SS-Hi minna-san! I'm back!
Tym-But you're not going to work hard, right?
SS-Ya, this time I'm the one who'll tell the writer what to do and Tym will type it all out. =)
Tym-ya ya, as long as I don't have to improvise anymore...
SS-I thought you did pretty well...even though you WeReN't even supposed to write it up!
Tym-Consider it an early Christmas present...and speaking of which...doesn't this fic have some form of X-mas in here?
SS-Oh ya! I'll put it in!
Tym- _ _* DISCLAIMER: Neither of us own YGO, now let's get on with it!
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&words to readers&
~Tkx to everyone who reviewed! It's very much appreciated because I need all the ideas as I can get, and as some of you can see, I take your ideas and comments and incorporate them into my chapters! And special tkx to all you readers/reviewers for supporting Tym in her debut ch.
Last Time
~Mokuba and Mai made their way back up to the hotel room before Kaiba found out, R+B found the ring, got out, and in the end, Bakura gave it too Ryou, and when Kelina came to remind Yami to hurry up, she ended up being a part of his mysterious plan.
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Angels Watching Over Me
Chapter 12
****Outside the train outbound to Domino City****
After the frightful night, an equally scary morning/afternoon followed. Joey and Serenity had to stay inside all day, but it wasn't a total lost, Serenity learned how to play Duel Monsters, Joey pigged out on leftovers, and they both enjoyed some movies.
It was near night when the storm finally subsided, and Joey took that as his chance to leave. He had intended on leaving in the morning, but couldn't because of the violent weather. Her mom drove them to the station, and now they were waiting for it to leave. Serenity didn't want him to leave, but she had already spent an extra couple hours with her big brother, plus, her mom said that they could visit Joey in the spring. But this didn't make the farewells and goodbyes much easier.
"G'bye sis, I guess I'll see ya in the spring, huh?" He embraced his sister as he finished his sentence, and she replied even though her face was practically buried in his right shoulder.
"Bye Joey. I'll miss you." He pulled away so that her sentences were mumbles and whispers, and she continued. "I wish the storm didn't come in when it did, because of it we couldn't go outside and enjoy the snow."
"That's ok, I had lots of fun with ya even when we were inside." He smiled as she hugged him again, but this time it felt like she wasn't going to let go. "Serenity, You're gonna hafta let go, otherwise I'm gonna miss the train (A/N: Yea he took a bus here and now he's taking a train back. I don't know, it doesn't make much difference).
"I know, I'm just enjoying the moment. *looks up into his eyes* You know, it wouldn't hurt if you made this Kodak moment better by hugging me back."
"Oh yea...hehe." They stayed that way for a minute or so, and probably would have remained like that if Serenity's mom hadn't reminded Joey that the train was leaving in one minute or so. "I gotta go now Serenity, *pulls away, but arms still around each other* you take care of yourself ok?" Tears start to form in her eyes.
"I will Joey, but you have to too."
"Don't worry 'bout me, you know that I'm always careful." She tilted her head and smirked, but nodded.
"Cya sis. *kisses her on the forehead*" Then he gave her one more short hug, and went over to his mom.
"You tell your father that you're welcome to come over whenever you like, and that we send him our love."
"I will, mom." *hugs her* As the train whistled and began to roll away, Joey looked over.
"Aw man! You'd think that they'd tell a guy when the train was leavin!" *runs to catch it, then grabs the rail at the end of the last car and hops on*
"Hehe, bye Joey! I love you! See you in the spring!"
"Take care of yourself Joseph!" As soon as Joey caught his breath, he turned to them and waved like crazy.
"Cya Serenity! Bye mom! If I left anything at your house mail it over okay!?!" His little sister giggled again and waved back (Tym-With both hands, like windshield wipers. SS-nice way to put it).
"I will! Bye-bye Joey!" Both of them waited at the terminal until the train, and Joey, were small specks, then they headed for the car. And when they got home, they collected everything Joey had left behind, and proceeded to mail them over.
****Still in the West Nell airport****
The morning after the terrible storm, the flight attendant told them that after the crew checked everything over, they could board and would take off in a couple minutes. Both Tristan and Ri were very happy with the news, and were preparing to leave.
"See, I told you that we would get out of here sooner or later." Ri said, as he packed his 'pillow' back into his backpack.
"Ya, and 'cept we left later rather than sooner."
"A small set-back, at least we're leaving in a couple minutes."
"Ya, that is good." Now that they were ready, Ri and Tristen were waiting near the terminal. Tristan got up, and was about to go walk around until Ri spoke up.
"Hey Tristan, what's the name of your friend who went to Egypt?" Tristan turned around to face Ri as he replied.
"Ryou, why?"
"Oh because he's right there." *points to his right* Tristan squinted, looking to see where his white-haired friend was. Sure enough, Ryou was walking their way, with his dad close behind. Tristan started waving, trying to catch his attention, and after a few seconds, Ryou noticed him, and ran over.
"Hey Ryou, what are you doing here?! I thought you were in Egypt for Christmas."
"Well, I was, but I convinced my dad to come back early so that I could visit Yugi. Aren't you suppose to be in china with your-"
"My uncle, yea. But I missed the flight by accident, so I had to wait here. Oh, and this is Ri. *Ryou and Ri shake hands* He missed a flight too, so we ended up waiting here together. But I guess now it's 4. Oh well, the more the merrier. *looks over to the window* We had to wait for the storm to end before we could take off, we can board in a couple minutes."
"Yea, that's why we landed here, the storm was so bad we had to make an emergency landing here in Australia. But it's not so bad now that I've met up with you. Now we can go see Yugi together."
"ALL PASSENGERS BOARDING FLIGHT 263 TO JAPAN PLEASE MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE TERMINAL. I REPEAT, ALL PASSENGERS BOARDING FLIGHT 263 TO JAPAN PLEASE MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE TERMINAL."
"Hey, we can finally get on! Let's go guys!"
"Yea!" While Ryou and Ri replied in unison, Tristan was already running to the gate. They all boarded, and sat in the middle row, Ryou's dad and Ri on opposite ends with Ryou and Tristan in the middle.
"I'm sure our surprise visit will cheer up Yugi." Tristan said as he fastened his seatbelt.
"Definitely, with only Tea there, he's probably bored most of the time." The plane took off a few minutes later, and in a an hour or so (I got no clue how long it takes to get from Australia to Japan, let's say 2 hrs) they'd be back home.
****The Lowling airport****
After Kaiba's little 'chat' with the guard, Mai left to pack, so did Mokuba. While they were getting their stuff together, Kaiba apologized to his little brother. He knew that Mokuba really looked forward to skiing, and that it was his fault that they couldn't go. He was surprised when Mokuba didn't mind, and assumed that he had simply lost interest in the slopes, if he only knew. Anyway, when they were done, all three of them headed for the Lowling airport to catch the flight back to Japan.
"I'm glad that we all got the same flight back home." They sat in the middle, with Mai and Kaiba on the ends, and Mokuba stuck in the middle. "But I thought you guys were staying 'till New Years?"
"That was our original plan, but-"
"But I wanted to get back early to visit Yugi. He broke his leg and is all alone in the hospital. So I thought that a visit from us might cheer him up."
'Hmph, maybe a visit from you will cheer Yugi up, but I'm not too sure if he'll be ecstatic to see Kaiba.' "That's so sweet of you Mokuba, to sacrifice some of your winter break just to visit the lil guy." Mokuba smiled, obviously proud of his good deed. Not long after, the plane began its way down the run-way, and then they were off t Japan.
****Morning, in Yugi/Alan's room****
"Mmmm....hm...*yawn*...." Yugi awoke around 10:25am, but he still felt tired. He groggily sat up, and looked around, Alan was gone, so was his Granpa. He fell back into his soft pillow and decided to go back to sleep, until Tea walked in.
"Good morning Yugi. How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine Tea, but I'm still a little tired." He opened his eyes as Tea came up to his bedside. She was holding a package, simple brown cover, white string neatly tied around it, and many, many stamps covered its surface.
"What's that?"
"Oh, it's for you, *Hand it to him* from Ryou. I guess he got it in Egypt." Yugi stared at it for a moment, turned it, and shook it a couple times.
"Go on, open it already. I want to see what he sent." Yugi nodded, then undid the string, and tore off the paper. Next he broke the tape seal, and removed the top, inside was a medium sized golden box. Yugi and Tea looked curiously at it, and he picked up the note on top of it. He read it aloud.
Dear Yugi,
I saw this while I was in a gift shop and I thought that you might have fun with it. You've always been good with games and puzzles, so I figured that you could try and solve it when you were bored. Just consider this an early Christmas present and enjoy.
Yours truly,
Ryou
"Cool, now you have something to fiddle around with when you're alone."
"Ya, remind me to get him something good this year." He lifted the lid of the case, and dozens of shiny pieces met his gaze. Yugi placed the on his side, and picked up one of the puzzle pieces. A warm sensation filled his body, and a smile crossed his lips. He immediately selected another one and tried to connect the two. *click* His smile widened.
"Look at you, already hard at work." Yugi looked up to her and smirked.
"Shut up! Hey, can you find my Granpa? I want to ask him something."
"Sure Yugi, I'll be right back." She quickly left, and Yugi collected all the scraps of paper and string and balled them up. He looked for the trash can, took aim, and threw. *Thump* Perfect.
"Nice shot." Yugi turned, Alan was standing at the threshold, holding a bowl of cereal and milk on a tray. He walked in and handed it to him, then sat in the chair next to him. "I thought you might be hungry."
"Thanks Alan." As he brought a spoonful up to his lips and into his mouth, Alan was busy examining Yugi's new toy.
"Hey Yugi, where'd you get this?" He pick up two pieces, and tried to fit them together.
"Oh, my friend, Ryou, sent it too me from Egypt. He thought that I would be bored, and that I could solve this."
"Wow, it looks pretty hard, *picks up another pair of pieces and tries to fit them* this isn't your average 3D puzzle Yugi. Do you really think you can figure this out?"
"I'm sure I can solve it in time."
"But you don't even know what it's s'pose to be. *picks up the golden box* No pictures, markings, nothing."
"Don't worry, you've never seen me with puzzles. Let me tell you, I'm pretty darn good."
"Whatever you say." Alan put the box back on Yugi's lap, and looked out the door after hearing something. He rubbed his eyes, thinking he saw an illusion, but then he realized who it was. "Hey Yami!" Yami tried to move out of sight, but it was useless now that Alan had spotted him.
"Yami?" Yugi looked at the door, sure enough, there was Yami. "Hey! Come in!" Yami slowly walked in, and stopped when he reached the bed.
"Hi Yugi. Hello Alan." Alan was about to say something until Sandra, another volunteer, came to the door.
"Alan, your doctor wants to see you."
"Aww man, *jumps out of the chair and jogs over to Sandra* I guess I'll see you guys later. Hey Yugi, keep working on that puzzle!" He took Sandra's hand, and together, they walked away. That was when Yami noticed the gift on Yugi's lap.
"What's this?" Yugi took one last spoonful of his breakfast, and set it aside.
"It's a gift from my friend Ryou, he bought it in Egypt. He gave it to me because he thought I was bored. He wants me to solve it, it's some kind of puzzle, but I don't know what it's suppose to be."
"Hm. Very interesting, I'm sure you'll figure it out." He was thinking of leaving, until he heard Yugi's small voice.
"Yami?"
"Yea."
"I-I don't know if I told you last night, but I want to thank you." Yami sat down.
"For what?"
"For what you did last night. You know, when you listened to me and stuff."
"Your welcome, but I think that you already thanked me for that."
"Well, it meant a lot to me. I just wanted to make sure that you knew that I'm grateful. I think, I think I can give Kazen-I mean, my step-dad another chance." Yami smiled, and was about to ruffle Yugi's already messy hair, but stopped. He had to remind himself that Kelina probably needed more time, and that if he wanted the plan to work out, he couldn't do anything remotely caring until nightfall. So he got up, and turned to leave. Yugi looked up, confusion swept over his eyes. "Where are you going Yami? I thought we were gonna talk." Yami took a deep breath, and turned around.
"I can't, not now. But I promise to come by...at the usual time, ok?" Yugi looked disappointed, but understood that Yami probably had other things to do.
"Ok, I'll see you later then." Yami walked to the threshold before answering.
"Right." He kept everything short, an business-like. The last thing he needed were the elders coming down on him now. And even though it pained him to be distant from his little charge, he knew it was for the best.
****Up in heaven****
'If Yami need some time, then he'll get some.' Kelina casually made her way to Elysium Circle, the meeting hall of the elders. It was where angel went to when they were assigned a charge, or finished a mission. Gently pushing the golden gate forward, she slipped in. Then after a few seconds of walking, made her way to the main room. It was a big circle of pastel gold, with nothing but soft, white clouds above them. Only four of the seven elders were present, but that was ok, for they were the ones who watched the angels that were on assignment. 'Now all I hafta do is come up with some sort of distraction, one big enough to keep their peeping eyes off of Yam for awhile.'
She made her presence known by speaking in a somewhat distressed voice. "Wise elders! You must come quickly!" The four who were looking into clear clouds (Which are sort of like windows to the human world) turned towards the weary angel, and quickly walked over to her.
"What is it? What's wrong young one?"
"Uh..." 'Oh shoot, I probably shoulda thought of something good before openin my mouth.' "Uh..."
"Well?!?!"
"Uh...the...*idea sparks in her head* The Horn of Heaven is gone!!! (K, there is a card called the Horn of Heaven, and this one kinda has the same power. If you play it, any and all evil that has made its way up here will be obliterated) *Gasp* All four elders start panicking, and rush out of the hall.
Meanwhile, Kelina jogged over to the clear clouds and waved her hand over them, closing the windows that allowed the elders to see into the human world. Then she turned and followed the elders. 'It's a good thing that Harlon took the horn with him when he went to recruit new watchers (Angels that get missions). And it's a good thing that the elders forgot.' She smiled, then, when she reached the end of the barrier, withdrew her wings, and jumped off.
'Now I hafta find Harlon and fill him in, otherwise, he'll be wondering why he's in trouble.' She kept flying, searching for her friend. 'I jus hope I bought Yam enough time, *looks down to earth* it's all up to you now.'
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SS-I kno, I kno, it's a lil shorter than usual, and a bit on the crappy side, but I have to work on my research paper.
Tym-And I don't think I'm up to writing another chapter by my lonesome, so you'll jus have to wait.
SS-Ya, I promise the next ch. will be longer, and it will focus on Yami's plan.
And as you can tell, this story is comin' to its end, so the ch.s might not come out as fast because I'm trying to make them ReAlLy good. k, Sweet Dweams everyone!
Tym-Ashes ta Ashes! =:E 3 *me breathing fire!* =P