Well, here's the other fandom that makes up the other part of this crossover. That's equivalent exchange right? XDD

I had a wonderful time during my spring break and the skiing was phenomenal even though I got a massive bruise on my left thigh from Red Lodge (who doesn't like sexy battle scars? XD) and when I went skiing over at Bridger Bowl, I lost control and as my dad said, crumpled like a newspaper. Don't fret, I'm fine and healing rather quickly due to my young age (I sound like Might Guy [one of my favorite characters who's not an Akatsuki member] from Naruto XD). *EDIT 5/8/13 When I worked on it when I had the chance, I was still healing and I thought it would make me feel better by writing. ^_^*

Anyhow, this will be fun for me to write my favorite YGO characters as I got a couple of other YGO crossovers ready to go when this story is done or I get the inspiration to work on them (the question is when). I know there's the debate whether to use their Japanese or English names (depending on the type of fanfictions I write, such as when I do my Baccano! and YGO crossover, I will use their Japanese names to show the differences between American and Japanese cultures obviously) and for this one I want to use the English ones (Sorry ^^').

My head cannon is that if Yami Yugi, Atem, won the Ceremonial Duel he would continue to live in Japan and try to live a semi-normal life with his friends. So, Yugi and company are college age and they would be attending Domino University. Seems logical right? XD

Since I've seen the anime like a dozen times, but I'm in the process of reading the manga, I'm going to mention some non-cannon arcs such as Noah's Arc and Waking the Dragons.

My fanfiction writing confidence has gotten so much better over the course of a year and I really thank Tanglepelt for any advice she gave to me.

Enjoy chapter 2! ^_^

"Hey, Yugi! Wait up pal!"

A blonde, hot blooded teenager yelled to his closest friend along with some other familiar faces right by Domino University's main doorway on the first day. Téa, Tristan, Bakura, Duke, and a new face of an immortal living for an eternity. He smiled at the matter of the fact he has a new life ahead of him without worrying about any supernatural activities or others trying to dominate the world through using dark magic. I guess living the rest of my life like a normal human isn't that bad. At least I've got considerate friends who are willing to risk their lives for me. I'm incredibly lucky.

After Atem won the Ceremonial Duel, Grandpa did everything he could to arrange for the former Pharaoh to live at the Game Shop and say that he was one of Yugi's cousins from another region of Japan. For awhile, Yugi was concerned that a name like "Atem" could bring in unwanted attention from the press and even the Domino Museum. So, the name Tsuyoi was decided. Japanese for strong, a very strong characteristic Atem resonated deeply with. It shocked him at first, but overtime it grew on him more and more. Even though this is not my true name, I can understand Yugi's reasoning. I don't want to be a burden to anyone anymore, but I guess it's within their humanistic nature to stick up for me.

Thankfully, the evil side of Bakura was no longer there to corrupt his innocence. The darkness of the Millennium Ring knew no bounds as Yami Bakura ran rampant on his own demented goals even at the cost of Bakura's body. The only few good memories Bakura had were on Duelist Kingdom and some scattered during Battle City on Kaiba's blimp. His life took unfortunate twists and turns, but Yugi was able to bring him into the light. After the Ceremony Duel, he also enrolled into Domino University and was excited to start the next chapter of his life.

At eighteen years-old, Yugi was excited to continue on his education at the university. He could take classes on anything that inspired his heart. One day, while he strolled through the hallways, the spiky-haired teen noticed a flyer about a new class on the history of Duel Monsters. Back at high school it was just seen as a nerdy game people picked up on, but with the supernatural activity that happened during his high school career other people wanted to look deeply into it and try to connect it to various aspects of history. Yugi thought it would be a great class for him and the others to take as they could tell stories about their own experiences.

Seto Kaiba did attend Domino University as well to continue on the rivalry between Yugi and Atem. So much time has passed that Seto still wanted the proper duel to determine who is the better duelist. Mokuba in the meantime also attended school to further continue his education as it could contribute to running Kaiba Corporations right along his older brother. Their lives have gone through so much since Duelist Kingdom and the encounter with Dartz. Seto would never want to admit to any magic as his ego got in the way a good majority of the time, but Atem opened his eyes tremendously.

He also saw that flyer and bumped right into Yugi, "Sorry, I couldn't see you."

Even at eighteen years-old when he matured, he was still shorter than Seto. "No need to apologize Seto, I should've watched where I was going."

Seto's relationship with Yugi was still a little awkward as Seto himself never had true friends and isolated himself most of the time. "Yeah whatever," He looked at his watch and realized he had to get back for an important meeting, "listen, I've got to go back to my company. I don't want to keep Mokuba waiting."

Yugi smiled when he heard about his younger brother being important, "Tell Mokuba that me and everyone else says hi to him. It's been to long Seto, we need to hang out at some point."

"The next time we'll hang out will be over a duel to determine that I am still the better duelist." Seto retorted with a snarky tone, but when he started running back to his company he genuinely smiled. A lot has changed over four years, I just still don't want to admit do I? I guess it takes a lot for someone to slap me in the face and wake up to everything else, and not be so selfish.

Yugi got his school bag together and ran to meet up with Joey and the others. Usually Joey would be all riled up about everything or the littlest of things, but something bothered him greatly and Tristan was the first person to notice it. "Come on buddy! Don't be so down! There's no need to be, it's a gorgeous day with the sun," Just as Tristan was about to carry on his poetic description of the weather he saw his best friend looking down at his cell phone with a grim face, "Mai's been in a terrible accident. It was so bad that she's at a hospital."

Tsuyoi just walked right by them and saw the distress on Joey's face. "What's going on?"

Tears fell down Joey's face as he kneeled screaming, "Why does this happen to the people I care deeply about?!"

Bakura and Tristan tried to help soothe Joey, but emotions of despair and agony filled his head just as he thought about the pain Mai possibly endured.

The last time Joey saw Mai, someone he really cared for, was when he saw her spirit depart from the Great Leviathan holding hands with Valon, his rival.

All of a sudden, a loud, obnoxious ring tone escaped Joey's cell and he answered. "Hello?"

"Joey, it's been awhile. How are you?"

At first, shock traveled down Joey's face when he realized it was Valon on the other end, "Is Mai okay? What happened to her exactly? I need to know the details."

"All I could gather from the police reports was that she was riding her bike along the highway until someone suddenly clipped her in the back and flung her forward. I think the only thing she's got are a couple of broken ribs and some slight scraping and bruising."

"Valon, thanks so much for calling me pal. Please keep an eye on her and let her know that me and the others are thinking about her deeply. Plus, tell her that we miss her presence in Domino and she needs to visit every now then before turning into a ghost."

On the other end, Valon chuckled, "I'll make sure that Mai is treated like a princess and only a princess."

Joey tried to laugh at it like he usually does, but thinking about the injuries Mai suffered through stopped him, "Well I've got to get going, but call me when she wakes up."

"Alright, talk to you later pal."

A small beep escaped Joey's phone when he ended the call and put his phone away. Everyone looked at him with great concern and Bakura was the first one to speak up, "Don't worry Joey. We're here for you and we'll do anything we can to make everything better for Mai."

Téa's bright blue eyes gleamed in the room and she tried to find optimism. Normally she preached about the importance of friendship and never feeling secluded. "Mai will be just fine. Don't worry, it seems that someone is looking over her and the doctors are doing what they can."

"It's not enough!" Joey yelled angrily. He never wants to just hear "everything will work out for the better," he wanted to be there for those who were suffering the most. Pain, agony, and guilt were things that sickened Joey to the core. Why am I so weak? I couldn't do anything for her when the whole thing with Dartz went down. Why?

All of a sudden, Tristan wailed a ferocious right hook into Joey's right cheek. The force knocked him over like a rag doll. "I'm sick and tired of you beating yourself up when shit like this happens. All of us are sorry what happened to Mai, but you cannot beat yourself because of it. You gotta be patient, man, and let the doctors do their work. The most you can do is to pray that she'll get better and once she fully recuperates you can talk to her." Usually the brunet teenager was never forefront about these issues nor were they usually prevalent. Even if the punch could make a difference, Tristan was still worried about Joey slipping into familiar habits. Anger, aloneness, and rage.

White hair whisked past all of the emotional drama and a quiet, shy voice broke through, "Listen, why don't we leave the school area? I think it would benefit us to go back to Yugi's Gameshop and play a couple of rounds. That should lighten the mood a little I hope." He smiled with pale brown eyes glimmering with innocence and faith for the better. At least Téa recognized Bakura's gesture and she took it in stride the most with a wide smile.

"Alright guys, enough headbashing. I think these two have lost enough brain cells as it is." She said with a slight obnoxious and nagging tone, but that's how she treated Tristan and Joey. Two brothers who constantly bickered with each other.

Everyone started to leave the university area and made their tracks to the Gameshop. Tsuyoi couldn't help but think something nearby him wasn't right at all. Familiar supernatural energies. Even after the Ceremonial Duel since Atem technically won the duel, Yugi continued to hold onto the Millennium items but kept them in a secure area. Why do I have this sinking feeling that some dark force is trying to get me again? He didn't want to think about it for too long so he shook his head in denial, but everyone else saw his fidgeting.

Tristan placed his right hand onto Tsuyoi's shoulder while they continued to walk, "What's the matter buddy? You can tell us anything, be blunt about it man."

"It's nothing, I'm just trying to figure out how to manage the upcoming work load." Tsuyoi smiled slightly, but his thought wouldn't escape him like a plague. Still, I just hope whatever this dark force is won't go after the Millennium Items.

The teens finally made it there and Grandpa was ecstatic to see them, "Oh my goodness, all of you are in college and I just want to cry," He tried to resist to cry, but his age and wisdom overcame him, "it's so incredible!" The tears of glee overwhelmed his old body that everyone bolted up to Yugi's and Tsuyoi's room. Grandpa converted Yugi's bed into a bunk bed and created another closet space for Tsuyoi. They all kicked their shoes off and Yugi stumbled around trying to find the Duel Disks. Seto was kind enough to lend Yugi a few extra, older models just in case those two decided to duel each other. However, that wasn't their concern.

The gold Millennium Items slightly flickered from a slight crack from a safe Yugi purchased. He saw that beam of light and turned his head towards it. I'm just glad that I'm still holding onto the Millennium Items, who knows what would happen if they fell into the wrong hands again. Tsuyoi also noticed that beam and he affirmably smiled with Yugi.

Bakura was excited to duel again, and his face shone with delight. "Alright, who wants to go first?" His joy filled the room and was able to put a smile on everyone else's face.

Joey and Tristan decided to go first in order to settle some minor differences, but suddenly dark energies escaped from the Millennium Ring and Puzzle, and enveloped around their Duel Disks and bodies. Tristan tried to swat it away like a fly, "What the hell is going on?! Is someone trying to take over the world again?"

Intense, painful, and raging heartbeats thumped loudly in Tsuyoi's chest and he tried to find a breath of air, "This pain, why does it feel slightly familiar?" He hunched over nearby Téa and coughed relentlessly while clenching his chest. Dark shadows surrounded all of the teens and a wide, gaping hole appeared on the ceiling. A clouded image of a city could be seen and Tsuyoi continued to be in pain. While the chaos went amok, Bakura thought quickly on his feet to grab the other Duel Disks, "Everyone grab one and hold onto it tightly. You may not know when you'll need one." Téa continued to comfort and soothed Tsuyoi, and held onto his Duel Disk, "It'll be alright Atem, I know you can be strong. Remember, you've got friends here to back you up."

All of the noise concerned Grandpa and he slammed the door open, "Are you kids okay?"

Yugi screamed, "Grandpa back off!" A black lightning streak nearly hit the old-aged man and he was able to dodge it just quickly enough. "Whatever dark forces are upon us, I know all of you can overcome it."

Yugi's face was serious and he was ready to face any enemy or new ally. I have a bad feeling that we might not be able to get out of it. I know I can usually depend on some sort of luck, but something tells me otherwise. However, I won't beat myself over it and make sure everyone is just about as strong as me. Not just Atem.

Just as the force of the portal was about to suck them up, two other people were suddenly thrown from another portal onto the ground. There wasn't enough time for Yugi to identify who they were because as soon as he and the others made contact with the portal, bright flashing images of world timelines zipped through their heads and ambient noises filled their ears. All of the information made everyone shut their eyes. No one could hear each other except the noises from the portal. However, one phrase by an elder man was so loud it made everyone open their eyes.

"The price of a human soul will be part of your Equivalent Exchange!"

As soon as the voice came to a complete finish, Yugi could barely see a short blonde kid with a red coat standing next to a giant suit of armor.

Right off the bat, I know some people might be wondering why I chose the name Tsuyoi (And yes it is a Japanese name and it counter-argues about what I said whether I want to use the Japanese or English names. It was very difficult for me to chose a name for my favorite character of all time to go along with his personality traits.)

I know I did write some of these characters before in my first YGO one-shot, but Kaiba gave me a couple of headaches to write.

Yes sue me, Téa being all friendshippy and GAH, I had to ok! XDD

Another head cannon I have about the Millennium Items is that they would stay and not fall into the pit of despair like they did on the last episode of Duel Monsters. So in the meanwhile, Yugi and Atem would continue to watch over them just in case.

I was just so busy trying to write this chapter and now that it's the end of my school year I can write more chapters easily and maybe get my other fanfics started whenever I get the inspiration for them.

Please R&R! ^_^