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And no, it's not finished yet if you're wondering why I'm thanking people like as if I just won a Beauty Pageant, lol; I just wanted to put a author's thank you note up! Hee hee!
The past few chapters were actually reflecting on depressing stuff a teenager has to cope with. See, Charybdis had just had an argument with Joey and lost her best friend, her annoying but 'cool' grandma had arrived just when reporters had put her up as Seto Kaiba's girlfriend, and her parent's don't know – yet.
Chapter 14
The Boring but Wonderfully Weird Date with Yami
Yugi walked home with me the next day at school, I was relieved; those girls were still out there waiting for me. I was always alone during interval and lunchtime, so I took this opportunity to stay put in the classroom, and tried my best to ignore more paper balls, flying paper aeroplanes that got stuck in my hair and name chanting during class time. The teacher didn't anything to stop it either. School had started to become like hell, and I was in hell for 3 weeks.
"Are you doing anything this Saturday??" Yugi asked me.
I was looking down at my skates as we walked home. I shook my head without thinking, but replied absentmindedly. ".... I'd be at home with a paper bag over my head."
Yugi looked worriedly at me, and glanced down at his Millennium Puzzle. "I was wondering if you weren't busy, that you could come with me and Yami to the Duel Monster Exhibit in the Museum, it's on this Saturday at 3pm and I – "
I froze. "Are you asking me on a d – "
SMACK!
I crashed into the lamppost in front of me and bounded backwards onto the ground. "Date..." I finished quietly. He didn't seem to hear and helped me back up. "You're always worked up nowadays, I figured you could use a day out – um...." He grew slightly red. "Well, do you want to come?"
"Is Joey going?" I mumbled.
Yugi shook his head. "I didn't ask anyone else apart from you."
"Well... uh... yeah, I'll come, this Saturday, is it??"
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Yugi was waiting for me downstairs patiently that Saturday. He had come early and I wasn't even ready yet. I asked Grandma and Callista to stall for the moment, and before I ran all the way upstairs to my bedroom, Grandma pretended that she wanted to experiment on him for a while and she dragged Yami out. "Oh, this was not to happen!" Grandma lied.
Darn, Grandma's a pretty good actress.
I rummaged my way through heaps and heaps of clothes, trying to figure what to wear. I fished out a strap top – no, that reveals too much and I flung it back into the pile. I took out a tracksuit top. No! That makes me look quite chubby. I flung it back and then found the same top Callista made me wear a few weeks ago when she gave me a makeover. I was sure it had shrunk over the days....
I threw it over my head and struggled to pull it down. God... I'm not getting fat, now am I?? I heaved, panted and wheezed, and then I finally got it past my shoulders after a couple of minutes of wrestling with a piece of fabric. It had shrunk, a lot in size indeed. It looked as if I was wearing a sports bra! I quickly took my zipper top and put it on, then zipped it up to my collar and dashed back down the stairs. There, still waltzing around the sofa was Grandma who was now performing a spirit ritual with her mask on.
"Grandma!!" I hissed at her in Cantonese, and pulled Yami from the couch back beside me. "Leave him alone!"
Grandma stopped moving and took off her mask. "I was only trying to help you stall for time." She replied in Hakka as she shrugged her shoulders.
"There's no need anymore, I'm done, so if you will excuse, me and Yami have a date – er... a meeting to... attend." I said back to her in Cantonese. God, if Yami found out what I was saying, I'd never let it down.
Grandma shrugged again. "You two have fun in your date." She said, in English.
I burned to the ground whilst Yami looked at my tomato coloured face in confusion. Clearing my throat, I waved to them and hopped outside from the front door and went to open the gates.
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What was that thing??
I squinted my eyes to get a better look at the stone tablet that was the main tourist attraction in Domino Museum. It was a rather dirty brown colour, with funny figures standing opposite each other near the bottom of the tablet with their hands out to each other. I cocked my head to the side and peered closely at the one on the right. To avoid attention in case people recognized me from the papers, I had placed on a baseball cap, tied my hair into bunches and put on dark sunglasses.
Yugi was watching me leer at it, with Yami standing beside him in spirit form watching me too while I tried to find the resemblance of Yami who was supposedly to be on it. I turned back to them. "I don't get it, you said that one of the figures here was Yami when he was a Pharaoh, but I don't see anything."
"Look closer." Yugi said.
And I did.
My nose almost touched the glass but I luckily moved back before I slammed into it. "This one??" I pointed to one of the figures. Yugi rolled his eyes and I slumped down in shame. Yami walked over and pointed to the one beside me.
The figure had funny hair, styled in the way like Yugi's... and Yami's. I slapped my forehead hard. How could I have been so stupid??? I laughed nervously. Guess Joey was right; I do need my eyes tested...
I think I needed, really. I slammed into several people on the way around in the exhibit, tripped over some stands where some models were and I had to squint my eyes to see where Yugi was if we got separated. I grovelled around the floor through crowds of people helplessly when I dropped my purse and several coins rolled out. Yugi found some, and I was left trying to find some other ones I had missed. I spotted a10 pence and grabbed it then stood back up.
"There we go, all here!" I said when I walked back over to Yugi, holding it in my fingers. "Do you want to eat something Yugi?"
No reply.
"Yugi??"
Still no reply.
"Eh??" I cocked my head again. "Is something wrong, Yugi?"
"Charybdis, I'm over here."
I turned round. "Yugi??"
A blurry short image popped in front of me. "Yugi, what are you doing there?? I thou – "I turned back to the 'assumed' Yugi. My blurry eye vision gave way and I noticed that I was talking to a dummy of some dead man (no offence to him lol). I cringed. My eyesight wasn't that bad, how could I have mistaken that 'thing' for Yugi??!! This was getting weirder and weirder by the minute...
"Oh yeah, I found my ten pence." I said, as I stuffed it back into my purse.
Yugi peered at it before it disappeared inside the denim – coated purse. "Charybdis, that's not a ten pence."
"Nani (What??)??" I asked. I fished it out again.
"It's a silver bottle lid."
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Yami swapped over during the rest of the exhibit and I followed behind him meekly as he examined some more stuff from Ancient Egypt, I had the feeling that Yami's past as the Pharaoh was beginning to get into his head. I watched him talking with the curator of the Museum a distance away and looked down at the floor, waiting for their unusually long conversation to finish. I leaned on the wall and fiddled with my top for a while. This stupid crush of mine was going to wreck my life. Yami's my good friend, if he doesn't like me then I'm just wasting myself, I won't even stand a chance of being with him anyway since he hadn't showed any signs that he liked me, so why not just shrug it off and act normal in front of him as a friend – just a friend.
I closed my eyes shut when they started to droop down pathetically.
...........A fly drones by...........
...Zzzz....
"Hey is that a new model on show??" I was rudely woken up by someone's finger jabbing me at the side. I opened my eyes and blinked, then looked down at the 7-year-old boy who was giggling and poking me with his stubby, short finger. "Hehe, the dummy's soft!" I growled at him and he looked up. "That's weird, I thought its eyes were closed before..." he continued jabbing at me. "Stop that kid." I barked at him and he ran off, screaming loudly. "Mummy!! The dummy's alive!!"
I hadn't noticed Yami had come back over because I had concentrated on going back to sleep. I was sitting down, huddling my knees to my chest with my head on my arms. He tapped me slightly and I mumbled. "Five more minutes please..."
"Wake up, the exhibit's closing...."
I groaned, yawned loudly as I stretched my arms and stood back up facing him groggily. "Are we going now??" I yawned tiredly while I swayed back and forth on the ground. "Did you learn anything interesting??" I asked.
Sadly, he shook his head, and frowned, and then I did too. I felt bad. "Well, at least we had a nice day out.... I suppose."
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I couldn't help yawning on the way home. I guess it was because of the lack of sleep I haven't had the past days, or maybe it was because I'd actually had a BORING day with Yami and Yugi. I believed that it might get interesting but fate proved me wrong. I wondered whether Yami had more fun when he went on the date with Tea... I shook my head, hard, to snap myself out. I couldn't back down now! I'd just have to try and make our journey home – unboring – if that's even a word...
My wish was fulfilled when hands from the dark alleyway where I was just walking past shot out and dragged me back inside quickly and quietly that I actually felt my feet off the ground. Wow, I had thought at that time, this is going to be so cool!! I tried to scream when three men who had dragged me inside the darkness but couldn't when they stuffed my mouth with their horrible hankies. My sunglasses fell off and onto the ground. This is the type of scene when the pretty girl gets kidnapped and then the hunky guy saves her in a dramatic way.
I stared at the opening of the alleyway. Okay Yami, you can come in now!!
Nothing.
Y-Yami??
He didn't come.
Now I panicked.
They pinned me to the wall as I kicked and huffed angrily, trying to get free but failed miserably and I began crying – hard. "Shut up, girl, hand over all your money and possessions and we won't harm you." One man said. He had something shiny in his hand; it gleamed in the sunlight that instantly indicated to me what it was.
A knife.
I panicked even more.
Don't take my necklace!! I beg you!! It's Callista's!! She's going to be mad!! The man reached out for my necklace and then I snapped. Anger ran inside me, and I pushed him away with all my might. The other two men stepped back when I landed on the floor on my feet. I could feel a surge of energy flow through me.
"Don't you dare threaten me!!" I barked at them loudly as I stood my ground, getting into a fighting stance.
"Hey, isn't she Seto Kaiba's girlfriend??"
I cringed. "I'm not!!!!"
"Get her! If we hold her hostage, Seto Kaiba might meet our demands!!"
I ducked under one man and back flipped (I'm not sure if this is the right term, but you get the message, right?) him onto the ground, and then punched the man in the face who was about to hit me next. "That's for ruining my date!!" I shouted as he doubled over.
I kicked the other thug in the stomach. "That's for taking me away from my boyfriend – er.. My friend!!" I thought they would get the message and run away, but they didn't, and came back up even angrier. Okay, now was the time to run.
I stumbled past the bins and pushed discarded boxes away from me as I ran away. I saw two paths ahead, okay.. .which one should I choose?? Eenie meenie miny mo, catch a farmer on the roe, it dit dot dit, you are not it! I chose right, and then darted into the left. (I know that stupid poem doesn't make any sense, but bear with me, alright?)
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
It wasn't a dead end, but the way back to the thugs. I'd been running around in a circle!! I looked down with a sweatdrop, I have failed....
Okay, it's three against one. How many could I take on with my amazingly weak but skilled defence moves?? One. I aimed for the guy holding a knife and I kicked his hand when he tried to punch me with his free hand. The knife went flying, all the way to the opening of the alley where a shadow was blocking some light. A shadow with familiar funny hair that stuck out at odd angles and glowing amethyst eyes; but that wasn't the only thing glowing in the darkness, something was on his forehead. A sort of eye symbol similar to the one on the puzzle that hung around his neck. A third eye.
Finally, he came!
I got ready to swoon and dropped my guard by accident, resulting in another man slamming me back to the wall. "Eek....." I whimpered. The man grinned at Yami who had stepped in. "Stand back or the girl gets it."
I gulped. Gets what??
The man took out another knife and put it beside my cheek, the blade almost touched my skin and I tried to kick him away – not the smartest thing to do and I got my hand cut. It wasn't very deep but it was long and bleeding badly, right across my right palm and I started to howl. The man grabbed me again quickly while I tried to break free.
"Let her go!!" Yami demanded, and then something funny happened, I couldn't explain it, but it was bizarre and wonderful at the same time. His Millennium Puzzle began glowing brightly, and then it grew brighter and brighter, until I had to shield my eyes to avoid being bedazzled. The next thing I knew I was flat faced on the ground. I pushed myself back up, wincing badly since the cut hurt terribly. I looked around, where were the men?? They had vanished. The knife with my blood lay on the floor beside me untouched. I gasped a little.
Yami ran to my aid and sat down beside me. "Are you okay?" He asked me worriedly. I nodded slowly, starting to cry a little. He held my bleeding palm gently, and then took off his blue jacket and managed to shred a strip off. I gawked. I can't even pull a piece of paper towel out!! My heart began beating hard – he was holding my hand....
He carefully wrapped the strip around my bleeding palm, and tied it securely. I sniffed.
"You were very brave, standing up to those thieves." Yami said reassuringly when he finished tying it into a tiny bow. He didn't let go of my hand yet but I was glad. I looked down.
"Yeah... but I didn't do much. I got hurt, are you alright?" I asked timidly, avoiding his purple piercing stare by picking my sunglasses up and propping them back on over my eyes.
"I'm fine, thank you. You should apply some medication to that, or it will get infected."
I rubbed my eyes and stood up as he let go of my hand. "It hurts... but hey, I'll probably get off doing school work."
He chuckled and I smiled a little. "Come on, let's get of here." He said, and led me back outside gently, hoping not to hurt my hand when he held it – again. My lip quivered. What happened back in the alley??
"What... happened to those thugs?" I asked.
"I sent them to the Shadow Realm, I couldn't bear seeing my friend get hurt." He replied impassively.
I gulped secretly.
Okay!!!
I confess!! I can't stop myself falling at Yami's feet – even if he does scare me sometimes!!! I could tell that he was angry, judging by the way he was trying his best not to show it out; his eyes narrowed dangerously and tightly I thought I could see lines over his face, and I could see his usual curved smirk into an upside down frown.... I almost melted to the ground again and I gazed at his back lovingly. God.... Maybe I should try to confess to HIM, instead of secretly admiring him all the time like a weirdo.
"Why are you looking at me like that??"
His deep voice penetrated my thoughts and the pink, dreamy and starry atmosphere burst from my mind and I found Yami staring at me intently as if I had gone into a trance. I looked back at him and cringed. "Uh... ... you – um... "
"Have I got something on my face?"
I shook my head quickly. "No, it's um.... Yami... I uh... got something to tell you..."
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Hey y'all. The stunt Yami just pulled was supposed to be his Mind Crush technique but I haven't seen him actually use it before so I decided to try and imagine it, I hope it's not TOO bad, and my dull country doesn't have any manga so I have to make do with the English anime and buying manga off the internet but it takes ages for deliveries!
Oh yeah, Charybdis didn't rescue herself, in case this act is part of a Mary Sue!
MUUUUUUHAAAAAAHAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAA I stopped it at a cliffhanger which will all leave you screaming at me and ducking pelted pieces of fruit to update haha! Ahem, soz about that, I'll update soon, just stay tuned!