Secrets of the Father 3

By Female Heero Yuy

Disclaimer: If I owned Yu Gi Oh or Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro this would be in the manga. XD

If you really were to think about it this actually works and fits abit...too well. xD But hey i'm going with it, so sit back and enjoy this combination of two animes turned fanfic.

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Joey was happily eatting his shish kabobs while sitting at the table in the backyard of the gameshop. "This is delicious!" he stated with his mouth full. "And who knew you guys had a back yard!"

Solomon was at the grill flipping over some burgers, more shish kabobs and hotdogs, with a smile on his face. Cooking barbeque was one of his favorite things to do, and this was the first time they had so many guests so share the occasion with.

Tea was helping out by putting the salad at the table. While Tristan was stuffing his face with some coleslaw. Yami and Yugi sat away from everyone with looks of disappointment and distain. Tea looked at this with worried eyes as she tried to think of what to do. When everyone had gone outside, they'd told their friends to sit as far as possible less Neuro decided to do abit of training. Which typically was unexpected when it came to the timing. So at the edge of the table they sat, looking miserable as if they couldn't even enjoy having their own friends over.

"You two should come and grab some burgers before Tristan and Joey eat them all." Solomon stated to his grandchildren as he flipped them over again.

"I'm not hungry." Yami muttered with distaste as he kept his attention else where. He had his face resting on his knuckles with his legs crossed. And looked to be exceedingly pissed off. Yugi looked sad and seemed to stare at the tables surface as he kept his hands on his knees.

"I'm fine grandpa." Yugi muttered.

Tea could only feel sorrow in her heart as she felt like they were avoiding everyone around them. And she didn't know how to fix it. Putting on a smile she grabbed two plates and fixed up some burgers with pickles, tomatos, lettuce and ketchup, then walked over to the two. "Here you go." she said cheerily. Shocking the two into looking at her. "We can't have you two starving now can we?"

Yami turned away from her and seemed to go back into his grumpy state. "Who's starving?" he spoke in a slow tone as if he were annoyed at her.

"Yami..." Yugi stated with abit of sadness. Then seemed to force himself to smile at Tea in an attempt to assure her nothing was wrong. "These look delicious Tea. Thank you. We'll be sure to eat them later when we're hungry."

"I see." her expression became saddened for a moment before she smiled again. "Okay then i'll be sure to wrap them up so you can eat them later." she picked up the plates.

"Thank you." he lightly smiled. Watching as she walked away before turning to face the table again and becoming sad again.

Solomon noticed this and tried to think for a moment, before perking up. "I know. Why don't you play a game?"

"I'm not in the mood grandpa." Yami stated.

"Do my ears deceive me? Yami doesn't want to play a game?" he teased. "Surely this world has fallen into chaos!" he exaggerated.

"It's not a game kinda mood." Yugi added.

"Ahhh! Hell has frozen over!" he teased. "My grandson's don't want to play games. It's frightening." he pretended to cry.

Joey and Tristan seemed to smile before they tackled their friends to the ground. "Get the sinners!" Joey shouted as he hovered over Yami while Tristan was over Yugi.

"Joey that's enough! I said I wasn't in the mood!" Yami stated in anger. He was holding his right side with his left hand as he glared at him on the ground.

"Nah ahh, you have to say, please let me up my lord and master, if your gonna try to get out of it." he smirked.

"Joey...!" he growled as his eyes seemed to shift from amethyst to a ruby like color. "I'm not joking." He started to shiver slightly.

"Aww come on your the king of games, lighten up." he teased as he started poking at the smaller duelist. Tristan was doing his best to keep a grip on Yugi who was struggling. "We'll only let you two go if you say uncle." he attempted to tickle him.

He could hear his own heart beat in his ears. It was as if his surroundings disappeared and there was nothing but a blue fog. He was panting heavily as he tried to resist his own instincts. But it was too late.

Joey shout in pain, as Yami had bitten him with razor sharp teeth in his arm. Only being able to back away when the smaller duelist let go. He gripped at his wound as he looked at his friend in shock. Yami was on his knees, licking his right hand fingers of the excess blood that stained them like a cat who'd just eaten a meal. Tristan promptly let go of Yugi and was utterably shocked at the action. While Yugi seemed to have the expression of surprise and hunger. His eyes turned red just like Yami's had as he watched his other self lick his fingers. For a moment he started panting before he crawled over and helped Yami lick his fingers clean of the blood.

Yako came back outside with Tea, not realizing what was going on as they carried iced tea and potato salad. When Yako faced her children outside she dropped the bowl she was holding at the sight she was seeing. For a moment she seemed to be frozen in place, but then she regained her senses and ran over, pulling the two apart and shaking them. "YAMI! YUGI WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" she shouted in anger. Each had small blood stains on their chins and lips. Their eyes grew wide even as the colored returned to the normal amethyst shade. For a moment it seemed as though they couldn't figure out what they'd done wrong. Until Yami put his fingers to his lips, the taste of blood still in his mouth.

"I...I..." he tried to search for the words. But he couldn't seem to find any. His eyes were wide with shock as he looked at her, then at Joey. Tea was bandaging his arm. Shock turned into sorrow as tears started to fall at the realization that he'd just bitten his friend.

"Yami..." was all Yugi muttered as he too had tears in his eyes. He seemed to be thinking for a moment before looking as his friends. Closing his eyes he stepped away from his mother and Yami and walked til he was a good five feet away from the others. "Uhh..." he faultered even as they seemed to stare at him. "You...you know..." he tried to find the words. What he wanted to say was exceedingly difficult. Sighing, he took a deep breath then put on a forced smile. "We'll completely understand if you don't want to be with us anymore." he stated. "It's alot to deal with right? So...I just want you guys to know you don't have to feel obligated or anything to stay." he felt tears well up at the corners of his eyes. The friends he wanted so much to have, he felt they needed to give up, if nothing else for their own safety. But it didn't mean it was an easy thing to do. He felt like his heart was being crushed even though he was the one saying it.

"Yugi..." Yami looked at his back even as Yako held him by his shoulders. He was feeling horrible at what he'd done. And he couldn't explain it even if he wanted to. Something inside him told him to do what he did. Now that he was aware of himself again. He couldn't understand why he'd done it in the first place. And to make matters worse, because of it, they'd have to lose their friends. He wanted to say something, anything to fix it. But instead he looked off to the side and rubbed at his arm. "Yugi..." he spoke to him through their bond. "You don't have to sacrifice your friends for me. I'll be fine...really...i'm kind of used to being alone anyway."

"...I can't do that Yami." came the reply. "Even though it won't change what happened. Seeing it made me realize that I too will eventually do the same...it's better this way...atleast this way we'll have each other and we won't be alone."

"Yugi..." he started sniffle as he watched. Closing his eyes as the tears flowed down his face. "I'm sorry...i'm messed everything up."

"You didn't mess anything up Yami. It was bound to happen sooner or later. Atleast this way we get to say goodbye." he responded before speaking to the others outwardly. "Thank you for all the fun times...It was great while it lasted..." he got out with a shakey voice. His eyes closed as he tried to keep the tears from falling. A moment later he opened his eyes in shock as he felt a hand on his head that was petting him to comfort him. It was Tristan. "Why...?" he whispered. He didn't understand what was going on.

"Hey man, it's not like there was any intention for this to happen right? And besides it was just a small bite." he smirked. Joey walked past him and put a hand on Yami's head, petting him gently.

"Hey what's a small bite anyway? You were hungry right? And besides I should of listened when you told me to stop." he smiled. "We're in this together, and if I have to take a few bites, well then, bite away. But hey, don't get mad when I call you a vampire." he teased.

Yako was shocked, but she then soon smiled. Relieved that there was some understanding about the road ahead. Yami and Yugi sniffled as they wiped the tears away from their eyes. She took out her handkerchief and helped wipe away the tears. Though in the back of her mind, she wondered how much would they take before they'd abandon her children. Even though she'd pleaded, she knew it was nothing more than a false hope.

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"Ohhhh?" Neuro sat on the recliner with his hands before him as he listened to everything stated to him with great interest. "I didn't think my own children had a taste for things such as that. But then again it seems you two already had a power before I even separated you two." he started to drool. "Could that be the thing that makes you crave human blood?" he pondered as he wiped at his chin.

"Tch." Yami scoffed from his seat on the sofa. Their friends had gone home, at which time Neuro decided to make an appearance where they were having a "family" meeting.

"I wonder what other abilities you're hiding from me." he stated with great interest.

"That's none of your business." Yami stated with indifference.

"Now, now. You been fighting with each other for over a week now. Let's let things calm down and be as it was." Solomon stated.

"Good then he can move out." Yami stated bluntly. Not even given the chance to leave as Neuro grasped at his cheeks with his hand and squeeze alittle.

"You're quite endearing." he smiled, as he pressed and released at Yami's cheeks. "For someone who's only come into existence for alittle over a week."

"I've been around alot longer than you think." he swatted Neuro's hand away. Before shuddering as Neuro decided to do a long lick with his tongue along the side of his face.

"I can taste the mystery, but it's not even reaching the tip of my tongue. There's so much more here than meets the eye." he drooled again. Yami wiped at his face in disgust, but said nothing. "And that necklace of yours is really rather intriging." he slowly went to touch it. But his hand was promptly smacked by Yugi.

"Don't!" he shouted with his eyes closed. "Don't touch it." he slowly opened his eyes. Neuro's smile just seemed to grow at this statement.

"I see, so the mystery deals with your pendants." he seemed to laugh. "That just makes this abit more fun...Yako." he looked to her. "It seems we're going to need a few weeks off for what I have planned to be dealt with. Call their school tomorrow. Say they have a cold or something." he started walking away.

"Neuro you can't just take them out of school! Yami's only gone a week and you already want them to have a few weeks off?"

"I don't seem to recall asking so much as telling." he grasped at her face and squeezed a few times before tossing her off to the side and walking out the room. "Don't bother getting ready for bed. We're leaving in an hour."

"An hour?" Solomon stood up. "Neuro don't be so hasty! They haven't even rested yet!"

"All the more reason to get started." he turned with a huge grin on his face.

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Tea stared out the window from her seat in class. A worried expression on her face as she sat there deep in thought. 'Yami and Yugi haven't come to school in over a week...the teacher said they were out with colds. But a cold shouldn't last this long.' The bell rang signaling that school was over for the day. Breaking her thoughts instantly. Grabbing her back, she packed it with her books and was rushing to leave.

"Tea?" Joey looked at her curiously. Then ran after her, catching up within moments. "Tea. Where ya going so fast?"

She walked with determination, only stopping to put on her shoes and put her slippers in her foot locker. "Somethings wrong. I just know it."

"You mean about Yugi and Yami?"

"I know this sounds crazy, but i'm sure they are in trouble." she looked at him. "Maybe they're still upset over what happened at the barbeque? Or maybe they got really hurt! Or..!"

"Tea calm down." he shook her lightly. "Your throwing things out of proportion here. Sure that bite was painful, but we assured them it was fine. I doubt something like that would keep them from coming to school." he smiled at her. "Let's go get Tristan and head over. I'll show you they are fine and probably just sick in bed with some weird demon sickness or something."

"Okay..."

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"They're what?" came Joey's shout that seemed to make the very surroundings of the game shop shake. Slamming his hands on the counter as he leaned over in surprise. "What do you mean they aren't here?" he shouted at Solomon.

"It's just like I told you. Neuro took them to mount Fuji."

"But why mount Fuji?" Tristan asked.

"I'm sorry I wish I could tell you, but Neuro wouldn't even tell us anything." Solomon replied.

"How can you be so calm about this?" Tea hysterically asked. "What if they're hurt!"

"Of course i'm worried." Solomon closed his eyes. "But there's nothing we can do. No one can control Neuro." he sighed. "All I can do is trust they'll return home safe."

It became silent for several moments, atleast until Tea spoke up. "I'm going."

"Huh?" Tristan looked at her confused. "Going where?"

"To mount Fuji. I'm going. I can't help but worry about them. They're going through so much in such a short amount of time. And they aren't even being told why! It's cruel! If nothing else they need their friends by their side."

"I agree. Who knows what that wacko is making them do." Joey added. "Let's go to mount Fuji." he held a fist near his chin with a huge grin.

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The trip was long and too over a day, but they'd made it to their destination. Carrying nothing but backpacks of supplies, they treaded up towards the mountain in search of their friends.

"Does anyone know where to look first?" Tristan huffed as he was tired from all the walking they were doing.

"I don't know, this place is huge. How are we gonna find two shorties in all this? I doubt even their hair would stand out." Joey sighed.

"Well i'm not giving up!" Tea clenched her hand into a fist as her other hand was on her hip. "We'll find them even if it takes us weeks to do it!"

"But their mom said they'd be home by sunday...so we don't really need to look for weeks." Tristan sweated, even as Tea started walking forward.

"Where does she get her energy?" Joey whined as he sat on the ground. Jolting up when he suddenly heard something like a battle cry. Then he sweated and jumped up as he saw a few trees fall down ahead of where Tea had walked. "TEA!" he and Tristan shouted as they ran to catch up with her. Within moments they caught up to her.

"Did you guys see that! The trees fell!" she looked at them in shock.

"Nevermind that! We could be in danger!" Tristan shouted as he grabbed her wrist. "Let's get out of here!" he prepared to run. But some more trees fell over the path from which they'd came.

"We're trapped!" Joey shreeked. Turning when he saw a shadow coming at him from the side. "Aggghhhh!"

The shadow was quicky, covered by the dark of the trees, but the moment it jumped into the light it was revealed to be Yami. Yami was holding his scythe out in preparation for a attack. But he jolted when he saw who it was even as he'd swung his weapon to do a deadly blow.

"NOOO I DON'T WANNA DIE!" Joey covered his face with his arms. Awaiting the impending slaughter. But when he didn't come he slowly lowered his arms only to see Yami was on the ground on rubbing at his pained rear. Before he was facing Joey, now he was facing in another direction.

"Tchhh...tchh tcch.." he rubbed at his sore rear. At just the final moment Yami had make the part that would of hit Joey split to create an opening. Missing his friend even as the attack continued. The momentum of his attack caused him to spin in a circle and fall over into his current position. He'd landed fairly hard, but he was glad he was able to prevent harm to his friend. "That hurt.." he whined as he clenched his eyes from the pain. He was fairly sure he'd landed on a rock when he fell over.

"Yami! Are you insane! You could of killed me with that thing!" Joey shouted at him in anger and fear.

Cracking open an eye he looked at his friend with a sheepish grin. "Sorry..." he muttered. "I thought you were Neuro." he stated sheepishly. Taking the hand Joey offered to help him get up. His friends couldn't help but notice he looked like he'd gone through a world war. His hair was haggard, he was a bit dirty, and his clothes were in tatters. Parts were missing, and it made it apparently that he had many scratches on his skin. There was even a few scratches on his face. But still he stood before them as if he didn't look worse for wear at all. Even his shoes were caked with mud and dirt. "What are you all doing here?" he asked as he patted himself down a little. Small clouds of dirt forming as he did so.

"We were so worried about you guys. When you didn't come to school we assumed the worst." Tea stated with a hint of relief.

"Sorry, we didn't exactly have a change to prepare even ourselves." he rubbed at the back of his head as he turned his gaze away. A little embarrassed at his current predicament.

"So where's Yugi?" Tristan looked around for a moment expecting him to show up.

"Ummm..." Yami blushed as he looked at the ground and started tapping his index fingers together. A nervous tick the others noticed Yami and Yugi did in times of fear, awkward moments, embarrassment. He stopped for a moment as he closed his eyes and put his right hand behind his head, and his left hand at his hip, laughing nervously. "I don't know." he got out. This caused the others to collaspe to the ground, groaning at his statement.

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Yami had led them to what he called his temporary camp site. It was basically a small clearing surrounded by trees. A log that had obviously been pushed for sitting purposes and a circle of rocks where a small fire was in the center. There was also a canteen hanging on a trees branch, and a folded blanket at the foot of it. They sat around the fire even as it was getting dark. Yami was eagerly eatting the food they'd offered to him earlier. He was eatting so unlike his typical calm manner that they'd almost forgotten who he usually was. He was practically inhaling the food like a vacuum. And if Tea had to say. It looked like he was eatting how Joey and Tristan typically ate when they claimed they were starving. Yami had tears streaming down his face as he ate the cup of fruit with a plastic spoon. "Soooo goooddd." he squeeked with joy even as he had the spoon in his mouth.

"Dude calm down. It's not going anywhere." Joey stated with a mortified expression of disgust on his face.

Yami put another spoonful in his mouth and chewed. "Sorry, but I haven't eatten in three days. I'm starving." he added more into his mouth.

"Three days?" Joey looked at him with shock.

Drinking the left over juice in the container he sighed contently now that he belly was full. "Soooo much better." he cooed as he licked his lips. Then looking disappointed when he realized the container was empty and shook it as if he were hoping there was a little more stuck at the bottom. When nothing came out he placed it at his side as he sighed with disappointment. "Stupid tiny containers." he mumbled under his breath.

"Not to disrupt your little sad session, but aren't you worried about Yugi at all?" Tristan asked. "He might be starving, with no food at all."

"Of course i'm worried." Yami stated. "But the problem is I don't know where he is. I've spent this whole time trying to find him, and even leaving small hints around for him to find."

"While apparently doing your best to attack your dad?" Tristan raised a brow.

Yami's eye twitched in distaste. "He's not my dad." his cheeks puffed out in anger as he turned away. Then his expressioned became saddened. "It can't be helped though, Neuro brought us here and separated us right after telling us this was survival training." he started drawing into the dirt near himself. "He made sure we didn't know where we were by blind folding us and then abandoning us in two separate areas." he'd drawn a small map into the ground. "From what I gather though Yugi is in this area some where." he marked a circle of the area. "I've found a few signs indicating he's here somewhere. But it's like we keep missing each other. To top it off Neuro ensures we're under constant attack, so i'm sure he's behind the fact that we miss one another."

"I see..." Tea looked sad. "Poor Yugi."

"But I know he's fine. I can feel it." Yami smiled. "If anything he's probably doing better than me. You'd be surprised at how good he is at survival stuff."

Joey tapped the smaller duelist at his head. "Looks like someone needs to learn this stuff himself." he smirked.

Yami smiled and waved his hand away. "No, no it's not that...it's just...i've been more focused at looking for Yugi and getting out of here I didn't realize I was so hungry until I smelt the fruit in your bags." he giggled.

"Well I know one thing." Tea put her hands on her hips. "Even if this is survival training the least you can do is get a bath. You reak!" she teased. "You better burn those clothes when you get home."

Yami flushed with embarrassment. He hadn't had a bath since before they'd arrived. Sure he was aware that he was quite filthy, but he considered it to be of less importance considering everything. "Well it's not like there's a shower here. It's not duelist kingdom." he defended himself before letting out a small yawn. It dawned on him that he hadn't slept in those three days either. His friends were making him feel so relaxed that his body was caving into the serenity that was around him.

"Well in any case in the morning we'll look for Yugi. Then we can get out of here." Tristan stated, the others nodding in agreement as they faced him. "Hey Ya...mi.." he looked to the smaller duelist. He'd apparently fallen asleep where he'd sat at the tree he was leaning on. Tristan scratched at the back of his head with a small smile. "Poor guy, he must be exhausted."

Tea unfolded the blanket and covered him with it, after moving the empty fruit container and spoon. "It looks like this is the first time in a while he's gotten a good sleep."

"Just let him rest for now. In the morning we'll find Yugi and take them home." Joey smirked. Tea and Tristan nodded even as they watched their friend sleep.

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The fire had gone out. A light trail of smoke going upward as a signal it hadn't been very long since it'd gone out. Everyone was sleeping peacefully even as the night was hued with a dark blue, and in the distance a bit of purple to indicate the sun would be coming up soon. There was a light bit of fog, but not enough to cause confusion on where things were.

There was a snap, which jolted Yami awake, making him look around in a panic. Shifting his gaze slowly as he took in every detail of his small camp site, and sighing in relief when he saw his friends were around, sleeping. "It must of been some animal or something." he muttered to himself. Behind him within the shadows lurked a set of eyes that watched him closely. The eyes closed as if to disappear.

Another snap of a branch made Yami turn abruptly, only to feel something grab at his mouth to keep him from uttering any sound. He tried to pull off whatever was over his mouth but it held fast. Slowly he was lifted from his spot on the ground, suspended in the air. He tried to kick out in an attempt to catch his attacker off guard, but he was only met with air. He heard Tea turn over and groan in her sleep. With wide eyes he tried to call out to her but it was no use. Even as he was being pulled away from his friends he couldn't call for help. Soon he'd been pulled about ten feet away from his temporary camp site, and was face to face with a man he'd never seen before. Soon he realized he was being held by the mans arm, which seemed to be made of a movable metal.

"Well...well...well..." the man smirked as he eyed his captive prey. "What have we here?" he brough Yami a bit closer to his face to get a better look. "I was trying to find Neuro, but instead i've come across something else entirely." his eyes grew wide. "But you sure do have a bit of Neuro's aura about you. Almost like..." he stopped before becoming shocked for a moment before his smile came back. "Ahhh...I see...it seems that monster breeded. How intriguing."

Yami struggled, attempting another kick now that his captor was within range. The moment his right leg made contact with the man's side, he screamed a muffled scream. His attack had backfired on him. When he'd kicked the strange man it was like he'd just kicked a hunk of metal. His leg was throbbing in utter pain, but it did nothing to gain him freedom.

"You have spunk. I like that." the man, stated as he pulled out something from his pocket with his left hand. It was a syringe, filled with some kind of liquid. "I was intending to test this out on Neuro, but you'll do quite nicely. Don't worry. If this works you'll just be taking a nice long nap." he stated before plunging the needle into Yami's neck. Yami screamed in pain, though no one could hear it. The contents of the needle emptied into his system. And even before the man pulled the needle out his vision was blurring. "I'll keep you alive for now. You maybe of use to me as a hostage when it comes to Neuro." he stated even as Yami went limp in his grasp. I slowly lowered his captive to the ground and made his arm return to normal.

As he reached over for the unconcious one on the ground. He suddenly had to jump out of the way as a large tree had slammed into the ground where he once stood. "Ohhh...Neuro...I was just talking about you." he smiled.

Neuro held the tree he'd just thrown up with one hand to keep it from slamming down into Yami on the ground. With a push he made it fall over in the other direction. He was obviously pissed. Glaring at the man with distaste. Then he picked up Yami off the ground and held him in his arms. "So you survived did you? Tch." he scoffed as he smiled. "You have alot of vigor i'll give you that. But I won't let you go around touching what's mine."

"Yami!" Joey ran up behind Neuro, he was a good five feet from him when he stopped.

Neuro tossed Yami at Joey, who caught him and stumbled. "Take him and run." he ordered. Leaving no room for arguements. "If you run in that direction you'll find the other seed of my loin." he pointed behind where Joey had come from.

"Ahhh.." Joey was stunned even as Tristan and Tea stood behind him. Unsure of what to do.

"Go!" he shouted. Watching as they ran frantically in the direction he'd indicated. He then turned to the man and smiled. "Well then..Sicks. It's time to play."

"Indeed." Sicks replied as he prepared to attack.

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They ran hastily, not even taking the time to look back when more trees behind them fell over. Joey carried Yami in his arms as if he were a small child while Tristan had his backpack and Yami's canteen and blanket. Tea was carrying her own bag. After running about twenty feet, they came across a dirt path. Yugi was there, and he was as equally filthy as Yami was. And exceedingly worried.

"Guys!" he shouted with joy as he saw his friends run up to him. "You're safe!"

They panted heavily as they stopped before him.

"Yeah, but who knows for how long. We need to get out of here." Joey stated.

"Yami! What's wrong with him?" Yugi put a hand on Yami's hand that was over his stomach.

"I dunno. He was like this even when that guy Neuro tossed him at me. I think he's okay though. He seems to be sleeping. That other weird dude might of drugged him or something." He stated as he looked down at Yami's sleeping face.

"This is no time for idle chat, we should get out of here. If we hurry we can catch the final bus back into town." Tristan stated bluntly.

"Right." Yugi replied and then pointed down the path. "Neuro said if we go down this path it'll take us out of the mountain."

"Well let's go!" Tristan shouted as some more trees nearby fell. Whatever was going on it was getting closer to where they were standing. Taking off they ran down the path, several trees falling behind them as they ran. But they'd managed to get to the tourist center. The final bus preparing to leave.

"Wait! Waiit!" Yugi shouted. Tristan ran with a final burst of energy, managing to make it to the bus just as the door was closing.

"We're getting on!" he stated to the driver who looked at him in shock. But he opened the door and allowed the group to get on. They sat in the back of the bus, looking out the window as they saw the battle continue.

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When they'd finally gotten home, Yako was frantic and in complete utter tears as she hugged her children. Yami had woken up only an hour before, feeling sluggish and fatiqued. But otherwise he seemed fine. "I'm so glad your both safe!" she cried. Everyone else just seemed to smile as they watched the pleasant family moment take place. Though it didn't last very long as Yako then held her children away from her at an arms length. "You both reak!" she stated in disgusted. Completely embarrassing Yami and Yugi who'd become a bright shade of red. "What on earth was Neuro making you do? Roll around in manure?"

"Close enough if you ask me." Yami stated. But then his blush came back as his stomach decided it was a good time to speak up. Then he had tears flowing down his face and he held his stomach. "I'm so hungry..." he whined.

"You both get yourselves a long...and I mean long, bath. I'll cook you something to eat while your doing so." she stood up.

"But.." Yugi tried to protest, he was hungry as well. And would prefer to eat before getting a bath.

"March!" she ordered as she pointed to the shops front door. The two sighed and walked into the house with no further complain. "And you!" she pointed to Joey. "You reak as well. Get in there and get a bath." she kept her finger pointed to the shop.

"What? Is this the thanks I get for carrying your kid for a whole day?" he defended himself. Sure he wanted a bath, but he felt she didn't have to make it look like he'd stated he wasn't going to get a bath.

"Come on Joey, let's just take the hospitality and get cleaned up." Tristan pushed his friend. "Tea we'll let ya know when we're finished." he smirked at her as he pushed the blonde into the house to join the other two in a bath.

Tea giggled. "No it's fine. You can use my bathroom Tea." Yako stated. "I don't usually allow non family members, but i'll make an exception this once." she walked into the house.

"Thank you Ms. Wo." she bowed thankfully.

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By the time Tristan and Joey got to the bathroom, the tub had been filled, and Yami and Yugi had just stripped themselves of their tattered clothes. They'd blinked several times when they saw their friends at the door, but laughed when they found out their mom was ensuring they got a bath. Tristan and Joey had wasted no time in making sure the smaller duelists were throughly scrubbed clean as they were deemed the worst of the group. Now they were soaking in the tub while their friends cleaned themselves up.

"Ahhhhh..." Yami sighed as he slid further into the clear water in the tub. "This is wonderful." he cooed. His hair was sticking to his face, but he didn't care.

Joey was trying to use some shampoo, but it was empty. "Awww man.." he whined.

"Are we out?" Yugi asked from his spot in the tub.

"I never get a break." he whined even as Yami got out of the tub and opened the door. Yako was on the other side grabbing the dirty clothes to wash them.

"Mom." he called to her standing there in all his glory with the door wide open. Tristan and Joey became flushed and covered themselves instantly. Yugi just looked over Yami's shoulder like nothing was utterably wrong. "Do we have anymore shampoo?" he asked.

Yako opened a cabinet after looking at her children and pulled out a refill bag of shampoo. "Here you go." she handed it to them as though they weren't even nude. "Make sure to refill the whole bottle and put the rest back in here."

"Kayy." they both chimed as they closed the door. They looked at their friends who were completely flushed with embarrassment.

"Whats wrong with you?" Yugi asked as Yami unscrewed the caps to the Shampoo pump and refill bag. Filling the bottle slowly so it wouldn't spill.

"You...you...!" Joey looked at them mortified.

"Are you nuts! You just open the door while completely naked and act like there's nothing wrong?" Tristan blurted out.

"What? Is that a problem?" Yami looked at them perplexed as he screwed the caps back on to the refill bag and shampoo pump.

Tristan and Joey looked at them like they were insane. "OF COURSE IT'S A PROBLEM!" they shouted at the same time.

"Your not babies! You don't go around in the buff to your mom asking for stuff like it's the most normal thing in the world! It's fine when your little, but your teenagers now! There's a time to stop!" Tristan stated as he blushed furiously.

Yami and Yugi simply shrugged. "It's nothing she hasn't seen before." Yugi stated as he got back into the tub. Sighing as the water warmed his skin. Yami did the same and leaned over to relax.

"It's official. You two scare me." Joey stated. "Remind me to think of every reason why your mom seeing you naked after a certain age is wrong. Wrong, wrong, WRONG!" The two giggled, as they watched their friends freak out over something as what they considered a minor thing.

"Don't go to Rome or Greece then guys. Cause they have unisex baths. And you aren't allowed a towel either." Yugi stated with a giggle.

"We'll we're not in those countries, so keep yourself modest!" Tristan retorted.

"But Japan has unisex baths too." Yami stated in a cute manner. "Yugi, remember the lavander bath at that place we went to last year? I liked that one."

"Me too. But the lemon bath was my favorite." Yugi stated as he ended up in a completely random conversation with Yami on baths. "Though mom liked the mermaid bath more."

"We should go again. I wanna try the rose bath next time." Yami stated with a hint of excitement.

"Oooo and the vanilla one, we have to try the vanilla one." Yugi chirped.

Tristan and Joey looked between the two like they were mentally insane. "Some people just never seem to grow up." Joey facepalmed himself.

"Apparently not." Tristan agreed, even as he listened to the long streams of sentences that involved various baths coming from the two in the tub. Thinking no one on earth should be so excited over baths.

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After everyone was what Yako called, sufficiently clean, she'd allowed them to eat the food she'd prepared while they were washing up. Yami and Yugi had their hair down, and was wearing long white, short sleeved shirts that came up to their knees as pajamas, eatting happily while Tristan and Joey still seemed tramatized by the bathroom incident. Tea was wearing a fresh change of clothes she'd brought with her and eatting the food while wondering what could of happened. Though she briefly wondered why Yami and Yugi were in long shirts instead of their regular pajamas. But paid it not mind as it was Yako who'd given them the shirts to wear in the first place.

"More please!" Yugi held out his bowl that once held rice in it at his mother.

"Me too!" Yami held out his empty bowl as well.

"My goodness. I think this is the most i've seen you two eat in the course of a year." she stated as she took the bowls from them to fill them with more rice. She wondered if it was due to all the training they were doing that was making them so hungry. Placing the filled bowls in front of them, she watched as they picked them up and continued to eat happily like nothing had gone wrong.

"Hey man save us some fried tofu!" Joey complained as Yami had snatched some off the dish.

"First come first serve." Yami stated with a smirk as he put the fried tofu in his mouth.

"So you wanna play that game huh?" Joey smirked evilly. Taking his chopsticks and snatching a sausage off Yami's plate and ate it. "Ha!"

"Hey!" he whined. "That's mine!"

"First come first serve." Joey stated after he swallowed.

Being the mature one, Yami did what anyone in such a situation would do. He snatched a piece of beef off Joey's plate and ate it quickly. Looking at his friend with a sly smile.

"Hey! Why I oughta!" Joey shouted as he tried to retaliate, but Yami moved his plate so Joey couldn't snag anymore of his food. "Come here you little runt!" he growled. Before grabbing at the smaller duelist, and tickling him. Yami squeeling and tried to get away, but was forced to take the assault. Tristan and Tea joined in by snagging Yugi and tickling him relentlessly, leaving the two gasping for breath after they'd finished tormenting them with tickles.

Yako just enjoyed watching the scene play out before her. Laughing as she'd seen it all play out. It made her happy to know they were fine, and taking everything as best as they could. But soon her expression became serious and saddened. Almost as if she knew such a thing was only temporary.

"Ma ma! Help!" her children shouted as they ran behind her and used her as a shield to twart any further tickle attacks from their friends. They clung to her sweater as they peeked around her. She could tell they were exceedingly hyper. Which meant it was going to be a long night trying to get them to calm down.

"I am the tickle monster, and I attack anyone who's of teenager age, but acts like they are five!" Joey did in a silly voice, as he ran behind Yako to get at his friends. The two squeeled and ran from her only to get caught by Tristan who playfully roared at them, while Tea laughed hysterically.

Yako just continued to watch with a single thought in mind. 'If only this moment in time could be paused.'

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Yeah the ending isn't very Yu Gi Oh like...sorta...xD Depends if you've read the stuff i've read on this LOL. But anyway, i'd also like to make a mention that I won't be able to update immediately because i'm going to AX2011, and i'm driving there, and driving back, so it may take me abit to update. But I just thought i'd let ya guys know that. Though it doesn't help that I have like...9 continuous fics going xD.

My cosplay is mostly complete. I still have stuff to do. But when I woke up today (about 2 hours ago) I figured while I was eatting i'd type the rest of this out (at work I typed on some, but then it was time for me to go so I had to put my laptop away to head home), Yeah i'm not a fast eater xD.

But anyway I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I'll update this and Pain of the Famous when I get back, though if I finish my cosplay before Wednesday, i'll try to upload the next chapter of Pain of the Famous before I go. Later guys!

Reviews and Comments appreciated.