


Confrontation with Ryou Bakura, a friend of Yugi's who himself was possessed by a similar spirit revealed that there were in-fact several Millennium items and collection of them would unleash great power and completely restore memories of the past to Yami. Even with the mystery of his past and the fate of the Millennium items to worry about Yami Yugi tends to focus on victory one battle at a time and worrying about the future only in-between battles. Yugi Muto himself goes through great length to help Yami in his mission pursuing leads and allowing the spirit to possess him for lengthy periods of time even when not in battle. The only time Yami Yugi focuses on anything other than victory or his past is when Yugi Muto's soul or life is endangered specifically over his, at which points Yami will drop all previously rekindled compassion for the sole purpose of protecting or avenging his young friend. They become best friends but also developed a bond similar to that of brothers or a father and son. Evidence of this is when Yugi's soul was taken after Yami's loss to Rafael, Yami was devastated and started reverting to his old self before Yugi helped change him. He also became somewhat hasty, as he attacked Weevil, despite Téa telling him not to, due to Weevil's two facedown cards. Yami Yugi's most noted skill is his talent at playing duel monsters.

While normally a skilled player of the game would be of little import the rites the game mirrors often leads to real life or death consequences based on victory or lose of a match.
