Chapter 6

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Thought / Dreams / Event from the past

[Voice from the past]

'Telepathic Voice'

"Spirit Talking"

-Telephone-

Letter

"Dialogue"

Emphasis

Dangerous Tone

"Yoh." Yugi said as he forced Yoh to sit after he picked up the fallen chair and returned it to it's previous position, "You know about this Great Spirit?" He asked gently.

Yoh inhaled deeply to calm himself before letting it out softly, "Great Spirit is the strongest Spirit in the world, they are made from countless Spirits and held all knowledge of the world." He explained as he looked at them, "Whoever obtain the Great Spirit could be considered as a God themselves".

"What?" Ishizu asked in disbelief.

"A God, you said?" Atem asked seriously.

Yoh nodded, "By obtaining the Great Spirit, you obtain a power equal as a God." He confirmed, "Things that would be impossible like bring back the dead, manipulating any living or non living beings in many aspects, and so on . . . you could do them just as easy as turning the back of your hand if you have the Great Spirit with you".

Everyone that was present in the room, including Seto and Ishizu, paled when they heard that statement. "That absurd." Bakura said in disbelief and shock but also fear, "Such a great power . . . they would be unstoppable if they got this Great Spirit".

"A God . . ." Atem repeated the words, "Is that why Ra had been so desperate to stop them until he offered us another chance in live as long as we defeated this Raven group?".

"Ra?" Yoh asked with his eyebrows raised, "Who is he?".

"Ra is the Egyptian God, the Sun God." Malik explained to him, "But as what the Egyptian believe, the Gods couldn't interfere with the humans live directly. That's why I though he would chose the Pharaoh to do this mission, for a Pharaoh was believed to be a Living God, The Horus on earth".

Atem saw Yoh's confusion and explained, "Horus is one of the Egyptian Gods. Since a Pharaoh was believed to be a Living Horus, people believe that a Pharaoh hold a great power like the God Horus as well".

Yoh nodded in understanding, "You are their hope then." He said with a smile, "Don't worry about this problem so much, everything will work out in the end".

"How could you be so calm?" Ishizu asked in shock, "If this Great Spirit is really that strong, we had to make our move and fast!".

Yoh shot her his trademark grin, "Then, how about we try something?" He suggested, he looked at Marik, "The Millennium Rod could enter someone's mind as well, right?" He asked, and after Marik nodded, he continued, "Then try to enter my mind and find out the location of Great Spirit, we will see then if this situation is really that urgent".

Atem stood up, "Don't do it, Yoh, it's dangerous." He said seriously with worry coloring his voice.

Yoh smiled at him in reassuring manner, causing Atem's heart to skip a beat at the beautiful sight. "Don't worry." Yoh said calmly, "I know what I'm doing, and I'm sure Marik wouldn't do any harm to me since it would mean he fail in becoming a better person than himself in the past".

"That's right, Pharaoh." Marik said with a smirk as he stood up and walked to Yoh, "I will enter your Soul Room and try to get information about Great Spirit's whereabouts from you only, just relax." He said as he pointed his Rod to Yoh.

Yoh smiled in answer, a second later, his eyes went blank. Atem watched in worry, he know right away that Marik was already inside the boy's Soul Room, and it's dangerous no matter if Marik had changed ot not.

Marik was, meanwhile, in Yoh's Soul Room. He looked around to take a good look at the room, it's more to a forest than a room though. Half of the big room was filled with trees, he got the impression that this Yoh boy was a calm person with great wisdom who would bring peace to someone so easily, the trees losing half of their leaves though, telling him that the boy had lost half of himself. He believed that Yoh had been forced to do something that was against his belief, and thus killing some of himself by doing so.

On the other side of the big room was a short hill with a Lake, the water of the Lake was reflecting the Night Sky along with the Moon and Stars. They told him that the boy was so close to Nature and love the Night Sky, and the boy was a confident but calm type considering the Lake represented calmness and confident.

He looked around again and saw that it's not fully a forest inside, there's some furniture as well like a drawer with two swords, one of them looked like the one the boy was carrying around with him while the other one was made of Red colored wood. Two Ihais were sitting beside the two swords, with Amidamaru written on one of them with Bluish White paint and Matamune was written on the other one with Gold paint, the names were so old that he though it's the boy's ancestors. A CD Player along with an orange Headphone like the one that was constantly on the boy's head were there as well, and two photo frames.

In one of the frames was a photo of many people, he guessed it's Yoh's family and friends, but Yoh was standing at a bit distance from them, it's clear that Yoh felt he was not that close with them anymore, aside from a woman who looked like a female version of Yoh, obviously the boy's Mother. In the other frame was a photo of Yoh and with another boy who could be Yoh's Twin, but with longer hair than Yoh, the background was Yin Yang Image with Yoh as the Yin and the other boy as Yang. They were standing back to back, Yoh with a sad expression while the other boy with loneliness and anger, they were really suited as Yin and Yang.

Just like a Yami and a Hikari, Marik thought as he looked at the photo, I wonder who this other boy is?

He looked at the drawer and reached out to open it when a voice stopped him, "You are supposed to try and get the information about Great Spirit from my mind, not trying to find out my secret." He turned around and saw Yoh stood there with a crossed arms, but an amused smile was on his face, like a Father reminding his curious Son.

"You could get in here?" Marik asked in surprise, "Normally people couldn't do it".

"It's an easy thing to do." Yoh answered with a shrug, "I'm good in meditation and, as long as I could sense your presence, all I have to do is following your presence if I want to see where you are in my mind".

Marik sighed, "Well, I'm sorry, I was curious about what is inside that drawer." He said before holding up his Rod, "Let's get back to business then".

Marik concentrated to use his power and find the information he need, but as soon as he started searching for the information about Great Spirit, he was thrown out from the boy's mind and back into his own body. And he knew that it was not the boy's doing, it was something else, something more powerful.

Atem was worried since it had gone so long, but just when he wanted to walk to Yoh's side, Marik gasped suddenly as he fell to the ground and Yoh's eyes back to normal. "What happened?" He asked Marik.

"I was thrown out." Marik answered as he stood up, "Not the boy's own doing, but something much more powerful than the boy".

"It's the Great Spirit." Yoh explained, "I had guessed that Great Spirit would protect the information about their whereabouts from any outsider considering the Item's power to manipulate someone's mind, even though they couldn't act by themselves, if it's just protecting information regarding themselves, they could".

Ishizu looked at Yoh, "How do you know it?" She asked curiously.

Yoh rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Somehow I have this knowledge in my head, so I figured that the Great Spirit was the one who did it, considering I had somehow become a part of your mission." He admitted.

"So, you have the information about where to get this Great Spirit but it is protected so the Raven couldn't get it from you." Atem concluded.

Yoh smiled, "Many people know about Great Spirit's whereabouts, and their minds are protected as well." He explained, "So just relax, the Raven would never get the information by entering people's mind. The only way for them to get to where the Great Spirit rest is to following the people who are heading there, but I doubt it would be anytime soon".

"Why is that?" Bakura asked with a raised eyebrow.

Atem noticed that Yoh was spacing out again, but then the boy blinked and he was back to normal. "The Great Spirit is still recovering I think, they need time before they would summon the Shamans again." He explained.

"Shamans?" Yugi, Atem, Bakura, Marik, and Ishizu asked together.

"Shamans are people who could see and communicate with Spirits, they are the link between the living and the dead." Yoh started his explanation, "The only way to obtain Great Spirit is to win in Shaman Fight, and once they won, they will entitled as Shaman King and obtain the Great Spirit. The Shaman Fight had already begun a year ago and ended a month ago, the Great Spirit had damaged during the last Shaman Fight and need some time to recover I believe. Unless the Great Spirit recovered and start the Shaman Fight again, the Raven would never get to the place where the Great Spirit is".

"So . . ." Jou started with a pale face, "You are a Shaman? You could see Spirits and communicate with them?".

Yoh nodded, "Yes." He answered, "Anyway, shouldn't we help the three former Spirits to settle down in here?".

"Ah, right." Yugi said as he remembered that they need to help the three men, "I guess Seto could help us with the fake Ids, but we still need to figure out where Bakura and Marik would stay, Yami would stay in the Game Shop with me".

Atem nodded in agreement, "Thank you, Aibou." He said with a warm smile.

Seto nodded, "I could help with the documents, it's an easy job for me." He said in agreement.

"Bakura could stay with me." Ryou said with a smile, "I live by myself and it got a bit lonely, and I want to try and become friends with Bakura".

"You are as kind as always, Yadonushi." Bakura answered with a smirk, "And I would be glad to stay with you, you are still my Hikari after all".

Ryou grinned in answer, "As you are my Yami no matter what." He said softly.

"Marik will stay with me and Ishizu." Malik stated as he glared at Marik, "We need to keep an eye on him".

Marik shrugged, "Fine by me." He then smirked at Malik, "It's not like I would throw away this chance to start a new".

Jou stood up, "Well, now that it's decided." He looked at Atem, "I'm glad you are back, Atem".

Anzu nodded, "We really need to have a long chat, we need to catching up with each other!" She said excitedly.

And so, the rest of the day was spend by catching up between the gang and the former Pharaoh.

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"Ah, we are finally back." Yugi said as he flopped down on the couch.

Atem sat beside Yugi, "I'm glad to be back." He said with a warm smile at Yugi, "But, I really have to borrow your clothes, Yugi." Yugi nodded and grinned in answer.

Yoh looked at Atem, "Is that your Pharaoh's attire?" He asked as he observe the clothes and all the jewelry.

"Yes." Atem answered, "The clothes Bakura wore was the one he wore as the Thief King, in case you are wondering".

"Indeed, I am." Yoh answered with a smile as he sat across from the two, "I'm sorry if I'm rude, but were all Egyptian wearing a skirt in the past?".

Atem smirked, "It's normal to ask that since I'm wearing a skirt." He told him, "As you know, Egypt is a hot nation, we were wearing a kilt to make sure we wouldn't get heat stroke. Some of the people would wore shorts, but most would choose a kilt since it's easier to get".

Yoh nodded in understanding, "I see." He commented before smiling at Atem, "I'm sure Yugi would help you settled in the modern time, and so would I. But regarding the problem with Raven, it would be dangerous for you to face them alone, so I hope you would tell me if something happen, so I could help you out with it".

Atem smiled, "I know that it's dangerous, but I would be fine." He said comfortingly, "It's you and Yugi that I'm worried about".

Yugi looked at Atem, "Hey, I could help you out too, you know." He protested, "And Yoh is strong, even though he is only 13, he could beat up a gang of bullies like it was nothing".

Atem looked at Yoh in surprise, "You are 13?" He asked with wide eyes, Yoh nodded in answer, "You act so maturely that I thought you are older".

Yoh blushed, he know that he had heard the same statement from Yugi, but with it coming from Atem, he somehow felt embarrassed. "I'm not that mature." He argued, "I'm a bit childish sometimes".

Yugi saw the blush and smiled knowingly, he then looked at Atem to see his reaction and had to hold back a laugh. It's clear that Yoh had a crush with Atem, but to think Atem would be so entranced by Yoh's blush was so cute, he bet that his Yami had fell for Yoh the first time he saw the boy.

"Yami." He called out to his Yami, Atem looked at him and raised an eyebrow questioningly, "You are good with sword fight, right?" He asked.

Atem blinked and nodded, wonder where this was heading to, "Yes, I'm quite good with sword fight since I had to protect myself." He said, "Why do you ask?".

Yugi grinned, "Yoh is also good with sword fight, I was wondering if you want to have a spar with Yoh?" He looked at Yoh then, "I'm sure that you would want to have a sparring partner, right, Yoh?".

Yoh looked at Yugi, then at Atem, before he nodded, "I would love to." He said with a big smile, Atem blushed a bit when he saw that sweet smile, "We also need to be ready in case the Raven attack us, so I think it's good to keep our skill high".

Atem nodded in agreement, "You are right." He said with a smile, "How about we have a spar every morning and evening? That way we wouldn't get so tired but still get to train".

Yoh grinned and nodded, "I agree." He said cheerfully before standing up, "Well, I will head home now, see you".

"See you." Yugi and Atem answered in unison.

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The next morning, Yoh came over then he and Atem had a spar for 3 rounds at the backyard, they were continuously complimenting each other skill that Yugi had to laugh silently when he saw that happened. Then, they all go to buy some clothes for Atem, which, of course, consisted of many leather outfits. They met with Bakura and Ryou at the mall, they need to get some clothes for Bakura as well since he was more builder than Ryou, Marik's and Malik's size were not that much different, so Marik would use Malik's clothes instead of buying new ones.

At the noon, Seto came over to challenge Atem in Duel Monsters game using their Duel Disks, he saw the secret glance Yoh and Atem would throw each other and had to smirk. Then when it's time for Yoh and Atem sparring at the evening, Seto was watching with awe, as much as he see Atem as his rival, he had to admit that the former Pharaoh had a great swordsman skill, the same could be said to Yoh, for they could matched each other's move very well. During this time though, Yoh would forced Yugi to train as well, much to Seto's amusement.

"They are having a crush with each other, aren't they?" Seto asked Yugi when they were on their way to a restaurant, Seto had asked Yugi out to have dinner together with him after Yoh and Atem finished their sparring.

"It's very obvious, right?" Yugi asked with a grin, "They just being oblivious about the other feeling the same way with them".

Seto chuckled, "But, I guess I could understand why Atem fell for Yoh." He looked at Yugi, "Yoh is so gentle and optimist, people could easily love him, just like people could easily love you".

Yugi nodded, "I agree, I even already love him as my own Brother." He said with a big smile, but then his smile turned into a sad one, "But he was still sad about something, I hope Atem would be able to help him about it".

"Don't worry." Seto said as he slipped an arm around Yugi's waist, "He would manage, that Pharaoh would see that Yoh is sad about something and would help him as best as he could".

Yugi nodded in agreement, an idea then formed into his head, "Seto." He called as he looked at his boyfriend, "I have an idea." He said and whispered the plan to Seto.

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"Yoh-dono." Amidamaru called out when they were at the roof of Kame Game Shop to watch the star, he was asked to sleep over by Yugi earlier. "You have a crush with Atem-dono, haven't you?" He asked suddenly.

Yoh blushed, "I guess, with you as my Guardian Spirit, it is to be expected that you could tell that I love him so easily." He muttered his answer, "Yes, I love him, but I don't know if he feel the same way about me".

"Why don't you try to get to know each other more? It's the first step if you want to pursue a relationship with him." Amidamaru suggested with a warm smile, he was glad that Yoh had become a bit cheerful lately.

"It would be best." Yoh agreed and lay down to watch the stars, with Amidamaru sitting beside him and watched the stars together with him as well as keeping guard in case something happened. He looked up when he heard a noise and saw Atem coming up to the roof as well, "Couldn't sleep?" He asked with a smile.

Atem noticed that Yoh was there and smiled, "Kind of, something occupying my mind." He said, And that something is you,Yoh. He added in his mind, "What about you? What are you doing here?".

Yoh smiled and looked up at the stars again, "I love to gaze at the stars, they would make me relaxed and calm." He said softly.

Atem's heart skipped a beat again when he saw that serene expression on Yoh's face, he smiled and walked over to the boy and sat down beside him, "The stars are, indeed, beautiful." He commented as he looked up at the stars as well.

Amidamaru was watching them in his invisible mode, that's how he knew that Atem loved Yugi as well. He smiled at the thought someone genuinely care about his Master and love him, he would sure try his best to protect Atem as well from then on. He looked at them again for a few seconds before returning into his Ihai, he wouldn't want to disturb their time together.

To be continued . . .

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