A/N: Okay, this is the third chapter to my story, as all of you know who are reading this of course. Sorry it took me so long to get a new chapter up I know how much all of you what was it five reviewers liked it. lol, j/k Well this chapter is a bit confusing I know because it is leading up to something and I thought I really needed a chapter to grab someone's attention who hasn't read this. So I hope you liked it. And I wanted to thank the following people for being true fans, "Thanx my posey!" and remembering to review this:

Nightfall2525: Thank you for being the first person to review my story.

RoqueGoddess007: Thank you for pushing me forward to write the next chapter.

YugisLightKeepsMePure: Thank you for being your pesky little self and the enthusiasm you give me when you finally find out you're right. You are such a comedian.

Disclaimer: I sooo don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. "Fore'" the ball hits a mans face. "Security. Get this crazy Looney out of here!" " Sorry guys got to go".

Chapter 3 A Mystery Inside It's Own

Te'a and Yugi awoke to the sound of birds chirping in the busy streets of L.A. Yugi stood up, stretching his stubbing legs. Te'a lifted up her head and barely opened her eyes.

"What time is it?" she mumbled.

"It's early. Don't worry you don't have to get up yet. We still have a little time left" Yugi replied carelessly.

"What do you mean a little time left?" Te'a asked sitting straight up.

"Oh nothing. Just go back to sleep" Yugi said lying her head in his lap. He stroked her hair as if a mother would stroke her daughters to make her feel better. Te'a was calming down herself down, feeling safe once again until a horrid thought appeared in her mind. "What if Yugi was putting her in danger? What if all of this was a lie? No way, Yugi's not like that. He would never do that to me." She pushed her self closer to Yugi, warming up. It all felt right. It all felt the way it should. Te'a closed her eyes and imagined what the rest of her life would be like, not knowing the dangers that lurk behind every door.

"Quite not so loud. You'll wake her," an urgent voice whispered.

"Fine. Now that we've got her we can perform the ritual. It will take a sacrifice of a pure soul. Yugi, I am sorry, but we can't take you, you're the one we need to survive" another calmer voice spoke.

"But what will you do with her" Yugi's voice echoed.

"Well, we could-" the other voice stopped.

"What is it?" Yugi asked frightened.

"Sshh!" the mysterious voice demanded. "We will talk later. Take care." There were footsteps down a hall that seemed to go on forever. Yugi's footsteps were heard next coming towards Te'a. She tried to hide in a corner of this dark room.

It was not the same room as before. It was darker and cold. It smelled of rotting wall. Te'a could hear the rats scuffle across the stone floor as she scrambled to hide behind the steel door.

Yugi opened the door slowly as not to wake Te'a. He walked over to the place on the floor he had last seen her. She wasn't there, nothing was left on the floor except for the old tattered blanket. "Where could she have gone?" Yugi asked himself. He bent down examining the floor, Te'a watching his every move. It was now or never. Te'a ran and pounced on Yugi sending them both crashing to the floor. Yugi tried to raise himself up with unbelievable strength that Te'a has never witnessed before. He flung by her wrist. She hit the wall with a "thud". Te'a wept in pain. It felt like her bones had just been shattered.

"What do you think you are doing?" Yugi asked furiously.

"I heard everything you said. What am I, just some kind of toy you can toss aside when you get bored?" Te'a shouted.

"What are you talking about?" Yugi said curiously looking into her eyes.

"You know what I am talking about. Using me as a sacrifice for a ritual! Is that what you do to all the poor girls you suck in!"

Yugi's mouth formed a straight line. He lifted his hand a slapped her face hard.

"Don't you dare talk to me like that you little wench? Don't you know who you are talking to?" Yugi said in a voice unlike his own.

Te'a held her face and looked at him in disbelief. "This isn't right. This isn't the Yugi I know" Te'a thought to herself. She opened her mouth to speak, but was instantly shut up.

"Do not even try to speak you inferior soul! Whether you like it or not, you will be my sacrifice!" Yugi yelled aggressively and slammed the door shut. Te'a sat in that room crying her self to sleep.

The little peephole in the door opened and light flushed the room. Te'a shielded her eyes from the blinding blaze.

"Here" a strange voice said harshly as a tray of food dropped on the floor. "Eat". The hole closed and Te'a was once again caught in darkness. She scrambled to the food and started taking the plastic off what felt like a sandwich. She inhaled the sandwich and took a big swig of mild. No matter how bad it tasted, she ate it. She was starving.

The hole opened again just as Te'a was finishing off her milk. A hand dropped clothed on the floor and demanded," Where these. Dress quickly." Te'a grabbed the clothes and put them on.

The door opened and a man walked in. Te'a couldn't see his face because it was covered with a golden mask. He grabbed her by her wrist and yanked her out of the room. He pulled her down a long hallway. There were inscriptions of ancient figures on the wall that Te'a had never seen before. There were letters and shapes along one-wall and giant red paint streaks along another. He led her into a candle lit room with some of the same inscriptions as in the hallway. She looked down and for the first time saw what she was wearing. She had on a shimmering golden top and a long golden skirt.

She looked up at a giant sand chair. She could barely see what looked like a crown sticking over the top.

"Sire', she has arrived" the masked man spoke.

"Leave her there and close the doors" the voice behind the chair said.

"Yes master" the masked man said leaving and closing the doors.

The chair swiveled around and revealed a familiar face that Te'a knew distinctly. A smirk slid across his face as his golden accessories and blue medallions glimmered in the pale candlelight.

"Hello my dear" the sly voice said. "Do you remember me?"

"Who couldn't remember a horrid face like that" Te'a sneered back.

"Oh, a little humor" he laughed.

"No it's the truth. No one could ever forget your face Kiaba."