Mistress of the Millennia

By Kaehimi

Disclaimer: I do not own "Yu-Gi-Oh!"! *But I do own Casina*

Note: This is kind of OOC (Out Of Character).

"The Meetings"

"So who is this girl, anyway?" Joey asked as he, Bakura, Téa, and Yugi walked towards Yugi's home.

"We don't know exactly, but she's going to stay at our house until we can find her parents or a guardian for her. She said that she was feeling better this morning, and I thought maybe she would be cheered up if she could meet some new people." It had been almost a week since Casina arrived at Yugi's house.

"Oh, I hope we don't scare her or something," Téa said. "Especially you, Joey!" They all laughed.

When they finally arrived at Yugi's home, everyone went in and put their things on the kitchen table. "I'm home, Grandpa!" Yugi said. He and his friends walked into the living room, and like he expected, Casina and his Grandpa were there playing Duel Monsters. When they found out she didn't know what they were, Yugi's Grandfather decided to teach her how to play. Casina had the tip of her tongue pushed out of her mouth as she scrutinized her hand of cards. The score was tied at 100 life points each. Casina and Yugi's Grandpa both looked up as everyone entered.

"Hello, Yugi, Bakura, Joey, Téa." Yugi's Grandpa said.

"Hi!" Ever since she regained her strength, Yugi found out that having a six-year-old in the house was scary. Casina could get very hyper at times, but mostly she was just on the active side. "Who are you?" She asked while looking at Joey, Bakura, and Téa.

"Hey, this is Joey, this is Bakura, and this is Téa. They wanted to meet you. Everyone, this is Casina." Yugi introduced them.

There was a sudden blur as Casina stood up and, dropping her hand of cards ran over to Yugi and his friends. "HimynameisCasinahowareyou?" She said in a blur, then laughed. "Sorry, it's really awesome to meet you!" She stuck out her hand and shook everyone else's hands. "Joey, Téa and Bakura?"

"Casina, I just took away all your life points," Yugi's Grandpa informed her.

"But that's not fair, I didn't get to finish my turn!" Casina turned around pouted, and made a really cute puppy face.

Yugi's Grandpa chuckled and left the room saying, "Too bad for you! I'm going to go grocery shopping, I will be right back."

"I don't find that funny!" Casina said as everyone else began laughing. "Hey..." Casina walked over to Bakura and touched his Millennium Ring, "This looks like Yugi's Puzzle, did you both get them together?" She asked as she turned the Ring over and looked at its eye.

"Er-no, but they're from the same place." Bakura answered, surprised that she would notice something like that.

"Wait, don't tell me," Casina said as she looked up at him. "Hmm..." Casina closed her eyes and looked like she was thinking as hard as she could. She opened one eye and guessed, "Egypt?" Casina opened her other eye and laughed at Yugi and Bakura's shocked faces as she played with one of her braids. "Gosh, you look like you just saw a Pharaoh from Ancient Egypt walk around the room!"

"There is something about this girl..." Yami said to Yugi from his Puzzle.

Bakura suddenly began shaking, and gripped the coffee table for support. "Ahhh," he cried as his Yami took over his body.

Yami Bakura threw Bakura into his Ring and opened his eyes. "Little girl," he hissed. "You know where they are, don't you?"

Yami automatically appeared next to Yugi.

Casina stared at Yami Bakura; "You're not Bakura anymore, are you?" She asked and turning to Yami, added, "And you're not just another Yugi, are you?"

"Don't avoid the question!" Yami Bakura roared as he advanced toward Casina. "Where are the other Millennium Items?!"

Casina did not move as Yami Bakura stood towering over her. She stared calmly up at him, meeting his eyes. "Why do you want to know?" She asked, her eyes defying him.

"So you do know!" Both Yami Bakura and Yami yelled.

In a flash, Yami Bakura drew a knife grabbed Casina. "No one move, or I'll cut her!" He said as he put the blade of the knife at the child's throat.

"You wouldn't dare!" Yami yelled, but he stopped moving. "You need her alive to tell you what you want to know!"

"Oh, really?" Yami Bakura sneered as he glanced down at the girl in his grip; he pushed the blade a little harder and drew some blood. Strangely, she wasn't crying or even screaming. Her eyes were closed lightly, not in fear, but in a calm way.

"Casina!" Téa yelled.

Casina unexpectedly slipped out of Yami Bakura's grasp, twisted around to face him, and grabbed his wrist with her hand. "Yami of the Ring," she whispered as she retained her hold on his wrist. Yami Bakura found to his shock that he couldn't move back or shake her hand off. "Bakura, this is for you!" Casina yelled as she released a flare of light into Yami Bakura. She didn't move as a golden colored light came from her heart and slowly made its way to Yami Bakura's head. It was like honey, sliding and sticking.

"Ah!" Yami, Yugi, Téa, and Joey tried in vain to cover their eyes. When the bright light faded, Yami immediately returned to the Millennium Puzzle. Everyone saw Casina standing over Bakura, who was now on the floor. Casina blinked, and looking down, saw Bakura on at her feet.

"Hey, how'd you get here?" She asked as she grabbed one of his arms and tried to pull him up. She slipped because Bakura was too heavy for her, and fell down next to him. "Yugi, aren't you going to help?" She said as she quickly got up again and tried to pull Bakura up again. Yugi grabbed the same arm as Casina, Joey and Téa grabbed the other arm.

"Wha-?" Bakura said as they all managed to pull him up.

Casina giggled, "What were you doing on the floor?"

Bakura looked up at a cut with blood on Casina's neck, and gasped. "Did I hurt you, Casina?"

"What, would you?" Casina looked up at him with curious eyes.

"How did you get that cut?" Bakura asked as he looked at the liquid gushing out of the cut.

"Hm?" Casina reached up with two fingers, touched her neck and looked at the blood now dripping from her fingers. "Ouch." She winced and suddenly looked pale. "Umm...I'll be right back," she said and ran for the bathroom.

As soon as Casina left, Yami appeared again. "Are you all right?" He asked Bakura.

"Yes, but how did she manage to force my Yami back into the Ring?"

"I don't know, but I believe we may be found someone special." Yami stared at where Casina left the room.

"What did it feel like, Bakura?" Téa asked, worried about her friend.

"It felt wonderful," Began Bakura, anxious to describe his feelings. "I felt like I was full of happy feelings, joy, love, peace, warmth, and I don't know what she did, but I felt completely safe."

"That sounds like the doing of ancient magic..." Yami trailed off. "She must know where all the Millennium Items are, and that must be why Yami Bakura tried to attack her."

"Woah, freaky!" Joey said.

"Hm, 'freaky' doesn't even begin to describe her-" Yami stopped and returned to the Puzzle suddenly just as Casina came into the room.

"Hey, I'm baaaaaaaaaack!" Casina just about yelled as she bounced into the room. "What's wrong, you're all staring at me, like I have four heads or something!" Casina laughed yet again.

That broke the tension in the room. "What happened anyway? Why were you on the floor, Bakura?" Casina asked, smiling.

"Don't you remem-" Bakura started before Yugi clapped a hand over his mouth.

"He just fell," said Joey. "Just like Bakura, huh? Always such a klutz, aren't you Bakura?" Joey grinned as he smacked Bakura on the back.

"HEY!" Bakura yelled back.

"Joey! That wasn't nice," Téa began to lecture him about being nice.

Casina looked around the room as she shook her head. "Gosh, you have weird friends, Yugi!"