Gomen ne! Gomen ne! Gomen ne! I can't say Gomen enough times! I'm soo sorry everybody! I had MAJOR writer's block, along with the toughest term this year! Hopefully, everything will get better from here on out, and I'll be able to write more. I've just been so busy! These past few weeks I've had to stay after school everyday to get a project done, even! I'm not having a good year. That and my friends have been having many problems, I've been so worried about them. It's really scary. Either way, here's the next chapter, and I'll continue writing right away!

Horsie890: As soon as I remember anything about that, you won't have to wait. ; But if I do remember the main idea of that part as I think I do, it's going to be fun, and pretty soon.

XChibiNekoChan: Be quiet! Shippo beating me isn't funny! Damn little guy isn't worth my time anyway! But yes, the paper thing will be coming up soon, along with the sleepover. I have an idea that both of them can happen at the same time. Yey! Two goodies at once! And I have a tip for you, ShiShi is only mean to idiots, his one weakness. He can't stand them, but other than that, you shouldn't fear him, just respect him and you'll be fine. And don't worry about the shoe, my friends stole mine on the bus because I tied their shoelaces together. Then they took my other one so I was completely without shoes. ;

Aww! Just two? No wonder I haven't felt like writing recently.

Disclaimer: Me no own. Eat me not proper grammar. XP


Mokuba ran up and stopped next to his brother and the rest of the group outside of the dorm building. Curious as to what they were waiting for, he glanced around and realized that Nami and Yami weren't there.

The vampire remained silent for a second before looking up at his brother, "Where did they go?"

"Into the forest no doubt. He probably didn't want to waste any time. Exactly like him." Seto replied, staring into the distance where there was an army of trees and leaves covered any and all beings hidden inside.

Joey stood in a similar pose, standing tall with his eyes narrowed at the unknown within the darkness. He took a step forward, only to stop and tense as some of the closer bushes rustled. It wasn't long before a shadow appeared between the trees, a single shadow that made them weary.

Yugi let out a noiseless sigh from the back when his brother stepped out of the bushes, only walking out a few steps to avoid the branches before looking back. Then, before anyone could ask, out stumbled Nami with her face a centimeter from the ground and crawling on her hands and knees around the area looking much like a Basset Hound.

Yami looked up at his friends as Nami circled around the area, going every which way and he could feel an embarrassed blush creep onto his face. He walked towards them, stepping over the witch on his way and stopped in front of them, turning around to stare at her along with them.

"What the hell is she doing?" Tristan just asked straight out.

Yami bowed his head, "Apparently, she is searching for one of the herbs. It's a plant that can't be seen, only smelt, a weak smell at that. When we were all at the clearing she thought she caught a whiff of it and now she's trying to follow the scent."

"I don't believe it."

Bakura watched as she crawled around with her butt in the air, "The human has sunk lower than low."

Then, Seto jumped slightly with a small "Opf." down by his feet. He looked down to see that Nami obviously hadn't been paying attention to where she was going and ran into his leg. That's when she stopped and stood up, stretching and cracking her back before looking at her friends.

"Oh…"

"Nami, why are you acting like a dog? Is it true what Yami said?" Mokuba asked.

"Yes. The Nasal Ebalious helps relieve the sinuses and, if given the right conditions can be seen, but is easily mistaken for the Dandelion. Which is why the most reliable way to find it is to sniff it our or… 'Follow your nose!'"

They looked at each other, but then Nami jumped in the air as if someone prodded her in her gluteus maximus. Mai stared wide eyed as the witch got down on her hands and knees before the temptress and was off again, running as fast as her shaky limbs could carry her.

"I take it she got a whiff." Tristan said with a blank face.

"Yeah…"

"We should follow her."

Then Yugi rushed off after her, not waiting for his friends. Yami gaped slightly in shock before chasing after both of them, the rest following not long after. They dashed around the corner and saw Yugi staring up into the branches of one of the tallest trees in the courtyard, with a bit of a puzzled look on his face.

The younger Motou looked back at them before returning his attention to up in the tree.

"Are you sure about this? You're too sick to be up there. I could easily get it for you!" he called.

"Ugh! Just a… Just gimme a sec! I… almost… Got it!"

Just then, a small "Uh oh" was heard at Nami fell, full force, down onto Yugi, who tried to catch her with open arms but failed miserably. In the end, Nami was laying on her stomach, on top of the little demon, which had his back against the pavement.

"Ha!" and Yugi opened his eyes to see her hand shoved under his nose, and a shimmer, as if something was in her gripped fingers.

Tristan knelt down to their level, squinting and moving his head around to all different angles. His face contorted into all kinds of shapes, famous poses for thinking as he tried to see something.

"There isn't anything there." he said bluntly.

"Of course there is! This is what we were looking for!" she held her hand in front of his face.

"So… we're done?" Seto asked hopefully.

The witch nodded, before a small sneeze, "With one thing on our list."

Kaiba scoffed and shuffled away, mumbling about how "painful" this was going to be. Nami slowly crawled off Yugi and let him sit up, as she gazed at the object in her hand. The lycan looked over and tapped her on the shoulder.

"Is this that plant that can't be seen?" he asked, remembering what she said earlier.

"Yeah! I'm glad you remembered! The Nasal Ebalious can only be smelt, not seen. Which is why you see it shimmer in the light, but you don't actually see It." then she shoved it under his nose again, "Smell it?"

At first, he leaned back, totally caught off guard and his first instinct was to not breathe. Then, not having any air in his lungs, Yugi took a shaky breath and expected to cough and sputter a bit. He was even more surprised when the plant actually smelt pretty refreshing, like a scented candle.

"Wow… I wasn't expecting that."

Nami looked at him strangely, "What were you expecting?"

He opened his mouth to say something, before closing it, "I'm… not sure…"

"That's what you get when you jump to conclusions."

Nami stood up, before her head jerked back and her arm flew up to catch a sneeze. Everyone braced, preparing for anything, but were a little puzzled when nothing happened.

She smiled, "I caught it!" then she looked at her sleeve, "Eww…" preceding to wipe it with a Kleenex.

"Now what?" Joey asked.

"Isn't it obvious?" Bakura growled, still in a bad mood, "We have to go out and find the rest of these stupid herbs."

"The rest should be easy from here," Nami spoke up, gaining everyone's attention, "There are all the rest of the plant's we need in the forest."

"Are you sure about this?" The albino asked with a sneer.

"No, but it's most likely," the demon snarled at her, "Better than fifty/fifty chance."

"I… don't… believe this." Bakura muttered to himself.

"Well, let's put it this way," Nami tried to assure him, "I have a forest almost exactly like this one by my house, and we can always find the herbs in there. This one is basically the same and so we will most likely find them all here. There is a chance that we won't, but that's really slim."

"I feel so reassured by your word."

She closed her eyes and smiled, "Glad to have helped."

"So, we's gonna go get the herbs now right? Well," Joey waved one of his hands, "What are we waitin' for?"

Just as he said that, the little witchling raised her hand to her mouth and cough roughly, bending over slightly as he back arched and shook from the motion. Mai placed her hands on gently on her back, rubbing in soft circles as the girl hacked and cleared her throat several times.

"Are you alright?" Mokuba asked with desperation.

Nami cleared her throat again, her eyes tearing up a bit as she spoke in a raspy voice, "Yeah, I'm fine… I was feeling better for a while, but I guess it caught up with me."

Yugi started at her face for a moment, watching every little indentation on her features. His magnificent violet eyes were calm, collective and calculating.

"Hurry, we should go find those plants. The faster we do that, the faster Nami-chan can rest." he spoke wisely, and a bit oddly coming from him.

Yami glanced out of the corner of his eye at his brother, noting this unusual behavior, "Yugi is right. We should move."

"Are you alright to move?" Mokie asked wrapping his little arms around Nami, while Mai gripped her on the other side, both raising her to her feet.

"I don't think we have much of a choice," Seto spoke, heading towards the forest, "We have to find these herbs; this is getting tedious."

The rest nodded their heads as Mai and Mokuba helped keep Nami steady as they walked into the forest, instantly becoming submerged in the sea of green. The boys went ahead and pushed all of the small, bothersome brush out of the way to make way for those behind.

Once in the middle of a small clearing, covered overhead by the canopy of trees, the gang stopped and circled around, waiting for the poor girl to catch her breath. After leaning against the little vampire for a moment, she took a piece of paper out of her pocket and unfolded it, handing it over to Yami to look at. He glanced at it briefly before turning to Seto and handing it over, a silent agreement between the two.

"That fastest way to do this is to split up into groups, each find a few plants, and then go back to Nami's apartment and make the tea. Sound good?" Yami explained, everyone giving a nod, "Then, let's get started."

"I'll go with Nii-san." Mokuba stood by his brother, as the elder took the list.

"I'm going with Joey." Both he and Mai nodded, taking their part of the list and walking into the woods.

"I'll head with them, too," Tristan ran to catch up with the two lovebirds.

Yugi took Nami's hand before his brother, or Bakura could open their mouths and walked off with the list in one hand, the witch's fingers interlaced in his other. The remaining Motou stared at their retreating backs, wanting to say something, but the words choked in his throat.

The albino demon looked his way, but decided not to make a big deal of it, and waited till Yami walked towards a direction in the forest to follow him, not wanting to say anything to anger the other. They pushed the leaves and twigs out of their way and went to find the first thing on their list.


"Hey… Yugi?"

Yugi paused, sitting up straight from his spot on the ground and turned around, looking the witch into the eyes. After a second, she looked away, as if ashamed or embarrassed, for a mild blush appeared across her cheeks and she fiddled with the grass.

He kept his focus on her face as his ears twitched from the sounds of the forest, the wind weaving through the trees and the rustle of the leaves. He paid close attention to the soft, but constant beating of Nami's heart, as well as the rise and fall of her chest; always making she sure was alright.

"I… no. It's stupid."

Yugi shook his head, "There's no such thing as a stupid question."

A small smiled crept onto her lips, as Yugi patiently waited for her to continue, "Well, I was just wondering if you were okay."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, you might think it's really stupid but," Nami looked up at him, "You're been acting really weird lately."

"How so?"

"You're acting like your brother."

Yugi jerked back in surprise, letting his arm that was picking plants drop lifelessly to his side. He stared dumbly with his mouth hanging open and a blank face, watching carefully as the witch shifted her weight from side to side.

"Don't get me wrong. You and your brother are great guys, and you both have great qualities and warm auras. It's just… It feels like you're trying to hard; to be something you're not." Nami twiddled a plant in her fingers.

Yugi toned it down and became quiet, shifted and turning his body away from her, then continued to pick through the brush growing on the forest floor. It was silent for a while, the call of birds or the rustle of a squirrel through the branches overhead crawling to their ears.

A few uneasy moments passed by with neither of the two talking to each other. Nami thought she heard Yugi mumble something and sat on her heels, twisting so that she faced his back.

"I guess it all started when we were younger. Our father is a great demon lord, and he always talked about Yami being his heir. It's not like I was neglected or anything, but still, it felt like they were always keeping secrets from me.

"I always looked up to my father and my brother. They were everything I wasn't: strong, brave, clever and intelligent. They had what it takes to rule our land, but I always lagged behind. I'm not physically strong and am far from a warrior, and in times of need, I just ended up getting in the way.

"When I saw that you needed help, I guess something inside of me, snapped, for a better word. I didn't want to be a bother, or in the way, I wanted to help. So… I did. And, it felt great. I actually did something to help someone! It made me feel great!"

Nami watched with kind eyes as the young demon grinned and balled his fists, punching on into the air for triumph. Then she frowned, sighing and gaining his attention.

"That's great and all, but it's totally wrong, and unacceptable."

"Wha-What are you talking about! I'm doing good!" Yugi stood up, turning to her with tears building in his eyes, "Aren't I? I'm doing this for the greater good? Isn't that, well, good!"

She turned her head away, a light breeze brushing her bangs in front of her face as she narrowed her eyebrows and took a long deep sigh, "It's not like that Yugi. True, you are doing all of this for the greater good, and that's wonderful, but it's not you."

He gasped and stood silent, before letting his fists fall lifelessly to his sides. The demon stood up straight and let his shoulders slump as his gaze moved downward, firmly fixed on a patch of dirt with glazed over pupils.

"I'm just saying that if you continue this way, you won't be happy with the outcome."

This sparked an interest, "What are you talking about?"

"I know many people who've tried to be something they're not," she replied, fingering a green leaf slightly covered in dew, "They've used all kinds of means, different types of magic, even the darkest of the arts. Not one of them turned out the way they wanted to, and would give up anything they had to return to normal, but they didn't have anything left to give. All I'm saying is that you should be happy with what you have, and be who you are. And you are Yugi Motou, younger brother of Yami Motou, who is a smart and sly little demon, who can usually get us out of trouble, no matter what we've done."

Yugi was entranced as her slim fingers ran over the length of the plant before he rose to meet her gaze, her brown eyes staring at him with unusual ferocity. A drop of sweat slid down the side of his face as a single thought ran through his mind, what's she doing?

Perhaps it was magic that gave him this sudden impulse, or maybe the demon blood that coursed it's way through his veins, or just the way she looked at him that made a determined look make it's way onto Yugi's young face. His brow furrowed as his deep purple eyes glinted with a fierce passion, while he clenched his fists as if ready to fight.

A tense moment clouded the air, the stale air tasting fowl in their lungs, until, out of the blue, Nami smiled. Yugi looked at her with a dumb look, his mouth hanging open as she giggled a little. She nodded approvingly and plucked the plant by it's roots., then preceded to stand.

The lycan dashed over and held onto her arm, pulling her up with his own strength until the sick little witch was steady on her feet. Both of them placed all their herbs into a small woven basket on the ground before Yugi grasped it's handle and carried it loosely in one hand, the other firmly gripped onto Nami to give her support and balance.

With a quick smile, he lead her out of the forest and back to her apartment, where the others would be waiting with their own ingredients, and Nami Satoru would finally be magically cured from her cold. That is, if she can make it back to the dorms in one piece.

"Achoo!"

"Nami! Oh, sweet and merciful god!"

"I'm sorry!"

"I thought I was going to die!"

"I didn't mean it!"

"Warn me next time you create the Apocalypse!"

"Uh… Yugi-kun?"

"Wha…."

"You're hair's on fire…"

"Put it out! Put it out!"

"I'm trying! Stop running around!"

"My hair is on fire! It's called 'Stop, Drop and Roll!'"

"Just… Just hold on! I'll use magic!"

"NO!"

"Just hold still! You don't want me to hit the wrong thing, do you?"

"No magic!"

"Yugi-kun! You're going to make me sick again!"

"Ah! No!"


…Gomen ne! Gomen ne! Gomen nasai! (is still apologizing from before) I'm really, really sorry! I hoped you liked this chapter, and hopefully the next one will be coming pretty soon. Then after that, I will try and make it the sleepover chapter, but no promises on that. Je ne!