I can't get that image out of my head. Shadi rocking back and fort, surrounded by darkness, clearly in pain as he shouted her name over and over again. What did this mean? Is my memory linked to the millennium pieces? We walked towards the cafe, and heavy silence enveloped us. At long last we reached our destination. It was exactly like my vision, the small cracks in the wall, the peeling paint, even some of the people eating outside were the same. But something was different, they looked so... tense. Two brutes stood by a side entrance and were turning away those who came near, and for those who were persistent, well, they were shown the bright silver of their pistols. " Aww... guess we can't go in! We'll come back here later okay?" Yugi said, a large grin plastered on his face.

Yami nods at him before turning to me. Before he could say anything, I walked over to the thugs and bat my eyelashes. " My goodness, you two look so strong! how often do you go to the gym?" I asked in a sickly sweet voice. They smirked and flexed their muscles, failing to make it subtle. " Oh wow, not only are you strong, but you got looks. Say, let's make a deal?" The guys nodded eagerly, and the urge to punch their disgusting faces rose. " Let me and my friends go through this door, and we'll have dinner later. what do you say?" I hoped with all my being that these two fools would fall for it. they whispered to each other and after a good two minutes of me twirling my hair and batting my eyes, they stepped aside. "Thanks boys~"

I opened the door and quickly walked in whilst scanning for anything unusual, Yami and Yugi right behind me. " That was amazing, Hikari! Yami, wasn't that cool? She got those two thugs to let us through, without force!" Yugi exclaimed in awe.

Yami scowled and glared at me. " Don't ever do that again. If we have to get in that badly, let me handle it. Don't put yourself in that situation, not a lady like you." he mumbled, not meeting my eyes. Was he... jealous? He was! but, why would he be jealous? I shook my head and continued to scan the room, eventually I saw a piece of rope under the table. I walked over and looked under the table to find a young man, about my age, tied up and gagged. His yellow eyes bored into mine with urgency, he was desperate, and scared. I drew my knife from my pocket and cut him loose, making sure not to hurt him. He looked weak, rather bony and had curly blonde hair. Those yellow eyes didn't quite match, though. It's almost as if...

" Thank you, um... my name is Finnian, but you can call me Finn or Finny." he whispered, breaking my train of thought.

"Name's Hikari, nice to meet you. This is Yami and the other one is Yugi. Finny, can you tell me why they had you hostage?" I asked.

" Oh dear, that's going to be hard to ... Hikari... Yami... Yudi, no, Yugi. Did I get that all right? Oh, I don't know. Those men kidnapped me and tied me up. They said I was just bait." He replied softly. Well, this makes things more complicated. If we leave with him, they will surely go after him. Someone might get hurt. Though, the thing that bothered me most was that I had no idea who he was being used for. Who is the ring leader? And who are they trying to draw out?

"Hikari, we have to leave, now. The thugs are getting suspicious." Yami said, glancing out the window. " The kid will be hard to hide, what's our plan?"

"Just leave and run. They have two guns each on them, that's about 48 bullets. There is probably some people disguised in the cafe and more along the streets. We need to get to the apartment as fast as we can. Yugi, can you lead Finny to the apartment unnoticed? Yami and I will hold them off for as long as possible." I mumbled. The others nodded and we got ready to bolt. " Three... two... one... now!" We busted out the door and shimmied in between the guards.

" HEY! THEY'RE GETTING AWAY!" one thug shouted, bringing out both guns.

"Sorry boys, I'll need a rain check for dinner." I snarled, picking up a metal platter and flinging at at them. It bounces of one but it doesn't effect them. However, they did seem to forget about Finny and Yugi, which was an okay in my book. Adrenaline pumped through my body and I could feel my mind and body give in to the rush of the fight. I flicked open my pocket knife and rushed forward, slashing at their earpieces. They reeled back and I took the opportunity to twist one of their arms and took the guns. "Yami, think fast" I yell, before I tossed him a gun. He caught it, though he did fumble slightly, and advanced to the right. We had them cornered now, easy prey. However, others began to gather, pistols ready to fire. Now we were the one's backed against a wall. "Oh, like this is fair. No use, we'll just have to run for it. Yami, you ready?" I asked, he grunted a yes. I took a deep breath and jumped up, and, with the helpful use of one thugs face, was able to flip outside the ring, Yami just behind me.

I ran forward, zig-zagging so I was less of a , for some reason, I stopped. I turn around, and out of no where, draw a powerful bow. I aimed at the group of idiots and released the string. The arrow whizzed past Yami and sank in one's knee. Perfect shot. Multiple arrows were shot and each one met the target, not killing them, but making sure they stayed in place. I let go of my bow and it dissapeared in a cloud of silvery dust. My quiver, however, did not go away. Where did they come from? Did it have to do with my Millennium piece? I heard a gun being cocked behind me and I froze. "Sorry, but I hate to reschedule."He snarled in my ear. I shut my eyes tight and waited for the pain.

BANG!

I opened my eyes and looked around, confused. Was I dead?No, no I wasn't. I whirled around to find a thug on the ground, a large pool of blood gushed from his head. Not too far away stood Yami, clutching the pistol and panting. "Hikari, can you explain to me where you got that bow? And I had no idea you knew how to fight." he said, dropping the gun as he walked closer.

" I don't know... it just... appeared." I replied, frowning. " And, believe me, neither did I. Now let's go back to the others" Yami nodded and we walked in the direction of their apartment. A new feeling took hold of me and I stopped. "Actually, you go ahead, I'll catch up. There is something I need to check." He nodded and continued to walk forward. I stood still until I saw him leave, and the world went black.

(Later that evening)

I found myself in front of their apartment when I woke, my head pounding. Though I was confused I waked inside and was instantly surrounded by multiple people. I got into a fighting stance and growled threateningly. "Oi, relax. We're friends." one said. He looked older than me, with poofy blonde hair and honey brown eyes, he must be a native though, because of his thick Brooklyn accent. There was another man next to him, taller than blondie. Tan, with dark sepia eyes and brown hair styled in a faux-hawk. They seemed so familiar... I relaxed and sat down on the back leather couch, rubbing my head. "Th' name's Joey Wheeler." he said, offering his hand, which I shook.

Faux-hawk just rolled his eyes and half smiled at me. " Triston Taylor, this idiot's babysitter?"

Joey was livid and punched Triston in the arm roughly, ranting about something I couldn't understand. Seems like his accent went thick when he got angry. "Honestly, are you two fighting again? I have seriously got to get some female friends... oh! who are you?" It was a girl, rather tall with short brown hair and blue eyes. she might have been pretty, but her face was overly caked with make-up. Not only that, but her clothes were revealing! Who wears a tube top that stops just above their belly button and a short skirt in weather like this? "Sorry, about these two, they're always like this. The name is Tea Gardener." I nodded and shook her hand too. I didn't like this girl, something seemed... off to me.

Yami walked in the room and almost immediately Tea latched onto his arm. Oh so that's it. He gently, yet not subtly, yanked his arm away and sat next to me. She glanced at us and glared at me, clearly upset with the fact he sat next to me and not her. Messing with her should prove to be fun. I let out a tired sigh and Yami turned towards me, concern in his eyes. I heard her growl softly and huff. Oh yes, this will be fun. "Finny and Yugi?" I asked, inclining my head.

"Finny went into shock and is currently sleeping in Yugi's room. Yugi is making tea in the kitchen." Just as Yami was replying, Yugi walked in with a tray full of steaming tea cups.

"Yami an' Yugi filled us in. And I've been thinking..." Joey said, taking a sip from the cup he was handed. " I think it was one of you who they were after, and the whole thing was a set up." we all looked at hi, shocked. For being an 'idiot', he did have a few break throughs.

Yami nodded and turned towards me. " They didn't go after Finny and Yugi and they pushed passed me." he said, eyes narrowing. " I think they were after you."

sorry this is late, guys. Writers block is a pain in the arse, let me tell you. Also, writing on my ipod takes forever! but, now that I have my own laptop, things will be different. Updates almost everyday kinda different. If I couldn't do that for my viewers... well, what kind of writer would I be? (free cookie to anyone who get's the reference.) Hikari, I know it's late, and I'm sorry! please don't kill me! Does anyone else find it weird that the English vice actor for Yami also played Mewtwo in Pokemon? Dan Green... real name, no gimmicks. references!

~ Dream Big