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Chapter 6

-:Mystic Box:-

Select 1 monster on each side of the field. Destroy the selected opponent's monster and shift control of your selected monster to your opponent.

Yami woke up late the next morning. He still wasn't use to waking up at all, after all this would only be the second day of his having his own body. Sitting up on the sofa that doubled as his bed Yami yawned and stretched himself out a bit, sinewy muscles warming up after so long a stint of immobility. Somewhere behind him a stair creaked. Someone was coming down.

"Morning!" The person said cheerily. It was Yugi. Yami was about to reply with a greeting when suddenly he shuddered, a gust of cold air tickling him. Was there a window open? Pulling on a jacket from where he had slung it over the sofa the night before Yami dismissed the sensation and walked into the kitchen where Yugi was enthusiastically making toast. Another cold chill ran over him as he entered the room, but a second later it was gone. For a moment something tugged at him from the back of his mind, but he ignored it. It was just a breeze from one of the windows. Instincts were for duelling, and why would he get such a feeling of unease around Yugi of all people anyway?

"Morning Yugi!" The Pharaoh greeted his friend, injecting more confidence than he felt into the words. "Since you seem to be enjoying your time with the toaster so much could you put two pieces in for me?"

"Sure." Yugi smiled and then paused, "Brown or white?" He asked, his hand hovering over the loaves in the bread bin next to the toaster, a smile on his boyish features. Yami frowned and slowly doubt crept into his mind. Why would Yugi ask if he already knew which type of bread Yami liked?

"Brown…the same as you…" Yami replied slightly suspiciously. For a moment Yugi's new, emerald orbs flashed dangerously, but a split second later the emotion was gone, as if it had never been there at all.

"Oh, yeah, sorry!" Yugi laughed, "I just thought, now that you've got your own body you might want to try new things you know? You don't have to carry on doing things the way I would!" Yugi smiled brightly then turned his back to the Pharaoh to pop two pieces of brown bread into the toaster. Yami shrugged, Yugi had a good point, perhaps he should try new things. Luckily Yami was not in a position to see Yugi's face whilst the hikari watched over the toaster. He looked positively murderous, his eyes glinting dangerously and slightly glazed over. Somewhere inside Yugi's head someone was paying dearly for the close call that they had just suffered with Yami, and it certainly wasn't Ieb.

By the time Yami and Yugi were both up and dressed the clock was striking ten and grandpa wasn't best pleased. Especially since they were meant to be helping out in the shop since Sunday was the busiest day of the week for the game store.

"Come on!" Grandpa Moto urged as Yugi and Yami walked, chatting, through the back door. "If you want to be a help you can stop slacking and do something useful, like unpack those boxes for me!" The rant was about to continue when a customer showed up. Instead of carrying on Solomon simply shot Yugi 'the look' and then turned to smile at the two boys that had just entered as if he had been that carefree all morning. Yugi nodded silently to Yami and they took the boxes through the back room in two trips.

"These must be traded cards!" Yugi smiled excitedly as he popped open one of the boxes.

"I wonder how grandpa got all of these…" Yami mused as he opened another box and began taking out the cards. "Tornado wall, Maryokutai, Mask of Restrict, Harpie Lady, Eagle Eye, Ansatsu…" Yami smiled a rare smile of excitement. "Do you think grandpa will let us trade?" Yugi nodded vigorously, as he looked over some of the cards himself.

"He may even let us have a few for nothing if we work hard!" Yami beamed broadly at that. If it was even a possibility that they would get free choice of the boxes Yami was willing to take it. In fact he was so engrossed in the cards that he didn't notice the slightly unhinged look on Yugi's face as the boy looked over the cards. Though each had a different motive for working hard, one considerably more Machiavellian than the other, work hard they did. Afterward Grandpa would describe the act of their unpacking as 'positively ferocious'. Yugi smiled at that, a cold, heartless smile. The old man had no idea just how ferocious he could be, but Yami would find out soon enough.

After the unpacking, Grandpa had let the pair have two cards each free for their hard work. Both had been thrilled, busily consulting each other on which they should each pick. With a long morning's work over, the time for lunch was rolling in and with permission from grandpa it was decided that going out for lunch would be a fun idea. Burgers being Yugi favourite food, they decided that Burger World would be the obvious choice, and half an hour later, both of them were half way through a delicious lunch.

"Yami?" Yugi asked, licking ketchup from his lips.

"Yes aibou?" Yami asked with a smile.

"Have you got our deck with you?" The question threw the spirit a bit but he nodded anyway, "As always."

"Can I have a look?" Yami put down his burger and raised an eyebrow a little. Why did Yugi want to look at the deck? They both knew that he knew every card in it off by heart and had memorised each of their statistics and special abilities. What could he possibly want to study them for?
"O…of course." The Pharaoh took the deck from his pocket and laid it face down on the table in front of them. Yugi carefully took it in his hands and thumbed through the cards with a look of someone focussing heavily. Yami's suspicion increased a touch but he said nothing about it. Then he remembered that afternoon, in Yugi's bedroom with the hand and Yugi talking to himself. What had he said?

Flashback

Yugi was stacking the cards back up with one hand, but the other hand was repeatedly removing cards from it and Yugi seemed…annoyed at this.

"Stop it." He muttered to himself, moving to sit on the hand that was removing cards from the pile. "I've got to put them away, you've seen enough. Yami and I share these cards and he might need them. I can't keep looking through them all day."

Flashback

Yami's eyes widened slightly as he remembered the scene. It was almost as if Yugi had been talking to him like when he had been a spirit…but Yugi knew that he had his own body now. Raising his head he watched closely as Yugi mentally devoured the cards, sucking up all of their information. Yami decided to test the water, Yugi didn't seem himself after all and as Yugi's yami it was his job to protect the youth and make sure he was ok.

"Yugi?" Yami asked quietly. Yugi's head shot up, annoyance glistening in his now emerald eyes. For a moment the Pharaoh was a little taken back the hostility that glowed there, but after a moment the look was gone. That seemed to be happening a lot lately. "Yugi, I was wondering if we could discuss strategy together." Yugi's eyes lit up and he nodded vigorously.

"Yes, alright, lets do that! Which do you want to talk about?" Yami smiled slyly, if Yugi was in his right mind he would know the answer to this question. If he didn't it would be time to start worrying on a serious level.

"You know when we duelled Pegasus, all those year ago?" Yugi nodded keenly, "And we mind shuffled to avoid the millennium eye?" Yugi nodded again, with even more vigour, his eyes were glowing now, though if Yami hadn't known better he would have said that they were glowing with…greed? "What was the last card that you played, you know, the face down? I forget you see and that was a wonderful strategy, it would be a shame to forget it." Yugi's face changed just for a moment to a look of anger, but a moment later the look was gone.

"I…" Yugi began and Yami's eyes narrowed. Yugi would remember this, he put all of his life energy into playing that card before the shadow realm took its toll on him. "I'm not sure I remember, it was a long time ago." Yugi shrugged and smiled sweetly, "We've duelled a lot of people since then." Yami growled in his throat somewhere.

"Fine." He replied, trying to keep his cool. "Yugi, can I show you something? I got this really rare card from grandpa's trades and I know you'll be able to keep it a secret." Yugi nodded, a sort of hunger shimmering in his emerald orbs. Yami stood, lunch forgotten, and walked out of the fast food restaurant, Yugi in-tow.

Yami knew now that something was wrong. Yugi had never been greedy in his entire life. He had always looked out for others and been happy with what he had around him. But that look in his friend's eyes had been unmistakable. Burning desire for power, material possessions. In Yugi the look ad been unnerving and unnatural, Yami had picked it up straight away, like a beacon in the darkness. He knew Yugi well enough to know his faults and he knew that this was not one of them. Something was horribly wrong and he was going to find out what it was. No matter what it took.

Reviewer's Section:

Yami Yuugi: Don't we all feel sorry for poor old Yugi eh? Oh well, it only gets worse before it gets better! Thanks for reviewing again and I hope you continue to enjoy the story! Thanks for answering the questions by the way, it looks like you'll be getting your way!

Yimi Makuya: Thanks for the compliment! I am glad you're enjoying the story and I hope that you continue to in the future!

Cactus Bob: Lol, thanks for the favourite! And yes...Yugi is evil! For now anyways!

frogger666: Another "Crazy Yugi" fan hmm? Well, don't worry Ieb's true nature will be revealed very soon indeed!

Coco Gash Niccals: Steals one of Yugi's sugar cookies, pushing him into a cupboard when he starts to complain I like cookies! Thanks for the review!

Yami Val: I hope the move goes smoothly...or at least as smoothly as moving can go! ; I'm glad you liked the chapters! Unfortunately it doesn't look like I'll be writting out the duels, but I hope you carry on reading all the same!

Pyscho Kage Suma: I'm glad you like green-eyed-boy Yugi, and don't worry about not reviewing sooner, the only thing that matters is that you reviewed at all right! Thanks for your input and I hope you like the rest of the story!

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