Confessions
By: Tima, Yami's wife
I don't own YuGiOh, just the new characters.
Chapter 29: Welcome back, Tiki
A few hours later, Tiki and Kaiba arrived back in Domino. Tiki took a deep breath and sighed. "I've missed this city."
Kaiba smiled and took Tiki's hand. "I've missed YOU. You didn't have to run like you did."
Tiki didn't answer Kaiba at first. Seeing Kaiba's limo out in front, she put her suitcases in the trunk and got in. Kaiba got in as well and said, "Why did you run?"
Tiki chuckled softly. "I was a coward. When I thought that…you were going to divorce me…I became scared. I couldn't think of a life without you. You were…and are…my whole life." Taking a deep breath, she said, "But Samantha helped me."
Kaiba became interested at this. "How?"
Tiki smiled. "Samantha has a major in theater. But she also has a minor in psychology. She said that she got it just in case her theater dream didn't work out. Once everyone learned the truth about me, she came to me, offering me help."
"And…?"
Tiki chuckled. "I broke down. We meet every other day after rehearsal for a month. It was her who suggested that I wear pants and cut and dye my hair."
"Why?"
"To bury the past. She thought that a change in my appearance would change how I felt about life. She was right. I felt just as happy as I was in high school. I told Samantha that I owed her big time. She had her…unique way…of me paying her back."
"What was that?" Kaiba asked.
Tiki took off her jacket to reveal her tattoos. "She wanted to get tattoos and she dragged me along. When I asked her why she brought me along, she said that this would be my way of paying her back.
Kaiba didn't understand and Tiki could see that as she put her jacket back on. "She decided that the tattoos would be the perfect to…seal our friendship for eternity. She's a big believer in things being eternal and in things being fate as well. Now, don't get mad at this…but she thinks that I was fated to get raped."
Kaiba did get mad at that comment. "What? Why?"
Tiki took his hand. "Samantha said that the event helped me get stronger. Also, she said that the event made me come to their theater, where I was able to help Matthew with his personal problems and also Mary and Vicky with their acting since they're going to continue to keep the theater alive." Seeing Kaiba's confused look, she chuckled. "I don't get Samantha's beliefs either but I say whatever floats your boat."
Kaiba shrugged and Tiki chuckled again. As they pulled up to the mansion, Tiki got out a CD from her carry-on bag. Seeing Kaiba's look, she said, "As you may know, Kevin filmed my first musical at that theater. I know; it was three days and I had different parts for each day. The first and third performance, Kevin just filmed when I had a singing part, when I was in the limelight. The second day, he filmed when I was in the limelight and everything else."
Kaiba smiled as he and Tiki went up to the front door. "Good. That way, I can see your performance…and so can our friends."
Tiki raised her eyebrow as Kaiba opened the door and covered her eyes. Feeling déjà vu, Tiki made her way inside and waited until Kaiba removed his hand. All of their friends and their children were their and yelled, "SURPRISE!"
Tiki yelped but then laughed. Tima came forward first and her eyes were wide. "What…did you do…to your hair?" she asked.
Tiki chuckled. "Fixed it up. You like?"
Tima hesitated at first but then nodded. Yugi then pointed out, "You're wearing pants!"
That surprised everyone but they weren't ready for the tattoos. But Tiki took off her jacket and hung it up, showing everyone all three of her tattoos. Kisara was the most stunned by this. "You got tattoos?"
Tiki smirked. "Did it with a new friend."
Lily was jealous but mad as well. "You told me that you would never get them. You also said that you would never run away. Do any of your promises mean a thing?"
Tiki sighed and hugged her youngest daughter. "I'm really sorry that I ran away. I wish that I never did that. But the past is the past. We can't hold onto our anger forever. I know I told you that growing up."
Lily smiled and hugged her Mother. "I missed you!"
Tiki said, "I missed you everyday. And I missed you too, Kisara. And all of you." Turning to her friends, she asked, "Can you forgive me?"
Atem nodded. "We already did."
Joey said, "We're just mad that we didn't get to see your performances."
Tiki grinned and held up the CD. "Well, this solves that problem. My roommate happened to film my first performance. We can watch it."
Everyone nodded and they all headed for the living room. Tiki popped in the CD and everyone enjoyed the recording. They recognized Tiki as either the old gray female, as the tiger-skinned female, or as the black and yellow female. They also noticed something about Tiki's performances. As the gray cat, she looked depressed and they knew that she never acted when she was sad. as the tiger-skinned cat, she looked like she was having a ball. As the black and yellow cat, she was having fun but looked scared, especially when her character talked about and faced the enemy. Kaiba explained why and where he was at the moment and everyone was relieved.
There were also some moments that stood out. When Tiki was the tiger-skinned cat, she and her partner, who was Daniel, got close. In one part of their song, Daniel leaned to the side and Tiki had jumped on his side. In order to keep her there, Daniel had his hand a little low. Kaiba didn't like that but Tiki pointed something out. "Look. I didn't freak out. He helped me conquer that fear." Kaiba calmed and continued to watch the recording.
As the black and yellow female, they could see the fire in Tiki's eyes when she faced the enemy. They also saw the attack on James, which gave him his present-day scars. While they were watching that particular scene, Tiki said, "He was lucky to get out with eyes…very lucky."
During the final scene, where Tiki was the old gray female, they could see the tears going down her face. When Vicky sang her part, Tiki sighed and whispers, "Bless her heart." When the Tiki in the recording sang the second half of the song, they could see that the tears were going down her face like a river. There seemed to be no end to them and that was hard to watch. But they saw all the actors and actresses mouth apologies as Tiki went to each. After the last song, Tiki popped the CD out of the player and turned to everyone. Tima said, "Wow…those were your best performances."
Everyone nodded. Kisara said, "Wish I would have seen you, Mom. My soccer team was in Nagasaki during your third month. I could have seen a performance."
Tiki shook her head. "You didn't have time. Your career is important."
Kisara nodded. Lily then said, "What else did you do over there? Don't leave anything, please."
Tiki smiled and told everyone everything. She talked about what she did, what her performances were like, who her new friends were, and what her life was like. after she was done, everyone just had fun for the rest of the night, making up for the five months that Tiki was gone. But they knew that she was better, she was happy again, and that she would never leave her family or her friends ever again.
If you want to know what the cats looked like and who played them, send me a PM (with your email stated) and I'll send a page with the pictures and names.
One more chapter!
