So here's the deal…I'm super busy working on several projects and am so easily distracted. If it takes a month or more to update a story then it means one of several things.

Yugi: It means that she is either working on an entry for the upcoming fair in the spring, an art show, personal projects, research for a story she's working on, another chapter for a different story, or was just plain distracted. Please understand that there are members of her family with health issues that take priority as well.

Thank you, Yugi. I greatly appreciate the patience that you all have with me and am pleased to post this chapter, fresh from writing.

Yugi: So please enjoy chapter 5 of 'Haunted'.

Yugi watched as the three boys once more entered their home. He was able to place names with faces now that they'd been there and used each other's names. His copy was Yami. The other two were Marik and Bakura. They looked a little like Malik and Ryou, respectively. He'd slipped down to the bottom stair while his brothers were out and discovered that Yami had left another notepad. He wrote on the paper before rushing back up the stairs.

Malik was not pleased with the attempt to enter our room. I am sorry that he caused anyone distress with the actions he took to discourage future attempts.

—Yugi

Malik was furious that his own brothers sided with the living and disapproved of his actions to protect their room. Their home had been left to them since their own family had abandoned the property. He found Yugi's message and grabbed the pen to write his own.

Stay out of our room and nothing further will happen…at least what we can avoid. I MEAN IT!

—Malik

Ryou sighed as he watched Malik drift up the stairs and went to write his own note to the living teens.

Malik means what he said. We will restrict what activity we can, but some things are outside of our control. However, we WILL protect our room as we see fit.

—Ryou

Bakura had finally given in and went back to the house despite the fact that he'd seen a horrible sight that he couldn't get out of his head. Yami was the first to enter the place for the day. Stepping back outside, Yami held out the notepad he had left three days before. "What's got you excited," Bakura groused.

Yami held the pad out to let his brothers read the notes. "This proves they're here."

"Who's here," Marik asked.

"The three boys from the statue in the woods by the back field and from Grandpa's story," Yami stated excitedly.

Bakura didn't look pleased, "You mean that we're haunted by three dead kids from a fairytale?! Get your head out of the clouds, Yami."

"Grandpa gave me this house, not you, not Marik…Me. This house is mine by law," Yami snapped.

A faint shimmering mass caught Marik's attention. Marik couldn't help but notice that it was by the end of the porch. He watched as it took the shape of a smaller version of Yami. The figure looked sad as Yami and Bakura continued to argue. Marik decided to stop his brothers' fight. Taking the bucket of fresh water meant to clean the windows, he threw the water on the pair. "Stop fighting, you're making the little boy sad."

The pair looked where Marik was pointing and saw a faint outline of a small figure. Before they could make out the details, it vanished.

"I wonder who that was," Marik mused as he stared at the now empty spot.

Yugi felt bad that the boys were fighting over something so trivial and that their home was brought into the fight. He had no choice but to make an appearance and hope that they stopped fighting long enough to forget what the disagreement was about. He followed them as they headed to where he and his brothers used to play when they weren't doing chores or watching their baby brother.

Yugi didn't know why, but he felt cold whenever he neared the statue that looked like him and his brothers. It was like someone had dumped a bucket of river water on him in the winter. He hated that feeling as it reminded him of the time he'd fallen into the water just days before it froze over. He and Ryou were laid up in bed due to the chills and resulting fevers.

"They look like us," Marik stated in shock. "Any idea who they are?"

"Just that their names are 'Yugi,' 'Ryou', and 'Malik'," Yami admitted. "The only pictures I found on them were of all three together. For some reason, there aren't any of them alone."

Yugi shook his head at Yami's statement. His mother insisted that they never be in a single photo as they were her special boys and pictures were cheaper that way. The triplets never had a problem with it as they hated to be apart for more than a few minutes when they were alive.

Bakura snatched the keys and headed to the car. "Where are you going," Yami asked.

"I'm going to try to figure out your little mystery," Bakura stated. "I figure that I can look into records and try to put names to faces just so that you can tell which ghost is which."

Yami sighed, "Good luck."

Bakura left the property and headed to the library or courthouse to do some digging into the property's past.

Yugi drifted back into the house through the back door. He looked mournfully at his brothers, "One of them said he was going to find out about our names and the history of our home."

"What if they decided to stay here on the anniversary," Ryou wailed in misery. He hated when people stayed to watch their deaths repeat on the same night they died years ago.

"Hopefully it doesn't storm or they will see everything," Malik pointed out. He hated having to 'relive' the horrible way he died and prayed that there wouldn't be any storms each year.

Bakura couldn't believe that he had to sign up for a library card just to enter the archives with a librarian. "I just need the records from the fifties," he said, trying to keep his temper.

The librarian smiled as she skimmed the dates, "Any particular year?"

"July of fifty-five," he answered.

She found the reel and slid it into place on the viewer. "Holler if you need anything. I can see if I can find a hard copy for you. Just ask for Miss Gardner if I'm not around."

"Actually," Bakura decided to take a chance, "I'm looking for information on the Hikari Farm. My brother inherited it from our gramps a bit early and wanted to know about the place."

Ryou: So our past is being investigated and Yugi was spotted.

Yup. I needed to get the ball rolling as I am also working on an AU to 'Hunted'.

Malik: What are the details, PhantomBrat?

Not telling!

Malik: Aw…come on! I won't spill the beans!

Nope. Anyways, this brings my mass updates to a close for a while. Who knows, I might just do this again just before the end of the year.

Mokuba: Until next time!