Sorry I took so long everyone but the computer went haywire but its okay now so let's get on with the story. Also to Cactus Bob sorry to say I have no idea what you meant by "four plot developments" so sorry if I do it again. Anyway let's get this on the road, shall we? Also for future reference when things are in these( ) they are what someone is thinking.

:DISCLAIMER: I do not own Yugioh, Beo wolf, the shadow thieves or New Hampshire.

Chapter 9

Yami watched Yugi as he slept. He was in the crevice by the bow of the boat. Yami smiled. He had originally just thought of this as business but Yugi, I guess you could say Yugi had grown on him and he always wanted him around. Yami shook his head. This wasn't the time for that, they had to keep an eye on where they were going. They were headed to Alanshar, it was a small city near the cost of New Hampshire. The boat knew the way just fine. Like most boats in the Beyond it had a place where you could type in your destination and it would take you there. What they were looking for was to see if there was a storm or not because if one came they were screwed. Even though it was just water, the Black Sea had an effect on people. If you were in it too long it would dissolve you completely, although even if you touched the water the skin that touched would slightly dissolve but it wasn't lethal. A few hours went by and they were nearly to their destination. He could see the lights of Alanshar from where they were. Suddenly the boat stopped and something made the boat rock, making the lethal black liquid splash into the boat. Bakura cursed under his breath, Marik was trying to get the boat to get going and Yami was waiting for whatever made the boat stop to come out. Then he saw it. "It" was a blond woman being carried by a harpy. Yami's guess was she either A: worked for Pegasus or B: worked for Tea. Either way someone was going to get hurt. The woman came down and jumped onto their boat, causing more water to spill in. She smiled and waved the harpy off.

"Sorry," she said "I thought you were someone else." Apparently this woman had no idea how much trouble she was in.

"Who are you. What do you want." Yami wasn't asking he was telling. The woman sighed

"The names Mai, I'm a bounty hunter. I saw your boat and thought you were who I was after."

"Who were you after?" Marik asked. Mai smiled

"You know that demon who works for Pegasus, you know what's her name…Tea. Well after the attack at North Point she now has a pretty big bounty on her head. I was hired to kill her and bring her back. When I succeed I'll be 36,000 yen richer." She shrugged. Bakura smiled.

"Then maybe we might be able to help each other." He said. Mai raised an eyebrow

"What do you mean?" Bakura pointed to the bow of the boat.

"See the boy asleep over there?" he said. Mai followed his finger to the bow and saw a small tri-color haired boy asleep.

"Bakura what are you doing?" Yami asked

"You'll see, you'll see." He said and turned his attention back to Mai

"Ok it's a kid what about him." She asked

"Well you see the thing is, well….he's not dead. He's wearing a death shroud and has a lot of people after him and we could use your help guarding him." He said. Mai once again raised an eyebrow

"And this helps me how?" she asked. Bakura sighed. How thick was this women?

"It helps you because one of the main people after him right now is the person you're after so where ever we go she'll go." Marik answered, finally catching onto Bakura's plan. Mai glared at them. She knew they were right. She finally nodded in agreement

and asked

"So what's the kid's name?"

"His name is Yugi." Yami answered. She stepped over to Yugi to get a better look at him then turned around and said

"Well we had better get him to town. His injuries need to be treated." They all looked at her confused then Yami noticed it. There was a black puddle surrounding Yugi's small form. His death shroud couldn't have protected him that much from the water.

"I'm sorry but how the hell are we supposed to do that? The boat is still stuck if you hadn't noticed." Bakura said, extremely annoyed. Mai whistled and three harpies came from the water and the boat started moving again. They just stared at her

"What? I did say I thought you were who I was after and everyone knows these things are hard to stop on your own." They nodded and Yami looked at Yugi.(please survive until we get there)

Yugi was once again talking to Mokuba. They talked about a lot of things. What games they liked, family and friends, and Duel monsters. Yugi had a deck but it wasn't with him. It was in his pants pocket and when he had left Earth he was still in his light blue pajama's. He had learned a lot from Mokuba since everyone else enjoyed keeping him in the dark. So far he had learned that this Pegasus guy wanted him dead and was holding Mokuba prisoner so that Seto, Mokuba's older brother would help. Sadly Mokuba didn't know WHY Pegasus wanted him dead, he just did. Suddenly fell onto the ground clutching his side.

"Yugi are you okay?" Mokuba asked. Mokuba was unable to help Yugi seeing that his right ankle was chained to the floor so he just watched as Yugi sat himself upright, still clutching his side.

"Yugi where were you when you fell asleep?" Mokuba asked franticly.

"I was on a boat somewhere on the Black Sea." He blinked. Mokuba looked down muttering something then looked at Yugi with a serious look in his eyes.

"Yugi you have to wake up." He stated

"Why? What happened?" Yugi asked

"It's my guess some of the water from the Black Sea got into the boat you're in and touched you. There is a reason they don't let people touch it." He stated

"What r-reason would that b-be?" Yugi gulped, trying to hide the fear in his voice.

"The Black Sea dissolves living creatures Yugi. The reason you're in pain right now is because your body touched the water and dissolved some of the skin or seeing how much pain you're in, a lot." He said grimly. Yugi's eyes widened

"Umm Mokuba…" he stammered "W-what would happen i-i-if I d-died here?" Mokuba looked at him, still looking grim.

"Your soul would disappear completely, it would go to…to…." Yugi looked at Mokuba. Was he scared of what he was about to say?

"Where w-would it go?" Yugi asked trying, but failing to sound confident

"The s-shadow realm……" he whispered. Suddenly they were both engulfed in bright white light signaling that Yugi was waking up.

"I'll see you later okay." He said and disappeared.

Yugi opened his eyes and gasped. It wasn't because he wasn't on the boat anymore because he had already guessed it would happen. What shocked him was that his entire left side was covered in bandages. He jumped when he heard a sound coming from the right side of the bed. He turned and saw Yami, who looked half asleep looking at him, his ruby/crimson eyes filled with tears making them sparkle.

"Yugi!? Thank Ra you're awake. We thought you weren't going wake up for another few days." He smiled making Yugi blush. Then they heard a knock at the door

"Oi, oi, oi whets with the noise?" It was Marik who had knocked but Bakura was the first to come in, followed by Marik, and some blond woman. Yugi felt his heart skip a beat. Did Yami have a girlfriend?

"So you're awake? You were worrying us you know. You've been out since yesterday and Yami hasn't left your side since." She said. Yugi blinked confused and looked at Yami.

"That's Mai. We met her on the way here." Yugi nodded relieved that Yami wasn't seeing someone and turned to Mai

"Hello it's nice to meet you." He smiled. Mai blinked. How could someone be that cheery after waking up from a blackout?

"Hi?" she said confused. Yugi smiled again accidentally leaning and winced. Yami noticing this grabbed Yugi's shoulders and laid him back down as Marik went to go get something. It was probably the stuff he had taken on the Saint Ann.

(Time jump to three days later)

From what Yugi could tell three days had passed. They were apparently at Mai's house in somewhere called Alanshar. He was there alone at the moment though. Yami, Marik, and Bakura had left to do something which they didn't tell him what and Mai had said there was a criminal nearby with a bounty she went to go catch. He was actually really bored so he was exploring Mai's place…..there wasn't much to look at. The kitchen had a wood floor and marble counters, there was also very little to eat. He had found a small bookshelf in the study though and decided to see if there was anything good to read. After about twenty minutes of looking he had come down to either Beo Wolf or The Shadow Thiefs. He sighed and put Beo Wolf back and started reading The Shadow Thieves.

Pay attention. Watch carefully. Now look at the sidewalk there. See that girl—the one with the bright red hair, overstuffed back pack, and aura of grumpiness? That's Charlotte Mielswetzski( say it with me Meals-Wet-Ski) and something extraordinary was about to happen to her. No, the extraordinary event will not be related to that man watching her behind the oak tree... that oddly pale, strangely thin, freakishly tall, yellow-eyed, bald headed man in the tuxedo……….

Yugi sighed and marked the page he was reading and got up. Someone was knocking at the door. Probably Yami and everyone since Yugi had locked the door when they left, but who could blame him? He had some psycho after his life and he wasn't taking any chances. But when he opened the door he wasn't met with Yami's warm crimson gaze. Instead he was met with a hard, cold blue one.

"Why hello there small one." The brown haired women said

END OF CHAPTER

Yes I know I made it sort of a cliffhanger(im not sure if that's right but it doesn't matter). As for the book Yugi was reading the book exists and I was quoting from the first page. It's called The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu. I just really, really hope that writing down what was in the book wasn't illegal or anything cause im too young to go to jail, also if Alanshar exist in a book somewhere I promise you I don't own it…. Anyway rate and review and I hope to have the next chapter up soon.