Shattered Red

Chapter 3: New Arrival

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Come on
Come on
Catch me now
Catch me
Yami Yugi
Come on
Catch me
Can you now
You can't catch me
Yeah---ow.
Yami sank in the warm water so you could only see from his eyes up. He was still overjoyed about the victory---on two levels. One, winning the race and two, winning another duel against Ryuoji. He smiled and closed his eyes. Yami sat up and leaned back.

There was a strange humming noise. Yami's eyes bugged out when a large portal opened in the tile in front of him.

A girl who looked very much like Heartzenen, except with a flashier outfit and mahogany hair, emerged. She had a staff like Heart and blood red eyes. The two stared at each other for a brief second.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!" She screamed and whacked Yami over the head with her staff.
Heartzenen raced down the hall and was plowed over by her fellow goddess.

"Kakumei? What are YOU doing here?" Heartzenen asked.

"There's a guy. In the bathroom. And...and..."

"He was supposed to be there."

"Oops."
*An hour later*

"Sorry about that. You scared me." Kakumei apologized, bowing.

"It was a mutual reaction." Yami said, holding an ice pack against his head.

"Time for introductions. Kakumei, this is Yugi."

"Oh my goddess! You're so cute!" Kakumei picked him up and hugged him.

"How old are you? Five? Six?"

"Fifteen."

"Stop playing around. How old are you?"

"Fifteen."

"He's short for his age."

"*VERY* Short."

Heartzenen sweatdropped and pointed to Yami as he came back from putting the ice-pack back in the refrigerator.

"That is Yami Yugi." She said. Kakumei shrieked.

"What Stephen King novel did you crawl out of?!"

"None."

Again, Heartzenen sweatdropped and the group trekked over to Ryou's house, to warn him about the new goddess in the house. Yami knocked on the door three times before Bakura answered. Ryou walked out of his bedroom---looking half-asleep. He said hello and flopped down on the couch.

"Great, a new goddess in the neighborhood." Bakura said, not at all happy.

"This is Kakumei." Yugi said.

Heartzenen did the introductions.

"The one on the couch is Ryou. And the creepy one is Bakura."

"They look like siblings."

Kakumei walked over to Ryou, and Bakura tensed.

"Don't mess with him, he's emotionally fragile." Yami hissed.

"Oh, so you mean he's a wuss."

*Ten seconds later*

Everyone had their hands over their ears.

"Stop crying! Please? Where's the volume control on this kid?"

"He doesn't have one!"

"Can I make one?"

"NO! Let me show you how it's done."

Heartzenen walked up to Ryou and hugged him. The room was silenced in seconds.

"Ah, the power of love."

Kakumei stared.

"How did you DO that?"

"I have my secrets. Who's next?"

"Sadly, Seto." Yami said.

"Just call him. Or...Ryou, where's the closest mirror?" Heartzenen asked.

Ryou pointed.

Heartzenen touched the mirror and pulled Kakumei into it. They ended up at the Kaiba mansion. Then they hunted around for Seto. Heart had done this many times in the past week, so Mokuba and Seto were used to it.

"Mokuba, where's your brother?"

"Down the hall to the left, first door to the right. Who's your friend?"

"This is Kakumei, and thanks."

Heartzenen dragged her friend down the hall, following Mokuba's instructions. She gently knocked on the door.

"What?"

"Just me."

"Come in."

Heartzenen poked her head into the room and slowly led Kakumei behind her.

"Seto, this is Kakumei. Get used to her because you'll be seeing her a lot."

Seto turned around and Kakumei had little hearts dancing around her head.

"Can I suggest a wish?"

"No. That's against the rules."

"Can I set it up so he can save me?"

"No. That's ALSO against the rules."

"Heartzenen, who is this?"

"Another goddess."

Heart pulled her away again and they headed back. Kakumei was rather ticked off.
*The NEXT day*

Yami turned the corner, towards the bathroom to shower. He found himself running from Kyra, Kakumei's angel.

This was going to be difficult to adjust to.