Author's Note: Someone asked me if Yuugi and Yami were lovers. The answer? Hells no! While I may enjoy reading the pairing occasionally, I can't find it in myself to write it. Why? Because to me, Yami and Yuugi are the same person, they have just been torn into two. It's called Narcissism when you love yourself that much. So, no, they are in no way shape or form a couple or together in that was in this fic. Just thought I should make that clear. Lol, anyway I'm glad everyone liked the last chapter, this one will hopefully bring a little excitement. Also, I made a slight change to the last chapter. Why? Because it wasn't consistent. In the preview I said that Yami was from 5000 years ago and I put 3000 in the last one. A horrible mistake that is now rectified.

Domino, Japan

Kaiba looked back as he stepped into the dismal room. Machines beeped and Kaiba moved so that he was standing next to the room's occupent.

Mouto Yuugi's body lay so still and not for the first time since he had met the young man Kaiba was struck with just how little Yuugi was. The boy never looked smaller than he did now, lying on the hospital bed with tubes running every which where.

Kaiba stiffled a smirk as he pulled up a chair to sit as he looked over Yuugi. It would probably irk Yuugi to no end if he knew that he was in the children's ward of the hospital. It was due to his small size, though he was under eighteen and there fore still a child...

Kaiba sighed as he thought back to when he had first heard that Yuugi was in the hospital. He had thought that it was something to do with that ridulous trinket around his neck again, but no...Every doctor was at a loss as to what was wrong with him. Yuugi had been put through multiple tests, all which came up inconclusive. One doctor had mentioned that it was similar to a coma. The lights were on, but no one was home. Yuugi hadn't so much has twitched once since he had been brought in.

Frankly it frightened Kaiba. It frightened him to know that his rival (reluctant friend), someone who was so strong could be brought down like this. And what was worse, Kaiba felt powerless to do anything. He knew there was nothing he could do. Yuugi was in the best hands at the hospital and Kaiba hated the fact that there was absolutely nothing he could do. He couldn't even begin to imagine what Sugoroku was going through. Yuugi was the man's only living relative.

Kaiba sighed and stood up, his eyes resting forlornly on the still body. It was time for him to go. The world didn't stop for anyone, not even the King of Games.

"You better wake up soon Yuugi, I don't want to end up taking the title of King of Games through default." Kaiba said to Yuugi before he left. He had a board meeting to get to, plus Mokuba had wanted to watch a movie tonight.

Kaiba left just in time to miss the frown that marred Yuugi's soft face before it settled back into a blank mask once again.

Hogwarts

Yuugi sat up blearily and blinked a couple of times before his vision cleared enough that he could see that he had been laid down on the couch. A blanket pooled at his hips and Yuugi was almost tempted to pull it back up and try to go back to sleep.

No...he'd had enough sleep for now. But he felt groggy and just plain bleck. Maybe it was time to get out of the castle for a little while.

He had been out of it a few times now, but only under the strict supervision of Snape. But what could it hurt, it wasn't like there would be any students out and about. Yuugi glanced at the time to find that it was 2:30 am. To late and too early for any student or teacher for that matter, to be wandering around. (coughHarryRonHermionecough) Yuugi grabbed the simple black cloak that Snape had gotten for him and pulled it to his shoulders. A while back, Yuugi forgot when exactly, Snape had just dropped a pile of neatly folded cloth by his side and ever since then Yuugi had been wearing (on and off) the strange clothing that Snape and his people wore.

Yuugi stepped carefully out into the hallway and pulled the hood over his hair. It wouldn't do for someone uninformed of his presence to see him. As he made his way through the hallways of Hogwarts he frowned. He could hear something coming from a corridor down. Curious, Yuugi silently made his way closer to where the sound was coming from. The nearer to the sound he got, the more his heart started to clench. It sounded like crying. He finally stopped outside of a door that he was sure the sound was coming from. Yuugi bit his lip, he really wanted to go in and comfort who ever was in there. But Snape was adment about him not encountering anyone.

Yuugi made his descision.

The door opened with a creak and the crying stopped with a hitched intake of breath.

"Hello?" Yuugi called out in his best English as he stepped into the room, which was a washroom. His english wasn't the best and he still had a rather thick accent, but he was getting better and that was what counted. Yuugi glanced around and caught of flash of black and platinum blonde before it disappeared behind a stall door.

"Go away." A voice rasped, rough from crying.

"You okay? You sounded sad, very sad." Yuugi explained and pressed a hand against the door.

Silence greeted him and Yuugi sighed. He really wanted to help, but if this person didn't want to be helped there wasn't to much he could do. You couldn't force a person to accept help, it didn't work like that.

"I'll leave you now." Yuugi said softly and pulled away to go back to the corridor. Yuugi glanced back to see silver grey eyes peeking back at him. Yuugi smiled softly and left.

Thankfully nothing else piqued his curiousity and he managed to make his way out of the castle undetected. Though he had to hide briefly as a ghost drifted past...but that wasn't all that terrible.

Yuugi couldn't supress the glee filled grin as he stepped out into the fresh air. It was wonderful to be outside again. He certainly understood why Marik hated being trapped indoors. The night was clear and bright as the moon was nearly full and it reflected its light off of the fresh snow glistening like scattered diamonds across the ground. He wanted to run around in the snow but that would be a bad idea. People would wonder about the footprints scattered in the fresh snow.

Yuugi breathed deeply as he walked along a path that was oddly clear of snow. He suspected the strange magic that Snape's people employed was at hand. The path wound its way around the looming castle and ran by a dark and mysterious looking forest. He paused as he walked along the path, and peered into the darkness of the forest. There were so many trees...

Hey! What was that!

Yuugi stepped off of the path and tried to get a better look. There was no way he saw what he thought he saw.

There it was again!

Yuugi stepped forward and pushed a low hanging tree branch out of his way. He gasped as what he thought he saw was really there. There weren't many, but the moonlight made them seem like they were glowing.

Unicorns.

Five of them, grazing gently were oblivious to his wonderous stare.

Yuugi's breath was caught in his throat, his eyes wide as he slowly and silently approached. He wasn't even aware that he was moving. He was drawn in by some unseen force. It called to him like a siren's song, and he followed the pull until it lead him roughly 15 metre's away. He stood there for a long while before one of the Unicorn's turned to try and get some more grass buried beneath the snow. When the Unicorn turned it saw him and whinied. The rest of the small herd raised their heads and just stared at him.

Yuugi dared not move as the one that spotted him drifted closer. The Unicorn stopped in front of him and lifted it's head to sniff at him. It made a wuffing noise and nudged at his shoulder. Yuugi couldn't help it. He giggled.

The herd seemed to all draw around him then, wanting to get near and see this strange creature that was so pure and innocent but at the same time not. They sensed to evil within him and it intruiged them. Yuugi relaxed and let them nudge at him, while he reached up and brushed at their manes and necks. Occasionaly he giggled as a unicorn nudged a particularly tickilish spot.

Yuugi smiled softly as he intermingled with the herd. Perhaps this place wasn't all so bad if it had such beautiful creatures living in the forest. He felt better than he had in a long while, and he felt a renewed conviction to find his dark half.

Suddenly something in the air shifted, causing the Unicorn's to freeze. Their eyes widened and they all bolted, leaving Yuugi alone in the middle of the clearing.

Yuugi froze as he heard voices shouting. It sounded like fighting! Yuugi drifted stealthily towards where he thought the sound was coming from. Faintly, he thought it was a bad idea to be wandering deeper into the woods. He could get lost or worse, caught by one of the students or someone else. He pulled his cloak around him tightly and continued on. He couldn't resist as he heard more shouting and what sounded like cursing.

Yuugi wasn't sure how much farther he travelled into the forest, but he noticed that the trees were getting thicker and that the moonlight wasn't reaching him as much anymore. He ignored the growing feeling of dread and went deeper in. When he finally reached where the shouting was coming from, Yuugi had made sure that he was well hidden in the shadows so that he would not suprise anyone when he arrived unannounced.

Hiding beneath a broad old maple tree Yuugi peered over curiously. The shouting and noisey fighting sounds had stopped. Was it over? Yuugi hadn't thought he had taken that long, though he knew from experience that some fights only took seconds before they were over. Hopefully the outcome of what ever was going on wasn't to horrible.

In the dark it was difficult to make everything out, but what Yuugi could see chilled him to the bones faster than anything he had experienced before.

There were people lying in the snow, so still. Yuugi's eyes widened. He didn't have to be special in anyway to know that they were dead. There was this aura of death hanging all around them. Coupled with how still they lay, their faces bare against the snow. The wide unseeing eyes scared him the most.

And then, the unthinkable.

Someone started laughing.

As if these people's deaths were just insignificant. Something to be mocked and taunted.

Yuugi's fists clenched at his sides. How could anyone do such a thing? Tears formed at the corner of his eyes and Yuugi forced himself to stop trembling. There wasn't anything he could do for those people who lay so still against the snow.

A shrill scream followed by helpless sobbing echoed throughout the area and Yuugi's head snapped up. His eyes bolted themselves to where the cry had come from.

There, nearly completely hidden behind a weeping willow tree were five tall people who were dressed in long dark robes. Their faces were masked and their hoods drawn so that Yuugi could not identify any of them. They were circled around a young boy who had long black hair and silver daples on his haunches. The young lad looked petrified as the people circled around him jeering at him and moving suddenly to spook him more. They all had wands drawn, Yuugi noted. One of the dark robed persons muttered something and a jet of vicsious red light shot out from the end of his wand and ran along the boys arm. The boy screamed in pain as a long gash suddenly opened up along where the light had run.

Yuugi's breath caught in his throat. They were torturing him! He had to do something...

So he gathered up some snow in his hands and threw a snowball to distract them. Shouts echoed around as they dark robed people tried to figure out where it had come from. Finally one spoke out and made Yuugi move.

"Who ever did that best come out or this little foal here will die"

Yuugi mustered up his courage and lowered his voice a little and did his best impression of Yami.

"I would not do that if I were you" Yuugi stated in a much calmer tone than he felt. He stepped out from behind the tree and saw sneer's on the parts of the people's faces that weren't masked. They saw him, but that was it. They didn't look beyond the fact that he looked like a school boy.

The boy for his part looked right panic-stricken, and Yuugi's heart went out to him.

"Che, its just a kid!" One of the robed people sneered. Yuugi wrapped self confidence around himself and drew as tall as he could stand. He would have to do this carefully.

"Well, kids play games, yes? Lets play a game." Yuugi said as he moved forward. He had to get them away from the boy. The boys dark eyes and Yuugi's hardened purple met and the boy looked away. Hopefully the boy would play along with this and run when he had the chance.

"A game? Alright, we'll play a game. And then you'll die." A different person said, stepping out so that he was taking point for the small group. The boy's arm was held tight so that he couldn't escape.

"We don't have time for this. Just kill him, we'll finish this last one off and get out of here." The one holding the boy by his arm growled out. The boy made a whinied sort of paniced noise and tried to pull his still bleeding arm away from his dark robed captor.

"Your friend has commited all of you. You will play, or you will face the consequences." Yuugi explianed, while his mind raced to figure out a way to save the boy.

"Consequences? What could someone like you do to us? We are followers of the Dark Lord, we are not something to be trifled with!" One of the the others said, his wand drawn and pointed at Yuugi. Yuugi readied himself. They were going to try something, he wasn't expecting any less.

"Crucio!"

"Expelliarmus!"

"Imperio!"

"Petrifus Totalus!"

"Reducto!"

"I told you, there would be consquences." Yuugi said as he seemed to move out of the way of the spells almost effortlessly.

"What are you!" The Death Eater demanded as shadows from all around defied reason and leapt forward to drape themselves over Yuugi.

"I'm...complicated...(1)" Yuugi said as the shadows pulled him and everyone into their realm.

Screams of everyone but Yuugi echoed around the deep purple realm. Demands to know what was going on, where they were and what happened flew around loosely.

"You did this!" One Death Eater proclaimed, pointing at Yuugi.

"This is the Shadow Realm. And yes, I brought you here. I had warned you there would be consequences if you did not follow through with your word." Yuugi said, the hood helping to hide his nervousness and worried look. He was starting to feel weak, and he didn't know why. There was no reason for it. It felt like he had summoned his entire deck. Yuugi knew he had to make this quick, he was starting to feel faint.

"Release us boy or we will kill you!" The shortest Death Eater shouted threateningly.

From behind Yuugi, intimidating growls and the sounds of weapons being drawn made themselves known. Yuugi frowned and looked behind him. He nearly fell over when he saw what was behind him. Every monster in his deck was behind him, along with a couple magic and trap cards that had monsters or beings for forms. No woner he felt like he was going to pass out!

"What the hell is that thing!" A Death Eater screamed as red scales curled around Yuugi protectively.

Oh.

Yuugi's vision swam. What was Slifer doing here!

Slifer's head lowered so that it was beside Yuugi and opened its mouth and showed off its impressive amount of very sharp very pointy teeth. A deafening roar was let loose and what seemed like chaos ran free.

Everything blurred and Yuugi felt like he was falling. His fall stopped abruptly as he was caught in someone's arms. Yuugi's chest tightened as the world around him seemed like it was closing off slowly. A blue and red blur moved to stand in front of him and then a bright light filled his vision. He gasped as the light surrounded him and brought back a warmth that Yuugi hadn't realized was gone. His vision cleared and Yuugi could breath again.

Yuugi stood and smiled when he saw Dian Keto the Cure Master in front of him. He turned and saw that it was the Celtic Guardian who had caught him. Yuugi offered him a shy thankful smile which the elven Guardian returned. A frightened yelp drew Yuugi's attention back to where the Death Eater and the boy had been standing.

The Death Eaters were but in there place was what looked like a very pleased Feral Imp and Kuriboh. Kuriboh was currently floating innocently (or not so innocently if you know what he does) by the boy who was thankfully unharmed save for the long gash on his arm.

"Kuriboh!" Yuugi called, trying to get Kuriboh to leave the boy alone. There was no luck, Kuriboh was fascinated and was leaving. Yuugi let out an exasperated sigh and moved so that he was standing next to the boy and Kuriboh. The boy looked at him fearfully and Yuugi had to hold back a flinch. He hadn't meant for his monsters to attack the men the way they did. "Are you okay?" Yuugi asked as stood there, trying to get the Kuriboh to back off. He petted all along its sides making it purr.

"I'll be okay..." The boy murmured, his eyes wide as he watched the strange person in front of him pet a creature that he had seen eat a grown human!

"Come on, follow me. We'll get outta here. I don't think I can last to much longer..." Yuugi said, smiling slightly to try and show the boy that he meant no harm.

"Okay..." The boy said, clearly nervous as he back away from Kuriboh and moved his arm carefully and gingerly.

"My name's Yuugi." Yuugi offered, trying to break the tension that was clinging so desperately to them. He pulled his hood down as he concentrated on leaving the Shadow Realm. His head pounded as a headache formed. He had really over done it. The shadows slipped away, pulling back they seemed to almost caress Yuugi before they completely pulled away.

"I'm called BlackSilver...but I was supposed to get a new name tonight, as part of my coming of age ceremony..." BlackSilver said, trying not to stare at the strange human who was walking with him. They were in an unfamiliar part of the Forbidden Forest and BlackSilver didn't know where they were.

"Ah...Do you know where we are? I'm not from around here..." Yuugi explained as they walked together.

"I've never been in this part of the forest before. The Elders don't allow the foals to wander around." BlackSilver said, his eyes sharp and watching, trying to catch a familiar part of the forest.

"Do all of you live in the Forest?" Yuugi asked, suprised. He didn't think the forest was big enough. It must be bigger than he thought to allow so many to live in it.

"Yah, the forest goes on past the mountains." BlackSilver said, jumping over a raised root. He ended up having to pause a moment and wait for Yuugi to climb over it.

"Mountains...Maaa..this place is huge! They don't have anything like this where I come from." Yuugi said, glad that he and BlackSilver were talking at least instead of just being quiet and staring at each other. It was nice to have someone other than Snape to talk to. Dumbledor came by occasionaly to visit, but it was never for long and always very infrequent. Thinking about what he didn't have lead him to think of Yami.

"Really? I can't imagine not having all this!" BlackSilver said with a chuckle as he swept his arm around him. He was focused on his surroundings so he didn't notice when Yuugi got a sad and distant look on his face.

"BlackSilver? Why were they doing that?" Yuugi asked, his voice sombre as he went with a darker, saddening topic.

"Because they can. They're bad people and they like hurting people. They're sick." BlackSilver said with a shudder. He wrapped his uninjured arm around himself as he thought back to his fallen herd members.

"I'm sorry." Yuugi whispered and didn't speak after that. The two of them walked in an uncomfortable silence for some time. It was in that sometime later that Yuugi realized one thing. It was much lighter outside then whenhe left. Like sunlight in the morning type of light.

There was only one thing on his mind after he realized that.

Snape was going to be furious.

(1)This is a comment (one that I simply adore) from one Mr. Dorian Gray from the movie League of Extraordinary Gentleman. It's a great scene.