Yugi glanced up at the plane. It was small for sure, definitely a snappy come back from Kaiba.

'Were you expecting luxury?' Yugi smirked at Yami's joke.

'Not from Kaiba.' Yugi sighed and moved up to his plane. Skullz was already leaning against the entrance with his eyes closed. Yugi just thought he was tired, but when Yugi approached, Skullz snapped his eyes open.

"Ready yet?"

"I think so. Kaiba's men say he left a while ago."

"And the others?"

Yugi glanced over toward Joey and Marik. What an odd pair. Joey had hated Marik so much, but here they were about to go on a plane trip halfway across the world together.

"What temple did Kaiba take?" Yugi shifted his eyes back to Skullz, and smiled.

"He took the Head Temple." Skullz widened his eyes slightly.

"He took the Artic one?"

"That surprised me to. Kaiba will have had his reasons though." Skullz just nodded closing his eyes again. Yugi cupped his hands to his mouth and yelled toward Joey, "Ready?" Joey looked up grinning and gave him his thumbs up signal. Yugi just waved and tapped Skullz on the shoulder. "We are leaving."

Kaiba stood ankle deep in the cold snow of the artic. His fur coat was blocking out the freezing winds, but it still was no comfort. He coughed, the white wind of his breath holding in mid air for a few seconds, then dissipating. He trudged forward and took his first step on the temple. He breathed hard, and coughed again.

'Why the hell did I chose this one?'

'Stronger...' A little voice in his head reminded him. Kaiba moved quickly up the stairs. The temple's stairs reached all of the way to a giant doorway. The doors were closed, and a perfectly drawn Exodia head was staring down at him from the center. Kaiba observed the picture a second longer, then pushed his way threw the doors. They moved quickly for something that should be so old. The second the blast of air came out of the temple, Kaiba gasped in shock. It was almost a perfect temperature. It was like being outside in the snow, and coming home to a room toasty by your fireplace. Kaiba ditched his fur coat at the door along with another smaller one. He also ditched his snow gear. Kaiba shook himself and stretched, glad to be out of the wet stiff artic clothes. He scratched the back of his head and moved into the temple, deep into the unknown.

"Yea! I beat you Marik." Marik grinned sheepishly. They were on their plane, heading toward the northwest temple. Marik collected his cards strewn in front of him and nodded.

"Yes, good duel Joey." Joey grinned and collected his cards. "Yeah! No one can beat my unstoppable deck!"

"Except when I beat you that first time." Joey almost tripped and got up looking at Marik with amused anger. "Another go, tough guy?" Marik laughed and pointed to the table in front of them. He was already set up for the next duel.

"Then lets go."

Yugi glanced over to Skullz for the millionth time during their trip. Skullz had yet to notice Yugi since they got on the plane, made any move to talk, or even to move, during the whole trip. Yugi sighed.

'Still trust him Yugi?'

'Yes, Yami. I don't know why, he just has this feeling.'

'Feeling?'

'A trusting feeling. I guess... I would trust him with a lot of things.'

'Your life?' Yugi shook in shock of the question.

'My life?'

'Yes, can you trust that he would save you if that time came?' Yugi leaned against his fist and yawned.

'Yes, Yami I would.' Yugi yawned and fell asleep. Dark Yami's spirit arose from the puzzle and glanced over at Skullz. His eyes gleamed and Dark Yami smiled.

'Will you fulfill your promise to defeat me Skullz?' Dark Yami shook in shock as Skullz stood up abruptly as though he had heard Dark Yami's voice. He moved over to the sleeping Yugi and grimaced.

"This kid... he'll lead me to that Yami figure." Dark Yami's eyes widened. But suddenly he smiled.

'Of course. He seeks revenge by chasing the only person with any personal contact with me, hoping I will surface again.' Dark Yami smirked. 'Will he have the will to challenge me after I get my hands on Exodia?'

"Sting will be avenged. And my Dark soul will never again take control." He clenched his teeth. "I will kill you Yami, you bastard."

'I await that moment.' Dark Yami laughed and Skullz lowered his head, returning to his seat.