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"So the boy 'is' the Pharaoh's reincarnate?" Seito asked Jono who sat across form him on plush seat in the spacious enough lounge. Jono was about to reply when Ryou walked in, nodded to the two in a sign of greeting and sat down with them, he sat next to Seito on the same couch that the brown haired boy as seated at.
"So what are you two talking about?" Ryou asked having been completely oblivious to the conversation that had only just started between the two when the white haired boy had entered the room.
"We're just considering the fact that…" Jono started but was soon stopped when Seito dashed across the room and covered the blonde's mouth with his sufficiently large hand.
"Quiet Saluki," Seito hissed in the boy's ear making him gulp in slight fear and in recognition of Seito's demand.
"What?" Ryou whined, "You promised no secrets," Ryou whimpered.
"Don't worry Ryou, everything will come in time, just as you learned," Seito replied smirking at Ryou: the white haired teen shook his head, smiling lightly as he headed out of the room.
"All right, but you did promise," both boys nodded and Ryou headed out to do whatever he planned to do.
"So both Pharaoh and Tomb Robber have reincarnates," Jono gasped, "Seito you don't think?" Jono stopped mid sentence starring at the brunette with wide eyes, mouth agape.
"Think what Saluki?" Seito asked raising an eyebrow at the seriousness the usually idiotic boy put into his words and the urgent tone that wormed its way in.
"That we have reincarnates to?" Jono asked.
"It's more than likely," a soft voice called out: both looked to the doorway to see Teana standing there looking slightly pale but other than that she looked normal enough.
"Teana, what are you doing up?" Jono called not rising but looking slightly stunned.
"I figured she was well enough, as is Yuugi," Ryou commented steeping into the room from behind the red-eyed girl.
"Someone say my name?" Yuugi asked stepping into the room and smiling brightly and looking around at everyone, he'd just met Teana and his eyes now fell to Seito.
"SETO!!!" Yuugi exclaimed and Seito groaned.
"Seito actually," he commented, he turned away, he didn't want to admit it, but Jono had been right.
"Woo-hoo, in your face, in your face," Jono cried gleefully jumping up and punching his fist into the air.
"Shut up Saluki," Seito growled looking at the blonde with distaste: suddenly Yuugi burst out laughing and only Ryou realised why.
"Err," Teana started, "I fail to realise the jock chibi-ichi," Ryou smiled at her confusion but Jono and Seito where as baffled as she was.
"Well, it's…it's just that," when he had finally calmed down he started again, "It's just that Seito you called Jono a saluki which is a type of dog, right?" Seito nodded raising an eyebrow: wondering what the other was getting at, "well in this time, I know, no, knew these two boys named Seto and Jounouchi and Seto calls Jounouchi an inu."
"Which is a dog," Ryou explained, at the Teana and Jono looked at each with seriousness and then Teana cracked a smile and laughed a bit.
"Some things never change," she commented smiling at Yuugi while Seito and Jono just glared at each.
"What do you like better Saluki, Saluki or Inu?" Seito asked grinning making Jono scowl.
"Jono will do just fine," he growled.
"That wasn't one of the options and your growing more like a Saluki everyday," that was it, Jono snapped and lunged at Seito having to be restrained by Ryou and Teana, Yuugi just stood there and laughed.
"So what do you guys want to do, after all, it is raining," Jono asked a little later having calmed down enough: no longer wanting to murder Seito.
"Duel?" Yuugi suggested and everyone looked at each other, Yuugi looked doubtful, afraid that he'd said something wrong.
"I'll pass, I'm no good anyway," Teana said, leaning back in the chair she was in.
"I'm in," Jono called grinning and Seito nodded, even Ryou decided to duel. They held their own mini tournament, which Yuugi won, that was surprising and yet not surprising. Thankfully Seito had removed his signature cards as had Jono so that Ryou would not guess completely as to who they were, not even Ryou had guessed yet.
That day passed quickly, as did Sunday and on Monday the rain had stopped and the sun had come out relatively early in the morning. By about mid-day cars where back on the road, they had been driving around during the rain, but now the hustle and bustle that was Domino City was back again. Most of the rain had dried up and the small group of five had decided to head outside. School had been, as the weatherman predicted, cancelled for that day but it was back to school on Tuesday, or tomorrow, however you wish to look at it.
Teana, Jono, Seito and Ryou showed Yuugi their current school and Yuugi said that he'd join next term. They were just innocently walking through the streets of Domino without a care in the world when they found themselves, unexpectedly, heading in the direction of the game shop. "Oh well," Yuugi sighed as he starred at the door, "have to face it sooner or later." He looked back to see his four best friends smiling at him reassuringly.
"We're always here Yuugi, if you need us," Teana said.
"Yeh, with ya all the way," Jono grinned as he punched the air with his fist. Seito nodded, as did Ryou and Yuugi smiled in response to their kindness, putting his hand to the door and pushing it open slowly. The little bell above the door tinkled merrily and soon footsteps were heard, a brunette emerging from the hallway leading deeper into the shop to the living quarters.
"H-how, can I h-help you?" the girl stammered starring wide eyed at Teana since the only difference between the two being that Teana had slightly longer hair and red eyes.
"You can't," Teana commented not even batting an eyelid although she, as where Jono and Seito, was sure that they all had reincarnates, like the Tomb Robber, Ryou, and the Pharaoh, Yuugi.
"Then, why are you here?" the other girl asked her voice still a little edgy but at least she had stopped stuttering. Without saying a word Yuugi began to walk towards the hallway leading into the shop, the girl gasped and headed to stop his way putting an arm across his chest. "No hold it young man, authorised personal only, just stay in the shop," she said smiling.
Yuugi looked about ready to explode, which was not a fitting expressing for the sweet face, "Get out!" he growled low in his throat.
"Now young man, your mother would be ashamed of you, now please, be a good little boy and stay in the shop," she said starting to get annoyed. She stood in front of him now and crossed her arms grinning, "Plus, I'm authorised personal so in this case, what I say goes."
"Well I'll have you know that I live here," and with strength no one knew he had Yuugi shoved the girl aside and sprinted into the back and up the stairs. He dashed into his room, which lay untouched by outside hands and locked the bolt he had installed.
"Yami, help," the girl wailed, more footsteps were heard and soon a taller, crimson eyed with more blonde streaks in his hair, version of Yuugi appeared helping the girl up.
"What's wrong Anzu, are the customers giving you trouble?" he asked glaring at the group in the door.
"No, not them," Anzu glared at them, "but one of their group just ran upstairs," she cried franticly.
Ryou gasped, "You ignorant fools," the poor boy never did get the hang of swearing, "you don't even recognise me, but then, I'm not surprised," by this time Jou, Honda and Bakura had arrived.
"I could chuck you out for that," Bakura growled cracking his knuckles, "so either go out quietly or I'll chuck you out and you, boy," he glared at Ryou, "Don't you dare copy MY hair style."
"Fine," Ryou stated his voice cold, colder that it had ever been before, not even the other half of his soul recognised him, "we'll go, come on guys, we don't need to be around these misfits." With that closing statement the white haired boy strode out of the door leaving blank and angry faces in his wake.
"How dare that arrogant boy call US misfits," Bakura yelled, Jono and Seito headed out but Teana remained. "Well what are you waiting for girly, why don't you run home scared," Bakura jeered and the others laughed, soon scrambling was heard and Yuugi just managed to get past the people blockading the door and get to Teana.
"I don't scare easily, that's why," she replied almost in a whisper, as she finished saying that, Yuugi was out the door, "and also, the past should stick to the past and not deprive the present of it's future. It's despicable to think that you would stoop so low as to make the present run to the past for aid which should never happen," she stated, turned on her heel and walked swiftly out the door leaving behind three very stunned people.
The group of five soon arrived back at their house and Yuugi broke down crying. "They don't remember, none of them do, oh why couldn't I have died in the rain, the world would be better off," Yuugi sobbed, Ryou was depressed also and it took awhile to calm both Hikari's down. It also took a lot of self-control for Seito to not go and blast all of them into the Shadow Realm.
Later on that day Teana asked, "So Yuugi, what did you get while we were at the game shop?" Yuugi looked up solemnly, his face incredibly grief stricken.
"Just, my favourite cloths, school uniform, school books and other random things," he said holding up the blue rucksack and strap bag he had used to carry his stuff in.
"Damn it, I HATE THEM," Seito yelled all of a sudden making the table they were all sitting at sway when he slammed it, hard, with his balled fist.
"Seito!" Teana scolded, "Yelling will do no good here," she sighed heavily, "there isn't much that will I'm afraid." A silence descended upon those present, the atmosphere became one of tension, so thick that you could cut it with a knife: cut it all away and the problems will vanish, pity life isn't that simple.
"Maybe this was all a mistake," Jono commented looking at his folded arms, his eyes never wavering.
"But their not why we came," Seito remarked, Ryou and Yuugi looked between Jono and Seito, it appeared that the two were in a private conversation, oblivious to the surrounding world.
"I know, the past should stay where it's supposed to be," brought up Teana as she looked to the two boys.
"In the past," Jono whispered under his breath the silence fell once more, the tension had never really left the room.
"Oh damn it all, what's done is done, there's nothing we can do about it so let's just forget about it and get on with our lives," Ryou cried out tears pricking at his eyes.
"Your right Ryou, maybe we…should just forget," Teana agreed nodding, 'If only it were that simple, it's harder for us than you Ryou.'
"Yeh, let's leave the past where it belongs," Yuugi said his lips curling upwards from a frown into a slight smile, "in the past and out of the present and future." They all nodded and grinned at this commented and smiles broke out on each of their faces, the tension vanished: like a knife had cut it all away: weird how life can sometimes be that simple.
---Yami and co.---
"What the heck was that about?" Jou asked laughing at Teana's little speech.
"I have no idea, but if they come near this place again they'll get it," Bakura commented smirking as he cracked both his knuckles, looking at the door: daring the group to return.
"Forget about them," Honda said and the group headed back into the back of the shop, Yami headed up stairs saying that he was going to check if anything was stolen.
He ascended the stairs and looked round the hall, nothing had changed, not that there was much to change but there were no signs of vandalism. He checked the bathroom, fine, his bedroom, fine, the guestroom, fine, Sugoroku old room, fine. Yami lingered there for a while looking around memories of the old man flooding his mind and something else kept nagging at him. Telling him that something else was missing besides the humorous old man, but he couldn't place it.
Yami walked to the end of the hall, coming across one final door, which was ajar leading to a room, he'd either forgotten about or hadn't known existed. Pushing the door open further he came across a yellow painted, a bright, happy, cornflower yellow. Light streamed through the window in the ceiling, the bed was made, the desk tidy yet empty, and the cupboard harboured cloths for someone of a stature similar to Yami's.
Curiosity overtook him and he went further in spotting an upturned picture frame on the floor, small shards of glass surrounding it. He raised an eyebrow and lifted it up to eye level, careful of the frail pieces of glass, which were only just staying in the frame. He glanced enquiringly at the picture held within and gasped. The picture displayed Anzu, Jou and Honda standing against a wall, in front of them were himself and Bakura. Standing next to Bakura was the same boy that he'd seen only minutes before and by him…by him was the boy that had rushed past earlier.
Then it hit him, the thing that had been tugging at his memory when he was in Sugoroku's room, that boy, his Hikari, his other half, Yuugi. Then he thought about the Bakura look-a-like, Bakura's Hikari, Ryou… Both gone, both ignored tot eh point of complete extinguishing from memory and notification.
He fell to his knees, being to week to support his weight; he dropped the picture and held his head. Memories flooded by his eyes his pupil's dilated and tears streamed down his face. The guilt he felt wasn't something that could be measured or expressed by words, grief overtook the Yami and he fell to the floor sobbing uncontrollably.
Scrambling was heard from downstairs and heavy footsteps could be heard making there way towards the room Yami currently occupied. "Yami, Yami what's wrong," Bakura cried as he fell to his knees beside the other yami shaking him. Yami's hands grabbed Bakura's shirt and he cried into it, Bakura holding him and rocking him in an attempt to calm him.
Yami's back to the door so he didn't see the concerned looks Jou, Honda and Anzu gave him when they arrived outside the door. Bakura mouthed for them to go, they nodded and headed downstairs again. They gathered their things and headed home, the day was almost over anyway.
Yami calmed soon after that, his crying stopped but he couldn't help but let out little hiccups and other sounds of depression. He was shaking violently and clutching onto Bakura as though he was about to die. His face was red from all the crying he'd done and the hiccupping began to stop as Yami's pupils started to go back to their usual size.
Brushing soaking wet bangs out of the Pharaoh's face Bakura looked at Yami with concern, his hate for the other Yami had dwindled a long time ago and they were now rivals and friends. "Yami, what's wrong? Tell me?" Bakura requested rocking the boy back and forth awaiting an answer.
Well, there it is, in teh next chapter we'll see how Bakura reacts!