Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh, but I WANT CELTY!!! WAAAAHHH!!! _
DD: OK, this is my first serious Yugioh fic, so please go easy on me! All I can say is, I hope you enjoy this fic. ^_~
NOTE: Yami isn't transparent in this. If he was, then this fic wouldn't work, OK?
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The Hunt Begins
"Hey Joey, you coming to the game shop with me today?" Yugi asked as they left school.
"Yeah sure Yug!" Joey replied enthusiastically. "Too bad Tristan and Tea couldn't come tho'."
"Yeah, but they did say that they had other plans." Yugi said, looking back ahead of him. (DD: Don't you dare get any ideas about Tea and Tristan you sick deranged people out there! _)
They arrived at the game shop and Yugi snook upstairs while Joey started looking at the new cards in stock. The young boy sat on his bed, sighed and rested his head on his hands.
//Penny for your thoughts?//
/Huh?/ Yugi was snapped out of his train of thought when he heard his Yami's voice.
//What's up this time?//
/... /
//Yugi...//
/It's nothing, honest! I'm just tired, that's all./
//Fine, I'll talk to you later.//
/Fine.../
Yami went back to his own thoughts as Yugi got up off the bed and walked towards the window.
"HEY YUG!!!" Yugi turned around as he heard his friend's voice yelling from downstairs.
"Yeah Joey?" the young boy called back.
"I'm goin' now, I'll see ya tomorrow!"
"Yeah, OK!" The silence afterwards was ringing in Yugi's ears after that loud conversation. 'He's too lazy to get up here, and yet he still finds it alright to yell...weird...'
//Isn't it just!//
/Hey, you're not supposed to be listening!/
//And your point is...?//
/Oh, just forget it!/ He went back to staring out of the window, then sighed. /I'm bored, I'm going for a walk./
//Suits me.//
/You're walking too./
//Do I have to?/
/You're not getting away from a bit of exercise *that* easily!/
//Fine...// With that, Yami emerged from the puzzle, looking ticked off.
"You're evil, did you know that?" he asked, staring at Yugi.
"I know." Yugi replied simply. "Com'on, let's go!"
"OK." the spirit sighed.
***
"I'm bored, can we go home now?" Yami whined.
"We've only been walking for five minutes!" Yugi replied, laughing slightly.
"Still...this is sooo boring..." Yami sighed, putting his hands behind his head. He put them back down to his side when he heard a scream from somewhere.
"What was that?" Yugi gasped.
"GET THE HELL OFFA ME!!!" The two boys heard a girl yelling from that same area. Yugi and Yami began to run to where it came from. When they arrived there, they saw a young girl being held by the arm by a tall man wearing a cloak with the hood down, so you could se their faces. He was with two other men of the same build. The girl had shoulder-length blonde hair in a ponytail and light-blue eyes. She wore a lilac keyhole top and deep blue adidas trousers with orange stripes down them. The strangest part of her outfit, though, was the golden band around her left upper-arm with an eye symbol on it.
"Why should I?" the man sneered back at her. She continued to struggle against him, but his grip was too strong.
"That's it." Yami said angrily. The men obviously hadn't seen the two yet, but Yami wanted something done about the situation.
"Huh?" one of the thugs looked over in Yami's direction, smiling maliciously as he did. "Looks like we'll kill two birds with one stone!" Yami stopped and looked at the man with a puzzled expression. The thug began to charge right at Yami, with his diving out of the way, causing him to fall on the floor face first.
The man holding the blonde was temporarily distracted, giving her the chance to bite into his arm until he let her go, letting out a cry of pain. She ran away into an alleyway, where Yugi saw an aftermath of light illuminating the narrow area. The girl ran out again, but she looked different. Her hair was longer, and was no longer in a ponytail, and her eyes looked more cold and piercing. 'What's going on?' Yugi thought, but then he saw the girl from before running out also. The other girl that had turned up began to attack the men by hitting and kicking them with perfect timing and precision. Yami was tripping them and attacking that way, until the men finally decided they were no match (DD: WIMPS!!! _), and ran off (DD: Sorry 'bout the sucky fight scene, I wasn't that bothered! ~_~).
The four looked at the retreating thugs, smiling at their victory, then they looked at each other, as the darker twin of the young girl began to back away.
"Don't." the other girl said softly. She looked at her reassuringly, and her twin stopped.
"How did you do that?" Yugi finally asked, after a few minutes silence. "And who are you, anyway?" The girl sighed, then spoke up.
"You probably won't know me, but I know you, Yugi Moto." she started clearly, but gently. "I've been looking for you, I thought you could help me."
"What do you mean?" Yami asked curiously.
"My name is Hayley Jennings, and those hell freaky men you saw back there have been after me for the past few weeks, ever since I came here from England! It's all because of my Millennium Band..." She looked at the band around her left upper-arm, then looked back at Yugi and Yami. "Me and Sierra have been tryin' to hold 'em off, but this time, they nearly got us."
"So Sierra's your yami then?" Yugi asked, looking interested in what the blond was saying.
"Yeah, and she can kick anyone's butt!" Hayley said enthusiastically. Sierra smiled at this remark.
"Don't think I'm *that* good." she said coolly. Yugi laughed slightly, but Yami kept his look serious.
"What do they want?" he asked simply. Hayley and Sierra looked at him again. Sierra gave him a funny look.
"I think they're working for some asshole who's after the Millennium Items!" Hayley said bluntly.
"How about we head back to the Game Shop?" Yugi suggested. "Then we might be able to figure out what's going on."
"Yeah, OK!" Hayley replied cheerfully.
***
"Grampa, I'm home!" Yugi called as he entered the shop. Solomon looked up from arranging cards at the counter and saw the young boy standing there with Yami, Sierra and Hayley.
"Who's that you've got with you?" he asked curiously.
"This is Hayley and Sierra. I met them while me and Yami where taking a walk." Yugi told the old man.
"Pleased to meet you, Mr Moto." Hayley said politely, bowing slightly. Sierra followed suit, bowing, but keeping silent.
"Pleased to meet you too, both of you." Solomon replied, smiling.
"Grampa, is it alright if Hayley and Sierra stay here a while? There's some things we need to talk about."
"Alright, if you must."
"Thanks grampa." Yugi, Yami, Hayley and Sierra left the main area and went upstairs to Yugi's room."
***
The three henchmen entered a strange hidden temple in a dense forest and nervously walked up to an elegant throne-like chair (DD: Or whatever the hell you wanna call it! ~_~), facing a dark cloaked figure sitting on it. The hood of the cloak covered his face (DD: Li'l clue, I said 'his'! ^_^), and he held a golden staff in his right hand.
"I see you were not successful, then." he said simply. One of the men walked forward a couple of steps and bowed.
"I'm sorry master, we almost had her, and Yugi Moto, too." he said apologetically.
"Sorry is not good enough this time." the sorcerer (DD: I'll call him that from now on. OK? ^_~) replied with an angry tone in his voice. "I have given you enough chances to get those two, and you couldn't even get the girl!" (DD: They hadn't gone after Yugi yet because they wanted to get the 'easiest' one outta the way. Like hell it was easy! _) He got up from his seat and walked towards the three men. The first man stepped back as the sorcerer raised his staff. "Your incompetence ends here..." Black energy began to form at the end of it, and it blasted its way towards his henchmen. Over the glow of the impact, it was clear to see the malicious smirk on his youthful face, hearing the screams of the men as they disappeared, and were no more.
***
"So, you think he's after the Millennium Items then?" Yugi asked Hayley curiously. Hayley nodded in reply. They were in Yugi's room, with Yugi sat on the floor, Hayley sat on the bed, and Yami and Sierra stood up, shooting dodgy looks at each other.
"Yeah, and he sent his lackies after me to get my Millennium Band. I think he's after your Millennium Item too."
"And how exactly did you find out about the Millennium Items, anyway?" Yami asked. Sierra shot him a weird look.
"You shouldn't be so suspicious, *Yami*." she said harshly. "For your information, *I* told her. I am the spirit from one of the items, remember?" Yami glared at her.
"And how exactly do we know we can trust you? I've never heard of an eight Item." he shot back.
"It makes no difference!" Sierra said as calmly as possible. "If you do not heed what we have to say, you will be in terrible danger!"
"Yeah, she said that you might be able help us, so we found you to see if you could." Hayley said, trying to lighten the mood.
"How long have you been in Japan, Hayley?" Yugi asked, interested in what was going on, unlike his counter-part.
"A couple of weeks, I came here to study the culture and everything like that, but those men have been after me ever since I arrived here, and once they even broke into the hotel I'm in. I'm not sure if they'd try it again..." she trailed off and looked towards the ground worriedly.
"Don't worry about it!" Yugi replied cheerfully. Hayley looked up at him. "How about you two sleep over while we figure this out!" Hayley looked surprised.
"Really?" she asked excitedly. "That'd be awesome!"
"We can get our stuff later, don't you think?" Sierra asked. Hayley grinned happily.
"Sure!" she replied. Sierra smiled, and Yami sighed, then continued glaring at Sierra.
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DD: Oooh, Yami doesn't like Sierra!
Yami: And?
DD: You're too suspicious.
Yami: I wouldn't be if everyone wasn't out to steal the Millennium Items!
DD: Now *that's* what I call major paranoia!
Yami: Oh shut it.
DD: ~_~ Anywho, it's...
COMPETITION TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've decided to hold a li'l competition for this fic. If you can guess who the evil sorcerer dude is before I reveal him, then I'll let you appear in a fanfic of mine! Good deal, ne? Anyway, if you know, or have an idea who it is, DON'T put it on a review, E-MAIL it to me, and I'll pick 3 authors/authoresses as winners, and a pretty-much official looking apology to those who I don't choose. So, get you thinkin' caps on everyone, and good luck! Until next time folks! ^_~
DD: OK, this is my first serious Yugioh fic, so please go easy on me! All I can say is, I hope you enjoy this fic. ^_~
NOTE: Yami isn't transparent in this. If he was, then this fic wouldn't work, OK?
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The Hunt Begins
"Hey Joey, you coming to the game shop with me today?" Yugi asked as they left school.
"Yeah sure Yug!" Joey replied enthusiastically. "Too bad Tristan and Tea couldn't come tho'."
"Yeah, but they did say that they had other plans." Yugi said, looking back ahead of him. (DD: Don't you dare get any ideas about Tea and Tristan you sick deranged people out there! _)
They arrived at the game shop and Yugi snook upstairs while Joey started looking at the new cards in stock. The young boy sat on his bed, sighed and rested his head on his hands.
//Penny for your thoughts?//
/Huh?/ Yugi was snapped out of his train of thought when he heard his Yami's voice.
//What's up this time?//
/... /
//Yugi...//
/It's nothing, honest! I'm just tired, that's all./
//Fine, I'll talk to you later.//
/Fine.../
Yami went back to his own thoughts as Yugi got up off the bed and walked towards the window.
"HEY YUG!!!" Yugi turned around as he heard his friend's voice yelling from downstairs.
"Yeah Joey?" the young boy called back.
"I'm goin' now, I'll see ya tomorrow!"
"Yeah, OK!" The silence afterwards was ringing in Yugi's ears after that loud conversation. 'He's too lazy to get up here, and yet he still finds it alright to yell...weird...'
//Isn't it just!//
/Hey, you're not supposed to be listening!/
//And your point is...?//
/Oh, just forget it!/ He went back to staring out of the window, then sighed. /I'm bored, I'm going for a walk./
//Suits me.//
/You're walking too./
//Do I have to?/
/You're not getting away from a bit of exercise *that* easily!/
//Fine...// With that, Yami emerged from the puzzle, looking ticked off.
"You're evil, did you know that?" he asked, staring at Yugi.
"I know." Yugi replied simply. "Com'on, let's go!"
"OK." the spirit sighed.
***
"I'm bored, can we go home now?" Yami whined.
"We've only been walking for five minutes!" Yugi replied, laughing slightly.
"Still...this is sooo boring..." Yami sighed, putting his hands behind his head. He put them back down to his side when he heard a scream from somewhere.
"What was that?" Yugi gasped.
"GET THE HELL OFFA ME!!!" The two boys heard a girl yelling from that same area. Yugi and Yami began to run to where it came from. When they arrived there, they saw a young girl being held by the arm by a tall man wearing a cloak with the hood down, so you could se their faces. He was with two other men of the same build. The girl had shoulder-length blonde hair in a ponytail and light-blue eyes. She wore a lilac keyhole top and deep blue adidas trousers with orange stripes down them. The strangest part of her outfit, though, was the golden band around her left upper-arm with an eye symbol on it.
"Why should I?" the man sneered back at her. She continued to struggle against him, but his grip was too strong.
"That's it." Yami said angrily. The men obviously hadn't seen the two yet, but Yami wanted something done about the situation.
"Huh?" one of the thugs looked over in Yami's direction, smiling maliciously as he did. "Looks like we'll kill two birds with one stone!" Yami stopped and looked at the man with a puzzled expression. The thug began to charge right at Yami, with his diving out of the way, causing him to fall on the floor face first.
The man holding the blonde was temporarily distracted, giving her the chance to bite into his arm until he let her go, letting out a cry of pain. She ran away into an alleyway, where Yugi saw an aftermath of light illuminating the narrow area. The girl ran out again, but she looked different. Her hair was longer, and was no longer in a ponytail, and her eyes looked more cold and piercing. 'What's going on?' Yugi thought, but then he saw the girl from before running out also. The other girl that had turned up began to attack the men by hitting and kicking them with perfect timing and precision. Yami was tripping them and attacking that way, until the men finally decided they were no match (DD: WIMPS!!! _), and ran off (DD: Sorry 'bout the sucky fight scene, I wasn't that bothered! ~_~).
The four looked at the retreating thugs, smiling at their victory, then they looked at each other, as the darker twin of the young girl began to back away.
"Don't." the other girl said softly. She looked at her reassuringly, and her twin stopped.
"How did you do that?" Yugi finally asked, after a few minutes silence. "And who are you, anyway?" The girl sighed, then spoke up.
"You probably won't know me, but I know you, Yugi Moto." she started clearly, but gently. "I've been looking for you, I thought you could help me."
"What do you mean?" Yami asked curiously.
"My name is Hayley Jennings, and those hell freaky men you saw back there have been after me for the past few weeks, ever since I came here from England! It's all because of my Millennium Band..." She looked at the band around her left upper-arm, then looked back at Yugi and Yami. "Me and Sierra have been tryin' to hold 'em off, but this time, they nearly got us."
"So Sierra's your yami then?" Yugi asked, looking interested in what the blond was saying.
"Yeah, and she can kick anyone's butt!" Hayley said enthusiastically. Sierra smiled at this remark.
"Don't think I'm *that* good." she said coolly. Yugi laughed slightly, but Yami kept his look serious.
"What do they want?" he asked simply. Hayley and Sierra looked at him again. Sierra gave him a funny look.
"I think they're working for some asshole who's after the Millennium Items!" Hayley said bluntly.
"How about we head back to the Game Shop?" Yugi suggested. "Then we might be able to figure out what's going on."
"Yeah, OK!" Hayley replied cheerfully.
***
"Grampa, I'm home!" Yugi called as he entered the shop. Solomon looked up from arranging cards at the counter and saw the young boy standing there with Yami, Sierra and Hayley.
"Who's that you've got with you?" he asked curiously.
"This is Hayley and Sierra. I met them while me and Yami where taking a walk." Yugi told the old man.
"Pleased to meet you, Mr Moto." Hayley said politely, bowing slightly. Sierra followed suit, bowing, but keeping silent.
"Pleased to meet you too, both of you." Solomon replied, smiling.
"Grampa, is it alright if Hayley and Sierra stay here a while? There's some things we need to talk about."
"Alright, if you must."
"Thanks grampa." Yugi, Yami, Hayley and Sierra left the main area and went upstairs to Yugi's room."
***
The three henchmen entered a strange hidden temple in a dense forest and nervously walked up to an elegant throne-like chair (DD: Or whatever the hell you wanna call it! ~_~), facing a dark cloaked figure sitting on it. The hood of the cloak covered his face (DD: Li'l clue, I said 'his'! ^_^), and he held a golden staff in his right hand.
"I see you were not successful, then." he said simply. One of the men walked forward a couple of steps and bowed.
"I'm sorry master, we almost had her, and Yugi Moto, too." he said apologetically.
"Sorry is not good enough this time." the sorcerer (DD: I'll call him that from now on. OK? ^_~) replied with an angry tone in his voice. "I have given you enough chances to get those two, and you couldn't even get the girl!" (DD: They hadn't gone after Yugi yet because they wanted to get the 'easiest' one outta the way. Like hell it was easy! _) He got up from his seat and walked towards the three men. The first man stepped back as the sorcerer raised his staff. "Your incompetence ends here..." Black energy began to form at the end of it, and it blasted its way towards his henchmen. Over the glow of the impact, it was clear to see the malicious smirk on his youthful face, hearing the screams of the men as they disappeared, and were no more.
***
"So, you think he's after the Millennium Items then?" Yugi asked Hayley curiously. Hayley nodded in reply. They were in Yugi's room, with Yugi sat on the floor, Hayley sat on the bed, and Yami and Sierra stood up, shooting dodgy looks at each other.
"Yeah, and he sent his lackies after me to get my Millennium Band. I think he's after your Millennium Item too."
"And how exactly did you find out about the Millennium Items, anyway?" Yami asked. Sierra shot him a weird look.
"You shouldn't be so suspicious, *Yami*." she said harshly. "For your information, *I* told her. I am the spirit from one of the items, remember?" Yami glared at her.
"And how exactly do we know we can trust you? I've never heard of an eight Item." he shot back.
"It makes no difference!" Sierra said as calmly as possible. "If you do not heed what we have to say, you will be in terrible danger!"
"Yeah, she said that you might be able help us, so we found you to see if you could." Hayley said, trying to lighten the mood.
"How long have you been in Japan, Hayley?" Yugi asked, interested in what was going on, unlike his counter-part.
"A couple of weeks, I came here to study the culture and everything like that, but those men have been after me ever since I arrived here, and once they even broke into the hotel I'm in. I'm not sure if they'd try it again..." she trailed off and looked towards the ground worriedly.
"Don't worry about it!" Yugi replied cheerfully. Hayley looked up at him. "How about you two sleep over while we figure this out!" Hayley looked surprised.
"Really?" she asked excitedly. "That'd be awesome!"
"We can get our stuff later, don't you think?" Sierra asked. Hayley grinned happily.
"Sure!" she replied. Sierra smiled, and Yami sighed, then continued glaring at Sierra.
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DD: Oooh, Yami doesn't like Sierra!
Yami: And?
DD: You're too suspicious.
Yami: I wouldn't be if everyone wasn't out to steal the Millennium Items!
DD: Now *that's* what I call major paranoia!
Yami: Oh shut it.
DD: ~_~ Anywho, it's...
COMPETITION TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've decided to hold a li'l competition for this fic. If you can guess who the evil sorcerer dude is before I reveal him, then I'll let you appear in a fanfic of mine! Good deal, ne? Anyway, if you know, or have an idea who it is, DON'T put it on a review, E-MAIL it to me, and I'll pick 3 authors/authoresses as winners, and a pretty-much official looking apology to those who I don't choose. So, get you thinkin' caps on everyone, and good luck! Until next time folks! ^_~