Estrella: =D
Aster: Why are you so happy?
Estrella: =D
Ryou:… Estrella?...
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Yami to Hikari /…/ from now it will also be Yubel to Jaden
Hikari to Yami (…) from now on it will also be Jaden to Yubel
Chapter 10
At the London Airport, a boy with a Southern and European background had gotten off his flight along with his parents, his siblings and his friends. Well, friend and her boyfriend. The boy had teal hair and emerald eyes. He wore a navy V-neck and dark blue shorts that reached a bit passed his knees. He wore dark blue and green sneakers, and had a deck of cards on him. The girl had duo brown hair, the top half being closer to the color caramel. Her warm brown eyes took in the sights of the airport. She wore a red tank top, black shorts that reached mid-thigh, and black and red ankle boots. The other boy had teal eyes and hair. He was taller than the other two were and he had a dark blue muscle shirt one and matching pants. He wore black boots and a jacket of the same color. Who were they? Jesse Anderson, Jaden Yuki and Zane Truesdale. They walked out of the airport and into the pouring streets of London.
"So, Jess, you said Aster was here, right?" Jaden asked, keeping a good grip on her red umbrella with both Kuriboh and Winged Kuriboh on it. Jesse nodded and looked at Zane.
"You won't try anything, right Zane?" He asked, daring the boy to answer.
"Why should I?" He responded, surprising the other male, "I have someone who wants me to change, actually two, and I promised I would try. So you have no need to worry over Phoenix." Jesse smiled and made a 'I-have-my-eyes-you' gesture between them. Jaden laughed and, not watching where she was going, slipped. Zane chuckled as he picked her up. Jaden rubbed her behind and pouted. Jesse looked at the streets and spotted a familiar head of silver hair. Quickly running towards it, he thought it was really her…
"HEY ASTER!" He called…
TIME JUMP! SAME TIME WITH THE BAKURA-PHOENIX SISTERS!
Amane had given up on making her sisters more feminine. No matter what she got them, they managed to make it look masculine. She was happy to spend time with them. But, the weather had other ideas for them. They were going to the park when it began to pour on them. So much for the park…
Anyways, they decided to go to Amane's favorite candy shop. It was owned by a Hispanic couple. The store was called MI DULCE or MY SWEET. It was very popular and several people went there. The trio was walking over there when a voice yelled. Aster turned around.
"HEY ASTER!" It called…
PRESENT TIME! ALL TOGETHER!
"Hey Jesse," Aster said calmly. She walked over and looked at Jaden. She burst into laughter as Amane and Ryou walked over. Ryou felt Bakura talking to her over the mind link, and she opened the connection.
/Ryou./
(What Kura?)
/Where are you?/
(Candy store called Mi Dulce. Why?)
/I'm bored…/
(Well, come over. I'll pretend to call you and give directions. I kind of want you here anyways…)
"Uh, hey, can we get inside now? And Aster?" The silver haired girl looked at Jaden, tears in her eyes from laughing so hard, "STOP LAUGHING AT ME!" Aster calmed down and sighed.
"S-sorry Jay, it's just this is a big sense of deja-veu. It happened earlier to me, so…" she trailed off. They walked into the candy store, where Ryou quickly made her 'phone call' to Bakura. He took his time getting there. Or so they thought. He got there in about… five minutes or so, give or take a few seconds. When he walked in, he raised a brow at the sight of his light, her sisters, and three strangers.
/Bunny? Who are they?/ He kept his eyes on the new trio.
(Friends/rivals/allies of Aster. Except the one with the green eyes, he's her boyfriend.) Bakura looked them over. They seemed okay… for now. He smirked as a woman with dark brown hair and eyes walked over to them. She held out some bags. The words Mi Dulce*, were printed on the front.
"The usual, verdad Miss Amane?" She asked and Amane nodded. She opened the bag, which held… small blocks of gold foil. She took the wrapping off and popped the 'chocolate' into her mouth. Everyone looked at her. The usual was chocolate? Why not go to any other store? Why here? Was it better here?
"Amane? What's in that? I mean, if it's just chocolate, why come here?" Ryou asked. Amane smiled as she finished her treat.
"Crickets!*" She said. The others stared blankly at her. Did they hear right. "Here, I'll show you." She took out another, and cut in half the long way. Everyone saw the insect inside. Bakura looked at Ryou.
/How much you want to bet Weevil would LOVE to eat this?/
(Nothing. He'd probably go in shock.) Bakura smirked. They all hesitantly, well only Zane and Bakura didn't hesitate, ate the candy. To their surprise, they LIKED it.
"It's just like Crunch candy! [I don't own it]" She said. Everyone nodded, it was true. It was crunchy, and no one tasted the cricket. They walked out and ran to the Bakura-Phoenix residence as soon as it began to pour again. Jaden smiled as she entered the girls' bedroom. She walked over to Aster's side. She felt the books and looked over at her silent friend. She then took out a leather bounded book and flipped it open. She looked at the carefully drawn images.
(Yubel, what do you think of this?) Yubel appeared and looked at the picture. It showed a woman with pale blond hair and sapphire eyes. She also held a cat in her arms. The woman bore a shocking resemblance to Aster's mother Cecilia.
/It seems Aster knew of her mother. She just didn't know she was alive or in London…/ both looked at the silver haired girl, who was busy braiding Amane's hair. They were laughing at something Ryou had said and looked… well… happy. Jaden smiled as she brushed back a few strands of hair from her face. She looked at the book and continued to flip through it. It appeared Aster's picture perfect memory had captured the faces of her family members, though they had changed in the fifteen years Aster had been alive. Jaden looked back at her friend. For some reason, she always felt she knew Aster since before Duel Academy. But she could never get a good grip of a memory of them together as children. That is, until last night on the plane…
FLASHBACK!
Jaden sat in between Zane and Jesse on their flight to London. They were going to visit Aster, who had discovered she had family there. She was related to the Bakuras and even her father was alive after all these years. Jaden was happy for her friend and she drifted off to sleep. It was then that she had a very weird dream. Actually, it wasn't a dream, but a faded memory…
JADEN'S DREAM…
Eight year old Jaden Yuki laughed as she ran through the park by her Aunt Helen's house. The woman frowned as she did, but didn't bother to say a thing, knowing Jaden would just say "Okay!" and run off. Jaden smiled as she spotted a flash of silver run past her. The blur then tripped and gave a small yelp of pain as it sat up. Jaden ran over and looked at the person.
"Hi, I'm Jaden!" She said.
"Aster Phoenix," the girl, as she could now tell, said. They smiled at they ran off to the trees. Jaden smiled at Aster as they climbed up the branches. They talked to each other, telling their secrets, what they liked, where they lived, etc. by the time it was time to leave both girls had become the best of friends.
"Promise me you'll never forget me Jaden!" Aster said as they looked at each other. Jaden promised and they linked pinkies together, sealing the deal. The next day, Jaden went back home and she never saw the silver haired girl again until her second year at Duel Academy…
DREAM ENDS
Jaden woke up and looked around. She had met Aster a child, and only just now remembered her friend…
END FLASHBACK!
Jaden wanted to make it up, but had no idea how…
*Crickets in chocolate actually exist and are really good! I know, I've tried it and got a button for doing it!
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