Disclaimer: Daikaio does not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Or any of its' characters.

Chapter Ten: Emerald Green
Author: Daikaio
Rating: PG-13

"Speech."
'Thoughts.'
:'Yami to Yugi.':
(('Yugi to Yami.'))
/'Bakura to Ryou'/
('Ryou to Bakura')
Song lyrics

A/N – This chapter is dedicated to 'Dirty footprints'! She was the 100th reviewer, and she always makes me go 'awww' when I read her reviews. Good work!

A/A/N – Oh yeh, and I've had several people ask me why I didn't make Yami kiss Tea as a dare and vice versa. The truth is I just didn't think it was right. Their first kiss should be to show they really like each other, to show how they feel, not because they were dared to do it. Just not right. Sorry, I'm a bit sappy with romance and stuff, but don't worry, I'm sure you guys will enjoy this chapter! AND A BIG NOTE: THERE WILL BE A KISS VERY SOON! (Big cheesy grin) :)

So, what is the authoress and crew up to…?

Feeling extremely from the long day of school, Daikaio collapses onto her bed – well, tried to. She was feeling so uncoordinated and sleepy that she couldn't even land on the bed. Rolling her eyes, Rauzeras hopped into the room, picked up Daikaio, and placed her on the bed.

Yami was playing Pacman, Bakura attempting to tell him which way he should go to avoid being eaten by any monsters. Yami was looking extremely annoyed, as his eye was twitching.

Daikaio sighed heavily, opened the laptop and edited chapter ten. She then posted it to her story and closed the laptop. She rolled over and immediately fell asleep…

Yami breathed in deeply the smell of early morning dew. Something wasn't right; it was quiet. Too quiet…

He blinked to clear the blurry images on his eyes and waited. He knew that he would come…surely he would…

But he didn't. Marik didn't come bursting in, and it had been at least ten minutes after the usual wake-up call through the speakers. Frowning, Yami got to his feet, carefully avoiding the springs above his head.

It didn't take too long until the others were all getting up. Bakura's hair looked extremely messy, even his 'bunny ears' were looking quite lop-sided. Yami smirked at the memory of Bakura hopping around the hall…

That's when he remembered. They had fixed the blame on Marik; he was probably suffering a furious CEO right at this present moment. Yami felt guilt twisting its way along.

"Morning!" Yugi chirped brightly, sliding off the top bunk. "How is everyone?"

"I feel worst than the Pharaoh looks." Was Bakura's reply. Yami rolled his eyes and hit Bakura on the back of the head. Bakura seemed too tired to even try arguing back.

"So, Marik," Joey started, as if he expected Marik to be in the room, "wha's on taday's agenda?"

No response. "Uh, Marik?" Joey asked. He peered around the room and noticed that Marik was not present. "Hey, uh, where's Marik?"

"Does it really matter?" Bakura grunted, scratching his head. "As long as he's staying twenty feet from me, I'm okay with that."

"But guys, we shouldn't have just left him to take the blame of what Bakura did last night!" Yami said exasperatedly.

"WHAT I DID?" Bakura yelled angrily. "IT WASN'T MY FAULT I HAD TO DO THE STUPID DARE! THIS IS RYOU'S!"

"Hey!" Ryou cried sulkily, swatting Bakura with a pillow. "Bad Baku-Baku!" Ryou said teasingly.

"OI!" Bakura growled, and proceeded in tackling Ryou. Ryou 'eeped!' but couldn't get out of his yami's hold. Resistance was useless.

Yami blinked, trying to get the sleep out of his eyes. He swayed slightly and ended up falling on his smaller doppelganger.

"Yami!" Yugi said in a muffled voice. "I can barely breathe! Please get off!"

Joey and Tristan helped to heave the unconscious Pharaoh off Yugi. "Uh, what happened?" Tristan asked blankly.

"I dunno," Yugi said, tapping his Yami's forehead. When Yami didn't stir, he began to panic.

"Settle down, Mutou," Bakura said with an eye-roll. "He's taking a nap."

Yugi blinked and looked back at Yami. And he was, indeed, fast asleep. Slow breathing could be heard coming from his mouth. Yugi sweat dropped and continued poking Yami.

"Yami-Yami-Yami-Yami-Yami-Yami-Yami-," and so on could be heard coming from Yugi's mouth. Yami finally snapped and sat up, making Yugi yelp and fly backwards.

"Yes, Yugi?" Yami said through gritted teeth. Yugi blinked.

"Uh…I forgot!" Yugi said with a goofy grin. Yugi immediately got up and ran for the hills with the Pharaoh hot on his tail.

Everyone blinked at the cloud of dust left behind. "Well, that interesting," Bakura said slowly.

"I agree wid ya dere."

"Yes, quite interesting."

"Did anyone see my yoyo anywhere?"

"Does anyone know what we're supposed to be doing today?"

"Roar! Toon Alligator be liking big cloud of dust!" Chirped the Toon Alligator cheerfully.

"YOU!" Bakura snapped. "Get back inside your card!"

Toon Alligator slapped Bakura across the face. "No! Toon Alligator is wanting to be remaining in human realm for a while!"

"GET BACK INSIDE YOUR CARD, DAMN IT!"

"Mean Baku-Baku! Baku-Baku be keeping his mouth shut or Toon Alligator will make sure that Baku-Baku is a few hairs shorter!" Toon Alligator said angrily, showing the axe threateningly. Bakura paled.

"No, leave my hair alone…"

"Then Baku-Baku is be letting Toon Alligator be staying in human realm?" Toon Alligator piped up eagerly.

Bakura growled. "Whatever…"

"YAY! NICE BAKU-BAKU!" Toon Alligator cheered.

"For the last time, I AM NOT A BAKU-BAKU!" Bakura screeched. Toon Alligator was unaffected as he began an odd sort of jig.

A few minutes later, Yami burst into the room carrying his lighter half, who was wriggling furiously in an attempt to break free from his grasp. Yami just dropped Yugi onto the rug in the centre of the room and smirked. Yugi laughed nervously before going quiet and flushed slightly, feeling everyone's eyes on him.

About ten o'clock at night, when all the other seniors had retreated into their cabins to rest, seven seniors snuck out into the frosty night. Everyone in Cabin 'A2' were wrapped up in snugly tracksuits (Even Tea, who had managed to borrow something to keep her warm) and, Yami leading the way with a torch and the glow of his Millennium Puzzle. Though they weren't alone; a wriggly bundle wrapped tightly in a leather coat(1)was held in Bakura's arms, who was having a difficult time keeping a hold on the bundle.

"Stop moving or you're going back into your card!" Bakura hissed at the thing, which was obviously the Toon Alligator.

"But Toon Alligator is being uncomfortable!" Toon Alligator said in a loud and clear voice – well, as clear as a muffled voice can get.

"Shut up!" Yami whispered. "Keep quiet, we can't be heard!"

"Tell me again why you want to rescue that psychopath again, Pharaoh?" Bakura asked Yami, looking rather agitated. Yami's guilt of letting Marik take the blame for what they did to Kaiba's hall had finally gotten through to him. So, he had formed a rescue party to save the foolish yami.

"Because it's our fault that he's being held at Kaiba's cabin!" Yami shot back in a loud whisper. "Now be quiet and keep moving!"

They moved silently and quickly across the soft sand, and the ocean no longer reflected the light of Ra. It now held the soft glow of the dazzling moon, the waves roaring and capturing the glow like fire burning across fields oh grass. The sea seemed so alive at night.

A few minutes later, the seniors and the Alligator were trudging up a steep hill and in the direction of the hall.

"How much farther, Yami?" Yugi asked, panting slightly.

"It's just ahead," Yami replied, pointing at the building looming ahead. They approached it, checking to make sure Marik wasn't still 'K.Oed' or any of Kaiba's officers were supervising the hall. Finding neither and no one was surprised that the hall had been repaired, Yami allowed Joey and Tristan to take the lead with the torch, showing them where Kaiba's 'cabin' was. When they finally reached it, it came as no surprise that the cabin looked like a mansion.

It was at least ten times as big as their cabin. It wasn't even made of wood! It had strong concrete walls and large pillars near the double-door entrance. The doors were the only thing that was carved out of wood. The cabin wasn't a mansion; but it was extremely large.

"Dat Kaiba…damn dat rich boy," Joey growled, looking extremely agitated.

"Come on, and keep quiet." Yami motioned for them to go to the side of the building, which wasn't being guarded. They hid in the safety of the trees, just in case.

"Alright, Tomb Robber, in order to get in there undetected, we'll need your help as well as mine," Yami whispered to the oh-so-bored Tomb Robber.

"I don't want to be here, let alone help you. So, why do you think I'm going to help?"

"Because if you don't, then I'm going to have to reveal to the whole of Domino High about a certain hamster you read about…" Bakura's eyes widened at this and he agreed to help. Yami smirked and quietly thanked Ryou for that 'interesting' piece of information he had given the former Pharaoh. Bakura handed the bundle holding the squirming Toon Alligator to Ryou.

Yami and Bakura crept away from the others and ducked low near the corner of the building, just out of sight from the security guards.

"What do you want me to do?" Bakura hissed. Yami stared straight ahead, whispering out of the corner of his mouth.

"You have loads of dead, horrifying things still trapped inside your Millennium Ring, right?" Yami asked innocently, and Bakura glared.

"What has my Light been telling you?"

"Nothing. It was a guess." Yami shrugged. Bakura sighed.

"I got rid of most of those things since Ryou was complaining about the stench," Bakura explained, surprising Yami that Bakura even cared what Ryou thought.

"Well, do you think you can project a man-eater bug image near those guards…?"

Meanwhile, two security guards looked out across the earth, doing their duties. "Peaceful night, eh?" One of them said to the other. The other nodded.

"Yeh, don't know why Mr. Kaiba still wants us to keep guard. Honestly, there won't be anyone dumb enough to break-," he faltered, seeing something crawling across the grass. "L-look!" He gasped, and the other turned and saw the creature crawling across the grass towards them.

The man-eater bug rose on its' hind legs and growled quietly. Both guards were frozen to the spot.

"YOU HAVE INVADED MY TERRITORY," the bug said in a deep, booming voice. "LEAVE THIS PLACE. I DO NOT APPRECIATE TRESSPASSERS."

The guards didn't need to be told twice. They both yelled in shock and fear and ran as far away from the building as possible.

Bakura sighed and the image of the man-eater bug disintegrated. "Since when can you project your voice like that, Pharaoh?" Bakura asked interestedly, as Yami smirked.

"When I was a Pharaoh's child…things get boring," Yami replied simply, and beckoned the others over to them. Yugi, Ryou, Joey, Tristan and Tea all snuck over towards them, keeping low.

"So, now what?" Tea asked. Yami looked at the entrance.

"Well, now the front entrance is unguarded. Bakura, being a Tomb Robber as you are, do the honours of opening the front door?" Yami smiled. Bakura rolled his eyes and walked up to the door, the others following him. Bakura easily picked the lock with a safety in and the doors swung open.

"What? Magic doesn't need to be used to do everything," Bakura grumble at the odd looks the others were giving him. They were about to take a step when Yami's and Yugi's Puzzle began to glow.

"Stop," Yami commanded, pulling the Tomb Robber back by the back of his shirt.

"Don't stretch my shirt!" Bakura hissed, earning an eye-roll from Yami.

"Something's here. Probably some sort of alarm." Yami made the Eye of Ra appear on his forehead and multi-coloured lines shimmered into focus, blocking out the door.

"What's that, Yami?" Yugi asked confusedly.

"That's the alarm system. If we touch it, the alarm will be set off. And we'll be in trouble."

Bakura pulled a pea-shooter out of his pocket and inserted a dart into the opening. He raised it to his lips, and aimed at something across the entrance hall. He blew hard and the dart flew through a gap in the alarm system, hitting a black box attached to the opposite wall. A moment later, the lines flickered and faded away.

"Nice work, Kura," Ryou said quietly. "Bakura, I mean." Ryou grinned nervously at the glare that was thrown his way. "Oh and here's Toon Alligator back," Ryou added, handing the bundle back to Bakura.

"No, you can keep it," Bakura said while trying to force the Toon Alligator into Ryou's arms. Ryou shook his head.

"He's your responsibility!" Ryou whispered loudly. Bakura groaned as the bundle began to fidget and mutter angrily in his arms. Bakura sighed and followed everyone inside the entrance.

The 'cabin' was at least three or four storeys high, and a large staircase stood in the centre of the room. It lead up to much higher levels, and many comfy chairs and couches were situated in every room of the building. A large flat-screen television and a fireplace with dull embers crackled in the grate. The walls held a few random paintings and ancient pots and statues were placed carefully around the room.

"Where do you think that idiot is?" Bakura whispered, looking at a very nice pot interestedly, knowing it was worth a lot of money.

"Could be anywhere. But I think we should stay together; I don't want anyone to get lost," Yami whispered, feeling Yugi grab onto his arm. Yami smiled at Yugi's antics.

"Led's check upstairs den," Joey muttered, and everyone agreed. They all proceeded up the long staircase.

They walked in silence, obviously not trying to alert any other guards that might be situated around Kaiba's 'cabin'. They walked past a room, a dull blue light shining out of it. Bakura peered inside and bit back a gasp.

"What?" Yami hissed as quietly as possible.

Bakura pointed at the figure sitting in a chair, his back towards them: Seto Kaiba.

"Oh, crud," Tristan muttered. Yugi's eyes widened fearfully and clutched onto Yami's shirt, burying his face into it. They nearly screamed when Kaiba closed the laptop he had been tapping away on and got to his feet. On instinct, Bakura slammed the door shut and sealed it with Shadow Magic to keep it locked tight.

"HEY! WHO LOCKED THIS?" Kaiba roared, attempting to open the door. Bakura was about to reply, "Uh, I did!" but was tackled by Joey and Yami who were trying to shut the Egyptian up. Everyone panicking now, they could hear movement going about through the house, no doubt the sound had alerted everyone.

"What to do? What to do?" Ryou and Tea were squealing, jogging on the spot. Yugi was banging his head on the wall in frustration, while the Toon Alligator took the opportunity to wriggle himself out of Bakura's hold.

"Wee! Silly Baku-Baku!" Toon Alligator chirped.

The door-bashing going on in the room Kaiba was locked halted for a moment. "Baku-Baku…" Kaiba said slowly. Wasting no time, everyone immediately grabbed the nearest person to them and took off in opposite directions, their thudding footsteps the last Kaiba heard.

"PUNKS! HOW DARE YOU TRESPASS ONTO MY PROPERTY?" Kaiba bellowed, now aware of who these 'trespasses' were.

"Don't stop running, Joey!" Tea called, knowing that Joey was the one with her. They ran blindly through the darkness, tripping over their own feet and hitting their shoulders on sharp corners. They then saw what looked like the glow of a torch up ahead.

They stopped running and peeked sneakily around the corner, trying to get a better look at the people up ahead. Three large security guards were up ahead, torches spinning in all directions.

"Dey mus' be lookin' for us…" Joey said quietly. Tea nodded.

"We should get away from here. Come on," she muttered, gesturing for him to follow her. They both set off in an unexplored direction – or at least, the direction they thought they hadn't explored.

"Toon Alligator is thinking that this is being fun!"

"Shh!"

"Toon Alligator be liking to be chased by strange rich man!"

"Shh!"

"Toon Alligator is needing to be going to bathroom…"

"SHH!"

"Why is Baku-Baku look-alike telling Toon Alligator to be quiet?" Toon Alligator asked Ryou innocently.

"You can talk, but please keep your voice down!" Ryou begged the hyperactive gator.

"Okay!" Toon Alligator chirped, but his voice was a lot less loud. Ryou sighed with relief as he held the Toon Alligator to his chest, keeping the reptile incapable of escaping and getting lost. The last he needed was for his darker half to be yelling at him for losing a Shadow Monster in an easy-to-frustrate-CEO's property.

"Look!" Toon Alligator said eagerly, seeing a large room up ahead. "Let's have a look, Baku-Baku look-alike!"

"My name is Ryou," Ryou said exasperatedly. "And if you could just be a bit quieter that would be appreciative…"

"Okay." Ryou was alarmed by the seriousness in the Toon Alligator's voice but was pleased. They both walked slowly and silently over towards the slightly ajar doors ahead.

"Do you think the others will be alright?" Yugi asked Tristan, as they leaned up against a wall to catch their breath.

"Yeh, no doubt. Besides, Kaiba's locked inside that room, remember? I think we'll be okay."

"Yeh, but we should try and find the others. Come on, Tristan." Yugi stood up straighter and took the lead through the house's maze, keeping an eye out for anyone else.

"Okay, so, we lost everyone," Bakura panted, trying to keep up with extremely-fast-Pharaoh.

"Yes, Tomb Robber. I'm sure they'll be alright though. We should stick to the main reason we're in this place in the first place…"

"Right! We need to find Marik!"

"Shh!" Yami whispered, clamping a hand over the snowy-haired teen. They ducked out of sight as a pair of guards ran past. "That was close," Yami breathed quietly, and nearly yelped when Bakura bit his finger to remove it from covering his mouth. "Ergh, rabies," Yami muttered, glaring at his hand which has faint teeth marks in it.

"I do not have rabies!" Bakura hissed angrily, and resisted the urge to hit the obnoxious Pharaoh. Yami rolled his eyes in a 'sure-you-don't-have-rabies-Bakura' type of way before setting off in another direction, Bakura trailing behind.

"Now what?" Bakura groaned. Yami didn't turn around.

"We should find Marik and get him out of here, and quick."

"Wow, what a brilliant idea!" Bakura said in a mock-amazed voice. Yami swung around and poked him sharply in the forehead.

"Don't ever talk to me like that, Tomb Robber," Yami hissed angrily. For about half a second, Bakura was shocked and slightly nervous. But it was brushed aside as Bakura and Yami glared daggers at each other.

A long night was ahead.

"Those kids are right ahead! Come on, we have to catch them or Mr. Kaiba will be furious!"

"RUN, JOEY!" Tea screamed, and they both sprinted away from the three guards that were chasing them. They darted in and out of different hallways, nearly tripping over a chair and nearly smashing into a bookcase. The two kept running as fast as possible, trying desperately to lose the other three.

"Dis way!" Joey called, and pulled Tea down a hall. Somehow they had managed to avoid any more trouble from the guards who had somehow lost their prey. Joey and Tea sighed with relief, relieved to be able to relax for a moment.

"Look, Ryou!" Toon Alligator whispered quietly, breaking out of the other's grip. "Toys!"

And indeed there were. Piles of plushies, hundreds of building blocks, small pod-like chairs and plastic tables sat in corners of the room, crayons and colouring books, a shelf held many children's books and novels and an empty but neatly-folded bed was situated on the far wall.

'Wonder if Mokuba is here, too,' Ryou thought as he looked around the children's room.

/'Found anything, Light?'/ Bakura's thoughts flooded through Ryou's head.

('No, nothing too important. You?')

/'Nothing.'/ And their conversation ended.

"Hey, Ryou, Toon Alligator has been founding a big thing!" Toon Alligator chirped, and held up a gigantic pencil that could be as tall as Joey when it stood up straight.

"Where'd you find that?" Ryou asked, walking over towards the green reptile. Toon Alligator pointed at a pile of bunny plushies that were lying untidily on the soft carpet. Ryou picked up one of the bunnies at the Toon Alligator giggled and hit several things with the pencil. Ryou looked at the bunny musingly. "Bakura." Ryou grinned at the thing.

Yugi and Tristan walked slowly down the stairs. Tristan had lost his nerve and had threatened Yugi that if they didn't go now, he would call out and alert all the guards and Kaiba himself that they were in his house. Yugi sighed as they continued heading downstairs. Making sure that no one was around they saw a door to the left that looked identical to the one they used to enter this house. Making sure that they didn't cheer out loud, they both approached the doors and Tristan flung them open.

"Alright! We're free!" Tristan cried. Tristan glanced at Yugi and saw that Yugi's jaw had dropped and he looked shocked

. "What's up?" Tristan asked with a frown.

"We're-w-we…WE'RE ON THE TOP FLOOR!" Yugi practically screamed, looking at their surroundings. They were indeed outside, but on the top floor; the roof.

"B-but…we-!"

"We went down!" Yugi said in shock. "This isn't physically possible!"

"What is with this mad house? Kaiba's 'cabin' is whacked!"

"Come on, Tristan let's go back…upstairs…" Yugi said and walked slowly towards the staircase. Tristan followed just as cautiously.

"I say we go left!" Yami said firmly, pointing at the hall on the left of the intersection.

"Oh yeh? Well, I say we go right!" Bakura said quickly, and glared at Yami. Yami returned the glare.

"Oh yeh?"

"Yeh!"

"I say left!"

"Right!"

"Left!"

"Right!"

"Geez, does moneybags hones'ly need dis junk?" Joey spat in disgust, as he picked up a rather ugly looking china doll.

"I don't know. He does have a lot of money; I guess he likes to use it…" Tea said, observing a horribly painted picture of a fruit bowl. "I don't admire his tastes, though."

"C'mon…" Joey muttered, chucking the item behind him. It immediately shattered into a hundred pieces when it collided with the floor's surface.

"JOEY!"

"SORRY!" Joey cried apologetically.

"THERE THEY ARE!" Two guards appeared from no where and sprinted at them. Joey and Tea screamed loudly and ran away from the guards.

"You can't bring that pencil with you!" Ryou said exasperatedly, trying to pry the thing from Toon Alligator's hands.

"No! Toon Alligator is wanting to be keeping big pencil!"

"YOU CAN'T!"

"YES TOON ALLIGATOR CAN!"

"Okay, okay, just keep quiet!" Ryou whispered urgently, and dragged the Toon Alligator and the pencil out of the room and along the deserted hallway.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Yugi and Tristan both screamed as they slid down the opening. Yugi had seen what appeared to be a laundry shoot and had taken a peek innocently. Tristan had then been spotted by a guard and shoved Yugi and himself down the shoot, not having any idea where they were going.

"Tristan! Where does this thing go to?"

"Um…Yug', it's a Laundry shoot!"

"I don't trust anything in this house anymore!" Yugi cried as they continued to fall.

"Left!"

"Right!"

"Left!"

"Right!"

"Left!"

"Right!"

"LEFT!"

"RIGHT!"

Joey and Tea collapsed from exhaustion and panted heavily, trying to catch their breath. They had managed to lose the guards; for how long, they didn't know.

"My feet hurt," Tea complained, wincing as she massaged her bare feet in an attempt to loosen them up. Joey wasn't paying attention; he was too busy staring at the figure with the emerald green eyes in front of him…

"Wonder where this goes?" Ryou said timidly, gently pushing a door open. The Toon Alligator was giggling quietly, rocking the giant pencil back and forth. Ryou shook his head as he and the reptile ascended the staircase before them.

Yugi and Tristan slid out of the exit of the long slide and landed in a soft pile of clothes.

"Hey, wow! The laundry shoot actually leads to the laundry!" Yugi said excitedly, blinking around the pearly white room. Tristan frowned.

"Um…well, duh, Yugi!"

"Like I said before: 'I don't trust this house anymore'." Yugi got to his feet, depositing the sock that was on his shoulder into the clothes basket. Tristan joined him as they saw a door ajar to their right. Curious, they both proceeded across the tiled floor and Tristan pushed the door open. There was a loud "BEEP!" and then they felt the floor beneath them disappear.

"Trap door?" Yugi said calmly.

"Yep," Tristan replied just as calmly.

"I HATE THIS HOUSE!" Yugi screamed as they both fell through the trapdoor.

"Did you hear something?" Yami said suddenly, hearing his lighter half's screams echo loudly around the house.

"No," Bakura lied. Yami scowled.

"I heard something!"

"Well I didn't!"

"Don't lie. You did so!"

"Did not!"

"Did so!"

"Did not!"

"YOU DID SO!"

"YEH? WELL I STILL THINK WE SHOULD GO RIGHT!"

"LEFT!"

"RIGHT!"

"LEFT!"

"RIGHT!"

"LEFT!"

"RI-!"

"Look, up ahead!" Cried one of the guards in a party of five. Yami and Bakura turned around stiffly to face them.

"THERE!" They turned around again to see three guards charging towards them from the right. Yami and Bakura turned to face each other.

"LEFT!" They both bellowed and sprinted in the direction Bakura has opposed of from the start.

"Duke?" Joey said blankly, registering the fact that the owner of Dungeon Dice Monsters was standing before the two of them. Duke Devlin had emerald green eyes and raven-coloured hair tied back and held out of his face by a band across his forehead. He was dressed in winter pyjamas coloured crimson and had the familiar dice ear ring in his left ear.

"What are you guys doing here?" Duke asked sleepily, surprise evident in his voice nonetheless.

"We should be asking you the same thing!" Tea countered. "What are you doing here?"

"Kaiba's been trying to buy some of my game products so he can add it to his Kaiba Land," Duke muttered. "I came over to discuss it with him. And, well, it's taking longer than expected for him to convince me," Duke added with a smirk. "What are you two doing here in the middle of the night?"

"Ah, neva mind dat!" Joey said quickly and getting to his feet. "We need to find Marik. You know him: crazy hairsdyle, creepy eyes and tends ta go crazy and psychodic a' times?"

Duke pondered these characteristics for a moment. "Oh, you mean Bakura?"

"NO! WE SAID HIS NAME WAS MARIK!" Tea yelled exasperatedly, causing Duke to snap out of his sleepy state.

"Sheesh, someone's a bit touchy!" Duke said coolly. "And I know where Marik is."

"Really?" Joey said eagerly. "Can ya take us to him?"

"Sure," Duke replied casually before turning around. Joey and Tea followed Duke to an elevator. Duke pressed the 'up' button and waited for a lift to arrive. When it did, they all stepped in and Duke pressed a number to go the level just below the roof…

"Roar!"

"SHH!" Ryou hissed angrily. He was really losing his nerve. The hyperactive Toon just would not be quiet anymore! The pencil had somehow triggered a happy-go-lucky reptile outwards and would not cease!

"Are Toon Alligator and Ryou nearly at the top of large staircase?" Toon Alligator said in a normal voice.

"I think so," Ryou replied quietly, and was pleased when it was true; the door, the exit was just within his grasp. Ryou pulled open the door and entered the room. An elevator was in the far corner and two double doors with something strange sticking out near one of the handles was visible…

Yugi and Tristan were then flung out of the trap and landed with a thud…on the roof.

"WHAT?" Yugi cried into the night.

"It's just not natural!" Tristan said impatiently, peering back down the trap door. It then closed up, leaving them stuck on the roof. Tristan sighed. "Yugi, I think we should-," he stopped mid-sentence, seeing the psychotic look on Yugi's features. "Um…Yugi?"

Yugi just laughed softly. Tristan was now really freaked out. "Yugi! Are you okay?"

Yugi just laughed maniacally and Tristan fidgeted uncomfortably. "Ha! I love this house! Let's do that slide again!" Yugi then seized Tristan by the arm and dragged him to where the trap door was. He stomped on it, and the thing slid open. Yugi flung Tristan down the trap door and jumped after him.

"YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"

"QUIT STALLING AND KEEP RUNNING!" Yami roared at Bakura. Bakura shot a glare, even if they were still being chased by a bunch of thugs.

"Come on, Tomb Robber!" Yami darted up a spiralling staircase, Bakura chasing him. What Bakura didn't expect was for Yami to summon up a shield to stop the guards, created purely out of raw Shadow Magic. Bakura blinked in surprise, still following the former Pharaoh up the stairs.

"Again, not a word to-"

"-Yug' migh' have been caugh'!" Joey said worriedly. "We hones'ly have no clue if da oders are okay."

"Don't worry," Duke assured him. "If what you said is true about-"

"-Kaiba is still stuck in that room. I can still sense that Bakura is still using his Shadow Magic to keep that hold up," Ryou informed the reptile, who didn't look like he was paying much attention.

"Such a pretty little pencil!" Toon Alligator chirped. Ryou smacked his head in annoyance.

"Why do I-?"

"-BOTHER TO EVEN CHECK IF IT'S SAFE TO STILL GO DOWN THIS THING!" Tristan lectured to the tri-colour hair teen. Yugi just continued to scream from the wind rushing past him.

"Hey, Tristan! It looks like we're-!"

"-just about there!" Bakura muttered as he saw a door at the top of the stairs.

"Obviously, Tomb Robber," Yami said, rolling his eyes. "Honestly, if you could get any-"

"-Dumber den a skinny-"

"-Pencil, then-"

"-I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU ARE-!"

"-The biggest-"

"-Idiod dat-"

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"-COULD-!"

"-Be," Yami finished as he pushed the door open. Bakura growled but didn't reply. The first thing they saw was two figures in the room. One was Ryou and the other was the Toon Alligator.

"Light!" Bakura cried, and Yami was surprised to hear the sound of relief in his voice. Ryou looked up and nearly cried when he saw his darker half. And, in fact, he did cry.

"Uh, Ryou? You alright?" Bakura asked, seeing the teen crying weakly.

"I-have-been-stuck-with-him-for-ages-!" Ryou said in one breath, shuddering at the green thing that was hugging a large pencil.

"That's such a cool pencil!" Bakura said brightly, eying the thing hungrily.

"NOT YOU TOO!" Ryou whined.

A few moments later, the elevator doors slid open, and they saw Joey, Tea and Duke in the elevator. They cheered happily seeing everyone, but then stopped. The sound of grunting and screaming was heard throughout…the walls?

"What the-?"

As if on cue, Tristan was hurled out of a hole in the floor that had appeared suddenly. He landed flat on his stomach, with Yugi soon landed on top of him. Tristan groaned and Yugi squeaked. Yugi rolled off him onto his back. Yugi opened his eyes and saw everyone staring at him.

"Um…hi?"

Notes to Reviewers:

Cutehelenjames - Yeh, Bakura laughs at the word 'sexual' XD Ah, such randomness. Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Amazoness Archer - Aw, thanks! XD And thanks for the compliments on the Truth or Dare game!

Darkstar (Anonymous) - I'm glad you enjoyed past chapters. And don't worry, Tea WILL get her chance! I mean-no, wait, not suppose to say that...

XXR.I.PXX - O.O You laughed that much? And YUGI! You laughed THAT MUCH! HA! Nice review xD

Dirty Footprints - Hehe. (Holds back urge to go 'awww') I hope you liked the chapter dedication! And thanks for the review!

Yami's Twin (Anonymous) - Thanks!

Midnightdark - Um...what did that 'or else' bit mean? O.O (Hides) Don't hurt me! XD You will get your kiss...soon...XD Muah, I am so evil.

Death Angel's Fate - Hope you do/did well in your finals. Glad you found it amusing!

Bradybunch4529 - I'm glad their dares made up for your slight disappointment! Here's the update!

Dreamer of Dragons - I agree, that chapter was VERY random. And the hamster? Well, heh, heh...let's say it plays a roll in this story! Yes, I'm random, and evil...enjoy chapter 10!

Aristocraticassassin - O.O Thankyou for that compliment! It made my day, it really did! And your pen name is really interesting, I like it! And glad you like the Story within a story thing!

Funkygal-yamitea fan - Really? You and your brother laughed? GREAT! And my reasons for not getting Yami to kiss Tea and vice versa are at the author's note at the start of this chapter.

BrianSerenity - O.O You have a toon alligator card too! YAY! The ultimate card in duel monsters. It's obvious he's the REAL Egyptian god card! Ahem...thanks for the review, and that tartar sauce thing was inspired from Spongebob! Wewt!

DMGal K-I-K-K-A-Y - Yeh, GO TOON ALLIGATOR! xD That Baku-Baku thing is sort of like Toon Alligator's pet namefor him. ANYway, more silly antics and such in this chapter. Whoa, you cried with laughter? Cool! XD

Ecarr97 - I'm glad you enjoyed the microphone thing, Emma. Thanks for the review!

Black Rose of Nevermore - O.O OMR! I loved that alphabet backwards thing you did in your review! ...Mind if I use it? XD Thanks for the review! And I WILL try eggs next time I wash my hair XD

Weatherspoon International - Firstly, GREAT PEN NAME! Love it! XD And secondly, that's a good conclusion you have on the whole "Tea-can-touch-Yami" thing. Is it correct? Well...you'll find out! XD

Eva92 (Anonymous) - You admire my writing skills? o.o; Wow, thanks! And glad you are enjoying the fic!

Chibineko (Anonymous) - Best chapter yet? Why, thanks very much! And you certainly sound hyperactive! I am constantly hyperactive, so I know what it feels like! Trust me; I know. Here's the update!

Daikaio – Yay :D And wow, 18 reviews for chapter 9! YAY!
Rauzeras – Wow, what a long chapter!
T.Alligator – (Hugging pencil)
Daikaio - :S Anyway, hope you guys liked this chapter! And sorry about the small delay in the update!
Rauzeras – Oh, please. It wasn't that much of a delay!
Daikaio – Yes it was!
T.Alligator – (Still hugging pencil) Review with no flames! (Cheesy grin)

Updated chapter posted on 07/1/2005.