TGG: This chapter would not exist if -'-Chocolate-coated-chocobo-'- Was not my best friend and Co-writer. If your looking for a creepy story the you should read her story 'God the Damned.' Don't forget to review it! XD also The narrator is on vacation so he will not be back until PC2. (sets out table full of stuff, Plushies, cyber marshmallows, anything else you can think of) Have fun and don't forget to review!
Disclaimer: I dont own YGO. I own Kitten. -'-Chocolate-coated-chocobo-'- owns Aria. I own the first half of the plot. -'-Chocolate-coated-chocobo-'- owns the other half.
Atem's Queen of The Nile: Yes she does. You'l have to wait next chapter to find out and Noah will show up next chapter as well! And here's your update! and a plushie of your choice! XD
Hedwig-the-MilleniumOwl: You can have Seto! I don't need him back untill PC2! XD

Kitten sat on the roof of the game shop looking down at the cards in her hand. 'I should give 'm back.' She thought. she glanced up at the retreating sunlight. She felt...well, empty. that was the only word she could think of to describe it. Without thinking about it Kitten let the cards slip from her hands down into Yugi's room. Yugi glanced up, and saw, lo and behold, his (stolen) God cards on the floor. He let out a soft gasp, then blinked. Something was wrong about this. He stood up, crossed to the window and peered out. "Hello?" Kitten jumped and, for the first time in years, had almost fallen off the roof. "Don't do that!" She hissed glaring at him.

"Oh!" Yugi gasped. "Sorry, I didn't see you..."

'Aibou, I should take over...,'

(I'll take care of this Yami.) He told him. Turning his attention back to Kitten he said, "You okay?" Kitten had settled back down on the roof. After about a moment she said.

"Fine. I'm fine." She stared back out into the setting sun and hugged her knees.

"You don't sound fine," Yugi said firmly, staring up in the direction of her voice.

"I am." She stated evenly fighting down any emotion that threatened to spill over. "There's nothing wrong." Yugi paused.

"So who are you? I'm Yugi, if you didn't know..."

"Nobody." she answered. "I don't exist." Yugi paused again.

"Who do you want to be?" he asked gently.

"Me."

'Aibou...'
(Yami...) Above them Kitten fought back tears and hid her face from the sun as it vanished behind the water. "I think...," Yugi stopped. "I'm Sorry," he said softly. "Do you not want to talk to me?"

"I don't know." She answered sadness and fearlaced into each letter.

"You know...," Yugi said slowly, thinking of what he was just doing on his laptop, "I recently read a poem that reminds me of this..." Kitten sat there listening to him. Just listening to the sound of his voice and counting the stars. Yugi spoke slowly and softly, reading off the computer.

"It doesn't matter who I am,
Or what I am or what I do,
I don't matter anyway.

I feel down or empty or lost or blue
Call it what you want call me what you want
I can still dream I can still breathe
And even if my last breath is stolen away by his beauty

I'll still be whatever I am
It doesn't matter who I am
Or what I am or who I do
I don't matter anyway

And even if I make me matter you won't notice
You're too high up too much more than me
Because it matters who you are
And what you are and what you do to me." After a moment of silence Kitten sighed.
"I don't wanna die." The words fell from her lips like lead weights.

"Die?" Yugi repeated, surprised.

"I'm only ten." She whispered mostly to herself but her words drifted down toYugi.Tears slipped down her cheeks like little rivers. "I don't wanna die." She buried her face in her hands. "Not yet"

"Ten.. wow... Yeah... Why would you, die?"

"It's...Just a feeling..." She answered. "There's no way I can do this and get out of it alive." Kitten drifted back into her thoughts as the moon hung half full above her.

"Well," Yugi said slowly, only slightly confused. He knew she was ten, had managed to steal his God cards while Yami was on guard, and had brought them back. He knew she was a good person, she was scared, and she had to do something big. He just, didn't know the words.

"Well, I've been in, a lot of scraps," Yugi said finally. "And I'm still alive. I had some help, but, well, you're not alone. Even, even if I don't really know you, I know you're doing something difficult and, I don't know. My prayers are with you." Kitten blinked.

"It doesn't matter. It won't make a difference."

"I- I'm sorry," Yugi said softly. "I can't offer you any more."

"I know." She said. She slipped down past him her bracelet caught on one of the nails that stuck out from his window. The bracelet snapped and hung there limply as Kitten jumped down to the sidewalk. For once in her life she was being careless. She walked down the street her hands in her pockets and her head hung.

"Wait!" Yugi called, grabbing the bracelet and holding it out. Kitten turned the corner just as he spoke. She didn't seem to hear him. Just then something darted past Yugi and into his room. Yugi blinked, held the bracelet close and swirled around. "Hello?" he said in a shaky voice, scanning the room with bright amethyst eyes. On his bed sat a cat. It's jet black fur blending perfectly into the shadows surrounding it.

'Hello young one.' a soft voice said. The cats tail twitched.

"Hi...," Yugi said uneasily.

'Aibou...,' Yami said, voice strained.

(shush Yami, I can take care of it...)

'It's okay Pharaoh.' The cat purred. 'I'm not here to do harm. I'm merely looking for my charge.'

"Your charge? Uh, that girl?" Yugi asked anxiously.

'Yes.' The cat smiled. 'If it makes you feel any better my name is Shadow. The girl's is Kitten.' Shadow responded calmly.

"She, uh, went down the corner. This is her bracelet," Yugi offered, holding it out. Shadow walked over and picked it up out of his hand.

'You need not fear me. I wish you no ill will.' Shadow sat down again. Yugi nodded.

'I... I think we can trust this creature,' Yami said finally in a soft astral voice. Shadow sat there watching the boy with soft blue eyes. 'I fear my charge may be trying to run away.' Shadow said after a few moments of silence. Yugi watched back with gentle Amethyst ones. "Why would she?" he asked innocently.

'She's afraid. As any other child in her place would be.' Yugi nodded, as though he understood.
"What's she afraid of?"

'Failure..?" Yami guessed.

'Yes.' Shadow paused a moment. 'That and death.'

Yugi nodded. "I gathered the death part."

'Is there anything we can do?' Yami added, always the first to volunteer to help someone in need.

'No. There isn't.' Shadow told him. 'Kitten will not fail in the task she has been assigned but she will not survive it. I wish it wasn't so but that is the way it must be.' Yugi shivered.

"Nothing...?" he repeated, barely whispering.

'Nothing.' Shadow confirmed sadly. Then she stood and picked the bracelet back up. 'I must be on my way. If I am correct she may be on her way to see Kura-sama.' With that the Cat vanished into the shadows of the night.

"Kura-sama?" Yugi repeated after she'd left. "Bakura?"

Bakura looked up from his book, 'The five people you meet in heaven'. "Kitten?" he asked in a very quiet, very gentle (especially for him) voice.

'No.' a voice said. 'But that is who I am looking for.' Shadow sat at Ryous feet her blue eyes glinting in the moon light. Shadow smiled her tail wrapping around her.

"Kitten's lost?" Bakura said in an emotionless tone, looking back at his book. He spoke softly so as not to wake the slumbering Ryou.

'Running away. I was hoping to find her here.'

"Can I do anything to help?" Bakura asked, voice still devoid of all emotion.

'She's afraid of failure. You are the only one she would listen to at the moment. If she does come here, She'll be looking for your advice. She also does not wish to die.'

Bakura stopped. For a second, his heart may have stopped as well. "This involves her saving the world from that zombie dragon on TV?" he asked gently, only the barest traces of fear leaking into his voice. His face was still without emotion.

'Yes.'

"Well," Bakura said slowly. "If you find her...," he stopped again. "Shall I look for her too?" he asked at length.

'If you wish too.' Shadow was watching him closely. A sort of half smile on her face.

Bakura sighed, marked his page and set down the book. "If you find her," he said, standing up, "Tell her I want to talk to her." And he headed for the door. Shadow smiled.
'She wouldn't come.' Bakura stopped in front of the door.

"She won't listen to you? Even if it concerns me?" he asked, voice now leaking with fear at the edges.

'She would be frightened of what you might say.' Bakura was silent a minute.

"I want to speak with her...," he said slowly, articulating the words into firm, emotionless statements, "Before she goes and saves the world, me, Ryou, and everyone."

'Then you must find her. You are the only one she will listen too.' Bakura drew a deep breath.

"Okay." He said, and opened the door. Using long strides, he quickly crossed the living room. But right as his hand was over the doorknob, there was a knock on the door. He swore and opened it. Yugi shuffled his feet worriedly.

"Um, is, Kitten here?" he asked in a soft voice, glancing nervously at Bakura.

"Kitten who?" Bakura asked fiercely, eyes flashing.

"I... don't know her last name. But she's ten, and she's in trouble. I think, she was coming here..." Bakura was silent a second.

"No, she's not." He fell quiet again. At length, he sighed and said "All right, here's the deal. You stay here." Bakura snatched a small object from a cubby next to the door. He grabbed Yugi's shoulders and swung him around so he was standing in the doorway in Bakura's place. Yugi was so stunned he didn't even resist. "I am going to look for her. Call Ryou's cell if she comes here. I want to talk to her." This last sentence was spoken so firmly, and with such unexpected emotion, that Yugi could hardly nod in confirmation. "Good. I'll check back in thirty." And Bakura rushed off down the apartment hall leaving Yugi standing dumbly in his wake.

TGGxD: There you go. I want everyone to give a huge thanks to -'-Chocolate-Coated-Chocobo-'- cuz if it wasn't for her this chapter would not exist.
Chapter 19: I Pray The Lord My Soul To Take.
Noah has finished his paperwork and it's time forKitten and Aria face the zombie blue eyes. Will Shadows perdiction came true? Or can Kitten stop the monster and live? Find out friday.

Poem courtesy of -'-Chocolate-Coated-Chocobo-'-