It wasn't his ceiling, as was becoming usual, but at least this time he
knew where he was. Tyr lay there awhile longer, letting his mind catch up
with his heart. He had slept peacefully for the first time in a long while
and he cherished the feeling.
'It's because of them. It's because they were with me, just like mother and Kiora used to be.' He smiled slightly, but it turned into a frown when he remembered them fighting. Fighting, over who had caused him this pain and loss. He shook his head and got out of bed, still as silent as ever. If the cards could read his mind, then there was still no reason to talk, still no words that needed to be said.
He walked over to the window in the small room and watched the rising sun. It was a new day, with new possibilities.
'Yeah right.'
He turned from the window and headed for the door, stopping when he saw his deck placed on a table. He stared for a long time at those cards, watching the unmoving pieces of paper that held so much meaning for him.
'More than just meaning, they hold my heart within him. At least I know they'll guard it well.' He reached over and picked them up and placed them in his pocket before walking out of the room and downstairs. He heard voices, long before he saw anyone and he followed them to what he guessed was the kitchen.
The people from yesterday were all there and he wondered if they were ever apart. Then he wondered how it felt to have someone who cared for you always around.
'Must be nice.'
//Hey! We're here for you. You can't forget us!// He looked around in surprise before his mind recognized that voice. It was Marine!
//Very good. Now go eat, you feel like your hungry.//
'How would you know?'
//I just do.// was the smug little reply. He shook his head. In some ways she was so much like Kiora, but he could still tell the difference. He walked fully into the kitchen and sat down at the table, unnoticed for a minute, or two until Grandpa looked over at him and smiled.
"Feeling better this morning?" Tyr nodded and smiled slightly and for some reason the old man's smile grew wider. "Well then, you can join us for breakfast if you like." Again Tyr nodded yes and soon everyone had there mouth's full. Yugi had come to sit beside Tyr and when there was a pause amidst the inhaling of food he asked Tyr a question.
"We're going down to the beach today, since it is Saturday and we're wondering if you would like to join us?" Tea looked over then.
"Yeah! It'd be fun and it's always better to have more people around." This surprised him. They hardly knew him but they still wanted to be around him? Or did they just feel sorry for him.
//Give them a chance. They are trying to be nice.// It wasn't Marine's voice this time. It was deeper, older and male.
'Meteor?'
//Yes?// He smiled.
'Just curious as to who it was.' He felt the card nod and it was a weird sensation to say the least.
//Ahh, well since you know it's me, how about giving them an answer?// Tyr looked up again and saw that they were waiting for an answer. He quickly nodded his head and they smiled.
"Alright! Now we can all go have fun!" That came from Joey and the minute the words had left the blonds mouth he stood up and grabbed Tyr with one hand and Yugi with the other and dragged them out of the house and towards the bus stop, with the others following close behind. He could only shake his head at the blonde's actions as he was dragged into the bus with Yugi. Once they were all seated he turning to the tri-coloured hair boy and raised an eyebrow in a silent question. Yugi laughed.
"He's always doing that, I think it's because we're shorter then him." Tyr just shook his head and settled in for the bus ride.
Marine swam in the small stream, back and forth, back and forth. It was the closest she could come to pacing with her body.
"Why can't there be a water field card in the deck huh?" She grumbled. "I mean mister-all-high-and-mighty gets his own field card so what about me?" She sighed and switched to her back, continuing her pattern effortlessly. She noticed she was being watched. With a flick of her tail she moved herself over to the bank and came face to face with Doma. She shivered looking into those unseeing eyes. Known as either the angel of silence or doom she caused Marine unending amounts of unease.
"What do you want, Doma?" The card smiled.
"I come with a warning." Marine raised an eyebrow.
"And that would be.?"
"It's your turn today." And with that she was gone. But the cold wind that had come with her didn't. Marine shivered and quickly moved back into the safety of her small amount of water, going down as deep as she could and huddling there, making sure a certain somebody didn't see her like this.
'What did she mean, 'my turn'?' She shivered again and wrapped her tail around her body, not moving until alter that day.
When they arrived at the beach Tyr had paused for a moment, just staring at the unending blue and silver that was constantly moving, hiding the life that lived beneath it's surface. He had to smile as he fought back tears. This was a place of wings and waves. This was a place that would always be theirs.
'Why didn't I come back here earlier? It doesn't hurt as much as I thought it would have?' But he knew that if he hadn't talked with the cards and if he hadn't had people here with him, he might have just thrown himself off a cliff and into those powerful waves to join the ones he had lost.
'But I'm here now.' He continued down the path to the beach and joined the others playing in the sand and surf. They spent most of the day playing there and although Tyr never said a word, no one commented on it. They just accepted it as fact. It was evening when they finally relaxed on the grassy part of the beach, lying there, enjoying the cool breeze. Joey turned to Tyr and smiled.
"So, wanna try dueling again?" Tyr thought about it as Tristan smacked Joey across the head, before nodding, to their surprise. Joey cheered and within seconds a duel had begun.
Tyr kept calm about this, knowing that the cards didn't mind this and that he should feel free to use them. He smiled and lay down his first cards and Joey did the same. Around the third turn, Marine was in his hand and he sacrificed Doma the angel of Silence to play her. He saw her on the field and smiled.
Marine laughed as she hit the field, shaking her earlier dread away and preparing for battle. She destroyed her opponents Baby Dragon with a wave to the defeated card. It made a fuss but then again it was only a child. She could feel Tyr's opponent get upset for a moment and then she felt him cheer. Curious she waited to see what card he could have drawn that would make him happy. She knew he had the Time Wizard in defense as well as two others, but with baby dragon gone, why so happy?
As the card entered the field, with two sacrificed, she found out. Red Eyes Black Dragon stared down at her, and she knew she didn't have a prayer.
Tyr stared at the card and then swore to himself. Joey chose not to attack and let Tyr draw his next card. It was a move the blond should not have allowed. Meteor Black Dragon stared back at him and he smiled. But he only had one card out, but he also had a magic card that could help. He smiled at Joey and played Change of Heart, taking his Time Wizard and sacrificing both it and Marine for Meteor. He watched the expression on Joey's face as he beat Red-Eyes and brought his Life Points down to nearly nothing.
He would win this duel next turn.
Marine looked around the cold, desolate landscape, dotted with thousands upon thousands of graves. She still couldn't believe it. It just didn't want to click.
"He sacrificed.me?"
She shivered and curled up on the hard ground where she couldn't move; couldn't fight. She was about to close her eyes against the tears she couldn't fight, when a hand touched her shoulder. A warm hand! She looked up and blinked. Then blinked once more before reaching out to the figure above her.
"K-kiora?"
'It's because of them. It's because they were with me, just like mother and Kiora used to be.' He smiled slightly, but it turned into a frown when he remembered them fighting. Fighting, over who had caused him this pain and loss. He shook his head and got out of bed, still as silent as ever. If the cards could read his mind, then there was still no reason to talk, still no words that needed to be said.
He walked over to the window in the small room and watched the rising sun. It was a new day, with new possibilities.
'Yeah right.'
He turned from the window and headed for the door, stopping when he saw his deck placed on a table. He stared for a long time at those cards, watching the unmoving pieces of paper that held so much meaning for him.
'More than just meaning, they hold my heart within him. At least I know they'll guard it well.' He reached over and picked them up and placed them in his pocket before walking out of the room and downstairs. He heard voices, long before he saw anyone and he followed them to what he guessed was the kitchen.
The people from yesterday were all there and he wondered if they were ever apart. Then he wondered how it felt to have someone who cared for you always around.
'Must be nice.'
//Hey! We're here for you. You can't forget us!// He looked around in surprise before his mind recognized that voice. It was Marine!
//Very good. Now go eat, you feel like your hungry.//
'How would you know?'
//I just do.// was the smug little reply. He shook his head. In some ways she was so much like Kiora, but he could still tell the difference. He walked fully into the kitchen and sat down at the table, unnoticed for a minute, or two until Grandpa looked over at him and smiled.
"Feeling better this morning?" Tyr nodded and smiled slightly and for some reason the old man's smile grew wider. "Well then, you can join us for breakfast if you like." Again Tyr nodded yes and soon everyone had there mouth's full. Yugi had come to sit beside Tyr and when there was a pause amidst the inhaling of food he asked Tyr a question.
"We're going down to the beach today, since it is Saturday and we're wondering if you would like to join us?" Tea looked over then.
"Yeah! It'd be fun and it's always better to have more people around." This surprised him. They hardly knew him but they still wanted to be around him? Or did they just feel sorry for him.
//Give them a chance. They are trying to be nice.// It wasn't Marine's voice this time. It was deeper, older and male.
'Meteor?'
//Yes?// He smiled.
'Just curious as to who it was.' He felt the card nod and it was a weird sensation to say the least.
//Ahh, well since you know it's me, how about giving them an answer?// Tyr looked up again and saw that they were waiting for an answer. He quickly nodded his head and they smiled.
"Alright! Now we can all go have fun!" That came from Joey and the minute the words had left the blonds mouth he stood up and grabbed Tyr with one hand and Yugi with the other and dragged them out of the house and towards the bus stop, with the others following close behind. He could only shake his head at the blonde's actions as he was dragged into the bus with Yugi. Once they were all seated he turning to the tri-coloured hair boy and raised an eyebrow in a silent question. Yugi laughed.
"He's always doing that, I think it's because we're shorter then him." Tyr just shook his head and settled in for the bus ride.
Marine swam in the small stream, back and forth, back and forth. It was the closest she could come to pacing with her body.
"Why can't there be a water field card in the deck huh?" She grumbled. "I mean mister-all-high-and-mighty gets his own field card so what about me?" She sighed and switched to her back, continuing her pattern effortlessly. She noticed she was being watched. With a flick of her tail she moved herself over to the bank and came face to face with Doma. She shivered looking into those unseeing eyes. Known as either the angel of silence or doom she caused Marine unending amounts of unease.
"What do you want, Doma?" The card smiled.
"I come with a warning." Marine raised an eyebrow.
"And that would be.?"
"It's your turn today." And with that she was gone. But the cold wind that had come with her didn't. Marine shivered and quickly moved back into the safety of her small amount of water, going down as deep as she could and huddling there, making sure a certain somebody didn't see her like this.
'What did she mean, 'my turn'?' She shivered again and wrapped her tail around her body, not moving until alter that day.
When they arrived at the beach Tyr had paused for a moment, just staring at the unending blue and silver that was constantly moving, hiding the life that lived beneath it's surface. He had to smile as he fought back tears. This was a place of wings and waves. This was a place that would always be theirs.
'Why didn't I come back here earlier? It doesn't hurt as much as I thought it would have?' But he knew that if he hadn't talked with the cards and if he hadn't had people here with him, he might have just thrown himself off a cliff and into those powerful waves to join the ones he had lost.
'But I'm here now.' He continued down the path to the beach and joined the others playing in the sand and surf. They spent most of the day playing there and although Tyr never said a word, no one commented on it. They just accepted it as fact. It was evening when they finally relaxed on the grassy part of the beach, lying there, enjoying the cool breeze. Joey turned to Tyr and smiled.
"So, wanna try dueling again?" Tyr thought about it as Tristan smacked Joey across the head, before nodding, to their surprise. Joey cheered and within seconds a duel had begun.
Tyr kept calm about this, knowing that the cards didn't mind this and that he should feel free to use them. He smiled and lay down his first cards and Joey did the same. Around the third turn, Marine was in his hand and he sacrificed Doma the angel of Silence to play her. He saw her on the field and smiled.
Marine laughed as she hit the field, shaking her earlier dread away and preparing for battle. She destroyed her opponents Baby Dragon with a wave to the defeated card. It made a fuss but then again it was only a child. She could feel Tyr's opponent get upset for a moment and then she felt him cheer. Curious she waited to see what card he could have drawn that would make him happy. She knew he had the Time Wizard in defense as well as two others, but with baby dragon gone, why so happy?
As the card entered the field, with two sacrificed, she found out. Red Eyes Black Dragon stared down at her, and she knew she didn't have a prayer.
Tyr stared at the card and then swore to himself. Joey chose not to attack and let Tyr draw his next card. It was a move the blond should not have allowed. Meteor Black Dragon stared back at him and he smiled. But he only had one card out, but he also had a magic card that could help. He smiled at Joey and played Change of Heart, taking his Time Wizard and sacrificing both it and Marine for Meteor. He watched the expression on Joey's face as he beat Red-Eyes and brought his Life Points down to nearly nothing.
He would win this duel next turn.
Marine looked around the cold, desolate landscape, dotted with thousands upon thousands of graves. She still couldn't believe it. It just didn't want to click.
"He sacrificed.me?"
She shivered and curled up on the hard ground where she couldn't move; couldn't fight. She was about to close her eyes against the tears she couldn't fight, when a hand touched her shoulder. A warm hand! She looked up and blinked. Then blinked once more before reaching out to the figure above her.
"K-kiora?"