When I read this part of the manga, I was thinking it was where Honda tries to buy a new watch like the anime season 0, but it based it on this particular chapter. There was no watch and Honda was barely involved in this at all. Although, I thought this one was kinda pointless, I did like the outcome of it. Review please!

Atem woke up the next morning on a Saturday. It was one of the only times when he could sleep in. The clock showed 10:34 am. Atem let a sigh escape him while resting his cheek on Yugi's sleepy face. Yugi was a deep sleeper and never woke up to Atem's sudden movements. His arms were clamped around the teenager's waist and made it impossible for Atem to break through. He was used to it though.

Atem never wanted to admit it, but he loved Yugi's body pressed against his. It gave him a warm sensation and Yugi was very soft and gentle. When he was asleep, he never snuggled, he just laid still and peaceful. It also assured Atem that the night never went bad. If there were nightmares, Yugi's sleeping body would calm Atem down right away. Yugi never snored, tossed and turned, or talked in his sleep. He was still, VERY still.

While waiting for Yugi to wake up, Atem brushed his fingers through Yugi's thick hair while using his left hand to rub the boy's back. Yugi's moan was still heard through his nose. Atem showed a small smile on his lips. That moan made him want to sleep a little longer. Atem used his head to keep Yugi's eyes in the darkness so the young boy wouldn't know it was day.

"Is it morning already?" A voice moaned. Atem had forgotten that Yugi could sense morning and night just by using their mind link.

"Yes," Atem sighed. Yugi lifted his head over his Atem's head with his arms folded on Atem's chest covered with PJ's.

"I like it when you sleep too," Yugi said with his huge smile. Atem sighed while rolling his eyes. Of coarse Yugi could read Atem's thoughts. He cured Atem's blond lock into his small finger. "You're more huggy and snuggly. You were dreaming about Mom taking you swimming last night. I thought it was cute."

"Anymore dreams you catch?" Atem smirked, knowing about how he talked in his sleep. Yugi put his lips to his brother's ear.

"You also dreamed about us going to the beach," Yugi whispered. He lifted his head up meeting Atem's face of annoyance. "We had separate bodies of coarse." Yugi, by this time, pushed Atem's blond bangs on his left cheek behind the ear. "We were twins too. I think you look at me at your twin brother. In most of your dreams, I am your twin brother."

"If you were my twin, I'd beg my mom to sell you to foster care," Atem glared as Yugi grinned widely.

"We finished each others sentences."

"You wish."

"No, YOU wish. It was in your dream and it shows how you truly look at me and your friends. That's how I know you like Tea. In most of your dreams she's rather your in-law or my girlfriend."

"Over my own..."

"Joey is your best friend of coarse. Tristan is always with Joey. Hanaski is always with me, including Tea. There's one dream that I thought was so sad," Yugi said before showing a small frown. "Serenity. I saw a dream where she was dying at the hospital. It made me cry."

Atem sighed and showed a saddened face before saying, "Serenity will get her operation. Joey and I worked so hard on getting the money for it. I'm... not sure if all of our hard work will be for nothing."

"I'm sure it won't," Yugi said before jumping off the bed. "Common! Didn't Joey say he wanted to show us something?"

Atem smirked and nodded his head. He climbed off the bed and limped to dress himself. The fractures were healed up now, but he needed to learn to walk properly again. That would take a while. Tea kept calling Atem limpy, because of his style of walking from his upper legs being so stiff. The good news was that Uka didn't complain about Atem's drinking since that was no longer needed. The pains were gone, which meant that Atem never needed the beer cans.

The young teenager dressed himself and took a long shower. While squirting on some shampoo, Yugi crossed his arms with impatience.

"You promised I get to wash off!" Yugi demanded.

'Yugi, I'm just taking a damn shower and you always wash off!' Atem glared. He had to talk to talk to Yugi through their mind link since the bathroom echoed Atem's voice.

"Please?" Yugi begged.

'Fine,' Atem sighed in annoyance as he changed to Yugi and he felt the warm water pouring on him. He was jumping up and down and lifted his face up like he was playing in the rain. Atem found Yugi played in the shower like a little three-year-old COMPLETELY annoying. "Yugi, do you know how much of a moron you're acting? IT'S JUST A DAMN SHOWER!"

Yugi responded by glaring and peeing on Atem's ghostly figure, which fazed right through it. Atem deepened his glare with his arms crossed.

"Haha, very funny," Atem muttered sarcastically. "It's a good thing it's not a bath or Mom would kill me."

'I love baths. Why don't we ever take them?'

"Because every time we do, you get my old rubber ducky toy and sing the Rubber Ducky Song from Seseme Street," Atem replied in anger. "MOM WAS ASKING ME IF I WAS FREAKIN HIGH?"

'I can't help it,' Yugi grinned. 'I love that song.'

"That song is killing me Yugi!" Atem yelled. "I swear, you get that song stuck in my head for hours!"

Yugi burst out laughing as Atem rolled his eyes. The happy childish boy then wrapped his arms around Atem with his head leaning against his brother's chest.

"I love you, brother," Yugi whispered, so the bathroom wouldn't echo his voice as a smile appeared on Atem's face.

"I love you too," Atem replied with his hand on Yugi's hair. "My turn!"

'Awwww,' Yugi whined before changing to Atem. He reached for the bar of soap to clean off his body.

Atem dressed himself before leaving the shop and saying goodbye to his family. He walked to the lowlife area of Domino City where it was expected to be gangs or drunkards. Atem hated this part of town since most of his ex girlfriends lived here. Joey was seen on a bench with Tristan. Later on, Hanaski joined along with the group as well. He didn't seem to like this part of town.

"Why are we here?" Hanaski asked.

"I'm here to show all of you something incredible," Joey grinned.

"This should be good," Atem smirked with crossed arms.

"But isn't this a bad place?" Hanaski asked in worry.

"This is also where Joey grew up," Atem mentioned. This gave Hanaski a surprise look. "Don't ask how."

"Anyways, it's okay here as long as we're not at the bad times," Joey assured.

"Which is never," Atem mentioned as Joey glared in response. "I'm serious Joey. It's never good news around here."

"That's because every person that's female slaps you every time you show up," Tristan teased as Atem rolled his eyes in response.

"Why?" Hanaski asked.

"Atem's ex girlfriends live here. Most of them anyways," Tristan replied.

"For the last time, they're not my ex girlfriends. They were my sex partners," Atem corrected. Hanaski's eyes grew wide.

"In other words, your girlfriends."

"Sex partners are different from girlfriends. A girlfriend is someone you love romantically and love with your heart and soul. I never loved any of those sluts. I just f***ed with them!"

"You did THAT?" Hanaski asked in disgust. "THAT'S GROSS!"

"Which is why it's a good thing I'm not 13 anymore," Atem smirked.

"Otherwise I'd be having nightmares," Yugi said. "Hanaski's right. That is gross."

'I get the feeling that before sharing a body with me, you were a virgin,' Atem smirked.

"This way!" Joey called the guys. The three followed the blond through an alley to the middle alleyways. There was a shop that read Junky Scorpion. Inside the window stood a pair of sneakers.

"You brought us all this way just to show us a pair of worthless sneakers?" Tristan asked in annoyance.

"That's Joey for ya," Atem smirked while rolling his eyes.

"These aren't just any sneakers, they're THE sneakers," Joey grinned happily as everyone made him a face.

"Your point?" Tristan asked.

"They're rare and this guy has them! I just got to have them," Joey determined before entering inside. The owner inside would easily be mistaken for a hippie.

"Those are not for sale if you're wishing to buy them," the owner declared.

"Sorry Joey. Maybe next time," Tristan smirked.

"How much are you willing to pay?" Joey asked the guy.

"Hm, I don't just sell those to just anyone. If you want these shoes, you must meet the requirements," the shop owner declared. "You must be willing to give your life for these shoes."

"Quit screwing with me!" Joey glared. "Are you gonna sell 'em to me or not?"

"Let's see if you're worthy of them," the shop owner smirked. Atem and Hanaski both had an uneasy feeling about this requirement the shop owner mentioned. He took a scorpion and seemed to be placing it inside the shoe. "Will you thrust your foot inside this shoe?"

"What?" Joey gasped.

"Forget him Joey. Let's get outta here," Tristan glared, turning around and walking out of the shop. He turned back, seeing that Joey did not budge. "Aren't you coming?"

Joey stared at the shoes hardly. He took his food and thrust it inside the shoe. His eyes shut tightly, waiting for the scorpion to poison him, but he didn't feel a thing. The shop owner clapped with an amusing smile.

"He never placed the scorpion in the shoe," Yugi mentioned.

"You never had the scorpion inside the shoe the whole time didn't you?" Atem glared.

"Of coarse not! It would've stained the sneaker," the shop owner said. He casually put his hands into his pockets. "Anyways, I'll sell it to ya. It costs $800, but I'll cut the price in half to $400."

"ALIGHT!" Joey shouted in joy. The three boys rolled their eyes at the blond's amusement.

"Just don't wear those around these parts. I hear rumors about some shoe thieves wanting to get their hands on those. Watch yourself," the shop owner warned Joey. He nodded excitedly and ran out the shop along with his friends.

Joey marched down the sidewalk along with his brand new shoes. Atem, Tristan, and Hanaski couldn't help, but roll their eyes. Joey was excited about getting some new shoes since his old ones were ruined and these were rare. Atem knew that Joey was a big fan of new and rare things that looked good. In general, Atem never trusted curtain items that were rare in this part of town. People would do anything for money or sex.

Joey was skipping along the sidewalk and Tristan finally sighed.

"Man, I love these shoes, but that shop owner was really rough," Joey said.

"You're telling me," Hanaski agreed.

"Oh well. These shoes are mine!" Joey grinned excitedly as the boys rolled their eyes again.

"He's acting like a complete moron. I'm embarrassed to be seen by him," Tristan muttered.

"Just be glad he doesn't sing the Rubber Ducky song in the bathroom," Atem muttered as Yugi rolled his eyes.

"What was that?" Tristan asked.

"Nothing," Atem blushed. Tristan was still unaware about Yugi's existence.

"Hey, let's stop and get a burger!" Joey suggested as the boys finally joined him.

"Ok!" Hanaski agreed.

"Hey!" a mysterious voice called that sent Atem chills up his spine. He slowly turned around and got a big slap on the face by a red-head chick. "YOU SON OF A BITCH!" With that, the girl left.

"Tiffany Hays. Still a bitch," Atem glared while placing a hand on his face where Tiffany slapped.

"I'm surprised you know the names of all your gir..." Tristan said before Atem gave the boy a nasty glare. "Uh, I mean sex partners."

"Let's just get out of this place before I meet anymore of my bitches," Atem glared before the boys walked on their way out of the lowlife part of town. Though, not before a tire was thrown over Joey.

"What the hell?" Joey glared before being beaten by three thugs.

"Joey!" Hanaski gasped.

Atem and Tristan ran up to defend their friend, but were both beaten to the ground as well. The thugs knocked Joey to the ground and snatched his shoes right off.

"I'll be taking these," one thug smirked as he showed the shoes.

"You son of a..." Joey glared before him and the rest of his friends were beaten to the ground.

"You can go home barefooted," the thug smirked before he and his friends laughed mockingly and walked out.

The four friends sat upright and rubbed their injuries from the beating. Atem was glad that he didn't get anymore fractures. He also felt guilty he couldn't defend his friend more with his limped walking. It made him feel worthless. Yugi helped Atem up and comforted him from his guilt trip.

"Is everyone okay?" Tristan checked.

"We're good, except for my stolen shoes. Those must be the shoe thieves that shop owner was talking about," Joey exclaimed.

"Ow," Hanaski cringed. "Feels like school again, only a lot more painful."

"You okay?" Atem asked with a warm smile.

"I'm good," Hanaski nodded with a cool smile.

"I'm sorry for getting you into this mess, Hanaski," Joey apologized.

"No, it's fine. I'll be okay," Hanaski grinned.

"Hanaski, can you head home on your own?" Tristan asked.

"Why?" Hanaski asked.

The three guys smirked. Atem slammed his fist right onto his palm like he was ready to box. Joey showed a fighting smirk with determination in it. Tristan showed the same expression.

"We're gonna teach those punks a lesson or two about stealing other people's shoes," Joey replied.

"We're gonna pick a fight with them. Since there are only three of them and three of us, it should be even," Atem said.

"I'll come too," Hanaski said. He wanted to support his friends all the way. "I hope I'm not a burden."

"Of coarse not. In fact, I think you're becoming more of a man than before," Joey claimed as Hanaski showed the brightest smile on his face.

"Of coarse, you don't have to be involved. You can just watch," Atem assured. "You can watch how we fight in these parts!"

"Alright!" Hanaski cheered before the four guys ran toward the same direction the thugs went to.

Atem, Tristan, Joey, and Hanaski ran toward the thugs' location, which was the arcade. They were playing games and seemed like were having a ball of their lives. Joey, Tristan, and Atem smirked while walking inside and surrounding them who were playing a game currently. The three thugs were celebrating their victory on winning the game when they noticed the three angry men.

"Compared to you, we don't sneak up from behind," Joey said.

"Now that we're facing each other. It's on," Atem declared as Joey threw the first punch on the guy who snatched his shoes.

"STOP!" The thug begged. "Seriously, you broke my nose."

"Aw, did the mean ol' man get his nose broken," Atem mocked with a childish tone before Joey kicked the same guy he punched.

Atem took one of the other thugs by the collar and shoved him against the arcade game before throwing punches against his jaw and nose. Tristan took care of the third thug. The thugs were so scared, they started crying and begging for mercy.

"Please stop, stop," the thug Atem was fighting begged.

"You should've thought of that before taking my friends stuff," Atem glared before elbowing his opponent against the corner of the arcade game, which brought a cut on the side of his head.

"Now, where are my shoes?" Joey asked in demand. The three thugs shook in fear.

"W... we don't have them," the thug who took Joey's shoes declared. "We were paid 25 bucks to bring those shoes to the owner of that Scorpion Shop. We thought it'd be quick money to spend at the arcade."

"WHAT?" Atem glared. Yugi was furious as well. "That son of a bitch. That's why I don't like shopping in this part of town."

"Then it's time he gets a timeout," Yugi declared.

"I'm going to that son of a bitch and teach him a lesson or two," Atem told his friends before running off and changing to Yugi.

Yugi was running down the sidewalk limply to the Scorpion Shop. He wasn't going to let that thief get away with stealing money from his brother's best friend. That was just wrong! It didn't matter which part of town the shop owner lived in. If someone tricks a person to buy money off of them, it was wrong. Atem's spirit appeared next to Yugi while he was pacing.

"I doubt if those were even rare at all. They're probably cheaper than they're worth," Atem mentioned as Yugi nodded his head.

"HEY!" A voice called from behind Yugi. He felt a sharp slap on the face. It was a brunet girl with a mole on her forehead. "BASTARD!" The woman left after that.

"How many women did you play with?" Yugi asked glaringly. Not caring that people would stare at him for talking to himself.

"I honestly don't know," Atem replied. "Let's just go to that bastard's place before we meet another woman."

Yugi limply continued his pacing until he made it to the Scorpion Shop. Once there, Yugi stepped in front of the door and overheard the shop owner reveal his secret.

"Easy money, my dear friend," the shop owner smirked while staring at the shoes like gold coins. Dollar signs were appearing in his eyes. "All you have to do is say you own something rare and they'll pay anything to get it. I love this part of town. It's home to a bunch of lowlife suckers!"

"So?" Yugi glared with his arms crossed. The shop owner glared at the kid.

"Brat! Can you read the sign? We're closed!" The shop owner shouted.

"But what you're doing is wrong!" Yugi glared. "You lie, cheat, and steal from other people just to get your doe. That's wrong!"

"What do you know about right or wrong?"

"More than you do! You just take advantage of people just because they live hard lives. My twin brother may have a reputation for being a whore, but at least he's honest. Compared to him, you're the real scum!" Yugi shouted in anger.

The shop owner gasped in fear. This kid knew what that shop owner was up to and how he ran his shop. Yugi was determined to retrieve his friend's shoes. It didn't matter what it took or what part of town he was in. Yugi's violet eyes showed determination and demand. The shop owner smirked and snuck a scorpion inside the sneaker. Atem gasped.

"Yugi, be careful," Atem warned. Showing the picture in his mind of the scorpion.

'I got this brother. I knew he would try that,' Yugi assured, smirking in his head.

"Listen, is there something you need kid?" The shop owner smirked before showing the shoes. "Ah, where did these come from? Are these yours?" The shop owner reached the shoes over to Yugi. He smirked and dropped twelve coins inside. The shop owner gasped, "what's this?"

"This is my test to see if you're qualified to owning these shoes," Yugi smirked. "This time, the scorpion really is inside the shoe." He looked at the shop owner with big playful eyes. "Here's how it works. We each grab some coins from this shoe without getting poisoned. The one with the most coins wins."

The shop owner was aroused. He had never seen a kid with this kind of determination to get his friend's shoes back. It was obvious that this wasn't the same kid with the blond kid. For one thing, this kid claimed to have a twin brother, which would mean the look-alike the shop owner saw before was the twin brother. The brother must've hired this one to retrieve the shoes after finding out about the thievery.

The shop owner smirked and agreed, "I'll accept your challenge on one condition: each coin costs $800. That's how I do business."

"Deal," Yugi agreed. "But if I win, I just want my friend's shoes."

"Very well."

"I'll start," Yugi declared before sticking his fingers in the shoe. Atem stared at his brother who was willing to risk his life for the sake of his friend. Sweat was pouring down Yugi's forehead as he grabbed the first coin and sighed in relief. "That's one."

The shop owner took two fingers and reached to grab one coin. He sighed in relief that he wasn't poisoned. Yugi nodded and slowly reached into the shoe to grab another coin. While doing this, the shop owner started smirking evilly. Yugi could tell what this scum was thinking. This what Yugi was going for and Atem knew it.

"So..." The shop owner started. "You can do anything you want, ANYTHING as long as you reach in and get the coins?"

"Yes," Yugi replied casually, knowing what this guy was going for.

"In that case..." The shop owner smirked before he snatched out a dagger and stabbed it through the front of the shoe. "I'll do it this way." He stuck his whole hand and grabbed a handful of coins. "I WIN! I HAVE ALL THE COINS! Now, give me the money!"

"Think again," Yugi smirked while pointing at the shop owner's hand that was still stuck in the shoe. "You've just taken a dangerous risk and I wonder if that scorpion really is dead."

The shop owner started sweating and turning pale. Yugi had used the millennium puzzle to warn the scorpion about his master trying to kill him. The creature moved out of the way just in time. Atem showed a smirk with his arms crossed while the scorpion jabbed its tail right on his master's hand.

"AHHHH!" The shop owner screamed. He snatched his hand out of the shoe and saw the place where he was jabbed. He started growing pale and laid on the floor like a sick dog. "I... I'm poisoned."

"Because in a shadow game, your weakness is what causes you to lose. Only a person with a good heart can win a shadow game and a few losers survive it. You had no love for your pet or your precious sneakers. The only love you had for was money. Compared to my brother and his friends, you're the 'lowlife sucker,'" Yugi declared before walking off limply and called an ambulance.

Yugi took the scorpion out of the shoe and set him free. He then, took the pair of sneakers and ran limply to his friend before the ambulance made it to the shop. He got the feeling it would take a while for the ambulance to find the shop owner since his shop was in the middle of some alleyways. It didn't matter, the thief got what he deserved.

Yugi returned to Joey before changing to Atem. He handed his best friend the sneakers. Joey was so filled with joy, tears ran down his cheeks.

"Sorry about the hole," Atem apologized as Joey noticed the hole. He looked at his friend with a happy smile.

"Ah who cares. You got me my sneakers back. You're a good pale," Joey said as Atem responded with a nod.

'Thanks Yugi. Ultimately, you're the one who retrieved the shoes and all by yourself,' Atem congratulated Yugi.

"No prob. Joey's my friend too, even if he does get weirded out by me," Yugi grinned.

"Let's get out of this dump!" Atem smirked before the other guys nodded in agreement.

The four boys left the arcade and walked up the sidewalk. Just when they were about to leave the lowlife part of town, they heard another voice.

"Hey!" A female voice called. Atem sighed in annoyance and turned his head to prepare for another slap in the face by another one of his ex girlfriends. When Atem faced this chick, his face turned to shock.

"Olivia?" Atem gasped.

"You okay? I heard you and your friends ran into some trouble by those dangerous thugs," Olivia said.

"I'm fine. I never thought I'd see you again. I never got the chance to apologize for what happened two years ago."

"We were young!" Olivia assured before giving Atem a gentle hug. "I'm just glad you got out of the influence of my brother's gang."

"Who's this?" Tristan asked.

"This... is my ex girlfriend Olivia. We broke up after escaping from her brother's gang, we both escaped. We decided we needed time to recuperate before having another relationship," Atem explained.

"Yep, this one really was his girlfriend," Joey said. "Not sex partner."

"Unfortunately, I'm dating someone else. It was nice seeing your face again. I can't thank you enough for helping me escape my brother," Olivia grinned. "But be on the lookout. I think my brother may try to threaten you again."

The four men gave glances. Joey and Atem gave hard looks at each other while Yugi started pouring sweat. He knew what his brother was thinking.