Memories of the Past

by SetoJouFan

Joey is being abused by his father and he is getting memories from ancient egypt and he was friends with yugi and just like in this timeline his father abuses him. SetoJou yaoi puppyshipping boyxboy abuses him.

5. Chapter 5

Disclaimer: How many times do I have to tell you I DON'T OWN YU-GI-OH!!!!

Warnings: abuse, swearing, shounen-ai/yaoi

Jou's POV

Painfully I pulled myself off of the ground. The week had gone by fast and it was early Saturday morning. Going into my room I grabbed a duffle bag and started to stuff it with any clothes that I could find. When it was packed I went into the bathroom. I looked like a mess. Last night had been the worst beating yet and I was glad I would have a break soon. Yesterday's beating played clear through my memory.

Walking into the house as silently as I could I had hoped my dad was gone. He didn't even try to hide himself. My father stood in the front doorway glaring down at me. "Why were you late?" he growled out.

"I told you earlier I had detention…" I muttered. Grabbing me by the front of the shirt he slammed the door shut leaving a ringing noise in my ear. Oh god I knew this would turn out bad. Flinching as he began to yell obscenities I tried to escape from his grasp. No such luck he slammed me against the wall. I swear if he continues to do this I'm going to get a concussion or something. My lack of response angers him and he punches me in the gut. The air is literally knocked out of me as I gasp for breath. Another punch has me coughing up blood. I put a hand over my mouth in a vain attempt to stop the blood from coming out. Looking at my father I could see him smirking sadistically, and to think he's sober and hitting me. He may drink but that's just an excuse he uses. While I was focused on his face which I was disoriented so it was blurry he kicked my legs from under me. The onslaught of punches and kicks continued until I passed out.

Yeah I so which I could get rid of that memory but it was useless I knew that if I actually dreamed it would either be those weird desert dreams or nightmares of the abuse I suffer. Sighing I grabbed the Irish Springs Original shampoo and soap. Turning the water as hot as it would go which was luke warm I stepped in. Making sure to get my hair completely wet I lathered in the shampoo. I rinsed out the shampoo letting my mind drift and I remembered my dream that I had woken up too.

Atem had shown me where I would be working and what I would do. I would be his personal servant and do everything for him from gathering his clothes for the day to following him around and doing whatever he said. He was a kind person regardless so I didn't mind. Being his servant was hard at first but I quickly got used to it. One day I was surprised when I saw someone that resembled Seto…it was High Priest Seth.

My dream had ended there since I had woken up. Making sure all of the shampoo was out of my hair I sighed. Now Se…Kaiba was appearing in my dreams, but then again they were so real…I'm going to ask Yami about this later, and hopefully he can help. Even if he only tells me my dreams are meaningless it would be nice to talk about them with someone. Turning off the shower I grab the towel I had set nearby and dry off. Lately I've noticed I've been thinking more about Kaiba and each time I want to call him by his first name! Quickly I step out of the shower and onto the floor mat. I pick up my clothes and slip them on as they cling to my body. I should probably wait until seven to go to Yume's house so she can check my bandages.

Stepping out of the bathroom I check the clock in the kitchen above the stove. It blinks in red numbers 6:49. Great so I only have to wait about eleven minutes before I can bother her. Since its Saturday her husband should be out and won't arrive until around nine in the morning. Knocking on the door she opened it expecting me. "Hi Yume!" I greeted cheerfully.

"Good Morning Jou," she replied nodding her head slightly.

"May I come in?" I inquired. She pulled the door open allowing me to step inside. Her house smelled like pumpkin spice candles. "Trying to relax before work?" I asked. She smiled.

"Yes, I don't want to go to work exhausted," Yume meekly replied. I gave her a gentle smile in reassurance. Yume led me to the living room telling me to, "Sit wherever you want." I chose to sit in the chair closest to the entrance. A few minutes later Yume came back with the same medical box as before. "Has anything healed at all?" she asked but we both knew the answer.

"No, I think it's gotten worse. I know I have more cuts than usual, my bruises are increasing, and he hit my injuries that were healing," I responded. She gave me a sympathetic look as she inspected my new injuries, wincing at the severity of my new cuts.

"You should really go to the hospital," she told me. We both knew that would never happen.

"Yume you know I can't afford it, and that if I did I might die," I said appreciating the concern. She gave me a sad smile.

"I know but you really deserve a better home than what your father gives you," she said while making sure the bandages where on.

"Thanks," I told her. Looking at the clock on the wall I sighed then said, "See you later Yume! I should go before your husband comes home." She nodded and I left to waste some time at the park before going to Yugi's. Sometimes I really wish I could just sleep in at home, but I didn't want to wake up to yelling and hitting. Hopefully during this trip I can relax a little until I have to go back. Setting my duffle bag down I sat on a nearby bench I pull my legs to my chest despite the pain. The sun was barely up as I sat there observing the few people that were there.

A few dogs were out playing with some kids. I smiled at how innocent they looked playing in the grass throwing a Frisbee. One of the boys fell and all the others laughed causing the boy to cry before I could get up and comfort him one of the other boys noticed. They went up and held out there hand. The little boy smiled and grabbed it getting back into the game. I looked around for the clock in the park to check the time. It was around ten now so I figured it would be alright to go to Yugi's now.

I heard an explosion when I reached the Kame Game Shop. Quickly I hurried into the house and asked, "Oh my god what happened?!" Yugi was in the kitchen coughing waving his hand back and for.

"Yami that was the third stove this month!" Yugi cried.

"It's not my fault they keep exploding!" Yami pouted. Yes he pouted. The scene was so funny I started to laugh. Yugi then noticed I was there and glomped me.

"Jou you're up early!" Yugi exclaimed happily. Ruffling his hair I replied, "Yeah well I had to visit my neighbor to get something and figured I might as well stop by early."

"Breakfast is almost done," Yami commented.

"Will it be burned?" I inquire jokingly. Yami blushed in embarrassment and shouted, "No!" indignantly.

"If you say so…" I teased. He huffed and crossed his arms it was such a funny scene. Awhile later he placed some sausages and eggs down with a whole bunch of buttered toast. "Looks great!" I said digging in right away. Usually I didn't get to eat at my house so this was welcomed. I ate a lot while trying to be polite and save some for Yugi and Yami but it was hard. When breakfast was done I plopped down on the couch and waited for everyone else to get here. It wasn't long of a wait since I had arrived at around 10:30 and breakfast lasted about an hour since we kept joking around. Ryou and Bakura were the first to arrive after Jou followed by Seto and Mokuba and Malik and Marik. "Where's Tea?" I asked curiously looking around.

"She couldn't make it and her parents didn't want her to be surrounded by boys," Yugi replied. Almost everyone in the room wanted to cheer after they heard that. I smiled and we got everything put into the car that Kaiba provided for our trip along with a cooler filled with drinks and snacks. He brought one of the biggest vans ever so we could fit all of our stuff in the back and be able to comfortably sit in our seats. It was one of those limo trucks that you always see but never expect to ride in.

Seto's POV

Everyone was piling into the vehicle that I brought, with me as the driver. We all decided to take shifts for driving there and back and I so happened to get first shift there with Jou in the passenger seat. In the back Marik and Bakura were teaching everyone how to play Poker. It was fun to see them play even thought they had no money to play with and like hell they would play strip in a moving vehicle. Jou fell asleep ten minutes on the road snoring softly. The music that I had playing was alternative rock but was barely heard over Bakura's curses, Marik's threats, and Yami's taunts.

Everyone else was giggling and laughing and I knew this would be a long trip. I wasn't very social so it was all kind of strange to me. When they got tired of poker which was about an hour later it was time for me to pull over and switch drivers with Yami. Now I may not believe in god but I prayed that we would survive the experience. Who knows how much driving experience he has let alone the other 'spirits'. Since Jou was asleep no one wanted to wake him up and be passenger with Yami so we just kind of left him. Immediately Yami hit the gas and we were sent further into our seats. Yugi shouted, "I told you to drive the speed limit!" Now I'm really worried about Yami driving us for an hour. Mokuba had his eyes wide and was telling him, "Go faster! Faster!" along with Marik, Malik, and Bakura.

"If you don't slow down you'll kill us!" I shouted at him. Yami listened to me when I started to threaten to take Yugi somewhere safe since he was endangering his boyfriend.

"You are not taking Yugi from me!" he shouted swerving the car.

"Then shut up, drive, and make sure you follow the speed limit," I demanded. Not wanting to risk me coming through on my threat Yami drove at a reasonable speed and didn't say a word. Yugi came toward me and whispered, "Thanks. He would have driven like that the whole way otherwise." I nodded my head that I accepted his gratitude and sat back in my seat. Pulling out a book I started to read noticing that Jou had stayed asleep through the whole ordeal. How anyone could sleep through that is beyond me but he managed to. Everyone started to play truth or dare for this part of the drive which caused me to ask, "How are you going to complete any dares? We're in a van."

"Any dares that require you to be out of the van will be completed at the cabin," Ryou explained. Great so that means that any dares are not limited to the van.

"I am not participating," I told them. They nodded it was okay except for Bakura who said, "What too scared to play?"

"No. I just don't want to play with you lunatics," I answered.

"Hey only Bakura and Marik are lunatics!" Malik defended while Bakura and Marik looked proud of themselves. I just rolled my eyes and continued to read my book. When I was just about to finish my book Yami came to a screeching halt making everyone topple over.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" I shouted at him.

"It's Bakura's turn to drive," Yami shrugged. We decided that Bakura would drive for half an hour instead of a full hour followed by Malik.

"Damn and I thought we were going to die when Yami was driving," I muttered but no one was paying attention.

"Hell yeah!" Bakura cheered jumping into the driver's seat. Groaning I leaned further into my seat. He didn't even bother to put on the seat belt as he hit the gas. Not even threatening to take Ryou away from him seemed to work since he said, "I can always steal him away! I am the great King of Thieves!" before he started laughing uncontrollably. We decided it was useless until Ryou looked like he was about to throw up.

"Hey Ryou is getting sick slow down!" I shouted at him. Bad choice. Bakura then turned around and had one hand on the steering wheel while asking, "Ryou are you okay?!"

"Just turn around and watch where you're going!" we shouted at him but he wouldn't listen to us. Finally Ryou said, "I'm fine just keep your eyes on the road."

"Are you sure you're alright?" Bakura asked still facing Ryou.

"Yes!" Ryou exclaimed as we nearly hit another car. Finally Bakura turned around. We were all relieved when Bakura's turn was over and it was Malik's turn. At least we knew he would drive somewhat reasonably. Malik didn't slam on the gas when he got in and only when fifteen miles over the speed limit. You would think that with all the crazy drivers we would get pulled over or arrested but surprisingly not one cop pulled us over, but that was probably because I had the Kaiba Corp symbol on the back and they didn't want to deal with a whole bunch of paper work. Everyone by now was practically sleeping or getting food from the cooler.

"Are we almost there yet?" Mokuba asked munching on a sandwich.

"It shouldn't take long. Just a couple more minutes and we should be there," Yugi replied checking the road signs. Everyone including me was getting impatient with the car ride since they mostly wanted to get out of the car and play while I just wanted to get away from their annoying antics. "I spy" and "Charades" get old after an hour or so of playing especially since most of them over reacted in the games. Finally Malik said the best words I've heard yet on this trip, "We're there!" A loud chorus of "Finally!" was shouted as Malik pulled over. Jou jumped into the air and winced as his head hit the ceiling.

"What's the big fuss about?" Jou asked rubbing his head. Yugi leaned on Jou's seat and told him excitedly, "Where at the cabin!" Jou smiled and got out of the car. We grabbed our own luggage and set it down in the living room.

"So how many rooms does this place have?" Honda asked looking around.

"Five with two people per room and one of us will have to sleep on the couch," Yugi explained.

"I'll get the couch!" Jou offered since most of the people were in relationships.

"So Otogi and I can share a room?" Honda inquired.

"Sure why not," Yugi shrugged. It was then decided that Malik and Marik would share one room, Bakura and Ryou would share another, Yami and Yugi would share one, and then Mokuba and I would get the last room. "Might as well put our stuff in our rooms," Yugi said leading each of us to our rooms. We just set our luggage down deciding to unpack later. Everyone met in the living room when they were settled in. Yugi stood up when he saw we were settled in.

"I have some activities planned for each day and hope we can all enjoy our vacation," Yugi announced. A few people mumbled wondering what each day would bring. Even I was curious as to what we would do each day.

"So what's planned for tonight?" Jou asked curiously. Yugi just shrugged.

"Yami and I figured we could just do our own thing since we didn't know when we would arrive so we had nothing planned," Yugi explained.

"What's for dinner?" Mokuba asked after his stomach growled.

"Jou's decision since he's on kitchen duty today," Yugi replied.

"Jou CAN COOK?" Bakura asked shocked. I noticed a few other people besides Bakura and I were also surprised.

"Yes I can cook," Jou said rolling his eyes. "Since mom left with Shizuka and my dad doesn't know a thing about cooking I had to learn. I've been cooking since I was eight." I looked at him shocked along with a few others. "I'm going to go start dinner then," he announced going into the kitchen.

Jou's POV

It pissed me off slightly that every one didn't believe I could cook. Looking through the refrigerator I found some chicken meat, snow peas, carrots, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, soy sauce, sugar, and broccoli. Looking in the cabinet I made sure that we had rice so I could make a chicken stir fry. I started first by cooking the vegetables on medium heat until they were sautéed, then removed the vegetables and put in the chicken with some more soy sauce. When the chicken was cooked through and then added the vegetables and let it cook for awhile more. Then I added the sugar to take out the saltiness. ((A/N this is the actual recipe)) When that was done I checked the rice in the rice cooker.

Everything was done and I was proud. Grabbing some plates, forks, napkins, and spoons I set them out on the table. "Dinner's done!" I called out. It sounded like a stampede was coming toward the kitchen as everyone ran to get dinner. Mokuba stared at the stir fry and asked, "What is this?"

"I made chicken stir fry since we had the ingredients," I told him. Everyone didn't bother with any more questions as they all grabbed a plate and dug in. Kaiba was the only polite one and thanked me for the meal. After he thanked me everyone chorused their thank you's. I just shrugged it off and grabbed my own plate. Everyone opted for seconds and soon my stir fry was completely gone.

"That was delicious!" Mokuba exclaimed licking his lips. Bakura, and Marik just kind of said, "Never knew that a dog could cook" causing Ryou to hit Bakura and Malik to laugh.

"Not five star quality but it was edible," Se…Kaiba commented. That made me happy since it was the closest to a compliment as I've ever received from him. Honda just kind of burped his acknowledgement and Otogi just nodded politely. It was around seven so we all just spread out. I watched TV along with Honda and Otogi with all of us choosing to watch the movie that was playing Lord of the Rings. That movie is soooo long it was almost done when I started to feel tired. I laid on the couch since that was my bed and watched it before slowly drifting to sleep.

Day 1 Jou's POV

'DAMN IT!' I wanted to yell when Mokuba woke us all up by running around screaming. Wait screaming? Looking around I saw Mokuba running from a pissed off Kaiba. "What the hell happened?" I asked Kaiba as he was storming after Mokuba.

"The little brat decided to wake me up by splashing water in my face," Kaiba grumbled. I wanted to laugh but I tried not to since it was obvious he wasn't in a good mood and I didn't want to make it worse. Sadly it didn't work and Seto noticed I wanted to laugh. "You think it's funny to be woken up at nine in the morning to your little brother splashing water on you?" He asked threateningly.

"Okay jeez it's too early for this commotion," I said putting my hands up in surrender. Kaiba rolled his eyes before realizing Mokuba had escaped.

"You were distracting me for him weren't you," Kaiba accused.

"You would hate yourself later if you killed him," I said jokingly. Kaiba mumbled a little before going back to his room. Rolling over I went back to bed it was too early to be dealing with this crap.

Seto's POV

Jou went back to sleep as I went to my room. I couldn't go back to bed so I turned on my laptop computer with WiFi so I could work on some Kaiba Corp documents. It wasn't until eleven when everyone started to wake up did I get off the laptop. Saving my work I shut my laptop down and went into the living room.

"So Yugi what are we doing today?" Mokuba asked excitingly.

"I figured we could do what I had planned later," Yugi told him.

"Then why couldn't we have done it yesterday?" Otogi asked.

"Yami and I figured everyone would be tired from the trip here and wouldn't want to do much so we decided to do it tonight," Yugi explained.

"How about going to the beach?" Honda suggested. I noticed everyone but Jou was in agreement with this.

"What can't swim?" I teased him in which he replied, "No I can't okay? My family never really taught me and I'm not getting into the sea to learn. I'd prefer to learn in a pool so I can't be pulled into a current." No one teased him after that because his voice promised pain to anyone that made fun of him.

"Then what will you do while we're swimming?" Mokuba asked concerned along with Yugi.

"I can just hang out on the beach no worries," Jou offered. Everyone left to get dressed in their swim suits and grabbed their towels. I stood there watching everyone leave before asking Jou, "You sure you'll be fine just watching?" He rolled his eyes at me.

"Of course I'm sure. I'm used to people swimming without me already," Jou replied.

"How did you pass the swim unit in gym if you don't know how to swim," I inquired curiously.

"I didn't. I missed three out of five days of the swim unit and then took no dress days for the other two," Jou answered.

"I thought you had to swim to pass the class," I commented.

"Not me. I got a doctor to say I had a intense fear of drowning and avoided anything bigger than a bathtub," Jou said smirking.

"What kind of doctor would help you skip swimming?" I said raising an eyebrow.

"One that knows my neighbor whose a nurse," Jou answered. I just shook my head and left the room to go change into my swim trunks.

Jou's POV

As flattering as it was for people to care that I couldn't swim it was annoying. I didn't want them to see my scars and bruises and like hell I would tell them how I got them. Besides I didn't feel like swimming in water that could be polluted for all I know. It wasn't long before everyone was dressed in their swimsuits and ready to go. "I'll carry the cooler and watch our stuff while you swim," I offered since there wasn't much else that I would be doing.

"Thanks," Yami said handing me the cooler filled with pop, and a few sandwiches. It wasn't that heavy and I could carry it by myself. Looking at everyone's swimsuits I nodded with approval. They all looked good. Yami and Yugi were wearing matching swim trunks although Yami's was magenta with black stripes on the sides and Yugi's was purple with white stripes. Ryou wore baby blue swim trunks that came to his knees. Bakura gazed hungrily at Ryou while he wore pure black swim shorts that stopped at his thighs and were tight fitting. Malik wore red and black swirled shorts that were just above the knee and Marik wore the same thing but with blue and black. Honda and Otogi were the only ones wearing Speedos and I wanted to laugh but tried not to. Otogi had a green one while Honda had a bright orange Speedo. Mokuba had white shorts like boxers and his brother well…let's just say I was nearly drooling. Seto wore semi tight fitting electric blue swim suit and his abs and pale skin was visible.

Oh crap I'm doing it again. I can't help but think Kaiba is hot but I don't even know if he's gay. I mean if he's hanging out with us he obviously tolerates people who are homosexual but that doesn't me he is gay or anything. You will never find me telling Kaiba any of this obviously. Maybe those dreams are getting to me I should probably talk to Yami. They seem so familiar and they are about ancient Egypt… "Hey Yami!" I called out as we walked toward the beach. Everyone looked at me but I just shook my head and said, "I need to talk to Yami alone."

"Going to confess your love? He's taken," Bakura teased.

"NO! I needed his advice asshole!" I shouted ready to punch him. Yami hung back letting everyone get ahead.

"What did you need to talk about?" he asked me standing with his arms crossed. So I told him about my dreams from how it was in the desert, how I served some guy named Atem, and how lately I've been seeing a priest that looks exactly like Kaiba. The only parts of my dream that I left out was the abuse and how I found myself growing attached to the guy that looked like Kaiba.

"I don't get what's going on," I told him.

"You're regaining your past memories from ancient Egypt," Yami told me. I really wanted to say he was shitting me but Yugi called for us to hurry up. Sighing I just trudged to the beach with Yami. I didn't want to believe that it was the past but well Yami, Bakura, and Marik are ancient spirits so it's not like it's weirder than usual. Even so I just never thought that I had a past self…If I'm remembering my past self I wonder if Kaiba remembers his ancient self. We reached the beach a few minutes later. It was nice but I had to sit out. Yume couldn't find anything to cover my scars since there were so many which was why I had to sit out.

Everyone was having fun playing in the water and just goofing off, or at least everyone besides Kaiba. He was mostly just sort of floating while occasionally watching Mokuba. They continued to play until the sun was setting. We finally went back when everyone decided that it was getting to cold out to continue to play in the water. They were all soaking wet and laughing making me wish we hadn't gone to the beach. I really like to swim and hang with my friends but I just can't let them know…

When we reached the cabin Yugi announced, "Karaoke time!" Everyone just looked at him like what? "Tonight our first official night here is all about Karaoke! I've already got the songs and who will be singing each one! And if your good enough at the end we'll vote on who will sing one of the encores!" Yugi explained enthusiastically. "First up is Yami and I singing No Air!"

Tell me how I'm supposed to breathe with no air
If I should die before I wake
It's 'cause you took my breath away
Losing you is like living in a world with no air
Oh
I'm here alone, didn't wanna leave
My heart won't move, it's incomplete
Wish there was a way that I can make you understand
But how do you expect me
to live alone with just me
'Cause my world revolves around you
It's so hard for me to breathe
Yami and Yugi did pretty good and we all applauded politely when they were done but what made me nearly fall from my seat was when Yami said, "Next is Kaiba and Jou with Private Emotion!"

Every endless night has a dawning day
Every darkest sky has a shining ray
And it shines on you baby cant you see
Youre the only one who can shine for me

Chorus
Its a private emotion that fills you tonight
And a silence falls between us
As the shadows steal the light
And wherever you may find it
Wherever it may lead
Let your private emotion come to me
Come to me

When your soul is tired and your heart is weak
Do you think of love as one way street
Well it runs both ways, open up your eyes
Cant you see me here, how can you deny.

People were surprised that Kaiba and I could actually sing and we did pretty good also. Yugi clapped enthusiastically and Yami said, "Wasn't that wonderful? Now it's Mokuba's turn! We have the song First Date for him to sing!"

In the car I just can't wait,
to pick you up on our very first date
Is it cool if I hold your hand?
Is it wrong if I think it's lame to dance?
Do you like my stupid hair?
Would you guess that I didn't know what to wear?
I'm too scared of what you think
You make me nervous so I really can't eat

Let's go, don't wait, this night's almost over
Honest, let's make this night last forever
Forever and ever, let's make this last forever
Forever and ever, let's make this last forever

We all clapped politely since he did well but he was a little young and couldn't get all of the notes. Yugi called out, "Otogi's turn and he will be singing Girlfriend!" We all burst out laughing when we heard that yet it fit him perfectly.

Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend
No way, no way, I think you need a new one
Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your girlfriend

Hey, hey, you, you, I know that you like me
No way, no way, you know it's not a secret
Hey, hey, you, you, I want to be your girlfriend

You're so fine, I want you mine, you're so delicious
I think about you all the time, you're so addictive
Don't you know what I can do to make you feel alright?
Alright, alright, alright

Don't pretend, I think you know I'm precious
And so yeah, I'm a hey, hey princess
I can tell you like me too and you know I'm right
I'm right, I'm right, I'm right
Honda gave a wolf whistle and we all clapped especially since he got totally into the song and even danced a little. "Who's next?" Otogi asked when he was done.

"Jou and he will be singing Comatose," Yami replied. Greeeeaaat a solo. Getting up I did my best as I sang.

I hate feeling like this
I'm so tired of trying to fight this
I'm asleep and all I dream of
Is waking to You
Tell me that You will listen
You're touch is what i'm missing
And the more I hide I realize I'm slowly losing You
Comatose
I'll never wake up without an overdose of You
I don't wanna live, I dont wanna breathe
'Les I feel you next to me
You take the pain I feel
Waking up to You never felt so real
I don't wanna sleep, I don't wanna dream
'Cause my dreams don't comfort me
The way You make me feel
Everyone clapped really loud when I was done and I ended up blushing in embarrassment. I scratched the back of my head as I left the stage so Ryou could sing Everytime We Touch.

I still hear your voice, when you sleep next to me.
I still feel your touch in my dreams.(my dreams)
Forgive me my weakness, but I don't know why
Without you it's hard to survive.

'Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling.
And everytime we kiss I swear I could fly.
Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last.
Need you by my side.
'Cause everytime we touch, I feel this static.
And everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky.
Can't you hear my heart beat slow...
I can't let you go.
Want you in my life.

Your arms are my castle, your heart is my sky.
They wipe away tears that I cry. (I cry)
The good and the bad times, we've been through them all.
You make me rise when I fall.
It was kind of funny to see Ryou sing he wasn't bad but the singer was female so he couldn't hit the notes right. "Now let's give a hand for Kaiba! He'll be singing You're Not Me!" Yugi stated. I could clearly hear Kaiba groan as he went up to the stage. His voice was pretty good.

You think I've got it all
You think I've got it made well
How come my only friends are the ones I pay?
No one understands
What I would do to change my life for just one day
Don't say if I were you (say if I were you)
Or tell me what you'd do
Or things would be if
You were in my shoes
Cuz you're not me
You know what I need
And it's not another serenade
I get so tired of all the things you say
So give me what I want
if you only would
I'd gladly throw this all away
I really clapped along with Mokuba but everyone else gave polite little claps probably still in shock that he did decent. Next was Bakura who sang Diary of Jane. Man I wanted to cover my ears to stop the bleeding. I think he was purposely singing off key.

If I had to
I would put myself right beside you
So let me ask
Would you like that?
Would you like that?
And I don't mind
If you say this love is the last time

So now I'll ask
Do you like that?
Do you like that?
No!
Something's getting in the way.
Something's just about to break.
I will try to find my place in the diary of Jane.
So tell me how it should be.
Try to find out what makes you tick.
As I lie down
Sore and sick.
Do you like that?
Do you like that?
There's a fine line between love and hate.
After Bakura came Malik singing Ready For Love, he was like a wanabee. Not horrible but not great.

You took a piece of my heart
I never thought that this could fall apart
You said you fell in love
And this was more than I had ever been afraid of
Another life
Another happy ending cuts like knife
Another place, another time
Another hand to touch, another sun to shine

You got me deeper than deep and I'm constantly blinded
I'm running around but there's no place to hide
I start to talk in my sleep, our souls have divided
Why can't they forgive me these demons inside
Deeper than deep and I'm constantly blinded
My heart starts to shiver for I was letting up
I start to talk in my sleep, cause our souls have divided
How can it be that you're ready for love

Finally Yami had a solo singing Beautiful Soul and we could just picture him singing this to Yugi.

I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
You're the one I wanna chase
You're the one I wanna hold
I wont let another minute go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul

I know that you are something special
To you I'd be always faithful
I want to be what you always needed
Then I hope you'll see the heart in me
We all clapped since he had done pretty well but he wasn't the best. Marik the crazy psycho was next and he sang Valentine's Day it wouldn't have been bad if he would stop trying to 'act the words' and nearly hitting all of us.

My insides all turned to ash, so slow
And blew away as I collapsed, so cold
A black wind took them away, from sight
And now the darkness over day, that night

And the clouds above move closer
Looking so dissatisfied
But the heartless wind kept blowing, blowing
I used to be my own protection, but not now
Cause my path has lost direction, somehow
A black wind took you away, from sight
And now the darkness over day, that night

And the clouds above move closer
Looking so dissatisfied
And the ground below grew colder
As they put you down inside
But the heartless wind kept blowing, blowing
Politely we all clapped afraid he would continue to try to hit us otherwise. "That was…interesting…Anyways now it's Bakura and Ryou's turn and they will be singing Yume No Tsubasa!" Yami said.

I love the world of your smiles,

I want to be by your side... only that.

I forgot how much love hurt.

Time goes by,

Even though the stream of time changes us,

I can even remember the things I lost and the dreams I had

when I hold your hands.

Always, I am by your side.

Because I even want to remember the sad times,

Leave a page in your map

for me to find my way.

That day, you believed in

the wind that blows from the future.

Tomorrow will dance even higher for us...

Well so Bakura wasn't purposely singing off key. He really can't sing. As much as we wanted to laugh none of us wanted a death wish so we clapped trying really hard not to laugh. So we wouldn't burst out laughing Yugi and Yami announced that Honda would be next and he would be singing My Prerogative.

People can take everything away from you
But they can never take away your truth
But the question is..
Can you handle mine?

They say I'm crazy
I really don't care that's my prerogative
They say I'm nasty
But I don't give a damn getting boys is how I am

Some ask me questions
Why am I so real?
But they don't understand me
I really don't know the deal about my sister
Trying hard to make it right
Not long ago before I won this fight
"Okay let's give it up for Honda! Now it's Mokuba and Kaiba with the song Brothers!" I cheered along with Yugi as both got up and sang.

The one who knows the law of existence

Could help me to find the answer.

I was very mistaken

There's no cure for death.*

Dear Mom, sweet Mom!

We loved you so much.

But all our efforts

Unfortunately were in vain.

I tempted you

With the wonderful hope

Of returning our home.

My brother, it's all my fault.

Don't cry, don't be sad, big brother.

You're not the only guilty one.

There's only one road before us,

We will purge our sins completely.

The song fit them so well it was scary. I was in complete shock at how well it fit them that I barely missed them say it was Honda and Otogi's turn and they would be singing It Takes Two. "Are Otogi and I the only ones who sing the ridiculous ones?!" Honda commented.

"No it's just they fit you better," Yami replied. After much pushing we finally got them to sing.

It takes two to make a thing go right
It takes two to make it outta sight
Hit it!

I wanna rock right now
I'm Rob Base and I came to get down
I'm not internationally known
But I'm known to rock the microphone
Because I get stoopid, I mean outrageous
Stay away from me if you're contagious
'Cause I'm the winner, no, I'm not the loser
To be an M.C. is what I choose 'a
Ladies love me, girls adore me
I mean even the ones who never saw me
Like the way that I rhyme at a show
The reason why, man, I don't know
So let's go, 'cause

I burst out laughing as they sang this and I couldn't stop until Honda hit me upside the head. Now came the scary part. Malik and Marik singing Sound of Silence.

Hello darkness, my old friend,
Ive come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
A neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence.
Yeah they were the worst duo to sing yet. Marik was off key and Malik tried to help but he just made it worse. I actually covered my ears despite the fact it might get me killed by Marik later. Just when I though Karaoke Night was done Yugi just had to remind us, "Now choose the person who you want to sing the final song, Face Down!" What surprised me was that out of the others seven wanted me to sing two wanted Kaiba to go and Marik voted for himself. Even though I told them to leave me alone I don't want to sing they made me so reluctantly I sang.

Hey girl you know you drive me crazy
one look puts the rhythm in my hand.
Still I'll never understand
why you hang around
I see what's going down.
Cover up with make up in the mirror
tell yourself it's never gonna
happen again
you cry alone and then he swears
he loves you.
Do you feel like a man
when you push her around?

Do you feel better now
as she falls to the ground?
Well I'll tell you my friend,
one day this world's going to end
as your lies crumble down,
a new life she has found.
A pebble in the water
makes a ripple effect
every action in this world
will bear a consequence
If you wade around forever
you will surely drown
I see what's going down.
When I was done everyone was cheering and clapping. I bowed slightly before going to the couch and crashing face first. Raising a hand I told them, "If you need me I'll be asleep because I'm exhausted."

"Maybe we should follow Jou's example it is getting late," Ryou suggested yawning.

"Oh come on just a few more songs!" Marik said the most enthusiastic.

"We used them all since we didn't know what people would think so we didn't pack anymore," Yugi apologized. Bakura just huffed. After much arguing and fighting everyone eventually went to bed. The rest of the week went by great and I was sad to have to go back home. On the second day we had played badminton, beach volleyball, and had a water balloon fight. When the third day came around we were tired so we didn't play any sports but we were restless so we explored the woods just a few yards away from Yugi's cabin. The fourth day we just sort of hung around where ever and did whatever we wanted. I so was not looking forward to going home was my only thought…

TBC!

Man this chapter is loooong I should have made it two! Well I hope you like it and I might not be able to update for awhile since I'm spending a week at my dad's (parent's divorced) and then I'm moving right afterwards.