{ "I'm a part of you, Kai...." }
Kai lay asleep on the floor, writhing in pain.
{ "I will forever be with you..." }
"No..." Kai whimpered, her eyes shut tight.
{ "You're a part of me..." }
"Leave me alone... what do you want...?" she muttered, tossing her head back and forth.
{ "You will see in due time, Kai..." }
"Please... go..." Kai murmured
Tea woke up to her friend's muttering and looked over. Kai was tossing violently and her face was screwed up in pain.
"Kai? Kai, are you okay?" Tea asked, jumping out of bed and dropping to her friend's side. She gently shook Kai, but she pushed Tea away in her sleep.
{ "You have a destiny, Kai..." }
"No..." she whimpered, writhing on the floor.
"Kai, please... wake up!" Tea pleaded, shaking her vigorously.
{ "You must fulfill it..." }
"No!" Kai cried. She cried out in pain as her head seared.
"Kai!" Tea exclaimed, growing panicky. She jumped to her feet and ran into the boys' room, bursting the door open. She dropped down beside Yami and shook him awake. "It's Kai! I can't wake her up!"
Yami sat bolt upright and stared at Tea in the darkness. He quickly got up and they ran into Kai's room where she was still moaning in her sleep.
He dropped to her side and grabbed her shoulders, holding her in one place. "Kai, wake up," he said as she flung her head to the side.
{ "Listen to me..." }
"No!" she screamed, making Yami and Tea jump slightly.
"Kai! What is it? Wake up!" Yami exclaimed, putting a hand on her face.
{ "You must allow it to happen..." }
"Go away..." Kai moaned, trying to thrash around.
"Please, wake up!" Yami exclaimed, rubbing her cheek desperately.
{ "Stop fighting it..." }
"Leave me..." she cried, panting for breath as she thrashed.
"Kai! Listen to me! Fight it! Wake up! You can beat it," he urged.
{ "It will only happen slower..." }
"Make it stop!" she screamed.
"Only you can! Concentrate on my voice! Drive everything else out of your mind! You can do this, Kai!" Yami cried, while Tea stood behind him, shaking in fear.
{ "Kai... this is a mistake..." }
Kai's body went rigid as her subconscious tried to concentrate on Yami.
"That's right... I'm right here," Yami said, caressing her cheek, lightly.
{ "No..." }
Kai's eyes snapped open and she stared, terrified, at Yami. "What's happening to me?" she whispered.
"I don't know," he replied, pulling her into his arms. He could feel her trembling as she clung to his shirt and he also felt slightly nervous. What /was/ happening to her?
"Make it stop..." she sobbed, tears collecting in her eyes.
"I can't, Kai," he whispered, tightening his hold on her.
Tea sank down to the floor with her friends and gently touched Kai's shoulder. "I don't know what we can do..." she said.
"There isn't anything..." Kai said, pulling away from Yami and looking at them. "It's going to continue and there's nothing anyone can do about it. You should go. Leave... I don't know what I'm capable of."
"No," Yami said firmly. "We're not leaving."
"I could hurt you, Yugi..." she protested.
"Kai," he said, grabbing her shoulders. "We're not leaving."
With a sob, she flung her arms around his neck and buried her face in his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly. He gently ran his hand through her hair and felt her shudder as tears fell from her eyes.
"I'm so scared, Yugi," she whispered.
"I know," he replied, his own heart beating rather hard in nervousness.
"Why is this happening to me?"
"There must be a reason. We just need to find it," Yami said softly.
"How?" she whispered.
"I wish I knew."
"You should get some sleep," Tea said gently.
"No," Kai moaned, tightening her hold on Yami slightly.
"It's all right. I'll stay with you," he said, running his hand through her hair.
He gently pulled her to her feet, his arm around her shoulder reassuringly. He nodded at Tea to let her know her friend would be all right and guided Kai out of her bedroom. He led her into the living room and they sat down on the couch. Kai immediately curled up against him, leaning her head on his shoulder. He placed an arm around her and ran his other hand down her cheek. When he realized her face was wet from her tears, he gently wiped them away.
He rubbed her shoulder lightly until her shuddering breaths relaxed and she fell asleep. He sighed, both confused and nervous for her.
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Yami woke up to light shining through the window in his eyes. Squinting against it, he realized Kai was still asleep on his shoulder. He gently moved her off of him and laid her down on the couch, pushing her crimson hair out of her face. She was far more peaceful now and Yami found himself just looking at her for a moment, mesmerized by her. When he heard Tea open her door, he quickly snapped himself out of it.
"Is she all right?" Tea asked softly, coming to stand beside him.
"At the moment. It could change at any time," Yami replied, looking at the sleeping girl.
"I wish there was something we could do," Tea said.
"So do I," he replied.
Kai lay on the couch, her hair flowing around her face and over her shoulders. Her stone necklace was still around her neck and was visible through her tresses. Yami sighed, knowing she could become dangerous again at any time. What was happening to her? And why? If it had to do with his and the gang's arrival, would he be able to reverse it? How would he do it? There were so many questions unanswered and Carlos wasn't helping matters any.
Yami was shaken from his thoughts when Joey opened the door to his room. "What are you doing, Yug?" he asked, coming over, followed by Bakura and Tristan. His face grew serious when he saw Kai. "What's going on?"
"It happened again last night," Tea said. "Only, we couldn't wake her up. She kept talking in her sleep, but she wouldn't wake up."
"What was she saying?" Bakura asked.
"She was screaming for something to stop and leave her alone," Tea replied.
"How'd you wake her up?" Tristan asked.
"Ask Yugi, he's the one who managed it," Tea said, looking at Yami, who looked at the gang.
He thought about it for a minute, trying to remember how he had done it. After a moment, it was like someone had flipped a switch in his mind and he understood. "I told her to focus on only my voice. Even though she was asleep, she was able to break it through that. She must have been able to block whatever was in her mind out by concentrating on something else. A distraction," he said.
"That's a bit of stretch," Tristan said, looking at Yami.
"No, it's not. Something is working through her and somehow she has to block it out. She couldn't do it by concentrating on /it/; that was just making it stronger. She had to focus on something else to break it. That's how we stop it. If we can distract her enough from it, maybe it'll go away. Maybe it won't be able to survive through her any more and it'll leave," Yami said. As he explained it, it began to make more sense to him as well.
"How do we keep her distracted from it all the time?" Tea asked.
"We're going to have to do it when it happens. We have to force it out of her mind," Yami said, looking at her.
"Who's we? You, Yug. You're the only one who can get her to calm down. She won't let any of us get near her," Joey said.
Yami looked at him, knowing he was probably right. "All right. I'll do it," he said.
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a/n: Okay... the next chapter some of it's gonna' be in Italian. ^_^ Don't worry... I give you translations. lol But, to get there, you have to review here! ^_^
Kai lay asleep on the floor, writhing in pain.
{ "I will forever be with you..." }
"No..." Kai whimpered, her eyes shut tight.
{ "You're a part of me..." }
"Leave me alone... what do you want...?" she muttered, tossing her head back and forth.
{ "You will see in due time, Kai..." }
"Please... go..." Kai murmured
Tea woke up to her friend's muttering and looked over. Kai was tossing violently and her face was screwed up in pain.
"Kai? Kai, are you okay?" Tea asked, jumping out of bed and dropping to her friend's side. She gently shook Kai, but she pushed Tea away in her sleep.
{ "You have a destiny, Kai..." }
"No..." she whimpered, writhing on the floor.
"Kai, please... wake up!" Tea pleaded, shaking her vigorously.
{ "You must fulfill it..." }
"No!" Kai cried. She cried out in pain as her head seared.
"Kai!" Tea exclaimed, growing panicky. She jumped to her feet and ran into the boys' room, bursting the door open. She dropped down beside Yami and shook him awake. "It's Kai! I can't wake her up!"
Yami sat bolt upright and stared at Tea in the darkness. He quickly got up and they ran into Kai's room where she was still moaning in her sleep.
He dropped to her side and grabbed her shoulders, holding her in one place. "Kai, wake up," he said as she flung her head to the side.
{ "Listen to me..." }
"No!" she screamed, making Yami and Tea jump slightly.
"Kai! What is it? Wake up!" Yami exclaimed, putting a hand on her face.
{ "You must allow it to happen..." }
"Go away..." Kai moaned, trying to thrash around.
"Please, wake up!" Yami exclaimed, rubbing her cheek desperately.
{ "Stop fighting it..." }
"Leave me..." she cried, panting for breath as she thrashed.
"Kai! Listen to me! Fight it! Wake up! You can beat it," he urged.
{ "It will only happen slower..." }
"Make it stop!" she screamed.
"Only you can! Concentrate on my voice! Drive everything else out of your mind! You can do this, Kai!" Yami cried, while Tea stood behind him, shaking in fear.
{ "Kai... this is a mistake..." }
Kai's body went rigid as her subconscious tried to concentrate on Yami.
"That's right... I'm right here," Yami said, caressing her cheek, lightly.
{ "No..." }
Kai's eyes snapped open and she stared, terrified, at Yami. "What's happening to me?" she whispered.
"I don't know," he replied, pulling her into his arms. He could feel her trembling as she clung to his shirt and he also felt slightly nervous. What /was/ happening to her?
"Make it stop..." she sobbed, tears collecting in her eyes.
"I can't, Kai," he whispered, tightening his hold on her.
Tea sank down to the floor with her friends and gently touched Kai's shoulder. "I don't know what we can do..." she said.
"There isn't anything..." Kai said, pulling away from Yami and looking at them. "It's going to continue and there's nothing anyone can do about it. You should go. Leave... I don't know what I'm capable of."
"No," Yami said firmly. "We're not leaving."
"I could hurt you, Yugi..." she protested.
"Kai," he said, grabbing her shoulders. "We're not leaving."
With a sob, she flung her arms around his neck and buried her face in his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly. He gently ran his hand through her hair and felt her shudder as tears fell from her eyes.
"I'm so scared, Yugi," she whispered.
"I know," he replied, his own heart beating rather hard in nervousness.
"Why is this happening to me?"
"There must be a reason. We just need to find it," Yami said softly.
"How?" she whispered.
"I wish I knew."
"You should get some sleep," Tea said gently.
"No," Kai moaned, tightening her hold on Yami slightly.
"It's all right. I'll stay with you," he said, running his hand through her hair.
He gently pulled her to her feet, his arm around her shoulder reassuringly. He nodded at Tea to let her know her friend would be all right and guided Kai out of her bedroom. He led her into the living room and they sat down on the couch. Kai immediately curled up against him, leaning her head on his shoulder. He placed an arm around her and ran his other hand down her cheek. When he realized her face was wet from her tears, he gently wiped them away.
He rubbed her shoulder lightly until her shuddering breaths relaxed and she fell asleep. He sighed, both confused and nervous for her.
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Yami woke up to light shining through the window in his eyes. Squinting against it, he realized Kai was still asleep on his shoulder. He gently moved her off of him and laid her down on the couch, pushing her crimson hair out of her face. She was far more peaceful now and Yami found himself just looking at her for a moment, mesmerized by her. When he heard Tea open her door, he quickly snapped himself out of it.
"Is she all right?" Tea asked softly, coming to stand beside him.
"At the moment. It could change at any time," Yami replied, looking at the sleeping girl.
"I wish there was something we could do," Tea said.
"So do I," he replied.
Kai lay on the couch, her hair flowing around her face and over her shoulders. Her stone necklace was still around her neck and was visible through her tresses. Yami sighed, knowing she could become dangerous again at any time. What was happening to her? And why? If it had to do with his and the gang's arrival, would he be able to reverse it? How would he do it? There were so many questions unanswered and Carlos wasn't helping matters any.
Yami was shaken from his thoughts when Joey opened the door to his room. "What are you doing, Yug?" he asked, coming over, followed by Bakura and Tristan. His face grew serious when he saw Kai. "What's going on?"
"It happened again last night," Tea said. "Only, we couldn't wake her up. She kept talking in her sleep, but she wouldn't wake up."
"What was she saying?" Bakura asked.
"She was screaming for something to stop and leave her alone," Tea replied.
"How'd you wake her up?" Tristan asked.
"Ask Yugi, he's the one who managed it," Tea said, looking at Yami, who looked at the gang.
He thought about it for a minute, trying to remember how he had done it. After a moment, it was like someone had flipped a switch in his mind and he understood. "I told her to focus on only my voice. Even though she was asleep, she was able to break it through that. She must have been able to block whatever was in her mind out by concentrating on something else. A distraction," he said.
"That's a bit of stretch," Tristan said, looking at Yami.
"No, it's not. Something is working through her and somehow she has to block it out. She couldn't do it by concentrating on /it/; that was just making it stronger. She had to focus on something else to break it. That's how we stop it. If we can distract her enough from it, maybe it'll go away. Maybe it won't be able to survive through her any more and it'll leave," Yami said. As he explained it, it began to make more sense to him as well.
"How do we keep her distracted from it all the time?" Tea asked.
"We're going to have to do it when it happens. We have to force it out of her mind," Yami said, looking at her.
"Who's we? You, Yug. You're the only one who can get her to calm down. She won't let any of us get near her," Joey said.
Yami looked at him, knowing he was probably right. "All right. I'll do it," he said.
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a/n: Okay... the next chapter some of it's gonna' be in Italian. ^_^ Don't worry... I give you translations. lol But, to get there, you have to review here! ^_^