Rayne: im back ya'll! srry its been so long. been super lazy lately.

Yugi: bout time

Rayne: shut up, i tried.

Yugi, suuuuuuuure. anyway, Rayne doesnt own yugioh, pairings are Yami Yugi & Yugi Muto, Yami Bakura & Ryou Bakura, Yami Marik & Malik Ishitar, also, Rayne's Beta was busy so she did it herself...and she sucks so there will be alot of errors in this one. she will edit it more thoruoughly later. enjoy!

Silence…dead, annoying silence. At least that's what the inhabitants of Kaiba's living room were all thinking. After leaving the mall, the group drove to Kaiba's mansion and took a seat in his large living room. So far, in five minutes of staring around at the room, no one has spoken a word.

Bakura looked antsy and was tapping his foot on the ground. Ryou lightly touched Bakura's knee in comfort. The albino thief stopped his tapping but still looked to be in a bad mood. Marik and Malik sat next to each other on a love seat in the corner. They looked relatively calm but anyone could the tension in their posture. Yami and Yugi were sitting on a chair with Yugi in his yami's lap. Neither looked to be in a happy mind set. Lastly Kaiba and Joey were sitting on a couch a bit off set from everyone else.

Another minute went by before a mental snap came from Bakura, "Okay that's enough! We came from the past, we are here to stay, we need a cover on how 3 grown men suddenly appeared on the face of japan, let's move on please! Damn, so irritation…" he said as he turned his head to look out the window, mildly embarrassed for cracking under pressure for a second time.

Everyone looked towards the albino and noticed a slight change in color in his cheeks, Ryou was lightly giggling next to him which made everyone smirk a bit at the thought of the self-righteous thief being embarrassed. Yami cleared his throat, "Bakura is right. We can't put this off for too long. It's great that we disposed of Anubis, but shadow magic doesn't work so well for governmental profiles that don't exist." He stated in a more serious tone.

Kaiba nodded and opened the laptop in front of him and began typing something, "As much as I would love to say I can just whip something up really quick, this is a pretty delicate process, and I'm gonna need more help than just me. You three," he paused his typing to look at all the yamis around the room, "will need to lay low for a while until I can get the arrangements done. For now just stay at the apartment building and try not to go out much."

"That's great advice captain obvious, but what the hell are we going to do in the apartment? The little ones have jobs, we can't just sit in the apartment all day, I for one, will go insane." Bakura stated in a 'that's final' tone.

"Well you're just going to have to deal with i-" Kaiba began but paused as Yugi raised his hand for silence.

"The yamis can come with us to work. My shop isn't on the main road and we don't get many customers. They can watch the front with Ryou and be our security for the time being. As long as they are in the back if large groups come in." Yugi said.

Kaiba sighed, "Whatever, as long as they aren't asked too many questions. If they talk and it's a different story then what their papers say, people are gonna get suspicious. Just watch out for each other. The papers should be done by next week." Kaiba closed his laptop.

"Thank you Kaiba." Yami stated as he tapped Yugi's hip, motion telling him to get up. Yugi slid off his lover ad stood next to his chair. Yami repositioned himself and straightened his frame, crossed his legs, and narrowed his eyes, "I feel now would be a good time to say that I don't think Anubis is gone for good." He raised his hand to Malik who looked like we wanted to say something, "Yes he is now more or less powerless and in the shadow realm with the duel monsters, however, the shadows he controls are very much free to do whatever. He can move his consciousness to the shadows and exist just as he did before with a physical body.

Right now, we need to think of a way to get rid of these shadows and prevent him from moving around. He is too weak to do anything for now, but in time he will gain enough to move about and come right back at us." He finished and looked around to see Kaiba tense in his chair, the arm he threw around Joey's shoulder, now gripped the blonde's shoulder. Bakura was now holding a slightly shaking Ryou. Malik and Marik showed little change besides Marik's arm was now on Malik's knee, squeezing it in comfort. Yugi's face straightened in both rage and fear. Yami's arm came to rest on Yugi's lower back.

Yami and Yugi had an understanding that Yami needed to show his supiriority and his "alpha" status whereas Yugi didn't want to be babied. Yami had been raised to rule a country and was made for the role both in the past and present. Yugi showed his support of Yami's role by standing next to the former pharaoh but within arm's length for the comfort of each other's presence.

"That is an issue as you say, but let's leave that until later. Right now you guys need a break and some down time. Get the next week figured out and lay low like I said. We can worry about the Zombie mummy freak later." Kaiba stated in an unfamiliar joking fashion, trying to raise everyone's spirits for a time.

Everyone noticed his attempt to lighten the mood and let the subject go. Yugi crawled on the arm of Yami's chair and leaned into Yami's side, Yami in return leaned back. "Well then, how have you been with the company Kaiba?" Yugi asked in an innocent tone, everyone looked to him and began to laugh at his all too obvious change of subject. Kaiba chuckled a bit as well, loosening his grip on Joey who had fallen asleep somewhere in the awkward silence before the conversation started.

"The company is calm and perfect as usual. I have started a Minors tournament in Tokyo. It seems to be doing well. I will be taking a trip down to announce the finalists in a month. You are welcome to come." He said in his normal voice, all tension gone from his face.

"I'll go; it will be nice to see the future duelists. Have your eyes on a champion yet?" Yugi responded.

"There is one young man who is quickly rising to the top of the charts, but he is missing a bit of…heart as you like to call it. Maybe a few words from you in the championship will bring out his full potential." Kaiba smirked a bit.

"How do you know this kid will even win? He could just face-plant later." Bakura stated, Ryou lightly pinched his arm at the rude comment. "What?" Bakura asked Ryou in irritation at being pinched again.

"The ones Kaiba keeps his eyes on always make it all the way. In 13 tournaments, all the men and women he has set his eyes on have all gone through." Ryou said in respect for his friend. Bakura looked away, irritated his hikari was taking another man's side. "But you're not wrong, everyone has a slip every now and again, when that happens, Kaiba normally has a 'second chance' round where he 'makes sure the finalists are ready' and he brings back his favorites for another shot, and THEN they always go through." Ryou finished looking at Kaiba with a 'shame, shame' look. Kaiba looked away and Bakura laughed while grabbing a blushing Ryou and pulling him onto his lap.

Malik laughed and pointed to the albino couple, "Spooning leads to Forking!" he cried out.

Ryou blushed harder, and Bakura laughed louder and pecked Ryou on the cheek. Everyone soon was laughing when joey then jumped up from his seat and looked around. "Joey? What is going on?" Malik asked.

"…I'm hungry." Joey stated as he walked out the door.

Kaiba sighed, "Well I know what I'm doing in a few hours, buying more food." He said as he laid his forehead in his hand. Everyone laughed again, even Marik showing a small smile as he grabbed his hikari's hand and kissed the back of it.

"It's good to be back. However I can't help but wonder something…" Marik stated.

Malik looked at his yami with an eyebrow raised, "what is it?"

"That girl who came by, who believed Yugi has enchanted Atem." Marik stated.

As Malik opened his mouth to respond a door slamming open cut him off. Everyone looked to the door way waiting for someone to come through. A moment later Tea came running through the door. "YUGI! You dare to bring my man here as protection! He is not your captive!" she screeched.

Yugi looked at her in confusion. "Tea? What are you doing here? And what protection?" he asked honestly confused. He knew she was off her rocker, but sometime he just didn't understand what she was saying.

"You kidnapped Yami and drug him here to keep him from me. How dare you!" Tea looked at Yugi in hatred and she turned her head a bit to smile at Yami in what she thought was a sultry look but looked more like a an abused duck's face. "Yami dear! You're so lucky my friends saw you leaving the mall and called me. Now I know you are still under Yugi's spell, so let's do a test. If it fails I will leave you alone I swear." The girl said in a calm voice.

Yami's eyes flashed wide open. One small test and she was out of his and Yugi's hair. "I'm listening." He said as Yugi looked at Yami in apprehension. Yami nodded and Yugi leaned up but didn't leave the chair.

"Okay! So I was reading a book and a girl was under a spell and only her true love could save her. I figure it would work the same this way." She stated.

Yugi looked at her, "Tea that was snow white. A fairy tale… it has no relation to real life…" he said almost disbelieving that she would think a book would solve her problems. "Whatever, Yami I say go for it. No harm from a simple kiss right?" he said smirking down at his lover.

Yami's eyes flashed to him giving him a 'save me look' as Yugi looked at him with a 'you suggested it first' look. Yami sighed and moved to get up but Tea was already over by the two. "No need to get up Dear, I am willing to bend for you." She said as she leaned into his lap and shoved her lips against his. Her tongue shot out and slobbered on his lips, she was terrible and Yami almost cried in sheer irritation.

After about a minute of the dog kiss she leaned back panting and blushing. She smiled and caressed his face; Yami immediately shoved her off and wiped his mouth off. "There, I hope you're happy. I still think you're insane, and I still love Yugi. Now leave." He stated.

Tea looked shocked at first then turned to Yugi. "You did something. That should have worked! I will be back, and next time I'll take care of you instead of trying to fix your curse." She seethed and stomped out the door. As everyone looked at Yami in sympathy for having to kiss the girl, and Yugi fawning over him and lightly kissing his lips so 'be rid of the taste.'

Suddenly Joey walked back in with a few bags of chips and looked around, "What happened?"

all done. yea, i made yami kiss tea. lol. u gotta love joey right?! haha pls review! thx for reading and your patience!