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Chapter six:
Many different memories passed by fast, but to him, it felt very slow. He could see each memory like he was reliving them. Him and Atem having many nights just talking to each other in the Millennium Puzzle. The first time they saw each other face to face. Fighting duels together. Trying to teach Atem how to cook rice on the stove and trying to stifle a laugh when the rice came out burnt. After the Orichalcos battle with Dartz, him and Atem reuniting for the first time in a few days. ((A/n it was only days, right?)) And so many more memories they shared together.
He watched them quietly, feeling tears spring to him eyes even though he was dreaming.
'Oh Atem, you do not realize how much I miss you . . .' He whispered as the memory flow came to a halt, resting on a flickering image of his best friend leaving the Living world behind to go to the afterlife.
He closed his eyes and the tears slowly stopped, leaving little tears marks behind. "But, you're where you're supposed to be, and that is all that matters, right? I'm happy to see that you are where you need to be, I really am, but I do miss you. But no matter what, that's not possible." He smiled faintly. "I'll always see you again, even though it'll probably be in several years . . ."
XxxxX
Three months have passed since the day Yugi felt the pain in his chest. Ever since then, no pain had shown up, not even in his head, which was a relief to him. When he told his Grandpa what had happened, grandpa just shrugged and said, "Your body was probably just in a lot of stress and finally needed to break down." Yugi just nodded his head, too thrilled to be worrying about his little 'friend'.
Even though the hammering in his head had left, what didn't was the weird dreams he's been having. Although, they did start to be different ones instead of the always being from the Ceremonial Battle. They'd always have Atem in it, along with his other friends. And, strange enough, once a week, his dream would always give a flash of the pure white room, with toys and stuffed animals in it and everything else a child's room had, but it was always on fire. The fire, instead of being the normal (Beautiful) red and orange and yellow, was instead a white flame. The white had different shades to it, and don't ask how, just go along with it. Sometimes, when the fire burned something that looked special, the white flame would burn black for a second, then to blue, then back to white. This dream scared Yugi the most; something about it just looked very familiar.
With that dream appearing every once a week, he didn't know what to do about it. It was just a dream, series of mental images and emotions conjured up in your sleep. So, one day before school started, he told his friends about it. He described what the room looked like and what was happening to it.
"You know, Yuge, that room sounds really familiar." Joey said, rubbing his chin as they were on their way to school.
Tea nodded. "I've heard about a room like that somewhere too . . . but where?"
Yugi shrugged. "I don't know. All I can say is its familiar."
"Kind of sounds like a warning or something." Tristan said. When his friends gave him confused looks, he continues, "Well, it's a familiar room, and everything is burning, right? Maybe it's just trying to tell you to be careful. That's what dreams do to a lot of people. They give you a warning or vision or whatnot." He shrugged, telling them his warning.
"Hm . . . Maybe you're right." Yugi said. "But, I don't know of any white rooms around here, do you?" His friends all shrugged.
The day passed on slowly for our Yugi. Instead of the normal seven hour school days, it felt more like ten for him. But luckily, school had just ended and he was walking out of school.
"Hey Yuge!" Joey yelled, running up to his shorter friend. When he reached him, the two started walking off together.
The blond let out a huge sigh. "I am so glad its Friday! Not having to wake up early tomorrow is like a dream!"
"I know what you mean. Having to wake up around seven every morning really ruins your day." Yugi said. "So, now that you reminded me, what're you going to do tomorrow?"
"You know me; going to the arcade for a few hours. But other than that, no clue. What about you? Got anything planned?"
"I haven't really thought about - -." Yugi started but was cut off by a ringing noise. The vibration in Yugi's pants pocket gave him the clue that someone was calling him. ((Duh)) He hurriedly fished it out of his pocket and answered, "Hello?"
"Hey Yugi, this is Lyla." A female's voice sounded on the other end.
"Hey Lyla, what's up?"
"Well, I needed to ask you something." She said. Yugi, even though she couldn't see it, tilted his head to one side. "I need you to come over to the vet; I need to give you something." Her voice sounded very excited.
"Really? Well, I'm going to have to tell my Gr—,"
"Don't worry, I already called him. But, I need you to hurry, it's very important."
"Oh, okay. Well, school just ended so I'll be over there in a few minutes." Yugi said. They said their goodbyes and hung up. Yugi put his phone back into his pocket and turned to a zoned out Joey. "Uh, Joey? You okay?"
"Huh?" He shook his head and smiled a crooked smile. "Yeah. But, who called you? She sounded very important?" He raised his eyebrows in an a-girl-called-you look.
Yugi rolled his eyes. "You remember Lyla, right?" He nodded. "Well, she wanted me to stop by the vet to pick something up."
"What do you have to pick up?"
"No idea; she wouldn't tell me. But she had already called Jii-chan and told him that I was going to be going over."
"That's . . . not strange at all." Joey commented. "Wonder what it could be for her to have already called Gramps."
"No idea, but whatever it is, must be important."
XxxxX
The two boys had gone their separate ways a few minutes later. Now, Yugi was walking to the vet.
'Hm . . . I wonder what she wants me to pick up.' He thought, still curious.
Within a few more minutes, he reached the small vet. The outside, as he always looked over before going in, was the same; a blue roof on top of a tan colored shop. It had many small windows with curtains on the inside. The shop had its own little porch with wooden benches on it. Some people were on the benches, holding the leashes to their dog and sitting next to a cat carrier.
Yugi walked up to the shop and through the yellow door.
Inside, it had a heavy scent of dogs, animal food, the smell of litter, and, if it did have a scent, medicine. The air seemed to be polluted of it, but Yugi didn't mind. He found the smell relaxing for some odd reason. The inside was bright, but not too bright to hurt your eyes. More people were on the inside than the out and they also had dogs or cat carriers. A lady behind the check-in counter looked up and smiled at the newcomer.
"Ah, Mr. Mutou," The lady said. "If you just go through the door to your right and on the second right, you'll come to a door marked, 'Employees Only'. Go through that door; Lyla will be waiting for you."
Yugi smiled and nodded his thanks before following her directions. Within a few moments later, he arrived at the door and opened it up.
Inside was brightly lit, much like the other room. The walls were white with a few picture frames upon them and a painting. A table was pushed up against the wall with a few chairs around it and had a few lockers around it. A fridge was next to the sink and counter right across the table. And Lyla was sitting on the floor almost covered in little furry things that were yelping happily. When Yugi entered the room, she looked up laughing.
"Oh Yugi!" She got to her feet, but having to pick the puppies off of her. She crossed the room and hugged the teen. "I'm so glad you could make it!"
"Hey, Lyla," They parted and Lyla was smiling. "So uh, why'd you want me to come?"
{Because, we have a surprise for you!} A new voice sounded.
Yugi looked over Lyla's shoulder to find a rather big-in-the-tummy dog lying on her side with her head held up. He recognized her instantly. "Kairi!"
{Hey Yugi. It's been what, a couple of months?} She yawned, stretching her mouth wide opened to reveal sharp, white teeth. She closed it and looked sleepily at him.
"Mm." Yugi walked over to the dog and knelt down, scratching Kairi's ear. "How have you been?"
The beagle looked around before smiling a doggie smile. {Very busy, if you can't tell.}
Yugi followed her gaze to the puppies playing around the room. There is about five of them, all of them beagles.
"Wait, you mean you gave birth?" Yugi felt his mouth hang opened and looked at Lyla who giggled.
"She gave birth to the pups six weeks ago." She scooped a puppy that was running by her and cradled it in her arms.
"But, you were pregnant?" Yugi looked at Kairi to her stomach. "Last time I saw you, you didn't look pregnant."
{Last time you saw me was three months ago. I was just beginning pregnancy.} The beagle momma playfully rolled her eyes.
"Well, congrats." The tri-haired scratched Kairi's head.
Two puppies came running over to their mom, ruff housing. They bumped into Yugi's leg and were knocked off their paws. They cried squeals of protest but quickly got back to their paws. One of the puppies playfully growled at the other before pouncing on him.
"Hey Yugi," Lyla said, coming over to him. She put the puppy in her arms down and kneeled down next to him. "In a week or two, we're going to be finding the puppies homes, but before we did that, we wanted you to have one." Yugi looked surprised. "We want to know that we'll see at least one of the puppies from time to time, and we also knew you've wanted one."
{And here we have five healthy ones,} Kairi barked.
"But, I can't take one," Yugi started off, but shook his head. "I mean, I forgot all of my money at home and I would have to call - -,"
Lyla rolled her eyes and gently gave Yugi a playful shove. "You're not buying one, Yugi; we're giving you one for free. And don't worry; when I called your grandfather, my mother explained everything to him, we even bought you all the starting things for a dog; food, a collar, a bed, and when the time comes, and we'll cover the shots. The only you have to buy is the tag. Since we don't know what the name is." She stuck her tongue out and winked at him.
Yugi opened his mouth to speak, but he was speechless. "I-I don't know what to say,"
{Say you'll accept. I really want to give you one of my puppies, Yugi. If you don't take one, I'll be offended.} She raised an eyebrow at him.
Yugi smiled and his surprised softened. "I really appreciate this."
"So, which one will you choose?" Lyla asked. "There are four girls and one boy." She said, pointing to the playing puppies. "That one is the only boy in the litter." She pointed to the three colored puppy. All of the other pups, the girls, looked like their mother, except, their eyes were brown. When Yugi went over to the male puppy, his eyes were like his mothers, an ocean blue.
The puppy let a squeak of surprised put as Yugi picked him up. But when the puppy turned to look at his holder, he barked and let his tongue roll out of his mouth. ((A/n Hm . . . I believe I didn't explain the puppies in the best way I could have…They seem, as how I wrote it, that they're of unimportance, but they are!))
The puppy in his arms had a black colored ear while the other was brown. The mask of his face was a light brown with a little of white spots here and there. His under fur is all white, while the back is a mixture of black and brown. He was a cute puppy. Unknowing, Yugi had the puppy close to his face, in which the puppy licked Yugi's nose.
Yugi giggled. "I think I'll take him, if that's alright," He said, looking back at the two.
Lyla smiled and stood up. "Great! I was wondering which lucky person was going to keep the only boy! So what're you going to call him?"
"Iggi," He automatically announced, "But with an 'i'. I-G-G-I."
{Just like what doggy name was, but with a 'y'.} Kairi barked. She slowly got to her paws and paddled over to Yugi.
"When can I take him home?" The teen started to scratch Iggi behind the ear.
"Today, if you want."
Yugi looked over to Lyla and smiled real big. He knelt down to Kairi's level and hugged her, accidently squishing the pup in between them. The puppy let a small squeal of protest, but didn't do anything except lick his momma's fur and Yugi's hand.
"Thanks, Kairi. I'll bring him by as often as you like and take great care of him." He whispered.
Kairi licked his face when he pulled back, {Well, I hope so; otherwise you wouldn't be getting one.} She made noises in the back of her throat, which Yugi took as a laugh.
He stood up and hugged the near-by Lyla. "And thank you for calling me."
Lyla chuckled and hugged him back, "Of course. But, don't forget, in about a week or two, I'll be coming by to make sure you have everything you need. I know this is your first dog, and I just want to make sure he gets the best of care.
"Alright," The puppy in his arms wiggled a bit and let a soft whine out.
"Looks like you should be getting home," Lyla said. "before he gets too tired, he'll need to explore his new home."
"Should I just carry him home?"
{You don't expect him to walk himself, do you?} Kairi asked.
Yugi could feel a light blush form on his cheek.
"Yeah; he's too young to walk very far, and you don't have the collar nor the leash with you. Best bet is to carry him." Lyla led Yugi to the door with Kairi walking behind. "And when you get home, watch Iggi, but leave him alone; he has to get used to his surroundings or he won't feel safe in it."
Yugi nodded. When Lyla opened the door, Yugi looked down at Kairi once more and scratched behind her ear. "See you soon, and take care of yourself."
Kairi let out a bark, {you know it,}
Yugi turned to Lyla, "And thanks again."
Lyla rolled her eyes, "Yeah yeah. Just don't do anything reckless with Iggi."
Now it was Yugi's turn to roll his eyes, "Like I would?"
XxxxX
On the way home from the vet, Yugi took the short way home; he wanted a little time for Iggi to watch the outside, since it was his first time. Iggi wanted to get out from his owners hold, but Yugi just shook his head.
"Sorry, Iggi, but we have to get home first." His puppy looked up at him with his blue eyes; giving him the puppy-eyes. Yugi giggled. "Maybe later, but we really have to get home first." Iggi casted a look to say he was pouting and looked back to the scenery.
Yugi looked around with his mind wandering. 'Wow, I finally got my first dog! And what better, he's related to Kairi! I just can't believe I didn't know she was pregnant . . . Well, that would explain why I never saw her during those three months. And wow, this was a big surprise. I guess this was why Lyla sounded very excited on the phone.'
Within a few minutes, he walked up to the game shop and opened the door. Inside had a few customers; an older man with his son looking at some of the new shipments of duel monsters. A group of young kids were crowned near the counter, talking with Yugi's grandpa.
When Yugi had entered the shop, grandpa looked up and smiled. "Welcome home, Yugi." When he saw the puppy in his arms, his smile widened. "Is that the new family member?"
Yugi walked over to the counter with Iggi barking happily. One of the girls from the group looked at the pup and giggled.
"Your puppy is so cute!" She said.
"Thanks, and yeah Jii-chan. This is Iggi!" He walked over to his grandfather and Solomon patted the puppies head.
"Nice to meet you, Iggi," Solomon cheerfully proclaimed. The puppy barked again and licked up at the hand. He chuckled before addressing his grandson, "Oh and Yugi, don't forget to make your pup a bed in your room and get his food items taken care of. He's going to be a big responsibility, and I expect you to take care of him."
"Yes, Jii-chan," Yugi nodded before walking towards the door that lead to the house. "and don't worry," he said opening the door and looking over his shoulder, "I've got it all under control." He walked into the house, closing the door on the rolling of the eye grandpa.
"That's what I'm afraid of," He chuckled before returning his attention to his customers.
XxxxX
An hour and a half passed by. Yugi sat curled up on the couch, watching his new puppy exhaust himself as he ran around his new environment. No matter how many times Iggi sniffed one thing and ran away, he'd always come back and sniff it once more.
Yugi's mom had stopped for awhile and played around with Iggi before leaving the house to hang out with some business friends of hers. And as soon as she left, Grandpa had closed up the shop, it was already nine o'clock, and came inside to watch the puppy.
"I guess some things never get to old to sniff, huh?" Yugi giggled, watching Iggi sniff the coffee table for the ump-teen time.
"I guess not. But, let's not ruin his fun." Grandpa stood up from the couch and stretched his back. He looked over to his grandson. "Are you hungry?"
He shook his head. "I already ate." When Grandpa nodded his head to Iggi, Yugi continued, "I was going to feed him in a few. I wanted him to explore more."
"Alright. Did you set his bed yet?"
"Yup. I put his bed near mine upstairs, or do you think I should put it down here?"
"Nah, it's probably better to have him sleep in your room." Grandpa started to walk towards the kitchen. "So what are you going to do tomorrow since its Saturday?"
The teen stood up and followed his grandfather into the kitchen. Iggi looked up from the carpet and made a run for his owner. He nearly crashed into his leg, but managed to dodge it, only to crash into the wall.
Yugi rolled his eyes playfully but answered, "Originally, I had nothing planned, but since I have Iggi now, I think I'll play around with him." 'Maybe I'll also introduce him to Joey and the others, that is, if they aren't too busy.' He thought. His mind drifted off a bit to his own days when he was a puppy and Ryou had 'introduced' him to their friends. Yugi smiled at the memory but shook his head clear.
"Arf!" Yugi looked down to find Iggi sitting next to him, looking up. His head was tilted to the side, in a curious like manner.
"Hm . . . Just remember, Yugi," Grandpa said, bring his grandsons attention back up to him. "Iggi is still a puppy so he will tire easily. So, if you're going to take him on a walk or something, don't go too far."
"I know, Jii-chan," Yugi pouted, "I'm not a kid." The elderly man chuckled. "Well, I'm going on up to bed now. Have Iggi explore more. Night Jii-chan." To Iggi, he said, "C'mon, Iggi, let's go upstairs."
"Good night Yugi, Iggi. See you in the morning!"
Yugi turned around and walked out of the kitchen with Iggi following him. As he lead the way to the stairs, Yugi started to speak, "I know you're getting tired; you've had a very busy day. So, let's go get settled into our beds."
"Arf!"
Once the two entered the cleaned room, Iggi immediately began to explore the surroundings. Yugi got into his pjs and sat on his bed. "Iggi, c'mon here!" The puppy's head perked up and the pup ran over to his owner. "I just love how I've only had you for a couple o hours, and you already know your name." He said. The pup came to a stop at the bed and stopped, looking up to Yugi with his blue orbs. Yugi reached down and picked up his new dog and placed him on his lap. "Do you wanna sleep up here, or try your new bed out." They both looked over to the huge cushion next to the bed.
Iggi whined and stayed where he was.
"I'll, take that you rather sleep up here." Iggi's tongue came rolling out of his mouth in an 'Of course' saying. Yugi got up and flipped the switch to the light off before going back to his bed and lying down under the covers. Iggi curled up against his chest and let a yawn out. Yugi smiled and started to pet him in long, even strokes. "Good night, Iggy," He whispered and fell into a dream-less sleepy( for once).
XxxxX
Till next time! ^^ Sooo, what'd you think of Kairi being pregnant?
Okay, I wanted to try this out a different way. I've always replied to your reviews with the PM thing, but instead, I'm just going to comment my replies here. ^^ Hope you don't mind! XD
YamiHeart: Heh thanks, but you don't need to worry anymore; I'm not really depressed no more. I'm happy, and just trying to get back to writing! :D And yes, the cliff hanger! I had fun with that one.
DarkHeartInTheSky: About describing the characters, I don't have to really describe the already known cast? (Like describing Duke?) Hm… That's very important to know, thank you! And about the past/pretense (s), I know you keep finding the mistakes, but I don't. I was looking carefully at the story, but didn't find any. The only places that I was certain to find some, was when someone was talking. (I think). Is that what you're meaning? :0
Before I let you go, I wanted to tell y'all that I got a yami! Her name is Lisa, and I'll talk about her next time… as of now, she ain't here….. which is surprising. :/
Au Revoir !