It had been two hours since the group of duelist and friends had left the island. They were on a S-14 liner that's captain was a friend of Mr. Muto, and had owed him a favor. He hadn't thought that it would be This big of one, but who was complaining, it got them all away from the island.
Currently on deck was Joey who was talking to Tea and Tristian. She had started making a fuss that they she couldn't find Yugi anywhere on the ship. " I'm worried about him, guys. Do you think he's okay?" She asked, and her blue eyes were widened with worry.
Tristian observed her carefully and tried to comfort her with words, " I'm sure he's fine, Tea. He will be okay." He paused and noticed that she wasn't convinced. Sighing in a small defeat he relented and said, " Let's go and look for him. Come on Joey, let's go find our friend."
" Sure Tristian." Joey said, then he turnt back to look at Mai who was emerging from a ladder that had lead down to the lower areas. " Hey Mai! Y'a seen Yuge anywhere, we were about to go look for him." He pointed his thumb at Tea, " She's getting really worried here. ( He mumbled under his breath.) Why I don't know. Yugi's proven he can take care of himself."
Tea heard and got right in his face, a little angry about the comment. " What did you say, Wheeler! Do you think that I'm just worrying for NOTHING! Yugi's had a hard time these past 5 days when he was kidnapped by that, that psycho! He needs support and friendship, and I think he wasn't happy when we got on this boat. After we all found our rooms he just wondered off in a daze and no one has seen him since. His family has a bad history when things get bad and I don't want him following his mom's example. Let's just find him and make sure he's okay!" Tea yelled. Her eyes widened in shock when she digested what she had just said, and she was off in a flash, running out onto the other areas of the ship in desperation. She didn't want her search for Yugi to be in vain, she thought. She didn't want him to die!
Over back with the others who were still in the same place.
Joey had his mouth open a bit as if he were to say something, but then he closed it. Tristan was still looking at the spot where Tea had stood just moments ago, and Mai was wondering what was eating the little girl from the inside out.
Joey looked at Tristian who was now recovered from his paralysis. " Well man, if she's right then ... then I think we'd better find Yugi. He did look a little shaken earlier."
" Joey are you blind!? Yugi looked like he was ready to crumple if a strong wind blew. I think Tea has the right idea, we should all be there for our pal. Let's go check with the others and get them to search so we can cover more ground."
" You mean the rocky ground that I can barely walk on?"
A secluded corner of the ship:
Yugi stood with his hands on the railing. The surf was spraying into his face and on his clothes. He didn't notice them, nor did he feel his surroundings. The air for him wasn't warm and sweet smelling, for little Yugi had always loved the sea at this time of year. No, for him, it was nothing. Nothing he could feel, nothing he could taste, and all that was around him was nothing that could stop his tears. All he knew were memories.
Memory:
" Yugi, Yugi. Blow out your candles. It's my anniversary with your father, and oh, what a sweet day it is. Tell me, Yugi. Do you know how much your father and me love you?" Asked a woman with black and red hair. It was cascading down her shoulders and back and barely stopped at her knees.
" Yes Mama, I know. More than the spirit of the ocean itself." A younger version of Yugi replied.
The woman named Mayle smiled happily, and swept Yugi up in a hug. " Yes that's true Yugi. I love you more than I could ever love the ocean, and that is my second greatest joy in the world."
Yugi pulled his head up from her shoulder and looked at her with imploring eyes.
" Yes Yugi. You don't have to look at me like that, I'll tell you. My greatest joy is your father and you. You two are the ones who share such strong places in my heart. God as well. Hey Yugi, do you want me to tell you how I got your father to believe in God once more." She smiled when her son nodded his head, and the memory faded from his mind.
Ship:
" Yugi! There you are!" Said a young woman's voice. Yugi gasped and turnt around to see Tea standing in the doorway.
" Yugi! I've been looking for you. Why aren't you with the others?" She asked.
She looked at Yugi quizzically when he didn't answer back. She then crossed in to what she called unthreaded waters.
" Yugi. Um.. Is it because. Well were you." She sighed and almost lost her nerve but her bond with her friend pushed her lips to cooperate.
" Is all this seclusion because of your father? Is it all because he's still alive?" She said, almost yelling the last few words.
Yugi looked at her with mixed feelings, then nodded. " I can't believe this. Wouldn't it have been better if you, if what you had said earlier had been true, Tea?" He slowly asked. His eyes looked almost hollow as he asked his question.
Tea looked at Yugi with dread, and said, " But he is alive Yugi. What I said before wasn't true. I, I was just happy that he was out of your life then. Y'know. I've know you for years, and when your father was around you were always scared. Not for yourself, but for others. For your friends, for your grampa, you'd always go to someone else's house when we had a project to do. You never let us see you, only at school. But everything about you changed two years ago, Yugi. Your father left and you became more upbeat, you gained your own personaliy and it made me happy to see you smile. Don't lose your smile Yugi, it makes you you. " She smiled down at her friend after she had said that, and he looked up at her with a smile of his own.
" Thanks Tea. You knew that he was my father, t-thanks for not telling the others. I don't think I could make them understand."
" No problem Yugi. You can tell me anything if you need to get it off your chest!" she said, and Yugi nodded his thanks.
Yugi thought of a lot of things at that moment. Memories, duels, his spirit, and his family. He smiled at his long time friend, and saw a small shadow a few feet away. He was perplexed on who it could be. Who?
Krylancelo note: Yeah! I didn't write that the way I wanted to but it works. The next will probaly be better. Review if anyone wants to read some more, and if any of you are into Rayearth, then I have a story about that too.
Thanks for reading, I need to stick a Kaiba fic up one day, any ideas for when he was a cute kid. Ja ne (Bye!)
Currently on deck was Joey who was talking to Tea and Tristian. She had started making a fuss that they she couldn't find Yugi anywhere on the ship. " I'm worried about him, guys. Do you think he's okay?" She asked, and her blue eyes were widened with worry.
Tristian observed her carefully and tried to comfort her with words, " I'm sure he's fine, Tea. He will be okay." He paused and noticed that she wasn't convinced. Sighing in a small defeat he relented and said, " Let's go and look for him. Come on Joey, let's go find our friend."
" Sure Tristian." Joey said, then he turnt back to look at Mai who was emerging from a ladder that had lead down to the lower areas. " Hey Mai! Y'a seen Yuge anywhere, we were about to go look for him." He pointed his thumb at Tea, " She's getting really worried here. ( He mumbled under his breath.) Why I don't know. Yugi's proven he can take care of himself."
Tea heard and got right in his face, a little angry about the comment. " What did you say, Wheeler! Do you think that I'm just worrying for NOTHING! Yugi's had a hard time these past 5 days when he was kidnapped by that, that psycho! He needs support and friendship, and I think he wasn't happy when we got on this boat. After we all found our rooms he just wondered off in a daze and no one has seen him since. His family has a bad history when things get bad and I don't want him following his mom's example. Let's just find him and make sure he's okay!" Tea yelled. Her eyes widened in shock when she digested what she had just said, and she was off in a flash, running out onto the other areas of the ship in desperation. She didn't want her search for Yugi to be in vain, she thought. She didn't want him to die!
Over back with the others who were still in the same place.
Joey had his mouth open a bit as if he were to say something, but then he closed it. Tristan was still looking at the spot where Tea had stood just moments ago, and Mai was wondering what was eating the little girl from the inside out.
Joey looked at Tristian who was now recovered from his paralysis. " Well man, if she's right then ... then I think we'd better find Yugi. He did look a little shaken earlier."
" Joey are you blind!? Yugi looked like he was ready to crumple if a strong wind blew. I think Tea has the right idea, we should all be there for our pal. Let's go check with the others and get them to search so we can cover more ground."
" You mean the rocky ground that I can barely walk on?"
A secluded corner of the ship:
Yugi stood with his hands on the railing. The surf was spraying into his face and on his clothes. He didn't notice them, nor did he feel his surroundings. The air for him wasn't warm and sweet smelling, for little Yugi had always loved the sea at this time of year. No, for him, it was nothing. Nothing he could feel, nothing he could taste, and all that was around him was nothing that could stop his tears. All he knew were memories.
Memory:
" Yugi, Yugi. Blow out your candles. It's my anniversary with your father, and oh, what a sweet day it is. Tell me, Yugi. Do you know how much your father and me love you?" Asked a woman with black and red hair. It was cascading down her shoulders and back and barely stopped at her knees.
" Yes Mama, I know. More than the spirit of the ocean itself." A younger version of Yugi replied.
The woman named Mayle smiled happily, and swept Yugi up in a hug. " Yes that's true Yugi. I love you more than I could ever love the ocean, and that is my second greatest joy in the world."
Yugi pulled his head up from her shoulder and looked at her with imploring eyes.
" Yes Yugi. You don't have to look at me like that, I'll tell you. My greatest joy is your father and you. You two are the ones who share such strong places in my heart. God as well. Hey Yugi, do you want me to tell you how I got your father to believe in God once more." She smiled when her son nodded his head, and the memory faded from his mind.
Ship:
" Yugi! There you are!" Said a young woman's voice. Yugi gasped and turnt around to see Tea standing in the doorway.
" Yugi! I've been looking for you. Why aren't you with the others?" She asked.
She looked at Yugi quizzically when he didn't answer back. She then crossed in to what she called unthreaded waters.
" Yugi. Um.. Is it because. Well were you." She sighed and almost lost her nerve but her bond with her friend pushed her lips to cooperate.
" Is all this seclusion because of your father? Is it all because he's still alive?" She said, almost yelling the last few words.
Yugi looked at her with mixed feelings, then nodded. " I can't believe this. Wouldn't it have been better if you, if what you had said earlier had been true, Tea?" He slowly asked. His eyes looked almost hollow as he asked his question.
Tea looked at Yugi with dread, and said, " But he is alive Yugi. What I said before wasn't true. I, I was just happy that he was out of your life then. Y'know. I've know you for years, and when your father was around you were always scared. Not for yourself, but for others. For your friends, for your grampa, you'd always go to someone else's house when we had a project to do. You never let us see you, only at school. But everything about you changed two years ago, Yugi. Your father left and you became more upbeat, you gained your own personaliy and it made me happy to see you smile. Don't lose your smile Yugi, it makes you you. " She smiled down at her friend after she had said that, and he looked up at her with a smile of his own.
" Thanks Tea. You knew that he was my father, t-thanks for not telling the others. I don't think I could make them understand."
" No problem Yugi. You can tell me anything if you need to get it off your chest!" she said, and Yugi nodded his thanks.
Yugi thought of a lot of things at that moment. Memories, duels, his spirit, and his family. He smiled at his long time friend, and saw a small shadow a few feet away. He was perplexed on who it could be. Who?
Krylancelo note: Yeah! I didn't write that the way I wanted to but it works. The next will probaly be better. Review if anyone wants to read some more, and if any of you are into Rayearth, then I have a story about that too.
Thanks for reading, I need to stick a Kaiba fic up one day, any ideas for when he was a cute kid. Ja ne (Bye!)