Hall of Mirrors, part 3.

Disclaimer - I still don't own Yugioh, and if I did, I'd play tea party! XD

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A crash of thunder woke Sess from her somewhat-comforting sleep, although being haunted in your dreams wasn't so comforting, though the fright wore off over time. Back to the subject, it was still pouring a lot, and you could say that the place was flooded. It was most likely fortunate that Sess wasn't really affected by the rain - she wasn't prone to sickness so quickly. Yet, even for any vampress or vampire, being flooded was no enjoyment.

Lifting herself up, Sess brought a hand to her head, hissing slightly. She had a faint headache. Grabbing her backpack, she literally just flung it inside, and trudged off to see if she could find the cafe so she could get something warm to drink. You couldn't expect to find anything warm to drink at her 'home' anyways.

After some torturous minutes of walking in the rain, Sess finally arrived at the Café, stumbling in. She was soaked to the bone from walking, but to be honest, didn't really care. And if she was dripping water over the tiled floor, the janitors could clean up, right? Right.

Plopping into a cushioned seat, she brushed some loose strands of hair from her eyes, and, glancing at the menu, ordered hot tea. The only other thing she'd want to drink was cocoa, but that was too thick for her. Why did people like cocoa anyways? It would only rot your teeth, it was way too sweet and unhealthy, and was so...brown, dirt-like. She remembered trying it once, it was too...well, she didn't know, she just didn't like it.

Much to her discomfort, Sess felt a presence sit besides her in another chair, and a finger poking her in the side. Not really in the mood for games, Sess swiped the offending hand away from her with her own, muttering about rude idiots.

To Sess' surprise, it was the 'midget' as she thought when pessimistic, Yugi. She would have growled, but keeping a cheery attitude was nearly perfectly habitual and a rule - never let anyone see how you really felt when you were down, it would never pay off, actually...though it did build up some stress.

Smiling apologetically, Sess smoothed back some of the annoying hair that continued to fall over her dark eyes. "I'm sorry...I was just getting soaked in the rain, it bothered me - I didn't mean to swipe at you." Yugi didn't seem all that upset, though his hand was slightly red from the force of the hit. "It's okay! My friends and I happened to see you come in, do you want to sit with us?"

It was only then did Sess realize that, indeed, was the group watching her and Yugi talk. It made her want to die - she hated being watched so closely, it was frightening. This was something she had never been able to get over. Besides that, they would talk too carefree, and ask her too many questions. There wasn't anything to loose though.

"Sure! Can you wait until I get my tea, though?" Sess smiled a little more, but forced it. Boy, this could be hard sometimes, feeling like a Barbie doll, smiling always, away from 'home'. "Alright! Come on over when you're ready!"

A sigh of relief was let loose as Yugi returned to his table with his group of friends. Why did they pester her? Oh well. Sess had no time to think as the waitress came over and gave her the nice warm cup of tea. Taking a little sip from the cup to make sure it was as she wanted it, which it was - honey flavored and herbal -, she trudged over to the group's table, not really wanting to go, but not wanting to seem suspicious.

Amazingly, the group didn't really bother Sess with anything, and just talked to themselves for awhile. This gave her some time to think and warm up with the tea, after all, who wouldn't want to enjoy this when they had gotten soaked to the bone with freezing water?

Glancing at her watch, Sess realized she had been here for nearly an hour. Master wouldn't be so happy about her sudden disappearance for the long period of time. Flinching as Sess thought of the results when she returned, she set her cup down, standing. "I think I should head back to my house." House? Ha. That was an excuse, but she needed to go before her punishment would worsen...unless Master hadn't noticed she had gone - but he rarely missed that, and Sess didn't feel like taking her chances.

"Where do ya's live, huh?" The annoying mutt (and guess who) asked the question, nearly causing Sess to spit out her last sip of tea. "Er...where do I live? Um...nowhere special! Uh...it's really far! Yeah! I should get back now!" Bowing her head, Sess shifted and moved out, reaching the outside of the door faster than she thought she could. And, with no second though, bolted down the sidewalk to the 'house', not noticing she was getting soaked again, and most likely would get sick. No-one was utterly invincible, after all.

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The group had been somewhat suspicious when Sess had taken a sudden leave. Though they knew the girl appeared shy, there was no reason for her to run like she was being hunted down by an angry mob.

"I think she's just shy." Tea stated, more to herself, since no-one was really listening...thankfully. Honda and Joey just whispered to themselves, and Yugi was thinking to himself, maybe his other, darker half.

In fact, Yugi did have 'the look' of I'm-not-listening-I'm-talking-to- 'him'. Just who was the girl? It disturbed him so much, she wasn't human, she wasn't a spirit, though. She was just...strange.

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Panting heavily, Sess had reached her place in record time, fifteen minutes. It would usually take at least twice as long, but she had been running quite fast to get away. Now she was completely exhausted, and collapsed just inside of the door of the building.

Sess didn't notice that her Master had been waiting for her. The last thing she noticed was a rather hard metal object on the back of her head, and unconsciousness.

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