Tori the Hanyou: Okay! Chapter 3 is FINALLY up! Hah! This one's definitely a fun one! You romance-lovers are definitely gonna love this one! I want to thank all of my reviewers! You're all beautiful! Now for Chapter 3: Operation Couple! Enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: Nope, don't own YuGiOh, sorry, but you'll have to keep looking

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YuGiOh! Trapped in the Next Dimension

Chapter 3: Operation Couple!

Tea was finally able to free herself from Tristan's grip; she'd been reluctant to do that, but she had to make sure Tori was ok. She walked over to where they lay on the grass, and beckoned Tristan over, along with everyone else. They looked at the couple on the grass. Tori was aware of people looking at her, and turned to see her friends. Yugi saw them, too. They snapped back to reality, and let go of each other and stood up, embarrassed. But this time they couldn't get mad at them, this actually wasn't their fault. The two glared at each other, and Yugi walked off towards the house. Tori looked at her friends, who were still giggling.

"I'm gonna watch TV," said Tori, and she headed off for the house. The group looked after her, and turned to each other.

"What do you guys wanna do now?" asked Duke. Tea looked as Tori went inside after Yugi was gone. An evil smirk appeared on her face. Mai saw the look. 'Oh, boy,' she thought. Tea turned to Tristan. "I have an idea. Why don't we get those two together?" she pointed towards the house. Tristan looked back at the house, then to Tea's face. The smirk appeared on his face, too.

"Okay, I'm in," he said.

"You guys, I don't think we should mess with Tori's private life. You already know what happened to her before, I don't think she wants that again," said Serenity.

"Oh, come on, Tori needs to get on with it," said Tea.

"Tea's right, Serenity," said Mai, "Tori needs another guy so she can get over what happened to her. And if Yugi's anything like these guys," she beckoned back to the other boys, "she'll be fine, and we know it."

"Yeah, Serenity, this is my best friend we're talking about, here," said Joey; "I wouldn't be his friend if he wasn't a good guy."

"I still don't think Tori's gonna like us messing with her love life," said Serenity.

"Well, she'll have to get over it," said Duke, "and so will Yugi. Let's commence Operation Couple!"

"Yeah!" came the answer.

Tori walked into the back door, unaware that her friends were plotting a trap for her outside. She walked to the teen room, and looked at the big screen. How could any of this be real? She decided against watching TV and went to one of the computers sitting in the corner. She got on the Internet and started looking. Finally, she found what she was looking for, an article on the old house that she and her friends had explored that afternoon after school. She found out that the house had once been owned by a technology genius. He had built a machine that he said could transport people into a dimension that he created himself. The dimension was equipped with the latest technology, and would automatically update itself with any new technology that happened to be invented or discovered. It also would automatically create anything a person wanted, if they could imagine it, and decorate itself however the person liked. The stuff was real; it was just created in another dimension. The only thing that couldn't change at all was the house, and its surrounding environment. Rooms could be added in, but not taken away, and the house couldn't be removed, or moved. Tori wondered what the reason for that might be. She kept reading, and found out that the guy who'd created the dimension had died fifty years ago from an accidental experiment with coffee (O.O) that went terribly wrong. For that reason, they closed off his house for investigation, but they never found his lab. They never found the instruction booklet for the dimension machine (which meant that Tori still didn't know how they could get out of there, not that she wanted to). There was nothing else of importance on the article, so Tori closed it and got off the computer to do a little exploring of her own.

She made sure no one had come in from outside, and went towards the stairs. She climbed up them, and went into the maze. After finding the hallway with their rooms, she went back and forth through the pathway from the hallway to the stairs again and again so that she could memorize the way to their rooms. Finally, after making sure she knew the way back and forth, Tori went to the beginning of the maze again, and took a different route, trying to find something else to do. She remembered what Duke had said, about how you could get lost in here for days at a time, but she shrugged it off. She had a good sense of navigation, plus, she'd rubbed her wrist on the edge of the maze at the beginning, so that all she would have to do if she got lost was find her scent. Her Ligress had extremely sharp senses, and even if she wasn't mad, she could use those senses anytime she wanted. She continued through the maze, finding rooms along the way, though they didn't entertain her, it was nice to find something new every once in a while.

Then, after traveling for about a good hour or so, she found another door. This one was different from the other rooms she found. This one had a variety of dragon posters on it, which surrounded a set of crossbones painted on the door. Tori approached it suspiciously, all of her Ligress senses turned up to the maximum. Somewhere down the maze, she thought she heard something. She was too intrigued by the door to go see what it was. She turned the knob, and entered a red room. It was neat, decorated with dragon and dueling posters. Tori looked around it. Over in the corner was a small two-seater couch with a flat-screen TV hanging on the wall, with another X-Box hooked up to it. Curious, she began checking out things on the shelf. They were mostly dragon and duel monster figurines, but she also noticed some things that seemed to do with ancient Egypt. She'd always been fascinated by Egypt; anything that even mentioned Egypt she would immediately be drawn to. She looked at the stuff, and stopped at a small golden box sitting on the shelf. She examined it; it had a golden eye engraved on the front. She noticed a pyramid shape on the top of the box, and touched it.

The shape sank into the box slightly, and Tori's Ligress reflexes caused her to jump back as the lid sprang open. A huge, golden-colored dragon appeared out of the box and grew in size until it reached the ceiling of the room. Tori fell over in horror and scooted back away from the dragon, suppressing a scream as it roared at her. Her eyes grew wide as the gold dragon advanced on her, snarling. Tori closed her eyes, waiting for it to devour her.

"What the hell are you doing in my room??" came a voice. Tori looked to the door and saw Yugi. The look on his face made her unsure of which she was more scared of, him or the dragon. As he walked over to the dragon, Tori saw him pass right through it. She became puzzled. Yugi shut the lid on the little box, and the dragon vanished. Now Tori had decided; he was scarier. He walked up to her, glaring down at her. "Did you like my Winged Dragon of Ra hologram?" he asked venomously. Tori was terrified. She'd never seen him like this. As he got closer, she did the only thing a frightened girl with superhuman powers would do. She blasted him. He flew across the room, hitting the wall above his bed before falling onto the bed. She got up, horrified at what she'd done, and turned to run out the door. But Yugi recovered quickly, and using his own powers, he shut the door and locked it. Tori turned the knob, trying to get out. Yugi walked up to her and grabbed her wrist. "I'll ask you again, why are you in my room?"

"J-just exploring," said Tori in a quavering voice. Yugi's eyes bored into hers, holding her gaze. He could see her fear. He let her go, but still didn't open the door. Their eyes remained locked, and Yugi seized his chance. He looked into her mind, seeing all of her memories. He wanted to know just what had happened between her and this old boyfriend of hers the day that Tori's brother had been killed. Tori tried to turn her head away to break the gaze, but he had too strong of a grip on her. Yugi found the memories of her old boyfriend, finding out that his name was Riku, and all of the horrible things he'd done to her. He saw that Riku had not only kept Tori from leaving him for more than two days at a time (he'd shown up to spend a little time with her at many different occasions, some good, some bad. Mostly they were when she was alone, sitting in her room, doing homework, or watching TV), but when she wasn't there, he'd get angry. And if she tried to leave, he would hold her back. If she fought him, he would hit her.

Then, Yugi stumbled across the memory he'd been looking for. Tori had called Riku up, telling him she'd be gone for a few days. He totally objected, saying that she'd have to make some excuse to stay home, fake sick if she had to. But Tori really wanted to go on this trip; they were going to see her step-grandmother in North Carolina. She'd refused to stay home, saying that he would have to get over it, hanging up the phone angrily. He saw the painful memory of watching her brother die.

Yugi finally broke the spell between himself and Tori, having seen enough. Tori blinked, snapping back from the distant chasms of her mind. She glared at Yugi.

"Well, I hope you're satisfied. Now you know exactly what went on that day," said Tori angrily. She was furious. He had some nerve, doing that to her! He simply stared at her. He finally understood just how much pain she'd gone through. Tori backed away from him, wary of what he might do. It was creeping her out the way he just stared at her, a distant look in his eyes. Realizing she was blushing, Tori turned towards the door. She tried to get it open using her own powers, but nothing worked. She walked back to Yugi.

"When you're done wandering that empty head of yours, you might want to open this doors so I can get out of here," she said, snapping. Yugi came back, and his eyes turned back to cold purple steel. With a wave of his hand, he opened the door, and Tori walked out. He hoped she'd get lost out there, that would teach her to be snappy with him! But, then again, he would also have to go after her and find her . . .he let her go off on her own.

Tori walked the long hallways of the maze, following her own scent back through the maze. She knew Yugi was expecting her to get lost out here, but he didn't know about her super-sharp senses. It wasn't long before she found the staircase, and went down to find everyone in the teen room, stretched out on the large amount of loveseat couches that hadn't been there before. Tori went and found one that hadn't been taken by anybody, and watched the rest of whatever these guys had been watching. She turned to see if anyone had made popcorn, and nearly fell over at what she saw.

There on each of the couches was a couple. Tori looked and saw Serenity and Duke sleeping peacefully, Serenity's head resting on Duke's shoulder, and Duke's arm about her waist. She saw Mai and Joey on the other couch right next to them, Joey's arm around Mai's shoulders. Then she saw the last couple nearest to her, Tristan and Tea. Tristan had his arms tightly wrapped around Tea, and Tea was snuggled into his grip, her head on his chest. Tori couldn't help but smile at the heart-melting scene. She went into a broom closet near the room, and opened the door. There weren't any blankets, but as she turned away, she heard something behind her. She turned around, and a top shelf had suddenly appeared, laden with soft, warm, fluffy blankets, and she remembered the article she'd read. She walked over to the table in the hallway, and pictured a Polaroid camera sitting on the table. Just as she opened her eyes, there it was, sitting on the table. She took it, smirking. This would definitely be blackmail for all of them. She walked into the room, and shot a picture of each couple before placing a blanket over them. She grinned evilly at the picture shots, and hid them in her purse sitting in the kitchen. She walked back to the room, grabbing a blanket for herself before going into the teen room, and stretching out to finish the end of Ferris Bueller's Day Off. She laughed at when Ferris threw his baseball at the stereo, which was still playing the snoring tape he'd left on while skipping school, just as his parents walked in. The movie ended, and she just had the energy to reach out to the remote on the floor and push the power button on the remote to turn the TV off. She rolled over to face the back of the couch, and went to sleep.

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She woke up VERY early the next morning (four-thirty a.m. to be exact) to Tea's poking her in the shoulder. She opened her eyes to see Tea's inquisitive ones staring back at her, and she groaned, rolling over. Last night's events had taken their toll on her, and she didn't have the energy to get up right then. Then she remembered her little run-in with Yugi in his room, and felt fully awake, though her body wanted to go back to sleep. She snarled as she remembered, he'd had the audacity to peer into her mind and see the thoughts and memories she'd been hiding from everyone. She got up, suddenly realizing how cold it was, and threw the blanket around herself. Someone had turned the thermostat WAY low during the night. She jumped up and turned on the heat. Tea gestured to the other two couples, still asleep in each other's arms. Tori raised an eyebrow and looked at Tea slyly. Tea looked back.

"What?" she asked. Tori pointed to Tristan, who was lying on his side on the couch now, his arms in the position they'd been the night before, though he wasn't hanging onto anything.

"Don't think I don't know what happened last night. You two were sound asleep, you right there in his arms. I saw it all before I went to sleep over here." Tori tapped her foot. Tristan made a small noise in his throat, and they could then hear him say in his sleep,

"Don't leave me, Tea." Tori looked with satisfaction at the expression of embarrassment on Tea's face, her cheeks were flushed red.

"Aww, looks like he wants you back, Tea," said Tori. Tea growled. She was supposed to be pulling all of this stuff over Tori, not the other way around. "I won't tell anyone, go back," said Tori. She helped Tea pry Tristan's hands apart, and Tea lay down next to Tristan, on one of his arms. Almost like a spring trap, Tristan's arms wrapped around her again, not letting go, at least not until he woke up. Tori smiled, Tea looked up at her with an expression saying, do I really have to do this? Tori already knew what Tea wanted to do, and she was doing it right now. "I know you're enjoying this," she whispered to Tea as she draped the blanket over the two of them, Tea's face had suddenly become calm.

Tori walked around to the kitchen, where she saw Yugi was already up. She stopped in her tracks, and so did he. Tori snarled.

"I think I'm going back to bed," she said, grabbing her purse, turning and stomping off. Looks like she wouldn't be having breakfast, at least not until Yugi left. She stomped up the stairs and headed to a room she'd created herself while exploring the maze last night. It had automatically adjusted to look like her corner of the room that she shared with her friends. She added in a TV, now that she thought about it, and a self- keeping calendar. She took the pictures that she'd shot the night before out of her purse, and conjured up frames to put them in. This would be her permanent room from now on, and she put a special lock on the door that could only be opened with her powers, like Yugi's. She set the pictures on the desk she'd created next to her computer. She went and got in bed, which had soft, fluffy sheets that weren't cold when you first got into them. She slept soundly for the next few hours.

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Tori the Hanyou: Whee! Told you this one would have some fun stuff in it! You guys finally found out where the girls are, and why everything is as it is where they are. There was also a little teensie bit of Tori/Yugi fluff, and a whole lot of Tristan/Tea fluff, along with some fluff for the other couples, too. I can't do shout-outs, cuz no-one's reviewed ch 2, oh well. At least I didn't leave you on a cliffhanger! Get ready for Ch. 3: Truth or Dare, oh boy.