The first thing Yuugi noticed when he woke up from his terrible nightmare was that his eyes sting like shit. He sat up from his bed, hiding his tired eyes under his blond bangs. "Hey, why aren't you dressed?" Yami asked confusingly when he opened the door that lead to Yuugi's room and noticed the boy was still in his pajamas. "Today, we need to clean up after the sport event. We need to hurry up." Yami said with a frown.

Yuugi stared at Yami unbelievably, "Yami….how can you behave as if nothing has happened?"

"Huh?" Yami frown dropped, his face turned surprise.

"Bakura is gone!" Yuugi burst out, "We couldn't contact anyone from Hyakki Academy. How can you still behave like this…?" Yuugi started to cry in his hands. Yami walked toward the boy and placed a hand on Yuugi's shoulder.

"Don't cry." Yami said and his heart ache at the sight of Yuugi, "Don't cry. I'll take care of this. Don't worry too much about this." Yuugi wiped away his tears and nodded his head.

[~}

"Yo Yug! Yami!" Joey waved cheerfully for them to come over. The two boys headed over to their group of friends, exchanging mornings.

"Morning" Yuugi mumbled back, staring at the ground and his sad tone was oblivious to everyone.

Joey laughed, "The sport festival was so much fun! I can't believe my team caught up." He grinned nudging Kaiba, "Although the cleaning up was a bummer."

"The cultural festival is coming soon!" Vivian piped up.

"Oh yeah! I can't wait for it now!" Everyone were all happy and laughing which was irritating Yuugi.

"How can everyone be so cheerful after what happen to Bakura?" He thought with outrage, "Hey you guys….what about Bakura?" Yuugi asked bluntly and everyone went quiet.

The whole group all looked at each other with blank faces. "Who is Bakura?" Kaiba spoke up.

Yuugi's eyes widen, "What do you mean by 'who'….?" He shouted out desperately to his friends. "Stop joking. I'm talking about Bakura here!"

Joey and Kaiba shared a look, "We really don't know who you're talking about Yug…" Joey explained in an awkward tone. He bit his lip nervously when he noticed the hurt flashed in Yuugi's eyes. "YUG!" He yelled out when the boy sprinted out the classroom.

Yuugi just ran down the hallway with no destination in his mind, "What's going on? Why? How can they just forget Bakura like that?" He needed answers right now and he knew his dad might know what it was. Something must have happened to the others when he wasn't around.

"The number you just have dialed is invalid. Please check and re-dial again."

Yuugi bit his lip as he held on the phone. Why wasn't his call getting through? Where were his parents? He quickly dialed Ryou's number and there was no connection as well. "What's wrong Yug?" Joey asked the boy when the group all caught up with Yuugi.

"Something's wrong! I can't get a hold of my parents and Ryou!" Yuugi exclaimed, his heart dropped, "Could something have happened to them?"

Joey scratched his head, "Who is Ryou?"

"Yuugi…" Yami said softly, taking a step towards him.

Yuugi looked at Yami with tears falling down his eyes, "Yami…" He cried into Yami's chest as the older boy wrapped his arms around him.

"Did I say something that I'm supposed to?" Joey whispered to Kaiba who shrugged in return.

"Something bad has happened…" Serenity spoke up suddenly, walking up towards the group with a book in her hand. Yuugi's teary eyes stared at Serenity, "I found something outside my door this morning with a note attached to it."

"Serenity, if I don't show up, please passes this book to Yuugi Motou. Sorry for troubling you. Dartz."

"I couldn't find the principal anywhere." Serenity added too and stared at Yuugi with a stern face, "Here, I am going to give this to you, Yuugi." She handed him the book.

Yuugi flipped the book over and gasped. It was the story of the white crow and a small note was hanging from the book.

"By the time you receive this letter, it will mean that I'm no longer around in this world." Yuugi's eyes widen and he continued to read the letter the principal had wrote for him, "It's not a big deal, since this is retribution for the sins I've committed in the human world."

Yuugi gripped onto the letter tightly, "I used to resemble a Demon King in the past, and now I'm going to sacrifice myself and perish together with the demon king. The problem is….what I've just mentioned, is after the disappearance of those around you, Kamako-sensei, Dr Mokuba and Bakura. I do not wish to involve you in this matter too unless necessary…."

Yuugi's breath hitched when he read the next line, "The Demon King intends to destroy this world. Please calm down and don't be afraid. I'm sure you'll be able to find out who the Demon King is. You're the only one that can do this. Because…only the white crow, only you, can defeat the Demon King." Yuugi's eyes locked onto the picture of the Demon King being pierce by a light of sword on the story book and the letter Dartz wrote.

"What….is this….?" Yuugi dropped the book, "What does he want me to do?!" He cried out with frustration and ran away from his friends. He needed to get away from everything right now.

"Ah…hey, Yug!" Joey yelled out to his buddy, "Wait for us!" Joey and Kaiba started to chase after the boy.

Yami was going to followed them but Serenity's voice stopped him, "Yami…perhaps you know what's going on?"

Yami's eyes were hidden under his bangs, "What do I know?" He questioned, his head turned around to look at Serenity.

"Perhaps…you know who the Demon King is." She said.

Yami laughed coldly, "How would I know of this?" He turned his head back, shaking it and walked around from Serenity, "That's outrageous!"

Serenity watched as he slowly disappeared from the hallway. "This is all because you are in love with Yuugi." She closed her eyes, "You have fallen in love with the white crow…" She whispered and her whole body slowly vanished away.

[~]

"Yug! Where are you! Yug!" Joey yelled looking around the school garden and he noticed something odd, "Hey Kaiba, do you feel like something is odd?"

Kaiba looked alert, "Yeah…it seems like we're forgetting something. But….." He looked at the school cafeteria, "was it always so quiet at school here last time…?" He questioned.

[~]

Yuugi sat on the grass, his legs were pulled towards his body supporting his arms. He aimlessly stared at ground, "Where are you mom and dad? What should I do…?" He murmured to himself. It was a lot for him to take in from the letter Dartz wrote. What was he supposed to do?

"Yuugi."

Yuugi's ears perked up at the familiar voice, "L!" He smiled when L landed on the ground with a grin. He got up from the ground and walked towards the vampire, "When did you return…?" He gaped when L's whole body started to disappear.

"He's here to see you for the last time." An old and powerful voice spoke up. Yuugi with tears threatened to fall from his eyes turned around to see the Kirin. "Himi has also disappeared."

Yuugi's hands covered his mouth, "Shuri too…"

"Not only Hime, even Rin, Sensei and everyone else." The Kirin explained, "The human world and monster world and any other world. The East Branch Academy is the only one left."

Yuugi's eyes widen at the news, "How did this happen?" He asked.

"Mister Yuugi… you're regarded as a legendary creature and you're gifted with magnificent power. But you have never put that power into good use." The Kirin looked at Yuugi in the eye, "He has fallen into demonic ways after gaining powers…."

"Demonic ways?" Yuugi repeated and his body grew cold.

The Kirin nodded its head, "Yes."

Yuugi clenched his hands nervously, "An, if Shuri fell into demonic ways…would you…would you try to defeat her?"

It took a few seconds before An finally answered, "Yes, because it's my duty."

"Why….." Yuugi cried, "Why are you saying this to me now….? An….?"

"I don't know…." An's voice grew weaker.

"No…An!" Yuugi yelled when he noticed that An was also disappearing.

An had changed back into his human form, "Goodbye, Mister Yuugi." He smiled and he was gone.

Yuugi dropped to his knees, "Why….why did it turn out this way…?" He yelled out with tears streaming down his face. Everyone he knew are all disappearing one by one and he couldn't do anything about it.

"This is your entire fault, you know." Yuugi turned towards the source of the voice and spotted Fumiko sitting on a tree branch. "That's why I warned him to stay away from the white crow…I knew nothing good would come out from it…"

"Yami's mother…." Yuugi whispered to himself as he stared at the beautiful woman. Fumiko were in a long white dress with eight pair of wings sprouted from her back.

"The Demon King's power is…infinite, therefore we definitely must end the life of the person who's with him." Fumiko gently landed on the ground and glared at Yuugi, "And that person happens to be you, White Crow!"

Enjoy this chapter folks! Sorry for the late update again ^_^" I just started school and it's been crazy LOL.

I hope this chapter isn't that confusing for you x) and yeah...you all kinda already knew who the demon king is...hahaha.

Thanks for all the great reviews guys :) I'm glad you all stick to this story to the very end! x) thank-you!