Birdhouse in Your Soul

It was finally the weekend and absolutely no trouble has made their way towards her or her friends. Please... Someone knock on wood before something happens. No? Okay...

Yugi had invited Idol over to show her around the shop. It was quite clear that the two had been getting close. Of course there was also Jounouchi, who she had grown fond of. He liked her for she shared his sense of humor. There was Anzu who at first was sort of suspicious of Idol, that's cause of the rumor Idol had accidentally started about dating Yugi. She figured Anzu had some sort of feelings for the boy but Idol doesn't have any intention of making herself competition, though that didn't mean she didn't want to stop hanging out with him. For a dude who was almost socially awkward and getting picked on every kid in town, he was fun to be around with. Then there were other two people she had got acquainted with. What were their names again?

"Honda and Miho," Yugi answered.

"Oh, right, you think they'll come by as well?" Idol questioned looking at all the variety of trading and collectible cards.

"Not really but they'll meet us at the arcade later today." Yugi went behind the glass display to get something from the shelf. It's been a while since the spirit of the millennium puzzle made its appearance. Though, there wasn't any threats so far, not that it matter. She wondered if Yugi knew about it taking over his body. If the spirit wanted to keep his presence a secret then that's fine with her. Her presence here with Yugi was a secret itself. She hasn't even told him that she possesses an item similar to his. It's okay, what Yugi doesn't know won't hurt him.

"Ow!"

Except for the box that landed on him. Idol picked the box that hit him from the floor and examined his head, "You okay there?"

"Yeah," He replied rubbing the part where the box had hit him, "I was reaching for that board game I thought we could play for the while."

She looked at the box in her hands in question, "Duel monsters?"

His eyes were lit with excitement, "It's a card game that's existed for a while now but I think it's growing in popularity now that the new set is premiering on Monday!"

"Really?" She looked down at the box, "You think we can open some packs?"

Yugi thought about it for a bit. Obviously this was his grandfather's merchandise but he wondered if he can break a few rules to keep his friend entertained.

"If money is an issue I can buy a box for us and we can play a draft." Idol suggested as she looked around for a price, "Hmm... Ten thousand yen? Yeah I can cover that."

Yugi's jaw dropped at that gesture and suddenly his grandfather entered, "Hohoho! So you like duel monsters?"

Idol smiled at him, "I've played some other deck building games but this one I haven't heard of yet, can it be that it's barely hitting international sales?"

His grandfather made the hand gesture of so-so, "Somewhat, like Yugi said it's slowly increasing popularity. It's hit stores around the world by now but I guess only nerds like us purchase them!"

"Like Magic and Wizards?"

Suddenly, grandpa's eyes lit up just like how Yugi's were a while ago, "Yes! Actually that's the same game! They're just changing the name!"

"Oh!" Idol smiled, "Then yeah, I've played it before!"

He chuckled loudly and brought Yugi into a head lock, "Oh! She's a keeper, Yugi!"

"Grandpa!"

His grandfather was generous enough to give both of them the starter set and the new set that's not supposed to be open till Monday. Idol couldn't take do that to his grandfather and pleaded to buy at least one of them, "Nonsense! I spoil my grandson everyday anyways!"

"Hey!"

"Okay, okay." Idol finally stopped, grabbing the starter set, and holding Yugi's arm, "Come on! Let me show you how to draft!"

Blushing, he nodded grabbing the other set, "Wait, Idol, let's do it in the living room." He led her to the door that separated his home from the store.

"Finally, you let her inside!"

"Shut up, gramps!"

"You kids play it safe!"

[Author here: a brief note on how to play a draft for those of you who have never played in a yugioh or magic the gathering tournaments. We basically get a set that's like ninety to hundred I don't remember? here in the US containing I believe 36 booster packs and with that you open the pack and choose the card you want for your deck and pass the pack around till it's finished. Basically you are making a deck right then and there. It's usually played out with 4 players I believe. After the packs are done we can trade amongst each other till your new deck is satisfied. Once that is done, it's time to duel! I suck at explaining.]

"Summoned Demon!"

"Oh! That was one of the super rares! Lucky you!" Idol exclaimed whilst putting her flame night in the graveyard. Most of her cards weren't up to that level. She might lose again. No. No. No, she can't give up yet.

"Draw!" She looked over and she smiled, "Aha! Flame Cerberus!"

ATK: 2100
DEF: 1800

Yugi looked over in surprise, "That's a very good card, Idol, but it's still no match for the Summoned Demon."

"With a field bonus it raises its attack points by 300."

ATK: 2400

"Idol, it's still a hundred points away!"

"Not with this equipped card!" She placed the magic card behind her monster, "Beast fangs gives it another 300 point boost for both attack and defense!"

ATK: 2700
DEF: 2100

"Your demon goes down and your life points are gone!" She played out a victory dance in her head. She couldn't believe that she started to sweat over this.

"Very good, Idol, you've finally beaten me!" Yugi cheered for her happily and decided to tease her, "That's one win for you out of the many duels we played."

Happy trip over, she groaned and dreadfully looked over to the scoreboard on the mini note pad he had gotten.

First duel: Yugi won
Second duel: draw
Third duel: close match/Yugi won
Fourth duel: Idol

It was all fun and games at first but then Idol's competitive side took over and Yugi at first was nice enough to give her a rematch. Though, seeing that she was a tough opponent, he couldn't resist to play seriously. Little did he know the spirit within his millennium puzzle took some enjoyment out of this and that influenced little Yugi to play competitively as well. He hadn't had this much fun since Joey came by and played other games with him.

Suddenly, she stood up, "Fine, let's settle this with Cthulhu dice!"

They had no idea what they were settling. At this point it was now who was better at gaming. They also had no idea that they burned through the entire morning and that Jounouchi had come by around noon and began to watch them play out Mario kart rainbow road on Yugi's GameCube.

"Victory is mine!" Idol shouted standing up and then suddenly she was struck by a missile and Yugi sped passed her claiming first place.

"OH!"

Jounouchi had burst out laughing and Idol just collapsed into the couch, face first. Yugi had an amused grin at how Idol was acting. Not that she was being a sore loser but of how passionate she was about winning. Then he saw Jounouchi, "Oh! When did you come by?"

"About 30 minutes ago." He shrugged.

Yugi had an apologetic frown, "Why didn't you say anything?"

"Was too busy enjoying seeing you guys beat each other up." He looked down on the couch, "Hey, Idol, you're pretty good considering nobody has ever gotten close to beating Yugi."

"Well that's not all." Yugi cut in, "She has beaten me in some rounds but I guess we just lost track."

They both heard Idol muffle in the couch. She had a despair tone in her voice. For some reason Yugi understood her, "Idol, it doesn't matter how many times we win or lose." He scratched the back of his head nervously wondering if... "Did you at least had fun?"

She didn't say anything but raised her hand and gave him a thumbs up.

Yugi then relaxed and Jounouchi looked at the two, "So, food?"

Idol stood up at that thought agreeing with Jounouchi, "Food."

-=-

The spirit of the millennium puzzle stood there with his arms crossed, focused on Idol through Yugi's eyes at every chance that Yugi looked over to her. He couldn't help but smile. He was unaware that his heart was racing with anticipation. If only he was the one to challenge her to these sort of games. She knew how to roll the dice and she can well balance out strategic plays with luck. He hadn't realized that this was the first time he ever seen her play. When it came to shadow games, she had never participated with it. She was so enraged with whoever their opponent was and she'd automatically jumped the chance to banish them. She reminded him of a ruthless tyrant. Though, he can't blame her. He had his share of cruelty when it came to the endangerment of his host and his friends. Perhaps, it was the fact that her and his host's emotions amplify their inner darkness and he, the millennium puzzle, and her scale is the key to project those human emotions. Though, this side of her was completely different. She was intelligent, witty, and exciting. She didn't get legitimately angry when she lost but she threw this small frenzy at herself and afterwards laugh at her loss and jumped to the challenge again. All this seemed so familiar. It was as if he had played against an opponent like her before.

"Idol..." He muttered under his breath and he remembered that she had the millennium scale. He wondered what her connection to the items are. How did she get hers? Something tells him that her arrival here right after he had been awakened was not coincidental but rather she somehow knew of his presence. Connecting the pieces together at the times they had encountered each other and what she had told him. She didn't seem like a threat whenever she was around his host. As a matter of fact, it seemed that she had grown fond of him. How much he'd wish it to be but sometimes it felt as if she can be his enemy. Why else would she had suggested that? He was scared to admit it. But why? His heart fluttered again and he realized... Did he want to be her friend? She was the only person who knew who he was. The only person with the same shadow magic. Sighing to himself, he rather not over think this. He retreated back to loose himself in his personal labyrinth.

Back to Idol, she had grown extremely anxious at how this guy barged in thinking he could just claim whatever he wanted. It was absurd how he threatened Yugi over a damn watch! For some reason, seeing this made Idol's blood boil. Oh... Did we loose you there? Rewinding back, Yugi and his two friends were heading to the arcade and realized why Honda hadn't shown up at the kame game shop. He was busy standing in line for Miho to buy a limited edition D-Shock watch. Apparently, he had been standing in line all morning. "This guy," Idol thought, "Is whipped." Honda had been dying to go to the bathroom and had asked them to stand in line for him. Jounouchi had gone to show him the nearest restroom. Idol agreed to stay with Yugi cause...well why would she accompany men to the restrooms? Long story, short; Yugi got the last watch and some guy got pissed off. Idol thought that she might have to get into a brawl if he didn't let go of Yugi. Then she and the creep overheard the store clerk call for the police. The creep let Yugi go and stormed off.

And that brings us in front of the arcade with the rest of the gang. Miho and Anzu had been shopping earlier which was why Miho asked Honda to stand in line for her.

"Honda! You really helped Miho a lot by standing in line in Miho's place!" She chirped as she stared at her new watch in amazement.

Idol absentmindedly rolled her eyes and thought, "Oh right, she refers to herself in third person."

"Friends are truly worth having, huh, Miho?" Anzu gave her that look and Idol smiled. Out of all of us, it was most likely the three girls plus Jounouchi that knew of Miho's actions and it was quite funny some boys can be taken advantage of. Idol wasn't against it. She had used that at several points in her life.

"Absolutely!" Miho agreed and she turned to Honda giving him a grateful smile, "I love you, Honda-kun!"

"She said she loves you, Honda!" Jounouchi teased, "Aren't you glad that you stood in line so early in the morning?"

"Shut up!" Honda exclaimed, "As a beautification member it is a natural thing to do!"

Idol giggled, "Sure it was!"

Honda then went on a full rant about how dirty the world was and as a beautification member he had to purify it all. Then shouted at Jounouchi because he wanted to hold and wear the watch. As they challenged each other to rock, paper, scissors, Idol couldn't help but sense something dark amongst them and it wasn't her spirit friend. She had glanced over to Yugi's puzzle almost forgetting about him. This day had been so eventful. She wished there was a way that she could communicate with him seeing as she was the only one who knew of his presence. In a way, she felt a bit bad for him but she knew he wouldn't want her pity.

She found herself gambling with a machine hoping to ease away the nerves but she felt she was being watched. The machine dinged that she won about a thousand yen. I guess it's some victory that she won back some money. Yugi on the other hand... His face lit up and he had the biggest smile on his face, "Idol! I won jackpot!"

"Yugi! Don't start with me!"

Honda had been with us but he was ignoring us. Admiring the watch and apparently Miho's "warmth". Idol's anxiety had dropped a bit and she laughed at Yugi's attempt of getting Honda's attention.

"I don't understand." Yugi muttered with a frown.

Idol smirked and winked at him, "You will when you become hopelessly in love."

With that, Yugi had blush by her statement. She had no idea about his feelings. The thought of the person he had been eyeing was making him hot and he couldn't let himself slip up. Yugi was glad that Idol hadn't been paying attention but her eyes looked distant once again. He had been noticing that ever since they were outside. He was worried but didn't know how to ask her what was wrong, thinking she'll deny anything wrong with her. He noticed that she kept looking over her shoulder a lot.

"It's getting stronger." Idol thought, then she noticed Yugi looking at her and she felt self-conscious for a moment but then smiled down at him. She ruffled the part of his hair behind his left ear, "I'm going to use the facilities." She told him and walked off. Despite being annoyed by that action she'd always do to tick him off he couldn't felt but feel that little sense of euphoria when he felt her nails gently graze his scalp behind the ear. It made him blush again and he was unaware of the warmth glow coming from his puzzle. Yugi's eyes suddenly narrowed and his blonde hairs had stuck up wildly. The spirit had unintentionally taken over his host and he had stared at the direction where she had gone. His hand went up to the part where she had her hand and he frowned at her actions, "What is that girl doing to me?"

What is she doing! She knew that dark presence! There it was lurking around the corner but what! Were they taunting her? She couldn't let Yugi find out why she had been uppity about because she knew he'd want to get involved. She won't let that happen, she won't let anyone near that puzzle. After splashing her face with cold water and drying it, she inhaled and exhale to calm her nerves, "Okay, Idol! It's game time!"

She walked out of the restroom and didn't realize the man walking out of the men's and bumped his arm, "Hey! Watch it!" He hissed at her and she glared but gasped to see his face. It was him! The crazy watch guy! He had noticed her face and he walked away from her. She had watched him go with an incredulous look. That asshole not even gonna apologize to her. She was about to walk back to join up with her friends but suddenly everything clicked together. The dark presence was him, he had been stalking them! A chill ran down her spine, Yugi wasn't in trouble it was the person who has the watch. "Honda!"

"What?"

"Eeeeeeeeeh!" She squealed not expecting him to be behind her. Honda had jumped at the same time and placed a hand on her shoulder, "Idol, you've been acting paranoid lately."

"Oh, I'm just naturally jumpy is all." Idol chuckled at her behavior. Honda was fine!

He smiled at her, "Let's meet up with the others."

She agreed walking alongside him. Maybe it was just a coincidence that the creep was here... No! Idol! You're not an idiot!

Soon they met with the group and she overheard that Miho had to leave due to an early curfew. Idol glanced over to Honda's wrist and the watch wasn't there. Her heart rate increased and she tugged on his sleeve. She leaned up to whisper in his ear, "Where's the watch?"

"Huh?"

"You have to give it back to her," Idol said eyeing to Miho who was ready to leave.

"Oh! Yeah," he felt around his pockets, "I took it off cause I had to wash my hands."

After a while, he emptied out his front and back pockets. The watch was nowhere to be found. Idol gritted her teeth, the creep must have taken it. Suddenly she met eye to eye with the creep and he saw her smirking right back. She felt herself move in his direction when suddenly a pair of pants was thrown at her, "What the bloody-!"

"WHERE IS IT!" Honda had stripped naked and looking inside his boxers for the damn watch.

"Oi! Put your pants back on!" Jonouchi shouted and everyone else just looked at him as if he needed to be checked into the funny farm.

-SMACK-

"HONDA,YOU'RE AN IDIOT! IDIOT! IDIOT! IDIOT!" Miho cried and ran away with tears trailing down, "I HATE YOU!"

Honda had fallen on the floor in defeat. If Idol wasn't preoccupied she would've enjoyed this scene. The creep walked by them and stepped on Honda's hand. Idol growled at the action. He was taunting her!

"Oh? Sorry, thought that was a wash cloth." He chuckled darkly.

"Why you-" She was cut off by Jounouchi grabbing his shirt collar, "Oi! What's your problem, punk?"

Honda stood up, "Stop it, Jounouchi."

Idol shook her head in protest wanting Jounouchi to carry out his threat.

"If you have time to play with that idiot, then please leave me to search for Miho's watch." Honda stated grabbing his clothes and checked every inch of the floor.

"We should help, too." Anzu had said.

Jounouchi looked at her and then to Honda's retreated form. The creep grabbed his hand and released himself, "What he said, kid." And with that he walked away.

"Not on my watch." Idol then left to stalk her pray without anyone noticing since they were too preoccupied with Honda's crazy antics.

Yugi, however, did notice her missing. His heart dropped as he made the only possible conclusion: she went after him. He rushed over to where they would have taken off. He caught a glance at her hair as she made her way to the other set of stairs. He thought about calling out to her but she was too far down. He ran down the numerous flight of stairs and suddenly he realized she had disappeared completely. He didn't realize how dark it was down here. Without Yugi knowing, the spirit in his puzzle was growing anxious at her sudden disappearance. This feeling was amplified by Yugi's and that didn't help him at all. Yugi noticed the air conditioning room, "Idol." He uttered making his way to the door and opened it. He rushed in and it was empty. He walked in further looking for her. Then... He felt a struck and great pain to the back of his neck.

"You're a fool for following me here." The voice of the creep echoed through the room, "I thought you were that girl friend of yours."

"W-where is sh-she?" He struggled to get up but that resulted multiple kicks to his side.

"Right here!" She jumped his back and grappled him, "Quit beating my friend you pathetic low life mortal!"

"Let go of me!" He stepped away from Yugi and tried to shake her off his back.

"Not until you give back that damn watch!"

"It's mine, you bitch!" He threw her off and slammed her to the floor. She gasped at the sudden pain when she made contact. He towered over her and pinned her wrists with one of his hands, "Now so that you and your little friend won't follow me."

She glared and was about to tell him something but she noticed a glow behind him and Yugi's shadow grew around them. This distracted her from the oncoming smack across her face.

"Get your hands off of her!"

The creep looked back and loosened his grip. He saw Yugi standing behind him glaring down with his hands gripped to his sides. He looked like he was ready to commit murder. Only Idol knew that was somebody else and not Yugi and he was pissed.

"Why you!" The creep got off of her and charged at Yugi. She realized the entire room had changed to gears moving like the inside of a clock. As much as she wanted to torture that man she begrudgingly decided to play the spirit's game with him.

"That's dangerous." The dark spirit muttered not even flinching when a pendulum had separated him from his attacker.

The guy stopped and he was suddenly aware of his surroundings, "What the hell is this?"

"It's game time." Dark Yugi grinned evilly, "A shadow game."

"What?"

"We will wager that stolen D-Shock watch." The spirit stated pointing to the creep's hand.

"Don't fuck with me, bastard!" Idol had snuck up behind him and in a sleight of hand motion she had confiscated it.

"Hey!"

She smirked and Dark Yugi made her disappear under the floorboard in front of him before the mad man had struck her again. The creep knelt down clawing at it, "My watch! Give it back!"

Dark Yugi rolled his eyes at the man's pathetic nature, "But it's not really yours, is it?" He sighed, "If you win the game, then I'll acknowledge that it is yours."

The creep stared up at him, "Game you say?"

"Do you accept?"

"Fine!"

Yugi grinned and goaded, "No need to be so angry."

He pointed to the floor board and explained, "The rules are simple, when my lovely assistant appears from the floorboards, she will hold out the watch with the set timer. The one who stops the timer close to ten seconds wins."

"That's it?" He looked over the floor, "She won't cheat?"

"Of course, she wouldn't. All she will do is hold out the watch for us. Though if you pass the ten second mark that pendulum will pass."

"Fine, then! I'll go first!"

Yugi grinned and then tapped his foot, "Game start." And she appeared before them with the timer ticking.

She held her arm out with the watch in hand within reach for both of them. The other hand was tucked into her pocket. She was bored but glared at the man before her. He didn't see her glare but was too focused on counting down and his eyes were glued to the watch.

As soon as it reached nine seconds he grabbed her hand and the other stopped the timer before he got hit with the pendulum. She could feel it barely grazing both of them and the wind that accompanied it. She looked over the watch, "Nine point thirty-five seconds." She showed Yugi and the man gave both of them an arrogant grin, "How's that?"

Dark Yugi's confidence didn't falter, "You're good, now it's my turn."

She reset the timer and disappeared to wait for his call. He stared at the floorboard and then said, "Start."

Appearing before him again the timer ticked away the seconds. Why was she growing nervous all of a sudden? She could feel her heart match up to the tick. He had his eyes closed and she could practically hear him counting off. As it reached nine seconds he opened his eyes and leaned towards her, winking at her, and swiftly shutting the timer while the pendulum came his way.

She rolled her eyes at him, "Show off." And looked at the timer while he wore a smirk, "Nine point ninety-five seconds."

"Bullshit!"

"Read it and weep, you freak." She showed him Yugi's score.

"Impossible!" He looked over to both of them.

"Looks like I win."

"No! This one is a test! The next one is the real one!"

Idol groaned inwardly, this guy isn't gonna give up then she was reminded of her actions with Yugi that morning.

"Fine, have it your way." Dark Yugi was growing bored as well.

"Wait, this time I'm going to that side!" He walked over to Yugi's place and Yugi just grinned taking the opposite side.

Idol had already disappeared and she thought of the creep's conspiracy. If he thought that switching sides will make his odds any better then he's stupid.

"Start."

She appeared in front of the creep and he grinned thinking this time he'd win. She noticed that the nine second mark was closely coming but he wasn't moving. He's over thinking this, he's gonna lose. Realizing that he went over to stop the timer but he was too late. The pendulum came the opposite direction and made contact with his hand. He cried out in pain and cradled his hand.

The spirit of the millennium puzzle stood next to her and grabbed the hand that held the watch, "Too bad." He said, "Looks like I win this watch."

"No!"

Idol felt him coming so she angled her arm to elbow the guy but the creep grabbed her arm and threatened to break it.

"Screw this game! That watch is mine!"

She gritted her teeth. If he harmed her one more damn time she's gonna- Her thoughts were cut off when she felt Yugi embrace her protectively and gripped the guy's hand that was holding hers. The eye of Horus was on his forehead, "How pathetic." He growled, "The door of darkness has opened... He's all yours."

She gave him a look of surprise as he offered her to give the creep the punishment.

"Thank you." She smirked as she made the watches on the guy's arms melt into him and his bones and muscles became working gears of a clock. The man peeled off his skin to see that and he freaked out, "No! I don't want this! Please! Make it stoooop!"

She felt the spirit of the millennium puzzle pulled her away from the room and gently held her face, "The left cheek is red." He inspected it. She held his hand and pulled it away, "I've had worse... What's your name anyways?"

He tilted his head, his eyes never left hers, "I don't know."

She blinked, "You don't know it?" She then hissed feeling the bruise behind her head. She felt his worried eyes over her, "Don't give me that, he beat you up, too."

The spirit just chuckled, "That tends to happen whenever I'm with you."

Scoffing she said, "You and Yugi are a magnet for trouble." She got closer to him and place her hands on his sides. She heard him hiss in pain and told him to hold still.

"Idol, what are you doing?"

"I'm gonna heal both of our injuries so don't move." She felt the presence of the millennium scale appear to grant her access with the impossibilities. Throughout her years of the supposed discovery of the millennium puzzle, there were people who rescued her and taught her so many things. Healing was one of them. Though despite doing all this, it can take a great toll on her...maybe even kill her if she wasn't careful.

He gave her an incredulous look, "You can do that?" He wasn't used to her touching him like this. He was starting to feel nervous about her and her supposed healing deal. Suddenly, her hands were warming up and the pain in his side was going away. She moved her hand up to the back of his neck and he shuddered at her touch.

"So, what do you remember?"

It took him a while to realize she was talking to him. He didn't meet her eye nor answered her question. The injuries were then gone and she let go of him, waiting for his reply.

"All I can remember is darkness." He whispered in a low tone that she had to strain her ears to hear him, "I woke up and was met with so many memories of the boy who had solved my puzzle." He closed his eyes and she could have sworn she saw him tremble, "For a moment, I truly believed those memories were mine alone and that I was that boy but..."

"Hey, if it's hard to say, then you can refuse to tell me." She muttered not wanting him to feel bad. Finally, he smiled at her feeling a little better, "No, I want to talk about this."

She was surprised that he wanted to in the first place. She thought he'd be an ass with her but suddenly, she felt something. She wasn't supposed to. Hell, the first night she had encountered him... No, the first time she had encountered Yugi, all she wanted was to-

"Idol, you are the only one who is aware of my existence." He fiddled with the watch that they were rescuing, "Not even my host knows about me."

"Yugi." She corrected not wanting to make him feel like he was some sort of virus and he smiled at her, "Yes." He went ahead and examined her face again, "You can call me Yugi, too, if you want."

She shook her head, "I don't want you to feel like you need to merge your personalities with him, you'd be lying to yourself and if you want I'll help you gain your identity."

He stared at her in shock. There was so many questions going right through her head, yelling at her what in the name of the gods she was doing. Though with this gut feeling she had made a stand. She will be his ally and in exchange...

"I will help you look for your identity if you could return a favor."

He stared at her long and hard, "Anything."

"I need you to trust me." She held out her hand for him to take, "This is going to sound a lot but I need to gain your trust. My objective is to..." She couldn't believe that she was doing this, "To protect the millennium puzzle. That is why I am here."

His eyes narrowed, "What's in it for you?"

"Once your item is safe and we find out your identity, then my objective is complete and I can finally be at peace." She nodded at him, "I can't say much but you'll just have to trust me."

He thought over his options and thought back to his cold labyrinth. That was it wasn't? He had no options. He had empty rooms that can potentially lead him to limbo. He stared at her hand and let out the air he was holding in, "Deal." He gripped her hand and she gave him the same squeeze. Verifying his trust in her through a simple handshake. She let go and smiled at him, "Well... We should get going then, Sennen."

His brow arched in confusion, "What did you call me?"

"A nickname, if that is okay with you." She answered, "I called you a thousand years. It makes sense to say it in Japanese other than me calling you millennial." She explained and saw that his eyes soften. He brought his hand up to ruffle her hair near the back of her ear. The feel of his nails gently grazing her scalp made her shiver and her heart race at the same time, "What are you doing?" She questioned noticing how she had done the same thing to him when he was shorter. He didn't answer but he leaned towards her and gently kissed the cheek that was once injured, "Thank you."

A faint glow came from the puzzle and Yugi appeared in front of her holding the watch in his hands.

Quickly she changed her mood, "Oh, hey! Yugi, you found the watch!"

"Huh?" He glanced down at his hands, "I guess I did?"

She grabbed his wrist and dragged him away from that bloody closed room before she hears the sounds of terrors from the other man, "Come on, we have to show Honda-kun!"

"Hey! Idol! You're going to fast!" He helplessly said as he tried to keep up with her long legs.

After almost a week when that had happened, Idol finds herself in the room she's currently staying at and she stared at the millennium scale. She was sitting on the floor and she just had finished meditating. She was well aware of another presence in the room.

"To what do I owe this dubious pleasure?"

"I am here to remind you that you have not completed your objective."

"A change of plans." She answered to the millennium scale and she can feel the fierce anger coming from the other side.

"I will not wait any longer."

"You're going to have to try."

Somewhere on the far side of the city, the alarm bell echoed throughout the prison facility. Police officer scattered like bugs trying to calm the situation. This wasn't the first time this had happened and they hoped it hadn't come to this. Once the group of officers investigate one of the inmates cell, horror spread over their faces. A fellow guard was butchered and was stuck inside the locked cell. The chief growled and ordered a squad to go look for the inmate responsible for this, "Sir, it's Jirou! The Yellow Spider!"

"I don't care! Find him! Search everywhere!"