Impulsive Attractions

Day Two: Couple Surprises

Yugi yawned as he sat up in bed. He glanced over at his yami, who was still sleeping. The short teenager got out of bed and tiptoed over to him. "Yami? Wake up! Let's go find the others!" Yami groaned and rolled over, trying to ignore his hikari. Frustrated, Yugi jumped on his stomach. "Yami! Yami, wake up!" he said, while bouncing up and down on the pharaoh. "Yugi!" The spirit cried between gasps of breath. "Stop…bouncing…I'm…awake now!" Yugi stopped jumping on him and smiled innocently. "Sorry Yami, I was just excited to continue exploring. We really should go find the others now." Yami nodded sleepily. Duke stretched and yawned as he sat up. "Hm? What's all the commotion about?" he asked them. Yugi smiled at his friend. "C'mon Duke, we're going to find our friends." Duke got up and walked over to them, or tried to at least. He took two steps before tripping over Tristen, who was still asleep on the floor and snoring quietly, and hit his head on the concrete floor. "OW! Crap that hurt!" Tristen blinked and sat up. "Huh? Was' goin on ya' guys?" Yami snickered and eventually burst into laughter, Yugi soon followed. The dice master sat up, hissing as he nursed the injury to his head. Tristen smiled evilly. "Serves you right, ya prick!" Duke glared. Yugi sighed. "We should probably start looking right away. We have no idea where everyone is." The other three agreed with their short friend.

Mai shook the younger girl gently. "Serenity, c'mon honey, wake up." She said patiently. Serenity's eyes fluttered open. "Mornin' Mai." She greeted. Mai chuckled. "We should probably get going. I bet your brother is freaking out right now because he doesn't know where you are." Serenity nodded sadly. "I wonder where Joey is right now…" "I guess we'll have to find out, huh?" Mai said, "I bet he's in the kitchen!" The older girl said jokingly. Serenity laughed. "Probably, that's my brother for ya." Mai Laughed. She opened the door and was followed out by Serenity.

"Joey. Joey? JOEY! Can you hear me!" Tea sighed, but couldn't help but smile at her Egyptian friend's concern. "It's no use Malik. When Joey's in a deep sleep that would never wake him." She smirked. "Watch this," she said sitting down on the edge of the blonde's bed. "Joey, Tristen is eating all of the doughnuts again!" she shouted. He sat up frantically. "What!" he asked in surprise. Tea snickered. Malik blinked in surprise. "And that always works?" he asked her. "Pretty much." She said honestly. Joey's stomach growled loudly. The blond groaned. "Did ya have to mention food, Tea? We never did eat dinner last night…" She smiled. "Maybe we should look for the kitchen, then. What do you guys think?" Both boys nodded in favor of the idea. Joey beamed at her. "Tea, I think that's the best Idea I've heard all week!" She rolled her eyes at the blonde's antics. "Let's go, guys."

"This isn't working." Bakura muttered. "Hey, Ryou…wake up now! It's morning." He snapped. The other albino didn't even twitch. Bakura's patients were beginning to run out. "Up! Or I'll leave you here, Ryou!" He growled. "Come on!" No response came. He sighed. "Whatever, sleep if you want. I'm leaving." He jerked the door open and slammed it behind him, cursing moodily as he walked down the hall.

Mokuba sat up in his sleeping bag and groggily looked around the room. It was rather large with an entertainment center, and a couch…which his brother was sprawled out on. He blinked. "But Seto hates the couch…" suddenly, it clicked and he remembered where they were. "Oh, right!" he said. He climbed out of his makeshift bed and glanced at his brother, who actually looked quite peaceful at the moment. "Hey, Seto!" He said while shaking his brother's shoulders. Kaiba yawned and looked around. "Hey, Moki, where are we?" he asked. Mokuba giggled. "On vacation, remember, the mansion?" Kaiba groaned. "Oh…" Mokuba smiled. "Let's watch a movie!"

"Recognize anything yet, guys?" Malik asked his companions. "Nope!" Joey replied. "I can't believe this place is so big! How does your grandma find anything in here, Joey?" Tea asked. He shrugged. Malik stopped in front of a large set of double doors. "These doors look different from the others, maybe this will take us somewhere." He suggested. The others nodded. "Worth a try." Tea said. Joey and Malik pushed the doors open. It was a large room with three other rooms connected to it. "We should split up and search. It would take less time that way." She told them. Each of them chose a door.

Tea pulled hers open and noticed a staircase going up. Nothing else in the room stood out. "Hm, wonder where this goes to…" she said absently as she began to climb.

Malik's room was empty, for the most part. He saw another door in the corner. Curiously, he opened it. Inside was a large pipe-like hole. He leaned forward to try and see the bottom. Malik gulped and turned to leave. A sudden rush of dizziness came over him and he fell head first into the chute. "Waaaahhhhaaaaa!" he screamed as he fell into the darkness.

Joey blinked. "Another staircase?" he asked himself. He walked over to the door he had come in through and looked for the others. "Hey guys? I found a staircase." He heard no reply. "Uh…Guys? This isn't funny!" he shouted. Sighing, he walked back over to the staircase, this one going down, and began his descent. "Guess I'm on my own for now." He grumbled to himself.

Mai pushed the heavy door open and sighed. "Exploring this place sure is exhausting." She declared. Serenity nodded. "Yeah, you can say that again." Out of the corner of her eye, Mai noticed another door. "Stay here and rest Serenity, I'm going to see what is behind that door over there." She told her friend. "Okay." Serenity said sitting down on a plushy couch. Mai slowly walked over to the door and opened it.

She peered around the room. There were two more doors in this room. She growled softly. "Is this a house, or a maze?" she asked grumpily. She chose the door on the left and looked skeptically at the downward spiraling stairs. "Weird." She said as she walked down the steps. The door of the stairwell creaked shut behind her.

Serenity sighed and glanced at her watch. "That's strange, what is taking her so long?" she sighed and looked around the room. A large landscape painting caught her attention. It was almost the size of a person. She stared at it. "I'm getting a weird feeling when I look at that thing." She muttered to herself. "Aaaaaahhhh!" She jumped when she heard a scream. It was followed by a loud thump. The sounds seemed to be coming from behind the painting! She rushed over to it and pulled on the lower right corner. To her surprise, it swung open like a trap door. She saw Malik lying on his back in a small room filled with pillows. "Oh my gosh!" she said. "Are you okay?" Malik nodded and smiled weakly. "I think so." He told her shakily. She helped the Egyptian down into the room. She looked at him for a minute. "Hey, your name is Malik, right? Weren't you with Tea and my brother?" she asked curiously. He nodded. "Yeah, we split up to search a couple of adjoined rooms, and I fell into that Ra forsaken hole!" he told her. She sighed. "I hope Joey is okay." He smiled at her. "I'm sure he will be…wait, you were with Mai right?" She blinked. "Oh yeah…she never did come back. She walked in there." She said pointing to the door. "We should make sure she is okay." Malik told her. They waked to the door and looked in. They saw two closed doors. Serenity studied them for a minute. "Which way do you think she went?" Serenity asked her newfound friend. "No idea." Malik said. "We'll have to guess. It would be a bad idea to split up again, since everyone seems to be getting lost." She nodded in agreement. "Let's go…right." She finally decided. "Okay." Malik said as he descended down the staircase, the one on the opposite side of the room from the staircase Mai had chosen.

"Not that one, Mokuba." Mokuba pouted. "Awe, but I heard The Ring is good!" Kaiba sighed. "And I heard that it is too scary for 13 year olds." Mokuba put on the puppy eyes. "Setoooo! Please? I'm not a little kid anymore. And I'll love you forever, big brother!" Kaiba's glare was beginning to soften. "…Not the puppy dog eyes…Mokuba!" He felt his resistance crack. "Okay! Fine, we'll watch it! Just don't blame me later if you get nightmares." He told his younger sibling. Mokuba smiled and pulled his brother into a crushing hug. "Thankyouthankyouthankyoubigbrother! Iloveyousomuch!" He said hyperly.

Mai opened the door at the end of the staircase and looked out into the room. She saw Mokuba glomp his older brother and mumble praise to him. She walked over and leaned on the back of the couch. "Brotherly bonding, huh?" she asked jokingly. Kaiba jumped at the sound of her voice. Mokuba smiled. "Hey Mai!" "How did you get here?" Kaiba asked her. She pointed to the closet in the corner. "There's a spiral staircase in the closet." She told them. "So, what are you two doing?" Mokuba waved the movie case for The Ring in front of her face. "We're watching a movie!" he told her. She chuckled. "Sounds good, hope you don't mind me joining you."

Yugi and Yami walked around another corner. Yugi looked up at his counterpart. "I wonder where we lost Duke and Tristen at." He said. Yami shrugged. "They were beginning to get on my nerves, anyways." He told Yugi truthfully. Yugi sighed. "I just hope they don't kill each other."

Tristen sighed. "Are you sure you're okay Dude? I mean…you did hit your head pretty hard." Duke rolled his eyes. "Yes mother, it's just a little boo-boo. I can handle it." He said sarcastically. Tristen growled. "Whatever. I was just trying to be nice." A door swung open and whacked Tristen in the head as he was walking by it. Tea walked out, seeming alarmed. "Duke? What did the door hit?" she asked. Duke pointed at Tristen who was lying unconscious on the floor. "Whoops…" Tea said and began laughing nervously. Duke knelt beside the brunet and poked him. "Wow, he's out cold." Tea sighed. "Guess we will have to wait for him to wake up." She said.

Ryou woke up and looked over at Bakura's bed. It was empty. "Kura?" he asked. He began to panic. "Bakura! Where are you?" Tears formed in his eyes. "Did he…leave me here?" He asked shakily. Getting up, the white haired boy dashed out of the room in an attempt to catch up to his yami.

Alister sighed. "Valon, as soon as we're done with this trip, I'm teaching you to fly this helicopter. I'm tired of having to drive 24/7!" he ranted. He heard a snore from his companion. "Why do I bother…" He asked himself. He kicked his friend's seat. "Valon!" he shouted. The sleeping brunet continued to snore, undisturbed. A few minutes later, the brunet's stomach growled and he sat up in his seat. Yawning, Valon turned to his red headed friend. "I'm hungry." He stated the obvious. Alister rolled his eyes. "Why am I not surprised?" Valon looked out the window. "Are we there yet?" he whined. "Does it look like we are 'there' to you, Valon?" he asked sounding very annoyed. "No!" the brunet said moodily. "Then why did you bother to ask?" Alister questioned. Valon chose to ignore his friend's question. "So where are we, anyways?" the Australian asked picking up the GPS device. He looked at the map, and then surveyed the area. "Hey Alister, there's an Island that's not on the map." He pointed out. The red head glanced at the GPS, and then the island. "Maybe it's a privately owned island." He said dismissively. Slowly, the helicopter started to turn to the right, towards the island. "Why are we turning?" Valon asked. "Huh, what do you mean?" Alister asked. He felt the joystick being pulled to the right. Alarmed, he tried to pull it in the other direction. "I'm not doing it! It's turning on its own!" He shouted. "We're loosing altitude!" Valon cried in fear. Alister noticed that they were heading towards the edge of the island. "We'll have to jump when we get closer to the island." He said as calmly as possible. Valon's eyed widened. "What? Are you insane?" They were about fifteen feet above the ground now. "Jump!" Alister said. They jumped out the door of the helicopter and into a medium sized sycamore tree. Surprisingly, they got away with hardly a scratch, but the same wasn't true for their helicopter. It crashed, bounced twice, skidded twenty-some feet, landed in the ocean, and exploded. Valon was shaking and clinging to the tree branch he was sitting on.

Alister Jumped down from the tree. Valon did the same, but ended up landing on his back. "Ow!" He cried. Alister sighed and helped him up. He glanced over at the large mansion. "Come on, we should see if the people there can help us." He said. Valon shook his head. "No way! What if they call the cops on us?" Alister sighed. "I doubt they would, Valon." He said logically. The brunet pulled his cell phone out of his jacket pocket. "Call Raphael." He insisted. "He could come get us." Alister took the phone and dialed the blond man's number. He got a dial tone. He looked concerned. "What's wrong Alister?" Valon asked. "I think we're out of the service area." He told his friend. Valon groaned. "We're screwed!" he said. Alister put the cell phone into his pocket. "Let's go get help from that mansion. There has to be someone who can help us. Maybe they have a phone that will work." He reasoned. Valon sighed. "Maybe." He said gloomily. Alister pulled the gate open and Valon followed him through. Valon noticed the key sticking out of the lock. "Huh? What kind of person leaves a key in the lock?" Alister shrugged. "Well, they do live on a secluded island, they probably don't worry about it too much." The gate slammed shut behind them. Valon pushed on it. "It won't open." He said nervously. Alister shrugged. "We'll worry about that later." He said. Valon looked around fearfully. Alister Pushed the door open and walked in with Valon on his heals. "I'll stay here," Valon said. "This place is creepy!" Alister rolled his eyes. "Whatever." He said as he walked up the stairs. "Behave yourself, Valon." He called behind him. When the red head was out of view, Valon sat down on the floor; not noticing the 13 or so assorted bags in the corner.

Bakura sighed. "Maybe I shouldn't have left him behind. It's more boring to travel alone." He turned another corner. "Darn it! Why does this place have to be so big?" he wondered aloud.

Mai looked intently at the wide screen TV. Mokuba tugged on her jacket sleeve. "Hey, Mai?" he asked. "Wasn't Serenity with you yesterday?" She blinked. "Oh…oh Crap! I totally forgot!" She said as she pulled her cell phone out of her purse. "I better call her." Mai said. A door to their right swung open. Three pairs of eyes followed the sound. Mai gasped. "Alister? What are you doing here?" she said in shock. He seemed just as surprised. "My helicopter crashed out front, so I came to get some help." He said. "What happened that caused you to crash?" Kaiba asked. "I don't know. The Helicopter turned on its own account and the engine cut out, I think." Mai sighed. "Well, We'd help you if we could, but we're kind of stuck here too. Our ride doesn't come for a month and a half, so I guess you're stuck here." She said apologetically. "Or you could swim." Kaiba stated coldly. Alister glared at the millionaire. "Would if I could, Kaiba." He said grudgingly. He turned back to Mai. "Is there a phone here, Mai?" he asked. She shook her head. "Not that I'm aware of. I have a cell phone, but it seems that the calls we try to make won't go though to anywhere outside of the island." Alister sighed in defeat. "I noticed that." He said, showing her Valon's cell phone. Mai whistled. "Nice phone!" she complimented. "Not mine, it's Valon's. He didn't know Raphael's number, so he gave it to me." Mai blinked. "Huh? Is Valon here?" she asked. "Yeah, but he was being a brat and decided to stay by the door. I think the crash freaked him out." He explained. Mai and Mokuba exchanged worried looks. "That probably wasn't a good Idea." Mai told him. "What do you mean?" he asked. Mai sighed. "This place is HUGE! It took me almost a day and a half to find these two, and I lost another of my friends in the process…Speaking of which, I was about to call her." "How many people are here?" Alister asked the blond woman. "Thirteen Originally. We split up into six groups of two and one group of three." "How can you lose that many people?" he said in shock. She shrugged. "Quite easily in a place like this. I'm going to call Serenity, hopefully someone manages to find your friend." She replied and dialed the younger girl's number.

"I hope we find her soon." Serenity said. Malik nodded. "This house is starting to scare me. It would suck to be alone in this place." Serenity's cell phone began to ring. Malik Jumped. Serenity laughed. "Don't worry, it's just my phone." She replied. Serenity pressed the 'talk' button and put the phone to her ear. "Hello?" 'Serenity?' "Hey Mai! Are you okay?" 'Yeah, sorry for running off like that. I did manage to find Kaiba and Mokuba though.' Serenity smiled. "That's good. I ran into Malik a while ago, and we've been looking for you." Mai paused. 'I thought Malik was with Joey and Tea…' "They split up a while back, he said." Mai sighed. 'Have you…never mind, you wouldn't know who I mean. Serenity, can you call Joey? I was going to call Duke next. Hopefully his phone is on.' "Um, sure Mai. What should I tell him?" 'Just see what is going on with him and tell him what I told you.' "Okay, bye." Serenity said. 'Bye, hun.' Both girls hung up. Serenity sighed and began to relay the news to Malik.

Joey groaned. "Does this staircase go all the way down to ground level?" he wondered. A minute later, he reached the bottom and a sliding door. He grabbed the handle and pulled it to the side. He panted when he had managed to move the heavy door. He stepped out into the bright room full of bookshelves. "A library?" He asked. He looked back at the 'door' he had come through, which was actually a bookshelf. "No wonder it was so heavy." He stated. He cringed when his phone rang. He answered it. "Hello?" 'Hey, Joey!" he smiled when he realized it was his sister who was calling him. "Hey Serenity! Are you guys doing okay? Haven't heard from you since yesterday." She laughed. 'Actually, Mai and I got split up, but I talked to her not too long ago. Malik is here with me.' At first, he was upset because the Egyptian was alone with his sister…but decided that he didn't mind as long as it wasn't Duke or Tristen. "So where is Mai right now?" He asked worriedly. 'She said she was with Mokuba and Kaiba. None of us know what happened to the others.' Joey sighed. "Yeah and Yugi, Yami, Ryou, Bakura and Tristen don't have cell phones. We have no way to contact any of them." 'Mai said she was going to call Duke, so I guess I'll have to wait for her to call me back. Oh, and Mai said something earlier…she started to ask me something, but said I wouldn't know what she was talking about. She seemed kind of worried, though.' Joey nodded thoughtfully. "If nobody calls me in an hour, I'll call Mai and see what is going on over there." He promised. 'Okay, thanks Joey. Talk to you later.' She hung up. Joey did so as well and slid his phone into his pocked and walked over to the door of the library. "I wonder what Mai was so worried about…" He said.

He looked out into the lobby. Joey was surprised when he ended up at the front doors, but he was even more shocked to see Valon sitting by the door, staring off into space. "Valon?" he asked. The brunet jumped at the sound of the blonde's voice. "J-joey?" He blushed when he realized he had used the blonde's first name. "What are you doing here?" Joey asked him. "Alister's helicopter blew up." He answered bluntly. "He came in here to look for help, but I decided to stay by the door…this place is creepy." Valon muttered the last part under his breath. Joey sighed. "Tell me about it. I've been lost in here since yesterday. It's hard to believe that out of the twelve people I came here with, I can't find any of them." Valon's eyes widened. Joey glanced at him casually. "Where is Alister?" Valon shivered. "Upstairs." He said. Joey sighed. "Okay, there are now 15 people in this place, who are probably mostly split up into pairs…Well, Mai is with Kaiba and Mokuba, so we know that there is at least one group of three. And Alister is probably by himself, unless he ran into someone already." Valon sighed. "Great." He said sarcastically. "Too bad you guys don't have walkie-talkies or something." Valon said. "A few of us have cell phones. I just got a call a few minutes ago." Joey told him. Valon blinked. "You mean you guys can call each other here? Alister tried to call Raphael earlier, but the call wouldn't go through…" Valon growled. "Crap! Alister has my cell phone!" Joey smiled. "That might be a good thing." The blond pulled out his cell phone. "It would be really easy to get in touch with him. What's you phone number?" Valon sighed. "Beats me! I have never needed to call myself before." He said. Joey sighed. "Well, so much for that Idea. We should probably start walking if you ever want to catch up with him." Valon nodded tiredly and followed the blond up the stairs.

"Look, Tea. He's coming to." Tea smiled at Tristen. "You okay?" she asked. He groaned. "Tea? What did Duke hit me with?" She laughed nervously. "Sorry, that was my fault. The door was stuck so I kicked it open and it hit you in the side of the head." He sat up slowly. "Ow." The three of them heard a cell phone ring. Duke looked over at Tea. "Is that yours or mine?" he asked. She dug through her purse. "It's not mine." He grabbed his jacket, which he had taken off earlier, and pulled his phone out of the pocket. "Hello?" he said. "Duke, what's up?" Mai greeted him. He smiled. "Everything's great, Mai. I just witnessed Tristen getting whacked in the head with a door and knocked out." Mai laughed. 'Wow, what happened?' She asked curiously. "Tea kicked a door open from the inside when he was walking by and he got slammed in the side of the head. No blood, though, and he is awake now." 'Well, at least I know where Tea is now. Malik is with Serenity." Duke blinked. "What? I thought she was with you!" he exclaimed. 'We kind of got split up. Joey, apparently, is alone now.' Duke sighed. "We lost Yugi and Yami too. They were with us last night, and part of this morning." He informed her. She sighed. 'I'm with the Kaiba brothers right now, and a while ago, Alister ended up here too. Currently, he and Kaiba are trying to ignore each other.' Duke blinked. "Who?" 'Remember when I ended up helping those biker guys?' she asked. 'He's the guy with the Red hair that fought with Kaiba.' Duke cringed. "Just what we needed." He said sarcastically. 'Valon is here too.' "Isn't he that Australian dude who challenged Joey?" Duke asked. Mai laughed. 'Yeah. Alister left him by the door, but I haven't know him to stay in one place very long.' Duke sighed. "I hope they don't cross paths. They'll probably kill each other." 'Probably.' Mai agreed. 'Call me if you guys run into anyone. I've got to go Duke…they're throwing things…' Amused, Duke hung up and put the phone back into his pocket. "What did she say?" Tea asked. "We've got a couple of problems, guys." He said.

Crash "Work on your aim, you prick!" Whoosh "I thought you said MY aim was bad!" Mokuba yelped and dashed behind the couch to avoid the flying objects. "Can't we just get along?" he begged them. Kaiba glared at his younger brother. "Never, Mokuba! Hand me the popcorn bowl." Shakily, the black-haired boy complied. Crack The bowl missed Alister's head by less than a foot. "Ha! You missed!" He teased the older Kaiba brother. Kaiba growled. "Call me if you guys run into anyone," Mai told Duke via cell phone. Alister picked up a silver platter and chucked it at the brunet. It flew by his head and hit the door with a loud thump. Mai cringed. "I've got to go Duke…" She apologized. "they're throwing things…" she explained. She turned the phone off and glared at them both. "Knock it off!" She yelled. Reluctantly, Kaiba lowered the coffee mug he was about to hurl at the redhead. Mokuba sat up. "Thanks Mai." He whispered. "What did your friends say?" Alister asked. She sighed. "We have determined that Malik is with Serenity, and that Tea, Tristen, and Duke are together. Joey is either alone or with Yugi, Yami, Ryou or Bakura. I'll have to call Serenity again in a minute to figure out what Joey's current situation is. And I informed Duke and the other two with him that Valon is here, so they will keep an eye open for him. Neither Serenity or Malik know him, but Serenity will probably call me if she sees him." She said. Alister sighed. Mai gave him a serious look. "You know Valon better than just about anybody. What would he do in a situation like this?" Alister shrugged. "No Idea. This has never happened before. He can be moody at times, but gets pretty clingy when scared. He doesn't take being alone for long periods of time very well. He says it makes him feel vulnerable." Mai sighed. "Let's hope he manages to find us. I'm going to call Serenity now."

Serenity glanced at the caller Id. "Mai?" She asked. 'Hey, Hun. You guys make any progress?' "Not Much." The Auburn haired girl admitted. 'I just got off the phone with Duke a minute ago. Tristen and Tea are with him, but no word on the others yet. Did you get a hold of Joey?' "Yeah. He didn't have any information for me, but he was relieved that everyone was okay. He was alone when I talked to him." Mai sighed. 'Okay, we have only four people to really worry about now…well five actually.' Serenity blinked. "Who else is lost?" 'Someone else I know ended up on the island, had a helicopter crash actually. He's with us now, much to Kaiba's displeasure, and his friend is around here somewhere.' "Maybe Joey will find him." Serenity said optimistically. 'That may not be such a good thing, kiddo. Last time they met, they nearly killed each other.' Serenity bit her lip. "What should we do if we run into him?" She asked quietly. 'Call me. I'll call you tomorrow, okay?' Serenity smiled softly. "Okay, goodnight Mai." 'Goodnight.' Mai Hung up. Serenity took a minute to explain the news to her travel partner. "Sounds like things could be better." Malik said. I'm not too worried about Bakura or the Pharaoh being separated from the others, unless they ended up together…that would be bad." Serenity nodded. "I guess we'll just have to keep going until we find someone." As they turned the corner, they ran into someone. Malik was knocked over by a frantic Ryou. "Ryou?" he questioned. "Where's Bakura?" Ryou blinked back tears. "I d-don't know! He was gone when I woke up this morning, and I've been searching for him all day. Malik and Serenity exchanged a look of dread. "This means he is either alone, or with Yugi and Yami." Serenity said.

Yugi wiped his eyes sleepily. "We still haven't found anyone, Yami. I'm worried." He said. Yami nodded. "I'm beginning to wish your grandpa would have just gotten you a cell phone. The others are probably all together somewhere, instead of walking around lost in this Ra forsaken house!" He said irritably. Yugi's stomach growled. "We haven't eaten anything since we got here…I'll be happy If we find the kitchen." Yami sighed. "I'll take over your body for a while so that you can rest. We'll look some more tomorrow, but for now I'm going to find a place to sleep." Yugi nodded and let Yami take over. Yami walked into a room with a couch in it. "I guess this will do."

Mai looked into the living room area that she, Alister, and the Kaiba brothers had settled down in. "Hey guys, I think I found the kitchen." She told them. The other three teens filed into the kitchen. Mokuba smiled. "Great! I'm starving." Kaiba nodded to Mai in thanks and Alister simply smiled. "What do you guys want? There seems to be just about everything you would ever dream of in here." Alister laughed. "Anything besides Oatmeal and muffins is fine by me." Mai chuckled. "What do you have against oatmeal?" she asked. Alister sighed. "Nothing, I'm Just tired of eating it every day." Mai cocked her head questioningly. "It's just about the only thing Valon won't eat." He explained. "Besides that, Valon eats anything and everything he can get his hands on." Mai laughed. "Joey is the same way. The only thing he doesn't seem to like is certain kinds of tomato sauce. He loves Pizza, but won't eat at most restaurants. Only Pizza Hut and Papa Johns. Normally he can eat up to three pizzas at a time, but when he went with me to Dave's Pizzeria, he only ate one slice and said he wasn't hungry, which I know was impossible since he told me he hadn't eaten dinner the night before or breakfast." Alister smiled. "Valon claims to be allergic to tomato sauce, but he eats raviolis all the time." He said. Mai laughed. "Sounds like they really do have quite a bit in common, too bad they would never admit that." Mokuba pulled a candy bar out of one of the cupboards. "Candy!" he said happily. Kaiba rolled his eyes. "Just don't eat too much, Mokuba." He said sternly. "Okay, Seto." Mokuba said innocently. Mai decided to eat some pasta, Alister ate fruit, and Kaiba ate a salad. Mai rolled her eyes. "You guys are health freaks!" she told them. They both glared at her.

Valon leaned against the wall. His stomach growled. "When I find Alister, I'm going to strangle him! Why did he have to leave?" He asked miserably. Joey was in much of the same condition. Joey sighed. "I should have asked them where they were…" "Huh?" Valon asked. "Never mind." The blond told him, pushing the next door open. "I found some beds, let's crash here for the night." He told the brunet, who approved of the idea. The blond collapsed onto one of the beds and passed out. Valon laid down on the other bed. Normally he would have been asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, but Valon felt a bit un easy still. He missed Alister, and Mai, and strangely he also missed the blond who was asleep not ten feet away from him. Somehow Joey's voice had calmed him since they had run into each other, but now his paranoia was returning. He found himself staring at the blond and how his golden hair framed his face. For some reason Valon found he had a strong urge to touch it. It was…pretty, he decided. He looked at the blonde's face and couldn't help but smile at the peaceful expression Joey had. He began to think to himself. 'He has a pretty face, I wonder about the rest of his body…' He mentally smacked himself. 'No! Nononononononononono! Bad thoughts! Can't think like that!' He scolded himself. Valon rolled over and eventually fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.

Mai pulled the sleeping bag over that she had found in one of the closets behind the couch and slept with her back to Alister, Who was sleeping against the wall. Mokuba was asleep in front of the couch, which his brother was laying on once again. "Is he asleep?" Kaiba asked her in a hushed tone. She rolled over and looked at the redheaded teen. "I don't know, his back is turned to me." She whispered to him. "Why, Kaiba, are you paranoid?" she asked. "A little bit." He admitted.

Bakura finally found a room with a bed in it after hours of searching. "Good, I can finally get some sleep. But why do I feel like I'm missing something?" He shrugged and upon deciding it wasn't too important, he rolled over and fell asleep.