Me: Finally, we're getting into the double digits of the story. I'm actually liking where this is going.

Akio: Me too. Oh and Angle doesn't own anything. No flames please!

Me: Yeah, what he said


"Do you really plan to get the girl today?" Sasori asked Hideonori, who was sitting at his desk, looking through some things. Hidenori smirked and nodded.

"Yes. The time to act is now. We've kept low for many, many years. Waiting until the time was right. Now the time has come. We must get one of the twins."

Gypsie came over, a black silk shawl around her shoulders. "Is something wrong Hidenori-sama?"

Hidenori shook his head. "No, but once the eclipse happens, the world will be cast into darkness, and that's when our powers will be the strongest. We'll be the most powerful people in Japan. And then, the whole world!"

Sasori nodded at this and then went over closer to his master. "But how do you plan to convince one of them to join our side?"

Hidenori pulled a golden stop watcg; a smirk growing on his face. "Hypnosis."


"So what you're telling us is that all this ties into an eclipse, is that what you're saying?" Anzu asked, staring at Akio, who was telling his family about the dream. Rin looked at him, a strange look on her face.

"Akio, are you serious? That horse is my...my spirit guide?"

Akio nodded. "I'm serious. Why would I be joking?"

Bakura nodded and bit into a piece of toast, swallowing it before speaking. "We all know he doesn't lie. Well, most of the time."

Everyone nodded and continued their breakfast in silence. Anzu was now begining to wish that her family could be normal for a change. They could have a normal day without having to worry about creatures and circuses. Oh, how she envied those families sometimes. A knock at the door interrupted them from eating. Rin got up and answered the door, surprised to see Elecktra standing there.

"Oh, good morning E," She said cheerfully, "What brings you here?"

Elecktra gave the white haired girl a smile. "Just felt like visiting. What's new in your world?"

Rin lead Elecktra into the kitchen, smiling all the way. "Oh, not much. Akio had a dream."

"A dream?" Elecktra said as she leaned against the counter. Akio nodded and pushed his chair back.

"Yeah, a wolf came and visited me, saying he was my spirit guide. That horse was Rin's spirit guide." Elecktra nodded at this, not surprised at any of the information she had just recieved. "So Akio, what did the wolf tell you?" She asked, stuffing some toast in her mouth.

Akio looked at her. "Destiny divided, pitiful twins."

Elecktra spit out her toast, the pieces landing on Bakura's face. Needless to say, he looked displeased. "Really magician, really?"

Elecktra stiffled a giggle and handed him a napkin. "Sorry Bakura. I just...I've heard those words before."

Rin looked at her aunt. "You have? When?"

"It was a few years ago," Elecktra said, "I didn't think it was anything back then, but now I'm not so sure." Anzu went over to her friend and handed her some oatmeal.

"Well while we ponder over those words, have some oatmeal." Anzu said.

Elecktra shook her head. "No thank you."

"Eat it."

"I don't want to."

"Eat it!"

"Fine! I'll eat the damn oatmeal!"

Anzu grinned in triumph as the Egyptian began to eat her oatmeal with a sulking look on her face. Akio went over to his aunt, searching her face for answers. Elecktra sighed, knowing he was trying to find out what the dream was. More than likely by now, he already knew. There was no point in hiding things when Akio was around. When Akio stopped looking at her, he glanced over to Rin; sharing a silent message with her.

"Well, I'm off to work." Bakura said, getting up and kissing his wife good bye. The minute he left Anzu turned to Elecktra.

"So where's Marik and Amba?"

Elecktra flopped onto the couch. "Today is Marik and Amba's special day. They have one every month. I believe they went fishing."

Anzu smiled at her friend. "I can't believe Amba is nearly 13. How did she get so big?"

"I ask myself the same thing everyday."

While the two women went on talking, Akio and Rin snuck upstairs. The minute they got to their room, Akio faced Rin with a serious look on his face. "I saw the image of E's dream."

Rin nodded. "What was it?"

"It was you and me, only we were chained and trying to reach each other while words kept whispering 'Destiny divided, pitiful twins.'"

Rin looked troubled and she sat down on her bed, thinking hard. Normally, it was Akio who did the thinking while Rin carried out the idea. After a few minutes, she looked at her brother. "I don't like what they said. It's ominous."

Akio nodded. "I agree. I think something is going to happen really soon."

Rin sighed and pushed some of her hair back. "I agree, but what?"

Akio shook his head, looking concerned about all of this. "I have no idea. But I think the circus is up to something."

Rin glared at him, getting up and facing him. "The circus isn't doing anything wrong! Do you have any proof that they're doing anything?"

Akio narrowed his eyes. "No, but-"

"Exactly! So don't go around pointing fingers!"

"Will you shut up! Listen to yourself! That circus is messing with your head Isuzu!"

Rin grabbed him by his shirt and shoved him to the ground, swatting his head with her hand. "Don't call me that! And why would you say something like that to me? The circus has been nice to us and now you're blamming them? Wow, you're a real jerk!"

Akio shoved her off him, his brown eyes staring into her ice blue ones intensely. "I am no jerk! You're being the jerk! You're not listening to me, and I'm your own flesh and blood!"

Rin pushed him back down. "You think you're smarter than everyone else! The ringmaster told me himself what happened and I believe him! You should too, because he wasn't lying!"

"How do you know?"

"Because I could see it in his eyes!"

"Yeah, that's a whole lot of evidence."

"Shut up!"

"Make me!"

Rin slapped Akio and he shoved her face. Soon, the two of them began to wrestle and knock things down. Anzu and Elecktra soon came up, wondering what all the noise was about. The minute they opened the door, their jaws dropped when they saw the twins trying to tear at each others throats. Elecktra came over and pulled Rin off of Akio; Anzu holding Akio back so he wouldn't hit Rin again. Both siblings glared at each other hatefully.

"I'm going to kill you Akio!" Rin shouted as she struggled in Elecktra's arms.

"Not if I kill you first!" Akio snarled and tried to grab at her, but Anzu had a pretty strong grip. Her eyes had dialated into slits, making her look angrier than the average mother.

"What the hell are you two doing! Why are you fighting?" Anzu said, trying to calm her tone down. Akio thrashed in her arms, still glaring at Rin.

"Isuzu started it! She thinks the circus is not doing anything, but it's obvious they are!"

Rin almost got out of Elecktra's arms. "Well you don't have any proof that they are doing anything wrong!"

"God are you stupid or something!"

"Don't call me stupid! You're the one who's stupid! You think you know everything just because you can see the past!"

Akio's glare intensified. "You think you're so cool just because you can see the future. It's clouded your judgement, so I guess that means you are stupid!"

Rin began to shake with rage. "I HATE YOU! I HOPE YOU DIE AND I HOPE IT'S PAINFUL!"

"WELL I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN! MAYBE THINGS WOULD BE BETTER IF YOU DISAPEARED!"

"Well then I will. Don't ever talk to me again!" Rin shook herself out of Elecktra's arms and ran out the door, with Anzu and Elecktra shouting at her to come back. Anzu glared at Akio and sat him on the bed.

"Akio Bakura! Why would you say something like that to your sister?" Anzu heard him give a frustrated sob and he smacked his pillow, his body shaking.

"She's my twin! We're supposed to agree on everything! Why won't she listen to me? I hate her so much!"

Anzu sighed and held him close, soothing his hair and rubbing his back. "Sweetie, all siblings fight, though this is the first I've seen from you two, but you shouldn't have let it get out of hand like this. You don't hate Rin."

Akio shook his head. "I hate Isuzu. I wish she was never born."

"You don't mean that, you're just angry. Really angry, since you're calling her by her true name." Anzu said, noticing that he was begining to calme down. Elecktra came over and looked at him.

"You shouldn't say things like that Akio, even in anger, sometimes we regret saying such things and we can't take them back. Trust me, I know." The Egyptian had a faraway look in her eyes, as if she was thinking of something in her past.

Akio shook his head. "I don't ever want to see her again."

Anzu sighed. "Be careful what you wish for."


Rin stormed her way through the park, rage consuming her as she walked. Words couldn't describe how much she hated her twin right now. She knew she was right about the circus. Akio had no proof that they were doing anything. She made her way over to a park bench and sat down, her face flushed with anger and her hands shaking.

"I hate Akio," She said to herself, not noticing the stares she got from other people, "I wish he would die."

"I could grant you that wish."

Rin looked up in alarm, but then soon relaxed when she saw Hidenori. She gave him a short smile. "Oh, it's you."

Hidenori sat down next to her, a fake look of concern on his face. "What's wrong?"

Rin sighed. "I got in a fight with Akio. He thinks you guys are behind the attack last night, but I don't think so. And then it got out of hand and he said he hates me, and I told him the same thing."

Hidenori gave a sympathetic look on his face. "My brother was the same way. He never listened to me and he ignored me. But oneday, a power came to me and offered a chance at a new life. I accepted and now I own a circus and make millions a year."

Rin looked at him in interest. "Really? That's pretty cool."

"I could show you what your life could be like away from your brother."

Rin now looked even more interested. "You could?" She looked at her Yang pendent and frowned, "I don't know.."

Hidenori sighed and got up. "I'm not forcing you to come, but it would be interesting to see, wouldn't it?"

Rin fiddled with her pendent, a shadow of doubt creeping over her. Making her decision, she got up and followed Hidenori to the circus, her pendent laying on the ground.


Me: OH NO! RIN IS GOING TO THE CIRCUS!

Akio: D: D: D: D: D: D:

Rin: 0.O WHY!

Amba: What will happen next?

Me: That's for me to know and you to find out. Review!