Synchronized back into control, and reality, Yugi awoke to being in bed at Kaibaland's hospital.

"What? Oh God, what happened?" Yugi slowly sat up from bed, rubbing his tired eyes to help wake up better. He gave the room a good glance.

"I'm... I'm in Kaibaland's hospital." Just then, a male nurse holding a clipboard and thermometer walked in. After the nurse had checked Yugi's temperature and health status, he gave Yugi some Tylenol.

"You're friends were the ones that found you, Yugi. They said they were very confused and worried about you." Yugi put the glass cup aside, then questioned, "Well, where are my friends right now? Can they come and see me?"

"Of course, they're waiting in the lobby. I'll go fetch them for you."

The nurse quickly walked out and a couple minutes after that, Tristen, Tea, Joey and Bakura walked in. They all crowded around Yugi with worried expressions on their faces.

"Yugi," began Tea,

"Are you OK?" finished Joey.

"Why did you," started Tristen,

"Just run off like that?" ended Bakura.

"S-stop! One thing at a time!" yelled Yugi, which made them all back away a little. Yugi looked down slightly, then immediately lifted up his head.

He whispered to them, "I...I'm sorry guys. I'm just under a lot of stress right now. I didn't mean to get angry." They were all quiet.

Joey felt as though he was the one to speak up. "It's alright Yugh, but can you at least explain A, why you treated Kiaba the way you did, B, how you were able to jump off the dueling stage and live, and C, why you ran off. Can you?"

"Well, how did you guys find me?"

"That's not answering my questions. Please Yugh, we just want to know." Yugi felt like their questions were heavy weights on his shoulders.

"Alright, then I won't hold anything back."

And so, Yugi explained to his friends that the spirit inside his millennium puzzle took over him, dueled Kaiba to take revenge for the mistake that the spirit did to him back when he lost against Kiaba. Yugi also managed to speak through the spirits mind to stop him from hurting Kiaba.

"I was able to jump off the, no, the spirit was able to jump off the stage because the spirit can't die, so the impact of the fall wouldn't affect him. He ran away because he didn't want to talk to me when you guys were around; he didn't want you guys to know about him. After that, well, the spirit had passed out, and the only thing I could see was blackness. No sounds, no feelings, just blackness. Then I woke up here in bed."

The silence continued, until Bakura said in a strange voice, "It's that spirit of yours, it wants you to be its vessel. He will try to gain your trust, lure you into being close to him, and then take you as his perfect...young...vessel."

Yugi twitched, and everyone else gasped besides Bakura. Yugi questioned to Bakura, "Vessel? Bakura...what do you mean, vessel?"

Bakura looked down, gripping his shirt where his heart is. "I've said too much, forgive me." Bakura immediately passed out and fell forward on Yugi.

"Bakura!" gasped Yugi.

Tea ran out to the hallway and yelled, "Somebody, help! My friend just passed out!"