In response to a comment I got, Grandpa didn't tell Yugi about this because he was nervous about how Yugi would react. He thought that Yugi would brush him off as crazy, and not believe him. So he didn't tell Yugi. Also, it just creates more shock and surprise. Thank you for the review!
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
"Telepathy"
Chapter 2 - The Rarest Of The Rare
Yugi appeared in the middle of the park. The only reason he wasn't spotted was that he appeared in the water of the pond in the park. 'Where am I?' He looked around, and swam up towards the surface slowly, looking around. Well, he tried to swim slowly, but he rocketed upwards towards the surface. Yugi quickly stopped himself to make sure he didn't break the surface at that speed. 'Woah. I still have legs, but I'm a lot faster in water than normal. Is that a power, or just because I'm a merman now?' He wondered. Slowly this time, Yugi swam to the surface to see where he was.
He broke the surface quietly and looked around. He realized he was at the park, and he swam to the shore and got out of the water. "Grandpa, Tea, Tristan, Joey. Where are you?" He thought, or he thought he thought it. Actually, it was another power of his kicking in, but he didn't know that.
Running after Grandpa, who was surprisingly spry, Yugi's anxious friends, as well as Grandpa, heard, "Grandpa, Tea, Tristan, Joey. Where are you?" They all stopped in shock except for Grandpa, who ran harder for fear of what might happen if Yugi was alone with his powers.
"Hey! Wait up!" Joey yelled after Grandpa, and the friends started to run again. "Where are you going?"
"To the park." He called back.
"Why?" Tristan asked, catching up to Grandpa.
"Because I know Yugi is there. Since you were talking about the park, and then he vanished, that means one of his powers is teleportation, and his powers will just keep growing." He said.
'So that means Yugi is telepathic, too. That voice in our heads was him.' Tea thought, then said, "Powers? You said that mermen that have multiple powers are really rare. You also seemed to be freaked out by the fact that Yugi could dry himself off. Why?" She got no response, as they had arrived at the park.
"Yugi! Where are you?" Grandpa called out into the park. They saw a head peek out of the pond ahead, and ran towards it.
"Grandpa! Tea! Tristan! Joey! There you are!" Yugi emerged fully from the water and ran to his friends. He hugged Grandpa, but then pulled away at seeing his worried face. "What's wrong, Grandpa?" He asked.
"All the signs… Come. Let us talk at home." He said, "Yugi, don't even think about a place."
"Easier said than done, but okay." Yugi said, which caused the glow, which had started to shine, to disappear as Yugi cleared his mind. As they walked back to Yugi's house, Yugi looked at the sky, concentrating on not thinking.
When they finally arrived at Yugi's house, Grandpa ushered them inside and closed the door.
"So what are you so worried about, Grandpa?" Yugi asked.
"The fact that your powers, in the order that they are appearing, are signs that you will be the most powerful merman in the world." Grandpa said, looking at the shocked faces all around him. "The first sign was that you were dry coming out of the water, which is rare, and then you teleported to the pond in the park. You also used telepathy, which-" Grandpa explained.
"I used telepathy?" Yugi asked, eyes wide.
"Yeah, you did. It was weird." Tea said.
"If you'll let me continue, this will make sense." Grandpa said, "So these signs show that next he will discover his true power and revert to his true form, which is so powerful that nothing can stop it. When he does this, he will be able to switch back and forth between forms at will, and his power can only grow. Also, the transformation will occur half an hour after the ability of telepathy is acquired." Grandpa finished.
"So I'm supposedly really powerful, and this probably comes with a super powerful bad guy that we have to stop. Again." Yugi said.
"Yes. The 'bad guy' as you have called it, is only referred to as The Thing. He is the master of dark magic, and has been the enemy of mermen and mermaids for centuries. Finally, he has gotten strong enough to take the white magic from mermen and mermaids for himself and turn it into dark magic. Yugi is destined to face him in battle one day." Grandpa said.
"So, Yugi is supposed to beat this Thing guy some time later and his powers, which are those of legend, will force him into his true form at any time in the next 15 minutes. Is that right?" Tea asked.
"Correct. So right now, let's just wait it out and deal with it as it comes." Grandpa said wisely.
"So, I'm having trouble believing all this. So you and Yugi are mermen, and Yugi has to beat this super powerful bad guy because he has really powerful powers." Tristan said.
"Yes." Grandpa said, exasperated. They all lapsed into silence for about 12 minutes.
"You guys, I feel weird. Like I'm going to vomit." Yugi said, and then ran to the bathroom. Everybody ran after him, and they saw him freeze on his way to the bathroom. "What's going on?!" He yelled as he started to float into the air. They heard a rumble of thunder from outside. Yugi floated down the hallway and out the door. Everybody followed him, and saw, up in the clouds brewing up in the sky, a massive lightning ball above Yugi. After it got bigger and bigger, it finally released in the form of a lightning bolt. It hit Yugi, and all he could see was blinding light.
The power went out in the surrounding city. Up in one of the highest buildings, Seto Kaiba was ordering people around, trying to keep order. He found where the energy surge had taken place, and said, "Mokuba. Go take a team down to where the surge happened, and do it fast."
"Of course!" Mokuba said, eager to help his brother. He ran out of Seto's office and gathered his team of agents. They got into a helicopter and flew off towards Yugi's house. Of course, they didn't know that it was Yugi's house, but Mokuba was anxious to help his brother in any way he could.
When they arrived, they saw a strange situation. Tea, Joey, Tristan, and Grandpa were looking anxious and there was a bright ball of light in the middle of the street. They looked up at the helicopter as it landed.
"What's going on?" Mokuba asked.
"Yugi's in there." Joey said bluntly, pointing at the glowing ball of light. "But it's okay. It's supposed to happen, or so I'm told." He shot an annoyed look at Grandpa.
"Why is he in there?" Mokuba asked.
"It is his destiny." Grandpa said seriously.
"Look. The ball of light is getting smaller!" Tea said. It got smaller and smaller until Yugi was revealed, and what they saw shocked them all.
Ha hah! Cliffhanger! *Does happy dance.* I love cliffhangers. But I will post a new chapter soon.