Well, people see to like this little story, so here's part 3.

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Oh. Well, in that case…bye! runs

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Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh.

Yami SSF: and if she did, the characters probably would have disowned her by now.

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Chapter 3 - Yugi Comes Home.

It was just coming onto sunset when Yugi walked up to the Kame Game Shop, standing alone on the corner. Everything seemed quiet; Yugi hoped that Atem hadn't been bored during the past week.

He hefted his backpack a little higher on his shoulder and sighed. He'd wanted to surprise his other, so he'd arranged with Grandpa to come home the night before. Atem liked to stay up late, so he had no doubt the former Pharaoh would still be awake. A tired smile graced his features as he imagined Atem's reaction.

Yugi drew closer to the back door of his home; an odd tingling sensation ran over him as he stepped off the sidewalk. He looked up. His eyes grew wide as his jaw dropped slowly agape. His bag hit the ground with a soft thump.

"What the…?"

Somehow the Kame Game Shop had sprouted a massive wooden porch which wrapped around the entire back half of the building, elaborately buttressed. It was currently swarming with Duelmonsters.

"KUU!" The unexpected sound made Yugi jump backwards. A brown streak flew by, followed by a much larger black blur cursing in an unknown language.

Yugi blinked. Did I just see Kuriboh on a power sander being chased by the Magician of Black Chaos?

Slowly, careful to avoid everything, Yugi made his way through the chaos and into the back door. The kitchen was blessedly free of monsters - but as he kicked off his shoes and put on his slippers, he noticed the floor had an odd, different gleam. Crouching down he ran his fingers over the tiles - marble, but nicely warm. A quick glance around the room revealed the new kitchen taps.

Atem, what the hell have you been doing? he thought. A brush of magic from the Puzzle revealed that his dark half was upstairs in the bathroom. He turned and headed through the living room towards the stairs.

And stopped. And turned. What the hell?

The living room, which had been a plain white with rather bland dark brown furnishings, was now painted a warm butter yellow. The furniture was black, and mock poles carved with climbing ivy adorned the corners. The ivy theme continued along the baseboards of the walls and around the windows. The coffee table had been stripped and re-varnished in mahogany. And the carpet was gone entirely; hardwood now gleamed in it's place, a deep black-brown.

"You've been busy." he said aloud. The staircase continued the theme, hardwood, though the walls faded from butter to sandstone as they narrowed into the hallway. Yugi walked up quietly, his slippers making little pattering noises on the wood. When he reached the top he almost lost his jaw again.

Both sides of the hallway. Running from the top of the wall halfway to the floor.

Jii-chan is going to have a heart attack.

Yugi stared at the hieroglyphics. They had not been merely painted on - they were carved into the gyprock walls, and each symbol painted black. On either end were elaborate cartouches and here and there were stylized scenes painted in primary colours. It was beautiful… if this was an Egyptian tomb.

I'm gonna kill him. Yugi shook his head. What the hell was he thinking? You can't just…do that.

Sounds of banging and clanging were coming clearer as he walked along the hall. Jii-chan's door had been carved with a cartouche - he couldn't read the language, but he guessed it was a name-plaque.

Shock and surprise were giving way to irritation. If Atem wanted to re-decorate so badly, why did he wait until both Yugi and Jii-chan were gone? Did he feel a need to sneak around on them?

At the end of the hall, where it branched out to lead left and right, Yugi blinked at an anomaly. The door to Atem's room was gone. Not even a blank spot on the wall, just gone, leaving only two doors - the bathroom on the right, and the bedroom on the left. A strange whirring noise could be heard coming from his room, and a horrible thought ran through his mind. Atem, what have you done?

He ran down the hall and pulled his door - also cartouche decorated, though with two different ones - wide open.

"Where the hell is all my stuff!" he screamed.

The room was almost unrecognizable. The walls were now a deep sandy brown, fading to pale beige near the windows. A new door led to the balcony. It was half again as wide; where the wall had been was an arch from which hung layers of gauzy curtains. The whirring noise was from Dark Magician installing a curtain rod. He now stared at his second master, drill still poised.

"Hikari no Yugi-sensei?" The Duelmonster paused for a moment in thought. "You're early."

"And your master is gonna be late real soon." Yugi snapped. No sign of beds, not a trace of his posters, or his games, or any of his stuff. He couldn't even see the blasted closet! He stalked out the room, slamming the door behind him. I'm not gonna kill him…I'm gonna hand him over to Yami Bakura! Wrapped in big red bow!

The bathroom, when he listened at the door, seething, was almost quiet, except for cursing in Egyptian. Yugi smiled an evil smirk and eased the door open.

Sure enough, the room was nearly empty. It too had undergone extensive refitting, but Yugi was more interested in the source of the cursing. It appeared his yami was quite busy; all he could see was his denim-clad butt. The rest was lost in the massive dark blue Jacuzzi-bath he was evidently installing.

Moving silently enough to make Strike Ninja jealous, he slipped up behind the Pharaoh, whose cursing had grown louder. He waited until his dark paused for breath, then…

"ATEM!!"

"YEEEAAA!" Yugi watched with great satisfaction as the other jerked, lost his balance, and landed face-first in the tub, smeared with caulking. Narrow violet eyes blinked in confusion as he spun on the slippery fiberglass to stare at the source of the noise.

"Aibou!"

"Hello, mou hitori no boku." Yugi made his voice a gentle as he could.

"You're early!" Atem managed to gather his wits together. "I wasn't expecting you tonight."

"Evidently." He allowed a touch of sarcasm to enter his tone. He scowled at Atem, who blinked.

"Is something wrong, aibou?"

"WHERE IS MY STUFF!" he hollered.

"Er…in the Shadow Realm?"

"And what, pray tell, is it doing THERE?!"

"I just moved it so it would be out of the way…"

"Bring it back."

"But our room isn't finished yet…"

Yugi growled. He felt his temper peaking. "OUR room? You…what…why…"

"I'm sorry." Atem looked honestly confused. "I though you would like it."

"AHHHHH!" Yugi screamed. "Of all the stupid, hair-brained, witless baka…Do you know how much this is going to cost! And Jii-chan is going to spazz! We are both going to be grounded until we're thirty!"

He stopped, catching his breath. Seeking a distraction, he looked around. Even he had to admit, Atem had good taste. Then he noticed something…

"Atem?"

"Yes…Yugi?" his yami sounded uncertain.

"Where is the toilet?"

Atem laughed sheepishly. "Well, there's a funny story behind that…"

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That's it folks! Arigato for all the wonderful reviews! Please let me know what you thought of the final chapter…kudasai?