Disclaimers: I do NOT own Yu-gi-oh or any of these characters, this is just fanmade.
Chapter ten: Combining powers
Yami:
We took our bags and walked out of the bus, Tea had the same frown on her forehead as I had. She was probably wondering what Mr. Ishtar was going to do or say and so was I.
"Hey, Yami, could I get a lift?" I heard Joey shout.
"Sorry Joe, Mr. Ishtar asked me to stay here."
"That's a bummer, does he know that the vacation is starting right now? I'll ask Tristan for a ride then. Bye!" He waved the back of his hand and swung his bag over his shoulder with his other.
Tea and I walked towards the school building, in the direction of our history class and we both hurried to get inside. It had been starting to snow a little and the temperature was getting lower each minute.
"Yami, what did you dream about?" Tea suddenly asked. She held her bag close to her chest to keep herself warmer and she was looking to the ground while we were walking inside the room.
"I dreamt about you, sort of," I said.
"You dreamt about Teana, didn't you?" I froze and looked down at her when she stopped too and turned around. "I'll take that as a yes." She smiled a little and wanted to continue our walk.
"How do you know, Tea?" I asked.
We were almost at the end of the hallway when the door suddenly swung open, Ishizu was standing in the doorway, holding her coat close to her body.
"Are you here for Mr. Ishtar too?" Tea asked, avoiding my question.
She nodded and quickened her pace to catch up with us.
"He called me after the little incident in the bus," she said, trying not to look into my eyes. "He seemed a bit excited when he told me the story."
"Because he read Yami's mind and saw his dream?" Tea kept asking questions, still avoiding to answer mine.
"Yes, he read Yami's mind but he didn't only see his dream, he saw much more than that." She smiled a little and I raised an eyebrow.
Suddenly the door on our right swung open and Mr. Ishtar walked out of it.
"Come in, come in." He waved with his hand and put his head out of the door looking from left to right before closing it. It seemed as if we were in a movie and he was looking if there weren't any spies.
Tea and I took a seat a desk in the front row and Ishizu pulled out a chair to sit next to us.
"Tell me Yami, have you dreamed of this before?" Mr. Ishtar asked.
I nodded. "A few times."
"What did you see the first time?" He sounded very interested but I wasn't sure if I should tell Tea or not.
"Do you mean, when I saw her for the first time?" I asked referring to Teana.
"Yes," our teacher replied. I shifted a bit uncomfortable in my chair, Tea was going to think I was nuts.
"The first time I saw her, I wasn't dreaming." I said calmly, making Mr. Ishtar's eyes widen. "When I came back home it was my little brother's birthday and Tea was invited too. The first time I saw her I just met Tea. I blinked and suddenly Tea was wearing these old clothes, a long white dress and a brown belt-like cloth around her waist. They were a bit filthy and her skin seemed tanned and her hair a bit longer."
"And after that?" Mr. Ishtar asked. He really wanted to figure this out and Tea hadn't spoken, she was probably thinking I was going crazy.
"The next time was a few hours later. I went to bed and as soon as I fell asleep I found myself in this strange old building. The floor was wet and it was dark and then I heard her scream. I ran as fast as I could to get to her and I wore these strange clothes and jewelry, I had a crown on my head that matched the eye on my Millennium Puzzle."
"Hmm," Mr. Ishtar said, thinking. "What happened then?"
"I found her, in the corner of a room and someone was hovering over her and she screamed my name. Well, not my name, but the person I was his name. She named me Atem and then suddenly the dark figure leaned closer to her face and she fell down with a blank expression."
"That's the same as you were dreaming today, wasn't it? So maybe it's nothing after all, maybe you're just having nightmares." I could see a disappointed look in his eyes but Ishizu shook her head.
"Tell him about your other dreams, Yami," she spoke.
"How do you know I had other dreams too?" I took a look at her Millennium Item and shook my head. "Never mind."
A big sigh escaped my lips before I continued. "I remember Mana sitting on the statue of an important God and I told her not to, my father would get mad at her if he saw it. Then my master, Mahad walked towards us and told us we should go, the ceremony would begin soon. I told Mahad that there was nothing wrong with him, because he was in love with Mana. We walked towards the room where the ceremony was held and we greeted my father, Pharoah Aknamkanon."
A big gasp escaped Mr. Ishtar's mouth. "I told you brother, he knows more than you think," Ishizu said.
"What do you mean?" I asked, suddenly confused.
"We'll explain later, continue your story Yami."
"Okay. Uhm where was I…" I looked through my memories and I could see Teana dancing. "When the ceremony began I could see a new girl, she moved like a swan, she really danced beautiful. I asked Mana what her name was and she told me her name was Teana. When the dance ended, so did my dream. I woke up, seeing that it was already late and my little brother told me he wanted to wake me up but somehow he couldn't. I don't know why…"
Ishizu gave her brother a quick look and I continued. "That night I dreamed about her again. I was sitting in the garden, all alone since everyone was out and I heard her voice behind me. She asked me if I needed some shade and I told her I didn't and I wanted her to come and sit with me. At first she told me she couldn't but soon she did and we talked about her parents and her little brother, she told me he looked like me and I could see the blame and regret in her eyes, she told me she couldn't save her brother and I felt sad inside. When I tried to comfort her she was startled and ran away. Then the dream changed, I was lying in my bed and I heard my father, he was looking for me. The door opened a few inches and Teana walked in with some new sheets. She wanted to go outside again once she spotted me but I told her not to. After I got dressed I asked if she wanted to take a walk with me and she asked if she could refuse. I told her she could and she asked me why I didn't demand her. I simply didn't want to, I didn't want to demand her. It would admit the fact that she was a servant, and I didn't want her to be one."
Tea had a blank expression on her face as if she was somewhere else with her thoughts. I wanted to lie my hand upon hers but took my hand away again, she didn't react at all. She seemed lost.
"The dream changed again and I was walking towards a pool. She followed me…" I got interrupted by Tea, still the same blank expression on her face.
"and was wearing your clothes. You got into the pool and asked her to come in with you. She refused and told you she could get punished. You said she couldn't, because you were the pharaoh's son and no one would see you there. She told you she couldn't and you took her chin in your hand and asked her if she wanted to. But you didn't ask her if she wanted to go into the pool, since it was hot. Deep down you asked her another question, if she wanted to be with you. She told you she did and you kissed her. She knew it was wrong, that you didn't belong together. You were the prince, she was just a mere servant. She ran away, leaving you all by yourself."
She was staring in front of her, looking at nothing in particular as if she was looking to her words like a movie.
"Tea, how do you know all of that?" I asked.
"Because I dreamt it too," she whispered now turning her head and smiling a little at me. "So what did you dream in the bus then?"
"About Teana. She was teaching some kids how to dance and there was an old woman, she was the one who taught everyone. A little girl tripped and I saw her helping the girl back onto her feet. The old woman got angry and told her that this was not the behavior of a servant, that the Pharaoh would punish her. I stepped into the room and told her she wouldn't and told everyone to go to bed. She stayed in the room and I caressed her cheek but she took my hand and put it next to my body and told me we couldn't be together. The pain in her eyes… It was the same as when you bowed for me Tea…"
"Bowed for him?" Ishizu asked.
Tea shrugged her shoulders. "I bowed for him once, when we were fooling around, because he's the Duel King. But I don't remember being in pain."
"It wasn't like that," I said looking down to my Millennium Puzzle, holding it in my hands and turning it around.
"The view just changed, like the first time I saw you, although I didn't knew what your pain meant at that time."
"And now you do?" she asked while taking one of my hand in hers.
"It was because you loved me and I loved you but we couldn't be together…"
"Yami, do you know what these dreams mean?" Ishizu asked.
I shook my head.
"Those dreams aren't just dreams, they're visions of your past."
"How can I have visions of my past?" I asked.
"Your Millennium Puzzle, it locks Atem's soul, his memories. It locks your soul, your memories of a past life. When you're ready you will be able to take a look into your soul and you will understand these dreams."
"That doesn't explain why I'm having these dreams," Tea said. "I don't have a Millennium Item like Yami does."
A little smile appeared onto Ishizu's lips. She closed her eyes for a few seconds and opened them again, Marik giving her a quick glance. She had clearly seen something but she kept smiling at Tea.
"Everything happens for a reason, Tea." She turned and looked at her brother. "Marik, would you be so kind?" He nodded and got up, taking his Millennium Rod.
Everything went black after that.
Tea:
I stretched my limbs and blinked a few times. Joey sat in front of us, Mai leaning her head onto his shoulder and I noticed I was doing the same with Yami. His head lay onto the window of the bus, he must've fallen asleep while looking outside.
"What a strange dream," I murmured. I remembered Yami screaming in his sleep and a very strange story with Mr. and Miss. Ishtar.
I put my head into the hallway and looked at the front of the bus, Mr. Ishtar talking casually with the bus driver. "Strange, strange, strange," I yawned.
I looked back to my right and noticed it was snowing outside, we were probably going to have a white Christmas this year. I stared outside for a few seconds before looking down at Yami's peaceful face. I had never seen him sleep before, and it was strange to see him like this, he looked kinda cute.
I lay my head back upon his shoulder and took his arm with my both hands, cuddling myself tighter to him. I knew that he didn't like the 'showing affection in public' thing but I needed it right now and besides we were in a bus, no one was paying attention to us.
He turned his head after a few minutes and started to wake up. He look down at me with his crimson eyes and smiled a little, going through my hair with his hand. A sigh filled with happiness escaped my lips and he caressed my cheek with his thumb, never looking away from my gaze. I liked times like these, when we didn't speak but just looked at each other, it was as if I could see into his soul… I looked down at his pendant and took the golden pyramid in my hands, studying it with fingertips.
"What's wrong?" he asked, still looking down at me.
"Nothing," I murmured. "I just thought of something." I kept looking at the golden item and remembered my dream. His Millennium Puzzle was his soul and his memories and there was a key to unlock it. I smiled a little, shaking my head in the process. I was talking nonsense, as if a soul could be kept into an item like that.
After a few minutes the bus driver stopped and we took our bags. I wrapped my jacket close around me, ready to face the cold winter air and Yami followed close behind me when we got out of the bus.
"Hey, Yami, could I get a lift?" I heard Joey shout.
We both turned around to see a confused look on his face. "Wow, déjà-vu," he said.
"Sure Joe, my car's not too far from here," the boy next to me answered.
I followed both of them, still lost in my thoughts and I couldn't help but to turn around and give Mr. Ishtar a quick look. He was looking at me too and he had a surprised look onto his face, as if he was thinking about something.
"Everything alright, Tea?" he shouted.
"Yes, Mr. Ishtar. Have a nice holiday!" I ran to catch up with the boys who were almost at Yami's car.
Yami:
She sat down next to me on the couch, going over different channels on the TV, not really watching to anything.
"Tea, what's wrong?" I asked.
She shook her head. "I just had a strange dream, that's all."
"Would you like to tell me about it?" I asked.
"You'll think I'm crazy," she answered, rolling her eyes.
"I already thought you were," I said in a teasing tone.
"Did you?" She gave me a quick glare but I knew she wasn't really mad. This was just a game and she knew it.
"I thought you were crazy over me," I whispered into her ear.
She started to laugh and took a pillow, smacking it to my head. "You wish."
I took another pillow and started to hit her with it, gently of course. Eventually we both ended up on the floor, laughing like two little kids.
"Are you still sure I'm not making you crazy?" I said while hovering over her body with mine.
She looked up into my eyes and took my face in her hands. "Yep." One of her hands quickly grabbed my pillow and hit me with it. She crawled back onto her feet now she got the chance but I grabbed her ankle which caused her to fall onto the ground again.
"Let go of me!" she shouted playfully.
"Beg." I said and we both started to laugh again.
In the meantime, somewhere in Domino City:
"I don't get it Ishizu, are you sure?" the man asked.
"Of course I am Marik," his sister replied through the phone.
"What if your vision is wrong, what if she does remember? She gave me a weird look, when she got out of the bus, as if she knew something happened," the man said nervously.
"Marik, my visions can only be changed by another Millennium Item, you know that. Even if she does know, which I doubt, we didn't do anything to harm her or Yami," she said calmly.
"We used our powers on them," the man whispered again.
"Marik, we only went back into the past so they would forget the talk. We both know that they can't completely forget, it'll be in the back of their minds. We gave them the guidance, now they need to solve their problem, they have to learn. They'll know what to do, they'll search for the key to his soul unconsciously."
"What if Atem isn't able to tap into his powers?" the man asked, his voice filled with concern.
"Brother, the pharaoh will be able to tap into them, I'm sure he will. He has already solved the puzzle, he will have the strength to continue," the woman assured him.
"I hope you're right Ishizu, I really do…"
(A/N: Maybe I should make a few things clear. So, combining their Millennium Items Ishizu and Marik turned back time – hey, this is a fanfiction so I can give them whatever powers I want! xD- Now, how did they do this? I thought, since Ishizu can see into the future/past and Marik is able to control people's will and read their mind, combined they would be able to control time, but of course only for a little amount of time, about maximum turning back a day or something like that. No one does remember what happened, but Tea did dream about it, so maybe that has a meaning… Now, when Tea woke up, Yami was still asleep so it's safe to assume that he was dreaming the part where he sees Teana dancing and taking care of the little girl and of course when she screams his name and he tries to help her. However, this time he didn't freak out, okay? Hope you're fine with this ;D)