A/N What you see is not an illusion. This is, in fact, chapter four. Yes, I know it took forever to update, but I seem to be loosing interest . . . well not entirely. Anywho, don't worry I'm sure I will be able to finish this story, I think about six more chapters are left, so I hope I can get it all done.
Well, this chapter isn't great, just filled with info . . .and other stuff . . . Anywho, please read and enjoy!
Disclaimer: (I think I forgot this in previous chapters --) I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Never will!
Chapter 4 – Decision Made: Next Stop Egypt
After revealing that she had not sent any letter to Yugi and the others, they were all confused. But they couldn't talk about it until the gang got all their belongings from the hotel. After doing that task Tea showed them to their rooms, immediately after, everyone went back to the living quarters to discuss their little problem. They talked and talked, but never seemed to come to any conclusion. The writing was indeed exactly like Tea's; even the signature at the end of the letters was exact. So it had to have been her who wrote them, but she had no doubt that she didn't write and sent them. The moment they showed the letters to her was the first time she laid her eyes on them. So who sent the letters and why? What was the reason to gather everyone together again? Yami seemed to know something, but they decided to hear everything the next day, for it was late and many were tired, so they all retired to their rooms. Tea, she didn't know for sure, felt that maybe it had something to do with her dream and if that was the case, she preferred not to say anything unless she was certain, or maybe at least until she went to Egypt.
'The voice said to go to Egypt, but what if it was some kind of trap? And if so, why? Why is someone trying to get me to Egypt? It's not like I know anything,' Tea thought carefully. She was becoming scared of what may come and what frightened her more was that they were reaching the day of her previous life's death and her son's. She just couldn't help feeling that something may happen on that day. She couldn't bear to lose anyone, but hopefully it was just a feeling.
"You should stop thinking about all this. We'll try and figure it out tomorrow, so get some rest," Bakura said, snapping Tea out of her thoughts.
"How can I not? Whoever wrote those letters must have had a lot of time in their hands to be able to write exactly like me and that's scary. Who knows what kind of maniac he is and who knows what he may want. There has to be a reason for bringing everyone back here!" Tea said letting tears she didn't know she had fall.
"Anzu, calm down, don't worry about it," Bakura embraced her, trying to sooth her. He knew that all this was strange, but he didn't understand why it would terrify her so much. It's almost as if . . . she knew something. "We should just go to bed and worry about it tomorrow."
"Alright," Tea agreed letting out a sigh. Both got into their bed and tried to fall asleep, but sleep seemed impossible. 'Maybe I should tell him about the dream. Maybe he will know what I should do, but I don't want him to worry more,' she thought, but decided it was best to say something, "Bakura?"
"What is it?" he looked toward her and saw she had something to tell him.
"There something I need to tell you. It's about this dream I have been having," this caught Bakura's undivided attention. He didn't say anything, so Tea continued. She told him everything that she saw in her dream, not leaving anything out. It was kind of hard to tell him, so she took her time and when she was finished, Bakura looked like he was thinking carefully about what she said.
"I think you've been having this dream for a reason. I think the worst thing we could do is ignore it," Bakura said after a moment of pondering.
"So you think we should go to Egypt?" Tea asked, a bit frightened of the answer.
"Yeah, I do," Bakura honestly said.
"Bakura, I'm scared to go. What if what I saw in my dream . . . comes true . . . I don't want anything to happen!" Tea said to him.
"I know you don't. None of us would want something like that happening. But the fact that this dream has been plaguing you must mean something. I think tomorrow we should tell everyone that we are going to Egypt. Just you and me, that way whatever happens, everyone will be safe, and I swear to you that nothing will happen to you either," Bakura sincerely told her.
"What about you?" she asked.
"I was the most feared and dangerous thief a long time ago, I know I can take care of myself," Bakura assured her.
Tea couldn't help but smile at what he said, "I guess you're right, but something still confuses me."
"What?"
"I think the letters that my friends have, have something to do with this dream," she pointed out.
"Maybe . . ." he thought carefully and continued, "but why lead everyone here and not to Egypt?"
"Hmm, then maybe they don't have a connection."
"I have my doubts about that, but we should forget about it for now. Just go to sleep and we'll talk about this in the morning." Bakura told her.
"You go to sleep, I'll be right back," Tea got out of bed and before Bakura asked where she was going, she spoke, "I'm going to get a drink and a snack."
"I've noticed you've been eating a lot lately, you should watch it or you'll get fat," Bakura teased and Tea retaliated by throwing a pillow at him and left the room.
She took her time walking to the kitchen, thinking about the conversation that she and Bakura just had. She was concentrating too much on her thoughts and wasn't watching where she was going, which lead her to bump into something, or rather someone. She almost stumbled back, but a hand reached out to her arm in time to keep her steady.
"Are you alright?" the person said. Tea eyes widened for a moment, but relaxed when she realized whom it was.
"Yeah, I am, and sorry for bumping into you, Yami. I wasn't paying attention," she told the former pharaoh.
"I see," he simply said.
"Did you need something, Yami? I assume that's why you're up," she curiously said.
"No, I just couldn't sleep. I have a lot on my mind, so sleep isn't possible for me right now," Yami honestly said.
"Well then join me in the kitchen and talk with me about stuff. It doesn't have to be about what's worrying you right now . . . that's if you'd like to," she invited.
"Sure, sounds good," he said as he followed her to the kitchen.
Once they were at their destination, Tea grabbed some cookies and poured chocolate milk into a cup. She asked if Yami wanted some, but he kindly declined. They soon sat down at the table that was close to the kitchen and began to chat about anything interest, trying hard to stay off the topic of the letters and such. Tea had a lot of questions for Yami, interested to know whether he had regained most of his memories from the past, but she also feared the answer. It was best that he didn't know what he had done so long ago, but if he knew, there wasn't much she could do. She just hoped that he didn't.
"Tea? Tea?" Yami called out several times. Tea snapped out of her thoughts for a moment and looked at Yami. 'How is it that he caused so much suffering back then and now he is a kind and wonderful person. What happened to him?' Tea asked in her mind. She hadn't realized that she was still ignoring him until she heard her name one more time. "Tea?"
"Huh?" Tea looked at him, looking a bit dazed.
"Are you alright, Tea?" he asked, concern clearly in his voice.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I was just wondering something, Yami. Did you manage to find out something about yourself that you found most interesting, or . . . perhaps heart-rending?" She asked, almost dreading the question. Yami looked at her carefully, curious to know why she asked such a question, but he didn't mind to answer.
"As a matter of fact, I had," he honestly said.
"Oh . . . do you mind sharing?"
"Not at all," Yami told her as he continued, "Deep in the ruins of my home, I had kept scriptures that were like diaries. I found them not too long ago, and it seemed I wrote about many things, but there was something that caught my attention more than anything else," Yami paused for a moment thinking of how he should word what he was about to say. Tea felt a bit fearful, and didn't even realize she was holding her breath.
"What was it?" she let the breath she was holding go and asked.
"It seemed I was in love with someone. The name wasn't really clear; it was smudged in every page for some reason. However, there seemed to have been many problems occurring. At first she was thought to be dead, but I wrote down that she was actually alive. Some thief was responsible for her disappearance and even her death." Yami stopped there to think more and Tea could see it looked painful for Yami to talk about this. Yet, she couldn't feel bad, for she knew the whole truth, Bakura did not take her away from the pharaoh and he did not kill her. If only she could tell him that.
"If you don't want to continue, I understand," Tea said, hoping he wouldn't continue, for she did not want to hear anymore of this lie.
"No, it's alright. I really wanted to share this with you."
"With me?"
"Yes, for you see, Tea, I believe that person I was in love with was . . . you. Well, not really you, but your past self. The reason I believe that is because I . . . love you," he whispered the final words. Tea couldn't believe what he just said, this just couldn't be happening. Why!? Why would he tell her that knowing that she was married now! She should be angry with him, but she wasn't. Looking into his eyes, she could tell that it took a lot for him to say what he just said and he knew that nothing could ever happen between them.
"I don't know what to say, Yami. I mean, Bakura's my husband, I have a son, and I love them both so much. But I also love you and the others, but in a different way. It was meant to be this way. You and I . . . I don't think we were ever meant to be. That's why I ended up with Bakura, and you . . . I know you'll find someone someday, I just know you will. So don't let these feelings that you have for me get in the way, please," she told him. She couldn't help but feel this fear rise up in her, something kept reminding her of how this former pharaoh used to be, the way he would stop at nothing to get her. But the smile he gave her, diminished a bit of that fear.
"I just wanted you to know, Tea, that's all. I never would plan to separate you two, because I see how happy you are, and that's all that matters to me. To see you happy," Yami sincerely said.
Tea didn't know what to say. She was relieved that Yami felt that way, but it would have been great if he felt this way five thousand years ago. Oh well, Tea knew that whatever happened, happened for a reason. She should just be happy that Yami wasn't acting all jealous or something. Anyway, back to the situation at hand, she really couldn't think of anything to say to Yami for being so understanding, so all she did was smile and embraced him. What he told her, she realized, made some of her worries disappear. But she never knew that she was worried about what Yami thought about her marriage, it probably was just the worry she had been keeping from so long ago. Memories of the past could have caused such fear, but at least, it was gone now.
Once Tea let go of Yami from her embrace she looked at him and said, "Was that why you were silent during the whole video viewing, because of what you felt?"
"In a way, I just couldn't really believe that you were actually married, but as I watched those videos, I had to believe it. I was sad I'll admit, but I was glad that you were happy," he admitted.
"Thank you, Yami," Tea could only say, "Well, I'd best get back to bed, Bakura must be wondering what's taking so long. Good night."
"Good night," Yami said back and watched Tea leave. He kept watching until she was completely out of view. He wanted so much to tell her that it hurt him so much to see her with another person, especially with Bakura. He was glad, though, that he at least got that hug from her, something that still made his skin tingle when she was so close to him. If only he hadn't left, maybe then he would have had her.
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Bakura opened his eyes the moment he felt the sun's rays hit his face. He knew that it was somewhere around seven o'clock since that was usually the time he and his family woke up. He carefully sat up, so as not to wake his wife. He watched her sleep and smiled at how peaceful she looked, but it soon faded away when he remembered of last night's conversation. He couldn't help but feel almost scared of what she told him. It wasn't fear of what may happen to him, but what may happen to the ones he cared about. He knew that this dream could not be ignored, especially when Tea was someone who had dreams that have meanings. Bakura sighed as he felt fear and worry rise up in him. Something was going to happen and somehow he had a feeling there would be nothing he could do. 'Just like so long ago. I couldn't do anything to save her and even though nothing is happening at this moment, I feel I won't be able to save her form whatever may come,' he thought, but diminished his thoughts as soon as he felt his Tea stir.
"Good morning, Bakura," she sweetly said.
"Morning," he said back as he leaned down and kissed her softly.
"So what would you like for breakfast?" Tea asked, sitting up and stretching.
"Anything eatable," he answered teasingly, which got him a whack on the head with a pillow.
"Be more specific. All my food is eatable, Baku-chan!"
"Raw steak would be fine."
"It's too early to be eating steak. I'll just cook bacon and eggs," she told him getting out of bed and headed for the bathroom. Bakura just lay back down and stared mindlessly at the ceiling. A few minutes later, Tea appeared again and told him that she would be in the kitchen, cooking a very large breakfast for the many people that now occupied her home.
"Hopefully that pharaoh isn't up right now. I don't think I would be able to restrain myself this time if I saw him with you again," Bakura said getting out of bed and went into the bathroom. Tea only shook her head. It seemed last night Bakura wasn't in a trusting mood. He had been listening in on the conversation that she and Yami had and when she returned to her room, he was upset by what Yami had said. She was glad, at least, that he was able to restrain himself from coming out from where he was hiding and beating the former pharaoh to a bloody pulp. She knew how jealous Bakura could get, and she knew he wasn't bluffing when he said he might not be able to restrain himself this time. She sighed and just hoped Yami wasn't the only one awake out of all her friends.
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When Tea arrived in the kitchen she realised that no one had awaken but Yasuo who was sitting in the living quarters watching whatever he found interesting in the T.V. So Tea only made breakfast for him, Bakura and herself since she didn't know what time the others would wake up. When she was done cooking, Yasuo and Bakura had quickly arrived and sat down around the kitchen table. The three sat in silence, lost in their own thoughts and as soon as they knew it, they were done their first meal of the day. Tea picked up all the dishes as Yasuo politely thanked her for the meal, Bakura doing somewhat the same by saying, "It was eatable."
"Of course it was!" Tea said as she lightly smacked her husband.
"Whatever," was his only response.
"I'm going to watch some T.V., please excuse me," Yasuo said as he stood up from his seat and walked out of the kitchen.
"My goodness, what a polite child."
"Yeah and to think he is the son of Bakura," voices said from behind the couple. Swiftly Tea and Bakura turned to see the past gang standing there. Tea smiled at them all as Bakura simply looked away.
"I made sure to teach him to be polite, now I only wish I could do the same for Bakura," Tea teased as Bakura rolled his eyes, "Anyway, did you guys sleep well?"
"Yeah, those were the most comfortable beds I have ever slept in!" Joey cried out in glee. Everyone nodded in agreement.
"That's good to hear. Well, I better make breakfast, I'm sure you are all hungry," Tea said and left to do as she said. Serenity offered to help and everyone else just sat around the table, to Bakura's total dislike.
For about a half hour the gang spoke of anything that came to mind and Ryou had joined them shortly before. They were soon silenced by Tea's announcement of breakfast being ready and when she placed it all on the table, everyone began to dig in and eat, except for Bakura and her. It didn't take long for all the food to be gone, especially when Joey and Tristan were the ones stuffing their faces with as much food as possible. Once there was nothing left and the table was cleared of all the dirty dishes everyone felt it was time to discuss their dilemma. So as if on cue, Seto, Malik, and Marik came in.
"How the hell did you guys get in here?" Joey asked, not happy to see any of them, especially Kaiba.
"We have a key," Seto answered, not saying anything more to the blonde.
"Oh," was all Joey said silently. The two Egyptian blondes and CEO just rolled their eyes.
"Okay guys, I think it's time we discussed about our findings," Tea said to get everyone's attention away from Joey. They all nodded and Tea quickly led them to the same living quarters that they were in last night. They sat down, getting themselves comfortable, since they believed that it would be a long conversation.
When everyone was settled the first one to speak was Seto, who just wanted to say something about the letters, since it seemed he had taken them and had been examining them almost all night. Everyone listened attentively and soon Seto began.
"These letters, as Tea had said, are truly not from her. However, the writing and the signature are exactly the same, so it's not surprising that we believed that Tea had written them."
"But how could you tell?" Serenity asked.
"For one, I know Tea wouldn't lie about something like this, and second, I know she doesn't have ink or paper that was used thousands of years ago," Seto answered.
"What do you mean, thousands of years ago!?" Yami spoke up.
"When I examined the ink, it wasn't the same type you'd find in a pen and the paper isn't like any other sheet of paper, it's the same type of material that Ancient Egyptians used for scrolls. Here, feel for yourself," Seto handed the paper to Yami who now realized the difference of the paper's texture.
"So exactly what does this mean?" Marik asked.
"I wouldn't know, but whoever wrote these letters must be up to something," Seto said.
"But why would someone go to all the trouble of getting us back together?" Mai questioned.
"Maybe . . ." Yami mumbled as everyone turned to him.
"Maybe what?" Tea asked.
"Maybe this has something to do with what Yugi and I found in Egypt," Yami continued.
"Yeah, you could be right," Yugi agreed.
"What are you guys talking about," Joey spoke up. Everyone looked toward Yami and Yugi and soon Yami began to tell them what they had wanted to say ever since they arrived to Domino.
"During our time in Egypt, Yugi and I had discovered many things, but one thing was a very big concern. We had stumbled into a room from one of the pyramids and it was filled with writing on the walls. As we deciphered some of it, we learned that something evil will come our way," Yami said.
"Evil? You mean like someone is going to try and take over the world again?" Joey asked.
"That's what we believe," Yugi answered.
"Well, I'm sure we can handle it! I mean we've stopped many psychos before, remember," Joey said proudly and looked toward Marik, since he was one of the psychos. But Marik just ignored the look.
"I don't think it will be that easy this time. From what we read, only a certain person can stop whoever is going to threaten this world," Yami told him.
"Can you tell us exactly what you read, Yami?" Tea asked. Something about all this was scaring her. If something evil was coming, then that would surely put her friends in danger.
"Well, let me see," Yami pondered a moment and then spoke out what he remembered, "In the lands of Egypt, on the day before HER previous death, HE will appear, casting darkness throughout the world. Everyone will succumb into a deep slumber. Only those close to HER will rise. HE seeks to open the doors. SHE seeks to stop him, but only if SHE awakens. If the doors open before the next sunrise, the world will sleep forever more and darkness will rise. Keep the doors closed to keep the balance of LIGHT and DARK."
Yami finished speaking and everyone looked at him strangely. Everything he said made no sense what so ever to any of them. But he went on explaining that the HE and HER were substitutes to the actual people the script was referring to which Yami and Yugi could not figure out the names of.
"So exactly what does that mean?" Bakura asked what everyone was thinking.
"I'm not sure," Yami honestly told them and everyone just sighed. This was getting more confusing by the minute.
"So why do you think this has a connection to the letters?" Ryou asked.
"I think that maybe the one who wrote them is the one who seeks to conquer this world," Yami responded.
"But why lead us all back here?" Mai questioned.
"Probably to keep us away," Yugi answered.
"If we had not received these letters, we would have invited everyone to Egypt. But since we believed that Tea invited us, we thought we could talk to her of what is to come here," Yami commented.
"But it turns out you all fell into a trap," Seto added.
"Yeah, I guess we did," Yugi said sheepishly.
"So what should we do?" Malik asked.
"Well, the only thing that seems good to do, is go to Egypt and see what happens," Yami told them as everyone seemed to agree with that, except for Tea, who filled with worry the moment he said that.
"No, you can't!" Tea abruptly stood up and said.
"And why not?" Serenity asked quite childishly because she would have loved to visit Egypt. Tea thought for a moment, thinking on how she should answer. Bakura sighed, knowing what was going through her mind.
"Because only she and I are going to Egypt," Bakura interfered.
"What, but why?" Yasuo asked, who had just arrived.
"Because your mother fears what may happen if everyone goes," Bakura put it simply.
"We all fear what may happen! But that doesn't mean we can't go!" Serenity argued.
"You don't understand . . . you just can't, not after what I saw . . ." Tea closed her eyes, she could see images of her dream flash before her. She just couldn't let anything happen to them. "I don't want to see . . . to see your blood . . ."
"Anzu, honey, what are you talking about?" Mai looked at Tea with concern, as did the rest of the gang.
"Her dream," Bakura intervened, and everyone looked attentively at him. He sighed and began to tell them everything that Tea told him. By the time he was finished, they were speechless. But after a moment of the information sinking in, Yami spoke up.
"Tea, why would you have a dream like that?"
"I don't know, but I can't ignore them. I have to go," Tea said.
"Then we will all go," Seto told her
"But . . ." she was cut off.
"No buts! You think after hearing all this we would just let you go on your own?" Malik said.
"Bakura would have gone with me . . ." again she was interrupted.
"True, but you would need more help than that," Marik remarked.
"But . . ." the interruptions continued.
"No matter what you say, Tea, we are going. All of us," Ryou stated.
"But what if . . ." the never ending sentences still continued.
"Anzu, they won't change their minds, so let them go," Bakura said with a bit of annoyance in his voice, people just don't know when to quit. Tea looked at him and would have tried to say something but she knew better by now, someone would have interrupted her, and she was right.
"Tea, if you are the one that has these dreams then maybe you are the SHE in the writing we found. Maybe you are the one who can stop what is to come," Yugi pointed out.
"If that's so, then we just have to go!" Joey cried out, "Because I think it's our turn now to help you out. You've always been there for us Tea, every time we faced our opponents you were there behind us every step of the way, so now it's our turn."
"The mutt has a point," Seto commented and everyone agreed, while Joey yelled out a "Hey" a few moments later. Tea sighed, there was no way around this, they were going no matter what she said.
"Okay then, I guess we're all going to Egypt, but it's not for sure that I am the one who can stop whoever is trying to conquer the world, so lets not get ahead of ourselves," Tea told them as they all just nodded their heads.
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"Where could your mother be?" Bakura asked as he paced back and forth.
"Maybe she went to get some last minute supplies," Yasuo responded. The group thought that could be possible, but they wished they knew for sure. They were getting impatient especially since they were supposed to have left an hour ago.
"Maybe she left without us knowing," Marik suggested as he yawned, not really thinking about what he said. Everyone's eyes shot open and they really took that into consideration. Could Tea have really gone to Egypt on her own?
"Don't say stupid things, Marik. She would never do that when we have all agreed to go," Seto growled.
"Well, you never know," Marik countered. The gang kept silent and wondered what really happened to Tea. Would she really have gone to Egypt without them, when she said they were all going? She wouldn't have lied to them, especially not Bakura, would she? They kept thinking about the possibilities, thinking about yesterday's conversation and how they agreed that today was when they would go off to Egypt together.
"She couldn't have gone, she just couldn't," Bakura contemplated to himself.
"Couldn't have gone where?" everyone swiftly turned to where the voice had come from and couldn't believe what they saw.
"Mom?" Yasuo asked, not certain if it was truly her.
"Yeah?" she smiled at how everyone looked at her, "is something wrong?"
"Anzu, your hair . . ." Bakura pointed out the obvious. It seemed Tea was late because she had gone to get her hair cut, so now her once long hair was gone and she was back to the old style she had when she was in high school.
"I thought it'd be nice to have my old hairstyle again, mainly because the others are back," Tea explained, "and by the way, I'm sorry I kept you all waiting. But now that I'm here we should get going." Tea smiled again and started to walk out the door as everyone followed, relieved she was here and not in Egypt alone.
A/N: Yes, yes, I know not an exciting chapter, but it should be getting better soon . . . hopefully. Anyway, I wonder how long the next chapter will take to type, knowing how I've been going it probably will take a while. But who knows I may update soon. Well, I'm out, time for bed.
