hey, quick note to you guys... this chapter's going to be a bit different. Since this story's 2 main characters are basically Atem and Yugi, the last 2 or 3 chapters focused on Atem's thoughts, so this chapter is going to have both Atem and Yugi's POV in it...

hope you like!

Yugi's POV

Yugi looked around, he was tired, even more than he had ever been in his entire life.

He looked around slowly, but it took him a few seconds to figure out that he was moving, well, not on his own of course. Someone was carrying him. But where?

'Where', was the only question he had time to think of before he felt like he was going to fall asleep, but he forced himself to stay awake when he heard 2 people talking.

It was a man and a woman talking.

Wait! The person who's carrying me is talking! but wait... it sounds like...

He trailed off, then his eyes grew wide and scared.

It's Mira! she's the one carrying me! but how... she's only 10... How could she be carrying me? i'm way more heavy that she is! he thought.

He squeezed his eyes shut trying to chase away all the questions forming in his mind, he had to concentrate on the conversation.

"...Mira." the man said.

Mira gave a breath of anger. "Just step aside T, if you don't... well, you know what will happen!" she yelled.

the man drew in a sharp breath of both fear and anger.

"Please.. Mira, you can't take him there... he has to go where all the other souls go, and to me, it looks like your giving this one special treatment." he said in a whisper.

Mira, at that moment, seemed calmer than she was. "T, i'm not giving him special treatment, I need to..." she trailed off and thought for a moment before continuing. "Get something from him, so if you don't mind, please step aside, after all, it IS my room T." she told him.

Yugi couldn't see the man, but he assumed that he was giving into Mira.

He was right, The man called 'T' stepped aside to let Mira in.

With all these questions and thoughts buzzing through his mind, he was growing even more exhausted, he didn't know how he could possibly feel MORE tired, but he did, and he couldn't resist closing his eyes and falling asleep.

On the edge of his consiousness, he had felt Mira put him down on a soft place, maybe a bed? the couch? he didn't know, and before he faded completely, he felt Mira lean down and whisper something in his ear.

"Sleep well Yugi Muto, you have a tough day ahead of you." she said quietly.

Yugi wanted to thank her, but he didn't have the energy.

His last thought before going unconcious was, How could that hooded man ever insult Mira like that when, undoubtably, to him, she was the nicest out of all of them, if not a little generous at times.

Atem's POV

The Pharaoh fell onto the couch and planted his face in the palm of his hands. He tried his best to hold onto the sobs that escaped from him, the best he could do was choke out sobs here and there.

He couldn't bear to look at their faces.

They'll probably ignore me now. I can't believe I let this happened to Yugi... and I was right there with him too! He thought angrily to himself.

He was surprised when he felt weight on the couch right next to him, and what surprised him further was the soft had patting his back. It was Tea.

The Pharaoh uncovered his eyes and looked up.
Joey and Tristan were standing infront of him, a sad expression on their face, and Tea had tears running down the side of her face.

"I lost him... I'm sorry... I thought that you should know..." The pharaoh whispered quietly. It was forced that was for sure, but only because he felt the overwhealming sense of loss.

There was a few moments of silence, for Yugi's benefit no doubt.

I hope Yugi is alright, I have to find him before something happens. Yami told himself.

Joey, the one to finally break the silence, had put a hand on Yami's shoulder.

"We'll find him." he stated. "Even if it takes us a while, We'll find him."

Tea nodded. "He's right Pharaoh. Remember, we're all in this together no matter what." she said comfortingly.

The Pharaoh seemed to have calmed down enough to the point where his face was just red from the tears.

He wiped his eyes. "Your right guys. We have to find him." he said.

Tristan, still a little shocked, sat down on the floor in front of Yami, and Joey did the same.

Tea didn't move, she was content to just stay where she was, and help the pharaoh if he started crying again. It pained her to see him like that, since it didn't happen often, but she understood why. Yugi meant everything to Yami, Yugi was the reason Yami stood here at this very moment, and if it weren't for Yugi, Yami probably would still be locked in the Mellennium Puzzle even to this day.

Tristan looked up at Yami.

"So Pharaoh, i know this might be hard, but, do you think you could tell us exactly what happened? maybe then we could figure out what's going on enough to know where Yugi might be." he told him.

Tea had a sharp intake of breath. Stupid Tristan. she thought to herself, couldn't he have been at least a little bit more careful about his choice of words?!

The Pharaoh thought for a moment, "That's probably a good idea." he said, breaking Tea's train of thought.

Tristan nodded and situated himself on the floor so he was comfortable, Joey did the same.

"Alright. From beguinning to end, tell us what happened that day." Joey said.

Tea grew a little concerned at Yami's hesitation, but it soon faded when the Pharaoh began talking.

Yami had told them every little detail about what happened, even though it pained him, he knew that they had to know. He told them all of when Yugi forgot the Mellennium Puzzle, he told them about what happened when Yugi saw the news, and even when the hooded man came. When he got to the details about both Yugi's argument with both the hooded man and himself, he started to cry a little, but he stopped crying immediately as soon as he felt Joey pat his leg and say,

"it's alright buddy, keep going."

The Pharaoh gave a tiny nod, and continued.

He mentioned that he woke up unconsious in Yugi's body, and the visit with Shadi, and mentioned the missing Mellennium Items.

"... And then I came here... To tell you guys... well... you know." The Pharaoh was looking away from everyone when he had finished his story, but what he didn't expect was the questions that he got.

"So... Mira? who's she?" Joey asked casually.

"Dunno." Yami answered. "If I did, I'd be asking her where Yugi is now." he said slowly.

Tristan thought for a moment. "Well... Tell us more about Yugi's conversation with that man you saw." he said.

Yami took a breath. "Well..." he began. "The interesting thing was that the man had told him that Yugi ran out of time to make a decision about something, and then something about his actions..." he trailed off, he knew he didn't need to finish the sentence, the others already knew what he meant.

Tristan, lost in thought, didn't realize he was speaking out loud before it was too late.

"He probably has a secret."

Tea, Joey and Yami all looked at Tristan.

Tristan looked up. "uh... did I say that out loud?" he asked.

Joey punched Tristan in the arm. Rather hard.

"Yeah..." Joey answered.

Tristan glared at Joey and rubbed his arm, "That hurt dude." he said, but Joey shrugged.

They all then shifted their gazes towards the Pharaoh.

He didn't move nor say anything at all.

He was lost in thought.

Tristan's right. Knowing that Yugi did what he did, proves that he was hiding something, if only I could figure out what, then I could-

His thoughts were cut off by Tea, who decided to hold onto the Pharaoh's arm.

"Pharaoh? is everything ok?" she asked.

Yami closed his eyes for a brief moment, sighed, and opened them again.

"I think Tristan is right. Yugi did seem to be both hesitant and insistant whenever I had asked him if something was wrong. And I had a feeling, after seeing Yugi's reaction to the news, that he knew that something like that might happen..." Yami said slowly.

He didn't know how they all would take it, and he didn't want to repeat himself, it was already unbearable accepting that Yugi was indeed taken by someone, but he didn't know whether those people had an intent to kill his friend. That made him uneasy, not to mention fidgety.

Yugi's POV

"Yugi... wake up." a voice said softly.

Yugi slowly blinked open his eyes, and looked up at a girl standing over him.

"...Mira?" he asked.

the girls eyes burned with shame.

shame? thought Yugi. did something happen? he thought to himself.

"uh... Yugi?" she said again.

Yugi suddenly snapped back to reality.

"Y-Yeah?" he asked.

she shuffled her feet backwards.

"Yugi... i'm sorry... I-I didn't mean to.." she stuttered awkwardly.

Yugi stiffly got up, the blankets, that weren't there before, fell into his lap.

"Mira? what's wrong?" he asked worriedly.

She shook her head viciously. "No.. I... Yugi..." she tried to say.

Yugi just tilted his head a little, concern and worry lit his face.

She suddenly knelt down beside the couch where Yugi lay, and she squeezed her eyes tightly shut.

"Yugi..." she started, she broke off, then she forced herself to finish the sentence.

"Yugi, I'm not Mira." she said in a forceful whisper.

Yugi's eyes lit with surprise. "You're not?" he asked, then thought for a moment before continuing. "So... was it you who brought me in here?" he asked.

The girl open her eyes slowly, "You're not upset?" she said faintly surprised.

Yugi blinked. "Why would I be?" he asked.

She shook her head, "uh... an answer to your question... Yeah, I did bring you in here." she stated. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier." she said in a whisper.

Yugi just smiled. "That's alright." he said, "So, if your not Mira, then who are you?" he asked.

All of a sudden there was a fierce knock at the door.

"Mira!" a man shouted. The girl's face turned from happy, to one of sheer horror.

"Don't come in!" she shouted towards the door. "I'm busy!" she added.

She back towards Yugi. "I'm Sora, nothing more." she said hurriedly. "Now i've got to hide you!" she said in a hurried whisper.

Yugi carefully got up, but Sora practically dragged him out of bed and shoved him into the nearest closet and slammed the closet door shut.

All Yugi could see was pitch black, he couldn't see anything at all, except for the light that shone in through the bedroom.

Sora? that's a pretty name. He thought.

He silently smiled to himself. She's really nice... he thought, but then he noticed, from memory of course, that they were roughly the same age, and, to his surprise, roughly the same height. But then he turned around and thought about what had happened for him to get here.

His eyes widened at the thought, and a tear formed and trailed down his cheek. He didn't know how he could forget, he couldn't imagine what the Pharaoh was doing at this moment. Was he searching for him? no... he knew that he would probably tell everyone first.

His fist clentched in anger. If only he had had the courage to tell someone, the Pharaoh especially, what a mess he had made of his life, and of Yami's. He looked at the ground in shame, He held back a choke of sorrow that had built up. It was like a raging storm that threatened to overwhealm him. But he couldn't focus on that. He was hiding!

He shook himself to clear his mind. He wished there was some way he could communicate with the spirit, but he knew it was impossible.

More tears came and rolled down his face, why? why did he have to imagine the Pharaoh wailing in agony? ok... not wailing in agony, but something like blaming himself for loosing him.

To Yugi, it always seemed that the Pharaoh automatically blamed himself for everything that happened Yugi, regardless of why or how it happened.

All of a sudden a screech came from outside the closet. Yugi held his breath, was it possible the man was hurting Sora?

There was a meow.

It was a cat. It had purred, and someone had gotten scared of it. Well, that's what he concluded anyway.

The man was yelling and screaming.

"GAH! GET THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!" he shouted. then, he chuckled slightly. "Oh Mister Seto Kaiba..." he said in a light sing-song voice.

Kaiba must have come, because a deep, and familiar, voice answered him. "What." he said flatly.

"Mister Seto Kaiba, get that discusting creature out of here this instant!" he said in a high pitched voice.

Yugi smiled. He felt like bursting out laughing! Kaiba? taking orders from someone like that? He felt like rolling on the floor and dying! and it was even harder not to laugh out loud when Kaiba and the man got in an arguement.

"No." Kaiba said flatly.

"No?" the man asked.

"No. I'm not going to. It's a cat for crying out loud, stop being a baby, or do you want me to tell your little 'friend'." he replied.

The man stopped playing around, but only for an instant. "Kaiba, get that cat out of here before I do something that I'll regret later on." he said

silence.

"Fine, I'll take the stupid cat away, but I better get something in return for this." he said.

the man chuckled, and, in a barely audible voice, said, "Yeah right. In you're dreams kid."

Suddenly, Yugi didn't feel like laughing anymore. Even though it was funny to see, or rather hear, Kaiba being ordered around, he felt a small pang of sorrow. Kaiba was here because of him. in fact, everyone was. Marik and his family, Kaiba, Pegasus, and even Bakura.

It was all his fault, and he didn't know anyway to help, let alone fix the situation they were in. Atleast... not yet anyway.

Sorry for the insanely long chapter, it took me a while to figure out just exactly what I wanted to put in this chapter. I hope you all like that funny Kaiba moment :P there will be more of that in the next chapter for sure! :D

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