Author's notes: Yeah today's my birthday!
Toshiro: -blushes- Here Hashira, here's my birthday present. -holds up a stuffed toy version of him-
FireWing Pegasus: Ahh, so cute! I will cuddle it all night while pretending it's you! -Toshiro blushes- Today I actually got some duel monster cards for my birthday. -Joey enters-
Joey: So what kinda cards you got?
FireWing Pegasus: Legendary Collection 4: Joey's World. Includes cards used by Joey Wheeler, Mai Valentine, Rex Raptor, and the sinister Marik Ishtar *cough* Marik and Malik *cough* -Joey's jaw drops- I hope I can get Red Eyes-Black Dragon, Harpies Phoenix Formation, Two headed King Rex, and the Winged Dragon of Ra. 300 cards to collect baby!
Joey: Why!
Toshiro: Hashira doesn't own anything, but her OC, please enjoy while I keep Joey from killing Hashira for her cards on her birthday.
"Owww..Damn it, lately I've been so unlucky." Joey complains as he touches a bandage on his face. "What's wrong, Joey? Your face..." Yugi trails off with a look of worry. Joey smirks and says, "Hm, well, yesterday I got surprised on the street by some punks, but they quit after one round. But I'm sorta proud that I was able to beat up four guys. It felt good, still it only lasted one round." Yugi says, "Wha, four guys!" I shrug and say, "Joey, I can beat up twenty guys if I use full strength." Yugi and Joey say, "Wha? Twenty guys!" I nod and say, "Yeah, maybe if I ever get into a fight against twenty guys, Ill video record myself and show you the video, I swear that if you ever see it Joey, you will be begging me to train you. I even have my own training room." I smirk, while they gape at me. We walk by a large pole and a platform falls right in front of us, while we shake in fear. "Oh man, Are you okay?" We look up and see a worker hanging on the pole. "I knew it, I'm cursed!" Joey exclaims. I look at him and say, "Joey, I know what a curse is and this is not a curse, this is just bad coincidences. This means that you are just lucky that it didn't fall on you."
We get to school and we hear about some kid who is psychic. Joey and Yugi say, "Whaaat!? A psychic high school kid!?" Tea says, "Yeah from class A. He sees the future and his predictions are always right. During break time, all the girls go to him to get their fortunes told, and I'm not really interested but..." "I shall get my fortune told!" Joey exclaims. "Hmp, I don't believe that he is actually psychic, I once met someone who CAN actually see into the future, no tricks, no pranks, no nothing. You play a game with her and she will already be prepared for your move before you even think it up. She was that good. I don't believe this kid." I say with a scoff. "I still want to check it out, let's go, Yugi, Hashira, Tea!" Joey says, as he grabs Yugi and Tea, and I start running after them.
We come to a room and see a mob of girls, all waiting to get their fortunes told. Tea says, "Wow, so many people." Yugi says, "I guess everyone wants their fortunes told." 'At least Isis, back 5,000 years ago, never advertised herself or used the power for her own personal preferences.' I think as I look at the line, booth and costumes. Joey suddenly says, "I give up, Tea. Let's get your fortune told." 'Great job Joey, nice play with the blame game. Good. If something happens, blame it on the bitch.' I internally smirk as Tea yells, "Whaat!? You're the one who wanted to come here in the first place!" One of the kid's followers suddenly say, "Over there! Be quiet!" Yugi bows and Yugi and I say, "Sorry." while Tea says, "Moron." and Joey says, "Whaaat?" The follower says, "Kokurano's concentration is very delicate! You will ruin his predictions with your noise!" Kokurano finishes a prediction with a girl and says, "Who's next?" I suddenly sense something and I say, "Yugi, grab onto me." He looks at me weird and I say, "Now!" He grabs onto me as the ground starts shaking. Joey and Tea yell, "Earthquake!"
When the earthquake stops, Yugi and I let go of each other, Yugi saying, "It stopped." and Joey saying, "Wow, that was a big one." Kokurano turns to Joey and says, "Hey, you. A while ago, you thought, I want to get my fortune told, right?" Joey says, "Huh?" Kokurano says, "However, I am no ordinary fortune teller. You must be thinking of the typical fortune telling methods, palm reading, study of patterns, chinese and western astrology, feng shui, and such." I absent mindedly say without thinking, "Ancient Egyptian artifacts that have their power from shadow magic and the gods, so that you can foretell disasters that will happen and have happened." Everyone looks at me and I realize that what I had said, wasn't in my head, so I quickly say, "I didn't say anything, carry on with what you were saying." Everyone shrugs, except Yugi, and Kokurano says, "But in the past, these were only effective, because they relied on statistics. But only in the past. I see clear and true visions of the future, using my psychic ability. But words cannot truly convey this truth, I will show you proof."
'Yeah right, at least there was undeniable proof back in ancient Egypt, what with Isis sensing darkness and my shivering feeling that something bad was going to happen and look what happened, darkness spread over Egypt, killing many lives, and something that if you say it was bad, that was a compliment, it was far worse than bad. I'd like to see you top that, Kokurano.' I think with a smirk as Kokurano takes out a piece of paper and says, "This morning, I wrote one of my visions on this slip of paper. What is written on here? Read it outloud for all to hear." He hands the paper to Joey and Joey reads the paper, "Today, there will be an earthquake." All of a sudden, loud clapping is heard and there are cheers like, "Put your hands together for Kokurano! Amazing! Wow, that's amazing! Awsome!"
"I guess we could try it." Yugi and I mutter as Joey and Tea scream at each other. "I still think this is a scam." Yugi mutters while I mutter, "I know 100% this is a scam." Kokurano turns to Yugi and me and says, "Since your friends are busy, I'll do you first." He grabs my hand and starts rubbing it like I'm his girlfriend so I yank it away and say, "Even if you are trying to read my fortune, I will not have you rubbing my hand like I'm your girlfriend, for your information, I already have a boyfriend who is a combo of cute and sexy at the same time and if he were to find out what you were doing to my hand, he would personally come here and murder you in cold blood." Kokurano cowers slightly at what I had said and says, "Your future will be forever in pain, strife, and grievances that you may never recover from." I scoff and say, "I already knew that without you telling me, because I have always had to deal with the pain, strife, and grievances. I'm an orphan for Ra's sake, so of course I have a past filled with those things, your words don't make me scared." Kokurano, Yugi and all the others look at me with pity, and a bunch of different emotions for Kokurano's followers. Kokurano does Yugi and of course rubs Yugi's hand like Yugi is his boyfriend or something. Bi, definitely Bi, and Ra does he know the danger he is putting himself in, what with Yami watching from Yugi's shadow, and Ra he is angry.
Kokurano let's go of Yugi's hand and starts to shake, while saying, "I see...I see!" He turns to Yugi and says, "Hark, Soon a wonderful person will reveal himself to you! You will surrender your body and soul to him." I smirk, 'I could have told Yugi that. I know that Atemu is going to try and reveal himself soon, I know it, but how could Kokurano know about Atemu unless he means himself, but Yugi would never surrender his body and soul to him for A) he isn't interested in the guy and B) Kokurano is too late, Atemu already is in Yugi's body and bonded with Yugi's soul' "Okay, but I still think it's a scam." Yugi mumbles and turns away. "Are you saying you doubt Kokurano's powers? You saw him predict the earthquake!" One of Kokurano's fangirls asks angrily. "I guess I'm just skeptical." Yugi protests as he raises his hands in defence and I nod to show I agree with him. "That's exactly what we're saying." Yugi and I say at the same time. "We live in a game shop so we've seen tricks like this before." "For example, you might have several predictions written down and hidden under your clothes. When the earthquake hit, which is pretty common here in Japan, you just grabbed the right one for Joey to read. But like I said, I'm skeptical." Yugi continues.
"Ohhh!" Kokurano gasps as he begins to shake again, "I see...I see it, your future! Countless words from heaven will pour down on you! I see calamity and destruction for you, you better be careful Yugi!" Yugi and I leave the room, ignoring the boos, hisses, and comments on how Yugi's family is cursed, what with the prediction of pain, strife, and grievances for me and the countless words falling from heaven for Yugi.
After a while, Joey and Tea come to us and says, "Don't let it get to you, Kokurano is a fake. He told me I'm cursed, but he didn't say anything I can do." Tea says, "But I heard a really weird rumor, the event that made Kokurano famous, was that one of the students from class A, well got their house burned down, 3 days after Kokurano predicted it. The student was saved but they're in the hospital." 'If I'm right about Kokurano not being psychic then he must have burned the house down himself, in order to make his predictions come true.' I think with seriousness.
After school, Tea went to her dance classes, Joey had to head home, and since Yugi and I had the day off from Burger World, we spent our time studying for math. I swear math is more evil than Tea+Vivian+Ushio+Rex+Weevil+Panik+Para+Dox+Doom+Pegasus+Akefia+Zork combined, and that is a whole lot of evil with a capital E. Once we are done, we pack up our bags and leave the room, stopping when we see a book in the middle of the hallway.
We enter the hallway and as Yugi is finding where the book should go, a creaking noise attracts my attention. I spin around and see the book case coming right on top of us. I use my body to shield Yugi, seeing as how I can't die. I hear a faint YU-GI-OH!, feel Yugi go slightly limp in my arms, and feel someone tackle us out of the way. I smell the scent of Yami and instantly get up, so that I am not crushing Yugi, what with my weight and Yami's weight, we can stop him from breathing.
I nod to Yami and he asks, "Are you alright?" I hear Yugi gasp and Yami asks more urgent and worriedly, "Are you alright?" I help Yugi up as he says, "Yes, I'm oka-" he trails off as he sees Yami. The king looks confused so I nudge him and he asks, "Is everything alright?" I see Yugi jump, not surprising given the volume of Yami's voice, and says, "Yeah. You look like me." Yami smirks and says, "Or maybe you look like me." "Okay," I say with a glint of annoyance, "Before you two start arguing about who looks like whom, let me introduce you Yugi." I give Yami a look that plainly reads, 'go along with what I say.' He nods and I say, "Yugi, this is Yami. He is actually an old friend of mine from Egypt. I got to know him back when I was still living in that tomb with the Millennium Puzzle. One day, I was so hungry, I left the tomb with the puzzle, in order so that I can get food, and I sorta ran into him. When he noticed how thin I was, he led me to his house, gave me some food, and we became close friends. In fact, after that time, whenever I had to go out of the tomb for food. I went to his house. Over time, he became more like an older brother to me. Don't worry Yugi, he already knows my secret." Yami looks confused for all of about 2 seconds before nodding.
Yugi says, "Was it you who saved us in Burger World." Yami nods and says, "Yes, that was me." Yugi smiles and says, "Thank you, that's twice you saved our lives." Yami and I help Yugi to his feet as Yami says, "Glad to help." "Darn." Yugi pouts. "What's wrong Yugi?" I ask not seeing what's wrong. "One, the library is a mess and we're liable to get blamed for it, and two, you are both taller than me." Yugi huffs. Obviously Yami can't help it either, as we both end up on the floor laughing our asses off. "You and Hashira almost get crushed by a bookshelf and you're pouting because we're taller?" Yami gasps out between laughs. "Not funny you two." Yugi huffs, only making him even cuter, not as cute as my Toshiro if he really wants to be. "It is to us." Yami and I chuckle as we finally get our laughter under control. "Sorry."
"Well it looks like Kokurano's prediction came true, he said that 'countless words from heaven' will fall upon me." Yugi mutters softly. "Kokurano is a fake." Yami and I proclaim at the same time. "I believe he started the falling bookshelves on purpose, I saw him running out of the library." Yami says. "Yes," I say with my nose to the air, "As we were coming in here, I could smell Kokurano and now I smell that he has left and my ears could pick up the sound of him running away." Yugi says, "We have to stop this madness, before someone gets hurt." I nod and say, "There is one thing bothering me, he said and I quote, 'Soon a wonderful person will reveal himself to you! You will surrender your body and soul to him' end quote. Yugi, I think that you should stay close to us, because I don't think he means Yami, I think he means himself!" Yami and Yugi look at me and you can see through their eyes that they are thinking and then Yami growls and Yugi looks scared. They nod and I grab Yugi's hand as we race out of the library.
After a couple of minutes, Yugi says, "He could be anywhere." Yami adds, "He may not even be at the school any more." I sigh and say, "I can barely smell him, but the smell is masked and all I can smell is chloroform. He is in the school, but we need to be careful." My ears twitch and Yami and I see something cloak-like whip around the corner. "Wait. This way." Yami and I say as we run after the figure. "Wait up! You both have longer legs than me!" Yugi squawks. Turning a corner, Yami and I walk down the hall quickly, my nose in the air, and Yugi following close behind. I suddenly smell chloroform and say, "Guys, the smell of chloroform is strongest in this area, so he must be nearby." They nod and Yugi gets closer to Yami.
As we pass by a classroom, my senses go off and I see Kokurano with his hands on Yugi, a chloroform soaked rag on Yugi's mouth and nose. I say in egyptian, "Yami, Yugi is being attacked, we need to do the shadow game now." Yami whirls around as limp Yugi is being dragged into the classroom. With a growl, we follow them.
Yami stops in the doorway while I enter. "What are you doing with my younger brother, Kokurano?" I ask with a growl as I see Yugi unconscious in his arms. "See, my prediction was right. He surrendered his body to me. No one can resist me. He shall love me for all time." "You are insane." I say as I activate my shadow powers, startling him. "My prediction of you will also come true Hashira. You will be full of pain, strife, and grievances." "Don't count on it." Yami snarls as he enters the room and stands right next to me. "You put him down this instant. Unfortunately for you, your 'prediction' failed. You were wrong about Yugi and you will be wrong about Hashira."
"No Yami, his so called 'prediction' of me will come true whether I like it or not. When I was young Yami, I watched almost all of my friends die, and I watched my own mother die, my own lover was separated from me and I haven't seen him since. All I have left is my locket that he gave me on our birthday. So, until my lover comes back, I won't ever be freed from my heavy heart." I say with a sigh, and only have Yami hear me, which make his eyes become full of pity and sorrow. "Who are you?" Kokurano gasped at Yami as he sets Yugi on the floor. "All of your predictions are fake." Yami says as I take Yugi, check him over, and hand the puzzle to him. "The student's house fire, the bookshelves in the library. It was all you, that's all there is to it. And just to pretend you have 'psychic abilities'." "What do you mean?" Kokurano growled. "If you want to play dumb that's fine. Let's play a shadow game. If you defeat me, I shall acknowledge you as a psychic." "A game?" Kokurano growled. "You had this chloroform with you earlier." Yami muses as I pick up the bottle. "The object of your prediction. We will play using this bottle. Hashira set up the shadow game." I nod and make all the preparations.
A few minutes later, that shadow game is set up. "The rules are simple," Yami starts off as I start to stroke my wing feathers. "Hashira has placed some papers on top of a desk, and the bottle on top of those. You and I will take turns pulling away the papers, one sheet at a time. You may not touch the bottle. The player to make the bottle fall to the floor is the loser. At that moment, the defeated will fall asleep." Yami says with his arms crossed. "Heh Heh, I see. Then you shall grovel on the floor beneath me." Kokurano says as he points his finger at the fallen king. "Oh really?" I scoff as my wings flutter behind me, and my ears pin against my head.
Game Start: "Now, who will play first." Yami says as the two of them begin a game of rock, paper, scissors, and of course Yami wins again. "Okay, I'll go first." Yami says as he grabs a paper and pulls it away quickly. The bottle wobbles and twirls around, but doesn't fall, much to the happiness of my nerves. "Phew," Yami sighs, "Your turn." "Hmm...I don't see falling in the bottle's immediate future," Kokurano says as he grabs the paper and pulls it back fast, "Hiyaaah!" The bottle wobbles and twirls around, but doesn't fall, much to my disappointment, and worse yet, the bottle is extremely close to the edge of the table. "Hee Hee, look. Another example of my power." Kokurano smiles with sweat on his face. 'Oh no, this is getting dangerous. Atemu!' I think nervously as Yami says, "Hmm...You've put me in a tight spot." He grabs the paper, yanks it back and yells, "Game on!" The bottle wobbles closer to the edge, and miraculously the bottle does not fall, and much to my happiness, it lands directly on the edge. The look on Kokurano's face is priceless. Oh if only I had a camera right now. I start laughing at Kokurano's priceless face, as Yami says, "What will you do now? It's impossible to pull the paper and not lose. However there is only one more sheet under this one. If you're really a psychic, you should be able to lift the bottle up off the paper with your mind." Kokurano starts smiling and says, "Y-Yes I see! I'll use my power!" Kokurano grabs the paper while looking constipated and growling. All of a sudden, he points at nothing and says, "Bahahaha, look! My power is making it float in the air!" I start laughing my ass off, my wings flapping wildly behind me, as Yami says, "That is only a delusion. But if you truly believe, by all means, pull on that paper." Kokurano starts shaking and says, "'Delusion' he says...idiot. I am a psychic." He pulls on the paper with a look of pure shock, as the bottle falls down surrounding him in a cloud of smoke. "With his delusions, he could be anyone, so he became a psychic. It takes courage to know your own bounds. You never had that courage, right until the end." Yami says as we see notes in his cloak. I read some of them and say, "Yami, I don't even want to know how he will have: Japan sink, Mount Fuji explode, and teacher will die." Yami looks at the notes too and and then covers up his shock by saying, "He won't awaken until morning. And by that time, everyone will have seen him sleeping there and know his is a fake. Come on Hashira, let's get Yugi home. :End Game
I go into horse form and Yami picks up Yugi, places him on my back, hops on and we ride to the game shop. I feel Yugi stir and smile as he goes back to sleep. /What did he say, Yami?/ "His thoughts were on how I saved him and how he wished he could thank me." He says as we leave the school grounds. "Hey Hashira, what did you mean when you said that Kokurano's prediction will come true whether you like it or not?" Yami asks. I sigh and say, /I haven't seen my lover in a very long time, and I mean a long time as from Yugi's memories, I haven't aged at all./ Yami's eyes go wide and he looks at me. /I haven't told Yugi yet. I am waiting for when I believe he is ready to know./ Yami says, "So what did you mean by Kokurano's statement?"
I sigh again and walk a little slower staying in the shadows. /I watched my family and friends get killed before my eyes, and I'm separated from my lover./ I feel tears fall down my face and I see Yami's face is just pure shock. I look and see that we have reached the game shop. He hops off and takes Yugi while I go back to human form. We enter the back door of the game shop without being discovered by grandpa. We place Yugi on the bed, and Yami places the puzzle back around Yugi's neck. I hand a piece of paper and a pencil to Yami, and he writes down a note to Yugi. When he finishes, he says, "Hashira, I hope next time, you can tell me more about your past." I nod as he places a kiss on Yugi's forehead and gets drawn back into the puzzle. I wipe away my tears and lay down on the bean bag, waiting for Yugi to wake up.
A few minutes, Yugi jerks awake again and I ask, "Dreams again?" Yugi nods and says, "This time, my mind somehow dubbed the prince, the guy who looks like me, Yami. We had just entered an elaborate room with you, and then there was a quiz. Yami asked a question, then you, then Yami again, then you couldn't figure out what to ask me next so Yami went again, and then a guard comes in and said that Yami's dad had summoned us to the courtroom. The dream stops there." 'I remember that, I was so embarrassed when I couldn't think of a question.' I internally laugh while on the outside I just smirk and say, "Yami left you a note. You should get some sleep. I don't think that they are really dreams."
"So it was all a fake?" Joey asks we enter our classroom the next morning after seeing Kokurano still out of it with his predictions on display for all to see. "All of it was a hoax." Yugi nods. "He made his own predictions come true." I add to Yugi's comment. "He really got his reputation damaged." Joey chuckles. Yugi nods as he puts his hand in his pocket feeling his letter that I told him about and he brought it with just so he can cherish Yami's handwriting. The letter read: Dear Yugi, By the time you read this, I will be gone. I'm sorry I had to leave, but I hope we can see each other again soon. And you don't need to worry about Kokurano anymore. He will be exposed as a liar before the first period of class is over tomorrow. Stay safe, and hoping to see you again soon little Hikari, Yami. Exhaling, I think back to what I told Yami yesterday and hope that he doesn't try to bribe the rest out of me.
Author's notes: Nice ending, I am happy today on my birthday.
Toshiro: Yeah, still waiting for the poll to close.
Atemu: You just want to see me lose Yugi, while you gain Hashira.
Toshiro: No, I just want her.
FireWing Pegasus: Toshiro do your thing before you kill each other.
Toshiro: Please review.
