Revelations: Truth in the darkness
Kurayami kara no himitsu
(Secrets from the dark)
Disclaimer: Guess what, here's a newsflash. I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, I own the odd girl who will show up in a
few pages, and I also own my little notes that I add throughout the story! *
evil little authoress cackle, which turns into a hacking cough * ack! Bloody
colds! I forgot, I also own this cold that I have, or…well ok I lied, it owns
me. Figures. * grabs the stapler sitting next to her * At least you're my
friend * said stapler falls to the ground * well that figures. * pouts *
Authors Notes:
I got reviews, which means I'm not a complete failure as an
author! * giggles happily * Yay!
Umm, anyways, ok sorry it took so long to get this out, this week hit and it
was rush city to get these two essays for Sociology and English finished, plus
my creative writing story, which I ended up trashing and writing a new one in
under an hour (listen to the right music and it's amazing what the mind can
do…ne?)
Anyways, here's chapter two, it'll get better soon, I promise, it seems tedious
now, but imagine, as soon as I get to where I want to, it'll explode, at least
in my mind it will.
* thoughtful expression* maybe it's just me?
Ok, I have to ask, since I can't find the other part of the
new short song fic I wrote, I'll ask HERE. Before I go too much further
into the story, could people point me in the direction of info about the other
characters? I've heard of them on FF.N…Malik/Marik? Ishtar (or was that
Isis?)…Who's who? And who are the other characters that I hear of! Come on
please somebody help me figure this out!! Onegai shimasu?
Travis: because if you don't she'll go Usagi on you, and trust me, she's
terrible
::smacks him upside the head::
Travis: * glares but remains silent *
I want to use these characters later on in the story,
but if I don't know who they are I won't be able to, and I don't want to mess
anything up, please help? Please please?
I'd be ever so glad, so…please? Just drop me a line by review or email
(Sailor_Sol_14@yahoo.com) Lol. Thanks!
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To my reviewers:
Jadesaber: I'm glad you think I have a potentially good story, I
think it sucks, but I also have no real confidence in my abilities, so it's a
rarity to ever get a compliment about myself outta me. Thanks for the luck
wishing on the Sat's went ok, I think the Act's were a whole lot easier, way
easier in fact. But the room was cold!
But what can you expect from a college? Anyways, hope this chapter is a little
better!
No named person: I checked it out with my creative writing teacher, she says either way is fine, more so she said that you only use ',' when you pause, but if you're pausing to before or after the name than it's the same and you do use a comma, otherwise, thanks for the advice…
Caitlin: Sup girl? Hm? Hope this chapters better than chapter 1, I know I'm still a little new at this, but I know you'll like it, I think you're perpetually perky when it comes to reading stuff, lol ^_^
Yami girl: Thanks
for the advice on how to get more reviews, and I am really looking forward to
reading the next chapter of your story, sorry about my long babbling review
about details, I'm so full of hot air it's not funny, hope you weren't mad or
anything…um, yah.
Blackunicorn: I am
overjoyed at the fact that you think it's interesting, I mean, I LOVE your
story, it's so amazing! I'm so waiting for the next chapter to come out, and it's
driving me insane! I can't wait till Saturday or Sunday when you get the next
one up! Lol. Anyways, * nods * yup…
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Read on!
So, anyways...
Again I state, this is my world, my writing, so what I say goes, Booyah baby!
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"Yugi…" a voice protruded the boys thoughts.
"Yugi." The voice tried again this time gaining a stir and a muffled "no…" from
the one he was attempting to awaken.
/Hikari, wake up!/ Yami tried through their bond and this time dragged the
covers back from his lights face and smiled when a pillow was promptly pulled
back over his head.
"You are a very stubborn one to wake up." He observed and pulled the pillow
away from him as well then thumped it back on top of him smirking when he
finally got a reaction.
"Hey!" Yugi cried and looked up to the translucent spirit who was looking at
him through raised eyebrows. "What was that for?"
"You wouldn't wake up, I've been trying to get through to you for the past
fifteen minutes." Yami explained and ignored the glare he received from his
charge.
"So you throw a pillow at me?"
"Seemed reasonable," he said shrugging and then disappeared with a flash before
Yugi even had a chance to throw the pillow back at him, leaving the boy glaring
at where his dark had once stood.
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"I play Flame Champion in attack mode and attack your
Mahala Vaila, Ryou!"
"No, sorry Jou, Um...attacking my Mahala Vaila allows me to equip the
Shin-gan Goddess and raise the attack points from 1550 to 2550 and that, in
turn wipes out your Flame Champion, taking away the rest of your life
points." Ryou said smiling softly as Jou sweat dropped.
Yugi shook his head as the taller boy glared
furiously at Ryou.
"Come on Jou, you'll do better next time."
"Yeah, that's what you said the last time!" Honda added and slapped
Jou on the back nearly knocking him over.
"Watch it Honda!"
"Oh look, the puppy dog is mad!"
"Honda...I don't think you should..." Tea started as Ryou said at the same time, "Really it was just a lucky move for me..."
"Honda!" Jou said and suddenly the two of them were in an argument, which resulted in them knocking into a table next to them, sending the glass of soda onto a teenager girl who let out a shriek and causing the two arguing teens to bolt from the arcade as fast as possible.
"Ah, G-gomen nasai! Please excuse our friends!"
Anzu said backing slowly out of the arcade as well away from a seething
boyfriend and a pouting girl.
"Yes, please." Yugi added as he too backed out as well and met up
with Jou and Honda who were exchanging argumentative yet sheepish looks.
"See what you did?! Bakayarouyo, honestly, can't
the two of you grow up? And in a public place." Anzu chasted as soon as
they were within hearing range.
"Um, A-Anzu? I'd calm down, you're making a scene." Yugi said softly
as a few of the passer-byes looked at the group oddly then talking softly to
one another.
"At this point Yugi, I don't care. These two bakana's should have
stuck around and faced the consequences, acting that foolishly at the
arcade. And while we were eating too, poor Hitaru, she looked
mortified." Anzu said sympathetically, while still managing to stare
menacingly at the two boys.
Yugi sweat dropped and sighed as they headed away from the arcade back to the game shop for the time being, Anzu doing her best to make sure Jou and Honda heard every bit of the lecture she was handing them, and Yugi drifting off into his own world.
//Aibou?//
/Hm?/
//Again you're quiet.//
/Just listening to Anzu tell off Jou and Honda...boy she's really going off on them too./ Yugi replied when he looked up momentarily as the silence that had fallen between the taller three picked up again and he sweat dropped when it ended with Anzu slapping Jou upside the head then slapping Honda for laughing. /I almost feel sorry for them./
//You're changing the subject on me//
/Am I?/
While in his conversation Yugi managed to collide
with a girl on the sidewalk, though it seemed she was the one running, as they
both fell backwards.
"Oh! I'm terribly sorry!" her alto voice rang out as she scrambled to
her feet and then hurried to help him up.
"No, no…my fault, daijabu?"
"Daija...oh! Hai, I'm fine. I'm so terribly sorry! I was in such a
hurry, I'm such an idiot."
"You are not. Don't say that, everybody's in a hurry
sometimes. I was off in my own world, so if anything we're both at
fault!" Yugi replied laughingly ignoring his Yami's question in his head
as to why he cut off the conversation so abruptly.
"Oh.." she said thoughtfully then looked up
and finally caught sight of who she'd ran into and her eyes widened as she
stared at him momentarily before going back to normal.
"So, might I ask your name?" he asked taking in her straight brown
hair and emerald green eyes, as well as the few inches she had over him.
"I mean, I think it's only fair to get the name of the person who ran me
over."
At this she flushed slightly but looked at him
silently, or rather the item around his neck.
"Oh! I guess I could introduce myself first ne? I mean, well...yeah."
he said sweat dropping and sticking his hand out laughing, completely mistaking
her silence. "My names Yugi Mutou." (Yes I know they introduce last
name first, but I didn't want to...so :p)
"Maat Raziya." (Pronounced May-ott Ray-Zee-Ah) she said slowly and
took his hand shaking it cautiously before pulling back and looking at him
oddly then waving and taking off leaving no room for question.
"Well, that was odd..." he said watching as she stopped, looked at
him, realized he was watching then turned the corner and disappeared.
"Yug'?" he heard vaguely and realized that Jou and the others had
stopped and were staring. "You ok buddy?"
"What? Oh, yeah. Sorry bout that." he said smiling sheepishly.
"Dat girl really knocked ya' for a loop didn't she?" Jou said smiling
a little but ducking away from Anzu's still furious glare.
Yugi glared at him and shook his head but remained silent.
"You like her?"
"JOU! We ran into each other! That's all!" he said defensively and
glared inwardly at his Yami's chuckle. /don't you start with me too!/
//I've not said a thing.// was the reply and he
sighed heavily.
"Chill Yug' I was jus' teasin' ya. Besides, I t'ink she was the one
dat got more flustered t'an you!" Jou added and grinned slightly.
"Come on then buddy, let's get you home before anybody else runs you
over."
(Am I the only one to realize that Ryou disappeared from view? Lol..)
Yugi threw him a glare and then caught up to about Ryou's pace and walked with
him. "That was really weird." he said to him.
"Why is that Yugi?" Ryou asked softly
looking down at the shorter boy.
"Well, when I told her my name she kinda...looked like she'd seen a ghost,
or was at least really shocked. It was just odd, maybe it's just me?"
"What did she say her name was?" Ryou asked.
"Maat Raziya, naze?"
The albino haired boy stopped in his tracks with a shocked expression on his
face, and he seemed to go into his own world for a moment before shaking his
head and looking at Yugi oddly. "You said her name was Maat?"
"Hai, naze?"
"Just...sounded familiar, that's all..." was the only response he got
before Ryou hurried to catch up with Anzu and the others.
"H-hey! Wait up!" Yugi called and hurried to catch up with them.
/Yami?/ he received silence from his dark and blinked and called again, still
receiving silence.
Nobody's telling me anything, and I know they know something...he thought to himself in mild annoyance and continued on.
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(*Somebody pokes her in the head to wake her up* Huh? Nani? why'd you!--oh, eh..*Laughs nervously* I see...gomen nasai minna...boring as all get out so far I know...I'm slowly, ever so slowly working my way up to the fun part. The parts that I see in my head when I close my eyes, the parts that I think are really cool and usually end up dreaming about. Yeah those parts. The one's that make this boring drivel worth-while to read...so...um...continue?)
Yugi found himself ducking a pillow that was chucked from Jou to
Honda while in the living room of his house.
"Jou!" Anzu cried and hopped up from her position in front of her homework to
yell at him, only to get pelted with a return pillow aimed for Jou.
"Ooh, gomen Anzu!" Honda said and laughed a little.
Ryou and Yugi were sitting on the sofa books in hand watching in amusement.
"Shouldn't you stop them Yugi?"
"No, as long as nothing gets broken I see no need for it, at least they're not
tearing each others heads off."
"Very true." Ryou said ducking another pillow then tilting his head to the side
to look at Yugi
"Hey guys, if you're going to have a pillow fight leave me and Ryou out of it,
we're actually trying to do our homework here." He said taking the cue.
Ryou, sweat dropping, smiled and laughed a little at this as Honda stopped just
before chucking his pillow back, and Anzu took her own cue and plopped back
down on the pillow ready to write.
Once everybody fell into silence Yugi smiled and settled into his homework, but
then thought twice and decided to try to get some information.
"Ryou?"
"Hm?" the other boy asked still writing, but when he didn't get an immediate
response he looked up. "What is it Yugi?"
Silent for a moment Yugi contemplated his question, "You acted strangely when I
told you the name of the girl that I ran into," he said completely missing the
strange look that passed over the other boys face, "what am I missing here?"
Ryou looked at him momentarily as if considering what to
say but shook his head. "It was nothing, I just recognized her name from
somewhere, probably a girl from school or something." He said smiling cheerily.
"Mmm…" was all Yugi said before nodding and looking down.
/Yami? Yami why are you ignoring me
now?/
//I'm not ignoring you hikari, I was just thinking. /
/ Yeah, well now I want to know, what did I miss about Maat? And don't lie to me! /
There was a moment of silence before his dark spoke
next, // I am not lying to you Yugi, there is nothing about that girl you need
to be concerned about, nor anybody else, like Ryou said she was probably just
some girl at your school, perhaps you…met in another life.// a touch of
amusement entered his mental voice at this.
Hearing this from Yami, in his calm voice was the only reason he even thought
about believing his older half, and for the time being he would, Ryou wouldn't
hide something that could be bad from everybody, and Yami, though still a new
friend to Yugi wouldn't lie to him either, would he?
//Aibou?//
/I believe you Yami./ he said truthfully and a
smile graced the tri-color haired teens face before snapping his head up.
"Huh?"
"You there Yug' I was askin' you something about our report." Jou asked casting
a curious glance at Yugi.
"Oh? Oh, sorry Jou, I was thinking."
"Watch it, I t'ink I saw smoke rising." He replied and smirked as Tea grinned
slightly. "Gomen, what was the question."
"What was the report about again?"
"Jou!" Tea scolded.
"What?! I wasn't payin' attention in class today!" the blonde replied
defensively.
"That's obvious." Tea said in disgust and they fell into another argument,
leaving the other three to sigh and exchange glances.
(Just for the heck of it, the dates in the story are rather close to the dates here in the real world, which means, ::nods:: it's near Christmas time in Domino!!!!!!)
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As the last of the lights were
shut off on the first floor of the house, save for the Christmas lights and the
tree lights of course, one woman donning royal blue silk pajama's and a robe
slowly climbed the stairs, cradling the small child in her arms she softly made
her way into the child's room and sat down in the rocking chair looking into
his striking amethyst eyes.
Yugi looked at her curiously, this time she seemed so peaceful, he got a good
look at her face and expression and tilted his head slightly, this was
different.
Gently she began to rock
back and forth, her long midnight black streaked red hair caressed her face
with the motion and every so often the child would reach his hands out to try
and grab some of the inviting black silk that tickled his nose so softy.
A door slammed downstairs and the child's eyes widened in fright before closing
as tiny tears formed and he let out a whimper and a very soft sob his tiny
hands balling into fists grabbing onto the silky robes his mother wore that
Christmas Eve. Yugi himself jumped when he heard the door slam, he knew,
somewhere in the back of his mind that what was going to happen would be the
same as last time but he pulled himself back to the scene at hand.
"Oh,
oh baby no..." Amunet whispered softly as she watched her tiny angel cry
so silently, such an innocent angel she was given. And that angel was sad now,
so sad...
The tri-color haired teen couldn't help but feel a wave of emotion as another
memory crossed his mind, this time, this one not his own…
"Momma!" a piercing voice
called into the night as a child sat stunned in her bed, hair plastered to the
back of her neck and amethyst eyes wide with fright and tears slipping down her
cheeks. "Momma! Momma where are you momma!" the girl whimpered and drew the
covers up to her body like a cocoon, shivering even in the mild Egyptian air.
"Baby? Amunet what is the matter child?" a soft alto voice
inquired when she stepped into the room and moved to the half-frantic child her
jet black hair pulled into a soft pony-tail coming slightly undone in the hurry
she was to get to her daughter.
"Momma, I'm scared, they were going to hurt you, daddy was…was dead, and they
were going to hurt you, momma they almost killed you!" she said her voice half
shrieking as another stream of tears cascaded down her cheeks.
The woman pulled the girl into a deep embrace and hugged her close and closing
her eyes smiling softly as the girl sniffled and clutched her robe tightly in
her hands.
Sekhmet rocked Amunet in her arms, setting her chin softly on her daughter's
head and muttering softly to the girl before sighing and whispering a lullaby
to the child, soothing her instantly. "Hush my love now don't you cry everything
will be all right...close your eyes and drift in dream, rest in peaceful sleep...If there's one thing I hope I showed you. If
there's one thing I hope I showed you. Hope I showed you..."
Her voice dampened in Amunet's ears as she felt the pull of sleep at her body,
she blinked a few times and tried to focus on staying awake, but in the end
blissful darkness won and she slipped into a dreamless sleep, still clutching
her mothers' silky robes in her hands.
Shaking his head Yugi's heart pounded slightly from the scene, something about
this woman was odd, who was she, and why was he seeing her life, if that was
her life.
Her face creased in sorrow as she watched him weep. She smiled softly as if a thought slipped into her head and she held him closer now, protecting him from the world around him with her arms, his tears continued but he no longer whimpered. "Hush my love now don't you cry everything will be all right...close your eyes and drift in dream, rest in peaceful sleep..." she sang lovingly as she caressed his cheek, wiping away the crystalline tears as they fell.
Yugi
smiled softly at the scene and but found himself shocked from the reverie when
there was a scuffling sound downstairs…
She stopped short of singing when she heard something downstairs, but right now
she couldn't bother, her baby was sad...
Taking a breath she closed her eyes and stood up swaying from side to side
watching as the little angel in her arms slowly drifted to sleep. A face
she would never in her life forget, nor would she wish to.
"If there's one thing I
hope I showed you. If there's one thing I hope I showed you. Hope I showed
you..." she felt tears sting her own eyes as a pain shot through
her heart, a soft jolt telling her something wasn't right.
"Just give love to all...Just
give love to all"
Setting the now slumbering angel into his crib she brushed a strand of jet
black hair away from his face and a melancholic smile graced her features as
she gazed upon the child. Taking off the ancient looking royal blue headband
she set it next to the sleeping child, a last remembrance of her. Closing
her eyes she heard a cry from downstairs and whispered something to the child
before she left.
Just give love to
all....
"Suki da tenshi..."
The world
faded to blackness for a moment before Yugi found himself stumbling into the
living room just as the man, Kazushi, fell to the ground, grasping his chest
and grimacing.
The woman, Amunet, ran downstairs just in time to see her husband fall to the
ground, and she stood stalk still, looking at the murder with an expression of
horror mixed with terrible anger.
"Why hello dear Amunet," the voice icily smooth as he remained in the shadows.
"It has been so long since we last spoke little Zahra…tell me, why do you hide
from me, after all I've done for you child?" he asked and her eyes widened, and
Yugi's heart skipped a beat.
"Stay away
from me! Just leave!" she cried kneeling down next to her husband sadly.
There was a
moment, in which Yugi hoped that he'd wake up, before the mysterious man spoke
next. "Enough of this triviality, Amunet, where is your child, the little one,
where is he!" he spoke fiercely, causing both her and Yugi to shudder.
"Leave him alone." She said and stood
up. "I'll never let you hurt my child, you'll have to kill me first." She said
angrily.
"This
can be arranged." He said his voice lazily annoyed as he brought his hand up
and with a flash of light she fell to the ground with not so much as a gasp,
she did however mutter something as she closed her eyes. Something neither in
the room caught.
Yugi back stepped when the man finally stepped out of the shadows and towards
the stairs, this time though, instead of falling through the floor, he merely
walked through Yugi, giving the boy a dreadful chill as he closed his eyes,
then in opening them saw he was back near the baby's room, and so was the
murderer.
"Leave him alone!" he yelled and tried again to block his path from the unknown
child, only to once again have the killer step right through him, sending a
cold wave of fear down his spine.
"No! Stop!" he cried swiveling around as the man brought his hand up, but
before he could get any further there was a bright flash of light, and two
cries as Yugi's world plunged into darkness.
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Authors Quick Notes:
Ok,
this was a little bit better than chapter 1, at least it's got a touch
more…something to it no? Sorry if the dream seemed repetitive! I tried to fix
it up a bit, not sure if it worked though, if it did great.
Trust me, I can promise you right now, soon as I get this thing going in the
direction I want it to go you will LOVE it! Well, I will, because then at least
I'll be able to get it out of my head and onto paper, safer there. ^_^
Anyways, just beware, because soon enough, this story will heat up!
(Gosh that sounded wrong lol)