Wow. It looks like I've been bitten by the 'fanfiction' bug. This chapter was finished alot sooner than I had expected. I hope all of you readers don't mind that it came out so soon. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh, Kazuki Takahashi does. Nor do I own anything that resembles anothers work.

Warnings: Shounen-ai (boyxboy) relationships in this fic. If you don't like, don't read. There is also a teeny bit of swearing in this, so if it offends anyone, I'm sorry!

Last Chapter: Oh how he will pay...the other Ryou thought as he angrily clambered towards his target.

(A Painful Discovery)

Malik turned his head to look behind him and he noticed that his clone was catching up. Turning back around and summoning a breeze to him, he flew a little faster, the breeze helping to push him along. He felt a compressed blast of air go shooting past and he turned around fully and blasted his own compressed air towards the clone, suddenly, Malik felt a pair of hands resting on his back before he was thrown forward and down by compressed air. Malik drifted on a desert current towards the palace where some of the stronger winds resided. Opening his wings to their full span, Malik winced.

Damn, that blast must have damaged my wings.

Ignoring the pain in his back, he flapped faster, trying to get closer to the palace and away from his murderous clone.

Malik was just flying past the palace when he felt a sharp pain in his chest and plummeted from the sky.

Shit! He thought as the wind pressed against his feathery wings, making it impossible for him to unfurl them. Wincing and twisting slightly, he threw his arms out and a few stray breezes stopped his fall as he gasped for air, the pain in his heart and back making his breaths small and fast. Quickly, he stole a glance behind him and saw that his copy was quickly catching up.

"Marik," he whispered.

Slowly and painfully expanding his wings, he glided down to the ruined throne room and stumbled into the remains once more, not knowing what to expect as he held a hand to his hurting chest.

(A Painful Discovery)

Ryou sprinted through the meadow, the approaching forest quickly getting closer. Stealing a glance behind him, Ryou gasped at just how quickly his clone was catching up. Looking to the side, Ryou noticed he was near the palace, close to the part of the Enchanted Forest where his magic was particularly strong. Running into the forest, he was glad that it would be hard to see him. Jumping up into a tree, he rested a while, watching intently as his copy scurried around looking for the real Ryou.

Jumping from tree to tree, Ryou watched with a smile as his copy kept wandering around in circles looking for him

Suddenly, a branch snapped and the real Ryou fell from the canopy, some vines catching him and lowering him gently to the ground.

"Wh…what's hap…happening?" he asked himself, wincing in pain as he clutched his chest.

"Well, well, well. What happened here?" the copy asked walking towards Ryou, watching him with interest as he kneeled down in obvious pain.

Ryou stood trying his hardest to ignore the excruciating pain in his chest.

"Bakura!" He cried out as he slowly began to make his way back to the palace, his copy following him not too far behind.

Stepping into the destroyed throne room, Ryou almost cried out at what he saw.

(A Painful Discovery)

Yugi sent a blast of pure light towards his copy, hoping to distract him long enough to steal away into the room on his left. Luckily for Yugi, the blast did what it was intended to do and he ran into the room, gently closing the door behind him. Glancing around, Yugi saw that the room had a black marble floor and was filled with mirrors of different sizes. Hearing the door click open, Yugi ducked behind the largest mirror and watched as the other Yugi entered the room.

The other Yugi glanced around.

"Oh Yugi. Come out, come out where ever you are," he said in a singsong voice.

Yugi's voice bounced off the walls, mirrors and the high ceiling, making it almost impossible to tell where it came from.

"You really think I'm going to come out with you looking to kill me?" Yugi asked, sarcasm evident in his voice. Another little trait he had learned from his darkness.

"Aren't you the God of Light? You're supposed to be innocent and nice. Like me. I am you after all."

"There are distinct differences between you and me."

"Oh?" the other Yugi asked, looking behind a silver framed mirror, "Would you like to list them for me?"

"Of course. Firstly, I know different things to you and we were brought up in a different environment," Yugi said, sneaking from his hiding place to the door. He noticed his clone look behind a small table where all the scrying crystals sat.

"And secondly, because you've had no dark influences on your life, you wouldn't do something like this," Yugi said, coming out from his hiding place, opening the door and using his light magic to its fullest potential. Normally, his light was brighter than the brightest star but in a room full of mirrors, the intensity increased tenfold, blinding his copy. Running towards the open door with his eyes closed, he heard the cries of his clone inside. Guilt welled up inside of him. Sighing, he snapped his fingers and the bright light in the room faded. Using his chance to escape, he ran to the throne room.

Turning the corner he saw his copy waiting for him. Quickly grabbing Yugi's wrist, the two entered the throne room.

As soon as Yugi stepped into the destroyed room, and suddenly he cried out in agony, falling to the ground, slipping out of the other Yugi's grip.

"It hurts…it hurts…Yami," Yugi said through the pain and tears as he pulled himself gradually up off the ground. Looking around he saw Ryou stagger into the room from the left and Malik glide and stumble in from the roof, both clutching their hearts. Slowly, all three looked to the spheres that held the other Gods within.

Sorry about where I left that chapter, but it's essential that I leave it there. Sorry! Hope you liked that chapter, ja ne!

Thanks to SilverWing147, glitchu1, Hathors-Favourite, LadyDeathStrike1, someoneyoudontknow and Chelley Angel for reviewing! (Hands out Yugioh plushies)