Chapter Four: Stories to Tell
Sighing, Arianna closed the door behind her. She leaned aganst the wood door, feeling cool against her back, and closed her eyes.
"What a night," she whispered. Quietly, she walked over to the bed, and pulled out her pajamas from her bag. After a moment, she pulled out everything and placed it away in a drawer. becuase she had a small amount of stuff with her, she only used one drawer. "I guess I'm gonna have to go shopping, if I'm going to stay here for a while." She got into her pajamas and placed her bag into the closet. Her pajamas were a pair of soft blue pants, and a matching top, that was sleeveless and was buttoned up. The carpeted floor cuased her feet to walk noislessly across it, and out the door. Finding the bathroom, and stepped inside. On the sink, she found an new toothbruch in it's package there. Taking it out, she brushed her teeth, the pendant dangling in the air. While spitting out the excess paste, she remembered the evening, and laughed quietly to herself.
\\ It's not my fault child. I sensed another magic force at the table. I was simply reacting with precaution.\\
But does that mean you had to cause the bowl of mash pototoes to fly through the air and into the wall?
\\ I lost control for a moment, so sue me. But I was-\\
I know, I know. But you need to lighten up, as I have told you before, a thousand times I might add! Nitari just sat quietly in the Soul Chamber in the pendant. There was silence. Then, Nitari, don't you ever get lonely, stuck in the Millenium Case day and night? You've rarely been out of there lately, since there haven't been any matches lately
\\ Not really child. I'm used to it. I've been in here for over five thousand years. When I do feel lonely, it's becuase I miss him.\\ Arianna's eyes softened in the mirror.
You've told me about him. He sounds like a tenshi to me. Nitari smiled, closing her eyes.
\\ He is. So brave, yet peaceful. He would lay beside me, while I scratched away at the papyrus late into the night. My love would read my works, and praise them. When our tomb was being built, he had my work be engraved into the walls. Alas, when he died, he was all alone in his tomb. When he died, the Millenium Case was lost and buried in the sands of time. We were sperated yet again, and this time, it was my turn to grieve.\\
But you're not alone though.
\\ Yes, thanks to you child.\\ In the mirror, a faint ghostly image appeared over Arianna's face, so that there were two faces in the mirror. The image was of a woman, similar to Arianna, except that her hair was cut much shorter, and covered her ears. Beneath the hair, large golden hoop earrings glittered in the light. Her eyes were crystal blue, filled with wisdom and peace. On her forehead was a tiny gem, hanging by a golden chain. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"Arianna, are you done in there?" It was yugi. Quickly rinsing out her mouth and putting her toothbrush back, she replied, "Ya!" She wiped her mouth on a paper towel and tossed it in the garbage. Opening the door, she say Yugi standing there, in his pajamas, waiting.
"Interesting dinner, huh?" yugi asked, with a grin. Arianna laughed outloud.
"Hai, it was. Good night Yugi."
"Good night Arianna."
Yugi walked into the bathroom, and closed the door behind him. he smiled to himself, and began to brush his teeth.
Yami, what was that all about?
\\ For the last time, it was not me!\\Yugi rolled his eyes.
Sure Yami, Arianna did it! Yami frowned in the soul chamber.
\\ It must have been her, for I didn't do it.\\
Yami, I'm not mad at you, I'm just saying-
\\ I DIDN'T DO THAT!\\ Yugi just sighed and spat out the paste, and rinsed out his mouth.
***
The moon had risen to it's peak now, and shone brightly in the night, From inside her room, Arianna slept peacfully, but not for Yugi...
~~~Dream~~~
Yugioh looked beside him, and smiled. Beside him, a woman laid there, busily writing down on the papyrus.
"My love, it is late. Save your wiritng for another night," he spoke gently. The woman looked up, and smiled at him. Her crystal blue eys smiling at him.
"Hai, I should." She gently placed the papyrus and ink stylus down on the table beside her. With a quick blow, she blew out the candle, and laid her head onto the pillow. "Good night, Yugioh."
"Good night, my tenshi," he whispered, kissing her forehead gently, before resting his head down upon the pillow. But it never touched the pillow. Instead, the room around him changed. The woman beside him vansihed, and so did the bed, and the candle, everything was gone. "What's happening? What's going on here?" Yugioh demanded, searching the place he was in. "My tenshi, where are you?" He called out, frantic. Everything around him was pitch balck, and then, she appeared again, but this time, not smiling. The woman was standing their, her arms wrapped around herself. She wore a pale whitedress. Around her waist was a belt of gold threads and gems. Around her ankles were golden bracelets, and her feet were bare. Her neck held a large necklace, that was made of sheet gold, that extended down like a fam. In the very centerwas a sahpirre stone, framed with diamonds. Her eyes looked up at him, with sorrow and grief.
"I'm now apart of them, my dear. I must leave. Good-bye..." she whispered. Yugioh's eyes widened with horror.
"No! Don't! Don't leav me!" She started to float away, and Yugioh ran to her, and tried to ctach up with her. he wathced as the owman cried. But she didn't cry teras. She cried blood. He continued to run at her, but he was too slow, and the woman vanished, in a bright flash of golden light. The young pharaoh fell to his knees, and buried his face in his hands, sobbing. "No! No..."
~~~End of Dream~~~
Yugi sat up quickley, his eyes wide. He held his head in his hands, and stared down at the blanket.
"What was that? What just happened?" In his mind, the woman crying blood kept on reapearing, and closed his eyes, and tried to shake the image away.
\\ Yugi, what just happened?\\
You mean, you didn't see that?
\\ I do not see what you dream at night Yugi. I still remain in here, you do know that.\\ Yugi nodded his head, but numbly.
The dream...it was so weird...you were there...I, mean I was...I mean-nevermind. Anyway, there was a woman there-
\\ What did this woman look like?\\
She was a pretty woman. She had short red hair, and birhgt blue eyes, and she wore a large golden necklace, with a saphirre and diamonds and... Yami's eyes widened.
\\ What was she doing?\\
Well, at first, she was writing on papyrus paper, and then, she was crying blood, and them vanished in flash of golden light. That's all I remember. Yami, what was that?
\\ Something between a memory and a nightmare.\\
You mena, those were your memories?
\\ And nightmares. That woman you saw, was my wife.\\
You had a wife?!
\\ Yes. She was a wonderful and bright woman. She loved to spend hours writing, and would read them to me.\\
How did you loose her? Yami closed his eyes, and sighed heavily.
\\I 'll save that for anohter time Yugi. You need to rest now.\\ But the young boy could not sleep. Not at first anyways. Thoughts continued to race in his mind furiously, nutil, too tired to listen to them anymore, he closed his eyes and fell into a dreamless sleep.
