Ok, so here I have a long overdue update, and I am aware that it is a bit short, but as a bit of good news I have finally managed to get back on my feet and conquer my writer's block for this story so updates should be out quicker then they have been. Also my muse has returned to do the disclaimer for you.

Malik- DemonYodaVoice does not own Yu-gi-oh.

He wasn't sure exactly what time it was when the pounding on his door started, but he knew for sure that it wasn't early enough in the morning for any normal attendant or teacher to be outside his room. Frowning Yugi climbed out of bed and silently walked over to the door, standing on his toes to try and peer out the small slit in the door and succeeding only in seeing the tips of several colorful spikes, but there was only one person he knew with hair like that. Without a second thought he pulled open the door, "Atem?"

His cousin stood outside in the hallway looking very much shaken up, and Yugi could clearly see the dark circles under his eyes. Nervously he looked back and forth before looking back into the room again, "I need to talk to you. Can I come in?"

Smiling Yugi moved to the side and pulled the door open further, "Sure, but when I said that I wanted to talk to you in the morning I didn't mean this early." His smile faded further as he saw the panicked look in his cousin's eyes when he stumbled into the room. "Are you alright?"

Shaking his head Atem dropped down onto the bed clenched his hands into fists, "I'm not sure." Silently Yugi said nothing but went to sit next to the other boy on the bed. "In the last few hours alone I've found myself with so many questions about my past." He shook his head again, "I see so many places and people that I can't remember, half of them are no more than a feeling to me but I know they're important."

"Who?" Yugi leaned in closer, "Do you know who they are?"

Atem shook his head furiously and let it drop violently down into his hands. "No, and yes at the same time!"

"Well…maybe we just need to take some time to figure this out then." He noticed Atem hesitantly raise his head and looked at him with a confused expression, in response he just grinned, "You didn't think that I was just going to leave you alone did you? I mean you did come to me for help." Atem nodded and Yugi looked up at the ceiling as he pondered where to start. "Ok, so when did you start getting these feelings?"

Atem looked thoughtful and sat silently for several moments before he finally spoke, "I think it was during Uncle's prewar meeting. I…I thought I heard a voice, and I was familiar."

"Can you remember where it's from?"

"I can't." Atem shook his head, "I know that it ties in somehow with my childhood, but I can't remember where."

Nodding Yugi continued to watch him. "What else?"

Atem sighed, "There's another voice, he's somehow connected to the first one but I don't know how. Then there are the priests of the millennium items." Yugi leaned in closer at those words, the priests had been a topic he was just recently introduced to, but most of the information was still hidden from him.

"You're talking about your friend aren't you?"

Atem looked up again, "You mean Mahado?" Yugi nodded, but frowned when Atem shook his head. "It's true that Mahado is somehow involved, but there's another face too." He stared off into the distance as though trying to remember it. "Shimon took me to meet a man yesterday, his name was Naeem, and he reminded me of one of the other priests."

"You mean the other one you saw on that night when you ran outside? The night dad was furious because you almost got yourself killed?"

Atem nodded, "Yes, I don't know if it's true but I swear the two of them are related." He let his head drop into his hands as he looked down at the floor, "I'm beginning to think that I'm losing my mind."

"Not let's not go that far." Yugi slid closer to his cousin and let his hand rest of Atem's arm as he tried to looking into the other boy's eyes. "Just stop and think about this for a moment alright."

Atem shrugged and sighed, let his head move up slightly and his arms return limply to his sides. "Alright."

Nodding at the fact that his cousin wasn't so downcast Yugi paused and let his eyes wander thoughtfully around the room. "Let's start what we know. You've recently been plagued by voices in your head that you recognize from somewhere…"

"Not just somewhere." Atem looked up at him; the lack of sleep seemed to be making him slightly irritated. "I know they're from my childhood." He paused and let out a long sigh, "Somewhere."

Pausing to make sure that there were no more outbursts from his cousin, Yugi nodded gently before hesitantly starting to speak again. "And you've also started seeing people who both look and hold similar jobs to someone you knew in the past. Right?"

"Just one, and he really doesn't have the same job anymore." As he sighed again Yugi couldn't help but notice how tired he really was, "But yes, that is the basic idea."

"Well since I don't remember a lot from my childhood, much less know anything about yours I'm not going to be able to help you." Yugi did not pause before continuing as he stood up from where he was sitting on the bed, "Nor will a lot of the others around here. In fact I'm not really thinking of anyone else who's been around that long..."

"Brilliant deduction, that's a real confidence booster Yugi." Groaning he stood up and headed towards the door until he heard a voice behind him. "I might as well leave now."

"Excuse me." Turning around he saw Yugi standing there, arms crossed over his chest with as much of a scowl as he could muster written across his face. Realizing that he once again had gotten ahold of the other's attention he cleared his throat, "If you would stop interrupting me then you would know that I still have more to say."

Atem couldn't help but smile at the way Yugi stood straight and attempted the dignified, proper pose that his father and so many other men on the council always used. Sighing he turned back around and sat on the bed, one leg folded up underneath him as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Very well, I apologize for interrupting you. Please feel free to continue with what you were saying."

"I said that lots of people couldn't help you, but I never said there wasn't anybody."

Curiously Atem watched his cousin, "Go on."

"Shimon's been around here for a while has he? Couldn't he help you with this sort of stuff?"

"Yes but…" Atem hesitated, "to talk with him means that I'd have to admit to spying on his conversations."

"No you wouldn't." Yugi came over and dropped down next to him, "Just leave those parts out, it's not like he'll know the difference."

Atem stared at his cousin, "You think?"

"Yeah, I think. Otherwise you wouldn't have much help right now." Atem rolled his eyes and halfheartedly tried to smack Yugi, a movement that the other boy easily dodged. Taking the moment of motion Atem tackled Yugi onto the bed and the two of them wrestled around for a few minutes until they just lay there breathless and laughing. Smiling Atem rolled onto his side and looked down at his cousin who was still lying flat on the bed. "I suppose it wouldn't hurt to talk to him tomorrow, after spending time with you of course." His cousin smiled as the two lay in silence, however Atem finally pushed himself up off the bed and headed towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Glancing back over his shoulder Atem saw Yugi had sat up and was now watching him with a sad expression written on his face.

Shrugging the prince leaned against the wall, "Back to my room."

"You don't have to go. You could stay here." Atem couldn't help but smile at his cousin. "I'm serious!"

"I know you are, but aren't we a little old for that?"

He saw his cousin look away shyly, "But what if your voices come back, you don't want to be alone do you?"

Atem sighed; Yugi did make a good point, if there was a chance that one of the mystery voices did return he would feel better having his cousin around. "Alright, but only for tonight."

Squeaking with joy Yugi returned to the bed and Atem climbed in beside him and in moments the smaller one was curled into his chest. "Night Atem."

"Good night Yugi." He would have thought that he was unable to sleep, but between listening to Yugi's soft breathing and feeling the warm presence against him he found himself dosing off into a peaceful slumber.

And there you have it. Please feel free to leave a review and for those who have followed or favorited the story I would like to inform you that I will be doing some updates on the other chapters to fix minor spelling and grammar errors, not sure whether or not it will inform you of that but I felt it was best to clarify before hand.

-DemonYodaVoice