Silver Lily: Ah. Aah.. AH CHOO!!!!! *sniffles* Oh, excuse me everyone.
I've been sick for a while now. *sniffles* Even over Christmas and my
birthday!! Wahh!!! Ah. Aah.. AH CHOO!!! *sniffles*
Jade: Poor aibou.
Yami Yugi: *snickers* Sucker.
Silver Lily: Shut up, you! (whacks on head with a mallet) --*Gasps* Guess what?
Yugi: What?
Silver Lily: I got reviews!!! *Glomps Reviewers* I feel so loved ^__^ Ah Choo!!! *sniffles* On with the fic.
Kindred
"YAMI!!!"
Both spirits looked up at a very flustered Lily. Come to think of it, it was the first time Yugi had ever heard her raise her voice.
"What?" The dark-haired woman asked innocently, as if this were something that she did every day.
"Stop!! You can't kill his yami!"
"But, aibou." she pleaded. Her vivid blue eyes darted from the dark spirit she was currently straddling in an attempt to strangle, then back to her lighter side, struggling with an internal battle of whether or not to listen to her hikari.
"No! Now get up!"
She made a slight whining noise in the direction of Lily, then looked at the pharaoh and growled. She still and her hands around his neck, and he on hers.
"Yami, let go of her," Yugi instructed. With a grunt, he let go, and the darker woman jumped up.
He glared at her and started to walk over to the couch.
"At least I listen to my hikari."
That did it, she was back at his throat again.
"YAMI!! DON'T MAKE ME TELL YOU AGAIN!!!"
Just like last time, her head shot up to look at Lily. With a grunt, she stood up and sheepishly walked back towards her, and sat down on the chair at the opposite end of the living room.
Yugi looked at Yami accusingly. "Sorry, aibou." He suddenly found the empty wall to his right very interesting.
Lily sat across from her darker half and began to speak in a very calm voice. "Yami, why do you hate Yugi's darker side so much?"
"Good question." Yugi looked at his Yami to silence him again. \ This must be how grandpa feels all of the time with Joey and Tristan.\
The dark woman snorted. "Don't act like you don't remember, Yu Gi Oh. You know exactly what you did. Or should I say, what you didn't do."
"Well, actually," Yugi began, "Yami can't remember very much of his past at all."
She scowled. "You bastard, you forgot?" Before Lily could stop her, her yami was leaning over Yami clutching his jacket collar. "Would you like to know what happened after you left Egypt?"
"Oh, do tell," he sneered back. "All I remember, Tranquility, is that anyone I have ever met from the past has always wanted me dead, and your no exception. And all I remember of you is your name, and that we were married. But, please, elaborate."
Her blue eyes were boring deep into the gaze of his cold crimson ones, unwavering. "Being the genius you are, I'm surprised that you didn't have the forethought of this before you had to lock your soul up in that puzzle. I guess the King of Games lost at the game of life. But then, I guess that you can't have everything."
"What do you mean?"
"Do you know just how many assassination attempts were made on me? Countless. I was just lucky that all of the royal women were trained to fight under any circumstances to protect the bloody pharaoh. The men didn't think that a woman should be allowed to rule the greatest power in the world. You didn't set up any precautions for me."
"But wait," Lily broke in. "What about Cleopatra? She ruled Egypt, didn't she?"
Tranquility shook her head. "Apparently you didn't pay attention in history class, aibou. Cleopatra ruled in the 5th Dynasty. We were in the 1st Dynasty. That bit of 'slightly more equal rights for women' hadn't quite been established yet."
"Well, obviously you weren't killed, because then you wouldn't be here. Your soul would have passed on" Yami pointed out.
She scowled. "No, I didn't die. But someone else did. That precious little priest of yours, Seth, he poisoned me. Slipped it into one of my evening meals. As I laid there wasting away in my room, I grabbed the closest thing I could that could possibly sustain a spirit."
His eyes widened. "The pendent I gave to you for our wedding day. Only precious metals or jewels can hold a spirit"
"So you do remember something. Normally, I shouldn't have been able to detect the effects of the poison. However, I was extremely sensitive at that exact point in time."
"Why?" Yami asked.
Her body shook with anger." Because I was seven months pregnant with your unborn child."
"Oh." Yami's face fell, and he suddenly couldn't meet her gaze anymore. Tranquility released her death grip on him and returned to her former seat on the chair.
Lily and Yugi sat there quite speechless, unsure of what to say.
"Oh, yami, why didn't you ever tell me?" Lily asked, very concerned.
"Because I didn't want your pity, aibou. You have enough to worry about."
Yugi slumped on the couch. "Well, that just sort of killed the Christmas spirit, now, didn't it?"
"Christmas?" Lily gasped and looked at the clock. "Oh, Yugi, I'm so sorry! I have to go home now. I have, um, something to do. Here." She handed him a gift with a red bow.
"Wait, Lily, let me walk you home." He hastily stood up to walk with her out the door.
"No!" She responded, panicked. " No, I have to go quickly." She grabbed her yami's hand and darted out the door. "Bye, Yugi, Merry Christmas!!!!" And with that she was gone and out of the door.
Yugi sat back down on the couch next to Yami, slightly confused about the blur of events that just occurred at the Moto residence. "Well, that was depressing."
"You said it. I feel quite guilty now."
Yugi looked at Yami quizzically. "You know, I have a bad feeling that Lily wasn't running home for a surprise Christmas present."
"You're right, Yugi. Something's not right. But she has Tranquility, she should be fine."
Yugi looked worried, though. "Yeah, but what if she's not? What if that if situation occurs and she's not there to help? I have a really bad feeling Yami."
Yami looked thoughtful. "Me too." Then he grinned. "What do you say we follow her?" Yugi shook his head in agreement. "Let's go. We'd better hurry, though, it's getting dark outside."
Yugi and Yami ran outside to follow Lily, noticing that she was already long gone. "This way, Yami, I know a shortcut." The duo cut through a couple of alleyways and went through a few yards. Indeed, within a few minutes they were in front a snowy white house with a green lawn, panting. The evening air was thick with dew, and the streets were paved in moisture. Mist was pouring over the vacant lawns, slightly eerie in appearance, due to the transparent light of the full moon.
Lily had just run up to her door alone, cheeks flushed. Her yami must have retreated back into her pendent.
Tentatively, Lily opened up her front door and stepped inside. Yami and Yugi crept up to the window sill of the living room to watch.
It was really dark inside. Lily was standing in the entry way looking terrified, and that's when the two outside heard a scream.
~
Silver Lily: Ooooooh, another Cliffy, Yeah!!!
Yugi: *gasps* What happens? Tell me, tell me!!!!
Yami: Ya, tell me too!!
Silver Lily: Patience you two..Ah..Aah.. AH CHOO!!! *sniffles*
Jade: Here aibou *hands a box of Kleenex tissues*
Silver Lily: Thanks Yami. You no the drill people, R&R!!
Jade: Poor aibou.
Yami Yugi: *snickers* Sucker.
Silver Lily: Shut up, you! (whacks on head with a mallet) --*Gasps* Guess what?
Yugi: What?
Silver Lily: I got reviews!!! *Glomps Reviewers* I feel so loved ^__^ Ah Choo!!! *sniffles* On with the fic.
Kindred
"YAMI!!!"
Both spirits looked up at a very flustered Lily. Come to think of it, it was the first time Yugi had ever heard her raise her voice.
"What?" The dark-haired woman asked innocently, as if this were something that she did every day.
"Stop!! You can't kill his yami!"
"But, aibou." she pleaded. Her vivid blue eyes darted from the dark spirit she was currently straddling in an attempt to strangle, then back to her lighter side, struggling with an internal battle of whether or not to listen to her hikari.
"No! Now get up!"
She made a slight whining noise in the direction of Lily, then looked at the pharaoh and growled. She still and her hands around his neck, and he on hers.
"Yami, let go of her," Yugi instructed. With a grunt, he let go, and the darker woman jumped up.
He glared at her and started to walk over to the couch.
"At least I listen to my hikari."
That did it, she was back at his throat again.
"YAMI!! DON'T MAKE ME TELL YOU AGAIN!!!"
Just like last time, her head shot up to look at Lily. With a grunt, she stood up and sheepishly walked back towards her, and sat down on the chair at the opposite end of the living room.
Yugi looked at Yami accusingly. "Sorry, aibou." He suddenly found the empty wall to his right very interesting.
Lily sat across from her darker half and began to speak in a very calm voice. "Yami, why do you hate Yugi's darker side so much?"
"Good question." Yugi looked at his Yami to silence him again. \ This must be how grandpa feels all of the time with Joey and Tristan.\
The dark woman snorted. "Don't act like you don't remember, Yu Gi Oh. You know exactly what you did. Or should I say, what you didn't do."
"Well, actually," Yugi began, "Yami can't remember very much of his past at all."
She scowled. "You bastard, you forgot?" Before Lily could stop her, her yami was leaning over Yami clutching his jacket collar. "Would you like to know what happened after you left Egypt?"
"Oh, do tell," he sneered back. "All I remember, Tranquility, is that anyone I have ever met from the past has always wanted me dead, and your no exception. And all I remember of you is your name, and that we were married. But, please, elaborate."
Her blue eyes were boring deep into the gaze of his cold crimson ones, unwavering. "Being the genius you are, I'm surprised that you didn't have the forethought of this before you had to lock your soul up in that puzzle. I guess the King of Games lost at the game of life. But then, I guess that you can't have everything."
"What do you mean?"
"Do you know just how many assassination attempts were made on me? Countless. I was just lucky that all of the royal women were trained to fight under any circumstances to protect the bloody pharaoh. The men didn't think that a woman should be allowed to rule the greatest power in the world. You didn't set up any precautions for me."
"But wait," Lily broke in. "What about Cleopatra? She ruled Egypt, didn't she?"
Tranquility shook her head. "Apparently you didn't pay attention in history class, aibou. Cleopatra ruled in the 5th Dynasty. We were in the 1st Dynasty. That bit of 'slightly more equal rights for women' hadn't quite been established yet."
"Well, obviously you weren't killed, because then you wouldn't be here. Your soul would have passed on" Yami pointed out.
She scowled. "No, I didn't die. But someone else did. That precious little priest of yours, Seth, he poisoned me. Slipped it into one of my evening meals. As I laid there wasting away in my room, I grabbed the closest thing I could that could possibly sustain a spirit."
His eyes widened. "The pendent I gave to you for our wedding day. Only precious metals or jewels can hold a spirit"
"So you do remember something. Normally, I shouldn't have been able to detect the effects of the poison. However, I was extremely sensitive at that exact point in time."
"Why?" Yami asked.
Her body shook with anger." Because I was seven months pregnant with your unborn child."
"Oh." Yami's face fell, and he suddenly couldn't meet her gaze anymore. Tranquility released her death grip on him and returned to her former seat on the chair.
Lily and Yugi sat there quite speechless, unsure of what to say.
"Oh, yami, why didn't you ever tell me?" Lily asked, very concerned.
"Because I didn't want your pity, aibou. You have enough to worry about."
Yugi slumped on the couch. "Well, that just sort of killed the Christmas spirit, now, didn't it?"
"Christmas?" Lily gasped and looked at the clock. "Oh, Yugi, I'm so sorry! I have to go home now. I have, um, something to do. Here." She handed him a gift with a red bow.
"Wait, Lily, let me walk you home." He hastily stood up to walk with her out the door.
"No!" She responded, panicked. " No, I have to go quickly." She grabbed her yami's hand and darted out the door. "Bye, Yugi, Merry Christmas!!!!" And with that she was gone and out of the door.
Yugi sat back down on the couch next to Yami, slightly confused about the blur of events that just occurred at the Moto residence. "Well, that was depressing."
"You said it. I feel quite guilty now."
Yugi looked at Yami quizzically. "You know, I have a bad feeling that Lily wasn't running home for a surprise Christmas present."
"You're right, Yugi. Something's not right. But she has Tranquility, she should be fine."
Yugi looked worried, though. "Yeah, but what if she's not? What if that if situation occurs and she's not there to help? I have a really bad feeling Yami."
Yami looked thoughtful. "Me too." Then he grinned. "What do you say we follow her?" Yugi shook his head in agreement. "Let's go. We'd better hurry, though, it's getting dark outside."
Yugi and Yami ran outside to follow Lily, noticing that she was already long gone. "This way, Yami, I know a shortcut." The duo cut through a couple of alleyways and went through a few yards. Indeed, within a few minutes they were in front a snowy white house with a green lawn, panting. The evening air was thick with dew, and the streets were paved in moisture. Mist was pouring over the vacant lawns, slightly eerie in appearance, due to the transparent light of the full moon.
Lily had just run up to her door alone, cheeks flushed. Her yami must have retreated back into her pendent.
Tentatively, Lily opened up her front door and stepped inside. Yami and Yugi crept up to the window sill of the living room to watch.
It was really dark inside. Lily was standing in the entry way looking terrified, and that's when the two outside heard a scream.
~
Silver Lily: Ooooooh, another Cliffy, Yeah!!!
Yugi: *gasps* What happens? Tell me, tell me!!!!
Yami: Ya, tell me too!!
Silver Lily: Patience you two..Ah..Aah.. AH CHOO!!! *sniffles*
Jade: Here aibou *hands a box of Kleenex tissues*
Silver Lily: Thanks Yami. You no the drill people, R&R!!