Right. I'll try an make this chapter a bit longer than the last one.....¬_¬" but of course who knows. I don't even know what's gonna happen in this one at the moment! *thinks*....oh wait...maybe i do have an idea...

 

 

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I wearily shut that door behind me, resting my back on it and closing my eyes tiredly. I flinched as someone started pounding on the door.

"Yugi! Let me in! Why did you run away?!" It was Joey. I tried to speak, but my voice came out strained and slightly high pitched.

"Joey! That....that wasn't me...I don't know what happened, but it was *Yami*! I don't...." I wasn't even sure what I was going to say, and let out a sigh of relief as Joey fell silent, taking in what I had said.

"You mean..." His voice came out hesitant, "You mean that wasn't you? You don't really...."

"I don't really what?!" I was nearly hysterical, I couldn't take it anymore! "Joey, somehow Yami found a way to block me; I couldn't see or hear what was going on! I'm totally just his puppet--" I flinched as I felt the familiar feeling of power rising within me. It was a feeling I had learned to loathe, as it signalled the onslaught of Yami taking over. "Just...just leave." I said quietly, but feeling desperate - he had to go before Yami came!

There was no answer. I think he left and I let out a sigh of relief, sliding down to the floor.

"Yugi...?" I heard Ryou's soft voice approach questionningly, as he came through from the living room where he must have been waiting for me. "...What happened? Are you alright?"

With a stifled sob I got up and stumbled towards him, relieved when he caught me in his arms and hugged me tightly.

"What's he done this time?" He whispered sadly  into my hair, "...We have to stop him Yugi. This....it can't go on." I pulled away from him and looked up into his face.

"Ryou! He...he's found a way to stop me from seeing what he's doing! So...so now when he's in control, I'm totally trapped and there's nothing I can do..." I couldn't talk anymore as I started crying. Ryou led me to my room and sat me down on the bed beside him.

"...Yugi. When did it happen? Do you remember anything of what he did? Why was Joey here?" He lifted up my chin to make me look at him, and gently wiped away my tears with his thumb. I sniffed and relaxed into his loving arms as I began to relate what I could remember.

"Well...at first it was like normal; he took control and and all I could do was watch. He...he started taking us towards Joey's house...and then once we got there; that was when he blocked me." I squeezed my eyes shut as I came to the more confusing part. "When...when I became myself and I could see again, I was waking up and I was..." I fell silent, biting my lower lip.

"You were...?" Ryou pressed me on, a curious yet wary look in his eyes.

"...I was...in Joey's bed with him. He was still asleep, but we..." My eyes filled with fresh tears as I continued, "We weren't wearing anything. I got scared and wanted to leave, so I got dressed as fast as I could and ran home...that's when Joey started coming after me." I gripped Ryou tighter, not wanting to see his expression. "I...I didn't know what had happened and I just feel so awful!" I dared to glance up at him, and found his expression full of barely concealed anger. "I...I'm sorry, Ryou! I-" He cut me off with a kiss, and then looked at me strangely.

"It's not your fault, Yugi! I'm...I'm angry with Yami. And...with Joey, too." I looked up at him, slightly puzzled.

"With Joey...? What did he do?" Warmth filled Ryou's expression, and he kissed my forehead lovingly.

"You're so precious to me Yugi..." He whispered, and tears welled up in his eyes. Then he drew back and fixed me with a firm gaze. "Don't worry. But...tell me one thing. Do you...do you hurt at all?" I shook my head, looking at him in confusion, "Why--"

"Then it doesn't matter." He interrupted me and brought me close to him once more. "It'll be all right Yugi...we just have to find a way to get rid of the Millennium Puzzle."

 

TBC..

 

*sighs at how kawaii and naive Yugi always looks* Isn't he so cuuuuute? well...okay, that *wasn't* a long chapter. But hey, I might even have another one up before the end of the day! (two chapters up in one day...geez i really don't have a life!) ¬_¬"