Chapter 10

"Yugi" Atem said. He couldn't sleep. The pain in his hand went away but something was still bothering him.

"mm huh? Wha? What is it?" Yugi said sleepily. He turned on the lamp beside him.

" Don't you think Lavi is pretty strange?"

"Yeah I guess but I know we can trust her."

"You're always saying that we can but what makes you so sure?"

"…" Atem sighed.

"Sometimes you are just too nice."

"Well, why don't you trust her?"

"She's just too strange… and we don't know much about her."

"Well why don't you just ask me?" They looked across the room and sure enough Lavi was there staring at them, with her faded eyes cutting through the dark.

She's so easy to see in the dark. They both thought.

"y-You're awake?" Yugi stuttered.

"Yes."

Silence

"What is it that you want to know?"

"Who are you exactly?" Atem said straight out.

"I am Lavidia."

"That's all?" Atem asked

"All I know."

"You mean you don't know?" Yugi asked and Lavi just nodded. "Do you know who were the ones chasing you?"

"No. They were just following me and they won't come too close if I'm around you."

"What did they look like?" Atem asked.

"I don't know they had masks and wore only black."

"oh…" they both sighed in unison.

"you should go to sleep its late."

"yeah I guess good night" Yugi said turning off the lights

(Atem's dream)

"Where am I?" I feel something blowing against my face.

"sand?" two people appear before me, sitting next to each other laughing.

"that's me! But when I was a kid…" I can see a symbol on the person's clothes next to me. A simple hibiscus flower.

"who is that…?"

The vision blurs and I see a different scene.

I'm surrounded by green and the air feels so pure. There are two people in similar clothing. One is in a green tunic and has a strange green cap on his blond hair. He is equipped with a sword in which radiates an unfamiliar power. Standing in front of him is a small kid. With a longer tunic and long boots that go over her knees. She doesn't have pointed ears like the man does but has the same blond hair.

The man kneels and pushes the kids hair back. He takes something from his bag and clips it onto her ear. It shines a deep blue color like the man's eyes.

The scene disappears and I'm surrounded by darkness.

I hear a small voice call out to me.

"…atem…"

"Atem"

"ATEM "

"WAKE UP!!!!!"

His dream ends and he fall out of bed.

"ow! What's going on?" he looks around and sees his friends standing beside the bed. He looks at his bed and sees that its empty.

"so you've finnaly awake."

"urg, now I am." Atem said grumpily getting up. Everyone was dressed in their school uniform. "Why are you guys here?"

"School's over and Yugi didn't come. And why are you sleeping in Yugi's bed instead of yours?"

"What?!" He yelled in shock. He didn't answer the question.

"Yeah, an we tried looking for 'em but can't find him anywhere." Joey said.

"Where's Lavi?"

"Who's Lavi?" Tristian asked.

"never mind." so she's not here either. Proably followed Yugi. For some reason he didn't really distrust her as much as before.

"We can find him. Meet me outside ok." His friends nodded and headed outside of the shop. Atem threw on some clothes and brought the brown bag he arrived with. He couldn't open it so it was useless but something told him that he shouldn't leave it here. If Lavi's with him then it'll be easier to find him. Her hair is hard to miss in a crowd.

He slung the brown bag over his shoulder and ran outside.

"Let's go." He said.

""Yeah but where? We looked everywhere, and couldn't find him anywhere." Tea said.

"well lets look again." They took off. First they checked the park, then the mall. They had to split up to search the streets. And hour passed and they met at the edge of the city.

"*pant* did you... Find him?" Atem asked. He was getting tired way too fast.

"No not a trace of the little guy." Tristian answered.

"We just have to keep looking." Tea said energetically.

"Where else can we look? We searched the entire city!" Joey kicked a pole. "OW!" He hopped on one foot holding his toes.

"Joey…" Atem said quietly. Joey ran off.

"Joey! Where are you going?" They raced after him. They were on the outskirts of town where they finally caught up to him. He was kicking a tree.

"What did that poor tree ever do to you?" Tristian joked. Joey only kicked it harder.

"Where could he be!!" He yelled frustrated. He kicked it one last time.

CRASH

Something fell off the tree and landed right in front of him. A guy in black wearing a mask.

"Ahhh!!" Joey backed off and tea started screaming. "What the?!?"

"a mask…only wore black…" Atem looked around. Something moved among the bushes.

"Lavi?" He peered behind the uses and he saw her. She had a bruise on her cheek but other than that she was fine.

"uhhhh…" She grunted. Her arm was stretched out. She was reaching for something. Atem walked over.

"Lavi what happened? Where's Yugi?" She didn't reply.

Atem's gaze followed the direction of her hands. A white card with a brown lace was a few feet from her hands.

He picked it up and put it back around her neck. When he touched her another shock went through him.

As soon as the card went around her neck she got up.

"Where's Yugi?" Atem asked again. She pointed to the man in black and stood up.

"They took him." They walked over to him. Atem picked him up by his collar and pushed him against he tree.

"Who are you and what have you done with Yugi?" The guys mask fell off and they saw a red smile on his face as he disappeared. The man crumbled away right in front of them. They were left with out a lead to where Yugi was.

"Yugi…" Atem fell to his knees. Why couldn't he feel him being taken?

"you did." They turned around and finally noticed Lavi standing among them. "It was just ahead of time. I believe that is one of those abilities they gave you." They all stared at her. Tristian opened his mouth to say something but an explosion sounded throughout the city.

"What the heck was that?" Smoke came from the center of Domino city. They all ran to where it was to find a very shocking scene. The Kaze Game shop was on fire. Fire fighters were trying to put it out and there was an ambulance nearby. They were loading two passengers who were Yugi's grandpa and his colleague.

"They won't be able to put it out…" They drew their attention to her. "That fire isn't normal it won't go out until it burns the whole place down."

"Who are you?" Tea, Joey and Tristain asked in unison.

"Someone who can help you find Yugi. My name is Lavidia."