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Becky looked around. She lost him. Frozen people stared at her blankly as she made her way through domino wall. She went down by the near by water fountain in the middle of the action. The water froze in mid air. Like beautiful dimand that refused to come to the ground. Like ice. Only they were darker colored like everything else in that place. Becky reached out and touched it. It was frozen as she put it in the palm of her hand. It was so pretty. She loved water. Ice more though. Then suddenly she heard a noise. She hadn't heard a noise in a long time. She looked up. The water from the fountain unfroze and started falling into the pool at the bottom.

"wow." she said.

Then all the water started doing it. Then suddenly like a burst of wind the mall moved. people kept walking. Noise came from everywhere. Light came from nowhere. It hurt Becky's ears and eyes for a minute but then she was used to it. She felt a cool trickle go down her hand. Her ice dimand unfroze also and was now just a puddle. She sadly dumped it in with all the rest of the water at in the pool and went up. She had to find Sam. it would definitely weirder looking for her in a crowd of moving people. She went out of the mall and down towards the arcade.

"Sam." she yelled. But there was no answer. at least not from Sam.

"Becky." yelled a voice from somewhere in front of her.

She looked up and saw matt and yugi and Joey and all her other friends coming towards her. They went over to her. Joey looked worried. So did matt and Monica and tristian and tea and--yami. Becky saw yamis face and eyes where yugis were supposed to be. to think she had only know then guy for about a month and already she could realize when something was different.

"Your not gonna believe it." said Monica. "Everything and everybody was--"

"--frozen. I know. I wasn't." she said with a satisfied grin on her face.

It wasn't everyday you where smart enough to finish Monica roteros sentences.

"thanx." she said sarcastically.

"Have ya seen li?" asked Joey with concern in his voice.

Becky's heart stopped. li.

"There was this really ugly guy in a robe." she said. "He went after her down by my house. Sam me and her all went different ways.

"The rarehunters." said yami.

"What do they want with us?" matt asked.

"We don't have anything they want." tristian said. "Unless you count the egyptian god cards. The millenium puzzle. yami. The phereohs power. but really nothing new."

yami looked at the others.

"We should be looking for li and Sam." he started. "But--we need to figure out what they want with us. That way we know where to find them and if we need to be ready for any more attacks."

"yamis right." tea said. "We have to. Or they might start coming after us. Or the people we love. Like grandpa and Ted. Like they did lis parents."

Matt nodded and so did Monica. yami led them to the domino museum that was usualy for a saturday morning. They came in and the cool air conditioner calmed there bodies. yami went up to the front desk.

"Is ishizu here?" he asked.

The girl at the front desk looked at him. Her blonde hair was back in a ponytail. Her hazel eyes stared at him with question but she answered him.

"Yeah you wanna talk to her?" she asked.

Yami nodded.

"Who can I says here?" se asked.

"Just tell her the phereoh."

The girl nodded and went into a backroom where the sign employees only hung. Joey looked at Becky.

"Was she alright?" he asked her. "i mean did the rarehunter guys--hurt her or anything?"

Becky shook her head.

"No. Im not sure about now though."

Joey looked away. The girl came out of the room.

"She's says to come in." the girl said going back to her spot.

"thanx--"

"Autumn. Autumn winters."

"--thanx autumn."

They went down into the door that matt and jess had found a month ago. matt couldn't believe he was back there. That day at the museum seemed like a long time ago. He could still remember what he had heard about him having powers. It had just seemed like a joke but now he wasn't so sure. They went down the stairs and into the room they had been in before. All the same artifacts but now there was a desk in the far corner covered in papers and pictures of artcicafacts.

"Ishizu?" called yami.

She seemed to come out of nowhere. She was wearing the same thing she had the day they met her.

"I knew youde be back." she said. "Have you returned because of the freezing time?"

Matt looked at her.

"How do you know about it? Everybody was frozen."

She lifted a charm from off her neck. It was a frost blue an sparkled like a diamond.

"It keeps me from being affected by shadow spells."

"A shadow spell?" he asked.

Ishizu looked at them.

"Time wasn't frozen." she said. "You where just taken to the shadow realm."

"The what?" asked Monica now. It was her chance to be confused.

"The shadow realm is a place away from reality." ishizu explained. " it has alot to do with the dark magic I said last time you were here. I think my brother may have put a spell to kidnap you and your friends."

"marik." matt said. "Yami was telling us about him and his rarehunters. What does he want from is though?"

"You were guardians." she explained. "They protected the phereoh and phereohis. They were important and powerful. He probably has some evil idea to take over the world again."

"So he does this alot then huh?" asked matt sarcasticly.

"Just then a boom of thunder clapped and lightening shut all the lights off. Tea gasped. Then there was a click. Matt had his lighter clutched firmly in his hand. Then a dark figure appeared at the top of the stairs. They all yelled. There was a flash of lightening and Sam stood there.

"Sam." Becky yelled as she went towards her sister. Sam looked at her.

"Where were you rebeccah lyne putz." she barked shaking her head to get the water off.

They started to talk really loudly until Monica interupted.

"Um if you dont mind id like to hear the end of what ishizu has to say." se said flatly as se looked away from them. "ishizu what were you saying?"

"wait." Sam said. "doesnt anybody care about me?"

"No. not really." Monica said starting to get seriously p.od.

"anyway." said ishizu in the dim glow of matts lighter. "Like I was saying. My brother will stop at nothing to get what he wants. You must leave. its not safe here. go to your houses and come back tomorrow. Il put up a shield to protect us. When the power comes back I will look up information in your powers."

"What about li?" asked joey as matt nodded.

"Whatever happens my brother won't harm her. at least not now. I swear. now go."

They nodded and left. Matt had an odd feeling in his stomach. he couldnt leave his best friend with a lunitic all night? But--ishizu seemed to know what she was talking about so he went with it. For the moment at least.

Matt's p.o.v.

I picked at the food on my plate. I wasn't very hungry. My mom looked at me from across the table.

"Honey--what's wrong?"

I looked at her. It was just me and her who lived here so she liked to pry into my private life. She always asked if something was wrong--though there was never anything I really wanted to talk to her about.

"no mom."

I sighed.

"Im going to my room."

I went up.

"Honey?"

"Hm?"

"Are you on drugs?"

"What?"

"Well youve been so--moody lately. and youve been hanging around with that--li girl and her friends. That boy with the new york accent must be a drug dealer. Loey is it?"

"Joey mom. and Im not on drugs."

"dont lye to me Matthew Patrick Donovan."

"Oh god. mom shut up."

"As long as you live in this house ill talk as long as I want."

"You do that mom. Im outta here."

I went up to my room and threw some stuff into my messenger bag. Some clothes and my toothbrush and some other stuff. I went down stairs. My mom was still standing there.

"Where do you think you're going?"

"Away."

"Your 15--where are you gonna go?"

"Like I said far far away."

I went passed her. i avoided her grabbing my shirt and went out the door of our apartment.

"You'll be back." she yelled after me.

I didn't answer.

"Fine dont come back until you learn whose in charge around here. I dont want you here anyway."

She slammed the door to the apartment as I reached the bottom floor and left. Dark clouds formed in the sky. The only light came from dim street lights set up around the place. I got abut 4 miles away when I collapsed underneath a palm tree. It gave me a lot of time to think. My brain buzzed with my mom what ishizu said and Li. I hope she was alright. I was really worried about her. She was my best friend. If that creep Marik touched her Ide--you get the picture. I had thought all about it since I left the museum earlier. I wanted to tell my mom but she wouldn't understand. She never does. She hates li because she thinks she's a bad influence on me. She didn't really like any of my friends. I closed my eyes. I wanted to just pass out. Or better then that to wake up in my bed in Losetown and find this all was fake. Suddenly a sharp icey feeling dripped down my neck.

"What?" I yelled just to find it was jus rain.

Rain. I loved rain. It reminded me of my favorite dream I ever had. There was this beautiful girl with blonde hair and purple eyes. She kissed me and all the pain in my body would go away. I forgot all about dad leaving and mom not trusting me. I thought of a future that had just us. together forever. But then Id get a weird feeling Id have to fight for her. Save her life. Then Id wake up. Like always. Just as the best part was coming I d wake up. Reminds me of my life huh? The rain began to pound down on me. The dumb tree didn't do anything to keep me from being wet. I stuck my messenger bag over my head but it didnt help. It only got worse though. Thunder boomed from every where. I grounded. Maybe I should have stayed at my house. Then suddenly headlights came towards me.

"Please dont be mom." I grounded.

The car stopped in front of me. It was a purple corvette. The hood was up of course. The windshield wipers swished back and forth. I could see the outline of the driver staring at me. I felt an odd knot from in the pit of me. I went up and met there gaze as water dripped onto my glasses and went into my eyes. The driver door swung open and showed a girl. She looked about 18 ish. She looked exactly like the girl I always thought about. Maybe this wasn't real. She took a step closer.

"Need a ride kid?" she asked her voice I could just tell by hearing it was very sarcastic but sincerely cared.

"I dont have a place to have a ride to." I said.

The woman nodded toward her car.

"I have a big apartment." she said. "If you're interested."

I nodded and approached the car. I must have looked pretty bad if somebody offered me a place to stay. I could feel my clothes beginning weighed down by the water making me look more scrawny then I already was. And let me tell ya Im pretty scrawny. My usualy spiked hair was now limp and hung into my face. My glasses were full of water speaks. Yup I was pretty pathetic. I got in the car as she pulled away. The air conditioner was making me very cool. She looked over at me and made it warmer.

"So kid." where're ya folks?"

"My mom...we got in a fight...I left and she said she didnt want me back."

"And your dad?"

I laughed.

"You're asking the wrong person. If I knew I wouldn't be here right now."

She sighed.

"sorry." she said. "dont feel bad. I grew up a spoiled rich girl. My parents where never around. Always jetting off to another spot around the world. They barely knew my name."

"oh." I said. "Sorry about that."

"eh." she responded as she drove down a row of really nice apartment buildings. "It's not your fault. Or mine. They were idiots who didnt know there own daughters name. Speaking of that though..."

"What?" I laughed. ".Im an idiot?"

"No. she said. "What's your name?"

"Matt."

"Well Matt you can stay for as long as you like." she stopped the car outside the nicest building. "I never have anybody over and I need the company. And if it makes any difference..." she looked at me. "...I can't figure out why your mom would get rid of suck a cool kid. Guess we got alot in common huh? Our moms dont know what they got."

"Had." I corrected her. "My mom doesnt know what she had. Ive been wanting to get out of there for a long time. By the way I didnt catch your name."

"Mai valentine." she said with a smile.

That name was burned into my heart forever.

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