HAHA, I GOT IT DONE!... that has multiple means, like this chapter and three out of four exams… still no shiny, which is stupid, even Santa has a shiny: Rudolf. But anyway, chapter is done. Next to get the next chapter up and then the next and then… watch the subbed version of the DOMA aka The Orichalcos season, I have wanted to see it for a very long time and I found it. Anyway! Onward!

Chapter 3

Date

December 3rd, 2011

8:00AM

The two weeks flew by for Regan; well the days did for her. Her nights were repeated images of the same thing and each time she adapted, it would change slightly, like a video game that grows along with the player. It wasn't a thought she enjoyed thinking about, but she went back to bed after waking up at the same time every morning, 3:21 AM. She fell out of bed that morning, all tangled in the blankets and sheets. It took her a while to get out of them and remake her bed, but she managed. The alarm clock went off making her jump. She scowled at the clock as she turned off the alarm.

She pulled out a little white dress. The weather was sunny outside, but she knew better than to be fooled by the sun's warm rays, the weather could be forty below and the sun would tell you otherwise. She set it on the bed and checked the weather, it was going to be a high of six degrees that morning and she took another look at the dress. Reluctantly, she placed the dress back in the closet and pulled out a pair of jeans and a nice dress shirt from the dresser. She brushed her hair and her phone started to ring. She looked at it and smiled as she read Yugi's name on the call display. She picked it up and answered it.

"Good morning Yugi." She beamed happily into the phone.

~Good morning Regan, how are you this morning?~ Yugi replied just as happily.

"I'm good, had a fight with my blankets," She giggled. "But I managed to win."

~So no need for a rescue from the evil blankets then?~

"Nope, so where are we going?"

~It's a surprise.~

"How am I to dress for the occasion if I don't know where you are taking me, I may dress in something for a restaurant and then find out the place you are taking me is someplace like the ice hotel in Québec."

~Well I can assure you that we aren't going to the ice hotel.~ Yugi laughed on the other end. ~I guess I could tell you that we are going to be outside.~

"So dress warmly?"

~Dress for a walk.~

"Alright, what time?"

~Does ten sound good?~

"Sounds great, I'll see you then, bye."

~Bye~

Regan hung up the phone and headed to her bathroom to take a shower and brush her teeth. When she was done, she got dressed and gathered up her hat, jacket and made sure her lighter gloves were in her pockets. She looked around the room.

"I feel like I'm forgetting something…"

"You mean your wallet?" Nile asked her holding up the white rectangle.

Regan snapped her fingers. "Yes, thank you Nile."

Nile threw it at her. "No problem. You better get breakfast; your date is going to be here in an hour."

Regan smiled and they walked out of the room. "I'm really excited, I'm not sure if I'll be able to eat."

"If you can't I will." Nile grinned.

Regan shot her a glare, "Suddenly I feel hungry."

"Thought so."

They walked down the stairs and Regan could hear Mokuba and Seto talking in the dining room.

"Looks like their up early." Regan told Nile.

"Sounds like it," Nile smiled and then it shifted. "I'm going to do a check on something in the puzzle, call me when you need me."

Regan nodded in confusion and then her friend was gone. She walked into the dining room and felt excited again about wondering where Yugi was taking her for the day. "Good morning."

"Someone's in a good mood, what are you up to?" Mokuba questioned.

"She has a date, did you forget?" Seto answered taking a bite of his cereal.

"Oh right, so where are you going?"

"I don't know; Yugi's making everything secret." She answered him and caught a look on Seto's face. "But apparently not secret to everyone."

"Somebody has to know where you are in order to keep you two from getting killed or something, you bring danger like flies to honey."

"If you are so worried, why don't you just place security where Yugi is taking me?" She questioned as she sat down at the large table.

"I already have, doesn't mean it will be enough."

She gave a questioning look towards Seto as some cereal was placed in front of her. She started eating it and then the bell rang throughout the house. "There is no way he's here already."

"Then I wonder who could it be?" Seto question as got up from the table.

Roland came into the room. "There is a group of children at the door."

Mokuba perked up. "Oh, I forgot I was hosting a party for one of my friends."

"Oh? And who would this party be for?" Seto asked him.

"Serenity, her birthday was on the twentieth, but she couldn't come until this weekend." Mokuba answered quickly finishing up his breakfast. "Can you lead them to the entertainment room Roland; I'll be there in a second."

Roland nodded and left the room. Regan turned to Seto and both of them gave the other the same look.

A sly smirk appeared on Regan's face. "Well I hope it ends well."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Mokuba questioned her with glaring eyes.

"Nothing, just the last party you had… anyway, it should be good, I'm sure Serenity is going to be very happy that you did this for her. But I do have to ask, why not tell us about it, I could have moved my date to a different date and I could have helped celebrate."

"Um… I just didn't think you wanted to hang out with a bunch of thirteen year olds." And without another word, he left to the other room taking the route behind Seto.

"You are such a devious person." Seto told her.

"It seems to run in the family, I just hope that they are off to a good start and maybe a full relationship that will last." Regan answered.

"That's a lot of hoping."

"It is, but I have a lot to give out."

"That you do, but there is something still bothering me, you haven't once decided to talk about the whole incident, it's not good to keep it bottled up."

"And this is coming from the most bottled up person." She huffed as she finished the last bit of her cereal. She felt guilty suddenly and sighed, "How about after my day with Yugi, if you really want me to talk about it."

"After you date then," He agreed and then there was another ring of the doorbell, "Looks like your king has arrived."

"You say it with such distaste."

"He is my rival, I'll say it whatever way I feel like saying his title that should be mine."

She smiled. "Well, I'll be off, I don't know when I'm coming back, but I'm sure you do. See you then."

Seto just grunted as she grabbed her things and walked out the door. She smiled as Roland was walking towards her. "Mr. Muto is here."

"Thanks Roland," She smiled as she walked to the boy in the foyer.

Yugi smiled at her. "Already to go?"

She put on her jacket. "All set."

Yugi lead her out the door and to a blue Dodge Ram 1500 that was sitting at the end of the steps.

"Yugi, where did the truck come from?"

"My dad got it for me." He told her and Regan watched him shuffle through his wallet.

"May I ask why your dad bought you a truck?"

Yugi smiled cheekily as he pulled out a card. "Because I got my full license."

She looked at it, but it was a foreign object to her. "Doesn't this take– I don't know how the system works here, but it can take a whole year before you can get your full license in Canada and I'm sure it's not that far off here? How did you get your whole license?"

"Your brother happened to give me my license, had to go through his wrath and a few other… things, but I got the license, though, it was mostly the pharaoh who kept bugging me about it. I have no idea why so to keep him quiet I got it from the man who he told me to get it from."

"Seto actually agreed to this?"

"I don't think the agreement was with me but more with Atem, I have no idea what those two are planning, and it's a scary thought to have them working together."

Regan nodded. "Yes it is," she looked at the blue machine. "So, where is this mysterious place you plan to take me with this chariot?"

Yugi opened the door for her and she hopped in. The truck looked like it was the 2012 model and she wondered how Yugi's father had paid for it. Yugi shut the door and walked around the truck. He got in, shut the door, and started up the engine. She smiled as she felt the engine purr. Without a hitch they were off. It was quiet for ten minutes into the trip as Regan was watching Yugi drive and she didn't want to disturb him. She could feel how nervous he was, so she let him be.

After the ten minutes it was Yugi who spoke as he looked into the mirror. "So they are going to follow us."

She looked through the window and saw the twin men, Dominic and Jarrid, in a minivan driving not too far behind them. "Seto did tell me he was going to have some guards watch us from afar."

She heard Yugi give an evil laugh and she looked at him in confusion. It was not something she thought could come from him. He had a nicely planted grin on his face. "I hope they have four-wheel-drive."

She sighed as she tightened her seat belt. 'Maybe it wasn't wise to Yugi his driver's license.'

"Ouch, I'm a responsible driver, just not one that likes to keep on the roads. I found that out when I was in the amazon." Yugi pouted.

She smirked. "So we are going on a field trip. Where to?"

"Still not telling you, but I will tell you our destination is not for another two hours."

"Does it include mud?"

"I think the 'road' is a little muddy this time of year yeah."

"Then I don't really care how long we are in this truck for, I wouldn't mind if we were in here driving for five without a break."

"Maybe it wasn't a good idea to go on this date. Something like this can be addictive."

"I don't think you mind to have the two of us in a truck going off-roading like it's a drug."

"Not one bit." Yugi replied as he stopped at a light.

Their drive out of Domino City was a simple one. They hit a small highway and Regan was amazed at the openness. She looked out the window and it reminded her of an old friend that she didn't even say hi to when she had the chance. Why she hadn't called before was her mother's, Jade's, phone bill and when she did, she got the answer machine forgetting about the time difference. She nodded to herself as she agreed to call her when she got home. She was sure her brother had international calling, if he didn't then she would pay for it, she did have money of her own now. She didn't need to rely on other people before for money related things, no need to start now.

It wasn't long before the mountains appeared. They were amazing beyond anything she could put to words.

Yugi chuckled next to her. "What, never seen a mountain before."

"I have, but they weren't that big, at least not from far away, these are huge!" She exclaimed.

"I guess they are, but never bigger than the ocean. The ocean always out sizes every."

"I doubt it out sizes my brother's ego." She laughed. "But I think when he looks at the ocean he sees how small he is. I know I do its nice look at such a grand thing."

Yugi smiled in her direction and then she felt the road change under the tires. The smile turned to a smirk as mud hit the window.

"The first dirt spot is always the most painful." He told her. "But after that, it's fun."

She looked at the side mirror and saw the twins slow their vehicle down as she saw the tail of flying mud exited the back and noticed the car was covered in mud. "I think you got them."

"Did I?" Yugi asked as he looked in the mirror. "Oops, I did warn Kaiba beforehand."

She laughed again. The ride on the unpaved road continued for about an hour over the pumps and jumps that the truck went over. She was having fun and her thoughts of her loss soon left as she tightened her seatbelt again. She wanted to remember the place for the summer time where she and Yugi could try off-roading with ATVs. At least when she had money to spend on such things, she needed to save for the future after high school. The mud stopped flying onto the windows and she looked out the front as it was the only window that wasn't covered. There were only trees from what she could see in front of them. The truck slowed to a stop.

She turned to Yugi. "How did you learn how to drive like that so quickly?"

Yugi rubbed the back of his neck as a blush started to form. "Well, Kaiba's road lessons were, extreme. Yeah, I guess that's the best word for it."

"Think they will be any use?"

"In the life style that I am in right now, yes I think they will be most definitely." Yugi laughed. He reached in the back, shuffled a few things and brought forward a bag. "Little walk from here and then we are there."

Regan looked at him curiously and then followed Yugi's lead as he opened his door. She walked out and the blue truck was a brown wall with unfortunate weed particles. She shut the door on a non-muddy part and looked behind the vehicle to see Dominic and Jarrid pull up with the same color plastered on the minivan beside her. The window rolled down and there was a grin on Dominic's face. Yugi walked up beside her.

"Nice driving kid,"

"Thanks," Yugi said sheepishly and turned to Regan. "Ready for that little hike?"

She nodded and Yugi put the backpack on. She took his hand the two of them started to walk. She noticed a path in between the trees and they started to walk down it. After five minutes a clearing came into view and Regan was completely awe struck at the view of the ocean that stretched out before her.

"Wow, this place is amazing. Where are we?"

"Mount Asama," Yugi told her. "I'm glad you like it, I figured it was a nice place to have a picnic."

She turned to him and saw him unfolding a blanket. He set it on the ground and pulled out a basket. She smiled and walked to him. She sat on the blanket and looked at the ocean. "This kinda reminds me of when we looked at Lake Ontario."

"Does it?"

"Yea, just the two of us, minus Dominic and Jarrid over in the trees, but the same feelings and mood. It's nice."

"I hope you're hungry, 'cause I brought quite a bit of food."

There was a grumble in the trees before Regan could answer. She looked at Yugi and they both started to chuckle.

"Are you guys' hungry?" Yugi asked. "I brought extra."

"Yes!" the two twin guards shouted as they rushed out of the forest, or jumped out of the forest, she wasn't sure how they got in the trees with their suits, nor did she ask.

Yugi handed them a sandwich each and water. "It's peanut butter and jelly, I hope neither of you are allergic to nuts."

"Thank you Yugi, you saved our lives." Jarrid thanked. "Dom, being the bright one he is, forgot lunch."

"You were the one who was supposed to grab it, I made the damn thing!" Dominic growled. "But yes thank you Yugi, now, we shall leave you two be, um… have fun?"

Regan smiled and the two gentlemen left back into the woods. She turned to Yugi. "Best picnic ever."

"Oh, we barely started anything and it's at the top of your list?"

"Yup, and we have done lots of stuff." She told him as she took a bite of the sandwich he handed her and then swallowed the quickly chewed piece. "It started with a road trip, off-roading, a little hike, and now we are sitting here eating the greatest of all lunches in a field with a perfect view of the ocean on a perfect sunny day. It's not cold and there are little guardian angels sitting in the trees if anyone decides to ruin it. And finally to place the icing on top, I'm sharing all of this with you."

Yugi smiled with closed lips as he chewed. They continued to eat the sandwiches in silence. "Now what do you want to do first?"

She raised an eyebrow. "What did you have planned?"

"There is a nice walk we can do it leads right to the ocean, I got yours and my duel disk in here if you want to have a duel, and we could go fishing if you like that sort of thing."

"You brought fishing rods? How did you get my duel disk?"

"Yeah, they are back in the truck, I didn't really know if you liked fishing so I just left them there. And Roland handed it to me when I got there."

"Okay, but yes, I would love to go fishing." She told him excitedly, "Though, I don't think I'm going to catch anything."

"Me neither, but it is fun just to hope. So what do you want to do first?"

"Let's go for that walk and we can go fishing while we are down there, if we duel, we may not have a chance to go for the walk if it gets dark, let alone fishing."

"Alright, walking and fishing it is!" Yugi smiled.

The two of them tidied up the picnic and then they walked back to the truck. Yugi opened the door and pulled his seat forward. Regan waited and before long he was out of the truck with two fishing poles, dissembled, in their bags. He shut the door and the two of them walked the same way they came from. They walked out of the forest and Yugi lead her towards another walking trail. About half way to the path in the middle of the field, the sky turned dark with almost black clouds covering the sky.

Before she could say anything lightning struck the ground several feet away. She felt the electricity in the air. "Yugi get on the ground!"

They dropped to the earth just as another bolt hit the ground.

"I guess out date is over." Yugi sighed as he crawled over next to her.

She nodded, "But there are other places we could go back in Domino, like the arcade, or our duel."

"Yeah I guess so." Yugi said, but Regan figured he was thinking of something else.

They started to crawl back towards the forest when suddenly Nile popped up.

"Watch out!" The spirit shouted.

Regan looked up and watched the bolt creep towards them at the speed of light. There was a loud bang as sound caught up and scared her. "That was close." She sighed as she felt a pulse of pain in her chest.

"Close, are you kidding me, we could have been fried without this shield!" Yugi stated.

"Shield?" Regan looked around and saw there was a shield around them that mimicked her aura in colors. She stood up and lightning struck the shield again and she felt a pulse of pain chest again. "How the hell did I make this?"

"I think I did something similar back in September with your puzzle. It must have been just a spontaneous thought and it just popped up."

"Well this is certainly helpful." Lightning hit it again and she cringed. "But it's not going to stay up forever, come on we have to get back to the truck."

"Well this is new," A voice laughed over the thunder.

Instantly, both of them turned to it and found Dark Matter standing tall and proud standing about ten feet away.

"You son of a bitch!" She yelled at him. Anger rose in her as Devin's little stunts entered her mind. "You just can't take the hint of leaving us alone can you?"

"Never, I seek until I get what I want and right now there are two things. But of course you already know about those two things don't you?"

Suddenly, gun fire filled the air. Dark Matter turned his head slightly towards the firing which she knew was Dominic and Jarrid. "Buzz off," he growled and a barrier appeared around them. Dominic and Jarrid continued to shoot at the wall, but only the ripples of the wall were seen. She glared darkly at Dark Matter as he turned his attention towards Yugi and herself.

"Kind of hard to forget when you keep showing up and making our lives miserable," Yugi told him. "And every time you do, we get to tell you it's not going to happen."

"Well I can personally say that your wrong, the ability to see the future is a beautiful thing. I got this ability when Zorc realized how much progress I've done in such a short amount of time." Dark Matter laughed.

She took a step back at how serious he was being, minus the crazy laugh he was giving. "The future can't be determined."

"It can when you follow all the steps to get what you want, right, that's the point of living, to go to where you want for the future?"

"Yea, by making choices. It can't be determined; I see no slate saying otherwise. Shit happens in life, that what makes the future just that, the future."

"You'll believe me eventually." Dark Matter sang in a mocking way.

"What is that supposed to mean?

A grin formed on his face and the ground started to shake. The shield dropped as she lost her concentration. "Night night."

She didn't get a chance to ask as pain filled her head and everything went black.

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Yugi wondered what Dark Matter meant when lightning came from the sky and struck Regan and she crumbled to the ground without a noise as thunder followed echoing across the field.

"Regan!" Yugi screamed as he rushed over to her and Dark Matter laughed as he disappeared. He didn't think of where the psychotic demon ran off to as he checked her pulse. Somehow she was still breathing, but the pulse was weak. He started to shake her slightly. "Regan get up, Nile, anybody in there?"

There was no response and he thought the same thing through the link, but all he got from the other end was a void of static. He started to panic and felt tears fall. He heard running and looked up to see Dominic and Jarrid running towards them. "She's not waking up!"

"Yugi come down, there is a helicopter on the way, Mr. Kaiba is getting it here as fast as he can." Jarrid told him.

"Calm down?! A demon, one our greatest enemies just appeared and struck down Regan with lightning like he was a god! For all I know that little light show just stole her soul and now she is dying while he does whatever with her!"

"Well you can't do anything about it if you don't have a level head on your shoulders." Dominic told him. "The helicopter should be here in six minutes."

He tried to control himself as the seconds felt like hours. All he wanted was to help Regan with her loss and take her on a date. The whole thing was ruined once again by the demon and he was not going to just let it slide. The sounds of beating blades came into his hearing and he looked up to see a helicopter in the distance. He picked Regan up and got off his knees. The helicopter landed and an enraged Kaiba stepped out of it.

Yugi didn't wait for him to say something snappy as he ran over to the helicopter, inside there was a small team of medics and a stretcher. Kaiba took Regan from his arms. "See you at the Domino hospital."

Kaiba got into the helicopter and before Yugi could move, the door shut and it started to fly away. He ran towards the truck and passed Dominic and Jarrid. "I hope you don't mind breaking a few speed laws on the way back if you are keeping up."

"As long as it's not any towns or cities we don't care." Jarrid told him as they ran behind him. "I just hope Regan's okay, she doesn't need to deal with anything else and Mr. Kaiba seemed ready to blow up a country."

"I don't blame him; it has been hell with one thing after another." Yugi told the two behind him. 'Regan please be okay.'

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Kaiba arrived at the hospital and Regan was rushed off to a room. He didn't bother to tell Mokuba where he was off to, let alone tell him he was leaving. He hoped that he just figured he went to the office because someone fucked up, again. He paced the hall that Regan's room was in as the doctors worked. He didn't know what happened except for what Dominic had told him on the phone. He caught five words out of how fast the man was talking: Dark Matter, lightning, Regan unconscious. He figured before he even got a whole story he would have to wait for his rival to arrive. He growled to himself as he thought of Yugi. Out of all the magical things the spikey head could do, protecting Regan from a demon was apparently NOT one of them. He was going to have to have a nice chat with the King when he arrived within what he could guess was the next hour and a half.

And I feel horrible for doing this… and its not because I leave you with a cliff-hanger MAHAHAHAHA!

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