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What happened earlier

"OH MY GOD!" could be heard a mile away.

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"OH MY GOD!" Yugi stared at none other than Yami, who was currently sitting in a chair, just waking op.

Yami yawned and fluttered his eyes open. "Oh, hi Yugi!" he said happily.

"Yugi gawked at his yami. "Why aren't you in the Puzzle?"

Yami looked at Yugi, hurt evident in his eyes. He stood up and walked over to Yugi. "Aibou, do you want me to stay in the Puzzle? Don't you want me to be human?"

Yugi blinked. "Eh…? N-no, of course not! I was just shocked, that's all. It's so sudden. I- How did you do it?" He stretched his arm and touched Yami. "Wow… Is this real?"

Yami gave a small smile. "Yes it's real." He looked a bit uncertain at Yugi. "Do you like this?"

Yugi blinked. "Are you kidding? This is awesome! THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER! Now, we can do everything together. We can study together, go shopping together and, and… LET'S TELL THE OTHERS AND THROW A PARTY! " He glomped Yami.

Yami smiled. "I'm glad you like it Yugi." He looked Yugi over another time. He'd tell him his secret one day. Maybe…

Back to the two blond Egyptians

"How's your cheek?" Marik asked as casual as possible as if he didn't care.

"It's okay." Malik nodded. "Really I'm fine." He gave his yami a small smile. Though Marik was still creepy, he could be nice too sometimes. Or… was he just after something? Malik mentally shook his head. Whatever, it didn't matter anyway if Marik really was after something.

Malik sighed. "Look, I've gotta go back. Isis and Rishid will be worried about me, since I haven't come back all night."

Marik nodded. "Do I need to bring you?"

Malik shook his head fiercely. "Hell no, they will freak out!" he eyed the Rod for a moment. "How did you get the Millennium Rod back anyway?"

Marik smirked. "I have my ways," he said as he took the Rod and twirled it around. "Don't worry, I won't use it on you anymore." He took a few steps closer towards Malik. "You're no fun when being controlled." With that he leaned in and stole a quick kiss. "We'd better get to school first, instead of to your siblings. We're late already."

Marik went out of the door and his hikari followed him as the boy lifted a hand and touched his lips with his fingertips. It might have been a sneaky kiss, but at the same time… it almost seemed GENTLE for Marik's standards. Or had he just been dreaming this all. Malik mentally shook his head again. He was with Joey, he shouldn't be pondering over a kiss that Marik stole from him, but instead just forget about it.

On school, lunchtime

Malik slumped after Yugi and his group as, the boy chattered with all his friends, all wondering where on earth Joey could be. Gods, this was so boring, Malik almost thought about sneaking out of school again. It was a warm day, so the group decided to sit outside, under one of those bright green trees.

As they sat down, some figure walked up to the group and Yugi waved at him. "Yami!" he called.

Yami sat down and the whole group dropped there jaws as they stared at the Pharaoh. "Hey aibou," he said.

Tristan raised an eyebrow. "Aibou? Yugi, who the hell is this guy. And how come he looks like you so much? I mean, that guy can pass as your twin."

Ryou shook his head. "Nah, he looks a bit older." He cast a glance next to him and saw Tea drooling. Seeing that, Ryou had the urge to smack his head. 'Oh man,' he thougth. 'First she had a crush on Yugi and now on this guy?'

Of course, Ryou didn't know that Tea had always had a crush on Yami and never one on Yugi. But because the two shared a body in the beginning, it was quite confusing when who was who.

"Yugi," Tea said while blushing. "Could you introduce us to your new friend?"

Yugi smiled. "Oh well, he already knows you all. But let me introduce him to you. His name is Yami," he said as he pointed his finger towards Yami.

Yami gave a nod. "Nice to meet you all."

Malik wasn't the most stupid one under the friends. "You're the pharaoh," he stated.

Everyone looked at Malik, their jaws dropped to the ground. They quickly turned their heads towards Yami, ignoring Malik AGAIN. "You're the pharaoh Isis is always talking about?"

Yami sweat dropped, but somewhere, he did like all the attention. "Yeah, I was locked up in Yugi's Puzzle, but it was Isis who showed me how I could free myself."

Another pair of questions were fired towards Yami, until…

Marik stomped towards the group. The whole group jumped up turning their attention towards Marik. He began to speak. "Bitch, come here."

Malik glared at him, knowing that Marik was addressing this towards him and yelled. "I AM NOT A BITCH, YOU BASTARD!"

Marik smirked an chuckled lightly. "So you do admit that you're mine?"

Malik opened his mouth to say something, but at that particular moment his brains decided that it was time for vacation. They packed their bags and called a taxi that arrived only a second later. When they had gotten in, the taxi drove away and they waved at Malik as they yelled: "See you in a few months, Malik!"

Malik closed his mouth again, making him look somewhat like a fish. He blushed.

Yami decided to take things in his own hands. He stepped in front of Malik and said. "Go away, Ishtaru. Or else."

Marik smirked. "I see you've gotten your own body as well, pharaoh. I suppose you've also claimed a name?"

Yami snorted. "Yami," was the short answer to Marik.

Marik chuckled. "I thought some arrogant bastard like you would've chosen your ancient name."

Yami blinked. "My ancient name…?"

Marik rolled his eyes. "So you still don't know? Well, me neither, but I don't care. You're still a pathetic excuse for a pharaoh."

Yami decided to ponder over this later and deal with Marik first. "Just leave Marik."

Marik snorted. "I wasn't here for you, Pharaoh-idiot." He turned his attention towards Malik again. "I said: 'Bitch, some here'"

Malik snapped out of his daze. He glared at Marik. "And I said: 'Stop calling me a bitch!' I'm not a girl nor am I yours."

Marik smirked. "Yes you are. A deal is a deal. Joey has lost, and now you're mine."

The whole gang widened their eyes. Yami glared at Marik. "What have you done to Joey, Marik!"

"I let him join Kaiba." He took out his Rod and twirled it around. "In the Shadow Realm," he added.

Everyone gasped. "Oh my God," said Ryou. "you sent Seto Kaiba to the Shadow Realm as well?"

Marik rolled his eyes. "No, Kaiba isn't for me to blame. Blame him." He pointed towards Yami.

Another shocked gasp as they all turned their head towards Yami. Sweat started to form in Yami's neck. "Eheheh…Joey asked me to do it, I swear! And it was only for a week, nothing to worry about."

Yugi sighed. "Yes, that's right. One week Shadow Realm for Kaiba, because Joey accomplished his part of our deal." He looked Yami straight in the eyes. "Isn't that week over already?"

Yami gulped. "Eh… yes?"

"YAMI!" Yugi smacked Yami on the head, making a bulge on it. "You said only a week!"

Yami had a waterfall of tears falling down his face. "B-but Yugi" He fell down his knees. "I made a mistake and now I can't get Kaiba out until next month!"

Marik chuckled under his breath. "Yeah right. What a faker," he mumbled.

Only halve of what Yami said was true. He couldn't get Kaiba out until next month, he made sure of that. But it wasn't a mistake, Yami did it on purpose, just to torture Kaiba.

Yugi sighed, buying all of Yami's crap, just like the rest of the group did.

"Okay, enough of this bullshit," Marik said. "I don't want my bitch staying here with you people. It's bad influence for him."

Malik again felt like exploding. "I'll come with you once you've stopped calling me a bitch!" he yelled, before slamming his hands before his lips. 'Oh crap, me and my big mouth.'

Marik's eyes lit up. "Okay then. Hikari, come here."

Malik mumbled a few curses under his breathe, but did as he was told, ignoring all what Yugi and the rest of the group told him. He stood next to his yami as Marik lifted his hand and petted his head. "That's a good boy." He slipped a possessive arm around Malik's shoulders and walked off with him.

Above in the tree

Bakura sat in the tree, watching the whole scene and snorted.

'What a bunch of idiots,' he thought. 'And the Pharaoh is the biggest idiot, he doesn't even know his own name. Heh come to think of it, I'm the only one who does at the moment.'

He eyed Ryou for a moment. 'Stupid pathetic cute excuse for a hikari. Why can't you be evil just like me? Or at least smart. I've been out of the Ring for more than a week and you still haven't noticed yet.'

Bakura shook his head. 'It doesn't matter. Soon both the Rod and the Puzzle will be mine. Than all that lasts his the Necklace the Scale and the Key. Mwuahahah!'

Beneath Bakura, the Ring around Ryou's neck started to glow.

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