And so the plot thickens!

Shocked reviewers at this point are going: there was a plot?! Me: O.O;;;

R & R please!

Thank you Ministirth for cheering me up when I got that bad review!

Well before I do the disclaimer I would just like to say that the scary nightmare I had the other day inspired the nightmare in this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh! I do own Carla and all my other made-up characters.

Yami-Carla thoughts Carla-Yami thoughts

He was haunting her. All she saw was his figure taking Natalie, then Mama, then Aunt Marie, and then Papa, until she was the only one left.

Oh, how she ran in fear! He didn't exactly have a description, she just saw his figure always running after her with a stick, a sword?, in his hand.

Tired.

She couldn't beat him forever. He was gaining, his maniacal cackle beginning to get louder. But she would run until her heart burst.

Aghhhhhhhhh!!!

She tripped and fell on the hard, concrete sidewalk. Blood was streaming down her chin, and her bloody knees were aching from the pain. She tried to get up but she couldn't.

Too tired.

Her heart was beating a mile a minute. She looked at all the corpses, all with their eyes closed, around her. She couldn't escape their awful lingering look of horror as they met their fate that was still etched on all of their faces. She couldn't bear to gaze any more. Her throat tightened as heart-wrenching sobs came from her drained body. It was all her fault! Hewas after her, and her alone. He knew he was breaking her heart slowly with people he murdered by sending them to the Shadow Realm.

"Yami!" cried the battered girl in desperation, not expecting a reply by the way her luck was going.

"I am here Carla. I will NEVER leave you!" said Yami fiercely as he appeared, surprising Carla. He hugged her protectively as the figure started to come. The figure cackled evilly as he came closer to Carla saying in his husky voice,

"You can do nothing Yami. While I have been strengthening in the shadows your power has waned with your 100-year slumber. Have fun in the shadow realm Yami!" With that the figure took out his stick weapon and a blinding light emitted from it. Yami tried to resist with a golden light the puzzle gave out, but collapsed soul-less like all the others into the Shadow Realm. His beautiful, intriguing crimson eyes were never to be seen again.

"NO! Yami, you said you'd never leave!" cried Carla as terrible loneliness enveloped her.

"Well he did leave. ::evil chuckle:: FOREVER. Goodbye Carla. The Millennium puzzle is mine." He raised the stick-thing, poised for the attack. The light came and-

"AGHHH!!! Yami!"

/What is it Carla?!!! What's wrong?/ as a frightened Pharaoh came out of the puzzle. Carla couldn't take it any more, that nightmare was too vivid, too real. She began cry, her voice coming out very hoarse and very quiet.

I thought...I thought you were de-dead ::sob::

Yami looked alarmed as he wrapped his arms around Carla, soothing her with his very real, and very tight embrace. Yami with his arms around Carla sat with her on her bed. Once Carla had calmed down she relayed her nightmare to Yami, feeling comforted by his warm embrace (too at ease to realize Yami was HUGGING her or she would've blushed furiously). There was a very tense silence from Yami after he heard everything.

His only response was to grip harder on Carla.

Carla, who could barely breathe due to Yami's tight grip, and who was now beginning to get scared by Yami's silence said quietly:

"It was just a nightmare...right?"

There was a long silence as Yami wondered whether he should tell the truth or not. Finally, he decided with the truth because he didn't want to give Carla a false sense of security.

"I think your nightmare was a warning to us from someone to be aware of a new evil. Whoever gave you this nightmare, obviously wanted to scare you Carla. I remember, with my old hikari, Yugi, we battled an enemy who seemed a lot like that figure in your dream. I just can't place his name..."

"Yami, if we do have to battle this guy (it was obvious that it was a guy). I just want you to know that I don't think you're weakened at all. If anything, you're stronger. I'll always be there for you. " said a serious Carla. Then, she became quite aware that she was in contact with Yami's bare chest and blushed, pulling away from Yami's arms. Yami blushed too when he realized what he did.

From a home, not too far away from the blushing couple, a man observed the spectacle with disgust.

"Damn. That plan didn't work. Time for Plan B and C!"

Sorry it was so short and serious but school is pretty hard, and a hurricane's coming. I promise the next chapter will be longer with a bit of humor in it!

Coming up: Breaking the Hikari: Part 2. Yami and horses don't mix, and Carla experiences the pain of Plan B and C