SS-hey there, I'm back. 47 reviews cool! glad u guys like this! let's start k?
Tym-yes cuz she'll be gone soon to finish her project.
SS-I'M WORKIN ON IT OK! but I wanted to keep writing cuz.....I can't think of what to do for the project. and since I got some idea of what to do for this, I decided to continue. so, let's start k?
Tym-fine DISCLAIMER: Neither of us own YGO, jus the story....so enjoy!
&words to readers&
Instead of telling everyone's vacation in one ch., I'm splitting it into two. So that's Yugi+Yami and Ryou+Bakura this ch., and Tristan, Joey+Serenity & Kaiba+Mokuba next ch. After my project is done, I'll continue doing everyone's story in one ch. but I don't got a lot of time now, so ya.
Last Time
~Lots happened, Joey is gettin settled in Serenity's house, Mokuba escaped the halls and ran into Mai, Ryou 'found' the box containing the puzzle and met Bakura, Tristan still has no luck w/girls and made a new friend (Ri-OC), and Yugi's grampa, mom, and step-father came to see him and discovered Yami. Whoo, what a mouth-full, now let's begin.
SS-oh, and there's a time diff. in Egypt an Japan. I don't kno how many hrs, but use your imaginations, k? tkx
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Angels Watching Over Me
Chapter 9
***In Yugi/Alan's room***
It was pretty quiet for a while, at least, till Alan popped in. "Yugi! *breath* What *breath* was that *breath* about?" He had jus caught up with Yugi and was a little confused as to why everyone was so silent. He tugged Yugi's sleeve. "Hey, Yugi. What's goin on?"
"Nothin Alan. Listen, *pulls deck outta his pocket* why don't you go to the cafeteria *hands him his deck* and take this with you. I'll meet ya down there in a minute, ok?"
"Sure. And don't worry, I won't lose any of your cards." He took off, and the room fell silent again. But grampa broke the silence.
"So, you're Yami. *walks over and shakes his hand* Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too." He then whispered into Yugi's ear. "Who are these people Yugi? Are they your family?"
"Ya." He replied, then he continued to introduce the rest of his family. "So, you already kno my grampa, this is my mom, Lena." She walked over and shook his hand.
"Hello, sorry if I yelled a little before. I was jus startled."
"It's ok."
"Um....and this is Kazen." He paused, then added another tidbit. "He's my uh, step-dad." Then he whispered something into Yami's ear that the other didn't catch. Kazen sauntered over to Yami and held out his hand.
"I didn't mean to yell either, it's jus, I wasn't sure if you were my son or not." Yami hesitated, after registering what Yugi had told him, he was uncertain wheter or not he should accept. Not wanting to be rude, he took it. Yugi wasn't kidding, it hurt.
"No problem." He rubbed his hand shortly afterwards and it was silent yet again. Seeing that his mom and grampa were ready to fire a number of questions at Yami, he quickly diverted their attention.
"Uh....well, I think that that's all for now. *begins pushing Yami towards the door*
"Yugi, what are you do-ah"
"I'll xplain later Yami." Keeps pushing. "Cya later mom! grampa!" Within seconds after Yugi had shoved Yami out of his room, he began to xplain.
"Yugi, now can you tell me what all that was about?" Both of them were now heading to the cafeteria.
"I kno my mom was 'bout to ask you a million questions, most of which you probly wouldn't have liked to answer. I jus thought that it woulda been, sorta uncomfortable for you. I'm sorry, oh, and I'm also sorry Kazen shook your hand so roughly."
"That wasn't your fault, I mean, you even tried to warn me. But I suppose I understand, it was a little weird." As they approached the cafeteria, a thought came to Yami's mind. "Hey, Yugi."
"Ya."
"Why do you call your step-father Kazen?"
"That's his name Yami."
"Well, yes, but you don't call your mother Lena."
"Uh, it's jus how I feel." They entered the cafeteria, and Alan started calling Yugi's name. Yugi started to walk towards him when Yami gripped his shoulder.
"Yugi, you're not getting outta this that easily." When he saw the uneasy look in his eyes, he lessened his grip. *sigh* "Can we talk about this later? Please?"
"If we hafta."
"Yes, we do. I'll come by around the usual time."
"Ok." Yami let go of his shoulder, and left. Yugi sighed, then headed towards the table.
***In Ryou's room***
After their little meeting, Ryou went to his room and Bakura retired to his. Ryou had promised that he could come to the archeological dig with him, since he seemed so interested. Even though Ryou told him that all they were gonna see/find were hieroglyphics, Bakura never lost fascination, it was almost as if he knew something was there.
When he approached his door, Ryou quickly got out his card key, swiped it through, and it opened. He closed it, kicked off his sandals, and turned around to find his dad, sitting on the bed.
"Uh, hello father." Ryou went up to his bed and sat down. "When did you get home?" His dad was holding the note, and seemed to be in deep thought.
"Oh, about 30 min. ago I suppose. When did YOU leave?" There seemed to be a little anger in his voice, but Ryou didn't catch it.
"Um, *looks up at the clock, 3:46pm* maybe around 2:00 or so. Why?" His dad cleared his throat, and began reading the note aloud.
"Father, I have to check something. Don't worry, I will be back 5 minutes or so. -Ryou" Ryou looked at the floor, he hadn't realized that his encounter had taken over an hour. And just realized that his dad was probably worried sick about him.
"Uh....um....-"
"Tell me Ryou, what was it that you had to check on?" He didn't release his anger, he was keeping it in. And Ryou was grateful for that right now.
"I-I-I saw someone I knew." He wasn't really lying, after all, now he knew Bakura.
"Um hm, and it took you over an hour to find him?"
"Ya, well, I kinda.....lost him along the way. So I went into this shop to find him, but he wasn't there so I went back outside and I, well, stumbled into him." He nodded, then looked at his son's purchase.
"And after that you did some shopping?" Ryou looked down to his bag, then back up to his father's gaze.
"Well, when I didn't find him in the store, I found something for Yugi. I thought he could play around with it, since he's probably bored in the hospital."
"Ok, that still doesn't xplain why you were gone for so long."
"Um.....after I bumped into my friend.....we started walking....and talking. I guess we sorta lost track of time."
"Does your friend have a name?"
"Yes, his name's Bakura." There was a long pause, something that Ryou considered as bad thing. 'Great, I bet he's thinking of a punishment right now. Maybe he'll send me home, well that isn't too bad actually. Or, maybe he'll lock me in this room until it's time to fly back to Japan. *sigh* If I knew he was coming back so soon I wouldn't have left!'
*sigh* "Just remember to check back with me next Ryou."
"HUH?!?!"
"You know, call? You had me worried sick."
"Oh, right." Ryou couldn't believe he had gotten off scott free. Then again, he still had to ask if Bakura could come with them to the dig. "Um, dad......you're still going to the dig tomorrow, right?"
"Yes, you still want to go, right?"
"Yes, but I was wondering......if maybe, we could bring my friend along too?" His dad looked at him, then back out the window.
"If he doesn't mind looking at ancient Egyptian ruins all day, sure, he can come." A smile crossed Ryou's face.
"Really?"
"Sure, that way you can have someone to talk to while I'm working."
"Great." He got off his bed and headed towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to tell him he can come." He slipped on his sandals and grabbed his card key.
"Now?"
"Yes, he's staying in this hotel." He opened the door. "I'll be back in 5 minutes." Then he shut the door and soon the sound of his footsteps disappeared.
"Hm, guess that means I'll have the room to myself for another hour or so."
***In Yugi/Alan's room 12:34pm***
After the stressful morning, Yugi faced an equally stressful afternoon. When he returned from the cafeteria he found his mother and his grampa in his room. They started talking about the wedding, and then about Kazen. Yugi convinced them that he jus wasn't used to him yet, and that after some time, he wouldn't be so quiet around him. His mother may have bought it, but his grampa was still unconvinced. So he pulled his grandson outside, and they started a new conversation.
~$^Flashback^$~
"So Yugi, how's your leg? Does it still hurt?"
"It's fine, and it doesn't hurt that much. *sigh* Grampa, can you cut to the chase?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about Yugi."
"Grampa.....I kno you pulled me out here so that we can talk about something and it's definetly not my leg."
"Very
well. Listen up Yugi, I kno that you don't feel that comfortable around Kazen.
But what I don't understand, is why. He's nice, and treats us well, sure his
grip is hard to stand, but other than that, he seems pretty normal."
"I don't kno, I'm jus.....not
used to him yet-"
"Don't give me that Yugi. I kno that's not the truth. Or, at least not the whole truth." He stopped walking (A/N: Ya, they were walking.) and looked his grandson in the eyes. "What are you keeping from me Yugi? What's wrong?" Yugi took a deep breath, and was about to answer his grampa, when he realized that he didn't have a sufficient answer.
"...........I don't know." He turned and started walking away as fast as his injured leg could allow him. He wasn't sure where he was heading to, but he kept going. He ended up outside, in the one of the garden's many pathways. He sat down, and thought about the conversation, until he finally realized something. He had pushed the idea of a real father so far out of his mind, that he wasn't sure what to do. His mother wouldn't usually stay with a man that long, so Yugi kinda forgot what it was like to have a dad. He had always been distant with his mom's dates, almost cold at times, but it wouldn't matter. He figured that his mom would dump Kazen sooner or later, so he shouldn't get attached. But it looked like he was here to stay, Yugi would have a permanent step-father, and he didn't kno what to do. Plus, he would hafta convince Kazen that he wasn't always this mean (A/N: Before the wedding, whenever Kazen came to his house, he would avoid him and was sorta rude when spoken to.).
This whole idea hit him all at once and he broke down crying. It wasn't until Tea got worried, started to search for him, and found him sitting there that she brought him back to his room.
~$^End Flashback^$~
Yugi was lying in his bed, unable to sleep. His grampa decided to stay in the room with him, jus incase he wanted to finish the conversation they started earlier, but no go. Yugi had been silent ever since Tea brought him back and he didn't feel like talking anytime soon. He was about to go to sleep until he heard the door open. It was Yami, then he remembered that he wanted to talk to him about Kazen. He sat up.
"Hello Yugi, hope your not too tired to talk." He walked up to his bedside.
"Hi Yami, no I think I can talk a lil." He looked for the chair, then remembered that grampa was sleeping in it. "Um, why don't you jus sit on the bed."
"Ok." He sat on the edge of the bed. "So, I heard that Tea found you all alone in one of the garden paths." He noticed that Yugi started looking down, he guessed that it wasn't the best subject to discuss. But he needed to make sure that his charge was alright. "What were you doing there?" Yugi began to remember the thoughts that flowed into his mind when he was sitting in the garden, and he could feel warm tears forming again, threatening to fall.
*sniff* I was jus....*sniff sniff* wandering. That's all. *sniff* Yami could see that he had hit something big and even though part of him wanted to stop right there, the other half needed to kno what had caused the sudden water works.
"Yugi? Yugi, what's wrong? You can tell me." At first, he was hesitant, if he couldn't tell his grampa, whom he had known ever since he was 3 or so. Then why would he tell Yami, someone he had met less than a week ago? He wasn't too sure, but he told Yami anyway. He jus had a feeling that Yami could really help him with it. Yami listened, and was a bit surprised. He knew that Yugi wasn't comfortable around Kazen, and that his mom had dated excessively, but he didn't kno that Yugi had taken it so harshly.
Yugi had been fighting back the tears since the beginning, but it was pointless in trying to do so when he reached the part about being rude and even somewhat cruel to his moms dates. He broke down, and Yami had been wondering when he would. Yami gently wrapped his arms around Yugi and tried to calm him down, but he figured that it'd be better just to let him cry. And he did, he buried his head into Yami's chest and gripped the bottom of his shirt. But Yami didn't mind, in fact, it felt nice. *A light glow emanated from Yami, but he didn't notice it, he also didn't notice his wings which cleverly wrapped themselves around the two.* He had never xperienced this comforting sense before, usually because another angel woulda taken over by now. Not this time though, he had been doing a pretty good job so far, and he wasn't about to mess up now. So he continued to gently stroked the boy's back and hold him protectively until the sniffs and tears began to stop.
Yami slowly pulled back *So did his wings* and was met by a pair of amethyst eyes, they were slightly red (from the crying), but they seemed to be happier. He guessed that Yugi had been waiting a while to let out his emotions.
"Feel better?"
*sniff* "Ya." He looked into Yami's ruby eyes and continued. "Thanks Yami. *sniff* Thank you for listening to me." Yami smiled, then brushed a couple of Yugi's golden bangs away from his angelic face.
"Your welcome, besides, it's my job to make sure that the patients are happy." This time, Yugi smiled.
"Uh huh." Yami glanced at the clock, 1:01am. Even though this chat didn't take as long as the others, it was still late. He decided that it was time for him to leave. He was 'bout to tell Yugi jus that, until he spoke up. "Hey, Yami."
"Yes?"
"Can you stay with me until I fall asleep? I mean, if you're not going to check on other kids."
"Sure." Yugi smiled, he didn't want to be alone after what had jus happened, plus, it felt nice when he settled into Yami's chest again. It reminded him of when he was young, when he would sneak into his parent's bed and nestle into his mom's arms during cold stormy nights. It brought a small tear or two to his eyes, for that was when his parents were still together.
Yami found the blankets and silently wrapped them around Yugi, then cautiously leaned back against the headboard. He closed his eyes, and began to stroke his back again. After some time, Yami heard Yugi's slow, quiet, breathing, and assumed that he was now asleep. But he heard something else to, someone coughing rather loudly, as if, trying to get his attention. He opened his eyes to darkness, then looked around to find Yugi's grampa staring at him. Yami gingerly sat up, and gently moved the sleeping Yugi over to the fluffy pillow. Then he got up, adjusted his covers, and began to walk to Yugi's grampa. But stopped when he motioned him to go outside instead, when they got into the hallway, grampa cleared his throat again and started the conversation.
"Well, hello Yami. You're up rather late aren't you."
"Yes, um, Yugi wanted to talk to me, and since I couldn't find him earlier, I decided to come by before he went to sleep." He tried to stay calm, but the feeling that grampa might know something kept him nervous.
"I see. You know, I never see you tend to any other patients Yami." He began walking in a semi-circle. "It seems that you only watch after Yugi."
"You only just met me, you don't see me helping the other children."
"Well, that may be true, but I'm betting that it isn't. In fact, I don't think you're actually here as a volunteer." Now Yami knew he knew something, but he still kept his composure.
"Really, you can check my file. It clearly states that I am here as a volunteer. And that I work the night shift. That's why I am here so late."
"Um hm, that's all probably correct, but if memory serves me, volunteers, working the night shift or not, DON'T have wings." He stopped walking and turned to face Yami. And Yami just stood there. He took a deep breath.
***The next day (Ya...in Egypt...it's the next day =) sry if it's confusin)***
"Here we are boys, the ruins of Senneth." Ryou's father led them into the main xcavation site, then spoke to them again. "I'm going to be here until 6:30pm (A/N: Right now it's 3:00pm), and I xpect that you two will wander around even if I tell you not to, so, just meet back here by 6:15pm ok?"
"Alright." Both of them answered, then they began their descent into the caverns. Bakura was leading the way, and seem to know xactly where he was going. "Where are we going Bakura?" He looked around only to see more hieroglyphics and inscriptions. "I don't think we should go in too deep, we might get lost."
"Hm, don't worry, I know where I'm going." He held up the lantern to get a better look at the writings, then turned left. "Just follow me."
"What are you looking for? Can you read these?"
"I read about an item that's supposedly hidden here, and I was hoping to find it." They took another turn left, then kept walking straight. "I can make out most of these, don't worry, were close." Soon, they escaped the narrow passage way, and the inscriptions seemed to be repeating themselves.
"Almost there, Ryou."
"Bakura, what is it that you're looking for? Maybe I could help you find it. That way, we can get outta here sooner." Bakura looked over his shoulder, then turned his attention back to the drawings.
"Alright. It's a ring." Ryou stopped. Bakura did the same a little after.
"What? Were looking for a ring? How are we s'pose to find a tiny thing like that in all this rubble?"
"It's not a ring for your finger." He began walking again, and Ryou followed his lead. "It's about the size of a pendent, maybe a little bigger. It's gold with some spikes hanging on the side. Don't worry, it probably won't be among the rocks and debris. It should be near an altar, or something like it."
"I see." Ryou stopped again, and Bakura looked at him.
"Ryou? Ryou what's the matter?" Ryou suddenly darted down a dark corridor and Bakura quickly followed. "Ryou! Slow down!" Soon, the passage opened up, and he found Ryou staring down at something. "Ryou, what is it?" He pointed down, there was a hole in the middle of the floor, and deep in the pit, a small bit of gold caught Bakura's eye. "How didu-"
"I don't know, I just.....had a feeling."
"Well, now all we need to do is figure out how to get down there to get it."
"If it's even the ring."
"Oh, I'm sure it is." Ryou brought the lantern up to his wrist to look at his watch.
"Well, we better get it and get outta here soon, we only have an hour left before they close-up the site."
"Alright, *Takes off backpack and pulls out a rope, then gets up and take off his belt* give me your belt and we'll get started."
***Back in the hallway***
".......What?"
"You heard me."
"I'm not a bird."
"I know that."
"It was very dark, and it's very late, you must have imagined it. Because I can assure you, *looks over his shoulder* I have no wings."
"It wasn't all that dark when that white light began to glow around you. And you retracted your wings." Yami hesitated.
"You can't prove that."
"Yami, I'm not saying it's a bad thing, and I'm not going to tell anyone, but I know what I saw, and what I saw were wings protruding from your back and white light emanating from your body as you were trying to calm my grandson." Yami thought for a moment, had he accidentally released his wings? He was focusing his attention to Yugi at the time, but, had he really exposed himself in that brief moment? "So it's true, you are.....well, actually I don't know what you are, but you watch over my grandson. And if that's what you do, I'm grateful." Yami met him eye to eye. He wasn't going to tell anyone, he wasn't going to stop him from talking to Yugi, he was happy that he was here to protect Yugi. "Tell me Yami, what are you? Who are you? And what are you doing here?" Yami did hesitated, but only for a second. He took a deep breath.
'I mine as well tell him, after all, there's no way for me to get out of this one.' "My name is Yami, and I am an angel sent here to protect Yugi." grampa nodded.
"Hm, I see. Well, I knew Yugi was friendly, but I didn't xpect him to befriend an angel."
"To tell you the truth, I didn't xpect to either. I was sent here to heal him and return to heaven, but he saw me, while I was healing his leg, and I started talking to him. I never thought this would happen."
"Yes, well, it has, and I'm glad that it did."
"Why?"
"Well, all of Yugi's friends, xcept for Tea, have left for the holidays. His mother has gotten married, again, and then he lands himself in the hospital. This hasn't been the best Christmas for him. But, he seems happy now, and I'm guessing it's because you're here."
"He's happier just because I'm here. I don't understand."
"My daughter and I care deeply for Yugi, and so do his friends, but he's still lonely. With everyone preparing to leave for the holidays, no one seems to have time to stop and talk to Yugi lately. So, naturally, when you came and started giving him attention and your time, he cheered up. He doesn't know that you're here to watch over him only, so he feels-"
"Special, and loved. Right?"
"Right. That your here just for him." Yami looked down, and grampa was curious. "What's wrong? You're doing a great job, just now you got him to open up and you stayed there to comfort him afterwards. What could be the matter?"
"I'm not supposed to get attached to my charges." Grampa looked at him, Yami continued. "Even if I am making him feel special, after I finish healing him, I'll have finished my assignment, I'm going to hafta leave." Grampa understood.
"Back to heaven?" Yami nodded. "And he'll be lonely again."
"Probably worse than before, he'll think I abandoned him or something." He opened the door and looked at Yugi. "At first, I wanted to heal him and be done with it, get back to my cloud, and rest. But after I got to know him, I don't want to leave him. *Looks at grampa* I don't think I could." Grampa walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder.
"And, you can't stay."
"No, one of the others will come and bring me back. And you never get the same charge twice for fear of...well, this. Getting too attached. And their are penalties for getting too attached."
"There are? What? Why"
"When you get too close, you lose sight of your true mission, you don't use your best judgment, and-"
"Yes?"
"You are removed from the mission." Grampa blinked.
"Is that all?"
"No. Your memory and your charge's memory are wiped clean, neither
will remember. And anything you've done will be removed."
"So his leg will-"
"Will be broken again, and the viruses I erased will return."
"Yami, xactly how much of his leg did you heal?"
"Almost the entire thing, so if I am removed, the 3 bones will break again, the ligaments will be torn, and that virus will come back." Grampa was hesitant to ask, but he needed to know.
"What was the virus?"
".......Cancer."
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SS-Whoo...that was a long one. I think I'm gonna leave it at that for now. Why? because-
Tym-BECAUSE U GOTTA FINISH UR READING PROJECT!!!!
SS-o ya....that too, but also cuz the block that writers hate caught me.
Tym-In simplemon's terms plz......
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SS-fine...kk. o ya...remember, next ch. I'm telling Tristan's, Joey+Serenity's & Mokuba+Kaiba's vacation. Then I'll get back to Yugi+Yami and Ryou+Bakura k? cool.
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