Rei-chan: O.O!! Two more people have added me to their fav list! *faints
again*
Yami: Why do we keep doing this if she's gonna faint?
Yugi: Don't be harsh on her! She's new at ff.net and she didn't expect these results.
Yami: True.
Yugi: Rei-chan would like to thank Synchronized Love and Ni-chan for putting her on their favorites list.
Yami: And she would like to correct her mistake from the last chapter.
Honda: Yami's general.
Mai: Yami's personal trainer.
Mokuba: Healer.
Yugi: That would be it.
Disclaimer: Does anyone even bother to read this?
My Dark Magician had watched over us the entire night. I told him to wake Jou, Malik, Ryou, or me, when his shift was over. It appeared he took his duty seriously. Then again, all Dark Magicians were like that. They were very serious and determined and loyal. My Dark Magician was no exception to the rule.
"What's that?" Ryou asked me when I pulled out some of my candy.
"It's chocolate," I answered his questions. When he had a curious look, I told him it was food. I broke off a piece and handed it over to him.
Ryou popped it into his mouth and smiled. "It tastes good," he commented when he had swallowed. "How do you make those?"
"Well, you need cocoa beans, sugar, milk," I ticked each item off. (I don't know the ingredients to chocolate ^^U)
"I see," Ryou said. "You'd better not let Jou get any."
"Thanks for the advice," I said gratefully, even though I already knew that. Joey had a huge sweet tooth so I figured that Jou must have one too.
"We will be arriving at our village in two days," Ryou informed me as we packed up our belongings. It was Ryou's turn to do the packing.
This morning was Malik's turn to cook. I don't know if it would be edible. Ryou assured me that I wouldn't die from it. Since they took turns, they each had to learn how to cook. Sometimes, they would go on trip individually so they had to learn how to prepare simple meals.
When we had finished eating, I volunteered to wash the dishes, since they politely shared their food with me. We spent the morning loading and rearranging the luggage. After they had mounted their camels, they noticed I didn't have one.
"One of yah has to double." Joey spoke up as he glanced at each of his companions. "Who's it gonna be? I can't cause I have most of the luggage."
"I'll be honest," Anzu said hesitantly. "I don't feel comfortable with Yugi. No offense."
"None taken," I assured her. I wondered which one I would end up with: Ryou or Malik. Secretly I hoped it would be Ryou. We got along well yesterday.
"I will," Malik offered. "Out of all of us, I have the lightest load so I figure I should be the one." Well, I couldn't argue against his logic.
"True," Ryou agreed with him. "Besides you're a much better rider than me."
Malik slightly bushed at Ryou's comment. This went unnoticed by the others, but not by me. He gracefully leapt down and helped me onto his camel. When I had a secure position, he joined me on top and signaled his camel to start walking.
"What brings you here?" Malik asked, starting a conversation.
"Nothing really," I said, trying to think of a reasonable explanation as to why I was out here in the middle of the desert. "I'm more of a traveler. I don't stay in one place too long." Please let him buy it.
"You must have visited several cities," Malik said, while keeping his eyes on the road ahead of us. He needed to keep his camel going the right direction.
"Yeah, but they're pretty much boring," I said casually as if I was talking about every day events. "I mean once you've seen it all, it's hard to get excited."
"Oh, tell me what have you seen?" Malik asked curiously.
"The Great Wall of China," I answered nonchalantly, hoping that it had been built.
"Wow!" Malik gasped. "You've been there? What's it like?"
"It's just a wall that you can walk on and pulls carts on," I said, holding onto Malik's waist so I don't fall down. "The view there is beautiful, depending on which section you're looking from." I wasn't lying when I said I had visited the Great Wall of China. Grandpa and I went there on vacation. We spent a week on China.
"I would like to go there one of these days," Malik sighed.
"Maybe you'll get your chance," I said, attempting to sound assuring.
"I hope so," Malik sighed once again.
"Out of curiosity, have you met the pharaoh?" I asked him, unsure how he would respond to such a question. The Yami I knew was caring, gentle, and overprotective of me.
"I haven't met him and I pray that we will never cross paths," Malik said in a harsher tone. "He's cold and ruthless. Trust me, you never want to meet him, unless you want to die."
"I'll keep that in mind," I said, almost letting my disappointment show.
Before I can ask another question, Malik started to explain the situation. "He wasn't always like that. Two or three years ago, his wife died, leaving him with a son. Since then, he hasn't been the same. His heart hardened and he won't allow anyone to come close to him."
"I see," I said understanding what had happened. So that was why he was mean to his people.
"Why do you want to know?" Malik questioned my motives.
"I tend to find out about the rulers of the nations that I'm visiting," I answered him. "I especially don't want cross their paths."
"Good idea," Malik said as Ryou rode alongside us.
"What are you two talking about?"
"We're talking about the pharaoh," Malik answered for me. "Don't worry, we aren't saying anything negative about him."
"Good, you never know who might be listening onto us," Ryou said cautiously.
"You worry too much," Jou teased him as he took the lead.
"And you get into too much trouble," Anzu returned as she went past him while slapping Jou in the back of his head as she passed.
"Hey!" Jou growled at her, but decided against returning the gesture.
"Are they always like this?" I asked Malik, very curiously.
"Yes, they are," Malik sighed, shaking his head. "They act more like brother and sister than friends. Jou doesn't act this way with his little sister."
"Jou has a sister?" I said a little surprised. Why shouldn't he? I mean Joey had Serenity. "I hope she doesn't have any eye conditions."
"She does," Malik gasped, nearly falling off his camel and taking me with him. "How do you know?" I could tell he had a surprised look on his face.
"Premonition?" I shrugged. I couldn't tell him the truth, because he wouldn't believe me in the first place. Heck, I wouldn't believe myself and I was the one who went through it.
"Okay," Malik said with an unbelieving tone of voice.
^^^^^^^^^^^Two Days Later^^^^^^^^^^^
It seemed like an eternity until we reached their small village. We had been traveling via camels, and now my butt was extremely sore. I haven't ridden a camel; let alone ridden one for two days. As soon as we stopped in the village, I slid off the camel and rubbed my sore end, which caused the others to go into fits of laughter.
"Jou!!" A feminine voice screamed before launching herself at the tall blonde. She grabbed onto him and hugged him tightly.
"Shizuka, this is Yugi," Jou introduced us. "Yugi, this is my little sister, Shizuka."
"Nice to meet you," she chirped before turning her full attention to her brother.
"You don't know how much I was worried about you," she scolded her older brother. "I heard there were bandits and I thought you could have been ..." Her voice trailed off.
"I'm here in one piece," he said trying to calm his sister down. "Sorry, we couldn't find you a physician to heal you."
"I don't care," Shizuka pleaded with her older brother as the rest of us watched. "You don't have to risk your lives looking for one. I don't mind being blind."
"But I do," Jou said, holding his sister in a protective embrace.
"Maybe there is something I can do," I said, stepping forward. "I've been learning about medicine so I may know a cure."
"All right!" Jou cheered very happily and hugged his sister.
"As I said, I may know a cure," I said again. I didn't want to get their hopes up.
"Would you mind taking a look?" Jou practically begged me.
"Sure," I answered him. "Do you have a room we could use?"
"Anything yah need, just ask," Jou said, while guiding his sister and me to their house.
When we entered their house, I took my flashlight out of my backpack and was about to examine Serenity, when I saw Jou pacing back and forth. The others waited patiently as I prepared to figure out what she had.
"Would you mind waiting outside?" I asked them politely. Just having Jou around made me nervous, since he was pacing back and forth.
"Sure thing," Ryou said as he and Malik dragged the reluctant older brother out of the house.
"Please use everything in your power to save her sight. I have faith in you," Anzu pleaded to me before making her departure.
I turned around to find my patient staring at the flashlight in my hand. She seemed kind of nervous. I would be too if I saw something unusual. "This won't hurt." I turned on the flashlight and proceeded to look into her eyes. True, Serenity had a birth defect that required surgery, but Shizuka was a different story. Hers wasn't as advanced as Serenity's and thus required no operation. She just needed to continue treatment for awhile.
"So?" Shizuka asked nervously for the results.
"I have good news and bad news," I said with a small smile. "The good news is that it can be cured." She beamed at the results. "The bad news is that you'll be taking medication for awhile. I don't know how long so I'll have to check on you once a week."
"I don't mind," Shizuka said with glee as she hopped off the table and ran out of the room. Pretty soon I heard cheering followed by the others rushing in for a group hug.
"If you don't mind, I'd like to breathe!" I had a hard time getting my message across before they realized they were suffocating me and broke the hug.
"Thank yah a million times!" Jou thanked me profusely. "What do I owe yah?"
"You owe me nothing," I said turning down the offer. "That's what friends do."
"Friends, I like dah sound of dat!" Jou beamed at our new friendship.
"I would also like it," Ryou said, stepping forward.
Malik nodded from where he stood against the wall.
"Me too," Anzu agreed with her friends.
"Ditto," Shizuka smiled.
"Jou, I need to go to the market," I informed the confused blonde.
"Why would you want to go there?" Jou asked me.
"I have to pick up a few things for the Shizuka's medicine and I don't know where to go."
"Why didn't yah say so?" Jou said before dragging me past my new friends and to the market. "What are we waiting for!"
Yami: *pulls out a fire hose and prepares to aim it at Rei-chan*
Rei-chan: *hiding behind a desk with a fire hose*
Yami: *can't find Rei-chan where he left her*
Rei-chan: *sneaks up on Yami and turns the hose onto full blast*
Yami: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rei-chan: *giggles as she turns off the hose*
Yami: GRRR!!!! *is soaking wet and glaring daggers at Rei-chan*
Rei-chan: *runs off before Yami could say or do anything*
Yami: *blink blink blink blink*
Yugi: *sees the entire thing and falls over laughing while clutching his side*
Yami: Very funny aibou.
Yugi: *laughing so hard he starts crying*
Yami: --UUU
Yami: Why do we keep doing this if she's gonna faint?
Yugi: Don't be harsh on her! She's new at ff.net and she didn't expect these results.
Yami: True.
Yugi: Rei-chan would like to thank Synchronized Love and Ni-chan for putting her on their favorites list.
Yami: And she would like to correct her mistake from the last chapter.
Honda: Yami's general.
Mai: Yami's personal trainer.
Mokuba: Healer.
Yugi: That would be it.
Disclaimer: Does anyone even bother to read this?
My Dark Magician had watched over us the entire night. I told him to wake Jou, Malik, Ryou, or me, when his shift was over. It appeared he took his duty seriously. Then again, all Dark Magicians were like that. They were very serious and determined and loyal. My Dark Magician was no exception to the rule.
"What's that?" Ryou asked me when I pulled out some of my candy.
"It's chocolate," I answered his questions. When he had a curious look, I told him it was food. I broke off a piece and handed it over to him.
Ryou popped it into his mouth and smiled. "It tastes good," he commented when he had swallowed. "How do you make those?"
"Well, you need cocoa beans, sugar, milk," I ticked each item off. (I don't know the ingredients to chocolate ^^U)
"I see," Ryou said. "You'd better not let Jou get any."
"Thanks for the advice," I said gratefully, even though I already knew that. Joey had a huge sweet tooth so I figured that Jou must have one too.
"We will be arriving at our village in two days," Ryou informed me as we packed up our belongings. It was Ryou's turn to do the packing.
This morning was Malik's turn to cook. I don't know if it would be edible. Ryou assured me that I wouldn't die from it. Since they took turns, they each had to learn how to cook. Sometimes, they would go on trip individually so they had to learn how to prepare simple meals.
When we had finished eating, I volunteered to wash the dishes, since they politely shared their food with me. We spent the morning loading and rearranging the luggage. After they had mounted their camels, they noticed I didn't have one.
"One of yah has to double." Joey spoke up as he glanced at each of his companions. "Who's it gonna be? I can't cause I have most of the luggage."
"I'll be honest," Anzu said hesitantly. "I don't feel comfortable with Yugi. No offense."
"None taken," I assured her. I wondered which one I would end up with: Ryou or Malik. Secretly I hoped it would be Ryou. We got along well yesterday.
"I will," Malik offered. "Out of all of us, I have the lightest load so I figure I should be the one." Well, I couldn't argue against his logic.
"True," Ryou agreed with him. "Besides you're a much better rider than me."
Malik slightly bushed at Ryou's comment. This went unnoticed by the others, but not by me. He gracefully leapt down and helped me onto his camel. When I had a secure position, he joined me on top and signaled his camel to start walking.
"What brings you here?" Malik asked, starting a conversation.
"Nothing really," I said, trying to think of a reasonable explanation as to why I was out here in the middle of the desert. "I'm more of a traveler. I don't stay in one place too long." Please let him buy it.
"You must have visited several cities," Malik said, while keeping his eyes on the road ahead of us. He needed to keep his camel going the right direction.
"Yeah, but they're pretty much boring," I said casually as if I was talking about every day events. "I mean once you've seen it all, it's hard to get excited."
"Oh, tell me what have you seen?" Malik asked curiously.
"The Great Wall of China," I answered nonchalantly, hoping that it had been built.
"Wow!" Malik gasped. "You've been there? What's it like?"
"It's just a wall that you can walk on and pulls carts on," I said, holding onto Malik's waist so I don't fall down. "The view there is beautiful, depending on which section you're looking from." I wasn't lying when I said I had visited the Great Wall of China. Grandpa and I went there on vacation. We spent a week on China.
"I would like to go there one of these days," Malik sighed.
"Maybe you'll get your chance," I said, attempting to sound assuring.
"I hope so," Malik sighed once again.
"Out of curiosity, have you met the pharaoh?" I asked him, unsure how he would respond to such a question. The Yami I knew was caring, gentle, and overprotective of me.
"I haven't met him and I pray that we will never cross paths," Malik said in a harsher tone. "He's cold and ruthless. Trust me, you never want to meet him, unless you want to die."
"I'll keep that in mind," I said, almost letting my disappointment show.
Before I can ask another question, Malik started to explain the situation. "He wasn't always like that. Two or three years ago, his wife died, leaving him with a son. Since then, he hasn't been the same. His heart hardened and he won't allow anyone to come close to him."
"I see," I said understanding what had happened. So that was why he was mean to his people.
"Why do you want to know?" Malik questioned my motives.
"I tend to find out about the rulers of the nations that I'm visiting," I answered him. "I especially don't want cross their paths."
"Good idea," Malik said as Ryou rode alongside us.
"What are you two talking about?"
"We're talking about the pharaoh," Malik answered for me. "Don't worry, we aren't saying anything negative about him."
"Good, you never know who might be listening onto us," Ryou said cautiously.
"You worry too much," Jou teased him as he took the lead.
"And you get into too much trouble," Anzu returned as she went past him while slapping Jou in the back of his head as she passed.
"Hey!" Jou growled at her, but decided against returning the gesture.
"Are they always like this?" I asked Malik, very curiously.
"Yes, they are," Malik sighed, shaking his head. "They act more like brother and sister than friends. Jou doesn't act this way with his little sister."
"Jou has a sister?" I said a little surprised. Why shouldn't he? I mean Joey had Serenity. "I hope she doesn't have any eye conditions."
"She does," Malik gasped, nearly falling off his camel and taking me with him. "How do you know?" I could tell he had a surprised look on his face.
"Premonition?" I shrugged. I couldn't tell him the truth, because he wouldn't believe me in the first place. Heck, I wouldn't believe myself and I was the one who went through it.
"Okay," Malik said with an unbelieving tone of voice.
^^^^^^^^^^^Two Days Later^^^^^^^^^^^
It seemed like an eternity until we reached their small village. We had been traveling via camels, and now my butt was extremely sore. I haven't ridden a camel; let alone ridden one for two days. As soon as we stopped in the village, I slid off the camel and rubbed my sore end, which caused the others to go into fits of laughter.
"Jou!!" A feminine voice screamed before launching herself at the tall blonde. She grabbed onto him and hugged him tightly.
"Shizuka, this is Yugi," Jou introduced us. "Yugi, this is my little sister, Shizuka."
"Nice to meet you," she chirped before turning her full attention to her brother.
"You don't know how much I was worried about you," she scolded her older brother. "I heard there were bandits and I thought you could have been ..." Her voice trailed off.
"I'm here in one piece," he said trying to calm his sister down. "Sorry, we couldn't find you a physician to heal you."
"I don't care," Shizuka pleaded with her older brother as the rest of us watched. "You don't have to risk your lives looking for one. I don't mind being blind."
"But I do," Jou said, holding his sister in a protective embrace.
"Maybe there is something I can do," I said, stepping forward. "I've been learning about medicine so I may know a cure."
"All right!" Jou cheered very happily and hugged his sister.
"As I said, I may know a cure," I said again. I didn't want to get their hopes up.
"Would you mind taking a look?" Jou practically begged me.
"Sure," I answered him. "Do you have a room we could use?"
"Anything yah need, just ask," Jou said, while guiding his sister and me to their house.
When we entered their house, I took my flashlight out of my backpack and was about to examine Serenity, when I saw Jou pacing back and forth. The others waited patiently as I prepared to figure out what she had.
"Would you mind waiting outside?" I asked them politely. Just having Jou around made me nervous, since he was pacing back and forth.
"Sure thing," Ryou said as he and Malik dragged the reluctant older brother out of the house.
"Please use everything in your power to save her sight. I have faith in you," Anzu pleaded to me before making her departure.
I turned around to find my patient staring at the flashlight in my hand. She seemed kind of nervous. I would be too if I saw something unusual. "This won't hurt." I turned on the flashlight and proceeded to look into her eyes. True, Serenity had a birth defect that required surgery, but Shizuka was a different story. Hers wasn't as advanced as Serenity's and thus required no operation. She just needed to continue treatment for awhile.
"So?" Shizuka asked nervously for the results.
"I have good news and bad news," I said with a small smile. "The good news is that it can be cured." She beamed at the results. "The bad news is that you'll be taking medication for awhile. I don't know how long so I'll have to check on you once a week."
"I don't mind," Shizuka said with glee as she hopped off the table and ran out of the room. Pretty soon I heard cheering followed by the others rushing in for a group hug.
"If you don't mind, I'd like to breathe!" I had a hard time getting my message across before they realized they were suffocating me and broke the hug.
"Thank yah a million times!" Jou thanked me profusely. "What do I owe yah?"
"You owe me nothing," I said turning down the offer. "That's what friends do."
"Friends, I like dah sound of dat!" Jou beamed at our new friendship.
"I would also like it," Ryou said, stepping forward.
Malik nodded from where he stood against the wall.
"Me too," Anzu agreed with her friends.
"Ditto," Shizuka smiled.
"Jou, I need to go to the market," I informed the confused blonde.
"Why would you want to go there?" Jou asked me.
"I have to pick up a few things for the Shizuka's medicine and I don't know where to go."
"Why didn't yah say so?" Jou said before dragging me past my new friends and to the market. "What are we waiting for!"
Yami: *pulls out a fire hose and prepares to aim it at Rei-chan*
Rei-chan: *hiding behind a desk with a fire hose*
Yami: *can't find Rei-chan where he left her*
Rei-chan: *sneaks up on Yami and turns the hose onto full blast*
Yami: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rei-chan: *giggles as she turns off the hose*
Yami: GRRR!!!! *is soaking wet and glaring daggers at Rei-chan*
Rei-chan: *runs off before Yami could say or do anything*
Yami: *blink blink blink blink*
Yugi: *sees the entire thing and falls over laughing while clutching his side*
Yami: Very funny aibou.
Yugi: *laughing so hard he starts crying*
Yami: --UUU