Me: Okay, so, I'm going to try to work while I'm sick so I don't get behind. If something is not spelled right, it's because wordpad doesn't have a freaking spell checker and my damn copy and paste isn't working. So, just deal with it :) Anyway, here goes chapter 5 to Puzzled Past. I'm wingin this one lol! FDI is the next one I'm working on. I'd like to get Puzzled Past updated once before I continue on with FDI though XD Anyway, chapter 5 here goes!

Yami: And Nickey doesn't own YGO or anything pertaining to YGO :)

Me: Thx Yami :)

Puzzled Past

Chapter 5

A New Friend

Yami and Yugi were walking down the sidewalk in no general direction. They had decided to take a stroll after their friends had left. Their hands kept brushing against one another as they walked side by side. Yami sighed which caused Yugi to look at him.

"What's wrong?"

"I just thought it would be different."

Yugi stopped walking causing Yami to stop and turn to look at him. "Wh-What do you mean?"

"I thought you guys would've changed. That you'd all have someone and moved on with your lives."

Yugi stepped forward and looked up at Yami "So you thought that we would forget about you and move on with our lives?"

"Yeah."

"We would never do that Yami. Seto has Joey, Marik has Malik, Ryou has Bakura, Duke has Mai, and Tristan has Serenity."

"What about you?"

Yugi smiled sadly and shook his head. He couldn't tell Yami how he felt, he was still afraid. Yami brought his hands to either side of Yugi's face, tilting it up so Yugi would look at him. Yami smiled, his eyelids lowered, and love in his eyes. "So be with me" Yami said quietly.

Yugi's eyes widened "Wh-What?"

Yami chuckled "Be with me."

"Y-You mean that?"

"Of course I mean that. Be with me, Yugi. Be mine."

Yugi smiled, tears in the corners of his eyes "Okay."

Yugi wrapped his arms around Yami's ribs in a loving embrace. Yami embraced him right back, wrapping his arms around Yugi's shoulders. Yami placed a soft kiss on Yugi's forehead. They pulled away from the embrace and held hands as they continued to walk down the sidewalk. Both of them happy that the other finally knew of their feelings.

Walking down the sidewalk they ran into animal control. The man was cursing because he couldn't catch whatever he was after. A kitten came running out of the alley the man had disappeared into, climbed up Yugi's leg and into his arms. The kitten tucked its head into Yugi's elbow, silently pleading for him to not let the scary man take it. Yugi turned to Yami, a silent question to keep the kitten.

Yami's eyes softened and he nodded "Okay."

Yugi smiled as he held the kitten close to him. They heard a yelp from the alley and the kitten jumped from its position in Yugi's arms, running towards the alley. They heard hissing and the man yelling in pain, cursing the cat that was now latched onto his face.

Yami and Yugi exchanged glances before taking off down the alley. The kitten from earlier was now standing protectively in front of a cardboard box. "I do not get paid enough for this" the man grumbled.

Yugi turned to Yami as the man approached the kitten. Yami sighed and approached the man "Excuse me."

The man stopped where he was "Yeah?"

"Mind if we take these guys?"

"Buddy, if you can catch them, then be my guest."

"Thank you. Yugi, grab the kitten."

Yugi walked over and picked up the kitten which was all to happy to be held by Yugi. Yami bent down to see what the kitten had been protecting. He was surprised to find a pup that couldn't have been more than eight weeks old. He picked up the pup, thanked the man and the two of them walked away with the two pets.

They stopped by the pet store on their way back to Yugi's house. They grabbed litter, a litter box, and canned cat food for the tiny kitten, with a pink bell collar, after discovering the kitten was female. They got some toys for both the kitten and the pup, some canned dog food, and a red collar for the male pup.

"You realize these two are going in the bathroom until they are potty trained right?" Yami asked as they continued to walk down the sidewalk. Yami was carrying all the bags while Yugi carried the two pets.

Yugi glanced at Yami and smiled "I realize that."

"Good, because I don't want to step in dog poop."

Yugi giggled "Wouldn't want that to happen" he said dramatically.

Yami glared playfully at him "You are such an ass."

"I've been told that" Yugi said shrugging, causing Yami to chuckle.

"Glad to know I'm not the only one that thinks so."

Yugi punched Yami in the side playfully. They walked the rest of the way to Yugi's house in a comfortable silence. The kitten purring happily curled up next to the puppy in Yugi's arms. Yugi unlocked the door and let Yami in. Yami sat up everything in the bathroom and got the two of them fed. It took the puppy a little longer to eat, but he got it eventually.

The kitten was tan with dark brown spots on her right ear, her left eye, down her back to the tip of her tail and toes. The puppy was black and very wrinkly. "Yami, what kind of dog do you think the puppy is?"

Yami took the puppy from Yugi and inspected it. "Judging by how wrinkly it is, I'd say it's a shar pei. But it could be a shar pei mix."

"His wrinkles are cute."

Yami chuckled "He's definantly cute. You know, they're going to need names."

Yugi thought for a minute "Um, I dunno what to name them" he said sheepishly.

"Oh my Ra" Yami said facepalming and shaking his head.

"Wait! Ra is an Egyptian god right?"

"Yeah, he's the Egyptian sun god."

"What other gods and goddesses were there that we can name them after?"

"You want to name them after Egyptian gods and goddesses?"

"Yeah. It'd be cute."

Yami sweat dropped "Theres two that may fit them. Bastet was the goddess of cats, Lower Egypt, the sun and the moon. We can name the kitten Bast after Bastet. Anubis was a dog headed god, protector of the dead and embalming. We can name the pup Anubis."

"Sounds good to me."

"Good. Now let's let them sleep, they need to rest."

Yami laid the puppy down next to the kitten and walked out of the bathroom, leaving the light on so they could see to go to the bathroom.

Yami wrapped his arms around Yugi's waist as they walked out of the bathroom. Yugi turned to face him, a smile on his face. "What are you up to Mr. Sennen?"

Yami chuckled "I'm not up to anything. I just missed you so much." Yami pulled Yugi into a tight, loving embrace.

Yugi wrapped his arms around Yami's neck, snuggling into the embrace "I missed you too."

"I was so bored in Egypt. I would've been back sooner, but I wanted to make sure I could take care of myself."

"I understand." Yugi pulled back enough to look Yami in the eyes "But if you ever do that again I'm going to choke you" he playfully put his hands up to Yami's neck, pretending to choke him.

Yami chuckled and put his forehead against Yugi's "I don't plan on doing that again."

"Good" Yugi smiled as he rubbed his nose against Yami's.

"C'mon, let's go out for dinner. My treat."

"Okay" Yugi turned and grabbed Yami's hand. The two of them walked down the stairs and out the front door, headed towards a restraunt for dinner.

The puppy and kitten were curled up together in the bathroom. Their bellies were full, they were warm, and finally off the street. The kitten purred in happiness and the puppy barked quietly as he dreamed.

Me: Aaand that's where I'm ending it :) I'm starting to get better, hopefully I don't get worse XD I've been sleeping an awful lot, so I'm a bit groggy. Sorry if anything is mispelled, or something doesn't make sense. Just ask me if it's confusing, I'll be glad to clearify :) Until next time and as always *waves* Goodbye! ^_^