Lachlan: here we go!!! Chapter 9!!

Isis: yeah, and four more to go…

Lachlan: *flips middle finger. * Dis-

Isis: WE DON"T OWN YUGIOH!!!!

Kenshin: *0_o* Ah!

Yami: *0_0* Whoa.

Doramae: Can you just get on with it?

Kenshin: Give her a minute!!

Doramae: Don't push it…*brandishes staff. *

Kenshin: Your petty magic won't work in this world, pretty boy. *Whipping out sakabato.*

Lachlan: We don't own, "all the things she said", either.

Doramae opened his eyes to see the ceiling of Gwinamae's room.

"Huh?" he groaned.

He noticed "moonlight sonata" was wafting through the air. He sat up and saw Gwinamae sleeping on the settee in the room.

"Oh, Gwinamae, you silly girl." he stopped. "No, you're not a girl anymore. You're a woman."

He picked her up gently, and laid her on the bed. She rolled over onto her side, snuggling in the warm spot he had left. He covered her up, and retreated.

"Sweet, beautiful Gwinamae. You're so wonderful…"

He dug in their CD case, and put in a favorite of his that slightly embarrassed him. He'd heard Gwinamae sing it, and couldn't put it out of his head. He put it in the parlor player, and sat down on the couch.

"I'm in serious shit, I feel totally lost,

If I'm asking for help, it's mainly because,

Being with you has opened my eyes,

Could I ever believe such a perfect surprise?

I keep asking myself, wondering how,

I keep closing my eyes

But I can't block you out.

Wanna fly to a place where

It's just you and me

Nobody else so we can be free.

All the things she said,

All the things she said,

Running through my head,

All the things she said,

All the things she said,

This is not enough.

This is not enough.

And I'm all mixed up

Feeling cornered and rushed,

They say it's my fault, but I want her so much,

Wanna fly her away where the sun and the rain,

Cover all of my face,

Wash away all the shame.

When they stop and stare don't worry me,

Cause I'm feeling for her

What she's feeling for me.

I can try to pretend I can try to forget,

But it's driving me mad, going out of my head…"

Doramae sighed. The words hit too close to home, and they stabbed his heart like a sword of ice.

He sank onto the couch, tears running down his cheeks.

"I love you, Gwinamae," he whispered.

He stood up.

"I LOVE YOU, GWINAMAE!!!" he screamed, throwing his hands up.

He fell to his knees, sobbing.

\I can't take this anymore!! In all my life, I have never felt pain like this!!/

He heard a door open, and he prayed to Osiris it wasn't Gwinamae.

"Doramae." said a sultry voice that held pity.

He jumped up to come face to face with Yami. His Hikari, Yugi Motou, stood behind him,

smiling shyly.

"Pharaoh, my most sincere apologies. I did not expect you this early."

Yami smiled sexily.

"I just came to visit."

His striking eyes softened.

"Are you alright?" He asked, voicing his concern for his ancient friend.

Yugi's innocent eyes were watching sadly. He knew something was wrong with their friend.

Doramae turned, wiping his eyes.

"Ah, yes, fine. I have--allergies!" he said. "To-to the flowers on the table."

Yami frowned, then cracked a grin.

"Doramae, they're fake."

He sat down next to him on the couch.

"What's wrong, my friend?" he asked, worry creasing his brow, his eyes growing wide with angst. Doramae let out a shuddering sigh.

"It's my apprentice, Gwinamae, the one you were to meet tonight."

He wrung his hands, groping for the right words.

"I've-- fallen in love with her. Utterly, and totally, in love."

Yami raised in eyebrow, and opened his mouth, but Doramae continued on.

"But the law says that I am not allowed to love her, or be in an intimate relationship with her. You have no idea what this is doing to me. I can barely think of anything but her!! I've prolonging her training, just so I can be with her longer!!"

He looked at the floor, his face flushing with humiliation and anguish. He'd made himself look weak in front of the Pharaoh, his Master.

"Doramae." Yami said quietly. "Do not think yourself weak. Love is not for the weak. How you managed to torture yourself this long without a mental breakdown, I don't know, but you're stronger than you think for enduring this."
He frowned then.

"There is no law saying you cannot love her." he said, exchanging looks with Yugi.

"Yes, the law says that since we are in same deck, we cannot be involved in a relationship. It would interfere with our performance in battle."

Yami chuckled.

"She's not mine, Doramae."

Doramae reeled.

"What?" he roared.

Yami and Yugi laughed, or in Yugi's case, giggled.

"Gwinamae is not my Dark Magician Girl. She belongs to a Magician Master by the name of Adira Habasha. My Dark Magician Girl's name is Lita."

Doramae felt he could fly.

"Honestly? I can tell her how I feel?"

"Yes. You can tell her everything."

"Well, what are going to do?" Yugi asked, curious.

"I'm going to Hyozanryu's! (Diamond Dragon. Shadow Realm version of Tiffany's. Clever, ne?) I will see you this evening, my Pharaoh!"

And he dashed out the door.

Lachlan: *sing song like* I know what he's getting…

Isis: Tell! Tell!

Lachlan: NOPE!!

Kenshin, Isis, and Yami: *face fall*