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Returning Curses

Chapter 6: Memory Gap

Yugi walked through the streets of Domino, remembering what Tristan had told him.

"You were wandering around Domino. You looked like you had never been there before."

It didn't make sense. Yugi had never left Domino, except for the Duelist Kingdom and BattleCity finals. But then again, nothing makes sense anymore.

//Yugi, something weird is going on.//

Oh good, Yami's back. 'Course, he never really went anywhere...

/What is it, Yami?/

//Something not good, I can tell you that.//

/Did I really do those things everyone said I did?//

//Worse than that. Way worse.//

/What?/

//Well, I checked the memory slot from the time that we first lost communication to the time you got the Puzzle back from Joey...//

/And?/

//That part of your memory is blank./

/WHAT?!/

//That part of your memory doesn't exist. There's a big gap there where the memory should be.//

/How could this happen?/

//I don't know. Apparently, you have no recollection of this afternoon.//

/This keeps getting more weird every minute./ Yugi told Yami telepathically, unaware that he was still walking.

//Tell me about it. We might need to investig-YUGI! WATCH OUT!!!//

/Huh?/

Yugi smacked into the door of the game shop. Hard. Ow. He thought, rubbing his head furiously.

//I told you to watch out.// said Yami, with a hint of humour in his voice.

/Very funny, Yami./

Yugi himself started to laugh out loud. He had been so absorbed with his thoughts that he hadn't realized he had made it back home. He just happened to glance at his watch.

/Oh NO! Grandpa's going to be home any minute, and I was supposed to be watching the shop!/

//Then here's a list. #1: Get in. #2: Get behind the counter. #3: Hope no one stole anything.//

/Just my luck to get stuck with a sarcastic yami./

//Just get inside.//

Yugi finally obeyed and opened the door. He inspected all the displays. Good. Nothing's missing. He had just gotten behind the counter when Solomon walked in through the door carrying several large grocery bags.

"Thanks for watching the shop, Yugi."

"Anytime, grandpa!"

Ha! If you only knew the half of it!

"I'll take care of things here, you can go off and do what you want now." he offered.

"Thanks!" Yugi ran up the staircase and into his room.

/Yami? We need to talk. Now./