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Yes! Chapter 3 is here! I know you were all probably getting impatient… (sweat-drop) but I swear I was busy! I had some dumb state tests and a lot of homework. Plus, I'm trying to update Stille Nacht (my Christmas fic), Third Half of the Wishbone, and Paradise Island. But the good news is that Beneath the Desert Sands is finally complete! It was a bit angstier than I planned, but the sequel will be up relatively soon (another sweat-drop) and will have a much lighter mood.

Heh, the Seto-Tea romance gets cooled down in this chapter… but I promise it'll come back before you know it!

Nightfall2525: Lol. No, Bakura's not really interested in Kaiba Corp.

DarkShadowFlame: Thanks! I especially like reading your reviews and knowing you like the sequel. (:D) I'm glad you liked the Halloween fic. Now if only I could finish my Christmas one… Lol.

WinterWing3000: Yeah, Seto's a bit OOC… but he's got a girlfriend now so… yeah… (:D)

Rune-Spirit: Thanks! Well, the story will get a little darker once Marik, uhh… "reappears". Lol. But I'll try and stick in some comic-relief.

Thanks to all of my other reviews!

Summary: It's been three months since Tea's "nightmare" ended. But the worst is yet to come: Bakura has gathered up five of the seven Millennium Items, and Marik still has a few tricks up his sleeve. Tea and the gang are once again cast into unwavering fear; however, they're not about to give up a fight they can't afford to lose.

SetoxTea (some MokubaxSerenity and MaixJoey)

This fic is dedicated to DarkShadowFlame, whose original fanfiction inspired this one.

Bad Dreams

By: Chi Yagami

Chapter Three – Seto's Day Off

The Kaiba limo pulled slowly into the parking lot. Seto wasn't too happy to be at school. He'd forgotten to remind Mokuba of the side effects his younger brother got from drinking coffee. Mokuba was usually pretty good about restraining from drinking it, but yesterday while he'd been at Serenity's, he'd accidentally had some coffee and went AWOL on his girlfriend. Seto had been coming home from Tea's when he'd spotted his brother talking to an elderly man and asking if he could borrow a tampon. The preteen had been up all night, bouncing off the walls and giving several of the maids quite a scare. Seto had only gotten about two hours of sleep, and he was pretty confident that he had an unfinished English report due third period.

"Domino High School, sir," said Frank, the driver. Seto shot daggers at him and caught himself just before he'd muttered 'duh.' He shook his head and gave a brief apology to Frank, who merely nodded and tipped his hat.

Once out of the car, briefcase in hand, Seto Kaiba proceeded towards the school. He struggled to walk across the courtyard as sleep kept trying to win him over. He was about to enter the school when he heard a girlish voice call out his name.

"Kaiba! KAIBA!"

The CEO whipped around to see Ryou running towards him. What could that pathetic albino with the evil twin want? He sighed angrily but walked over to where Ryou was.

"What is it, Ryou?" he asked impatiently. Ryou looked sort of nervous… or was that a worried expression he was wearing? Yet when Seto looked him in the eye, the brown orbs were blazing with an anger hidden deep inside.

"Tea's in trouble!" Ryou said breathlessly, as if he'd just come out of a race. "She, Yugi, and Joey were playing around when Joey accidentally locked her in a tool shed!"

Ryou ran off towards the back of the school where all of the carpentry supplies were held. There were about five tool sheds, each about 5" by 5". Seto reluctantly turned and followed him, concerned about Tea's safety. However, when he reached the tool sheds, he found one.

Well, save one devious-looking albino.

"Seto Kaiba," he spat, "we come face-to-face at last."

Seto glared at him. How dare he talk to him like that! And where was Tea!

"All right, you white rat, I don't know what you're hiding but where is Tea!" Kaiba demanded. Ryou cocked his head to the side.

"Oh, she's… somewhere nearby…"

"Let her go! What the heck is wrong with you?" the CEO shouted.

"I'm not feeling myself today… and I mean that quite literally."

Kaiba watched as Ryou's hair stood on end and his narrow eyes became cold and dark.

"Bakura," he said with venom as the spirit smirked.

"Who else?"

"Could've fooled me, you snowman with legs."

"I DID fool you."

Bakura watched as Seto tried to restrain himself from strangling him. He would've tackled him to ground if weren't for the fact that Ryou was one of Tea's friends. Bakura pulled out the Millennium Rod and pointed it at Kaiba.

"Time to meet your doom, pretty-boy."

"Should I take that as a compliment?" Kaiba asked annoyed. "You can't send me to the Shadow Realm without a fight."

"Who said you were going anywhere?" Bakura said evilly. "I'm taking over your mind."

Seto felt a tugging in the corner of his mind. He could feel Bakura taking over as he struggled to stay conscious. But no one can withstand the power of a Millennium Item, unless of course they have one of their own, but unfortunately for Kaiba, he had none. He felt himself slipping into darkness, and just as he was about to lose all consciousness, one thought entered his mind: Tea.

"So, what now?"

Marik shot a glance at the eldest Kaiba brother. After Bakura had taken over his mind, he'd dragged him to the abandoned warehouse where Marik had set up headquarters. The Egyptian turned back to Bakura with questioning eyes.

"Simple: either we can kill him off, or we could make him dump her," Bakura answered. "Either way, she'll end up in tears, and then Ryou comes into the picture."

"How about we skip the Tea-and-Ryou thing and I just come to the rescue after snooty-boy ditches her?" he asked, still suspicious of why Bakura wanted Tea with Ryou. "I don't like the idea of you hanging around my woman."

"Getting jealous?" the albino sneered. "I thought you'd be used to it by now."

He frowned at Bakura, and then Marik went back to staring at Kaiba, trying to decide whether to kill him or whether he'd be useful later.

'Marik doesn't even realize that I have him completely wrapped around my finger. I don't like that wench he's fallen for; I simply want to use her as a tool in getting Marik to do my work so I don't have to get my hands dirty. I foresaw that I will have her and Marik in my clutches sooner than he thinks. I will get a hold of that girl sooner or later, mark my words.'

"I suppose we'll just have to pretend to kill him," Marik said at last. "If he just breaks up with her, she could keep trying to get a hold of him. And someone, especially his brother, would notice sooner or later that something's wrong."

"But," Bakura argued, "if he simply dies, Tea will still have his love. Why not have him dump her and then die?"

"Brilliant," he replied sarcastically. "Just do it. I can't keep this up."

"What? You can't hide away for a few days?"

"No, not that. I think I'll go crazy if I don't touch her skin soon," he said lustfully. Bakura shook his head. Love was weakness, and he wasn't even sure Marik loved Tea.

"I'll see you later," Bakura said. "Come, mind-slave."

The spirit and Kaiba left, leaving Marik along to contemplate his thoughts.

Tea sat down next to Joey with her lunch tray. Seto hadn't been in third period, and come to think of it, she hadn't seen him all day. Tristan and Yugi were dueling, and Joey kept looking over at the cheerleaders. She glanced up to see Ryou walking swiftly towards their table.

"Hey you," he said to her as he walked past, taking a seat across from her.

Hey you? HEY YOU! Ryou never said 'hey you' to anybody. She stared at him for a while before looking around the cafeteria. Tea jumped up when she saw Seto Kaiba enter the room, looking for her. She skipped over and gave him a big hug. He smiled back, but Tea could tell he seemed a little nervous.

"Seto, what's wrong?" she asked, taking his hand.

"Can we go outside, away from all of these people?" he asked nervously. Tea nodded and followed him to the courtyard.

"Tea, I need to talk to you about something," he said slowly.

"Yeah? What is it?" she asked.

Kaiba squirmed uncomfortably. "You and I have been dating for a while now… and it's been great. I feel like a whole new person! You've taught me so much about myself, and we have such great chemistry."

She nodded, but Tea didn't really understand where this was going… He looked like a nervous man about to ask his girlfriend to marry him. Of course they were too young for that, but still, she wondered what was making him so anxious.

"You helped me find myself. I've realized a lot… but…"

"But what?"

"…but something is still missing. I couldn't figure out what it was until yesterday. I miss being me."

"What?"

Tea was confused. She'd helped him find himself or something… and now he missed being him? What was he talking about?

"I'm a different person when I'm with you. I like being the old me, not the other me who you know."

'What! He likes the grumpy old Kaiba more than the nice one! Well, I certainly don't!'

"But, Seto, I like the new you!" she pleaded.

"Yeah, well, I don't. I like being mean."

"So… so what now?" she asked, dreading the worst.

"I think you and I should make like a banana and split."

Her jaw dropped. He was breaking up with her! She'd imagined that he was going to say he didn't want to be with her around people anymore, but not this!

"Seto—!"

"That's Kaiba to you," he said darkly, walking away. "I will admit, though, that it was fun while it lasted."

Tea watched his retreating form and sank to her knees. She felt as though her heart had been ripped out and left to bleed. Tears streamed from her eyes as true realization dawned on her. Seto had helped her get over the whole Marik fiasco, and now he'd left her. Tea felt alone again. She got up, turned around, and made a run for her locker, but just before she'd entered the school, she felt something smack her waist. Ryou had seen her fall to the ground and wanted to make sure she was okay.

"Tea, what's wrong?" he asked, pulling her into a hug. Bakura smirked from inside his soul room; his hikari would do anything for his friends.

"H-he le-le-left… m-m-me," she sobbed into his shoulder.

"He left you? Who?"

"Kai-b-ba…"

"You mean he dumped you?" Ryou asked concerned. He patted Tea on the back and stared out into the parking lot. Just the other day, he'd seen the two of them laughing and talking. What had made Kaiba decide to break the ice?

Joey, Yugi, and Tristan ran up to their friends, worried.

"What's wrong?" Yugi asked.

"Kaiba dumped her," Ryou responded softly, making Tea cry even harder. Joey growled.

"Dat rich jerk! I even said it on da TV: if he ever hurt Tea, he'd wish he was neva born!" he said angrily.

Bakura smirked as he watched Tea's friends try to comfort her. He'd decided not to pretend to kill off Kaiba: there would be too much chaos with his company and all. Rather, he'd make him take a vacation to a remote island.

'Just a short while until all seven Millennium Items are mine. Then I will have the power I have so long deserved!'

I know that it was a short chapter, but I'm swamped with updating chapters, studying for tests, and doing homework. A short chapter is better than no chapter, right? Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed it.

Don't worry about Seto; just because Bakura thinks he's out of the way, it doesn't mean that for sure! After all, what would a Seto-Tea story be if the story mostly focused on Bakura? Seto will be back! All will be explained soon, or soon enough anyhow. Next chapter, Bakura will try to start hanging out with Tea, but it seems he gets more than he bargained for. Find out what happens when I update chapter 4!

Please review! Sayonara!