SS-ok guys an gals, everything's fine an under control!
Tym-*chained to the bed post by the computer desk* aww come on!!! I'm sry! can I host a lil????
SS-NO! anywayz.....u can still say the disclaimer, then we can get started.
Tym-*sigh* fine....DISCLAIMER: Neither of us own YGO, not the characters, plot, their clothes......nothin.
Tym-tkx.....well, no major news this time.....but...since you guys PrObAbLy already kno who "he" is (That Bakura will run into...), here's a note. BAKURA'S NAME'S CHANGIN TA RYOU! okey dokes....if you didn't kno before you'll kno now right? well, jus read...it'll come.
Oh, an Yugi's parents names are: Lena and Kazen
Last Time
~Joey an Serenity were going back to her house for lunch, Mokuba escaped from the hotel room in the Lowling Alps, Ryou saw someone outside his hotel window and decided to follow him, Tristan is stranded in an airport in Australia, and Yugi's grampa is asking him 'bout Yami.
SS-Let's stay in the same order as b4, jus so no1 gets confused. But we'll skip 'round a bit, so don't get lost and read the signs! Lets go!
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Angels Watching Over Me
Chapter 8
***In Serenity's house***
"Aww man, I'm stuffed." Joey had jus scarfed down a very filling lunch, now he was relaxing on the couch next to his sister.
"I'll say, you must have eaten twice as much as I have."
"Ya well, it's not like we hafta go anywhere, so, I think sitting here is a pretty good idea." Serenity scooted next to Joey.
"That's true, so what do you wanna---ih...ouch." She brought her leg up to the couch and gently massaged it.
"Oh, I fo'got 'bout that." He got up and made his way to the bathroom, found the first-aid kit, and came back to the couch. "Gimme your leg, I'll patch it up for ya."
"Um....okey." She leaned against the edge of the couch, and rested her leg on Joey's lap. "But, you've never been that good at this."
"Well, there's a first time for everything, right?" He could feel a few bruises near her ankle, so he took out the bandages, and began there.
***In the hallway of the Lowling Hotel***
Mokuba slowly walking down the corridor, heading towards the elevator. 'All I hafta do is make sure that I get back here before Seto does. *Looks at his watch* Maybe....in 3 or 4 hrs, that's plenty of time for a lil xploring. huh? *Spots 2 guys in suits standing by the elevator doors* Who are they? Wait a min....Tenji? What's he doing here?' Tenji was one of the regular guards at Kaiba Corp. He would talk to Mokuba sometimes, but from the way those 2 were standing there, he didn't think that he there to talk. 'I can't believe it, did Seto bring them here to make sure I didn't leave? Am I made of gold or something? *sigh* There has to be a way to get by them. Hm, maybe the stairs....' He immediatly jogged over to the stairway, only to find another pair of suits standing there. 'This....is....RIDICULOUS!!!! I knew the lock was too easy, *sigh* I never shoulda underestimated my brother.'
He turned back and started for the room, until his eyes fell upon an empty food cart infront of an open door. 'Hm....' His eyes darted from the cart to the stairs and back to the elevator, it was like someone switched on a light bulb in his head. 'And he never shoulda underestimated me.'
***In the lobby of the hotel***
Ryou ran out to the sidewalk and looked all around him, until he found what he was looking for. 'There he is.' He kept jogging until he was swept up in a band of tourists. He tried looking over everyone, but it was hard considering that he wasn't xactly the tallest person in the group. 'I can never catch a break can I?' When the crowd finally parted, he found himself infront on another gift shop. He looked left to right, not a sign of 'him' anywhere, he gave up for the time being and decided to go into the shop.
It was different from the others, not the usual key chains, postcards, and t-shirts, no, this one was filled with unique trinkets and artifacts. One item in particular caught his eye, it was.....an eye. A golden eye, on the front of a shiny, golden box. Ryou picked it up and opened it, inside there was a puch of equally shiny golden pieces. 'Hm, I bet Yugi would be able to solve this, and if he is bored, this should keep him busy for at least a couple hours.' He looked for the price tag, and found that it was reasonable. 'A good Christmas present, I could even mail it too him so he can fiddle around with it before I get there.'
It was settled, he pulled out some money, paid for it, and headed back to the street. 'Now, if only I can find 'him'. Huh?' A shuttle returning from its tour stopped right infront of him, and the throng of sightseers rushed towards him. 'Oh, bloddy hell.' He was pushed and shoved as the people exited the bus, and as he was trying to escape, he tripped over someone's bag. "Wha?!?!" Ryou lost grip of his purchase, and was xpecting to meet with the concrete, when instead, he was caught in two strong arms. "Huh?" Ryou turned his head to see who had saved him, and he met the gaze of anotha pair of chocolate colored eyes.
"Hm, hello there."
***Still in the West Nell airport***
'Okey, now its getting REALLY late, but since I have no where to go, I guess that's fine.' Tristan was STILL waiting for the next flight out, but apparently, not too many planes are going outbound to Japan. He'd been sitting in the same spot for a while now, and he was way past bored. Actually, he had xplored the airport a lil, and found a nice resturant to stop at. After he had eaten all he could afford (While still leaving some fro the next days.) he came back to the same terminal to check if any planes were leaving. They were, but not to his desired destination.
'I guess I can call someone to past the time. *Pushes the 1st 5 numbers* Nah. *Puts phone back in his pocket* The guys are probly out having fun, and I don't wanna bother Yugi. Guess I can still read some magazines 'till the attendent calls me. *Looks up and sees a group of girls searching for the luggage pick-up* 'Hm, maybe I can do something else to pass the time.' "Hey! Ladies! *Runs up to the girls* Hi, my name is Tristan, maybe I can be of some assistance."
***In Yugi's room***
"Well, uh...he's.....he's....just a friend." Yugi felt a lil nervous,but why should he? Did he need his grampa's approval of who he could be friends with?
"Really? Just a friend? Tea told me that he talks to you a lot." He pulled up a chair while Yugi sat on the edge of his bed.
"Well, ya. He's a volunteer here, so, he keeps me company when Tea's working. That's all, he just talks to me when I'm lonely."
"Hm....ic, ic. I just wanted to make sure that you aren't associating with a stranger."
"Gram-pa. You know me better than....MOM!"
"I know you better than mom? What does that mean?"
"He means, hello mom." Said a female voice.
"Oh, Lena my dear. I didn't hear you come in."
"Well of course not, I just got here, and I was quiet jus incase my lil sweetie was sleeping." She came in and stood beside grampa.
"Mom!" Yugi jumped from where he was sitting and hugged his mother. "I thought you were still on your honeymoon! What are you doind back here so soon? Didu cancel the wedding?!?!"
"No, of course not Yugi. *Put him gently back on the bed and showed him her new wedding ring* We jus shortened our honeymoon to come and see you."
"Oh, I get it.....wait a minute....we?"
"Yes, we Yugi." A male voice called from the threshold.
"Huh?" 'Oh no, don't tell me mom brought him here too.' Yugi turned around slowly, hoping against all odds that that was the voice of one of the doctors, or male nurses. But when he saw him, a look of saddness filled his eyes, and he tried to cover it up with the best smile he could manage at the moment.
"What? Cat got your tongue there Yugi?" He took a few steps closer to Yugi and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Uh....no. Hi Kazen." He could barely choke out those words, let alone answer his next question.
"So, aren't you happy for your mom and me?" *Walks over to Lena and puts his arm around her waist* Yugi continued to look down, waiting for someone to come in and break up the scene. Luckily, his prayers were answered.
(A/N: That was too short....let's keep goin'! From the top now!)
***Infront of the shop***
"Uh....uh..." That was all that Ryou could say, I mean, what would you say to someone who jus saved yourself from a date with cement?
"Is that all? How 'bout a thank you?"
"Oh....right, um, thank you.......uh..."
"What?"
"I'm sry, I didn't catch your name."
"That's my fault I s'pose, the name's Bakura."
"Hello, and thank you, my name's Ryou." He had jus realized that he was still leaning into the other boy, and was beginning to go tomato. "Uh.......
uh....*Quickly stands on his own two feet and absentmindedly puts his arm behind his head. "Sry, 'bout that. Heh, good catch."
"Your welcome, it's ok, and it was lucky. *Hands Ryou his bag* Here, don't want to lose this."
"Oh, thanks, gee I hope it didn't break. *Looks inside* Good, everything's fine. Ah, well, I better be going."
"Same here, see you later then." Ryou would have replied if Bakura hadn't started off in the same direction as he was.
"Wait, are you staying at a hotel Bakura?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact I am. Why?" Ryou walked up to him.
"Because I'm staying at that hotel right there. *Points to the big bronze colored building ahead of them* Same as you, am I correct?"
"Yes, yes that's right. Floor 6, rm 56. You?"
"Floor 6, rm 88. Hey, we're pretty close to one anotha. Maybe you could come over sometime, it gets pretty lonely with my dad out at his xcavations and all."
"Xcavations? As in, the ancient Eygptian burial grounds south of here?"
"Why, yes. Have you heard of them?" (A/N: BTW, they've been walking towards the hotel as they've been talking. Right now their waiting infront of the elevator.)
"Only that they were believed to have mystical powers locked away inside them, but, I don't really believe in them. Do you?"
"No, but I haven't gone with my dad to one of them since I was very little, so I'm not too sure. *Reached floor six* But my dad was planning on bringing me to one tomorrow, say, would you like to come?" Bakura smirked.
"Hm, sure, I'd love to."
***Back at Serenity's house***
"Uh......um..."
"What? Didn't I do a good job?" Joey had jus finished bandaging Serenity's ankle. It was a small job, but somehow, he had used up 2 rolls gauzes. Her ankle was covered, but so was half of her foot, and 3 quarters of her lower leg. He did get the job done, so she didn't say much else.
"Ya, I guess so....thanks Joey."
"Hehe....no problem! So, what do ya wanna do now?"
"You can call your friends. Unless they're all busy."
"Well, let's see. Tristan's in China, Ryou's in Egypt, Kaiba an Mokuba's skiing, so's Mai, and Tea's w/Yug. It's 9:14 pm (Time difference Japan-Australia) and mom's out. Let's go back outside!"
"Joey! You gotta be kidding! It's too late! I can't believe how long that first-aid work took. I guess we should be getting ready for bed."
"Aww com'on, it's not THAT late."
"But you still have to unpack, fix up the guestroom, take a shower...."
"Wait! I hafta fix the room?"
"Ya. *Points at her ankle* I can't xaclty move around now can I?"
*sigh* "Guess not, fine, let's get started." They both headed upstairs, Joey carrying Serenity all the way, until they got to thr guest room next to Serenity's. "K, do you think you can help me unpack all my stuff?"
"I can help, but if you're not staying as long as we xpected, then you don't need to unload everything. I mean, you are leaving in a few days, right?" She handed Joey most of his clothes and personal belongings from his duffel bag.
"Ya, I s'pose your right sis. Well then, I only gotta take out a few things." Hands everything back to Serenity. "Why make a mess? I think I'll jus take out what I need when I need it."
"You coulda told me BEFORE I took out all that stuff Joey."
"Now tell me, where's the fun in that?" He was soon answered with a pillow to the face. "Mmmmm *angry sigh* SerENITY!" It was winner take all in a gruesome pillow fight to the bitter end.....or until her mom got home...which ever one came first.
***West Nell Airport, bagage claim***
"Well, here you are ladies. I believe these belong to you." Tristan had jus finished collecting all the girls' luggage from the baggage claim, and boy was it a hard task. 5 girls, 3 trunks per person.
"Oh, thank you!" Said girl #1
"Ya, you're such a nice guy!" Replied girl #2 with a smile.
"We'll always remember you." Girl #3 added.
"You really didn't have to go through all that trouble, but thanks for your help." Girl #4 answered with a wink.
"So strong, you're a sweetie." Was the comment from girl #5.
"We better be going." Said girl #2.
"Cya Tristan! Thanks for everything!" Then they all got in a taxi, and left.
"Your welcome ladies!!!!" 'Well, you still got it Tristan.....hey, wait a minute....' "I DIDN'T GET A KISS!!! Aww man." He dropped his head in defeat and retreated to his spot by the terminal. This time around, he found someone else there, apparently waiting for a flight out.
"Hey. You waiting for a plan outta here too?" Tristan asked the boy.
"Ya. To Japan. I missed the first one, so now I hafta wait."
"Same here, I was s'pose to be in China, but I got on the wrong plane, so now I'm jus headin back home." He held out his hand. "The name's Tristan." The boy smiled and shook his hand.
"Ri, nice to meet ya." With that said, the two started talking about their personal situation. Even if Tristan was stuck here for the majority of his holiday, at least he wasn't spending it alone.
***In the hallway of the Lowling hotel***
'I sure hope this works.' Mokuba had been planning his scheme, and was jus 'bout ready to begin. All he had to do was get ready. He pulled up his blue scarf to cover the lower half of his face, took off his sweater, and put on his puffy red snow jacket, then he got into position. 'Here goes.' Grabbing onto the handle of the cart, he ran with it as fast as he could, put one of his feet on the lower tray, and pushed off as hard as he could, distracting the two guards by the door. Then he made a break for the stairs, and before the guards could see who the little hooligan was, he was already down 3 flights of stairs (Slid on the rail). Both guards followed him down to the lobby, and looked around. But since the ruffian had disguised himself, they couldn't spot him. They finally gave up, and went back upstairs.
'Phew, that was close. Ha, I fooled you Seto.' Mokuba switched back to his sweater, and pulled down his scarf, then began walking around the lobby. "This place is huge, wonder where I should start." He was 'bout to go out into the white powder until he heard a familiar voice.
"Don't worry boys, you'll all be able get me some cocoa. Jus wait your turn."
'Huh? Mai?' "Mai? Is that you?" He began walking towards her.
"Hm? Mokuba?"
***In Yugi's room***
"Yugi, can you teach me some more now-" Alan had jus stepped into Yugi's room and faced 3 new people. "Um, hi. *Blink Blink* Who are you?"
*relieved sigh* "Hey Alan, this is my grampa, my mom, and Kazen." He slowly pointed to each person as he said their name, then got on his crutches, picked up his deck, and headed towards Alan. "Everyone, this is Alan, my roommate."
"Hello Alan, thank you for keeping my grandson company."
"No problem."
"Hi, I'm Lena, Yugi's mother. *smiles* It's very nice to meet you Alan."
"Nice to meet you too maam." He smiled too. Then he turned to the last person.
"Hey there! I'm Yugi's father." He shook Alan's hand. "Glad to meet you."
"Uh....ya. Ditto." He gently massaged his hand. "Well, uh, *He rushed over, grabbed his deck, and returned to Yugi's side* we better get going."
'I didn't kno that's your REAL father. I thought he was in America.' Alan whispered in Yugi's ear.
'He is, that's my 3rd, uh, 4th...iono...something step-dad. But let's hurry outta hear.' He walked up to his grampa and hugged him. "Bye grampa." Then over to his mother. "I'll be back in a bit mom." But, it was different with Kazen, no hug, and definetly not a handshake. "Um...cya." With that, both Yugi and Alan took off for the cafeteria, while the adults sat down and started talking. On the way down, a group of visitors separated them, and something caught Alan's eye.
'Huh?' When the crowd passed, he was surprised to see Yugi right next to him. "Wow, how didu get back here so quickly Yugi?"
"Hm? What are you talking about? I was here the whole time, well, a few people were between us."
"No, but.....I saw this guy, when the people passed by, heading to our room, he looked jus like you." It was like someone stole his voice.
"Wha....wha...what? *Slowly turns to face Alan* Some....someone who looks, just like me......heading to our-our room?"
"Ya, but I musta been hallucinating cuz your right here-Yugi? *Yugi darts off to rm 404* Wait for me!" *Follows*
"Yami!"
"No, really, Yugi likes you, he's jus....not used to you yet."
"If you say so honey."
"Don't worry Kazen, Yugi is very mature for his age, he'll put aside his feelings sooner or later and then you guys can get to kno each other better."
"Uh, iono, he jus seems so, shy and child-like, I think It'll take awhile before we can get past 'Hi how are you?' *Pulls curtain back* (A/N: While those guys were talking, Yami walked in to see if yugi was there.) Uh........" *Yami looks up*
"Hello." He looks behind the first person, to find two more people sitting behind him. "You kno, if you're not visiting someone, you're not allowed to stay here."
"Ahh, Yugi, son, it's me. And my.....you sure matured...a lot in.....the last couple minutes." He looked pretty shocked, he knew that he needed to get to kno his son more, but really, was he THAT ignorant?
"Yugi? *Looks around* Where is he? I don't see him. Do you kno him?"
"Uh....aren't you....him?" By this time, both grampa and Lena had come over to see what all the fuss was about.
"Wha...YUGI? That's not my sweet lil son!"
"You think...I'M YUGI? I'm not Yugi!"
"Well then....my boy, who are you?"
"YAMI! WAIT! DON'T GO-*turned the corner to see Yami, talkin to his family* -uh..." 'Too late.'
"Ahh!" Yugi's mother ran to her real son, then hugged him. "Yugi, you're my Yugi."
"Ya mom, I kno."
"Well, now that we kno that the smaller one is truly my grandson, *turns to Yami* all we need to kno now is who this is." Yami turned to Yugi, and he understood. He left his mother's embrace, and began his xplanation.
"Um, grampa, mom, Kazen, *deep breath* this is Yami."
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SS-that's all for now! I gotta start and finish a book project by Turkey Day!
but don't worry, I'll still update...juss gimme a few dayz to think of what should happen next an I'll get back to you.
oh, by the by, I don't think I can keep up with everyone's vacation. so...the next chapter will be about Yami+Yugi, and....who else? Joey+Serenity? Mokuba+Kaiba? Tristan? Ryou+Bakura? take your pick. then I'll probably ask again next chapter too. So send e-mails....review....anything to let me kno what you guys/girls wanna read. if no one can make-up their mind (that's ok, sometimes I can't decide either), then I'll jus draw lots.
Tym-Mmmff fiiff if twwvi
SS-Aww....silence....I'm so glad I muffled that dinosaur. well, I betta be going, Sweet Dweams!
Tym-*spits out cloth* Cya dudes an dudettes! Ashes ta As-Mffftvv
SS-*relieved sigh* now I will have really sweet dreams. cya.