Chapter two: The Awakening.
Yami walked down the stairs to where the Game shop was. Something had been tugging him in that direction. Something that he needed, or needed him, he didn't know. The one thing he did know was that it was a complusitory.
The tug ended as soon as he reached the Puzzle box that he had resided in for the past millennia. He opened it, and found a key that seemed to be similar to his locker at the school that Yugi and he went to. Yami pulled out the key to his school locker, and held it up to the one that was inside the box.
They looked exactly alike. It seemed that there was something more to what was going on with him than just memories and nightmares.
"Yami?" his light asked. He had come down the stairs while Yami was looking at two keys.
Yami stiffened, but then relaxed. "Sorry Yugi. My mind was wandering." The explanation wasn't one that sat well with the Pharaoh, but it was the one that would suit Yugi best. "Did you need something?"
"Well we're going to be late if you don't' get the keys to the car." Yugi replied, eyes drifting to Yami's eyes, looking at the depth of them, and the residue from the nightmare. "Are the shadow's too strong for you today?"
"Not as long as I have you, Yugi. But there is something that I know I'm missing. Like there is a piece of the puzzle missing," Yami pondered, thinking of what it could be… There was something pulling him some where, but he didn't know where that pull might end.
"Then we'll just have to find it. What ever it is." Yugi said, pulling Yami into a hug. "Come on lets get to class. Maybe the others will know what's going on."
"I'm not so sure that they would, but it's worth a shot." Yami smiled.
"I'm sure it is." Yugi agreed.
During lunch that day, Yugi and his friends sat on the roof, away from the others, trying to discuss what the dream had ment, and if he was truly still connected with the crone.
"Yami, you've been watching too much star wars and sci-fi movies," Joey immediately dismissed the dream, attacking the lunch that Serenity had made for him. "Besides, why would you be serving an old crone in the first place?"
"That's just it, Joey, I don't know," Yami replied, staring at his lunch. "Perhaps I just need some more time to figure it all out. There was something that seemed familure, like a presence that needed me to remember…"
"You'll figure it out, Yami, I know you will." Tea encouraged him. She wondered why the Pharroh had had this particular dream.
"We'll be there for you if you ever get killed and come back as a ghost." Tristan also commented though a mouth full of sandwich. "Besides, why would it seem familure?"
"Perhaps that will be answered with the new teacher that has come to teach mythology." Yami replied, glancing at the farthest corner of the roof.
There stood a man in an expensive black suit, his black hair tied back slightly, and tanned skin, facing the wind while having the air wash over him. He was sitting down and leaning against the fence that seemed to keep him upright. He had no lunch and no coffee that could be seen.
"Ahh, Mr. Sadi. Yeah, he's supposed to be from Egypt," Tea, replied to them after glancing at the said teacher. "He's already has half of the students forming a fan-club of him. Most of the others, including Bakura and Kiba, don't like him. They say that he's darker than they have felt."
Yami didn't like the sound of that, but there was nothing he could really do about it now. When he got out of school though…
"Yami, I know what you're thinking, so don't even do it." Yugi interrupted his thoughts, and kept his coffee in front of his mouth. "No shadow games until we know more about him."
"Yes, Yugi." Yami replied, looking a bit lost at the moment. Everything screamed at him that he knew this man, that he was supposed to do something with him, and that there was a dangerous feel about him, like a caged tiger pacing and waiting for the right moment to pounce. "Tristen, Talk to the thief and Kiba, have them meet me in the park this evening, there's something that I would like to talk to them about."
"Sure Yami, anything special that they should bring?"
"No, just their decks."
"I'm going with you, I don't want to loose you again." Yugi stated, and Yami chuckled.
"I wouldn't have it any other way. I have the feeling that I'll need all of you tonight for support. I doubt that this teacher is just a teacher."
"What time?" Joey asked, finishing his drink off loudly.
"About five. Don't be late."
The others nodded, gathering up their lunches and depositing trash that had been left.
As the others left the roof, the teacher stayed where he was.
"You can drop the shield now," he called.
'Do you think that he will remember? That cub smells like you.' A rather large white tiger appeared next to him, eyes on where the other had disappeared, back down to the lower levels of this strong hold.
"He should be remembering at least some of when he was alive," the man shivered. "That was such a long time ago. I hope that he will remember."
'So do I, Daemon. So do I.'