Ryou tried not to squeak was once again cornered by his yami. He had learned a long time ago to never even let out a whimper, for if he did, Bakura would only beat him harder. When Bakura growled at him, he knew he hadn't done a good enough job covering it. His yami drew back his fist preparing to strike. Ryou shut his eyes and awaited the impact. It never came; instead, Ryou heard a slight and barely audible gasp. Ryou opened his eyes and was shocked at what greeted him.

A two-year-old version of his yami was standing before him. He blinked in disbelief.

"Who aw 'oo?" the smaller yami said, "And wher is me?"

"M-my name is Ryou." Ryou said slowly, still not believing his yami had been turned into a Chibi. "And, we're in my house--" The ringing of the phone cut him off. Bakura jumped in surprise.

"Wha-wha dat nos?" Chibi Bakura asked, looking around almost fearfully.

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Yugi had just gotten home from school. He had expected his Grandpa and Yami to greet him, but no one was in sight.

"Hello! I'm home! Is anybody here?" Yugi called out. Suddenly he heard a crash from his and Yami's room. He ran up the stairs as fast as he could, ran to their room, opened the door, and.jumped back in surprise. His yami had been turned into a Chibi!! Chibi Yami looked up at him from inside the toy box he had just knocked over.

"Who awr 'oo? Wha is dis pwace?" The smaller version of Yami questioned him.

"I-I'm Yugi. Th-this is m-my home." He stuttered, not fully comprehending that his yami had just been tuned into a Chibi.

"'ugi? My name's Yami! Wet's pway a game!" Yami exclaimed.

"Uh, In a second.how old are you, Yami?" Yugi asked. Yami held up two fingers.

"I two yewars old. Now can we pway?" Chibi Yami asked again.

"Uh.you know what, Yami? I gonna call a friend and maybe they can come and play, too." Yugi said, walking over to a phone.

"Yay! Then cwan we pway Hide-en-go-sweak?" Yami asked.

"Sure, Yami." Yugi said while dialing some numbers. He had called Ryou; he wanted to know if this had just happened to his yami, or if the same thing had happened to Bakura. It rang twice before someone picked it up.

"Hello?" Ryou voice asked.

"Ryou? Hi, um.was your yami just turned into a Chibi?" Yugi asked.

".Uh, yeah. Lemme guess, Yami is now a Chibi, too?" Ryou answered and asked a question of his own.

"Yeah. What do you think is happening, Ryou?" Yugi asked again.

"I'm not sure, but I think Chibi Bakura wants to go out side. I'll try taking him to your place, then we can discus this a little more and try to find out what's happening, okay?" Ryou asked.

"Okay, we'll be waiting. Bye Ryou, see you in a little while!"

"Bye Yugi, see you in a few." With that said, both lights hung up the phones.

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