A/N: Hey thanks to and Darkforestchick - and no I wasn't dropping this story, I just moved didn't have the net. Hope you like this!


"Yami! Yami wake up!" Asheritu yelled in desperation.

"What is it Asheritu?" Yami asked sleepily, sitting up.

"It's Ashelin." She said, wringing her hands. "She saw a dream I had about what happened in the past and freaked out. She won't come out of her spirit room."

"What can I do?" There was no sleepiness in his voice now.

"I don't know. Just talk to her, try to get her to come out." A single tear tracked its way down her face. Her deep amethyst eyes, usually closed off from emotion were filled to the brim with pain and sadness. She herself was not afraid of death, she had already faced it, but she had never of the affect it would have on Ashelin. Now she had lost the trust of the person most dear to her.

"What do I do?" he asked.

"Just empty your mind. And trust me." She reached out and rested her hand on his cheek.

Yami was surrounded by a blinding light which gradually subsided to show the wall of a room exactly like the one in his mind. He was standing in front of a massive stone door. Ashelin's door. "Ashelin?" he called softly.

"What do you want?" came the abrupt response.

"I want to help." He said, resting his hands against the stone. Somehow its surface was so cold it burned, reacting to Ashelin's fury. He quickly pulled his hands away.

"Help! You want to help! You let Asheritu die! How can I trust you!" Inside her spirit room, Ashelin bit her lip, determined not to cry. Her stupid fate had taken so much from her already, she wasn't about to give up the last of her dignity to it. "Get out!" she screamed at Yami, using power she didn't know she had to force him back.

The next Yami knew he was sitting on the floor of Yugi's room several meters from where he had been previously standing. His head throbbed, and when he raised his hand to it, he could feel the lump already starting to rise. He looked up at Asheritu. If it was possible, she seemed even more upset than before.

"What do we do now?" she cried.

"Why don't I try?" Yugi asked quietly.

Both of the yamis turned sharply. They had almost forgotten that he was there. Asheritu sighed. "We should try anything we can. I need her to come out of there, not just for destiny's sake, but for me as well. I don't know what I'd do without her now." She waited until Yugi had taken back control of his body, and then rested her hand on his shoulder. "You ready?" she asked.

He nodded. There was another flash of light and now Yugi was standing outside Ashelin's spirit door. "Ashelin? Why won't you come out?"

"I can't! I can't face this! I don't want to die." Ashelin sobbed from the other side, she had finally given into the tears that had been threatening to break free since she had locked herself away.

Yugi was struck by her pain. He knew what it was like to get caught up and spun around by the whims of fate. "I've faced a lot more than I thought I could in the time I've spent with Yami. But it always worked out because I have people around who care for me."

"That's all very well and good for you, but who have I got? Asheritu lied to me! How can I trust her?"

Yugi sighed. "You have us. We all care for you. And you know that Asheritu would've told you the truth if she could have."

The door opened a crack. "You- you care for me?"

Yugi smiled at what little of Ashelin's face he could see through the gap, which widened slightly. "Of course. You're my friend. I'd do whatever I could to help you. We all would."

The door opened even more and now he could see all of her face. It was stained with tears and her deep purple eyes were filled with pain and doubt. "But what if Sovereign gets me?"

"I won't let him."

She smiled softly. "Okay, I'll come out."

Back in the room, the girls embraced one another. "I'm so sorry I didn't tell you what happened." Asheritu whispered.

"It's okay." Ashelin replied. "I know you weren't allowed to." They stayed like that for quite some time when Yami interrupted their reunion with a question.

"What do we do now?" he asked.

Asheritu let go of Ashelin and straightened up, wiping the tears from her face. "We wait and see what happens. Back in Egypt, the Wingweaver told me that destiny wasn't fulfilled, so something should be different. That's why we're here Yami. To change the future to what it should be."

They all sat in silence for a time, each wondering what the future would hold. That was until Yugi heard a small sound downstairs. "I'll be right back." He said, leaving the room, taking Yami with him.

"Is there anyone in here? Grandpa?" Yugi called into the dark shop.

His only reply was a sudden blow to the head. He went down fast, slipping into unconsciousness as he fell.

Back in Yami's room, the sound of someone coming up the stairs reached their ears.

"Yugi?" Ashelin called. "Did you find out what the noise was?"

The door opened, but it was not Yugi. "Good evening." said the Sovereign

Several hooded figures grabbed Ashelin, pulling the Millennium key out of her reach and binding her arms.

"Be careful!" the Sovereign shouted. "Don't hurt her… yet." He laughed cruelly as darkness took over Ashelin's mind.

When Ashelin awoke, she was being strapped down. Looking around, she saw that it looked almost exactly the same Asheritu's dream. Dread gripped her as she realized what was happening.

"Yugi was wrong." She whispered in despair. "He can't be stopped."


A/N: Ooooh cliffhanger. Like the suspense? Even if you don't, let me know.