Sorry I didn't update yeaterday. I ws feeling a little under the weather.

Here's chapter 6.

Chapter 6- The Oasis

After breakfast was eaten, the group got ready to go to the Oasis.

"Where's Yuug at?" Jou asked.

"Yuug?" Yami asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Just a little nickname that we call her every so often." Jou said, shrugging.

Heba rolled his eyes. "More like the one that you call her." Heba clarified.

Jou shrugged. "It's not like Yuug really minds being called that." Jou said.

"Anyway, where is Yuugi at?" Atemu asked.

"If I know her, she's probably changing." Heba said.

"Changing?" Eternias asked.

Ryou laughed. "You didn't expect her to go to the Oasis in a good dress, did you?" Ryou asked.

"Yeah. She never goes in a good dress there." Malik added.

"I would rather not mess them up." Yuugi said.

Everyone turned to see that Yuugi was wearing a skirt that reached her knees as well as hung off her shoulders a little bit. Her hair was also in a long ponytail like always.

"I see that you still prefer those types of clothes going to the Oasis." Heba said.

"I have to when I consider the fact that you, Malik, and Jou have this odd tendency to push me into the water." Yuugi said, glaring at the three mentioned.

All three smiled guiltily.

"Certainly a beautiful woman." Eternias muttered.

"Yes. She truly is." Yuesei agreed.

"Shall we go?" Yuugi asked.

The group agreed and mounted their horses.

"Please tell me that this place isn't that far away." Seth said.

"No. It shouldn't take us but about fifteen minutes to reach the Oasis." Jou replied.

"Good." Seth said.

"Does he not like to ride horses?" Ryou asked.

"He does. It's when it gets so hot that it really irks him." Jou answered.

The group had their horses go and started toward the Oasis.

True to Jou's word, they arrived at the Oasis within fifteen minutes.

"Wow." Anzu breathed when she the Oasis.

"This is largest Oasis that I have ever seen." Honda said.

"We know. We were rather surprised when we stumbled across this Oasis when we were younger. We got to the point that we were using it as a place to go and have fun." Yuugi said.

"We had to considering the face that father wasn't one who believed in fun" Heba muttered.

"Okay. That's a little harsh. Father may have been a little strict, but he still let us have fun." Atemu said.

"Doesn't matter now." Jou said.

The Oasis was surrounded by trees on all sides. The water itself didn't look very deep, but it was clear. So clear that the bottom could be seen.

"Not many people know about this Oasis. That's why it's in such good condition." Yuugi explained.

"This is actually how Malik and I met Bakura and Marik." Ryou said.

"How's that?" Jou asked.

"We stumbled across this Oasis when we were wandering. Yuugi, Ryou, and Malik came here while we were there. At first, they thought that we were going to try and hurt them, but they learned very fast that we had no intention of hurting them. In fact, they mentioned that the Oasis didn't actually belong to anyone. We started to come there and see them." Bakura said.

"And I'm guessing that overtime, you all fell for each other." Heba said.

The four nodded.

"Yes, and I started to hate to come considering the fact that all they wanted to do was make out." Yuugi said.

The group burst out laughing at the blushes on Ryou and Malik's faces and the glares on Bakura and Marik's faces.

"It's true." Yuugi said sweetly.

The group slowly started to spread out across the Oasis, doing their own things.

"What do you think, Atemu?" Heba asked.

"I wish we had something like this at the palace for us to get away every so often when we needed it." Atemu remarked.

Heba laughed. "Yes. It would be especially helpful when you have had a rather stressful day." Heba said.

Atemu glared down at him. "And what does that mean?" Atemu asked.

Heba smiled innocently. "Oh, nothing. Except that you are no fun to be around when you're stressed out." Heba said before darting away from Atemu.

"Heba, get back here!" Atemu shouted, chasing after Heba.

"What's that all about?" Yuugi asked.

Mana giggled. "That only happens when Heba says something that's going to get him in trouble with Atemu." Mana said.

Yuugi shook her head. "That brother of mine always gets himself in trouble." Yuugi said.

Seth and Jou were off in a little area by themselves, making out.

"Should we really be doing this here? We can do it any time." Jou said.

"So what?" Seth asked, smirking before he went back to what he had been doing before.

"What do you think of Yuugi, lover?" Yuesei asked.

"I don't know. I haven't spent much time with her, but from what I've seen, she seems to be a very nice girl. She's very pretty. I know that any man with genuine interest in her will be very lucky." Eternias answered.

"Meaning that you hope that she marries a man who will love her for who she is and will take good care of her." Yuesei said.

"I don't wish anything bad on her. From what I've seen, she's a very honest and trustworthy girl. Besides, she's Heba's sister, and I think that Heba would have told us if there was anything off." Eternias said.

Yuugi, noticing that Yami was off to himself, walked over and said, "Yami, are you all right?"

Yami, who was relaxing against a tree and had his eyes closed, opened his eyes and looked at her. "Yes. I'm fine. Why do you ask?" Yami replied.

"You're just off to yourself. I wondered if you were enjoying yourself." Yuugi answered, sitting down beside Yami.

"I am enjoying not having women throw themselves at me left and right just because of my position. Yes, I do enjoy being right here, though. It's quiet and peaceful, except for the noise that the others are making, although I am used to those kinds of things. It's nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of palace life." Yami said.

Yuugi smiled and looked back at where everyone was.

Atemu had caught Heba and was now tickling him.

Yuugi suddenly got a devilish smirk on her face. "Hey, Yami, Have you ever been on the receiving end of one of Heba's pranks?" Yuugi asked.

Yami glared. "Your brother has to have the most sadistic sense of humor that I have ever seen." Yami said.

Yuugi's smirk widened. "How about we get back at him?" Yuugi asked.

Yami's interest was perked. "How?" Yami asked. Sitting up.

Yuugi leaned over and whispered in his ear her idea.

Eternias saw Yuugi whispering to Yami and frowned.

"What's wrong, lover?" Yuesei asked.

"I think that Yuugi might be coming onto Yami." Eternias replied.

Yuesei looked and saw the smirk on Yami's face. "I think that it's more plotting than seducing. Yami wouldn't have that look on his face if she was trying to seduce him." Yuesei pointed out.

"Hmm. I see your point, but what could those two be planning to do?" Eternias asked.

"I don't know." Yuesei replied.

The two shrugged and went back to the conversation that they had been having beforehand.

"Yuugi, that is an excellent idea. Do you think that Heba will get mad at you?" Yami asked.

"Probably, but this is just payback for all the pranks that he has played on me before." Yuugi answered.

"And all I have to do is get Atemu away from him?" Yami asked.

Yuugi nodded.

"Yuugi, I would be honored to help you in this." Yami replied.

The two got up to do what they had planned.

"Atemu, could I talk to you for a moment?" Yami asked.

"Sure thing, Yami." Atemu answered and walked off with his brother.

"I wonder what that's all about." Heba muttered.

"Oh, don't worry about it too much, Heba. Yami's just getting Atemu out of the way." Yuugi said.

"Out of the way? What do you-" Heba started as he turned to face Yuugi.

As soon as he turned to her, Yuugi had pushed Heba backwards and caused him to fall backwards into the water.

"YUUGI!" Heba exclaimed.

Atemu's jaw dropped.

Yami burst out laughing as did everyone else at the sight.

Heba glared at Yuugi, who was smiling innocently at him.

Atemu couldn't help it. He started to laugh, too.

"Atemu, this isn't funny!" Heba snapped.

"No, but you sure seemed to think that it was considering the fact you used to do it to me all the time when we were younger." Yuugi said, crossing her arms and glaring down at Heba.

Heba just grinned innocently, considering the fact that he knew Yuugi was right.

"I'm sorry, Heba, but that was funny." Atemu said.

"And you did deserve it." Yami added.

Heba's eyes widened. "You were in on this, weren't you, Yami?" Heba demanded as he climbed out of the water.

"Yes, I was. You have pulled way too many pranks on me since you got to the palace, and I wanted the chance to get back at you, and Yuugi offered me the perfect opportunity to do just that." Yami answered.

"Heba, you have to admit that you do deserve that." Malik said.

"Ok. Fine. I guess I did deserve that, especially since I did do it to you a lot when we were kids, Yuugi." Heba said.

"Did you really have to help her?" Atemu asked.

"All I really did was get you out of the way so that you weren't pushed in, too." Yami replied.

With that incident out of the way, the group continued with their time at the Oasis.

"Yuugi, just what kind of pranks did Heba play on you?" Yami asked.

"Anything he and his partners in crime could think of." Yuugi replied.

"Who were his partners?" Yami asked.

"Jou and Malik were usually in on it with him. Ryou was the only one that I could count on not to do anything, although he never was able to convince them not to go through with the pranks." Yuugi said.

"What all did they do?" Yami asked.

"Let's see. You know about pushing me in the water. They would take things out of my room and hide them throughout our house. They would trip me up on purpose so that I would fall flat on my face. They would sneak up on me and scare the daylights out of me on purpose. Then there was the time that they somehow managed to sneak into my room and stole all my clothes, leaving me only with a pair of Heba's clothes." Yuugi said.

"They stole all your clothes?" Yami asked.

Yuugi nodded. "I could have killed them for that stunt." Yuugi said.

Yami shook his head. "I never thought that they would do something that low." Yami said.

"Trust me. They have done some pretty low things." Yuugi said.

The group ate the lunch that they had brought with them before they continued with their time at the Oasis.

When Yuugi looked up, she noticed that the sun was starting to get to where it would set. "We had better go back. Ra will be setting soon, and Grandfather won't be happy if we're out after dark." Yuugi said.

"She's right. It'll be safer for us to go on back." Eternias said.

The group mounted their horses again and headed back for the house.

After they arrived home, Atemu, Heba, Seth, Jou, Ryou, Bakura, Malik, Marik, Anzu, Honda, Eternias, and Yuesei returned to their own rooms.

"Hmm. I wonder why they all wanted to go to their rooms in such a hurry." the ever-innocent Mana stated.

Yuugi and Yami looked at each other with knowing looks.

"I'm sure that they're having more fun than we are." Yami muttered.

Mana turned to look at him. "Like what?" Mana asked.

"You'll find out later." Yuugi said.

"All right." Mana said and started to walk on.

"You should be a little more careful with what you say around her. Mana seems to still be rather innocent and naïve.

"She is. I guess you're right. You're not the first person to tell me that I need to be more careful about what I way in front of her." Yami agreed.

"I doubt that we'll be seeing any of the others for the rest of the day." Yuugi said.

"I agree. What is there that the three of us can do, Yuugi?" Yami asked.

"Do either of you play chess?" Yuugi asked.

"Yes. Why?" Yami asked.

"Well, I thought that we could play. Grandfather, Malik, Ryou, Bakura, and Marik are sick of the fact that I beat them every time that we play." Yuugi replied.

"I like that idea." Yami said. He looked ahead and said, "Mana!"

Mana turned and came back to them. "What's up, Yami?" Mana asked.

"You care to play chess. The three of us can take turns playing each other." Yami said.

"Okay. Sounds fun." Mana agreed.

"Follow me." Yuugi said. She lead Yami and Mana to the library, where the chess board was set up.

Mana's eyes lit up.

"Yuugi, you and I might be playing alone." Yami said.

"Why?" Yuugi asked.

"Mana loves reading, and I think that she would rather read than play chess." Yami said.

"You're welcome to read any of the books in here, Mana." Yuugi said/

"Really?" Mana asked.

Yuugi nodded.

"Oh, thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Mana exclaimed, grabbing Yuugi in a tight hug before she went running over to the books.

"I didn't expect that." Yuugi said.

"Mana's like that. You get used to it after so long." Yami said.

"Well, how about we play, then?" Yuugi asked.

Yami nodded, and the two sat down to play a game,

After a while and many brilliant moves, Yuugi moved one of her pieces and said, "Checkmate."

Yami was shocked. "Yuugi, you are the first person that has ever beaten me in a game. Not even Atemu has ever managed that." Yami said.

Yuugi blushed. "I like games. What can I say?" Yuugi asked.

"Well, how about another game?" Yami asked.

"Sure thing." Yuugi replied.

Yuugi won the next game.

Hearing that Yuugi was managing to beat Yami, Mana went over and started to watch them.

Yuugi and Yami ended up playing five games. Yuugi won three and Yami won two.

"Wow. No one's ever been able to beat Yami before." Mana said.

"Yes. I established that already, Mana." Yami said.

Yuugi smiled. "It was just a friendly game, Mana." Yuugi said.

"She's right. I don't mind being beaten that much, Mana." Yami said.

"Oh. Okay." Mana said.

"It's late. I think that we should retire for the night." Yuugi said.

"Yes. I agree." Yami said.

"Could I take the book and read it in my room, Yuugi?" Mana asked.

"Of course, Mana." Yuugi replied.

Mana took the book, and they went to their rooms.

"Good night, Yuugi." Yami said.

"Good night, Yami." Yuugi replied.

The two went to their own rooms for the night.

Yami and Yuugi were becoming very good friends.

That was the time at the Oasis. I hope you liked it.

Heba and the others will probably return to the palace in the chapter.

R&R.