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15: The long way around
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(Malik's POV)

If we get back to my house.

I looked up at the false ceiling which was how I had found Bakura. We would never be able to get Tetra up there when she's lost in her soul room.

"Malik, how do we get to your house?"

"This is how- we take the long way. Carry her."

I stood up and headed down the corridor.

"What?! Why do I have to carry her!"

If only Bakura knew how powerful Tetra's yami is. And angry. Hopefully, Yami Niramsis won't find out how to get past Tetra's natural defenses.

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(Back in Tetra's soul room) (Tetra's POV)

Wherever I was I didn't like it. It was cold and pitch black. But it wasn't the shadow realm. And who ever was in my head had all but vanished. I could hear her someplace in the darkness, working. Every now and then there'd be a string of Egyptian curses said whenever there was a loud crash.

It made me wonder what was in the darkness. Strange how it is, that I'm attracted to the darkness.

[The 'darkness' is called your soul room. And it is dark because you don't know how to configure it, but unlike you I do. And as soon as find the way out I'm going to take control of your body and send Bakura to the shadow realm!]

Why is she mad at Bakura?

[Two reasons.]

What now, you can read my thoughts?

[Yes and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it on your own. Now stop asking questions!]

Its not like I don't want out of my soul room either! I want to go back to normal, so I can figure out how to get rid of you!

[You can't just get rid of your yami...]

Her voice faded away as I felt like I was being jolted between dimensions. The air was rushing past me, and there were lights, like subway lights, but only, lanturns. And then it stopped and left me in the lanturns. But it wasn't dark anymore. I was someplace else, but it wasn't normal.

It looked....like Egypt 5,000 years ago!

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(Back outside Tetra's soulroom) (Bakura's POV)

I carried Tetra and followed Malik. Tetra looked unconcious, but I knew better. She was definantly in her soul room. I wish that maybe there was some way I could get her back to this dimension, but this was impossible. She'd have to pull through on her own.

/Is Tetra going to be okay?/

//Yes, now be quiet.//

But even I wasn't so sure of this. I want Malik to explain right now about who Tetra's yami was.

Wait. Didn't Malik say that it was Niramsis? The 'very tomb we are in' as he had put it was that of Nirmasis. Could it be her? But that didn't fit. She died before the Millennium Items were even created.

Then shouldn't I remember something, if anything, about Tetra's yami? I thought but couldn't find anything. Malik will answer my questions later, so I don't need to confuse myself into finding my own.

Malik pushed open a door to another hallway. But it was even larger, and it glowed of an odd light that didn't seem to come from anywhere in piticular. Strange. Tetra shifted in my arms uncomfortably.

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(Back in Tetra's soulroom) (Tetra's POV)

I looked around at the laturns. Yes. It was definantly ancient Egypt!

I heard voices and ducked behind a basket. Am I still even in my soul room?

"Brother, will I live much longer?"

"I do not know, Nirmasis, but I could try and prevent it using magic."

"The shadow-magic, brother? Father never liked you using that."

"But father has been dead for nearly two years, and I am pharaoh. I should make the rules."

I was tempting with myself on wether to look over the basket at them or not. One of the voices sounded like my yami, the other sounded like Yugi's yami. But they were related? That didn't make sense. Once again, I'm the stupid mortal girl...

"The shadow-magic is dangerous."

"If it can save your life, little sister, then I will do use it."

"But what if you never stop using it? What if you crave for the power it gives you, like so have in the past? Who will be there for you?"

This conversation line had turned nearly into an argument. A strange thought hit me. What does my yami look like? I pulled my head over the basket just for second...

Suddenly I felt like air was rushing around me again, and that I was being jolted back through dimensions. And then I was back in my soul-room. With a pissed-off-looking me standing in front of me. It was my yami, and she did look like me quite a bit. But I didn't have time to compare us.

[How dare you look into my past without my permission?!]

My yami was angry. Really angry. But it wasn't my fault! I didn't know where I was or how I got there, why blame me?

[If you ever do that again-]

She stopped and hit me on the side of my head.

[Just let that be a lesson to you!]

She vanished like she was never there in the first place. I rubbed the side of my face, which stung. My yami was older than she was wherever I was a few minutes ago. She may have been eight or so where I had been, but here she looks exactly my age. But she is thousands of years old! And her voice wasn't as cute-sounding as it had been either.

Oh, I just want to go back to wherever Bakura and Malik are! They may be dangerous, but they're probably better than my yami.

And as soon as I found myself thinking that I was back outside my soul room, staring up at Bakura, who was carrying me! I shifted to look around and there was a strange glow in the room we just entered...

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Oooh! A little insight on her yamis past! But why is Bakura caring about what happens Tetra? And what does Malik know? You'll have to keep reading to find out!
^^ Gee, aren't I good at writing cliffhangers?

(Note: I do not own YGO! or else there'd be alot more Bakura and Malik and they'd be the main charcters instead of Yugi and the pharaoh.)

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