A Lesson or Two to be Learned
By: ~*starflower*~ a.k.a Mizuriu
Disclaimer crap: I don't own Yu-gi-oh! Got that!?
Okay…just to let you all know now, I'm not that much of a romantic person, k? Never had a relationship, or even a boyfriend (I'm safe, for now), so I dun know much about Love, so don't criticize me about it. I'll do my best, but I won't make it so W.A.F.FY that it'll make you sick. I know, I know…some of you want me to do that, but take in some consideration and respect for the others too. Forgive me for saying this, but I also respect the yaoi lovers who like boyxboy fics. WHOA PPLZ! I'm not saying that I actually read THOSE kind of fics! Heavens, no! But I respect them for they're strong beliefs to maintain that thought. And I should say the same for all you straight readers. Homosexuality is really not something to be made fun of (EASY! I am not a Homo!). You must understand that both sides really holds at least SOME respect for the other, and for that, it must be left alone. Interfering with them will get you nowhere, trust me.
*puts hands together* And that concludes my lesson for this chapter. I'm sorry if I made you sick, so I hope this chapter will make you feel better. Gomen ne! Here's chapter 3!
P.S: Arigato gozaimasu for the reviews!! ^^*
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Chapter 3: Wandering in the caves of Contemplation
The cold waters brushed against his hands as he laid face down in the cooling sands of the shore, arousing the male to wake. He slightly coughed deep in his now dry throat before emitting a tired moan, slowly clenching his hands in the damp honey brown grains as he opened his eyes to reveal deep plum colored pools with a blank look lingering like a misted fog of the unknown raging sea. He began to shiver a bit when the nightly winds came to blow lightly down upon him from the unknown regions of the earth before passing on the eternal path that was set for it. His blue clothes was a little soaked from these salty waters and sent cold jolts in and through his being.
Finally, he summoned his long and lean arms to push his tall body up into a sitting position while his legs remained spread on the ground,
"…where…what…what happened…?" Yami Yugi stammered quietly while putting a hand to his head, his thoughts still floating around and his senses out of focus, pain searing through his entire body. He could feel the stings of his open wounds with the blood trickling down in some places where some of the clothing had been tarred and ripped and slashed from the sharp, hidden rocks of the tempting waters of salt and foam.
Shaking his dampened head to clear his mind and moving the dropping gold pointed bangs away from his sites, he raised his eyes and proceeded to take in his surroundings. Although it was a bit dark, he strained his eyes to meet a gray stone covered wall with occasional stalactites and stalagmites dripping with clear crystallized water from the roots that hung above limply. Yami then interpreted that he was in a cave. All he could remember was deliberately and purposely switching with the previous host of the body, to save the little boy, Yugi Moto, from enduring such soreness. He only did that because over such short time, Yami had grown some strings to the boy that eventually without him knowing, had made a tiny bondage with the child. Why? Even he didn't even know.
(A/N: No! Not yaoi! You should know how it is with friends! Or the ppl you hang out with. It's just a "bond" not "attraction"!)
Yugi was just laying peacefully asleep in the puzzle, unaware of the conditions Yami had to tolerate. Then something clicked in his mind.
Where was Tea?
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Yugi Moto floated freely in this endless void of darkness with his body the only light to penetrate and see by. He breathing slow and steady, but light and shallow, worry lined and laced cruelly on each exhale as his childish features were strewn tight in anxiety while a picture of a person crossed his dreamless mind, his mouth hanging slightly open for him to mutter words that he didn't even catch on to,
"……Tea……"
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"……Tea……"
Yami heard Yugi's small silent cry for the female companion, Tea Gardner, and slightly nodded to himself, contemplating for a while before shifting his long legs to stand, winching a little as the coat brushed and scratched against a deep gash in his left arm above his elbow, the blood flowing more outward and tainting the blue to a dark purple hue. Biting his lip to hold back a whimper, the dark plum eyed teenage boy proceeded to move his feet to walk and try to find the missing brown haired blue-eyed girl.
Well, this is a first. Never once had Yami ever followed directions or had to look for someone that seems so insignificant or lower than him, and a female at that. He is, or, was a Pharaoh, the King of Games for goodness sake! Ruler over the legendary Shadow Games! He was suppose to order servants and slaves to look for another for his bidding, not him! But something somewhere inside told and pleaded with him to look for himself, and that it was sometimes the duty of a Master to sometimes fend for himself and not rely on others. That was one of the wisdoms in Life.
"Just this once." Yami told the voice that was begging somewhere within. He raised a brow in question as he could almost feel that small, soft utter, smile in triumph and in approval with a hint of satisfaction.
Pushing that query aside, he focused more on looking for the hidden girl, making his eyes adjust to the looming darkness that held its icy atmosphere until he was off guard, biting and crushing him in its frozen fist as he walked on.
Turning this way and that, Yami knotted his brows together in confusion,
'Strange…she should be somewhere close by…'
There was some holes in the rocky ceiling, letting some silvery moonlight beams shine in, providing some sense of security to him, driving away…what was it? Loneliness? For some reason, he halted in his tracks, suddenly gaining an interest in his deep wandering thoughts, the world around him seemed to disappear as Curiosity once again weaved a trap over him, blocking his stilled senses,
'Is Loneliness the sensation of not having another around…? Is this how Loneliness feels like?'
A small, tiny plop caught his attention as he jerked his head up at another sound, only it was a very faint moan…from a person!
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Yugi's purple eyes snapped open at the feeling of realization and a tiny surge of excitement bolt through his body. He stared into the blissful void, knowing full well that Yami had rescued him against the time as they were falling from that high sinister cliff of fear and apprehension that had intentionally wanted them to be swallowed and beaten by the churning torrent of cold blue and leaving the strong aggressive current to swoop them down into the deep unknown recesses of the deep water and down to the rocks that lay hidden, waiting impatiently for something to be mashed against it, taking a life. But, the gods had been kind, letting them live rather than die when it wasn't even their fault to be there to begin with.
The boy heaved a long heavy sigh as he relaxed his tensed muscles and tried to calm his racing heart from speeding too high. Yugi was feeling weak, so he was in no position or the energy to spare to switch immediately with his partner.
With a steady but now a heavy heart, all Yugi could do was to wait and hope for the best.
'…I'm out of commission…looks like I'll have to leave it up to Yami…for now…'
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Yami suddenly broke into a run as he frantically darted his eyes around for any sign, a sure sign that she was here.
Suddenly, he stopped, a little too quickly though since he almost tripped and fall. A puddle of rainwater was centered in the middle of his pathway that was highlighted by the whole above that allowed the moon and stars to freely dance upon their reflections in the glassy little lake with silent giggles and laughter joyfully and happily rippled about, but he was paying no heed to the site. His gaze was focused on the figure that laid spread over on a boulder, her cut and bruised legs partially in the shallow water while pale fingertips barely graced the surface with its gentle touch. She laid faced up to the heavens, her arms and forehead were slashed in various places where it bled lightly. Her brown strands now wet and limp clung to her cheeks and made a trail for the water to leave little streams down her face to drip into the puddle.
Looking on in complete awe, Yami subconsciously strolled over, taking in her battered form, feeling a slight pang of…Guilt? He didn't have time to think of that, or the concern he was feeling for the first time, all that mattered was to get this one back to where they were suppose to be.
Stepping lightly in the water, he reached out and touched Tea's shoulder,
"Tea?" Yami called out quietly, coming over and softly shaking her arm, careful to not scrap the wounds that openly still bled with some of the red liquid that stained her clothes.
Receiving no reply, he called out again, shaking more harder, only to hear a small stifled moan with a pain filled look as slight shivers began to make Tea's form tremble under his touch. Her closed eyelids came together harder, as if his voice was too loud for her ears to take while her tremors started to increase. He them gently put a hand to her forehead, feeling unusual heat under his palm.
This troubled Yami. He has never seen such behavior in a person before, so what could be the problem? If he had been paying attention to the things that happen around him during the times he had spent before coming to the Duelist Kingdom, Yami would have taking into precaution that sometimes people can contract things such as a kind of bug or infection that transmits through things we don't usually notice, in which case, he didn't know.
In other words, Tea has fallen prey to a virus. The Fever.
To Be Continued…………………
What a CHEESY chapter! This is the worst I've ever made!! How pathetic am I?? I must be the most pathetic and THEE most STUPIDEST author on the face of the earth!*bangs head against the comp. screen* Someone, KILL ME! :P Nah, just kiddin'. But really, this is not how I intentionally wanted this chapter to be. I was planning on doing something else, but, wha'd you expect 2:05 in the morning? I'm not even suppose to be doing this! I'm actually suppose to do my homework! And I just made this chapter today (which took me 4 hours to do), and my butt and back is sore from staying hunched over the keyboard like some hunched geek that I am!
Anyways, I'm sorry I didn't update sooner. I had some final papers due for my science class (which I'm getting' a freakin' D in!) and this stupid other project for my Social Studies (which I'm also getting' a D! !! I just HATE myself!). But hey, at least I got this chapter out for you guys. Although I did a lousy job on this chap, so your probably not happy about it, are ya? Sorry! Flame me about it if you want! I deserve it!! Uh oh, gotta go now! Ja!!
~*starflower*~ a.k.a Mizuriu
By: ~*starflower*~ a.k.a Mizuriu
Disclaimer crap: I don't own Yu-gi-oh! Got that!?
Okay…just to let you all know now, I'm not that much of a romantic person, k? Never had a relationship, or even a boyfriend (I'm safe, for now), so I dun know much about Love, so don't criticize me about it. I'll do my best, but I won't make it so W.A.F.FY that it'll make you sick. I know, I know…some of you want me to do that, but take in some consideration and respect for the others too. Forgive me for saying this, but I also respect the yaoi lovers who like boyxboy fics. WHOA PPLZ! I'm not saying that I actually read THOSE kind of fics! Heavens, no! But I respect them for they're strong beliefs to maintain that thought. And I should say the same for all you straight readers. Homosexuality is really not something to be made fun of (EASY! I am not a Homo!). You must understand that both sides really holds at least SOME respect for the other, and for that, it must be left alone. Interfering with them will get you nowhere, trust me.
*puts hands together* And that concludes my lesson for this chapter. I'm sorry if I made you sick, so I hope this chapter will make you feel better. Gomen ne! Here's chapter 3!
P.S: Arigato gozaimasu for the reviews!! ^^*
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Chapter 3: Wandering in the caves of Contemplation
The cold waters brushed against his hands as he laid face down in the cooling sands of the shore, arousing the male to wake. He slightly coughed deep in his now dry throat before emitting a tired moan, slowly clenching his hands in the damp honey brown grains as he opened his eyes to reveal deep plum colored pools with a blank look lingering like a misted fog of the unknown raging sea. He began to shiver a bit when the nightly winds came to blow lightly down upon him from the unknown regions of the earth before passing on the eternal path that was set for it. His blue clothes was a little soaked from these salty waters and sent cold jolts in and through his being.
Finally, he summoned his long and lean arms to push his tall body up into a sitting position while his legs remained spread on the ground,
"…where…what…what happened…?" Yami Yugi stammered quietly while putting a hand to his head, his thoughts still floating around and his senses out of focus, pain searing through his entire body. He could feel the stings of his open wounds with the blood trickling down in some places where some of the clothing had been tarred and ripped and slashed from the sharp, hidden rocks of the tempting waters of salt and foam.
Shaking his dampened head to clear his mind and moving the dropping gold pointed bangs away from his sites, he raised his eyes and proceeded to take in his surroundings. Although it was a bit dark, he strained his eyes to meet a gray stone covered wall with occasional stalactites and stalagmites dripping with clear crystallized water from the roots that hung above limply. Yami then interpreted that he was in a cave. All he could remember was deliberately and purposely switching with the previous host of the body, to save the little boy, Yugi Moto, from enduring such soreness. He only did that because over such short time, Yami had grown some strings to the boy that eventually without him knowing, had made a tiny bondage with the child. Why? Even he didn't even know.
(A/N: No! Not yaoi! You should know how it is with friends! Or the ppl you hang out with. It's just a "bond" not "attraction"!)
Yugi was just laying peacefully asleep in the puzzle, unaware of the conditions Yami had to tolerate. Then something clicked in his mind.
Where was Tea?
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Yugi Moto floated freely in this endless void of darkness with his body the only light to penetrate and see by. He breathing slow and steady, but light and shallow, worry lined and laced cruelly on each exhale as his childish features were strewn tight in anxiety while a picture of a person crossed his dreamless mind, his mouth hanging slightly open for him to mutter words that he didn't even catch on to,
"……Tea……"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"……Tea……"
Yami heard Yugi's small silent cry for the female companion, Tea Gardner, and slightly nodded to himself, contemplating for a while before shifting his long legs to stand, winching a little as the coat brushed and scratched against a deep gash in his left arm above his elbow, the blood flowing more outward and tainting the blue to a dark purple hue. Biting his lip to hold back a whimper, the dark plum eyed teenage boy proceeded to move his feet to walk and try to find the missing brown haired blue-eyed girl.
Well, this is a first. Never once had Yami ever followed directions or had to look for someone that seems so insignificant or lower than him, and a female at that. He is, or, was a Pharaoh, the King of Games for goodness sake! Ruler over the legendary Shadow Games! He was suppose to order servants and slaves to look for another for his bidding, not him! But something somewhere inside told and pleaded with him to look for himself, and that it was sometimes the duty of a Master to sometimes fend for himself and not rely on others. That was one of the wisdoms in Life.
"Just this once." Yami told the voice that was begging somewhere within. He raised a brow in question as he could almost feel that small, soft utter, smile in triumph and in approval with a hint of satisfaction.
Pushing that query aside, he focused more on looking for the hidden girl, making his eyes adjust to the looming darkness that held its icy atmosphere until he was off guard, biting and crushing him in its frozen fist as he walked on.
Turning this way and that, Yami knotted his brows together in confusion,
'Strange…she should be somewhere close by…'
There was some holes in the rocky ceiling, letting some silvery moonlight beams shine in, providing some sense of security to him, driving away…what was it? Loneliness? For some reason, he halted in his tracks, suddenly gaining an interest in his deep wandering thoughts, the world around him seemed to disappear as Curiosity once again weaved a trap over him, blocking his stilled senses,
'Is Loneliness the sensation of not having another around…? Is this how Loneliness feels like?'
A small, tiny plop caught his attention as he jerked his head up at another sound, only it was a very faint moan…from a person!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Yugi's purple eyes snapped open at the feeling of realization and a tiny surge of excitement bolt through his body. He stared into the blissful void, knowing full well that Yami had rescued him against the time as they were falling from that high sinister cliff of fear and apprehension that had intentionally wanted them to be swallowed and beaten by the churning torrent of cold blue and leaving the strong aggressive current to swoop them down into the deep unknown recesses of the deep water and down to the rocks that lay hidden, waiting impatiently for something to be mashed against it, taking a life. But, the gods had been kind, letting them live rather than die when it wasn't even their fault to be there to begin with.
The boy heaved a long heavy sigh as he relaxed his tensed muscles and tried to calm his racing heart from speeding too high. Yugi was feeling weak, so he was in no position or the energy to spare to switch immediately with his partner.
With a steady but now a heavy heart, all Yugi could do was to wait and hope for the best.
'…I'm out of commission…looks like I'll have to leave it up to Yami…for now…'
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Yami suddenly broke into a run as he frantically darted his eyes around for any sign, a sure sign that she was here.
Suddenly, he stopped, a little too quickly though since he almost tripped and fall. A puddle of rainwater was centered in the middle of his pathway that was highlighted by the whole above that allowed the moon and stars to freely dance upon their reflections in the glassy little lake with silent giggles and laughter joyfully and happily rippled about, but he was paying no heed to the site. His gaze was focused on the figure that laid spread over on a boulder, her cut and bruised legs partially in the shallow water while pale fingertips barely graced the surface with its gentle touch. She laid faced up to the heavens, her arms and forehead were slashed in various places where it bled lightly. Her brown strands now wet and limp clung to her cheeks and made a trail for the water to leave little streams down her face to drip into the puddle.
Looking on in complete awe, Yami subconsciously strolled over, taking in her battered form, feeling a slight pang of…Guilt? He didn't have time to think of that, or the concern he was feeling for the first time, all that mattered was to get this one back to where they were suppose to be.
Stepping lightly in the water, he reached out and touched Tea's shoulder,
"Tea?" Yami called out quietly, coming over and softly shaking her arm, careful to not scrap the wounds that openly still bled with some of the red liquid that stained her clothes.
Receiving no reply, he called out again, shaking more harder, only to hear a small stifled moan with a pain filled look as slight shivers began to make Tea's form tremble under his touch. Her closed eyelids came together harder, as if his voice was too loud for her ears to take while her tremors started to increase. He them gently put a hand to her forehead, feeling unusual heat under his palm.
This troubled Yami. He has never seen such behavior in a person before, so what could be the problem? If he had been paying attention to the things that happen around him during the times he had spent before coming to the Duelist Kingdom, Yami would have taking into precaution that sometimes people can contract things such as a kind of bug or infection that transmits through things we don't usually notice, in which case, he didn't know.
In other words, Tea has fallen prey to a virus. The Fever.
To Be Continued…………………
What a CHEESY chapter! This is the worst I've ever made!! How pathetic am I?? I must be the most pathetic and THEE most STUPIDEST author on the face of the earth!*bangs head against the comp. screen* Someone, KILL ME! :P Nah, just kiddin'. But really, this is not how I intentionally wanted this chapter to be. I was planning on doing something else, but, wha'd you expect 2:05 in the morning? I'm not even suppose to be doing this! I'm actually suppose to do my homework! And I just made this chapter today (which took me 4 hours to do), and my butt and back is sore from staying hunched over the keyboard like some hunched geek that I am!
Anyways, I'm sorry I didn't update sooner. I had some final papers due for my science class (which I'm getting' a freakin' D in!) and this stupid other project for my Social Studies (which I'm also getting' a D! !! I just HATE myself!). But hey, at least I got this chapter out for you guys. Although I did a lousy job on this chap, so your probably not happy about it, are ya? Sorry! Flame me about it if you want! I deserve it!! Uh oh, gotta go now! Ja!!
~*starflower*~ a.k.a Mizuriu