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Chapter 37

Shira's POV

Tenchi woke up early the next day, getting ready for school. She had absolutely no free time yesterday, trying to finish everything she missed during Shira's detention. She still didn't finish all of it, but she collapsed on the bed at about 7 pm from exhaustion; that's why she woke up so early. Her yami tried looking over the work, thinking she could finish it while she slept. But she found herself blowing a mind circuit from its complexity. This is all Greek to me, she thought. Tenchi's 17, and I'm 5027. And lookie here, the youngest is the smartest.

Tenchi dressed, made and ate breakfast, and packed her bag. The pink uniform was still an eye sore to the spirit.

Good morning, Tenchi yawned, finally realizing that Shira was awake.

Morning. You slept well?

I guess. You?

Nah, didn't sleep. I was just thinking of something...

Oh? About what?

Your boyfriend, Shira mused suddenly, deciding not to tell her that had been trying to figure out her homework, failing miserably. The topic about Ryou seemed much more puzzling at the moment.

What about him?

Haven't you noticed that he acts sweet and kind a few moments, then cold and sarcastic the next?

Oh... yeah, I've noticed.

What do you think?

I don't know. He told me that he sometimes has MPS, or something. Or he's just trying to impress me. I'd wish he'd stop with it; sometimes he's not the Ryou I love.

Maybe one of these days, you'll bring it up with him. Want to wait? It's best to think of a stragety.

Tenchi nodded as she finished her food, and Shira dropped the subject for now. She packed her backpack; it looked like it weighed a lot, but since most of the work was done, she would have a lighter weight when she went home. She walked into the living room, and looked at the shelf. Tadao and her parents looked back smiling, frozen in a time of goodness in a frame. Tenchi knelt, and like every morning, she lit the incense pot and prayed. Shira watched her lips move, prayers that spoke of Father or Lord, and Mary, Mother of God. No mention of Ra whatsoever. This religion was very puzzling to the spirit, but she didn't want to pressure it upon herself.

Tenchi finished, dampened the incense and got her bag and went out the door.

At the secretary's desk on the ground floor was Adare, fidgeting like mad. She saw Tenchi coming, and immediately sprinted to her. "Tenchi!"

Tenchi looked at her strangely. "What'd you have for breakfast?"

Adare shook her head, and whispered, "I got another dream. Can I talk to Shira?"

Tenchi mentally nodded her approval, and Shira took over. With her body to her command, the yami beckoned with her hand as she walked. "Start talkin'."

"Rune?"

Adare nodded. The spirit had heard of him, in the past life, but never met him. Vague snatches of the past came back, and it all lead to Arwen's appearance again. She smiled pleasantly, and behind her was a black figure; nothing more. A mercenary...

But then he suddenly disappeared, and Arwen's face twisted with rage. Images flashed in Shira's mind's eye; Blood, land being ripped apart, a war... a huge explosion of light...?

Shira shook her head. "Sorry. Hadn't really met that Rune. But I do know that Arwen and him were an item."

Adare stared off dream-like. "I could tell..."

She saw the thief's smirk and blushed. "It's not like I've fallen for a dream, you know!"

Shira shrugged. "You never know; maybe Arwen's love for him runs in your blood."

She was about to answer when Domino High came into view, and the gang, including Ryou, walked forward to greet them.

After Lunch

"Did you get any of your homework done?" Tenchi asked Ryou as they walked to History class.

Ryou looked at her and rubbed his recently neat hair, a look of embarrassment on his face. "Didn't even get around to it, to tell you the truth!"

Tenchi laughed. "Oh dear. What were you doing?"

His eyes suddenly flickered to the side nervously. "Well...um...I slept. I was really tired all of a sudden, so I took a nap."

Shira looked at him suspiciously, but said nothing. Tenchi nodded, "I fell on my bed at 7 an woke at like, 5. It was crazy."
The spirit watched as they went through the door into the History class room and taken their seats beside each other. She floated overhead in a tired and relaxed position, her hands behind her head in boredom. Tenchi looked at her and shook her head to herself, making sure that no one except her yami saw her do so. The transparent reflection rolled her eyes.

The History teacher walked in, his arms filled with books that looked ancient. He almost tripped, causing the students to laugh, and put his books on his desk. He ushered the class to be quiet, and he cleared his throat. "Good afternoon, class. As you know, we've finished the last unit about Greece and its Greek mythology-"

Shira yawned loudly, but yet, of course, no one heard her.

"-and now we will start on the heritage and history of Egypt."

Beg pardon?! she shot up straight and looked at the teacher in bewilderment. Again, she knew he couldn't hear her. She felt a little spark of excitement. More information about my home!

Tenchi smiled to herself, and payed attention to the lesson, keen to hear anything related to the thief above her.

But alas, nothing. Nothing so much as the Pharaoh - Atemu, of course -, the Millennium Items, or...Bakura. Shira felt her heart drop at this disappointment. She was about to return to her soul room in resentment when the teacher held up a book in the air. It had a tattered cover and it looked like it endured millennias of age.

"Here's something that's a bit of interest to you," he said, running his fingers over its spine. "This is an Egyptian journal that belonged to man named Kichiro."

Kichiro!? Shira almost cried tears.

"Kichiro was a thief under the reign of the Moondancer, a well-known, second-most wanted thief herself. This journal is all in Egyptian and in a difficult hand-writing, so only the information I have given you has been translated."

Shira took control over Tenchi's voice without taking over her whole being. The hikari could only watch as the spirit talked through her. "Are we allowed to examine it?!" she blurted anxiously.

The teacher shook his head. "I'm afraid that no one can, because of its condition. If you really want to, its available in a glass container in the Domino Museum on display. I'll be returning it to Miss Ishtar today, so maybe you can ask her."

Shira abandoned Tenchi's voice box and pondered his suggestion. Tenchi, knowing 'her' outburst had disrupted the class, blushed. Shira asked her, Can we go to the museum today? Please?!

I don't know... I don't even know where the museum is... she said, unsure.

Please please PLEASE! the yami pleaded. Even she was surprised at her desperation.

Tenchi stared in shock at her spirit form. Alright, if it means that much to you, she smiled slightly.

Shira wished she were solid to hug her.

Geography

"Why the sudden interest in History?" Ryou asked when he and Tenchi were nearing the Geography classroom. He was once again in that bad-hair day phase. How could he get that in one class of History? Well, perhaps that could be explained when he was dozing off at his desk. When Tenchi nudged him awake, though, the light that was usually there was absent.

"Oh nothing," Tenchi lied. Shira felt in her heart that she felt extreme guilt in doing so to him. "It's just that that story, about Kichiro and the Moondancer and stuff, sounded interesting."

He looked at Tenchi, and he smirked. "I found that rather interesting myself. Mind if I escort you to the museum to take a look?"

Tenchi was about to answer, when she asked Shira for permission. She shrugged, I don't see why not. "Okay," Tenchi grinned.
"Maybe Adare can come with us."

"Alright."

"You two! Get into class right now, you disrespectful miscreants!"

"Holy fuck!" Ryou shouted in bewilderment. Shira smacked her head. Baba Yaga.

The Geography teacher huffed outside her door, glaring. "And no swearing, Mr. Bakura! Or do you want another chunk of detention from William?"

Who the hell's William? Oh, Mushroom.

"No," Ryou grunted.

"Then get into my classroom right now!"

Granny has spoken!

Tenchi tried to hide her laughter from Shira's statement, but the Geography teacher caught her giggling. "And what do you think is so funny about my order?!"

Tenchi stared, thinking furiously, but the spirit smirked and took over. "Everything," she answered for her. "Every single word of it! Seriously, are you trying to threaten us? It's not really good, so you know."

The Geography teacher's jaw moved up and down, attempting to speak, but could not. She suddenly clutched her chest and fell backward. 'Tenchi' and Ryou looked shocked.

"You gave her a heart attack," Ryou informed.

"Whoops."

After rummaging through her drawers, Shira found the Geography teacher's medicine in time. She still had to go to the hospital, though. Which meant...

SCHOOL'S OUT! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

She and Ryou walked to the school grounds, and met Adare and the Gang there. They sprinted over to them.

"I heard someone got a heart attack on the 1st floor," Adare wondered. "Do you know anything about it?"

"Yeah," Ryou mused. "Tenchi caused it."

"Thanks for keeping it a secret, Ryou," the spirit growled. But she swept it away. "Yeah, she was getting on my nerves, so I talked back. But I didn't mean to put her in a comma. I didn't even swear at her!"

Adare laughed. Tea asked, "She's going to be ok at least, won't she?"

"Sure," the yami thought aloud. "As long as she doesn't blabber when she comes back, I'm fine with it."

She looked at Adare. "Hey, me and Ryou are going to the museum. Wanna come?"

"Sure. What for?"

"There's this Egyptian journal from 5 000 years ago that we want to inspect. History teacher brought it to class, but said its not for looking at now. Only at the museum can we get a closer look."

Adare smiled, "Okay."

"Egyptian journal from 5 000 years ago?" Yugi suddenly asked. Shira looked at him, and she was definite that her eyes were making him look like the Pharaoh.

She looked at him strangely. "Yeah. You interested?"

Ryou suddenly grunted quietly behind her, so she could only hear. She got the vibes that he didn't want Yugi coming.

Fortunately, Yugi paused thoughtfully, and sighed. "No. Not today, anyway. Maybe another time."

"Okay then."

After some talking and socializing, Shira, Ryou and Adare left them behind, and Adare was excitedly leading the way to Domino Museum.

End of Chapter

Vixen: Hm, maybe I can make it this time...

Bakura: Haha, watch her computer disagree XD

Vixen: DON'T JINX MY COMP! IT CAN HEAR YOU!

Star: o.o Bewaaaaaaaaaaare the computer of dooooooooom!

Shira: -rolls eyes- Too dramatic. Hope you mortals liked the chapter!