Red watched amused as Eiko struggled to get on her pants.

"Crap, I was suppose to wake up at seven!" She said quickly, still struggling to slip on her pants.

"Yes, time is a bitch is it not?" Red asked, a devious smile on her face. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door.

"Red can you get that?" Eiko asked.

"Um, no? What if it's Kaiba trying to see you change?" Red questioned. Eiko rolled her eyes.

"If you must you can punch him again."

"Sweet!" Red said, hopping off the bed. She opened the door, hoping to see Kaiba. To her disappointment, Sean stood outside the door. "Damnit! I was hoping you were Kaiba."

"Good to see you too, Eiko," Sean said sarcastically.

Red just looked at him, 'Is he serious? Ugh, I cant tell the difference! He always has this look of idiocy on his face!'

"Brought you some food, can I come in?" Red looked back into the room. Eiko had just put on her shirt and was adjusting it.

"Sure, come on in," Red said, opening the door a bit wider.

"Thanks. Wow, nice hotel room. I guess dating Kaiba really does-" He stopped when he saw Eiko, "Um… Eiko...who is this? And why does she look like you?" Red grinned; she walked over to Eiko and placed her arm around her shoulders.

"This is my sister," She said in a strong, fake polish accent, "She is seconded best prostitute in all of Japan. It's nice."

"What. The hell. Are you doing?" Everyone looked to see Seto, standing by the door. Keith then appeared beside him.

"Sorry to break up the…fun…" He said, not quite sure what to call this situation, "But we got to head out. The asylum is kind of out in the sticks."

"Considering this is Texas, I'm guessing we have along way ahead of us?" Red asked, her arm still around Eiko. Keith nodded, "Well then, let's go shall we?"

"And who said you're coming?" Seto asked, glaring at her.

"Eiko was planning to come since the beginning, remember?" Sean said. Sean said 'remember' slowly, as if he were talking to a child or a person with alzheimers. He leaned over to Red, "I think your boyfriend has a few marbles missing, if you know what I mean," Red looked at him. She lifted her arm up and placed it on Sean's right shoulder.

"I, Eiko Akai Tsubaki, dub you idiot. For performing idiotic acts in the line of duty," Red said as she placed her arm on Sean's left shoulder. She then hit him lightly on the cheek and said, "For your own safety, stay away from sharp objects," Keith quickly looked over at Kaiba,

"My sister is a drunk and she dropped him as a child, I swear. I'm barley even related to this kid," Sean looked at his uncle.

"Keith, you only say that when I've done something extremely stupid. What did I-" He then looked at Red. His head quickly shifted to Eiko, "Oh…." He said, looking at Eiko. "You're Eiko," The sound of Keith's hand hitting his face could be heard from across the room, "But then who are you?" He asked, looking over at Red.

"Red. Red Tsubaki. I'm Eiko's sister."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, we'll chit chat later. Right now we need to hit the road," Keith said, pointing out the door. Everyone nodded; the group quickly headed out to the parking lot where Keith's truck was waiting.

The group walked through the halls of the asylum.

"Not too shabby," Red said, examining the halls. They were completely white, without pictures or decorations; the floors were also white and smelled like cleaning supplies, "I'm digging the whole 'no colors' thing," She said sarcastically.

"For some reason, I thought the walls would be padded," Sean said, examining the room. A man in white scrubs approached the group.

"You six are here to see Miss Breen, correct?" They nodded. The man led them down the hall to a room. He took out a key and slowly opened the door, "Sophie, some of your friends are here to see you," The man said in a soft voice, he looked at the group, "Try to talk quietly. We don't want to startle her," The group walked inside. A girl sat huddled in a corner, her back to the group, "Sophie?" The man said.

"W-who is it?" Sophie asked. Her voice was quiet, it sounded frightened.

"It's Mr. Howard and his nephew, Sean. They brought some friends, Mr. Kaiba and Miss Tsubaki."

"What's with the 'Miss' and the 'Mr.'?" Red whispered. Eiko just shrugged.

"S-Seto and Eiko are here?" Sophie asked, her voice brighter now.

"Yes," The man said. He turned towards the group, "I'll leave you alone with her. If you need help, just press this button," He said, pointing to a red button placed by the door frame. He then proceeded to leave the room, closing the door behind him.

"Um, hi Sophie, do you remember me?" Eiko asked, unsure if she should approach her.

"Remember you?" Sophie said as she turned to look at the group, "Oh, how could I forget you, Eiko?" Sophie said with a happy tone and deranged look in her eye. Eiko was taken aback.

"S-Sophie," Sophie's hair was light brown. Eiko had noticed it when she entered the room, but thought it was just the lighting. But she now saw that her roots were growing in an even darker brown, about as dark as Seto's. There seemed to be nothing left of her blond hair she had had a year ago. But it wasn't the hair that frightened Eiko; it was the eyes. Her green eyes had become grey, dark grey. There wasn't even a hint of green it them! It was almost as if Sophie had gotten colored contacts, but that didn't make sense. There was no way they would let Sophie wear contacts, nor did she seem like the kind of girl who would wear contacts.

"He-eh, it's so good to see you," Sophie said cheerfully, shifting her body towards the group, "My, my, you've just gotten prettier, Eiko. Oh Seto, you're so lucky to have a girl like her. Don't let her run away now! He-he-he!" Sophie gigged. Eiko felt herself shake with fear.

"Sophie," Seto said, he took a step closer to her, "what do you know about Ward Sharier?" He asked her. Sophie smiled.

"I know a lot of stuff about it. I did start it, after all!"

"You started it all by yourself?" Seto asked, his face serious. Sophie shook her head.

"No, I had someone help me. He arranged for the duelist to attack you and Eiko at the party the other night,"

'How did she-' Seto thought, he was interrupted by Sophie, "Oh, and your friends at the arcade. I almost forgot about them."

"Sophie, who helped you? Who sent Lune and Nouvelle?" Seto asked. Sophie didn't answer, "Sophie?" Seto said, hoping to get her attention

"Who is that?" Sophie asked, her head tilted to the side. Everyone looked at Red, "She... looks just like Eiko…but her eyes are red," Sophie commented. Her eyes grew wide, they seemed to sparkle in a way; "Blood red… her eyes are blood red…" Everyone was silent. Sophie looked at Eiko, "Your time is coming," she said quietly. The room froze and time seemed to stop. Eiko looked around the room. It seemed like only she had heard Sophie, "Soon your fate will catch up with you. And you'll have no one to blame but yourself," Sophie's voice sounded different. It was no longer cheery and sweet. It was instead dark and rich, with some form of accent. Her voice was eerily familiar, "This is what you get for defying me."

Something told Eiko to run away, and fast. She darted for the door.

"Eiko?" Seto said, watching her run out the door. Seto looked back at Sophie, her thumb was pushed up against her canine. She quickly pulled it out of her mouth; a droop of blood could be seen on her thumb.

"Um, Romeo?" Red's voice pulled Seto away from Sophie's strange behavior, "Your Juliet just ran off. I think she's going to go marry Count Paris like a good little girl."

"Did you just call me Romeo?" Seto asked. It's seemed very out of character for Red to call him anything but idiot.

"Ugh, just go see what the hell is going on you idiot!" Seto nodded, he dashed out the door and through the halls looking for Eiko. He finally found her near the entrance, sitting on the floor. Seto took a seat next to her,

"You okay?" he asked.

"I-I really don't know…." Eiko said. She looked over at Seto, "she knew. She knew about Lune and Nouvelle. PK doesn't even know about that! And PK knows everything when it comes to stuff like that!"

"PK doesn't know everything," Seto said trying to reassure her. Eiko looked at him; did he hear what Sophie had said? About fate and how it was about to catch up to her? It just didn't make sense. Suddenly, Sean appeared Keith and Red closely behind.

"Found them!" Sean said triumphantly. "See? I can be useful,"

"You want a dog treat?" Keith asked. Red leaned over; she and Eiko were face to face.

"I know what your thinking. Stop it. She doesn't know anything. She's just not right." Red said with a serious look on her face. Eiko had the same feeling she had when Sophie had spoken a few minuets ago. Nothing moved, no one noticed. It was like she and Red were the only ones in the room; no one else. The feeling lifted as Red's face softened. Her eyes shifted to Kaiba, she proceeded to knock him over and take his place next to Eiko. "Crazy. Bitch. Your nickname lives on Eiko!" Eiko gave Red a look.

"Not funny Red. Not funny," She told her angrily.

"I think its pretty friggen hilarious," Red said, grinning.

"Hey, Tsubaki," Red and Eiko looked up at Keith. "You said your majoring in Egyptology, right?" Eiko nodded. Keith passed her a piece of paper, "Then you can read this," Eiko looked at the paper, a mass of hieroglyphics had been scribed in some form of red ink.

"I can read a bit of it… it's kind of messy," She studied it some more, "From what I can gather, it's some form of story. Like the ones that are written on pyramid walls."

"Like the Book of the Dead?" Red asked.

"Kind of," Eiko replied, "Only this would have been about the pharaoh and what he did in his lifetime. But this one is weird, it switches prospective. Like the beginning of it talks about the pharaoh and his sister and how she was," Eiko squinted at the paper, struggling to read it, "Um…okay, I don't know what this says…but the next part talks about the agony the sister received and revenge the she worked to achieve."

"Does it have any names?" Keith asked.

"One; Queen of Ra," She said. "At least, that's what it translates to,"

"Weird name," Sean said.

"Pharaohs had multiple names. Some were titles to make them seem more grand and more like gods, like Ramses," Eiko said finally.

"So that's probably not the person's birth name?" Seto asked.

"Most likely," Eiko said. She looked back at the paper, "Where did you get this, anyways?" Eiko asked, still looking at the paper.

"Sophie wrote it up when you left," Sean explained, "Which doesn't make sense because she doesn't seem like someone who would know Egyptian."

"At this point, nothing make sense," Seto said.

Eiko slammed her suitcase shut; she flopped down onto the bed. It was their last day in America and she had just finished packing. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door; Eiko got up to open it. She was surprised to see Sean.

"Sean? What are you doing here?" Eiko asked, confused.

"There's a party going on tonight at 'The Warthog'. I though you'd like to-" He stopped suddenly, "Oh hey Eiko, I thought you were Red," Red popped her head out from the doorway.

"Well if it isn't Sir Idiot Dallas Texas," Red said, "What do you want?"

"Party. You want to come?" He looked over at Eiko. "You could come too," Red looked at him.

"Thanks but-"

"We would love to come," Eiko said, interrupting Red, "I'll go get Seto," Eiko said, running off to Seto's hotel rom.

"Hey, wait! I didn't say he could come!" Sean yelled after her.

"And I didn't agree to come!" Red yelled.

"Dear god, I feel I'm stuck in an afterschool special," Red said, sitting at one of the tables.

"Dawson's Creek or Gossip Girl?" Sean asked, sipping some of his drink.

"Gossip Girl. That is, if they decided to have a rodeo theme instead of a masquerade," Red replied. The place had been fairly done up. There were streamers hug all around and a band playing up in the front. Tables had been moved to make some form of dance floor. Suddenly, the band started playing a fairly familiar song, "Oh god, no!"

"What?" Sean asked, setting down this drink.

"This song, no! This band!" The band continued to play, Sean quickly recognized it. He grinned.

"Oh come on Red, just sit back, relax, and listen to Nickleback."

"How about no?" Red said, shooting him a look.

"Kaiba seems to enjoy it," Red turned to look at the dance floor. He and Eiko were dancing to the song, Kaiba's hands on Eiko's hips.

"Oh, it's official. he is my worst enemy. Not only is he dating my sister, but also he likes Nickleback. That's just fan tucking fastic!" Red said, throwing her arms up in the air in defeat.

"Why don't you like Kaiba? I mean, Eiko seemed to like him. And he's rich too."

"Man, what is with you people and money? And why are you defending him? He's been a jerk to you too," Red said, reminding Sean of the beating he had received from Kaiba a little over a year ago.

"Yeah, he's been a jerk to me. But he's been a jerk to everyone," Sean said, "Well, everyone except Eiko, I'm assuming," Red glared at him, hatred filled her eyes. But it seemed seemed like it was aimed at Sean. He was just in the way of whom she hated, "Oh, so he has been a jerk to Eiko?" Sean asked. Red crossed her arms, not making eye contact with Sean.

"Yeah. He has. And Eiko just doesn't care. I sometimes wonder if she even remembers all the crap he's put her through."

"Well then why bother?" Red looked over at Sean. "I mean, if she doesn't mind or remember, then why should you be so against it? From what I can tell, he makes her really happy, and isn't that all that matters?" Sean asked. Red looked at him, eyes wide with shock.

"Oh my god, you really want me to kick your ass, don't you? I mean, I suspected it before but," Sean took a sip of his drink. Trying to drown out Red, "And its not just that he hurt her before. He'll hurt her again. I know it."

"What makes you so sure?" Sean asked, intrigued. Red looked over at Kaiba.

"Because he's never admitted to hurting her in the first place. And to be completely honest with you, I don't think he knows how much he's hurt her," She looked back at Sean, "It's kind of depressing. Considering how close they are," Red snatched up Sean's drink and took a sip from it, "I just hope that when he does hurt her, she'll be able to move on."

"And what if she doesn't move on?" Sean asked. Red's face became frightened, as if the idea scared her.

"If she doesn't move on…then I don't even want to know what happens."

Aoi: Well, that was the chapter and-

Akai: Don't you think that was a bit harsh, what you did to Sophie?

Aoi: What? Well, I guess but- wait YOU think it was harsh?

Akai: *nod*

Aoi: Oh, this is horrible! I've become a monster!

Half-moon Phoenix: For those of you who don't know, whenever Akai thinks your being harsh, your really being harsh.

Akina Sachi: *nods head* Because she's usually the one being harsh in the first place *grins sadistically*