Author's Notes: Happy April Fools Day everyone! I finally got to update this story on April Fools! Yay! I missed my chance to update on April Fools Day last year, so this is really exciting! Wait, last year? The anniversary of this fic has come and gone already? Wow…..

Seto

41

Yugi

25

Yami

3

Voting Notes: If there's a pairing you want, vote for it! These next few chapters probably won't have a lot of romance, so there's still time left!

Chapter Dedication: This chapter is dedicated to Vyser Adept of Dragons, who had the inspiration for the "invaders" of the mansion. I hope you enjoy it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. I hate doing these, but a disclaimer a day keeps the lawyers away…..

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Joey gulped loudly, trying to see though the darkness. "Does anyone know what happened?" he asked, trying to find his friends.

"The lights," Yugi whispered from his right. "They all went out."

"Weird," Joey muttered. "Why would they do that?"

"Where are you guys?" Tristan asked. Joey and Yugi could hear his footsteps as he walked around.

"Over here, Tristan," Yugi responded. He reached out his hand and eventually felt Tristan's fingertips brush it as he found them.

"Téa?" Tristan asked.

"I'm right here," the others heard her voice as she walked up behind Yugi. Reaching out her hands as well, she walked forward until she found the others.

"Hey, where'd that jerk go?" Joey questioned once the four were reunited. "He was right here with us the whole time!"

"We need to find him," Yugi stated. "We'll be stuck here without him."

"Then let's find ourselves a Kaiba!" Joey shouted. Stretching his arms in front of himself like a zombie, he turned around and swayed from foot to foot. "Oh Kaiba…..I'm coming to get you…." he moaned in true zombie-like fashion.

Yugi choose the more traditional way of walking, starting to search in the opposite direction. Téa and Tristan likewise started walking towards the other quarters of the room.

Joey soon reached the light switch. Experimentally, he flicked the switch a few times, hoping that the lights would miraculously turn back on. Needless to say, they didn't.

Yugi had almost reached the corner when his toe connected with something rather hard. Bending down, he noticed that it was Seto's briefcase. "If this is his briefcase, then maybe he went this way," Yugi thought, picking up the metal case.

Téa continued in her chosen direction with her arms outstretched. Suddenly, she felt the cool wall on her fingertips. "Where could Kaiba have gone?" she wondered. Keeping her fingertips against the wall, Téa started walking again. Suddenly, she felt her foot tripping over something, causing her to stumble. Her arms windmilled in vain, looking for something to save her fall……

When the lights had gone out, Seto had inched his way along the wall until he reached the computer system that controlled the entire mansion. Quickly, entering his password, Seto pulled up the schematics for the electrical system. "A cut power line," his eyes narrowed. "This doesn't make any sense."

He then set the code to activate the emergency power system. The computer acknowledged the request, starting up the alternate power system.

He had just turned to find the others when something collided with his foot…….

Téa reached out her arms one last time to try and save herself, when one of her hand managed to grab something. She paused for a moment, thanking her luck, not bothering to realize exactly what her hand had grabbed onto.

For Seto, the whole incident went by too quickly to comprehend. After that something had collided with his foot, he suddenly found himself being jerked down by the collar of his trench coat. He could still feel whoever had bumped into him hanging from his coat.

After getting over the shock of the almost fall, Téa's attention finally turned to figuring out what had saved her. Her clenched hand shifted a little, feeling the fine cloth beneath her fingers. "Cloth?" she thought. "Did I bump into someone?" Reaching her other hand up, she tried to figure out who it was.

Seto was about ready to tell this someone to get off of him when he felt a hand brushing his face. It traced a few of his features before reaching his hair.

Téa held in a gasp as her fingers touched the person's hair. She recognized the same thick hair that her fingers had shamelessly run through at the pool earlier that day. "Stop thinking about that Téa," she thought as she tried to push that memory out of her head. She growled in annoyance as the memory kept stubbornly resurfacing.

For his part, it was all too obvious to Seto that Téa was the mysterious something that had just tripped over him. He remembered her small hands running through his hair from before.

"Gardner," he hissed, causing Téa to pull her hand out of his hair and jump in surprise. She stumbled and yanked his collar once again in order to stay on her feet.

"Kaiba," she whispered in a vehement tone.

"Such dislike," he teased, picturing the expression on her face. "Did I frighten you?" he sardonically remarked.

Téa clenched her fists, only then noticing that one hand was still holding onto the lapel of his trench coat. The memory of their heated kissing sprung to her mind once again, and she could almost picture his lips in the darkness. All she had to do was to give his trench coat one little yank and then she could…….

The emergency lights then flickered on, palely illuminating the room. Surprised, Téa immediately released Seto's trench coat as she squinted against the sudden light.

"Téa?" Yugi blinked, seeing his best friend standing next to Kaiba. "What were you…?"

"Nothing," Téa interrupted. "I had just found Kaiba here when the lights came back on. That's all."

"Hey moneybags," Joey burst in. "What happened?"

The computer then started beeping. Ignoring Joey, Seto turned his attention to the computer system.

"Mr. Kaiba sir," Roland appeared on the screen. "We have a problem!"

"What kind of problem?" Seto asked, blue eyes narrowing.

"Sir, security's been breached on the eastern side of the mansion! We've only just figured this out now because of the power outage. We've sent our best squad to deal with these intruders."

"Excellent," Seto said. "And when you capture those punks, bring them to me."

"Yes sir," Roland responded, then terminated the link.

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Six men lay on the ground, arms and legs sprawled every which way. They moaned in pain, struggling to stay conscious.

One of them forced his eyes opened, fighting the blurriness of his gaze. He was determined to remember these people, so that he could contact Roland. He would not let these intruders harm Mr. Kaiba no matter what.

A face suddenly emerged into his vision. "Fighting, my little friend?" the stranger smirked. "Trust me; it won't do you a bit of good."

The guard struggled to keep his eyes opened, sweat covering his face from the exhaustion of this single act. The stranger then reached under his jacket and pulled something out.

It looked like an old artifact, maybe from ancient Rome or Egypt. The stranger's eyes glittered as he whispered something unrecognizable.

Gold light emerged from the center of the object, almost blinding him. The stranger held it close to his face, forcing him to look at the center. "That's funny, the center looks like an eye," the guard though before his vision faded to black.

Bakura stepped over the now limp body of the guard. Tucking the Millennium Ring back inside his jacket, he strode down the hall at a fast pace, Marik right behind him.

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Without warning, Seto turned and walked out the door to the room.

"Kaiba, where are you going?" Yugi asked.

"Look, I don't intend to sit around with the nerd herd and do nothing," Seto responded. Turning around, he said, "You geeks can stay here."

"Are you kidding?" Joey exclaimed. "We're not just going to sit here!"

Yugi stepped forward. "We're coming too," he said.

"Yeah," Tristan added.

"Definitely," Téa agreed.

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Bakura and Marik rounded the next corner, keeping an eye out for any unwelcome surprises.

"Where's the Pharaoh?" Marik asked, his lavender eyes searching the hallway.

"Patience Marik," the tomb robber chided his companion. "The Pharaoh is here. I know it."

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'Yugi, let me take over,' Yami asked. 'I sense that we may be in grave danger."

"Alright," Yugi consented. And so, the two switched places.

Téa, walking behind them, noticed the switch. "It happened again," she thought. "That's not Yugi anymore. It's the Pharaoh."

Seto turned down the next hallway, and then stopped short. Yami came up behind him, narrowing his eyes as he recognized the person at the end of the hall.

"Surprised to see me?" the stranger asked in a mocking voice.

"Bakura," Yami growled in response.

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Author's Notes: Happy April Fools everyone! I'm sorry I didn't update my other stories first, but I just couldn't miss out on my chance to update on April Fools Day! I realized this at around six at night and busted my butt to get this chapter up. Thanks to everyone who supports this story!

For this chapter, I changed Téa's name. Instead of "Tea," it is now in its correct form: "Téa." I'm going to go back and correct the previous chapters, but it's just a tiny, minor change.

And the new Furuba volume is coming out soon! –does little dance-