Sorry I'm late with this chapter! But this is a summer chapter, so I guess I'm not entirely late with it.
Anyway, enjoy the rest of the summer AND the chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own any Yu-Gi-Oh characters! I only own my OCs!
Chapter 13: An Explosion Game Makes for the Worst Date
Yugi, Aurora, Joakim and their friends were at school. They were all looking forward to the summer vacation, but the nightmare of that were tons of homework they needed to do. They all wanted to go to either the beach or the pool, or do something else.
Yugi had his nose pointed at today's newspaper, reading about one particular incident. "Did you see the newspaper this morning?"
"What is it, Yugi?" Anzu asked.
Tristan, who lazily napped on his desk, opened an eye. "Could it be those serial bombing incidents?"
Yugi nodded, looking kinda excited. "Yeah! That's right!" He returned his eyes on the newspaper. "This is the third time. This time he gave a quiz to guess where the bomb was."
"What?" Aurora blinked confusedly.
"You mean, he made a game out of something this dangerous that put people's lives at stake?" Joakim asked in surprise.
"Quiz? What kind?" Anzu asked Yugi.
"They didn't write about the details…", Yugi sighed. "What a hurtful crime!"
"You really like stuff like this, don't you?" Joey commented before he left to get something.
Aurora and Joakim exchanged a worried glance with each other. The truth was there had been rumors going around at their music company that this serial bomber planned on planting a bomb in the building as well. But so far, they had been safe.
The female twin glanced down at the newspaper and blinked when she spotted something. "Mutou-kun." Yugi looked up. "May I borrow the newspaper for a second?"
"Ah, sure!" Yugi nodded.
Aurora picked up the newspaper and looked closer at the picture she had seen. It was a poster of Domino Amusement Park that was going to open its pool this weekend.
"Domino Amusement Park's summer pool is open", Joakim read the poster, looking over his sister's shoulder. "And it even has a water slide. Nice!"
Yugi blinked confusedly, but his eyes shone with curiosity as well.
Aurora turned to her twin brother. "Joakim, when was the last time we went to the pool?"
Joakim tried to remember as he crossed his arms. "That must have been when we were ten years old. So a looong time ago."
Aurora turned to Yugi, getting an idea. "Mutou-kun, do you want to come along to the amusement park and have a dip in the pool? You can guide me and Joakim to show us around so we can get familiar with the place."
"To an amusement park?" Yugi smiled when he heard that. "I love amusement parks!"
"I had feeling you'd say that, Yug-boy", Joakim grinned.
"So you're in?" Aurora asked Yugi.
Yugi nodded excitedly. "I'm in!"
"How about we go to the amusement park this Sunday?" Joakim suggested. "Aura and I've got some business to take care of this Saturday."
Yugi leant closer to the twins to whisper his question. "Is it about…your comeback concert?"
Yes, Yugi knew about the twins' secret comeback concert during the summer. They had told him and only him because they knew he could keep secrets from others. And the twins didn't want to spoil the surprise for their other friends.
"Got that right, Yugi", Joakim grinned. "The time is soon here."
"Speaking of which, when and where shall we meet on Sunday?" Aurora questioned.
While the trio made up a decision, their other friends had overheard the plans of visiting Domino Amusement Park. They felt a bit left out, but that would change on the date.
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How come it was only Aurora and Yugi going to the amusement park? Well, Joakim had somehow caught a summer cold and had to stay in bed. Aurora had been close to cancel the plans, but Joakim insisted that she should go and enjoy her time with Yugi.
Aurora got a bit skeptical about it, but shrugged it off and went to the meeting spot. She was dressed in a simple white spaghetti-strapped dress with frills at the hem that reached down to her knees and light green sandals with one centimeter heels. Of course, she had her Millennium Earring on her. She carried a silver summer bag with her bikini, towel and other things needed for the visit, plus her wallet and keys.
However, the different thing about Aurora was her hair. She didn't have it tied up as it usually was. It was now down as Aurora also had a summer straw hat resting on her head.
Yugi was already at the meeting spot, waiting for the twins, when he spotted Aurora coming. He could swear he saw an angel as Aurora came up to him. Her white summer dress blew by the wind.
The duo made it to Domino Amusement Park, not realizing that their friends were following them in secret, including Joakim. He had been faking with his summer cold. He wanted Aurora to get used to be with another boy all alone.
"Here it is! A two shot!" Joey exclaimed in delight.
Joakim's group was wearing sunglasses to shield themselves in case Yugi or Aurora would notice them. Tristan had even brought a video camera to record the supposed date.
"Hey, must Miho-tachi hide?" Miho mumbled.
"Because we came to check on their date!" Joey replied.
"And I agreed on it because I wanted to make a small experiment of this opportunity", Joakim added.
"What do you mean?" Anzu wondered.
Joakim let out a soft sigh. "A couple of years ago, Aurora had a hard time trusting other boys without me around. So I want to see if she's gotten better, and Yugi is the perfect boy since he would never try to harm Aurora."
"Was it that extreme?" Anzu asked sadly.
Joakim nodded, "Yeah…"
"Miho came to swim in the pool!" Miho protested.
"Yeah, Joey! I came to see Miho-chan in a swimsuit, which I would be grateful to see", Tristan confessed as he turned the video camera at his crush.
Miho shrieked with a blush before hitting Tristan with her bag. "Tristan-kun, you pervert!"
Tristan blushed at his mistake with the words. "No no! I came to play in the pool. Right, Joey?"
"Let's leave it at that", Joey replied simply.
Yugi looked up at his friend, wondering why he suddenly got so nervous around her. It wasn't the first time he walked by her side. Was it because of her casual clothes, or her hair down? He had absolutely no idea.
"Aurora-chan!" Yugi spoke up, getting the female twin's attention. "Since it's just the two of us… Is this a d-da…"
Aurora noticed how distressed and embarrassed Yugi was about the outing, so she decided to distract him. "I almost forgot! We need to buy entrance tickets."
"I'll go buy them!" Yugi insisted and ran off to the counter.
Aurora smiled at the sight when she saw how the lady behind the counter thought Yugi was an elementary school student. After Yugi showed the lady his high school ID, she apologized and allowed the boy to buy two student tickets.
The duo went to the pool area and went to change their clothes. Yugi was done first. He waited for Aurora by the water slides, dressed in his blue trunks.
"Sorry to keep you waiting", Aurora called.
Yugi turned around to greet her when his voice got stuck in his throat. Aurora was dressed in a light blue swimsuit that had a diamond cut on her stomach, revealing her belly button. She had her hair up in a bun while she had removed her Millennium Earring.
Not just Yugi but other boys and men were staring at Aurora's curvy body that had the natural shape for a model.
Aurora was carrying a swimming ring, big enough to fit her and Yugi. "Shall we try the water slide, since we're so close to it?"
Yugi couldn't get a word out of his mouth. Aurora looked at him worriedly. "Are you okay, Mutou-kun?" she asked.
Yugi snapped out of it and nodded. "Y-Yes yes! I'm fine!"
Aurora smiled before she grabbed Yugi's hand, causing him to blush even harder. "Then let's go."
Joey and Tristan stood behind a shelter. Miho and Anzu had gone to change into their own swimsuits. The boys couldn't help but feel a bit warmer than usual after seeing Aurora's body.
"Damn, Aurora. She has more of a sexy, dynamite body than I thought", Joey blushed. "She and Yugi don't match at all!"
"Yeah", Tristan nodded.
The two boys suddenly felt something burn behind them. They turned their heads slowly to see Joakim glare at them with fire in his eyes.
"Careful, guys…", Joakim hissed in a threatening way. "That's my sister you're talking about."
Joey and Tristan swallowed nervously.
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Aurora and Yugi spent much of the time in the pool, splashing each other and even racing. Now they were both resting on loungers to dry the water off their bodies. Aurora was enjoying the sun while Yugi was very stiff. He kept eyeing Aurora secretly as a "sunburn" remained on his cheeks.
Joey felt a bit jealous for seeing Tristan and Miho having fun together in another pool. But the jealousy grew even bigger when he saw how Joakim and Anzu had a great time together as well. He felt left out so he tried to flirt with some beauties, only to get rejected.
Aurora opened her eyes as she looked at the blue sky. *What a beautiful day… It's too bad Joakim missed this.*
A noise to her left caught her attention. She turned her head and saw Yugi sitting up on the lounger, but something was different with him. Instead of his childish look, he had Yami's mature appearance. Aurora got stunned for a second. Was she hallucinating or was it really Yami who somehow took over Yugi's body, even if the boy wasn't wearing his Millennium Puzzle?
The magic got broken when a child sprayed water on Yugi's face with a water gun. "What are you doing, you brat?!" Yugi spat angrily as he chased after the boy.
Aurora giggled at the scene, feeling a blush on her cheeks. *Maybe… I was imagining Yugi as a grown-up with Yami's features…* She leant back on her lounger and looked at the sky. *Yugi…is completely different from the other boys I met. I…* A smile appeared on her lips. *I guess I like him…as a very close friend.*
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Yugi and Aurora changed back to their clothes and walked through the amusement park.
"What ride should we go on?" Yugi asked.
Aurora looked around, seeing all kinds of rides. "Is there any ride that you don't like, Mutou-kun?"
"I love them all", Yugi replied.
"I see."
Aurora suddenly felt eyes on her back. She looked over her shoulder to see some blonde hair disappear behind an ice cream stand. She narrowed her eyes suspiciously, having a feeling she knew who the blonde hair belonged to.
"Let's go that way", Aurora turned back to Yugi and pointed in a direction.
Yugi nodded and followed the girl. Joey followed them behind with a few meters, acting all nonchalant.
"Aurora…", Amaura called.
"Yes?" Aurora replied.
"Joey is following you two."
"I had a feeling it was him."
"But I also sense Mako nearby."
That almost caught Aurora off guard.
"H-How can Mako be here when Joakim is sick?"
"Joakim faked it."
Aurora grew angry at her brother who pretended to be sick, just to spy on her and Yugi. She led Yugi on a path behind some bushes and waited for Joey to follow them. Once she heard his footsteps turning by the corner, she turned quickly around and threw down Joey on the ground.
"Got you, Wheeler-kun!" Aurora said, holding Joey's right arm behind his back while pushing him down with her other hand.
"Ow ow ow!" Joey groaned in pain. "Let go of me, woman!"
"Joey?" Yugi blinked confusedly.
Aurora let go of Joey and crossed her arms as she glared at the blonde boy. "What are you doing here?"
"We all came to play in the pool too!" Joey confessed, not wanting to get Aurora angry.
"Really?" Aurora arched an eyebrow.
Joey swallowed nervously as he felt Aurora's glare was exactly the same as Joakim's.
Yugi felt like he had to break the awkward silence. "H-Hey… Since we're here, let's all play together?"
"Huh?" Aurora blinked confusedly.
"The more the merrier, right?" Yugi said with an innocent look.
Aurora agreed on it as she, Yugi and Joey walked around in the amusement park. But it didn't even take five minutes when Joey remembered something.
"Ah, that's right", Joey suddenly said, getting his friends' attention as he looked at Aurora. "Joakim mentioned something weird earlier." Aurora blinked when she heard his brother's name. "He said something that you had a hard time trusting other boys without him around."
Aurora's eyes widened in shock when she heard that. Her inner body began shaking as the memories came back with an explosion. The scenes… The smells… The voices… The touches on her body…
Yugi noticed the sudden change on Aurora's face. She looked like she had seen the scariest thing that could ever exist on the planet.
Joey was oblivious to the girl and continued talking. "Were you once bullied by boys, or did a relationship go wrong for you, or-"
Aurora didn't let Joey finish the sentence as she threw her bag straight on his face, tears in her eyes as she growled like a tiger. "You have no rights to know what happened to me!" Blinded by anger, she took off, leaving the two boys alone.
"Aurora-chan… Wait, Aurora-chan!" Yugi called as he picked up Aurora's bag and ran after her.
Joey stared at his friends in disbelief. "What's with her?"
Tristan had seen everything, so he walked up to his blonde friend. "She's mad you interfered with her date. It's normal."
Joakim, Anzu and Miho joined the boys. "What happened?" Anzu asked.
The trio had missed Aurora and Yugi running off.
"Ah… I asked Aurora a question, but I guess it was a sore point…", Joey rubbed the back of his head.
Joakim snapped his head towards the blonde boy. "What kind of question?"
Joey swallowed nervously. "About why she used to be scared of boys…"
That resulted with a punch on the top of Joey's head by Joakim. Joey crouched down and held his throbbing head.
"Joey-kun, you idiot!" Miho scolded him.
"You're not supposed to ask girls uncomfortable questions until they're ready to speak about them!" Anzu added.
"Girls…", Joey mumbled angrily.
"Anyway, we better go look for Aurora and Yugi", Tristan told the group. "Aurora looked very upset."
"And with every right", Joakim nodded.
"I'll try sensing Amaura and Yami's power", Mako told his host.
"Please do", Joakim replied.
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Aurora had outrun Yugi, and since she didn't want anyone to see her in her current condition, she decided to take a turn with the Ferris wheel. She went into the third gondola and sat down with her hands on her face. She had calmed down a bit, but the memories were still lingering in her mind.
Amaura's spirit sat next to her and had an arm wrapped around her host's shoulders. "Calm down, Aurora. Joey didn't mean any harm by that question. He was simply curious."
Aurora looked up with dried tears on her cheeks. "I know that… But still…"
"It hurts. I know."
Both Amaura and Mako knew about the incident that happened when Aurora and Joakim were still living in Canada and when their father was still around.
"What you went through was dreadful. You did not deserve that."
Aurora sighed as she looked out through the window to her right. "I'm glad nothing else happened, but I fear for the future…" She trailed off when she spotted Yugi's figure running past the Ferris wheel.
Just as Aurora was about to take a closer look, the whole Ferris wheel shook by an explosion that came from the control room. "What was that?!" Aurora exclaimed.
The Ferris wheel came to a halt as Aurora could faintly hear a loud alarm from the outside. Yugi turned around and spotted Aurora in the gondola just as a voice spoke from a speaker inside the gondola.
"May I have your attention", a female voice spoke. "There is a bomb in the amusement park."
"A bomb?!" Aurora shouted in disbelief.
"Is it the serial bomber?" Amaura wondered.
"Customers, please follow the police orders and quickly evacuate the park", the female voice continued.
A massive crowd ran past Yugi. The boy was close to get into the wave of people, but he dodged it in time as he remained by the Ferris wheel.
Aurora signed for Yugi to run with the people to safety. Yugi didn't get it first until she pointed towards the crowd. His expression changed from shock to determination and shook his head to say no. Aurora glared at Yugi and pointed at the crowd strictly, but Yugi still refused to leave.
"He's so stubborn…", Aurora mumbled.
"He cares for you. That's why he won't leave", Amaura told her host.
The inspector from the Burger World incident ran over to the Ferris wheel and spotted Yugi. He recognized the boy immediately, since you rarely see any boys with the star-shaped hairstyle nowadays.
Aurora saw how the inspector told Yugi to leave, but Yugi pointed straight at the girl and told the man she was trapped in the Ferris wheel. Policemen gathered by the Ferris wheel just as the inspector picked up a cell phone from his pocket.
Aurora and Amaura observed how two policemen came up to the inspector with colorful balloons. "Okay, we know now it's the serial bomber who's behind this", Amaura commented.
Aurora nodded, "That man is trying to play a game with people's lives at stake. I hope we will make it out of here safely…"
"We will", Amaura assured her host. "I hope…"
The girls saw how the inspector took a white balloon and released it. The balloon flew past the Ferris wheel when an explosion from a gondola erupted. Aurora clung onto the locked door of the gondola, feeling the tremor in her gondola.
Amaura glanced down through the window and saw smoke coming from the smoking gondola. "A gondola below us blew up."
"We have to get out of here", Aurora said.
"We can't!" Amaura stopped her host. "If the serial bomber is here, he might see the whole Ferris wheel! If we try to get out, he might blow up the whole ride kill the people in the other gondolas!"
Aurora grunted through her teeth. She knew Amaura was right in every aspect. So the only thing she could do now was to stay by the window and watch the inspector play after the bomber's rules.
Yugi never once let go of Aurora's gondola with his eyes. He held the girl's bag close to his chest, feeling his heart throb in fear. He didn't want to lose his friend. She became so important to him in just a few months.
The girls saw how the inspector seemed to look for someone who was good at games. He even asked his colleagues if they were good at games. It was then Yugi's Millennium Puzzle glowed and replaced the boy with Yami. The ancient spirit offered the police his help and took the cell phone from the inspector.
"Yami…", Aurora mumbled.
A sigh was released from Amaura's lips. "Yami can save us… Only he can do it."
Aurora glanced at her spirit friend. She noticed the look Amaura had on her face, and recognized it. It was the same look as Joakim's ex-girlfriend had when they had been together.
Love.
But Amaura's smile radiated more than just love. Loyalty. Trust. Compassion. Was it possible that Yami and Amaura had a very close history in the past?
Yami released a yellow balloon. Aurora and Amaura watched the balloon fly up in the air. It was quiet for two seconds before there was another explosion, but this time it was further away from the girls.
"It was the tenth gondola", Amaura reported.
"That's why it felt like it was far away from us", Aurora said.
There was a moment of silence when Yami released a pink balloon. But chaos broke out when the fourth gondola exploded. Aurora's ears rang by the loud noise, so she had to cover them for a second.
"Now the fourth gondola has exploded!" Amaura reported.
"So much for saying that Yami can save us!" Aurora retorted irritably.
"He must've followed the bomber's instructions!"
"But what's with the balloons and colors…?" Aurora trailed off as she remembered something.
Last night, she had looked at Domino Amusement Park's website to see what kind of rides and attractions they had. One thing that caught her attention was this clock that was made out of colorful flowers…
"Colors… Numbers…", Aurora mumbled before she snapped her fingers. "I think I got it!"
"Got what?" Amaura wondered.
"This game must be related to the colorful clock they have here in the amusement park!"
"You mean, the one that has colorful numbers?"
"Yes, that one! Try to send Yami a message through your bond!"
Amaura glanced down at Yami before she grinned and shook her head. "There's no need for that."
"Why not?" Aurora wondered flabbergasted.
"Because Yami must've figured it out now."
Aurora looked through the window and saw Yami running off with the inspector, police and some staff members of the amusement park. She followed them with her eyes and saw how Yami sat down on that ride that lifted people up to the top of a tower to then harshly lower the ride down.
"Yami is definitely smart", Aurora smiled before the smile was replaced with a look of worry. "But will he make it?"
Luckily, Yami made it and told the bomber the answer. He even used his power of the Millennium Puzzle to punish the bomber with the Shadow Games.
Aurora looked down when she heard the noise of a man crying in pain. She saw a body smash through the window of the thirteenth gondola and crashed into a food stand next to the Ferris wheel.
Aurora let out a sigh of relief. "The game is over…"
Amaura nodded with a smile. "And the culprit is revealed."
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It took some time for the staff to get the Ferris wheel to move again. Meanwhile, the police arrested the serial bomber who ended up being the man who fell off the thirteenth gondola. Yami pointed him out to the inspector before he rushed over to the Ferris wheel. While he did that, he let Yugi take over the body.
Yugi barely remembered what happened, but he had a feeling he had helped saving Aurora and the mother with child from a safe death.
Once the Ferris wheel was moving again, the staff helped the mother and her son out before they helped Aurora. Amaura had retired to the Millennium Earring, but she had shared a smile to Yami for saving her host's life.
Aurora got out of the gondola and went straight to Yugi. "Are you okay, Aurora-chan?" Yugi asked immediately.
Aurora nodded, "I am now." She went down on one knee and hugged Yugi, causing the boy to blush by the close contact. "Thank you for worrying, Yugi. And for saving my life…" She had whispered the last part.
Yugi smiled before he gasped in realization. "You used my first name!"
Aurora blushed when she realized her mistake and let go of Yugi. "I'm sorry, Mutou-kun!"
Yugi shook his head. "It's okay. You can call me Yugi."
Aurora blinked confusedly. "Are you…sure?"
Yugi nodded excitedly. "Yeah!"
Aurora smiled and stood up just as their friends gathered by them.
"There they are!" Miho exclaimed in relief.
"So they were inside!" Tristan said.
"You had us all worried!" Anzu told Yugi and Aurora.
"Just what happened?!" Joey asked worriedly.
"We simply got involved with the serial bomber", Aurora replied calmly.
Joakim stepped up to his twin sister. "Are you sure you're okay, sis?"
"Yes", Aurora nodded before she narrowed her eyes. "Speaking of…"
Joakim swallowed in fear, knowing what was coming.
"Why did you fake being sick while you were just fine, Kim?" Aurora asked with her arms crossed.
"Ehh…", Joakim mumbled, not wanting to reveal the truth with the others around.
Aurora realized that and sighed. "Whatever. You can tell me at home."
Joakim sighed in relief.
"Hey, now when we're all here, how about we go together in the amusement park?" Yugi wondered.
"Aren't they closing off the amusement park after the incident?" Joey pointed out.
"Ahh… Right…", Yugi mumbled sadly.
Aurora and Joakim exchanged a look before they chuckled simultaneously.