Kristy Selean: Hi again!! Wow. I really did have some people who were
interested after all. Okay, then. Here goes the longer version of the
next one! ^-^ Yeah, I noticed it was really short, but I just wanted to
give a brief intro. I'm going to Chapter 2 now, so Kristy Selean, over and
out.
You Stay Out of This! Chapter 2
He stood there, all alone, clutching the letter desperately in his hands. Hoping to find good news, he didn't expect to hear the outcome of her death. His troops had finished off the remaining guards and soldiers left in the fortress, and he himself had killed the queen who had kept him imprisoned for the last few months. The war was finally over. His side had won, but he had lost the one he loved the most. He had lost his future dream.
*~*
"Ahh!"
Yami shot up straight out of bed only to have found out that he had woken up from his nightmare. He fished around in the darkness trying to find the alarm clock to find it was 5 in the morning. Yami sighed as he pulled back the bed covers and decided to get ready for another day of helping Grandpa out at the game shop.
"Oh Ra. Why is this dream continuing to haunt me?"
It had been a few years since he and Yugi were separated. Even after that battle and the whole thing had ended, Yugi still missed his friend and somehow managed to revive him, only now he was without the darkness that was locked away inside of him. He was still the King of Games, no doubt, but he had been acting more like a regular human everyday. In other words, he only used his mind crush whenever Rebecca was around to tick him off. They were still capable of talking to each other telepathically and able to merge when they desired. Luckily that option was still left to them, for Yugi would need it soon...
*~*
"Wow, Yami, since when were you the early riser?"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever."
Yami grumbled whenever the perky Yugi teased him about waking up early. It wasn't because he wanted to. It just happened. Yugi seemed to notice that something was bothering him, but he decided not to ask until Yami decided to be open about it.
"Well, I'm on my way to school. See ya!"
"Yugi..."
"I gotta go. I'm gonna be late!"
"Yugi..."
"No time to talk, Yami. I've gotta run!"
"Yugi!"
Yugi screeched to a stop and turned back to Yami. He started to pout while Tea, Joey, Tristen, and Bakura were yelling at him to hurry up before they were going to be late.
"What is it, Yami?"
"You forgot your lunch."
"Oh... oops."
Yugi blushed as he quickly grabbed his lunch and thanked Yami before rushing toward his friends who've already started to take the journey to school without him. Yami watched Yugi run after his friends shouting to them to wait for him. Yami sighed and shook his head. Even though he was in high school now, Yugi still seemed to act like a little kid. Then again, who was he to call him a kid when all he did was play games. Yami went back inside to wake up Grandpa.
*~*
"Whew!! Man! I thought I was going to be late!"
"Congrats on your first day of almost being tardy to high school, Yugi."
"Thanks, Joey... Congrats to you on making it on time for once."
"Yeah, tha... Hey!"
Yugi and his pals started laughing until the bell rang, announcing the beginning of class. The teacher rapped on his podium with his ruler until everyone payed attention to him.
"Class, we're having a new student joining us today. Please greet Aishana (ah-ih-shah-na) from Hong Kong. Come on in."
The door slid open and a peaceful girl walked into the classroom. Her ebony hair shimmered with light and her sapphire eyes danced in the sunbeams. She didn't look exactly Japanese, but she wasn't Chinese either. Her skin color was confusing as well. It wasn't necessarily tan, but neither was it pale. However, one thing was for certain: there were many male classmates ready to line up for her list of people to consider for the dance coming up in a week.
"Whoah! Check her out!"
Joey wasn't alone in his thoughts. As soon as the door opened and he caught site of her eyes, Yugi was unable to detatch his view from them. The glistening pools of sapphire beckoned him closer, and poor Yugi was helplessly tangled in them until his teacher's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Now let's see. Aishana, you may take your pick on which seat that you would like."
"Yes, sir."
Aishana looked around the room quickly before settling for a seat. Fortunately for Yugi, her seat was right in front of his. Unfortunately for Aishana, the guy she sat next to started hitting on her all period.
"So, watcha doin' tonight?"
"Homework."
"Aww. Why not go out on a date?"
"I will, with the math textbook for our math test, that is."
Aishana kept him busy with rebuttals and continued to take notes from the teacher as he continued his rambling about of chemistry. Yugi tried to pay attention, but was sometimes dragged away to watch the biggest crush of his life take notes curiously on the subject he wasn't even sure he knew what it was called anymore. Joey looked on at his friend with a suspicious smirk on his face and an evil scheme that he seemed to be plotting at the moment.
*~*
Meanwhile, Yami yawned as he took care of yet another customer. He knew as soon as the bell rings, there would be a ton of kids just lining up, ready to buy more duel monster cards and hoping to get his or Yugi's signature on their favorite card. Of course, this was Grandpa's idea of getting more attention for his shop and Yami agreed to it as long as he was taken care of and was allowed to play some of his customers. Grandpa agreed as long as he promised not drag them into the shadow world. Another small child came in to ask if they had a Dark Magician for sale.
"It's a pretty rare card to find, and it is awfully expensive. Why do you want that card anyway?"
"Because I want a deck just as strong as yours."
"How flattering. Here, maybe I can help you build up your deck instead? Free of charge."
"Really?! I'd love that!"
Yami took the stack of cards that the elementary student had given him and began to put together a deck while he watched Yami with great curiosity. Yami only needed one more card to add when he found a Kuriboh in the stack of cards and put that in as well.
"There. All finished."
"Thank you, but why did you put a Kuriboh in it? It's a weak card."
"It may be a weak card, but if you learn to use it correctly, it can be of great help. I've won quite a few duels with that card, so don't say that it's worthless just because of its power."
"Ok. Thanks again."
The happy child rushed out of the shop, almost forgetting to take the rest of his cards with him. Yami sighed and looked back at his watch.
'Two more minutes and then the last class should be over. That'll mean Yugi will be here in about ten minutes. I guess I might as well clean up the place again.'
Yami started to look for the broom and the sweeping pan when Grandpa came out from the back. He saw how lonely Yami was and how different he seemed compared to before when he was always a spectacular person to see when he was dueling. Now all that was left of him was a bored, tired, and retiring champion.
"Yami."
"Yes?"
"You don't have to do that. Why don't you go out to meet Yugi and his friends and walk with them here? It's better than being lonely, isn't it?"
"I guess it's better than doing nothing."
Yami put away his things and started walking out the door. Grandpa waved goodbye to him and hoped that the fresh air would do him some good in helping him think of something else than being bored to death.
*~*
"Aww, man! Why are they so late! Yami's going to start yelling at me again if I don't get there soon."
Yugi took another quick glance at his watch before someone caught his eye. It was Aishana. She seemed to float across the ground as she headed in his direction. Yugi tried not to stare, but he was so captivated by her that he couldn't help it. Just as he started to look away from her, Yugi felt a momentum of force on his right side, causing him to bump into his unsuspecting angel.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, Aishana! I didn't mean to..."
"That's alright. I was just caught off guard, that's all."
Aishana smiled at Yugi who in turn flushed at her kindness toward him. Aishana picked up her books she dropped while Yugi helped her carry it to the bus stop. Aishana smiled with gratitude while Yugi put in as much effort as he could to prevent himself from blushing too much.
"Thank you for helping me."
"It was the least I could do after that surprise attack."
"See you tomorrow."
"Yeah, sure. See ya."
Aishana got on her bus and waved goodbye to Yugi as he waved and watched her leave. Yugi was so wrapped up in his thoughts about her that he didn't notice someone snickering behind him.
"Joey!"
"Ahhh! I didn't do it!"
"You pushed me into Aishana? Oh my gosh! Do you know how much that embarrassed me?"
"What? I thought you two would make a cute couple. I just thought you needed a push. Besides, didn't you see how she smiled at you?"
"That was just to be polite, Joey."
Joey started to get into his crafty I-know-when-it-comes-to-women look as he seemed to be studying the picture carefully and scrutinizing its points.
"I dunno Yug. The way she's always nice to you and how polite she is around you compared to anyone else, it's gotta mean something."
Yugi shook his head and smiled while Tea and Tristan dragged him away on their little walk to Grandpa's gameshop. About halfway there, they found Yami walking the streets filled with boredom, and they greeted their lonely friend.
"Hey, Yami, you wouldn't believe what happened to little Yugi today!"
"He had another duel with Kaiba?"
"No... it's something even better."
"Yugi's in love. Yugi's in love."
Tristan and Joey started chanting and taunting while Yugi just turned bright red with Yami laughing out loud. Yugi tried to hide behind his school bag while Tristan and Joey continued their little teasing game, Bakura chuckled, and Yami continued to laugh hysterically.
"Aww, come on, guys. I feel sorry for Yugi."
"Tea, that's only because you had a crush on him a year ago."
Tea turned bright red and Yugi flushed yet again while the guys started asking Yami more questions about this unknown love affair and chanting a new phrase especially made for Tea.
"Yami!"
Tea started to chase Yami all the way down the to gameshop with the others trailing behind her. Grandpa thought about opening the door but decided to get out of the way instead.The highschoolers flooded into the shop until Yami locked himself up in the backroom, and Tea released her anger out on Bakura who was guarding the door. After a bit of screaming, Yugi watched his angry friend and tried to calm her down.
"Tea, friends don't kill each other, remember?"
"Oh my gosh! I'm sorry, Bakura. Friendship should never be broken by a small quarrel such as this. No, friendship should be preserved by such little secrets that ties friends closer together..."
"I think I liked it better when she was mad."
Joey whispered to Yugi and the gang who agreed right away and locked themselves up with Yami in the backroom, leaving the unsuspecting Tea to continue her speech that was given to nobody but the wall. By the time the day was over, Yugi and Yami went home to play a game of Duel monsters which they haven't played in a little while.
"So, Yugi, mind telling me a little more about this girl?"
Yugi started to blush again right away while Yami smiled and watched him squirm in his seat. It was a perfect distraction for the game whenever Yami wanted to use it, and Yugi realized that as well.
"Yami, I need your help. How do I get her to like me back?"
Yami and Yugi put down their cards to announce the draw of their game while Yami thought about what sort of advice he should give to his love-stricken friend. The two counterparts put their decks away while Yami answered Yugi's question.
"Well, charm her. Bring her to you and show her what you are made of as the Egyptians would do."
"Yami, I'm always choking up whenever I see her, and I could never stop staring at her eyes. I don't know what to do."
"Well, we could merge again, and I can help you say what you need to to charm her."
"Maybe that'll work. I'll go tell Grandpa that we're merging tomorrow. Thanks again, Yami."
"No trouble at all. Actually, this is going to be quite fun. I was a really romancer in my days, you know."
Yugi smiled gratefully at Yami before running off to bed. Yami smiled at his little friend and went to retire to bed himself. Yugi stared at the ceiling thinking of what Yami had in store for him before he turned over and fell asleep, dreaming of his one and only Aishana.
*to be continued...*
Kristy Selean: So, how was that? I know, I know. The beginnings are usually boring, but I have a lot in store for this story so don't flame me yet! Yes, this is where the conflict begins as Yami finds Aishana as well... ^-^ This is gonna be fun!!!! Oh, and yes, I am under the influence of Korean dramas for the really really cute crush scenes!!! Another note, I do not have complete information on the past nor the future, so please forgive me if I'm not as accurate. Also, I haven't decided who's gonna get Aishana yet, so.... it's up to the fans to decide!
You Stay Out of This! Chapter 2
He stood there, all alone, clutching the letter desperately in his hands. Hoping to find good news, he didn't expect to hear the outcome of her death. His troops had finished off the remaining guards and soldiers left in the fortress, and he himself had killed the queen who had kept him imprisoned for the last few months. The war was finally over. His side had won, but he had lost the one he loved the most. He had lost his future dream.
*~*
"Ahh!"
Yami shot up straight out of bed only to have found out that he had woken up from his nightmare. He fished around in the darkness trying to find the alarm clock to find it was 5 in the morning. Yami sighed as he pulled back the bed covers and decided to get ready for another day of helping Grandpa out at the game shop.
"Oh Ra. Why is this dream continuing to haunt me?"
It had been a few years since he and Yugi were separated. Even after that battle and the whole thing had ended, Yugi still missed his friend and somehow managed to revive him, only now he was without the darkness that was locked away inside of him. He was still the King of Games, no doubt, but he had been acting more like a regular human everyday. In other words, he only used his mind crush whenever Rebecca was around to tick him off. They were still capable of talking to each other telepathically and able to merge when they desired. Luckily that option was still left to them, for Yugi would need it soon...
*~*
"Wow, Yami, since when were you the early riser?"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever."
Yami grumbled whenever the perky Yugi teased him about waking up early. It wasn't because he wanted to. It just happened. Yugi seemed to notice that something was bothering him, but he decided not to ask until Yami decided to be open about it.
"Well, I'm on my way to school. See ya!"
"Yugi..."
"I gotta go. I'm gonna be late!"
"Yugi..."
"No time to talk, Yami. I've gotta run!"
"Yugi!"
Yugi screeched to a stop and turned back to Yami. He started to pout while Tea, Joey, Tristen, and Bakura were yelling at him to hurry up before they were going to be late.
"What is it, Yami?"
"You forgot your lunch."
"Oh... oops."
Yugi blushed as he quickly grabbed his lunch and thanked Yami before rushing toward his friends who've already started to take the journey to school without him. Yami watched Yugi run after his friends shouting to them to wait for him. Yami sighed and shook his head. Even though he was in high school now, Yugi still seemed to act like a little kid. Then again, who was he to call him a kid when all he did was play games. Yami went back inside to wake up Grandpa.
*~*
"Whew!! Man! I thought I was going to be late!"
"Congrats on your first day of almost being tardy to high school, Yugi."
"Thanks, Joey... Congrats to you on making it on time for once."
"Yeah, tha... Hey!"
Yugi and his pals started laughing until the bell rang, announcing the beginning of class. The teacher rapped on his podium with his ruler until everyone payed attention to him.
"Class, we're having a new student joining us today. Please greet Aishana (ah-ih-shah-na) from Hong Kong. Come on in."
The door slid open and a peaceful girl walked into the classroom. Her ebony hair shimmered with light and her sapphire eyes danced in the sunbeams. She didn't look exactly Japanese, but she wasn't Chinese either. Her skin color was confusing as well. It wasn't necessarily tan, but neither was it pale. However, one thing was for certain: there were many male classmates ready to line up for her list of people to consider for the dance coming up in a week.
"Whoah! Check her out!"
Joey wasn't alone in his thoughts. As soon as the door opened and he caught site of her eyes, Yugi was unable to detatch his view from them. The glistening pools of sapphire beckoned him closer, and poor Yugi was helplessly tangled in them until his teacher's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Now let's see. Aishana, you may take your pick on which seat that you would like."
"Yes, sir."
Aishana looked around the room quickly before settling for a seat. Fortunately for Yugi, her seat was right in front of his. Unfortunately for Aishana, the guy she sat next to started hitting on her all period.
"So, watcha doin' tonight?"
"Homework."
"Aww. Why not go out on a date?"
"I will, with the math textbook for our math test, that is."
Aishana kept him busy with rebuttals and continued to take notes from the teacher as he continued his rambling about of chemistry. Yugi tried to pay attention, but was sometimes dragged away to watch the biggest crush of his life take notes curiously on the subject he wasn't even sure he knew what it was called anymore. Joey looked on at his friend with a suspicious smirk on his face and an evil scheme that he seemed to be plotting at the moment.
*~*
Meanwhile, Yami yawned as he took care of yet another customer. He knew as soon as the bell rings, there would be a ton of kids just lining up, ready to buy more duel monster cards and hoping to get his or Yugi's signature on their favorite card. Of course, this was Grandpa's idea of getting more attention for his shop and Yami agreed to it as long as he was taken care of and was allowed to play some of his customers. Grandpa agreed as long as he promised not drag them into the shadow world. Another small child came in to ask if they had a Dark Magician for sale.
"It's a pretty rare card to find, and it is awfully expensive. Why do you want that card anyway?"
"Because I want a deck just as strong as yours."
"How flattering. Here, maybe I can help you build up your deck instead? Free of charge."
"Really?! I'd love that!"
Yami took the stack of cards that the elementary student had given him and began to put together a deck while he watched Yami with great curiosity. Yami only needed one more card to add when he found a Kuriboh in the stack of cards and put that in as well.
"There. All finished."
"Thank you, but why did you put a Kuriboh in it? It's a weak card."
"It may be a weak card, but if you learn to use it correctly, it can be of great help. I've won quite a few duels with that card, so don't say that it's worthless just because of its power."
"Ok. Thanks again."
The happy child rushed out of the shop, almost forgetting to take the rest of his cards with him. Yami sighed and looked back at his watch.
'Two more minutes and then the last class should be over. That'll mean Yugi will be here in about ten minutes. I guess I might as well clean up the place again.'
Yami started to look for the broom and the sweeping pan when Grandpa came out from the back. He saw how lonely Yami was and how different he seemed compared to before when he was always a spectacular person to see when he was dueling. Now all that was left of him was a bored, tired, and retiring champion.
"Yami."
"Yes?"
"You don't have to do that. Why don't you go out to meet Yugi and his friends and walk with them here? It's better than being lonely, isn't it?"
"I guess it's better than doing nothing."
Yami put away his things and started walking out the door. Grandpa waved goodbye to him and hoped that the fresh air would do him some good in helping him think of something else than being bored to death.
*~*
"Aww, man! Why are they so late! Yami's going to start yelling at me again if I don't get there soon."
Yugi took another quick glance at his watch before someone caught his eye. It was Aishana. She seemed to float across the ground as she headed in his direction. Yugi tried not to stare, but he was so captivated by her that he couldn't help it. Just as he started to look away from her, Yugi felt a momentum of force on his right side, causing him to bump into his unsuspecting angel.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, Aishana! I didn't mean to..."
"That's alright. I was just caught off guard, that's all."
Aishana smiled at Yugi who in turn flushed at her kindness toward him. Aishana picked up her books she dropped while Yugi helped her carry it to the bus stop. Aishana smiled with gratitude while Yugi put in as much effort as he could to prevent himself from blushing too much.
"Thank you for helping me."
"It was the least I could do after that surprise attack."
"See you tomorrow."
"Yeah, sure. See ya."
Aishana got on her bus and waved goodbye to Yugi as he waved and watched her leave. Yugi was so wrapped up in his thoughts about her that he didn't notice someone snickering behind him.
"Joey!"
"Ahhh! I didn't do it!"
"You pushed me into Aishana? Oh my gosh! Do you know how much that embarrassed me?"
"What? I thought you two would make a cute couple. I just thought you needed a push. Besides, didn't you see how she smiled at you?"
"That was just to be polite, Joey."
Joey started to get into his crafty I-know-when-it-comes-to-women look as he seemed to be studying the picture carefully and scrutinizing its points.
"I dunno Yug. The way she's always nice to you and how polite she is around you compared to anyone else, it's gotta mean something."
Yugi shook his head and smiled while Tea and Tristan dragged him away on their little walk to Grandpa's gameshop. About halfway there, they found Yami walking the streets filled with boredom, and they greeted their lonely friend.
"Hey, Yami, you wouldn't believe what happened to little Yugi today!"
"He had another duel with Kaiba?"
"No... it's something even better."
"Yugi's in love. Yugi's in love."
Tristan and Joey started chanting and taunting while Yugi just turned bright red with Yami laughing out loud. Yugi tried to hide behind his school bag while Tristan and Joey continued their little teasing game, Bakura chuckled, and Yami continued to laugh hysterically.
"Aww, come on, guys. I feel sorry for Yugi."
"Tea, that's only because you had a crush on him a year ago."
Tea turned bright red and Yugi flushed yet again while the guys started asking Yami more questions about this unknown love affair and chanting a new phrase especially made for Tea.
"Yami!"
Tea started to chase Yami all the way down the to gameshop with the others trailing behind her. Grandpa thought about opening the door but decided to get out of the way instead.The highschoolers flooded into the shop until Yami locked himself up in the backroom, and Tea released her anger out on Bakura who was guarding the door. After a bit of screaming, Yugi watched his angry friend and tried to calm her down.
"Tea, friends don't kill each other, remember?"
"Oh my gosh! I'm sorry, Bakura. Friendship should never be broken by a small quarrel such as this. No, friendship should be preserved by such little secrets that ties friends closer together..."
"I think I liked it better when she was mad."
Joey whispered to Yugi and the gang who agreed right away and locked themselves up with Yami in the backroom, leaving the unsuspecting Tea to continue her speech that was given to nobody but the wall. By the time the day was over, Yugi and Yami went home to play a game of Duel monsters which they haven't played in a little while.
"So, Yugi, mind telling me a little more about this girl?"
Yugi started to blush again right away while Yami smiled and watched him squirm in his seat. It was a perfect distraction for the game whenever Yami wanted to use it, and Yugi realized that as well.
"Yami, I need your help. How do I get her to like me back?"
Yami and Yugi put down their cards to announce the draw of their game while Yami thought about what sort of advice he should give to his love-stricken friend. The two counterparts put their decks away while Yami answered Yugi's question.
"Well, charm her. Bring her to you and show her what you are made of as the Egyptians would do."
"Yami, I'm always choking up whenever I see her, and I could never stop staring at her eyes. I don't know what to do."
"Well, we could merge again, and I can help you say what you need to to charm her."
"Maybe that'll work. I'll go tell Grandpa that we're merging tomorrow. Thanks again, Yami."
"No trouble at all. Actually, this is going to be quite fun. I was a really romancer in my days, you know."
Yugi smiled gratefully at Yami before running off to bed. Yami smiled at his little friend and went to retire to bed himself. Yugi stared at the ceiling thinking of what Yami had in store for him before he turned over and fell asleep, dreaming of his one and only Aishana.
*to be continued...*
Kristy Selean: So, how was that? I know, I know. The beginnings are usually boring, but I have a lot in store for this story so don't flame me yet! Yes, this is where the conflict begins as Yami finds Aishana as well... ^-^ This is gonna be fun!!!! Oh, and yes, I am under the influence of Korean dramas for the really really cute crush scenes!!! Another note, I do not have complete information on the past nor the future, so please forgive me if I'm not as accurate. Also, I haven't decided who's gonna get Aishana yet, so.... it's up to the fans to decide!