"I know you're there, Yugi."
Yugi almost fell down the stairs in suprise, he hadn't made an audible sound th entire time, then he remembered who he was thinking about,'Oh, yeah.'
Kaily turned to him, even though he doubted she could actually SEE him,"What are you doing up here, at this hour? You hate it up here."
Yugi shrugged,"I just felt like I should."
Kaily grinned,"It's just stress, and worry." She picked up one of the candles in front of her and blew on the flame, which turned purple and blue and began to dance around her. "And, I'll admit, it's getting to me too. I can barely keep my mind on a simple spell anymore."
"You seem to be doing well enough with that fire."Yugi grinned and walked over to his double, keeping just out of reach of the amthyst flames.
"I'm not even controlling them,"Kaily's eyes reflected the dancing flames as she ran her hands through them,"I can't concentrate well enough. It's so hard with Angeline and Darien trying to take Aurora away, those idiotic groups trying to get rid of Duel Monters, watching the Shadow Games, general Industrial Illusion trouble, and now the yamis are on edge, and we all know something bad is going to happen when we go to Tokyo."
"Then why go at all?"Yugi asked.
Kaily waved her hand around, and the amethyst fire around her vanished,"I have to, something, someone, needs our help, I don't know who, but I do know that whoever it is, they're tied to the Millenium Items."
"Guardian's instinct."Yugi chuckled,"But, the only items left are the necklace and the rod, by you said they're already with their rightful owners."
"I know,"Kaily stared at the flute on her lap,"but whoever it is needs us, and, we may need them."
Yugi stepped over the candle ring and sat down next to his sister,"It's the Ring, isn't it?"
"Yes, but, at the same time, no. It's the Ring that's pulling me towards Tokyo, but, it's something else that draws me to this strange person."Kaily rested her head on Yugi's shoulder,"I don't know what to do. My heart is telling me to go, but, my instincts say that only trouble will come of it."
"I can't help you there. You just have to do what you think is right."
"And, what if I'm wrong, and the girls get hurt because of me?"
"Then I'll never forgive you."Yugi teased, wrapping an arm around his double.
Kaily gave her brother a playful punch,"Oh, shut up."
The two sat in silence for a few minutes, each thinking about the upcoming trip to Tokyo, and what might happen. Suddenly, their train of thoughs was broken by a gust of wind blowing the candles around them out, causing the entire room to become pitch black.
Kaily felt the game king stiffen,'Don't move. Where's your dueling deck?'
'On top of the tv,'Yugi mentally moaned,'I left it there after dueling you, remember?'
'That makes two of us.'Kaily shut her eyes,'And there's something in here.'
'Any idea what?'
'I should be so lucky.'
"Pharoh......"
'I think that answers my question.'Yugi shivered,'I thought I sealed them away.'
Kaily didn't move, Yugi could barely feel her breathing, and, for a moment, he thought her heart may have stopped,'It can't see us, and I don't think it can smell us either. Just sit still, and, when I tell you to, run for the stairs.'
'Wouldn't it be easier to just teleport out of here?'Yugi questioned.
'No, it can smell our magic, we'd be dead before we could even gather the magic to teleport across the room.'
"I know you're in here, pharoh, don't hide from me......"
Something walked right in front of them, and Yugi stiffened ever more,'It's the Witty Phantom.'
'I know.'Kaily, very slowly, reached in front of her and grabbed a candle,'Start heading for the door.' Yugi obeyed, and, very slowly, got up and began walking toward the door. Suddenly, a floor board creeked. "Run!" The candle in Kaily's hand lit, sending a small burst of light through the room, enough to distract the Witty Phantom on the other side of the room as Yugi bolted for the door.
"You're not the pharoh,"the monster grinned,"but you'll do, princess."
Kaily's eyes glowed,"Drop dead, phantom." The small candle flame in her hand suddenly erupted into an inferno, making the Phantom cover his eyes and retreat for fear of getting burned. When the flames died down, the reincarnated princess was gone.
"Master won't like this."
Serenity bolted up the steps of the mansion, Mai and T'ea close behind. They exploded through the door, making Kaily and Yugi, who had been tied up in a game of Wizard's Chess, (Sorry, I'm watching Harry Potter, and regular chess isn't exactly something our heros would be very interested in playing, now would it?) jump in shock, Joey and Tristan, who'd been looking over their shoulders, yelp in suprise, and Garasaki drop the book he'd been reading.
"What's the rush?"Garasaki asked,"Get attacked by another Battle Ox?"
"No way!"all three females were having trouble keeping a straight face.
"Tell us already!"Kaily snapped, picking up a chess piece that was shaped like a Dark Magician.
"They're letting you back on the track team!"Serenity practically squealed in delight. A loud whoop of joy went up from Kaily, Tristan, and Joey, while Yugi and Garasaki just smiled.
"Seems these girls just can't work with anyone else."Mai grinned,"So, two months from now, you'll be going to Tokyo with us."
"She would have gone anyway."Garasaki grinned,"She's as stubborn as my son when it comes to the ones she cares about."
"Bakahno's the stubborn one, not Bakura."Mai pointed out.
"You'd be suprised."Garasaki muttered,"You didn't see him the night his sister died."
"Sister?"all ears perked, and Kaily picked up another chess piece, this one shaped like the Change of Heart, and held it to her chest,"Bakura told me he had a sister, but, that's about all he told me."
Garasaki nodded,"Then he didn't tell you what happened to her, or their mother."
Kaily shook her head,"No, and I couldn't get anything out of Bakahno either."
"He probably felt guilty."Garasaki shook his head,"That night, it felt like everything fell apart for us. "
Suddenly Kemo walked into the room,"Mister Mutou."
"Yes Kemo?"Yugi asked, almost warily.
"You and Miss Valentine are wanted down at Industrial Illusions."Kemo explained,"They want you to check some of the new card designs."
Mai and Yugi exchanged glances, then got up and followed Kemo out of the room. Kaily turned to T'ea and Tristan,"Why don't you two go along, just in case something were to happen."
T'ea and Tristan nodded, and followed them. Joey sat down where Yugi had been and began collecting the chess pieces.
"Don't tell me those two are still fighting."Garasaki looked at Joey.
"The only reason they'll stay in the same room is because I'm here."Kaily hissed, looking at the Change of Heart piece again, then set it in the bishop's spot on the board,"It could drive you crazy."
Garasaki looked at the blond boy, who was currently trying to figure out the setup of the strange game Yugi and Kaily seemed to have mastered over night,"When did you and Kaiba start working on that game?"
"Two years ago, inspired by reading too many Harry Potter books."Kaily grinned,"We combined Wizard's Chess with Duel Monsters, and this is what we got, and Yugi's the only one who can beat us at it."
Garasaki chuckled,"Is there any game Yugi isn't good at?"
"I wish."Joey grunted,"So, what's the story with Bakura's sis'?"
"Yes,"Garasaki nodded,"you already know about the car crash Ryou and I were in, right?"
Kaily nodded,"He whole back is scarred from it."
"Yeah, that and his yami."Joey added.
"Well, his sister and mother were killed in that crash."Kaily picked up one of the pieces on the board, which looked like a Gaia the Fierce Knight, then turned back to Garasaki with an unusually calm look in her eye. "Their mother died on impact, but, my daughter...... She died in Ryou's arms."
"Ryou?"Joey asked, playing with a Flame Swordsman chess piece.
"Bakura."Kaily rolled her eyes,"Space case."
"The crash happened exactly a year after Ryou got his first 'lesson' from Bakahno,"Garasaki looked down at his hands,"I'd seen the cuts on his arms, and his sister's, and I thought they were doing it to themselves. We'd been driving home from the hospital, Ryou had broken his arm jumping out of the window, or, as he said, 'the spirit' pushed him out. I was driving and the rain was pouring down. I had turned around, and was yelling at them for lying about things like that. Then, I could hear my wife screaming, we drove right off a cliff. The last thing I can remember was my daughter screaming that she hated me."
Kaily shuddered involutarily,"Kinda like when I got in that fight with Angeline and Darien, that's the last thing they ever heard from me, but they deserved it." She got up and picked up a nearby glass vase, with several crystal roses in it,"Dad gave me one of these roses every year for my birthday, but this vase I stole from Angeline, a perfect mixture of hate and love."
"By the way,"Joey started examining another piece,"what was her name?"
"Amane."
*CRASH!!!!*
Yugi almost fell down the stairs in suprise, he hadn't made an audible sound th entire time, then he remembered who he was thinking about,'Oh, yeah.'
Kaily turned to him, even though he doubted she could actually SEE him,"What are you doing up here, at this hour? You hate it up here."
Yugi shrugged,"I just felt like I should."
Kaily grinned,"It's just stress, and worry." She picked up one of the candles in front of her and blew on the flame, which turned purple and blue and began to dance around her. "And, I'll admit, it's getting to me too. I can barely keep my mind on a simple spell anymore."
"You seem to be doing well enough with that fire."Yugi grinned and walked over to his double, keeping just out of reach of the amthyst flames.
"I'm not even controlling them,"Kaily's eyes reflected the dancing flames as she ran her hands through them,"I can't concentrate well enough. It's so hard with Angeline and Darien trying to take Aurora away, those idiotic groups trying to get rid of Duel Monters, watching the Shadow Games, general Industrial Illusion trouble, and now the yamis are on edge, and we all know something bad is going to happen when we go to Tokyo."
"Then why go at all?"Yugi asked.
Kaily waved her hand around, and the amethyst fire around her vanished,"I have to, something, someone, needs our help, I don't know who, but I do know that whoever it is, they're tied to the Millenium Items."
"Guardian's instinct."Yugi chuckled,"But, the only items left are the necklace and the rod, by you said they're already with their rightful owners."
"I know,"Kaily stared at the flute on her lap,"but whoever it is needs us, and, we may need them."
Yugi stepped over the candle ring and sat down next to his sister,"It's the Ring, isn't it?"
"Yes, but, at the same time, no. It's the Ring that's pulling me towards Tokyo, but, it's something else that draws me to this strange person."Kaily rested her head on Yugi's shoulder,"I don't know what to do. My heart is telling me to go, but, my instincts say that only trouble will come of it."
"I can't help you there. You just have to do what you think is right."
"And, what if I'm wrong, and the girls get hurt because of me?"
"Then I'll never forgive you."Yugi teased, wrapping an arm around his double.
Kaily gave her brother a playful punch,"Oh, shut up."
The two sat in silence for a few minutes, each thinking about the upcoming trip to Tokyo, and what might happen. Suddenly, their train of thoughs was broken by a gust of wind blowing the candles around them out, causing the entire room to become pitch black.
Kaily felt the game king stiffen,'Don't move. Where's your dueling deck?'
'On top of the tv,'Yugi mentally moaned,'I left it there after dueling you, remember?'
'That makes two of us.'Kaily shut her eyes,'And there's something in here.'
'Any idea what?'
'I should be so lucky.'
"Pharoh......"
'I think that answers my question.'Yugi shivered,'I thought I sealed them away.'
Kaily didn't move, Yugi could barely feel her breathing, and, for a moment, he thought her heart may have stopped,'It can't see us, and I don't think it can smell us either. Just sit still, and, when I tell you to, run for the stairs.'
'Wouldn't it be easier to just teleport out of here?'Yugi questioned.
'No, it can smell our magic, we'd be dead before we could even gather the magic to teleport across the room.'
"I know you're in here, pharoh, don't hide from me......"
Something walked right in front of them, and Yugi stiffened ever more,'It's the Witty Phantom.'
'I know.'Kaily, very slowly, reached in front of her and grabbed a candle,'Start heading for the door.' Yugi obeyed, and, very slowly, got up and began walking toward the door. Suddenly, a floor board creeked. "Run!" The candle in Kaily's hand lit, sending a small burst of light through the room, enough to distract the Witty Phantom on the other side of the room as Yugi bolted for the door.
"You're not the pharoh,"the monster grinned,"but you'll do, princess."
Kaily's eyes glowed,"Drop dead, phantom." The small candle flame in her hand suddenly erupted into an inferno, making the Phantom cover his eyes and retreat for fear of getting burned. When the flames died down, the reincarnated princess was gone.
"Master won't like this."
Serenity bolted up the steps of the mansion, Mai and T'ea close behind. They exploded through the door, making Kaily and Yugi, who had been tied up in a game of Wizard's Chess, (Sorry, I'm watching Harry Potter, and regular chess isn't exactly something our heros would be very interested in playing, now would it?) jump in shock, Joey and Tristan, who'd been looking over their shoulders, yelp in suprise, and Garasaki drop the book he'd been reading.
"What's the rush?"Garasaki asked,"Get attacked by another Battle Ox?"
"No way!"all three females were having trouble keeping a straight face.
"Tell us already!"Kaily snapped, picking up a chess piece that was shaped like a Dark Magician.
"They're letting you back on the track team!"Serenity practically squealed in delight. A loud whoop of joy went up from Kaily, Tristan, and Joey, while Yugi and Garasaki just smiled.
"Seems these girls just can't work with anyone else."Mai grinned,"So, two months from now, you'll be going to Tokyo with us."
"She would have gone anyway."Garasaki grinned,"She's as stubborn as my son when it comes to the ones she cares about."
"Bakahno's the stubborn one, not Bakura."Mai pointed out.
"You'd be suprised."Garasaki muttered,"You didn't see him the night his sister died."
"Sister?"all ears perked, and Kaily picked up another chess piece, this one shaped like the Change of Heart, and held it to her chest,"Bakura told me he had a sister, but, that's about all he told me."
Garasaki nodded,"Then he didn't tell you what happened to her, or their mother."
Kaily shook her head,"No, and I couldn't get anything out of Bakahno either."
"He probably felt guilty."Garasaki shook his head,"That night, it felt like everything fell apart for us. "
Suddenly Kemo walked into the room,"Mister Mutou."
"Yes Kemo?"Yugi asked, almost warily.
"You and Miss Valentine are wanted down at Industrial Illusions."Kemo explained,"They want you to check some of the new card designs."
Mai and Yugi exchanged glances, then got up and followed Kemo out of the room. Kaily turned to T'ea and Tristan,"Why don't you two go along, just in case something were to happen."
T'ea and Tristan nodded, and followed them. Joey sat down where Yugi had been and began collecting the chess pieces.
"Don't tell me those two are still fighting."Garasaki looked at Joey.
"The only reason they'll stay in the same room is because I'm here."Kaily hissed, looking at the Change of Heart piece again, then set it in the bishop's spot on the board,"It could drive you crazy."
Garasaki looked at the blond boy, who was currently trying to figure out the setup of the strange game Yugi and Kaily seemed to have mastered over night,"When did you and Kaiba start working on that game?"
"Two years ago, inspired by reading too many Harry Potter books."Kaily grinned,"We combined Wizard's Chess with Duel Monsters, and this is what we got, and Yugi's the only one who can beat us at it."
Garasaki chuckled,"Is there any game Yugi isn't good at?"
"I wish."Joey grunted,"So, what's the story with Bakura's sis'?"
"Yes,"Garasaki nodded,"you already know about the car crash Ryou and I were in, right?"
Kaily nodded,"He whole back is scarred from it."
"Yeah, that and his yami."Joey added.
"Well, his sister and mother were killed in that crash."Kaily picked up one of the pieces on the board, which looked like a Gaia the Fierce Knight, then turned back to Garasaki with an unusually calm look in her eye. "Their mother died on impact, but, my daughter...... She died in Ryou's arms."
"Ryou?"Joey asked, playing with a Flame Swordsman chess piece.
"Bakura."Kaily rolled her eyes,"Space case."
"The crash happened exactly a year after Ryou got his first 'lesson' from Bakahno,"Garasaki looked down at his hands,"I'd seen the cuts on his arms, and his sister's, and I thought they were doing it to themselves. We'd been driving home from the hospital, Ryou had broken his arm jumping out of the window, or, as he said, 'the spirit' pushed him out. I was driving and the rain was pouring down. I had turned around, and was yelling at them for lying about things like that. Then, I could hear my wife screaming, we drove right off a cliff. The last thing I can remember was my daughter screaming that she hated me."
Kaily shuddered involutarily,"Kinda like when I got in that fight with Angeline and Darien, that's the last thing they ever heard from me, but they deserved it." She got up and picked up a nearby glass vase, with several crystal roses in it,"Dad gave me one of these roses every year for my birthday, but this vase I stole from Angeline, a perfect mixture of hate and love."
"By the way,"Joey started examining another piece,"what was her name?"
"Amane."
*CRASH!!!!*