by Rhapsody and SkyPirateTat
"Gather 'round, children, and you shall hear
Of the ancient ride of Paul Revere---"
"Psst..... Yugi. Yugi Mutou."
"Gather 'round children and you shall hear
Of the ancient ride of Yugi Mutou---"
"Not a ride. A convention. A yami convention......"
"Gather round children and you shall hear
Of the yami convention of Yugi Mutou-"
"Oh, forget it. Start the story…"
Yugi Mutou was an almost normal teenager. He liked to play Duel Monsters and hang out with his friends. However, here's the part where he wasn't normal-one of his friends lived in a pyramid around his neck...... His Yami, his dark half, who was once a Pharaoh in ancient Egypt. Because of this he was trying to help Yugi with his history report.
/You have to include Duel Monsters. It was a huge part of Egyptian history.... What's this?/
Yami's spirit was sitting on Yugi's bed examining his calculator.
"Er, a modern-day abacus... Don't push the buttons!"
Yami wasn't listening and as Yugi watched in dismay he managed to crash the simple machine, even though he had no actual physical form.
/I think it's broken. An abacus is much more durable, you know. /
Yugi sweatdropped. "Well, there aren't many around any more. And I can't put Duel Monsters in my report, it hasn't been proven yet that it was around that long ago."
Yami looked surprised. /That matters?/
Yugi nodded patiently. Yami shrugged.
/Well, I guess I can't help you then. Good luck!/
And with that he disappeared back into his puzzle. Yugi banged his head on the desk, then picked up his pencil, planning to bluff his way through the assignment. But conveniently there was a knock on the door.
"Hey, Yugi!" Anzu said as she opened it; she, Ryou, Joun, and Honda crowded into Yugi's small bedroom.
"Ouch!" Joun proclaimed suddenly and rubbed the back of his head. "Honda, your hair poked me."
Honda shrugged. "Sorry, man."
Joun half-turned to accept his apology and was poked in the eye this time.
"Er…" Yugi said, "why don't we move into the living room?"
"That way friends won't have to hurt friends," Anzu beamed.
"Yeah, whatever…" Joun muttered and they all filed out of Yugi's room to the other.
"So, why have you guys come over?" Yugi asked curiously when they all were settled.
"We need a reason to visit our closest li'l buddy?" Joun replied, grinning.
"Well, I guess not…"
"We have one anyway!" Ryou said happily, pulling a large bright piece of paper from his pocket and handing it to the small boy.
In touch with both your light and your dark sides? Then come on down to the Japanese Islands Yami convention. Share your memories of ancient times, complain about your light side, and compare Millennium Items!!! All yamis and their lights welcome!
Guest of Honor: Yami Kikai
/This looks interesting,/ Yami commented inside of Yugi's head.
/A yami convention? /
/Used to be quite common in Egypt, where the Items were made. /
/You're kidding, right?/
/Not at all. I was guest of honor, usually./
/Who is this Kikai?/
/I've no idea./
"Hey, anyone know who Kikai is?" Yugi asked aloud.
Anzu, Joun, and Honda shrugged dissent but Ryou smiled and said, "It's my cousin Kikai Bakura!"
"You have a cousin with a yami?"
"Yep," Ryou grinned.
"How unbelievably coincidental…"
"No, this is unbelievably coincidental," a female voice corrected as its owner stepped into the room. She was very beautiful, but what you noticed about her was her eyes-one was violet and one was blue. Oh, and you noticed that she wore all black with a chain belt on her miniskirt. And you noticed the long shapely legs in the fishnet tights. And you noticed the tongue ring… the Millennium Tongue Ring.
"Hello, I'm Kikai Bakura!"
Honda made a weird face. "A Millennium Tongue Ring?"
Kikai ignored the pointy-haired fellow and strode gracefully toward Yugi.
"Where's your yami?" she asked.
"A… er... he...I ..." Yugi stuttered, flushing. He fainted but luckily Yami emerged from his Puzzle and caught the small boy in his arms.
"I'm here..."
He handed his Light's body to Joun who was trying to figure out what was happening.
Brushing back a strand of her long silvery hair (that resembled Ryou's except it wasn't pointy), she winked at Yami.
"I'm so honor- I mean...I'm so glad to meet you."
"Er..."
Kikai touched her nose to Yami's. "You're so kawaii!"
Sneaking a kiss from him, she hopped back to her cousin, who was... erm… well in utter shock.
Face flushing bright red, the Pharaoh turned his head away so no one could see the blush on his cheeks. "Nic....nice to meet you, Kikai-sama."
"You don't need to be so formal-call me Kikai-chan."
She wrapped her arms around Ryou (no, she and her cousin don't have a relationship, they're just close!) who had no idea what to say. In fact, no one in the room could find anything to say about the hyper, cheerful flirt.
Finally someone found some words. "What's dis 'Yami Convention' about?" Joun asked, his eyes narrowed suspiciously at Kikai.
"Why don't you come and find out?" the punk-girl grinned, and wrapped her arms tighter around Ryou, who was sweatdropping.
Anzu turned to Yami.
"I don't trust her," she whispered. "What if she's just another Millennium Spirit after the Millennium Items? The whole Yami convention thing sounds suspicious."
"It's supper time, Kikai. Dad's gonna wonder what happened to us..." the silver-haired boy told his cousin.
"Wait..." she hissed and let go of her cousin. She began to huggle Yami.
"You will come, right?"
"Well, I don't know..."
"Please…" She gazed at him with puppy-dog eyes. "I'd really appreciate it, and maybe afterwards we could go out and have fun?"
Yami melted when he saw those eyes. "I'll come."
"It's a date." Kikai smiled and after waving her goodbyes she went home with Ryou.
"She seems friendly," Honda said after a long moment.
"Maybe a little TOO friendly," Anzu jealously remarked.
DISCLAIMER: Yu-Gi-Oh! belongs to Kazuki Takahashi.
