Written by Janni Pedersen, a.k.a. "JAY" and "janni-chan"
DEDICATED TO LISA HOGAN AND FUNG CHUN HONG.
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NOTE: YATTA, chapter two, HAHA!!! ^___________^ I hope you'll like this; it took a while to edit =) Again, this is my first YuGiOh! fanfic I've ever written, and I've only seen a few of the Duelist Kingdom episodes, so I had to gather info on the Internet... and tell you what; that's very hard!! =P That's why I'm happy I have a a very good friend who knows EVERYTHING about YuGiOh! to help me and only humiliating myself in front of him when I ask stupid questions X) THANK YOU AGAIN CHUN HONG!! ^___^ Oh, and I forgot to tell you why this ficcie is dedicated to Lisa Hogan, hehe ^^' Sorry Lis.. =) BECAUSE SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND, YAAAYY!!!! =D And HAPPY B-DAY!!! You're 18... I can't believe it!!! *hugs* congrats Lisa-chan...
Consider this a part of your b-day present from me, hehe =) And it's dedicated to Chun Fung Hong because he's helped me and he's just one of the best friends I've ever had... and he's just the world's biggest YGO GENIOUS!!! YA!!! ^^ Thanks to the both of you =D
Oh yes, and the Copyrights! ^___^
Ayi P.K., Kento, Misato, Shami and the whole story are (c) me.
Yugi Muto, Tristan Taylor, Joey Wheeler, Seto Kaiba, Mokuba Kaiba, Maximillion Pegasus and other characters from the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! is (c) Kazuki Takahashi., 4Kids and FUNimation.
Other characters are (c) their respective owners.
Oh, and I've posted a discription of Ayi in the end of this chapter ^^
PLEASE REMEMBER:
My mainlanguage is DANISH and I haven't had much to do with English in school, so I've basically had to teach myself English with help from my Internet friends- so if there're any grammar/spelling errors, please tell me and I'll try to kill them ASAP ^^ Thanks =)
Only one thing left to say now... ENJOY!!! =D
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NOTHING BUT TROUBLE...
PART 2
It was evening, and the sun had started setting in the horizon... however, the animals of Duelist Kingdom were still up, and still made a lot of noise... planes kept landing and taking off along with helicopters, but inside Maximillion Pegasus's castle, everything seemed quiet and the corridors and halls were empty, except for henchmen, walking the usual security rounds.
Inside the dining room, Pegasus was sitting, eating his dinner by the table, seeming awfully annoyed and discontent. The door to the room suddenly opened and Pegasus immediately got up as he saw Kemo walk in..
"Anything new?" he folded his arms.
"Two of the men on the ground saw her near Domino High School but they lost her in the town. They went into all stores on the street where she disappeared, but she didn't seem to be there, sir..."
"Hm. At least we know where to look then, she can't have gone far from the town if she's not still in it." he turned around again to sit down, "very well, continue searching! Once you know exactly where she is, tell me before you grab her. I look forward some more info in the morning!"
"Yes sir..."
***
"Nah, Pegasus was probably lying! I don't think she's a Kaiba! She doesn't even look like Seto!" Joey folded his arms, almost glaring at Ayi, "maybe SHE is lying!"
"I AM a Kaiba!" Ayi hissed, "I just ain't Seto and Mokuba's sister! They were their ADOPTED name is Kaiba, I'm just the daughter of the guy who adopted the two... so they're the ones that don't look like Kaibas!"
"... I knew that!" Joey laughed, "but... you could still be lyin'..."
"HEY! I-" Ayi got up, but was cut off as Yugi lifted a hand to stop her.
"Joey, I saw her being chased by Pegasus's henchmen..." he frowned a little, "they came into the shop, looking for her... she's not lying... besides, she already told me they drove through here with a cab yesterday. And I saw that guy looked like and now definitely was Pegasus. So she isn't lying."
"And Pegasus is definitely not lying." Téa broke in, "he got his lazy butt off his chair to adopt her.. if she wouldn't be of use to him in any way, he wouldn't have spent a dine to even try getting here..."
Ayi couldn't help sending Joey a victorious grin. She didn't want to be rude, she was just getting this Joey guy back. Joey sent her a hard glare back. He then folded his arms, sat back in his chair and closed his eyes while clenching his teeth.
"Yeah, sure... whatever..." he then turned to Yugi, "hey , Yugs, got any food? I'm starving!"
Yugi sighed, rolled his eyes and pointed to a cupboard nearby.
"Take the bisquits... their expirery day is tomorrow anyway..." he shook his head with a smile.
"Awesome, thanks!" Joey got up and ran over to the pointed out cupboard. He then returned to the table with a pack of bisquits which he immediately started eating like a pig, "hey, where's Tristan anyway?" he asked with his mouth full, almost spitting crums out on everybody. Yugi, Ayi and Téa all covered their faces with their arms.
"He'll be here soon... that's what he said anyway.. " Téa replied. She then looked towards the door, "hello mr. Muto!" she waved and everybody turned to look at the door as well. Solomon, Yugi's grandfather, stood in the door to the kitchen.
"Hey kids... figuring anything out?" he smiled at them.
"Yeah... that she's a fraught.." Joey replied, again with his mouth full.
"Joey..!" Téa almost hissed.
"What?!" Joey glared back, "that's what I think!"
"I'm NOT a fraught, mr. Wheeler!" Ayi snapped back
"Oh yea?!"
"Yeah!"
"Prove it!" Joey folded his arms, smirking. Ayi looked down, frowning and Joey let out a laugh, "see?! I told you that-" he was cut off when somebody hit him over the head, "Ouch! HEY!!" he turned around and looked right into Téa's eyes, "what was that for?! She started it!" he pointed at Ayi.
"Hardly..." Téa muttered, "at least, apologize to her, Joey!"
"No way!" Joey got up, "I've got nothing to say to her 'cept what I already said!" he sat down again, and demonstratively started eating his biscuits again.
"Come on, give it a rest kids! None of you'll get anywhere with fighting, you know that." Solomon looked all of them over again, folding his arms, "besides, Joey... you don't know the girl. Maybe she's not a fraught. Personally, I don't think so, she was scared half to death when she hid from those guys."
Ayi sent him a grateful smile. She didn't like the idea of anybody thinking she was a fraught, not even that Joey guy... but she kinda did understand him...
"Hey guys!" Tristan suddenly appeared behind Solomon, smiling at them all, "I came as fast as I-" he didn't finish the line, but let out a loud gasp when he finally noticed Ayi. "You?!" he pointed at her, "But I..." he then looked at her now bandaged arm, "it IS you! I saw you at the beach! Your arm was broken, and you were just laying there! I thought you were dead!" he blinked rapdly, making everybody look at him in confuse. Joey then looked from Ayi to Tristan.
"That's the girl you were talking about?" he motioned to Ayi over his shoulder, still looking at Tristan.
"Definitely!"
"What are you talking about?" Yugi broke in, "you saw Ayi at the beach?"
"Yeah!" Tristan nodded, "I was driving down the beach road on the motorbike and I saw her laying on the beach... I thought she had drowned or something like that, so I went downthere... I found out she was alive though, but I wanted to get Joey so we could take her to the hospital... I noticed her arm was broken or something too..."
"I heard a motorbike drive by... and when I woke up, I left the beach..." Ayi shrugged her shoulders but then smiled, "I'm sorry if I scared you though..."
"What a coincidence." Solomon made all of them turn to him again, "maybe you're convinced now, Joey?" he looked Joey over smiling.
"I... uhh..." Joey scratched his head, "maybe... it.... wasn't her?"
Solomon only let out a laugh.
"Sure, son." he then turned to the others, "I'll go to bed. The store opens early tomorrow and it's already ten PM." he nodded to them and then looked at Ayi, "since you have nowhere to go, you can spend the night here. I hope a couch will do?"
Ayi smiled widely.
"Of course! Thanks a billion mr. Muto!"
"That's ok." Solomon let out a laugh, "when it's safe, I'll make sure we'll find something better for you. Yugi, you just show her the sheets and so on, ok?"
"Ok, granpa! Goodnight." Yugi waved once at him.
"Goodnight Mr. Muto! And thanks!"
"Night." he smiled at them all, "no problem, Ayi. I'll see you tomorrow." he nodded to them and walked out. Everything was then quiet until Tristan cleared his throat.
"So... what brings you here?" he asked.
"Well..." Ayi half smiled, "I was adopted from an orphanage, ran away from my new so-called father, he sent his henchmen after me, I hid in the game's shop and here I am."
Tristan looked surprised to say the least.
"Your father's henchmen..? What is he, some bigshot or something?" he lifted his eyebrow.
"Well, if that's what you wish to call it..." Yugi broke in, "it's Pegasus... he adopted her..."
"SAY WHA?!?!" Tristan exclaimed, "Pegasus?! Adopting a kid?!" he scratched his head.
"Yeah... he wanted to use her to get Yugi's Millenium Puzzle." Téa explained.
"He also thought he would be able to get a second chance with getting KaibaCorp again using me.. that's why he chose to adopt me and not any other kid..." Ayi finished, "that's about it..."
"But to lead KaibaCorp you hafta actually be a..." Tristan blinked a couple of times in confuse as he fell silent, "waitasec, you're a Kaiba?!"
Ayi only nodded yes in respond, looking down at the table.
"But... how?!"
"That's where we left off..." Yugi turned to Ayi again, "d'you know why you were given up for adoption in the first place?"
Ayi still looked down at the table but nodded yes.
"Well... I was born with some sort of braindamage and the Kaiba family wouldn't be able to take care of a kid that ill... so they put me in the orphanage..." she sighed heavily, shaking her head, "the brain desease turned out to be nothing serious though... but my parents never got to know. Mrs. Kaiba, my mother, died giving birth to me, and my father died a while after he adopted Mokuba and Seto Kaiba... he never told them about me though, he probably assumed the brain damage was something serious and that I was dead or something... "
"What kind of brain damage was that anyway?" Joey finally joined the conversation again with a lifted eyebrow.
"It's epilepsy..." Ayi finally looked up.
"Epilepsy? But... that is kinda serious!" Téa lifted an eyebrow.
"Not as serious as the doctors thought... besides, I haven't had any seizures for like fourteen or fifteen years, they were able to give me the right medicine almost the instant the first symptoms showed!" Ayi shrugged her shoulders, "if my father knew that, he might actually have kept me..." she bit in her lip, looking down.
"Don't worry about that now..."
She suddenly felt a hand on hers. She looked up, looking right into Yugi's eyes.
"You can't do anything about the past..." he smiled at her, "what's important now is that we keep Pegasus from getting you and talk to Seto and Mokuba... then, you might be able to live with them. Who knows?" he shrugged his shoulders. Ayi looked at him for a second but then half smiled back.
"Thanks mr. Muto..."
"Call me Yugi..." he nodded to her and then turned to Joey, Tristan and Téa, "I'll talk to grandpa tomorrow. Then we can meet here again and discuss what we can do..."
Téa and Tristan immediately nodded while Joey just frowned.
"What is there to discuss anyway?" he folded his arms, "ain't that just wasting the summer holidays?"
"Well, for instance, we could discuss how we can keep Pegasus from getting Ayi and maybe how to get a hold of Seto and Mokuba.." Téa rolled her eyes, "but if you don't wanna join, we can do it without you!" she glared at Joey who glared back for a few seconds but then, looked away.
"Ok, ok..." he grumpled, snorting.
"Good." Téa stopped frowning and turned to the others, getting up, "anyway, it's getting late and I have to go home now... I'll see you guys tomorrow... goodnight." she smiled at them all and then started to walk out.
"Night Téa." Yugi smiled back as she walked out. She turned to wave at them and then closed the door behind her. Everything was then quiet for a few seconds. Then Tristan got up too.
"Téa's right... it's getting late... I'd better go as well..." he stretched, "what about you, Joey?"
No reply from Joey. He was sitting, with his arms folded and a frown on his face, just staring out into thin air.
"Joey?" He tapped his shoulders and Joey almost jumped up from the chair.
"Wha-what?" he looked around and then turned to Tristan, "WHAT?!"
"Maybe you should consider getting home too..." Tristan tapped his foot.
"Err... what time is it?" he blinked rapidly.
"Ten thirty..." Yugi replied. Joey slapped his forehead.
"ARH!! I promised mom I'd be home before nine!" he turned to Yugi, "gotta go, man... if my mom says I'm not in tomorrow, she's just killed me... I'll see you later!" he turned around and sprinted out of the kitchen while Tristan, Ayi and Yugi looking after him, sweatdropping.
"Err... ok..." Tristan shook his head, sighing, "anyway, I'll see you two tomorrow... when d'you want me to be here?"
"Granpa and I are taking Ayi to the doctor around nine tomorrow morning... but be here around eleven, we should be home by then."
"Right." Tristan nodded, "I'll see you then! Nighters!" he waved, turned around and walked out of the room as well.
Only Yugi and Ayi were left and they just sat there, looking at the door... Yugi was the first one to break the silence as he cleared his throat.
"So... you never told us where you were from... I mean, where the orphanage was.." he put his elbows on the table and rested his head in his hands. Ayi shrugged her shoulders
"You never asked.." she smiled at him, "but... it's in Tokyo."
Yugi's eyes widened.
"That's far away! Wonder why Pegasus drove through here with you..." he scratched his head, lifting an eyebrow,
"Pegasus only wanted to use his own airport so we had to go through here with the cap... hiring a Limo would probably be cheaper, but it would draw too much attention to us, he said." Ayi explained, "man, that guy's a wierdo! I don't get why they let him adopt a kid from an orphanage! He seemed like a nutcase to me." she rolled her eyes. Yugi laughed.
"He abducted my grandfather once... and stole his soul. So calling Pegasus a nutcase wouldn't be too much.." he got up, "thirsty?" he looked at her over his shoulder as he opened a cupboard and grabbed a glass.
"No thanks."
Yugi grabbed a bottle of milk and returned to the table, putting the glass and the bottle down.
"How did Pegasus steal your grandfathers soul..?" Ayi lifted an eyebrow. Yugi finished pouring milk in his glass and looked up at her again.
"He had his left eye replaced by the Millenium Eye, one of the seven Millenium Items. Basically, it allows him to steal souls and read people's thoughts... but he lost it, so he's got his normal eye back." he picked up the glass and drank the milk.
"Scary...!" Ayi's eyes widened, "I had no idea he was able to do that!" she shuddered. She then looked at Yugi again, "how did you get your grandfather back? If you don't mind me asking of course.."
"It's ok." Yugi let out a small laugh, "you probably know about the Duelist Kingdom tournament, right?" he looked her over; she nodded, "well, basically, I had to get the ten starchips and defeat Pegasus... then I got my grandfather back."
"He used your grandfather to get you there?" Ayi frowned, "that's mean!.. but the prize was money, wasn't it...?"
"Yes... but I gave those to Joey... he needed it for his sister's eye surgery, and I only competed for gramps." Yugi shrugged his shoulders and drank another glass of milk.
"Wow... I... that was so sweet of you!" she smiled at him, widely. Yugi blushed, looking away with a smile.
"Well, his sister was almost blind, so..."
"Joey competed too?"
"Yeah... he needed the money."
"Hey... that was nice of him! He seemed so... I'm sorry, but, rude..." Ayi almost felt bad about saying it. Yugi only nodded.
"He may seem like that, but once you get to know him, he's actually really nice... his parents are divorced, so he's got his problems..."
"I see... makes me feel kinda bad for almost yelling at him..." Ayi looked down again, half smiling. Yugi shook his head and placed a hand on her shoulder which he quickly removed when she looked up.
"Don't worry about it... first of all, he's all ok with it and you didn't know." he half smiled. Ayi shrugged her shoulders.
"Well, still..."
Then, everything was silent. Yugi then got up.
"Tell ya what, I'm gonna go put sheets and so on on the couch... you should get some rest, we have to get up pretty early tomorrow." he smiled at her and she immediately nodded, smiling back.
"Thanks... I'm dead tired..."
"Figures... you've been through a lot today. Anyway, go brush your teeth or whatever and when you're done, the couch will be ready."
"Listen, I can put those sheets on myself, you don't really need to-"
"Nonsense." Yugi laughed, putting the milk back into the fridge, "you're the guest, I'm the host... beside my grandfather of course... It's my job!"
Ayi looked away, smiling.
"Well... whatever you say then... thanks..." she shrugged her shoulders. Yugi looked at her from over his shoulder as he was walking out of the room. He just smiled back, giving her a thumbs-up.
"No problem at all!"
***
"Seto! PLEASE, let me come in!!"
Seto immediately snapped out of his mind as he heard the shout from outside the computer room... it was his brother's voice... he sounded agitated...
"Mokuba?" he got up from the chair, "come in!" he walked towards the door, but he didn't get far before it opened, almost hitting him. Mokuba was standing in front of him, having his eyes wide open, trying to catch his breath.
"You're late, aren't you? It's almost eleven..." Seto looked at his watch, "what's wrong?"
"Seto, I saw Pegasus's henchmen!" he almost yelled, running to his brother, almost throwing himself in his arms, "they were chasing a girl around the city! I waited to go home 'till I was sure not to run across any.."
Seto narrowed his eyes, looking up, away from his brother.
"So... she's here.... it HAS to be her.." he quietly said, walking over, sitting down in his chair again. Mokuba seemed surprised to say the least. He then ran to Seto's chair, grabbing his arm.
"You know her? Who is it?" he tugged a bit in his jacket. Seto looked at him for a while but turned to the computer keyboard again after barely a second.
"It'd be better for you not to know... I want to see what Pegasus wants with her... all I know so far is that he tried to convince her to be some sort of rare hunter and find the Millenium Items for him..." he typed a bit, looking straight at the screen, "she refused and ran off..."
Mokuba looked at him, first surprised, then suspicously.
"How do you know all that stuff?" he stopped tugging in Seto's jacket sleeve, lifting an eyebrow, "shouldn't we help her...?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Why should we?"
"Because she's in danger!" Mokuba almost looked angry as he said this, "you know how it is to get caught by Pegasus! It's not exactly fun and it shouldn't happen to anybody!!"
Seto still didn't look at him. He just narrowed his eyes even more. He then sighed, closed his eyes and shook his head.
"I need to see what else he wants! I refuse to believe that he only wants her as his rare hunter, he'd never use somebody like that!" he looked at Mokuba again, "but if that's what he wants to do with her, that's fine... it won't bother us.. but on the other hand... I know that he knows that he can use her to take over KaibaCorp..."
"Whaddya mean he can use her to take over KaibaCorp?! That's impossible! She's not-" Mokuba cut himself off as he clamped a hand over his mouth with a small gasp. He then looked up at his older brother, "is she?!"
"What?"
"You know what I mean!" he clenched his fists, "is she a Kaiba?!"
Seto was quiet for several seconds. He just looked out into the air. Then, he turned to Mokuba, nodding yes, slowly.
"Yes..." he sighed, "she's our... adopted sister..." he rubbed his face. Mokuba let out another gasp.
"WHAT?!?!" he yelled, "but how?! You never told me?! Seto..! I thought-" he fell silent as Seto lifted a hand to stop him, still having his eyes closed.
"First of all, I just found out... our adopted father gave her away to an orphanage because she had some kind of brain damage and he coulnd't keep her due to the business and his mental condition after losing his wife during the birth of the girl." he shook his head, "trust me, Mokuba... I would've told you if I knew myself, but I just got the data yesterday... and you haven't been home before now..."
"I've been at my friend's place all the time! You knew that!! You could've called, Seto!!" Mokuba almost yelled now... it surprised him a lot... he never yelled at Seto, never..! He was his best friend, but right now, he just felt... betrayed... he looked up at Seto again. He was just staring blankly at the computer screen. "we could at least help her!" Mokuba made him look up again.
"Mokuba, I..." Seto clenched his teeth... he wasn't angry... just frustrated... "I don't want to sound mean, but unless she's a danger to KaibaCorporation, I don't wish to help her..."
"What?! Why? She's our sister!"
"ADOPTED sister! She's never been here! She doesn't belong to the Kaiba family anymore!"
"She IS a Kaiba, Seto!"
"Not anymore! Pegasus adopted her from the orphanage! She's a Pegasus!"
"What?!?!" Mokuba seemed surprised for a few seconds. He then turned serious... determined, "well... she IS our sister! Maybe not legally, but we still should help her, Seto! And if you don't wish to help her, I know I can't change your mind and I don't blame you for that... but that doesn't mean I'm not gonna try!" he turned around and started walking out of the room.
"But Mokuba! She's not a Kaiba! She'll never be a Kaiba! She probably doesn't even want to be one herself" Seto got up again, "and if Pegasus is after her... you could get hurt!"
Mokuba turned to him again.
"But she's born a Kaiba! And I'm not just gonna sit around and wait 'till Pegasus gets her!" he folded his arms, "and since he's not after me in the first place, he won't hurt me! I can at least TRY to help her since you don't want to!"
"You're NOT going alone! That much I do know!" Seto folded his arms as well. Mokuba's face cleared up in a smile.
"You're coming with me?!" he exclaimed, "Aw, I-"
"No I'm not... I don't want anything to do with that girl unless I have to... you go straight to Yugi and his grandfather's games shop tomorrow and explain what it's all about... Yugi and his friends will definitely listen and help you find her... but don't bring her here! She's a Pegasus to me, remember that! Yugi and his friends will help you find some way to protect her from Pegasus, I'm sure..."
Mokuba blinked, confused for a few seconds.
"You're letting me go then?" he almost whispered. Seto almost smiled.
"Well, as you said... Pegasus is not after you and he wouldn't hurt you... and if you don't consider her a Pegasus and you really want to get in touch with her, I know that even I wouldn't be able to stop you... if I tried, you'd just run off, am I right?" he smirked, sitting back in his chair. Mokuba looked down at the floor. He then nodded yes.
"You're right..."
"Thought so." Seto nodded once, "anyway, that's tomorrow... it's really late now. You should go to bed, ok?"
"Yeah..." Mokuba sighed but then, looked up at his big brother, walked over, giving him a hug, smiling slightly, "thanks though, Seto..."
Seto half smiled back, patting his little brothers head as he let go.
"No problem..." he watched Mokuba walk out of the room and sighed heavily as the door closed behind him, "the kid is growing up... but if something happens to him, I'm personally gonna kill that girl..."
***
Everything was almost all quiet in the kitchen; Yugi and his grandfather was just sitting, eating their toasts, silently, just looking out into the air. When Solomon finally finished his second piece of bread, he turned to Yugi.
"Maybe you should wake her up now... we have to be at the doctor's in an hour and she might want some breakfast and maybe a shower..." he picked up another piece of toast, handing it to Yugi. Yugi just nodded, got up, put some butter on two pieces of toast, put that along with a glass of juice on a tray and started walking down in the living room.
He hesistated at first but then looked in through the door... he could just barely see her hair and judging from the way she was breathing, she was definitely asleep. He then walked into the room, approached the coach, slowly. When he reached it, he slowly put the tray down on the table and turned to the coach, looking Ayi's face over... her face seemed peaceful as she lay there, obviously sleeping very tight... Yugi smiled as he observed her, tilting his head a little to the side... she had brown hair... not very dark brown, it almost seemed like a very dark blonde actually... her skin was a dark nuanced peach color and her face was definitely pretty. She almost seemed younger than him, but she had already told him that she was his age so it was only almost... while he was looking at her face she suddenly let out a loud shriek that made Yugi almost fall backwards immediately, letting out a small scream as well... he realized he hadn't fallen. That would've been impossible; Ayi had him in her arms, holding as tight as her broken arm allowed her to. It definitely wasn't a hug; she was clinging to him like a wooden draft in the stormy sea, and she looked terrified, judging from her facial expression. She was still asleep though, but the fear was obvious. Yugi blinked a few times, confused...
*WhatamIgonnadowhatamIgonnado..?* he thought almost franticly...
"Er... Ayi..! Miss Kaiba! Ah!" he coughed, trying to breathe. Ayi's eyes snapped open as she heard his voice and she let out another shriek as she looked straight into his face. She drew back, quickly.
"Yu-Yugi?! What..?! I.." she looked around, feeling on her face, still looking scared, sweating like a mad, "just a nightmare... just a nightmare..." she closed her eyes, trying to calm down. Yugi looked her over, thinking like mad.. what should he do? As he was thinking, Ayi seemed to calm down and she slowly opened her eyes, looking him over.
"I.. I'm sorry..." she looked away, "I thought you were a tree..."
"Wha..?" Yugi blinked. A tree? Was that a comment..? Ayi let out a quiet laugh.
"I mean... in the dream... er.. nightmare." she exclaimed, "I needed something to grab onto.."
"Oh!" Yugi laughed, putting his arms behind his head, "it's ok... being a tree was nice!"
He realized what he had said as Ayi raised an eyebrow, "er... I... uh.............." he scratched his head, just looking at her. He then looked to the tray on the table, "oh... eh... I made breakfast for you!" he grinned pointing to it. Ayi looked from Yugi to the toast and juice. Then to Yugi again. She then smiled at him, nodding.
"Thanks!" she sat up properly, still smiling, "orange juice! Wow! We only got that on Sundays in the orphanage!" She smiled widely at Yugi who immediately grinned back.
"Glad you like it!" he scratched his neck, sheepishly, "anyway... we have to go in about forty-five minutes to be at the doc's place by nine... gramps and I are in the kitchen if you need us, ok?"
Ayi only smiled at him again, nodding yes.
"Thanks Yugi!"
"No problem." he laughed, turned around and started walking up towards the kitchen. He felt like smashing his head into the wall as he got inthere but kept cool when he saw his grandfather was still there.
"So she's up?" Solomon asked as Yugi sat down. Yugi just nodded yes.
"She thought I was a tree... almost strangled me... not on purpose of course." he let out a small laugh. Solomon just patted his grandson's shoulder with a smile.
"Well, you go get ready too. We'll be going off soon if we want to be home when your friends are coming over."
***
Mokuba put the last plate in the cupboard, dried his hands and left the kitchen, picking up his backpack on his way out. He and Seto ate pancakes for breakfast, Mokuba's absolute favorite food. Seto made them and he did the dishes.
When Mokuba entered the computer room, Seto was sitting in the chair in front of the computer like always, typing away, not even noticing Mokuba entering the room. Mokuba cleared his throat... no reaction... he rolled his eyes with a smile, walked over, and tapped Seto on the shoulder. Seto immediately turned around with a gasp. As he noticed Mokuba, he calmed down, turning the chair around, facing him completely.
"Hey kid.." he half smiled.
"I just wanted to tell you that I'm going now... I'll be home sometime this evening, ok?" Mokuba smiled back. Seto's smile disappeared and he just nodded.
"Of course... if you still wish to find her..."
"I do... she's our sister..."
"Adopte.. er..Yea..." Seto sighed, "whatever kid... I'll see you later." he patted Mokuba's head and turned around to face the computer again. Mokuba looked at him for a couple of seconds, nodded and walked out.
***
Yugi and his grandfather immediately looked up as they heard the door to the clinic-room open. Ayi came towards them with her arm wrapped up in plaster, having it in a sling. The doctor came out, standing behind her.
"So it WAS broken." Yugi stated, shrugging his shoulders with a smile. Both Ayi and the doctor nodded yes.
"Around two places." the doctor placed a hand on Ayi's shoulder, "she's lucky she doesn't need surgery; the bone is where it's supposed to be and some plaster will do what it takes." he smiled. Solomon nodded.
"That sounds good." he nodded to Yugi and both of them got up from the chairs, "when do you want to see her again?"
"In around fourteen days. I'll give you a call. The bone should be healed by then, and if it isn't it'll just be two more weeks with plaster." The doctor replied, "anyway, I'll see you then!" he shook Solomon's hand, then Yugi's and then Ayi's. They all nodded to him.
"Of course Dr. Yamako. Good bye and thanks for helping." Solomon smiled, placed a hand on Ayi's shoulder, and he, Yugi and Ayi started walking out.
As they were walking through Domino City, they took no chances; they walked as fast as they could, through as many crowds as possible. When they were only a few streets away from the game shop, they still hadn't seen any of Pegasus's henchmen... Yugi walked up beside Ayi.
"Looks like we won't have to run as much as I expected! I think Pegasus has moved on at least." he smiled at her, "by the way, Joey, Téa and Tristan are coming over... we have to discuss how to watch out for you better..."
"Thanks." Ayi smiled back, "I'm sorry for all of the trouble I'm causing you though... and the danger you're in when you're doing this."
Yugi and his grandfather let out a short laugh.
"Don't worry, kid. It's no trouble. I'd do anything to keep Pegasus from harming anyone again." Solomon laughed, giving Ayi's shoulder a small squeeze, "by the way, maybe it'd be the best if you stayed at our place until your arm's fine. Only if you want to of course.."
"Wow! Thanks Mr. Muto!" Ayi smiled even more, "I'd love to!"
"No problem! I hope the couch is good enough. I wish we had some guest room, but we don't get much company and the apartment's not that big." Solomon shrugged his shoulders.
"It's ok, Mr. Muto! More than I hoped for." Ayi turned to Yugi, "and thank you too... I'll watch out next time I reach out for a tree."
"Thanks," Yugi laughed, "it's no problem though. You were asleep, you didn't know. Anyway, we're almost home... maybe the guys are already there..."
***
"Locked..!" Mokuba almost hissed, "they don't answer the door when I use the door bell, the store has the closed-sign on it and the apartment doesn't have light in it... why me?!" he rolled his eyes, slapping his forehead..
"Hey, kid! Mokuba!"
He quickly looked up again; Joey was coming towards him, along with Tristan who was running behind him. He ran up to Mokuba, trying to catch his breath.
"What are you doing here?" Tristan asked, "Pegasus's henchmen are running around everywhere... they could catch you or something."
"You know?!" Mokuba exclaimed, "but how? And where's Yugi? The game shop is closed and nobody's in the apartment as far as I can see... "
Tristan and Joey looked at eachother. Then they turned back to Mokuba.
"They went to the doc with... someone..." Joey scratched his neck, looking away. Mokuba lifted an eyebrow.
"Who?" he asked.
"Er.." Tristan looked away again, "you see, we-"
"Guys!"
Another voice made them turn around. Yugi came running towards them. He then noticed Mokuba, "Mokuba?!?!" he stopped immediately. Ayi showed up behind him, running too. She smiled and nodded hi to Tristan and Joey, then, slowly turned to Mokuba. Her smile disappeared as she looked straight into his eyes and her mouth slowly opened in awe. Mokuba blinked a few times, looking at her too. Ayi then turned to Yugi, not even breathing.
"Is that.. Mokuba?" she almost whispered. Yugi just nodded, slowly.
"It is..."
She then turned back to Mokuba, covering her mouth with her hand. Mokuba swallowed the lump that was stuck in his throat.
"Are you..." he paused for a few seconds. Then sighed, looking straight into Ayi's eyes again, "are you my sister..?"
Ayi slowly nodded yes, tears slowly showing up in her eyes. Mokuba then smiled at her, widely.
"I.." he let her hand out, but before Ayi was even able to walk up and shake it, he suddenly just ran over, hugging her tightly, "sister... my sister..!" he laughed, happily.
Ayi looked surprised for a moment, like she was afraid of hugging him back. She then half smiled, putting her arms around him too. Even Joey couldn't help smiling just a little as he and the others looked at the two as they let go, still looking at eachother, smiling. Ayi then turned to Yugi, but her sight caught something behind him and her face turned terrified.
"Kemo!!" she suddenly yelled, pointing. Yugi and the others immediately turned around; Kemo was standing, looking at them, about ten meters away, but as they turned to him, he quickly turned around and started running away from them. They all let out a 'huh?' and turned to look at eachother, scratching their heads in confuse.
"He ran?" Joey lifted an eyebrow, "why?"
"We were too many..." Ayi made them all turn to her. She was looking in the direction Kemo ran, narrowing her eyes, "he wouldn't be able to beat all of us alone, he knew that..." she turned to them again, biting her lip, "but Pegasus's definitely gonna know where I am now, that's for sure... they'll be back..."
***
"He's reached Yugi's game shop, but he's stopped outside..." the computer said, making Seto look up at the screen from his book. He just nodded.
"Maybe he's talking to Yugi..." he put the book away, "at least we know that the tracking mechanism that I put on his jacket works... let me know when something else happens."
"Yes sir!" the computer replied, sarcasticly, "wouldn't it just be easier if the girl-"
"No! I'm gonna let it stay the way it is."
"If you say so..."
***
Téa and Solomon had joined the others and they were now sitting in the kitchen; nobody said a word. They were all just sitting, either looking down or just staring out into the air. Mokuba was sitting beside Ayi, just studying her face with a worried look on his face while Ayi herself was looking down at the floor, almost having tears in her eyes. She suddenly looked up, punching the table, getting everybody's attention.
"I have to get out of here!" she clenched her teeth, "Pegasus is after me now and if I stick around, he's gonna rip this place apart!"
"No matter what, I'm going with you!" Mokuba broke in, "I just found you. And I don't intend to lose you now."
Ayi just shook her head, sighing.
"Mokuba, it's..." she looked away again, "it's too dangerous.. you should go home to Seto again.."
"No way!"
"Mokuba, you could get hurt..." Téa folded her arms, "I have a feeling Pegasus doesn't really care what happens to everybody else, as long as he gets her..."
"I don't care! She's my sister!" Mokuba snapped, "I can't just leave her! She's the one in danger here!"
"Well... couldn't she stay in the Kaiba house then?" Tristan asked, lifting an eyebrow. Mokuba looked down at his hands on the table, shaking his head no.
"Seto doesn't want her there..." he quietly said. Even Ayi looked surprised.
"What?! Why?" Yugi blinked rapidly in confuse, "he knows about her?"
"He's known about her since she was taken from the orphanage to Duelist Kingdom." Mokuba looked away, "I didn't know 'till yesterday. But the thing is... he doesn't want her in the house, he considers her a Pegasus... he just barely let me go out to find her."
"Well, it's too dangerous for her to stay here!" Téa broke in, turning to Ayi, "come with me home... I'll work it out with my parents..."
"R-really?" Ayi blinked, confused, "but won't you be in danger, then?"
"Nah, Pegasus would have no idea 'bout where you are, he doesn't even know where I live!" Téa smiled, shrugging her shoulders, "it's worth trying anyway..."
"You know you can't stay here anyway... " Solomon folded his arms, "I wish we could protect you, but Pegasus's henchmen would just kill us all..."
Ayi looked away, frowning, nodding yes.
"I understand, mr. Muto." she half smiled, "but thanks... without you, Pegasus would have me by now."
"It's ok!" Solomon laughed, "you just be careful- and once it's safe, you'll be more than welcome to go here again."
Ayi just smiled, nodding yes.
"Thanks.."
Téa then got up.
"Good... let's go then!" she looked everybody over.
"I'll stay here... I'd just slow you all down." Solomon watched as everybody else got up, "but you be careful..."
"We will, grandpa!" Yugi smiled, "I'm sure nothing will happen though, we're six people!"
"That doesn't mean you can't be taken by surprise, son..." Solomon frowned a little, "but I know you'll be careful... I'll see you when you come back." he nodded to Yugi as they all started walking out.
"Of course, grandpa! No worries!"
***
"Master Pegasus... Kemo just reported, sir... from Domino City.." Croquet bowed slightly as Pegasus looked up from his comic book.
"Yes? She's still there?" he lifted an eyebrow.
"Yes sir... he reported seing her... with Yugi Muto and his friends, right outside Yugi's grandfather's game shop, sir..."
Pegasus's eyes widened as he heard Yugi's name.
"YUGI?!?! AGAIN?!" he almost threw the comic book down on the table, "how come that child ALWAYS has to interfere with my plans?!?!" he almost fumed, clenching his teeth. Croquet stepped back a little.
"Sir, that's n-not the o-only thing..." he studdered, "Mokuba Kaiba was seen with them..."
"Mokuba?!" Pegasus rubbed his cheek, "that means Seto probably knows about her by now, otherwise, Mokuba wouldn't know..." he looked up at Croquet again, "well, it doesn't matter... at least we know that she's in Domino City..."
"Do you want me to get some to check out the game shop and the apartment, sir?"
"Yes, do that... but don't hurt anybody! And just in case they're trying to get her to another place, search the city as well!" he picked up the comic book again, "since Yugi and his pals were there too, they're probably with her and, obviously, the brat has told them everything... and if we try to get her from them with only one man, they're gonna knock him down.. so tell everybody to search the city in groups consisting of at least three people. And, again, don't hurt anybody! I don't want any kids, starving for revenge around here! Understood?"
"Yes sir..."
***
Nobody said a word as they were walking quickly through the streets, doing their best to take the darkest alleys and shortest shortcuts to Téa's place. Yugi was looking Ayi over. She was walking, just looking straight forwards, trying to look as determined and cool as possible. But he could sense her fear, and it made him feel scared too. He had grown to like her in the couple of days he had spent with her. He was aware that he didn't know her very well, but that didn't seem to matter... he slowly walked up to her, clearing his throat, making her turn around, without really realizing what he was doing. As he looked straight into her eyes, he found out...
*Oh man... what am I gonna say?!* he blinked rapidly, trying to come up with something... "Err... I know this ain't quite the time to bring it up, but you said you dueled?"
Ayi smiled, nodding yes, while Tristan, Joey and Téa rolled their eyes, shaking their heads.
"Nerd alert.." Joey coughed.
"I do.." she replied, "Duel Monsters is awesome! My deck is basically Dragon type based... I was the best duelist in the orphanage." she grinned.
"That's cool!" Yugi laughed, "building up a deck, consisting of mainly one type of monsters is a real challenge! Mine hasn't got a main type... but it's sure to beat any challengers!" he put his arms behind his head.
"Yeah... he wiped out Pegasus." Joey patted Yugi's shoulder, "right Yugs?"
"She already knows!" Yugi looked away, still smiling, blushing a little. Joey looked at him, surprised as he noticed his buddy was blushing, but kept his comments to himself.
"If you believe in the special bond between the duelist and his or her cards, you can do anything!" Yugi continued, "even wipe out a ego-maniac like Pegasus!" he laughed.
"The Heart of the Cards?" Ayi smirked a little as Yugi turned to her in surprise.
"You know about that?" Téa broke in before Yugi was able to say anything. Ayi nodded yes.
"Of course! everybody who knows about the legendary Yugi Muto, knows about the Heart of the Cards!" she laughed.
"Do you believe in it?" Tristan lifted an eyebrow. Ayi sighed, shrugging her shoulders.
"well, yes... I believe there is a bond- but you do need some skills and some good cards in your deck for it to... well, work."
"Seto thinks cards are power... and he's won lots of duels.." Mokuba mumbled.
"Maybe. But he lost to Yugi and he only trusted in his granpa and the heart of the cards!" Joey grinned, "so there!"
"Hey, Yugi won because of Exodia!!" Mokuba snapped.
"Then, how come nobody before Yugi had accomplished to summon Exodia?" Joey folded his arms, grinning even more.
"I... well... uh..." Mokuba blinked, "well, it doesn't matter! Seto beat Yugi in a duel afterwards, so there!"
"Kaiba was taught a lesson, and you've gotta admit that. But it's no reason to fight." Yugi sighed, shaking his head.
"But Seto still believes cards are power, and he's still the champ even though you beat him once, Yugi!" Mokuba folded his arms.
"Maybe so..." Téa smirked, lifting an eyebrow, "but Seto also believes in the Heart of the Cards in his own way- and you probably have your own way of believing too."
Mokuba only smiled.
"I don't duel much... but I still believe that you do need strong cards to beat your opponent in a duel." he replied.
"That's right..." Yugi put his arms behind his head, "but you need to bond with your cards in some way too- whether it's because you know your deck is tactically put together or put together so it's got a lot of power doesn't matter. It-" he was cut off when Ayi suddenly let out a sound that sounded like a mixture between a gasp and a groan in pain. All of them turned to look at her, letting out a 'huh?'; her eyes seemed distant, like she was in another world or she saw stuff they didn't. She suddenly let out a loud shriek, and they all stepped back in shock; she then started falling backwards but Yugi sprinted over and caught her by the shoulders, pushing her upwards.
"Help me..!" he clenched his eyes shut and grinded his teeth and Tristan immediately ran over, lifting Ayi up a little. She then started shaking and then it looked like she was trying to kick and hit somebody while she was hyperventilating. Tristan put her down on the ground, trying to avoid getting hit or kicked. Yugi hurried to her side, avoiding the arm that was ok and her legs.
"Ayi!!" he yelled, "can you hear me?!?! Are you ok?!"
She was still swinging the arm that wasn't broken and kicking out into the air with her legs, but she was obviously not trying to hit or kick Yugi... after a couple of seconds, she stopped, and was only shaking and hyperventilating, but she definitely couldn't hear Yugi and he couldn't make eyecontact with her. Mokuba immediately ran to her side as well, looking her over.
"What's wrong with her?" he looked up at Yugi, terrified. Yugi stopped trying to talk to her and looked back at Mokuba for a second and then, looked up at the others, frowning.
"We have to get her to a hospital!" he bit in his lip, "it's her epilepsy! It's breaking out again..."
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END OF PART 1...
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Again, thanks for reading and I hope you like! ^^ It's not gonna take long for me to finish chapter three, hopefully, hehe! ^^ Just have to finish writing the duel, edit it, get it read through by Chun Hong and then post it! ^_____^ Hope you'll read that too! =D
Oh yes, and the description!! =D
AYI "PEGASUS" KAIBA (explanation of why she's still gonna be called Kaiba part three ^^):
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DESCRIPTION: Height: around five inches taller than Yugi (she's pretty short too, yes ^^').
Weight: yeah, you ask her and see if she'll tell you
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Usually wears: red sweater-thingie and jeans... or a pale purple t-shirt + jeans. Always wears the necklace thingy Mokuba gives her in part three and a small "chain" bracelet that Misato, her best friend, gave her... and her beloved sports-watch =)
Distinguishing marks: small scar on her shin... she got it in a baseball match when she was ten.
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And if you wannna know more, here's a small profile/biography thingie ^___^
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AGE: 15-16 yrs... same as Yugi X)
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D-O-B: Sometime in May...
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LIKES: baseball (PLAYING it... not watching it), duel monsters, YUUUUGIII!!!! X), degus (mouse/squirrel hybrid thing), reptiles (IGUANAS RULE!!! ^^) all animals, friends, shopping sprees w/friends, drawing, writing, anime and mangas, planes.
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DISLIKES: SPIDERS!!! (most insects actually), arguing/yelling, people whose lives are dedicated to watch TV 24 hrs a day, Mondays, Pegasus, rude people, motion sickness, having to take medicine, eggs... she only likes them if they're scrambled....
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WANTS TO: Become a archeologist (or however you spell that ^^') and go study in America with Téa ^___^
If you'd like any more info, drop an e-mail at:
janni_chan@juice.dk
I'll answer ASAP ^_____^
I'll see y'all in chapter three! YAH!!! =D
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JANNI P, AKA., janni-chan and Jay
DEDICATED TO LISA HOGAN AND FUNG CHUN HONG.
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NOTE: YATTA, chapter two, HAHA!!! ^___________^ I hope you'll like this; it took a while to edit =) Again, this is my first YuGiOh! fanfic I've ever written, and I've only seen a few of the Duelist Kingdom episodes, so I had to gather info on the Internet... and tell you what; that's very hard!! =P That's why I'm happy I have a a very good friend who knows EVERYTHING about YuGiOh! to help me and only humiliating myself in front of him when I ask stupid questions X) THANK YOU AGAIN CHUN HONG!! ^___^ Oh, and I forgot to tell you why this ficcie is dedicated to Lisa Hogan, hehe ^^' Sorry Lis.. =) BECAUSE SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND, YAAAYY!!!! =D And HAPPY B-DAY!!! You're 18... I can't believe it!!! *hugs* congrats Lisa-chan...
Consider this a part of your b-day present from me, hehe =) And it's dedicated to Chun Fung Hong because he's helped me and he's just one of the best friends I've ever had... and he's just the world's biggest YGO GENIOUS!!! YA!!! ^^ Thanks to the both of you =D
Oh yes, and the Copyrights! ^___^
Ayi P.K., Kento, Misato, Shami and the whole story are (c) me.
Yugi Muto, Tristan Taylor, Joey Wheeler, Seto Kaiba, Mokuba Kaiba, Maximillion Pegasus and other characters from the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! is (c) Kazuki Takahashi., 4Kids and FUNimation.
Other characters are (c) their respective owners.
Oh, and I've posted a discription of Ayi in the end of this chapter ^^
PLEASE REMEMBER:
My mainlanguage is DANISH and I haven't had much to do with English in school, so I've basically had to teach myself English with help from my Internet friends- so if there're any grammar/spelling errors, please tell me and I'll try to kill them ASAP ^^ Thanks =)
Only one thing left to say now... ENJOY!!! =D
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NOTHING BUT TROUBLE...
PART 2
It was evening, and the sun had started setting in the horizon... however, the animals of Duelist Kingdom were still up, and still made a lot of noise... planes kept landing and taking off along with helicopters, but inside Maximillion Pegasus's castle, everything seemed quiet and the corridors and halls were empty, except for henchmen, walking the usual security rounds.
Inside the dining room, Pegasus was sitting, eating his dinner by the table, seeming awfully annoyed and discontent. The door to the room suddenly opened and Pegasus immediately got up as he saw Kemo walk in..
"Anything new?" he folded his arms.
"Two of the men on the ground saw her near Domino High School but they lost her in the town. They went into all stores on the street where she disappeared, but she didn't seem to be there, sir..."
"Hm. At least we know where to look then, she can't have gone far from the town if she's not still in it." he turned around again to sit down, "very well, continue searching! Once you know exactly where she is, tell me before you grab her. I look forward some more info in the morning!"
"Yes sir..."
***
"Nah, Pegasus was probably lying! I don't think she's a Kaiba! She doesn't even look like Seto!" Joey folded his arms, almost glaring at Ayi, "maybe SHE is lying!"
"I AM a Kaiba!" Ayi hissed, "I just ain't Seto and Mokuba's sister! They were their ADOPTED name is Kaiba, I'm just the daughter of the guy who adopted the two... so they're the ones that don't look like Kaibas!"
"... I knew that!" Joey laughed, "but... you could still be lyin'..."
"HEY! I-" Ayi got up, but was cut off as Yugi lifted a hand to stop her.
"Joey, I saw her being chased by Pegasus's henchmen..." he frowned a little, "they came into the shop, looking for her... she's not lying... besides, she already told me they drove through here with a cab yesterday. And I saw that guy looked like and now definitely was Pegasus. So she isn't lying."
"And Pegasus is definitely not lying." Téa broke in, "he got his lazy butt off his chair to adopt her.. if she wouldn't be of use to him in any way, he wouldn't have spent a dine to even try getting here..."
Ayi couldn't help sending Joey a victorious grin. She didn't want to be rude, she was just getting this Joey guy back. Joey sent her a hard glare back. He then folded his arms, sat back in his chair and closed his eyes while clenching his teeth.
"Yeah, sure... whatever..." he then turned to Yugi, "hey , Yugs, got any food? I'm starving!"
Yugi sighed, rolled his eyes and pointed to a cupboard nearby.
"Take the bisquits... their expirery day is tomorrow anyway..." he shook his head with a smile.
"Awesome, thanks!" Joey got up and ran over to the pointed out cupboard. He then returned to the table with a pack of bisquits which he immediately started eating like a pig, "hey, where's Tristan anyway?" he asked with his mouth full, almost spitting crums out on everybody. Yugi, Ayi and Téa all covered their faces with their arms.
"He'll be here soon... that's what he said anyway.. " Téa replied. She then looked towards the door, "hello mr. Muto!" she waved and everybody turned to look at the door as well. Solomon, Yugi's grandfather, stood in the door to the kitchen.
"Hey kids... figuring anything out?" he smiled at them.
"Yeah... that she's a fraught.." Joey replied, again with his mouth full.
"Joey..!" Téa almost hissed.
"What?!" Joey glared back, "that's what I think!"
"I'm NOT a fraught, mr. Wheeler!" Ayi snapped back
"Oh yea?!"
"Yeah!"
"Prove it!" Joey folded his arms, smirking. Ayi looked down, frowning and Joey let out a laugh, "see?! I told you that-" he was cut off when somebody hit him over the head, "Ouch! HEY!!" he turned around and looked right into Téa's eyes, "what was that for?! She started it!" he pointed at Ayi.
"Hardly..." Téa muttered, "at least, apologize to her, Joey!"
"No way!" Joey got up, "I've got nothing to say to her 'cept what I already said!" he sat down again, and demonstratively started eating his biscuits again.
"Come on, give it a rest kids! None of you'll get anywhere with fighting, you know that." Solomon looked all of them over again, folding his arms, "besides, Joey... you don't know the girl. Maybe she's not a fraught. Personally, I don't think so, she was scared half to death when she hid from those guys."
Ayi sent him a grateful smile. She didn't like the idea of anybody thinking she was a fraught, not even that Joey guy... but she kinda did understand him...
"Hey guys!" Tristan suddenly appeared behind Solomon, smiling at them all, "I came as fast as I-" he didn't finish the line, but let out a loud gasp when he finally noticed Ayi. "You?!" he pointed at her, "But I..." he then looked at her now bandaged arm, "it IS you! I saw you at the beach! Your arm was broken, and you were just laying there! I thought you were dead!" he blinked rapdly, making everybody look at him in confuse. Joey then looked from Ayi to Tristan.
"That's the girl you were talking about?" he motioned to Ayi over his shoulder, still looking at Tristan.
"Definitely!"
"What are you talking about?" Yugi broke in, "you saw Ayi at the beach?"
"Yeah!" Tristan nodded, "I was driving down the beach road on the motorbike and I saw her laying on the beach... I thought she had drowned or something like that, so I went downthere... I found out she was alive though, but I wanted to get Joey so we could take her to the hospital... I noticed her arm was broken or something too..."
"I heard a motorbike drive by... and when I woke up, I left the beach..." Ayi shrugged her shoulders but then smiled, "I'm sorry if I scared you though..."
"What a coincidence." Solomon made all of them turn to him again, "maybe you're convinced now, Joey?" he looked Joey over smiling.
"I... uhh..." Joey scratched his head, "maybe... it.... wasn't her?"
Solomon only let out a laugh.
"Sure, son." he then turned to the others, "I'll go to bed. The store opens early tomorrow and it's already ten PM." he nodded to them and then looked at Ayi, "since you have nowhere to go, you can spend the night here. I hope a couch will do?"
Ayi smiled widely.
"Of course! Thanks a billion mr. Muto!"
"That's ok." Solomon let out a laugh, "when it's safe, I'll make sure we'll find something better for you. Yugi, you just show her the sheets and so on, ok?"
"Ok, granpa! Goodnight." Yugi waved once at him.
"Goodnight Mr. Muto! And thanks!"
"Night." he smiled at them all, "no problem, Ayi. I'll see you tomorrow." he nodded to them and walked out. Everything was then quiet until Tristan cleared his throat.
"So... what brings you here?" he asked.
"Well..." Ayi half smiled, "I was adopted from an orphanage, ran away from my new so-called father, he sent his henchmen after me, I hid in the game's shop and here I am."
Tristan looked surprised to say the least.
"Your father's henchmen..? What is he, some bigshot or something?" he lifted his eyebrow.
"Well, if that's what you wish to call it..." Yugi broke in, "it's Pegasus... he adopted her..."
"SAY WHA?!?!" Tristan exclaimed, "Pegasus?! Adopting a kid?!" he scratched his head.
"Yeah... he wanted to use her to get Yugi's Millenium Puzzle." Téa explained.
"He also thought he would be able to get a second chance with getting KaibaCorp again using me.. that's why he chose to adopt me and not any other kid..." Ayi finished, "that's about it..."
"But to lead KaibaCorp you hafta actually be a..." Tristan blinked a couple of times in confuse as he fell silent, "waitasec, you're a Kaiba?!"
Ayi only nodded yes in respond, looking down at the table.
"But... how?!"
"That's where we left off..." Yugi turned to Ayi again, "d'you know why you were given up for adoption in the first place?"
Ayi still looked down at the table but nodded yes.
"Well... I was born with some sort of braindamage and the Kaiba family wouldn't be able to take care of a kid that ill... so they put me in the orphanage..." she sighed heavily, shaking her head, "the brain desease turned out to be nothing serious though... but my parents never got to know. Mrs. Kaiba, my mother, died giving birth to me, and my father died a while after he adopted Mokuba and Seto Kaiba... he never told them about me though, he probably assumed the brain damage was something serious and that I was dead or something... "
"What kind of brain damage was that anyway?" Joey finally joined the conversation again with a lifted eyebrow.
"It's epilepsy..." Ayi finally looked up.
"Epilepsy? But... that is kinda serious!" Téa lifted an eyebrow.
"Not as serious as the doctors thought... besides, I haven't had any seizures for like fourteen or fifteen years, they were able to give me the right medicine almost the instant the first symptoms showed!" Ayi shrugged her shoulders, "if my father knew that, he might actually have kept me..." she bit in her lip, looking down.
"Don't worry about that now..."
She suddenly felt a hand on hers. She looked up, looking right into Yugi's eyes.
"You can't do anything about the past..." he smiled at her, "what's important now is that we keep Pegasus from getting you and talk to Seto and Mokuba... then, you might be able to live with them. Who knows?" he shrugged his shoulders. Ayi looked at him for a second but then half smiled back.
"Thanks mr. Muto..."
"Call me Yugi..." he nodded to her and then turned to Joey, Tristan and Téa, "I'll talk to grandpa tomorrow. Then we can meet here again and discuss what we can do..."
Téa and Tristan immediately nodded while Joey just frowned.
"What is there to discuss anyway?" he folded his arms, "ain't that just wasting the summer holidays?"
"Well, for instance, we could discuss how we can keep Pegasus from getting Ayi and maybe how to get a hold of Seto and Mokuba.." Téa rolled her eyes, "but if you don't wanna join, we can do it without you!" she glared at Joey who glared back for a few seconds but then, looked away.
"Ok, ok..." he grumpled, snorting.
"Good." Téa stopped frowning and turned to the others, getting up, "anyway, it's getting late and I have to go home now... I'll see you guys tomorrow... goodnight." she smiled at them all and then started to walk out.
"Night Téa." Yugi smiled back as she walked out. She turned to wave at them and then closed the door behind her. Everything was then quiet for a few seconds. Then Tristan got up too.
"Téa's right... it's getting late... I'd better go as well..." he stretched, "what about you, Joey?"
No reply from Joey. He was sitting, with his arms folded and a frown on his face, just staring out into thin air.
"Joey?" He tapped his shoulders and Joey almost jumped up from the chair.
"Wha-what?" he looked around and then turned to Tristan, "WHAT?!"
"Maybe you should consider getting home too..." Tristan tapped his foot.
"Err... what time is it?" he blinked rapidly.
"Ten thirty..." Yugi replied. Joey slapped his forehead.
"ARH!! I promised mom I'd be home before nine!" he turned to Yugi, "gotta go, man... if my mom says I'm not in tomorrow, she's just killed me... I'll see you later!" he turned around and sprinted out of the kitchen while Tristan, Ayi and Yugi looking after him, sweatdropping.
"Err... ok..." Tristan shook his head, sighing, "anyway, I'll see you two tomorrow... when d'you want me to be here?"
"Granpa and I are taking Ayi to the doctor around nine tomorrow morning... but be here around eleven, we should be home by then."
"Right." Tristan nodded, "I'll see you then! Nighters!" he waved, turned around and walked out of the room as well.
Only Yugi and Ayi were left and they just sat there, looking at the door... Yugi was the first one to break the silence as he cleared his throat.
"So... you never told us where you were from... I mean, where the orphanage was.." he put his elbows on the table and rested his head in his hands. Ayi shrugged her shoulders
"You never asked.." she smiled at him, "but... it's in Tokyo."
Yugi's eyes widened.
"That's far away! Wonder why Pegasus drove through here with you..." he scratched his head, lifting an eyebrow,
"Pegasus only wanted to use his own airport so we had to go through here with the cap... hiring a Limo would probably be cheaper, but it would draw too much attention to us, he said." Ayi explained, "man, that guy's a wierdo! I don't get why they let him adopt a kid from an orphanage! He seemed like a nutcase to me." she rolled her eyes. Yugi laughed.
"He abducted my grandfather once... and stole his soul. So calling Pegasus a nutcase wouldn't be too much.." he got up, "thirsty?" he looked at her over his shoulder as he opened a cupboard and grabbed a glass.
"No thanks."
Yugi grabbed a bottle of milk and returned to the table, putting the glass and the bottle down.
"How did Pegasus steal your grandfathers soul..?" Ayi lifted an eyebrow. Yugi finished pouring milk in his glass and looked up at her again.
"He had his left eye replaced by the Millenium Eye, one of the seven Millenium Items. Basically, it allows him to steal souls and read people's thoughts... but he lost it, so he's got his normal eye back." he picked up the glass and drank the milk.
"Scary...!" Ayi's eyes widened, "I had no idea he was able to do that!" she shuddered. She then looked at Yugi again, "how did you get your grandfather back? If you don't mind me asking of course.."
"It's ok." Yugi let out a small laugh, "you probably know about the Duelist Kingdom tournament, right?" he looked her over; she nodded, "well, basically, I had to get the ten starchips and defeat Pegasus... then I got my grandfather back."
"He used your grandfather to get you there?" Ayi frowned, "that's mean!.. but the prize was money, wasn't it...?"
"Yes... but I gave those to Joey... he needed it for his sister's eye surgery, and I only competed for gramps." Yugi shrugged his shoulders and drank another glass of milk.
"Wow... I... that was so sweet of you!" she smiled at him, widely. Yugi blushed, looking away with a smile.
"Well, his sister was almost blind, so..."
"Joey competed too?"
"Yeah... he needed the money."
"Hey... that was nice of him! He seemed so... I'm sorry, but, rude..." Ayi almost felt bad about saying it. Yugi only nodded.
"He may seem like that, but once you get to know him, he's actually really nice... his parents are divorced, so he's got his problems..."
"I see... makes me feel kinda bad for almost yelling at him..." Ayi looked down again, half smiling. Yugi shook his head and placed a hand on her shoulder which he quickly removed when she looked up.
"Don't worry about it... first of all, he's all ok with it and you didn't know." he half smiled. Ayi shrugged her shoulders.
"Well, still..."
Then, everything was silent. Yugi then got up.
"Tell ya what, I'm gonna go put sheets and so on on the couch... you should get some rest, we have to get up pretty early tomorrow." he smiled at her and she immediately nodded, smiling back.
"Thanks... I'm dead tired..."
"Figures... you've been through a lot today. Anyway, go brush your teeth or whatever and when you're done, the couch will be ready."
"Listen, I can put those sheets on myself, you don't really need to-"
"Nonsense." Yugi laughed, putting the milk back into the fridge, "you're the guest, I'm the host... beside my grandfather of course... It's my job!"
Ayi looked away, smiling.
"Well... whatever you say then... thanks..." she shrugged her shoulders. Yugi looked at her from over his shoulder as he was walking out of the room. He just smiled back, giving her a thumbs-up.
"No problem at all!"
***
"Seto! PLEASE, let me come in!!"
Seto immediately snapped out of his mind as he heard the shout from outside the computer room... it was his brother's voice... he sounded agitated...
"Mokuba?" he got up from the chair, "come in!" he walked towards the door, but he didn't get far before it opened, almost hitting him. Mokuba was standing in front of him, having his eyes wide open, trying to catch his breath.
"You're late, aren't you? It's almost eleven..." Seto looked at his watch, "what's wrong?"
"Seto, I saw Pegasus's henchmen!" he almost yelled, running to his brother, almost throwing himself in his arms, "they were chasing a girl around the city! I waited to go home 'till I was sure not to run across any.."
Seto narrowed his eyes, looking up, away from his brother.
"So... she's here.... it HAS to be her.." he quietly said, walking over, sitting down in his chair again. Mokuba seemed surprised to say the least. He then ran to Seto's chair, grabbing his arm.
"You know her? Who is it?" he tugged a bit in his jacket. Seto looked at him for a while but turned to the computer keyboard again after barely a second.
"It'd be better for you not to know... I want to see what Pegasus wants with her... all I know so far is that he tried to convince her to be some sort of rare hunter and find the Millenium Items for him..." he typed a bit, looking straight at the screen, "she refused and ran off..."
Mokuba looked at him, first surprised, then suspicously.
"How do you know all that stuff?" he stopped tugging in Seto's jacket sleeve, lifting an eyebrow, "shouldn't we help her...?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Why should we?"
"Because she's in danger!" Mokuba almost looked angry as he said this, "you know how it is to get caught by Pegasus! It's not exactly fun and it shouldn't happen to anybody!!"
Seto still didn't look at him. He just narrowed his eyes even more. He then sighed, closed his eyes and shook his head.
"I need to see what else he wants! I refuse to believe that he only wants her as his rare hunter, he'd never use somebody like that!" he looked at Mokuba again, "but if that's what he wants to do with her, that's fine... it won't bother us.. but on the other hand... I know that he knows that he can use her to take over KaibaCorp..."
"Whaddya mean he can use her to take over KaibaCorp?! That's impossible! She's not-" Mokuba cut himself off as he clamped a hand over his mouth with a small gasp. He then looked up at his older brother, "is she?!"
"What?"
"You know what I mean!" he clenched his fists, "is she a Kaiba?!"
Seto was quiet for several seconds. He just looked out into the air. Then, he turned to Mokuba, nodding yes, slowly.
"Yes..." he sighed, "she's our... adopted sister..." he rubbed his face. Mokuba let out another gasp.
"WHAT?!?!" he yelled, "but how?! You never told me?! Seto..! I thought-" he fell silent as Seto lifted a hand to stop him, still having his eyes closed.
"First of all, I just found out... our adopted father gave her away to an orphanage because she had some kind of brain damage and he coulnd't keep her due to the business and his mental condition after losing his wife during the birth of the girl." he shook his head, "trust me, Mokuba... I would've told you if I knew myself, but I just got the data yesterday... and you haven't been home before now..."
"I've been at my friend's place all the time! You knew that!! You could've called, Seto!!" Mokuba almost yelled now... it surprised him a lot... he never yelled at Seto, never..! He was his best friend, but right now, he just felt... betrayed... he looked up at Seto again. He was just staring blankly at the computer screen. "we could at least help her!" Mokuba made him look up again.
"Mokuba, I..." Seto clenched his teeth... he wasn't angry... just frustrated... "I don't want to sound mean, but unless she's a danger to KaibaCorporation, I don't wish to help her..."
"What?! Why? She's our sister!"
"ADOPTED sister! She's never been here! She doesn't belong to the Kaiba family anymore!"
"She IS a Kaiba, Seto!"
"Not anymore! Pegasus adopted her from the orphanage! She's a Pegasus!"
"What?!?!" Mokuba seemed surprised for a few seconds. He then turned serious... determined, "well... she IS our sister! Maybe not legally, but we still should help her, Seto! And if you don't wish to help her, I know I can't change your mind and I don't blame you for that... but that doesn't mean I'm not gonna try!" he turned around and started walking out of the room.
"But Mokuba! She's not a Kaiba! She'll never be a Kaiba! She probably doesn't even want to be one herself" Seto got up again, "and if Pegasus is after her... you could get hurt!"
Mokuba turned to him again.
"But she's born a Kaiba! And I'm not just gonna sit around and wait 'till Pegasus gets her!" he folded his arms, "and since he's not after me in the first place, he won't hurt me! I can at least TRY to help her since you don't want to!"
"You're NOT going alone! That much I do know!" Seto folded his arms as well. Mokuba's face cleared up in a smile.
"You're coming with me?!" he exclaimed, "Aw, I-"
"No I'm not... I don't want anything to do with that girl unless I have to... you go straight to Yugi and his grandfather's games shop tomorrow and explain what it's all about... Yugi and his friends will definitely listen and help you find her... but don't bring her here! She's a Pegasus to me, remember that! Yugi and his friends will help you find some way to protect her from Pegasus, I'm sure..."
Mokuba blinked, confused for a few seconds.
"You're letting me go then?" he almost whispered. Seto almost smiled.
"Well, as you said... Pegasus is not after you and he wouldn't hurt you... and if you don't consider her a Pegasus and you really want to get in touch with her, I know that even I wouldn't be able to stop you... if I tried, you'd just run off, am I right?" he smirked, sitting back in his chair. Mokuba looked down at the floor. He then nodded yes.
"You're right..."
"Thought so." Seto nodded once, "anyway, that's tomorrow... it's really late now. You should go to bed, ok?"
"Yeah..." Mokuba sighed but then, looked up at his big brother, walked over, giving him a hug, smiling slightly, "thanks though, Seto..."
Seto half smiled back, patting his little brothers head as he let go.
"No problem..." he watched Mokuba walk out of the room and sighed heavily as the door closed behind him, "the kid is growing up... but if something happens to him, I'm personally gonna kill that girl..."
***
Everything was almost all quiet in the kitchen; Yugi and his grandfather was just sitting, eating their toasts, silently, just looking out into the air. When Solomon finally finished his second piece of bread, he turned to Yugi.
"Maybe you should wake her up now... we have to be at the doctor's in an hour and she might want some breakfast and maybe a shower..." he picked up another piece of toast, handing it to Yugi. Yugi just nodded, got up, put some butter on two pieces of toast, put that along with a glass of juice on a tray and started walking down in the living room.
He hesistated at first but then looked in through the door... he could just barely see her hair and judging from the way she was breathing, she was definitely asleep. He then walked into the room, approached the coach, slowly. When he reached it, he slowly put the tray down on the table and turned to the coach, looking Ayi's face over... her face seemed peaceful as she lay there, obviously sleeping very tight... Yugi smiled as he observed her, tilting his head a little to the side... she had brown hair... not very dark brown, it almost seemed like a very dark blonde actually... her skin was a dark nuanced peach color and her face was definitely pretty. She almost seemed younger than him, but she had already told him that she was his age so it was only almost... while he was looking at her face she suddenly let out a loud shriek that made Yugi almost fall backwards immediately, letting out a small scream as well... he realized he hadn't fallen. That would've been impossible; Ayi had him in her arms, holding as tight as her broken arm allowed her to. It definitely wasn't a hug; she was clinging to him like a wooden draft in the stormy sea, and she looked terrified, judging from her facial expression. She was still asleep though, but the fear was obvious. Yugi blinked a few times, confused...
*WhatamIgonnadowhatamIgonnado..?* he thought almost franticly...
"Er... Ayi..! Miss Kaiba! Ah!" he coughed, trying to breathe. Ayi's eyes snapped open as she heard his voice and she let out another shriek as she looked straight into his face. She drew back, quickly.
"Yu-Yugi?! What..?! I.." she looked around, feeling on her face, still looking scared, sweating like a mad, "just a nightmare... just a nightmare..." she closed her eyes, trying to calm down. Yugi looked her over, thinking like mad.. what should he do? As he was thinking, Ayi seemed to calm down and she slowly opened her eyes, looking him over.
"I.. I'm sorry..." she looked away, "I thought you were a tree..."
"Wha..?" Yugi blinked. A tree? Was that a comment..? Ayi let out a quiet laugh.
"I mean... in the dream... er.. nightmare." she exclaimed, "I needed something to grab onto.."
"Oh!" Yugi laughed, putting his arms behind his head, "it's ok... being a tree was nice!"
He realized what he had said as Ayi raised an eyebrow, "er... I... uh.............." he scratched his head, just looking at her. He then looked to the tray on the table, "oh... eh... I made breakfast for you!" he grinned pointing to it. Ayi looked from Yugi to the toast and juice. Then to Yugi again. She then smiled at him, nodding.
"Thanks!" she sat up properly, still smiling, "orange juice! Wow! We only got that on Sundays in the orphanage!" She smiled widely at Yugi who immediately grinned back.
"Glad you like it!" he scratched his neck, sheepishly, "anyway... we have to go in about forty-five minutes to be at the doc's place by nine... gramps and I are in the kitchen if you need us, ok?"
Ayi only smiled at him again, nodding yes.
"Thanks Yugi!"
"No problem." he laughed, turned around and started walking up towards the kitchen. He felt like smashing his head into the wall as he got inthere but kept cool when he saw his grandfather was still there.
"So she's up?" Solomon asked as Yugi sat down. Yugi just nodded yes.
"She thought I was a tree... almost strangled me... not on purpose of course." he let out a small laugh. Solomon just patted his grandson's shoulder with a smile.
"Well, you go get ready too. We'll be going off soon if we want to be home when your friends are coming over."
***
Mokuba put the last plate in the cupboard, dried his hands and left the kitchen, picking up his backpack on his way out. He and Seto ate pancakes for breakfast, Mokuba's absolute favorite food. Seto made them and he did the dishes.
When Mokuba entered the computer room, Seto was sitting in the chair in front of the computer like always, typing away, not even noticing Mokuba entering the room. Mokuba cleared his throat... no reaction... he rolled his eyes with a smile, walked over, and tapped Seto on the shoulder. Seto immediately turned around with a gasp. As he noticed Mokuba, he calmed down, turning the chair around, facing him completely.
"Hey kid.." he half smiled.
"I just wanted to tell you that I'm going now... I'll be home sometime this evening, ok?" Mokuba smiled back. Seto's smile disappeared and he just nodded.
"Of course... if you still wish to find her..."
"I do... she's our sister..."
"Adopte.. er..Yea..." Seto sighed, "whatever kid... I'll see you later." he patted Mokuba's head and turned around to face the computer again. Mokuba looked at him for a couple of seconds, nodded and walked out.
***
Yugi and his grandfather immediately looked up as they heard the door to the clinic-room open. Ayi came towards them with her arm wrapped up in plaster, having it in a sling. The doctor came out, standing behind her.
"So it WAS broken." Yugi stated, shrugging his shoulders with a smile. Both Ayi and the doctor nodded yes.
"Around two places." the doctor placed a hand on Ayi's shoulder, "she's lucky she doesn't need surgery; the bone is where it's supposed to be and some plaster will do what it takes." he smiled. Solomon nodded.
"That sounds good." he nodded to Yugi and both of them got up from the chairs, "when do you want to see her again?"
"In around fourteen days. I'll give you a call. The bone should be healed by then, and if it isn't it'll just be two more weeks with plaster." The doctor replied, "anyway, I'll see you then!" he shook Solomon's hand, then Yugi's and then Ayi's. They all nodded to him.
"Of course Dr. Yamako. Good bye and thanks for helping." Solomon smiled, placed a hand on Ayi's shoulder, and he, Yugi and Ayi started walking out.
As they were walking through Domino City, they took no chances; they walked as fast as they could, through as many crowds as possible. When they were only a few streets away from the game shop, they still hadn't seen any of Pegasus's henchmen... Yugi walked up beside Ayi.
"Looks like we won't have to run as much as I expected! I think Pegasus has moved on at least." he smiled at her, "by the way, Joey, Téa and Tristan are coming over... we have to discuss how to watch out for you better..."
"Thanks." Ayi smiled back, "I'm sorry for all of the trouble I'm causing you though... and the danger you're in when you're doing this."
Yugi and his grandfather let out a short laugh.
"Don't worry, kid. It's no trouble. I'd do anything to keep Pegasus from harming anyone again." Solomon laughed, giving Ayi's shoulder a small squeeze, "by the way, maybe it'd be the best if you stayed at our place until your arm's fine. Only if you want to of course.."
"Wow! Thanks Mr. Muto!" Ayi smiled even more, "I'd love to!"
"No problem! I hope the couch is good enough. I wish we had some guest room, but we don't get much company and the apartment's not that big." Solomon shrugged his shoulders.
"It's ok, Mr. Muto! More than I hoped for." Ayi turned to Yugi, "and thank you too... I'll watch out next time I reach out for a tree."
"Thanks," Yugi laughed, "it's no problem though. You were asleep, you didn't know. Anyway, we're almost home... maybe the guys are already there..."
***
"Locked..!" Mokuba almost hissed, "they don't answer the door when I use the door bell, the store has the closed-sign on it and the apartment doesn't have light in it... why me?!" he rolled his eyes, slapping his forehead..
"Hey, kid! Mokuba!"
He quickly looked up again; Joey was coming towards him, along with Tristan who was running behind him. He ran up to Mokuba, trying to catch his breath.
"What are you doing here?" Tristan asked, "Pegasus's henchmen are running around everywhere... they could catch you or something."
"You know?!" Mokuba exclaimed, "but how? And where's Yugi? The game shop is closed and nobody's in the apartment as far as I can see... "
Tristan and Joey looked at eachother. Then they turned back to Mokuba.
"They went to the doc with... someone..." Joey scratched his neck, looking away. Mokuba lifted an eyebrow.
"Who?" he asked.
"Er.." Tristan looked away again, "you see, we-"
"Guys!"
Another voice made them turn around. Yugi came running towards them. He then noticed Mokuba, "Mokuba?!?!" he stopped immediately. Ayi showed up behind him, running too. She smiled and nodded hi to Tristan and Joey, then, slowly turned to Mokuba. Her smile disappeared as she looked straight into his eyes and her mouth slowly opened in awe. Mokuba blinked a few times, looking at her too. Ayi then turned to Yugi, not even breathing.
"Is that.. Mokuba?" she almost whispered. Yugi just nodded, slowly.
"It is..."
She then turned back to Mokuba, covering her mouth with her hand. Mokuba swallowed the lump that was stuck in his throat.
"Are you..." he paused for a few seconds. Then sighed, looking straight into Ayi's eyes again, "are you my sister..?"
Ayi slowly nodded yes, tears slowly showing up in her eyes. Mokuba then smiled at her, widely.
"I.." he let her hand out, but before Ayi was even able to walk up and shake it, he suddenly just ran over, hugging her tightly, "sister... my sister..!" he laughed, happily.
Ayi looked surprised for a moment, like she was afraid of hugging him back. She then half smiled, putting her arms around him too. Even Joey couldn't help smiling just a little as he and the others looked at the two as they let go, still looking at eachother, smiling. Ayi then turned to Yugi, but her sight caught something behind him and her face turned terrified.
"Kemo!!" she suddenly yelled, pointing. Yugi and the others immediately turned around; Kemo was standing, looking at them, about ten meters away, but as they turned to him, he quickly turned around and started running away from them. They all let out a 'huh?' and turned to look at eachother, scratching their heads in confuse.
"He ran?" Joey lifted an eyebrow, "why?"
"We were too many..." Ayi made them all turn to her. She was looking in the direction Kemo ran, narrowing her eyes, "he wouldn't be able to beat all of us alone, he knew that..." she turned to them again, biting her lip, "but Pegasus's definitely gonna know where I am now, that's for sure... they'll be back..."
***
"He's reached Yugi's game shop, but he's stopped outside..." the computer said, making Seto look up at the screen from his book. He just nodded.
"Maybe he's talking to Yugi..." he put the book away, "at least we know that the tracking mechanism that I put on his jacket works... let me know when something else happens."
"Yes sir!" the computer replied, sarcasticly, "wouldn't it just be easier if the girl-"
"No! I'm gonna let it stay the way it is."
"If you say so..."
***
Téa and Solomon had joined the others and they were now sitting in the kitchen; nobody said a word. They were all just sitting, either looking down or just staring out into the air. Mokuba was sitting beside Ayi, just studying her face with a worried look on his face while Ayi herself was looking down at the floor, almost having tears in her eyes. She suddenly looked up, punching the table, getting everybody's attention.
"I have to get out of here!" she clenched her teeth, "Pegasus is after me now and if I stick around, he's gonna rip this place apart!"
"No matter what, I'm going with you!" Mokuba broke in, "I just found you. And I don't intend to lose you now."
Ayi just shook her head, sighing.
"Mokuba, it's..." she looked away again, "it's too dangerous.. you should go home to Seto again.."
"No way!"
"Mokuba, you could get hurt..." Téa folded her arms, "I have a feeling Pegasus doesn't really care what happens to everybody else, as long as he gets her..."
"I don't care! She's my sister!" Mokuba snapped, "I can't just leave her! She's the one in danger here!"
"Well... couldn't she stay in the Kaiba house then?" Tristan asked, lifting an eyebrow. Mokuba looked down at his hands on the table, shaking his head no.
"Seto doesn't want her there..." he quietly said. Even Ayi looked surprised.
"What?! Why?" Yugi blinked rapidly in confuse, "he knows about her?"
"He's known about her since she was taken from the orphanage to Duelist Kingdom." Mokuba looked away, "I didn't know 'till yesterday. But the thing is... he doesn't want her in the house, he considers her a Pegasus... he just barely let me go out to find her."
"Well, it's too dangerous for her to stay here!" Téa broke in, turning to Ayi, "come with me home... I'll work it out with my parents..."
"R-really?" Ayi blinked, confused, "but won't you be in danger, then?"
"Nah, Pegasus would have no idea 'bout where you are, he doesn't even know where I live!" Téa smiled, shrugging her shoulders, "it's worth trying anyway..."
"You know you can't stay here anyway... " Solomon folded his arms, "I wish we could protect you, but Pegasus's henchmen would just kill us all..."
Ayi looked away, frowning, nodding yes.
"I understand, mr. Muto." she half smiled, "but thanks... without you, Pegasus would have me by now."
"It's ok!" Solomon laughed, "you just be careful- and once it's safe, you'll be more than welcome to go here again."
Ayi just smiled, nodding yes.
"Thanks.."
Téa then got up.
"Good... let's go then!" she looked everybody over.
"I'll stay here... I'd just slow you all down." Solomon watched as everybody else got up, "but you be careful..."
"We will, grandpa!" Yugi smiled, "I'm sure nothing will happen though, we're six people!"
"That doesn't mean you can't be taken by surprise, son..." Solomon frowned a little, "but I know you'll be careful... I'll see you when you come back." he nodded to Yugi as they all started walking out.
"Of course, grandpa! No worries!"
***
"Master Pegasus... Kemo just reported, sir... from Domino City.." Croquet bowed slightly as Pegasus looked up from his comic book.
"Yes? She's still there?" he lifted an eyebrow.
"Yes sir... he reported seing her... with Yugi Muto and his friends, right outside Yugi's grandfather's game shop, sir..."
Pegasus's eyes widened as he heard Yugi's name.
"YUGI?!?! AGAIN?!" he almost threw the comic book down on the table, "how come that child ALWAYS has to interfere with my plans?!?!" he almost fumed, clenching his teeth. Croquet stepped back a little.
"Sir, that's n-not the o-only thing..." he studdered, "Mokuba Kaiba was seen with them..."
"Mokuba?!" Pegasus rubbed his cheek, "that means Seto probably knows about her by now, otherwise, Mokuba wouldn't know..." he looked up at Croquet again, "well, it doesn't matter... at least we know that she's in Domino City..."
"Do you want me to get some to check out the game shop and the apartment, sir?"
"Yes, do that... but don't hurt anybody! And just in case they're trying to get her to another place, search the city as well!" he picked up the comic book again, "since Yugi and his pals were there too, they're probably with her and, obviously, the brat has told them everything... and if we try to get her from them with only one man, they're gonna knock him down.. so tell everybody to search the city in groups consisting of at least three people. And, again, don't hurt anybody! I don't want any kids, starving for revenge around here! Understood?"
"Yes sir..."
***
Nobody said a word as they were walking quickly through the streets, doing their best to take the darkest alleys and shortest shortcuts to Téa's place. Yugi was looking Ayi over. She was walking, just looking straight forwards, trying to look as determined and cool as possible. But he could sense her fear, and it made him feel scared too. He had grown to like her in the couple of days he had spent with her. He was aware that he didn't know her very well, but that didn't seem to matter... he slowly walked up to her, clearing his throat, making her turn around, without really realizing what he was doing. As he looked straight into her eyes, he found out...
*Oh man... what am I gonna say?!* he blinked rapidly, trying to come up with something... "Err... I know this ain't quite the time to bring it up, but you said you dueled?"
Ayi smiled, nodding yes, while Tristan, Joey and Téa rolled their eyes, shaking their heads.
"Nerd alert.." Joey coughed.
"I do.." she replied, "Duel Monsters is awesome! My deck is basically Dragon type based... I was the best duelist in the orphanage." she grinned.
"That's cool!" Yugi laughed, "building up a deck, consisting of mainly one type of monsters is a real challenge! Mine hasn't got a main type... but it's sure to beat any challengers!" he put his arms behind his head.
"Yeah... he wiped out Pegasus." Joey patted Yugi's shoulder, "right Yugs?"
"She already knows!" Yugi looked away, still smiling, blushing a little. Joey looked at him, surprised as he noticed his buddy was blushing, but kept his comments to himself.
"If you believe in the special bond between the duelist and his or her cards, you can do anything!" Yugi continued, "even wipe out a ego-maniac like Pegasus!" he laughed.
"The Heart of the Cards?" Ayi smirked a little as Yugi turned to her in surprise.
"You know about that?" Téa broke in before Yugi was able to say anything. Ayi nodded yes.
"Of course! everybody who knows about the legendary Yugi Muto, knows about the Heart of the Cards!" she laughed.
"Do you believe in it?" Tristan lifted an eyebrow. Ayi sighed, shrugging her shoulders.
"well, yes... I believe there is a bond- but you do need some skills and some good cards in your deck for it to... well, work."
"Seto thinks cards are power... and he's won lots of duels.." Mokuba mumbled.
"Maybe. But he lost to Yugi and he only trusted in his granpa and the heart of the cards!" Joey grinned, "so there!"
"Hey, Yugi won because of Exodia!!" Mokuba snapped.
"Then, how come nobody before Yugi had accomplished to summon Exodia?" Joey folded his arms, grinning even more.
"I... well... uh..." Mokuba blinked, "well, it doesn't matter! Seto beat Yugi in a duel afterwards, so there!"
"Kaiba was taught a lesson, and you've gotta admit that. But it's no reason to fight." Yugi sighed, shaking his head.
"But Seto still believes cards are power, and he's still the champ even though you beat him once, Yugi!" Mokuba folded his arms.
"Maybe so..." Téa smirked, lifting an eyebrow, "but Seto also believes in the Heart of the Cards in his own way- and you probably have your own way of believing too."
Mokuba only smiled.
"I don't duel much... but I still believe that you do need strong cards to beat your opponent in a duel." he replied.
"That's right..." Yugi put his arms behind his head, "but you need to bond with your cards in some way too- whether it's because you know your deck is tactically put together or put together so it's got a lot of power doesn't matter. It-" he was cut off when Ayi suddenly let out a sound that sounded like a mixture between a gasp and a groan in pain. All of them turned to look at her, letting out a 'huh?'; her eyes seemed distant, like she was in another world or she saw stuff they didn't. She suddenly let out a loud shriek, and they all stepped back in shock; she then started falling backwards but Yugi sprinted over and caught her by the shoulders, pushing her upwards.
"Help me..!" he clenched his eyes shut and grinded his teeth and Tristan immediately ran over, lifting Ayi up a little. She then started shaking and then it looked like she was trying to kick and hit somebody while she was hyperventilating. Tristan put her down on the ground, trying to avoid getting hit or kicked. Yugi hurried to her side, avoiding the arm that was ok and her legs.
"Ayi!!" he yelled, "can you hear me?!?! Are you ok?!"
She was still swinging the arm that wasn't broken and kicking out into the air with her legs, but she was obviously not trying to hit or kick Yugi... after a couple of seconds, she stopped, and was only shaking and hyperventilating, but she definitely couldn't hear Yugi and he couldn't make eyecontact with her. Mokuba immediately ran to her side as well, looking her over.
"What's wrong with her?" he looked up at Yugi, terrified. Yugi stopped trying to talk to her and looked back at Mokuba for a second and then, looked up at the others, frowning.
"We have to get her to a hospital!" he bit in his lip, "it's her epilepsy! It's breaking out again..."
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END OF PART 1...
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Again, thanks for reading and I hope you like! ^^ It's not gonna take long for me to finish chapter three, hopefully, hehe! ^^ Just have to finish writing the duel, edit it, get it read through by Chun Hong and then post it! ^_____^ Hope you'll read that too! =D
Oh yes, and the description!! =D
AYI "PEGASUS" KAIBA (explanation of why she's still gonna be called Kaiba part three ^^):
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DESCRIPTION: Height: around five inches taller than Yugi (she's pretty short too, yes ^^').
Weight: yeah, you ask her and see if she'll tell you
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Usually wears: red sweater-thingie and jeans... or a pale purple t-shirt + jeans. Always wears the necklace thingy Mokuba gives her in part three and a small "chain" bracelet that Misato, her best friend, gave her... and her beloved sports-watch =)
Distinguishing marks: small scar on her shin... she got it in a baseball match when she was ten.
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And if you wannna know more, here's a small profile/biography thingie ^___^
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AGE: 15-16 yrs... same as Yugi X)
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D-O-B: Sometime in May...
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LIKES: baseball (PLAYING it... not watching it), duel monsters, YUUUUGIII!!!! X), degus (mouse/squirrel hybrid thing), reptiles (IGUANAS RULE!!! ^^) all animals, friends, shopping sprees w/friends, drawing, writing, anime and mangas, planes.
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DISLIKES: SPIDERS!!! (most insects actually), arguing/yelling, people whose lives are dedicated to watch TV 24 hrs a day, Mondays, Pegasus, rude people, motion sickness, having to take medicine, eggs... she only likes them if they're scrambled....
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WANTS TO: Become a archeologist (or however you spell that ^^') and go study in America with Téa ^___^
If you'd like any more info, drop an e-mail at:
janni_chan@juice.dk
I'll answer ASAP ^_____^
I'll see y'all in chapter three! YAH!!! =D
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JANNI P, AKA., janni-chan and Jay