(Imate's pov)

Apparently I slept in a little too late, because when I woke up, everyone was staring at me. I looked at the clock: '4:56 pm'. So that's why they were freaked out, I usually wake up at 6:00 in the am. Groggily, I sat up and rubbed my eyes, stretching. "Ayo. What's up?" I asked, yawning. I smirked when the others stifled yawns, glaring at me.

"You slept in for quite some time. Explanation?" Bakura asked, scowling and folding his arms over his chest.

"Isn't it obvious, fluffy? She needs her beauty sleep. I need mine too, but someone WOKE ME THE FRIG UP! Geez, being woken up by a panicked villain with bad hair does not keep my skin clear." Marik grumbled, poking Bakura with his finger.

"You were worried?" I asked, smirking as his face flushed red. Either he was really angry or...no. I refuse to believe that he felt something towards me.

"Florence was running around like a chicken without a head. Worried is an understatement." Shi replied, laughing as Melvin began messing up Marik's hair.

"Alright, enough teasing. Let's go eat that wonderful substance they call food. I have big news to tell everyone." I said, getting out of bed.

"Let me guess, you are pregnant and Bakura's the father." Melvin sneered, causing Bakura to tackle him and just...well, be Bakura. Just your typical Sunday,er,afternoon.

(mini time skip~ also Bakura's pov. btw, Hikiari There will be more scenes where it's in Yami's pov, i swear. especially with what happens next chapter.)

Turns out her 'big news' was she had pin pointed her friend. Sort of. She found the area. On a side note, we also had breakfast for dinner. It was just so... those bloody idiots wouldn't stop teasing me. I wasn't as worried as they made me out to be. Right now she is talking to us individually, giving us our mission layout. It's Marik's turn and they seem to be having a blast, giggling and whispering to each other. It made my blood boil. I don't know why, either. It just pissed me off. (a/n: males why you no acknowledge feelings for female character?) Anyways, apparently she and I were to break into the house and lay out a few bugs and traps. An easy task for me alone,but she might slow me up. After she talked to Shi, who wouldn't stop death hugging her, the other went on their merry way to do whatever it is she told them to do. We had to wait.

(Imate's pov)

Bakura sat on one side of the room, and I on the other. Talk about awkward. I had this hatred for silence, probably because it said more than people think. I craved sound. So,naturally, I went t the piano. It was slightly out of tune, but at this point I couldn't care less. A beautiful melody enveloped the room and I became lost within it's comforting notes.

"The walls you've built

they bend not break

I'm not the same

and the time I have

is yours to take"

My voice rang out amongst the flowing notes and when I finished I merely closed my eyes, and thought of that touching melody."Play something else. Something with a little more bounce in it. and sing too." I obeyed merely because my fingers and heart yearned for the piano again.

"It was the wicked and wild wind

Blew down the doors to let me in

shattered windows and the sound of drums

people couldn't believe what I'd become

revolutionaries wait

for my head on a silver plate

I'm just a puppet on a lonely string

oh who would ever want to be king?"

This time when I finished, I looked over and saw him touching the skin below his eye, trying not to cry. Hey that rhymed."Bakura... I know."

"Know what?" he snapped, trying to keep his dignity.

I stood up and walked over to a picture of the Nile. "About your past, about Zorc, about aren't evil Bakura, just misunderstood."

Suddenly, I am whipped around and he has me by the throat. "Are you sure about that? And what do you care, anyway? You don't know what it's like to be kicked around, to be an outcast, to not know the love of a mother or father!"

"But I do!" anger flared and white hot tears flew down my face. "My father died when I was little, and my mother has been abusing me for as long as I can remember. I had no friends and was constantly bullied. I am no stranger to death and pain, Bakura. And neither are you." He looked shocked, but let my neck fell from his sepia eyes and he placed his head on my shoulder. I stroked his hair and for a moment, we were lost in our memories of pain.

"If you mention this... I will kill you." he growled.

"I know," I whispered, my tears falling down into his hair. "I know..."

these past chapters have been somewhat filler. I mean, there is some key information, but it's mostly for a time pass. were you guys expecting Imate to actually have a past? There is a reason her name means pain. what do you think? comment below.

songs used

Selfless- It's alive

Viva La Vida- Coldplay

DREAM BIG!