Asuka02RedEva
serenitymoon@lycos.com
disclaimer: I do not own yu-gi oh! or any of the characters used in this story.
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hey all! hope you haven't lost interest in my fic, i'm REALLY sorry about being so slow...over a month...*sob sob*...college is just SO time consuming is all...i hope that all of you are doing well and that you'll give my chapter a review! =^.^= take care!
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Yami was taken back at first by Anzu's sudden outburst. He half smiled and held her in his arms.
"Anzu, it's alright, you know. Now, why are you crying?"
Anzu felt quite embarrassed suddenly, her arms still wrapped around him.
"Gomen Nasai, Yami...," she began, wiping away some of her stray tears, "I only wish that there was something I could do to help you. I over heard you reading that book," she motioned to the book of the dead laying next to them, open on the floor, "and I can't imagine how hard it must be for you not knowing your name."
Yami sighed quietly, resting his chin on her shoulder and looking down at the carpet. "Hai, it is hard, Anzu," he whispered, "but it's more frustrating than anything else. I have this feeling that something is coming and that I will need to protect, Yuugi."
"Protect him from what?," she asked, arching an eye brow, a slight blush tinting her cheeks.
"I'm not quite sure," he began, slowly closing his eyes as if deep in thought, his chin still resting on her shoulder, "...I sense an evil presence lingering, that's why I disappeared earlier. Gomen nasai if it looked as if I had abandoned you, that was not my intention."
"Who or what did you find?," she asked.
"I saw someone watching us, the figure was wearing some sort of cloak; I chased it into an alley way, but it jumped the fence before I would get there. By the time I made it over the fence, whoever it was, was gone."
"...You think someone is after you? Or maybe Yuugi?"
"If someone is after either myself or my Aibou, be assured that I will allow no harm to come to Yuugi."
'He sounds so selfless,' she thought, 'He's putting Yuugi before himself...'
"I will not let anything happen to you or the others as well, Anzu."
Anzu blushed after hearing his words. There were moments like these that she would love to tell him how she truly felt about him, but then he would always have to say....
"Because you are Yuugi's and my friends."
...She was so close, yet so far away from telling him. The truth of the matter, was when he said that good old F word, "friend", she felt that it was pretty much hopeless that he would return her affections.
"Is everything alright, Anzu?," he asked, now holding her at arms length and arching an eye brow.
'Oh great! I spaced out!,' she yelled mentally. "Hai, everything is fine.," she replied with a smile trying to cover up for herself. "So...were you able to find out anything about the pendants?"
"I almost forgot about them.," he reached into his pocket and took them out, holding them in his hand. "I did find out a great deal about both of them."
"Really???," she looked down at the pendants in his hand, "Do they have something to do with your past?"
"This pendant is a symbol known as the Eye of Horus," he began, pointing to which one he meant. "It is the same symbol that appears on the Millennium Puzzle. I read that the Eye of Horus is a symbol among the Pharoah's of Ancient Egypt. The symbol itself is a sign of protection and a renewal of the Pharaoh's power..."
Anzu blinked and figured it was better not to interrupt him, but instead let him continue. She could always ask questions later, after all.
"It is said that the Eye of Horus was passed down to the Pharoah's by the God known as Horus himself.," Yami noticed Anzu's confused expression and smiled, "Basically, the Eye of Horus had the power to protect and renew the Pharaoh's power throughout each dynasty. I also came across a book that said that the Eye of Horus was so powerful that no living creature could ever merge with its power, however, I was thinking and...."
Anzu's eyes went wide and she practically jumped up from where she had been sitting. "Yami! You---"
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The librarian came around the corner and slid her glasses half way down her nose, tapping the toe of her high heel shoe on the tile floor. She held up a black sign with white lettering saying "QUIET".
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Anzu sweatdropped and blushed slightly. "Gomen nasai," she whispered as she watched the librarian smile at Yami and then walk back to her desk.
"Yami...," she began with a whisper, "that symbol, the Eye of Horus, I've seen it before; it appears on your forhead when you duel sometimes or when you sense something isn't right." She had almost a "wow" face.
"I know, Anzu.," he replied, looking down at the Millennium Puzzle around his neck.
"...That means that you really were a Pharoah and not just a Pharaoh but a really powerful one at that...so that's where your power comes from, huh?"
"A great deal, I believe does come from the Eye of Horus, however, I think I possess more powerful magic, but it is surpressed within my memories."
"I see...and what about the other pendant?," she asked quite curious to know what the other one could possibly mean.
Yami looked down at the second of the two pendants and looked rather confused. "I'm afraid, I do not know how this pendant could possibly be linked to my past..."
"Oh?," Anzu arched an eye brow, "What does it mean?"
"...It's an Egyptian Goddess, she's actually the mother of the Egyptian Gods and Goddesses..."
"...Hmm...G, Yami, I don't know how this pendant could be connected to your past either."
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Yuugi layed on his back on his bed watching tv. 'I hope that Yami will be home soon, he wouldn't want to miss Hamtaro and Pokemon.'
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Yami and Anzu had started back toward her house. He had offered to walk her home; part of him still felt as if he were being watched.
"Yami, you really don't have to walk me home. I'm sure that Yuugi will wonder where you are~~it is getting late after all."
"It's alright, Anzu. He will understand that I merely wished to see that you got home safely."
"Do you think that the figure you chased earlier is still around?"
"I'm not sure, but my guard is up for the time being. It's been too quiet lately and I feel that the closer I become to solving my past, the more dangers will arise."
'...So Yami really may be in danger and Yuugi too. Maybe he shouldn't try to find the answers to his past anymore? Maybe he could just start a new life here with Yuugi and me?,' she sighed and shook her head, ...No...he has a right to know about his past....'
Yami seemed to know what Anzu was thinking, he could read her expressions like a book. "I know that the road to regaining my memories will be difficult and dangerous, Anzu...but you need to trust me."
His words caught her off guard. "Of course I trust you, Yami...I just worry about you is all."
"I do not wish for my aibou to know about my past, my search for it, or that I am the spirit of a 5,020 year old Pharoah, do you understand me?," he asked, sounding quite firm, that he would not tolerate any less than his request.
Anzu couldn't understand why he wouldn't want Yuugi, of all people, to know what was going on. "Yami...I can't believe that you want to keep this from, Yuugi. Doesn't he have a right to know??? I think it's almost selfish to...," she trailed off.
Yami stopped a few feet in front of her, his temper flaring. "Anzu, you do not have the right to judge me. You do not even know me. If I choose to keep this from Yuugi then it is because I am looking out for his best interest, and I do not wish for him to worry about me. He has enough to deal with as is."
Anzu noticed the sound of his voice and almost winced. He had never been so harsh sounding to her. "...You're right...," she whispered, "I don't know you...I don't know you at all!"
With that she took off running past Yami and down the street. Yami watched her run from him and sighed, turning on his heel to head back to the game shop.
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'I thought that I knew him, but I guess I was wrong.,' thought Anzu as she turned a corner, smacking into someone. "Gomen nasai!," she blurted out, quickly bowing her head in embarrassment.
When she heard no reply to her apology she slowly looked up to come face to face with a mysterious woman.
"You were with the Pharaoh were you not?," the woman asked, her face covered half way by a vail.
"....What do you know about, Yami?," Anzu asked arching an eye brow.
"That is none of your concern. Could you get a message to the Pharaoh for me?" The woman made sure to keep her face hidden from Anzu.
"...A message? No, I can't. I'm not on speaking terms with "the Pharaoh".," replied Anzu, quite sarcastically.
"...Foolish, girl...you should not stay mad at him merely because of your own selfish intentions...," the woman stated.
Anzu started to fume. "ExCUSE me? MY selfish intentions?! He's the one---" She figured she best not say too much. In any case, this woman seemed to know of Yami and that he was indeed the spirit of a 5,020 year old Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. '...She's not right, I'm not being selfish...am I?"
"I don't have much time, can you or can't you get a message to the Pharaoh?," the woman seemed to speak with urgency clear in her voice.
"....Hai.....I can get a message to Yami...."
"Arigato...you must tell the Pharaoh that he must come to the Domino Museum tomorrow morning at 7, before the museum opens. It is very important that he come."
"How do I know you're not setting him up?," Anzu asked arching an eye brow.
"...You don't...but tell him if he wants information about his past to come..."
"...Information about his---" Anzu stopped in mid sentence and blinked. "...She's...gone?"
The woman had disappeared as if into thin air, leaving Anzu to think about the woman's request.
'...It could be some sort of a trap...and it's not like Yami's and my last discussion ended on a good note...what should I do?'
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Yami walked slowly down the street toward the game shop; his hands in his pockets and his shoulders seeming to slouch as he looked at his reflection in the poorly lit windows of local shops as he passed them by.
'...It is very complex...I wish to be with my Aibou always, yet at the same time I wish to pursue my mission of finding out about my past...I do not believe that wanting to protect someone you love is a selfish act. If I thought my decisions would in any way harm my Aibou then I would give up my own desires without a second thought. I did not mean to upset, Anzu...but she was right in one assumption, she does not know me...and she most likely never will...'
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Anzu sighed, "...I have to tell him...," she whispered outloud to no one but herself. "...If I don't, then I really would be selfish...but it is so wrong to want to protect someone that you l..."
She turned on her heel and headed home. '...I'll just give him a call once I get home...or perhaps Yuugi could give him a message...no...Yami doesn't want Yuugi to know, I sure hope he knows what he's doing is all...'
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Yami walked up the steps to the game shop and slowly opened the door. He saw Grandpa sacked out on the couch watching some old western movie. He shook his head hearing Grandpa comment about how great "the duke" was. (john wayne if none of you know who "the duke" was. great actor ^.^ whoops! back to the story).
He carefully made his way around the soda cans and pieces of pop corn and various snack foods on the floor.
'...Did Yuugi invite Jou and Honda over? Or has Grandpa been spending a little too much time in front of the glowing box with people in it? ....And...how do they get those people in the box anyways?...'
He shrugged and walked up the stairs to Yuugi's and his room. He quietly opened the door in order not to startle his Aibou. When he peeked in he sweatdropped, standing in the door way watching his Aibou sit on the bed.
"LA LA LA LA...little hamtaro...."
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"Yami! You're back!"
Yami walked into the bedroom and shut the door, smiling at his Aibou's motions.
"Hai, sorry if you were worried, Aibou." He sad down next to Yuugi on the bed.
"It's alright, Yami...Where were you?," Yuugi asked leaning up against Yami.
Yami arched an eye brow at the hampsters on tv running around and doing hampster things. He sweatdropped figuring it best to try and not understand the things mortals find entertaining...
"I went for a walk and Anzu joined me.," he replied, leaning up against the head board of the bed.
Yuugi arched an eye brow. "So Anzu was able to help you?"
"Help me with what?," Yami too arched an eye brow answering Yuugi's question, with a question.
"Help you with whatever was on your mind. You don't talk to me anymore...in fact we haven't really talked since Christmas...and...if I did something wrong..."
Yami sighed softly, "You've done nothing wrong, gomen nasai, I've just been doing a lot of thinking recently is all..."
"...I've missed you, Yami...," Yuugi gave him a big hug.
Yami smiled and pat his Aibou's head. '...I promise that as long as you need me, I'll be there for you...even if that means that I never find all the answers to my past...'
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Anzu took off her shoes and threw them into her closet, shutting the closet door afterwards. She then started looking for the phone which she knew was somewhere amongst the pile of clothes on her bed, or was it under her papers? Or maybe next to her back pack.
She sighed as she continued to search for the missing phone. After a few minutes she did in deed find it and then thought about what to say to Yami. A list of choices ran through her head: "G, Yami sorry I ran off on you like that, but some woman wants you to come to the museum at 7 tomorrow..." "...Hey Yami, it's Anzu, the strangest thing happened after I ran off on you..." "...Yami, go to the museum at 7 am..." She figured the last one was way too cryptic.
"Guess I'll wing it..."
She pushed the number on speed dial...
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"Utchan's Okonomiyaki, how can I help you???"
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Anzu sweatdropped... "Gomen...Nasai....wrong number...." She clicked the off button and sat there for a moment. "...That was odd... must have hit the wrong button....better try again..."
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"Nekohanten, can I take your order?"
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".....Gomen......wrong number....."
After 3 or more times of getting Japanese restaurants she figured to just dial the number. Her eye twitched as each of the buttons went "BEEP" as she pushed them. '...Damn you, Jounouchi...you re-programmed my phone to fit the needs of your stomach.'
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Grandpa heard the phone ringing. "No! No! This is the best part! Yuugi! Yami! Get the phone!"
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Yuugi rolled his eyes, "Grandpa and his movies..."
"It's alright, Aibou...I'll get it." Yami hopped off the bed and ran downstairs to get the phone. He sweatdropped to see the phone was only a foot from the old man. '.................' He sighed and looked at the ringing device. '...What button...hmmm....Aibou showed me once....'
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'Maybe no one is home?,' Anzu thought seeming how the phone had rung at least 15 times already....
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'...Talk, End, 1, 2abc, 3def.....'
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'....Well it's important that he gets this message...I guess I could try back later...'
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'....Talk....that sounds familiar....'
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Anzu hears a click and then what appears to be the sounds of gun shots and people screaming.
"...Um...hello????"
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Yami reaches for the remote and turns it down a little. "Hello? "
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"..............." 'Oh great! What do I say?!' ".....Hi....Yami?"
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"Hai, this is Yami. Anzu is that you?" He goes to take the phone into the other room and steps on what appears to be left over cheese dip. '.....For the love of.....'
....Heads toward the kitchen....
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"Hai, it's Anzu. I have a message for you, actually...when I ran away..." She figured it best to steer clear of that subject. "...I ran into some woman...and she knows who you are, that you're the Pharoah and all."
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"....How????..." Yami was busy cleaning off the goo from the bottom of his boot with a wet paper towel. "Did she give you her name?"
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"I don't know, Yami," Anzu began, "No she didn't give her name, but she wants to meet you...it could be some sort of trap so that's what I called."
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"Even if it is a trap, Anzu, I have to go...if she knows who I am and anything about my past...then I have no choice. When and where does she want me to meet her?"
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'...Just like that he's going to go???' "...She said the Domino Museum at 7am tomorrow..."
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"Arigato for giving me the message, Anzu. Also, gomen nasai for earlier; I did not mean to---"
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"It was my fault, Yami. I had no right to judge you.," she sighed a sigh of relief. '...That's the Yami that I know...'
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"Again, arigato, and take care, Anzu. I'll talk to you again soon."
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"Bye, Yami. You take care of yourself too, tomorrow and all..."
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"I will, Anzu. Good night." With that he hung up the phone and walked out of the kitchen, turning off the light. '...So this woman claims to know who I am? Could she help me solve the mysteries of my past? ....Or could it be a trap?'
Suddenly he stopped, looking down at his other boot.
'Dammit!'
With that he headed for the kitchen once again with cheesy goo and any other food on the floor now sticking to his boot.
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Please review! ^.^ ja ne!
serenitymoon@lycos.com
disclaimer: I do not own yu-gi oh! or any of the characters used in this story.
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hey all! hope you haven't lost interest in my fic, i'm REALLY sorry about being so slow...over a month...*sob sob*...college is just SO time consuming is all...i hope that all of you are doing well and that you'll give my chapter a review! =^.^= take care!
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Yami was taken back at first by Anzu's sudden outburst. He half smiled and held her in his arms.
"Anzu, it's alright, you know. Now, why are you crying?"
Anzu felt quite embarrassed suddenly, her arms still wrapped around him.
"Gomen Nasai, Yami...," she began, wiping away some of her stray tears, "I only wish that there was something I could do to help you. I over heard you reading that book," she motioned to the book of the dead laying next to them, open on the floor, "and I can't imagine how hard it must be for you not knowing your name."
Yami sighed quietly, resting his chin on her shoulder and looking down at the carpet. "Hai, it is hard, Anzu," he whispered, "but it's more frustrating than anything else. I have this feeling that something is coming and that I will need to protect, Yuugi."
"Protect him from what?," she asked, arching an eye brow, a slight blush tinting her cheeks.
"I'm not quite sure," he began, slowly closing his eyes as if deep in thought, his chin still resting on her shoulder, "...I sense an evil presence lingering, that's why I disappeared earlier. Gomen nasai if it looked as if I had abandoned you, that was not my intention."
"Who or what did you find?," she asked.
"I saw someone watching us, the figure was wearing some sort of cloak; I chased it into an alley way, but it jumped the fence before I would get there. By the time I made it over the fence, whoever it was, was gone."
"...You think someone is after you? Or maybe Yuugi?"
"If someone is after either myself or my Aibou, be assured that I will allow no harm to come to Yuugi."
'He sounds so selfless,' she thought, 'He's putting Yuugi before himself...'
"I will not let anything happen to you or the others as well, Anzu."
Anzu blushed after hearing his words. There were moments like these that she would love to tell him how she truly felt about him, but then he would always have to say....
"Because you are Yuugi's and my friends."
...She was so close, yet so far away from telling him. The truth of the matter, was when he said that good old F word, "friend", she felt that it was pretty much hopeless that he would return her affections.
"Is everything alright, Anzu?," he asked, now holding her at arms length and arching an eye brow.
'Oh great! I spaced out!,' she yelled mentally. "Hai, everything is fine.," she replied with a smile trying to cover up for herself. "So...were you able to find out anything about the pendants?"
"I almost forgot about them.," he reached into his pocket and took them out, holding them in his hand. "I did find out a great deal about both of them."
"Really???," she looked down at the pendants in his hand, "Do they have something to do with your past?"
"This pendant is a symbol known as the Eye of Horus," he began, pointing to which one he meant. "It is the same symbol that appears on the Millennium Puzzle. I read that the Eye of Horus is a symbol among the Pharoah's of Ancient Egypt. The symbol itself is a sign of protection and a renewal of the Pharaoh's power..."
Anzu blinked and figured it was better not to interrupt him, but instead let him continue. She could always ask questions later, after all.
"It is said that the Eye of Horus was passed down to the Pharoah's by the God known as Horus himself.," Yami noticed Anzu's confused expression and smiled, "Basically, the Eye of Horus had the power to protect and renew the Pharaoh's power throughout each dynasty. I also came across a book that said that the Eye of Horus was so powerful that no living creature could ever merge with its power, however, I was thinking and...."
Anzu's eyes went wide and she practically jumped up from where she had been sitting. "Yami! You---"
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The librarian came around the corner and slid her glasses half way down her nose, tapping the toe of her high heel shoe on the tile floor. She held up a black sign with white lettering saying "QUIET".
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Anzu sweatdropped and blushed slightly. "Gomen nasai," she whispered as she watched the librarian smile at Yami and then walk back to her desk.
"Yami...," she began with a whisper, "that symbol, the Eye of Horus, I've seen it before; it appears on your forhead when you duel sometimes or when you sense something isn't right." She had almost a "wow" face.
"I know, Anzu.," he replied, looking down at the Millennium Puzzle around his neck.
"...That means that you really were a Pharoah and not just a Pharaoh but a really powerful one at that...so that's where your power comes from, huh?"
"A great deal, I believe does come from the Eye of Horus, however, I think I possess more powerful magic, but it is surpressed within my memories."
"I see...and what about the other pendant?," she asked quite curious to know what the other one could possibly mean.
Yami looked down at the second of the two pendants and looked rather confused. "I'm afraid, I do not know how this pendant could possibly be linked to my past..."
"Oh?," Anzu arched an eye brow, "What does it mean?"
"...It's an Egyptian Goddess, she's actually the mother of the Egyptian Gods and Goddesses..."
"...Hmm...G, Yami, I don't know how this pendant could be connected to your past either."
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Yuugi layed on his back on his bed watching tv. 'I hope that Yami will be home soon, he wouldn't want to miss Hamtaro and Pokemon.'
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Yami and Anzu had started back toward her house. He had offered to walk her home; part of him still felt as if he were being watched.
"Yami, you really don't have to walk me home. I'm sure that Yuugi will wonder where you are~~it is getting late after all."
"It's alright, Anzu. He will understand that I merely wished to see that you got home safely."
"Do you think that the figure you chased earlier is still around?"
"I'm not sure, but my guard is up for the time being. It's been too quiet lately and I feel that the closer I become to solving my past, the more dangers will arise."
'...So Yami really may be in danger and Yuugi too. Maybe he shouldn't try to find the answers to his past anymore? Maybe he could just start a new life here with Yuugi and me?,' she sighed and shook her head, ...No...he has a right to know about his past....'
Yami seemed to know what Anzu was thinking, he could read her expressions like a book. "I know that the road to regaining my memories will be difficult and dangerous, Anzu...but you need to trust me."
His words caught her off guard. "Of course I trust you, Yami...I just worry about you is all."
"I do not wish for my aibou to know about my past, my search for it, or that I am the spirit of a 5,020 year old Pharoah, do you understand me?," he asked, sounding quite firm, that he would not tolerate any less than his request.
Anzu couldn't understand why he wouldn't want Yuugi, of all people, to know what was going on. "Yami...I can't believe that you want to keep this from, Yuugi. Doesn't he have a right to know??? I think it's almost selfish to...," she trailed off.
Yami stopped a few feet in front of her, his temper flaring. "Anzu, you do not have the right to judge me. You do not even know me. If I choose to keep this from Yuugi then it is because I am looking out for his best interest, and I do not wish for him to worry about me. He has enough to deal with as is."
Anzu noticed the sound of his voice and almost winced. He had never been so harsh sounding to her. "...You're right...," she whispered, "I don't know you...I don't know you at all!"
With that she took off running past Yami and down the street. Yami watched her run from him and sighed, turning on his heel to head back to the game shop.
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'I thought that I knew him, but I guess I was wrong.,' thought Anzu as she turned a corner, smacking into someone. "Gomen nasai!," she blurted out, quickly bowing her head in embarrassment.
When she heard no reply to her apology she slowly looked up to come face to face with a mysterious woman.
"You were with the Pharaoh were you not?," the woman asked, her face covered half way by a vail.
"....What do you know about, Yami?," Anzu asked arching an eye brow.
"That is none of your concern. Could you get a message to the Pharaoh for me?" The woman made sure to keep her face hidden from Anzu.
"...A message? No, I can't. I'm not on speaking terms with "the Pharaoh".," replied Anzu, quite sarcastically.
"...Foolish, girl...you should not stay mad at him merely because of your own selfish intentions...," the woman stated.
Anzu started to fume. "ExCUSE me? MY selfish intentions?! He's the one---" She figured she best not say too much. In any case, this woman seemed to know of Yami and that he was indeed the spirit of a 5,020 year old Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. '...She's not right, I'm not being selfish...am I?"
"I don't have much time, can you or can't you get a message to the Pharaoh?," the woman seemed to speak with urgency clear in her voice.
"....Hai.....I can get a message to Yami...."
"Arigato...you must tell the Pharaoh that he must come to the Domino Museum tomorrow morning at 7, before the museum opens. It is very important that he come."
"How do I know you're not setting him up?," Anzu asked arching an eye brow.
"...You don't...but tell him if he wants information about his past to come..."
"...Information about his---" Anzu stopped in mid sentence and blinked. "...She's...gone?"
The woman had disappeared as if into thin air, leaving Anzu to think about the woman's request.
'...It could be some sort of a trap...and it's not like Yami's and my last discussion ended on a good note...what should I do?'
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Yami walked slowly down the street toward the game shop; his hands in his pockets and his shoulders seeming to slouch as he looked at his reflection in the poorly lit windows of local shops as he passed them by.
'...It is very complex...I wish to be with my Aibou always, yet at the same time I wish to pursue my mission of finding out about my past...I do not believe that wanting to protect someone you love is a selfish act. If I thought my decisions would in any way harm my Aibou then I would give up my own desires without a second thought. I did not mean to upset, Anzu...but she was right in one assumption, she does not know me...and she most likely never will...'
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Anzu sighed, "...I have to tell him...," she whispered outloud to no one but herself. "...If I don't, then I really would be selfish...but it is so wrong to want to protect someone that you l..."
She turned on her heel and headed home. '...I'll just give him a call once I get home...or perhaps Yuugi could give him a message...no...Yami doesn't want Yuugi to know, I sure hope he knows what he's doing is all...'
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Yami walked up the steps to the game shop and slowly opened the door. He saw Grandpa sacked out on the couch watching some old western movie. He shook his head hearing Grandpa comment about how great "the duke" was. (john wayne if none of you know who "the duke" was. great actor ^.^ whoops! back to the story).
He carefully made his way around the soda cans and pieces of pop corn and various snack foods on the floor.
'...Did Yuugi invite Jou and Honda over? Or has Grandpa been spending a little too much time in front of the glowing box with people in it? ....And...how do they get those people in the box anyways?...'
He shrugged and walked up the stairs to Yuugi's and his room. He quietly opened the door in order not to startle his Aibou. When he peeked in he sweatdropped, standing in the door way watching his Aibou sit on the bed.
"LA LA LA LA...little hamtaro...."
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"Yami! You're back!"
Yami walked into the bedroom and shut the door, smiling at his Aibou's motions.
"Hai, sorry if you were worried, Aibou." He sad down next to Yuugi on the bed.
"It's alright, Yami...Where were you?," Yuugi asked leaning up against Yami.
Yami arched an eye brow at the hampsters on tv running around and doing hampster things. He sweatdropped figuring it best to try and not understand the things mortals find entertaining...
"I went for a walk and Anzu joined me.," he replied, leaning up against the head board of the bed.
Yuugi arched an eye brow. "So Anzu was able to help you?"
"Help me with what?," Yami too arched an eye brow answering Yuugi's question, with a question.
"Help you with whatever was on your mind. You don't talk to me anymore...in fact we haven't really talked since Christmas...and...if I did something wrong..."
Yami sighed softly, "You've done nothing wrong, gomen nasai, I've just been doing a lot of thinking recently is all..."
"...I've missed you, Yami...," Yuugi gave him a big hug.
Yami smiled and pat his Aibou's head. '...I promise that as long as you need me, I'll be there for you...even if that means that I never find all the answers to my past...'
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Anzu took off her shoes and threw them into her closet, shutting the closet door afterwards. She then started looking for the phone which she knew was somewhere amongst the pile of clothes on her bed, or was it under her papers? Or maybe next to her back pack.
She sighed as she continued to search for the missing phone. After a few minutes she did in deed find it and then thought about what to say to Yami. A list of choices ran through her head: "G, Yami sorry I ran off on you like that, but some woman wants you to come to the museum at 7 tomorrow..." "...Hey Yami, it's Anzu, the strangest thing happened after I ran off on you..." "...Yami, go to the museum at 7 am..." She figured the last one was way too cryptic.
"Guess I'll wing it..."
She pushed the number on speed dial...
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"Utchan's Okonomiyaki, how can I help you???"
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Anzu sweatdropped... "Gomen...Nasai....wrong number...." She clicked the off button and sat there for a moment. "...That was odd... must have hit the wrong button....better try again..."
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"Nekohanten, can I take your order?"
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".....Gomen......wrong number....."
After 3 or more times of getting Japanese restaurants she figured to just dial the number. Her eye twitched as each of the buttons went "BEEP" as she pushed them. '...Damn you, Jounouchi...you re-programmed my phone to fit the needs of your stomach.'
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Grandpa heard the phone ringing. "No! No! This is the best part! Yuugi! Yami! Get the phone!"
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Yuugi rolled his eyes, "Grandpa and his movies..."
"It's alright, Aibou...I'll get it." Yami hopped off the bed and ran downstairs to get the phone. He sweatdropped to see the phone was only a foot from the old man. '.................' He sighed and looked at the ringing device. '...What button...hmmm....Aibou showed me once....'
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'Maybe no one is home?,' Anzu thought seeming how the phone had rung at least 15 times already....
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'...Talk, End, 1, 2abc, 3def.....'
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'....Well it's important that he gets this message...I guess I could try back later...'
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'....Talk....that sounds familiar....'
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Anzu hears a click and then what appears to be the sounds of gun shots and people screaming.
"...Um...hello????"
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Yami reaches for the remote and turns it down a little. "Hello? "
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"..............." 'Oh great! What do I say?!' ".....Hi....Yami?"
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"Hai, this is Yami. Anzu is that you?" He goes to take the phone into the other room and steps on what appears to be left over cheese dip. '.....For the love of.....'
....Heads toward the kitchen....
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"Hai, it's Anzu. I have a message for you, actually...when I ran away..." She figured it best to steer clear of that subject. "...I ran into some woman...and she knows who you are, that you're the Pharoah and all."
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"....How????..." Yami was busy cleaning off the goo from the bottom of his boot with a wet paper towel. "Did she give you her name?"
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"I don't know, Yami," Anzu began, "No she didn't give her name, but she wants to meet you...it could be some sort of trap so that's what I called."
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"Even if it is a trap, Anzu, I have to go...if she knows who I am and anything about my past...then I have no choice. When and where does she want me to meet her?"
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'...Just like that he's going to go???' "...She said the Domino Museum at 7am tomorrow..."
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"Arigato for giving me the message, Anzu. Also, gomen nasai for earlier; I did not mean to---"
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"It was my fault, Yami. I had no right to judge you.," she sighed a sigh of relief. '...That's the Yami that I know...'
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"Again, arigato, and take care, Anzu. I'll talk to you again soon."
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"Bye, Yami. You take care of yourself too, tomorrow and all..."
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"I will, Anzu. Good night." With that he hung up the phone and walked out of the kitchen, turning off the light. '...So this woman claims to know who I am? Could she help me solve the mysteries of my past? ....Or could it be a trap?'
Suddenly he stopped, looking down at his other boot.
'Dammit!'
With that he headed for the kitchen once again with cheesy goo and any other food on the floor now sticking to his boot.
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