Understandings

Summary: the gang visit the USA and meet up with Professor Hawkins and Rebecca. They decide to go on a hike in the Cataract Falls of San Francisco. After a sudden rockslide the gang get separated into pairs and threes. Yami goes on an emotional rant that you'd have to read between the lines to figure out and reveals some feelings about his life to someone unexpected. More serious than it sounds (starts off as an everyone fic but tuns into a 2 character focus later) set after Doma season

F.Y.I: Yami has his own body in this fic. He figured out a spell to give himself one temporarily. Don't ask how because I don't know.

I do not own YuGiOh

Chapter 1: Spring Break adventure

It had been about 2 months since Yugi and his friends defeated Dartz and the Orichalcous. It was the last day before spring break when Yugi received an email from Rebecca. She was inviting him and the gang for a visit. Yugi knew she probably wanted to see him the most but invited his friends too to hide it. Yugi rolled his eyes. Rebecca and her crushes, sigh! Suddenly Yugi sensed someone coming up from behind him.

Yugi: ah! Yami you scared me for a second

Yami chuckled, sorry aibou. Whatcha doing he asked in a lazed tone.

Yugi: Rebecca invited us to San Francisco for the week. She said her and Professor Hawkins would pay for everyone's trip. (He had a lot of frequent flyer miles and some money from his research and discoveries in archaeology) We'd have to leave Saturday morning. You want to go?

Yami: do you?

Yugi: definitely. Last time we were there we didn't have time to do anything because of the Orichalcous.

Well then I'm in, besides it will give me a chance to test out my mortal spell that I seemed to have perfected at the moment said Yami.

Yugi: alright, I'll let the others know and will meet tomorrow morning at Domino airport.

Saturday:
everyone met at 6:00am, Tea, Joey, Tristan and Duke. Tea was telling the guys to hurry up. All three were used to getting up at noon so they were nearly falling asleep on their feet from the 5:00am wake up. After some cups of coffee everyone was fully awake. Yugi was the last to arrive surprisingly and walked over to the others. Solomon, Yugi's grandpa was coming as well to visit Arthur and play as an extra chaperone. Following right behind Yugi was Yami in his new temporary body. He even made the spell give him his tanned Egyptian skin tone he had when during his past life. Everyone said hi to Yugi and then went wide-eyed when they saw Yami stride up beside him.

Joey: wow, Yami, where'd ya get the bod from?

Tea, who was looking at Yami and blushing madly without realizing it said, Yami uh, you look great!

Thanks Tea, not bad for a simple shadow spell eh!

Duke and Tristian were happy for him but a little jealous of Yami's dark skin tone. His tan that comes naturally is something lots of guys strive to get through sun and tanning salons.

Suddenly the flight for San Francisco was announced and the gang headed to the boarding gate. It was a long flight to the US. Joey and Yugi played rounds of duel monsters the whole time, Tea read her magazine and Yami, Duke and Tristian were watching the on flight movie. The plane finally ended and the gang entered San Fran air terminal around 6:00pm. They found Professor Hawkins and Rebecca waiting for them. Rebecca ran and jumped on Yugi pinning him to the ground like usual.

Rebecca: Smoopy! I've missed you so much.

I missed you too Rebecca, Yugi tried to say while barely breathing.

Rebecca: hi everyone

Hello Rebecca everyone else said in a half polite half annoyed tone. Rebecca was cool in their books and all but she still tended to get on peoples nerves A LOT! But it was nice of her to invite them all. Professor Hawkins said hello as well, then him and Rebecca noticed the man in the group who looked like he walked right out of Egypt. Yami is that you? Both said

Yami nodded and said it's was a spell, ``gives me a temporary body for… at least 2 weeks I think.``

Wow, you look just like the other young whipper snappers now said Solomon laughing. I guess you and I are the old guys again said Arthur.

Yami: well I'm still pretty ancient, I had trouble just understanding the movie we watched on the plane.

Ya and it took him like 20 minutes to figure out how the seatbelt worked Joey laughed.

Shut up! Yami said also laughing a bit; cut me some slack, in my time our form of entertainment was with a rock and a stick or something and we certainly didn`t have seatbelts. Everyone else laughed as they headed to the van that would take them to Arthur and Rebecca's camper in Cataract Falls. After they arrived everyone jumped out and right away went and looked out to view the enormous falls.

They're absolutely beautiful Tea said as she started taking pictures. Everyone else just awed and oohed at them. Soon after everyone broke for supper.

Rebecca: so are you guys psyched about our hike up the falls tomorrow!!

Everyone nodded. They were all looking forward to the walk, even if it was a long one. After dinner everyone was hanging out and catching up. Rebecca was talking to Yugi about the Orichalcous battle and she brought up Yami.

Rebecca: So how have things been going with the pharaoh? I hope you haven't had anymore problems.

Yugi: huh? What do you mean problems?

Rebecca: Well remember he played the card and you lost your soul, Yami had anger and darkness in his heart.

Yugi: I know that. First off that's in the past now, second, pharaoh conquered that bit of darkness in the end. He defeated Zork by risking himself and saved us all.

Rebecca: I know but…. you really just forgave him that fast? He played that card without any regard for your well-being. I know he was sorry and upset afterwards but the fact that he did do it…. I worry he might do something irrational again. It's not that I dislike Yami really; I just don't feel comfortable around him. He's ancient and stern…I don't know what it is but for some reason I don't trust him and…

Yugi: stop. Rebecca I don't know why you feel that way either. Yami isn't only my friend; he's the other half to my soul. Pharaoh is a Yami, Rebecca; do you know what that means?

Rebecca: Yami means dark in Japanese right?

Yugi: Right and I'm a hikari which means light. Although pharaoh is a separate person from me, he also balances me. He's the dark and I'm the light and when the two of us come together we make a whole person. I'm not the only one. My other friend Ryou also has an ancient spirit, his name is Bakura and my yami is a saint compared to him. Yet even though Ryou's yami is really dark and angry, they still need one another to balance their souls as does mine and Yami's. Unlike his yami though, mine's my closest friend, he has done so much for me and I would be nuts to dislike him. Sure he owes me sometimes but it's nothing compared to the gratitude I have fore him and how he's affected my life.

Rebecca was really listening; she had never seen Yugi talk like this before. She sort of regretted what she said about the pharaoh, but she still wasn't full convinced about him. Maybe she was being too quick to judge or maybe she was just scared of him.

Yugi: It's hard for you to understand, I know, actually, I mean unless you have an ancient spirit inhabiting your body I guess no one can really get it (he chuckled now) let's just change the subject, I can't stop you from having your opinion and whatever you feel is what you feel. Anyway, how's your duelling been going?

Rebecca didn't understand the feelings she had about yami; all she knew was that Yugi didn't seem to like her talking about the spirit in that way. She decided to forget about the whole thing for now. "My skills are as sharp as ever, I'm still the US champ!" she said and they continued to talk about things of that subject for the rest of the evening. Yami and the others had been talking with Professor Hawkins the whole time, mostly about duelling and hobbies and the occasional questions about Yami and this "temporary body spell of his" until at least 9:00pm. Everyone decided to go to bed then for the hike tomorrow wasn't exactly going to be a light stroll.

read & review plz (not sure if its any good or not yet)