*I am soooooooo sorry that I took almost two months to update this story. I am really, really sorry. I just couldn't find the time to do it. You don't know how much work I have from school and I still haven't finished. I have a major project to do and I will be presenting on Tuesday, but I really thought I should finish this chapter. Hopefully when I'm done the project I can update soon. I just want to say I did not lose interest in this story, I just need to find time to write more. There should be at least three chapters left, and then I will write the sequel. The title, by the way, is 'You and I…Eternally Forever' and I do believe it will be so much better than this story. Anywho, again I'm sorry I took long and I hope you will read and enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!

Chapter 7~ This dream holds the keys

She was there again, hearing that voice and that name. The arrow, of course was there as well. She again stood there expecting something, she once again had gone through her whole dream. From the beginning, when she bumped into someone, to the end, where the arrow now flew to her. In her mind she knew this was nothing more than just a dream, but it felt so real to her. Everything felt like it actually happened. Tea just wondered, who did the arrow actually hit? Who exactly was it aimed for, her? But why?

Tea kept on standing there, she wanted to know if the arrow was going to hit her, but every time it came close, the dream would end. She didn't want that anymore, she wanted to know what happens after this. She tried hard to complete the dream, but as that arrow drew near, everything was beginning to fade away. "No! I want to know what happens! What is this all about?!" she cried out, but no one could hear her, no one could tell her. She didn't want to wake up again without knowing, she was tired of being confused! "I want to know…I just want to know."

As everything began to fade to nothingness, she closed her eyes, thinking she would wake up now and start another confusing day, but she didn't. Upon opening her eyes, she found herself in a dark void. Everywhere she looked, it was the same, nothing but pure darkness. 'This is new,' she thought as she took a few steps, noticing that each step created light.

"What is this place?" she asked no one in particular. She looked around again, but that didn't do much, until she heard…a whisper. It was quick, but she knew she heard something.

'Behind you,' it said again, quicker, but louder that before. Tea quickly turned around and couldn't believe what she saw. There in front of her now was a large, white door. It was illuminating brilliantly. Tea slowly walked toward it, and when she reached it, she looked carefully at it. There was no doorknob, but there were five keyholes with different colours, white, green, blue, black and red. There were four keys, the same colours as the keyholes, the one missing was the red one.

"I wonder where this leads to…why exactly is it here? Hmm…where is the red key?" she said aloud. She touched the white key and turned it. She heard something unlock, so she looked to other keys and turned them as well. Each one made a noise, but she knew she wouldn't be able to open the door, not until the red key was there. She reached out for the red keyhole and as she touched it, she felt herself go numb, her eyes, they became empty, and the only word that she spoke was, "Malik…"

Tea didn't understand what was happening, but before she knew it, she was beginning to fall backwards into the darkness. She couldn't stop herself from falling, and soon, she was gone.

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Tea looked out the window from her classroom, the final bell of the day was going to ring in thirty minutes, and she couldn't wait to get out. It was Friday and all she wanted to do was go home and think. She let out a small sigh and looked toward Yugi. She had a look of concern as she stared at him.

During the summer, she and her friends had gone to Duelist Kingdom and managed to get out safely. Yugi saved his grandfather as well as Seto and Mokuba. After that ordeal, she and the others enjoyed the rest of the summer doing anything that was normal. Everything was great after that, and when they came back to school, they met someone new. A boy named Duke Devlin (A/N: can't remember his other name…but that should do.) who had created a new game called Dungeons and Dice monsters (A/N is that right?). He was mean to them at first, but he turned out to be a good person.

'Yeah and all the girls love him,' she thought as she watched some females staring at him admirably. After meeting him, everything was just boring. That is until something happened. Walking to school and having some guy take Yugi's Millennium item is definitely something. But fortunately, Yugi got it back, but after all that happened, Tea couldn't help but feel worried. She knew that something was going to happen, she could feel it. And it wasn't a good feeling.

If that wasn't enough, Tea was still confused about her dream, especially now that another part was added to it. 'I wonder what is on the other side of the door…it must be important,' she thought.

She has not told Seto yet about it because she didn't want him to worry more about her. She looked to her left and saw him reading some book, knowing him, he probably finished the work that the teacher was explaining. She smiled a little and looked back at the teacher.

The bell was going to ring soon, and once it did, there will only be one more week of school left. Time sure does fly by when you worry. Tea sighed and when the bell finally rang, she slowly packed up her things.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

As Tea walked slowly out of the school, she heard Yugi calling out her name. She turned to see him and when he finally caught up with her, he tried to catch his breath before talking.

"Is something wrong Yugi?" Tea asked him with a look of concern.

"No, nothing's wrong, I was just wondering…if…" Yugi was hesitant to ask.

"What is it, Yugi?" Tea wondered what he could possibly want.

"I was wondering if you were busy tomorrow? You see, the spirit in my Millennium Puzzle is kind of down right now…and…I think you might be able to help him…so I was wondering if you could talk to him by hanging out with him," Yugi told her quickly, and it took time for Tea to understand what he just asked, but when she figured it out, she gave a blank stare.

"Yugi…I…I," Tea didn't know what to say. She knew about the spirit in Yugi's Millennium Puzzle since the day that it was stolen. She always knew that there was something odd about Yugi, and her suspicions were right when he had told her about the spirit. But Tea had a feeling like she knew the person residing in the puzzle…but didn't know why. Anyway, now she had to decide if she would do what Yugi has asked of her. 'But how could I help,' she wondered. She softly nodded, but yet she wasn't agreeing, but Yugi took it as a yes.

"Thank you, Tea! Meet me at the park at noon tomorrow," with that said Yugi began running. Tea just looked blankly at his retreating form, and realized what she has gotten herself into.

"Yugi, wait! What can I do…" it was too late he was gone from sight and she just whispered the end of her sentence, "to help?" Tea let out a big sigh and looked to the ground as if defeated. 'Great…' she thought.

"Well, it seems someone has a date with Yugi," Tea jumped a bit and turned around to look at Seto.

"Seto, you scared me and it's not a date. We're just going to hang out," she told him.

"Sounds like a date to me," Seto smirked, and Tea frowned.

"Think of it as you want, Seto, but it's not," she said.

"Whatever. Anyway, want a ride home?" he asked as he began to walk away.

"Sure, why not," she said as she followed. She walked quickly to catch up to him and soon began a conversation about anything that came to mind. Unknown to her or anyone else, Bakura was watching her from the beginning.

"So the little pipsqueak planned a little date for Tea and the spirit in the puzzle…this won't do. No one is to be with her, not even that stupid spirit. I'll have to keep my eye on them," Bakura said to himself, his eye twitching a bit thinking of what could happen if those two were left alone. He walked away, his jealousy making him angry.

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Tea sat patiently on a bench in the park, waiting for Yugi. She didn't really want to be there, but if Yugi thinks that the spirit needs help, then she would try her best to help. She wondered what it could be that bothers him…was he unhappy about something that Yugi or maybe someone else did. 'No, that couldn't be it…maybe he's confused about something. Heh, I know I am,' she thought to herself. She let out a sigh and checked her watch, 12:02pm it read, she sighed again. "I hope you come soon Yugi" she said aloud.

'How dare he keep her waiting! That little bastard better be here soon, or else I'll take his place…hmm…that doesn't sound too bad,' Bakura thought. He was behind a tree watching Tea. He didn't trust Yugi and Tea being alone, so he decided to follow them. Hopefully he could get around without them knowing. 'Of course I can, I was a great thief back then…so I think, but I know they won't know I'm watching,' he smirked at that.

'Yugi where exactly are you going?' the spirit asked.

'You'll see, Yami,' Yugi said to his other half. He found out the spirits name when he was at Duelist Kingdom.

'Alright, whatever you say,' Yami said, still curious as to where he was being taken. When Yugi finally arrived where he was supposed to be, he smiled upon seeing Tea sitting on a bench.

"Alright, Yami, this is where you take control," Yugi said cheerfully as he was soon replaced by his other half.

"What, Yugi, what in the world?! This isn't a duel!" Yami complained, for he really believed he was going to some kind of duel. He kept looking at the puzzle, staring at with a funny look that made Tea giggle. Yami heard it and looked up. Embarrassed, he quickly stood stiffly and said a humble hello. He didn't know at all that she was there, but he didn't mind. Actually, now that he knew that she was there, he didn't mind that this wasn't a duel. He would never deny it, but he liked Tea more than a friend would, and he knew that Yugi shared the same feeling. He just wondered if Tea did.

Unknown to him, she had a crush on him, but slowly it was beginning to fade. Something always nagged at her that he wasn't the one for her, that there was someone else the she was meant to be with. But who? That was the question.

"Hi, Yugi," she said cheerfully. She still didn't know his real name so she just called him that. He just looked at her and walked up to her.

"So I'm assuming Yugi planned something?" he asked, smiling brilliantly at her.

"Yeah, he thought that it would be a good idea to spend some time together. He felt that you were depressed about something and thought maybe there is something I could do to help," she explained.

"I don't think you'll be able to help, Tea. The problem I am facing deals with my past, and really, I know nothing of it, and believe you wouldn't either. I must figure this out on my own," he told her. She looked at Yami and gave a sad smile. 'So that's what's bothering him…he doesn't know about his past life…he might not even know who he really is,' she thought.

"You don't have to do everything alone, Yugi," she whispered. Yami didn't really hear her and leaned in closer to her face. Bakura looked shocked and wondered what the hell was going on.

"What was that, Tea?" Yami asked, too close for comfort. Tea blushed a little, his face was really too close. She took a step back and spoke.

"We should get something to eat. I'm really hungry, so come on. We can talk more later," she grabbed on to his arm and dragged him to wherever a restaurant was. Bakura didn't like the contact, but he'll let it slide. He just hoped that this wasn't going to be a long day.

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Tea and Yami have been enjoying themselves a lot. When they were at the restaurant they talked about their goals in life and how you should never give up on things you like. Tea told Yami what she wanted to do when she was older and felt inspired to explore and discover what is out there. She even told Yami of an exhibition that was in a museum. Yami felt scared to go, afraid of what he may discover. Tea understood, and thought it would be best to let him go at his own pace. But she knew he would go, and hopefully he will discover many things.

After the restaurant, the two went walking around, and Yami managed to get some new cards for his dueling deck. They went back to the park feeding pigeons and talked about anything that was interesting. The pigeons really seemed to like Yami since they many surrounded him, Tea couldn't help but giggle at that. Bakura, however, had to suppress his laughter, especially since he didn't want them to know he was there. Soon, after that, they went into a video arcade, the dark Bakura of course behind them.

The place was filled with many games that amazed Yami. He looked at everything with awe and wondered how each machine was used. Tea smiled at the look Yami was showing. He looked cute.

"This place is quite big and noisy, but it's all amazing," he told her.

"I'm glad you think so. But I usually come here for one reason and that's to play Dance Dance Revolution!" she said cheerfully as she grabbed him and took him to her favorite game. There was a crowd there, and the two friends wondered why. They quickly walked to the area and when they arrived they now knew what the fuss was about. Two people were dancing and one of them was very good at it.

"Wow, Johnny(A/N hmm…I can't remember his name, but…whatever) is great at this! Look at him move!" one individual said not too far from Tea and Yami.

"Yeah, he is so cool," a female agreed. After a while, the two dancers were finished, and Johnny was the victor. He was a good dancer, but his attitude was very annoying. Tea could only think of him as a conceited person.

"Okay, then, who will come and be my next victim!" Johnny said arrogantly.

"He thinks too much of himself," Tea said loudly, not really caring if Johnny could hear her. But since he did, he thought she would be the perfect prey.

"How about you in the pink. You want to be defeated by me?" he asked more arrogantly than before. Tea just raised an eyebrow at him and Yami wanted to leave.

"Just ignore him Tea," Yami said not liking at all how this creep talks.

"Nah, I rather stay and show this guy a lesson about dancing!" before Yami could say anything she was already on the dance floor. She took her little coat off and told Yami to hold on to it. It flew towards him and he easily caught, but was shocked at Tea's actions. Bakura, who was behind a lot of people, watched in amusement. He knew that Tea for sure would beat that stupid person, he didn't know that she could dance, but he had a lot of confident in her..

"Ready to lose, loser!" Johnny asked.

"We'll see who is the loser," Tea said, not looking at him as she prepared herself. In seconds, the game began and the two dancers were doing a great job. But after minutes into the dance, Johnny was beginning to lose it. He even attempted to cheat, but Tea always managed to keep up. The way she moved amazed everyone, even Yami and Bakura. Actually the two seemed to be in some kind of trance, just watching her every move.

'She's incredible…and that body…' Yami thought as he never took his eyes off the dancing girl. Bakura didn't even notice the stare Yami was given since he too was entranced in the way she moved.

'So hypnotic…she shouldn't be doing this in public, however. I hope no one is staring at her in any perverted way…must see…but can't move eyes away from her,' Bakura thought as he kept watching.

As time went on, it was clear that Tea would win. Each move she did was perfect, and when the game was finally over, she finished with a nice final move. She had won and showed Johnny that she was superior than him in the action called dance.

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Tea and Yami stood at the entrance of a museum, Bakura, of course, was watching from the distance. Yami had decided, after dueling Johnny and winning, that he wanted to know everything he possibly can about his past. He was afraid, but he wouldn't say it. He looked at Tea as she just looked at the sky. It was already dark, and the stars were shining beautifully. He couldn't help but realize her beauty. Tea felt him staring and looked at him smiling at him, making him turn away.

"Are you ready to go, Yugi?" she asked.

"Yes…I am ready. I won't stop, not now until I know something about myself. I will figure it out," he told her.

"You don't have to do it alone Yugi. I will be here to help you through it, and if you need more help, you know you can count on our other friends," Tea told him, smiling brightly.

"Right," Yami nodded, "now let's go." She nodded too, and the two began walking up the stairs entering the museum. They walked around for a while until they entered one room that held what they were looking for. Tea looked at the walls, which had many stone monuments, and Yami looked at the items that were display behind glass boxes.

As Tea looked at each artifact, she stopped rapidly at one that she saw. Her eyes went wide, and she was having a hard time breathing. Images were flashing quickly before her, seeing the same people she saw on the stone. They looked just like Yugi and Seto, but how could they be?

Tea held her head, hoping that her illness won't kick in. But she knew that if she didn't take her medication, Yugi will definitely know about it. 'I have to try and stay calm. I have to get through this…' she thought as she took one big breath and slowly she felt she was getting better.

When she was breathing normally, she turned to Yami and told him to look at what she had seen. Yami looked at it and turned wide eyed. He knew that the person on that stone was him, but why?

"This…must be me," he said.

"That is correct, Pharaoh Yami," a voice said from behind. Both Tea and Yami turned around quickly and was greeted by a women with black, shoulder length hair and blue eyes.

"Pharaoh…Yami," Tea said surprised at what she just heard. "So you were a pharaoh and your name is Yami?"

"Indeed," the woman answered.

"How do you know and who are you?" Yami asked, he couldn't believe he was a pharaoh.

"My name is Isis Ishtar and I know a lot of things. Most of it I have discovered by the artifacts that you see here. They contain much information on you, pharaoh. As well, my Millennium Necklace has helped me discover many things too," Isis told him calmly.

"You have a Millennium Item as well! Unbelievable," Yami said. Tea looked at the woman, then at Yami…she had this strange feeling that she knew all this…she felt like she heard the names Isis and Yami before, but how? More importantly…when? Tea's head began to hurt, and she could feel her sickness kicking in again.

"What is more unbelievable pharaoh is that the world is in grave danger," Isis said, and Yami looked shocked.

"What do you mean?" he asked. Isis told them everything, and both Yami and Tea looked stunned. Tea was fine now, but she knew she needed her medicine.

"This darkness was fought before, pharaoh. You had stopped it once before, and now you must do it again. For if darkness was to succeed, then the world will be in chaos. The world depends on you," she finished off.

"But what can I do?" Yami asked.

"You will find out very soon. For now all I can say is do not lose when you duel," she said, "now if you'll excuse me." Isis left and Yami and Tea stayed silent for awhile. Yami Bakura, who was listening, couldn't believe what he heard either. 'Pharaoh? Why is it that I feel such a strong hatred toward him now? What has he done?' he thought, but soon thought best to leave. He quickly walked out of the museum, knowing that Tea will be fine. Nothing has happened, so he felt that he didn't need to stay any longer.

"Are you okay, Yu…erg…Yami?" Tea asked the silent pharaoh.

"I'm fine, Tea. I'm glad I got to know something about myself, but now, I have to worry about this threat," he told her.

"Don't worry, Yami, you'll win, and don't forget you have you're friends behind you all the way," she said smiling at him.

"Thank you, Tea," he said smiling back. Soon, they began to walk out of the museum.

When they were out of the building, they were quiet, not having anything to say. Yami could only think of the threat that was to come, and Tea felt that she really needed to take her medication. She took a deep breath and felt a bit better. She had two attacks in one night and didn't even take her pills. She wonders if maybe she was getting better? 'I wish,' she thought, 'that would make my life so much easier.' She looked at the ground and sighed quietly.

Yami looked at her, wondering if something was bothering her. She looked like she has a lot on her mind, and he wondered if there was anything he could do. He did, after all, owe her something for spending the day with him. And he truly believed that she helped him. Without her, he probably would have never wanted to go to the museum.

He slowly opened his mouth to speak, but did not say anything because someone else did, "Yugi! Tea!" The couple looked to their right and spotted Mai running toward them.

"Mai?" Tea asked, wondering what Mai could be doing here.

"Hey Tea!" Mai grabbed Tea in a head lock, "ooohhh, I hope I wasn't interrupting your date." Tea went red but quickly went back to normal. Yami was just looking on with confusion.

"It's not a date, Mai, we're just friends," Tea tried to convince her.

"Whatever," Mai said smirking. Yami looked at the two females and thought maybe he should say something. Tea really didn't seem to be happy.

"So, Mai, why are you here?" Yami asked.

"Haven't you heard? There is Duel Monsters tournament being held in this city." She explained.

"What? Really?" he asked.

"Yup, as you can see," Mai pointed around, "many duelist are here to participate." Tea and Yami looked around and saw many people with decks of cards. There were faces they had seen before, like Rex and Weevil, and others they didn't know.

"This must be what Isis was talking about," Yami whispered, but was heard by Tea. She became filled with worry. --Isis had told them that there was a great evil coming to the city searching for the pharaoh's power. But she said that this new evil was not exactly the same person that the pharaoh had defeated once. This evil is someone else with different intentions, but it was still after the same thing, the power of the pharaoh. All Yami had to do was enter a tournament, and to their luck it was this one. She looked at Yami and hoped that he would be alright.

"So, Mai, do you know who planned this tournament?" Tea asked.

"No, but I know it has to be someone with a lot of cash," she answered.

"Hmm…" Tea wondered for a moment and realized that the only person with a lot of money, that she knew, was…

"Hey look at the big screens!" a person yelled out from the crowd.

"Isn't that CEO Seto Kaiba?" another person spoke.

"I should have known," Tea whispered.

"Well, that answers your question," Mai said as she and everyone else looked up to see Kaiba in his helicopter looking as smug as ever.

"Kaiba!" Yami couldn't help but grit his teeth. Seto could practically see it and just smirked. Tea on the other hand, looked more worried than before. 'Seto, I hope you know what you're doing.'

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Tea walked slowly to where she saw Seto sitting. Today was the last day of school and tomorrow was the beginning of the Battle city tournament. She hadn't seen Seto since he was on the helicopter and really missed him. He had been busy with a lot of work, she assumed, since he missed the last week of school but he came for the last day at least.

"Long time no see, Kaiba!" she cheerfully said. Seto turned his head and smiled when he saw who it was.

"Nice to see you too, Gardner," Seto smiled brightly, after working so hard on preparing the tournament, he was happy to see his best friend's face.

"So working hard?" Tea asked, but he just shrugged his shoulders. She walked up to him and sat down beside him, and she now noticed the card he was holding.

"Is that a new card?" she asked, taking it from him. He didn't mind, knowing he could trust her with it. "Obelisk the Tormentor, what a…great name for a beast."

"I think it suites it fine. Besides, the name doesn't matter, it's the power that counts," Seto told her.

"Right, like you always told me," she smiled as she remembered countless times when Kaiba said that power was everything when it came to duels. He would always try to give her great, powerful cards, but she like the ones that were…pretty looking. She enjoyed seeing his face when she looked at the pretty cards and ignored his powerful ones.

"Right. Anyway, I'm glad you're here, I need to tell you something," Tea looked at him and showed that she was listening. So he began to speak, "Tea, this tournament is going to attract some dreadful people, and I'm really going to hate it if something happens to you. You must be careful, I know I can't tell you to stay home during the tournament, because I know how you are. You always like to know how your friends are doing, so I'm not going to stop you from walking around the city. But all I want is for you to be alert and careful, they could do anything to get the card you are holding now. If they know that you are a friend, they can use you against me, so please, do what you can to stay out of their way."

"Don't worry, Seto, I can take care of myself. But I want you to be careful as well, okay," she told him.

"Okay," he agreed.

"So, what are these people called?" Tea asked.

"They are known as Rare Hunters," he answered. Tea didn't say anything more, she had a feeling these Rare Hunters were the threat that Isis warned about.

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"Bakura!" Tea shouted out. Y. Bakura looked toward the voice and saw Tea, Joey, Tristan and Yugi's grandfather walking toward him. He was happy to see Tea, but could care less about the other three.

"Hey guys," Y. Bakura changed back to Bakura, but he was still controlling him.

"Hey, how have you been?" Joey asked as he patted him on the shoulder.

"Okay, so have you been winning a lot of duels?" Bakura asked.

"Yep, take a look see," Joey bragged as he showed his locater cards.

"Impressive," Bakura commented.

"Yeah, it is, isn't it?" Joey said conceitedly, while the others just sighed. Tea on the other hand was looking at a poster.

"Hey guys, isn't that Mako?" she asked. The others crowed around her and couldn't believe what they saw. It was a picture of Mako on a whale, and they wondered what the hell he was doing.

"Isn't he here to duel? What the hell does he think he is doing having fun?" Joey said forming a plan, "Well, it really doesn't matter, 'cause I just found my next opponent!" Joey gave a goofy smile then ran off, Tristan and Mr. Mutou followed and tried their best to keep. Tea gave a big sigh and was about to walk off to, but stopped when Bakura grabbed her arm.

"Bakura?" she wondered what was wrong.

"It will be revealed soon…Anzu," Tea gasped when she heard that name. Was she just imagining it, or did he really say it? She didn't know, nor could she think about it as she heard that name being repeated in her mind, being shouted really.

"W-what?" she asked, half her mind there.

"I said you dropped this, Tea," Bakura said, showing the key chain he had in his had. Tea looked at him, confused, why did she hear something else?

"O-oh, thank you, Bakura. Well…um, I'll see you later," she told him as she waved and ran off to catch up with her friends.

Bakura watch her until she was out of sight. He really did tell her what she first heard, but he couldn't let her know, not yet anyway. Actually he wasn't completely certain if what he said was true, but he felt it was. What he meant by 'it will be revealed soon' was that her dreams will be clear to her. Why he thought that was because he had sensed another Millennium Item, and if he found out who has it, it would be the fifth item he has found. He wasn't too sure, but something told him that when he possessed all the items, it was going to do something more than just give him power. It could give him his memory of his past life, but…he wasn't positive.

"Why I feel this way should be answered soon enough. I better find that Millennium Item," he said to himself, but unknown to him, it wasn't the item that was the key, it was the person.

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A young boy, riding a motorcycle, drove as quickly as he could through the streets of Domino. Where he was going was anywhere he could find the pharaoh's friends. He was an Egyptian boy, with golden yellow hair, and nice mauve eyes you could possibly ever come across. He looked beautiful in man ways, but he was not someone to be taken lightly. His name was Malik and right now, all he wanted was the power of the pharaoh.

He had traveled a long way to get to Japan, and now that he has finally arrived he can deal with the pharaoh personally. So far his mind slaves have failed him, but he can still achieve what he aims for. With his brilliant plan, he knew he could not fail. 'Soon, pharaoh, your power will be mine!' Malik thought as he laughed, thinking of what he could when the world is in his control.

'Don't forget about me, Malik,' said a voice deep within the mind of the boy.

"It's nice to hear from you after so long. Enjoyed you're rest?" Malik asked with a smirk.

'It was quite refreshing, but I think that trip took too long. But, anyway, now that we're finally here, the plan can soon take place. I hope you don't screw up, or else I would have to take over,' the voice known as Yami Malik said.

"You won't have to," Malik said assuredly.

'We'll see,' Y. Malik didn't say anymore, leaving Malik with hi own thoughts.

"I can't never let him take control, but I won't worry." Malik said to himself and soon turned right into an alley, but he stopped as quickly as he could when someone step in front of him.

Bakura stared attentively at the boy on the motorcycle. 'So this is the one who holds a Millennium Item…odd, I feel like I met him before,' Bakura thought as he kept staring at the male.

Malik didn't like the fact the Bakura was in his way, and would have blasted him to the shadow realm if it wasn't for his yami stopping him. Yami Malik had been watching since Malik stopped and had a feeling he knew the person that stood in front of his light.

'Almost as if…I knew him well,' he thought.

'What are you talking about,' Malik asked his dark.

'Nothing…forget it. Just ask what this person wants,' Y. Malik said and stayed silent as he watched.

"Why are you standing in my way? Either remove yourself or I will do it for you," Malik warned.

"Not until I have what I want," Bakura argued.

"And that would be?"

"Your Millennium Item," he answered. Malik looked a bit taken back, 'how was it that this person knew of the items?' he wondered.

'How, indeed,' Y. Malik thought, 'but if he knows about the items, he may be useful.'

'You may be right…but do you think we can trust him?'

'For some reason…I have no doubt,' Yami Malik told him. Malik got off his bike and looked at Bakura. He hoped his dark was right.

"My Millennium Item, you say? Well, I don't know," Malik pulled out his Millennium Rod and smirked, "I just can't simply give it away, but…maybe we can make a deal."

"I'm listening," Bakura told him.

"I will give you the Millennium Rod, only if you help me destroy the pharaoh," Malik said.

"The pharaoh? You mean Yugi?"

"Ahh, I see you know him, that's good. Then maybe you can help after all. You see, I believe the best way to get the pharaoh is to use his friends against him," when Malik said that, Bakura looked more attentively at him. Using Yugi's friends may involve Tea, and if she is involved, who knows what might happen to her.

"Which friends, exactly?" Bakura asked, his face showed a little anger.

"I think using two will be fine, maybe the blonde one, Joey was it? And the pretty female, Tea," Malik said, and before he knew it, he was pinned to the wall. He looked at Bakura confused, did he say something wrong?

"Listen, and listen good. If you are going to use the pharaoh's friends, you better not involve Tea in this plan! She is not to be touched or harmed," Bakura said through gritted teeth, just imagining Tea being hurt by this person or worse made him so angry. Malik just looked at him even more confused. 'Why does he care about that female?' he wondered.

'Something must be going on between the two…but we are going to need her, the pharaoh must hold some kind of relationship with her, and if he does, then this plan should work wonderfully,' Malik Yami told him.

'But I doubt this person will agree to it.'

'I don't care, think of something.'

"Well, then, I can't guarantee that she will not be a part of this, but I can assure you no harm will come to her. But, if I may ask, why do you care?" Malik asked smirking, he liked that look that Bakura had. It was a look of bashfulness. (A/N LOL!)

"That's none of you're business! I just hope you keep your word, because if I find out that any harm came to her, you will wish you have never met me. I'll kill you so slowly and painfully, and I guarantee that," Bakura warned, and it actually made Malik a little…scared?

"Nothing will happen to her, you have my word," Malik said hoping no fear was evident in his voice. But he couldn't understand why he would be.

"Good," Bakura said, "now what is your whole plan…er…"

"Malik," he finished for him. Bakura eyes opened a bit wide, 'Malik…why do I know that name?'

'He looks a bit confused,' Yami Malik said.

"And yours?" Malik ignored his yami. Bakura shook his head a little, and would think about the name later.

"Bakura," it was Yami Malik this time to have his eyes a bit wide open. 'Bakura…where have I heard it?'

"I see, well, then this is my plan," Malik said as he continued to ignore his darker half and explained everything to Bakura.

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Tea looked around her, and felt a bit of panic surge though her. Where was she? Why was it so dark? 'Why is all this happening?' she thought. She looked around the dark room, but couldn't see anything at all. Not one bit of light shined within the room. 'Where I am?' she was scared, what was going to happen to her.

She felt one tear fall and tried to wipe it away, but she now realized something. She was trapped. Her hands and her legs were bind to the chair she was sitting on. She tried moving again, trying to wriggle out of it, but she had no success. She felt more scared now, but she tried to calm herself before panic took over. She sighed and sat motionless. Closing her eyes, she reflected on what has happened before she was trapped here.

She was first with her friends, and saw Bakura. After that Joey had decided to challenge Mako. Joey, of course, won and when they had exited the water arena, they set out to look for other duels. Joey even wanted to battle Seto, but there was no way he could have won. Fortunately, for him, Seto backed down for some reason. 'Yeah, lucky him, Seto would have beaten him badly and he would have been left crying' she joked.

When Seto left, however, Joey felt a bit proud, thinking Seto ran away because e was afraid of him. But of course that wasn't the case. Anyway, as soon as Seto left, she and her friends went walking around again, but stopped at some points to see some duels. They had stopped once to call Serenity, Joey's younger sister, to see if she would be able to come see Joey in the finals. That call was made once Joey had all six locater cards, and happily for him, Serenity said she could go and watch him. That's when Tristan decided to leave, saying he would go and pick her up.

Soon after that, they had discovered that Bakura was hurt. It seemed some people had surrounded him and beat him very badly. Immediately, thy had called for a cab and Mr. Mutou took Bakura to the hospital. Tea and Joey were left with the one who helped Bakura out. His name was Namu, and to Tea, he was a very kind person. But, it was unfortunate that they had only met and some crazy people came and grabbed them. 'That's when all the trouble began,' Tea thought. Joey and she were taken to some place, Tea being put somewhere, while Joey was somewhere else. She was worried, wondering where he could be or if he was alright.

"Everything sure has been chaotic," Tea said to herself. But at least she wasn't alone for most of the time. They had captured Mokuba as well, and if she knew better, Seto was probably more upset than anything. When they mess with his brother, there will surely be hell to pay. It was the same when they mess with her, but she didn't know whether he knew of her capture. 'I wonder what he is doing right now, and I hope Mokuba got away safely.'

Once Mokuba was there, he explained to Tea what was happening. And when she heard the name Rare Hunters, she knew what was going on. Seto warned her about the people that would be after the card he had. Maybe they knew that she was a friend of his…or maybe it had something to do with Yugi, or rather Yami. She felt that way because of what Mokuba told her. They were after Yugi as well, so they must be using his friends to lure him in.

"I hope Yugi is alright and Seto," she said, and tried to remember what happened after the explanation Mokuba had given her. She remembered she had helped Mokuba get away through a window, and she was going to as well, but the Rare Hunters had arrived I the room and she couldn't escape. She told Mokuba to get away and get help and hopefully he did. After that, she was knocked out, and now she sat in a dark room, not knowing what was to happen.

Tea opened her eyes, not really doing anything since she couldn't see anything. But that was soon changed when a door opened. Quickly turning to see who opened it, she was filled with hope. It was Joey.

"Joey, I'm so glad you're alright! I was so worried," she said happily.

"You should be," he said, not in his usual tone.

"Huh, Jo…ey?"

"I'm not Joey."

"What? What are you talking about, Joey?!" Tea felt scared again, what was wrong with him.

"I told you, I'm not Joey!" he yelled, and then someone came behind him. It was a tall man with, what Tea could see, a big scar on his face.

"Who are you? What have you done with Joey?!" she yelled at him, her fear growing by the second.

"I am Malik," Tea gasped when she heard that name. Images were flashing before her, seeing a face she did not recognize, yet knew. And she knew, this man is not who he claims to be. Tea's eyes were becoming empty as she felt herself leaving reality. But before she was completely gone she heard a voice, it was quick but she heard it clearly. 'Behind you,' it said and quickly, Tea turned her head as far as she could, but she couldn't see anything, just darkness. But she knew there was someone there.

"Malik…" she whispered. The one that was behind her was, indeed, Malik, and he had been watching her with surprise. How did she know he was there? He knew she couldn't see him, he was to well hidden in the darkness, so how could she? Maybe she did, but he hoped not, that wouldn't good at all.

'This girl…the way she looks at you with those eyes, like I know them. She seems so familiar,' Yami Malik said to his other half.

'You say that a lot,' Malik said to him.

'I don't know why, but forget about it. Just control her mind, and get this plan working!' he yelled.

'Right…' he agreed. Malik held the rod tightly and it began to glow. Tea felt a sharp pain in her head, and couldn't stand it. She felt weak, not only from the pain but for her illness. She tried to control herself, tried so hard to forget the pain, and, surprisingly to Malik, she was doing it. 'What's happening? She is somehow able to block out my mind control!' Malik stopped his assault and when he did, Tea's head fell limply, and she was breathing hard. She was now gone, totally out of reality, her illness in control. She was left deep in her mind, and soon began to whisper something.

"Malik, you have changed so much…you were never like this. What's happened to you, Malik…" Malik looked at her confused. Yami Malik on the other hand, had his eyes wide open, she was definitely someone he knew. But he couldn't figure it out, it was there in his mind, but he couldn't find it.

'Malik take control of her now. She is weak and vulnerable. Do it now!' Y. Malik said.

'Al…right,' he said and soon took control of Tea's mind. But before he did she whispered one last thing.

"It will be revealed soon, Malik," Tea eyes were filled with nothing, she was being totally controlled and probably could not take control again until her strength was back…and maybe until she had her medicine.

"Rashid!" Malik finally spoke out.

"Yes, master," the man who was watching everything said.

"Search her belongings, see if she is taking any kind of medication!" Malik told him. That was the only solution he could think of, he believed she had some kind of illness.

"Yes sir," he said and ran off. Malik looked to Joey, and told him to leave. Joey did that, of course, and Malik was left with the girl. He looked at her, wondering what she meant. Y. Malik, however, felt he knew what she meant. It must have something to do with the past…something that only she, Bakura, someone else, and he knew about. 'Maybe…just maybe, she meant that dream.'

--Ok, I don't know whether I was clear in this part. I couldn't really explain it without giving so much info that deals with the sequel. All I'm trying to say is that, there was someone in the past that had caused a lot of chaos, he was after the pharaoh's power, but it was not Malik. It will all be revealed in the sequel. I hoped that wasn't confusing. Anyway…

*Okay, there you go, you got yourself a chapter. And now only three are left, I think. Anywho, I can't promise the next chapter will be out soon, but I'll try to do it. Again I am sooo sorry I took long to update this story, and hopefully this chapter made up for that. I hope this chapter was good. Well, bye!