Hello again!!!!!!

Uh, oh....Unlucky chapter 13!!!!! What will happen???? Only I know.... *evil cackles fill the room*....

*continues in her weirdness* Now, if my story wasn't confusing before, it definetly is now.... *evil grin* Anyways.......yeah......Can't really think ofanything else to say..................uh......Hello!!!!! (Wait, I said that already...) Um...... Uh...... On with the fic!

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{Shells and DVD}

Shells and DVD met up at the top of the stairs in front of Daricio's room after dinner. They quietly opened the door and went inside. As they did, Shells noticed the clock. It was 9:25.

DVD look at Daricio's bed and noticed that she was asleep. He shook her.

"Daricio? Wake up, we want to ask you something." DVD said.

Daricio didn't move.

DVD turned to Shells. "I guess she really was tired. Oh, well. We'll talk to her tomorrow morning."

They turned and left the room.

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{Daricio}

Daricio spent another hour trying to figure out how to get the door open, but no matter what she tried, nothing worked. She was stuck.

Stuck in Yugi's Soul room. A week ago, this would have been the thing she dreamed of doing the most, but now, all she could think about was what would happen if she couldn't get back by morning.

//If my mom finds me like that, I'll never forgive myself. I probably look like I've slipped into a coma or something.....Oh, man....// Daricio turned back to the door. She gave up trying to be quiet. She had realized that if she was stuck in here, she would have to eventually tell Yugi anyway.

She banged on and pulled at the door. She tried to concentrate on it to make it disappear, but it was invulnerable to anything she did to it. She tried that for a while before finally giving up. There was no way she was going to be able to get through that door.

She decided that the best theory was the one where Yugi had to be touching Daricio's skin, but it was also probably the most hopeless theory.

//Kinda makes me wish I had told Shells or DVD about the tins before I got myself trapped here.// She thought bitterly.

She looked over at Yugi. When he woke up, she would have to tell him. She really didn't want to, but she would have to. Then she got an idea.

//He's not going to wake up for a while. It's about 4:00 now, so he won't get up for another....When does his school stat anyway? I guess i'll find out soon..... Anyways, While he's sleeping, I have direct access to Yami's soul room, which is the puzzle! Exploration time!// Daricio thought excitedly.

She got up, making sure once again that she was invisible, and went over to the door to Yugi's soul room. She opened it and went out into the hallway. There, across from Yugi's room, was that old-looking door that led to Yami's room. She opened it a crack and peered inside.

Yami was nowhere to be seen, but considering all the places he could be in here, that kind of figured. Daricio stepped into the room and looked around. It was even more confusing looking than when she watched Shadi in here!

//Man, if Shadi couldn't figure this out, how am I supposed to?// Daricio thought. She walked over to one of the stairways and began climbing.

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{Yami}

Yami had never really slept that well. Somehow, he was able to remember that even when he had been Pharoah, he hadn't been able to sleep at nights.

He turned over in his bed and stared out the door into the maze of stairs. It was the same view he had had every night ever since Yugi first put together the puzzle and he started being here.

Lately, he had been worried about Yugi. First there was the fact that he hadn't been able to sleep that one night. (And when because of their strong bond, when Yugi couldn't sleep, neither could he) and there was also all these wierd Dark Magician chasing dreams Yugi had been having lately.

Yami was a strong believer in dreams that tell the future, but that was mostly because he didn't actually dream very often. When he did though, it was always about something that had happened that day, or strangely, something that happened the very next day.

But he just could not figure out what THIS dream could possibly mean. Chasing Dark Magicians.

Yami shook his head and turned over again. Maybe this is a sign of Yugi cracking over all this pressure that's been on him constantly ever since all this started happening. But I seriously doubt it.... Yugi's too nice to go nuts.....

Yami turned to face the door again, lost deep in thought.

He spotted movement and sat bolt up in bed. He stared out his door again hoping to see what it was that had startled him. He checked his link with Yugi to see if it might be him, but no, Yugi was asleep.

He got out of bed and stood at the doorway. There! He stared at one of the other doors, and little by little, it swung open, then shut again.

Yami rubbed his eyes. "That did NOT just happen." He muttered to himself. "That could NOT have just happened."

He raced over through the maze of stairs over to the door. He opened it, half expetcing one of his traps. There was nothing in the room, but he left the door open just in case.

He stepped into the room and looked around. All that was in here was a table. Nothing big. It was one of Yami's many extra storage areas.

Suddenly the door behind him slammed. He whirled around and opened it. He looked quickly around and was just in time to see another door close.

Something's going on here.......

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Daricio giggled as she watched Yami race into the room that she had just slammed the door on. This was going to be lots of fun!

When he had first ran into the room that she was exploring in, she had almost screamed, thinking it was one of his raps, but when she saw who it was, she decided to confuse him.

She had exited the room and closed the door. Then she ran up the stairs to a room that she had explored already and opened the door. Then, without going in, she slammed it. Yami had immedietly ran up the stairs and into the room.

Then, suddenly, she frowned. Yugi was waking up. She couldn't say exactly how, but she could sense it. She quickly made her way out of the puzzle and back into Yugi's room. Yugi was sitting up in his bed and staring at the wall.

She went and stood over in a corner of the room. She brushed all the dust off her jeans. She made herself visible and cleared her throat. Yugi, hearing the sound, glanced over.

When he saw her, he gasped. He quickly got out of bed and ran over to her. "You...You...were in my dream...." He said.

Daricio nodded slowly. "darn Dark Magician almost got me too." She said quietly. Yugi gaped at her.

"You mean....You were actually there?" He was amazed. Daricio didn't blame him. She would havebeen amazed too, if she were in his place. She nodded in answerto his question, then looked at the floor.

"I was watching you..... Chasing those guys...." She said softly. Yugi blushed.

"How...How did you get here? And who are you?" Yugi asked.

//He doesn't recognise me! He's used to me being huge! If I tell him some other name, he'll never know!// Daricio realized. //But....I don't want to keep any more secrets from him.//

"I got here....I don't know...I'm not really sure." Daricio said, looking up at him. She looked into his large eyes. "And you know who I am."

Yugi's eyes got wider. "I know you? From where? I......Do I know you from school?"

"Not from school, Yugi." Daricio said, shaking her head. "My name is..."

She was just about to tell him, when Yami barged into the room. "Yugi, there's something goinmg on in here! Someone or something is IN MY SOUL ROOM!!!!!!! AND I CAN'T FIN...." He stopped when he spotted Daricio.

"Who's that?" He demanded.

"That's what I'm trying to figure out." Yugi said. Both he and Yami sat on Yugi's bed and stared at Daricio waiting for her to speak.

Daricio hesitated. //It was hard enough trying to do this with just Yugi! How am I going to be able to tell both of them?//

"umm...Well...I.....uh...." She stammered, looking from one to the other. "Uh...." She turned invisible again, not willing to face both of them. Then she raced to the other side of the room so that they couldn't find her.

She sat down and watched Yugi and Yami staring at the floor where she had been standing. Yami recovered from his shock first.

"Hey! What the? What just? Wha?" He got up from the bed and ran over to the spot she had been standing.

"Yami! She had just been about to tell me who she was, and I think you scared her away!" Yugi cried. "She told me....That I knew her already.......But I don't! The Dark Magician told me that..."

"Dark Magician? Yugi, what are you TALKING about?" Yami stared at him worriedly.

"Well, in my dream, two of the Dark Magicians I was chasing actually talked to me. They told me...That I should have courage...And that in the adventures ahead, I would need to have someone join me....And just before that, I had seen a girl! The girl who was just here!"

"So......We really need to find her again. Hmm..... Maybe if we DO find her, she can help me find out who was in.....wait....... Maybe she WAS the person who was in....... Well, that would explain why she didn't want to talk to me...." Yami shook his head.

//Well, it didn't take him long to figure THAT out...//Daricio thought. //I really shouldn't have gone in there.... I could have triggered something bad.......// She shuddered, not wanting to think about that.

She turned her attention back to Yugi and Yami who were once again sitting on the bed talking.

//Daricio, you are SUCH a coward.//She said to herself. //You should have been able to just tell them, but Noooo....// She sighed quietly.

She watched as Yami left the soul room and went into his own, obviously trying to se if she had gone back in there. Yugi lay down on the bed again and stared at the ceiling.

Daricio used her imagination powers to make two clocks appear on the floor, one showing Yugi's time, and one showing hers. Strangely enough, they showed the exact same time. 5:30. She sighed and made them disappear again.

Her mom would be coming in to scold her for not getting up any minute now.

If she was going to ask Yugi for his help, he would have to do it soon. She made herself visible and slowly stood up.

"Yugi?...I'm sorry." she said softly. Yugi, hearing his name looked up. When he saw her, he sat up in bed and looked at her.

"Where did you go? What happened? Why did you leave?" He asked quickly.

"I, uh..... Well..... You know how you can use your imagination in here, right? To make anything happen?" Daricio asked. Yugi nodded slowly. "Well, I just used mine to make me invisible. That's all..."

"Oh." Yugi said, nodding. "Ok... Why did you turn yourself invisible? Were you in the puzzle earlier?"

Daricio looked at the floor. "Yeah... I...........yeah... Sorry."

"Ok, let's try this again." Yugi said. "Who are you? Why do you say I know you?"

"I say you know me because you do. Just....Not like this." Daricio said carefully. //Come on, just tell him!// She urged herself.

"What do you mean?"Yugi asked, confused.

"I mean.....Well... My name....Is Daricio." She finally told him. Yugi stared at her.

"Daricio? Really? But.....you........You're the same height as me! You can't be Daricio! She's really big! Probably at LEAST as tall as Yami! If not taller!"

Daricio laughed. "It's me." She said. "If nothing else, I thought you would have recognised my voice." She said.

Yugi just kept staring at her. "But.."

" Hey, you want proof? here's proof. Just today, I used a tin box with your picture on it to transport you to my room. You ended up talking to me about your day, which, might I add, included you getting into a fight with Bakura. Need any more proof? I can go on." Daricio stated.

Yugi stared. "Ok, so you're Daricio. How did you get here?"

"Well, when you were talking to me, I realized that what you were describing sounded strangely like MY day. As if we were doing exactly the same things. I realized then that we must have a mental link. Which, we actually do. That's how I got here."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Yugi asked in amazement.

Daricio looked at the floor. "Hey, I've got to be able to have SOME secrets every now and then..." She said.

"secrets....many secrets..." Yugi's face suddenly brightened. "Oh! that's what.....The Dark magician said that I would have many secrets!"

"Uh.....Yugi......that was a dream...." Daricio reminded him.

"Well, yeah, but still...." Then Yugi frowned slightly. "Oh...I guess i've been keeping a secret from you too..."

Daricio thought for a minute before saying, "The jacket in my room?"

"Yeah.... You see, Me and Yami were exploring the puzzle some more, trying to figure out what mysteries it holds and yada yada yada, when we found a small door. Only I was able to fit in it, so Yugi had to wait outside for me. inside was a button. when I pressed it, we were suddenly in your room! Small again, of course..." Yugi said thoughtfully.

"I don't think you really want to know what happened while we were there..." Yami said, stepping into the room from where he had been listening at the door.

He gave Daricio a glance that said "don't go into the puzzle without proper supervision" then he sat next to Yugi on the bed.

Daricio looked at both of them, then sat down on the floor. "Why not?" She asked. "I know you lost your coat on my bed, but that shouldn't be too embarasing of a story."

"It's just that....well.....Ok, here's what happened. when we first appeared, We climbed up onto your bed to get a better view of the room..." Yugi and Yami told her everything that had happened while they were there. Yami blushed slightly when he told her that it had been him that had lost the jacket to a rat.

"And then, you pressed the button, twice of course, and you know the rest....."Yami finished.

Daricio thought for a moment. "So...you now know what Bakura did...." She turned to Yugi. "That's probably why he wanted to duel you, and why he was so mad when you didn't."

Yugi nodded. Then he said, "There's still something I don't quite understand. If you wanted to keep this a secret from me, why did you tell us?"

"Well, that's the other part I didn't tell you yet. you see...I came in through a door over there." She gestured to the wall where it was. "you can barely see it, but it's there. Anyways....For some reason, It's locked now. It won't open. I'm stuck here in your mind, Yugi." She looked down at the floor again.

Yugi tried the door. It wouldn't open for him either. Even Yami tried it, but it wouldn't budge.

Yugi went back over to Daricio. "So, now what?"

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Tired.......So tired........Sorry everyone, but must end chapter....... Back hurts from sitting up ram rod straight in chair all day like yami does..... (I don't know why, But I like doing that...) Anyways, Please review!

--Daricio