A/N: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal.

Prompt: Black.

Characters: Black Mist, Kotori.

Warnings: Mentions of torture. If you don't like the idea of Kotori with Black Mist then this is not for you.

Summary: {100 Writing Prompts} AU where you dream about your soulmate. Kotori/Black Mist

When your soulmate is close or you're about to meet them the dreams start.

Kotori has always heard that the dreams are beautiful. People say they leave you feeling perfect and tilt your world on its axis. They're supposed to be this wonderful thing that everyone waits anxiously for, something that defines you.

Kotori doesn't understand why her dreams leave her breathless. Tentacles wrap around her throat and inky blackness swarms her vision as she screams in terror. Laughter echoes through her head and her skin breaks and tears open.

She wakes in tears and the deepest sort of fear in her gut that something horrible will happen.

And then Astral happens.

At first she and Tetsuo think Yuma's gone crazy, talking to himself and something about numbers? But then they start making friends, and numbers hunters are a thing and a crazy physic. And then they could finally see Astral and even though she's excited, she's scared too. She's scared for Yuma and for Astral too.

There's a thought too, in the back of her mind, when she sees Astral. There's some kind of familiarity but she can't place it no matter how hard she tries.

But she can can't she? Those eyes look eerily familiar to those in her dreams.

Her dreams- nightmares- continue but there are other things to do, much more to be concerned about then her sleepless nights.

So Kotori ignores it. She keeps her bruises hidden and pretends everything is alright.

She doesn't understand her dreams until the day Tetsuo and Yuma fight.

The key on Yuma's neck flies off and the nightmare truly begins.

If this sounds rushed that's because it is. My computer is dying and so I'm going to be posting a lot of works that I don't want gone forever. I plan on making a longer actually detailed story of this for reading!