Chapter 6: Oh my pharaoh!
Still in by the
pool Yugi was trying to explain to his new friend about his other
self. He hardly knew the girl but for some reason felt like he could
talk to her about this. She listened intently as he told her about
the Pharaoh, and how he solved the millennium puzzle given to him by
his grandpa. 'Doesn't he need to stop for air' she wondered.
He'd been talking non-stop for what felt like hours.
"So
this one time at band-camp", Yugi said just to see if she was still
listening, she hadn't said a word in over 30mins.
"Oh god
don't you start that on me!" She cried. Hiding her head under her
pillow. She could just about hear muffled laughter coming from the
boy. Removing the pillow from her head she saw he was laughing at
her. Amber gave him a look questioning what was so frigging funny.
"I'm sorry Amber, but you were so quiet I was worried I sent
you to sleep or something. At least I know you were listening to me,
but you probably thinks it's all a childish fantasy right?" his'
eyes searching hers for an answer.
"Well I could see why some
would think that Yugi" she smiled before she continued. "I did
however spend some of my childhood in Egypt and I'm not as
materialistic as most people you would meet. On the contrary I'm a
lot more open minded about these things. However I would like to see
this 'other you' just so I could be sure for myself that its
real." Was her, carefully thought out reply. Yugi didn't say
anything; he just looked at her not knowing how to respond. He's
expected her to laugh, to say it was impossible to tell him to grow
up or something. After all that what everyone else outside his group
of friends seemed to do and he's kind of come to expect hostility
from others.
"Anyway I don't know bout you but I'm
feeling rather puckish, I'll get us some snacks. Won't be long"
he heard Amber say. When he looked up she was running back to the
villa. 'Well Yami this is as a good a time as any I suppose, what
do you think' he asked his other self through their link. After
Yami gave his consent they made the switch, 'Hmm Amber is in for a
surprise when she gets back' thought Yami.
Several
minutes passed whilst Yami stood by the pool admiring the night sky
view as he waited for Amber to come back. The young pharaoh was just
beginning to get impatient when he heard a female voice behind him
say 'Oh hi pharaoh I wasn't expecting to meet you so soon'.
Yami turned round and found himself, face to face with the blonde
girl Yugi had told him was Amber, and she was holding two bags of
what looked like food.
"Would you like a marshmallow or a
tortilla chip? I wasn't sure if I was in a sweet of savory mood so
I grabbed both and decided to let Yugi pick. Although seeming as
you're here now you can pink" she said by way of explanation.
Yami tried to work out which was which, but he couldn't. Well it's
not like these types of foods existed when he was alive. Seeing his
perplexed expression the young woman giggled, she held up a bag of
pink and white fluffy things, and explained that these were a kind of
sweet called a marshmallow, and that the other bag contained crisps
made from corn. Tentatively Yami opted for a tortilla chip; he didn't
want Yugi to end up on a sugar high later when he was supposed to be
in bed sleeping.
"Hmm not bad, what did you say these were
again?" he asked the girl. Before reaching into the bag and
grabbing a large handful and stuffing his face with them. Much to
Amber's amusement.
"There called tortilla chips, and
speaking of names what exactly should I call you? I can't keep
calling you the Pharaoh surely?" was the bemused reply. Pausing for
a moment he wondered what name he should tell her, Yugi always called
him Yami or the pharaoh but he wasn't in ancient Egypt now so he
opted for Yami.
"Well Amber, I have had many names but Yugi
always calls me Yami." Happy with his response he eagerly grabbed
some more chips.
"Ok then Yami, but I don't think Yugi
will appreciate you getting him fat on all these chips you know"
she said giggling a little. He raised an eye brow at her not quite
comprehending her words. Then it dawned on him, they shared the same
body so if he ate too many unhealthy foods it would affect Yugi.
'Well one little indulgence won't hurt surely' he pondered.
