Chapter 2
Yugi arrived at he meting place at the usual time. A girl walked out of the back door of the flower shop looking wary and specious. She had a bundle of flowers in her arms. Yugi walked up to her out of the alleys shadows. The girl gasped.
"Ah! You sacred me!" she said. " Here they are Oh Mysterious One" she said in a joking tone. Yugi pulled out a fifty yen bill and handed it to her. The flowers and the money changed hands. Yugi pulled back the plastic to check that they were the right flowers and they were. He started to walk away but the girl called out to him. "Why do you never say a word? You never say "Thank You"! I could lose my job for doing this! I don't even know your name and we've been meting for a year!" She yelled angrily and ran forward and grabbed Yugi's arm. " What? Cat got your tongue or something!" She yelled. Yugi looked up at her than walked away his arm seeming to pass right thru her hand. " Don't walk away on me!" she yelled running after him. When she rounded the corner he seemed to have vanished into thin air. A note floated down toward the pavement. She caught it and read it;
Dear Angel
My name is Yugi. I am sorry I never said thank you. So I will say it now because I may never have another chance. Thank You.
"All this time I've been giving flowers to the King of Games and I never guessed!" She laughed out loud and walked away. Yugi smiled in his hiding place and continued to his destination. Yugi reached the forest at the edge of Domino he thought "Halfway there!" Yugi headed down a tiny well worn trial just wide enough for two to walk side by side. Just before the trial ended Yugi went down a tiny practically-invisible-if-you-did-not-know-what-you -were-looking-for path. It opened out to one of the best kept secrets of Domino. A beautiful lake surrounded by green grassy banks and forest. There was no litter to be seen and nobody had carved their names into the trees. It had been one of Yami's favourite places to sit and think were nobody could find him. Yugi went right to where Yami had always sat when they came here. There was a small memorial to him there it was shaped like the millennium puzzle except upside down (the eye was right side up though). Yugi went down on his knees and traced his fingers over the inscription which he had memorized long ago;
Yami
Beloved Mentor,friend,Guardian,Brother and Teacher.
Yugi remembered the ceremony like it was yesterday and allowed himself to be swept up in it;
"We are gathered here today to remember our friend Yami." Said Grampa. "Come forward to lay a flower on the memorial and say your goodbyes." Yugi looked around, all of the friends he had met on his journey were there. Not one had declined the invitation. Everyone even Kiba said a few words. Finally it was his turn he lay down an entire bouquet of flowers; 10 were black for grief, 5 were red for love and 3 were yellow for... Goodbye. That summed up his feelings in a way a note never could.
Ever since than every week Yugi went and laid flowers on the memorial. Yugi removed the old flowers and lay the fresh bouquet down. Yugi lit the old one on fire, tossed it into the lake and watched the flames as they lit up the night. Yugi turned around and left not wanting to spend a long time there.
