WARNING: THIS IS A YAOI YAMI/YUUGI FIC! IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT TYPE OF THING THEN DON'T READ!!!!

Responses:

sweetdeath: True, Yuugi would probably be good with the earth element, but you'll see later why he had fire for this fic. Hope you enjoy it anyway!

Silent-angel1413: I only started reading fanfics a few months ago too. I'm glad you like the story so far. I don't know yet if Yami Bakura will be in this. I think he might be later, but I'm not sure.

Tjay Motou: Thanks for the enthusiasm. Here's the next chapter for you!

Kairi: Here's the next chapter. Hope it's soon enough for you.

Gijinka Renamon: Well, you don't have to wait any longer. Here's chapter two!

Mononoke: Here's chapter two and three will be up tomorrow.

YamiElfFromKemet: I like Yami/Yugi pairings too. 'Mancer' is just a term for a magick user I think. I've heard of pyromancers before and I made up the others since they seemed to fit. Hope you like this chapter too!

Yami's Girl710: Thanks for the complement. I'm glad you like it. As for Yuugi being using the light element, you'll have to wait and see. I have plans for him and Yami. Yami's element will be revealed in the next chapter. Enjoy!

Death Shadow Dragon: I'm glad you think it's original. I don't really know where the idea came from. I've been thinking about it for a few weeks though. I haven't decided on Kaiba's element yet. See my note at the end of the chapter.

Aluana: Glad you like the story so far. Here's the new chapter you asked for.

Disclaimer: Still don't own the show, manga, or anything else. Wish I did though.

Notes: //Yami to Yuugi// /Yuugi to Yami/ "Speaking" 'Thinking'

Characters Names:

Japanese - English

Yuugi - Yugi

Yami - Yami

Jounouchi (Jou) - Joey

Honda - Tristan

Kaiba - Kaiba (will be in later)

Shizuka - Serenity (will be in later)

Ryou - Bakura

Bakura - Yami Bakura (not sure if he'll be in the story)

Well, I'm glad you guys like this story so much. Your support is great! Just for you, here's the second chapter!

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Chapter 2: Practice

The next few days went by fairly quickly. Yuugi was informed that his roommate would arrive in three days. He wasn't told anything about his roommate though, which was unusual. Normally both people would be told a little about their roommate. He only knew that his roommate was male and was coming from a school on the other side of the northern mountains. A distance of at least two hundred miles. Yuugi was really curious about this person, but decided that he would have to wait to meet them before having his questions answered.

Yuugi was in his room again, this time reading a book for leisure. It was a story about two lovers who had to overcome many obstacles to be together. Yuugi loved romance stories. He also loved adventure stories. But his favorites were ones where the heroes were lovers and had to overcome danger together. He was so into the story that he didn't notice that anyone had knocked on the door until he noticed the door open.

He looked up to see Ryou stick his head in. He smiled.

"Hey, Ryou. Sorry, I didn't hear you knock." Yuugi said as he put his book down.

Ryou glanced at the book before looking up at Yuugi again. "That's okay. I know that you disappear into your own world when you read your stories."

Yuugi just grinned, still looking embarrassed. "So, what did you need? Jou and Honda arguing again?"

"Do they ever stop?" Was Ryou reply. "But that wasn't what I wanted. I was going to ask you if you could help me with something."

"Sure, Ryou. What is it?"

"Well, right now we're working on combining elements for attack and defense. I asked Jou or Honda to help me, but you know them. A leaf falls from a tree and they lose their concentration. I was wondered if you would pair up with me. I know you've already learned this, but . . ."

"I'd be happy to, Ryou. It's been awhile since I've worked as a team with someone, and I don't think I ever worked with any of the aeromancers. So it'll be good practice for me, too."

"Thanks Yuugi."

They headed outside to the practice yard. It was better to do this sort of thing outside, away from any of the buildings. Pyromancers didn't usually work with aeromancers. Or aquamancer, for that matter. The two elements didn't usually mix well. Water put out fire, and air either fanned the flames, or blew them out. Usually pyromancers worked with geomancers, ilummancers, or shadowmancers. Aeromancers tended to work with aquamancers, but Honda, while more reliable than Jounouchi, wasn't a whole lot better when it came to concentration.

Yuugi and Ryou stood on opposite sides of the circle inscribed in the dirt, facing each other. Ryou went first, creating a small wind tunnel in the center of the circle, then he waited for Yuugi to join him. Yuugi closed his eyes to help him concentrate. He reached out his senses for the energy currents around him. He could see the magick inherent in the wind tunnel. Slowly at first, then more surely, he added his power to the pillar of wind.

Ryou watched as small orange sparks started to swirl in with the air in the vortex. They steadily grew larger, struggling for a moment to either go out or flame out of control, then settled down. They slowly grew until they covered the entire wind tunnel, merging with the wind and creating a pillar of moving flame.

Yuugi opened his eyes, and looked at the flaming cyclone in front of them. He smiled. That had worked better than he thought it would, especially for their first time working together that way.

"Now that we've merged elements, what do you want to do?" Yuugi asked Ryou, deciding to let him lead in this.

Ryou thought about it for a moment, then decided that they should see if they could keep the elements merged while shifting from the flame tunnel to shield. He gently reached out and started to shift the tunnel. Widening it, then opening up one side so that it could circle around them.

Yuugi watched a moment, both visually and magickly, then figured out that Ryou was shifting from attack to defense. He reached out and spread the flames to cover the wider expanse of shifting air slowly circling around them.

"We should move closer together, so that we have less space to cover." Yuugi stated calmly, shouting a little to be heard over the shrieking, wind driven, inferno.

Ryou nodded and they both took four large steps forward until they were only about a meter apart. Ryou started moving faster, closing the dome of air around them. Yuugi matched him a second later, adding more power to the flames so that they wouldn't go out in the increase of wind.

Everything was going fine until it came time to fully close the dome. As the edges came together, the flames suddenly leapt up, increasing in power. Sweat gathered on Yuugi forehead as he exerted more power to get them back under control. Ryou halted the advance of the walls of wind, waiting for Yuugi to get control again. But instead of helping, that just made things worse. Finally, Yuugi was forced to banish the flames completely, before he lost complete control over them.

As the flames went out, released his control of the air current, letting them return to normal.

"What happened?" Ryou asked, not sure what had gone wrong.

"A power surge." Yuugi replied, panting a little from exertion. "And before you ask, it wasn't your fault. Not entirely. I started going to fast, the flames were expanding faster than the air currents."

"And my stopping the wind didn't help, did it?" Ryou asked, understanding dawning on him.

"No, it didn't." Yuugi answered truthfully. "The extra energy in the fire didn't have anywhere else to go. I had to put the flames out or they would have gotten out of my control."

"Should I go find Jou or Honda and see if they're ready to help me?"

"No, I'm fine Ryou. Lets try again. I really need to learn this too."

Ryou nodded his head and they returned to their spots on the edges of the circle. They practiced for about an hour before both of them were too exhausted to really focus well. They had managed to get the combined shield up once, but all the other times the flames started to take over the wind or the wind the flames, and they had to abort the attempt. They finally parted and headed back to their rooms.

Yuugi opened the door wearily; wanting only to grab some clothes, go to the bathing room to soak, then go to bed. He froze only a step into the room. There was a strange boy in the room. Lounging on the bed next to Yuugi's. The boy was in the shadows in the corner, so Yuugi couldn't make out most of his features.

"Who are you?" Yuugi asked, not in the mood to deal with anyone.

The figure on the bed jerked a little in surprise, obviously not having noticed that someone else had entered the room. Yuugi heard a soft intake of breath, then the boy on the bed stood up. Moving more into the light.

Yuugi's mouth dropped open for a moment. His already fatigue fogged brain wasn't ready to handle this. The boy before him was an almost exact copy. Like looking into a distorted mirror. The boy was taller by a good foot, his hair had more blonde spikes, and his eyes were crimson and narrower than Yuugi's, but other than that, they were identical.

The boy smiled, and extended his hand. "My name is Yami. I'm your new roommate."

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Well, there you have it. Yami is now in the story. I'll be introducing the other characters (except Anzu) later. Hope you enjoy the chapter. Sorry for ending it there, but the chapter was getting too long. Don't worry; I'll post the next chapter tomorrow. Please review!

P.S. I'm going to ask you readers' opinion. What element do you think Kaiba, Yami Bakura (if I decide to use him), and Shizuka should have? Let me know in your reviews. Thanks!