Mistress of the Millennia
By Kaehimi
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! *but I own Casina*
"The Hall of Life and Time"
Bakura slowly opened his eyes and discovered he was in a strange person's arms. He opened them a little more, and saw to his shock, that he wasn't on the ground. "AHHHHHHH!" He yelled as he struggled to move.
"Bakura, do not move or I will drop you." Casina said in a quiet, soft voice.
"Who are you?!" Bakura demanded.
"I am known as the Mistress of the Millennium Items. Do you not recognize me?" She glanced down at him, and smiled.
"Yami...my Yami! What did he do?!" Bakura started to panic.
"Do not worry, Bakura. The Yami of the Ring is fine. I did not hurt your friend." Casina answered calmly.
"Friend? He's more enemy than anything else." Bakura scoffed.
"So you do not like him? Do you wish me to tell him? I apologize for him, and I will speak with him."
Bakura replied, "I hate him, but why does he hurt people?"
"It is not thoroughly his fault. I was foolish enough to not bond with him at first, and his first few masters mistreated him."
"Oh...." Bakura did not speak for a while, and Casina glanced down at him again.
"Is something the matter?" She asked.
"No, I'm just thinking."
"I understand. I hope this flight made you feel better, it is always good to get a little fresh air after something like what happened tonight. We are have returned now." Casina landed at the door to the house where Yami Bakura, Yugi, Yami, Téa, and Joey still were. After carefully putting Bakura down, and making sure he could stand, Casina slowly pushed open the door to the house. When she walked in, Yami and Yami Bakura both dropped to their knees.
"Rise," Casina said as she smiled. "That is unnecessary."
"What's up with all that kneeling?" Joey asked while he helped Bakura walk.
"Joey, Casina is the Mistress of the Millennium Items, and she watches over all the Millennium Item's Yamis. She then chooses one and bonds with them. From then on, she has to serve them. She has the strange ability to absorb pain, both physical and emotional. Also, she can't be killed, because she'll just be reborn as someone else." Yugi tried to explain, also supporting Bakura.
"Joey, you are so dense!" Téa laughed.
Casina looked upon the two Yamis and the people they were with and shook her head. 'Mortals are so amusing,' she thought as she beckoned to Yami Bakura, who was leaning back against the wall, his arms crossed.
Yami Bakura looked up at Casina and came over without anyone noticing. They went outside together. "Yami of the Ring, how have you been?" Casina suddenly seemed to turn to ice again.
"Well enough, Mistress."
"Yami of the Ring?"
"What?"
"How has Bakura been?"
"I don't know, why don't you ask him?"
"I wanted to ask you. Do not question my reasons, Yami of the Ring."
"What do you want to know about Bakura?"
"You forget your place, I alone ask the questions. You are nothing but one to answer. Now, how have you been treating Bakura?"
"Are you mad at me or something? What do you know about my life?!"
"I know more than you think, Yami of the Ring." Casina's calmness was suffocating Yami Bakura.
"Just leave me alone, you know nothing!"
"I thought you wanted me to bond with you, Yami of the Ring, wouldn't you like it if I became your slave?"
"Will you?"
"Stop ignoring my first question, Yami of the Ring."
Yami Bakura did not answer.
"Yami of the Ring-" Casina warned.
"Shut up!"
"Again, Yami of the Ring, you forget your place. Bakura is the only reason I am not punishing you."
"Sure, give me pain. What do you know about pain?"
"Plenty that would kill you, Yami of the Ring."
"So what if I've been hurting Bakura? I'm teaching him!"
"Yami of the Ring, you are not teaching him correctly, and you know it, do you not? He is a mortal."
Yami Bakura took out a knife and began tossing it, ignoring the question. "Whatever, Casina."
"Casina is gone, I am your Mistress now." Casina looked at him, then reached out slowly and touched his forehead with the tips of her fingers. "Since you will not give me answers, I will get them myself!" With that, the Mistress of the Millennium Items threw herself into Yami Bakura's memory.
As was expected, Yami Bakura and Bakura both screamed. Yami Bakura gripped a windowsill, and took deep breaths as he tried to dismiss the shock and pain. Bakura, inside, screamed as he fell forward on his knees. He tucked his head in and tried in vain to cover his ears from the incredibly loud buzzing in his mind. He finally lost consciousness, never stopping his screams. Yami Bakura flung open the door and entered the house. "BAKURA!" He yelled as the buzzing continued. When he reached Bakura, he kicked him, hard. "Get up! She's in my mind! I have to get her out, so," Yami Bakura began kicking Bakura with every syllable. "GET UP AND GET IN THE RING AND GET HER OUT!" Yami Bakura roared with the extreme pain in his head, and eventually he too, lost consciousness.
"Are they okay?" Yugi seemed worried as he ran toward Bakura and Yami Bakura.
"NO!" Yami ran after Yugi, "DON"T TOUCH ANYTHING!" But it was too late.
Yugi ran to Bakura and touched the Millennium Ring he had on, "AHHHH!" Yugi yelled as he jumped back. He saw Yami touching it too, and said, "Doesn't that hurt?!"
Seeing that Yugi was all right, Yami took his hand off the Millennium Ring. "Yes, a lot. Never touch it again when they are like this, understand? All of you! My hand was what was protecting Yugi from losing consciousness, so don't touch it. Bakura will live because of his Yami, as Yugi would because of me, but if you, Joey, or Téa touch it, you will die."
"What is causing it?" Joey asked.
"She is probing their memories." Yami answered, grasping the sofa for support.
"Who?" Téa asked, as she ran over to Yugi.
"The Mistress of Millennium Items." Yami replied, feeling better.
"Casina? That little girl wouldn't hurt a fly!" Joey exclaimed.
"Casina is gone, that was my Mistress you saw, and she's done quite more than her share of killing in her life. She gives out pain when we anger her, and I think Yami Bakura went past the line. She seems to like Bakura though, so I don't think she will kill him...I hope." Yami said in a hoarse voice.
"WHAT?!" Téa screamed.
"However, I believe she is willing to risk anything to learn from Yami Bakura what he will not tell her. All we can do it hope she won't go overboard..." Yami said quietly as he looked out the window. "Mistress, please spare his life." He said in his mind.
Meanwhile...
Casina sighed, and said to herself. "Yami, I hear your request. You too forget your place. However, I will consider sparing his life for your sake and for Bakura's." Casina transformed back into her child form and shivered.
"Brrr...it's really cold in here." She said. "AHHH, it's a spider!" Casina yelled as she ran through the cobwebs in the corridors of Yami Bakura's memory, connected to his Ring. "Gosh, you'd think someone as old and boring as Yami Bakura would think about organizing his memories!" Casina giggled at the thought of Yami Bakura organizing anything. "Well, maybe he's just too busy beating up poor Bakura." Casina slowed down and stopped running. "Poor Bakura..." She whispered. "But don't worry, I'll be out as soon as I can, Bakura! The pain will stop, so don't be mad at me, okay Bakura?" Casina shivered again as her footsteps echoed throughout corridor. "Is it just me, or is it getting colder?"
Casina reached the end of the hallway, and a door. "Wow, I really hope it's warmer in the Hall of Life and Time." With a cautious hand, Casina opened the door to Yami Bakura's memory. "Wow." Casina stared in awe at all the pictures and movies on the walls. The first one she saw was of the conversation she just had with him in her Mistress form. He was tossing his knife up and down. Next few pictures were all about that night. The change, the interrogation, and the kidnapping. "Oh, great. If everything is so detailed, I'm going to have to walk forever to reach the memories I'm looking for." Casina sighed.
Lapse of Time...
Bakura and his Yami had both stopped screaming, and were now both on the floor shaking with pain. Yugi, Téa, and Joey were all asleep, in various parts of the room. Yugi and Téa were on the couch, and Joey was snoring in the chair. Yami was still watching Yami Bakura and Bakura for any signs of getting better. "Mistress," he whispered softly, "Please spare him. Please."
Meanwhile...
Casina walked and walked. It seemed like years, but it had only been several hours. In fact, in Bakura's memories, time passed differently. "Ah ha!" Casina exclaimed, "Here's a good memory!" Casina slipped into the picture and melded with it, receiving and living Yami Bakura's memory.
~"You fool! You don't know how to do anything, and you can't do anything correctly! I told you to leave no one alive! Can you understand my commands, or are you too primitive to even comprehend that?!" Yami Bakura's master rambled on yelling at the boy kneeling before him.
"I am sorry, Master." Yami Bakura whispered, without looking up.
"Sorry is not enough! You should have slain all of them, and then I wouldn't be in this mess! You little imbecile!"
Yami Bakura shook as the verbal abuse went on. He winced at the words his master described him with. Then, his master punched him in the nose, and Casina heard a disgusting crack.~
'Time for me to go back into the real life, huh?' Casina thought as she slipped out of the memory. "Now it's time to go back out, and on the way out, I'll see what Yami Bakura did to Bakura."
After walking back a few days, and occasionally popping in and out of memories, Casina cam upon another interesting one. 'Hmm, this is a pretty recent memory of Bakura's "lesson",' Casina thought as she slid into the memory.
~"You big wuss, you're so dumb!" Yami Bakura yelled at Bakura and threw a punch at his rib cage. Casina winced as she heard a crack. Yami Bakura grabbed Bakura's shoulder and began twisting it. There was a pop as it was dislocated. Yami Bakura continued yelling at Bakura, and Casina could not stand it.~
"I'm leaving!" She yelled as she ran out of the memory. 'Gosh, I should probably absorb some of this stuff,' she thought. As the Mistress of the Millennium Items, she could both absorb and give pain to her Yamis. Casina headed out the door, and back into Yami Bakura's Ring.
Yami saw someone rising out of Bakura's Millennium Ring, and ran over. "Mistress?" He whispered, not wanting to wake anyone else up. His response was a small giggle.
"No, it's just me, Yami." Casina replied. In her completely pink and white outfit, Casina looked harmless. "Are Bakura and Yami Bakura okay?" She looked at them, and then at Yami, her eyes growing wide.
"Don't worry, Casina. I'm sure they'll be fine." Yami assured her as he knelt down next to her.
"I'm sorry that I hurt them, Yami. I'm so sorry!" Casina blinked back tears as she ran into Yami's arms. "I saw so much, Yami...I saw almost all of Yami Bakura's life." She whispered.
"It's okay now, Casina, don't worry. Go ahead and cry, everything will be all right." Yami hugged the little girl who had been through so much.
"I have to absorb some of his pain, Yami. You understand?" She asked as tears filled her eyes again.
"Yes, Casina. Don't worry, just go to sleep. We'll wake you up in the morning. You're a very brave girl, but everything will be okay. You'll see." Yami tried to calm her down, and in fact, it was sort of working.
"Okay, Yami. Whatever you say." Casina said, barely able to keep her eyes open anymore, "I'm so tired." She yawned as she fell asleep in Yami's arms.
Yami smiled at her, she was like a little sister to him now. 'Poor kid,' he thought. 'She just happened to be chosen as a form of my Mistress.' Yami picked her up, easily, and put her on the sofa next to Yugi and Téa. Suddenly, he heard something. He turn around narrowed his eyes at what he saw.
Kaehimi: Like it? Hate it? I'm trying to be original... _