Ranko: …I'm pretty sure I was supposed to tell you guys something but I forgot what it was.

Yuugi: You're not serious, are you?

Ranko: I am completely serious.

Yami: (sighs) The sad thing is that I remember what you wanted to tell them.

Ranko&Yuugi: You do?

Yami: Yes, but it will be my dirty little secret for now. You guys will found out what is so important in about five days, on June 26.

Ranko: Damn you, Yami!

Yami: Just answer your reviews.

Ranko: Fine…

hikari no senshi17: Yes, I am the Queen! No one can take my throne! All will bow down to me! (insert evil laugh here) Ahem, I apologize…what were we talking about again? Oh yeah, the story! Yes, Malik is the reincarnation of Marik's friend AND lover (OMR plot twist)! It sure would suck if that wasn't really Ryou, huh? About Ryou's role in Akefia's life, I don't want to say too much but all of Akefia's past life has not been revealed yet ;) Yes, I do not give any of my characters mercy! Because I can do whatever I want, because I am Queen! …O_O I'm going to go now.

Tyrant Dragon Knight: Thank you for the hug, lovely! (I call everyone 'lovely' or 'darling' or something like that so please don't be freaked out). I don't suggest hugging those two, they may look sweet but they are pure evil inside! Do not show them weaknesses, the hikaris will take over the world, run for your life! I swear, I am not usually like this in real life, I'm just really happy for some reason!

lilpopsplash: Oh please, God, no. Um…whatever you want me to write, I'll write it, just please don't kill me! TT_TT Oh, thank you for liking last chapter so much! I still love you!

YinYang Moon Dragon: I don't know what makes me happier, the cookies or the fact that you wrote "OMR" in your review! :)

IlluminatedWord: Yes! Bakura's hair under black lights! It is an amazing sight. Why can't I just "end it there?" I am the all powerful Ranko! Ahem, worry no longer, my subject (O_O?) I have brought forth an update for your eyes to read (now I'm just being creepy, I'll stop). Oh…the "please" at the end touched me right in the feels! I just imagined Yuugi's puppy dog eyes. I'll try my best!

Dream the Fox: How could I just leave you with a cliffhanger, you ask? Because I am the Queen of Cliffhangers, my dear ;)

CrimsonStrawberry17: Well, in the original book, it was actually her grandfather because he sacrificed himself to the Shadow Men. I hope that its Ryou :( or I'm going to be sad.

Great: I wished that it worked like that, but something in my mind won't let me think that way (about Yuugi's dad moving to another realm). But I think once you're killed by the Shadow Men, you're done. So, lets go with the second option ;)

sea girl: No…I cannot…resist…the puppy dog eyes!

SincerelyChristina: Aw! You're review just made me laugh for a good few minutes. I was actually saying the review out loud and I was halfway through the "NO" when my dad walked in. He gave me a look and walked away ^^ You are the first person to give Soren's head some love! All I have heard is "Poor Yuugi's mom!" I was thinking, "What about Soren?" Oh, and no problem ;)

Cheshirecat23The: Yes, I am the Queen of Cliffhangers after all ;) I love that title just a little but too much, but oh well. Yes, I am the EPIC Queen of Cliffhangers now! …Yeah, that works. Thank you for giving Soren some love by the way!

Cascade00: I don't know! What is going on?! Breathe…breathe, its okay; it will all be okay. About Yuugi's dad, I don't know. I felt like someone needed to die at that moment and I was like "Why not the father?" I didn't really give it much thought, it just sort of happened.

Yuugi: That is a lot of reviews…

Yami: Ranko twin owns nothing!

Ranko: Enjoy!

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"Hello," the boy with white hair in front of him said softly, soothingly; it was as if he was dealing with a frightened animal. He smiled at him despite just having been beaten and blood was dripping down his feet from the shackles secured around his ankles that were rubbing his skin raw. "What's your name?"

He backed further back into his corner in the dark, dank cell he was sharing with the boy who looked like he was his age; twelve, or maybe thirteen. He didn't answer the boy and just rubbed his arms to keep warm.

The boy's smile never wavered. "My name is Akefia."

The boy peaked up from under his wild bangs with unexpressive brown eyes. "Ryou…" the boy mumbled under his breath, so softly that Akefia almost didn't hear him.

Akefia smiled and crawled closer to the corner Ryou was huddled in. "It's nice to meet you, Ryou." He put an arm around the tinier boy's shoulder and he flinched. "I know that this isn't easy, I've been a prisoner and slave to these bandits for a few years now. You just have to be stronger than they are and make sure they don't affect you."

Ryou scooted a little farther away from Akefia. "They killed my whole family."

"I know how that feels," Akefia said. "My mother and father were killed in front of me and then they took my big brother. I was so young when it happened, I barely remember his face." Akefia smiled sadly. "I've been lonely for so long, I've had no one. But now, you're here too."

Ryou peaked over his shoulder at Akefia.

"Do you want to be friends while we're stuck in this hell together?" Akefia asked.

Ryou snorted. "No one want in my village ever wanted to be my friend. They thought I was strange for having white hair and fair skin."

Akefia was silent for a moment and then said, "I may not have fair skin, but I have white hair." Ryou finally fully turned around to look at Akefia in surprise. He didn't notice before in the dim lighting, but this close to the boy, Ryou noticed a jagged scar run down his left eye. "So I guess we're friends now."

Ryou felt himself being shaken from his sleep harshly. He groaned and squeezed more tightly shut. What was all the shouting about? What was that clattering noise above him? And why did he feel secure arms around him?

Staring at Ryou sleeping peacefully in Bakura's arms almost made Yuugi cry, but his blood was still pumping so harshly in his veins; he couldn't find the energy to cry. He needed to see Ryou open his eyes; he needed to stare into those beautiful chocolate eyes that always appeared in his memory when he was upset.

Bakura was rocking Ryou in his arms gently, telling him to wake up and open his eyes; he was basically voicing Yuugi's thoughts out loud.

Then Ryou stirred in Bakura's eyes. He groaned and peeled one eye open, rubbing it tiredly. He yawned cutely and it didn't seem like it registered in his mind where he was yet.

"I'm so tired…" he said in a groggy voice. His vision cleared and he saw all eyes on him. He stared timidly at everyone, obviously feeling uncomfortable at all the attention being on him. "What?"

Then all the tears came. Bakura clutched Ryou tightly, pressing the smaller boy against his body; he looked like he was going to break the boy. He cried into the boy's hair and kissed the top of the boy's head over and over again.

There was no doubt in anyone's mind that Ryou was dead. The flush in his cheeks, so warm and alive, proved that his heart was beating. And his skin was not that disgusting goo that Soren's body turned into. He looked alright and completely normal, the exact way he had looked whenever he stood in Yuugi's kitchen making Sukiyaki for Jou's birthday.

Yuugi could not say anything, no one could. Except Bakura; he kept repeating, "I love you" to the boy. Ryou had squirmed his trapped arms out of Bakura's grip and patted the man on the back gently, like he always did. He stroked Bakura's hair and spoke comforting words in his ear.

"Bakura, its okay, I'm okay," Ryou said. Bakura pulled back a little bit so he could look Ryou in the eye. He leaned in and kissed the smaller boy sweetly.

"This is lovely," Seto muttered, turning away from the scene quickly.

"Ryou," Yuugi said softly once he and Bakura had broken up.

Ryou looked up and smiled softly at Yuugi. "Hi Yuugi."

Yuugi hiccupped and fell to his knees to hug Ryou. "It's really you," Yuugi cried out as he squeezed his friend tightly.

"Of course it's me, who else would it be?" Ryou asked, chuckling.

Bakura scooped Ryou in his arms bridal style and lifted him up. Ryou squeaked, clutching Bakura's shoulders tightly. "Are you hurt anywhere?" Bakura asked.

Ryou giggled. "I told you, I'm fine."

"Ryou," Yuugi said again, choking on his tears, because that seemed like the only thing he could say. Ryou was here; he was alive and breathing and warm. The last time he saw the boy, his eyes were wide with terror and his screams were piercing Yuugi's ear drums. But now he was here, where he was supposed to be.

These thoughts made Yuugi so dizzy; it was a lot to take in. His heart was skipping, though he couldn't tell if it was out of joy or if he was anxious. His heart had been skipping all night.

Being here, in the Shadow Realm, it was different. There was adrenaline that coursed through him, flooding from his toes to the top of his head. But now that Ryou was here, he felt lighter; it was like he was a balloon being lifted up towards the ceiling.

All he could think was, 'thank you.'

Because, even staring at Ryou now; even after he had touched his hand and felt his pulse beat through his wrist, he couldn't believe the boy was here with them…in his own body and not trapped like…

'Thank you, thank you, thank you.'

But then he thought of something else. Ryou was with them, they were all together now. But…where they were was not safe. Now Ryou was in just as much danger to the Shadow Men as the rest of them were. Ryou was playing this Game with them now and after what happened in the first Game, all Yuugi wanted to do was wrap Ryou in bubble wrap.

Yuugi didn't think that Ryou could go through the horrors of this Game. He didn't think that he could handle all of Yami's tricks and his gamesmanship. Ryou was gambling with them now.

And anything could happen before they got home.

If anything, these thoughts helped Yuugi. It felt fuel the spark inside of him. It gave him a new determination. He would make sure that Ryou got out of this Game alive, even if he had to go up against Yami to make sure that happened.

"Ryou," Bakura said softly; Yuugi forgot what Bakura sounded like when he talked to Ryou, it brought out a whole new side of the man. "I promise that I will keep you safe and I will protect you this time, do you understand me?"

Ryou nodded. "Yes; so, what is this new Game about?"

Yuugi gave Ryou a look. "Ryou, you know that we're not in the paper house?"

The boy nodded again. "I've spent this whole time in the Shadow Realm, I am pretty caught up on everything that has happened after…you know," Ryou said the last part in a whisper.

Honda coughed. "Um, I think that w should talk about that later. Maybe when we get out of this chamber of tortures," he said.

Mai nodded. "I don't want another one of those spiked tables to almost fall on one of us again." She turned to Bakura and gave him a thumbs up. "Good tuck and roll by the way, I thought that you were a goner for sure."

Ryou looked up at Bakura curiously. "What does she mean?"

Bakura laughed awkwardly. "Oh, uh, its nothing; just something that happened while you were asleep."

The shift to ordinary—if one could call this Game ordinary—stopped the last of the trembling in Yuugi. It wasn't that he was less happy—he was even happier now that he was getting over his disbelief. The initial joy was over, and now he was crashing from the high. There was a deafening silence filling his ears.

As they began to continue walking down the corridor, Yuugi saw eyes glow in the shadows; they were staring at him and watching him as he moved. The eyes were full of malice.

'I won't let you hurt Ryou,' Yuugi thought, wishing he could project his thoughts to them. 'I promise you that.' And he meant it too. It was like the overall excitement wrapped him in a protective armor; he felt safe. The Shadow Men could stare all they wanted, but they couldn't touch.

Soon after the torture scene where they found Ryou, the Queen's Chopping Block ended. They were surrounded by mirrors again and the black lights made everything white glow. After a few twists and turns, the maze opened up to a small room with a revolving door and a neon sign that read: EXIT.

"Made it," Honda sighed in relief, looking rather pale; no doubt he was still imaging the Queen's Chopping Block.

Ryou, who was now walking on his own, tugged on Bakura's shirt sleeve. "Wait, look at this," he said with a childlike curiosity and a certain eagerness. Everyone else, who was far more experienced in these Games, gave Ryou a rather peculiar look. Ryou was pointing at something behind them.

Everyone turned and followed Ryou's finger. Sitting innocently in the middle of the mirrored hallway they had just came out of was a small white box. It glowed under the black lights and was tied with a pretty red ribbon. Next to the box was a little folded piece of paper and written on the paper was: Ryou.

Ryou shrugged and took one step forward; Bakura's hand quickly shot out and grabbed Ryou's wrist. "Are you insane?" Bakura said through clenched teeth. "That could be a trap."

Ryou looked over his shoulder again at the innocent little box. "It doesn't look like a trap."

Bakura bit his bottom lip. "I think you would have to be either blind or stupid to realize that wasn't a trap."

Ryou pulled his wrist out of Bakura's grip and put his hands on his hips; he gave his boyfriend a long, calculating gaze. "Are you calling me stupid?"

Bakura gaped. "What? N-no…"

Yuugi shook his head; Ryou was the only person he knew that could have a face off with Bakura and not be afraid, also he could make Bakura bend over backwards for him with just a bat of his eyelash.

Mai sighed and threw her hands in the air. "Enough of this, I'll just go," she said, taking long, meaningful strides towards the tiny little box. Yuugi wanted to tell Mai not to go but he knew that wouldn't do any good, so he just let it.

Mai stopped in front of the small box and bent down to pick it up. She put the note for Ryou in her pocket and pulled at the end of the ribbon; she let it fall to the ground. She lifted the lid and gasped.

Everyone immediately rushed towards her. They all immediately assumed the worst. Was it a finger? A poisonous spider? None of those things actually. Sitting delicately in the box was a shiny gold coin with a bow stamped on its side.

Honda whistled. "Not a bad gift, Ryou."

Ryou shook his head. "I don't get it."

Mai pulled the note out of her pocket and handed it to Ryou. "Read it."

Ryou unfolded the small note and read it aloud, "Thank you so much for spending time with me in the Shadow Realm, Ryou. Here is a little gift from me to you. I hope that you and your friends make it out of this Game alive and that you and Bakura are happy together. I'll be rooting for you. Akefia.'

"Akefia?" Bakura asked, his voice rising. Everyone remembered Akefia from both of the Games; their memories of him were not happy ones.

Ryou nodded. "Yeah, I made friends with him; he's nice."

Anzu put a hand on the boy's shoulder. "You do realize he stalked you in the first Game, right?" she asked.

Ryou nodded. "Of course, but something happened in the Shadow Realm that made me change my opinion of him."

Bakura scowled. "What kind of things happened?"

Ryou gave Bakura a look. "Don't tell me your jealous."

Bakura huffed. "I am not jealous, I just don't understand how you can like that jerk is all."

"He is not a jerk," Ryou fumed. "You don't know anything about him so you can't say anything."

"I know that he is a sick, malicious Shadow Man who has hurt some of our friends and used you against us plenty of times in the second Game," Bakura said, equally angry.

"Guys," Mai said harshly. "Cut it out."

Ryou sighed and grasped Bakura's hand tightly. "Nothing happened between me and Akefia; I only have feelings for you, you know that. Its just…I saw Akefia's past life."

Yuugi sucked in a sharp breath.

Bakura gave Ryou a confused look. "What do you mean, 'past life?'"

"Before Shadow Men were Shadow Men, they were human. They once lived out human lives and I saw Akefia's human life," Ryou said. "I saw what he was like when he was a human and I know that he is not evil. He is…he's just lost," Ryou said sadly. "He had just a horrible life and he never wanted to be apart of the Shadow Realm."

"How do you know all this?" Bakura asked, squeezing Ryou's hand back.

"Because I was once a part of his life; I was his friend," Ryou said. He shook his head and chuckled. "This all sounds so silly saying it out loud."

Seto shrugged. "I think we've heard stranger."

"Can we just please get out of here?" Honda asked.

Everyone nodded and they all went out the revolving door one by one. Mai was leading the group and Yuugi was taking up the back to make sure everyone got out okay. He pushed Ryou in front of him and then he stepped through the revolving door.

He pushed on the metal arms briskly; he wanted to get out of this fun house as soon as possible. But something wasn't right—he could see that it was pitch black outside through the glass doors. He couldn't even glimpse Ryou or Bakura's hair.

Then he stepped right into a room. He was alone; none of his friends were there waiting for him. He didn't even feel fear grip his heart; dare say that he was used to it.

'Where am I now?'

He felt like he was reciting a play because everything kept repeating itself. He was trapped at some place where he didn't know where he was at, it was completely dark, there were no exits, and he was alone in this room with Yami.

Yep, same old, same old.

He stood in the middle of the room, wearing a black duster jacket and looking like a normal teenage boy. He had his arms crossed over his chest but his hip wasn't cocked. He wasn't grinning or smirking; his mouth of a straight line. There was no playful or mischievous glint in his eyes; he just stared straight ahead at Yuugi.

Why was he so different?

"Yami?" Yuugi called, taking a few more steps further into the room. "Yami!"

Yuugi finally ran towards him; Yami didn't move an inch to come towards him.

Yuugi tried to keep smiling but there was something wrong with Yami that made the atmosphere in the room thicker.

Yuugi tried to remain happy, to Yami that his sudden mood swing did not affect him. "It was you, wasn't it? You gave us back Ryou?"

"I gave you Ryou back," Yami corrected, his voice was subdued and moody. He was more modestly dressed than Yuugi had ever seen. His duster jacket wrapped him in the shadows.

"Thank you," Yuugi said breathlessly. "You don't know—" Yuugi cut himself off; Yami probably did know. He had watched Yuugi for years; he knew what Ryou meant to him. He knew that Ryou was his best friend since he moved to Domino with his grandpa.

"Is he okay?" Yuugi asked. "Like…" Yuugi tapped a finger against his temple.

"He's okay, we've treated him well in the Shadow Realm, like an honored guest. Akefia wouldn't let any of the other Shadow Men come near Ryou." Yami spoke in a flat tone and he looked like a moody teenager. No, moody wasn't the word; distrustful.

Yuugi ignored it and met his shadowed ruby gaze directly. "Thank you," he said again, very quietly and looking at him so that he could see everything he was feeling.

Yami's eyelashes drooped, as if he couldn't hold Yuugi's gaze.

Yuugi touched Yami's arm gently; the taller man flinched. "Yami, you did a good thing. You shouldn't act like you're ashamed."

Yami looked down at Yuugi's hand and took a step back; Yuugi's hand fell to his side. "I did it for my own reasons."

Yuugi bit his bottom lip. "Why are you trying to ruin this? You did it, that's what matters. I don't care who you did it for or why you did it." Yuugi couldn't help but wonder why Yami couldn't just pick a personality and go with it. Last time he saw Yami, he was vulnerable and human. Now he was closed off and cold and resentful.

"You know," Yuugi said, taking a few steps closer to Yami subconsciously. "There was a time when I thought you were completely evil. Completely. But now I don't believe that, I don't think you are as bad as you say you are or think you are."

Yami looked up at Yuugi, the fire in his blood red eyes burning brightly. "That is where you are wrong. Don't count on that, Yuugi."

Yuugi knew that he should have felt fear; he should be frightened of Yami…but he wasn't. That was because he could see past this pathetic façade.

"I still don't believe you," he said confidently.

Yami advanced towards Yuugi, towering over him and trying to look menacing; that didn't fool Yuugi. "I told you, you're wrong. I am what I am, and you or anything else can never change that."

Yuugi curled his hand into a fist. "You didn't kill Ryou in the first Game. You let him live; you saved him."

"Yes," Yami spoke coldly, as if that didn't matter.

"And you could have just let him wonder around the Realms forever, but you made sure he ended up in the Shadow Realm so he could be watched over," Yuugi said.

"…Yes."

"And then there was Haga, Ryuzaki, and Soren. You didn't kill them, did you?"

Yami remained silent.

"Answer the question, Yami!" Yuugi said, starting to get mad. "Did you kill Haga, Ryuzaki, and Soren? Did you make Soren into what he is now?"

"Yes," Yami said, in almost a whisper.

"You're a damn liar!" Yuugi said with a triumphant smile.

Yami looked down at his shoes; Yuugi noticed that they were Vans.

"Did you do, or did you not?" Yuugi asked again.

Yami sighed and with a much more defeated tone, said, "No."

"Then what happened to them?"

Yami sighed again, but this time it sounded my tired. "They opened the door to the closet and let me out. But when I came out…" Yami bit his lip. "They ran. They ran out of the paper house and right into the arms of the other Shadow Men. And Soren…Soren was also killed by the other Shadow Men; they did that to him."

Yuugi gulped; he didn't know why he had always thought Yami had never killed those three. There was something in the back of his mind that wouldn't let him believe that. He knew Yami was a bit of a jackass, but a killer?

"What about my mother and father?" Yuugi asked past the lump in his throat.

Yami's head shot up to look at Yuugi. "You saw you're mother?" Yuugi nodded silently. Yami ran his fingers through his hair. "They killed your father because he was stronger out of the two of them and he had a much more stable life energy. You're mother could barely survive past the threshold to the Shadow Realm. She was useless to them, but they couldn't send her back to the human world, so they put her in that machine."

Yuugi felt his mouth go dry.

Yami shrugged. "I don't know; I didn't really know much about it back then, I was younger. They wouldn't even let me go near her. The only reason I could keep Ryou was because he was mine, my prey that I had caught myself. The only reason I kept him was to use him against you."

"But you didn't," Yuugi said.

Yami was silent for a few moments. "I could have, and I will do it next time."

"What next time, Yami?" Yuugi asked; Yami's eyes widened.

Yuugi took a few steps closer to Yami. "You are not like other Shadow Men, Yami. You could change if you wanted to—I know that you can." He was standing right in front of Yami, having to crane his neck up to still look him in the eye.

"No," Yami said bleakly, "I can't."

The way Yami said that made Yuugi's heart break. "Yami…" Yuugi said. Without thinking, he moved closer and closer until he felt Yami's breath on his lips. "You can change," he whispered. Their lips met and Yuugi's eyes widened as he saw another vision.

"You realize that princes aren't supposed to love slaves, right?" he asked the thirteen year old Prince of Egypt, three years older than him.

He had been pursuing the poor servant boy for months now. As much as he loved the attention he was getting from the prince and that he could spend more time with him, he knew that it was wrong and he could be killed for even being seen with the prince.

The prince smiled and tried to hug the servant, but he stepped out of the way before he could get his arms around him. The Prince of Egypt pouted; he couldn't help but giggle at the sight. "I can change."

He rolled his eyes. "You can't change being a prince."

The prince smiled. "I can try."

Yami's eyes widened and he quickly pushed Yuugi away. His breathing was harsh and his face was flushed red. Yami's eyes were wide and confused as he stared at Yuugi. He shook his head frantically. "No Yuugi, you're wrong. I am what I want to be."

Yuugi stared at Yami sympathetically; he was just as confused at what he just saw but he knew that it meant something. "Yami—"

The man was pacing. "You want to see what I really am? I'll show you, Yuugi. And I'll enjoy proving to you that I am evil."

Yuugi shook his head. "No, you're not." He knew that Yami was more trying to convince himself that Yuugi. Yami stopped his pacing and spun Yuugi around, The revolving door had reappeared and Yami was pushing him towards it. "Yami, listen to me!"

"Go on, try a little more of the park. See all the surprises I've got waiting, and then we'll talk," Yami said from behind Yuugi.

"Yami—" Yuugi tried again; he quickly spun around to face him and found that he was gone.

Yuugi growled low in his throat. "You bastard!" he cried to the empty room. He felt tears collect in his eyes and he hiccupped. Damn him. Why did he always have to do that to him?

He was the most impossibly and the most infuriating…

But he always made Yuugi want to come back for more.

The bandits had Akefia tied to a tree in the middle of a great storm. Lightning flashed in the sky, followed by the boom of thunder, as the rain beat down on them and made their cold clothes cling tightly to their skin.

One of them muttered in the boy's ear. "We're going to get rid of you once and for all, you useless brat."

Akefia gulped; that didn't sound good.

The leader of the thieves was standing right under the sky, with no shade or protection as the rain made him look older and more grotesque than normal. He had his hands raised towards the sky and his arms opened up, as if he was offering himself to some higher power.

"Great lords of the Shadows!" he yelled above the sudden boom of thunder. "I give to you a young boy as an offering to appease you! You may use him for whatever purpose you see fit! He is yours to take!" Lightning flashed in the sky and the wind howled louder. "Please, accept our fine sacrifice!"

A fork of lightning shot from the sky and struck the tree that Akefia was tied to. The bandits surrounding the tree quickly jumped away and covered their ears with their hands. Everyone shielded their eyes from the bright flash and when they looked back up, the tree was not on fire or destroyed, but the young Akefia was gone.

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Ranko: And that is the end of this chapter? Are you going to tell me what I forgot now, Yami?

Yami: You're going to have to wait until June 26.

Ranko: Damn you!

Yuugi: Ranko has something to tell the readers.

Ranko: I do?

Yami: Did you forget that too?

Ranko: Nope, I remember now! Okay, so I was reading a story by Wordsorceress the other day and I saw that at the end of her chapter she asked a few questions that she wanted her readers to answer. I thought that looked pretty smart so I wanted to try it out.

What was your favorite part?

What was your least favorite part?

3) Did you see any spelling/grammar errors?

4) What did you think of Akefia's past?

5) What did you think of Ryou coming back?

Ranko: You can answer one of these or all of them. All I really want to do it improve this story for you guys but I cannot do that without a little bit of feedback, because I want this story to be the best it can be for all of you! So please, tell me what you think! As much as I love "That was awesome" tell me what was awesome!

Yuugi: Review!