The big ship was flowing so gracefully on the salty water of the sea that it gave the impression that it was made of something much lighter than the metal it truly was made of… But at the same time with power and it sure was causing the respect of the sailors that were looking at it from away or below…or even for those who were on board… The ship was traveling in the absolute blue…blue of the sea below it…blue of the sky above…The sound of its engineer was making people think of one of the dragons of Greek mythology…perhaps the legendary Hydra or something… The sun was warm and bright…and the day was perfect for trip… The cool breeze that was coming from the sea all around was bringing with it the smell of salt and iodine… A few people were standing out on the deck talking to each other or enjoying the view… A man was standing alone in a corner leaning against the gunwale and he was gazing at the sea waves with his deep and homesick gaze… He was gazing as if he had never seen sea before…he was inhaling the smell of it as if he had never smelled it before… He seemed to be in his twenties and he was quite handsome. His silhouette was slim but yet his body was well built. His back was broad and his muscular arms were proving that he sure took care of his physical appearance. His hair was unique… It was tri-colored and spiky in violet, black and golden bold-like spikes. His eyes was the most beautiful thing in his face… They were dark crimson like fresh drawn blood…like two liquid rubies…sharp and fiery…however now his gaze was calm and dreamy…homesick… He was dressed in simple black loose pants and a sleeveless shirt that was pointing his broad shoulders well… The light breeze was waving his hair. The man was smiling a dreamy smile…his heart was flattering in his chest…
"Yami!" he heart someone calling him
The man named Yami turned around to see a shorter version of himself. A boy around fifteen years of age approached him. He had less golden bangs in his spiky hair and he wasn't that well built nor his eyes were so sharp and strong. His eyes were big and round in a sweet violet color. He looked more innocent than the man that seemed to be ready to enjoy and suck every single drop of his life to the best!
"Yugi…" he said in a deep and rich masculine voice
"Finally I found you big brother!" Yugi said to his older brother, "I thought that I would find you here. What are you doing?"
"Oh…nothing…" the man said and looked towards the waves again, "I am just…relaxing…watching the sea…"
"Jeez Yami! It is almost as if you have never seen sea before! And we were both born in the sea!"
Yami chuckled.
"However…it's been so long…oh so long since the day I actually smelled this sea for the last time…the sea of my country…" Yami whispered
Yugi smiled too. He was also really excited with this trip! They were going back home! They were going back to their island!
"You're right! I never had you for a philosopher Yami!" he teased him
Yami's answer was a loud chuckle and then he said:
"Well…me neither…but now I can actually feel it… This is the air of my country…and now…now we are heading to our island after so long…"
"Wow Yami! Can you imagine? How do you think the others are? Will they still be there? Will they be the way we remember them?" Yugi said enthusiastically
"I guess" Yami shrugged, "I don't know…I haven't been to the island for five years myself… But how can you ever know? Miracles happen"
He looked at Yugi with a huge smirk on his face as he finished the sentence:
"…Maybe the house will be still in its place!"
The two brothers laughed. The ship kept on going soothingly
"Well it was really kind of Kaiba to book us cabins in his ship"
"Kaiba? Kind? What do you know!" Yami said mockingly, "He and kindness are not the best combination…! At least we paid for our cabins!"
"Brother! That's mean!" Yugi protested half jokingly
Yami chuckled loudly again… Some dozens of meters away from them another man was sitting on a sun-bed alone with his laptop on his knees and he seemed to be really busy with it. He was tall and well built with brunette hair and icy-cold eyes. He appeared to be in his twenties and he was dressed in white pants and white shirt with long sleeves. A younger boy with tame less black hair and black eyes ran to him. It should have been around twelve and it was dressed with a t-shirt and shorts.
"Seto!" the young boy called, "I wanted to inform you, that in a couple of minutes we will see the island!"
The man named Seto barely raised his eyes from the computer.
"Mokuba. Calm down. I know that already. I have programmed the timetable of my ship after all!" he said rigidly
The boy named Mokuba pouted.
"Alright…I just wanted to inform you about it…"
His pout then disappeared to give its place to his smile again.
"I can't wait, big brother! Once we go there I wanna swim!" he said enthusiastically
The man, that appeared to be his older brother, rolled his eyes.
"Calm down, Mokuba" he told him again.
"Fine…fine…" Mokuba sat next to him
He then looked at him and said
"Do you think that we will meet Ishizu again?"
Seto, or better Seto Kaiba the president of Kaiba Corporation and owner of the specific ship they were on, raised his head and cocked an eyebrow.
"How do you expect me to know? And anyway what with that girl? We barely met her almost ten years ago! I can't understand why you are so eager to see her again"
"I know…but she was…so kind when we met her. She supported us… And…wasn't she two years older than you big brother?"
Seto Kaiba sighed a bit annoyed.
"I never actually asked her many things as you can recall. We spent three years with her when we were kids and that's all. Honestly I don't see what's the big deal with her anyway and I don't see the point of this conversation in the first place!"
He clicked a few more keys on the keyboard.
"And anyway if you are so interested to see her again, wait till we reach the island and you'll find that by yourself. Personally I have a company to run and I don't have time to search…old acquaintances…"
Mokuba sighed. Unlike him, his brother was always cold to everyone…
"Fine…fine…" he agreed
Like Mokuba had predicted, in about half an hour later…
"Look Yami! Look!" Yugi called enthusiastically pointing to the horizon
The island had appeared far away…and it was coming closer and closer…
"We arrived…" Yami said in a low voice
"How long Yami…! How long…" Yugi whispered
"A lot… Entire years…" the elder Greek whispered again
Soon the ship got in the harbor and the two brothers could see so many people down there, yelling happily or waving white scarves to their loved ones that would possibly be on that ship. Yami and Yugi had grabbed their suitcases and they were looking down with ecstatic eyes at the people that were gathered together… Their people…their island…after years abroad finally…
"Let's go!" Yugi said happily taking his luggage.
"Yes!" Yami agreed with even more enthusiasm
Both of them ran among the other passengers to get off the ship…and walk again to the ground of their island…
Meanwhile in the harbors, Anzu was standing there among people. She was really curious to see who was coming in that ship. The name of Kaiba Corporation was well known even in their small island. She was really curious to see, as if some strange power was telling her that she would see something interesting there. She looked around a little. She spotted Mai who was lighting a cigarette in her mouth and then she spotted Honda and Jounouchi. Apparently almost the entire island's population seemed to have gathered there. And people started to walk out of the ship. She saw people going to hug their relatives or friends. She took her eyes off the ship and looked around again. Suddenly a loud chuckle caught her attention. Her head snapped to that direction without knowing the reason and then she saw… She saw that tri colored spiky hair and those crimson eyes…and her mind filled with sweet memories of the childhood… She remembered that boy that was always playing games with her…that boy who was always visiting her so early in the morning that everyone else in her house was still asleep and brought her some delicious peach or warm bread and she would run to his arms and hug him and then they would both eat their "breakfast" together by the sea or in her garden. The other time she and the boy would go to swim and he would dive in and tease her by tickling her feet underwater and then emerged out of the water behind her and when she would turn her head around he blew water in her face and when both were laughing she would dive underwater to pull his legs and drag him under the surface…or splash water on his face. She remembered that boy that was always there for her, dealing with bullies or older kids for her and the one that was always watching her dancing and clapping his hands at her as if she was the greatest dancer in the world… Finally she remembered that boy at the age of fifteen, taking his little brother (age 10) by the hand and both getting on board to a ship to sail away…for abroad to study and work…and they never came back…till now… Her breath was caught in her throat seeing the tall man a few meters away from her… Suddenly her cheeks felt warmer and her heart started beating loudly… Then the man, who hadn't noticed her yet, turned his head while he was teasing his little brother and his crimson eyes widened as he froze staring at her… Suddenly to her all the other sounds of the harbor went silent and only he existed…only the sound of her heart was reaching her ears…
"Anzu…?" she heard his rich voice asking.
He seemed confused and surprised. The tone of his masculine voice caused a shiver down her spine. She remembered that boy, her friend, having deeper voice than the rest of the kids around but this…this… She never expected to hear such a wonderful voice… The man started approaching her…his crimson eyes staring deeply in hers… He had left his suitcases on the ground and wasn't taking his eyes off her…
"…Is that you…?" he questioned again, "It's me…Yami…Yami Muto…remember…?"
"Yami…?" she questioned narrowing her eyes as if she couldn't believe it
"Uh-Huh…" he nodded his head with a big smile on his face
And then Anzu's eyes widened in joy as her face turned into the mask of an enthusiastic child that had seen the greatest thing ever!
"Wahhhh!" she yelled and the next moment she had run in his arms
And Yami laughing loudly had wrapped his arms around her as if they were both two mindless children, seeing each other for the first time after years.
"I can't believe it!" Anzu was yelling
"Oh God! What great surprise!" Yami was also yelling
"I'll lose my mind! I can't believe it's you!"
"Me neither! There! Let me see you! Goodness! How much you've grown! You're a proper woman now!"
And Anzu was laughing loudly along with Yami. She never expected to see him again. They hugged and looked each other countless times. What a great joy that was!
"Hey Anzu!" Yugi also said
"Yugi!" Anzu pulled back from Yami to look at him before hugging Yugi tightly as well.
The younger male blushed ten shades of red but hugged her back enthusiastically
"I can't believe it! You've grown up Yugi!" Anzu was telling him
"I am so happy to see you too Anzu! Oh goodness!" he was saying as well
Anzu pulled back from the hug to see Yugi's blushing face. Of course... Yugi was always shy and collected completely unlike his brother who always was passionate, brave and decisive… She felt her cheeks flare again. When had he become so…
"Heeeeyyy!" they heard a voice behind them
They turned around to see Mai coming
"Mai!" Yami called with a huge smile
They hugged.
"Well, well…look who's back!" she commented
"Mai! I am so glad to see you! You seem fine!"
"Oh I am!" she said and blew off some steam from her cigarette
"But you smoke a lot!" Anzu told her
"And what are you? My mother?" she replied playfully
She then looked at Yugi and winked at him
"Hey there Yugi! You seem just fine! Are you still embarrassed of older women?" and winked at him
Yugi's face became red again
"M-Mai…! Don't say such things!"
Yami chuckled loudly as always. Anzu now realized that she loved his laughter. Before she had the chance to ask him anything they heart another voice
"Heeey! Yami! Yugi!"
They turned around
"Jounouchi!" Yami called out and the next thing he knew was that he was hugging his old friend tightly
"Hey Yami! Mavra matia kaname gia na se dume! (1)"
"I am so happy to see you too Jounouchi! Hey Honda!"
Another hug with Honda and then it was Yugi's turn. Then Yami turned to Anzu again and his smile was so charming that the girl couldn't help herself and she hugged him again tightly and he hugged her back
"I can't believe it you're back!" she said again to the Muto brothers, "How so? How are you guys here?"
"Well…" Yami begun, "Let's say that we spent enough time abroad! It was about time for us to return to our home!"
Anzu's face lit up happily
"So you're back to stay?"
"Yes!" Yugi now nodded, "Yami was planning this for years now! To be honest he was saying that he would come back by the moment we left the island! After Yami studied abroad and worked for a couple of years we decided to come back…especially after Grandpa died…"
Anzu's face became less happy. Yugi and Yami's parents had died in a car accident when they were children. Yugi was five and Yami was ten… She remembered how strong Yami was and he was trying to hide his tears while holding crying Yugi in his arms… She remembered that funeral really well. Therefore Sugoroku Muto, their Grandfather had raised them…
"Oh Yugi…Yami…I am sorry for your loss guys…"
Yami smiled a gentle smile
"Don't worry. He passed away in his sleep peacefully. He was really old and lived his life… We are not sad anymore."
He smiled more and his previous enthusiasm came back
"So here we are!" he said, "And we're here to stay!"
"Where are you staying?"
"Well since our house was closed for more than five years, we are staying in the hotel till our house is fixed up a little. After that, we'll move to our old house!"
"Oh, that's great guys!" she said happily, "I am so happy you're back!"
And then she remembered something else and asked
"By the way…you are traveling with the Kaiba Corporation… Has Seto Kaiba come too?"
"Vevea (2). You didn't see him?"
"No…was he with you? Were?"
"Well…he was… Ah! Na 'tos! (3)" he said pointing towards the ship
They turned around and then Anzu saw him… She was really surprised to see how much he had changed… He was standing on the ship, looking down at everyone. He was so tall and so…so… Well he had sure changed a lot! His eyes were sharp and piercing like ice! The boy standing next to him seemed to be Mokuba but he hadn't changed as much as his brother… Suddenly by pure luck, their eyes met… Azure was lost in azure… She then thought that Kaiba's expression changed to a slight surprise but only for a brief second…
"Kaiba…" she thought
Seto Kaiba was still on his ship watching at the passengers walking out of the ship. He was watching with his usual, cold stare. Business. All that was only business to him…nothing more and nothing less… Mokuba on the other hand was so enthusiastic that he seemed ready to…jump off the ship. For a brief second his eyes spotted Yami Muto and his little brother Yugi Muto. Oh, those two…they had worked in his company for a small amount of time. He wasn't really…that fond of them but he didn't hate them either. Little Yugi was just an annoying little indecisive child while Yami was a cocky, overconfident man to him. He then saw a blonde man. Oh, he recalled that annoying loser. His name was…oh how was it…oh, correct. Jounouchi Katsuya…an annoying brat that was acting like someone. The brunette one was another loser. What was his name again? Oh, right. Hiroto Honda.
"Just my luck!" he thought
He was on that island for business and now the first people he actually saw were those losers! He barely had time to meet them and honestly he didn't want to have anything to do with them! He had just met them for three years almost ten years before and that was all to him… Next was a blonde woman that barely was dressed with clothes! Humph! Right. That was Mai Kujaku. She was a bigmouth maiden as far as he remembered. She was good four years older than he was or so he remembered… He rolled his eyes annoyed. Why had he had to meet all the idiots together? However then his breath got caught in his throat. How hadn't he seen her till now…? That teenager…that brunette… Could it be…? Correct! She was Anzu Mazaki. She was just a pushy little brat that he had met back then…but now how…how did she transform to…such a beautiful woman…? For a second he caught himself observing her…and when her blue eyes looked up at him and met his own…he couldn't help it but being surprised… There was no doubt it was her…but then again she looked so different…
"Seto…? Hey! Seto…" Mokuba called for him
"Hm?" he mumbled absentmindedly
"Are you alright?"
That snapped him out of his delirium. What on earth?! He was the president of the greatest game (and not only) company in the world! And now he was doing what? Spacing out, like some love-struck schoolgirl? He mentally cursed himself for that and his frozen voice came out rigid
"I am fine Mokuba. Let's get out to get over with it!"
Mokuba blinked at that but he was kind of used to his brother's attitude. However now he had to confess that he was a lot stranger than he usually was…
"O…Okay big brother…" he answered
Anzu Mazaki saw the two Kaiba brothers walking towards the inside of the ship
"Wow…" she said, "He sure has changed a lot…" she commented
"Kaiba? Nah! I don't think so…" Yami commented, "He is the same curmudgeon!"
"Yami! That's mean!" Yugi scolded him
"But it's true! He is still cold like a moving iceberg!" Yami chuckled, "Anyway! Tonight we will celebrate it!"
Anzu looked at him as he continued:
"…And I want this evening to be proper! Greek! We will carouse tonight!"
Jounouchi laughed hard
"Oh I sure love this guy!" he commented
"Fine!" Mai said too, "I have the night off tonight. Let's go to the tavern I work at!"
"But Yami…" Anzu wanted to protest.
She couldn't spend too much money. Especially now that she wanted to gather them so she would go to study dance in New York… And she never was really rich anyway. However Yami grinned
"Don't worry…my treat!" he said wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
For Yami money wasn't an issue anymore.
"Ah…okay then!" she smiled.
All the gang started walking away from the harbor cheerfully… They didn't even see the limo that passed behind them… Seto Kaiba though sure did see them behind the limo's windows…
Title Meaning: Kites
This is music without words that was composed by Mikis Theodorakis. The musical instrument that is heard the most is bouzouki which is the most well known greek musical instrument.
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(you can imagine the melody playing while we see the ship travelling in the sea:))
Greek Words and Phrases:
(1) Mavra matia kaname gia na se dume: Litteraly means "We did black eyes to see you". It is a phrase said to people we haven't seen in a long time. The expression could mean "We haven't seen you in a long time!" or more simply "We missed you!"
(2) Vevea: Means "Of course" or "Sure"
(3) Na 'tos!: Here means "There he is!"
Here we have an introduction to Yami and Yugi and Kaiba brothers. Yami and Yugi had left the island when they were young si they would study abroad. Now they are back to stay. Seto Kaiba had lived with his brother in the island only for three years when he was a child. More will be revealed soon. Anzu and Yami's reunion was kinda ispired by Nala and Simba from Lion King
Anzu and Yami were really close friends when they were children...but now...now could it be that their relationship will be different? And Kaiba?
Please review me! Enjoy!