Zypher: Welcome all to another chapter to Chains of the Seal. I thank all those that have read and reviewed the last chapter so here's another one for you. And remember, ideas for costumes are still needed. We have one for the Time episode. If you wish to come up with your own costume idea for Yugi, you can come up with one for The Storm and The Float episode, The Fight episode, The Song card episode, The Little episode, The Dash episode (which has two for each attempt that Sakura tried to catch the Dash), The Big and The Create episode, The Firey episode (she has a little Christmas outfit for this episode so if you want to do an outfit for this one, make it a Christmas outfit for Yugi), and The Snow episode.
There are also two movies that were made in between episodes that I will also be adding in like sub-stories and each one has a costume. For the first one, its two again, first it a star costume for the capture of The Arrow and the second is the Sakura blossom outfit when she went up against the enemy in the movie. The second is an outfit for a play since in that one, Sakura and her class held a play (haven't watched it yet but I'm planning to soon to see what happens in that one). If you need to see how any of these costumes look, the link for the site is in my profile. Now that all those have been named, send in your ideas and I'll get started on the chapter. Hope you enjoy.
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Chains of the Seal
Chapter 11
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It was a nice Sunday afternoon and Yugi was on the bus, on his way to Ryou and Diamond's. Yesterday in school, Diamond asked for his help with something that neither could solve on their own and knew that Yugi may be the best person to ask. So here he was, on his way there with his bag resting in his lap. It moved slightly before Kero popped out, breathing heavily. "Yugi! I can't breathe in there!" he hissed and Yugi eeped before closing the bag hastily, looking up to see some people turning back to see who spoke. The boy laughed softly, telling them that nothing was wrong and they turned back towards the front of the bus. He gave a small sigh before looking down to the bag. "You know you shouldn't be doing that, Kero." he whispered and Kero poked his head out once more.
"Well, it's not my fault there's no air in here. How long will it be?"
"Just a little longer. We will be getting off on the next stop, alright?" Kero nodded. Once the bus reached the stop, Yugi closed the bag before departing the bus. He took out a slip of paper and looked at it as he started to walk down the road. He took a glance at his surroundings before looking at the paper again. "That's odd. It says their house would be around here." he murmured as he looked around again. Kero poked his head out and looked to Yugi. "What, you can't find it?" He slipped out from the bag and sat upon Yugi's shoulder, looking at the paper. "Well, it says their house is right near the bus station." Yugi spoke before Kero flew up into the air to do a small search of the surroundings.
"Hey, get back here before someone sees you!"
"Don't worry, Yugi. No one's around." Kero said before looking around. He gaped in awe when he caught sight of something. "I think I found their place." Yugi looked up to him before looking around. "Where?" Kero flew down and grabbed the back of his jacket with his teeth, flying up and taking Yugi with him. "Hey! What are you doing?!" Yugi exclaimed as Kero had him face where he was looking previously.
"Look." Yugi looked up and had the same reaction as Kero. "Holy cow! All this is their house?!"
"I'm guessing so." responded Kero as he let Yugi back down to the ground and they continued on their way over to the gate and Yugi let Kero return to the bag before pressing the button to the intercom.
"Yes, who is this?" A voice spoke from the other end.
"It's Motou-san." he replied.
"Ah, Motou-san, Neirin-sama was waiting for you. I shall open the gates for you." The voice replied before the intercom turned off and after a few seconds, the large gates started to open, allowing Yugi entrance into the large estate. He made his way through the extensive pathway leading up to the house, looking around at the various garden decorations that were on the lawn. When he reached the door, Diamond opened it and smiled. "Glad you could make it, Yugi." Yugi smiled, Kero peeking his head from the bag. "No problem. I'm always around to help." Diamond nodded and smiled down to Kero, greeting him before leading Yugi into the house. A maid came up to them and asked where Diamond wanted to the tea to be sent.
"Four cups to my room, please." she said.
"Four?" she questioned, slightly confused.
"Yes, four." she repeated before leading Yugi towards her room where Ryou was waiting. The maid pondered thoroughly about what she asked before deciding to just go ahead and bring the tea to them.
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"Wow, you have a big room." Yugi said when they were inside. "Indeed I do." Diamond replied, smiling as she walked over to a covered doorway. Kero flew out from Yugi's bag as Yugi followed Diamond. "Is this part of your room as well?" he asked and she nodded, picking up a remote and pressing a button that let the door slid away, leading into a dark room.
"So, what is this room for?"
Diamond pressed another button and soon, a video from when Yugi was capturing the Thunder card appeared on screen and Yugi laughed softly. "Ah, the viewing room. Should've known you would have one somewhere." he spoke and Diamond chuckled softly. Kero moved over to rest upon Yugi's head and watched the scene as well. "Man, I really do look cool here." he spoke and Diamond nodded before turning off the screen and they went back into the main room. They walked over to where Ryou was sitting, looking at the design for another one of Yugi's battle outfits. "Hi, Ryou." Yugi said and he turned to them, smiling. "Hello, Yugi. Enjoying everything so far?" Yugi nodded and he smiled before he went back to the outfit. "Another outfit for me?" Yugi asked and Ryou nodded, holding it up. It consisted of a pale white vest with dark, ice blue trimming at the edges and a pair of ice blue, fairy wings right there near where the shoulder plates were. Along with the set was a pair of pants that looked to reach down to the ankles. On the floor beside him was a matching pair of formal boots. "Looks nice." Yugi praised and Ryou nodded. "I thought so too when Diamond was designing it. She made it and I'm just making some touch ups to it."
Diamond nodded before patting Yugi's head. "I'm always happy that you wear the stuff I make for you. Makes me even happier that I get such rare scenes while you're wearing them. It's not every day your best friend is out saving the world from powerful monsters sealed within cards." Diamond spoke and Yugi flushed slightly from embarrassment. "Oh, by the way. What was that problem you told me about?" Yugi questioned. "Actually..." Ryou started, placing the vest down but before he could continue, there was a knock at the door which frightened Kero a little as he dashed to hide away in the cloth resting within Diamond's sewing box. "Come in." Diamond called and the door opened to reveal Sonomi standing there, panting slightly so all expected that she ran up to the room. She walked over and both Ryou and Diamond greeted her. Yugi bowed and said his hello as well. Sonomi knelt down to him, smiling. "Welcome to our home, Yugi-kun." she greeted and Yugi thanked her. "Hope I'm not intruding." he spoke and she shook her head. "Never. When I heard you were dropping by today, I rushed home from the office." she spoke before standing. "Why don't we have the tea out in the garden? I brought home some cake that we can share." They nodded before Yugi remembered the hidden guardian beast. With her mentioning cake and the fact they were eating outside, he would be sore about missing out. Said guardian beast poked his head out, eyeing them at the mentioning of cake.
'Sorry Kero.' Yugi thought as they were leading from the room, Sonomi directing the maid holding the tray of tea to set up out in the garden. When they were gone, Kero burst out from the box, whining about the cake he was missing out on. But he stopped mid whine when he sensed something. He looked about the room silently, trying to find the source of the presence he felt.
"This presence..." he whispered, still looking around.
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Out in the garden, Yugi, Ryou, and Diamond sat at the table while Sonomi was cutting the cake for them. "This shop's cakes are the most delicious." she spoke as she scooped a slice onto Yugi's plate and placed it in front of him. "You love cakes, don't you?" He nodded. "Yes, I do. A lot in fact." Yugi replied and Sonomi smiled warmly. "Ah yes, I will always remember. Your mother always loved sweets. She always said she had a different place for all the sweets she ate. She could even eat a cake this size all by herself."
"Yeah. Otou-san said that too. He always told me no matter how many sweets she ate, she would never get fat." At the mentioning of Fujitaka, that image appeared in Sonomi's mind bubble that originally had a picture of Nadeshiko and she held an angry glare as she swiped away the imaginary bubble of Fujitaka's image. She sliced another piece for Ryou and Diamond before taking one of her own and smiled to them. "Enjoy." They nodded and Yugi took the first bite before smiling brightly. Sonomi watched him before asking how the cake was. "It's delicious! I never had a cake this good. Next to Ryou and Diamond's sweets of course." The two mentioned laughed softly as they continued to eat.
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Back at the house, Sugoroku was washing the family car when Seth walked up to the shop and smiled. "Hello, Motou-san." He looked up and smiled to the older. "Ah, hello there, Seth. What brings out by?" he questioned. "Well, I heard that you and Fujitaka-sama were cleaning up from Jou and decided to drop by to bring over some snacks. Also, Jou said he'll drop by to help out." Seth replied and Sugoroku nodded. "That would be wonderful." Fujitaka walked out, holding a trash bag and greeted Seth before inviting him for some tea outside.
"So, where's Yugi?" Seth asked.
"He's over at a friend's house." Sugoroku replied.
"Ryou and Diamond's, I presume." Sugoroku nodded. "So, that means he's with the mother that Aqua and I met at the sports festival..." Seth remembered.
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Yugi took the last bite of his cake, Sonomi watching him as he ate. "You know, you remind me of Nadeshiko so much, Yugi-kun." Sonomi spoke quietly. "Y-You really think so?" Yugi asked.
"Yes." Sonomi whispered, going through flashbacks of the moment she shared with Nadeshiko, up until the one where Nadeshiko was mentioning marrying Motou-san and a stress mark appeared on her forehead, angry glare set and Yugi flinched at the intensity of it. Ryou looked to his mother and asked if something was wrong. "Oh nothing. Just remember a scene I wasn't too happy about." she replied. She took a sip of her tea before looking to Yugi once more. "You don't mind me calling you Yugi-kun, do you?"
"Oh, not at all." he replied, taking a sip from his cup. "So, Yugi-kun, I hear you run for track, right?" He nodded. "So, you are a very athletic boy, I'm sure."
"Oh, not that much." he said, waving a hand. She chuckled softly. "That's where you and your mother differ. Nadeshiko was not all that athletic like you are. She was a bit, detached from the word agility, you could say." Sonomi spoke, remember about each and every accident Nadeshiko gotten herself in from falling in the middle of the sidewalk to falling from a tree after helping to get a baby bird back into its nest. The last one, of course, was how she met Fujitaka because of that slip, she fell on top of him. With a simple love phrase had her enamored by the fledgling teacher and Sonomi stood up in anger. "That's right! That moment was how they met!" she snapped. "What was that about an angel?! Oooh that makes me sick to my stomach. Nadeshiko was cute as an angel, I can say that but...!" She stopped in her rant and gave a cough as she sat back down. "Excuse me for that." she said and Yugi nodded, a little stunned by her reaction. Ryou and Diamond just treated as a normal, everyday thing.
"So, you knew my dad, right?" Yugi asked.
"I do."
"So, what kind of person was he? He always tells me so much about kaa-san but he never speaks anything about himself. I'm told that he doesn't have any other relative living except for jii-chan and I don't know any of kaa-san's relatives." Yugi mumbled, starting to become shy in front of the older woman as he asked. Sonomi listened silently before taking another sip of her tea before speaking. "Your father is...a disgusting person." she replied. "He's handsome, kind, a great chef and can do anything and everything but from the perspective of someone who loved Nadeshiko dearly, he's a tremendously disgusting person." She placed a finger to her chin in thought. "As for his flaws...well...he doesn't really have any." She sent a wink towards Yugi. "But don't tell him I said that." Yugi smiled and nodded.
"Don't worry, I won't."
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At the house, Fujitaka sneezed and Seth looked to him. "Do you have a cold, Motou-san?" He shook his head.
"No. I wonder if someone is talking about me, though?" Fujitaka spoke before chuckling softly.
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Back with Yugi, Ryou, Diamond and Sonomi, they were laughing at some of the stories Sonomi were telling them. "And then he suddenly..." she stopped when a maid came up to her, informing that there was a call for her from the office secretary at her company. She stood and took the phone, nodding before frowning. She pulled the phone away and smiled down to Yugi. "I'm sorry about this but it may take a while." she said and Diamond nodded. "No problem, kaa-san. We'll be up in my room." Ryou took the last slice of cake and put it on a plate before Diamond took hold of Yugi's hand and they started back for the house. Sonomi waved enthusiastically, inviting Yugi for dinner later on that day. "We have to! It's a promise!" she called. "Okay! We will!" he replied before they entered in the house.
"You mother is a wonderful woman, Ryou." Yugi said as the ascended the staircase to the second floor. "Thanks for saying that. She would love to hear such a wonderful compliment from you." spoke Diamond as they reached the door to her room and opened it. At the sound of the door, Kero came from his hiding spot and flew up into Yugi's face. "How could you leave me out of the loop?! Having cake without me!" he whined. "You looked so happy eating that cake. I was watching the whole entire time from the window." he sulked. "Uh...I'm so sorry, Kero." Yugi muttered, taken aback from Kero's quick reappearance. "Don't worry, Kero. We have your share right here." Ryou said, holding the plate to the guardian and he was out of his sulking mood in the blink of an eye, balancing the plate on his head happily.
The two laughed softly as Diamond mentioned something about grudges dealing with food to be nasty if they're not solved quickly. Kero took a bite of the cake and smiled as he let the taste melt on his tongue. "And to think, I sensed a Clow card in here while I was all by myself." Kero spoke. "Clow card?" Yugi questioned and Diamond smiled. "Nothing less from you, Kero." she said and Yugi looked to her with question as she walked over to a corner of the room, picking up something before returning to the table, placing a box with a gold lock on the table's surface. "As I was going to tell you, there was something troubling me and it was the lock on this box. The box won't open anymore." she said. "Really, did you or Ryou happen to lose the key?"
"Nope. We have the key right here." Ryou replied, holding up a small, bronze key. "So, you have a key but it doesn't open? That's odd." Ryou nodded. Soon, Kero flew up to them in the midst of the conversation. "I sense a Clow card." he spoke and they turned to him. "Really? Where?" Yugi asked. "It's coming from the box but it's very faint." Yugi looked to the box closely, trying to sense the card himself and as he was watching it, his eye brief figment of the card. "I saw it!" he exclaimed. "I see. Now, let me try something." Ryou tried to put the key into the lock but it bounced off an invisible barrier and was flung across the room, surprising everyone. "That's the exact same thing that happened to kaa-san. She wanted to open the box every once in a while and the result turned out just like that."
"After that little display, it's definitely the doings of a Clow card." Kero quipped. "That's why I asked you to come, Yugi. I had a feeling that was the case when it happened the first time. This box holds something dear to our mother and to us as well. They may not be gone but with the box not opening, it feels as if we lost them." Diamond whispered. Yugi watched her, feeling sad about it before nodding. "I won't let that go on any longer! I'll see what I can do." he said and she smiled to him. "Thanks, Yugi." Yugi brought out the Sealing Staff and both he and Kero scrutinize the box, trying to see if there was anything that was keeping the box from being opened. "A Clow card that keeps a box from being opened? Honestly, no matter how I look at it, I don't see anything." Yugi then raised the staff, tapping the box and hit a barrier causing both he and Kero to become more alert. "Yugi!" Kero called and he nodded, tapping the box again, resulting in the same thing and Kero finally noticed what card it was.
"It's the Shield card!" he spoke. "Did you see how a barrier formed around it each time Yugi hit it?"
Diamond shook her head. "No, I didn't see that."
"Those with magical powers could see it." Ryou nodded and looked back to the box. "Then why is it surrounding the box?" he questioned.
"Maybe it knew that Ryou and Diamond were my friends...?"
"No, no. It has a good personality. It would never do something so cruel like that." Kero replied. "The Shield has a knack for protecting precious things. So if it's valuable, it would go and protect it with a shield, hence the name. So whatever is in that box must be precious to its owners which is why it's here now and placing a barrier over the box." Kero explained. "So then, how do I change it back into a card?" Yugi asked. "Well, you have a sword that can cut through anything, right?" Kero pointed out "Oh! I can cut Shield with Sword!" Kero nodded. "Yep. When Shield gets cut, it will show its true self." Yugi nodded and stood up, pulling the card from his pocket. "The card created by Clow lend you powers to my Key! Transfer the magic dwelling within you to the Key and grant me your power! Sword!" he chanted, tapping the card and soon, magic surrounded the Sealing Staff, changing it into an elegant sword. From the side, Diamond recorded the scene, hoping that what Kero said is true. Yugi sent a slash towards the box, the Shield's barrier coming up to protect it but was sliced through easily. When the cut was made, the magic from the barrier rose up and formed into the figure of the Shield. "Now, Yugi!" Kero called and he nodded and he gave a flick of the wrist, transforming the sword back into the staff.
"Return to the guise you were meant to be! Clow card!"
Yugi tapped the air before him, creating the apparition of the card and the Shield was soon absorbed inside, name and picture appearing upon the renewed card before flying into Yugi's hand. "Great job, Yugi." Kero praised. "Yeah. You look so dignified as always." Ryou added. "Oh shoot!" Diamond murmured as she ran off. "What's wrong?" Yugi asked. "I should've let you wear your outfit before we done all this." she spoke and Yugi grinned sheepishly. "Oh well, there's always next time." he spoke. "Yeah." Ryou picked up the key from where it fallen previously before the realization of the card and walked back over to the box. He placed the key within the lock, seeing as nothing happened, and turned it. They heard the click of the lock and smiled. "It opened!" He cheered and Kero smirked. "Well, since I was with him, we knew what the obvious result was." Kero gloated. "Oh hush you." Yugi told him before looking back to Ryou. "So, can I take a look what's inside?" Yugi asked.
"Sure."
He opened the box and Yugi was in awe at what rests within it before they heard a knock at the door. "Drat!" Kero hissed as he scrambled off to go hide before Diamond gave entrance to whoever was coming in. Sonomi peeked in and smiled. "Sorry about earlier." she spoke before seeing that the box was open. "You got it open. But how?" Yugi eeped and turned away from them as Ryou explained that a spring was stuck in the keyhole. "Ah, so that why the key kept popping back out every time I tried." Sonomi reached in and picked up the bouquet of flowers that rests in the box, smiling softly. Yugi turned back around and looked to the bouquet. "It is a beautiful bouquet." he whispered. "Yes. It's the same bouquet your mother had when she got married." Sonomi sighed wistfully. "She always loved cherry blossoms." Yugi listened quietly before smiling, letting her reminisce in peace. "I know! I'll make dinner tonight!" Sonomi spoke suddenly. "Whatever you like, just tell me and I'll make it, Yugi-kun!" she continued, placing the blossoms back into the box. "Okay!" Yugi said as the older took his hand and led him down into the dining room. "Ryou! Diamond! You two come help too!" she called. "Alright! Be there in a sec!" Diamond replied before looking down to Ryou who pulled something else from the box. Kero popped from his hiding place, grumbling about him doing nothing but hiding all day before taking a glance to the tiny bag in Ryou's hands. "So, is that your precious item?" he asked.
"Yes."
"What is it?"
"An eraser."
"An eraser? Why is that precious to you two?" he asked again.
"Because, this was a gift given to us when we first met. After that day, we became good friends and we kept this like a token of the start of our friendship before we met Jou and the others." Kero nodded and Ryou placed the bag back into the box, closing the lid and locking it. "Ryou! Diamond!" Sonomi called from downstairs. "Coming!" Ryou called back. "Hey, don't forget to cook me something too!" Kero called. "We will. You just keep watch over my room." Diamond replied. Kero nodded and they both left as the guardian shouted for them to make lots of yummy food for him and they laughed as they walked downstairs.
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Zypher: -sitting in a chair in the corner of the room, head down solemnly-
Yugi: Well, I hoped you all have enjoyed this chapter. This may be the last for a while. Zypher just got a call about her cat who's very sick right now. The doctors are doing everything possible but they say she's getting worse and that's making her very sad right now. She really doesn't want to lose her cat and to her, it seems there is little hope since already, she has labored breathing and is unable to walk. For all those that read this, please, pray for Crystal's wellbeing and pray for her survival. All us muses hope she doesn't die either so please, hope the same.
She is very close to all of us. And also, if you still want to send in ideas for costume, do hesitate to do so either in an email or a PM. Thanks for reading and we hope to see you soon if worse doesn't get worse with Crystal. -walks over to Zypher and comforts her-
Notice: My cat's health hasn't gotten better so today, on April 30 of 2007, my beloved pet cat Crystal was put down. It was heartbreaking to hear her last cries before she left this world and she will always be in my heart. Because of this, all updates will be halted for a while until I can get back on my feet. I'm sorry for this bad news. I hope you'll continue to read and leave reviews. I'll see you all again soon.