Moonclaw: I'm sorry. So, so, so sorry for not updating for so long! Please forgive me. I was being lazy over summer brake, and then school started up again, so I had schoolwork to deal with. I was also kind of depressed with my writing. I thought my writing wasn't worth two beans (to be truthful…I still believe that to be true in some cases, like this for instants.) And now my best friend has moved away, so now he's not around to give pep talks and beta-read my stories. This chapter is for you pal.

sigh Well…I feel like I don't want to lay all the blame for being late on C but she hasn't meet Mr. Kaiba yet but she will in later chapters. Linda's name and her working at Kaiba corp. is introduced in chapter 2 which is being revised now and will be posted soon. I'll also apologize for any out of characterness you might find. Now who would like to do the disclaimer? How about you furball?

Daxter: (mutter) Alright I'll do it…Disclaimer: Moonclaw does not own any Yugioh characters, Daxter, Jak or Daxter characters…thank God, or anything else that's copyrighted. She just owns S9s name is and she works for Kaiba corp., that's the reason why she and Stela 'moved to Japan', but she hasn't meet Mr. Kaiba yet but she will in later chapters. Linda's name and her working at Kaiba corp. is introduced in chapter 2 which is being revised now and will be posted soon. I'll also apologize for any out of characterness you might find. Now who would like to do the disclaimer? How about you furball?

Daxter: (mutter) Alright I'll do it…Disclaimer: Moonclaw does not own any Yugioh characters, Daxter, Jak or Daxter characters…thank God, or anything else that's copyrighted. She just owns Stela and Linda.

Mc: (beams) Thank you Dax, now on with the fic!

/hikari to yami/

/yami to hikari/

Present time: 9:30 P.M.

Linda peered into Stela's room and smiled at her daughter's sleeping form. Closing the bedroom door quietly, Linda walked down the hallway to her own room, all the while reflecting the afternoon.

Late Afternoon: 4:00 P.M.

Linda had arrived home early from her first day at work, which was mostly being filled in on how she was to do her job as assistant manager of the technology department at Kaiba Corp. After going threw some more of the moving boxes, Linda had just started dinner (hotdogs and fries) when Stela came through the front door.

"Hi honey, your home late…I thought that school got out at 3, did you have a good first day?" Linda asked when Stela walked by the kitchen. "It was ok, made some new friends. Those boys from yesterday, the ones I told you about, Yugi, Yami, and Joey…they introduced me to their friends." Stela answered back. Linda smiled. "That's great! Dinner will be done soon." Linda listened to Stela's ok and then she heard Stela say something odd.

"Yeah, that's my mom." There was a pause before Stela continued. "Do you think I should tell her? Yeah, your probably right and she might not even believe me even if I did tell her."

Linda frowned and walked out into the hallway to see Stela walking up the stairs at the end of the hallway…alone. "Who were you talking to Stela?" asked a very confused and concerned Linda. Stela froze; one foot risen to be placed on the next step, and turned her head to look at her mom. "Oh, no one mom…just babbling to my self." Stela said quickly, grinning stupidly at her mother and praying that she would just let it go. Linda peered sideways at her daughter, knowing that there was something that Stela wasn't telling her. 'She'll tell me when she's ready.' Linda thought while saying out loud, "Okay…" and returned to her cooking

Present time: 10:00 P.M.

'That was a strange afternoon, but I shouldn't worry. Stela seems to be fitting in fine and she's making friends. She wouldn't resort to talking to imaginary friends, even if the book says it's normal.' Linda thought as she placed the book she was reading, Being a Single Parent: Understanding Your Teen Daughter's Behavior When Forced To Move To Japan, and turned off the lights. 'She would tell me if she was feeling lonely…wouldn't she?' Linda thought franticly as she turned over and forced herself to go to sleep and leave the book on the bed stand alone.

Sidra stopped pacing and closed her eyes, concentrating. "Yes, Stela is sleeping soundly…even her mind is quiet, but for some reason I cannot. Ever sense I've been fully awaken from the Millennium Heart, I cannot seem to settle down. There is something on the horizon, something dangerous to Stela, her friends and family, and to me as well, but I cannot tell what it is." Sidra said, the words reverberating off the stone walls.

/'Sidra…is something wrong?'/ Asked a tired sounding Stela. Sidra cursed quietly to herself, before answering her hikari. /'No, nothing is wrong, just thinking. Why don't you go back to sleep?'/'Okay'/ Stela replied before falling back into silence. Sidra smiled and walked over to her own sleeping couch and lied down, reminded herself to shut her mind link with Stela before ranting to herself again. Looking up at the darkness where the ceiling was, Sidra felt her eyes grow heavy and was about to drift off to sleep when she sensed something. 'What…? Someone is here…' Sidra thought as she sat up and stared at entrance to her room. 'Someone who is not suppose to be.'

Bakura smirked and looked around the deserted street. 'Nice neighborhood…I'll have to come back and see what type of treasure these fools have.' Bakura thought hungrily, imagining for a moment how fun it would be to sneaking into someone 'secure' home before shaking his head and walking closer to the row of houses he was standing in front of. Reaching inside his shirt, Bakura pulled out the Millennium Ring by the string. Holding up the Ring, Bakura smirked as one of the small golden points levitated and pointed at a simple two-story house. 'So this is where you live girl.' Bakura thought as he walked up to Stela's house and peeked at the locks on the door and chuckled. 'It's too easy, but then it's just lucky for her that I'm not here to rob the place.' The tomb thief thought as he licked his lips.

Walking around the house, Bakura stopped and looked down at the Ring, the golden point trembling as if it was a blood hound that had located it's pray. Looking up at the upper story window the Ring was pointing to, Bakura smiled. 'There. That's were the Heart is located.' Closing his eyes, Bakura concentrated and to anyone who could see shadow magic, it would have appeared as if a wisp of purple-black fog was snaking its way from the Millennium Ring to the window. Seeping under the crack of the window, the fog stopped, the end of it turning in the air as if it was looking around, before continuing towards the sleeping Stela and the Heart, which was hanging from the bedpost.

Twisting itself around the bedpost once, the fog touched the Heart and the item glowed a soft gold color as the fog was absorbed into the pendent and appeared somewhere in Sidra's soul room. Swirling around the fog grew larger and human shaped until it materialized into a kneeling Bakura. He smirked as he stood and looked around down the hall of doors. 'This will be too easy…'

Mc: So how was it? Was it good? Terrible? Yes I know there is an evil cliffhanger, but work with me. Thank you again for reading and if you have time and want to, please review. It would make me very happy and encourage me to continue to write! Thank you.