Wow, that was really fast. I tried to write Chapter Ten as fast as I can. A little on the short side, but I want to get to the second item more quickly. So, read and review.

This chapter is mainly about Yami's dream, although most would think it's about the liquid. READ THE TITLE, WILL YA?!?

I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh. Duh. I own the six Hidden Items, Sii, Ka, and Ria. Oh, and I own the voice.

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Chapter Ten: Yami's Dream

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"Yami.Bakura." Yami Sii was in shock. Both of the other spirits had crumpled. Would the same happen to her? But what she was more concerned about was their condition.

"Yami!" Tea started running toward Yami, but crashed into.something.and fell down.

Yami Sii stood. When she looked up, everyone could see the anger in her eyes. "No one shall lay a finger on them until I figure out the situation!" she hissed in her cold voice. She turned her attention to Joey. "You."

Joey was startled. "What?"

Yami Sii narrowed her eyes. "You are Yami's best friend, are you not?"

Joey only nodded.

Yami Sii softened a bit. "Good. I'll entrust you to help me carry him into his room. And Yami Bakura." To everyone else, she said, "I repeat, no one is to lay a finger on them. Except Joey."

After Joey and Yami Sii had moved both of the spirits into their rooms, she grabbed Tea by her collar. "Tell me," she growled, "what was inside the monstrous liquid?"

Tea sighed. "I-I-I'm sorry," she stammered. "I didn't know that was going to happen."

"You have spoiled Sii's birthday and you have spoiled my trust over you! What did you do to them?"

Tristan yawned. "Y'know, Sii, maybe we should settle this in the morning."

Yami Sii let go of Tea's collar. She angrily ran up the stairs. "Fine. With. Me."

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Yami yawned and looked around. He couldn't believe it. He was in Egypt.

He walked along the street, looking for something to do. Something caught his attention.

"Please, sir, do you know if there is anything that can help our poor son?"

It seemed to be a man with blue hair. In a ponytail. Huh, Yami thought, that is not an Egyptian hairstyle. He must be a foreigner.

He could see that the man had something in his arms. Something shaped oddly like a human.Yami walked closer to see what it was. But he couldn't. It was covered in white cloth.

Another man, this one in a white turban, walked toward Ponytail. He lifted some of the cloth and looked at whatever was underneath. Yami couldn't see it, but he did see an arm. So, it is a human. But who is it.? He knew he had seen Turban before someplace, but for some strange reason, his memory seemed to be more fogged than ever. He noticed that he felt tired, too. What was going on?

He saw Turban and Ponytail disappear down a trapdoor, so he followed them.

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Yami Sii laid down on her bed. Try as she might, she could not sleep.

""Yami.can I come back now?""

Yami Sii slapped her head. Of course. I'm a spirit. It's harder for me to sleep than for a mortal to. ""No, Sii. Something bad just happened and I rather not talk about it. Go back to sleep.""

""But I want to see Yugi!""

That protest surprised Yami Sii, but she sent Sii to mental bed anyway. She stared at the door. She felt herself getting off the bed, out the door, and into the room labeled "Ryou Bakura". I do hope he's all right.

Inside the room, on the bed, was Yami Bakura, in peaceful sleep. Or what she hoped was sleep. Oh, great, now I'm getting paranoid. He's fine! Why am I worrying? Great, now I'm getting a headache from all that thinking. I better stop.

She went to get a cup of water. She filled the water, then dipped the drop of the Necklace into the water.

She fed the water to Yami Bakura. There, she thought, that should make sure that he still has energy when he wakes up.

"Ah-HA! So YOU'RE the one who's been purifying my water!"" Sii's accusation startled Yami Sii.

"Sii! I thought you were asleep! Get back to bed!"

After Yami Sii was sure that Sii was asleep, she checked Yami Bakura one last time. "He looks just like Ryou right now. He looks so innocent."

Yami Sii went to Yami's room next. He was in the same condition as Yami Bakura. She got some restoring water for him, too.

"There. I hope that this water will help both of you." She brushed some of Yami's hair from his face. "You know, sometimes I even worry about your safety. Even though you can defeat anyone who challenges you to anything (except sports), you're helpless against whatever Tea made you drink." She realized something. "Wait, Sii drank that, too! Why do I have to strain to make her fall asleep, while Yami involuntarily did?" All this thinking gave her a headache again. "Argh! Go figure Tea! I need sleep!"

She did fall asleep- right in Yami's bed.

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Under the trapdoor was a long hallway that sickly reminded Yami of a tomb. He followed Turban and Ponytail anyway.

They walked into a bigger room. This room had a platform, and thousands of priests crowded around it, chanting some gibberish that Yami was too tired to try to understand. On the platform was a sarcophagus with seven holes. All of them were empty. Turban put the person wrapped with cloth on the platform and turned to Ponytail. "You may leave now. I promise that if all works well, your son will be fine. If all does not go well, you will lose nor gain anything. I prefer not to let outsiders learn the secrets of the Millennium Items."

"Alright." Ponytail turned around and left.

Turban slipped his hand inside his robe and drew out a strange looking type of jar. He grabbed a piece of rope and tied it to the jar.

"All right," he spoke to the priests. "We shall now test this boy with the Millennium Jar. Only the true destined holder will be able to-"

-SPLAT! - He was interrupted with a tomato in the face. "GET ON WITH IT, YA FREAK!!! We already know all that crap! Just hurry up, we're bored!"

In a few minutes, every priest in the room was either shouting, throwing tomatoes at Turban, or both.

The scene faded, and Yami saw a boy with red hair, red eyes, and who appeared to be wearing Egyptian clothing. He held a sword that was dripping blood, and was licking one of his hands, which were bloody. He looked right at Yami, and Yami suddenly felt very cold. The boy smirked and raised his sword. "Pharaoh, you shall be the first to die." He swung the sword down.

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Yami Sii was woken by a scream.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

"What?" She looked around, panicked, for the source of the scream. She found it right next to her. Yami had a pained look on his face. His eyebrows were bunched up, tears were coming from his eyes, and he gritted his teeth. He seemed like he was probably in pain.

"Yami." Yami Sii put her hand on his forehead, but withdrew it when the millennium symbol started flashing on it. She stared at the symbol until it faded away, and Yami relaxed again. "What was that?"

She heard another scream, this time coming from outside the room. She jumped off the bed and peeked out the door. It was morning already.

"Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!! Get him offa me!!! Someone!!! Please!!! RA SHOW MERCY!!!" It was Ishitsu. Wow, I've never heard Ishitsu talk loudly before, Yami Sii thought.

Ishitsu appeared to have something on her back. She was running so fast, Yami Sii couldn't make it out.

"Aww, please, sis? Just one little piggyback ride? You used to give them to me, why don't you anymore?" The thing on her back appeared to be Malik.

"BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THAT YOU'LL PULL OUT A KNIFE AND STAB ME, THAT'S WHY!!!"

"But...but.I love you! Why would I do that?"

"BECAUSE YOU DON'T LOVE ME!!! YOU HATE ME!!! DON'T THINK I'LL FALL FOR THAT CHEAP TRICK!!!"

"But sis, I mean it. I love you." Malik leaned more forward and rubbed his head against his sister's cheek.

By now, everyone that had been asleep (excluding Yami and Yami Bakura) was not asleep anymore, and was watching the show of Malik and Ishitsu. Malik's last action really shocked everyone. It was sometimes natural for siblings to love each other, but for the Ishtals, it was the exact opposite. They indeed did hate each other. But, here in front of their eyes, Malik was telling his sister how much he loved her.

"Okay, Malik, this ain't funny no more. Get off yer sis's back and apologize." Joey said to Malik.

Malik started crying. "But.but.but." he hugged Ishitsu until she felt like her stomach was being squeezed into her lungs. "No! He's my Ishitsu! I'm not joking!" He started crying some more.

"Erm." Joey didn't really expect that to happen.

"I'm going back in my room." Instead, Yami Sii went into Yami's room.

She made sure that the door was closed and locked. She flopped down onto the bed. She sat there for a few seconds, thinking. Finally, she lifted Yami off his covers and hugged him. "Oh, Yami! There's way too much odd things going on here! When will they end?" She cried on his shoulder before she could stop herself. To her surprise, she felt Yami hug her back and pat her on the back.

"It's okay. You can cry all you want. I'm here for you."

Yami Sii pushed Yami away from her and got off the bed. She started backing away from the bed until she hit the door. "Oh, pookgai.don't tell me you too." She turned around and grabbed the door handle. She ran out and shut the door as fast as she could.

"Sii? What's the matter?" Joey asked, seeing the look of horror on her face.

"G-give me a sec." Yami Sii went back into the room and faced Yami. "All right, who are you and what did you do to Yami? The Yami I know does not act like this!"

Yami looked pretty sad. "You don't like me."

Yami Sii shook her head. "No, it's not that I don't like you, it's just that-"

"Then why did you run?" Yami got out of the bed and hugged her. "It's all right if you don't like me. But I love you."

Okay, Yami Sii lost it. She screamed.

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Tea heard a scream. "This way! It came from Yami's room!" Everybody followed her into Yami's room (except Yami Bakura) and saw the strangest sight.

"Y-yug'! Whaddya think yer doin'?"

Yami looked up. He was still hugging a rather terrified Yami Sii, and his head had been resting on her shoulder. He smiled. "Is there something wrong with loving somebody?"

Everyone was again shocked. After a while, Tea started giggling.

"Spill it, Tea. What's so funny?"

Tea pointed to Malik. "He must have drank his sister's cup. Ishitsu, was your cup the black and gold one?"

Ishitsu nodded. "Yes. How do you know?"

Tea giggled again and pointed to Malik. "Because he drank the black and gold one. Ishitsu, Malik is now truthfully in love with you."

Tea pointed to Yami Sii. "Yami Sii probable had the blue one, because that's the one Yami drank. Yami is now in love with Yami Sii."

Everyone started getting scared. Joey looked all around the place. "Hey, Tea, that don't make no sense. I drank this blonde cup, but I don't fell any different towards anyone."

Mai appeared. She was still in the middle of brushing her hair. Now, of all times! "Joey, what color was your cup? It wasn't blonde, was it?" Joey slowly nodded. "By any chance, Mai, was your cup blonde?" Mai answered "Yes. Why don't we feel any different?"

Tea heard them talking. She laughed at them. "Isn't that obvious? That means you two were already in love with each other! The liquid has no effect if you drink someone you already love!"

Joey and Mai looked at each other. "Mai.did you really love me?" Embarrassed, Mai mumbled a "yes". Joey was so happy, he started crying. "Mai! Th-th-thank you, Mai! You don't know how much I had hoped for that!" He ran over and hugged her.

"Awww, how sweet. Let me get a camera." Tristan had a comb thrown in his face.

Tea sighed. "Well, now that the cat's out of the bag, I guess I should let Yami have his puzzle back."

At this statement, Sii took control.

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"Ugh.ow.what happened when I was gone? All of a sudden, the world went black." Yugi had finally regained control and was rubbing his head. He was instantly tacked by Sii. "Oh, Yugi! You're finally here! How I've waited for you!"

Yugi looked around, confused. "How long was I gone? What happened while I was gone? Where's Bakura?"