A/N- (Dodges fruit and vegetables thrown at the author for taking so long to update) I'm SORRY! Really, really, really...etc. SORRY! I wasn't really planning on taking so long! I didn't do it on purpose, it just got sidetracked every time I tried to update. I have literally only been able to write at intervals of a few minutes before I'm called off to something else! I've spent just about every spare minute of my time working on this to get it out to you, but something always had to get in the way. Anyways...

Thanks be to all of ye that waited for me! (snickerfit)

Selina: You are a dork.

Serafina: Why thank you. I do go a little loopy whenever school starts.

Selina: Yeah, and you get on everyone's nerves saying "I hate school" all the time too.

Serafina: Yeah, well, I do.

Selina: How do you hate school three weeks before it even starts?

Serafina: Because you know it's going to ruin your perfectly happy vacation time...

Selina: Imagine you getting a job...

Serafina: Oh yeah? Well I don't see you going to school for me! The only times you even come is when there is a field trip when you go off with one of my friends or when you want to cause trouble for me. Hm...speaking of which, there is this one teacher that I don't like. Would you-

Selina: No.

Serafina: What?! Why not?!

Selina: Cuz I don't feel like it.

Serafina: Fine, I'll just ignore you...onto review responses!

Selina: Ok, look I'm sorry-

Serafina: The first reviewer is...

Sorceress Vanessa: I'm glad you liked it! I have no idea when I'll be able to catch up on your stories though...:( Thanks for everything and I hope you enjoy this chappie!

hobbit13: I meant every word of it too! Yep, my summer was just a tad bit busy. Thank you! Nice to see your staying true to your job! Thanks for everything my post-updated beta reader...

A Neko Okami named Wolfy: Interesting name! Thank you and here you go! Enjoy!

Hazel-Beka: Hey, yeah, I'm sorry about being so distant. I'm trying to come back! Honest! Hopefully I'll be able to update more, like once a week again! We don't have a javelin at my school, just shotput and discus. I hope you had fun in Camelot! Thanks for everything Hazel-chan!

Nicky: Told you I'd try to update this weekend! Don't worry, Serafina is about to figure some things out...well, next chapter anyways. NICKY! R U TRYING 2 SCAR ME 4 LIFE OR WHAT?! I'm so happy we have lunch together again! It makes it so much fun until you and everyone else tries to kill me!

Subieko: Don't worry too much about Serafina...she'll find a way to earn everyone's trust. After all, they know that Selina is her yami and that things aren't her fault...well, at least Yugi knows...Yeah, Selina and Bakura knew each other, but that history is not revealed for a few more chapters yet. Hm...ok, so more like Ryou and Selina, but when Ryou had the Ring so she knew about Bakura...make sense? Thank you. Yes, I'm making Selina a sympathetic character in this story so that Yami and her can get along like they do in real life. This is her story after all!

That's everyone. Thank you all so much and I hope you enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 3- Ensnared by Shadows

Stars winked innocently down upon the darkened city streets. Most people were already in bed; a few stragglers were still working hard or making their way to their homes. Shadows were strewn about in corners, down alleyways, on the streets, giving the night a strange eerie and foreboding feeling.

One of the last remaining people still awake was putting things in order until the proper time to spring her trap. She had plotted, planned, and prepared; and now, after nights of preparation, she was ready to set things in motion and exact her revenge, claiming what should rightfully belong to her to prove that she was not weak, but that she was strong.

Yes, Selina was a strong person and she was going to prove it to the world one way or another. (Of course if she just happened to take over the world while she impressed anyone and everyone in it...well, who was she to not accept power when it was so obviously hers to control?)

When the final preparations were completed, Selina moved towards the next stage of her plans...obtaining the victims...

Selina crept through the shadows, towards the Kame Game Shop. Her soft footsteps making light pattering sounds on the sidewalk as she approached. She came up to the side of the shop, a small, red brick in hand.

As Selina came near enough to the house/shop, she took aim, and with impeccable precision, threw the brick into one of the second story, side windows. As quietly as possible, she took off down the street, careful to stay out of the circles of light that dotted the street from the street lamps as lights snapped on in the house behind her.

Heading back in the direction she had come from, Selina found a pay phone and, after taking some loose change from her pocket, inserted it into the slot and dialed Joey Wheeler's home number.

After three rings, a deep, male voice said, "Hello?"

"Oh! Joey! I'm so glad I got a hold of you! I really need your help!" Selina cried frantically in Serafina's voice.

"What is it? What's wrong?" he asked sincerely for once, considering it was Serafina he was talking to.

"Yugi's in trouble! We met this guy named Bakura and he's threatening Yugi! I don't know what to do, you have to help me!"

Joey inhaled loudly and cursed before recovering and saying quickly, "I'm on my way! Where are you?!"

"We're in the Domino Park by the fountain, please hurry, and please let Tea and Tristan know too!"

"Will do! I'm coming!"

They both hung up and Selina grinned madly, knowing she had them all now. Stepping out of the both she did not see a slender figure blocking her path until she ran into it. Looking up, she saw a bonus prize for her trap.

"Threatening little Yugi now am I?" asked a malicious baritone.

"Why Bakura, my old friend. It's so good to see you!" Selina said in a mockingly sweet voice.

"And why may I ask are you luring Joseph Wheeler out here late at night by saying I'm beating up on his little friend?"

"It's nothing personal Bakura. Why don't you stay for the fun?"

(Dream Sequence)

Black.

Shadows.

Complete and utter darkness all around. Yugi held up a hand in front of his face an inch away from his nose—he could not see it.

Yugi walked slowly through the shadows and the silence, an eerie, foreboding feeling of anticipation flowing through him...something was about to happen.

Then, out of the darkness, came a piercing, agonized-filled scream from his left. He turned and ran in that direction. He had to help whoever was being hurt—he had to save them.

Before he reached his destination, a light appeared as if someone had turned on a giant spotlight, directly where Yugi was standing. A chill-less shiver ran up his spine at the implications of that thought. Someone. Was. Watching. Him.

All was silent now as Yugi turned in a slow circle except for his laborious breathing and his pounding heart. His eyes scanned the surrounding darkness and when they spotted a hint of movement, they locked on, peering through the shadows at what lay in waiting for him.

The shadowed figure moved forward, stepping into the light. Clearly illuminated now, Yugi saw that there was no monster chasing after him in the darkness...it was a person.

Yugi sighed in relief upon seeing Serafina and said, "Are you all right? I heard screaming earlier..."

"Yes, don't worry about me, little Yugi. If I were you, I'd be more concerned with my friends. They are, after all, lost in the darkness without you."

"What are you talking about, Serafina?"

The girl laughed at that; not in her normal jovial giggle, but a low, malicious laugh—a laugh Yugi had heard many times before.

Yugi took an involuntary step back, flinching away from the person that had put him through so much turmoil this past year. Yugi gulped past a lump in his throat; finding his voice, he said, "You aren't Serafina...are you?"

"Correct, little Yugi. It's your old friend Selina. It's so good to see you again. I do hope you'll come and join your friends and I for a friendly game or two. Well, I must get back. I do have to keep your little friends occupied now don't I?"

With that departing comment, Selina stepped back into the darkness and was swallowed up by the shadows. Yugi's eyes had widened with every word Selina had spoken and now he was in an utter panic over what could be happening to his friends at that very moment.

Imagining them all lying dead on the ground, their blood splayed out around them made his legs go weak and with a panic filled cry into the darkness he shouted, "NOO!"

(End Dream Sequence)

The bed tilted as Yugi jumped into a sitting position from where he lay, his breathing was short and harsh that made a raspy type of sound. His heart was thumping in his head and he was sure his grandfather could hear it in the room next door.

Yugi pulled his knees up to his chest and held them tightly as he buried his face into his knees, trying to regain his breath. Everyone was all right. They were all safe and sound in their own homes...there was nothing to worry about.

A pressure on his shoulder told Yugi that Yami had come out to check on him. Yugi looked up to his dark half and searched his eyes for the reassurance he needed. His friends were okay; they just had to be!

Amethyst locked onto ruby until the glass from Yugi's bedroom window crashed inwards. Yugi's reflexes took over and he rolled off the bed onto the opposite side of where the window was, relinquishing control of his body to Yami as he did so.

Yami took over, the Millennium Symbol burning on his forehead as he gracefully came out from behind the bed to examine the scene.

There, lying on the floor, right in front of the window and surrounded by glass shards, was a brick. Yami picked it up, noticing the note that was attached to it and obviously meant for him. It read:

Yugi/Yami

If you want to save your friends, meet me at Domino Park by the fountain right away. I would suggest you come alone...

Selina

Yami stared at the name for several minutes, already knowing what he would have to do to get his aibou's friends back. He had seen Yugi's dream and knew it had been foreboding this event.

Yugi's door slamming open caused Yami to spin around, looking and ready for the danger. Standing in the doorway was Yugi's grandfather.

'Of course,' Yami said to himself, 'that crash would have woken him up.'

Out loud he said in a strong, confident, determined voice, "I must go."

Handing the note to Mr. Motou, he rushed out the door—heading for Domino Park.

Joey met Tea and Tristan in Domino Park at the water fountain that stood in the center of the main garden. Running up to them, slightly out of breath, he asked, "Any sign of Serafina or Yugi?"

"Nothing yet," Tristan answered back. "We've been waiting for you so we could go looking for them."

"Well, I'm here now; let's go!"

"Hold on a minute, guys. Serafina said she would meet us here right? I don't think we should go anywhere until we find out what is going on."

Joey opened his mouth the argue when a familiar greeting met their ears.

"Guys! Are you all ok?" Yami asked as he ran up to the group.

"Of course we're ok, Yug, what about you? Serafina told us that dude Bakura was beat'n up on ya."

"That wasn't Serafina. Selina has taken over her body. She sent me a note saying that all of you were in danger."

"WHA-? Why would she do something like that?"

"To bring you all together so I could deal with you at once instead of separately...in a manner of speaking anyways."

The entire group spun around at the sound of the newcomer's voice...it was Selina and right beside her was Bakura with his arms crossed and a smirk planted firmly on his face.

"Well, now that we are all here, I suggest we get started and not waste any time. We wouldn't want you running off, now would we?"

Everyone except Bakura and Yami's eyes widened in surprise and fear as Selina used her Millennium Bracelet to call the Shadow Realm into surrounding them.

The air immediately grew cold as the shadows crept up around them, ensnaring them completely within it's grasp.

Wisps of darkness brushed against their faces and tendrils of shadows caressed their arms and legs, sending uncontrollable shivers up their spines. Tea whimpered and Tristan drew her close as the darkness threatened to blind them while the Millennium Symbol burned on Yami, Bakura, and Selina's foreheads as each of them fought to control the shadows themselves.

Finally, as Selina had called the Shadow Realm forth, she brought the shadows under her power and said, "Let the fun now begin!"

A/N- Finally finished! I thought I would never get this chapter done and I didn't even get that much written. I'm sorry guys, but I hope you like it and I plan on updating next weekend. I AM DETERMINED TO DO IT!!!!

Ja ne, minna!