"Yugi. Yugi. Yugi."

Yugi slowly turned his head around, his blond bangs lightly touching his warm face. Suddenly a pale hand appeared and hurled towards him.

"I got you." Bakura snickered.

Yugi awoke with a start. His hand was on his chest and he was breathing heavily. He covered his eyes from the bright afternoon sun and slowly forced himself to stand up.

"Such an awful nightmare." Yugi spoke through his gasping breaths.

He had slept under a tree that night; distant, but not completely out of site of the wandering eyes of Domino City. He started walking towards the city limits of Domino City. Where was he going to go? Yugi wished he knew the answer to this question.

"It happened so fast. I am so afraid. Everyone is gone and now I am running for my life. What is the point? He is probably going to capture me anyway..."

Yugi, in order to lessen the reality of the extreme loneliness, began to talk to himself. Several eyes stared at him while he passed through the crowd, wondering what had happened to the Dueling King. Yugi could hear the wandering whispers as he went by, but tried to ignore them best he could...

"Did he lose a duel or something?"

"Why is he talking to himself?"

"Did he lose a duel and is now disgraced?"

"Has he gone insane? That poor boy..."

Yugi grabbed his ears and started to run faster through the crowd, not caring who was in the way. He kept running until he reached the city limits of Domino City and looked back at it. He thought of his friends, his grandpa, his rivals, and Atem.

"Atem. You were always so strong. What would you do in this situation?"

Yugi could not help releasing his tears. He fell on to his knees and began sobbing loudly. Through his sobs he heard footsteps behind him and turned quickly around with a gasp. Tears still streamed heavily down his face. The figure grew closer and closer to him. He started to shake violently.

"Fine you got me. Just get it over with please..."

"Yugi? What are you talking about!"

Yugi looked up with a confused look to see a tall blond woman standing in front of him. Mai gave him a suspicious look and extended her hand towards him.

"What are you doing on the ground Yugi? Come on get up! Rumor has it you have gone crazy!"

Yugi grabbed Mai's hand and weakly stood up, "I am not crazy!"

"Than tell me why you are on the ground crying at the edge of the city! Everyone is worried about you Yugi..."

"Who is everyone? I have no one anymore..."

"Yugi I heard about the murders. I really am sorry for your losses, but they were my friends too! How do you think I felt when I found out that Jounouchi was killed..."

Yugi looked at Mai with tired eyes, "Mai it is not just that. You will be in danger if you are seen hanging around with me."

Mai laughed loudly, "What are you talking about Yugi? Come on, let's go to my house. You look like you are about to pass out from exhaustion. You can explain everything there."

Yugi did not respond, but walked with Mai anyways. There was no denying Mai, he knew that, but he knew that he would be putting her in danger if she was around him. He looked up at the sun and the darkening sky. He had been walking around the city for awhile, he was exhausted, maybe it would not be bad to take a little break. They finally arrived at Mai's house and she unlocked the door.

"Come on Yugi. I'll get you some food while you sit down!"

Yugi slowly walked into the house. There was not much inside the place, probably because Mai was not there that often. He sat himself down and Mai brought him some fruit and bread.

"Sorry it's not much. I have not been to the store lately."

"It's fine."

"So what is wrong? Why are you so afraid?"

Yugi started telling his story in between bites of food, "Well the murders were done all by Bakura."

"Bakura? You mean that long white-haired psycho guy? I thought you defeated him?"

"I did. He managed to come back with one last ounce of his power. He has killed everyone! Everyone who witnessed the final battle between Atem and I were killed off! I am the last one left and he gave me two days to run from him or else I will be killed!"

"Have you seen any signs of him?"

"No. And the first day is almost over..."

"Why don't you stay with me? I don't think he will suspect that you will be staying with me, I mean I haven't seen you in awhile."

"I don't know Mai..."

"Oh come on Yugi! Even if he comes I can take him! You do not mess with Kujaku Mai!"

Yugi let out a slight laugh, "Okay Mai I will stay, but I have to leave first thing in the morning! We might never see each other again after this."

Mai's proud expression turned gloomy, "Well when you put it that way...well anyway you can sleep here on the couch. I will leave you alone so you can get some rest. Night Yugi!"

"Night Mai! Thanks for everything!"

Mai winked at him and went into her bedroom. Yugi laid down and smiled up at the ceiling. This is the first time in awhile that he has actually felt somewhat calm. His eyelids grew heavy and he finally fell into a deep sleep.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: I am soooo sorry everyone! I know its been a couple of weeks and I am so sorry about that! I have been super busy with school and bowling and now that finals are finally over with I am back to writing! I know this chapter is kind of boring, but the conclusion is next! I will definitely write it either tomorrow or this weekend! Thanks for all the reviews and views! I love you guys, you are all awesome! :D :D