Therapy Visit:

Day two of Yami's absence. While I love it, I absolutely detest it at the same time. Sure, it's great when Yami's gone but it's worse when you're stuck with the most evil being created on earth.

Today, I'm seeing a therapist. Yeah, that's right, a therapist. It's not that I'm crazy, it's the fact that a person like Yugi actually exists. Yami and Anzu thinks he's just a sweet kid and that I'm just hallucinating whenever I see the mentality of his evil, evil plot.

How does Rishid live through this? Malik's what…almost the same age as Yugi. It's not as if he was possessed by the rod now is he?

Looks at watch- 10:30 And my appointment with Dr. Mai is at 11...

"Yugi, are you ready yet?"

"Coming!" And at that, Yugi raced down the stairs, wearing his usual clothes that he wore during the Battle City Finals. I never wanted to bring Yugi along. Really. But if I leave him here, by the time I come back, the house will be in ruins. We got in the car, me driving of course. Backing up from the garage, we got out of the neighborhood in silence.

"Shadi?" Yugi looked up at me.

Look you brat, I already told you where babies come from. Isn't that enough? "Yes?"

"Where are we going?" He then looked out the window.

"Uh…I need to see a special friend of mine." I steered to the parking lot, finding a parking stall. We both got out of the car and made our way inside the building room into the waiting room.

"Look Yugi," I said in a low voice. "I don't want you to do anything that will get you in trouble, all right?"

Yugi nodded as he took a seat in the waiting room, reading a magazine. Why do I have a feeling that something was bound to go wrong. I sat right beside him, taking out the only magazine left in the waiting room.

(Sigh) Animerica. The issue: Sailor Moon vs. Dragon Ball Z. Didn't they have a hentai version of that? What was it called?

"Shadi," a slim lady emerged from her office, a clipboard in hand. She wore a short black skirt, nylon stockings, high heels, a black shirt covered by a purple vest. What's up with this outfit? She's usually in her white coat! Her blonde hair flowed down to her waist, pushing the rim of her glasses. "You're kinda early." She shifted her gaze towards Yugi. "Oh my, isn't this the pharaoh's friend?"

To this, Yugi looked up at Mai, smiling. "Me and Yami are like brothers. But he went on a business trip so he made me pharaoh."

"Really?" Mai's smile had yet to cease. "Well, me and Shadi are going to have a little chat, all right?"

"Are you going to make babies?" Yugi asked innocently.

I swear to Ra, I could feel my mouth drop open in shock. He didn't just say that, did he? Did he?

Mai's mouth dropped open at Yugi's question. However, her mouth curled to a grin before laughing. "Yugi, me and Shadi are just going to talk like how friends do. We're friends, me and him. Just wanted to catch up on some things." She turned to go back to her office and I followed. Right in front of a large glass window was a desk. Then there's that one side of the wall with all her diplomas, degrees, and Ph.D's. The other was a huge bookcase filled with books. Beside it was a filing cabinet, which I can only assume that's where she keeps all her records of her patients.

Of course, there was that cool, long sofa. You know, the ones all those psychiatric people have in their office? As usual, I laid back on it, stretched out my legs and kicked back, staring up at the ceiling. Mai pulled a chair beside me, a clipboard in hand. She crossed one leg over the other, staring down at me. Looking over her notes for a second, she arched an eyebrow at me.

"So," she tapped her pen on her knee a few times. "How have you been the last few days?"

Sigh-

"Mai, yesterday, I was hoping Anubis had finally taken my soul. I wanted to die of embarrassment. Literally!"

"All right Shadi, calm down and relax." Mai took down a few notes on her clipboard.

"Well, Yugi insisted that I take him over to Malik's house. All of a sudden, they wanted to know where babies come from. Why? I explained it to him and he still doesn't get it. He's evil, Mai. EVIL!"

"Have you been taking your Riddlin, Shadi?" Mai cocked her head to the side, giving me a suspicious look.

"Say what?"

"Shadi," Mai frowned. "Last time we met, I prescribed you for a bottle of Riddlin. It's not that you're crazy…"

"Oh, so you're saying I'm clinically insane?" Damn it! Is everyone mentally retarded except me? What is it with Japan these days?

"No!" Mai reached out for my hand in attempt to calm me down. "The Riddlin is just to keep you focused, a bit more stable when it comes to your anxiety with Yugi."

"Dr. Mai, you don't realize how many evil things he had done in only two weeks. He stole Yami's car and ran himself into a tree on the way home only to have the pharaoh breathing down my neck. Just the other day when I cleaned the floor, he walks all over the kitchen with muddy shoes without giving a damn! And yesterday, he and Malik walked in on Ishizu who was humping an inflatable doll…"

Mai tried to cover up a laugh but only pretending to cough. "A…an inflatable doll? Well…that sounds intriguing."

"And you don't have to let me tell you what just happened earlier."

All was silent as Mai jotted notes onto her paper. "You know what? I think, in order for me to find out what's causing Yugi's psychotic behavior, as you call, I think it's best if I talk to him. And a good thing too that he's here today. Now," she stood up. "Why don't you just wait in the waiting area."

I got off the chair and made my way out the door. I could hear the footsteps of Dr. Mai following from behind. As I entered the waiting room, I noticed that all was well. Nothing was destroyed and nobody was hurt. Good…good. My eyes shifted to Yugi who was reading a magazine.

Finally, something went right for a change.

However, my mood changed dramatically when I noticed what kind of magazine he was reading. Not your ordinary magazine indeed. This brat was reading Playboy!

Not good…not good at all Shadi.

Quickly, I snatched the magazine from Yugi's clutches, giving him the death glare. "You know you're not supposed to be looking at this!"

"Ugh!" Mai groaned, taking the magazine from my hand. "I keep telling Jounouchi and Honda not to leave these lying around. Bastards." she smiled at Yugi, patting his head. "Say Yugi, I know this is the first time we met and since I have a lot of time, I thought we should get to know each other. Is that all right?"

To this, Yugi nodded and slid off the chair, following Mai into her office. I sat back on the chair reading The New York Times. Dr. Mai really need to seriously get some new magazines. I mean, who cares what happened…

reads magazine-

August 24, 1971? Oh come on, that's thirty three years ago for Ra sakes.

Well…still better than reading Animerica.

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"Well Yugi," Mai took a seat behind her desk, gesturing to the chair across from her. "Have a seat so we can begin."

Yugi took a seat on the chair, looking up at Mai curiously. "Begin what?"

Smiling, Mai reached for something in her drawer. "Oh, you know, getting to know one another. I thought we could be friends." She then held out a red box with pretzel sticks sticking out. "Pocky?"

Wordlessly, Yugi reached out and grabbed a few of the sticks, munching on one of them. "So what do you want to know about me?" he asked.

"Anything, really. I mean, tell me about yourself. Anything you want to share is fine with me."

"Well…um…" Yugi started on his second stick. "Even if, in a way, I'm related to Yami, I'm just like any other kid. Go to Domino High, play duel monsters with my friends. I have a friend named Malik Ishtar. You know him?"

Mai shook her head in reply. "Can't say that I do. So you duel, huh? You must be pretty good."

"In a way." Yugi smiled. "I don't duel as much as I used to during the Battle city Finals."

"Hmm…" Mai eyed Yugi for a moment or two. "What do you think of Shadi? I mean, all I know about him is that he comes to work as a servant for Yami."

"I guess you can say that. He does practically everything from cooking to cleaning to even end up being my nanny. I mean, hell, that's a woman's job."

"I'm a doctor." Mai defended herself. "Well, actually a psychiatrist. But people consider it as a man's job."

Yugi twiddled his thumbs, staring at Mai. "Is Shadi crazy?"

Mai chuckled at his question. "Yugi, you're friend Shadi is not crazy. As I told you, we're just friends. We have been for quite some time. It's just that he gets stressed out at times from his job."

After twenty minutes of talking and playing Monopoly, Yugi finally emerged from Mai's office with a box of Pocky in his hand, munching on a pocky stick. "See you in the car Shadi." he then skipped out of the waiting area and to the elevator.

Mai approached me with a look of confusion etched on her face. A creepy feeling crawled in my stomach.

"Shadi," she wrote something on a slip of paper. "Yugi, when we talked, well…"

I sensed something wrong must have happened while he was in there. "What happened?"

"I think Anzu and Yami are right." Mai grinned. "Yugi really is a sweet kid. Full of curiosity though for someone his age."

O.O! You can't be serious! You're telling me that being you call Yugi is sweet? There is no way…

"Here Shadi," Mai's voice broke my train of thought, handing me a prescription slip. "Please go to the pharmacy and get the Riddlin. If you don't take some, you could get an anxiety attack."

All of a sudden, my cel phone rang. Reaching into my pocket, I answered it. "Hello?"

"Shadi?" Rishid's voiced tensed on the other line. "You better get to Yugi's house, quick!"

"What's going on?" by the sound of his voice, I could say all hell was breaking loose.

"Get over here, pronto! Yugi's house is being destroyed!"

Rishid, if this is your idea of a prank call, I'm gonna wrap my fingers around your neck…"

"Shadi, it's about Anzu!" Rishid was in a state of panic. "I swear, she has that thing again. You know, the time of the month?"

O.O!

I quickly shut off my phone and ran out of the building. Yugi was leaning against the car, as if waiting for me. In desperation, I tossed him inside the car and slide onto the driver's seat, starting it up.

"What the hell is wrong with you Shadi!" Yugi was raging, simply because I tossed him in the car like yesterday's garbage.

I jammed my key into the ignition and sped out of the parking lot. Going beyond the speed limit, I reached the house in no time. We both got out of the car and raced into the house. As soon as we reached there, my mouth dropped open in shock.

"Oh Ra…"

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