Disclaimer: I do not own YGO, let alone anything else for that matter
Chapter Three: New Friends
Yami quietly got out of bed and glanced at the digital alarm clock, 3:00 a.m., was what the glowing red numbers told him. With a groan he got out of bed with the intent to get some water, and check the house to make sure it was safe. As he walked toward the door he stopped and looked down at Yugi sleeping peacefully. 'By Ra.' Yami told himself silently, '.if anything ever happens to him I swear that I will never forgive myself.
'The Pharaoh slowly walked down the stairs, stifling a yawn he walked into the kitchen and went to the cupboard for a glass. Sipping the fresh water, he silently walked through the house, searching for anything that might be a threat. Suddenly a thump from upstairs made him jump and drop his glass. Before the water spilt onto the carpet, Yami was already running for the stairs.
Before he knew it, Yami had thrown open the door to his and Yugi's room. With a glance Yami saw that his aibou was still sleeping deeply. With confusion, he looked for the source of the noise. In the quiet he thought he heard the sound of female voices. With caution he moved into the room and looked over to the glass sliding doors that led to the balcony. Indeed, there were two silhouettes of women wearing strange outfits, and he could not see their faces clearly because of the dark. They were standing and looking around as if to find out where they were. Yami moved closer, using the shadows, so that he could hear what they were saying.
As he got closer, he started to understand what they were saying. One of the women, the one with short hair, was speaking, ".if you can sense any trace of Torami while I check coordinates?" She waved her hand in the air and, too Yami's shock, a small compact appeared out of thin air. She opened it with a deft movement, and feverishly began pecking at it with her fingers. Yami assumed it was a computer.
The other girl with longer hair in a braid nodded, "Sure." She seemed to close her eyes, though Yami still couldn't be sure in the dark, and Yami felt some magic radiate from her. Her posture stiffened suddenly, as if discovering something startling. Her hands clenched and Yami felt the power increase ever so slightly.
'What is she doing?' He wondered to himself as he watched.
"I've got it!" The girl with the computer suddenly exclaimed.The other woman flinched as if slapped, and looked dazedly at her friend. "Got what?" Her voice sounded somewhat muffled.
"Duh, the coordinates. We're a little off, but I found." Suddenly Yami jumped as a snort came from Yugi as he tossed in his sleep. Yami breathed slightly and focused once again on the two strange people. The computer- woman was still talking, ".her last trip here. Did you sense Torami?"
The longhaired woman looked thoughtful as she replied, "Yeah, but it's cold. She must have gotten her coordinates mixed a little like ours, and came out of the time-space thingy earlier than us. I'm afraid she might have attacked someone to leave energy behind like this." She bent down and picked up what appeared to be a suitcase, then turned towards the railing that faced the street.
'Were they talking of the thing that had attacked Yugi's grandpa?' Yami wondered.
The other woman did likewise. "We need to get going." She walked toward the railing and Yami stifled a gasp as she disappeared. What kind of person would jump off a two-story building onto a street below? The other woman stood there a moment, looking around as if confused. Yami ducked as she stared into the window, then she, too, disappeared over the railing.
Yami quietly went out onto the balcony and looked down. There were two sudden flashes of light, gold and silver, and then he saw two shadowy figures disappear around the corner.
'That was odd." He thought to himself as he went back inside. 'Well it looks as if I won't be getting much sleep tonight.' Instead of lying down in his bed, the Millenium Puzzle on the nightstand by Yugi's bed glowed, and Yami disappeared into his soul room, intending to use the night to ponder the strange happenings.
Yugi opened his eyes slightly and stared into the dark, seeing that Yami was not in his bed made a knot of panic start in his throat.
//Yami?// He asked silently in his mind.
Yami's response was instant, //Is everything alright aibou?// His strong voice made Yugi relax and he scolded himself for being silly.
//Nothing Yami, I just wanted to make sure you were still there.//
Yami's voice sounded a bit hurt, //I would never leave you Yugi, you know that.//
Yugi sighed and snuggled back into his bed. //Yes, I know that.// He reached over and grabbed the Puzzle off of his nightstand. In the blink of an eye, Yugi drifted back into the land of nod, holding the Puzzle to his heart.
***
Yugi woke from his sleep slowly, letting the sunlight filtering in through the windows finally force him out of his bed. "Thank God it's Saturday!" Still carrying the Millenium Puzzle, he headed for the bathroom.
Yugi turned on the shower and stepped under the cascade of hot water. With a sigh he let the water wake him fully, feeling fresh and rejuvenated (Yowza! Yugi in the shower! :o~ 'drool') His grandfather had been hurt, but the hospital had said that he would be fine. Yugi wouldn't let what had happened affect him, his tears were done, and today he would have fun. With a somewhat forced smile, he turned off the shower and grabbed his cloths off of the counter.
As the young boy stepped out of the bathroom, fully dressed in a black vest, blue jeans, and tennis shoes, the sound of Egyptian cursing reached his ears. With a genuine smile he placed the Puzzle around his neck, feeling the cold chain gave him goosebumps, and headed downstairs. As he turned the corner into the kitchen, he stopped and stared dumbly.
"Stupid, (some Egyptian words that would be four-letter words in English) eggs! Ouch!" Yami flinched away from the stove and stuck his burnt finger in his mouth. "By Ra! I curse you, you damnable stove!" He turned suddenly, as if feeling Yugi's astonished stare. "What?"
Yugi's face broke into a smile, and he slapped his hand over his mouth as he tried to stop from laughing.
"What?" Yami stood there, completely at a loss. The reason for Yugi's mirth was because Yami was wearing a white apron with "Kiss the Cook" written on it. Yugi suddenly exploded with laughter at Yami's confused expression. After Yugi could breath again, and Yami had taken off the apron (not knowing what the big deal was about it) he sat down at the table. Yugi stared down at the burnt remains that, according to Yami, had once been scrambled eggs.
"Um, Yami?"
"What is it aibou?" Yami asked as he placed the frying pan into the sink.
"I'm not really hungry. Hey, do you want to go to the arcade today?" Yugi asked with stars in his eyes.
Yami looked at Yugi with a thoughtful expression, "Why not? We've nothing better to do today." 'And besides,' Yami added to himself, 'it will get his mind off of his grandpa.'
"Great! Why don't you go upstairs and get my money from the bottom drawer. I'll clean up here and we can be on our way." Yugi gave an innocent smile.
Yami couldn't help but smile back. "All right aibou. I'll return in a moment." With that he headed up the stairs into the bedroom.
Yugi stared after him, then quickly scraped the plate of burnt remains into the trash can, and grabbed a few candy bars from his secret stash under the sink, putting them in his pocket. As he stood up he felt Yami before he saw him, and turned around a bit guiltily.
"I thought you weren't hungry Yugi?" Yami mentioned dryly as he leaned casually against the wall.
"Uhh.this is for later?" Yugi asked hopefully, knowing full well that Yami could tell when he was trying to lie.
"Uh-huh. Why don't you just admit I'm a bad cook instead of lying about it."
"Because that would just be mean. Besides, you aren't that bad of a cook. You just need practice that's all." Yugi looked desperately at Yami, not wanting him angry or upset with him for being so mean about his cooking. To his surprise, Yami began laughing (o.O Yami? Laughing? For fun? *faints in shock*)"Yugi, I'm only joking. I know I'm a bad cook, in fact, I was about to suggest we go out, instead of having to take you to the doctor's and having to explain how you got food-poisoning." Yugi laughed and the two headed out of the shop, Yugi locking it up behind them.
"Where do you want to have lunch?" Yami asked as they began walking.
Yugi breathed a deep breath of fresh air. Then he stopped and glanced at the sky. "Did I really sleep that late?" Yami nodded. "Wow! I thought it was only about ten."
Yami sweatdropped, "And that's not late?"
"Of course not." Yugi added happily as he almost skipped along, "Why don't we go to that new restaurant that opened up. I think it's a buffet."
Yami looked at the back of his hikari's head in confusion. "What is a buffet?"
Yugi facevaulted into the ground. "You mean you don't know what a buffet is? Well, it's like this." He got up, and as they began walking to the restaurant, explaining some more modern terms with his yami.
Yugi breathed deeply as they turned a corner and the restaurant came into view. The delicious scent of food assaulted his senses, reminding him that he was really hungry. Yami kept his eyes watchfully on his hikari; a gust of cool wind brushed past them and he suddenly looked up.
Down the road a bit, in front of Crunchies 'n Munchies, the new restaurant, Yami saw a beautiful young woman. She was standing there absently, as if waiting for someone. She had short brown hair that fluttered slightly in the breeze. Her fathomless green eyes locked with his for a moment, her face became sad and forlorn, reaching out to him in distress. Then a loud group of young men moved between them, and when they were past, she was gone.
"Yami? Are you okay?" Yugi's voice interrupted Yami's thoughts, and with a jolt he was snapped back to reality.
"Uh. yes Yugi, I'm fine." Yami shook himself mentally, whatever the apparition had been, it was gone now.
A scream made them look quickly toward the pharmacy across the road. A man was walking out of the store backwards, holding a bag of stolen money and a young boy in front of him with a gun next to his head. Screams issued from the mother of the boy as the thief headed for a car that pulled up to the curb, his getaway car.
"Yami! We have to do something!" Yugi watched with fear as the man drew closer to the car, his partners urging him to hurry.
"Hold it!" A woman's voice rung out over the loud people in the streets, and all eyes looked to the ally beside the robbed pharmacy. There stood a woman in a short golden sailor outfit. Her blond hair hung down her back in a braid, and a fancy white and gold mask hid her eyes. With a deft movement she flicked her wrist and a small piece of paper with symbols on it appeared. "Let that boy go you piece of slime!" In a flash she threw the paper, and it attached to the gun that the man was holding. The metal grew red, and with a shout of pain the robber dropped it.
"What-" He asked in bewilderment.
"Not what, who. I am the beautiful soldier Sailor Omega! And in the name of Planet Power, I will punish you evil scum!" Quickly she leapt forward, landing on her hands, and vaulted over the boy's head, driving her heeled boots into the man's face.
The robber dropped his bag of stolen money, and let go of the kid as he fell to the ground with Sailor Omega standing on his face. With a smirk she added, "I don't like cowards who hide behind innocents." Then her attention turned to the men in the car.
"Ahh! Let's get outta here!" The driver slammed on the gas pedal, sending the car forward at neck-breaking speed.
"I don't think so." Omega stepped into the road and lifted her hand, palm facing the retreating car. She shouted, "Phoenix Flame Tornado!" Golden flames sparked from her palm, then leapt in a spiraling torrent towards the would-be robber's car. With a roar, it smashed into the ground under the vehicle, and then a huge sparkling flame tornado arose around the small car. Shouts came from within, and the blackened bodies of the thieves came tumbling out, rolling on the ground to extinguish the flames.
"And now, for the finishing touch." Omega flicked her wrist again, and many pieces of paper similar to the previous appeared in her hand. "Bondage!" She tossed the papers into the air, where they hung for a moment, then raced toward all four of the robbers, the three from the car and the one with the boot-imprints on his face. The scrolls formed a circle around them, and with a burst of flame, became one, wrapping the men around their waists and ankles, pinning their arms to their sides. With shouts, they lost their balance and fell, struggling against the surprisingly strong paper bonds.
"Humph." Omega flipped her braid and smirked. Then she walked over to the little boy and kneeled down beside him. Sirens sounded in the background. "Are you all right kid?" The little boy nodded.
"Are you a super hero like from the comics?" He asked, his eyes shining.
Sailor Omega smiled, "Nope. I'm better than the ones from the comics, I'm real." She looked up as the boy's mother ran out of the store to her son, almost squishing him in the embrace that she gave him.
"Ma'am, I'm happy to see you and your boy safely back together."
"Oh thank you. Thank you. How can I ever repay you? Sailor Omega, is it?" The mother looked up at the sailor scout, still holding her boy, who was still blue in the face.
"No need. It's my duty as a Sailor Scout to protect the innocent. Ah, here are the police. Well, I gotta jet, I'm already late for my appointment." She looked at the little boy, who was now staring at her with awe, "You listen to your mother and be good all right? See ya!" She saluted them with a laugh, and with one leap, she was on the rooftop. The astonished crowd watched her disappear as suddenly as she had come.
"Wow! Who was that?"
"Sailor Omega is what she said."
"What a babe! Do you think she's with the government?"
"What were those things she used to wrap those guys up with?"
"I told you aliens were real! Pay up pal!"
"That's the last time I drink this stuff."
Comments flew faster than the robbers who had tried to escape from the sailor scout. The little boy whom she had saved insisted that he would marry her one-day. The people all crowded around, booing the criminals as the police put them in cuffs (They found that as soon as a police officer touched them, the papers fell apart into dust, freeing the bound captive).
"Wow Yami! That really was something huh?" Yugi commented as they took a seat at a table outside the restaurant.
"Yes. I believe that she was one of the women that I saw last night." As they waited for the waitress to come by, Yami told Yugi what he had witnessed.
"Hmm. So you think that Torami person or thing was what attacked Grandpa?"
"Perhaps. And I got the impression that the two women were hunting her. They have some kind of magic that they use. But one of them also had a hand- held computer. I don't know who they are, but they did seem.familiar?" Yami and Yugi postponed their discussion as the waitress came to take their orders, brimming with excitement about the magic angel that had stopped the robbery.
Yami sat in contemplating silence. Yugi shook his head in wonder. "Do you think they have something to do with your past. I mean.the only magic that I know about is the Millenium Items."
"Perhaps Yugi. But I just don't know." He wished that he could enter his soul room in Yugi's mind, then he could search for his lost memories of the ancient times when he was Pharaoh. The times that he could hardly remember, or, more correctly, was prevented from remembering by the mind traps that kept him from finding any of his memories but a very few.
A voice from the table beside them that Yami recognized spoke up, "Finally! I thought you'd never get here." Yami turned to see the young woman he had seen as they had been walking to the restaurant. Only, her face was happy, and seemed younger than the vision he had seen looking at him full of such sadness.
Another young woman ran up and plopped down at the table with her friend. Her eyes were shining and she looked as if she had run a ways. "Hey Jean. Sorry, I got a little tied up in traffic." Her long blond hair hung loosely down her back, and she wore a blue skirt and pink spaghetti strap shirt.
"Yeah. Your just a blond, that's all Emiko." A hurt look came across Emiko's face, but Jean smiled, "I'm joking. I know you got caught up in business. Now, what are you going to get to eat?"
"Oh, not me, I'm not hungry. I think I'll just have an iced tea.
"Jean gave a severe look. "You're not on this diet thing again are you? You're skinny enough Emi!"
"Oh puh-leez! I'm not on a diet, it just so happens that I'm not hungry! Get off my back Jean!" Emiko brushed a loose strand of hair in an extravagant way, and called for the waitress. Jean rolled her eyes.
"Hmm." Yami thought that they were both familiar, he had certainly heard their voices before, but suddenly something made his dizzy, and he completely forgot what he had just been thinking. No, he decided without knowing it, he didn't know these two. And, why should he? He had just seen them hadn't he? With confusion he looked at Yugi sitting across the table from him.
"Are you all right Yami?" The younger boy asked with a worried expression as the waitress sat their orders in front of them.
"Yes, fine. So do you want to go to the arcade after we're finished here?" Before Yugi could answer to this abrupt change of subject the girl Emiko was suddenly sitting at their table, her hyperness and energy practically radiated from her.
"Did I hear someone say 'arcade'? My friend and I are new in town, and we don't know where anything is." She smiled brightly.
"Emiko!" Jean moved over and tapped her friend on the shoulder. "You're being very impolite!"
Emiko pouted at her friend, "Come on, if it were up to you we'd just be sitting at home and going to school! I'm just trying to make friends and find us a guide around the city. Both of which we need." She turned cheerily back to Yami and Yugi, "So do you think you could show us the way to the arcade? It would be lovely!" She clapped her hands and looked pleadingly at the two boys.
"Uh, well sure." Yugi looked at Yami, who nodded.
"Great!" Emiko clapped again. "Then how about after everyone is done eating?" They agreed to that, and the rest of the lunch was spent with Yugi and Yami talking with their two new, if quite sudden, friends.
Chapter Three: New Friends
Yami quietly got out of bed and glanced at the digital alarm clock, 3:00 a.m., was what the glowing red numbers told him. With a groan he got out of bed with the intent to get some water, and check the house to make sure it was safe. As he walked toward the door he stopped and looked down at Yugi sleeping peacefully. 'By Ra.' Yami told himself silently, '.if anything ever happens to him I swear that I will never forgive myself.
'The Pharaoh slowly walked down the stairs, stifling a yawn he walked into the kitchen and went to the cupboard for a glass. Sipping the fresh water, he silently walked through the house, searching for anything that might be a threat. Suddenly a thump from upstairs made him jump and drop his glass. Before the water spilt onto the carpet, Yami was already running for the stairs.
Before he knew it, Yami had thrown open the door to his and Yugi's room. With a glance Yami saw that his aibou was still sleeping deeply. With confusion, he looked for the source of the noise. In the quiet he thought he heard the sound of female voices. With caution he moved into the room and looked over to the glass sliding doors that led to the balcony. Indeed, there were two silhouettes of women wearing strange outfits, and he could not see their faces clearly because of the dark. They were standing and looking around as if to find out where they were. Yami moved closer, using the shadows, so that he could hear what they were saying.
As he got closer, he started to understand what they were saying. One of the women, the one with short hair, was speaking, ".if you can sense any trace of Torami while I check coordinates?" She waved her hand in the air and, too Yami's shock, a small compact appeared out of thin air. She opened it with a deft movement, and feverishly began pecking at it with her fingers. Yami assumed it was a computer.
The other girl with longer hair in a braid nodded, "Sure." She seemed to close her eyes, though Yami still couldn't be sure in the dark, and Yami felt some magic radiate from her. Her posture stiffened suddenly, as if discovering something startling. Her hands clenched and Yami felt the power increase ever so slightly.
'What is she doing?' He wondered to himself as he watched.
"I've got it!" The girl with the computer suddenly exclaimed.The other woman flinched as if slapped, and looked dazedly at her friend. "Got what?" Her voice sounded somewhat muffled.
"Duh, the coordinates. We're a little off, but I found." Suddenly Yami jumped as a snort came from Yugi as he tossed in his sleep. Yami breathed slightly and focused once again on the two strange people. The computer- woman was still talking, ".her last trip here. Did you sense Torami?"
The longhaired woman looked thoughtful as she replied, "Yeah, but it's cold. She must have gotten her coordinates mixed a little like ours, and came out of the time-space thingy earlier than us. I'm afraid she might have attacked someone to leave energy behind like this." She bent down and picked up what appeared to be a suitcase, then turned towards the railing that faced the street.
'Were they talking of the thing that had attacked Yugi's grandpa?' Yami wondered.
The other woman did likewise. "We need to get going." She walked toward the railing and Yami stifled a gasp as she disappeared. What kind of person would jump off a two-story building onto a street below? The other woman stood there a moment, looking around as if confused. Yami ducked as she stared into the window, then she, too, disappeared over the railing.
Yami quietly went out onto the balcony and looked down. There were two sudden flashes of light, gold and silver, and then he saw two shadowy figures disappear around the corner.
'That was odd." He thought to himself as he went back inside. 'Well it looks as if I won't be getting much sleep tonight.' Instead of lying down in his bed, the Millenium Puzzle on the nightstand by Yugi's bed glowed, and Yami disappeared into his soul room, intending to use the night to ponder the strange happenings.
Yugi opened his eyes slightly and stared into the dark, seeing that Yami was not in his bed made a knot of panic start in his throat.
//Yami?// He asked silently in his mind.
Yami's response was instant, //Is everything alright aibou?// His strong voice made Yugi relax and he scolded himself for being silly.
//Nothing Yami, I just wanted to make sure you were still there.//
Yami's voice sounded a bit hurt, //I would never leave you Yugi, you know that.//
Yugi sighed and snuggled back into his bed. //Yes, I know that.// He reached over and grabbed the Puzzle off of his nightstand. In the blink of an eye, Yugi drifted back into the land of nod, holding the Puzzle to his heart.
***
Yugi woke from his sleep slowly, letting the sunlight filtering in through the windows finally force him out of his bed. "Thank God it's Saturday!" Still carrying the Millenium Puzzle, he headed for the bathroom.
Yugi turned on the shower and stepped under the cascade of hot water. With a sigh he let the water wake him fully, feeling fresh and rejuvenated (Yowza! Yugi in the shower! :o~ 'drool') His grandfather had been hurt, but the hospital had said that he would be fine. Yugi wouldn't let what had happened affect him, his tears were done, and today he would have fun. With a somewhat forced smile, he turned off the shower and grabbed his cloths off of the counter.
As the young boy stepped out of the bathroom, fully dressed in a black vest, blue jeans, and tennis shoes, the sound of Egyptian cursing reached his ears. With a genuine smile he placed the Puzzle around his neck, feeling the cold chain gave him goosebumps, and headed downstairs. As he turned the corner into the kitchen, he stopped and stared dumbly.
"Stupid, (some Egyptian words that would be four-letter words in English) eggs! Ouch!" Yami flinched away from the stove and stuck his burnt finger in his mouth. "By Ra! I curse you, you damnable stove!" He turned suddenly, as if feeling Yugi's astonished stare. "What?"
Yugi's face broke into a smile, and he slapped his hand over his mouth as he tried to stop from laughing.
"What?" Yami stood there, completely at a loss. The reason for Yugi's mirth was because Yami was wearing a white apron with "Kiss the Cook" written on it. Yugi suddenly exploded with laughter at Yami's confused expression. After Yugi could breath again, and Yami had taken off the apron (not knowing what the big deal was about it) he sat down at the table. Yugi stared down at the burnt remains that, according to Yami, had once been scrambled eggs.
"Um, Yami?"
"What is it aibou?" Yami asked as he placed the frying pan into the sink.
"I'm not really hungry. Hey, do you want to go to the arcade today?" Yugi asked with stars in his eyes.
Yami looked at Yugi with a thoughtful expression, "Why not? We've nothing better to do today." 'And besides,' Yami added to himself, 'it will get his mind off of his grandpa.'
"Great! Why don't you go upstairs and get my money from the bottom drawer. I'll clean up here and we can be on our way." Yugi gave an innocent smile.
Yami couldn't help but smile back. "All right aibou. I'll return in a moment." With that he headed up the stairs into the bedroom.
Yugi stared after him, then quickly scraped the plate of burnt remains into the trash can, and grabbed a few candy bars from his secret stash under the sink, putting them in his pocket. As he stood up he felt Yami before he saw him, and turned around a bit guiltily.
"I thought you weren't hungry Yugi?" Yami mentioned dryly as he leaned casually against the wall.
"Uhh.this is for later?" Yugi asked hopefully, knowing full well that Yami could tell when he was trying to lie.
"Uh-huh. Why don't you just admit I'm a bad cook instead of lying about it."
"Because that would just be mean. Besides, you aren't that bad of a cook. You just need practice that's all." Yugi looked desperately at Yami, not wanting him angry or upset with him for being so mean about his cooking. To his surprise, Yami began laughing (o.O Yami? Laughing? For fun? *faints in shock*)"Yugi, I'm only joking. I know I'm a bad cook, in fact, I was about to suggest we go out, instead of having to take you to the doctor's and having to explain how you got food-poisoning." Yugi laughed and the two headed out of the shop, Yugi locking it up behind them.
"Where do you want to have lunch?" Yami asked as they began walking.
Yugi breathed a deep breath of fresh air. Then he stopped and glanced at the sky. "Did I really sleep that late?" Yami nodded. "Wow! I thought it was only about ten."
Yami sweatdropped, "And that's not late?"
"Of course not." Yugi added happily as he almost skipped along, "Why don't we go to that new restaurant that opened up. I think it's a buffet."
Yami looked at the back of his hikari's head in confusion. "What is a buffet?"
Yugi facevaulted into the ground. "You mean you don't know what a buffet is? Well, it's like this." He got up, and as they began walking to the restaurant, explaining some more modern terms with his yami.
Yugi breathed deeply as they turned a corner and the restaurant came into view. The delicious scent of food assaulted his senses, reminding him that he was really hungry. Yami kept his eyes watchfully on his hikari; a gust of cool wind brushed past them and he suddenly looked up.
Down the road a bit, in front of Crunchies 'n Munchies, the new restaurant, Yami saw a beautiful young woman. She was standing there absently, as if waiting for someone. She had short brown hair that fluttered slightly in the breeze. Her fathomless green eyes locked with his for a moment, her face became sad and forlorn, reaching out to him in distress. Then a loud group of young men moved between them, and when they were past, she was gone.
"Yami? Are you okay?" Yugi's voice interrupted Yami's thoughts, and with a jolt he was snapped back to reality.
"Uh. yes Yugi, I'm fine." Yami shook himself mentally, whatever the apparition had been, it was gone now.
A scream made them look quickly toward the pharmacy across the road. A man was walking out of the store backwards, holding a bag of stolen money and a young boy in front of him with a gun next to his head. Screams issued from the mother of the boy as the thief headed for a car that pulled up to the curb, his getaway car.
"Yami! We have to do something!" Yugi watched with fear as the man drew closer to the car, his partners urging him to hurry.
"Hold it!" A woman's voice rung out over the loud people in the streets, and all eyes looked to the ally beside the robbed pharmacy. There stood a woman in a short golden sailor outfit. Her blond hair hung down her back in a braid, and a fancy white and gold mask hid her eyes. With a deft movement she flicked her wrist and a small piece of paper with symbols on it appeared. "Let that boy go you piece of slime!" In a flash she threw the paper, and it attached to the gun that the man was holding. The metal grew red, and with a shout of pain the robber dropped it.
"What-" He asked in bewilderment.
"Not what, who. I am the beautiful soldier Sailor Omega! And in the name of Planet Power, I will punish you evil scum!" Quickly she leapt forward, landing on her hands, and vaulted over the boy's head, driving her heeled boots into the man's face.
The robber dropped his bag of stolen money, and let go of the kid as he fell to the ground with Sailor Omega standing on his face. With a smirk she added, "I don't like cowards who hide behind innocents." Then her attention turned to the men in the car.
"Ahh! Let's get outta here!" The driver slammed on the gas pedal, sending the car forward at neck-breaking speed.
"I don't think so." Omega stepped into the road and lifted her hand, palm facing the retreating car. She shouted, "Phoenix Flame Tornado!" Golden flames sparked from her palm, then leapt in a spiraling torrent towards the would-be robber's car. With a roar, it smashed into the ground under the vehicle, and then a huge sparkling flame tornado arose around the small car. Shouts came from within, and the blackened bodies of the thieves came tumbling out, rolling on the ground to extinguish the flames.
"And now, for the finishing touch." Omega flicked her wrist again, and many pieces of paper similar to the previous appeared in her hand. "Bondage!" She tossed the papers into the air, where they hung for a moment, then raced toward all four of the robbers, the three from the car and the one with the boot-imprints on his face. The scrolls formed a circle around them, and with a burst of flame, became one, wrapping the men around their waists and ankles, pinning their arms to their sides. With shouts, they lost their balance and fell, struggling against the surprisingly strong paper bonds.
"Humph." Omega flipped her braid and smirked. Then she walked over to the little boy and kneeled down beside him. Sirens sounded in the background. "Are you all right kid?" The little boy nodded.
"Are you a super hero like from the comics?" He asked, his eyes shining.
Sailor Omega smiled, "Nope. I'm better than the ones from the comics, I'm real." She looked up as the boy's mother ran out of the store to her son, almost squishing him in the embrace that she gave him.
"Ma'am, I'm happy to see you and your boy safely back together."
"Oh thank you. Thank you. How can I ever repay you? Sailor Omega, is it?" The mother looked up at the sailor scout, still holding her boy, who was still blue in the face.
"No need. It's my duty as a Sailor Scout to protect the innocent. Ah, here are the police. Well, I gotta jet, I'm already late for my appointment." She looked at the little boy, who was now staring at her with awe, "You listen to your mother and be good all right? See ya!" She saluted them with a laugh, and with one leap, she was on the rooftop. The astonished crowd watched her disappear as suddenly as she had come.
"Wow! Who was that?"
"Sailor Omega is what she said."
"What a babe! Do you think she's with the government?"
"What were those things she used to wrap those guys up with?"
"I told you aliens were real! Pay up pal!"
"That's the last time I drink this stuff."
Comments flew faster than the robbers who had tried to escape from the sailor scout. The little boy whom she had saved insisted that he would marry her one-day. The people all crowded around, booing the criminals as the police put them in cuffs (They found that as soon as a police officer touched them, the papers fell apart into dust, freeing the bound captive).
"Wow Yami! That really was something huh?" Yugi commented as they took a seat at a table outside the restaurant.
"Yes. I believe that she was one of the women that I saw last night." As they waited for the waitress to come by, Yami told Yugi what he had witnessed.
"Hmm. So you think that Torami person or thing was what attacked Grandpa?"
"Perhaps. And I got the impression that the two women were hunting her. They have some kind of magic that they use. But one of them also had a hand- held computer. I don't know who they are, but they did seem.familiar?" Yami and Yugi postponed their discussion as the waitress came to take their orders, brimming with excitement about the magic angel that had stopped the robbery.
Yami sat in contemplating silence. Yugi shook his head in wonder. "Do you think they have something to do with your past. I mean.the only magic that I know about is the Millenium Items."
"Perhaps Yugi. But I just don't know." He wished that he could enter his soul room in Yugi's mind, then he could search for his lost memories of the ancient times when he was Pharaoh. The times that he could hardly remember, or, more correctly, was prevented from remembering by the mind traps that kept him from finding any of his memories but a very few.
A voice from the table beside them that Yami recognized spoke up, "Finally! I thought you'd never get here." Yami turned to see the young woman he had seen as they had been walking to the restaurant. Only, her face was happy, and seemed younger than the vision he had seen looking at him full of such sadness.
Another young woman ran up and plopped down at the table with her friend. Her eyes were shining and she looked as if she had run a ways. "Hey Jean. Sorry, I got a little tied up in traffic." Her long blond hair hung loosely down her back, and she wore a blue skirt and pink spaghetti strap shirt.
"Yeah. Your just a blond, that's all Emiko." A hurt look came across Emiko's face, but Jean smiled, "I'm joking. I know you got caught up in business. Now, what are you going to get to eat?"
"Oh, not me, I'm not hungry. I think I'll just have an iced tea.
"Jean gave a severe look. "You're not on this diet thing again are you? You're skinny enough Emi!"
"Oh puh-leez! I'm not on a diet, it just so happens that I'm not hungry! Get off my back Jean!" Emiko brushed a loose strand of hair in an extravagant way, and called for the waitress. Jean rolled her eyes.
"Hmm." Yami thought that they were both familiar, he had certainly heard their voices before, but suddenly something made his dizzy, and he completely forgot what he had just been thinking. No, he decided without knowing it, he didn't know these two. And, why should he? He had just seen them hadn't he? With confusion he looked at Yugi sitting across the table from him.
"Are you all right Yami?" The younger boy asked with a worried expression as the waitress sat their orders in front of them.
"Yes, fine. So do you want to go to the arcade after we're finished here?" Before Yugi could answer to this abrupt change of subject the girl Emiko was suddenly sitting at their table, her hyperness and energy practically radiated from her.
"Did I hear someone say 'arcade'? My friend and I are new in town, and we don't know where anything is." She smiled brightly.
"Emiko!" Jean moved over and tapped her friend on the shoulder. "You're being very impolite!"
Emiko pouted at her friend, "Come on, if it were up to you we'd just be sitting at home and going to school! I'm just trying to make friends and find us a guide around the city. Both of which we need." She turned cheerily back to Yami and Yugi, "So do you think you could show us the way to the arcade? It would be lovely!" She clapped her hands and looked pleadingly at the two boys.
"Uh, well sure." Yugi looked at Yami, who nodded.
"Great!" Emiko clapped again. "Then how about after everyone is done eating?" They agreed to that, and the rest of the lunch was spent with Yugi and Yami talking with their two new, if quite sudden, friends.