. I'm fine. It's just…..I guess I don't feel well." Daricio looked down.

Mom looked at Dad. They both nodded. Mom looked back at Daricio. "Maybe you should go lie down for a while."

Daricio sighed and got up. She put her plate on the counter, then started down the hallway. Then she headed up the stairs.

Shells looked at DVD. Silently they both agreed. Something was up with Daricio, and they were going to figure out what.

As Daricio headed up the stairs, she realized that what she had said to her mom about not feeling well was slightly true. She was really tired.

Mental note to self. Never explore in soul room for more than an hour at a time without getting up and moving around occasionally. This is exhausting. How can Yugi deal with this?Daricio thought tiredly.

She went into her room and got into bed. She stretched from side to side trying to get the pain from her back. Then she lay down and closed her eyes. Outwardly, it may have looked like she had gone to sleep, but she was far from it.

She was exploring in her soul room again. But this time, instead of organizing and redecorating her soul room in a way she would never have been able to decorate a real room, she was searching for the link with Yugi.

Where could that link be at?She wondered, then sighed as she watched another toy appear on the floor. And why is it that when these toys appear, they can't appear on a shelf?

She picked up the toy, placed it on a shelf, then continued searching for the link. After searching for a long time, she came upon a thick cord wire that led off into the distance.

This must be it.She thought. The link. At the other end of this is Yugi's mind. All I have to do now is follow it.

She thought for a moment. Maybe I should do something so that Yugi can't find me when I get over there. Time to use my imagination.

She concentrated hard and suddenly, she turned invisible.

That'll work. Daricio grinned. She walked next to the wire, peering ahead into the distance.

After about 10 minutes, she had the faint feeling that if she went on any further, she wouldn't be able to do anything with her body. She would be crossing into someone else's.

Daricio shivered. She wanted to go on, but she hesitated.

If I move on, what will happen to me? Will I be able to remain invisible? Will I be able to make stuff happen like I can in my mind? She looked behind her and sighed. And will these stupid toys stop appearing everywhere?

The toys shuddered and turned into tiny slips of paper that were barely noticeable. Daricio blinked. She had momentarily forgotten she could do that.

She concentrated again, and the slips of paper fluttered away toward the shelves. She made a silent command to her mind that any other thoughts she had would appear on the shelf and not next to her.

Finally. I am free from the evil thought things of doom. Daricio grinned and continued along the wire.

She had only walked for ward a few steps, when a hard feeling hit her.

She felt like she was walking through the coldest of all cold blizzards and that the room was closing in on her. It was the feeling of…not feeling. It was a complete absence of feeling.

A few seconds later, just as she began to feel claustrophobic, the cold and the weight completely disappeared, and she felt an almost indescribable feeling that she had never felt before, and somehow felt that she had.

Daricio tried to think about how to describe this feeling, but it was so powerful, that the best description she could give, was that is must be the warmest, most enjoyable feeling in the world. It was like making a new friend. Like being able to feel the sun from both sides. This was the ultimate, overpowering sensation of friendship and good will. This…was Yugi.

Wow. I knew that Yugi was a great person, but I didn't really understand just how great! He really does care about everyone! He's just……She was at a total loss of words. This is cool. She concluded.

It took her a while, but she was finally able to collect herself and continue down the wire.

As she walked, she had the faint feeling that if she was in Yugi's soul room, she would be able to see what was happening outside Yugi's body, (Through his eyes of course) An that she might even be able to take control! This is definetly cool. And yet...Kinda freaky.She thought.

She had walked no more than about 5 minutes, when she saw that the wire had led her to a faint outline of a door. She opened it a crack and looked inside. It was Yugi's soul room.

At the moment, Yugi was sitting on his bed looking up at Yami, who was pacing the room. Daricio sensed that outside, yugi was in his room lieing on his bed.

Daricio checked to see that she was still invisible, then she went inside the soul room quickly and shut the door quietly. She watched silently.

"Yami, calm down! It's Ok! It's fine! I'm only grounded for a week, it's not that bad!" Yugi sighed. Yami stopped pacing and looked at him.

"Are you sure? I mean, a week is a long time, and when you have nothing to do, you start to get just a little wild in here." Yami sounded really worried.

"I told you, it's fine! And besides, I wasn't THAT wild in here last time…" Yugi said with a small grin.

"Yes, you were." Yami said. "If turning the room into a bounce house, running around the room in tiny circles, and bouncing off the walls isn't wild, I don't know what is…"

Yugi grinned. "Of course we won't even TALK about what YOU did when you had lots of sugar!"

Yami blushed. "Well, I had never had any before! It's not like you told me EXACTLY how much of your Halloween candy I was allowed to have." Yami sat next to Yugi on the bed.

"Well, I guess you're right. But, still…." Yugi grinned again. "I COULD always tell Daricio what happened…"

"You wouldn't dare…" Yami stared at the floor. Yugi giggled. They didn't notice, but so did Daricio.

"Of course I wouldn't! You know that, Yami." Yugi's grin faltered as he looked back at Yami.

Yami looked up. He still looked slightly depressed. "A whole week." He muttered. "This is NOT going to be fun."

Yugi sighed. "Gosh, Yami. What does it take to get you to cheer up?"

"Uh…" Yami shrugged.

Yugi thought for a moment. Then he snapped his fingers. "I know! How about some hot chocolate?"

Yami looked suspicious. "Hot…..Chocolate?" He asked. "Doesn't chocolate have sugar in it?"

"Well, yeah…. But still…..You can just try some…." Yugi held out his hands and two steaming mugs appeared. "Besides, this isn't real. I don't have any hot chocolate at my house. But we can have this!"

Yugi took a sip of his. "See? It's good!"

Yami accepted the cup and stared at it. "Uh...What does it taste like?"

"Like chocolate. Only...not quite as rich...It's hard to explain,Yami... Just try it!"Yugi encouraged him.

"Well, if you say so, Yugi..." Yami took a big long drink from his mug. His face turned bright red.

"HOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOTHOT!"

A drinking fountain appeared in the center of the room and Yami stood there drinking water for a long time. When he finished, he turned to Yugi.

"Why didn't you tell me it was so hot?" He demanded.

"Well, I just figured you would know...It is HOT chocolate, you know..."Yugi smiled faintly.

"I have decided I don't like hot chocolate."Yami stated. "I'm going to my room." He went out the door towards his soul room.

Yugi lay on the bed in his soul room and sighed. "Great. Now everyone's mad at me. I didn't mean to..."

He lay there thinking for a while. Then his face brightened. "Well, Daricio's not mad at me...I think...At least she didn't look like she was mad at me..."

I'm not mad at you, Yugi. Daricio thought, wishing for a moment that she hadn't promised herself that she wouldn't give away the fact that she was here.

Yugi sighed again, then outside, he looked up at his clock. It was 9:30 and he needed to get to sleep. He rolled over and tried to get some sleep.

Daricio sighed too, but quietly. I don't want to go yet! I just got here! I wonder what happens to a soul room when you dream... She sat on the floor and watched Yugi's sleeping form.

After about 2 minutes, the room began to swirl and shift. When it stopped, Daricio stood up quickly and looked around.

The whole room had transformed. Instead of being a cheerful room with shelves and toys, it was purple and black swirling on seemingly endlessly. Yugi was no longer laying down, but running across the place.

He must be dreaming. Daricio realized. I wonder if Yami has ever gotten woken up from a nightmare Yugi had. This sure looks like a nightmare to me... I wonder what Yugi is running from.

She followed him to find out. after running for a long time, she finally spotted something. He wasn't being chased, he was chasing something else! Daricio ran closer.

Is that?...The Dark Magician he's chasing?...It is! She giggled slightly. Just as Yugi was about to catch the Magician, it disappeared in a poof of smoke. Yugi stopped and looked around. Then he started running in another direction.

Daricio realized that there were tons of Dark Magicians everywhere. Yugi was chasing them, trying to catch them for some reason.

She held out her hands. Popcorn appeared there that only she could see. She sat down again to watch. This was very entertaining.

+Yugi+

Yugi ran and ran, but no matter how fast he did, the Dark Magician always got away from him just before he could grab it. He kept chasing them, one after another.

He was aware that this HAD to be a dream, but still...He HAD to catch them!

He ran on and on. After clearing smoke from a disappeared Dark Magician out of his eyes, he suddenly noticed something white out of the corner of his eye.

He turned to see a Dark Magician advancing on what appeared to be a girl holding...Popcorn?

He ran over to see what was going on. The girl saw him coming. "Yugi!" She screamed. The Dark Magician disappeared with a poof of smoke, and when the smoke cleared, the girl was gone.

Who was THAT?He thought. She seemed so familiar somehow...He shrugged and turned away. As he did so, he spotted another Dark Magician and chased after it.

+Daricio+

That was close. Daricio thought, watching as Yugi went after yet another Dark Magician.

She had been so intently watching Yugi, that she hadn't even noticed when she began to turn visible again. One of the many Dark Magicians had noticed her and had went after her. Apperently, they were only afraid of Yugi.

Daricio shivered. Why did I call out to him? That was stupid. He might have recognized my voice.

She sat back down to watch Yugi chase Dark Magicains again while eating popcorn, but this time, she made absoulutly sure that she remained invisible.

Suddenly, A door appeared in the wall, and Yami stepped in. "Yugi! Yugi!"

The room slowly faded back into it's normal state and Yugi stopped running. He looked at Yami. "Huh? What?"

"Will you keep it down in here? I'm trying to sleep." Yami grumbled.

"Sorry Yami. I can't exactly control what I dream about, now can I?"

"No, you can't." Yami agreed. "But you CAN decide NOT to actually live the dream in your soul room. Remember?"

"Oh, yeah. Sorry Yami." Yugi went over to the bed in his soul room again as Yami shut the door, muttering about a reaccuring Dark Magician chasing dream.

Outside, Yugi looked at the clock again. It was 3:00 AM. He sighed and lay down on the bed.

"That's the third time this week that Yami has had to wake me up from that. But tonight, there was something different." Yugi said to himself. "Who was that girl? Why does she seem so familiar?"

He rolled over again.

Daricio decided that since Yugi was now going to not "live his dream" as Yami had put it, it was going to get boring in here. She went over to the corner of the room where she had come through the door.

She could barely see it. She used her imagination powers to make it so that to her, it would appear solid, but to Yugi, it would remain like this.

When she was certain it had worked, she tried to open it. It wouldn't budge. She pulled harder. It still wouldn't budge.

Oh, great. Now what? Why can't I get back? She pondered for a while. She thought about a ton of different explanations and possible soulutions. She thought and thought. Then a strange thought came to her.

Ok, that shelf if probable getting absoulutly full of toys...or paper...whatever it happened to be at that point.She giggled slightly. Then she got serious again. But I'm not going to be able to find out what until I can get through this door!

She thought for another moment. Maybe what I need is a physical connection as well when I'm trying to get back. Maybe Yugi needs to be able to see me or be able to touch my skin before I can get back. I need to be able to persuade him... to...get... Oh, wait. I forgot. He can only get there when I bring him there. Ok, now what?

+Yugi+

Yugi was dreaming again. He chased Dark Magicians here and there, but they kept disappearing. Finally, he did something that he hadn't done in any other of these type of dreams. He stopped and sat down. He was tired.

Instead of running to chase the Magicians, he just sat and watched them. They stood a distance off and watched him. One stepped away from the group and gestured for Yugi to come. It wanted him to chase them again.

Yugi shook his head. "No." He whispered.

The group of Dark Magicians stared at him in wonder. Then two of them edged closer to Yugi. Then a little closer. Then they sat next to him, one on either side.

Yugi was amazed. This had definetly never happened before in any of his other dreams. He looked into the faces of the Dark Magicians on either side of him. They were smiling. One of the two spoke to him.

"Have courage, Yugi. You're going to need it for what you need to do next."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Yugi asked, still amazed.

"You will have many adventures. You will have many struggles. And also, many secrets." The other Magician said. "MANY secrets."

"Huh?" Yugi was still confused.

The two Magicians looked at each other and sighed. "He doen't understand, now. But he will." One said to the other.

"Yes, he will." The other replied. They stood up and joined the rest of the group. Yugi stared at them.

"What does that mean?" He asked loudly.

"You will understand." He heard from the direction of the crowd. "But first, someone new must join you. She is already here."

"You mean that girl I saw? But who is she? Where is she?" Yugi ran towards the group to find more answers. They scattered in different directions and soon Yugi was back to what he was doing in the first place. Chasing Dark Magicians.

Well, I know that that was probably a very confusing part, so now, as the author, I will explain it to you...Sort of. You know how sometimes, people get dreams that tell the future? Well, this is kinda like that...I think...

I don't think anyone else has had anything told to them by a Dark Magician before, though. In the show, even though he has several chances to, the Dark Magician never talks to Yugi, so I made him talk to Yugi.

(F.Y.I. In this story, Yugi and Daricio are about the same height. Maybe we're the same height in real life, too. I wouldn't know. I've never met him. (cries) Anywhos...Yeah...)

See ya!

Daricio