This is my first Yugi-oh fanfic! Please no flames. I know Tea is supposed to have an accent mark, but I'm on a Macbook and I don't know how to insert special characters. Still learning things! )
If you hate this pairing, don't read my story.
Vexshipping/ Hostshipping is love!!
Also, note that this story will not be epic, probably 10 chapters, 15 at most. Therefore, not all little details will be explained. Just take the mystery as a part of Bakura's character.
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It was over.
Yugi lost the Shadow duel. His soul, along with those of all his friends watching were doomed to the Shadow Realm. The dark and evil Marik laughed sinisterly as the darkness enveloped the defeated duelist. Bakura had been watching the duel, siding with no one. He clinched his fists, angry yet satisfied.
'Could this really be happening?'
Tea Gardner was in shock, astounded at the loss of her beloved childhood friend. Without his Yami, he was not the invincible duelist he once was. He had defeated foes such as Kaiba and Pegasus, but this was a different breed of villian. She knew Yugi might not win this battle, but remained at his side regardless. A fear gripped her, one so powerful she could not think to run, nor utter a single word of hope. All she could see was Yugi, vanishing before her eyes. She tried to look for Joey and Tristian, but they too were gone.
'Why was she the only one left?'
She could vaguely make out the horrid images of Marik and Bakura as the victor basked in his black glory. The joy in Marik's face was evident due to his wicked grin and laugh, but Bakura did not seem quite as excited.
He was angry he had not been the one to defeat little Yugi, nor did he like the terms of the outcome of this battle. Now, he would be forced to be Marik's partner and help him do all of his bidding. Might as well be his slave. This wasn't what he had wanted. His mind raced.
'What could he do?'
While dark shadows crept towards her, Tea cringed and imagined herself far away, safe from harm. She tried to block out the evil and return home, her dance studio, Domino High…anywhere but here.
'Is this the end?'
Tea braced herself, preparing to join her friends with honor and pride. She would not beg for mercy…not that she'd been offered the chance. She closed her eyes even tighter and winced.
Then, as she reluctantly expected to feel her soul being torn apart, she felt an odd warmth. She was afraid to open her eyes, thinking maybe the sudden rush of heat was part of the process. Still, no pain or suffering came. She could still feel the whirling shadows and the unmistakable pressure of the realm. The chaos created a sound all its own, a roaring of silence and distortion.
'What was going on?'
She opened her eyes slowly to see a golden light in front of her, masking a figure facing the shadow which had attempted to capture her and take her as their own. The person's outline was jagged and unfamiliar. The light seemed to protrude from something on it's chest.
'Who could this be? Who was left to save her?'
The darkness suddenly got closer to her and she feared it had been only a momentary pause of the inevitable. Maybe she had dreamed of Yami saving her with the Millennium Puzzle…
Then, she felt a pair of strong arms lift her dead weight off of the cold, hard ground. The mysterious figure sprinted off, attempting to outrun the shadows. Her eyes remained tightly shut as she clung to him, her fingers gripping his shirt.
'Foolish hero…whoever this is…why is he running? The shadow will consume us eventually," she thought.
Again came the warmth, stronger and much more intense this time. The heat radiated over her and her rescuer as they were painstakingly removed from the Shadow Realm together. The echoes from the foreign dimension came to a halt. She felt lightheaded and dizzy as she attempted to open her eyes and discover where she was.
Her vision was cloudy and her balance was unstable. Just as she was about to collapse, the arms wrapped around her yet again, lowering her down slowly to lie on her back. Her eyes fluttered open just before she dipped out of consciousness. All she could see was a flash of blue and white material and a shining, golden ring on the chest of her hero.
'…Ba..Bakura?' she thought, just before her eyes rolled back and her head tilted to the side as she drifted off into a deep sleep.
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gasp why did he save her? what is his evil plan?