Hey everyone,
So, I had to do a bit of thinking on how to introduce this cannon character into the series – as she will be playing the "antagonist" role for a couple of chapters and in the end I decided to turn a small act that she played out in one of the episodes into a bit more reality for the sake of this story with the use of creative license.
Have fun,
Venquine1990
PS. Inspiration for this madness comes from Ashray1. Check out their work.
Chapter 29
Girlfriend For A Day
3rd of February
Domino Hospital
Imay's POV
"What's going on? Where am I and why are all these people looking so shocked? Are they okay? Am I related to any of them? I have to be at least related to the older man or he wouldn't be here, would he? Or is he here to visit someone that I'm friends with? And what about that older boy? Why is he looking so – devastated?"
Is what I hear going through my beloved's mind and his complete inability to remember anything, even his own grandfather is almost more that I can bear, yet when it became clear that Ryou was suffering from amnesia, I instantly feared for my own Hikari and forcefully closed off my half of the mental bond between us.
I then nod at his grandfather, my eyes conveying the message alongside my nodding head and the man nods as he turns to my beloved and says: "I'm sorry to say this, dear boy, but you have complete amnesia." To which the boy tilts his head and asks: "So – I know you all, but – I don't remember you? I'm sorry."
But at this I shake my head and say: "It's not your fault, little one. There was an accident and that caused your amnesia. Though I might know a way to help you." And instantly I feel a lot better as Yugi's eyes turn brighter in color as he asks: "You can?" At which I nod and say: "All I need – is the Puzzle around your neck?"
And the boy looks down at the Millennium Puzzle that I have been letting him keep for the last few weeks as I thought keeping it close would make sure he wouldn't get a relapse to how he was when I had to leave and the boy tilts both his head and the puzzle several ways before he shrugs and hands it over to me.
I smile at him and say: "Be right back." Before going to sit down on Ryou's bed and focusing on the power within the puzzle, trying not to laugh when I hear Ryou say: "This case of two Yugi's is just too weird." Before I sense my mind leaving my body and taking a physical form inside the hallway that separates our two mind rooms.
Yet when I turn to Yugi's side does fear and shock overwhelm me as there is not even a door there just blank wall going both sides as far as the eye can see and for a second I wonder if I ended up in the wrong part of the hallway, yet looking behind me confirms my fears as there I can actually see the door to my own mind room.
In utter shock and fear I turn from one wall to the other, constantly hoping that when I turn away from my own I will see Yugi's, yet only one time do I actually see a veil that is supposed to represent a door shimmer into existence. Yet even this lasts for only a few seconds and before I can reach out to it, does the apparition disappear again.
This really hurts me, even more so as I knock my hand against the harsh brick wall and I hiss in pain before I decide on something else and I turn back to my own mind room, opening the door and heading for a very specific door that is within the room, one that is an exact copy of a now non-existent door on Yugi's end.
I enter the special memory room and use my control over my side of the Puzzle to take a few of the more gentle memories as well as the memory of when Yugi realized he loves me and the memory of us getting together off the walls and ceiling and with these frames in my arms do I head back for the hallway between our rooms.
Yet to my utter shock and horror do I see the wall shine pure white when I pass through my door and as the light vanishes, so do the frames, leaving me empty handed in a hallway with only one door and I whisper: "Yugi, how could your illness be stronger than the bond we have shared between us for all these great many years?"
I then close my eyes and focus on leaving the Puzzle, determined to just be there for Yugi until the severity of his illness has died down somewhat and when I feel my mind returning to my body, do I open my eyes again and focus back on the other bed, feeling relieved when I see Yugi looking at his family inquisitively.
"You took your time." I then hear Bakura say and I whisper back: "Yugi's mind room is completely gone and trying to return the memory through the copy I made in my room of his special memory room didn't work either. That illness is almost magical in its severity." At which the other Yami cringes and asks:
"You think I still stand a chance?" At which I turn to him and he says: "With Ryou, I mean, you thickhead!" At which I shrug and ask: "Why not? You sure have more of a chance than I do. Yugi's case is worse and more severe than Ryou's seeing he only –." But then Bakura grumbles: "Forgot the months of us being together."
And while I cringe at his honesty, do I continue and say: "That's still better than him being completely blank of mind. You can still easily get somewhere as long as you behave like you've had the last few months. I have to find a way to get not just Yugi's memory, but his Mind Room back." And Bakura nods before he says:
"By the way, bad news arrived when I was trying to assure Ryou I meant him no harm and the old man and lady went to tell the doc how wrong his diagnosis was. It's gone now though and, well, because she was from an era of time where Ryou didn't get included, I had no idea how cunning of a threat she could be."
This really worries me and I move over to Yugi, who looks up and asks: "Hey, you okay, Yami? You were gone a long time." At which I smile at him, relieved beyond words that he still calls me by his special nickname and I say: "I'm fine, Ai – Yugi. Your amnesia is just more severe than I expected, so my method wouldn't work."
The boy tilts his head and I say: "Another time. So, what did grandpa and – what did they tell you?" And the boy recites: "Apparently my name is Yugi, I'm good in math and English, but don't like Gym. I have a ton of friends that I don't remember and – I have a girlfriend?" And this last part breaks my heart with shock.
Later That Evening
"Vivian Wong is SO DEAD! She is going straight – damn it! I can't send her to the Shadow Realm, I can't send the Dark Magician, the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon or even Sliver the Sky Dragon after her, cause the doctor told us to just let Yugi discern the truth from the lies by himself and not to pressure him into remembering stuff."
Goes through my mind, my years of controlling my features for Yugi's sake being the only thing that doesn't alert the gorgeous little man of my raging fury and I also try my best not to grumble as I see Yugi trying out the new outfit Vivian send him, furthering her lies and saying she always picks his clothes before their dates.
"So – I wear this?" Yugi asks as he looks at himself in the mirror, seeing me sit on the cot through the mirror and I try my best not to growl at him as I say: "You – do like wearing clothes that look good." At which I try my hardest to not let the memory of how gorgeous he looked in the princess Jasmine outfit pass through the bond.
But then I remember that such a thing is impossible as Yugi's side of the bond no longer exists and I feel like lowering my head in utter pain, hating how I still can't feel his emotions, read his thoughts or even sense his presence, regardless of the fact that he is standing only two bed lengths in front of me at the current moment.
"Well, do you think it looks good?" Yugi then asks and while knowing how unnecessary it is, do I still work my hardest to cover the thought: "It makes you look like something rich girls can use to show off." Before I change my emotions around for his sake yet again and say: "I always thought you looked good, regardless of clothes."
And then I see it, the one thing I hadn't expected when I realized I had to leave Yugi in the belief that he was straight and dating Vivian Ra-Curse-Her-Soul Wong; a blush that I have learned only appears when Yugi feels my love for him or when he feels touched by the compliments I give him; a sign that he still loves me.
This is a sign that shocks me and I feel my mind stopping for a short second before the bell ringing in a horrible way, like someone is trying to make a jingle out of the tone, regardless of how loud the bell is, shocks me out of my stupor and I see Yugi cringing before she mutters: "Please tell me she doesn't do that every time."
And before I can help myself, do I say: "Can't say I remember." And instantly I feel horrible, the words making it sound as if I am making fun of the boy's horrible illness, yet Yugi seems to catch onto my tone more than my realization as he snickers and says: "I better go before she rings us to deaf." Making me laugh as well.
A few Hours Later
I really hate how the amnesia has made me incapable of sensing the boy and makes me wonder if Wong's plan will work or if Yugi is hating every second of what she is going to surely put him through and so I have not left our room since Yugi left and have been pacing in annoyance between our beds ever since.
Then I hear the door close again and already, just by the small amount of force I can hear the door closing with, do I feel assured that there is a high chance of the latter case being what happened and Yugi himself proves this as he enters the room and groans as he flops down onto the bed, not even taking off his shoes.
"Yugi?" I ask, having practiced the last few hours to make sure I don't call him Aibou even though I want to more than anything and the boy asks: "Why didn't any of you tell me that I'm famous?" At which I cringe before I decide to release some of my natural Yami side as I say: "I didn't think Vivian would care for that."
"You thought wrong. She constantly talked about my fame, about duels I have apparently won, how I am apparently some kind of super hero and the King of Games – that actually felt natural to hear, you know? But everything else she talked about and the fact that she wanted to – to kiss me at the end – it – Yami, it felt wrong!
How could it feel wrong when she's my girlfriend?" And while I had been silently enjoying the evidence that Wong was ruining the first and only chance she had at stealing my soul mate from me, do I then suddenly realize how stupid it is of me to focus more on my potential enemy than on the boy who is my soul.
Instantly I feel horrible and I decide to make things better as I gently ask: "Do you want her as your girlfriend?" At which Yugi sighs and says: "I – I don't know. I mean, could it be that what I want and like now are the same as what I want and like when I still had my memory?" Yet at this I sit down next to him and say:
"Yugi, you instinctively remembered how much you enjoyed being the King of Games. Nothing about your character has changed. But, if you want to use this amnesia as a way to merge old with new – just know that I will be here, waiting to hear how it went and helping you along the way. That has been my role for years and I love it."
"I love you." Goes through my mind, yet I don't voice this as I realize that, even if Vivian may try and steal my beloved from me, if she makes Yugi happy, that should be enough for me as Yugi and his happiness are more important to me than anyone trying to break what I've only had the last few months to build up.
The next day
4th of February
After class
Kame Game
"I HATE THAT DISGUSTING, VAIN, SELFISH, ARROGANT, NO-GOOD – ARGH!" The furious raging shout shocks us all as Ryou has returned from school an hour ago and told us that Vivian had actually been waiting at the entrance, invited Yugi to another date and then left, sending Ryou and the others a smirk of victory.
Bakura had actually seen that as Ryou had agreed that he could walk Ryou and his friends home and through that help Ryou – and as it was supposed to be Yugi too – get back some of their memories and the Yami had almost lunged at the Asian female, yet had refrained from doing so as he didn't want to scare Ryou a second time.
Ryou had been shocked that Bakura had been that considerate and they had spent the rest of the journey home talking about other times that Bakura has proven how much he cared for Ryou, including the first time when he brought Ryou's weakened form to Moto Gameshop due to his several months of being in coma.
We all look up at the voice and I see Yugi jumping face first into the fluffy couch in front of the TV and with his face buried in a pillow does the boy continue his shouts, his voice muffled and his words an incomprehensible mess as he uses one hand to push his face deeper into the pillow and the other to slam into the couch.
"Hey, don't hurt the couch for your girlfriend being a waste of life." Bakura smirks, yet while he gets glared at by Ryou, does Yugi lift his head a little and mutter: "You have no idea." Shocking the two albinos before I gently ask: "What happened, Yugi? Was it like last night?" And the boy groans again before he says:
"No, it was worse. She kept taking me to all these places where people who were apparently high in the dueling ranks were at and kept sniping at them that they would never be better than me and telling the female duelists that she would forever be better than them, because she was my girlfriend. It was just outright embarrassing.
And the worst of it all, I could swear I recognize some of them, but whenever I wanted to talk to them, tell them about my amnesia and ask them if they knew anything about me, that stupid tramp would grab my arm in this death grip, laugh this disgustingly fake laugh and drag me to someone completely different before starting all over.
After she pulled me away from this guy with a grateful look on his face and these weird dreadlocks who, strangely enough asked me about Téa, I just couldn't stand it anymore. I ripped my arm free, asked her why I couldn't talk to people I recognized and she started lying to me. And the worst was even she knew she was lying.
I could see it by the look on her face and when I called her out on it, she started denying it and even started spewing out more nonsense and crap. And then that dreadlock guy came up and he actually told me the truth. Of how I am apparently soul bond to another person and how I'm swinging for the same sex to boot."
And here Yugi turns to me as he asks: "Speaking of which, why did you let her lie to me? Why didn't you –." And I instantly answer: "The doctor told us not to. He said contradicting what someone with your status knew could worsen the effects." At which the boy sighs, now lying on his back with his arm draped over his eyes.
I then decide to take my chance and while I think: "Note to self, remember to thank Johnny for bringing Yugi back to me." Do I move over to sit beside Yugi as he still lies spread on the couch and I whisper at him: "I love you, Yugi, and I really miss the soul bond we have, but – I want you happy more than I want that bond.
That's why I gave you that advice last night. I felt that, if Wong could make you happy, I could be happy by seeing you happy.""You are such a sap." Yugi mutters before he peeks out from under his arm with a warm smile and says: "I like it." Making me smile back at him as I think: "Vivian Wong, girlfriend for a day."
Hey everyone,
Okay, so Vivian came, Vivian went – or actually not, cause she will be coming back next chapter for one last time and then I won't just mention her in passing or in summarizing what she does, I will actually have her confront the gang as she gets her last attempt at being Yuig's girl – getting being the strong word here.
However, once she's gone I will be focusing on Yugi and Imay and how they slowly but surely try to both get Yugi's memory back as well as return/rebuild his Mind Room within the Millennium Puzzle – which is a good thing, cause I always believed that Yugi's room in the canon verse is just way too small to be right.
Okay, have fun,
Venquine1990
PS. Inspiration for this madness comes from Ashray1. Check out their work.
PPS. What episode is Johnny from? Do any of you know? (no checking, hihi)
