Previously, on Yu-Gi-Oh!

A mysterious visitor for the Motou's turns into a questioning drama for many as Yugi and Tea are puzzled by the return

as well as grief-stricken. Why has the Pharaoh returned? Exactly what Atemu was questioning himself, why?

Will the truth unfold to the others that Atemu is really pretending about his memory situation, or

will they continue believing this lie?

-Insert super, awesome, chocolately fudge coated theme song-

"It's not fair! What would make the Pharaoh have to go through something like this again!? Why Yugi?"

"Tea, it's not like I share minds with him anymore. Even if I did, I still wouldn't know." Yugi began

to cry and Tea wrapped an arm around him noticing how she upset him, "I'm sorry, Yugi." Yugi smiled slightly as

a tear ran down his cheek (Will the crying ever stop? O). "It's okay. Everything is fine, Tea."

At the time of all the mysterious happenings going on, a pale, skinny, white haired boy was walking

down the street to go buy some tea at the store. He always had a short cut through an ally to get to the store

quicker, but this time as he was walking along... something seemed eerie about the dark passageway. As he was

passing a pile of trash bags that were set along the wall of the alleyway he heard something moving towards him.

As he turned around he was pushed against the wall, "You shouldn't be walking alone in a place like this, my dear."

Ryou blinked a few times to clear his head to see who was speaking, because it sounded quite familiar.

"M-"

"Shhh, don't speak."

"But Marik, I'm not a girl!"

The man who had shoved Ryou up against the clammy ally wall, who was now pressing some cold, sharp object

against Ryou's chin looked rather surprised as he finally realized who he had stopped in the alleyway.

"Well, of course not... You just. You- You looked like a girl in the dark." Marik stood back and rubbed his

hand across the back of his head, through his blonde hair.

"What are you doing stopping people in a place like this anywa-- Are you a rapist!?" Ryou stepped sideways

a bit to put more room between him and Marik.

"NO! Why would I be raping people?"

"And... When did you get the Millennium Rod back?"

"Oh. It just suddenly appeared one day. It was quite strange actually, and painful."

Marik rubbed his head as he remembered the day he retrieved the Millenniums Rod back into his possession.

He had been walking along down alleyways, just minding his own business when out of nowhere the strange golden

object just fell from the sky and smacked him on the head as it made it's way towards the ground. Marik had picked

it up, astonished at the fact that he was actually holding it once more.

"Oh, how intriguing. Well, I must be off. Cheerio! ." Ryou began to walk off happily when the Millennium

Ring just suddenly appeared, glowing to life around his neck. "Wha- Finally, I am free once again... wait, where am I!?"

"Bakura?" Marik stared at Bakura who was staring blankly at himself "Oh shit. I am living with this fool again?"

Bakura didn't seem very happy with how things were working out.

Atemu walked through Domino City, remembering everything that happened when he was just a spirit. He was

hoping SOMETHING would grab his attention and maybe help him figure out why he was back here. After walking for

around for a good twenty minutes, he just leaned against a wall to a store, with his hands in his pockets as he

stared at the ground.

"And what would Yugi be doing, without his little friends? The dweeb club run off without you?" Atemu paid

no attention to what was being said; it was directed towards Yugi, not him. Although he knew it was being said to him,

with everyone thinking that he WAS Yugi, he would just no longer answer. "Ignoring me are you? Afraid I'll challenge

you to a duel and defeat you!?" (Gosh, I am making Seto sound so retarded... well gosh, I just gave- you probably already

knew who it was. -rolls eyes-) Atemu stood up and looked at Kaiba who was standing by the door to the store, "First of

all, you wouldn't be able to challenge me, for I have no cards. Second of all, I'm not this 'Yugi' you speak of"

"Playing pretend again?" Kaiba narrowed his eyes towards Atemu, not believing anything the spiky haired rival

was saying.

"I'm not pretending, Kaiba." Atemu began to walk away, "Stop and duel me like a real man, Yugi!" (-giggles-)

Atemu just continued walking instead, leaving Kaiba angered at this back down. "You'll duel me again one of these days,

Yugi! And I'll defeat you!"

Back at the game shop, Yugi was pacing back and forth across the floor with Tea standing by the cash register

, staring at the ground. "We can't just stand around here and do nothing Tea. We have to go out there, find him and

try and get him to remember!"

"Are you sure that would work Yugi? Remember how much work it took just to get his past life back?" Yugi just

shook his head and headed towards the door to leave, but when he opened it... there was Atemu, walking towards him.

"Uh... Hello." The Pharaoh sort of shrugged and smiled weakly,"Well, I sort of just realized... I don't have anywhere

to stay. I'm visiting and- and since you seem to know me so well, I was wondering if I could maybe stay here for

awhile?" Yugi stared with disbelief, but finally smiled and stood out of the way for the Pharaoh to enter the game shop.

"Of course you can. It would be rude of me not to. We have a guest room upstairs." Yugi nodded as he led Atemu up the stairs

with Tea not to far behind them.

As they entered the tidy, clean room Yugi looked over towards Atemu, "Ur, don't you have any luggage with

you?"

"Uuuuuh... no." Atemu looked around the room as Yugi stared at him.

"Why exactly would you travel so far without bringing anything with you?"

"I-I uh... I lost it." Yugi then stomped towards Atemu and jabbed a finger in his chest, "You liar!"

Tea just stood, staring at the two, figuring out the differences... as it seems everyone is too stupid to notice them

right off. "What are you talking about!?" Atemu stared wide eyed at the younger image of himself wondering why

he ever came here to stay, knowing this would probably happen.

"You know what I'm talking about! You lied about the whole thing, you didn't really lose your memory, and you aren't

visiting, it was all a huge lie! And to think that I thought better of you!"

"Yugi, it's not what you think. I-I just"

"You. Just. What!?"

"I didn't want to ruin your life anymore then I did. I now know it was a mistake to even show up at the

game shop in the first place. I figured you had probably already forgotten about me."

Yugi sat on the bed that he stood by and Tea, finally getting what was going on sat down beside him as well

,"But Pharaoh, there was no need to lie to us."

"Tea's right. You actually would have made us brighten up with your return if we knew that you hadn't lost your memories.

in the first place. Everyone's been having a hard time coping with you leaving."

"It's been atlas a year though... "Atemu turned and stared at the white wall of the room.

-Insert super, awesome, chocolatley fudge coated theme song-