Ch. 1: He's what?!

We now join the gang: Yugi, Tea, Joey, Tristen, Serenity, and of course, my self, Yumiko. They're all gathered in the living room, mulling over all the evil they have defeated. Recently, the spirit of the Millenium Ring had been banished to the shadow realm, and surprisingly, Bakura had survived it. It was two months until school started again. They were all super bored and I then got an idea.

"Hey Yugi, can I see your puzzle real quick?" Yugi looks a bit surprised, but hands it over to me.

"Sure, just be careful not to break it. It took forever to put together..."

I smile at him and say, "Thanks a lot. I'll be super careful. Hmmmmm, I wonder what it does if I press this..."

I then push the odd eye in the middle of the puzzle and suddenly, it starts to glow and so do I.

"What the hell's going on here?!" says a shocked Joey. Serenity then points to me and says in a scared voice, "L-look at Yumiko. She's glowing too..."

Everyone then looks over at me and my eyes widen as I stare at my now glowing body. Suddenly, I start to feel something inside of me. 'What the hell?! I feel like... I can't even explain it to myself...' My eyes close as I feel myself go limp and I rise into the air.

Meanwhile, everyone has bug eyes and is staring at me. Yugi then says in an awed voice,

"Maybe she has something to do with this... after all, nothing ever happened when I pressed the eye..."

I then start to chant slowly as I open my eyes, and they're glowing too! The puzzle lying in my hands then starts to shake gently and I notice something coming out of it. That something turns out to be a spirit, and soon a body appears to go with it. The puzzle then stops glowing and floats of its own accord back over to Yugi, who quickly grabs it.

I then fall to the ground and after what feels like an eternity, but had really been five minutes, I open my eyes slowly. I groan softly as I slowly get up. I peer at my friends' faces. 'There's Yugi, Tea, Joey, Tristen, Serenity, and Yami. Wait a sec!! Yami and Yugi are supposed to be in one body! What in seven hells is going on?!'

I quickly sit up even more and stare wide-eyed at them. "Wha? How? Yami's not in Yugi!" I'm in total shock mode.

Yami smiles and laughs a bit at me as he says, "You're right there. I have you to thank for that. What I'm wondering is how you did it... that's what puzzles me..."

I then get up all the way. Yugi looks at me and then says, "Hey, Yumiko, you all right? You're not hurt, right?" a concerned look crosses his face.

"I'm okay... I think..." 'Boy was that a lie...' I keep this last thought to my self though.

Suddenly, I feel like something is about to happen. 'What the hell?!' My hair, which is currently the exact same shade of blonde as Yami's, suddenly grows longer of it's own accord and I get the same highlights as Yami. Come to think of it, my hair became exactly like Yami's, except longer. It was now just past my waist. My eyes, which had been a pale shade of blue, suddenly turn to the same deep shade of purple as Yami's. I now had the exact same eyes as Yami did. Boy, was my day turning out weird or what?

Everyone stares at me, including Yami himself. I sigh in annoyance. "What now?" Tea then hands me a mirror, without a word, her eyes round as saucers. I give her a funny look. 'What's wrong with everyone now?' I then look in the mirror and now it's my turn to look shocked.

"What's wrong with me?! I look like Yami now!!"

Yami looks at me and frowns. "No offence meant, Yami." Yami sighs as he says, "Whatever. You do have a point though. The resemblance is frightening though... the only difference I can spot immediately is that you're a girl and an inch or two shorter than me..."

Serenity points out, "You two could be twins if we didn't know better. Yami's right, you're identical."

I sigh and then rub my temples. "Man, I've got a monster headache now..."

Tea then says, "Oh, one other difference that you missed, Yami. Her hair is longer than yours."

Yugi then smiles as he says, "Well, however Yami got here, we're glad to have you. There's only one thing bugging me though... how was Yumiko able to bring him to life?"

Suddenly, I answer, without even thinking and I got into a weird trance. "Those with ancient power can use the Millennium Items. You must figure this riddle out on your own. I shall tell you this much though, only one can bring the memory of the ancient prince back to him and only he can find the spirit of his ancient twin sister. This spirit is hidden within that very same puzzle you hold in her hands. Once reborn, fate repeats itself. It will start again, this time you can avoid past mistakes. These clues, I leave with you. Good luck." I then start to fall backwards, but Yami catches me.

"Whoa. Yumiko? You okay? Yumiko?! Yumiko!!" My eyes are closed as I fade into blissful darkness. I don't hear Yami yelling out to me, calling me and asking me to wake up.