PP: Two chapters in each of my stories in one day!!! That should make up for my lack of writing the last couple of days.

YPP: *crouched in a corner, muttering darkly to herself* My precious....my precious....

PP: My precious? Have you been watch too much Lord of the Rings???

YPP: HISS!!!!

PP: Ok...point taken already, yeesh!!! And, uh, you do realise that's just a plastic kiddie ring, right?

YPP: Darn it.

Disclaimer: Shoo-fly, don't bother me, Shoo-fly, don't bother me, Shoo-fly, don't bother me, cuz I'm in love with lil' Yugi!!! I don't own him though....

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Yami is the person inside a millennium item, and Hikari is the real dude.

/Yami talking to Hikari or vice versa in their soul chambers/

//Zuzumea's thoughts in her dream//

~*start/end of the dream*~

~* "Get up, my dear." The boy commanded, authority in every syllable, yet gentle caring and kindness poked through that bossy voice. It almost seems as though his snobbyness was for show. Asophyre lifted her head and stared at the prince, or rather, pharaoh. He had stood up, and was walking towards her. She quickly stood up, as he commanded, and waited. He was merely paces away from her, and his blue eyes stunned her, like a zap of the electric eel in the Nile. (A/N: I don't know if there are electric eels in the Nile. Give me a break, I'm just a kid)

"Are you Asophyre, also known as the Mistress of Summoning Phoenixes, or Phire Phoenix?" Asophyre nodded, not believing her ears. Had the rumours traveled this far, to the pharaoh's ears? As a child, she's always had a gift with birds. All of them were at her beck and call, yet as she slowly grew up, only phoenixes remained loyal. Her friends dubbed her Phoenix summoner, and whenever someone was hurt, she would call for her best friend, Phire, and ask her to heal whoever was hurt. She always thought it was a secret, but no doubt several people had seem the gold and red plumed bird swoop down from the sky.

"I don't know if you are aware of it." Yami muttered solemnly, holding her hand in his, "but Egypt is going through hard times." Asophyre simply looked at him, puzzled. Everything was going well in the country, and they had a particular good harvest this year, so what was his majesty talking about??? Yami sighed and led her to a conference table, motioning for her to sit down.

"Spies from all over the country have been reporting....things, to say the least. We are not sure yet, but we will be in need of your assistance, and of your phoenix friends." Yami looked her deep into the eye, and continued: "If only we knew more, but it involves a certain tomb robber band, with a well-known bandit as their leader. Perhaps the name is familiar to you ears. His name is Ryou Bakura."*~

With a start, Zuzumea jerked out of bed, panting. The luminous alarm clock on her bedside table told her it was four o'clock in the morning. Two and a half more hours to go, then. Remembering the dream, she held her head in her hands. Did she hear correctly? Ryou Bakura? The lovely pale boy she met today? /Yes/ Phire Phoenix whispered to her, as though in answer to her questions. /Yes/ The voice said again. /Now sleep, for you will need it, but remember, keep your distance. There's nothing wrong with friendship, but keep it at that/

Zuzumea was surprised at the strange tone that had come over her Yami's voice, and the fact that she seemed to think that the innocent Hikari was going to fall in love with Ryou, but then agian....His hair just looked so beautiful, waving slightly when he walked. His smile told her they were friends, and his eyes were so pure....

Zuzumea shook herself and sank back into her pillow. Soon, sleep claimed her.

~*"Ryou Bakura???" Asophyre gasped, distressed. /Same reaction...history repeats...what a surprise/ She knew Bakura from when they were young. Bakura had always been her best friend. He was there when her father died, and when her mother got sick. But for some reason, he disappeared on Asophyre's fourteenth birthday, leaving six golden bracelets that tinkled on her arms, and a card written in his admirable flourishing handwriting. 'Happy Birthday to my princess.' It said, sounding like something written by a father. 'When I consider myself worthy, I shall return. Until then, take care of yourself.'

The card was one of the few things that Asophyre kept in her treasure box. She hasn't heard from her dear childhood fried since then, two years ago. /Asophyre's sixteen? No wonder she looks older than me, I'm thirteen/ She finally shook her head and turned her attention back to the pharaoh, who was observing her with a worried expression on his face. Smiling at the young boy, who was maybe two years older than her, she requested for him to continue his narrative.

Yami, however, seemed reluctant. He muttered something about his father's death, and suddenly Asophyre remembered that he lost his father just two years ago, the same time Bakura disappeared. The country had been plunged into dispair, for the king was well-loved. It was with a heavy heart that Yami the second stepped up to the throne. Ruling just as well as his late predecessor, Yami had won the liking of the population, but there were always some opposing him.

Asophyre looked at the boy and found herself pitying him. But she quickly lost this feeling as Yami announced that he would summon her again when needed. Sad to go, she cast a final look around the throne room and left. *~

Once again, Zuzumea woke up before the alarm went off. She quickly dismantled the noise maker and pulled on her clothes. She would be happy to see Yugi, but would she feel the same after the dream? /Hurry up little miss/ Phire Phoenix prompted her. /Yeah yeah, shut up already/ Zuzumea murmured darkly. She stumbled out of house swing her bookbag.

Halfway to school, she met Yugi, coming out of the Kame gameshop she noticed yesterday. "Going to a gameshop this early in the morning?" Zuzumea asked jokingly, "a bit obsessed, aren't we?"

Yugi grinned at her and replied that his grandfather owned the shop. Laughing at the stunned expression on her face, he invited her over that afternoon. She quickly complied, curious to find out more about this reincarnated pharaoh. Mom wouldn't have any problems with it, she'll just call her. Her mood was quickly shattered once again as the silent voice spoke up. /When you get together this afternoon, let me speak to his Yami./

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PP: This chapter isn't nearly as long as I would like it to be, but being the second chapter of today, it's pretty good. Besides, I'm hoping to either publish a long chapter, or two short ones, in my Harry Potter story.

YPP: Good, you've put Bakura in the story... *drool*

PP: What happened to the "One plastic ring to rule them all?"

YPP: Some person named gollum claimed it.

PP: *sweatdrop* what did he look like?

YPP: White hair, pale sking, wicked smile...come to think to it, a lot like Yami Bakura.

PP: *a thump is to be heard as she falls down anime style*