Kagome was restless as she waited on her brother to finish registering for the tournament coming up. She could feel a dark energy around her but couldn't place where it was coming from. It was making her anxious and ready to flee.

The energy itself seemed to be trying to pull her in a direction and that was never a good thing. It meant that whoever was releasing the dark energy knew she was there and wanted her to come to them.

She was relieved when she heard Souta call out her name. She turned and found him easily enough as he ran to her with an excited look on his face. She could see the duel disk clearly. She decided to ignore the dark energy for the time being and focus on her brother.

"Souta!" Kagome exclaimed happily as her brother was within distance. She jogged slightly too where they met and she happily hugged him. She was just glad he was okay with all of that dark energy around.

It also didn't surprise her when Souta tightened the hug so he could lean down to whisper into her ear. "There's a weird energy around sister. I felt like I was being examined and then this dark energy stretched out and then I felt nothing else."

Kagome was shocked to say the least. 'That means the energy found him first and since my senses were trained on him to keep tabs on him. This person was then trying to draw me forward which means he's around here somewhere now. He can see me but I have no clue,' she thought as she stayed in the hug and used Souta's shoulder to lean on so she could scan the crowds.

She lifted her head up once she had cleared the immediate area. She could still feel the darkness but it had quit pulling at her. It was like it was waiting on her and knew she was looking for it. 'Come to think about it,' she thought as she straightened up fully, 'it had quit pulling her as soon as Souta appeared. I wonder' she glanced around as Souta started going through his paperwork to show her. Souta knew to pretend and act like everything was normal.

Kagome looked at the duel disk as Souta explained its use to her. She had played a few times with Souta but never using a duel disk. Being in the past so much had made her miss so much of her time and the new advances being made. Though she couldn't help the comment that came forward after Souta's explanation, "This all seems a bit much for just a card game doesn't it?"

She was quick to put up her hands at the look on his face plus looks from several people around them that had heard her. "Alright, alright. I didn't mean anything by it jeez." She could almost feel the darkness from earlier come back to. This made her look around as the person had to be in ear shot to hear her. 'Whoever it was likes the game too apparently,' she thought.

That sparked an idea in her mind. She wanted to know who was stalking her but didn't want a confrontation. She had to make it a public meeting. After one more sweep of the crowd she turned her attention back on Souta.

"Hey, Souta. Why don't you go ahead and take our stuff on to the hotel. I can get us something to eat and a few supplies and meet you there," she said while taking out the hotel keys and the car keys to give to him.

Souta glanced around nervously trying to look around inconspicuously while grabbing the keys from Kagome's hands. He knew exactly what she had planned. "No problem, Kagome. If you're not back soon though I'm charging it to room service," he then winked at her and took off with the car keys and hotel keys.

Kagome knew he understood her real reason for staying behind with that wink. His quip about her not being back soon also let her know that if she didn't come back soon he would either look for her or call Sesshoumaru. She waited until he was fully out of site before turning on the street to find a food vendor. Quickly spotting one she wanted she went up and ordered two burgers and two cokes. She hoped whoever was following her didn't mind a burger or coke.

She then took her purchases found an empty sidewalk table that was moved out of the way. It would give a bit of privacy. She then set her food out and then left the remaining setting up. She then sent out a small flair of her powers towards the darkness and waited.

It was quick to respond. It was strong enough that is wrapped around her and she couldn't move, couldn't see anything around. Just as quick as it had come it was gone. She was shocked to find someone sitting across from her sipping calmly on the coke.

A hand rose shakily to her chest in mild fear as she quickly glanced around at the crowd. It seems none of them had felt a thing or hadn't seen anything suspicious as everyone was going on as normal. Her eyes snapped back to the male in front of as he chuckled darkly before taking another sip of the coke.

This had not been what she expected. She couldn't stop herself from checking him out. His white pointed hair was all over the place it seemed like it was spiked up. His eyes are what stopped her gaze the longest though. They were purple. She also realized the darkness was trying to pull her into his eyes. She quickly closed her blue eyes when she realized this and jerked back in her seat.

Once she felt stable enough she opened her eyes back up to see him amused and smirking. She realized quickly that she hadn't said anything since he had sat down and this was the one with the darkness and she wanted to know what he wanted from her.

"Who are you and what do you want with me?" She was proud of herself for keeping her voice steady and even as she leaned forward until she propped her elbow on the table and laid her head on her hand. She had asked the question so casually that you would think she was asking about the weather.

Yami Bakura couldn't help but laugh darkly at the nerve of the woman in front of him. He could sense her fear and yet she sat there as if he was no threat at all to her. He quickly decided her bravery deserved a reward.

"I just so happened to pass someone who had a peculiar power wrapped around him in protection. I was merely curious. Imagine my surprise when the power brought me here. I couldn't resist when you sent your power out to mine," Yami Bakura stated while leaning forward and eating his burger. His eyes stayed locked on Kagome's body. He wanted to catch all of her reactions.

"So," she began, "did you find anything interesting or will you be on your way?" Kagome asked her. Her calm easy demeanor from earlier was gone. Her glare conveyed her displeasure with the situation and that Yami Bakura should move on very soon.

Yami Bakura let out a light laugh. He was still laughing when he answered her. "Ooohhh, I think I've found something very interesting. I think I should stick around and see what happen. After all," he pauses to reach down and grips Kagome's hand and brings it to his lip even though she's forced to lean across the table, "you don't have the power to deny anything I want." The laugh went from light to dark.

Kagome shivered because it was the truth. It wasn't just not being strong enough either, but this darkness appeared to draw her in like no other and she found she wanted to know who this Yami Bakura was and find out what he wanted from her exactly.