Mistress of the Millennia

By Kaehimi

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! *but I own Casina*

"The Beginning of the End"

Yami Bakura opened his eyes and instantly got up. "I'm gonna kill that little girl," he vowed. His anger boiled, threatening to spill over. That pain, it felt like claws were raking through his mind. All because of that stupid Bakura, he had to suffer. Everyone was asleep lying around, and his mistress was there too, in her most vulnerable form. Asleep, her eyes were closed lightly, and she seemed bothered by something. 'Who cares,' Yami Bakura thought. He stretched and walked over to Casina, kicking Bakura on the way.

"So, you're finally awake." Yami walked out of the shadows with a smug look on his face.

"Get out of my way." Yami Bakura commanded.

"Aren't you rushing things just a little bit?" Yami asked.

"Don't tell me what not to do!" Yami Bakura spat out.

"Don't wake her up yet, she's had a busy night, and she needs her sleep."

"Give me one reason not to kick her awake and cut her throat."

"She wouldn't die anyway."

"You don't know how much that hurt!"

"Let her sleep, or I will make sure you never sleep again!"

Yami Bakura gritted his teeth, but backed down and went to lean against the wall, staring daggers at Yami.

Pretty soon, morning came. Yugi woke up and stretched. He sensed tension in the room and soon saw Yami and Yami Bakura each trying to stare each other down. Téa woke up right after he did, and said, "Gosh, I'm so tired!" Joey didn't stop sleeping until Téa threw a pillow at him. "Get up!" She yelled, then covered her mouth when she realized she almost woke Casina up. "Sorry," she whispered.

"It is okay," Yami replied. "We must wake her soon anyway."

"Get up!" Yami Bakura kicked Bakura in the ribs, which woke him up with a crack.

"Ahhh..." Bakura opened his eyes and saw Yami Bakura standing over him and quickly tried to stand up. "Ah," he gasped as the freshly cracked rib moved.

"It's about time," Yami Bakura said as he punched Bakura in the face, he lifted his fist to strike him again when Yami stepped in the way.

"That's enough!" Yami yelled as he grabbed Yami Bakura's fist. Bakura winced as if Yami had grabbed his fist too.

"What?" Everyone turned at the sound of Casina's voice. "What happened?" She asked, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.

"So, the little girl is finally awake," Yami Bakura sneered as he drew his knife and began tossing it again.

"Bakura!" Casina cried. "You're hurt." She hopped off the sofa and walked over to him. "Here, let me heal you." Casina placed her hand on his broken rib, and a soft light enveloped her hand, moving slowly to his rib.

"Ouch," Bakura winced as his rib went back into place, and got up off the ground.

"There, it's all better now!" Casina smiled, and looked to Bakura for approval.

Everyone stared at her, strangely. "What? Since I changed, I can use my powers now. So why not put them to good use?" Casina reasoned.

"Casina, shouldn't you save your strength?" Téa asked.

"Why? There's no limit...I think, well, I've never used it up." Casina asked.

"Woah! That's a lot of magic." Joey remarked.

"So," Yami Bakura said, sheathing his knife. "Are you going to bond with one of us?"

Casina stared at him, hard. She chewed her lip, trying to decide something.

Yami looked at her, fighting with herself. He knelt down to her eye level and grasped her shoulders. "You don't have to do this, you know Casina." He whispered, looking her straight in the eye.

"Yes, I do." She whispered, staring back just as hard.

"Well, if you're still deciding, I'm not going to sit around and listen." Yami Bakura said, returning to the Millennium Ring.

Bakura stared at Casina. "You're not actually going to bond with him, are you?"

"I must." Casina whispered, not blinking. She slowly changed her line of vision to look directly at Bakura's Ring. Then, raising her head, she finally met his eyes. Bakura's eyes widened to see that they were beginning to fill with tears. "I must...for him." Casina repeated, almost forcing herself to agree. She sounded much more confident in her choice than she looked. Casina gulped, and swallowed the giant rock in the back of her throat. She closed her eyes and fell in Yami's arms who were now surrounding her. "I must, Yami." She repeated yet again.

"NO!" Bakura yelled. "You don't know what he would do to you. He would just about kill you! When you probed his memory, he got angry, you don't know how much he would hurt you."

"Oh yes, I do, Bakura." Casina whispered, looked over Yami's shoulder.

"Casina," Yugi began, but Yami cut him off.

"Mistress, if that is your decision, then I will back you." He said, ever faithful to his Mistress.

Casina laughed the last one for along time. "Yami, I have a name. It's Casina, can you remember that?"

"Are you sure?" Everyone asked at once.

"Yes."

Everyone jumped as a loud laugh echoed throughout the room. Yami Bakura appeared with a cruel look on his face. "Once the Mistress finalizes her decision, there's no going back until the mortal dies." He looked at the little girl in Yami's arms. "I'm going to have a lot of fun with you..."

"I'll miss you." Casina squeezed Yami once and then reluctantly let go, walking as slowly as she could towards Yami Bakura, her new master.

Casina finally reached Yami Bakura and looked up at him. She closed her eyes, and opened them, letting several tears fall out. They crystallized right before touching the ground, becoming glassy pearls. Casina picked them up, and handed them to Yami. "Take care of everyone," she whispered. "These are Tears of a Guardian, they will heal anything. Use them wisely." Then, she turned towards Yami Bakura, who still hadn't wiped the nasty look off his face. Casina touched the collar on her neck, which instantly became the standard Guardian Collar, a black thick piece of black iron with a diamond in the center and streams of quicksilver running from it. She took one look around at everyone, and snapped the collar off. Casina gave Yami Bakura the collar and knelt down in front of him. She looked up and spoke the activating word, "Master."

Yami Bakura smiled as she began to glow. Casina was completely full of multi-color lights until she disappeared. All that remained of the girl Casina was a human shaped form of light. {Master!} The form spoke in such a way that no one heard anything. It all went straight to their heads, a telepathic message.

Yami Bakura thought for a moment before slighting touching the form of light. It began to take shape, flowing and weaving around. Finally everyone saw a small girl step out of the light. She had green hair, and vibrant grass green eyes. She had on a pale green tank top with thick straps, and she had on long green-black jeans, and a gray-green pair of boots, which were mostly hidden by her pants. Her green hair was tied in a sloppy ponytail that let chunks of green hair fall to curve around her face. "Perfect," Yami Bakura smirked as he looked at the girl he had created. "Just right for destroying." He put the collar around her neck and secured it.

{Personality} echoed within everyone's minds as the new Casina tilted her head to one side and stared at everyone.

"Oh, how fun. I get to design everything about you!" Yami Bakura grinned, and beckoned to the robot-like person. He touched her forehead when she got close enough and she glowed again. "I'd like a happy spirit to break," Yami Bakura decided and was confused when Casina just blinked.

"Oh no, you won't get that much fun," Yami smiled. "For the personality, the Mistress's preferred personality will compromise with yours. In this case, I suppose Casina chose to be a dark child, already sad and depressed. Now she will be indifferent to everything."

Yami Bakura looked surprised for half a second, then his smirk returned as he punched Casina's left eye. Casina looked up and took the blow fully without moving a step. She reached up with a hand and quickly healed her eye. Yami Bakura seemed shocked as Yugi, Bakura, Joey, and Téa cheered.

"Looks like Casina's powers are still intact." Joey pointed out.

"Not for long," Yami Bakura said as he punched Casina in the eye again. When she raised her hand again, he grabbed it. He shook his finger and said, "No healing allowed."

Casina looked up at him, then quietly said, "As you command, Master," and lowered her hand.

Yami Bakura laughed and spoke to himself, "This is going to be fun..."

Casina didn't take her eyes off her new master and asked almost in a silent voice. "May I absorb your pain now?"

Yami Bakura looked down at the girl dressed completely in green standing in front of him. "What did you just say?"

"May I absorb your painful memories now?"

Yami Bakura punched her in the jaw, and was satisfied with a crack. "Did I give you permission to speak?"

Casina shook her head, not speaking. Yugi, Bakura, Joey, and Téa were watching in shock as Yami stood quietly shaking his head.

"And did I give you permission to not call me by my title?"

Casina shook her head again.

"You may speak." Yami Bakura laughed at Casina's helplessness.

"May I absorb your memories' now, Master?" Casina asked as her eye began to blacken.

"No."

Not paying attention, Casina reached up on her toes and put her hand on his forehead. She closed her eyes and pulled with her mind. Her eyes squeezed hard, and finally a small trickle of dark light came out of Yami Bakura's mind. "Do not resist," Casina whispered and pulled harder. Bakura stared in shock at the short girl hurting his Yami.

With a gasp Casina cut off the connection. "It wouldn't hurt so much if you didn't resist." She explained as Yami Bakura choked for air.

"Ahhhh!" Yami Bakura yelled as he retreated to the Millennium Ring.

Casina stared at the spot where he once stood and sighed. "Allow me," she whispered as she closed her eyes again, she touched the ring Bakura wore and took some of black light out of it. She shuddered as it crawled up her arm slowly, getting closer to her collar. When it reached it, Casina let go of the Ring and stood staring at it. She opened her eyes slowly and looked towards the window. She walked over to it and stood transfixed, staring outside.

"It's time for us to go," Yami decided as he made his way towards the door. "Come."

"Ummm, okay." Yugi followed his Yami.

"Yeah," Téa walked out.

"Aren't you coming, Bakura?" Joey asked on his way out.

"Wait for me!" Bakura yelled as he ran after his friends. Casina followed them slowly.

Kaehimi: Thank you, Saiai No Hito Mokushi!