*Well, well, well, look who has another chapter. Well, I'm actually surprised I even wrote it. Anyway, I am very happy with al the reviews I got. I can't than you enough, I really, really didn't expect this many. Anyway, I'm glad that you all like the story so far, I can't really say the same, but yeah…whatever. Ok, well, I am guessing there are about two chapters left of the Duelist Kingdom series, like I said, I want to finish this story quick, but of course, I still have to write the Battle City series. I think by then Tea and Bakura will be together. Hmm, and I'm still debating whether to have Rebecca or Duke appear in this. With Rebecca I can think of so many things to do to her…but I can't…I don't want to be a hypocrite. In my bio I say I don't like bashers, so if I bash her…I would be something I hate. Yeah, anyway, I'll think about that later. Oh must warn you, sappy at the end. Hehe. Well, hope you'll read and enjoy!
Liangsui, Lady of Bright Water: Well, I didn't really write the duel, but I wrote what happens…just read and find out, I'm sure that will be better.
Umiko Morimoto: Well, the battle between Seto and Yami will be added, but I won't write the duel, really. What Tea will do though, you'll have to wait and find out, and it will be different form the show.
Tasha3: Yes there is another enemy, but in the sequel ^-^ hehe.
Well, hopefully you'll like this chapter, I'm done talking…now go one and read!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter 5~ A Dream of Reality
Yami Bakura sat down and Yami did the same. They did not start the duel yet, but looked at each other with pure loathing. Bakura had this feeling that he knew who this spirit was, but couldn't put his finger on it. There seemed to be something about him that made him feel as if he was someone who was responsible for many things in his past. As he kept staring at this yami, Yugi finally spoke.
"Before we begin this duel I want to know who you are," Yugi said.
"Fine. I am the spirit of the Millennium Ring, and I am a thief trying to gather all of the Millennium Items. I have such a goal since I wish for power, and the Millennium Items will give me what I want. That is why I want your puzzle and I will win this and get it!" Bakura explained confidently.
"We'll see about that!" the spirit of the puzzle told him. Bakura just smirked and they began the duel.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tea couldn't believe what was happening, everything couldn't be real but it was. She was standing on a duel monsters field with her friends Yugi, Joey and Tristan, while another Yugi and Bakura were giants and dueling each other. Everything could simply be a dream, but that wasn't possible for Tea, she only has one dream and one dream only. But then how can she explain any of this, or how can anyone? This duel really felt real and she was worried what might happen if they lost. Joey and Tristan were already sent to the grave yard, but they were brought back. She sighed as she kept watching the huge Bakura in front of her.
'He's different…he's not the Bakura we know. Was he…was he the one who I met on the ship?' Tea thought still looking at him. Bakura soon turned to look at her and she quickly looked away. An unnoticeable, small smirk was placed on Bakura's face. He was very glad that Tea wasn't hurt at all during the duel, but if Yugi or his friends did something stupid to get her hurt, he would surely kill them.
"What are you waiting for? Make you're move!" Bakura snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Yami Yugi with a cold stare. He then looked backed at Tea before he drew a card. When he picked the card, he drew the one he thought was perfect.
Right now he had one monster on the field and Yami Y. had four monsters on the field. With the card he had he might be able to beat his opponent, especially since Yugi only had five hundred life points left. Bakura stared at the card and then at Tea, but it didn't go unnoticed to her and Yami Yugi. 'What is he thinking?' thought Yami Y. 'this isn't the only time he has looked at her. For his sake, he better not be thinking about her.' Yami Y. kept staring, and then at Tea. He wouldn't deny to himself what he felt for her, and he knew that his other half also felt something for Tea. And if Bakura thinks of doing something to her, he would surely make him pay.
"Well, Yugi, I guess I will win this duel," Bakura said, Yugi shook his head as he snapped of his thoughts.
"Oh, really? How will you accomplish that?" he said, curious to know what the thief was planning to do. There was no way he can attack with the monster he has on the field, it was too weak and could only defeat Tea, but he hadn't even tried to that.
"With this," Bakura showed him the card he had drawn; it was the Change of Hearts. Everyone was wondering what was so special about that card, but soon they understood when Bakura explained. "This card will allow me to take control of one of your monsters. Your monster will have to obey me," Bakura pause and looked at each one, "and I think I would want to take control of Yugi, since the dark magician does have the highest attack points. Attacking Tristan will be more than enough to defeat you!"
"What, there is no way I'm going to attack Tristan. I won't do it!" little Yugi cried out. Bakura just smirked.
"You will have no choice, little Yugi," with that said, Bakura placed the card down and when the card was activated, there, small like Tea and her friends, appeared another Bakura, to everyone, the original Bakura.
"It's Bakura, but how?" Joey asked, but no one knew. The original Bakura just looked at everyone and wondered what was going on. He looked confused and a bit frightened. But then he remembered his yami, how he took control.
"Bakura, are you alright?" little Yugi asked.
"Yes, I'm fine…but what is going on?" he asked them.
"You don't need to know! Now take control of Yugi!" Bakura shouted at him. Bakura turned around to see his yami there and then had an idea. 'So this is a duel, well, I can't let him win, even if he my yami,' Bakura thought.
"Quick guys, you must attack me, this will let you win!" Bakura told the gang as he took control of Yami B.'s monster.
"But then that would mean we would send you to the grave yard! We just couldn't," Tea called out.
"I don't care, if it's the only way to stop him, then I will risk it!" he told her. Tea looked at the others, and they really didn't know what to do.
"No! I won't let that happen," everyone turned to face big Yugi. "If this thief was able to switch the monster with my friends, then maybe I can do the same with my puzzle!" Everyone just looked at him funny, but then he yelled out, "Mind switch!" With that said, the minds of Bakura and Yami B. were switched. The monster that was being controlled by Bakura was now replaced with Yami Bakura, and normal Bakura was now regular size.
"What?! This can't be!" Yami Bakura shouted.
"Oh but it is," Yami Yugi said, "now Yugi, attack!" Yugi nodded and soon he prepared his attack and when he sent it to toward Bakura, Tea stood there frozen. Her eyes became wide, as she saw images again, one with that arrow. Bakura was the one at the end…the arrow was coming quicker and quicker, and then that name 'Anzu' was heard. As soon as Yugi's attack had gotten Bakura, she scream his name, but no one heard it, for as soon as Yami Bakura was gone…everything began to fade, nothing but a bright flash of light was seen, then darkness…
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tea could hear voices and quickly opened her eyes. She slowly stood up and looked at her surroundings. 'Was that all just a dream? It…couldn't have been, but why can't I remember much of it? Ugh, my head hurts…' she thought as she looked at her friends, who were also getting.
"Man, that was one weird dream," Joey commented. Tea looked at him confused. 'Did he have the same dream?' she wondered.
"Yeah, I also had a weird dream," Tristan said.
"Hello, old chaps," Joey and Tristan squealed as they heard that voice. They turned around to be face to face with Bakura, and they both grabed hold of each other as they let another squeal out of their mouths.
"Ahh, its Bakura!"
"He's going to try and kill me!" Tristan wailed.
"Uh…are you guys okay?" Yugi appeared from behind Bakura. Both Joey and Tristan looked at each other and then quickly let go, blushing a bit. Tea just looked at everyone, she was very confused. 'Was all that really a dream? No…it wasn't. There was actually another Yugi, and…another Bakura. And I feel like I know them…but form where? From my dream? It's a possibility,' Tea pondered as she looked at the gang talking and joking about how strange their dreams were. 'Maybe…they are the ones to revealing what my dream means…just maybe.'
Tea sighed and was about to say something, but stopped when she and the others hear a scream. They all looked at each other, and as quickly as possible they were all up and running to investigate. Though someone may be in danger, Tea still couldn't get any thoughts out of her head, it seemed that her dream may be more complicated than she thought.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tea stood with her friends watching Seto and Joey duel. Just last night, they had found out who was the one who screamed, and it was Mai. She had been forced to challenge someone named Panic and lost all her star chips because of that. But Yugi was able to help out and get them back. The other half of Yugi that is. Tea was convinced that there was another side to Yugi, another being that dwells within him. She knew that whoever it was was brave and had an ego that was very big. But despite that, he was very good at dueling and because of it; he was able to win against the eliminator, Panic. But there were still many questions that she had about Yugi…and Bakura. They both affected her, and the thought that it had something to do with her dream never left her mind.
She sighed, remembering now what was happening. Her overconfident friend, Joey, was dueling Seto because he thinks he can win. It's not that Tea didn't have faith in Joey; it's just that she knew Seto was a very, very good duelist and was way better than Joey. She only wished that Seto could take it a little easy on Joey. As she watched the duel, she was trying to remember how all this started. 'Let me see…' Tea thought, 'we were all sleeping, then we were all woken up by Seto who was riding a helicopter that was loud enough to wake up the whole island…then the next thing I know, Joey challenged him to a duel…When, really, I thought Joey was smarter than that. Hmm…well, that's it,' she thought to herself as she saw Seto call out his final move. Tea felt bad for Joey and really wished Seto wasn't so harsh on him.
Joey fell to his knees, asking how he could have possibly lost, while everyone went running to him telling Seto didn't have to be so mean and rude to Joey. Tea didn't move form her spot and looked at Seto as he looked at her. He knew she didn't like it when people put down her friends, but what was he suppose to do? He wasn't about to back down from a duel because some person was stupid enough to challenge him.
"Listen, if you think what I did was bad, just wait until you face Pegasus, because I can assure you that he won't be easy to beat and won't be kind. If Joey can't handle this, then there is no way he can handle Pegasus," Seto told them, but he was really telling Tea. Tea just scowled, and then looked away. Seto took this as she understood and looked at her friends. "If you think that Pegasus would give you any chance, you're sadly mistaken, so I warn you not to take this lightly." With that said, Seto turned around and walked away. Tea turned to look at his retreating form and sighed.
After Seto left, everyone decided to go back to sleep, well, almost everyone. Tea told the gang that she was going for a little walk and that she would be back soon. Everyone just nodded and went to sleep, but Bakura didn't. Tea made sure they had their eyes closed then walked off. She walked and was followed by Bakura, the spirit had actually managed to come back from the grave yard, how? He has his ways, and couldn't help but smirk at how he managed to come back, and he was glad that no one knew he was still around.
He walked slowly and tried his best not to make any sound, right now he didn't want to get caught. Tea suddenly stopped to look behind her, feeling someone was following her. She shrugged it off and continued to walk. It seemed she was looking for something, and Bakura wondered what. But soon she stopped again, and he saw what she was looking for, actually who she was looking for, Seto Kaiba. He hid behind the bushes as he listened to them.
"Took you long enough," Seto told her.
"It's only been ten minutes since you left," Tea pointed out.
"Whatever, Mazaki," Seto said teasingly, "so…"
"So…" she copied, "how have you been?"
"Fine, except that my brother has been captured and I need to safe him before that freak Pegasus does something," Seto answered.
"I'm sorry about that, Seto. The others and I, we met up with Mokuba, but they took him away before we realized it. I'm sorry I couldn't do anything," Tea apologized, feeling a bit bad about the situation.
"It's not you're fault, Tea. If I hadn't left Mokuba this probably wouldn't have happened. Anyway, I'm here and nothing is going to stop me from saving him," Seto said, very confident he will save his brother.
"I know you will, but you really didn't have to take any of this on Joey," Tea commented.
"He was asking for it," he told her. She just sighed.
"Whatever, Seto."
"Anyway, how have you been? You have your medicine with you, right?" Seto asked a tint of worry in his voice.
"Of course I have it with me, and so far I only needed it twice, but…" Tea trailed off, making Seto raise an eyebrow.
"But what?" he asked.
"I've been seeing a lot of images and…I think I have been having different dreams," she told him, but she didn't believe they were dreams, she just feared what Seto would do if she told him she thinks that Bakura was hugging her and kissing her.
"Different dreams? Does this mean you stopped having that other dream?"
"No, I still have it, but these other dreams…they are about Bakura," she told him, and he raised his brow further.
"Bakura?!" Seto practically shouted.
"Yeah, but I have no clue what they are about...and it's only happened twice, so don't worry," Tea calmed him.
"Tea, ever since he came, you had been affected by his presence, there has to be something about him that is doing this. I think you should stay away form him," Seto told her, and he had a stare that scared her a bit.
"But he doesn't do anything! He probably doesn't even know what's happening, so you can't blame him. Besides…he is good person, very kind," she said, looking down at the ground timidly. Seto looked at her quizzically; he didn't like how this was going. If he didn't know any better, he would say that she has a little crush on the boy. 'It can't be,' Seto thought, wondering why this affected him so much. If she had a crush on Bakura, then would he lose her?
"Tea…" Tea looked up at him and he sighed. He didn't want to stop her from feeling anything, so he decided not to say anything, "I better go." He turned and was about to leave when she stopped him.
"Seto, wait!" he turned to look at her, "we haven't talked in long time, and I thought that since you're here, we can talk. I really missed having your company." Seto smiled and nodded. The two sat down, Seto leaned on a tree, while Tea had her head on his lap as she lay. Bakura was right behind Seto, still listening to everything.
Seto asked her to tell him everything that has happened while she was here in Duelist Kingdom. She told him everything, and she could see that every time she mentioned Bakura (which wasn't too many times) he would show distaste. Yet she continued as if she didn't care. It took about thirty minutes to tell him everything. After that, they spent thirty minutes chatting about anything. Bakura couldn't believe about the illness that she has, he was beginning to get worried and he found the conversation about Tea's only dream familiar. But he decided to think about it later, after they were done talking. He really envied Seto because he was able to be so close to Tea, in a way, Bakura felt jealous.
Seto looked at the time and thought now was the best time to leave, some reasons because he wanted Tea to get some sleep and because of Mokuba. "I better go now, Mokuba really needs me and I can't keep him waiting."
"You're right," Tea said as she stood up, and Seto as well. She turned to look at him staring straight into his eyes, "Seto?"
"Yeah," he simply answered.
"Promise you'll be careful…don't do anything foolish," she warned. He just smirked.
"I'll try," he said, and Tea knew that he couldn't promise her anything. Anything could happen and he knew it, but she only prayed that he would be safe and Mokuba as well. Seto looked at her for a little while and said, "You be careful, too, Tea," and he left, walking into the night.
"I'll try," she whispered. She stood there for a while before she too left. She didn't walk back to where her friends were; she actually went to the edge of the cliff. Her friends weren't too far, but they couldn't see where she was. She looked at the sea that was gently hitting the side of the cliff's walls. The breeze that hit her face felt nice on her soft skin and it relaxed her. She was tired, but refused to go to sleep right now. Tea stood there and probably would until the sun comes up, that would take a while.
Bakura watched Tea from behind the bushes, he was thinking about the conversation she had with Kaiba. She talked about a dream that really was familiar to Bakura, and now that he thought about it, he knew why. His eyes widen to the realization that her dream was the same one he has. It is the dream that haunted him ever since he was put into the Millennium Ring. The dream always reminded him of who he had lost, the people that meant so much to him. But unlike Tea, he knew the meaning of these dreams…the only problem is he can't quite remember the people. Right now he only remembers Anzu, the rest have blurry faces.
Bakura sighed; he didn't like this at all. He felt sorry for Tea, and now he knew why she looked confused and lost, it was because of the dream, her memories. Plus the illness that he heard about, why does she suffer from it? He only wished he could take it all away, she must be very frustrated not knowing anything. 'I could tell her, but…I don't know if I can. She might not even believe me, or maybe…not want to believe it. No…I can't tell her, not yet anyway. I'm sure someday she will know,' Bakura thought, as he kept staring at her. She didn't seem like she would be moving from that spot any time soon, and he believed it was due to the dream, so maybe he can give her a good night's rest.
'I want her to sleep peacefully; she doesn't deserve to suffer with these memories. She deserves so much more.' He thought, as he stood up and began to walk to her. He felt a bit nervous wondering what he should say or do. First he thought of getting her attention, so he cleared his throat. He heard her gasped as she turned around, and at that moment they stared deeply into each other's eyes. Not one moved for a very long time and not one blinked, but soon Bakura began to move toward her, slowly.
Tea never took her gaze from him and when he finally reached her, he lifted up his hand and touched her face. He was really caught up in the moment and would want nothing more than to kiss her, but he didn't, he just stared.
"Why do you this?" Tea finally said something.
"Because…I-I missed you," he answered.
"Is this a dream?"
"Yes, Tea, it's all a dream."
"You're not Bakura, are you?"
"I am, but not the one you think I am."
"Bakura…" Tea leaned forward, bringing her face near to his, and embraced him, "tell me this really isn't a dream, and tell me that all is real."
"I can't," Bakura whispered, as he leaned down as well, and hugged her. Their noses were almost touching, and their eyes never left each other's.
"Then, tell me, why do I dream of you? Can you tell me what I want to know?" Bakura leaned in closer and his lips were touching hers, but he was able to say something.
"In time you'll know, but now, you should rest and wake up," he closed in the space between them and laid a kiss on her lips. She kissed him back and they stayed together for very long. In a way, Tea felt that this is right and really didn't want any of this to end, Bakura felt the same way, but he knew it is right.
When they broke apart, Tea placed her head on his shoulder and leaned on him. The warmth she felt from him almost was recognizable. 'But when was I ever in the arms of someone like him? Never…never is there an answer…but I might as well enjoy myself, because for once, I feel like all my problems are gone, and all that really matters…is being here with him,' Tea closed her eyes, and unknown to her the Millennium Ring began to glow. Slowly she drifted off to sleep and when she did, Bakura slowly sat down. She sat in between his legs and she leaned on his chest as she slept. Bakura held on tightly to her and placed his chin on top of her head. Having her so near to him made him feel very warm, and his heart, it was almost as if the darkness he has was slowly leaving him.
"Anzu, I will always love you, and I will protect you…a promise I still want to keep. Rest peacefully until the morning sun rises," Bakura held on tighter, almost feeling that if he let go, he would loose her forever. After all this time that he thought he had lost the love and light he once had, he was acting too soft for his taste, but…who cares, Tea is someone he can never deny, and she was the only one he would ever act this way with. When it comes to other people, he, of course will be as evil as he can possibly be, but with Tea, never. 'I guess love can never die…well…maybe this time we have a chance to live without fear' he thought, but then the spirit of the puzzle came to mind. Was there a possibility that he may get in the way? Who knows…?
*Sappy chapter, sappy chapter, and I can't believe I wrote it! No, where has my evilness gone to? Anyway, it seems Bakura finally realizes that he still has love and light in him. Good for him! ^-^ I know he is acting way OOC, but how in the world do you want me to show how much he loves Tea? By hitting her with a bat…I don't see how that works. Anywho…I won't say that this was a crappy chapter since some people will say I'm wrong, so instead I will say that I hate this chapter and I think it sux ^-^ Yeah…anyway, bye and hopefully it wasn't horrible!
Liangsui, Lady of Bright Water: Well, I didn't really write the duel, but I wrote what happens…just read and find out, I'm sure that will be better.
Umiko Morimoto: Well, the battle between Seto and Yami will be added, but I won't write the duel, really. What Tea will do though, you'll have to wait and find out, and it will be different form the show.
Tasha3: Yes there is another enemy, but in the sequel ^-^ hehe.
Well, hopefully you'll like this chapter, I'm done talking…now go one and read!
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter 5~ A Dream of Reality
Yami Bakura sat down and Yami did the same. They did not start the duel yet, but looked at each other with pure loathing. Bakura had this feeling that he knew who this spirit was, but couldn't put his finger on it. There seemed to be something about him that made him feel as if he was someone who was responsible for many things in his past. As he kept staring at this yami, Yugi finally spoke.
"Before we begin this duel I want to know who you are," Yugi said.
"Fine. I am the spirit of the Millennium Ring, and I am a thief trying to gather all of the Millennium Items. I have such a goal since I wish for power, and the Millennium Items will give me what I want. That is why I want your puzzle and I will win this and get it!" Bakura explained confidently.
"We'll see about that!" the spirit of the puzzle told him. Bakura just smirked and they began the duel.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tea couldn't believe what was happening, everything couldn't be real but it was. She was standing on a duel monsters field with her friends Yugi, Joey and Tristan, while another Yugi and Bakura were giants and dueling each other. Everything could simply be a dream, but that wasn't possible for Tea, she only has one dream and one dream only. But then how can she explain any of this, or how can anyone? This duel really felt real and she was worried what might happen if they lost. Joey and Tristan were already sent to the grave yard, but they were brought back. She sighed as she kept watching the huge Bakura in front of her.
'He's different…he's not the Bakura we know. Was he…was he the one who I met on the ship?' Tea thought still looking at him. Bakura soon turned to look at her and she quickly looked away. An unnoticeable, small smirk was placed on Bakura's face. He was very glad that Tea wasn't hurt at all during the duel, but if Yugi or his friends did something stupid to get her hurt, he would surely kill them.
"What are you waiting for? Make you're move!" Bakura snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Yami Yugi with a cold stare. He then looked backed at Tea before he drew a card. When he picked the card, he drew the one he thought was perfect.
Right now he had one monster on the field and Yami Y. had four monsters on the field. With the card he had he might be able to beat his opponent, especially since Yugi only had five hundred life points left. Bakura stared at the card and then at Tea, but it didn't go unnoticed to her and Yami Yugi. 'What is he thinking?' thought Yami Y. 'this isn't the only time he has looked at her. For his sake, he better not be thinking about her.' Yami Y. kept staring, and then at Tea. He wouldn't deny to himself what he felt for her, and he knew that his other half also felt something for Tea. And if Bakura thinks of doing something to her, he would surely make him pay.
"Well, Yugi, I guess I will win this duel," Bakura said, Yugi shook his head as he snapped of his thoughts.
"Oh, really? How will you accomplish that?" he said, curious to know what the thief was planning to do. There was no way he can attack with the monster he has on the field, it was too weak and could only defeat Tea, but he hadn't even tried to that.
"With this," Bakura showed him the card he had drawn; it was the Change of Hearts. Everyone was wondering what was so special about that card, but soon they understood when Bakura explained. "This card will allow me to take control of one of your monsters. Your monster will have to obey me," Bakura pause and looked at each one, "and I think I would want to take control of Yugi, since the dark magician does have the highest attack points. Attacking Tristan will be more than enough to defeat you!"
"What, there is no way I'm going to attack Tristan. I won't do it!" little Yugi cried out. Bakura just smirked.
"You will have no choice, little Yugi," with that said, Bakura placed the card down and when the card was activated, there, small like Tea and her friends, appeared another Bakura, to everyone, the original Bakura.
"It's Bakura, but how?" Joey asked, but no one knew. The original Bakura just looked at everyone and wondered what was going on. He looked confused and a bit frightened. But then he remembered his yami, how he took control.
"Bakura, are you alright?" little Yugi asked.
"Yes, I'm fine…but what is going on?" he asked them.
"You don't need to know! Now take control of Yugi!" Bakura shouted at him. Bakura turned around to see his yami there and then had an idea. 'So this is a duel, well, I can't let him win, even if he my yami,' Bakura thought.
"Quick guys, you must attack me, this will let you win!" Bakura told the gang as he took control of Yami B.'s monster.
"But then that would mean we would send you to the grave yard! We just couldn't," Tea called out.
"I don't care, if it's the only way to stop him, then I will risk it!" he told her. Tea looked at the others, and they really didn't know what to do.
"No! I won't let that happen," everyone turned to face big Yugi. "If this thief was able to switch the monster with my friends, then maybe I can do the same with my puzzle!" Everyone just looked at him funny, but then he yelled out, "Mind switch!" With that said, the minds of Bakura and Yami B. were switched. The monster that was being controlled by Bakura was now replaced with Yami Bakura, and normal Bakura was now regular size.
"What?! This can't be!" Yami Bakura shouted.
"Oh but it is," Yami Yugi said, "now Yugi, attack!" Yugi nodded and soon he prepared his attack and when he sent it to toward Bakura, Tea stood there frozen. Her eyes became wide, as she saw images again, one with that arrow. Bakura was the one at the end…the arrow was coming quicker and quicker, and then that name 'Anzu' was heard. As soon as Yugi's attack had gotten Bakura, she scream his name, but no one heard it, for as soon as Yami Bakura was gone…everything began to fade, nothing but a bright flash of light was seen, then darkness…
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tea could hear voices and quickly opened her eyes. She slowly stood up and looked at her surroundings. 'Was that all just a dream? It…couldn't have been, but why can't I remember much of it? Ugh, my head hurts…' she thought as she looked at her friends, who were also getting.
"Man, that was one weird dream," Joey commented. Tea looked at him confused. 'Did he have the same dream?' she wondered.
"Yeah, I also had a weird dream," Tristan said.
"Hello, old chaps," Joey and Tristan squealed as they heard that voice. They turned around to be face to face with Bakura, and they both grabed hold of each other as they let another squeal out of their mouths.
"Ahh, its Bakura!"
"He's going to try and kill me!" Tristan wailed.
"Uh…are you guys okay?" Yugi appeared from behind Bakura. Both Joey and Tristan looked at each other and then quickly let go, blushing a bit. Tea just looked at everyone, she was very confused. 'Was all that really a dream? No…it wasn't. There was actually another Yugi, and…another Bakura. And I feel like I know them…but form where? From my dream? It's a possibility,' Tea pondered as she looked at the gang talking and joking about how strange their dreams were. 'Maybe…they are the ones to revealing what my dream means…just maybe.'
Tea sighed and was about to say something, but stopped when she and the others hear a scream. They all looked at each other, and as quickly as possible they were all up and running to investigate. Though someone may be in danger, Tea still couldn't get any thoughts out of her head, it seemed that her dream may be more complicated than she thought.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Tea stood with her friends watching Seto and Joey duel. Just last night, they had found out who was the one who screamed, and it was Mai. She had been forced to challenge someone named Panic and lost all her star chips because of that. But Yugi was able to help out and get them back. The other half of Yugi that is. Tea was convinced that there was another side to Yugi, another being that dwells within him. She knew that whoever it was was brave and had an ego that was very big. But despite that, he was very good at dueling and because of it; he was able to win against the eliminator, Panic. But there were still many questions that she had about Yugi…and Bakura. They both affected her, and the thought that it had something to do with her dream never left her mind.
She sighed, remembering now what was happening. Her overconfident friend, Joey, was dueling Seto because he thinks he can win. It's not that Tea didn't have faith in Joey; it's just that she knew Seto was a very, very good duelist and was way better than Joey. She only wished that Seto could take it a little easy on Joey. As she watched the duel, she was trying to remember how all this started. 'Let me see…' Tea thought, 'we were all sleeping, then we were all woken up by Seto who was riding a helicopter that was loud enough to wake up the whole island…then the next thing I know, Joey challenged him to a duel…When, really, I thought Joey was smarter than that. Hmm…well, that's it,' she thought to herself as she saw Seto call out his final move. Tea felt bad for Joey and really wished Seto wasn't so harsh on him.
Joey fell to his knees, asking how he could have possibly lost, while everyone went running to him telling Seto didn't have to be so mean and rude to Joey. Tea didn't move form her spot and looked at Seto as he looked at her. He knew she didn't like it when people put down her friends, but what was he suppose to do? He wasn't about to back down from a duel because some person was stupid enough to challenge him.
"Listen, if you think what I did was bad, just wait until you face Pegasus, because I can assure you that he won't be easy to beat and won't be kind. If Joey can't handle this, then there is no way he can handle Pegasus," Seto told them, but he was really telling Tea. Tea just scowled, and then looked away. Seto took this as she understood and looked at her friends. "If you think that Pegasus would give you any chance, you're sadly mistaken, so I warn you not to take this lightly." With that said, Seto turned around and walked away. Tea turned to look at his retreating form and sighed.
After Seto left, everyone decided to go back to sleep, well, almost everyone. Tea told the gang that she was going for a little walk and that she would be back soon. Everyone just nodded and went to sleep, but Bakura didn't. Tea made sure they had their eyes closed then walked off. She walked and was followed by Bakura, the spirit had actually managed to come back from the grave yard, how? He has his ways, and couldn't help but smirk at how he managed to come back, and he was glad that no one knew he was still around.
He walked slowly and tried his best not to make any sound, right now he didn't want to get caught. Tea suddenly stopped to look behind her, feeling someone was following her. She shrugged it off and continued to walk. It seemed she was looking for something, and Bakura wondered what. But soon she stopped again, and he saw what she was looking for, actually who she was looking for, Seto Kaiba. He hid behind the bushes as he listened to them.
"Took you long enough," Seto told her.
"It's only been ten minutes since you left," Tea pointed out.
"Whatever, Mazaki," Seto said teasingly, "so…"
"So…" she copied, "how have you been?"
"Fine, except that my brother has been captured and I need to safe him before that freak Pegasus does something," Seto answered.
"I'm sorry about that, Seto. The others and I, we met up with Mokuba, but they took him away before we realized it. I'm sorry I couldn't do anything," Tea apologized, feeling a bit bad about the situation.
"It's not you're fault, Tea. If I hadn't left Mokuba this probably wouldn't have happened. Anyway, I'm here and nothing is going to stop me from saving him," Seto said, very confident he will save his brother.
"I know you will, but you really didn't have to take any of this on Joey," Tea commented.
"He was asking for it," he told her. She just sighed.
"Whatever, Seto."
"Anyway, how have you been? You have your medicine with you, right?" Seto asked a tint of worry in his voice.
"Of course I have it with me, and so far I only needed it twice, but…" Tea trailed off, making Seto raise an eyebrow.
"But what?" he asked.
"I've been seeing a lot of images and…I think I have been having different dreams," she told him, but she didn't believe they were dreams, she just feared what Seto would do if she told him she thinks that Bakura was hugging her and kissing her.
"Different dreams? Does this mean you stopped having that other dream?"
"No, I still have it, but these other dreams…they are about Bakura," she told him, and he raised his brow further.
"Bakura?!" Seto practically shouted.
"Yeah, but I have no clue what they are about...and it's only happened twice, so don't worry," Tea calmed him.
"Tea, ever since he came, you had been affected by his presence, there has to be something about him that is doing this. I think you should stay away form him," Seto told her, and he had a stare that scared her a bit.
"But he doesn't do anything! He probably doesn't even know what's happening, so you can't blame him. Besides…he is good person, very kind," she said, looking down at the ground timidly. Seto looked at her quizzically; he didn't like how this was going. If he didn't know any better, he would say that she has a little crush on the boy. 'It can't be,' Seto thought, wondering why this affected him so much. If she had a crush on Bakura, then would he lose her?
"Tea…" Tea looked up at him and he sighed. He didn't want to stop her from feeling anything, so he decided not to say anything, "I better go." He turned and was about to leave when she stopped him.
"Seto, wait!" he turned to look at her, "we haven't talked in long time, and I thought that since you're here, we can talk. I really missed having your company." Seto smiled and nodded. The two sat down, Seto leaned on a tree, while Tea had her head on his lap as she lay. Bakura was right behind Seto, still listening to everything.
Seto asked her to tell him everything that has happened while she was here in Duelist Kingdom. She told him everything, and she could see that every time she mentioned Bakura (which wasn't too many times) he would show distaste. Yet she continued as if she didn't care. It took about thirty minutes to tell him everything. After that, they spent thirty minutes chatting about anything. Bakura couldn't believe about the illness that she has, he was beginning to get worried and he found the conversation about Tea's only dream familiar. But he decided to think about it later, after they were done talking. He really envied Seto because he was able to be so close to Tea, in a way, Bakura felt jealous.
Seto looked at the time and thought now was the best time to leave, some reasons because he wanted Tea to get some sleep and because of Mokuba. "I better go now, Mokuba really needs me and I can't keep him waiting."
"You're right," Tea said as she stood up, and Seto as well. She turned to look at him staring straight into his eyes, "Seto?"
"Yeah," he simply answered.
"Promise you'll be careful…don't do anything foolish," she warned. He just smirked.
"I'll try," he said, and Tea knew that he couldn't promise her anything. Anything could happen and he knew it, but she only prayed that he would be safe and Mokuba as well. Seto looked at her for a little while and said, "You be careful, too, Tea," and he left, walking into the night.
"I'll try," she whispered. She stood there for a while before she too left. She didn't walk back to where her friends were; she actually went to the edge of the cliff. Her friends weren't too far, but they couldn't see where she was. She looked at the sea that was gently hitting the side of the cliff's walls. The breeze that hit her face felt nice on her soft skin and it relaxed her. She was tired, but refused to go to sleep right now. Tea stood there and probably would until the sun comes up, that would take a while.
Bakura watched Tea from behind the bushes, he was thinking about the conversation she had with Kaiba. She talked about a dream that really was familiar to Bakura, and now that he thought about it, he knew why. His eyes widen to the realization that her dream was the same one he has. It is the dream that haunted him ever since he was put into the Millennium Ring. The dream always reminded him of who he had lost, the people that meant so much to him. But unlike Tea, he knew the meaning of these dreams…the only problem is he can't quite remember the people. Right now he only remembers Anzu, the rest have blurry faces.
Bakura sighed; he didn't like this at all. He felt sorry for Tea, and now he knew why she looked confused and lost, it was because of the dream, her memories. Plus the illness that he heard about, why does she suffer from it? He only wished he could take it all away, she must be very frustrated not knowing anything. 'I could tell her, but…I don't know if I can. She might not even believe me, or maybe…not want to believe it. No…I can't tell her, not yet anyway. I'm sure someday she will know,' Bakura thought, as he kept staring at her. She didn't seem like she would be moving from that spot any time soon, and he believed it was due to the dream, so maybe he can give her a good night's rest.
'I want her to sleep peacefully; she doesn't deserve to suffer with these memories. She deserves so much more.' He thought, as he stood up and began to walk to her. He felt a bit nervous wondering what he should say or do. First he thought of getting her attention, so he cleared his throat. He heard her gasped as she turned around, and at that moment they stared deeply into each other's eyes. Not one moved for a very long time and not one blinked, but soon Bakura began to move toward her, slowly.
Tea never took her gaze from him and when he finally reached her, he lifted up his hand and touched her face. He was really caught up in the moment and would want nothing more than to kiss her, but he didn't, he just stared.
"Why do you this?" Tea finally said something.
"Because…I-I missed you," he answered.
"Is this a dream?"
"Yes, Tea, it's all a dream."
"You're not Bakura, are you?"
"I am, but not the one you think I am."
"Bakura…" Tea leaned forward, bringing her face near to his, and embraced him, "tell me this really isn't a dream, and tell me that all is real."
"I can't," Bakura whispered, as he leaned down as well, and hugged her. Their noses were almost touching, and their eyes never left each other's.
"Then, tell me, why do I dream of you? Can you tell me what I want to know?" Bakura leaned in closer and his lips were touching hers, but he was able to say something.
"In time you'll know, but now, you should rest and wake up," he closed in the space between them and laid a kiss on her lips. She kissed him back and they stayed together for very long. In a way, Tea felt that this is right and really didn't want any of this to end, Bakura felt the same way, but he knew it is right.
When they broke apart, Tea placed her head on his shoulder and leaned on him. The warmth she felt from him almost was recognizable. 'But when was I ever in the arms of someone like him? Never…never is there an answer…but I might as well enjoy myself, because for once, I feel like all my problems are gone, and all that really matters…is being here with him,' Tea closed her eyes, and unknown to her the Millennium Ring began to glow. Slowly she drifted off to sleep and when she did, Bakura slowly sat down. She sat in between his legs and she leaned on his chest as she slept. Bakura held on tightly to her and placed his chin on top of her head. Having her so near to him made him feel very warm, and his heart, it was almost as if the darkness he has was slowly leaving him.
"Anzu, I will always love you, and I will protect you…a promise I still want to keep. Rest peacefully until the morning sun rises," Bakura held on tighter, almost feeling that if he let go, he would loose her forever. After all this time that he thought he had lost the love and light he once had, he was acting too soft for his taste, but…who cares, Tea is someone he can never deny, and she was the only one he would ever act this way with. When it comes to other people, he, of course will be as evil as he can possibly be, but with Tea, never. 'I guess love can never die…well…maybe this time we have a chance to live without fear' he thought, but then the spirit of the puzzle came to mind. Was there a possibility that he may get in the way? Who knows…?
*Sappy chapter, sappy chapter, and I can't believe I wrote it! No, where has my evilness gone to? Anyway, it seems Bakura finally realizes that he still has love and light in him. Good for him! ^-^ I know he is acting way OOC, but how in the world do you want me to show how much he loves Tea? By hitting her with a bat…I don't see how that works. Anywho…I won't say that this was a crappy chapter since some people will say I'm wrong, so instead I will say that I hate this chapter and I think it sux ^-^ Yeah…anyway, bye and hopefully it wasn't horrible!
