Can you Hear?
by YYY
Marik is walking down the street of Egypt when he hears someone calling him. "Marik! Hello!"
Marik looks around and sees Yugi waving at him. Yami is standing next to Yugi.
"Yugi, what are you doing in Egypt?" Marik asks.
"I'm on vacation. Yami brings me here to check this country out."
"Do you like it here?"
"Yeah! This place is amazing!"
Yami smiles, "I'm glad you like it here, Yugi."
Yugi looks around and says, "I hear someone crying."
"I don't hear anyone crying." Yami says.
"Me neither." Marik says.
"It's coming from over there." Yugi points to a small shop at the dark corner of the street.
The 3 of them enter the shop. There are shelves after shelves of tiny bottles in the store. Yugi picks up one and says, "the crying sound is coming form inside this bottle."
"It's beautiful!" Marik exclaims. The tiny bottle is decorated with delicate gold craving and expensive jewels.
Yugi holds the bottle closes to his ears.
"Yugi, are you okay? Why are you crying?" Yami asks.
"The crying sounds so sad; I can't help but feel sad too." Yugi says.
"Hello." An old shopkeeper walks up to Yugi.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't be touching the merchandise without asking." Yugi says.
"Don't worry about it. The bottle is calling to you, is it?" The shopkeeper asks.
"He says he hears the sound of a girl crying coming out from that bottle." Yami says.
The shopkeeper smiles, "that means the bottle chooses him to be it's owner. You're a very lucky person. This bottle is very special. It contains one of the greatest loves in history. If you give this to the bottle to the one you love, you and your lover will be blessed with eternal happiness."
"Really?" Yugi asks.
"Do you know what this bottle is? What any of these bottles are?" The shopkeeper asks.
"These are tears bottles, right?" Yami says, "these bottles are for people whose lovers are far away. Every time when they cry because they miss their lovers, they put their tears into these tear bottles. They then send the bottles to their lovers to let their lovers know how much they're missing their lovers."
"Right." The shopkeeper says, "the tears in that bottle isn't just any tears, it's the tears of Cleopatra cried for Mark Anthony when he died."
"Cleopatra?" Yugi says as he continues to listen to the crying.
"You can hear how strong her love is, can you? If you give this to your lover, he will love you as much as Cleopatra loves Anthony." The shopkeeper says, "since the bottle choose you, I'll give you this bottle."
"Thank you very much!" Yugi hugs the bottle closes to his heart.
"I hope you and your lover will be blessed with eternal happiness." The shopkeeper smiles.
"Good bye!" Yugi says as he leaves the shop.
"Yami, why didn't Yugi give the bottle to you?" Marik asks.
TBC…