Sapphiresongbird: Hiya boys and girls! As you may or may not have noticed, I changed my penname (if you haven't then you are very dense and shouldn't bother reading this chapter because it will probably confuse you). I just didn't like having a 4 after my name. Sorry I haven't updated, but I kind of got bogged down in school (damn those teachers!) and am busy trying to get my parents to let me go to Europe with my school next summer.

Seto: Why do you want to go? To terrorize innocent people?

Sapphiresongbird: no…of course not. *evil grin*

Seto: oh well. Sapphiresongbird DOES NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh. Thank Ra.

Chapter 3: Bakura's Story


"First off." Yugi began, but was interrupted by the school bell. They all groaned. They had forgotten they were in school. Yugi sighed.

"I guess we'll meet at the game shop after school. There we can talk without interruptions." Yugi suggested. The others agreed, and they all went their separate ways.

Alexi made it through the day without many problems, and as she sat eating lunch, she decided to strike up a conversation with her yami.

/Liana, I'm bored. /

//Go talk to Yugi. I'm sleeping. //

/None of the others have the same lunch as I do. And what do you mean you're sleeping, you're always sleeping. What do you do all day that makes you so tired anyway? /

//. //

/Yami? /

//. //

It was no use; her yami had shut off the mind link. What was Liana hiding from her? Alexi knew it had something to do with Bakura. Her yami usually wasn't so silent. Alexi sighed, and finished her lunch.

At the end of the day, Yugi met Alexi at her locker. He noticed she looked kind of distant, and what else? Sadness, that's what it was. Maybe he could cheer her up. "Rough day?" he asked.

Alexi let out a small yelp, and dropped the books she was holding. "Oh Yugi, it's you. Don't scare me like that again!" she said, sounding relieved. She bent down to pick the books up and Yugi bent down to help her. As he handed her Algebra book back to her, their hands brushed, and Yugi felt a slight blush graze his cheeks. 'Why am I blushing?' he asked himself.

"Well lets hurry and get to the game shop!" she replied cheerily. Yugi noticed she ignored his earlier question about her day, but he decided to let it go.

Alexi and Yugi caught up with the others, and as they walked to the game shop, Yugi asked about Alexi's home life.

"Well, my parents died when I was three, so I live with a foster family. When I was in the orphanage, I was bounced around from family to family. None of them really wanted me because everyone thought I was mentally disabled." Alexi continued. "See, I never talked until I was seven or eight. I don't know why. My aunt was kind enough to take me in, and I live with her now. She's the one who gave me this pendant." By now, they had arrived at the game shop. Yugi led them upstairs. "Finally, no more interruptions." he said as he closed the door.

"So, you all have some questions for me?" Alexi said, plopping onto the floor.

"What's with your yami tryin' to kill Bakura?" said Joey.

At this question, Alexi's pendant gave an angry glow, and Liana appeared beside her.

"Because that baka killed my sister!" Liana yelled. " He broke her heart and caused her to jump from the palace walls! I vowed revenge on the person who broke her heart, and now I have found him, " she yelled tearfully. Alexi just sighed. "Ryou," she said, "I think you'd better hide or call your yami out." Ryou nodded, and his features sharpened, making him look more sinister.

"What is it, love, miss me?" Bakura sneered at Liana. She just scowled back. "You know, I really did love your sister, pity she died." Bakura said flippantly. "She was a little reluctant, but I finally bedded her. She seems gentle at first, but she got quite rough-" Bakura was silenced by a swift kick to the groin, delivered by Liana.

"You, you sick freak! You probably raped her; my sister would never have given herself to a thief like you. Not only are you a tomb robber, you're a rapist too." Liana broke into tears. "She was only eleven, and you acted as though she was my age!"  Alexi tried to give her yami a hug, but Liana pushed her away.

// I will be in my soul room //

/ Ok yami. /

And with that, Liana disappeared, leaving Alexi alone.

"Alexi, did you know about this?" Tea asked. Alexi just shook her head.

"No, I had been in her soul room many times, and she always had a painting of her sister, and someone else, but she had scratched out the face of the person, so I never knew who it was. But I always knew there was something dark in her past, something disturbing." She glared at Bakura, stood up, and floated out the door. Bakura just smirked.

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It was ten p.m., and Alexi was worried about her yami. Liana had just brushed her off, but why? It wasn't like her. Alexi sighed; she seemed to be doing a lot of sighing lately. Maybe some music would help her relax. She snapped her fingers, and her CD player came on. She snapped them again, and turned on one of her favorite artists, Vanessa Carlton.

I was stained with a role, in a day not my own

But as you walked into my life you showed what needed to be shown

And I always knew what was right; I just didn't know that I might

Peel away and choose to see with such a different sight.

As Alexi listened to the soft ballad, her heart prickled. I wish I could help Liana. But what can I do?

And I will never see the sky the same way and

I will learn to say goodbye, to yesterday and I

Will never cease to fly, if held down and

I will always reach too high cause I've seen

Twilight

Faye would know what to do, she always did. Her voice alone comforted you. But she was dead and nothing could bring her back.

Never cared, never wanted

Never sought to see what flaunted

So on purpose, so in my face

I couldn't see beyond my own place.

And it was so easy not to behold what I could hold

But you taught me I could change whatever came within these shadow days.


Tears trickled down her cheeks when she remembered that night.

*Flashback*

It was a cold night. There was snow everywhere. And ice. Faye had walked onto the ice on a dare. They thought it was safe. How wrong they were.

And I will never see the sky the same way and

I will learn to say goodbye to yesterday and I

Will never cease to fly, if held down and

I will always reach too high cause I've seen

Alexi could still hear Faye's screams. Alexi was lighter than Faye, so she could walk onto the ice, right? God, she tried to save her, but she couldn't, she wasn't strong enough to pull Faye out of the ice. Faye drowned on that cold night just because of her.

As the sun shines through, it pushes away, pushes ahead.

Fill the warmth of blue, and leaves a chill instead.

And I didn't know that I could be so blind to all that is so real.

But as illusions die I see there is so much to be revealed.

She couldn't keep doing this to herself; she couldn't keep blaming herself for Faye's death. But she was my sister, the only family I had left, and I tossed her out like a rag doll. Alexi walked over to the CD player, turned it off, and went to sleep.

Somewhere off in the distance, a lone figure sat on the beach. She sang a lonely song, and cried crystal tears.

And I will never see the sky the same way and

I will learn to say goodbye to yesterday and I

Will never cease to fly, if held down and

I will always reach too high, cause I've seen

Twilight


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Sapphire: Oh, so sad, poor Alexi!

Bakura: What about me? I got kicked in the groin!

Sapphire: Be quiet! You're ruining the mood! Review people! 5 reviews= 1 new chapter

**the song Twilight is by Vanessa Carlton. It belongs to her**