Author's Note: Meep! Once again I'm slow on my updates/cringe/ I promise I'm trying! Not succseeding but trying! In the case that it makes you feel better, chapter 14 is a MONSTER its about three times the length of a normal chapter! So perhaps you'll forgive me...? Anyway, moving on, it has been brought to my attention (thanks by the way!) that part of the last chapter was factually incorrect. I appologise for that, but unfortunately (being technologically ignorant!) I don't know how to change it! If you know how I can do this (without loosing the reviews) please contact me via review and I'll change it!

Talking of errors, BEWARE in this chapter tehre could be many! I have never duelled before and I've never even held a duel monster card before so this duel could be rather messed up. If it is please just bear with me, if I can I'll correct it, but as I said previously, I don't actually know how... /sweat drop/ Anywho, on with the show! I won't set a review limit for this as I've been very bad with them recently, so err please be patient with me! Thanks!

Chapter 11

-:Change of Heart:-

Select and control 1 opposing monster on the field until the end of your turn.

Yami frowned and wiped a drop of sweat from his forehead. The game had been raging for what seemed like forever, and the more life points the Pharaoh lost the more the effects took their toll on him. Ieb was a harder opponent to beat than he had thought he would be. Through out the whole game Ieb had skilfully escaped Yami's biggest attack strategies and come away with relatively little damage. As the stakes stood at the time Ieb was down to 500 life points and Yami was at 700. Ieb held three cards in his hand and Yami held five thanks to 'pot of greed'. Although Ieb had shown himself to be a talented duellist Yami was still convinced that he had the upper hand, after all his strategy was flawless and he never, ever lost.

"I play three cards face down!" Yami yelled to his opponent. "And that ends my turn!"

"On the run are we Pharaoh?" Ieb asked smoothly from opposite. As it stood the spirit impostor had three monsters on the field, a spell-blocking card in play and two facedowns. Yami now had three face-downs and had recalled his last monster, celtic guardian, in his last turn. It was a perfect picture of each spirit's workings. One was overwhelming his opponent with power and the other was relying on strategy.

"I never give up Ieb!" Yami roared back.

"Good." Ieb gave a cruel smile, distorting Yugi's face horribly. "After all, you know what running away from your problems does to you…" The smile on Ieb's face increased and Yami felt dread drip down his spine in a cold river. "I know you knew I was in Yugi's body Pharaoh. You were suspicious but were too much of a coward to tackle little Yugi over the problem. Now you're too late and look what has happened!" Ieb gestured to the fluctuating shadows around them and laughed. "You never learn do you? Always too slow, always one step behind what is really going on. Just as you were all those years ago Pharaoh, never able to truly see what was happening around you! Blinded by your own self-importance! You haven't changed one bit." Yami felt his blood pressure rise, but rather than retaliate he bit his tongue and halved the acid in his reply.

"Just stop your games and take your turn!" He yelled, "I don't know what I did to you! So you can't play your mind tricks on me!"

"Oh…" Ieb smiled again coldly and his eyes flashed like knives in sunlight. "Can't I?" Closing his eyes the smile disappeared from Ieb's face and he seemed to concentrate for a moment. The bottom dropped out of Yami's stomach and suddenly his mouth was dry. Ieb wouldn't…it would be madness…spiteful, malicious madness…but then again that was a description that fitted his adversary perfectly.

Yugi stared at the wall. It had taken him hours and hours but now it was complete. His last stand. A shrine to hope and to friendship, so that he would not forget that he was never alone. On the wall of Yugi's soul room was a large mural that almost covered one whole side of the room. It was a picture of Yugi with all of the people that he loved most. There was Joey, Tristan, Tea, his parents, his Grandpa and then finally Yami with a shimmering copy of the millennium puzzle. Yugi had never been much of an artist but with a little help from his memory and some soul searching he had managed to will an almost perfect likeness of his friends and family onto the wall. They were all he had now and just their likenesses had pulled him back from the brink. Inside of his room there was no sense of time. There was no sunlight or darkness, and his watch had stopped as soon as he had entered. Consequently in Yugi's mind he could have been there any time between three days and three decades. Ieb was running about in his body killing people and there was nothing he could do. Perhaps he had killed Yami already. His hands were still stained with the blood of Kazuomi. He would never forgive himself for that, even though technically it hadn't been him at all. But guilt wasn't the only thing affecting Yugi. He had taken up talking to himself again, he would scream angrily at himself sometimes, about how stupid and weak he was. Then he would cry about the things he had said about himself and if he was lucky he would find it in him to comfort himself too, but only if he was feeling merciful. When he wasn't doing that he would sit with his knees to his chest and rock back and forth, submerged in his own thoughts, thinking of Yami, of Grandpa, of Joey and his other friends. He would think about all of the times they had spent together and the adventures they had shared. Solitary confinement did not suit Yugi, and eventually he became so wrapped up in his own world that he began to forget everything else. So when a racing, stabbing pain ran through his head he had not been expecting it at all. Crying out Yugi dropped onto his side in the foetal position clutching at his skull. It was when the words came that he understood his agony,

"Come out Yugi." A voice said from the door of his soul room. "It's time to put you to some use." Yugi shakily sat up, the pain in his head dissipating. Since Ieb had taken over Yugi's body his power had been growing. Now there was so much darkness in the spirit that the light could hardly stand to be in his presence. Yami had been dark, but at least he had controlled that side of himself. Ieb saw no reason to extend such courtesies and left his darkness unleashed, making it the source of Yugi's pain.

"W…why…?" Yugi asked as he slowly pulled himself into a kneeling position. His head throbbed and he felt sick even being inside the same room as the spirit, but he was getting used to the sensation over time.

"I said already!" Ieb roared angrily, the dark aura flaring around him and sending bolts of agony through Yugi's chest. "I have use for you. Don't you want to see Yami?" At that name Yugi's head shot up and he glared at Ieb.

"What have you done to him?" Yugi yelled angrily. Ieb simply laughed.

"Why don't you find out?" In a split second Yugi's green eyed duplicate sprang across the room, his hand wrapping around Yugi's arm and pulling him out of his soul room and upwards, to reality. The contact was unbearable, and even as the light raced toward Yugi to signify his taking control of the body, a scream ripped itself from his throat and his eyes rolled backward into his head, the pain and confusion proving too much for his weakened soul.

Yami almost fell over backwards when Ieb's eyes finally opened. Suddenly from no-where a scream rang about the two duellists. Yami's blood ran cold. He knew that voice and he knew that sort of scream. That was the scream of someone in complete and utter agony. A second later the figure opposite the Pharaoh slipped to his knees and then fell straight forward onto his face.

"Ieb?" Yami yelled to the opposition, suspicion rising inside of him. There was no answer. His fear for Yugi forced him forward and slowly Yami made his way across to the figure, stopping about a meter away from it. "Ieb, you know I won't fall for this. We are in the middle of a duel!" Again there was no reply and Yami's heart sank. The Pharaoh moved over and then carefully rolled the figure onto his back, aware that any moment Ieb could pull something on him. However what he saw confirmed his greatest fear. The person's eyes were wide open and more shockingly, amethyst.

Yami felt his heart stop in his chest. There Yugi was lying right in front of him, yet he couldn't even move. His aibou looked awful, pale and cold, as if he could almost be dead. Humans weren't meant to reside in the shadow realm, and as the seconds ticked by that was becoming more and more obvious. Yugi had to wake up, and Yami had to force Ieb back into control before it was too late.

"Yugi!" Yami yelled, finally getting hold of his senses. "Yugi, wake up!" Kneeling down next to his light's body he shook it roughly. The blank look on his friend's face only made the Pharaoh shake him harder. "Aibou, please! You can't stay here, you have to force Ieb back into control!" Slowly Yugi's lavender eyes slowly seemed to gain a warmth that had been missing from them, and he began to blink again..

"Yami?" His hushed voice asked.

"Yugi please…" Yami begged, his eyes glazed with tears that threatened to fall. "Please Yugi, before its too late!" Yugi looked confused, as if he didn't really understand and it was that look that made it all clear to Yami in a flash. Ieb couldn't kill his host, so he wouldn't let Yugi die. The spirit was having him on, watching him rise to it. He was going to threaten Yugi to get to him, to make him loose. Yami let go of Yugi as if he'd been burned. "I see." The Pharaoh said quietly, standing and walking back to where he had been before, leaving Yugi on the floor.

"Yami?" Yugi asked quietly, pulling himself weakly to his knees.

"I won't rise to this Ieb!" Yami yelled in as neutral a tone as he could manage. "So you may as well stop it now!" Nothing happened and Yugi seemed to get a shade paler. Yami's heart ached when he looked at Yugi but he had to force Ieb back into control to save Yugi's life. "Yugi!" He said at last. In his mind the answer, finally, was obvious. "Yugi you must play Ieb's turn and you must loose!"

Reviwer's Section:

Masami Mistress of Fire: Hmm...I'll have to check to see if I have you on alert...anywho, yes poor Yugi! Sadly he's about to get 'poorer' as it were, very shortly! Yami'll save him though! I think...! Oh and update your story soon or I'll set Ieb on you lol!

Cactus Bob: Oops! Sorry! Yes, you did review last chapter but you reviewed on the first chapter for the last /winces/ when I write this I always set the review filter to the lastest chapter, so I missed you out! Sorry! As to Yugi's trauma you wait 'til I step it up a few gears lol. Don't worry, I'm sure he'll get over it eventually... /shifty glances/ As regards german potato salad... /drools/ Yum! So I'm not the only person who eats weird food combos! I'm so happy lol!

cheekyeyes: That would have been a good plot twist! But no, that isn't it. You aren't miles off though! I'm glad you arn't too sore about my current update speed though! Thanks, alliviates some of the guilt lol!

gowb: /hugs a cliffie/ lol I like 'em! Makes me feel ebil! As to how soon the story is going to end...I'd say about er...7 chapters? Maybe less, maybe more...! I've already written up to chapter 15 so there are at least that many! Now then...sequels...for now I'll say that it doesn't look likely...but don't rule it out completely! Lastly, yes, I am evil to Yugi! But it is because its because I love him so much!...or...err...something like that lol

Coco Gash Niccals: /waves goodbye to Ieb, Yugi and Yami/ Bye boys! Have fun! Don't forget to eat your sandwiches at lunchtime! Oh, and don't go to bed late/Looks at Gash who is on the floor somewhere near her feet/ Guess its just you and me then... /Gash is silent/ Gash/more silence/ Oh forget it... /grabs a spoon and metal strainer/ hey guys! Wait for me!

Yimi Makuya: Yay! I'm glad you like it! Just sorry it took so long for me to put this chapter up/Dies/ oh well, hope you liked this one too!

Yami Yuugi: /sqeezes/ yay! Episodes and a compliment to boot/puts Yami Yuugi at the top of the class/ lol. If you can't do youtube try veoh, I could probably grab em off there...but it is up to you, however you want to do it is ok with me! Oh, I'm glad you like the characterisation by the way! And...I am envied/blushes/ I feel special lol! Perhaps when this fic is done we could do a fic trade? I'll even let you come up with the requirements! P.S I hope you liked the plot bunny/Pets Lafayette who growls back in a rather un-bunnyish sort of way/

Psycho Kage Suma: I'm glad you like it and carry on reading!

UltimateAngstQueen: In the case that you havent' read the author's note I suggest you do so /wink/ but I'll kinda semi repeat myself as well! Thanks for pointing that out for me! I always like to be as factually correct as I can be so pointing that out was usefull! However, I don't actually know how to change it without loosing my reviews for that chapter.../cringe/ if you know how I'd love it if you let me know! In the meantime I hope you are enjoying the story nd carry on reading!

Dragonlady222: You'll have to wait and find out won't you! I'm glad you like the story and thanks for reviewing!

Thanks again to all of those who reviewed and sorry about being late...again...I hate school..

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