- What's happening to me? - Kai ran into her bedroom, shutting the door behind her. - I can't believe this! - "What are you doing to me?" she shrieked, frightened tears starting to stream down her face. Suddenly there was a deafening ringing in her ears and she clapped her hands over them. She cried out as she fell to her knees. "Stop! Leave me alone!"
~ "You must get the stone!" ~
"What are you talking about? Stop! What have I ever done to you?" she screamed.
~ "It is key! You cannot interrupt the process!" ~
"No! I will interrupt the process! Leave me alone!"
~ You don't understand! You foolish girl, don't mess around with this!" ~
"Kai? Kai, are you all right?" Tea burst through the door, her eyes wide with horror. "Kai!"
The ringing in Kai's ears was growing louder, clouding her thinking. "What do you want from me?" she cried, starting to shake.
~ "Without the stone, you will die! You cannot interrupt the process! This will not reverse it! Do you understand? You will /die/!" ~
"No! You can stop it! You can't do this to me! There must be a law against this /somewhere/!" Kai screamed. Her vision was obscured by a searing white light and she felt as though her head was about to explode. She screamed one last time before she collapsed to the floor, unconscious.
Tea dropped to her friend's side, fear flooding through her. "Kai! Wake up! /Kai/!" She screamed when she rolled Kai onto her back and her friend didn't move.
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"Wow... that's a lot to take in!" Yami had just explained himself to Bakura, who was standing there, dumbstruck.
"Yes. But this isn't of importance at the moment. Our focus must be on Kai. I am inclined to believe that she is in danger," Yami said, pulling the stone out of his pocket.
"When you pulled it off her neck, that thing looked like your Millennium Puzzle," Joey said.
"Yes, with one difference. There was a cobra instead of the Eye of Horus," Yami said, studying the necklace.
"Does that mean something?" Bakura asked.
"I don't know. Maybe," Yami said.
"So if this is the thing that's doing it to her, is keeping her away from it going to solve the problem?" Tristan asked.
"Wait... how do we know we're not hurting her by keeping it from her? Remember that voice she said she heard? It said it couldn't stop this," Bakura said.
"What are you saying, Bakura?" Yami asked, looking at him.
"All I'm saying is that..." But Bakura never finished his sentence. At that moment they heard Tea scream. The gang stared at each other for a second before taking off towards the house.
"Tea!" Yami called when they burst through the front door. Figuring where she must be, they headed towards Kai's room. "What's happened?" Yami asked when he saw Kai. He dropped to her side and shook her shoulder gently.
"I don't know! She was screaming about something and then she just passed out! This is starting to /really/ freak me out!" Tea said.
"Kai, listen to me. Wake up, concentrate on my voice," Yami said, touching her face. "Come on, you can fight this."
Tristan knelt down beside Kai and put his fingers to her wrist. "Her pulse is weakening," he said, looking at Yami.
"What's goin' on?" Joey asked.
Suddenly there was a light shining out of Yami's pocket. When he pulled out the necklace, the light faded to show that it once again resembled Yami's Millennium Puzzle. His eyes widened when the tiny cobra's eyes glowed ruby red.
"What's it doing?" Tea asked.
There was a searing white light and the necklace vanished from Yami's hand. When the gang looked, it was around Kai's neck once more. The cobra's eyes faded and it shifted form to become the stone.
"What is it?" Bakura asked.
Yami didn't answer as Kai's eyes snapped open. "Are you all right?" he asked.
At the sight of Yami, she scrambled away. "Keep away from me!"
"Kai, it's your necklace that's doing this to you! It's not what you think it is!" Yami said.
"You're crazy!" she cried, standing and backing up against the wall.
"Where did you say you got your necklace?" Bakura asked.
"That doesn't matter!" she cried, locking her fingers around the stone. She tore from the room and out the front door.
"Kai!" Yami cried, standing and looking after her. "You have to explain this to her Tea. Tell her who I am. You said it yourself, I'm the one who has to help her. She has to trust me."
Tea nodded and followed Kai.
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- How could it be my necklace? Gran wouldn't give me anything to hurt me! Yugi... no... he's not Yugi! Whoever he is... he's lying! He's doing this to me! Bakura was right! All this started when they got here! It's him! It's Yami! -
Kai leaned against the oak tree in the front yard, her heartbeat through the roof. She watched Tea come through the front door and start over to her.
- Is she on his side? What if she's in league with him? - Kai thought.
"Kai, I have to explain Yami. The way you found out about him wasn't exactly the best way ever, but you have to know that he's not the problem," Tea said.
"What are you talking about? Who is he?" Kai asked.
Tea sighed. "This is going to take a while. You're going to want to interrupt me, but just hear me out, okay?" Kai nodded and she continued. "Yami is the spirit of an Egyptian pharaoh."
"You're insane! How could you possibly think that I'd believe /that/? I don't even believe in /ghosts/!" Kai exclaimed.
"I know it's really weird! But it's true! When he was pharaoh there were these things called Shadow Games, involving the Shadow Realm. That's a really creepy place where if you lose a Shadow Game, your mind gets trapped there for eternity."
"/What/? What kind of moron do you take me for?" Kai asked, staring at Tea.
"Please, just listen to me!" Tea pleaded. "The Shadow powers would have been really bad if they fell into the wrong hands, so five thousand years ago, Yami sealed the power into the seven Millennium Items. He also sealed his spirit in the Millennium Puzzle. That's what Yugi wears around his neck. Bakura has the Millennium Ring, but his spirit is evil. Yami's not evil! He wants to help you, just like the rest of us."
"So what about Yugi? Where does he come in? Is he just a fake name or something?" Kai asked.
"No, Yugi exists. The two of them share Yugi's body. They take turns controlling it," Tea explained.
"Do you know how weird this sounds?" Kai asked.
"Yeah, I do. But you know what they say, truth is stranger than fiction," Tea said.
"Let me see if I have this straight. Yugi has the Millennium Puzzle, which contains the spirit of Yami, who's an Egyptian pharaoh. When Yami was pharaoh he sealed the Shadow powers, whatever the hell those are, into the Millennium Items so they wouldn't fall into the wrong hands," Kai said.
"That's it," Tea said, nodding.
"Well what's he doing back here now? Why'd he put himself in the Millennium Puzzle if he fixed whatever five thousand years ago?"
"Because history's going to repeat itself. Yami and Yugi have to work together to stop the powers from falling into the wrong hands again."
"Have I /ever/ met Yugi?"
"Yeah, the first day we met you. Then Yami took over. He's the one you've been talking to and stuff," Tea said.
"This is insane," Kai said, shaking her head.
"Yami's not lying when he says that stone is what's causing you to have these weird powers. It changes shape to look like the Millennium Puzzle, only there's a cobra on it instead of the Eye of Horus. Then it changes back. I don't think you can take it off because... when we tried it, you didn't do so well. Whatever it is, wants to finish what it's doing."
"No, Gran would never give me something to hurt me!" Kai exclaimed, wrapping her hand around her necklace.
"Maybe she didn't realize what it was when she gave it to you."
"Why don't you just leave me alone, Tea. I can't deal with all of this," Kai said, putting her face in her hand, still trying to absorb all of this new information.
"Yami can help you through it. He wants to," Tea said. "You should talk to him."
"And say what? For crying out loud what do I even /call/ him?"
"Yami will work. But you have to let him help you."
"No way. I'm not going near him. And I thought /I/ was a freak of nature! He's two people!" Kai cried.
"Kai, just talk to him. Please?" Tea asked.
"What on /Earth/ do I have to say to him?"
"Well you could start with telling him you're not afraid of him anymore," Tea replied.
Kai sighed and ran her hand through her hair. "Great. I seriously am going out of my mind. Now I'm going to go talk to a pharaoh, who may I mention just happens to be /dead/!"
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a/n: All right, Kai talks to Yami next chapter. It's rather close to the end, but there are still a bunch more chapters, at least five I think. ^_^
~ "You must get the stone!" ~
"What are you talking about? Stop! What have I ever done to you?" she screamed.
~ "It is key! You cannot interrupt the process!" ~
"No! I will interrupt the process! Leave me alone!"
~ You don't understand! You foolish girl, don't mess around with this!" ~
"Kai? Kai, are you all right?" Tea burst through the door, her eyes wide with horror. "Kai!"
The ringing in Kai's ears was growing louder, clouding her thinking. "What do you want from me?" she cried, starting to shake.
~ "Without the stone, you will die! You cannot interrupt the process! This will not reverse it! Do you understand? You will /die/!" ~
"No! You can stop it! You can't do this to me! There must be a law against this /somewhere/!" Kai screamed. Her vision was obscured by a searing white light and she felt as though her head was about to explode. She screamed one last time before she collapsed to the floor, unconscious.
Tea dropped to her friend's side, fear flooding through her. "Kai! Wake up! /Kai/!" She screamed when she rolled Kai onto her back and her friend didn't move.
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"Wow... that's a lot to take in!" Yami had just explained himself to Bakura, who was standing there, dumbstruck.
"Yes. But this isn't of importance at the moment. Our focus must be on Kai. I am inclined to believe that she is in danger," Yami said, pulling the stone out of his pocket.
"When you pulled it off her neck, that thing looked like your Millennium Puzzle," Joey said.
"Yes, with one difference. There was a cobra instead of the Eye of Horus," Yami said, studying the necklace.
"Does that mean something?" Bakura asked.
"I don't know. Maybe," Yami said.
"So if this is the thing that's doing it to her, is keeping her away from it going to solve the problem?" Tristan asked.
"Wait... how do we know we're not hurting her by keeping it from her? Remember that voice she said she heard? It said it couldn't stop this," Bakura said.
"What are you saying, Bakura?" Yami asked, looking at him.
"All I'm saying is that..." But Bakura never finished his sentence. At that moment they heard Tea scream. The gang stared at each other for a second before taking off towards the house.
"Tea!" Yami called when they burst through the front door. Figuring where she must be, they headed towards Kai's room. "What's happened?" Yami asked when he saw Kai. He dropped to her side and shook her shoulder gently.
"I don't know! She was screaming about something and then she just passed out! This is starting to /really/ freak me out!" Tea said.
"Kai, listen to me. Wake up, concentrate on my voice," Yami said, touching her face. "Come on, you can fight this."
Tristan knelt down beside Kai and put his fingers to her wrist. "Her pulse is weakening," he said, looking at Yami.
"What's goin' on?" Joey asked.
Suddenly there was a light shining out of Yami's pocket. When he pulled out the necklace, the light faded to show that it once again resembled Yami's Millennium Puzzle. His eyes widened when the tiny cobra's eyes glowed ruby red.
"What's it doing?" Tea asked.
There was a searing white light and the necklace vanished from Yami's hand. When the gang looked, it was around Kai's neck once more. The cobra's eyes faded and it shifted form to become the stone.
"What is it?" Bakura asked.
Yami didn't answer as Kai's eyes snapped open. "Are you all right?" he asked.
At the sight of Yami, she scrambled away. "Keep away from me!"
"Kai, it's your necklace that's doing this to you! It's not what you think it is!" Yami said.
"You're crazy!" she cried, standing and backing up against the wall.
"Where did you say you got your necklace?" Bakura asked.
"That doesn't matter!" she cried, locking her fingers around the stone. She tore from the room and out the front door.
"Kai!" Yami cried, standing and looking after her. "You have to explain this to her Tea. Tell her who I am. You said it yourself, I'm the one who has to help her. She has to trust me."
Tea nodded and followed Kai.
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- How could it be my necklace? Gran wouldn't give me anything to hurt me! Yugi... no... he's not Yugi! Whoever he is... he's lying! He's doing this to me! Bakura was right! All this started when they got here! It's him! It's Yami! -
Kai leaned against the oak tree in the front yard, her heartbeat through the roof. She watched Tea come through the front door and start over to her.
- Is she on his side? What if she's in league with him? - Kai thought.
"Kai, I have to explain Yami. The way you found out about him wasn't exactly the best way ever, but you have to know that he's not the problem," Tea said.
"What are you talking about? Who is he?" Kai asked.
Tea sighed. "This is going to take a while. You're going to want to interrupt me, but just hear me out, okay?" Kai nodded and she continued. "Yami is the spirit of an Egyptian pharaoh."
"You're insane! How could you possibly think that I'd believe /that/? I don't even believe in /ghosts/!" Kai exclaimed.
"I know it's really weird! But it's true! When he was pharaoh there were these things called Shadow Games, involving the Shadow Realm. That's a really creepy place where if you lose a Shadow Game, your mind gets trapped there for eternity."
"/What/? What kind of moron do you take me for?" Kai asked, staring at Tea.
"Please, just listen to me!" Tea pleaded. "The Shadow powers would have been really bad if they fell into the wrong hands, so five thousand years ago, Yami sealed the power into the seven Millennium Items. He also sealed his spirit in the Millennium Puzzle. That's what Yugi wears around his neck. Bakura has the Millennium Ring, but his spirit is evil. Yami's not evil! He wants to help you, just like the rest of us."
"So what about Yugi? Where does he come in? Is he just a fake name or something?" Kai asked.
"No, Yugi exists. The two of them share Yugi's body. They take turns controlling it," Tea explained.
"Do you know how weird this sounds?" Kai asked.
"Yeah, I do. But you know what they say, truth is stranger than fiction," Tea said.
"Let me see if I have this straight. Yugi has the Millennium Puzzle, which contains the spirit of Yami, who's an Egyptian pharaoh. When Yami was pharaoh he sealed the Shadow powers, whatever the hell those are, into the Millennium Items so they wouldn't fall into the wrong hands," Kai said.
"That's it," Tea said, nodding.
"Well what's he doing back here now? Why'd he put himself in the Millennium Puzzle if he fixed whatever five thousand years ago?"
"Because history's going to repeat itself. Yami and Yugi have to work together to stop the powers from falling into the wrong hands again."
"Have I /ever/ met Yugi?"
"Yeah, the first day we met you. Then Yami took over. He's the one you've been talking to and stuff," Tea said.
"This is insane," Kai said, shaking her head.
"Yami's not lying when he says that stone is what's causing you to have these weird powers. It changes shape to look like the Millennium Puzzle, only there's a cobra on it instead of the Eye of Horus. Then it changes back. I don't think you can take it off because... when we tried it, you didn't do so well. Whatever it is, wants to finish what it's doing."
"No, Gran would never give me something to hurt me!" Kai exclaimed, wrapping her hand around her necklace.
"Maybe she didn't realize what it was when she gave it to you."
"Why don't you just leave me alone, Tea. I can't deal with all of this," Kai said, putting her face in her hand, still trying to absorb all of this new information.
"Yami can help you through it. He wants to," Tea said. "You should talk to him."
"And say what? For crying out loud what do I even /call/ him?"
"Yami will work. But you have to let him help you."
"No way. I'm not going near him. And I thought /I/ was a freak of nature! He's two people!" Kai cried.
"Kai, just talk to him. Please?" Tea asked.
"What on /Earth/ do I have to say to him?"
"Well you could start with telling him you're not afraid of him anymore," Tea replied.
Kai sighed and ran her hand through her hair. "Great. I seriously am going out of my mind. Now I'm going to go talk to a pharaoh, who may I mention just happens to be /dead/!"
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a/n: All right, Kai talks to Yami next chapter. It's rather close to the end, but there are still a bunch more chapters, at least five I think. ^_^