Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or any of the characters. Please don't
sue, I've got no money. Only original things of mine are the Millennium
Bracelet/Collar, the cat and Tora.
Alright time for the codes to come out. And the winners are:
/aibou to yami/
//yami to aibou//
"speech"
'thought'
{Telepathy}
[Aibou interjecting her own thoughts during a telepathic conversation] (Ya I know the codes are going to get very confusing.)
~~scene change~~
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A groan of awakening echoed off the high white marbled walls. Torch light flicked in between four tall pillars that stretched into shadowed nothingness. In the middle of the room was a large pile of pillows and cushions, a shifting form dislodging a few of the soft pieces.
Striking violet eyes snapped open and then immediately closed with the wish to sleep some more. The soft orange-yellow glow played of a slightly angular face that still held feminine beauty. Light pink lips on slightly tanned skin were pulled into a grimace as the eyes once again opened. Long bone straight hair that had a strange mix of brown, black and silver spread out from the girl's head like a mismatched halo.
Finally the girl stood up, her movements as precise and graceful as any cat. Carefully she stretched, her form showing one of a well muscled body loosely wrapped in a sleeveless tunic, plated knee length skirt slit on both sides. Her feet were covered by leather sandals with cords that wrapped up her calves. Her forearms were encased in armguards made of gold and lined with silver.
After getting all of the kinks out of her sore body the girl glanced around her room. If anyone was to see her they would have thought her to be around seventeen, maybe even eighteen. In reality see was the five thousand year old spirit of the Captain of the Guards for a pharaoh back in Ancient Egypt. Now she resided in the Millennium Bracelet and shared the body of and underweight calico cat.
The girl looked around and spied the closed door of her soul room. At this she quirked and eyebrow and frowned at the door. 'It must have sealed shut when I lost consciousness. Aibou must be worried.'
The girl hurried forward and put her hand to the door. It immediately opened, but when Tora tried to go out something blocked her. The Captain glared at the door for a moment and then listened. Although her feline counterpart did not have a soul room, Tora could sense the feline was not in the hallway. Finally she sighed and, hoping that the magic would do what she wanted it to do, willed herself out into the real world.
"AHHHH."
Tora opened her eyes again at the startled and slightly frightened cry. She was standing in Yugi's room and apparently had materialized in the same spot where a young brown-haired girl was sitting. The blonde youth standing next to her had jumped back, not only because of Tora's sudden appearance, but because it was weird seeing someone literally overlapping another. Said girl had frozen when Tora had materialized.
"Oops." Tora said and moved slightly so the picture didn't look as strange.
"I see you haven't quite mastered the powers of your Item yet Tora." An amused voice asked.
Tora stuck her tongue out at her ancient friend. "That stupid Item hasn't worked the way it's suppose to ever since I awakened. And nice to see you to Yami."
Yami just grinned and shrugged, next to him Yugi giggled. "Did you have a nice rest Tora?"
The Captain leaned up against the cluttered desk and rolled her shoulders, still getting the kinks out. "Yes, but I didn't realize that my soul room would be closed to Aibou. Did she mention anything?"
"No, but then I don't think she completely trusts us yet." Yami said.
Tora sighed. "Well that's only to be expected. We only did arrive and so far, with the exception of one person, all contact with humans has not been pleasant for her."
Everyone in the room nodded. Finally Joey spoke up, curiosity getting the better of him. "So just who are you and how'd ya turn inta that huge cat?"
"Joey, she might not want to talk about it." Tea hissed at her friend. Joey blushed, but noticed it was more Yami looking uncomfortable than Tora.
"It's all right, um . . .I still don't know your names." Tora said glaring at Yami as if he had purposefully kept her in the dark.
"Oh sorry Tora." Yugi said smacking himself in the forehead. "That's Tea, Joey and Tristan. They were here last night, but you had passed out."
"Nice to meet all of you. To answer Joey's question I was once the Captain of the Guards when Yami was Pharaoh. My spirit was placed in the Millennium Bracelet. As for why Aibou and I became that huge cat, we're not quite sure. I think that we both had a very strong desire to help Yugi."
"Did you try to use your shadow magic?" Yami asked as he regarded his former Captain.
Tora thought back on the incident. "Yes, but when I tried to use it, it twisted." The girl frowned as she thought. "The sensation was strange, but it felt like the magic tried to do what I wanted, but got mixed up on itself."
Yami shook his head. "I'm afraid that you will have to learn how to reuse your magic. The items were never meant for animals, because they have their own types of magic. Aibou's own natural magic and the shadow magic are getting mixed."
"Great. So what happens now?"
"The doctor said I can go back to school in a couple of days." Yugi said. "We'll just have to keep our eyes open."
Everyone in the room nodded. As talked again turned back towards everyday happenings Yami and Tora exchanged dark looks. They knew that whoever was after Yugi and Yami wouldn't stop just because their plan failed at the cabin. Both spirits knew that they would have to be on their guard. Thankfully their enemy didn't know about Tora and Aibou. Hopefully that would be enough to stop this new evil.
~ ~ ~ (At School Wednesday) ~ ~
Yugi growled slightly to himself as he made his way up the school steps. Crutches are a pain. The smaller teen glared at the person walking next to him. The taller blonde teen was grinning fit to crack. Yugi growled again and patiently made his way up the stairs.
"Yugi, how are you feeling?" Platinum blonde Ryou stood at the school entrance watching his smaller friend navigate the shallow stairs.
"I'd be fine if I could get the hang of these things." Yugi said, smiling crookedly at Ryou.
"Ah, come on Yug you're doing fine." Joey said as he followed Yugi down the hallway.
"If you call doing fine nearly falling down the stairs and tripping every other step then yes I am." Yugi let go of the one rung on his crutch and reached for locker. Joey handed him his books that he had been carrying.
Ryou chuckled. "So how is Tora and Aibou?"
Yugi glanced down the hall and saw a small shadow dodge out of sight. "They're fine. I've got the strange feeling they've followed me to school though."
Ryou's face turned serious. "They're guarding you. Do you think whoever kidnapped you is going to come after you again?"
Yugi's face faltered. Quietly he spoke, voice shaking slightly. "I don't know, but I don't think that they'll leave what happened at the cabin alone. Yami's worried to."
"Don't worry Yug. Between Yami and Tora someone would have to try extra hard to get to you now. And don't forget me, Tristan and Tea." Joey lightly squeezed his friend's shoulder as he took the books Yugi handed him.
"Thanks Joey it means a lot to me."
"Come on you to we're going to be late to class."
~ ~ ~ (Afternoon )~ ~ ~ ~
The day had gone by without much happening. Tora watched from her hide out in the dark corner between the drinking fountain and a trash bin. Yugi was getting his books from his locker. Joey, Tea and Ryou were chatting away with him (Joey complaining about the math homework). Yugi laughed at his honey-haired friend then started to exit the school. Tora followed the group, using the shadows of the school to hide the fact that she was there.
Amazingly she had been able to sneak into the school and around it with ease. Although she and Yami had tried to sort out her shadow powers they still didn't work as they should. However that didn't stop her from tapping into the natural ease of stalking of a cat. Now Tora watched as Yugi and his friends left the school.
{Yami?}
She felt the pharaoh shift in his puzzle; Yami was still unsure how to relate to her. It made her sad, but she knew it would just take time. {Yes Tora}
{I need to investigate something. Will you and Yugi be all right?}
At this Yami chuckled. {Yes Tora. Besides Yugi has all of his friends with him.}
Tora laughed and started out. She trotted down the street, keeping to the shadows. Finally the person she was searching for came into view. Ryou Bakura was walking down the street expertly dodging several other people, not knowing about his silent pursuer.
~ ~ ~ (Ryou's House)~ ~ ~
Ryou walked into the large house with a sigh and a shudder. School had been as boring as normal. Now he was home, alone. His father was away at another archeological dig and wouldn't be back for at least a month. Setting his book bag down in the hallway he went to the kitchen and made himself some tea.
As he entered the living room he shuddered at the feeling of someone watching him.
"So that useless pharaoh is back. Along with his pathetic light." Bakura finally became visible to his lighter half, a sneer gracing his features.
"Yes, please Bakura leave them alone for a while."
Bakura walked around until he was directly in front of Ryou. "What did you say?"
"I . .I want you to leave them alone. Yugi's still hurt from his experience. Please just let them be."
There was the sound of flesh striking flesh. The tea cup landed on the carpet, the dark brown liquid quickly soaking up in the white strands. "You never tell me what to do, you pathetic little creature." Bakura growled leaning over the fallen boy.
Bakura raised his hand to strike his fallen light. Ryou flinched, but knew better than to try and duck the blow. Suddenly there was an angry yowl and a flash of brown, black and white leaped through the air. The blur of color attached itself to Bakura's wrist. Although the dark spirit was not actually hurt, the fact that his attacker didn't just pass through him startled Bakura enough to back away from his light.
"What the. . ." Bakura shook his arm, dislodging the attacking creature.
The creature turned out to be a small calico cat. The feline quickly jumped in front of Ryou and hissed at the spirit. There was a brief flash of light and a very pissed off Egyptian girl was standing in front of them both.
"T . . .Tora?" Bakura could do nothing but stare in awe, and amazingly, fear.
"How dare you!" Tora roared, hands balled into fists. "How DARE you strike our son!"
* * * * * *
Treska: *Arms akimbo* Ta da!
Rest of Cast: *Mouths are hanging open*
Ryou: Well . . .that's a plot twist I've never seen.
Treska: *Giggles* Yup. Hope everyone likes. I wish to apologize for the very long wait. But I've got major writers block for this story. Please review like always.
Alright time for the codes to come out. And the winners are:
/aibou to yami/
//yami to aibou//
"speech"
'thought'
{Telepathy}
[Aibou interjecting her own thoughts during a telepathic conversation] (Ya I know the codes are going to get very confusing.)
~~scene change~~
* * * * * * * * *
A groan of awakening echoed off the high white marbled walls. Torch light flicked in between four tall pillars that stretched into shadowed nothingness. In the middle of the room was a large pile of pillows and cushions, a shifting form dislodging a few of the soft pieces.
Striking violet eyes snapped open and then immediately closed with the wish to sleep some more. The soft orange-yellow glow played of a slightly angular face that still held feminine beauty. Light pink lips on slightly tanned skin were pulled into a grimace as the eyes once again opened. Long bone straight hair that had a strange mix of brown, black and silver spread out from the girl's head like a mismatched halo.
Finally the girl stood up, her movements as precise and graceful as any cat. Carefully she stretched, her form showing one of a well muscled body loosely wrapped in a sleeveless tunic, plated knee length skirt slit on both sides. Her feet were covered by leather sandals with cords that wrapped up her calves. Her forearms were encased in armguards made of gold and lined with silver.
After getting all of the kinks out of her sore body the girl glanced around her room. If anyone was to see her they would have thought her to be around seventeen, maybe even eighteen. In reality see was the five thousand year old spirit of the Captain of the Guards for a pharaoh back in Ancient Egypt. Now she resided in the Millennium Bracelet and shared the body of and underweight calico cat.
The girl looked around and spied the closed door of her soul room. At this she quirked and eyebrow and frowned at the door. 'It must have sealed shut when I lost consciousness. Aibou must be worried.'
The girl hurried forward and put her hand to the door. It immediately opened, but when Tora tried to go out something blocked her. The Captain glared at the door for a moment and then listened. Although her feline counterpart did not have a soul room, Tora could sense the feline was not in the hallway. Finally she sighed and, hoping that the magic would do what she wanted it to do, willed herself out into the real world.
"AHHHH."
Tora opened her eyes again at the startled and slightly frightened cry. She was standing in Yugi's room and apparently had materialized in the same spot where a young brown-haired girl was sitting. The blonde youth standing next to her had jumped back, not only because of Tora's sudden appearance, but because it was weird seeing someone literally overlapping another. Said girl had frozen when Tora had materialized.
"Oops." Tora said and moved slightly so the picture didn't look as strange.
"I see you haven't quite mastered the powers of your Item yet Tora." An amused voice asked.
Tora stuck her tongue out at her ancient friend. "That stupid Item hasn't worked the way it's suppose to ever since I awakened. And nice to see you to Yami."
Yami just grinned and shrugged, next to him Yugi giggled. "Did you have a nice rest Tora?"
The Captain leaned up against the cluttered desk and rolled her shoulders, still getting the kinks out. "Yes, but I didn't realize that my soul room would be closed to Aibou. Did she mention anything?"
"No, but then I don't think she completely trusts us yet." Yami said.
Tora sighed. "Well that's only to be expected. We only did arrive and so far, with the exception of one person, all contact with humans has not been pleasant for her."
Everyone in the room nodded. Finally Joey spoke up, curiosity getting the better of him. "So just who are you and how'd ya turn inta that huge cat?"
"Joey, she might not want to talk about it." Tea hissed at her friend. Joey blushed, but noticed it was more Yami looking uncomfortable than Tora.
"It's all right, um . . .I still don't know your names." Tora said glaring at Yami as if he had purposefully kept her in the dark.
"Oh sorry Tora." Yugi said smacking himself in the forehead. "That's Tea, Joey and Tristan. They were here last night, but you had passed out."
"Nice to meet all of you. To answer Joey's question I was once the Captain of the Guards when Yami was Pharaoh. My spirit was placed in the Millennium Bracelet. As for why Aibou and I became that huge cat, we're not quite sure. I think that we both had a very strong desire to help Yugi."
"Did you try to use your shadow magic?" Yami asked as he regarded his former Captain.
Tora thought back on the incident. "Yes, but when I tried to use it, it twisted." The girl frowned as she thought. "The sensation was strange, but it felt like the magic tried to do what I wanted, but got mixed up on itself."
Yami shook his head. "I'm afraid that you will have to learn how to reuse your magic. The items were never meant for animals, because they have their own types of magic. Aibou's own natural magic and the shadow magic are getting mixed."
"Great. So what happens now?"
"The doctor said I can go back to school in a couple of days." Yugi said. "We'll just have to keep our eyes open."
Everyone in the room nodded. As talked again turned back towards everyday happenings Yami and Tora exchanged dark looks. They knew that whoever was after Yugi and Yami wouldn't stop just because their plan failed at the cabin. Both spirits knew that they would have to be on their guard. Thankfully their enemy didn't know about Tora and Aibou. Hopefully that would be enough to stop this new evil.
~ ~ ~ (At School Wednesday) ~ ~
Yugi growled slightly to himself as he made his way up the school steps. Crutches are a pain. The smaller teen glared at the person walking next to him. The taller blonde teen was grinning fit to crack. Yugi growled again and patiently made his way up the stairs.
"Yugi, how are you feeling?" Platinum blonde Ryou stood at the school entrance watching his smaller friend navigate the shallow stairs.
"I'd be fine if I could get the hang of these things." Yugi said, smiling crookedly at Ryou.
"Ah, come on Yug you're doing fine." Joey said as he followed Yugi down the hallway.
"If you call doing fine nearly falling down the stairs and tripping every other step then yes I am." Yugi let go of the one rung on his crutch and reached for locker. Joey handed him his books that he had been carrying.
Ryou chuckled. "So how is Tora and Aibou?"
Yugi glanced down the hall and saw a small shadow dodge out of sight. "They're fine. I've got the strange feeling they've followed me to school though."
Ryou's face turned serious. "They're guarding you. Do you think whoever kidnapped you is going to come after you again?"
Yugi's face faltered. Quietly he spoke, voice shaking slightly. "I don't know, but I don't think that they'll leave what happened at the cabin alone. Yami's worried to."
"Don't worry Yug. Between Yami and Tora someone would have to try extra hard to get to you now. And don't forget me, Tristan and Tea." Joey lightly squeezed his friend's shoulder as he took the books Yugi handed him.
"Thanks Joey it means a lot to me."
"Come on you to we're going to be late to class."
~ ~ ~ (Afternoon )~ ~ ~ ~
The day had gone by without much happening. Tora watched from her hide out in the dark corner between the drinking fountain and a trash bin. Yugi was getting his books from his locker. Joey, Tea and Ryou were chatting away with him (Joey complaining about the math homework). Yugi laughed at his honey-haired friend then started to exit the school. Tora followed the group, using the shadows of the school to hide the fact that she was there.
Amazingly she had been able to sneak into the school and around it with ease. Although she and Yami had tried to sort out her shadow powers they still didn't work as they should. However that didn't stop her from tapping into the natural ease of stalking of a cat. Now Tora watched as Yugi and his friends left the school.
{Yami?}
She felt the pharaoh shift in his puzzle; Yami was still unsure how to relate to her. It made her sad, but she knew it would just take time. {Yes Tora}
{I need to investigate something. Will you and Yugi be all right?}
At this Yami chuckled. {Yes Tora. Besides Yugi has all of his friends with him.}
Tora laughed and started out. She trotted down the street, keeping to the shadows. Finally the person she was searching for came into view. Ryou Bakura was walking down the street expertly dodging several other people, not knowing about his silent pursuer.
~ ~ ~ (Ryou's House)~ ~ ~
Ryou walked into the large house with a sigh and a shudder. School had been as boring as normal. Now he was home, alone. His father was away at another archeological dig and wouldn't be back for at least a month. Setting his book bag down in the hallway he went to the kitchen and made himself some tea.
As he entered the living room he shuddered at the feeling of someone watching him.
"So that useless pharaoh is back. Along with his pathetic light." Bakura finally became visible to his lighter half, a sneer gracing his features.
"Yes, please Bakura leave them alone for a while."
Bakura walked around until he was directly in front of Ryou. "What did you say?"
"I . .I want you to leave them alone. Yugi's still hurt from his experience. Please just let them be."
There was the sound of flesh striking flesh. The tea cup landed on the carpet, the dark brown liquid quickly soaking up in the white strands. "You never tell me what to do, you pathetic little creature." Bakura growled leaning over the fallen boy.
Bakura raised his hand to strike his fallen light. Ryou flinched, but knew better than to try and duck the blow. Suddenly there was an angry yowl and a flash of brown, black and white leaped through the air. The blur of color attached itself to Bakura's wrist. Although the dark spirit was not actually hurt, the fact that his attacker didn't just pass through him startled Bakura enough to back away from his light.
"What the. . ." Bakura shook his arm, dislodging the attacking creature.
The creature turned out to be a small calico cat. The feline quickly jumped in front of Ryou and hissed at the spirit. There was a brief flash of light and a very pissed off Egyptian girl was standing in front of them both.
"T . . .Tora?" Bakura could do nothing but stare in awe, and amazingly, fear.
"How dare you!" Tora roared, hands balled into fists. "How DARE you strike our son!"
* * * * * *
Treska: *Arms akimbo* Ta da!
Rest of Cast: *Mouths are hanging open*
Ryou: Well . . .that's a plot twist I've never seen.
Treska: *Giggles* Yup. Hope everyone likes. I wish to apologize for the very long wait. But I've got major writers block for this story. Please review like always.