***Back at the Kaiba Mansion***

After Crystal got some clothes, she and Seto returned to Kaiba's house for a quiet evening.

"NO WAY!!!"

"BUT SETO!!"

(Or not...)

"THERE'S NO WAY YOUR GOING TO SCHOOL!" Kaiba yelled angrily. /She's too weak! What, what if something happened.No not until she is all better.../

"SETO! I NEED TO GO TO SCHOOL!! I REALLY DON'T WANNA BE SHUT UP IN A HOUSE ALL DAY!! AND I'M FEELING A LOT BETTER."

Seto shook his head as he put his hands on Crystals shoulders. "Don't you understand?" he said in a low tone. "I would never forgive myself if something happened to you."

Crystal smiled. "Seto, your forgetting we have all are classes together. So if you have to keep an eye on me."

Kaiba turned away from her "I.I suppose that it's alright...but if you get tired or don't feel well you'll tell me right?"

Crystal slid her arms around his waist. "Off course I will.now let's go find Mokuba cause we have A LOT of explaining."

The brunnet boy chuckled. "YOU have a lot of explaining not me".

Crystal shook her head. "You jerk! Making me do all the work!" she said playfully.

Kaiba grinned. "You better believe it!" he yelled before running up the stairs.

"SETO KAIBA YOU COME BACK HERE!" Crystal yelled before following the boy up the stairs.



****Later that night****



Crystal lay in bed thinking about what she had told Seto and Mokuba. Surprisingly they not only believed her, but kind of suspected something odd going on with Yugi. So they were okay with it. Kaiba said, 'As long as this isn't hurting you I'm fine'. Crystal assured him it wasn't but in reality, it was. She could feel Artemise's pain, her sorrow and all the doubt. The spirit was hurting and bad.

'I have to talk with her,' Crystal decided.

Crystal closed her eyes and concentrated. When she opened her eyes she was in a silver hallway and standing between two doors.



***Crystals Point Of View***



I glanced between the two doors. The one to my left was white and had Crystal written on it in black. I smiled. I guess even in my subconcuoius, I was obvious about little stuff. I then looked at the door on my right. The door was large and silver engraved deep into the door were hieroglyphics. I shrugged. 'Well it's now or never.' I turned to the larger door and knocked softly.

No responses.

I sighed in frustration, "Come on Artemis! I know you're in there!"

Still no answer.

I pounded on the door. "ARTEMIS! LET ME IN!!" I hollered.

There was silence.

I clenched my fist. "FINE! GO AHEAD AND HIDE IN THERE BUT YOU'RE COMING OUT!!!!!" I shouted with all my might before returning back to reality.



***Real World Still Crystals POV***



I smiled before I fell asleep. I had my plan and whether she wanted to or not Artemis WOULD come out. . . .



***Next Day***



Tori and Lenna walked down the hall. It was the last few minutes before first period.

Lenna looked at her friend nervously. "Say Tori are you alright?"

Tori's tired eyes met Lenna's. "Yes, Lenna I'll be okay I just had a bad dream."

Lenna scowled. "Bad dream. . or bad vision?"

The blonde friend knew too well how the ebony-haired could see things in visions.

"NO!" Tori yelled a little too quick. "I mean...it was JUST a dream that's all. You know running into Null must have messed with my mind that's all."

"If you say so."

Tori looked away. "Come on, we have to get to are classes. I have math first period. What about you?"

Lenna wrinkled her nose up. "I have science."

Tori laughed. "Well I'll see you later. And don't worry, I'll be fine!" she said before running down the hall.

Lenna watched the figure of her friend run down the hall. "I hope you're right. . .for all of our sakes," she whispered.



***In Math Class***



Tori gazed blankly at the board. The teacher's voice was droned out by screaming. Was it her screaming?

///Joey was standing there in front of her. He was blocking her from a monster...a monster that resembled a duel monster! It stood before them, roaring. It then reared up, showing its full height and power.



"Joey! Stop!" Tori exclaimed, trying to tug him back by his green jacket, but he stood firmly in front of her, his arms outstretched.

"I can't let you get hurt."

The monster lunged forward and the attack came faster than she could see. One minute, Joey was standing in front of her, the next moment, he was falling forward.

"JOEY!" Tori screamed. She caught him from behind and slowly sank to her knees.

"To...ri...save...yourself...now..." he whispered through blood covered lips.

"Don't let your emotions get the best of you," shrieked the monster. "Those that are loved, shall always perish."



/If I don't leave.../

"The boy will be disposed of. Save his life while you can."

She stared down at him and then back at the monster.

"Run. What...are you doing?"

She laid him down softly and stood up.

"Destroy me. I command you to!"

"No...To...ri..."

"As you wish."///

She screamed.

"Miss Shinaki! Miss Shinaki!" the teacher yelled.



"Tori!" Joey exclaimed.

The girl slowly slipped from her chair and fell unconscious to the floor, her long ebony tendrils curling on the floor. The class looked astonished at her body for a few moments. Then, the students started to panic. Joey jumped out of his desk and ran over to her.



"Tori!" he exclaimed, shaking her. "Tori! Wake up!"



"Is she alright?" some boy asked.

"Is she breathing?" asked a girl.



"She's just passed out," the teacher said relieved.

Joey picked her up carefully and the teacher instructed him to bring her to the nurse.



"Tori, what happened?" he whispered, staring down at her unconscious form in his arms. There was a look of pain on her face, as if she was experiencing a bad dream. /Man I wish Yug was here../

He made his way towards the nurse's office and knocked lightly. The door opened and the nurse stared, astonished at the girl's form.



"Move her in here!" she instructed, fixing the bed.

He laid her down softly, her hair falling to her side, on the mattress.

"I think she just fainted," Joey said.

"Too much stress these days in school!" the nurse exclaimed. She pulled the covers up to her neck and checked her pulse. Then, she checked her breathing.

"Well, I'll send her back to class if she wakes up and is not feeling bad. Otherwise, you can visit her after school ends."

Joey nodded, took one last look at Tori and then walked out of the nurse's office, a feeling of uneasiness sweeping through him.



***In Science Class***



Lenna sighed as the teacher tried to find her a seat. She used to have Home Ec. first period but after the whole 'man eating sock' incident, she got transferred.

The old man smiled as he finished looking at the seating chart. "Yes, well Mrs. Botoku I think I found a seat for you."

'Whoopee! You get a gold star!' Lenna thought sarcastically but she just said. "Great" in a less then thrilled voice.

The teacher ignored her comment. "Please take a seat next to Mr. Taylor he's the boy with the gravity defying hair."

Lenna's eyes widened 'Tristen?' she thought franticly 'I, I didn't know he was in this class! Uh please don't let me blow anything up!'



Tristen grumbled in his seat 'Man does everyone just HAVE to pick on my hair-' He stopped as he noticed Lenna walking toward him. 'What?! She, she's in this class?! Man I really should have been listening to Mr. Burbler.'

Lenna sat down next to him. "Hi Tristen!" she whispered while the teacher searched his desk for the day's lesson.

The triangular haired teen blushed. "Um hi there."

Lenna looked up at the teacher and then back at the brown haired boy. "Ah Tristen I need to tell you something. . .you see I kind well I stink at this stuff." She said turning pink.

Tristen raised an eyebrow. "Really? Why?"

Lenna looked away. "Well I just start to daydream ya know? And the next thing I know the teacher is passing out a quiz."

Tristen grinned. "Yeah well I do that too." He motioned toward the teacher who was STILL trying to find his plans. "And with a guy like this, it happens all the time, sooooo..."

Lenna raised an eyebrow. "So what?" she asked curiously.

Tristen smiled. "I'll watch out for you okay? And you can do the same for me wanna try?" he said, looking into her eyes.

Lenna blushed. "Um well okay sure-"

She was about to continue but Mr.Burbler yelling, "I FOUND IT!" was the signal for class to start.



***After Class In The Hallway***



Lenna and Tristen were happily chatting away about Mr. Burbler's little 'incident' in class.

Joey rushed down the hallway trying to spot- there she was! "LENNA!" he yelled waving to her and Tristen to meet him halfway.

Lenna looked around nervously. "Where's Tori?" The worry was evident in her voice.

Joey looked away "She, she passed out in class. I took her to the nurse and she said she just fainted and it's nothing but-"

Lenna shook her head. "NO, she didn't!" Her voice had a strange stern sound in it. "Joey, Tristen I'll see you later. . . . .maybe."

Tristen grabbed her arm. "What?! Are you crazy?! You can't miss class!"

Lenna looked at him her eyes almost spilling over in tears. "Tori is my BEST friend I can't leave her alone if she needs me. School can wait but Tori can't!"

Tristen looked into her eyes. "Lenna. . .please don't go. I, I promise you can see her after school just wait. . please?" he said sadly.

Lenna looked away "Well I, I suppose. . .but Tristen-" Lenna stopped as she felt warm lips pressed against her own but before she could respond Tristen was running down the hallway. With Joey following in shock.

But Lenna was the one in real shock. The blonde gently touched her cheek. 'He, he just. . .'



****After School Everyone Had Gathered In front Of The School****



"We have to go see Tori," Lenna said.



"Right," Joey replied.

"We'll meet you at Grandpa's store alright?" Yugi asked.

Joey nodded.

Yugi, Tea, and Tristen walked out as Lenna and Joey headed for the office.

"I don't understand how she could just faint like that," Joey said, speaking his thoughts aloud. "It's just too weird."



"She had a powerful vision, that's why," Lenna replied.

Joey shot her a strange look.

"I thought you should know. We haven't told anyone...Joey, Tori is only a spirit from Ancient Egypt."

"What!?"

"She and I both are. We are Sorceress Artemis's servants from ancient times. We preserved our minds and spirits. A year ago, we came back, creating bodies like those of our old ones for ourselves. We searched for Artemis and joined this school."

"But, how can that be?"

"It is Joey," a voice said from in front of them, startling them both.

"Tori!" Joey exclaimed. He ran up to her. "Tell me what's goin' on here!"

Tori turned her gaze towards Lenna. "What she says is true. I'm only a spirit living inside this body, this body that I made."

"But-but it can't be! You're real! I don't understand!"

Tori smiled sadly. "Yes. Of course you don't. Joey, I am real, but only in this time. My real self died millions of years ago."

Joey shook his head, denying that answer. "No. It's not true!"

"Why would I lie?"



Lenna looked on the verge of tears. "We're sorry." She said remembering her own little run in with Tristen.

"But-but," Joey stuttered, trying to think of more excuses. "No! No! Tori!"

Lenna ran out. She couldn't stand to see her friend's torn heart. And she couldn't face the fact it would happen to her and Tristen.



Tori gazed at his deep, saddened eyes.



"I can see you, I can hear your words, I can feel your hand when I touch it, I can even smell the perfume. Tell me that you aren't real now."

"I can't make you believe me," Tori replied. "I can't make you understand."

Joey stared at her violet eyes.

"Stop chasing Joey," Tori said, smiling sadly. "You've got to find someone that you can stay with now. I'll be leaving with Lenna and Artemis, back to Egypt where we belong. I'll go back to place my mind and spirit in my real body, the one sealed in the tomb."

"I can't though. There's no one. Tori I-"

He stop in mid-sentence, cut off.

"Mph!" he exclaimed, a strange sensation sweeping through him. It only lasted a second though.

Tori took her mouth from his and smiled gently.

"Goodbye Joey," she whispered and turned to run.

"TORI!"

But she kept running and disappeared. Joey ran out of the school and looked everywhere, but she was no where to be found. Finally, he retreated back to the game shop, where his friends were waiting.



***At the shop***



"Joey!" Yugi exclaimed. "What took you so long?"

"You don't look too great," Tristen said, staring at his friend's shadow covered eyes.



"What, did your girlfriend dump you?" Tea asked, somewhat sneering at her own proposition.

"Tea!" Yugi replied. "We have to be considerate! Joey, tell us what's the matter!"

He stared up, into Yugi's bright eyes that were waiting for answers.

"She's not real Yug. She's not real. . . . ."

Yugi was about to ask what his friend meant when the phone rang. "I'll get it!" Yugi yelled grabbing the phone. "Turtle Game shop how ma I-oh Crystal. Um yeah. Really?! She isn't either?. . ."

The others watched as there friends face changed from a look of worry to a bright smile.

"Great idea Crystal! Yeah okay meet you there, kay, bye!"

Tristen looked at her friend confused. "What is it Yugi?!"

Yugi grinned "Crystal has a plan. . . ."



***Meanwhile***



Lenna smiled as she walked into Tori and her small apartment. Her smile faded however when she saw Tori sitting on the gray couch looking sadly out the window.

Lenna plopped down next to her "What's wrong?" she asked even though she know EXACTLY what was bugging her. It had been bugging her as well...the thought of never seeing their friends again.



Tori kept looking out the window. "We're not real Lenna, we're not real. . ."



Kiddi Chi: WUUUU! Was that an informational chapter or what!?

Reviewers: *stare at her with very confused looks* That chapter....make absolutely no sense!

Kiddi Chi:

*falls over* ACK!?!?!? WE WORKED SO HARD!

Yami: It is a pretty sad chapter huh? Just when KC comes in, things get angsty. She is the queen of angsty romance....

Anime-Babe: Eh....-_-()

Seto: Let's get more of me in there!

Artemis; What happens to me!?

Reviewers: THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW!

Kiddi Chi: Heh...

Anime-babe: Well, I'll wrap up then! Review some more and we'll work on the next wondeful chapter!!!!!! BYE!