Chapter 4: Secrets Are Reveal!

Warning: Mild violence

Character's name and age:

Naruto: 12

Sakura: 12

Sasuke: 12

Kakashi: 26

Tsunade: 50

Jounouchi:13

Honda:12

Anzu: 12

Yugi: 12

Yami/ Other Me: 3,000

Itachi: 19

Kisame: 29

That's all until further notice. Now to the story

Ps: I read someone comment how it was hard to read who is talking when I write in paragraphs so I'll try to separate the sentences so you can see who is talking.


It was sunrise in the Hidden Leaf Village. The birds were already whistling merrily, and the clouds were smeared across the bright blue sky. It was at this time in the morning that Sakura and Anzu were walking through the halls of the training building where the boys were staying. While they were walking in this lovely weather, They quietly chatted with one another about several different things.

" So you guys are ninjas?" Anzu asked her new female friend, with the look of shock on her face." That's amazing for how old you guys are, you're probably about my age." she stated.

As they turned into a hallway on their right, the pink-haired girl shinobi replied" It's not that impressive, actually. There are many more ninja out there that are younger than we are." she explained.

" Really? That's incredible!" the burnett-hair girl exclaimed, clearly impressed when hearing the information she just received.

Soon, the two girls came to a stop. They had reached the door on their right that had a note with Japanese writing taped on to it. When Sakura saw this, she took the note and began to read it.

" Dear, Sakura, If you see this note before I return. I left to go meet Lady Tsunade, the door is unlocked so you should be able to enter the room. Sasuke." she read in her mind." It looks like we can go in, according to this note, Sasuke left the door unlocked." Sakura said to Anzu.

" Oh, which one was Sasuke again?" Anzu asked, as they entered the room.

While they entered, the kunouchi replied" Sasuke was the one your friend called 'mini-Kaiba'." she said, looking back at the girl.

" ….Oh" Anzu uttered as she remembered the raven-haired boy from yesterday.

When they entered the room, the girls saw food packets scattered in the lower right corner of the room. There was a window on the left side of the far wall and a door to a storage closet on the left wall. Naruto, Jounouchi, and Honda were all sprawled across the middle of the floor with arms and legs spread out and mouths agape, while Yugi was peacefully asleep curled up into a ball hugging the Millennium puzzle like a stuffed animal near the window.

The two girls were disgusted at the three sprawled out boys and wonder how they became friends with these guys. It was silent for a few seconds, before Sakura looked at the burnett" Well, how do we wake them up?" she asked her new friend.

Anzu placed her index finger to her chin" Hmmm…I'm not sure. The only thing I know that might help us is that Jounouchi will wake up at the slightest mention of food." she said.

" That's perfect!" Sakura exclaimed." Then I know just what type of food to use, then." she stated, as she bolted towards the food packets and searched for a certain thing." Where is it? It has to be in here somewhere!" she exclaimed.

While the girl shinobi searched for whatever she was looking for, Anzu quietly walked over to where her small friend slept. She slowly bent down and began to shake him gently, as she whispered" Yugi, wake up. It's morning." she said to her friend.

It took a few seconds of shaking before he finally began to stir. Yugi slowly uncurled himself and set up into a sitting position. Then he rubbed the sleepiness from his eyes" Hm…. Morning, Anzu." he mumbled, as he stopped rubbing his eyes.

Anzu looked at her small friend. She noticed that he looked like he hadn't gotten enough sleep the night before. Concern for his well-being she asked" Yugi, are you alright? You don't look well rested." she stated at the end.

Yugi let out a yawn before answering his friend" Don't worry, Anzu. I'm fine, really. I just had a strange dream, that's all. I'm sure it's nothing." he explained.

" A dream?" Anzu wondered. Before she could ask what kind of dream Yugi had, however, she heard Sakura shout from across the room," I found it!" the two old friends heard from the girl shinobi.

They both looked over at the girl, who was now holding a small plastic cup in her hands. She walked over to them and slightly opened the top. When they looked at what was inside the cup, they saw noodles.

" Sakura, what's that?" Anzu asked.

" It's Naruto's favorite meal, if we're lucky, this will wake all three of them up at once!" Sakura exclaimed to Anzu and Yugi.

" So, what type of food is it, Sakura?" Yugi asked curiously.

Sakura placed a big smile on her face before shouting" It's ICHIRAKU BRAND PORK-FLAVORED RAMEN!"as she held up the small cup in the air.

As if those words were some sort of magic, the three snoozers slowly got up while saying in small fragments.

(Naruto)" Ichiraku?"

(Jounouchi)" Pork-flavored?"

(Honda)" ramen?"

As if they were possessed by demons the three boys jolted awake jumping in the air landing on their feets. Then they ran straight at Sakura" GIMME! GIMME! GIMME!" they shouted in usion, leaving a trail of dust behind them.

Sakura's eyes grew wide" Oh, crap!" she uttered out, seeing her mistake after noticing them stare after the small cup with deep, burning desire. She immediately started running to the left side of the room with the cup of ramen in her hands.

Anzu sweatdropped as she watched the strange phenomenon playing out before her" I guess her plane worked a little too well. Right Yugi?" she asked her friend. When she got no reply, she turned her head to look at him. She saw that he had a troubled look in his eyes that told her that he was thinking about something." I wonder what's wrong?" she quietly asked herself.

" Anzu! Catch!" Sakura shouted to the brunette-haired girl as she threw the cup at her. Anzu stretched her arms out and caught the cup of noodles. Then she realized she shouldn't have been caught in the first place as she saw the three maniacs boys running toward her like a stampede." Sakura! Why did you get me involved in this?" she asked as she threw the cup over the boys and back into the pink-haired shinobi.

" I'm sorry! I can't handle three crazy guys running after me for a useless cup of noodles!" Sakura shouted back at the other female as she caught the cup with her right hand. She ran further away from the three knuckleheads before tossing the ramen back to Anzu" I can't believe that you gave me the idea of using ramen to wake them up!" she accused.

The brunette caught the cup as she shouted" Hey! I didn't tell you how to wake them up, did I?" as there was irritation and confusion in her voice. Anzu tried to pass the cup back to Sakura, but Naruto jumped up into the air to try and catch it. His fingers brushed the bottom of the cup, causing it to change course and move toward the door.

It was at this moment that the door was opened by Sasuke. He opened the door and opened his mouth to speak" Well, it seems like we have no mission to-" , He was interrupted, however, as the cup of ramen hit his forehead and landed in his hands." what the …?" he thought out loud, wondering why a cup of ramen was thrown at his head.

Anzu had the look of worry as she slowly said" Oh, no." knowing what's going to happen.

Sakura shouted at the top of her lungs, causing Yugi to cover his ears because it echoed around the room." Sasuke! Watch out!" she said. Trying to warn him of the danger.

The young boy looked just in time to see a stampede of Naruto, Honda, and Jounouchi coming straight at him as they shouted in usion" RAMEN!"

At first, Sasuke just blinked at them, sort of caught off guard at the sight before him. Then, he sighed and went back to his usual cold expression. He just calmly stood there as the three ran straight toward him, wanting the cup of noodles that he now possessed. However, just before they reached him, the Uchiha just casually stepped out of the way.

Unable to react fast enough, Naruto who was in the lead, went face first into the wall of the hallway. Shortly after, Jou ran into Naruto followed by Honda, who crashed into Jou. Finally the trio fell to the floor with a dazed look on their faces groaning in pain.

Yugi watched the whole thing and felt like he was in the twilight zone, while on the other hand the spirit of the puzzle was laughing his head off." That should teached them some manners and act like their age." Yami chuckled. Yugi gave his dark a dead pin look" Yami that's not completely funny they could've got seriously hurt." he said through their mindlink.

Anzu and Sakura stared at the whole thing, jaw dropping to the floor, shocked at how they were stopped by Sasuke when he barely did anything. Meanwhile, the raven-haired boy glared at them for a minute or two, before letting out a scoff saying" Losers" in his deadpan voice.

The three boy's on the floor growled with anger at Sasuke, furious with how he made them look bad.

Ignoring the scene that had just happened, Sakura asked her crush," So, where have you been all this time, Sasuke?" in a cute voice.

" Unlike you, I've been busy." he replied while dropping a bag full of different colored books in the middle of the floor.

Anzu looked at the bag of books with a puzzle look on her face" What are those? She asked. Wondering what he had been doing.

Turning to the burnett, Sasuke replied," They're jutsu study books. Like I tried to say earlier, we don't have any ninja missions today, so we need to spend as much time as possible to try to find a way to get you people back to where you come from."

" Hey!, we have names, you know!" Jounouchi yelled after recovering from his collision in the hallway.

Sasuke just ignored the blonde and dug around for a book. This caused Jou to get even angier and yelled" Hey! I'm talking to you, jerk! Don't you dare ignore me!"

After finding an evergreen book, Sasuke finally turned around to face the blonde teenager. He gave a cold stare" Do you ever shut up? I swear, sometimes, you're even more of an idiot than Naruto." he stated.

" HEY!" the two blonde shouted in usions, furious at that last statement. They began to crack their knuckles together and walked into the room, but before they could attack Sasuke, Yugi jumped out in front of the spreading his arms out." Jounouchi no we don't need to start a fight we need to work together." he said pleading to his friend. Just when Jou was about ignore Sakura got in front of Yugi and glared at the two blonde's" Dont. You. Even. Dare!" she said in a demanding voice.

This caused the two boys to think for a moment. After remembering how violent the pink-haired girl can be, they immediately forgot their previous plans and sat down without any argument whatsoever.

After everyone got into the room and ate a small breakfast, Sakura took a deep breath and said" Ok, Let's get started." and with that, they began to search for a solution to their problem.


Tsunade sat at her desk in the Hokage's office, tapping her fingers on the woods. She was clearly troubled by something.

While the blonde woman continued doing this, Shizune walked into the office happily. When she saw the troubled look on her friend's face, however, she asked" Lady Tsunade, what's wrong?"

The legendary sannin looked up at the women and sigh" Oh, Shizune, today is just not my day. This whole morning has put me in a sour mood! I missed having my cup of coffee, I've had a headache for the past ten minutes now, and to make things worse, I still have all this paperwork to do." she explained.

After hearing Tsunade complain about paperwork, Shizune laughed nervously and said" I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't help you with that."

As her assistant said this, Tsunade thought to herself," There's something else that's troubling me…"

*Flashback*:

It was about five in the morning, and the sun wasn't even up yet. Tsunade sat at her desk, half-asleep as she organized the many files scattered around her office." I really need to think about getting Shizune to clean this place up." she mumbled to herself, as she began to carry huge stacks of papers to her filing cabinets.

Suddenly, there was a nock on the door. Startled, the Hokage jumped a little, causing her to drop the stacks of paper and spreading them all over the floor. She groaned at the thought of having to pick them up later and slowly walked over to the doors while thinking,' Who would come here at this time in the morning?'

As she opened the door, She saw Sasuke, standing there with his usual dead serious face.' Geez, does this kid ever sleep?' Tsunade wondered while staring at him with a blank face" What do you want?" she asked.

" Has Kakashi returned yet?" Sasuke asked, making sure that his voice was loud enough for her to hear him.

She stood there for a moment, trying to focus on what he said. After a moment to think, the tired sannin replied," Oh, no, he hasn't, so tell Naruto that he'll have to deal with it." as stern as possible she could. As she turned around to walk back to her desk and yawned, she heard the young boy speak.

" So, what you're saying is, we don't have any mission today?" he asked.

" Not until Kakashi comes back," she said as she sat at her desk. She yawned once more, and then, as she turned to face Sasuke, she continue" So, you guys need to occupy yourselves like you did yesterday, and I don't want to hear any complaints. Got it?"

However, when she opened her eyes, the Hokage noticed that Sasuke had already left. She was left staring at the place where he used to be. Then, went back to her normal morning schedule.

*End of Flashback*

'Normally, none of them, not even Sasuke, come that early for missions.' Tsunade is still wondering.' And I thought for sure that I'd get at least one groan. They're up to something, but what?" she pondered. Seeing that her assistant was still there" What is it, Shizune?" she asked.

Remembering what had sent her up to the Hokage's office in the first place" Well, I just came up here to tell you that Kakashi has completed his mission and that he'll be back in about twenty minutes, but since I've been up here, at least ten minutes should have passed." Shizune replied.

" Oh, good!" Tsunade replied gratefully." I think as soon as he gets back, I may need him to find something out for me." she explained.

As Shizune stared wondering what her friend had in mind, a Jounin with brown hair and brown eyes came in before any other comments could be made. He took a deep breath before speaking" Lady Hokage, we have a problem!" he said in a deep worried voice.

"What is it?" she asked half-paying attention to what he was saying.

" A pair of rogue ninja has somehow sneaked into the Leaf Village!" he shouted

"WHAT!" Tsunade replied now paying full attention to what he was saying.

He continued to say" Our guards have been knocked out for the past hour. One managed to recover and give the message. I came as soon as we learned this." he replied quickly.

" Well, don't just stand there! Send someone to get rid of them!" the blonde woman ordered.

" Wait, Lady Hokage! There's something else you have to know!" The young man said" We learned the identity of one of the ninjas."

" Well, who is it?" Tsunade asked in an angry tone voice that reminds you of a vicious beast ready to attack you.

The young man faltered" Well, it's….um…" he uttered. Then, he went up to her ear.

As soon as she heard the name, Tsunade froze with a face showing shock and fear' Seriously, He came to the village?That can only mean one thing!'

" Lady Tsunade, What's wrong?" Shizune asked when saw the worried look on her friend's face.

Immediately, the Hokage demanded," Get as many of our ANBU officers as you can to find them! Shizune, as soon as Kakashi gets here, send him to my office! I have a very important job for him!"

" Yes, Lady Tsunade!" They both replied, and they were gone in a flash.

Tsunade fell back into her chair as soon as they left. 'They had better catch them before those rogue ninjas find what they came here for!' she pleaded in her thoughts.


It was now eleven in the morning. After eating their breakfast, the three shinobi and the four outcast's had begun to look for something that could help them undo what had happened the day before. However, after ten minutes, Naruto, Jounouchi, and Honda had gotten bored and quit talking with each other.

While Jou and Honda told Naruto of some of their adventures in Battle City, Anzu, Sasuke, Sakura, and Yugi were still trying to look for a jutsu that could help them.

As Sakura turned the page in her blue jutsu book that she held in her hands, she heard Anzu ask" Why did you summon people from our world?"

" What do you mean?" the pink-haired girl asked her.

As Anzu placed her black jutsu book in her lap, she answered" Well, there are probably more worlds out there. You could have picked any universe, but instead, you summoned us. Why did you choose our world?" she asked at the very end of her sentences.

Without even looking up from his red jutsu book, Sasuke said," You can thank Naruto for that. When he read the description of your world, he saw the word' Shadow' and instantly thought that you would be stronger than you really are." , then he turned the page in his book.

Anzu cocked her head to the side in confusion" Shadow?" she repeated the word quietly to herself. Suddenly, she realized why that word would be used to describe their universe" That book must have been referring to the shadow games." she told them.

It was Sakura's turn to tilt her head in confusion" Shadow games?" she said, puzzled." What are those?" she asked.

" Well," the burnett began to explain." the shadow games are special duels in our world that are really dangerous. Several times, it was because of shadow games that we almost lost our lives."

" Woah," Sakura uttered, clearly amazed at this information." so, is it difficult to always be put in danger like that?" she asked

Yugi decided to speak and said" Actually, most of the time, we're not in danger." as he turns a page in his deep purple jutsu book.

" Really?, how?" the pink-haired shinobi asked.

He placed his book down" You see, shadow games can only happen if one of the duelists possess a Millennium item." he explained.

After hearing this, Sasuke finally decided to be interested and pay attention to the conversation. Meanwhile, Sakura asked" What's a Millennium item?"

Yugi thought about what to say, and when he decided that it'll be ok to talk a little bit about the Millennium items" Well, a Millennium item is an extremely rare object in our world. There are only seven, and each item is said to have strange and magical powers." he told them.

Sasuke hummed in wonder. As soon as his eyes came across the golden object around Yugi's neck, he asked" That thing wouldn't happen to be one of those items, would it?"

Yugi looked over at the raven-haired boy and was acknowledged by a cold stare. He wasn't sure why, but something about Sasuke made him feel uneasy. He wasn't the only one either, if Yami returning his own cold stare right back at the young lad in his transparent form say anything." Actually, this is a Millennium item. It's called the Millennium Puzzle, and it's probably my most prized possession that I own" Yugi answered calmly.

" So what powers does that item of yours have?" Sasuke asked almost immediately after receiving his answer.

Yugi stared at him, wondering why Sasuke was so curious. He started nervously sweating, coming with a solution to how to get out of this situation.

Anzu didn't miss this as she thought," What should we do? We can't let Sasuke or anyone for that matter, learn about the powers of Yugi's puzzle!"

" Sasuke, why are you asking Yugi so many questions?" Sakura asked her crush.

Anzu took this opportunity to release the tension off of Yugi's shoulders" Yeah, Sasuke. Why are you so curious about Yugi's puzzle, anyways." she said. Out of the corner of her eyes she can see Yugi relaxed a little, but he was still tense.

The young Uchiha boy glared at the two girls and was about to tell them to mind their own business, but all of the sudden…..

"...when all of the sudden, SLOOSH!"

The two girls jumped at the yell, and the two boys stared in shock, wondering what the heck the other three guys were doing.

After taking a breath, Anzu turned around and yelled angrily," Dang it, Jounouchi! Could you keep it down over there?"

" Yeah!" Sakura added in the shouting." Unlike you, we're busy, so keep your mouth shut!"

" I was just getting to the best part, though!" Jou whined.

Honda added" Let him finish this story!"

" Yeah! Let him finish!" Naruto yelled, wanting to hear the end of the story.

" What story could you possibly be telling that could cause this much noise?" Sakura asked, annoyed by the boys' whining.

" A very dangerous one!" Naruto yelled back." These guys are telling me about this freaky duel that this freak, Marik, forced them to do, and how they almost got killed!"

Sakura quickly went out of her anger and became interested." Oh, was it a shadow game?" she asked.

The blonde ninja just gave her a blank stare. He hadn't learned what a shadow game was yet, so he just sat there and thought about what it was.

Meanwhile, Jou answered" Actually, it wasn't, but it did put our lives in danger."

" Which duel was this again, Jounouchi?" Anzu asked, trying to remember all of the duels that took place in Battle City.

" You don't remember?" the blonde teen asked his female friend." It was that duel near the dock where I was brainwashed and…well, you know…" his voice started to trail off as he remembered the event that day.

" Oh, that duel?" the brunette girl asked, remembering her friends telling her what happened. She didn't remember much though since she was mind controlled. From what she's been told she wonders why her friend wanted to tell Naruto about that moment.

Meanwhile, Yugi had a thoughtful stare on his face as he remembered that hectic day was probably the worst one that he wished he could forget.

Anzu continued to speak, as she states" I'm surprised you're ok with talking about that duel now, Jounouchi." as a frown appeared on her face. She may have not remembered all the details about the duel, but what she's been told is that the duel was very gruesome.

" Aw, c'mon, Anzu," Jou said." Why wouldn't I want to talk about it? That was one of the shining moments in my life, if I remember correctly."

Honda snorted" That's funny, if I remember correctly, you were pretty ashamed of yourself for that duel in Battle City." he responded with that statement.

" That was different!" Jou yelled, defending himself" Back then, it was more recent, and the world was endangered by that maniac!"

" Hn, loser."

" What did you just say!" Jounouchi yelled, as he glared at Sasuke.

" I said you're a loser," the raven-haired boy replied, making sure to stretch out the last word to purposely irritate Jou." Seriously, you speak without thinking, like Naruto." he stated.

" Hey! I heard that!" the blonde ninja yelled at him.

" Yeah!" Jou yelled," We don't need to hear that load of garbage coming from you, mini- Kaiba, so why don't you mind your own business?"

Sasuke just gave them a' you're a moron' stare and went to his search. After a brief moment of thought, Naruto asked " Um, Jounouchi, what's a Kaiba?"

" Huh?" Jou at first didn't hear his question. As soon as he was able to pay attention, however, he replied" Oh! Actually, Kaiba isn't an 'it'. He's actually a person. If you ask me though, he's a heartless jerk who just goes out of his way to make me look bad! I HATE THAT BIG, FAT SON OF A-"

" Oh, be quiet, already!" Saskura yelled as she hit him in the head with a fist. He fell to the floor seeing stars" Honestly, you're giving me a headache!" the pink-haired kunoichi said, then she turned around to look at Anzu and asked" So, who exactly is Kaiba?"

Anzu replied," Well, his actual name is Seto Kaiba, and he's the head of a major company in our world."

" He's also the second best at duel monsters!" Honda added after getting Jou out of his concussion state.

Sasuke arched an eyebrow" Second best?" he asked.

Jounouchi by this time was out of his little funk and jumped right back into the conversation." Yeah! And you act a lot like him, mini-Kaiba! You even have the same emotionless' You are all morons' stare that he got's, and I don't like that about you!" he yelled while pointing his fingers at the raven-haired shinobi.

Yugi silently sighs to himself as he whispers'' Jounouchi." under his breath.

Yami floated next to Yugi as a small smile appeared on his face" There are just somethings you can't change in a person and that includes Jounouchi's antics." he stated.

Meanwhile Sakura stared angrily at Jou, she thought," If he bad-mouths Sasuke one more time, I swear I'm going to pulverize him!" While her Inner Sakura inside her head shouted" Rip him apart, show him who's boss!" it screamed.

Suddenly, she thought about something" Hey, wait a minute. So if Kaiba is second best, then who's the person that beat him?" she asked.

" Come on Sakura! Didn't you hear what Jounouchi said yesterday?" Naruto asked, surprised that she didn't remember. He then continued saying," He said that he was the greatest duelist, and it's probably true! I mean, he's pretty cool, and he-" he was then cut off.

" Naruto," Sasuke interrupted. The blonde shinobi stared at him" Do you honestly believe that this pathetic excuse for a duelist could ever be the best in anything?" he said.

" WHAT!?" Naruto asked angrily" You jerk!" Before he could think of anything else to say, however Jou said with regret and disappointment" Unfortunately, he's right, or at least he is about the fact that I'm not the best anyways." the stated.

Naruto looked at him with confusion and asked," But, if you're not the best, then who is?" as smoke started rolling out of his head.

Jou replied," Well, actually, Yug is the best! He's the only person to ever beat Kaiba."

"...really?" Sakura asked in aw.

All three shinobi looked over at Yugi, who now felt pretty awkward from the sudden attention that he was getting. He nervously started sweating as he responded with a shrug wanting the attention pressure off of him right now.

After a few seconds of silence had passed, Sakura spoke with wonder in her voice" Wow, and you guys think it's impressive that we're ninjas at our age." she stated.

Yugi jolted in confusion causing his other self or Yami to come out of puzzle to see what the fuss was all about." …..What do you mean?" Yugi asked, cut off guard by the statement.

" Well, this ' Duel Monster' game sounds pretty challenging….." Sakura said, trailing off the rest of her statement.

Naruto finished for her" …..but you're already number one! It's pretty cool for how young you are!"

Yugi's face started to turn pink as he nervously sweated knowing what was coming" …Pardon?" he said, regretting ever saying that.

" Are you like nine years old or something, right?" Sakura asked.

Yugi could feel the Spirit of the Millennium amusement watching the scene play out before him with a small smirk on his face.

" Um, not exactly," the tri-color hair boy answered, rubbing the back of his head.

" Oh, then you're eight then." Sakura said, a little bit startled.

Yugi sighs as he slowly shakes his head" …..No." he said very quietly. Meanwhile Jou and Honda were holding back their laughter, clearly amused by this situation.

The Pharaoh by this point was amuse, but was also sweating nervously like Yugi. After all, he is not much taller than Yugi himself.

" Okay, then you're a short ten year old guy?" Naruto asked as he was begging to lose his patience. After seeing Yugi shake his head, the blonde ninja shouted" I DON'T GET IT! HOW OLD ARE YOU THEN?" He looked over at the other two boys who were still holding back their laughter." And what's so funny?" he asked.

Hearing this question, the two boys quickly calmed down and tried to keep a straight faces" Man, you guys don't get it, do you?" Honda said.

" What do you mean by that?" Sakura asked, also wondering why they were laughing. She looked over to Anzu expecting an answer. The brunette looked over at Yugi, who now has his knees up against his chest burying his face into it. He pokes his head up to look at Anzu before giving her a silent nod.

Anzu then looked back at the group of ninja and said" Well, as unbelievable as it sounds, Yugi is actually twelve, like the rest of us."

" Actually, I'm Thirteen, Anzu." Jounouchi stated, wanting her to get the facts straight even though he just turned thirteen just a month ago.

Anzu rolled her eyes" Whatever!" she exasperated, showing she didn't care.

A long and awkward silence followed by Sakura and Naruto hearing about Yugi's actual age. Naruto just stared with his mouth agape, and Sakura tried to think if she heard the sentences correctly. After a moment, she nervously said," Well, that's… interesting."

" Weird. I thought for sure that Naruto would have been more surprised." Honda said, arching his eyebrow in confusion.

Jounouchi nodded his head in agreement" Yeah, me too." he stated, as he and Honda looked at the Blonde shinobi who had yet made a sound.

Sasuke just stared at the group and thought" Knowing Naruto, he'll probably start shouting with shock in 3…2…..1…..now."

" WHAAAAAAAAT!?"

Everyone in the room except for Sasuke jumped at Naruto's sudden shout. Meanwhile, Sasuke continued with his thoughts" I knew it, that loser is so predictable it's embarrassing." He smirked to himself until he felt a dark presence. He turned to the window, but no one was there. " Something's not right. Who was that?" he thought to himself quietly.

Unknown to Sasuke he wasn't the only one who felt the dark presence as Yami glared at the window. Yugi, feeling his spirit friend's emotions of anger, looked at him, before looking at the window that the spirit is looking at.

Meanwhile, Naruto continued shouting," HOW THE #$%& CAN HE BE TWELVE!? HE'S SO SHORT! THAT'S INSANE!"This causes the blonde to be whacked on the head by the pink hair shinobi.

" Naruto, cut it out!" Sakura scolded." You know, you're pretty short for age." she stated.

" Yeah, but at least I'm not a dwarf!" The blonde shinobi yelled back.

This caused Yugi to look away from the window as he stared at the blonde and thought" Am I really that short?"

Sakura started to yell at him" Stop being so inconsiderate, Naruto!" she growled. Meanwhile, her Inner Sakura thought" Hahahahaha! Oh my gosh! This kid brings a whole new meaning of the word' short'! This is hilarious!" it laughed.

" Apologize to him, NOW!" Sakura threatened, now having completely lost her temper.

Naruto, coward in the corner with fear. Before Saskura began to beat him to a bloody pulp, however, Yugi calmly but also nervously told her" It's alright, Sakura-chan. Calm down. He doesn't have to apologize if he doesn't want to. Besides, I've been called short and worse before." he explained to her.

" Are you sure?" the pink-hair Kunouchi asked him. Yugi nodded his head, then she went back and sat down wishing she could've done something to help him.

As soon as everything was calm again, Jou got back to telling his story with Sakura now listening too. While he did this, Sasuke was still staring at the window, wondering" We need to find out who was watching us just now. It felt like an evil presence was here just a few moments ago. That has to mean that either another sound attack is about to happen or…."

While the raven-hair boy continued his thoughts, Jounouchi's story was coming to a close. In the middle of his story, Sakura asked" So, wait a minute. Then, how did you save yourself if you didn't have your key?"

" I didn't, that jerk Kaiba dropped the key into the water and I unlocked myself, but I didn't have enough strength to swim up. So my little sister, Shizuka, jumped in and saved me." Jounouchi explained.

" You have a little sister?" Naruto asked," What is she like?"

" Oh, Shizuka is the sweetest girl you could ever meet. She's a year younger than you guys, actually I have a picture of her here somewhere." Jounouchi said, as he began searching in his pockets.

Naruto and Sakura just stared at the blonde, Jou pulled out his wallet and flipped it open." Well, here she is!" he said, showing them a picture of a girl with long, orange hair and light brown eyes. She wore a pink vest with a high collar and a short- sleeved yellow T-shirt underneath that.

" Wow, she looks cute!" Naruto said excitedly, with a slight pink color to his cheeks.

" Yeah, she is, if only I could see her. Then, I'd-" Honda started to say, with a dreamy look on his face.

" Hey! Back off, Honda!" Jounouchi yelled angrily while putting him in a headlock.

Sakura watched as the two boys started fighting" Well, I see he's a bit protective over her." she thought.

Meanwhile, Naruto thought" Whoa, I wonder if he would do that to me if I wanted to date his sister?" as he watches Jou pin Honda onto the floor.

Before the Blonde shinobi could get the chance to ask, he heard Sasuke tell him" Naruto, we should look for Kakashi sensei now."

Everyone stopped what they were doing" Wait, do you really think that Kakashi sensei came back from his mission already?" Sakura asked.

While Sakura asked her question, Honda whispers to Naruto" Hey, who is this ' Kakashi' guy?" he asked.

" Oh, he's just our weird teacher." Naruto replied, not really wanting to go into details about how weird he was.

" I'm not sure," Sasuke said, as he continues" but I think Naruto and I should make sure that he doesn't stumble across these guys." he finished.

" What? No way! I'm staying right here!" Naruto argued, as he sat and stared defiantly at the young Uchiha while crossing his arms.

" Listen you loser, we can't afford to let anyone discover the people that you summoned, and Kakashi could come back any time now. If you want to keep them hidden, we'll have to keep him busy, so we're going to find him." The raven hair shinobi said, his voice was raised with annoyance.

" Why can't you just have Sakura go with you, then?" Naruto contorted back.

" And leave you here so that our friends get headaches? No way!" Sakura said sternly." You wouldn't even be able to keep things under control!" she finished.

" I could too!" Naruto whines." What makes you think that I wouldn't keep things quiet here?" he asked.

" How about the fact that you're never quiet?" Anzu argued with him while taking Sakura's side.

This left Naruto speechless, now that he has two girls arguing against him. He stuttered with his words, trying to think of a witty comeback.

When he failed to say anything after two minutes, Sasuke said," Well, since you've made yourself look like a complete moron, 'again, can we go now?"

As Naruto growled at him angrily, Jou spoke up, " Hey! Watch what you say, or Naruto may have to knock your teeth out! Anyways, can't you get one of Naruto's other friends to find this Kakashi guy for you?" he asked, yelling at the raven-hair shinobi.

When Naruto heard the blonde boy's last question, he snapped out of his rage and became quiet. Meanwhile, the raven-haired boy stared coldly at Jounouchi and said, " No, I can't, Katsuya. Kakashi is only our teacher, so I don't think it would be any of their business." he said.

" What's that supposed to mean?" Jou asked, getting really enraged by Sasuke.

Before getting an answer, they heard the blonde shinobi say" Also, I don't really have a lot of really good friends." with sadness in his voice.

" ….Huh?" Jounouchi uttered, barely hearing what Naruto just said.

" Well, actually….before I became a ninja, I didn't really have any friends." the blonde shinobi said with mellowin his voice.

" WHA!?" Jou, Honda, and Anzu yelled in shock. Meanwhile, Sakura stared in confusion, Sasuke looked away without showing any emotion whatsoever, and Yugi stared at Naruto with a curious and questioning look in his deep amethyst eyes.

Yami looked at his host for a few seconds before looking back at the window where he felt the dark presence a few minutes ago. Not sensing the presence anymore he looked back at the group crossing his arm.

" Are you serious?" Honda asked Naruto, barely believing what he had just heard.

" There's no way that a cool guy like you didn't have any friends!" Jou said, also shocked at the shinobi's last statement.

" Is that the truth, Naruto?" Anzu asked.

" Yeah, I don't like talking about it that much, so let's just forget I ever mentioned it." Naruto mumbled, as he avoided eye contact and stared at the wooden floor.

" …That can't be true."

Everyone stared at the smaller boy, who was now looking at Naruto that expressed hope and disbelief. The blonde ninja blinked in confusion and asked," What do you mean, Yugi?"

Yugi started fiddling with his fingers" Are you sure that you didn't have a single friend when you were younger?" he asked the blonde shinobi." You couldn't have been all alone." he stated lastly quietly that Naruto almost didn't hear him.

" I already told you, I didn't, there were only a few people that I hung out with, but they were more like….associates." Naruto said. As he was saying his last word, Naruto felt a sharp pain in his forehead and began to grip it.

Sakura seeing this asked" Are you okay, Naruto?" with a little concern in her voice.

" Oh, yeah." Naruto mumbled. He grunted from the pain, and then continued" I'm just getting a headache, that's all. I'm just thinking too much." He rubbed his temple for a bit longer before stopping." Why is this happening again? Yugi says one little thing, and I get this splitting headache! What's next?" the blonde shinobi thought to himself.

Suddenly, an unfamiliar picture flashed into his mind.

It was a sunny day in the forest. A large, oak tree stood out, and in front of it, there were two boys running and holding hands. They both seemed to be friends. One wore a black shirt that seemed to be made out of animal skin and the shorts were the same. The second boy wore an white T-shirt with a red swirl symbol , and blue shorts. The boy with animal skin clothing face was blurred but, Naruto noticed familiar spiked hair. They were both laughing happily. For a split second the mystery boy face was clear to reveal bright innocent amethyst eyes.

Naruto's face became filled with shock and disbelief as he gasped." Whoa! What the %$ was that?" he screamed in his head.

" Naruto?" Sakura asked with worry when she saw her teammate's face." Naruto, what's the matter?"

" Yeah, you look like you've seen a ghost!" Jounouchi added, concerned about his new friend.

Naruto immediately took his hand away from his head and began to panic in his mind, not wanting his friends to learn about what he saw. He nervously said," Oh, uh, nothing! Nothing whatsoever ! Everything's a-okay! Now. I gotta. Uh….go. Uh…..go freshen up!" while this was being said,sweat was flying off his head.

He dashed over to the closet, stepped inside, and slammed the door behind him, leaving everybody confused. While everyone blinked in confusion, Sasuke stared suspiciously at where Naruto had retreated.

There was a second of dead silence until Honda spoke" Uh, what just happened?" he asked.

Anzu, who was wondering the same thing, answered" I honestly have no idea."

Meanwhile, the Uchiha male thought" He's been acting very strange ever since yesterday…." as his mind flash back to the conversation they had.

" You've got to be kidding me! Out of the four of them, Yugi is the most trustworthy!" Naruto said angrily at him.

" How do you know, Naruto? You've only met him recently." Sasuke said.

The blonde was caught off guard, and he began to stumble with his words. Finally, said" Well, it's just that I have this feeling in my gut that Yugi's a good person."

The blonde, hyperactive ninja laughed nervously after he said this.

Still glaring, Sasuke thought" Yesterday, I didn't think that was a big deal, but now I'm suspicious. I'm going in there and seeing what's wrong with him."

Before Sasuke could make a move, however, he stared at Yugi who got up and began walking to the closet.

" Yugi, what are you doing?" Anzu asked.

The tri-colored haired teen paused right in front of the closet. He turned to his friends and answered," I'm just going to Naruto. Just to make sure he's all right."

" Oh, okay" Sakura said, surprised that he came to that decision so suddenly.

" Besides, I need to tell him about that dream I had '' Yugi thought" I have a strange feeling that Naruto's actions have something to do with it, and I need to know what happened to him!" he finished thinking. Yugi slowly opened the door, stepped inside, and quietly shut the door behind him.

" Well, now what do we do?" Honda asked now that things with the blonde shinobi were being taken care of.

Saskura then asked," Well, could one of you guys explain this ' duel monsters' game? I still don't understand it."

Hearing this, Jou said" Oh, sure. No problem, Saskura." While he began looking for his deck to better explain the rules, he shouted over to Sasuke," Hey, mini-Kaiba! You better get over here if you want to see something interesting!" as pulled his deck out of his back pocket of his pants.

Sasuke reluctantly moved over to where they were all sitting while he was thinking," I guess I shouldn't worry about that idiot right now. The biggest mystery that I should be focusing on right now is Yugi's puzzle. Maybe Naruto can actually find some answers for me." as he found a place to sit down while he heard idiot number two explained the game.


Naruto stood alone in the closet, still trying to wonder what had happened a few moments ago. The closet which he stood in had kunais and scrolls stacked and scattered all over the room. The only light came from a small light bulb hanging from the ceiling.

" What did I see just now?Who was that kid with me? Man I feel confused." he thought, still in shock.

" Naruto?"

" AH!" the blonde ninja shouted in shock. As he spun around, he saw Yugi standing in front of him. Then, he calmed down" Oh, hey Yugi, you kinda scared me there." he stated.

" Oh, sorry." the small boy apologized.

Naruto shook his head" Oh, don't be," he said." It's my fault, I should have been more prepared." He sat down on the floor Indian style, before looking back up at Yugi." So, what do you want?" he asked.

" Oh, well." Yugi began to reply as he tried to find a clear place to sit." Everyone was worried about your strange behavior. Is something wrong?" he asked.

The blonde ninja stared for a moment, lost in thought. Then, he thought to himself" I guess I should tell at least someone about this. I mean, Yugi does seem pretty trustworthy. Plus, I can't shake this feeling that I have that he had something to do with my vision."

After Yugi finally found a comfortable place to sit in front of the blonde shinobi" Okay, this may sound crazy, but I think I had a vision or something." Naruto said point blink.

" What kind of vision?" Yugi asked, now wondering what he meant by a vision.

Naruto replied," It was a pretty weird one. It wasn't exactly clear. I just saw for a brief moment these boys were running and laughing through this forest. I honestly have no idea what it means."

Suddenly, a thought came across Yugi's mind. He quickly asked his blonde friend" Wait a minute. Naruto, what did these boys look like?"

" Well, I'm not sure, " Naruto began." The vision was a little fuzzy, so I could only notice what type of clothes they had on. One wore a black shirt out of animal skin, while the other one had a white shirt with a red swirl symbol on it. I'm pretty sure the one with the white t-shirt is me. Why do you ask?" he said looking at the smaller boy.

Yugi gasped in shock, and without thinking, he said" No Way!"

" No way what?" Naruto asked, confused by the smaller boy's reaction.

" Yugi, what's wrong?" Yami asked through their mind link, also confused.

" Your vision!" the short boy exclaimed in disbelief.

" What about it?" the blonde shinobi asked him.

Yugi replied," It sounds exactly like the dream that I had last night!"

Yami was shocked to hear this and thought," How is that possible?" as thousands of question marks appear above his head.

" NO WAY! You've got to be kidding!" Naruto exclaimed in complete shock.

" I wish I was, I'm worried about this. I remember having this dream about six years ago. What do you think this means?" Yugi said quietly, shock consuming him.

" Don't ask me!" Naruto quietly shouted." I'm just as confused about this as you are, if not more. Man, I just wish I wish I knew why this is happening to us!"

After a moment of thought, Yugi suggested," maybe it has to do with how you performed the summoning jutsu."

" Hm…..Maybe." Naruto said quietly as he rested his chin in his hand. " I remember that I had tried to summon five people yesterday, but instead, I was only able to summon four. I followed all the rules, but in the end, I couldn't summon all five spir-"

Naruto suddenly stopped talking. He had suddenly remembered what the book had said…..

Step 2: Make sure that your blood is placed on as many fingers as you want spirits.

The word ' spirits' echoed in Naruto's head. Realizing what the book meant by that, he uttered in a barely audible voice" That's it, That's it!"

" Naruto?" Yugi asked, wondering what the blonde shinobi was thinking about.

" Yugi, don't you see?" Naruto asked, happiness and excitement filling his voice." The reason why we only found you and your friends is because that jutsu book said that you summon spirits! I did summon the fifth person after all! He's probably just sharing a body with one of you guys!" he stated, as he practically jumped with joy.

Yugi just froze and stared at the blonde shinobi, while Yami sweat dropped at the proclaiming information.

Naruto, oblivious to Yugi's reaction, thought happily" Man, I can't wait until I find out where that fifth spirit is hiding! Now, who could that spirit be with?"

Meanwhile, Yugi was panicking in his head" Oh, no! What if he finds out about the secrets of the puzzle?"

Yami, hearing his host's worries tried to calm him down" Yugi, I wouldn't worry yet. He hasn't asked about it, yet, so we're alright for now." he said calmly.

Naruto quickly looked at Yugi. When his eyes spotted the golden object, the blonde, hyperactive ninja asked" Hey, yugi! That puzzle, is that where the fifth spirit is?"

Both Yugi and Yami couldn't believe what they had just heard! Naruto was just one step away from discovering their secret!

Yugi hid his shock and worry from Naruto and replied calmly, " Now, why would you think that, Naruto? I mean, it sounds a little bit crazy, doesn't it? I don't think anyone has ever heard of two spirits living in the same body."

" …..Actually.." Naruto started bringing his voice down." To me, it sounds perfectly normal for two spirits to inhabit the same body." he finished not noticing the smaller boy's eyes growing wide.

" What?" Yugi wondered out loud.

The blonde boy sat in silence, wondering whether or not to tell him of his deepest, darkest secret. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity to Naruto, he said quietly" You know, this will be the first time I've ever told someone about this. Most people don't know about it,not even Sakura and Sasuke. I'm…..not sure how to say it. So I'll just show you."

He began to take off his jacket, and Yugi wondered what Naruto was going to do as he stared at him. As the blonde ninja threw his jacket and began to take off his shirt" Naruto, what are you doing?" Yugi asked.

" Just watch," Naruto simply told him. Then, he formed a hand sign and began to mold his chakra.

At first, Yugi saw nothing and was left in confusion, Until Naruto did a weird hand sign with one of his hands. Suddenly his eyes went wide with shock as he saw strange, black marks appear on the blonde stomach. While Yugi reached out his hand and touched the strange markings' What is this? A strange tattoo?" he asked.

Meanwhile Yami was looking at it with curiosity, but also with cautiousness as he felt a strong presence, but instead it wasn't dark, no it just seemed angry. When Yami looked up he froze but not in fear, but with sadness as he saw a spirited picture of a cage with an angry red fox behind it. Rage filled its eyes. But Yami also saw something else in those eyes: hurt, betrayal, confusion, and sadness although feelings combine into those rage eyes.

Yami remembered a time when he was like that. He was trapped in the darkness for so long until Yugi saved him by solving the puzzle. But even though he was free he was easily angered if people tried to hurt Yugi just for fun, greed, or just because they felt it. He calmed down since the day he almost took Kaiba's life in the Duelist Kingdom.

" No, but I wish it were, though." Naruto told Yugi, snapping Yami out of thoughts.

When the tri-colored haired boy gave him a questioning look, the blonde ninja began to put his clothes back on, while he explained,"I don't really know most of the details, but apparently, thirteen years ago, our village was being attacked by a demon called the Nine-tailed fox. According to Iruka-sensei, though, the fourth Hokage saved the village by trapping that stupid fox inside a human vessel, and….well, I'm guessing you can figure out the rest. Those black markings I showed you, that was a seal. It's supposed to contain the demon within me."

After his story, there was a long and unnerving silence. Yugi just had a shocked expression on his face. As he saw his face, Naruto thought panicky" Oh, man! Telling him about that stupid fox was a bad idea, wasn't it? I should have known better than to just pill my guts to him like that! He'll probably laugh at me, or worse, start hating me!"

But he was shocked when Yugi said," Whoa, I never would have guessed."

Naruto looked at Yugi, startled by what he had said. The small teenager now showed sympathy and kindness, and he continued saying," It must be difficult for you to carry such a burden. Why don't you tell your friends about this?" he asked.

Yugi remembered when he didn't know about Yami and he was afraid to tell his friends about his blackouts. He was worried he was going insane and when finally told them he was afraid at first thinking the people that he called friends would leave him. He was glad though he was wrong though.

" I can't tell them, if they knew that I had a demon inside of me, what would they think? I don't want to risk losing the friends that took me so long to get!" Naruto said

Yugi stared at him sympathetically and thought," I feel bad for him, Yami. Having to keep such a big secret must be very difficult for someone his age."

" That's true," Yami replied." He seems to have been through many hardships, but that doesn't mean he should know about me. No offense, Yugi, but everyone that found out about me always was thrown in danger. I don't want that happening to your new friends."

" So, if there's a demon inside of that puzzle, I understand." Naruto said.

Yugi's body tensed slightly. Even if Yami didn't know about his past, Yugi knew for sure he was no demon.

" I mean, it's not your fault that you have an evil spirit inside of that object of yours." the blond ninja added, assuming both that there was another spirit within Yugi and that the spirit was evil like the nine-tailed fox.

Yami felt a spike of anger coming from his host as he saw Yugi put his hand into a fist on his lap" Yugi, you have to calm down. You must remember that he doesn't know anything about the Millennium Puzzle." Yami cautiously stated.

" I know," Yugi thought back." That's what's making me so furious! He can't just assume things!" little did anyone else know something glowled underneath Yugi's choke collar.

Before Yugi could have a chance to calm down, Naruto said to himself out loud," That demon must have destroyed millions of lives, no doubt."

That was the final nail to the coffin.

" He's NOT a demon!" Yugi said darkly.

" Huh?" Naruto asked, confused at Yugi's sudden temper.

The tri-color haired boy continued saying angrily," Yami is NOT an evil spirit! The only reason we're not completely sure is because he lost his memories from three thousand years ago, but as soon as we help him find his memories, we'll know he was a good pharaoh the whole time! He is NOT EVIL!"

" …."

Naruto just blinked in confusion while trying to process all of the information. Yugi, realizing what he had just revealed, gasped and covered his mouth, wishing that he hadn't said any of that.

" Yugi!" Yami shouted through the mind links, shocked at what his aibo had just done.

"Oh, no!" Yugi thought with dread." I can't believe I let that slip out!" as he began to panic.

" Yugi calm down, everything will be fine, we'll figure something out." Yami said, trying to calm down his host, who's mind was like a tornado right now with panic.

Naruto's head was now filled with many questions. He quietly uttered," Three thousand years?...Is that even possible? ….What in the name of Hokage is a pharaoh supposed to be anyways?"

After uttering this, he looked at Yugi with extreme confusion on his face and asked," Yugi, what's a pharaoh?"

Yugi just stared at him blankly. After realizing that Naruto hadn't clearly understood everything that he had just said, he got up immediately and swiftly moved to open the door.

" Yugi?" the blonde boy asked, wondering what was wrong and what his short friend was doing.

Meanwhile, Yugi's head was on overdrive as he frantically thinked," We have to get out of here before somebody else about the puzzle!" ' I screwed up big time' was never said.


While Yugi and Naruto had been in the storage closet, Joey was busy telling Sakura and Sasuke all the rules of duel monsters. Apparently, they hadn't heard a word that their two friends were saying in the closet. As Honda tried earlier to listen in, but couldn't, Sasuke explained that there was a sound proof jutsu on the doors.

Jounouchi was coming to a close on his conversation as he said" …..and that's how you do a fusion summon!"

" Wow, this game sounds so complex!" Sakura said as she tried to remember everything that was being explained to her. Meanwhile, her crush looked as if he could care less about their games.

Right before the blonde teenager could continue his explanation of the game, the door to the closet swung wide open, and Yugi rushed out quickly.

" Hey, Yug, can you help me explain ritual summoning to these guys?" Jou greeted the boy, being in a much better mood than before.

The tri-colored haired boy just walked quickly past him and gathered the few things that he and his friends had with them. Confused, Jou asked," Yugi, what's the matter pal?"

Without even looking up from his task, Yugi replied quietly," We have to go."

" WHAT?!" Everyone replied in shock except for Sasuke, who just stared at him and wondered why he was acting like this.

" Leave? But why?" Anzu asked her friend.

The short boy still ignored them and sped toward the exit." Yugi! Why won't you answer her?" Sakura yelled.

Without even acknowledging either of the two girls, Yugi began to turn the doorknob. Before he could open the door, however, Naruto ran out of the closet and asked," What are you doing?" as confusion, hurt, and guiltiness spread across his face.

Yugi quickly paused. Then, he turned to face him and said," I'm sorry, Naruto, but my friends and I have to leave before anybody else finds out." tears of fear glistening in his eyes.

The blonde shinobi just yelled back," Could you at least explained to me what the #$!* ha-"

Suddenly, Naruto stopped in the middle of his question and stared with fear in his eyes. Through the crack of the door, he could see robes of black and red, and there were only two people he knew that wore this type of outfit.

Quietly, he whispered, " Yugi, don't go out there."

" I have to, if the wrong people find out my secret, my friends and I, and even you guys, could be in great danger." the small boy answered.

" Don't you get it?!" Naruto yelled with frustration and fear in his voice." You'll be in danger if you're out there!"

As the blonde ninja said this, Sasuke felt the same dark presence that he felt earlier that day. At that moment, he understood why Naruto was panicking; he was here. Quickly, the Uchiha boy yelled," Yugi, listen to him for once!"

While the other people in the room stared at Sasuke, wondering why they were persisting so much for them to stay in here, Yugi just said," I'm sorry, but we have to go."

He opened the door, but as he exited, he bumped into a man who was standing in the hallway. This stranger had blue hair and blue skin. He also wore black robes with red clouds decorating it.

" Oh, excuse me, sir." Yugi said without looking up, and he continued to walk.

As Sasuke stared in shock at what was about to happen, Naruto shouted," Yugi! Watch out!"

Confused, Yugi looked up. Before he could react, however, he suddenly felt himself being gripped by the neck and pushed into the wall. His old friends and his new friends gasped when they saw this happen.

The small boy took a look at who grabbed him and saw another man who had long, black hair and piercing red eyes. He also wore the same exact robes as the other stranger. Yugi, stared afraid of that cold, merciless stare that was given to him, and he desperately tried to struggled and free himself. However, he couldn't get away.

Yugi could feel the spirit's anger boiling up inside him as the spirit was slowly trying to gain control over the body, but Yugi protested. Now was not the time for Yami to lose it even though he his being nearly half choke to death.

" HEY!" Jou yelled with extreme rage." Let go of my friend, punk!"

He ran and tried to get out and help Yugi, but he was stopped by a huge, bandage sword that was blocking his path. The room's occupants froze and started at the blue man's weapon as he said menacingly," Not so fast! If you want to help your little friend, you'll have to give us what we want first."

Jounouchi growled with rage, furious that he couldn't do anything to help, and Anzu looked at these two men in confusion.

" Who are these guys?" she thought with worry and dread." And what do they want?"

She looked over at Naruto. He seemed to look frozen with fear as he stared fear and dread. This only worried Anzu even more" Naruto looks so frightened. These guys must be really dangerous if even he's scared! Oh, Yugi, please be okay!" she thought.

" Who are you, and what do you want? Why are you doing this?" Sakura demanded. Her voice also had a hint of fear in it.

The blue man just chuckled evilly. When hearing this, Sakura said in a shaky voice," W-what's so funny? I just asked you some questions."

While he enjoyed seeing them squirm, the black haired man spoke calmly," Well, if you wish for this boy to live…." he suddenly tightened his hold on Yugi's throat, causing him to grunt in pain and struggle more. Also, Anzu brought her hands to her mouth and gasped, holding back tears of worry, Honda and Sakura gasped in shock, and Jounouchi growled angrily at this evil man.

Then, the man continued,"...it would be wise for you to come with us….." He turned his red-eyed stare towards them and uttered the name of who they seeked.

" Naruto."


Finished with this chapter finally. I am so sorry for the long wait guys. I know you probably thought this story was abandoned once more, it's not. I'll try to update as soon as possible. I probably own like 5% of this whole story. Most of it belongs to Animesnowflake.

Now for the disclaimer:

Me: Anzu you're up!

Anzu: finally I thought you were never gonna finish this chapter. Anyways, Spotsquad does not own Yugioh! Or Naruto or any of the main characters. Thank you for reading. Have a wonderful day! Or night.

Me: Thanks Anzu

That's all for now folks until next time on same spot time same spot channel peace out everybody.