Chapter 8: - Match Ups
Joey was annoyed.
The only challenge he'd been able to find was an odd Duellist who'd challenged him only to throw the Duel on the first turn so he could get out of the snow.
They'd picked up Tea and Tristan who had both tried to badger Yugi into getting himself checked over. He hadn't because for some reason he was having trouble with the Puzzle.
They'd had to double back to the warehouse to check there had been no pieces left behind and only when Yugi had been satisfied that they had every piece had they gone on to the finals.
Apparently they were the last two to arrive. Kaiba had arrived first, followed by Mai, then two guys who just had to be trouble because they were unknowns, then Bakura who defiantly was trouble, except he had helped them out earlier… then Kari and her friend and now Yugi and Joey's group.
Yugi wasn't paying much attention to anything besides, "Hi" and "Yes." He was to deep into trying to fix the Puzzle. It was worrying Joey slightly, Yugi could take anything between eight years and five minutes fixing it.
They had one night, the quarter finals would begin at ten tomorrow morning, but they all had to be here now, to register and confirm they had the Map Cards and so on and so forth, and for transport to the place of the finals.
At least it wasn't that Island again. Joey was beginning to hate small islands, they were jinxed. Joey was actually wondering if Rich-Boy was keeping them together in order to confuse the hell out of them as to where the actual finals were being held.
Mai was having a conversation with Kari and Robyn, Bakura was off to one side, keeping an eye on everyone, Kaiba and Mokuba were off somewhere and the two men were just hovering, not helping anyone's nerves, but at least staying clear of Yugi who was being guarded by Joey, Tristan and Tea, not that you'd know if you didn't know the three in question, they'd just gotten good at it in the three years they'd had to.
A satisfying click and Yugi picked up another piece.
The only thing Joey could think of as to why it was taking so long was that last time Yugi had reassembled the Puzzle it had been in the middle of a raging fire and if Joey had learnt anything about the Millennium Items it was that they had no great urge to be destroyed. It would have helped Yugi along if only to save itself.
Mai left the two girls to choose their food from the buffet and came over with a slight frown, "Kari and Robyn mentioned they'd had a run in with Rare Hunters, apparently they quite like the look of Robyn's Wingweaver and Kari's Angelic Mage."
"Are they alright?" Joey frowned and looked across to the two girls who looked mostly relaxed, although Robyn seemed to be questioning the other girl mercilessly as Kari tried to answer and eat at the same time.
"Apparently Sorcerer of Dark Magic took care of them." Mai said with a small, smug look as she glanced at the two.
"Taken a liking have we?" Joey teased.
"Ah shut up Wheeler." Mai mock glared, "It's just nice to have female competition for a change, I mean fighting you was all well and good Tea, but I've seen Ironhide duel and trust me when I say she'd take you easily." Mai turned to Yugi, "How's it coming?"
Yugi looked up for a second, before swapping the piece in his hands for one on the pile, "Slower then I'd like." He sighed, "I'll get it fixed." He shrugged, acting a lot calmer then he felt.
"Good luck." Mai smiled at him, "I wonder how much longer we'll have to wait for Kaiba to show up."
"Rich-Boy's probably hanging it out, too good to mingle with the mortals." Joey snorted derisively.
Mai noticed the attitude shift as the two unknowns approached, having finished conversing with Bakura who was giving them a rather foul glare, noticed the way Joey and Tristan subtly shifted between Yugi, Mai, Tea and the two men now approaching. She'd seen this before, though last time Yugi had been a lot scarier with the approach of Marik, or who they'd thought was Marik…
She'd heard the rumours, of the two Yugis, some duelling circuits said he was possessed, others said that there was two of them, there was even a small amount of people who thought that the Yugi that Duelled was an alien that kidnapped the real Yugi every time he was in a Duel.
Mai had seen both faces of Yugi herself on more then one occasion, the most recent being the soft Yugi that had trusted her from the beginning, the one that had stood up to Panik for her, and the harsh, cold Yugi who had scared Bakura off during the last Tournament, had defeated Panik, had crushed her in Duellist Kingdom once what she considered the 'normal' Yugi had let him out.
Now the 'other Yugi' wasn't coming out, and she had a feeling it was because of the smashed Puzzle. It had been what Bakura and Marik had been after and it had been Yugi who had duelled earlier, instead of the 'other Yugi,' was that why Yugi was so intent on getting it finished? To have his 'other side' free again.
Was Yugi really possessed?
The two men stopped, frowned as they looked at Yugi, then turned away to talk to the two girls.
Mai saw Yugi's eyes narrow, still Yugi, but a little bit of the trusting lost in wariness born of too many villains coming after him, not as paranoid as the 'other Yugi' but was it really paranoia if people were out to get you?
"What do you think Yuge?" Joey asked quietly.
"I think… I should be wary." Yugi hesitated, glancing at Mai before returning his gaze to his puzzle, there it was, the subtle hint that Mai didn't know everything yet.
Joey's growl and glare at the two men who were backing away from the two English girls with disgusted looks on their faces told Mai just how wary she should be of them.
"I'll go speak to the girls. Robyn's Japanese isn't great." Mai said, leaving the group.
Mai started speaking rapidly to Kari and Robyn as Kaiba walked in, giving Joey no time to ask Yugi exactly what he thought of the two.
"All the Finalists are here and the draws for the quarter finals will begin shortly." Kaiba growled as Roland came in, his eyes sweeping the finalists.
Joey recognised the machine that rose from the platform; it was similar to the one that had been on the last blimp. "Each of you was assigned a number when you arrived." Joey's hand went into his pocket and came back out with his scrunched up number seven. "I will now draw to see who will play whom in the quarter finals."
The machine started, reminding Kari of the lottery back home.
The first ball came out.
"Number five."
"Me." Bakura spoke, no longer Ryou but another voice altogether.
The next ball, "Number one."
Kaiba smirked at Bakura who returned the look.
"Seto Kaiba will play Ryou Bakura in the first match."
Yugi and Joey looked at each other as the next ball dropped.
"Number four."
"That's me." One of the unknowns spoke up.
"And number eight."
"Me." Yugi said, not liking the look the unknown was giving him.
"Johnson Ford will play Yugi Muto."
Well at least I know his name now. Yugi thought.
"Number two."
"That's me." Mai spoke up, looking a little nervous.
"Number six?"
"Me." Kari spoke up, looking towards the Harpie Duellist who gave her a reassuring grin.
That should be an interesting match. Yugi thought, aware of the continuing stare from Johnson.
"And finally numbers 3 and 7. Xuan Li will play Joseph Wheeler in the last match of the quarter finals.
Yugi's eyes widened as the two glared at each other and Yugi sensed something flare within Xuan. Of the two unknowns he was certain Joey had gotten the more dangerous of the two.
Joey seemed to be aware of it too. He'd realised it in the shift in Yugi's posture and the slight change of expression on his face when he'd sensed something.
"You will have until nine am, when we will arrive at the sight of the finals. Until then prepare for some of your toughest Duels ever." Kaiba stalked out with a passing glare at Bakura.
Mai and Kari nodded at each other and headed off, Johnson and Xuan gave the group one last look and stalked off, closely followed by Bakura and finally Joey, Tea and Tristan walked Yugi and the Puzzle pieces to his room.
"Joey, I…"
"Xuan right? You felt something from him." Joey acknowledged before Yugi could finish. Yugi nodded, frustrated.
"I wish Yami was here." Yugi sighed, holding the Puzzle he'd completed so far close, "He'd know what to do."
"We'll take it as it comes Yuge." Joey shrugged, "Besides, he might be back with us by tomorrow. You're about halfway done aren't you?"
"Something like that." Yugi acknowledged, giving the Puzzle a cursory look.
"I brought your plate along." Tristan said, dumping the plate of untouched buffet food on the small table in Yugi's room, "We'll leave you to finish up."
"You can't all crash in Joey's room again!" Yugi protested.
"Why not?" Tristan laughed, "Who knows, Kaiba might even have had the sense to have extra rooms this time. We'll see you in the morning."
Yugi nodded and let the Puzzle pieces fall from his cupped hands onto another bit of the table as his friends stepped outside the door.
Click.
Another piece.
Click.
Another piece.
Click…
Now he was on his own, thinking things though without interruption the pieces of the Millennium Puzzle were coming together much easier. He always had worked on Puzzles easier and faster alone.
Click.
Click.
Yugi had given up trying to rush it, the Puzzle had been falling apart in his hands when he'd done that, and it seemed to be going faster now he was more relaxed or as relaxed as he got in situations like this one.
As much as he wanted Yami back, it did Yugi time to think.
Click.
About things like the weird magic he'd been sensing from Robyn.
Click.
Like the strange feeling from Kari.
Click.
Like the magic he'd sensed from Xuan and Johnson, so alike that from the blonde English girl but much darker…
Click.
The last piece…
Like why the strange magic was so much unlike his own, and yet familiar…
Click.
It took less then half a heartbeat for Yami to pull Yugi into the corridor between Soul Rooms.
"Yugi! Thank Ra you're alright!"
"I'm fine." Yugi said hastily, "Are you alright?" The Pharaoh was concerned about him, yes, but he wasn't looking too great himself.
"I'm fine, fine!" Yami threw up his arms, that action alone showing just how worried he'd been, Yami didn't normally lose his cool like this, "I'm more worried about you! What happened?"
Yugi found himself examined via Shadow Magic as he explained, resulting in a worried Yami and a vaguely annoyed Yugi.
"You should have seen a Doctor." Yami said finally.
"I'm fine and you want to win."
"You're hurt and you're more important then some Tournament."
"If I go and see the onboard Doctor will you promise not to nag me?"
"I wasn't going to…" Yami stopped at a look from Yugi, "Maybe I was."
"Well?"
"I won't nag."
Yugi returned to his body and, wincing slightly, got to his feet, putting the chain of the Puzzle over his head and smiling slightly as he felt the familiar weight of the completed Puzzle and the comforting presence of his dark half.
Opening his door, Yugi had to step aside quickly as Joey staggered backwards, falling and landing on his butt. "Ouch."
"Oops, sorry Joey." Yugi laughed, helping him to his feet, then pausing, "What were you doing out there?"
"Uh, I… hey you completed it!" Joey changed the subject.
"Yeah." Yugi grinned, "I had to promise Yami I'd see the onboard Doctor before he'd promise not to nag me." Thanks for looking out for me.
"Glad someone could knock some sense into you." Don't mention it.
The two walked in comfortable silence for a moment, then Yugi asked aloud, "Where's Tea and Tristan?"
"Crashing in my room." Joey growled, "I lost rock, paper, scissors for the bed."
Yugi laughed,
"Is Yami ok?"
Yugi listened to something for moment, then frowned, "Yami says… wait a second…"
Red eyes replaced violet. "I wanted to thank you for protecting Yugi earlier."
"You two are my friends." Joey shrugged, "Did Yugi tell you about Johnson and Xuan?"
Yami nodded, "I'd've liked to get a measure of them myself but I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow."
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Yami replied, earning himself an eye roll from Joey, "A little tired, but fine."
'A little tired' didn't seem to sum up how exhausted Yami looked to Joey's eyes, but since he couldn't be sure how much of it was because he was in a beaten up body, he didn't say anything.
"So what do you think?" Joey grinned, trying to lighten the mood, You and me in the finals?"
Yugi regained control with a pained murmur and a slightly pained grin as he put his foot down too hard, "I dunno, I think Kari is itching for a match with you."
"I'm gunna play Mai in the semis." Joey had already decided.
Yugi just laughed as the door to the Infirmary slid open.
"Can I help you?" The Doctor asked.
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Yami was glad when the Doctor was done poking and prodding his Hikari and they could settle in Yugi's room to sleep.
Joey was crashing on the sofa, having told Yugi that if Yugi didn't take the bed, Joey was going to steal his God Cards. Of all the different emotions Yami could sense from Yugi right now, gratitude and a sense of safety came the highest, gratitude to Joey for staying and a sense of safety from having Joey close and Yami back.
Yami was feeling two things at this moment of time, as Yugi tried to drift off, one was guilt. If he'd been able to stop them from taking the Puzzle, Yugi wouldn't have been hurt.
Wile the other was complete and utter exhaustion. The only reason Yami didn't gone to sleep already was that even with Joey sat on one of the beds, Yami hadn't felt safe until they'd gotten back to Yugi's room and locked the door.
It wasn't that he didn't trust Joey, in fact he trusted Joey with both his and Yugi's life which was a hard thing to gain, it was just he didn't feel safe when he didn't know what the new bad guys were like and with Bakura on the prowl.
He still couldn't believe that Bakura had gotten the Puzzle pieces back for Yugi when Hirutani's goons had tried to sneak out.
"You have to sleep at some point Yami." Yugi scolded.
'I know, I know.'
"I'm hurt, you're exhausted… why are you exhausted?"
'I used up a lot of energy trying to get through to you when Hirutani took the Puzzle.' Yami replied, leaving off, I used up a lot more, fighting the Darkness away when he broke it.
"Sorry."
'It wasn't your fault.'
"I…"
'Sleep Yugi, we've got a long day tomorrow.'
"G'night Yami."
'Sleep well Yugi.' Yami smiled as Yugi drifted off and soon followed, quite unwillingly, into sleep.
The only challenge he'd been able to find was an odd Duellist who'd challenged him only to throw the Duel on the first turn so he could get out of the snow.
They'd picked up Tea and Tristan who had both tried to badger Yugi into getting himself checked over. He hadn't because for some reason he was having trouble with the Puzzle.
They'd had to double back to the warehouse to check there had been no pieces left behind and only when Yugi had been satisfied that they had every piece had they gone on to the finals.
Apparently they were the last two to arrive. Kaiba had arrived first, followed by Mai, then two guys who just had to be trouble because they were unknowns, then Bakura who defiantly was trouble, except he had helped them out earlier… then Kari and her friend and now Yugi and Joey's group.
Yugi wasn't paying much attention to anything besides, "Hi" and "Yes." He was to deep into trying to fix the Puzzle. It was worrying Joey slightly, Yugi could take anything between eight years and five minutes fixing it.
They had one night, the quarter finals would begin at ten tomorrow morning, but they all had to be here now, to register and confirm they had the Map Cards and so on and so forth, and for transport to the place of the finals.
At least it wasn't that Island again. Joey was beginning to hate small islands, they were jinxed. Joey was actually wondering if Rich-Boy was keeping them together in order to confuse the hell out of them as to where the actual finals were being held.
Mai was having a conversation with Kari and Robyn, Bakura was off to one side, keeping an eye on everyone, Kaiba and Mokuba were off somewhere and the two men were just hovering, not helping anyone's nerves, but at least staying clear of Yugi who was being guarded by Joey, Tristan and Tea, not that you'd know if you didn't know the three in question, they'd just gotten good at it in the three years they'd had to.
A satisfying click and Yugi picked up another piece.
The only thing Joey could think of as to why it was taking so long was that last time Yugi had reassembled the Puzzle it had been in the middle of a raging fire and if Joey had learnt anything about the Millennium Items it was that they had no great urge to be destroyed. It would have helped Yugi along if only to save itself.
Mai left the two girls to choose their food from the buffet and came over with a slight frown, "Kari and Robyn mentioned they'd had a run in with Rare Hunters, apparently they quite like the look of Robyn's Wingweaver and Kari's Angelic Mage."
"Are they alright?" Joey frowned and looked across to the two girls who looked mostly relaxed, although Robyn seemed to be questioning the other girl mercilessly as Kari tried to answer and eat at the same time.
"Apparently Sorcerer of Dark Magic took care of them." Mai said with a small, smug look as she glanced at the two.
"Taken a liking have we?" Joey teased.
"Ah shut up Wheeler." Mai mock glared, "It's just nice to have female competition for a change, I mean fighting you was all well and good Tea, but I've seen Ironhide duel and trust me when I say she'd take you easily." Mai turned to Yugi, "How's it coming?"
Yugi looked up for a second, before swapping the piece in his hands for one on the pile, "Slower then I'd like." He sighed, "I'll get it fixed." He shrugged, acting a lot calmer then he felt.
"Good luck." Mai smiled at him, "I wonder how much longer we'll have to wait for Kaiba to show up."
"Rich-Boy's probably hanging it out, too good to mingle with the mortals." Joey snorted derisively.
Mai noticed the attitude shift as the two unknowns approached, having finished conversing with Bakura who was giving them a rather foul glare, noticed the way Joey and Tristan subtly shifted between Yugi, Mai, Tea and the two men now approaching. She'd seen this before, though last time Yugi had been a lot scarier with the approach of Marik, or who they'd thought was Marik…
She'd heard the rumours, of the two Yugis, some duelling circuits said he was possessed, others said that there was two of them, there was even a small amount of people who thought that the Yugi that Duelled was an alien that kidnapped the real Yugi every time he was in a Duel.
Mai had seen both faces of Yugi herself on more then one occasion, the most recent being the soft Yugi that had trusted her from the beginning, the one that had stood up to Panik for her, and the harsh, cold Yugi who had scared Bakura off during the last Tournament, had defeated Panik, had crushed her in Duellist Kingdom once what she considered the 'normal' Yugi had let him out.
Now the 'other Yugi' wasn't coming out, and she had a feeling it was because of the smashed Puzzle. It had been what Bakura and Marik had been after and it had been Yugi who had duelled earlier, instead of the 'other Yugi,' was that why Yugi was so intent on getting it finished? To have his 'other side' free again.
Was Yugi really possessed?
The two men stopped, frowned as they looked at Yugi, then turned away to talk to the two girls.
Mai saw Yugi's eyes narrow, still Yugi, but a little bit of the trusting lost in wariness born of too many villains coming after him, not as paranoid as the 'other Yugi' but was it really paranoia if people were out to get you?
"What do you think Yuge?" Joey asked quietly.
"I think… I should be wary." Yugi hesitated, glancing at Mai before returning his gaze to his puzzle, there it was, the subtle hint that Mai didn't know everything yet.
Joey's growl and glare at the two men who were backing away from the two English girls with disgusted looks on their faces told Mai just how wary she should be of them.
"I'll go speak to the girls. Robyn's Japanese isn't great." Mai said, leaving the group.
Mai started speaking rapidly to Kari and Robyn as Kaiba walked in, giving Joey no time to ask Yugi exactly what he thought of the two.
"All the Finalists are here and the draws for the quarter finals will begin shortly." Kaiba growled as Roland came in, his eyes sweeping the finalists.
Joey recognised the machine that rose from the platform; it was similar to the one that had been on the last blimp. "Each of you was assigned a number when you arrived." Joey's hand went into his pocket and came back out with his scrunched up number seven. "I will now draw to see who will play whom in the quarter finals."
The machine started, reminding Kari of the lottery back home.
The first ball came out.
"Number five."
"Me." Bakura spoke, no longer Ryou but another voice altogether.
The next ball, "Number one."
Kaiba smirked at Bakura who returned the look.
"Seto Kaiba will play Ryou Bakura in the first match."
Yugi and Joey looked at each other as the next ball dropped.
"Number four."
"That's me." One of the unknowns spoke up.
"And number eight."
"Me." Yugi said, not liking the look the unknown was giving him.
"Johnson Ford will play Yugi Muto."
Well at least I know his name now. Yugi thought.
"Number two."
"That's me." Mai spoke up, looking a little nervous.
"Number six?"
"Me." Kari spoke up, looking towards the Harpie Duellist who gave her a reassuring grin.
That should be an interesting match. Yugi thought, aware of the continuing stare from Johnson.
"And finally numbers 3 and 7. Xuan Li will play Joseph Wheeler in the last match of the quarter finals.
Yugi's eyes widened as the two glared at each other and Yugi sensed something flare within Xuan. Of the two unknowns he was certain Joey had gotten the more dangerous of the two.
Joey seemed to be aware of it too. He'd realised it in the shift in Yugi's posture and the slight change of expression on his face when he'd sensed something.
"You will have until nine am, when we will arrive at the sight of the finals. Until then prepare for some of your toughest Duels ever." Kaiba stalked out with a passing glare at Bakura.
Mai and Kari nodded at each other and headed off, Johnson and Xuan gave the group one last look and stalked off, closely followed by Bakura and finally Joey, Tea and Tristan walked Yugi and the Puzzle pieces to his room.
"Joey, I…"
"Xuan right? You felt something from him." Joey acknowledged before Yugi could finish. Yugi nodded, frustrated.
"I wish Yami was here." Yugi sighed, holding the Puzzle he'd completed so far close, "He'd know what to do."
"We'll take it as it comes Yuge." Joey shrugged, "Besides, he might be back with us by tomorrow. You're about halfway done aren't you?"
"Something like that." Yugi acknowledged, giving the Puzzle a cursory look.
"I brought your plate along." Tristan said, dumping the plate of untouched buffet food on the small table in Yugi's room, "We'll leave you to finish up."
"You can't all crash in Joey's room again!" Yugi protested.
"Why not?" Tristan laughed, "Who knows, Kaiba might even have had the sense to have extra rooms this time. We'll see you in the morning."
Yugi nodded and let the Puzzle pieces fall from his cupped hands onto another bit of the table as his friends stepped outside the door.
Click.
Another piece.
Click.
Another piece.
Click…
Now he was on his own, thinking things though without interruption the pieces of the Millennium Puzzle were coming together much easier. He always had worked on Puzzles easier and faster alone.
Click.
Click.
Yugi had given up trying to rush it, the Puzzle had been falling apart in his hands when he'd done that, and it seemed to be going faster now he was more relaxed or as relaxed as he got in situations like this one.
As much as he wanted Yami back, it did Yugi time to think.
Click.
About things like the weird magic he'd been sensing from Robyn.
Click.
Like the strange feeling from Kari.
Click.
Like the magic he'd sensed from Xuan and Johnson, so alike that from the blonde English girl but much darker…
Click.
The last piece…
Like why the strange magic was so much unlike his own, and yet familiar…
Click.
It took less then half a heartbeat for Yami to pull Yugi into the corridor between Soul Rooms.
"Yugi! Thank Ra you're alright!"
"I'm fine." Yugi said hastily, "Are you alright?" The Pharaoh was concerned about him, yes, but he wasn't looking too great himself.
"I'm fine, fine!" Yami threw up his arms, that action alone showing just how worried he'd been, Yami didn't normally lose his cool like this, "I'm more worried about you! What happened?"
Yugi found himself examined via Shadow Magic as he explained, resulting in a worried Yami and a vaguely annoyed Yugi.
"You should have seen a Doctor." Yami said finally.
"I'm fine and you want to win."
"You're hurt and you're more important then some Tournament."
"If I go and see the onboard Doctor will you promise not to nag me?"
"I wasn't going to…" Yami stopped at a look from Yugi, "Maybe I was."
"Well?"
"I won't nag."
Yugi returned to his body and, wincing slightly, got to his feet, putting the chain of the Puzzle over his head and smiling slightly as he felt the familiar weight of the completed Puzzle and the comforting presence of his dark half.
Opening his door, Yugi had to step aside quickly as Joey staggered backwards, falling and landing on his butt. "Ouch."
"Oops, sorry Joey." Yugi laughed, helping him to his feet, then pausing, "What were you doing out there?"
"Uh, I… hey you completed it!" Joey changed the subject.
"Yeah." Yugi grinned, "I had to promise Yami I'd see the onboard Doctor before he'd promise not to nag me." Thanks for looking out for me.
"Glad someone could knock some sense into you." Don't mention it.
The two walked in comfortable silence for a moment, then Yugi asked aloud, "Where's Tea and Tristan?"
"Crashing in my room." Joey growled, "I lost rock, paper, scissors for the bed."
Yugi laughed,
"Is Yami ok?"
Yugi listened to something for moment, then frowned, "Yami says… wait a second…"
Red eyes replaced violet. "I wanted to thank you for protecting Yugi earlier."
"You two are my friends." Joey shrugged, "Did Yugi tell you about Johnson and Xuan?"
Yami nodded, "I'd've liked to get a measure of them myself but I guess I'll have to wait until tomorrow."
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Yami replied, earning himself an eye roll from Joey, "A little tired, but fine."
'A little tired' didn't seem to sum up how exhausted Yami looked to Joey's eyes, but since he couldn't be sure how much of it was because he was in a beaten up body, he didn't say anything.
"So what do you think?" Joey grinned, trying to lighten the mood, You and me in the finals?"
Yugi regained control with a pained murmur and a slightly pained grin as he put his foot down too hard, "I dunno, I think Kari is itching for a match with you."
"I'm gunna play Mai in the semis." Joey had already decided.
Yugi just laughed as the door to the Infirmary slid open.
"Can I help you?" The Doctor asked.
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Yami was glad when the Doctor was done poking and prodding his Hikari and they could settle in Yugi's room to sleep.
Joey was crashing on the sofa, having told Yugi that if Yugi didn't take the bed, Joey was going to steal his God Cards. Of all the different emotions Yami could sense from Yugi right now, gratitude and a sense of safety came the highest, gratitude to Joey for staying and a sense of safety from having Joey close and Yami back.
Yami was feeling two things at this moment of time, as Yugi tried to drift off, one was guilt. If he'd been able to stop them from taking the Puzzle, Yugi wouldn't have been hurt.
Wile the other was complete and utter exhaustion. The only reason Yami didn't gone to sleep already was that even with Joey sat on one of the beds, Yami hadn't felt safe until they'd gotten back to Yugi's room and locked the door.
It wasn't that he didn't trust Joey, in fact he trusted Joey with both his and Yugi's life which was a hard thing to gain, it was just he didn't feel safe when he didn't know what the new bad guys were like and with Bakura on the prowl.
He still couldn't believe that Bakura had gotten the Puzzle pieces back for Yugi when Hirutani's goons had tried to sneak out.
"You have to sleep at some point Yami." Yugi scolded.
'I know, I know.'
"I'm hurt, you're exhausted… why are you exhausted?"
'I used up a lot of energy trying to get through to you when Hirutani took the Puzzle.' Yami replied, leaving off, I used up a lot more, fighting the Darkness away when he broke it.
"Sorry."
'It wasn't your fault.'
"I…"
'Sleep Yugi, we've got a long day tomorrow.'
"G'night Yami."
'Sleep well Yugi.' Yami smiled as Yugi drifted off and soon followed, quite unwillingly, into sleep.