"I'm out of here. I don't know why I waste my time with you geeks anyways!" Said the CEO of Kaiba Corp. His trench coat billowed out behind him as the door slammed shut. "Yah, we love ya too...SETO." Jou screamed out, his voice clearly audible through the game shop walls, as Kaiba's wince clearly showed them.

It was no secret that the cold duelist hated to be called by his first name and even less by Jounouchi or the 'mutt' as Kaiba preferred. Many thought that Jou and Seto were secret loves ( how else could they stand to be together?) but the whole gang knew it wasn't true. It was more of a reluctant friendship, but it was so fun to tease the cold teenager about it. He was way too uptight.

"Be nice, Jou. At least he came." Yugi's voice was cheerful and bubbly. "Well I'm so happy that rich-boy could take time out of his busy schedule to visit us charity cases." Marik's voice echoed from inside the Kitchen fridge where he apparently planning to gorge himself with other peoples food. Part of his newest take-over the world plan- eat all the food so people will starve and surrender to Marik, supreme ruler of all. He reffered to Kaiba's previous comments earlier in the evening.

" He sure knows how to dish them out, I may have even felt the tiniest bit of hurt because of those cruel,cruel words." The egyptian said, pounting. Marik cackled after that, barely managing to keep a straight face for seconds. He came back into the living room, holding a sub in one hand and a soda in the other. Sitting down, he noticed Honda's and Jou's stares. Widening his eyes he innocently asked "Oh, I'm sorry. Did you want me to get you something?" The blonde teen threw a punch in the Egyptian's direction, missing, and hitting Honda instead. This started a brawl, making everyone wonder why the two were such good friends in the first place.

The Hikari's face fell slightly after that and Ryou murmured as few soft words that made the smile return to full voltage. Yugi was a pacifist by nature and didn't like fighting ( which made it strange that he was comfortable with all the Shadow Games that had taken place, but nobody had ever said Yugi was normal ) and he would do almost anything to stop it.

The white haired teen smiled, and smoothed his favorite striped shirt, glad he could be of some help. Ryou Bakura was the only one, besides Yugi, that hadn't joined in on the wrestling. He did hope that he would be able to stay out of the arguement, but with the way things were going, his yami would most likely make that descision for him. Doe brown eyes watched as his frend dashed out of the room. "Lucky..."

The puzzle holder dashed down the stairs, panting slightly as he reached the stoor eyes hurriedly searched for game he had been wanting to try out on his friends. At least that was what his Grandpa was wanting; couldn't be wasting money of fruitless products, or so he had said. Though the king of games had grown a few inches since the ceremonial duel he only 5'6 at the most, though Yami had assured him that he would continue growing. It was one of the few things that irritated the gentle light.

He grunted as he dragged the old step-stool over to the shelves. Hurridly grabbing the game he raced back upstairs, hoping that Bakura and Marik hadn't destroyed his room and/or sent anyone to the Shadow Realm. Yugi opened the door to his room and..

"What have you done?!"

"Bye Yug' !" Jou said (loudly, causing several lights to flicker on and a nearby cat to hiss in fright). Honda hit him over the head, not so subtly telling him to shut-up. He too waved by as they left the game shop. Ryou and and Marik had already taken their leave with Ryou muttering something about pesky thieves and their needs and Marik trying to hide the fact that he was planning on assisting the pesky thief.

Yugi waved to his friends as they left, keeping a smile on his till he got upstairs. Then, after slipping in his pajamas and settling down in bed, he left his eyes glaze over as he began to contact his darkness.

(Yami... is anything wrong? You've been awfully quiet tonight)

((I'm quite fine Yugi...but..))

(I'm not a kid any more I can handle it )

Yugi's thought was soft, but unusually firm. The shadow lord had an uneasy feeling about what he was going to say, but Yugi would eventually get the answer out of him.

(( I've been feeling a tug on my form lately. In the beginning it was nothing more than a slight irratation. It was just his morning that the pull became stronger. Whoever is doing this can not be doing it for pleasant reasons.))

(That is troubling... it also explains why you where such a grumpy puss this morning)

((Whatever it is ,Yugi, it will pay dearly if it disrupts your life.))

Feeling his light's worry, even with him trying to hide it, the former Pharaoh sent waves of assurance and warmth his way until he drifted into sleep.

(blip) Yugi mind talk

((blip)) Yami mind talk

Collete- I'm going to say that this is a prolouge and that is why it is so short. Thats my story and I'm sticking too it. I'm not planning any pair's yet, besides maybe YYxY. If you have any suggestions just review or send me a pm.