Chapter 6

Back To My Old Life

Disclaimer: Once again, nothing witty to say. I own Kaya, and the others dun belong to me.

Mojobubbles: *falls over* O_O!!!!!!! We got up to 23 reviews in one day/night?!!? YOU'RE ALL SO WONDERFUL! And so, I'm going to try very hard to get the very spiffy cool chapter 7 up tomorrow before I go to Texas. I can't guarantee it, but I'll try!!!

Kamilah: And it's not like you have much of that evil home-work stuff......

Mojobubbles: *scowls* ff.net is being really gay......and I had this chapter written long ago but my computer killed the whooooooolllllleeeeeeee thing......

Inuyasha: Sucks for you! :P

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Review responses:

BMMW: YES KIRSTIE I AM GOING TO TEXAS GET IT THROUGH YOUR HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!! And that was not BB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll bring in a picture of him if you promise to shut up about it. And now I'm off to find Sexy Master!!! *skips off*

Kamilah: *grabs her* Nuh-uh, you've gotta write the chapter!!

Arian Starswing: Well......I arranged it with BMMW so she won't kill me.

Lady Yami: 'Princess Mononoke' is easily one of the best animes out there. Although it's kinda hard to rent and find a lot of animes in stores, 'Princess Mononoke' is so critically-acclaimed and stuff that it's not that hard to come by. I first rented it at Blockbuster, and I bought it at Suncoast Movies. If you have a Suncoast, go there. My Suncoast has manga and a big wall of anime. But be warned: 'Princess Mononoke' is rated PG-13 because there is a /lot/ of blood and gore.

Ruby*Luna: It's not his tail! It's his armpit hair! Seriously, if you look at it, it looks like it's coming out of his armpit and wrapping around his shoulder then hanging off the back. PLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSHIES! *takes a Miroku- plushie, a Inu-plushie, a Fluff-plushie, a Bakura-plushie, a Yami-plushie, a Haku-plushie, an Ashitaka-plushie, a Tsukasa-plushie, and a Shogo- plushie*

Europa: Um, thanks? What does 'fwe" stand for? And I thought you got 100 /packs/ of Labyrinth of Nightmare and 50 /packs/ of Metal Raiders and I was like, "O_O! Shit! How much money do you have?!?"

Daricio: Y. Bakura read your review and this is what he had to say:

Y. Bakura: Yeah, the pharaoh isn't good with girls he likes.

Yami: *blushes* WHAT ARE YOU INSINUATING, TOMB ROBBER?!?!

Y. Bakura: *whistles innocently*

Mojobubbles: ......yeah.....But it's funny, you have this way of pointing out stuff in my story that I've never noticed before.

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Symbol thingies:

/blah/ hikari to yami

//blah// yami to hikari

~blah~ Kaya to either Yami or Yugi

~~blah~~ Yami to Kaya

++Yugi to Kaya++

'blah' thoughts

*~*Flashback*~* or *~*End flashback*~* Kind of self-explanatory, I guess

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Yugi entered his house and dropped his backpack on a chair, then sat down at the kitchen table. He ran a hand through his hair and blinked away tears.

//What's wrong, aibou?//

/D-didn't you hear what those girls said?/

//Oh, Yugi....//

~So, what'd they say this time?~ Kaya asked, joining the mental conversation.

++Kaya!++

~~Where are you, anyway?~~

~The park. Now, what'd those girls say?~

++Nothing.++

~Yugi, you're not even talking and I can tell you're lying. I have a right to know what people are saying about my friends, right?~

++How'd you know that they're-?++

~Uh.......sixth sense? Anyway, I've got to go. Shogo's with me and he's wondering why I'm spacing out.~

++See ya, then.++

~~Don't stay out too late!~~

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Shogo looked up at his friend. "Kaya.......hellooooo? Anyone home?"

"Yeah," she said quickly. "Just.....thinking about.....stuff. I really wanna give those evil kids a piece of my mind!!"

"You mean......go back to school?" Shogo asked skeptically. Kaya nodded.

"I've got to face it all....sometime," she said. She looked up the hill and saw that she and Shogo were passing the graveyard.

Then Kaya felt it.

A gentle breeze picked up, and she could swear she heard a voice whisper, "I'm beside you all the way." A voice that sounded an awful lot like Malik.

"What happened?" Shogo asked, alarmed, seeing Kaya standing stock still in the middle of the sidewalk.

"Nothing," she said quickly. Shogo knew it wasn't 'nothing,' but he didn't pursue the matter any further.

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"Hey, didja hear 'bout what happened to Kaiba?" Joey asked that morning.

"No, what?" Yugi asked.

"His birth father came outta nowhere and sued Kaiba for custody over Mokuba!"

"No way!" Tristan exclaimed.

"Who won?" Bakura asked anxiously.

"Kaiba's dad," Joey said darkly. "And he sent Mokuba off to some orphanage in Tokyo."

"That's horrible!" Tea gasped. "Kaya, you haven't said a word this morning! Are you ok?"

(IDIOT! DO YOU /THINK/ SHE'S OK?!?!)

"Um, fine," Kaya said quickly. "Just thinking."

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Kaya sighed with relief, as she walked to her locker that morning. She was already through history and math, two of her least favorite subjects.

She opened her locker door and heard a voice from the other side.

"Hey Kaya!" said a perky happy voice. (Oh Ra/Kami/God.....it's the preps!!!!!)

"Hey, Sutashi," Kaya sighed.

"Where were you?" Jisushika asked.

"Sick," Kaya replied, annoyed.

"Like, that must've sucked!" Rachiru said, shaking her head.

"Well, then I guess you didn't hear what happened to that weird foreign student from Egypt!" Bikutoria chimed in. (Alright, now Bikutoria is a new prep. She is based on probably the most evil, ugly, egoistical girl in seventh grade. I once called her Yubaba (you know, from 'Spirited Away') to her face and she had no idea what I meant. Anime-deprived fools......)

Kaya froze. So did the people in the hall, including Bakura and Duke, who had just come out of biology together.

"He jumped off a bridge and, like, killed himself!" Sutashi laughed.

"Isn't that so stupid?" Bikutoria chimed in, giggling. They all jumped when a locker slam echoed through the hall.

"You don't know ANYTHING about what happened that night!!!" Kaya said furiously.

"God Kaya, you don't have to get so touchy," Jisushika sniffed. "Personally," she continued, "I don't see how anyone could miss him."

"SHUT UP!" Kaya shouted. The whole hallway was watching with bated breath. "Malik was a better person than you could ever hope to be," she continued, her voice dangerously quiet. The preps just stood there.

"Oh, sorry," Kaya said sarcastically. "Was that too /smart/ for you?"

The crowd oooooooOOOOOOooooo-ed.

Duke and Bakura exchanged glances and began to push through the crowd.

//Fools......// Bakari sneered.

/What do you mean, Yami?/

//Don't they know anything about the Millennium Items? If Kaya gets too angry, her necklace will send them all to the Shadow Realm!//

Bakura eep-ed.

The preps auch-ed and began to walk away, tossing their hair and being outrageously preppy.

Bakura let his yami take over, and he put his hands on Kaya's shoulder. She was shaking.

"Calm down....." he whispered. "Or else you'll send us all to the Shadow Realm." She took a deep breath, and suddenly fell against him, sobbing.

"What're you all staring at?!" Duke asked furiously, shooing the crowd away. "The show's over!!"

"What happened?!" Yugi exclaimed, as he and Tea ran up to the scene.

"Those foolish girl mortals," Bakari spat, his voice shaking. And Yugi understood.

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That afternoon, Kaya, Yami, and Yugi made a detour before heading home. Kaya had asked them if they could stop there, and they agreed, with somewhat skeptical looks on their faces.

Kaya looked pointedly at Yami and Yugi. They didn't go anywhere. She cleared her throat. Yugi blinked, then realization dawned on him. "Sorry!" he apologized, grabbing Yami's wrist and yanking him off. Kaya smiled to herself, then turned around. Everyone, especially Yami, probably thought she was crazy for wanting to go there. She just couldn't explain it - when she was there, it just felt like he was there with her. The same feeling washed over her, and she sat down on the grass. "Yami's funny, sometimes," she said aloud. "When he doesn't know what to do, he kind of freaks." She could feel him nodding in reply. "I got so pissed off today in school," she continued, "'cause a bunch of preps started saying you were a freak and stuff. I totally would've kicked their asses, but it was school so I couldn't."

"But everyone, our group of friends I mean, came to my rescue and joined me in yelling at the preps. Those guys are the best friends I've ever had." Kaya turned serious. "You know, we would've helped you, but we didn't know anything was wrong. I wish you coulda told us, but you're gone now, and there's really nothing anyone can do." She didn't cry; she had spent all her tears on other occasions.

"I hope you know we're all thinking about you." She stopped, and corrected herself. "Well, Kaiba isn't, but we can't blame him. He's got a lot to worry about, what with this custody battle over his little brother." Kaya got up. She began to walk away. She turned back one more time and gazed at the grave.

"I really miss you, Malik."

"Kaya!!!" Yami called. "It's getting dark!"

"Coming!" she called back, but then she turned and saw someone leaning against a nearby oak tree. "In a second, ok?" Kaya added, going over to the tree.

"Hey, Isis."

Isis nodded, acknowledging Kaya.

"Are you ok?" Kaya asked concernedly.

"I will be, someday," Isis said heavily.

Kaya nodded.

"They only saw him jump. They never found the actual body," Isis said suddenly.

Kaya turned slowly and stared. "W-who's body?" she stammered, although she already knew.

"Malik's."

"Ra......Isis I had no idea!" Kaya said, dumbstruck.

"Of course, because I didn't tell anyone," Isis replied calmly.

"That's so strange......" Kaya murmured. "Just like my dream....."

Now it was Isis' turn to be surprised. "You had a dream as well?" she asked sharply.

"What, you had a dream about Malik too?" Kaya gasped.

"I wonder......could they mean something?"

"It....it could."

"D'you think.......could Malik maybe.....could he still be alive?" Kaya whispered.

"It's a possibility," Isis whispered back. "One that I pray, is......." She closed her eyes, unable to finish.

"It's ok," Kaya said, reaching out and taking Isis' hand.

"I know what you're trying to say."

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"I'm trying.......hold on....." a pained voice whispered.

No one heard the nearly silent plea.

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Mojobubbles: YEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!!! CHAPTER 6 IS DONE!!!!!

Kamilah: AND WE'RE GOING TO TEX-ASS ON SATURDAY!!!!

Inuyasha: It's Texas, stupid!!!

Kamilah: How'd you know that???

Inuyasha: *points to Mojobubbles* She won't shut up about it!!

Kamilah: I guess you're right....-_- Hey......^______^

Yami: I'm scared.....what is it?

Kamilah: This is going to be my first aero-plane ride!

Mojobubbles: RA/KAMI/GOD NOOOOOOOO!!!!