Yes, Yugi is dueling Panik, especially since I have way too many duels for Atem needing to do. I figured it was fair for Yugi to duel Panik. Besides, that guy is of the darkness and Yugi's of the light, which defeats darkness. So yeah, do the math. As for Seto, he's gonna be facing Pegasus. I'm still trying to figure out how to handle the duel with Seto and Atem. I'm sure I'll come up with something. Review please!
Mai was speechless. She had just heard the very monster that took her eight star chips that Atem had some sort of other person inside him. She was confused, VERY confused. Though, Atem did seem different from before. He seemed childlike, as if he held innocents. Mai turned to Tea who was eying at Yugi and Panik.
"Can you tell me what the hell Panik is talking about?" Mai asked.
"This is probably far fetch, but... Atem shares a body with a spirit named Yugi. I don't know how else to explain it," Tea replied.
"Then allow me to answer for you," Ryan said in a glaring manner. "What the bitch is trying to say is that Atem has a brother who lives inside him... or one like his brother. Yugi is technically over 3000 years old. He's borrowing Atem's body since he doesn't have one of his own. I also have someone to share my body with, but... I can't really use it at this moment for... obvious reasons."
"Uh-huh," Mai replied in a grim look while nodding her head. "So Atem has like a double personality thing?"
"I wouldn't call it that," Ryan smirked. "Double personality disorder is when you create your other part of yourself and turn it into its own person. Yugi once had his own life, his own body, and everything. He existed before Atem. Atem never created Yugi and the same can go vice versa."
"Sounds like a bunch of bullshit to me," Mai replied with a narrowed look.
"I would've thought to same, to be truthful," Ryan smirked with a dark chuckle. He turned his head and looked over toward Yugi's direction. "Though, when you see the supernatural, you learn that anything is possible. Heck, Yugi barged into my brother's soul room. I get the feeling we're about to face more supernatural, just like we did with that Ventriloquist guy."
Yugi and Panik entered inside the Duel Box with confidence. Yugi was infuriated that this man dared to hurt his friends in this sort of manner. Still, he needed to know why Pegasus would hire anyone to eliminate players when he was the one creating the tournament in the first place. In fact, he seemed too cocky about his millennium eye to want to eliminate curtain players that were too good.
Yugi eyed at Panik with piercing eyes and asked, "so, why is Pegasus hiring someone to interfere the game? I understand the duelists win star chips from each other."
"You know the rules right? Whoever collects 10 star chips, can advance to the castle in the final round, but only four can enter the castle. You're good with math right? How many duelists can you predict will have 10 star chips if there are forty duelists with two star chips each?"
"Two star chips per duelists, who are forty. That makes 80 star chips, so if there were duelists each with 10 star chips, that would make... eight players with 10 star chips," Yugi replied as he gasped quietly while looking up at Panik. Anger rose in the young duelist. "You're trying to get rid of the other forty star chips!"
"That's the idea!" Panik grinned manically.
"YOU ROTTON CHEAT! NOT ONLY WILL I GET BACK MAI'S STAR CHIPS, BUT I'M GIVING YOU A GOOD TIMEOUT! YOUR A BULLY AND A THEIF! I'LL BEAT YOU WITH MY LIFE!" Yugi promised. He pressed a button on his Duelist Glove to release the star chips from his glove. That counted eight star chips. "I'll bet my eight star chips for Mai's eight star chips. That should be enough. Of course, this will also be a shadow game, so the loser gets a timeout!"
"Pegasus told me about your little timeouts. A person with a millennium item can prevent themselves from a Penalty Game, if they lose. So... to make the stakes even..." Panik smirked as he sprung out a wired rope from one of his duel gloves that had twenty crests instead of ten and it lassoed around Yugi's neck tightly. Tea, out of reflects, ran to the Duel Box.
"YUGI!" Tea cried with fear in her heart as Panik laughed evilly.
"There are duelists who flee from us Player Killers, so we use this wire to keep them from escaping our duel. If I win, instead of a penalty game, I'll choke ya to death!" Panik explained before laughing so evilly and maniacally.
"Fine..." Yugi replied in a choking voice, trying to move to a possition to where the rope wasn't so tight that he couldn't speak. "If... you win... ka... you can have my head."
"Yugi!" Atem cried with panic in his eyes. "Hold on! I know you can do this!"
Panik and Yugi drew five cards. The girls watched anxiously as they prayed for Yugi to win, so he wouldn't choke to death. This literally was a life or death game, whether Yugi was playing a shadow game or not. The others were watching too. Joey seemed fearful about his friend, especially Hanaski.
"I heard you were popular, you already got your little fan club to cheer for you, but I have the darkness! I will make sure you're eliminated as the darkness overlaps you and takes whatever you possess!" Panik smirked with a dark chuckle. He drew his first card. "I play Castle of Dark Illusions!"
Darkness had filled Panik's half of the field. Mai gasped as a small castle stood above the game board and darkness devoured all of Panik's field, including Panik himself. Yugi glared boldly, knowing Panik was only doing this to hide himself in the darkness. This was probably how he beat Mai and stole her star chips. Darkness can scare anyone, it can also be used to hide in fear.
Panik laughed evilly and darkly in the dark as Yugi glared at the man hidden in the darkness. Panik smirked, "You cannot escape the darkness! It surrounds you! I can sense your fear, Yugi!"
"Look out! This was what Panik used to defeat my Harpies!" Mai warned Yugi.
"It's too bad, Yugi! Your monsters won't get a field power bonus from all this darkness, but all my monsters will gain infinite strength," Panik smirked.
"I have dark monsters too, you know," Yugi said cock-eyed. "Like Dark Magician is a dark-type..."
"SHUT THE F*** UP!"
"I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in defense mode!" Yugi declared. He knew he had play defensively since he couldn't see what Panik was planning.
"Then I'll summon this monster," Panik said, summoning a monster, to which Yugi couldn't see. He had a feeling this would happen with the amount of darkness that surrounded the area. "Now, I'll attack your Celtic Guardian!"
The darkness engulfed Celtic Guardian and he was wiped out from the field. Yugi narrowed his eyebrows as he watched his monster being devoured and wiped from the field. Panik laughed so manically and evilly in the midst of the darkness that engulfed his field.
"You see? You can't escaped the darkness! It surrounds your every corner and follows you wherever you go!" Panik smirked widely.
"Well, my brother represents darkness, so I guess you prove a good point," Yugi shrugged before drawing his next card. "I play Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress in defense mode!"
"Hm," Panik smirked, showing his teeth. "Instead of attacking, I'll summon another monster. Helpless when blind. I can sense your fear. My predators are waiting to bite your every bone and flesh."
"Ok... gross," Tea cringed.
"I'll shed some light then," Yugi said with his smile. "My Winged Dragon will attack!"
Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress attacked with fireballs and caught two monsters on the field. Though, it was only for a mere second before the light vanished into complete darkness. Panik laughed mockingly.
"You can shed some light for a mere second before it vanishes into complete darkness! Face it, Yugi! You're helpless on the field!" Panik smirked with a maniacal laugh. "Now the darkness shall devour your Winged Dragon!" The darkness engulfed Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress and he was devoured from the field. Yugi's life points stooped down to 1600. Panik laughed loudly and more maniacally than before. "I live in the darkness, Yugi! It is my home! As long as there's darkness, I'M INVINCIBLE!"
Yugi giggled in reply. He couldn't believe this guy called himself a duelist. All he was, was about darkness. He was hiding his face and his monsters to keep other players from knowing when they were to be attacked. At least Atem fought man to man when fighting, but this guy seemed to use darkness as a cover. Not only was he a bully, he was a coward. Even Joey would have to agree.
Panik seemed awestruck about Yugi's giggle. He couldn't understand as Yugi smirked, "you maybe happy now, but I doubt if you're gonna like being in the dark forever. It's too bad that darkness covers your ugly face, I'd like to see it when I kick your butt."
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?" Panik yelled questionably with narrowed eyes.
"It's simple, I found a way to beat you!" Yugi smirked as he took a card from his hand. "This card is my key to victory. In five turns, you'll find yourself in a world of hell!" Panik seemed disturbed and panicked, literally. Yugi smirked at this. Just like he thought, Panik was nothing but a coward. "I hope you're ready, because I'll show you what true darkness really is!"
"TRUE DARKNESS! HA! Don't make me laugh! As long as my Castle of Dark Illusions hangs over my side of the field, you can't attack my monsters! In other words, I CAN'T LOSE! You should consider the situation before opening your big mouth," Panik smirked with a dark chuckle.
"You call this darkness!" Yugi mocked, laughing in the process. "You should see my brother's room. It's filled with pure darkness. The type you've never seen or want to see!" Tea was surprised that she was hearing Yugi mock at all. He rarely did this sort of act. "At least you're not giving up after being told that you'll lose. No true duelist does, so at least you have some shed of pride. For that, I'll show you the card I'll use." Panik's eyes widened in shock as Yugi turned the card around to show the Swords of Revealing Light. "Presto! This card has the power to block enemy attacks for three turns. It also has another effect. When on the field, all the face-down monsters are forced to turn face-up. In other words, I'll be able to see the monsters you're hiding and they'll be too weak to attack. With this card, I'll destroy your monsters!"
"WHAT?"
"In five turns, you're dead!" Yugi smirked before realizing it was his turn. "I'll play Curse of Dragon in defense mode." Curse of Dragon appeared in a defensive position as Yugi showed a deeper smirk. "By the way, I'll place this next card face-down." He placed a card from his hand face-down on his Spell and Trap Card Zone. "... and end my turn. Four more turns."
Panik glared in anger and hatred. He knew that face-down card was Swords of Revealing Light. He had to get ride of it, so this kid would stop making a fool out of him. There was no way he was going to be beaten by a little fifteen-year-old brat who believed he could beat him in four turns. How dare he think that? This was unacceptable!
Tea seemed confused. Not only by Yugi's mockery of this guy, but also by him showing his trump card. Wasn't it a duelist's rule to keep their trump card a secret? She didn't know much about Duel Monsters, so Tea was clueless. She turned to Mai, maybe she knew!
"Mai, is it alright for Yugi to show his cards like that?" Tea asked.
Mai shrugged while crossing her arms, replying, "It's not against the rules. I think he's planning on using another weapon other than the cards."
"What do you mean?"
"You know how the field is covered by Panik's darkness?" Mai asked as Tea nodded. "As long as he hides in that darkness, At... I mean Yugi can't attack or see him, but there is one thing that can get through that darkness, his voice."
"You mean that's why Yugi's insulting Panik? He's using his words as a weapon?"
"That's the idea!"
Panik drew his next card and showed smirking lips. They turned into laughter as Yugi narrowed his eyebrows and waited for Panik's response and reasoning.
"IDIOT! I've never seen a duelist stupid enough to show me his strategy, let alone his trump card! Now it shall go to the grave!" Panik declared as he summoned out Reaper of the Cards. Yugi gasped as Reaper of the Cards flew over to Yugi's field and cut it up with its scythe as everyone else gasped.
"YUGI!" Hanaski cried aloud as Panik laughed maniacally before realizing that after the Reaper of the Cards cut the card in half, a hexagram circle surrounded the monster. Yugi gawked up laughing, along with his brother.
"Sucker!" Atem smirked.
"YOU... WHA... WHAT JUST..." Panik yelled with a furious glare and awestruck.
"I never said that the Swords of Revealing Light was my face-down card. I only said it was my key to victory," Yugi replied, still gawking up in laughter. "Man, I really got ya! That card was actually Spellbinding Circle. Your monster is caught by it." After getting over his laughter. Yugi finally said, "when playing a trap or spell card, I knew I had to watch out for Reaper of the Cards. Now that its caught in my trap, I can play all the spells and traps I want! Sorry your turn was a waste!"
"YOU LITTLE BITCH!"
"Now, I'll play this on the board," Yugi declared, showing the card Swords of Revealing Light, as he placed it face-down on the field. Panik was extremely annoyed by this kid. "I'll also play one more spell card face-down." Panik seemed rather annoyed, but also fearsome. Yugi could feel the fear of Panik as a half smirk developed on his lips. He chuckled darkly and asked, "can you see it, the rope around your neck?"
"FOOL! It's you that'll be hanging by the throat! You're the one with the rope around your neck, NOT ME!"
"Don't you realize that you're climbing the steps to the gallows... in the darkness?" Yugi asked in a more dark tented voice. Though, he was of the light, the millennium puzzle was filled with enough darkness to show true darkness to anybody. Those violet eyes seemed darker than their normal color to the panicked Panik. "one step per turn." Yugi's voice sounding deviously dark. Yugi finished in a darker tone, "three turns left."
Panik felt the tugging of something wrapped around his neck as he was slowly climbing up the steps. He gasped before realizing he was still by the game board. That illusion, it felt so REAL! It felt as if Panik was really climbing up to the gallows. Yugi chuckled darkly with a childish smirk that could almost be mistaken for the smirk of the devil.
"Darkness can throw its fears back at you. Fear that swallows the weak... like you," Yugi smirked deviously in a darker tone.
"LISTEN KID! THE... THE NEXT TIME YOU OPEN YOUR F***ING MOUTH! I'M CUTTING OF YOUR F***ING HEAD AND SENDING YOU STRAIGHT TO HELL!" Panik yelled fearfully, mostly of the darkness surrounding Yugi.
Yugi chuckled darkly before winking, "it's your turn."
Panik drew his next card, shaking in fear. Yugi was enjoying torturing Panik like that. He was so scared, he was shaking! Yugi folded his arms with narrowed eyes as he watched Panik draw his next card. He stared at it, and than laughed so maniacally and with cockiness to it. Yugi had a hunch on what kind of card it was, especially since he knew Panik was the defensive type.
"YES!" Panik shouted triumphantly. He slammed the card in his hand down. "I SUMMON KING OF YAMIMAKAI! " King of Yamimakai appeared tall and strong. In the dark, Yugi couldn't see the hologram, but knew its attack was incredibly strong. Panik was laughing with the thought of victory. "THIS IS THE CARD THAT WILL SEND YOU TO STRAIGHT TO HELL! Soon, it'll be over! You won't even get to play your trump card! KING OF YAMIMAKAI! DESTROY YUGI'S DRAGON!"
King of Yamimakai leaped up in the air and shot a huge blast toward Curse of Dragon. Though, before the blast could get to the dragon, Reaper of the Cards with Spellbinding Circle, still intact, stood in front of the dragon and took the blast. Panik gasped in pure horror as Reaper of the Cards was destroyed and wiped from the field, lowering Panik's life points to 1200.
Yugi smirked, "Spellbinding Circle also makes a good shield for my monsters." Panik glared with annoyance and anger written on his face. Yugi drew his next card before flipping up his face-down card, Swords of Revealing Light. "Now I will activate my trump card!"
"WHAT! NOOOO!" Panik screamed as the Swords of Revealing Light appeared as glowing swords, which took all the darkness away. They surrounded the Castle of Dark Illusions in the air and revealed all of Panik's monsters. "THE DARKNESS IS GONE!"
"Now that I've shed some light on the subject, I can see your monster's hideous true form," Yugi smirked, pointing his index finger at Panik's revealed monsters under the castle. "You have nowhere to hide!" Panik glared with more hatred. Yugi smirked, showing two fingers while crossing his arms. "Ready for your life to end in two turns?" Panik glared at the kid even deeper. Yugi chuckled in amusement. He knew he was getting to this coward. "Your monsters won't be able to attack with Swords of Revealing Light for three turns. What will you do?"
Panik looked throughout the field. He saw that he had three powerful monsters while Yugi had only Curse of Dragon. For the Player Killer, he could bring onslaught to Yugi with all his monsters after Swords of Revealing Light was gone. There was no way Yugi could take Panik's life points to 0 with one little weakling for a monster. Panik chuckled deviously before drawing his next card. As soon as he saw it, a victorious laugh escaped his lips.
"Since you're keeping me from attacking, I will put up a shield myself!" Panik said aloud before revealing his spell card. "I play Yellow Luster Shield on Castle of Dark Illusions and everything else beneath it! It also boosts up their defenses!" A yellow shield appeared, circling the Castle of Dark Illusions, surrounding the monsters inside. Panik laughed maniacally as the shield protected his monsters from any attack or scratches. "NOW YOU CAN'T LAY ONE SCRATCH ON ME, BRAT! STILL THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME NOW?"
Yugi stared hardly at Panik as if trying to think. From what Mai could tell, Panik seemed more of a defensive duelist. She had never noticed this when playing against him. Yugi, on the other hand, had known this since the darkness engulfed the field. Mai was wondering the whole time if Yugi would be able to defeat Panik, being the offensive-type duelist.
Yugi chuckled at the same time his brother was. He smirked while pointing his index finger at Panik, "do you realize that you exposed your own weakness?" Panik gasped, awestruck. Him? Exposing his own weakness? "I've analyzed your dueling strategy since we started playing. YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A COWARD! YOU CAN'T ATTACK WITHOUT MAKING SURE YOU CAN'T BE ATTACKED FIRST!"
"HOW DARE YOU CALL ME A COWARD! I'D LIKE YOU TO SAY THAT AGAIN, SHITHEAD!" Paniked yelled.
"You're a coward!" Yugi smirked, uncaring of Panik's warning. "You cower in the dark and if that doesn't work, you use a shield! You may be big and tough, but you don't have the balls! Not surprised you beat those duelists, whom you ambushed in their beds and forced them to battle!"
"Why you little... I'M GONNA KILL YOU FOR YOUR INSULTS!"
"Then let me say this: I calculated that you'd use a shield," Yugi revealed as Panik turned wide-eyed. "YOU'LL BE CRUSHED IN TWO TURNS, BELIEVE THAT!"
"That's what you think!"
"My turn!" Yugi declared as he drew his next card. "I summon Gaia the Fierce Knight! Then, I'll activate this spell card called Polymerization! I'll combine Curse of Dragon and Gaia to create Gaia the Dragon Champion!" Curse of Dragon and Gaia the Fierce Knight morphed together and formed Gaia the Dragon Champion, which was Gaia riding Curse of Dragon. "And on my next turn, Gaia will defeat you."
Panik growled and glared grinly at Yugi. There was no way he could defeat Panik in one more turn! The defensive shield was too high and Curse of Dragon only had 2600 attack points. Though, Yugi was still smiling with confidence. There was no way he was bluffing! Panik decided to strengthen his defenses even more just in case something happened. He drew his next card.
"I'll play Metal Guardian and place him outside of my defense shield. Now my defense is perfect! YOU CAN NEVER TOUCH MY MONSTERS, YUGI!" Panik smirked cockily.
"Wow," Yugi laughed while rolling his eyes. "You are sooo pathetic. All you can think about is being safe from attacks. I can't even explain how pathetic you truly are."
"YOU SON OF A BITCH! AFTER SWORDS OF REVEALING LIGHT DISAPPEAR, I'LL GIVE YOU THE BIGGEST ONSLAUGHT THERE IS!"
"Too late for that," Yugi said in a half smirk. "I already got you right where I want you." Panik was, once again, awestruck. How could he be trapped? "Trying to secure yourself can be dangerous. The more you protect yourself, the more escape routs you cut off. THIS IS MY FINAL TURN!" Yugi drew his next card before taking another card from his hand. "I now play Catapult Turtle!" Catapult Turtle rose on the field with a catapult on its back. "Now I will place Gaia the Dragon Champion and fire him at my target. The speed of the catapult will increase the attack, so this will be a mighty blow!"
"IT'S WORTHLESS!" Panik laughed maniacally. "MY MONSTERS ARE PROTECTED BY MY YELLOW LUSTER SHIELD AND METAL GUARDIAN!"
"Yes... but I never said I was targeting your monsters," Yugi smirked as Panik gasped. "My target is..." He pointed his index finger at the Castle of Dark Illusions. "that castle!"
"WHAT?" Panik gasped, eying the castle above his monsters. "But with the shield around it, its defenses are 3100! There's no way you'll be able to penetrate it!"
"There's only one way to find out!" Yugi smirked as Gaia the Dragon Champion was placed on the catapult on the back of Catapult Turtle. It released and attacked the castle. Yugi's life points stooped down to his last 300. The hit was a hard hit. Then, the floatation ring started cracking and blasted into pieces, falling around the shield, protecting Panik's monsters.
"You may've destroyed the floatation ring, but the castle was unharmed! It seems you couldn't beat me in this turn! How sad! On my turn, the Swords of Revealing Light will disappear and my monsters will destroy you! YOU CAN'T DEFEAT ME!"
Yugi chuckled while rolling his eyes. Panik was starting to get very irritated by that laugh. He asked, "what is it now?"
"Do you realize why your castle is still floating without its floatation ring?" Yugi asked as Panik had that awestruck look. It dawned on him that the castle shouldn't be floating without the floatation ring. "I didn't just play Swords of Revealing Light just to see your ugly cards."
Panik then realized that the Swords of Revealing Light were keeping his Castle of Illusions afloat. The swords would disappear and the castle would fall and crush his monsters. The swords slowly started vanishing as Panik watched the castle over his monsters topple, and then started falling over his monsters.
"NOOOO! NO! MONSTERS RUN!" Panik cried in agony.
"They can't run. Your Yellow Luster Shield is keeping them in," Yugi said as the castle crushed onto the monsters, including the castle itself. Panik's life points were now 0. At the same time, the third eye on Yugi's forehead began to glow.
Mai gasped at this sight. Ryan was right! There were supernatural things occurring in Atem! Did that mean that this really wasn't Atem or his second personality? Yugi did not seem human at all. It was as if he was from a whole different world or universe. Just seeing Yugi like this made Mai shiver. Yugi's smile widened as darkness filled the whole Duel Box and the rope around his neck felt like nothing.
"TIMEOUT!" Yugi yelled as Panik felt his world turned upside down. He was slowly stepping into the gallows before the trap door dropped and he fell into pure darkness. He was screaming the whole time he was falling. "They say pride goes before a fall. Now you can fall into true darkness. One worse than my brother's room."
Yugi left the Duel Box, taking both his and Mai's eight star chips. Everyone left the area from the screaming Player Killer who just faced a Penalty Game. When they made it back to camp, Yugi walked up to Mai with a warm smile and handed out her eight star chips. Mai was stricken by both his generosity and that kind smile Mai never saw in Atem.
"Here, your star chips," Yugi offered.
"No..." Mai refused as Yugi tilted his head. "I can't accept them. You won them and I don't deserve to have them. I lost to him. I'm sorry." She sighed while moping her head toward the ground. She, then, lifted her head with a warm smile. "I'm glad you let me join in your group. I've never been part of a group before and... I'm glad I do have friends."
"Mai," Yugi muttered quietly before he felt Joey snatch the eight star chips.
"Well, since you won't take them, I'll just take em for myself," Joey grinned hungrily. He jumped up in the air like a little boy singing, "I've got ten star chips! I've got ten star chips!"
"YOU'RE NOT GETTING OF THE HOOK HERE, JOEY! YOU AIN'T TAKING NO STAR CHIPS!" Mai yelled with a hot boiled head as Joey clasped the eight star chips in the girl's hand.
"Then take it!" Joey said, this time in a serious manner. He brought out a warm smile, for the first time. "If a friend wins something for you, take it. Don't let your pride get in the way." Mai looked up at those warm chocolate eyes and felt a smile peeping on those ruby lips. Joey's smile then turned to a teasing one. "Otherwise you'll end up like Kaiba." Everyone laughed at that joke while Yugi rolled his eyes. Joey then realized something. "Speaking of the devil, where the hell is he?"
"He was talking with Atem right before we heard Mai scream," Tea said. She crossed her arms with a glaring look. "He should've been able to hear it."
"He left," Yugi explained as everyone stared at him. "He's going to fight off Pegasus and rescue his brother."
"By himself? What the hell is he thinking?" Tristan asked rhetorically. "Why didn't you stop him?"
"Brother says that this is something he has to do on his own. He's worried, but he says that it's unlike Seto to go unprepared as it is to go fight his battles with other people," Yugi replied as Joey glared while staring down at the ground.
"Yugi right?" Mai asked as the boy nodded his head. She put her hand on Yugi's shoulder. "I promise I'll pay you back eight star chips. I'll use these to stay in the game, but I will catch up. Count on it!"
"Thanks."
"Tell Atem 'thank you,'" Mai winked as Yugi nodded his head. Immediately, he hugged Mai, arms around her waist. She flinched a little as Tea chuckled.
"He does that to all his friends," Tea chuckled.
"I'm surprised you're not jealous," Tristan smirked, arms crossed.
"Tristan, who the hell do you call me? An anime girl?" Tea asked rhetorically. "Yugi can hug whoever the hell he wants!"
Yugi broke from his hug and showed a bright smile, showing his teeth. Mai had to admit, Yugi was different from Atem. She also noticed that while Atem was with Serenity, Yugi was with Tea. Yugi and Atem, two different people sharing one body. Mai was starting to pity them both. She'd hate to have a roommate inside her dating some guy from the Nerd's Club or something. Though, they seemed to be fine with dating two different girls.
Everyone finally got to sleep that night. Atem and Ryan were preparing their sleeping bags inside their tent. Since they both had a body roommate that loved snuggling, it was best to not have the others getting freaked out. Atem dug himself into the sleeping bag with Yugi snuggling on top of his brother while he zipped the sleeping bag. Ryan also zipped up his sleeping bag, with a gaping invisible object over him.
Yugi nuzzled his head next to Atem's neck, his arms wrapped around the waist. Atem brushed his fingers though that thick black hair, while using the other arm to hold Yugi closer. At the same time, Ryou nuzzled his face into Ryan's chest with his arms around the waist. Ryan petted his brother's thick white hair with his other arm around Ryou, whose smile creeped on his lips and a soft moan escaped his nose.
"I love you, Ryan," Ryou whispered quietly before feeling a light kiss on his head.
"I love you too, Ryou," Ryan said in a soft whisper.
"You know, it's times like these when I remember how sweet Yugi is asleep," Atem said while leaning his cheek against the side of Yugi's head.
"I bet I can name someone who can top that," Ryan smirked as Atem chuckled while rolling his eyes.
"Sorry, but nobody can top Yugi."
"I beg to differ."
Atem chuckled before giving off a deep sigh. He stared up at the ceiling of the tent before noticing Yugi's sweet sleepy face with that soft moaning. Atem slowly turned his sleeping bag over to the other side to where he was on the top and Yugi was on the bottom. Atem held onto that soft gentle face, feeling so hypnotized by this sweet innocent face. He gently pushed those gold locks that were hiding any part of this beautiful face.
Ryan couldn't help, but chuckle. He finally found his match. Only Atem could understand the feelings he held for Ryou. That small gentle boy that held great innocents. Ryan found himself copying Atem in the same manner and position. Holding that soft gentle face, pushing any part of his white hair that would cover something so precious. Ryan felt just as hypnotized.
Suddenly, there was a clinging sound coming from beside Ryan. He cocked his eyebrows and eyed the millennium ring with one of the pointer parts of the ring pointing a curtain direction.
"Damn," Ryan glared as Atem eyed the rock with cocked eyebrows. "The ring is pointing toward the millennium eye."
"Damn," Atem responded.
"It once pointed to your millennium ring. I think it's like a millennium item detector. Ryou says it detects any millennium item the holder seeks."
"Why is it pointing to Pegasus' millennium eye?"
"When it pointed to your puzzle, my guess was that the evil spirit was searching for you. He could have awaken, though I haven't seen him, so far. Ryou still holds the same innocents, as always. Still..."
"Can't be too careful."
"It could also be me activating it. I'm not wanting the eye, but... I want to know more about these millennium items. I want to know how we can gather your brother's memories. Pegasus must know something, being the carrier of the millennium eye."
"I figured that much. Maybe defeating Pegasus will give us the answer," Atem thought before letting out a sigh. He rested his head on his arms. "I just hope we can find a way to defeat Pegasus."
"Same here," Ryan said in a sigh as he laid his head next to Ryou's face. Both him and Atem fell fast asleep in an instant that night for the next morning to arrive.