a/n: All right, a few before notes:
~ Anything like this is what Kai can hear, or a song ~
{ Anything like this is a dream }
- Anything like this is a thought. Yami and Yugi's talking to each other look the same as this -
/Anything like this is in italics/
"And you all know what this is" ^_^
All right, that's all for now. I'll let you know if any more weird thingys come up.
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{ ~ In the crystalline knowledge of you. ~
Kai was watching herself... she was five... by the old oak with her grandmother...
Her grandmother was carving something into the wood...
Kai moved closer to see and she recognized it as her grandmother spoke.
"See, Cleo and Kai forever. Kai, that's you. Cleo, that's me," her grandmother said and Kai found herself saying it with her.
Kai looked at the trunk of the oak to see the words carved inside a heart. She looked back at her grandmother and slowly the scene disappeared. }
Kai opened her eyes to daylight shining through the window. She rolled her head to the side to see that Tea was gone.
- She must already be up, - Kai thought. She sat up and yawned.
She remembered her dream vividly and it was making her think. She had had dreams about her grandmother before, but they never really made sense. Now, they were more like memories. She had forgotten about the carving on the tree. So why after all those years could she remember it as clearly as if it had happened yesterday? Things weren't adding up.
Pushing that aside, she got up and dressed. She nearly had a heart attack when she looked at her watch. 11:46 a.m.
"Oh no!" she cried, running out into the living room to where her friends sat. "Why didn't you guys wake me up?" she asked.
"Yugi told us what happened yesterday," Tea said. "We thought you could use a little extra sleep."
Kai stared at them. "Ah, right, that. Well, um..." she started, feeling embarrassed. "Do you all think I'm going nuts?"
"No way! Whatever this is, we're gonna' figure it out," Joey said and the rest of them nodded.
Kai came and sat down next to Tristan. "Yeah, thanks. I just wish I knew what was going on. It's really freaking me out."
"I can imagine!" Tea said and Kai grinned.
"You know, maybe it won't be so bad. Not many people can do stuff with their mind," Tristan said.
"Well, you can have it. I have no interest in it at all. I'm perfectly happy the way I am," Kai said.
"You may not have a choice, Kai," Yami said and she looked at him.
"Gee, you sure know how to cheer someone up," she joked. He just chuckled while the others laughed.
"By the way, Carlos called," Bakura said.
Kai looked in his direction. "Oh really? What'd he want?"
"He wanted to talk to you," Yami replied. "He didn't sound too happy."
"Hm, I wonder what's eating him," she said. "He's been kind of weird lately. He was fine when we went over his house. I don't know. He /is/ weird altogether. Well, I guess I'd better call him then, huh?"
She got up and went to the phone, dialing Carlos' number.
"Hello?"
"Yeah, what do you want?" Kai asked when he picked up.
She could hear him grin on the other end. "To annoy you of course."
"All right, do you have a /good/ reason for calling?" she asked, sighing. "I do have other things I could be doing."
"Like what?" he asked.
"Like... er... stuff," she said, trying to think of something.
"Oh, well that sounds very important," Carlos said.
"Shut up," Kai laughed.
"You don't usually sleep in. What happened?" he asked.
"Eh, I haven't been sleeping really well lately, that's all," she lied. "No big thing."
"Oh, okay. And here I was thinking you were out partying all night," he joked.
"Yeah, that's it Carlos," Kai said dryly. "You've got it."
He laughed. "So what are you doing now?"
"Um... talking to you," she said slowly.
"Kai, I know /that/. /Before/ you called me."
"Um, talking to the gang."
"'Bout what?"
"That's none of your business!" Kai said, laughing at his nerve.
"All right, all right," he said. "Don't blow a fuse."
"Look, I'm starved, I'm going to go eat, okay?" she said.
"Why don't we go to lunch? I haven't eaten yet either," he said.
"Thanks, but no thanks. I can't," she said, sounding apologetic.
"What, because you have guests?" he asked.
"Yeah," she said. "Sorry."
- Yeah, wouldn't want to make Yugi think we're /dating/ or anything, - Carlos thought bitterly. "Eh, no problem. Okay, talk to you later then," he said.
"Okay, bye."
They hung up and Kai sat back down next to Tristan. "Sorry about that," she said.
"That's all right," Tea said.
"I really am starved, so I'm going to get something to eat. Do you guys want anything?" she asked.
They shook their heads and she shrugged. She went into the kitchen to make herself a sandwich. Kai opened the refrigerator and pulled out the ham and Swiss. She made the sandwich quickly, then went to put the ingredients away. The refrigerator door was slightly ajar.
- Hm, that's odd. I thought I closed that, - she thought. But, she shrugged it off and put the items away. Suddenly, her head began to sear. - Oh, no, not again... -
She pressed her hands to the sides of her head and backed into the counter. Her eyes were squeezed shut and she was trying not to cry out. She felt as though she were spinning as the cabinets began to snap open and shut. She opened her eyes, her heart racing in her chest.
- What's happening to me? - she screamed in her head.
Panic stricken, she ran out of the kitchen, only to have the pictures on the walls in the living room start to shake.
Yami's head snapped up to look at her. He jumped from his seat and ran around the couch to her, but she backed up, her hands still pressed against her temples.
"No... stay away... I don't know what I can do..." she said. The front door flung open, causing the gang to jump backwards.
"Calm down... try to control it," Yami said, slowly approaching her.
"I... can't! It's controlling me!" she cried.
He took another step forward, but suddenly felt himself flying backwards. He hit the couch and slid down it to the floor.
"Yugi!" Tea cried as the gang ran over to him.
"I'm fine," Yami said, standing up.
Then, as quickly as it had started, everything stopped. The pictures on the wall were stationary once again and the gang looked around the room, then at Kai.
Kai's eyes opened for a second, panic visible in them. Then she collapsed to the floor. Yami ran over to her and dropped to his knees. He felt her pulse to be sure it was normal.
"That was really weird!" Joey said, kneeling beside Yami.
"Is she all right?" Tea asked.
"What's happening to her?" Bakura asked.
"I don't know," Yami replied. He touched her shoulder and her eyes squeezed shut before opening. "Are you all right?" he asked.
"I don't know," she said. "Are you all right?"
"Yes, I'm fine," he replied.
He helped her stand up and led her to the couch. They sat down with Tea and Bakura on the couch with them and Tristan and Joey sitting on the coffee table in front of Kai. She was shaking slightly, but other than that, she was all right.
"Something's making me do this. Something's making it happen," she said, looking at her hands.
"Do you know what it is?" Yami asked.
"No. But it's getting stronger. It's getting worse. I can feel it. Whatever it is, is growing inside my mind. Taking over," she said, touching her temple with her fingers. The pain had diminished, but it was still there.
"What do you mean?" Joey asked.
"I... don't know," she said. "I don't understand it."
"We'll figure it out. This thing won't get the best of you while we're here to help you," Tristan said.
"I don't think there's anything you can do, Tristan," Kai said. "I... I think whatever it is wants to be left alone. It wants to finish what it started. Even if we did figure out how to stop it, I don't know if... I might not be the same. Like you see in all those movies. Once it starts, if you stop it, you kill the person."
"No way! That's not gonna' happen!" Joey said.
"But, Joey... what if she's right?" Tea asked, looking at Kai with a worried expression.
"What? That's in the movies, Tea! This is real life. That's not gonna' happen!" Joey said. Despite his convincing tone, Yami saw the nervousness in his eyes.
"I hope you're right, Joey," Kai said. "I really hope you're right."
"We have to figure out a way to stop this. Whatever's happening is hurting Kai. That's the second time you've passed out," Bakura said.
"Before we can stop it, we have to figure out what it is," Yami said.
Kai put her face in her hands and breathed deeply for a few seconds, trying to calm down and ease the shaking.
"Do you have any idea? When it happens can you feel anything besides the pain?" Yami asked.
Kai took her face out of her hands and shook her head. "No."
"When did it start?" Bakura asked.
"Um, a few days ago," Kai replied.
"What about your headache? When did that start?" he asked.
"Uh, I don't know. I... I think around when we went over to Carlos'. Um, now that I think about it, I had a slight pain that night. After that it had been constant. Why?" she asked.
"It never happened before?" Bakura asked.
"No, I've never been able to read minds before. That's new for me. Why the interrogation?" she asked, confused.
"Nothing," he said, though he looked as though he was deep in thought.
"What is it, Bakura?" Yami asked.
"Doesn't it seem weird to you that a few days after we arrive, Kai suddenly starts being able to do this stuff?" Bakura asked.
"That's ridiculous. What, you think if you leave I'll go back to normal?" she asked.
"I don't know," he said.
"How could it possibly be us, Bakura? It's not like we can do any of that stuff," Tea said.
"Yeah," Bakura replied. "You're right. It's probably just a coincidence."
"I don't see how it could be anything else," Yami said.
"So, what have we come to? Am I going to have to wait it out?" Kai asked.
"Until we know more, that's the only thing to do," Yami said.
"How'll we know more? When'll we know more?" Kai asked him.
"I think that depends on you," he replied.
"Me? But I don't know anything about this!" she protested.
"But you're the one it's happening to. If something happens that's different from what's going on now, let us know," he said. "We may not be able to help the pain, but we'll be able to keep you safe."
"Different how? What do you mean when you say if something different happens?" she asked.
"Anything," Yami replied.
"You know, I saw a movie once where an alien took over some guy's body and talked to him in his dreams," Tristan said. "Have you been having weird dreams?"
"Tristan, I don't think an alien's taken over my body. And no, I haven't been having weird dreams," she said.
"I guess all we can do is wait it out," Joey said.
"I guess," she replied. "This is really starting to freak me out."
"It's freaking all of us out, Kai," Tea said, putting a hand on her friend's shoulder.
"Sorry I'm getting you guys into this. Maybe you should go. I don't want to wind up hurting any of you. I've already thrown Yugi across the room," she said, cringing at the memory.
"No way! We're staying right here!" Joey said.
"Yeah! We're not going to leave when our friend needs our help," Tea said.
"Thanks," Kai said gratefully.
Why did she have a feeling things were only going to get worse?
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a/n: All right, another chapter down. My fic is nowhere near complete, though. It's only getting interesting now. Get ready for things to take a sudden drop from humorous. Oh, yeah, the angsty part is coming up too. Well, review and tell me how you're liking it. I won't update if I don't get reviews.
~ Anything like this is what Kai can hear, or a song ~
{ Anything like this is a dream }
- Anything like this is a thought. Yami and Yugi's talking to each other look the same as this -
/Anything like this is in italics/
"And you all know what this is" ^_^
All right, that's all for now. I'll let you know if any more weird thingys come up.
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{ ~ In the crystalline knowledge of you. ~
Kai was watching herself... she was five... by the old oak with her grandmother...
Her grandmother was carving something into the wood...
Kai moved closer to see and she recognized it as her grandmother spoke.
"See, Cleo and Kai forever. Kai, that's you. Cleo, that's me," her grandmother said and Kai found herself saying it with her.
Kai looked at the trunk of the oak to see the words carved inside a heart. She looked back at her grandmother and slowly the scene disappeared. }
Kai opened her eyes to daylight shining through the window. She rolled her head to the side to see that Tea was gone.
- She must already be up, - Kai thought. She sat up and yawned.
She remembered her dream vividly and it was making her think. She had had dreams about her grandmother before, but they never really made sense. Now, they were more like memories. She had forgotten about the carving on the tree. So why after all those years could she remember it as clearly as if it had happened yesterday? Things weren't adding up.
Pushing that aside, she got up and dressed. She nearly had a heart attack when she looked at her watch. 11:46 a.m.
"Oh no!" she cried, running out into the living room to where her friends sat. "Why didn't you guys wake me up?" she asked.
"Yugi told us what happened yesterday," Tea said. "We thought you could use a little extra sleep."
Kai stared at them. "Ah, right, that. Well, um..." she started, feeling embarrassed. "Do you all think I'm going nuts?"
"No way! Whatever this is, we're gonna' figure it out," Joey said and the rest of them nodded.
Kai came and sat down next to Tristan. "Yeah, thanks. I just wish I knew what was going on. It's really freaking me out."
"I can imagine!" Tea said and Kai grinned.
"You know, maybe it won't be so bad. Not many people can do stuff with their mind," Tristan said.
"Well, you can have it. I have no interest in it at all. I'm perfectly happy the way I am," Kai said.
"You may not have a choice, Kai," Yami said and she looked at him.
"Gee, you sure know how to cheer someone up," she joked. He just chuckled while the others laughed.
"By the way, Carlos called," Bakura said.
Kai looked in his direction. "Oh really? What'd he want?"
"He wanted to talk to you," Yami replied. "He didn't sound too happy."
"Hm, I wonder what's eating him," she said. "He's been kind of weird lately. He was fine when we went over his house. I don't know. He /is/ weird altogether. Well, I guess I'd better call him then, huh?"
She got up and went to the phone, dialing Carlos' number.
"Hello?"
"Yeah, what do you want?" Kai asked when he picked up.
She could hear him grin on the other end. "To annoy you of course."
"All right, do you have a /good/ reason for calling?" she asked, sighing. "I do have other things I could be doing."
"Like what?" he asked.
"Like... er... stuff," she said, trying to think of something.
"Oh, well that sounds very important," Carlos said.
"Shut up," Kai laughed.
"You don't usually sleep in. What happened?" he asked.
"Eh, I haven't been sleeping really well lately, that's all," she lied. "No big thing."
"Oh, okay. And here I was thinking you were out partying all night," he joked.
"Yeah, that's it Carlos," Kai said dryly. "You've got it."
He laughed. "So what are you doing now?"
"Um... talking to you," she said slowly.
"Kai, I know /that/. /Before/ you called me."
"Um, talking to the gang."
"'Bout what?"
"That's none of your business!" Kai said, laughing at his nerve.
"All right, all right," he said. "Don't blow a fuse."
"Look, I'm starved, I'm going to go eat, okay?" she said.
"Why don't we go to lunch? I haven't eaten yet either," he said.
"Thanks, but no thanks. I can't," she said, sounding apologetic.
"What, because you have guests?" he asked.
"Yeah," she said. "Sorry."
- Yeah, wouldn't want to make Yugi think we're /dating/ or anything, - Carlos thought bitterly. "Eh, no problem. Okay, talk to you later then," he said.
"Okay, bye."
They hung up and Kai sat back down next to Tristan. "Sorry about that," she said.
"That's all right," Tea said.
"I really am starved, so I'm going to get something to eat. Do you guys want anything?" she asked.
They shook their heads and she shrugged. She went into the kitchen to make herself a sandwich. Kai opened the refrigerator and pulled out the ham and Swiss. She made the sandwich quickly, then went to put the ingredients away. The refrigerator door was slightly ajar.
- Hm, that's odd. I thought I closed that, - she thought. But, she shrugged it off and put the items away. Suddenly, her head began to sear. - Oh, no, not again... -
She pressed her hands to the sides of her head and backed into the counter. Her eyes were squeezed shut and she was trying not to cry out. She felt as though she were spinning as the cabinets began to snap open and shut. She opened her eyes, her heart racing in her chest.
- What's happening to me? - she screamed in her head.
Panic stricken, she ran out of the kitchen, only to have the pictures on the walls in the living room start to shake.
Yami's head snapped up to look at her. He jumped from his seat and ran around the couch to her, but she backed up, her hands still pressed against her temples.
"No... stay away... I don't know what I can do..." she said. The front door flung open, causing the gang to jump backwards.
"Calm down... try to control it," Yami said, slowly approaching her.
"I... can't! It's controlling me!" she cried.
He took another step forward, but suddenly felt himself flying backwards. He hit the couch and slid down it to the floor.
"Yugi!" Tea cried as the gang ran over to him.
"I'm fine," Yami said, standing up.
Then, as quickly as it had started, everything stopped. The pictures on the wall were stationary once again and the gang looked around the room, then at Kai.
Kai's eyes opened for a second, panic visible in them. Then she collapsed to the floor. Yami ran over to her and dropped to his knees. He felt her pulse to be sure it was normal.
"That was really weird!" Joey said, kneeling beside Yami.
"Is she all right?" Tea asked.
"What's happening to her?" Bakura asked.
"I don't know," Yami replied. He touched her shoulder and her eyes squeezed shut before opening. "Are you all right?" he asked.
"I don't know," she said. "Are you all right?"
"Yes, I'm fine," he replied.
He helped her stand up and led her to the couch. They sat down with Tea and Bakura on the couch with them and Tristan and Joey sitting on the coffee table in front of Kai. She was shaking slightly, but other than that, she was all right.
"Something's making me do this. Something's making it happen," she said, looking at her hands.
"Do you know what it is?" Yami asked.
"No. But it's getting stronger. It's getting worse. I can feel it. Whatever it is, is growing inside my mind. Taking over," she said, touching her temple with her fingers. The pain had diminished, but it was still there.
"What do you mean?" Joey asked.
"I... don't know," she said. "I don't understand it."
"We'll figure it out. This thing won't get the best of you while we're here to help you," Tristan said.
"I don't think there's anything you can do, Tristan," Kai said. "I... I think whatever it is wants to be left alone. It wants to finish what it started. Even if we did figure out how to stop it, I don't know if... I might not be the same. Like you see in all those movies. Once it starts, if you stop it, you kill the person."
"No way! That's not gonna' happen!" Joey said.
"But, Joey... what if she's right?" Tea asked, looking at Kai with a worried expression.
"What? That's in the movies, Tea! This is real life. That's not gonna' happen!" Joey said. Despite his convincing tone, Yami saw the nervousness in his eyes.
"I hope you're right, Joey," Kai said. "I really hope you're right."
"We have to figure out a way to stop this. Whatever's happening is hurting Kai. That's the second time you've passed out," Bakura said.
"Before we can stop it, we have to figure out what it is," Yami said.
Kai put her face in her hands and breathed deeply for a few seconds, trying to calm down and ease the shaking.
"Do you have any idea? When it happens can you feel anything besides the pain?" Yami asked.
Kai took her face out of her hands and shook her head. "No."
"When did it start?" Bakura asked.
"Um, a few days ago," Kai replied.
"What about your headache? When did that start?" he asked.
"Uh, I don't know. I... I think around when we went over to Carlos'. Um, now that I think about it, I had a slight pain that night. After that it had been constant. Why?" she asked.
"It never happened before?" Bakura asked.
"No, I've never been able to read minds before. That's new for me. Why the interrogation?" she asked, confused.
"Nothing," he said, though he looked as though he was deep in thought.
"What is it, Bakura?" Yami asked.
"Doesn't it seem weird to you that a few days after we arrive, Kai suddenly starts being able to do this stuff?" Bakura asked.
"That's ridiculous. What, you think if you leave I'll go back to normal?" she asked.
"I don't know," he said.
"How could it possibly be us, Bakura? It's not like we can do any of that stuff," Tea said.
"Yeah," Bakura replied. "You're right. It's probably just a coincidence."
"I don't see how it could be anything else," Yami said.
"So, what have we come to? Am I going to have to wait it out?" Kai asked.
"Until we know more, that's the only thing to do," Yami said.
"How'll we know more? When'll we know more?" Kai asked him.
"I think that depends on you," he replied.
"Me? But I don't know anything about this!" she protested.
"But you're the one it's happening to. If something happens that's different from what's going on now, let us know," he said. "We may not be able to help the pain, but we'll be able to keep you safe."
"Different how? What do you mean when you say if something different happens?" she asked.
"Anything," Yami replied.
"You know, I saw a movie once where an alien took over some guy's body and talked to him in his dreams," Tristan said. "Have you been having weird dreams?"
"Tristan, I don't think an alien's taken over my body. And no, I haven't been having weird dreams," she said.
"I guess all we can do is wait it out," Joey said.
"I guess," she replied. "This is really starting to freak me out."
"It's freaking all of us out, Kai," Tea said, putting a hand on her friend's shoulder.
"Sorry I'm getting you guys into this. Maybe you should go. I don't want to wind up hurting any of you. I've already thrown Yugi across the room," she said, cringing at the memory.
"No way! We're staying right here!" Joey said.
"Yeah! We're not going to leave when our friend needs our help," Tea said.
"Thanks," Kai said gratefully.
Why did she have a feeling things were only going to get worse?
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a/n: All right, another chapter down. My fic is nowhere near complete, though. It's only getting interesting now. Get ready for things to take a sudden drop from humorous. Oh, yeah, the angsty part is coming up too. Well, review and tell me how you're liking it. I won't update if I don't get reviews.