(Bakura's pov)

Curse that Ryou and his puppy face! I hate when he does that. I thought, grumbling as I shifted on the couch for the umpteenth time. Eventually, I did get comfortable, and fell into sleep...

Lightning touched the earth as the thunder echoed across the valley. I sat along the dirt road, knowing I was in danger of both being caught, and being hit by lightning. My parents lay before me, bodies twisted at unnatural angles. I knew they were dead, but I didn't want to believe it. I stared at them, at the scorch marks on their bodies, at their faces, which were still frozen from their dying screams. Tears fell rapidly from my eyes when they wouldn't respond to my touches. They were cold... they were dead. I lay in between them, sobbing as I tried to find comfort with them. But they would no longer wake up, would no longer cuddle me to sleep when I was scared. They were gone, and I was alone. Rain began ascending from the heavens, mixing with my tears and leeching away any warmth I had left.

"Hey, you! The brat with the white hair! Get over here!" A guard shouted. In fear, I had sprung up and began to run, but not before a jagged blade swept deftly down my cheek. I screamed in pain, but continued to run, away from the smell of death, away from the fire. Finally I reached a small hill that was far enough from my home, and I watched as one by one, my people slash on my cheek was nothing compared to the pain I felt in my chest. It boiled and bubbled inside until it burst out of me, in the form of a scream.

I jolted awake and look around me, I was safe, that was 5000 years ago. But I was still scared. I let out a silent scream when lightning lit up the room, followed by a huge clap of thunder. Normally, I didn't mind storms, they reminded me of my past. But... I fled towards my room, hoping to find comfort in my sheets. Imate briefly crossed my mind, but I pushed it aside. I would deal with that in the morning. She was asleep still, which was alright with me.

BOOM!

I dove under the covers, letting out a shriek. Imate, bolted upwards, looking around her. When she saw me, she scooted closer and touched my shoulder gently. "Bakura? Are you alright?" she asked, voice full of concern. I opened my mouth to say something when that dreaded duo of lightning and thunder made another appearance. I buried my head under the pillow, hoping to mute the sound. It didn't work. She sighed softly before pulling me towards her. I wrapped my arms around her torso and buried my face into her shoulder. She was warm, and smelled like brown sugar...

Imate rocked me back and forth, mumbling comforting words and sometimes even humming a relaxing tune. I don't remember when I felt this safe and relaxed. Eventually I fell asleep, listening to her soothing voice...

(no one's pov.)

They opened the window and deftly crawled through. The bedroom was bland, a dresser, a couple of tools made for thievery, and on the back of the door was a black trench coat. But the two were looking at the bed. They saw only two heads, one with spiky, wild white hair and the other with red. It appeared as if their bodies were entwined, arms draped around each other and legs tangled up. The taller turned to the other and let out a snicker, waggling their eyebrows suggestively. The other giggled and made a few hand motions that were...um... rather pervy. (a/n: oh gosh that was awkward to write.) They muffled laughter and brought out a bag of random things to make sure that Bakura would be pissed in the morning. Why? Because that's just how they roll.

However, it made an awfully loud clinking sound which caused Bakura to bolt upward, which in turn, caused Imate to sit up. A flash of lightning lit up the room to reveal two figures. One very familiar to Bakura, both familiar to Imate. "Melvin, what the bloody hell are you doing here? and Who's the girl?"

"Shi? Is that you?" Imate asked, rubbing her eyes.

(Imate's pov)

"So let me get this straight," Bakura said, pinching the bridge of his nose "You and this girl, broke into my house so you can set up a whole bunch of traps to get me pissed. And you just found this girl wondering town so you decided to kill her but she tried to kill you first and now you're best friends."

Melvin nodded, as did Shi. It was still wierd to see both,as Shi was Hikari and I's classmate and Melvin was... well, Melvin. "Yep but what we found was you two, all snuggled up in bed."Shi said coyly, rushed to my face at the thought, especially because Bakura only slept in boxers. However, the albino didn't even blink.

"Hey Shi, can I talk to you for a second?" I asked, motioning to outside. She nodded and we walked over to the door.

"Wait, you know each other?" Bakura asked in confusion.

Shi and I looked at each other and said in unison "She's my classmate."

We walked outside and sat on the porch swing, staring up at the stars that aren't there anymore. (a/n: References!) The sky was turning gray as dawn swiftly approached, oh, it was also gray from the clouds too. "So, how did you get here?" I asked.

She shrugged and began swinging violently. "I was reading a book, and the next moment I was wondering around this place, wearing this." Shi said, pulling out... The silver headband from the museum. Holy fudge cupcakes!

"Well, I hate to break it to you, but we are stuck in a t.v. show called Yu-Gi-Oh! and that is a millennium item. That's how Hikari and I got here, too. But she's out there, and I need to find her." I explained, Shi had her doubts but after a while of explaining she began to understand. We went back inside to find the two guys fighting and a very confused Ryou trying to stop it. "Alright ladies, let's break it up!" I shouted, and you'll never guess what happened... they stopped. "Hey Ry, can you make breakfast? I'll handle this crowd" Ryou nodded and dashed off into the kitchen, happy to be away from the two yami's.
"Now look, I'm not much of a morning person, so this is how it will go. You two will stop fighting, or so help me I will rip out your guts and serve them for dinner. Do I make myself clear?" The two gulped and nodded and I plopped on the couch.

The two gave me odd looks, but I ignored them. I watched as Shi crept up behind Bakura and... screamed "DEATH HUG!" and gave him a hug. Not just any hug though. I mean her famous death hugs that caused people to usually break a bone or get bruises.

"What the blazes?! Hey sod off!" he cried, trying to pull her off in vain. But that only caused her to tighten her grip and he groaned in pain, practically screaming.

"BWAHAHAHAHA!"Shi exclaimed, a wide grin on her face. I race forward, hug her and pull her away, causing her to switch targets and hug me. I admit, it hurt and my air supply was almost cut off, but I didn't care. Bakura clutched his side, panting softly. Oh, that's were I got him yesterday. The girl let me go and pouted due to the fact that my reaction wasn't satisfactory. I caught his eye and he nodded, signaling he was okay. I plop back o the couch and turn on the news. I find the news boring, but considering this wasn't my world...

It was exactly the same as back home. All about celebrities and their affairs. I clicked through the channels until I arrived at a duel. It occurred yesterday between a nobody and someone famous. Unfortunately, it cut to commercial break. At that moment a loud thump sounded from the bedroom. "Oh don't tell me it's him..." Bakura groaned. "As if you all weren't bad enough you had to invite-"

"The fun has arrived~ hey, guys! Did you miss me?" A feminine voice walked... Marik Ishtar, in his bare mid-riff, purple hoodie glory.

"Oh buggar." Bakura groaned. Marik put his hands on his hips and scowled. He was somewhat attractive, his platinum blond hair was poofy and it fell about his tanned face. He was lanky and had a lot of golden jewelry. His best feature, though, were his light blue sea glass. But I found him rather annoying most of the time. Shi walked up and gave him a death hug as well,much to his disappointment. Shi was tall-ish, with shoulder length brown hair that had a slight curl. Her eyes were dark and set over a round nose, and she herself had a decent tan.

Melvin looked... psychotic. At best. He had Marik's eyes, but they were dull and tinged with insanity. And his hair reminded me of Lisa Simpson. He wore a cape over a sleeveless black shirt and cargo pants, which was easier on the eyes than Marik's attire. The duel started up again and I focused on it. I was amazed at the intensity. But the thing that surprised me most was that it was Hikari battling a Barbie wanna be. The duel ended and Hikari walked off stage towards a group of all too familiar people. But when Yami stepped forward, she ran off in the direction of...

"Gang, I know what we are gonna do today."

References! There were at least two in there, so if you can spot them, I'll give you a cupcake. Hikari thank you for not killing me, that was most appreciated. Hey readers, we already have the whole story figured out. But you can guess what will come next, it amuses us greatly. Well, next chapter we will figure out what happened to Hikari! Till then, my friends.

~DREAM BIG!