The teacher walked in just then. "Alright class, sorry I'm late." She looked over and smiled. "Everyone, please meet the new student, Bakura."
—
Yami walked through the house, looking at the three rooms no one was permitted to enter except for the owners of said rooms. Yami frowned, looking at the right-most room, Yuna's. He stared at it. I know it is invading her privacy… but she is hiding something from me… and everyone else. I know it. And it's all hidden in here. He moved to open the door when the doorbell rang, making him jump and turn to the front door.
"We-re home everyone!"
Yami sighed. He missed his chance. He walked back downstairs to see Yuna and Bakura closing the door and greeting everyone. His eyes widened a bit when he felt the strange presence again. He looked over to Yuna, then to her backpack. His eyes narrowed. I will find out what it is you are hiding… and then you will have to answer a lot of questions…
—
For the next few weeks, everyone has gotten accustomed to living with each other. Yuna has spent most of her time with Yugi, and some time with Bakura, making those two the ones she's gotten the most close to. She really liked Yami in the show, and wanted to spend time with him, but whenever she tried to talk to him, he gave her the cold shoulder. Yugi said he'll warm up to her, but she wasn't so sure. She also got close to Ryo, but not as close as the other two. Yugi and her have become best friends, and Joey teases them about their feelings for each other. Yugi had given her a necklace for her with a charm that resembled the Dark Magician.
Jamie has also gotten close to her group of GX members. She and Jaden are like twins, liking the same things and doing the same things. She's also great friends with Syrus, and is like a big sister to him. Zane is a bit hard, but with time, he grew a bit soft on her, and they became a bit more than acquaintances. The spirits of Yubel an Winged Kuriboh were also on her list of friends. A couple days after talking to Yubel, Jamie had to confess to the spirit about what they were hiding from them, since Yubel insisted that something was troubling the teen. Yubel gave some thought and said that they had a good reason to keep it from them, but they should still tell them soon, to which Jamie agreed. Yubel and Kuriboh haven't told Jaden or the others about what Jamie said, and agreed to let her tell him herself.
As for Yuu, she had an instant connection with her three characters since she first said she loved motorcycles. She would talk on and on about them with Crow, Jack, and Yusei. She and Crow had become best buds, and Jack had become the same after a week. Yusei was a bit creeped out and shocked that she looked like him, but after that had gone, they clicked. They would exchange stories and ideas about motorcycles, and Yusei showed her how his motorcycle could include Duel Monsters. She still hasn't shown them her signer tattoos or the garage.
Yami, throughout this time, has tried to get Yuna alone, but that was never possible since either a sister, Yugi, or Bakura was with her. The strange presence he felt when she dueled had gotten stronger since she dueled almost all of the original cast. However, today was different. He felt a second strong presence, but this one was more sinister than before. There were two presences around Yuna, whereas her sisters didn't have any. He was confused, but he needed to understand. This second presence was felt during her first duel with Bakura, and disappeared… like it only happens when she duels. He had to figure out one thing at a time, though, if he wanted to keep his sanity.
—
"Pharaoh?" Yai turned to Yugi, who was seated next to him. He was called that name only when the girls are gone. Yugi looked sad.
"What is it, Yugi?"
"Why don't you like Yuna?" Yami frowned, sighing and looking down. He knew this question would be asked sooner or later. He just hoped it would be asked… never. He turned to look at his companion.
"I don't trust Yuna." He stated. Yugi looked at him shocked.
"What?! How could you not trust her? She's nice and helped us!"
"But she's hiding something. I can tell. When she dueled all of us, she had this air of determination, one that's different than that of a beginner. It's like she already knew how to play." Yugi frowned and looked down in thought.
"Well, yeah she was determined… But I won't believe that she lied to us without any proof!" He argued. Yami sighed, knowing he would say that, and stood. "Huh?"
"I'm going to find proof, then." He said, walking quickly upstairs. Yugi's eyes widened and he followed.
"Pharaoh, no! We're not supposed to go up there!" Yugi's yelling got the attention of the other characters.
"She's lying to us, Yugi. And I plan on finding out what it is!" Yami exclaimed angrily. The other characters decided to follow Yami, starting to wonder the same thing. Yami's eyes widened as Yugi tugged on his arm to try and stop him. Yami growled and continued nonetheless until he stopped at Yuna's door. Yami's eyes narrowed and he opened the door. He froze. "…I knew it…"
Yugi looked inside and his eyes widened as well. There, on the wall, were three chibi paintings of Slifer, Obelisk, and Ra huddled together. "What? How can she know about the God Cards? We never showed them to her!"
Joey and Ryo walked in with Yami and Yugi, shock evident on their faces. "What da hell?" Joey whispered. Ryo liked at the wall, then at a closet. Quietly, he walked over to it and opened it. Immediately, things began to fall out, almost crushing Ryo if he couldn't get back in time.
"Everyone, look!" Ryo exclaimed. Everyone did, and were shocked as Ryo picked up an item. "IS this the Millennium Key? I thought Shadi had this…"
"'Ey, look, Yugi! Isn't dat the bag Yuu had given Yuna when we got here?" Joey asked, pointing out a white bag.
Yugi reluctantly grabbed it and poured the contents onto her bed. "…It's a… duel disk… and a smashed one. It's a fake, though."
Yami felt a pang of energy coming from the closet, and his yes widened. This is the presence I felt… not the sinister one, though… He steeled his nerves and walked over to the closet and saw a box, a gold one with the eye of Horus on it. He grabbed it and opened it, his eyes widening in shock. "Yugi…"
Yugi looked over in confusion. "What is it Pharaoh?"
"This… She has the Millennium Puzzle…" Everyone froze.
"Wait, you mean that thing around you and Yugi's necks?" Yusei asked in confusion. Yami nodded.
"She has the Millennium Items, but their all fake." Yami said. "She knows about us already. She was hiding this from us. Which means…" This presence… it's coming from this. It couldn't be…
"She lied to us…" Everyone looked over at Yugi, whose voice sounded broken. He had gotten very attached to Yuna, and even told her about him and the Pharaoh. That was a deep secret… and she didn't tell him this… why?
"Yugi, look!" Joey exclaimed. Everyone turned when Joey held up a DVD with the words "Yu-Gi-Oh!" on it. "This was the show they kept talkin' about, remember?"
Before Yugi could, Yami grabbed the case and looked at it. His eyes widened.
—
As the people of the first series looked around, the other two series looked at each other. "You don't think…" Crow started, but couldn't finish as Yusei ran to what he knew to be Yuu's room and burst the door open. He looked around and didn't see anything unordinary until he looked at her bed and found a…
"Is that… a plush of Stardust Dragon?" Jack asked in shock. Yusei walked over and picked it up, looking it over.
"The details are right…" He said, setting it down. He looked over at the closet, then opened it. Luckily, nothing overflowed, but it was still a shock when he saw a painting of himself on his motorbike in a frame. "What the…?"
Jack looked as well, then looked at the top shelf of the closet and his eyes widened. "Hey, Yusei. Check this out." He said, taking the replica of Yusei's helmet off the shelf and showing it to him. He stared at it in shock.
"Yusei…" Crow started, but they already knew what he was going to say.
"I think I know why we couldn't go into the garage…" Yusei whispered.
—
Jaden watched as the others looked at the rooms, then he looked at Syrus with a frown. "I have a strong feeling of what we're going to find in Jamie's room." Jaden said. Syrus and Zane nodded and followed the boy into Jamies too. They opened the door more gently than the others did, but their eyes still widened at the paintings. "Burstinatrix? Avian?" He looked at the other wall. "And Neos?"
"I'm confused… How could they know all this?"
"I mean… I showed her my deck… but…"
"Jaden." Jaden and Syrus turned to Zane, who had opened the closet and was now holding a plush of Winged Kuriboh. Jaden walked over and took it, examining it as Zane shuffled through the piles of stuff until he came across a poster. "Jaden, you might want to see this…" Jaden and Syrus looked over as he unrolled the poster, showing Jaden standing with his duel disk activated on his left arm and he was holding a card with the same hand. He was glaring at the screen with his left eye glowing teal and his right glowing yellow.
Jaden stared in shock. "No way…"
"Hw could there be a poster of you?" Syrus asked.
"And that's not all." He pulled out a duel disk replica of Jaden's. And then showed another poster of Jaden with a caption that said "I'm Jaden Yuki, and I'm absolutely flawless". Zane chuckled at that.
"It seems that you have an admirer, Jaden."
"Yeah…" Jaden frowned. Why didn't she tell him? Why keep it a secret?
—
A couple hours later, everyone was inside the living room, shocked at the revelation. They were so deep in thought, they didn't hear the door open and close until they heard Yuna exclaim.
"Everyone, we're home from school!" Everyone turned to her, still a bit out of it. Everyone, except for Yami, who looked pissed. Yuna frowned in confusion. "Um… guys…?"
"Why?"
Yuna turned to Yami in confusion. "Why what?"
"Why did you lie to us?" He said darkly, his eyes narrowing angrily. Everyone nodded, their faces turning from blank to anger, making Yuna take an involuntary step back.
"I-I'm confused…" she said, a bit of the self-confidence she's built up waning away. Yami stood up abruptly and walk over to her, holding out her replica Millennium Puzzle, making her eyes widen. "W-where did you…?"
"In your room. I knew you were lying to us, Yuna. I knew from the very start." Yuna could only stare at the Puzzle in shock, hearing Yami's angry words. "Why did you not tell us?!"
"Yeah!" Joey shot out of his seat. "Why keep something this important from us?!" Ryo nodded angrily. Yuna looked down.
"I… We didn't want you guys… to… f-freak out…" she whispered.
"Tch… Whole lot of good that did you, right?" Yami snarled, making Yuna flinch. Bakura had enough and stepped between them.
"Look, there was a good reason for this!" Bakura tried, but Yami just glared.
"So you knew?"
"Yeah, I did. But it was on accident."
Yami glared at Yuna again. Yuna looked at the floor, taking deep, shaky breaths to try and calm herself down so she won't cry. She didn't mean for them to get angry, none of them did. She didn't even notice Yugi was walking toward her until she saw his shoes in her vision. She held her breath and looked at Yugi, who looked sad. She looked back down. Her eyes widened as she felt Yugi hug her. She froze slightly, and was about to hug him back when she heard a soft sound, then Yugi pulled back, holding the necklace she had in his hand, shocking her. Everyone had watched as Yugi took a couple steps back, then over to the trash where he threw out the necklace. Yuna heard the clank it made when it hit the bin, but was too shocked to watch. Tears started to form in her eyes as everything slowly caught up to her. Bakura watched with a frown, knowing that what he did just destroyed her. No one, however, noticed the faint glow the puzzle had.
"Yuna." Yusei stated calmly but angrily. "What about the other two? Yuu and Jamie?"
"Were they involved?" Jaden finished with a glare.
Yuna didn't say anything for a moment, then she closed her eyes, gripping her shirt. "…No… I…" She took a deep breath. "I decided… t-to hide this… from you g-guys… Th-they had n-nothing… to do w-with it…" She said, her eyes shadowed as she looked to the ground. Yusei and Jaden nodded, looking calmer.
Bakura scowled at everyone, then turned to Yuna, bending down and hugging her. Yami watched with a scowl. Yuna started to wrap her arms around him, but pushed him away at the last second. "I'll…" she started, looking around shyly at everyone as they walked away. "…be upstairs…" Her voice cracked. She grabbed her things and walked up the stairs with Bakura.
"And take this too!" She heard from behind her. She stopped when she felt Bakura's arms around her, then a smash, and a bunch of clinks. Her eyes widened and she looked over Bakura at the now-in-pieces Puzzle.
"Oh…" She whispered. Bakura looked at her, then at the Pharaoh.
"You idiot! You know how HARD she worked for that?!" Bakura yelled in anger, but was stopped by Yuna.
"No… it's okay…" He looked over in shock, surprised at the dead voice coming from the once-happy girl. She walked down the stairs and grabbed the pieces, putting them in her bag. "It's been broken a million times…" she explained. "…what's one more…?" She grabbed her backpack and walked back upstairs, opening and closing her door. Everyone was silent, then Bakura turned to everyone with a glare that could kill puppies.
"You know, Pharaoh, I was told you were the hero in the little anime with the runt. But right now, I'm having a hard time believing that." With that, he turned and walked into Yuna's room, locking it. Everyone was silent. But they could hear the sobs coming from the girl's room.
—
After that incident, Yuna had stayed in her room most of the time, and rarely came out, and only ever did when everyone else was gone. Yuu and Jamie were confused by this, because they haven't seen her like this before, but they didn't think anything of it. They had realized that they found out and, since they weren't at home when they found out, had thought they took it well. Yuu and Yusei had become closer, and she allowed him access to the garage, where she was building a replica of Yusei's Duel Runner, and he helped her. Jamie and Jaden had gotten close too, and they were all preoccupied to remember their destroyed sister. Bakura stayed with Yuna in the room, and helped take care of her broken self. Kaiba, who was shocked by the revelation as well, had come up to her room one day.
Kaiba knocked on the door, and Bakura's muffled voice answered. "Go away."
"It's Kaiba."
"The answer's the same, Money Bags."
"Just let me in. I wish to talk to Yuna."
"Why would I let you in?"
"Because I'm the only other person who didn't yell at her when her secret was revealed."
There was silence on the other end, then a click, and the door opened. "Don't do anything stupid, pretty boy." Bakura snarled as he let Kaiba in.
Kaiba looked around. The room was clean thanks to Bakura. He took one step in and stopped, looking down at the tarp. He looked up and saw that Yuna was painting over the three Gods, completely oblivious to Kaiba's appearance. Kaiba frowned at this. When he had seen the pictures, he thought they were pretty good for a girl her age, and they were in good detail. He looked around and saw the still broken puzzle in an open box. Kaiba raised an eyebrow, then looked back at Yuna. "Yuna." He said. Yuna froze in terror, but calmed when he continued. "I'm not going to yell or scream at you." Yuna looked over at Kaiba with a frown, and slowly got off her ladder and put her brush down, walking over to him.
"Why a-are you h-here… Kaiba…?" Her voice was a whisper, making him mentally groan. The girl was back to square one with those idiots…
He looked down at her, his gaze making her flinch. "I came to tell you that I do not blame you. I am not angry at you for keeping this secret." This shocked both Bakura and Yuna.
"Y-y-you… don't…?"
"No. I can see why you did it. I had found out the day you challenged Bakura. The air around you had been different than that of a beginner." Yuna blushed slightly in embarrassment. "I know we haven't talked a lot, and that I will be very busy, but I will be in the dining room if you need me. I think those dorks took it too far this time. And it seems your sisters are too love-struck to understand." He sighed, then turned to leave. "That's all I wanted to sa—" His eyes widened when he was hugged from behind by Yuna. He looked back at her.
"T-th-thank y-you…" She whispered. After a few moments she let go, wiping some tears from her eyes. Kaiba nodded and walked out, closing the door from behind. Yuna sniffled and collapsed onto her knees, her hand on the door as tears pooled out. "T-thank you… K-Kaiba…"
—
Yuna woke the next day, opening her eyes slowly, her body facing the now bare wall. She sighed as she slowly got up and looked around. She saw Bakura sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag, like he always did now. He had come to like the girl and was like a protector to her. Yuna didn't mind, though. He was the only one to take notice of her torn self aside from Kaiba. Speaking of Kaiba, he also had become like a protector to her, though not as obvious. He had even started to make a real duel disk for her.
"Hey Kaiba, whatcha making?" Joey had asked one day, as he and the others turned to the working CEO.
"None of your business, mutt," he said monotonously, though Jamie and Yuu recognized easily what he had made.
"Woah! Is that a Duel Disk!?" Jamie exclaimed happily, going to the front of the group with Yuu, who also looked ecstatic.
"If you knew, then you shouldn't ask," he hissed.
"Hey Kaiba, can ya make me one?!" Jamie asked with a happy smile.
"Make me one, too!" Yuu exclaimed. Kaiba didn't even look at them as he answered.
"No."
"What?!"
"Why not?!"
"This is made for someone who deserves it," he deadpanned.
Jamie and Yuu looked hurt. "And we don't?!"
Kaiba glared at them, setting down his tools. "No. You don't. You do not deserve anything I make."
"And why is that?" Jaden growled.
Kaiba stared at them. "If I have to tell you, then you're even worse than I thought."
—
The next morning, Yuna woke up at an inhumane hour, and started cooking breakfast. Bakura, who had heard her, walked over to her as she was 'in the zone'. He sighed and put a hand on her shoulder. "Why are you doing this?" he asked.
She looked up at him, then down at the eggs with a frown as she continued to scramble them. "I'm still a host…" she said. "And you guys are my guests… I'm not going to let you and Kaiba eat any disgusting food my sisters try to make."
"Tch… Well if you tell me, those assholes deserved it." Bakura grumbled, crossing his arms.
"But you and Kaiba don't… neither do my sisters…"
"They abandoned you! How long has it been since they found out?"
"…Two months…"
"And now many times have your sisters asked you what was wrong or even spared a glance at you!?"
"…"
"Exactly! They don't deserve it!"
Yuna frowned, putting the stove on warm so the breakfast would stay that was, and she put a cover over it. "Still… I don't want them to be angry at me for anything else…"
"Bakura stared at her. That's why… She doesn't want to be blamed for anything, so she's doing everything she can to keep them happy… Bakura's eyes narrowed. "Then why did you tell them your sisters were innocent?" He asked.
"Well… you saw how they treated me… I don't want my sisters to get the same treatment."
"But you'll end up getting them even angrier when they realized you lied again."
"Doesn't matter… As long as their safe… nothing else matters…" Yuna's eyes grew a bit more lifeless, shocking Bakura. "Hey Bakura?"
"Hm?"
"Can we watch the Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged Movie again?"
"Bonds Beyond Time?"
"Yeah…"
"Sure. It was pretty funny." The smiled faintly at each other, then they went back to her room to get ready for school. Bakura looked over at the still-broken pieces of her Puzzle. "Tell me, Yuna."
"Hm?"
"Wy haven't you tried to complete the Puzzle yet?" Yuna's eyes darkened, and Bakura started to regret asking her.
"Because… Why pick up the pieces when it'll just shatter again? There's no reason for me to do so because there's no point. The people who owned it hate me now, and it'll just keep breaking."
Bakura frowned. Like your heart? He thought, looking at the Puzzle. The presence is weaker… but I have a feeling it is not even close to happy.
The last thing Yuna grabbed was her favorite Yu-Gi-Oh card, The Winged Dragon of Ra. For some reason, she felt connected to it. She put it in a laminated holder on a necklace and wrapped it around her neck. "Well, I'm ready. You?" She looked over to Bakura, who nodded. They both left before the others could wake. this was their new routine. Yuna would wake up very early and make everyone breakfast, and then they'd leave to go to school by taking the long way. They always arrived once the school opened.
—
"Hey Yuna!" Yuna's eyes brightened when she saw Jamie running toward her.
"J-Jamie?" Yuna croaked in shock Jamie ran up to her and smiled.
"Guess what guess what guess what?!" She exclaimed. Yuna frowned.
"What…?"
"Jaden's coming to school with us!" Yuna stiffened, her eyes wide in fear. She had started liking school because it was her escape from the characters… now Jaden's coming?
"Oh… great…" Yuna whispered with a bit of venom, looking away. Jamie frowned.
"What's wrong with you? Did you guys get into a fight or something?"
More like they attacked me… "No…" She said.
"Then what's your problem? You've been really antisocial. You're going to hurt Yugi!" Jamie scolded, making Yuna flinch.
Bakura walked through the halls, looking for Yuna, and froze when he saw Yuna with Jamie. He just saw Yuna flinch, and knew he should step in. As he got closer, he could hear the conversation. "I'm sorry, I just…" Yuna…
"You just what? These guys are our guests and they found out! Stop being antisocial and actually interact with them! Honestly, you're so…" She trailed off and looked up at Bakura, who was behind Yuna. He had the most pissed-off glare she had ever seen.
"Go. Away." He demanded. Jamie frowned.
"Bakura?" She looked at Yuna, who was on the verge of crying. "Yuna? What's going on here?"
"Go. Away." He repeated, angrier than before, making Jamie flinch.
"Hey, what's the big idea, Bakura? She's my sister and I can talk to her if I want to!"
"Oh really? When was the last time you spoke with her?"
"A couple days ago, why?" Jamie asked in confusion. Bakura's face darkened and Yuna started crying. Jamie reached out, but was slapped back by Bakura. "Wha—"
"You're even more stupid than I thought!" Bakura yelled, making everyone in the halls stop and look. "You don't even know how long it's been!" Jamie and the others (besides Yuna) stared in fear of the man as his Millennium Item started glowing. "Let me give you a hint, Jamie," he started, his voice filled with venom. Jamie's eyes slowly widened in pure horror as another being appeared next to Bakura. This figure was transparent, and looked like an older Yuna, with her eyes deep crimson and hard as stone. She spoke at the same time as Bakura, giving off an eerie sense. "The only ones to talk to Yuna within the last few days were ME and KAIBA!" He screamed in anger, making Jamie shut up and freeze. Bakura took Yuna's hand and led her away, Yuna following while trying and failing to wipe her eyes and get rid of the tears.
"…Yuna?"
—
Jamie waited at the front of the school for Bakura and Yuna. She was confused about this morning. Why was Yuna crying? What did Bakura mean by "I didn't know how long it's been"? And why were only two people talking to her? And… what was that thing that appeared? She sighed, rubbing her temples from the headache. Finally, she took out her phone and dialed Yuu's number. "Pick up pick up pick up…" She whispered.
"Hello?"
"Yuu, it's Jamie. I have a question."
"What is it?"
"When was the last time we talked to Yuna?" She asked. The line was quiet for a few moments before she spoke again.
"A couple days. Why? Is something wrong?" She could hear the worry in her sister's voice.
Jamie frowned and watched as Bakura and Yuna walked away, not even sparing her a glance. "I'm starting to think there is…"
—
Bakura followed Yuna through the back ways to their house, taking as much time as possible so as to delay the inevitable. Yuna sighed and looked down at the laminated card. She looked at Bakura as he rested a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry." He said. Yuna frowned and looked down again.
Suddenly, they heard a loud crash and bang, followed by a few curses from a voice Yuna knew very well. Her eyes widened. "Oh you've got to be kidding me…" She ran quickly, Bakura following behind her. They turned a corner and saw a familiar tan body with sandy hair, upside-down in a pile of trash, and groaning. This sight alone, as well as Bakura's shocked-as-hell face, made Yuna laugh in a way that she hadn't done since she was ignored.
Marik looked at them annoyed. "What are you laughing at?"
"I-it's just… ahahaha!"
"You do have to admit, it is kind of funny." Bakura grinned. Marik looked at him and his eyes widened.
"FLUFFY!"
"AHAHAHA!" Yuna was on her back, laughing. Bakura groaned.
"Don't call me that…"
"Why not?" Bakura sighed and shoot his head.
When Yuna had stopped laughing, she helped Marik up to his feet. "S-sorry… I just… haven't laughed like that in a l-long time…"
Marik frowned in confusion. "Why?"
"Yuna frowned and looked sadly at Bakura, who sighed. "This will take a lot of explaining…"
Before he could continue, Yuna squealed. The two men looked at her as she stared at the Millennium Rod in Marik's hand. "Is… she alright?"
"I can't believe it! The Millennium Rod! I love it!" She exclaimed. Mari raised an eyebrow. "Can I hold it?" Marik blinked, then shook his head.
"Oh, come on, Marik." Bakura said. "It won't kill you."
Marik huffed and handed it to her. She held it with a twinkle in her eyes. "So cool…" After a while, she broke from her trance, and handed it back. "I-I'm sorry, I'm Yuna. It's nice to meet you, Marik."
"Nice to mee— wait, how do you know my name?"
Bakura raised a hand. "Also in the explanation."
Before Marik could respond, he was being dragged by Yuna. "Wha—hey!"
"Yeah?"
"What are you doing?! Unhand me!"
"Nope. You have to come home with us."
"Why?"
"Because if you don't, you'll be attacked by rabid fangirls who want to rape you. Also, we have other people from your world in my house." She said that last part with distaste. Marik looked at Bakura, who nodded.
"Fine, I'll go with you."
"Good."
As they walked, Marik cast a glance at Yuna, who was in front of Bakura and him. He cast a glance at Bakura. "There's a spirit near her…"
"I know…" Bakura whispered back, "It might be like the Pharaoh and Yugi, but we cannot be certain."
"We need to keep an eye on her." Bakura nodded in agreement.
—
Yuna, Marik, and Bakura walked through the front door of the house, Yuna telling Marik to not say a word. The one thing she hated about school days: going home. Because that's the only time the characters could see her. Bakura walked in behind her and Marik and shut the door. Yuna looked over everyone. Yusei and his friends were in the garage, trying to help the progress on the motorbike, and the other two groups were in the living room watching TV. Bakura watched as Yuna's eyes flickered crimson, and he frowned. He nudged Yuna toward the stairs, and Yuna complied. Right as she put her foot on the first step, she heard the door slam open, and someone's panting.
"Yuna!"
Yuna stiffened as she heard Jamie calling her name. Zane muted the TV and everyone looked over, shocked at her appearance since they hadn't seen her in so long, but their shock turned into hate when they saw her and Marik. Yuna turned from them and started walking up the stairs. Jamie walked over.
"Yuna, wait! We need to talk! Plea—ACK!" She choked a bit when Bakura grabbed the back of her collar and yanked her back onto the ground. Jaden stood up quickly.
"What the hell man?!" Jaden exclaimed as he and Syrus ran to help a stunned Jamie up. Bakura said nothing, only glared.
"Bakura, what the heck?" Joey exclaimed angrily. "Ya coulda choked her!"
"And I wanted to." Everyone froze in shock or anger. "I wanted to kill her. In fact, I want to kill every one of you. Besides Kaiba."
"Kaiba?" Yugi blinked.
"Well that was kind of insensitive." Marik stated. Bakura glared, and he raised his hands in mock surrender.
Yuna watched from the halfway point on the steps, her card around her neck glowing faintly yellow. Marik looked over and frowned in confusion. A second presence?
Bakura looked down angrily at a petrified Jamie. "You, and all your little asshole friends here, are going to leave. Yuna. Alone. Got it?" He snarled. Jamie frowned.
"Yuna, what is going on!?" Yuna didn't answer, her hair covering her eyes. "Yuna, answer me!"
"Why?"
Everyone looked at Yuna, whose voice sounded broken. "…Yuna…?"
"Why should I answer you… when you never answered me?" Jamie frowned.
"Fine… but please… just answer me this…" She looked at Jaden, then Yugi, then the rest, Bakura, then finally back at Yuna. "…How long has it been… since we last talked?"
The silence was deafening.
"You should not have to have me answer that."
"Just answer it, Yuna!" Yami ordered angrily, shocking Jamie.
"Yeah! Don't lie to her!" Joey shouted.
Everyone started yelling at her to answer, and other things. Finally, she snapped. "SHUT UP!" she screamed, shocking everyone into silence. "You want to know how long it's been?!" she gripped the bar next to the stairs. "You want to know?! Well I'll tell you!" Jaden, Yami, Bakura, and Marik's eyes widened as the spirit of her own Millennium Puzzle appeared beside her, angrily glaring at all of them with her arms crossed, glowing a bright gold. "It's been TWO MONTHS!" They spoke in sync. Everyone flinched. "TWO MONTHS since I last talked to ANY of you! You were all supposed to be protagonists! You were supposed to HELP people! But no!" She turned and ran up the stairs, Bakura following. A few moments later, she came out with multiple things. "I hate Yu-Gi-Oh!" She exclaimed, throwing down a bag that spilt pieces of her broken duel disk. "I hate Yu-Gi-Oh GX and 5D's!" She threw the Millennium Items down, and some people had to duck to not get hit as they smashed from the impact. "And I HATE YOU!" they yelled. Her card glowed and a bright gold colored Winged Dragon of Ra appeared, screeching when she said last thing she took out was a gold box with the eye of Horus. Jamie's eyes widened as Yuna chucked it as hard as she could. Jaden moved Jamie to the side. The box hit the ground where she was just at, making a dent and a couple cracks on the floor. But that wasn't shocking. What was shocking was when the box shattered, showing the pieces of the Puzzle.
"Yuna…" Jamie whispered, staring at the eye piece of the Puzzle.
"Oh don't worry." Everyone turned to look at her. 'It's been in that damn state for the whole two months since it was broken! I never even tried! Why try to repair something that's already broken, huh?!" She yelled, making the others flinch. At that moment, the door opened and Yuu came running.
"Yuna!" Yuu exclaimed, then looked around in shock at the broken Items and everyone's faces. She looked at Yuna, whose face was red with anger. "Yuna, what the hell are you doing?!"
"Why should you care?!" she retorted. "You're both my sisters yet you haven't talked to me in two months! You're so busy hanging out with your perfect love-life while I'm becoming a damn outcast!" Her card glowed brighter, and everyone's eyes widened as Ra's form became more visible, it's nonexistent body phasing through the places its body touched. Yuna reached into her box and took out her deck, or more importantly, her first deck. Yugi's deck. The deck she made herself was strapped on her belt. Yuu and Jamie's eyes widened as she walked to the window.
"Yuna no!"
"What are you doing?! You spent years making that deck!"
Yuna growled and threw the cards out the window, making them scatter, then turned away, storming off into her room and slamming the door, making everyone wince. Bakura, who was next to her with his arms crossed through the entire thing, look at everyone calmly.
"You all really f***ed up." With that, he walked into the room as well, closing the door. Marik followed, but was stopped by Yami.
"Why are you here, Marik?" He growled. Marik rolled his eyes.
"These two found me and offered a place to stay, so I'm staying here." Marik explained. He walked up the stairs, then turned to them. "And I may have just gotten here, but I can already tell how screwed you all are." He walked into the room and closed the door.