Hey guys. Thanks for sticking with me even though my last chapters were too short. I tried to make this one longer.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Atem slowly opened his eyes, revealing soft, golden sunlight that was filtered by Yugi's curtains. He sat up and looked over at Yugi's bed. He was gone.
"That's strange," Atem thought. "I didn't think Yugi even knew that a Saturday morning existed."
He got out of bed and picked out some clothes out of the enormous amount that Tea had bought for him. "She does like to shop." He thought, grinning.
Atem walked into the kitchen, stumbling upon Yugi… quite literally. Yugi was lying on his stomach, humming to himself and fumbling under the stove. Atem almost stepped on him, and nearly fell over as he tried to avoid him.
"What on Earth are you doing down there?" Atem asked, regaining his bearings.
"Dropped a chocolate chip." Yugi replied, giggling.
"So why are you up so early? It's only 9:30, and you're usually not up until after noon during the summer." Atem said.
"Well, I figured that since it's your first REAL day here, you should enjoy some of the finer things in life." Yugi said. "Like breakfast."
Atem chuckled. "I was unaware that breakfast was such a valuable commodity."
"That just proves how much you have to learn." Yugi replied, winking at him.
As Yugi bustled around the kitchen, pulling out sugar-filled ingredients, the phone began to ring.
Yugi, obviously having eaten some of those ingredients beforehand, practically bounced over to the phone.
"Mutou residence. Oh, hi Tea. Don't see why not. He'll probably be glad to see you. Mm-hmm. Sure, but I should probably make more food if they're gonna come too. OK. Bye." Yugi hung up the phone.
"The gang's coming over?" Atem asked, hypothesizing from the bits of conversation he had heard.
"Yeah. More food for everyone!" Yugi said, bouncing up and down.
Atem sighed. "I was hoping… that maybe we could have a day that was just… you and me."
Yugi stopped bouncing and looked toward the ground. "I'm sorry…" he said softly.
Atem was surprised. Yugi was taking what he said much harder than he'd imagined. "You don't have to worry, Yugi."
Yugi shook his head. "No, it's my fault. I never even gave you an opportunity to tell me how you felt."
Atem smiled and tried to get Yugi to cheer up. "We'll reschedule. Tomorrow?"
Yugi looked up at him, his eyes clouded with thoughts. But he grinned and nodded enthusiastically. "Absolutely."
Fifteen minutes later, Joey, Tristan, and Tea, arrived. Atem greeted them at the door. "Hello. It's good to see you." He said.
Joey ignored him, leaning forward and sniffing the air. "Chocolate… flour… and peanut butter! AWESOME!" Joey exclaimed, and dashed for the kitchen.
"Peanut butter?! Back off, dude!" Tristan yelled, and ran after Joey.
Tea laughed at their antics. "So where's Yugi?"
"Still in the kitchen, cooking. He seems really energetic today." Atem replied.
"Has he been drinking coffee again? I thought we talked about this…" She said, holding her forehead.
"Hey guys!" said Yugi, skipping down the hall, singing happily.
"Morning, Yugi. Hey, didn't you say you were going to the store?" Tea asked.
"Yeah. We ran out of peanut butter." He said. A pain-filled shriek was heard from the kitchen. Obviously, Joey already knew that.
"Well you should hurry up and go get it." Tea said. "Before Joey and Tristan try to eat us instead."
"You bet! Bye!" Yugi said, grabbing his coat.
"We've been apart for one day and you're already doing things without me, Yugi?" Atem asked jokingly.
The words hit Yugi. That's what Tea had been talking about earlier. "Don't worry, I'll be back soon." Yugi said, and hurried out the front door.
"Step one finished. Now on to step two." Bakura thought. "And everything is working out perfectly."
Yugi walked quickly into the grocery store, trying to find the extra-crunchy peanut butter.
"That brat got in my way before… and now he'll be the key to my success." Bakura waited until Yugi left the store, and followed him until he reached a less crowded area.
"That's strange." Yugi thought to himself. "I have this weird feeling like someone's following me…"
"All alone, it seems…" An all too familiar voice echoed.
"Who's there?" Yugi asked, spinning around.
"But Yugi, don't you remember me?" the voice asked mockingly.
"Wait…" Yugi thought. "Bakura?!"
And then there was nothing but darkness.
Yugi's eyes opened, although it didn't seem like it. Everything around him was shrouded in darkness.
"What…?" He mumbled. He felt exhausted and dizzy. He tried to stand up, but couldn't. Chains bound his wrists and feet to an invisible wall.
"Hey!" He yelled, regaining some of his strength. "Bakura! You did this!" Triumphant laughter filled the dark abyss.
"How perceptive." Bakura said, materializing in front of him. He was the only thing that could be seen, and was illuminated by an unearthly, pale blue light that seemed to come from Bakura himself.
"Why are you doing this?! How did you get here?!" Yugi asked. Bakura began to laugh again.
"So many questions, Yugi." Bakura said. But something was very wrong. Bakura's eyes began to glow an ominous icy blue. "You shouldn't worry about that." He said in an eerie, but enticing, voice. "You shouldn't worry about anything."
"I shouldn't… worry about anything." Yugi repeated softly.
"Just do as I say." Bakura said in that strange, powerful voice.
"Do as you say." Yugi said, as his eyes began to change to that icy blue color.
"You're going to help me, Yugi. Just trust me." Bakura said, grinning evilly. Yugi stood, the chains that bound him disappearing.
"Yes, Master."