Chapter 6:

Where's Yami?

As Yami walked on, he came to a large lake. He knelt down looking at his reflection. He only saw himself as the Pharaoh and sighed. "If only I knew my past…but the last time we were here, I never trusted Alex…" he said sadly.

He suddenly heard something rustle in the bushes and turned around. "Who's there?" he cried. The rustles became louder And Yami stood his ground, loading his capsule. "Come on out!" he yelled aiming his shooter at the bushes. A small blue creature that looked like a dragon came out pretending to roar. Yami was shocked and lowered his shooter. "Oh, hey little guy," he said kneeling down to him. "What are you doing out here alone?" He put his hand out to the creature to let him sniff it.

The creature happily did so nuzzling him. Yami chuckled and picked up the creature in his arms. "Wait a minute…you're a Blue Eyes!" Yami cried.

Unaware someone was hiding as well as the creature was nuzzling the Pharaoh. The Blue Eyes opened an eye winking at the person in the forest. The figure nodded and aimed what appeared to be a bamboo trunk putting a dart inside. Yami seemed confused at the creature's actions.

"What's wrong, fella?" Yami asked. The creature just squirmed and jumped out of his arms flapping its wings and squeaked at the figure as in saying 'Now!' The figure fired the dart on Yami's neck. He yelped and pulled the dart out and started to feel dizzy. His legs wobbled and he collapsed on the ground.

The figure came out with a familiar grin picking up the Pharaoh and carried him off into the darkness.

Later, Hideko slowly awoke rubbing her eyes. "Did…did I fall asleep?" she asked to herself. She glanced at where Yami was resting but he wasn't there. "Yami?" she called standing up and looking around. She went deep into the forest searching for him. "Yami, where are you?" she called. As she got to the lake she saw a pair of footprints on the sand and another pair much bigger than his. "Oh no…" Hideko whispered as she ran back to camp.

"Guys! Yami's gone!" she yelled.

"Say what?" Joey cried as he and the others awoke. "I was just by the lake and…he wasn't there…" Hideko said with a worried look and clutching her heart. "Don't worry," Yugi said. "We'll find him. Let's split up and see if we can find anything."

The others nodded and they all went alone to look for their lost friend.

Not far Yami was still out feeling himself being carried and tossed somewhere. He felt the wind wisp past his ears and his hair as he fell into the water. Slowly he opened his eyes just a little. I feel…empty…he thought sadly. Like my soul is torn away from me…Yugi…I can't sense him…he closed his eyes again feeling himself being drifted away.

Later, Yami awoke again this time feeling himself lying on sand. His eyes fully opened and he looked down. "What…?" he moaned. "Yugi!" he looked down seeing his puzzle wasn't around his neck. "My puzzle!" he cried. "Could…could Yugi be trapped inside it?"

Suddenly he heard a rustle in the bushes. "Not you again," he moaned loading his capsule. But what came out was just a baby Red Eyes roaring a little at him. "Well, hey there," he said going over to it and kneeling down. The red eyes chirped in curiosity.

Yami chuckled. "It's déjà vu all over again," he said. Suddenly, the creature bit Yami's finger growling a little. "Ow!" he cried pulling away from the creature. "Naughty little thing," he said to himself. Then the creature began to cry. "Oh, I'm sorry, I was just…" Yami started. Suddenly he heard what he thought were gunshots and saw the whole forest go in flames. The dragon stopped crying and cawed at Yami pointing at him as of saying; 'You did it!'

Yami didn't hear its caws as the flames opened a path for them to go through. He picked up the baby Red Eyes and they ran through the path of fire. As he did, he tripped on a rock landing on his stomach and dropped the baby Red Eyes. Yami tried to get up but he felt some pressure on his hand and groaned in pain. "Well, well, we meet again," said a voice releasing its grip on the boy's hand. Yami looked up to see a tall dark figure looming over him. He stood up and aimed his capsule shooter at him. "Who are you!" he demanded. Then the little Red Eyes hopped into the figure's arms sticking its tongue out at Yami. The figure stepped out of the shadows. "Alexander!" Yami cried.

"Correct, my young friend. And to make sure you don't leave, I have a surprise in store," Alexander cried loading his capsule and launched it. "Lava Golem, trap him!" he cried. A monster made from lava went over to Yami and trapped him in its cage. Yami growled as Alex walked away and Lava Golem following its master.

Unaware, a familiar creature lurked in the bushes with a sad look on its face and flew off looking for others.

"Yami!" Hideko called from deep within the forest. She heard rustling noises and ran faster running into a village. "Hideko!" Yugi cried. "Yugi! Do you hear that?" Hideko asked. She grabbed a stick as the noise became louder and whacked it as it came into view.

It was none other than Joey and Tristan. "Guys! I'm so sorry!" Hideko said blushing.

"We were just coming to look for ya!" Joey cried rubbing his head. "Sorry. I'm just…worried about Yami…I hope he's okay…" Hideko said sadly. "We'll find him," Yugi said placing a hand on her shoulder.

Suddenly, they heard what seemed to be noises of a bird. "What was that?" Hideko asked. From the bushes, the little Blue Eyes that led Yami into a trap appeared frantically cawing and waving its arms. "What's up, little guy?" Hideko asked kneeling to him. The creature jumped in her arms and imitated what he had seen earlier in the woods not far from the village. "What happened to Yami?" Yugi asked.

The creature flew out of Hideko's arms and flew off motioning for them to follow it. They followed it deep into the forest until they came over an overturned tree and hid behind it, Hideko with her head just above the trunk as well as the Blue Eyes. He pointed to a nearby clearing. What Hideko saw was a taller mad walking along with a huge lava monster and a cage in its hands. Getting a closer look, she relized who it was.

"Yami!" she whispered. The Blue Eyes nodded frantically. "What are we gonna do?" Yugi asked.

chappy 7 comin soon. I really need some help.