Nights of Rain
Chapter One: Reunion
A lonesome girl stood in the park, near the Domino high school. This was her first time back to this town in fourteen years...since she was four. The noise and bustle of the city hadn't changed...nothing had really. The place was as dull as dirt compared to where she had been. But here it was hopefully more peaceful. She sighed and saw her midnight black hair tousled in the wind through her dark amethyst eyes, darkened characteristics from her mother.
She shuddered as an exceptionally cold gust of wind rattled her bones. She opened her eyes after it had passed and looked to the sky, the sun being enshrouded by threatening clouds. Tonight it would rain. It would make for a good walk. She smiled softly. She loved the rain, especially at night. The darkness and pitter pattering calmed her senses.
She knew one of the reasons she came back to Domino. She needed to see her little brother. The last time she had seen her darling little brother in person was when she was sent to study in France when she was four. He was two at the time. Her brother was one of the few people she actually cared about. It saddened her when she thought about the fact she hadn't seen her darling little brother in fourteen years...well at least in person. In her right hand was a picture of him that she looked at everyday. She would do almost anything to make sure her brother was happy.
She had sent him a picture once of herself, about two years ago. She was sitting under a tree, nodding off in the middle of a park. A few blossoms were falling. She glanced down at the memory. Somethings were better off in the past. This she knew all too well. Her past was nothing but a string of bad memories and a river of tears. She kept her eyes glued to the ground. She didn't even hear the footsteps racing towards her.
"Amaya!" a light and innocent voice yelled as its owner launched themself into her arms.
Amaya paused for a moment, before stroking the star headed teenager in front of her.
"Hey little brother." she commented with a smile, tightening her embrace on him.
They broke their embrace and she looked down at her little brother. He had star-shaped hair, the outline of it red, while most of it was black, with blond bangs. His light amethyst eyes were bright and light, as well as somewhat filled with tears. He wore a navy blue school uniform, with a neck-belt and a strange puzzle that she knew to be the Millennium Puzzle from his writings.
"Hey Yug! Who's dat?" a voice from about three yards away said.
The boy who called to her little brother was a blond with brown eyes. He was much taller than Yugi. Next to him was a brunette girl with blue eyes and beside her a boy with a single brown spike of hair and brown eyes as well.
"Jonouchi, Anzu, Honda...may I present my older sister, Amaya Mutou."
"It's a pleasure to meet my sweet little brother's friends." she said as she politely bowed.
"Nice to meet ya!" The blonde one said.
"Amaya-oni-sama...why are you here?" Yugi asked, turning to the said oni-sama.
"I thought I'd come see my cute little brother! Is there anything wrong with that?" she said while she messed up her brother's hair.
"What about your schooling?" he asked with wide innocent eyes.
"I have 3 degrees Yugi, one being a PHD. I can take some time off to cool down."
"W-what?" The brunette girl asked wide eyed.
"Yep. I have a degree in computers, one in cooking, and a PhD in Creative Writing."
"Dang, Yugi. How old is your sister?" the brown haired boy asked looking her over.
"Eighteen, if you must know." Amaya huffed as she wrapped her arms around Yugi in another hug.
"D-does Mom know you're here?" Yugi asked turning red. At the mentioning of her mother she froze and stiffened.
"No. I was going to surprise them later with a visit. Both her and Grandpa." she smiled stepping back and placing her pale hands on his shoulders.
Yugi blinked at her once then looked down.
"Amaya-san! Got the room done!" a voice came from behind.
Amaya turned around and smiled at the girl with mid back length silver hair and robin egg shaded eyes. Amaya remembered when they were duller than that, an empty hollow blue. They were now a little more lively.
"Alright Emi-san." she replied, waving at her before turning towards her brother and his friends.
"Well Yugi, I'd better get going. I wouldn't want to keep Emi waiting."
Yugi looked up at her with wide lavender colored eyes.
"I'm not leaving town anytime soon, and I'll mail you another letter, letting you know where I am living soon...alright?" she said, ruffling his hair again.
Yugi nodded, his head down and wrapped his arms around her in one more hug.
"Please, make it soon." he whispered into her ear.
"Of course little squirt." she endearingly murmured.
She turned towards Emi and with a final nod towards Yugi, walked away with Emi.
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"Thanks for moving me in while I wandered. I missed it here."
"No problem Amaya." Emi said as she leaned against the dining room table, a bottle of Starbucks delicious mocha in her hand.
Amaya took a sip of her energy drink, looking at Emi, who had changed so much from when they had last seen each other. Her them ragged silver hair was now silky and smooth to mid-back. Her skin was now a healthier pale, rather than the sickly one that she knew. Her eyes, though not quite cheerfully sparkling,were a cry far from the dull blue depths that she had saw back then.
"Its been so long. How are you?" Emi sighed as she leaned back into the dining room chair.
"I'm better. Then again, anything was better then back then." she whispered as she sat down in the chair next to Emi.
"I know. I still hate remembering that time." Emi sighed looking to the sky.
"How have you been since then? You seem so much more lively." Amaya said as she took a gulp of her drink.
"Much better. I have a doctorate in psychology. I have a life, though no one special in it yet, and I am living mostly in the moment." she said pulling out a cigarette.
"I hope living here does me the better." Amaya sighed, cradling her head in her hands.
"Why do say that?"
"My family lives here."
Emi blinked.
"You mean the bitch from hell, the old heartless bastard, and Yugi-san?"
Amaya nodded slightly.
"Damn. Bitch better think better than messing up your relationship with Yugi."
"I'm not going to go near her. Only if Yugi is in immediate danger."
"You sure?"
"Let me put it like this. I'll step in if Yugi is gonna die, or get extremely hurt. But I will not associate with her by his request."
"I see. Normally I'd try to use psychology bullshit, but I know you well enough to know better than that."
"Damn right. Know I'd slap you across the face."
After that a silence rang in the room. It wasn't an uncomfortable one...it was just...silence, well spare for Emi exhaling a curl of smoke.
"Don't you love the fact that we hardly have anything in common, but yet we can sit for hours in each others company?"
"It's strange, but I guess that sometimes the most broken of mirrors find two pieces that still fit together."
"So the whole ordeal you compare to a broken mirror?"
"Yeah. All of us came out broken from that."
Amaya nodded. She completely understood.
"Well, I'd better get going." Emi said, sitting up and throwing out her trash.
"M'kay. I'll stay in touch...all right?"
"Okay. Call me if you need anything."
"Right."
And with that Amaya was left alone in the familiar, and yet unfamiliar town.