Seto: SilverDragon does not own YGO or anything else in her fics.

SD: I do own Zora, the new Item and yami. (which I will not tell you of now.) *sniff* I wish I owned Seto-chan, though!

Seto: *rolls eyes*

Zora's point of view

BLEEP! BLEEP! BLEEP!

Ugh...no. Don't wanna go to school today...'

BLEEP! BLEEP! BLEEP!

"SHUT UP!" Zora yelled at the alarm clock as she threw a pillow at it.

"Zora? Are you up sweetie?" came a pleasant voice from the hallway.

"No, it's the giant radioactive dustbunnies who you always seem to miss when you vacuum come to make all humans their slaves." Zora answered grumpily.

"Morning honeybunch!" greeted her mother as she walked into the room and turned off the alarm clock, which had fallen to the floor and was still bleeping. Zora remembered that there was a huge math test that she didn't study for. Fortunately, she knew how to play sick and her mother didn't know the difference between a fake cough and a real one.

However, she had to make this one perfect because the last time she tried it her mother surprised her as she went downstairs to get o.j. to 'soothe her throat'. Zora's mother had stepped around the corner and Zora (expecting her mother to be gone) had shouted in surprise. Then she was, literally, dragged upstairs and forced to make the bus on time. It was a nightmare of flying clothes, shoes, and breakfast items. Just the thought almost made Zora smile.

//Hmm.//

'What was that? Whatever...now to more important things...'

"CoughcoughCOUGHcough!" Zora faked. 'Man, I am so good! Maybe I should take Theatre class.'

10 minutes later...

'Hmm...chocolate chip, vanilla, or rocky road...? Decisions, decisions.'

//Mix 'em all together!//

'Wait. Did I think that??'

//No, I told you.//

"Aah! Who's there?! Show yourself! I have an ice-cream scoop and I'm not afraid to use it!"

//Hey relax. I won't hurt you.//

"Show yourself," Zora demanded of the air.

//Alright, but don't be frightened.// said the voice in Zora's head. The air in front of her became fuzzy, almost. Like she saw it through bleary eyes or smudged glass. Then the fuzziness took shape and color. It was, it was...Yami!!!

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Marik's point of view

"NO! How can this be?! He's supposed to be gone but I can still sense him!" Marik screeched. "Where is he?! I know, this is my hikari's accursed sister's fault! Oh, I am going to make Isis pay for this!" Marik stormed past eavesdropping Rare Hunters who looked utterly terrified that they were caught. "I'll deal with you later!" Marik stomped off leaving the bewildered Hunters behind.

Zora's point of view

"Either I'm asleep or totally insane." Zora said staring at the newly appeared Yami now lounging on her couch watching a particularly annoying soap opera.

"Neither." Yami called to her. "And while you're up, will you get me a soda?"

"No, it's ten in the morning. ...I can't believe I'm talking to the star of my favorite show, who also happens to be a cartoon!" Zora sounded just slightly hysterical.

"Show?"

"Yeah, show. It's called 'Yu-Gi-Oh'."

"Yugi-what?"

"Here, I've got a tape of an episode," Zora put the tape into the VCR.

"Oh, hang on. Let me get dressed first." Zora ran up the stairs two at a time. 'OhmygodohmygodohmygodohmyGOD! What do I wear? Hmm...what's actually clean??' Zora finally decided on a black tank top, jeans, sneakers, and lots of bangles. She looked at herself in the mirror. 'Huh...something's still missing...' wait! I know! She ran into her mother's room and took the black trench coat. 'Oh, yeah. I look damn good!'

She went back downstairs. "Okay! You ready?" she asked Yami. He nodded. Zora pushed the 'play' button.

The t.v. glowed eerily. Yami asked, "Is that supposed to happen?" As if in response the television glowed more brightly.

"Uh, no."

Then the ground dipped and swooped and the walls swayed and bulged and all the while the t.v. grew brighter. The colors faded and everything seemed to go flat. Zora looked around, which was hard because it felt as if someone was controlling her muscles. Yami, the room, and herself looked like a drawing! There was no color and everything seemed 2-D. It was too much. Zora plunged into unconsciousness.