A/N: I'm back! And, I just need to say-- *there is no, and will not be any
romance between Callie and Yugi!* Also, they're fifteen! Not sixteen! Okay?
It was an error! And Callie's name has nothing to do with mine. I just
couldn't think of any other name I liked. Sorry-NOT an author insertion!
::chapter 4::
"So this is what goes on in you mind, huh?" Callie was looking interestingly at the toys and other odds and ends in Yugi's side of his mind.
The moment she had gotten to his side, her clothes became her waitress clothes, which Yugi thought meant he remembered her only when she was wearing that.
"Umm...I guess so." Yugi put his hand on his neck. It was sort of embarrassing with her here. What if all his secrets were revealed? Well, he didn't have very many, but still, the ones he had-what would she think?
"Well, I suppose your mind isn't really as innocent as it looks." She gestured towards the thoughts he'd been having in high school, with all it's stupid love triangles and odd people. They weren't truly visible, but Yugi still felt a little bad.
"Don't be ashamed, Yuge. I can't read 'em thoughts. They're yours, not mine." She saw pictures of his friends and family.
Yugi did too. "Hey look! It's Joey and Mai and Tristan and, uh, is that Pegasus? I don't know-and Bakura and some other people I don't know, you, uh,...*Téa*."
Yugi reddened. His picture of Téa was one with the words scrawled, 'I love you.' Her picture had those blue and purple bubbles in the background that someone always put when they liked that person...
Callie saw it too, but only after looking really hard. "Oh. Sorry, Yugi. I won't tell, I swear! I promise you! Though I can't help but think you'd make the oh-so greatest couple-along with Joey and Mai, of course."
Yugi smiled and answered, "Thanks, Cal. I appreciate the promise. And the, uh, praise."
She nodded fiercely. "I en't kidding! You would be!" She looked at the other side, Yami's side.
"I want to see that side." Yugi sighed. His cousin was so-so *inquisitive*!
"Sure, I guess." But she had already stood up and was heading for the "entrance". "C'mon, Yugi."
He shrugged helplessly and went after her. When she entered, her clothes changed back to the same Egyptian garments as before.
"Arg! What's making this happen to me?!" She scowled.
"I am." A new voice reached her ears. Yugi turned to see Yami.
"Yami? What's happening?" Yami nodded towards Callie.
"She's connected to me." This made Callie fall over, anime style.
"What do ya mean?! Geez, I don't even *know* you!" She crossed her arms defiantly.
"You have connections to the Millennium Items." Callie and Yugi stared at him.
"I do?"
"Yes. Your powers are abnormally strong, too." He reached in his pocket, his hand returning with a long silver-y chain with a small white smoky stone on it. "This is for you. It helps you control your power."
"So, if I turn into a tiger or something, I won't, er, *eat* anyone, or anything like that?"
Yugi stared at her with wide eyes, and started inching away.
"YUGI! I don't do that! But I could!" She was angry and annoyed at the same time, her eyes in mad anime-shapes.
She turned to Yami. "How do you know this about me?"
"I just do."
"ARRG! Don't act like those creeps in the Apple cereal commercials! Tell me!" Callie was extra angry now.
Yami sweatdropped. "You'll know soon enough. Don't worry. It's crucial for you to join our group."
Yugi nodded solemnly. Callie's eyes turned to anime-dots. "Why?"
"You'll know soon enough. I think you two should return back to normal. Next time, Callie, when you touch the Puzzle, nothing will happen."
There was a brief blast of light, and the two teens returned to the black void.
"So, have any other secrets I need to know?" Yugi coldly said to her.
"Mmm...I'll tell you later." She looked off into space and they slowly returned to her apartment.
***
"Yugi, what happened?!" Joey looked at them anxiously, his green jacket flapping. "You went all cold and stuff and the Puzzle was pulsing and all..."
"We're okay, Joey. Sorry." Yugi reassured him kindly.
Callie bit her lip and sighed. She could tell just by looking at this group that they were connected through heart. It hurt-more than ever. She was a total outcast. Even more than at school.
"I think it's time to sleep." She mumbled this through her smiling lips, carefully closing up her emotions. Her bangs (which had returned to normal- her blue bangs were sometimes shaped like Yugi's-usually it was normal, her hair coming down with a faint curl at the end, almost like Joey's) covered her purple blue eyes. "The girls can sleep on the bed. Is that okay?"
Téa and Mai nodded. They all got ready to change. (They brought backpacks with clothes and such-they're on a journey, remember?)
***
Callie looked up at her bare ceiling. She could sense Téa and Mai next to her, sleeping soundly. She could hear Tristan and Joey's snores as well.
She felt her bones tiring, and her body bleak and sleepy. No, she needed to think! But no. She slowly closed her eyes, and drifted off to a sound sleep.
Bakura woke up. His green shirt hung loosely over his striped black and white T-shirt. His hands were sweaty, his eyes changing. He looked at the markings on his hand.
Téa had added both Mai and him in their group. She said they should've done this before. He smiled, cheering up a little. His bond with them as friends had helped him control the evil soul in him. But sometimes, it was too much- like *now*. His Ring under his shirt came out and began to pulse...
Yami Bakura emerged happily. He had enough power to do so, thankfully.
The Yami's eyes turned to the sleeping Callie. He needed this girl. She was perfect. He could take her and wield her power to his content.
~No way! I won't let you, Yami Bakura! She won't help you!~ Bakura had enough power to speak to him.
~Yes! I will capture her! You can't stop me! It's perfect!~ Yami Bakura cackled. ~You should sleep now, you pathetic fool.~
~I'm not a pathetic fool! You are! You damned power-hungry, blood-thirsty-~ He was abruptly cut off, his power draining.
~I won't let you, evil one...~ Bakura thought determinedly before he drifted to sleep.
***
A/N: Poor Bakura. Poor Callie. I'm writing another chapter soon!
::chapter 4::
"So this is what goes on in you mind, huh?" Callie was looking interestingly at the toys and other odds and ends in Yugi's side of his mind.
The moment she had gotten to his side, her clothes became her waitress clothes, which Yugi thought meant he remembered her only when she was wearing that.
"Umm...I guess so." Yugi put his hand on his neck. It was sort of embarrassing with her here. What if all his secrets were revealed? Well, he didn't have very many, but still, the ones he had-what would she think?
"Well, I suppose your mind isn't really as innocent as it looks." She gestured towards the thoughts he'd been having in high school, with all it's stupid love triangles and odd people. They weren't truly visible, but Yugi still felt a little bad.
"Don't be ashamed, Yuge. I can't read 'em thoughts. They're yours, not mine." She saw pictures of his friends and family.
Yugi did too. "Hey look! It's Joey and Mai and Tristan and, uh, is that Pegasus? I don't know-and Bakura and some other people I don't know, you, uh,...*Téa*."
Yugi reddened. His picture of Téa was one with the words scrawled, 'I love you.' Her picture had those blue and purple bubbles in the background that someone always put when they liked that person...
Callie saw it too, but only after looking really hard. "Oh. Sorry, Yugi. I won't tell, I swear! I promise you! Though I can't help but think you'd make the oh-so greatest couple-along with Joey and Mai, of course."
Yugi smiled and answered, "Thanks, Cal. I appreciate the promise. And the, uh, praise."
She nodded fiercely. "I en't kidding! You would be!" She looked at the other side, Yami's side.
"I want to see that side." Yugi sighed. His cousin was so-so *inquisitive*!
"Sure, I guess." But she had already stood up and was heading for the "entrance". "C'mon, Yugi."
He shrugged helplessly and went after her. When she entered, her clothes changed back to the same Egyptian garments as before.
"Arg! What's making this happen to me?!" She scowled.
"I am." A new voice reached her ears. Yugi turned to see Yami.
"Yami? What's happening?" Yami nodded towards Callie.
"She's connected to me." This made Callie fall over, anime style.
"What do ya mean?! Geez, I don't even *know* you!" She crossed her arms defiantly.
"You have connections to the Millennium Items." Callie and Yugi stared at him.
"I do?"
"Yes. Your powers are abnormally strong, too." He reached in his pocket, his hand returning with a long silver-y chain with a small white smoky stone on it. "This is for you. It helps you control your power."
"So, if I turn into a tiger or something, I won't, er, *eat* anyone, or anything like that?"
Yugi stared at her with wide eyes, and started inching away.
"YUGI! I don't do that! But I could!" She was angry and annoyed at the same time, her eyes in mad anime-shapes.
She turned to Yami. "How do you know this about me?"
"I just do."
"ARRG! Don't act like those creeps in the Apple cereal commercials! Tell me!" Callie was extra angry now.
Yami sweatdropped. "You'll know soon enough. Don't worry. It's crucial for you to join our group."
Yugi nodded solemnly. Callie's eyes turned to anime-dots. "Why?"
"You'll know soon enough. I think you two should return back to normal. Next time, Callie, when you touch the Puzzle, nothing will happen."
There was a brief blast of light, and the two teens returned to the black void.
"So, have any other secrets I need to know?" Yugi coldly said to her.
"Mmm...I'll tell you later." She looked off into space and they slowly returned to her apartment.
***
"Yugi, what happened?!" Joey looked at them anxiously, his green jacket flapping. "You went all cold and stuff and the Puzzle was pulsing and all..."
"We're okay, Joey. Sorry." Yugi reassured him kindly.
Callie bit her lip and sighed. She could tell just by looking at this group that they were connected through heart. It hurt-more than ever. She was a total outcast. Even more than at school.
"I think it's time to sleep." She mumbled this through her smiling lips, carefully closing up her emotions. Her bangs (which had returned to normal- her blue bangs were sometimes shaped like Yugi's-usually it was normal, her hair coming down with a faint curl at the end, almost like Joey's) covered her purple blue eyes. "The girls can sleep on the bed. Is that okay?"
Téa and Mai nodded. They all got ready to change. (They brought backpacks with clothes and such-they're on a journey, remember?)
***
Callie looked up at her bare ceiling. She could sense Téa and Mai next to her, sleeping soundly. She could hear Tristan and Joey's snores as well.
She felt her bones tiring, and her body bleak and sleepy. No, she needed to think! But no. She slowly closed her eyes, and drifted off to a sound sleep.
Bakura woke up. His green shirt hung loosely over his striped black and white T-shirt. His hands were sweaty, his eyes changing. He looked at the markings on his hand.
Téa had added both Mai and him in their group. She said they should've done this before. He smiled, cheering up a little. His bond with them as friends had helped him control the evil soul in him. But sometimes, it was too much- like *now*. His Ring under his shirt came out and began to pulse...
Yami Bakura emerged happily. He had enough power to do so, thankfully.
The Yami's eyes turned to the sleeping Callie. He needed this girl. She was perfect. He could take her and wield her power to his content.
~No way! I won't let you, Yami Bakura! She won't help you!~ Bakura had enough power to speak to him.
~Yes! I will capture her! You can't stop me! It's perfect!~ Yami Bakura cackled. ~You should sleep now, you pathetic fool.~
~I'm not a pathetic fool! You are! You damned power-hungry, blood-thirsty-~ He was abruptly cut off, his power draining.
~I won't let you, evil one...~ Bakura thought determinedly before he drifted to sleep.
***
A/N: Poor Bakura. Poor Callie. I'm writing another chapter soon!