Illusion of Innocence
Anshi: Hold me...
Nazura: Whatever lies beyond this morning...
Anshi: Is a little later on...
Nazura: Regardless of warnings...
Anshi: The future doesn't scare me at all...
Nazura: Nothing's like before...
Anshi: I got *burned* for that fic.
Nazura: Yeah, some yaoi hater torched her.
Anthy: If you have problems with yaoi, you don't *have* to read what I post that says *yaoi* on it.
Nazura: Bakas.
Anshi: Start.
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Illusion of Innocence
A Snake's Eye
Do you remember me
Lost for so long
Will you be on the other side
Or will you forget me
Yami and Nazura were seen walking to school together the next morning, thus spawning a blizzard of rumors about them going out. The two were talking though. Nazura said something about how she didn't really like Yugi's mother.
"I don't know...something about her just pushes all the wrong buttons." She said as they entered the school yard.
"I know. I swiped Yugi's diary and began reading it. It's...disturbing."
"Don't read anymore. We'll read it together at home. Don't think like that."
"I wasn't. Tonight. Gotcha."
The two walked into class and took their seats on either side of Yugi's desk. The two noticed how depressed he looked. Nazura was faster.
"Hey, is everything all right Yugi?" She asked, putting her hand on his shoulder. He cringed. Nazura drew her hand back in an instant and asked what was wrong.
"Nothing. I just pulled a muscle yesterday." Yugi said.
Nazura glanced over at Yami, who took the time to note that she wore a boy's uniform. He never took the time to notice. But that was beside the point.
"Oh. No gym class for you today. Here...I'll let you in on a little secret." Nazura put her hand down on the desk and a little snakehead poked out. Yugi giggled a little bit as a garter snake slithered out of Nazura's sleeve and onto the desk.
"If your mum doesn't like to see you with them, I'll bring one to school everyday so you can play with them."
Yugi's face lit up at the suggestion and he nodded. Nazura smiled. She met later with Yami.
"All is not right with that child." She said, watching him play with her serpent.
"Wanna stop by the game shop later?"
"I need to. My second deck needs work."
"Your second one?"
"The first one was the Nazure, the second one is Waru-Bad Blood."
"Oh."
The two walked over to the game shop after they had gotten changed. Nazura had an emerald tree boa curled around her neck like a necklace. Yami still hated snakes. He had found one dozing in his bed when he came home. He wondered where all the snakeskin went when they shed.
"Hello Yugi!" Yami said cheerfully as they walked into the shop. Yugi was sitting at the counter smiling. The two walked up and Nazura bought two Duel Monsters booster packs.
"How is everything, now that your mum is home?" Nazura asked.
"It's okay. I still miss Yami being here all the time but Mom really doesn't understand that he is me."
"My mum was scared to death of snakes, that might be why them and me get along so well."
"Yami, how is it over at Nazura's apartment?"
"Um...okayish. I don't like waking up and finding that her ball python has curled up on my chest."
"But Izzima likes that. He sleeps on my stomach most of the time."
Yugi laughed.
"Nice necklace." Yugi joked, as the boa seemed to yawn. Nazura laughed as well.
"Awww. Poor Verdy is tired." She said.
" 'Verdy'?" Yami asked.
"Yeah. That's its name." Yugi said. Yami gave him the strangest look before they both heard the sound of someone coming downstairs.
"Yugi! Do you have friends over?" Nazura's eyes seemed to darken at the sound of Mrs. Muto's voice. She walked out into the front of the shop and her happy face seemed to turn into dissatisfaction.
"Oh...hello again." She said. Yami was polite and answered. Nazura and Verdy just nodded in her direction.
"Mom, you remember Yami and Nazura, right?" Yugi asked.
"Yes. So, Nazura, I hear you're into snakes and such of the like."
"Yes." Nazura was clearly holding back. But only Yami noticed.
"What do your parents think about them?" Yugi saw the snake-girl tense slightly before answering.
"I don't remember my parents. They left me in a ditch to die. My foster parents abandoned me as well. Everyone I ever got close to has left. Everyone but my snakes." Nazura's voice as cold and as heartless as an ice storm. She turned to Yugi and said her good-bye.
Mrs. Muto jumped at Yami next.
"So, you're Yami. Doesn't your name mean 'darkness' in Japanese?"
"Yes."
"And what about your parents?"
Yami waited a moment to answer. His parents...his life in general.
No...
Not yet...
"My parents are gone as well. My dad used to beat me, and my mother died a year ago. They're both gone, so Nazura and I are living together to get by."
Yami didn't stick around to say good-bye to Yugi. He just left as soon as he could. Nazura and her dear Verdy found him crying on a bench in the park.
"I didn't...want to...remember again..." Yami sobbed. Nazura sat next to him and put her arms around him.
"Don't think about the past, only the future. Don't look behind you, look ahead." She whispered as Yami tried to surpress his crying.
"Come on Yami, let's go home."
"Hey Nazura..."
"What?"
"For the record, I still hate you."
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Anthy: They are NOT like that.
Anshi: I know.
Anthy: The readers don't.
Anshi: Hold me...
Nazura: Whatever lies beyond this morning...
Anshi: Is a little later on...
Nazura: Regardless of warnings...
Anshi: The future doesn't scare me at all...
Nazura: Nothing's like before...
Anshi: I got *burned* for that fic.
Nazura: Yeah, some yaoi hater torched her.
Anthy: If you have problems with yaoi, you don't *have* to read what I post that says *yaoi* on it.
Nazura: Bakas.
Anshi: Start.
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Illusion of Innocence
A Snake's Eye
Do you remember me
Lost for so long
Will you be on the other side
Or will you forget me
Yami and Nazura were seen walking to school together the next morning, thus spawning a blizzard of rumors about them going out. The two were talking though. Nazura said something about how she didn't really like Yugi's mother.
"I don't know...something about her just pushes all the wrong buttons." She said as they entered the school yard.
"I know. I swiped Yugi's diary and began reading it. It's...disturbing."
"Don't read anymore. We'll read it together at home. Don't think like that."
"I wasn't. Tonight. Gotcha."
The two walked into class and took their seats on either side of Yugi's desk. The two noticed how depressed he looked. Nazura was faster.
"Hey, is everything all right Yugi?" She asked, putting her hand on his shoulder. He cringed. Nazura drew her hand back in an instant and asked what was wrong.
"Nothing. I just pulled a muscle yesterday." Yugi said.
Nazura glanced over at Yami, who took the time to note that she wore a boy's uniform. He never took the time to notice. But that was beside the point.
"Oh. No gym class for you today. Here...I'll let you in on a little secret." Nazura put her hand down on the desk and a little snakehead poked out. Yugi giggled a little bit as a garter snake slithered out of Nazura's sleeve and onto the desk.
"If your mum doesn't like to see you with them, I'll bring one to school everyday so you can play with them."
Yugi's face lit up at the suggestion and he nodded. Nazura smiled. She met later with Yami.
"All is not right with that child." She said, watching him play with her serpent.
"Wanna stop by the game shop later?"
"I need to. My second deck needs work."
"Your second one?"
"The first one was the Nazure, the second one is Waru-Bad Blood."
"Oh."
The two walked over to the game shop after they had gotten changed. Nazura had an emerald tree boa curled around her neck like a necklace. Yami still hated snakes. He had found one dozing in his bed when he came home. He wondered where all the snakeskin went when they shed.
"Hello Yugi!" Yami said cheerfully as they walked into the shop. Yugi was sitting at the counter smiling. The two walked up and Nazura bought two Duel Monsters booster packs.
"How is everything, now that your mum is home?" Nazura asked.
"It's okay. I still miss Yami being here all the time but Mom really doesn't understand that he is me."
"My mum was scared to death of snakes, that might be why them and me get along so well."
"Yami, how is it over at Nazura's apartment?"
"Um...okayish. I don't like waking up and finding that her ball python has curled up on my chest."
"But Izzima likes that. He sleeps on my stomach most of the time."
Yugi laughed.
"Nice necklace." Yugi joked, as the boa seemed to yawn. Nazura laughed as well.
"Awww. Poor Verdy is tired." She said.
" 'Verdy'?" Yami asked.
"Yeah. That's its name." Yugi said. Yami gave him the strangest look before they both heard the sound of someone coming downstairs.
"Yugi! Do you have friends over?" Nazura's eyes seemed to darken at the sound of Mrs. Muto's voice. She walked out into the front of the shop and her happy face seemed to turn into dissatisfaction.
"Oh...hello again." She said. Yami was polite and answered. Nazura and Verdy just nodded in her direction.
"Mom, you remember Yami and Nazura, right?" Yugi asked.
"Yes. So, Nazura, I hear you're into snakes and such of the like."
"Yes." Nazura was clearly holding back. But only Yami noticed.
"What do your parents think about them?" Yugi saw the snake-girl tense slightly before answering.
"I don't remember my parents. They left me in a ditch to die. My foster parents abandoned me as well. Everyone I ever got close to has left. Everyone but my snakes." Nazura's voice as cold and as heartless as an ice storm. She turned to Yugi and said her good-bye.
Mrs. Muto jumped at Yami next.
"So, you're Yami. Doesn't your name mean 'darkness' in Japanese?"
"Yes."
"And what about your parents?"
Yami waited a moment to answer. His parents...his life in general.
No...
Not yet...
"My parents are gone as well. My dad used to beat me, and my mother died a year ago. They're both gone, so Nazura and I are living together to get by."
Yami didn't stick around to say good-bye to Yugi. He just left as soon as he could. Nazura and her dear Verdy found him crying on a bench in the park.
"I didn't...want to...remember again..." Yami sobbed. Nazura sat next to him and put her arms around him.
"Don't think about the past, only the future. Don't look behind you, look ahead." She whispered as Yami tried to surpress his crying.
"Come on Yami, let's go home."
"Hey Nazura..."
"What?"
"For the record, I still hate you."
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Anthy: They are NOT like that.
Anshi: I know.
Anthy: The readers don't.