Spirited-Lilly-If he does I'm not aware of it

Love'sBakura-It isn't his fault he's possessed by his evil(er) half… Anyway, I did get rid of Malik, He's in one paragraph this chapter than you never se him again.

Tie-dyed Trickster-HOLY CRAP! Either you really freaked out when you read that chapter or you got carried away with that review. Thank you for not giving him sugar. Don't worry, Yami isn't corrupt (yet) and never will be (or will he?)

Chapter 10

Yami blinked? Had he seen Ryou? That did look like him walking away. He tried to follow but in the darkness he could barely see anything and kept tripping. Malik just stood there in a daze trying to figure out what had just happened.

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Yugi managed to find Bakura's arm and give it a good hard squeeze "Bakura" he whispered "This has to be him"

Bakura couldn't even see Yugi's hand grabbing him "I-I think you're right"

"What's going on" Atem shouted to no one in particular "Who's doing this?"

"I… don't know" Ishizu tried to look around for some light but found none.

Bakura swallowed, having a bad feeling that if anything brought Shadi's wrath, this would.

OOOOO

Yami finally found his way out of the ruins, though he wouldn't know since it was still pitch black and wouldn't care since he was to busy following the one thing he could see "WYOU WAIT!"

The figure stopped and looked back at him. Yami froze and stared at it. The person looked just like Ryou, except for his expression. Yami had never seen Ryou give such a hateful expression. Now he wholeheartedly believed what Malik had said about not being wanted. But he still wanted his old dad back

"WYOU" Yami started crying and made a mad dash toward the figure.

The second he touched the person his entire body felt like it was on fire for a split second.

Light returned.

The person was gone.

Yami started sobbing.

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"Not here… I see… Do you know where they went?" The land lord shook his head "Well, thank you anyway" Ishizu switched back to Japanese "They aren't here right now. But I got there descriptions it's definitely them. Mr. Motou, Yugi, could you wait here incase they come back?" Yugi and Mr. Motou nodded "Bakura, Atem, come with me. I have one more idea where they may have gone"

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Yami wandered through the sand trying to find his dad. He could have sworn (if the concept of swearing had been taught to him) that he'd seen Ryou, even touched him, but he couldn't find him now.

So now he was looking for the water, because there was always water near sand like on the beaches that Ryou took him to. Whenever he got lost there he'd wander by the edge of the water until his daddy found him. Of course, this only worked if he could find the ocean. He'd been going this way for a while. Either he was going the opposite direction and would eventually end up in the parking lot people left there cars at when they went to the beach or he'd come across the water soon.

Poor Yami didn't understand the difference between beach sand and desert sand.

"There you are"

Yami blinked and turned around. Letting out a quick yelp of surprise before starting the speech he'd learned seemed to keep him safe in this situation "I've been weawy good since you were hewe wast. I habn't caused any twouble at aw"

Shadi narrowed his eyes at Yami "Come with me"

Yami swallowed and said what Ryou had taught him to say "Yes, sir"

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Marik groaned and looked around. He had a pounding headache and couldn't recognize anything past Ishizu's face an inch from his. As she moved back he saw Atem glaring at him and Bakura glancing around in a somewhat panicked manner. "Ow… What happened?"

"Marik, where have you been? Where's Yami?"

Marik blinked and rubbed his head as he sat up "Care to run that by me again?"

"What's the last thing you can remember?" Bakura cut in before Ishizu could get a chance to pick at her little brother again.

"Um… OW! Thinking hurts…" Ishizu rolled her eyes "You had me take him to the pool and-"

"So you don't know how you got here" Bakura interrupted.

Marik nodded "Yeah. But Yami-"

"We don't know where he is right now. He doesn't seem to be here anymore, though. Marik, were you conscious when everything went dark? Do you have any idea what caused that?"

"That's not important right now!" Bakura cut in, looking a little flustered.

"I hate to agree, but he's right" Ishizu looked over at the stair case "According to man I talked to earlier Yami was with Marik when he left. He's probably out in the desert now!"

Bakura whimpered at the thought of his adopted son being lost in a desert.

"Bakura, what was that about. Yami's behind the darkness thing they're talking about! He has to be, he used shadow magic at the pool!" Marik hissed as Ishizu and Atem ran upstairs and Bakura helped the weakened Egyptian up.

"I-I know. He still has his powers. Marik, please don't tell anyone. Once Shadi finds out he'll… he'll… just don't tell anyone!"

"Okay. I won't. But you owe me!"

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"B-but I d-… didn't do… anyting!" Yami whined sobbing hysterically. He had no clue where he was, it was a cold, gray place with little light and he was all alone there with Shadi "A-aw I wanted was… was… was to see… Wyou but…"

Shadi raised an eyebrow "And Why had you not seen Ryou Bakura?"

"M-Mawik said… that W-W-Wy-… ou didn'… din' wan me anymowe" Yami looked up at Shadi, his eyes red and puffy from crying. He was thirsty from his long walk out in the sun, he missed his dad, he was terrified, and he'd rather be alone in this strange place than with Shadi "P-pwease… S-S-Sadi… you… you can find… Wyou…. wight? Wyou said you… you always found him… c-can you take me too him… I want to… see my daddy!"

Shadi's glare soften a bit as Yami continued to cry. There was a chance that Bakura had been right… but he couldn't risk it. "What was that shadow magic from earlier?" he demanded "When everything went dark. Were you behind that?"

"I d-d-don'… know! I ju-just t-… touched the… the rocks B-bunny sowed me… an… an den it… was dawk an… an I saw Wyou but…" and Yami started sobbing again as he remembered the cold look he got as he'd called for his dad.

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Bakura looked off into the distance as Ishizu beat the crap out or Marik "I hate to break it to you" Atem said softly "but if he got lost in the desert we probably won't find him…"

"…I know…" Bakura looked down at his feet "…we… should head back. It's late… We can alert the police that he's lost out there and continue searching in the morning…"

Isaya831: I'm gonna stop right there

Yami: That's probably the least I've ever been in a chapter…

Erika: HEY! Where's my the one where I-

Isaya831: don't give it away! I couldn't fit it in to this chapter, maybe it will be in the next one. Happy?

Erika: …no…