Please note that I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or any characters or places in it. I only own one girl, whom I call Sarah. This is dedicated to my little sister Sarah, who is totally in love with Yu-Gi-Oh! Also, in my dream world, the spirits are separated from their host's bodies. It makes it more fun and easier to write!! Please enjoy my writings.

A man walked the long stone corridor in complete silence. His face was set and his eyes were cold and hard. It showed no sign of the true emotion he was feeling. All he could think was that he needed to get to the end of the hall. He increased his speed. There was something he wanted desperately, and it was just behind the door at the end of the hall. He could feel it. He broke into a run. His hand reached for the door and pushed it open—

"Ahhhh!!!" Yami yelled and sat upright in the bed. He was shaking and he had the sheets in a death grip. He gasped for breath as a cold sweat ran down his face. He shuddered and put his head in his hand, trying to remember what had terrified him so. Something about...a hallway, he thought.
"Uhhnnn..." Movement behind him made him look around. Yugi sat up in his bed on the other side of the room, rubbing his eyes sleepily. "Anything the matter? I heard you scream," he yawned.
"Just the dream again. Didn't mean to wake you," Yami apologized.
"The dream? About running down that hall?" Yugi asked. Yami nodded. "How long have you been having them now?"
"I don't know...about two weeks I guess. It's nothing to worry about, really. They're just dreams," Yami reassured him. He wasn't so sure though. "What time is it?"
Yugi looked at the clock. "Ten. We shouldn't have stayed up late last night...we're gonna miss our appointment with Joey and Tea."
"But I had to see the end of that movie! What if Julia hadn't agreed to go on a date with Mason? I would never live with myself if I missed that!" Yami complained.
Yugi just nodded, both fascinated and scared at his friend's sudden obsession with chick flicks. He hoped it was just a phase... "Well, let's dressed and go meet our friends."
Within an hour, they were walking down the street toward a restaurant called The Jam (made famous by its loud, teenager-attracting music and strawberry jelly). They walked inside and saw Tea and Joey sitting at a table near the back with a girl they had never seen before. "Who is that?" Yugi asked.
"No idea," Yami replied. He thought he had seen her before somewhere, but he couldn't quite remember.
"Hey guys!" Tea said, waving them down. "What took you so long?"
"Stayed up late. Couldn't wake up this morning," Yugi said, sitting down and laying his head down on the table sleepily.
Joey looked totally drained. He had black rings under his eyes and his mouth was hanging open. "What's wrong with you?" Yami asked.
"Huh? Oh, I didn't sleep well either," he said. He took a big sip of his drink, then poured a little on his face, waking him up a bit.
Yami looked from Tea to the new girl then arched his eyebrow at Tea.
"Oh, right!" she said. "This is Sarah. She just moved here. She was at school on Friday, remember?"
Ah, Yami thought. That's why she looks familiar. I remember seeing her eating all alone at lunch...poor girl.
"I'm glad Tea came up and talked to me this morning. I was being kinda rejected at school for some reason," Sarah said. She had long blonde hair to the middle of her back with long, wavy bangs that parted right above her left eye and green-blue eyes...kinda teal-ish.
"This is Yami, and that's Yugi," Tea said, first pointing at Yami and then patting Yugi on the shoulder to wake him up. He jumped and accidentally whacked his head on a waitress that was passing by. She dropped her tray full of chocolate milkshakes onto a boy that was walking near her.
"Oh gosh, I'm sorry!" Yugi said over and over, grabbing a pile of napkins and cleaning up the floor around the boy's feet. He looked up and saw who it was. "Ryou! I'm really sorry!!!"
The white-haired boy was hopping up and down screaming "COLD COLD COLD!!!!!" as the milkshake dripped down his shirt. He took a few napkins that Yugi handed him and tried his best to wipe away the brown stains.
Tea and Yami laughed, while Joey was on the verge of sleep again. His head was bobbing up and down every few seconds. Sarah covered her mouth with her hand and giggled.
Once they had most of the stuff cleaned up, they brought up and extra chair and Ryou sat down with them. "That was the coldest milkshake I have ever had the displeasure of coming in contact with," he said flatly. "So, what are you guys doing here?"
"We were going to plan Tristan's surprise party, but a certain idiot can't keep himself awake," Tea said, and kicked Joey under the table. He jumped and shouted, "I'm here, stop playing those tapes!!!" He blinked and noticed where he was and slowly sat back down.
Ryou's eyes shifted to the girl sitting next to him. "Aren't you that girl that came into our class yesterday?" he asked her.
"Yes. I remember you now. You sit right behind me, right?" Ryou nodded happily. "My name is Sarah. Yours is...?"
"Ryou. I'm a good friend of Yugi and the gang," he said, his voice a bit higher than usual.
"The 'gang'? When did we become the 'gang'?!" Tea asked, being fake- mad.
"So, when did you move here? And where did you move from?" Ryou asked Sarah, propping his elbow on the table and putting his head in his hand.
"About two weeks ago. My family moved here from America. It was murder learning all the things about Japan..."
Tea's eye twitched in real anger this time. She did not like being ignored. And especially by Ryou! He was always polite and friendly to her, and yet here these two sat, blabbering on as if she didn't even exist.
Yugi noticed Tea fuming and staring at Ryou. "What's up?" he asked.
"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all," she said through clenched teeth.
"Well, I think Sarah's found a new 'friend', huh Joey?" Yami said, elbowing Joey in the ribs. Joey snickered. "Never seen Ryou like this either. Normally, he just sits back and listens."
"Yeah. Didn't know he could talk this much all at one time," Joey said tauntingly.
Suddenly Tea got what they were talking about. Ryou's eye's were shining with joy, and even thought Sarah's back was to her, she was sure hers were as well. They really like each other, she thought. Well, I guess I'll excuse you from being rude this time, but only for the sake of the situation. She giggled and sighed. If only Yami would look at me that way...
Tea turned red and shook her head violently. Yugi cocked his head to one side. What the heck is she doing? "You feeling alright, Tea?" he asked.
"Uh, yeah," she said, stopping at once. "Now, let's get to planning that surprise birthday party! Ryou, Sarah, you want to help?"
They looked over at the sound of their names. "What?"
"Never mind," Tea giggled.

A/N: DEATH TO YAOI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!