Yugi: Second to the Last Chapter!

Heba: *Nervous* Um...hi? *Runs to hide behind Atemu*

So cute!

Yugi was the first to wake, followed seconds later by Heba. Heba looked up at the ragtag group of Hunters and Supernaturals. Yugi sat up while the rest of the group watched his copy wearily. "He's fine, guys," Yugi spoke up. "He and I talked somehow. He wasn't in control of his actions. Ancestor Atemu, he's your brother."

Atemu knelt next to him, "Heba?"

"Brother? I'm so sorry for my actions and for bringing harm to those of your bloodline," Heba cried as Atemu pulled the boy into a hug.

Isis and Mahaad knelt next to the brothers. Heba noticed them as well. "How is it that you're still alive?"

"It was long ago, Heba," Isis answered as she gave her husband a warning look. "I wish not to dwell on such thoughts. We need to locate and rescue the Hikari known as Ryou Bakura."

"I know where Dartz is keeping him," Heba answered.

Heba instructed Yugi to take the form similar to his own before they entered Dartz's chambers. The vampire was shocked to see two shadowy forms emerge from the darkest corner of the room. "What is the meaning of this," he demanded.

"I've learned a new trick," Heba answered as more figures emerged from behind the duo.

He and Yugi had figured out that if they used their abilities next to areas Heba knew had the darkest Shadows, they could get the others through solid walls easily.

"Explain yourself this instant Shai."

Heba narrowed his glowing yellow eyes, "I'm done following your orders. I'm no longer your slave."

"I saved you from those raiders and gave you a new life," Dartz seethed.

"As a slave with no memories! You used those stones to keep me under your control for thousands of years!" Atemu held his anger in check as he heard his brother speak.

"You've no right to speak to me in that matter," Dartz nearly shouted as he stood from his chair.

Yugi flared his Shadows as the vampire neared Heba. "Stay. Away. From. My. Family!"

Before anyone could react, Yugi leapt at Dartz. The Hikari shifted to a mix of half-feline with his Shadows covering him. Claws bared, Yugi collided with the vampire who'd held Heba for so long. Everyone watched as the normally docile Hikari lost his temper on Dartz and clawed at him. Even Bakura was awe-struck, "I've never seen him so before. What about you, Malik?"

"Just the one time, when we first met Xander. But that was mild compared to this," Malik answered as he looked around the room.

Heba couldn't help but feel scared of his many-greats-nephew as the Hikari tore into Dartz alone. "Somebody please remind me to avoid upsetting him in the future."

Bakura noticed a figure sitting on the opposite side of the room as if nothing were happening nearby. White hair done up in a French braid looked familiar, but the dress of black layered black lace threw him off. He neared the seated form and placed a careful hand on their shoulder. The lack of reaction concerned him as he looked at the figure's face. "Ryou," he breathed as he realized it was his brother.

"Check for a glowing stone," Heba shouted over Yugi's growls and Dartz's cries of pain. "If you find one, get it away from him!"

Bakura spotted the stone hanging from a chain around Ryou's neck. Grasping the stone, he pulled it until the chain broke and threw it across the room. Hazy brown eyes blinked into focus as Ryou came back to reality. "What happened," the Hikari asked.

Bakura pulled Ryou into a firm hug, "You were kidnapped nearly a month ago."

The Hikari heard the sounds of a man pleading for mercy and the sounds of someone being beaten. He gently pushed against Bakura's chest, "Let me up please."

Once Ryou was standing, he looked at his clothes and paled, "What am I wearing!?"

"A dress, apparently," Duke snickered.

"Not funny," Ryou huffed as he threw a low heeled shoe at his head. He noticed the group standing clear of the center of the room.

Looking closer, Ryou saw that his smallest friend was attacking a male on the floor. "Yugi?"

The Hikari was lost in a fit of rage induced by a strong desire to protect those he considered family. "What happened to Yugi to make him so angry?"

Atemu sighed as Dartz tried to reason with his attacker, "He apparently had Heba captive all this time. From what we learned when Buffy and her friends visited, Yugi is a passive being until a member of his family is threatened or harmed. Until the threat is dealt with, he is consumed by the desire to ensure their safety or uphold their honor. No wonder Ma'at and Bast both spoke to him. He is their main qualities in a physical form."

"I'd best try not to add fuel to the proverbial fire then," Ryou pointed out. "Did anyone think to bring a change of clothes for me? If he's like this over one person's captivity, what's to say seeing me like this will make his rage worse?"

Bakura nodded and pulled a bundle out of his pack, "I always carried a spare outfit in case we found you somehow."

"Thank you, Kura."

Atemu upended the table so that Ryou could change without prying eyes

Yugi finally eased up on attacking Dartz and pulled the male up, "Don't you ever mess with my family ever again."

The man just had to open his mouth, "What about your little friend?"

Ryou stepped into view of Dartz's good eye as Yugi had clawed the left side of his face up. "Uh, yeah, about that…I'm actually his cousin."

Dartz whimpered in fear as Yugi's eyes narrowed even further. "Sorry. I surrender. Please no more."

Atemu decided to take some mercy on the male. "Enough, Young One. He's had enough."

Yugi looked up as the Shadows were dispelled and his feline features vanished. The Hikari got up and brushed himself off. "Okay," Yugi said as if nothing had happened and rushed Ryou to knock him over in a hug.

Akefia and Mariku pulled the defeated Supernatural to his feet. "Please keep that thing away from me," Dartz pleaded as they 'guided' him to the door.