Deorc Leoht

By Kaehimi

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!

"The Wakening"

Everyone woke up at the same time, except Bakura and his Yami. Both of them slept on as Yugi, Téa, Tristan, and Yami stared at each other.

"I had a dream..." Téa began, when Joey suddenly pushed Yugi.

"You didn't give me food!" He yelled.

"You tossed by over a cliff," Tristan shoved Joey.

"You slapped me!" Yugi accused Téa.

"You played the Shadow Games!" Yami glared at his hikari.

Soon, all erupted in totally chaos.

Meanwhile...

It was a dark land with no vegetation as far as the eye could see. A barren black landscape with nothing. Three men cloaked in black were there watching everything...

Meanwhile...

"Guys?" A gentle voice rang through the heated arguments. "I had a dream too, but it wasn't really a dream."

Everyone was all ears. Bakura took a deep breath and told everyone his encounter with himself. "I think it's trying to turn us against each other." The white-haired boy concluded.

That explained everything. "So," Yami sat down. "Téa, tell us your dream first."

Yami's Point of View...

Everyone in turn told us their dream of betrayal. It seemed that Bakura was the only one who had grasped the idea. I sighed, how could I allow myself to be manipulated so easily? I sighed as I began telling my dream. Our adversary was pretty powerful. If it had not been for Bakura, I fear we would all be at each other's throats now. But we still didn't know who, or what, we were fighting.

I hate not knowing something.

Yami Bakura's Point of View...

~Still on the ground, I lay panting and coughing up blood. My head was going to crack in half any moment know, I was sure. I couldn't breath, I need more air! I gasped and choked while that person just laughed. 'You are weak, get up!' I berated myself, but my body would not obey my commands. 'Come on, Yami Bakura. You have to get up, or are you going to let somebody walk all over you?!' My instincts were yelling at me. I tried to move, and my muscles screamed as I pushed myself to my knees, spitting out blood all the time.

The person laughed. "As determined as ever, slave?" He kicked me.

My arms gave way and I collapsed on the ground again. I felt like a crumpled piece of parchment.

The person looked down at me, but I couldn't see his face! Who was this person? I needed to know! I tried blinking, but his face didn't clear up. In frustration, I foolishly reached up and grabbed his neck. Big mistake.

Pain jolted through my body, and I screamed, and kept screaming as everything blacked out. What kind of dream was this?~

Bakura's Point of View...

The first thing I had to do was use some mouthwash. Anything to get the putrid taste of blood out of my mouth. It was disguisting, and I scared me. 'I did that to my Yami,' I thought as I looked at him. I was frightened, what if that little voice did that again? What if I hurt my friends?! Tears filled my eyes but I blinked them back. Crying would not help at all. I had some food, and felt a little better.

I walked back into the room where Yugi, Yami, Joey, Tristan, and Téa were talking. I forced a smile.

"Feeling better?" Yugi asked.

I started to nod, but then something in my mind awakened. 'Hello, little hikari.'

I screamed. "NO! Get out of my mind!"

'You don't like me? I helped you.' It seemed proud of itself.

"No! I hate you!" Everyone looked at me, not understanding.

'What did you say?!' It was not happy. I should have known not to upset it, that much I learned from my Yami.

I clutched my head as its anger flared in my head. It was taking over, I realized. "No, please!" I sobbed right before it took full control.

Kaehimi: Thank you all for reviewing, you are all too kind. Even those who threatened me. ^_^ On the other hand... _ I'm losing my writing muse! Nooooo! It's all because of my classes. I think I'll have to kill someone to make it angsty again...Bakura? Yes, his death would really make it depressing...stay tuned!