Spirit of the Heart
By: Tiger LiLy
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Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! I own Hana and Reira.
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Chapter 3: Spirit of the Heart
Yami pulled away and rose to his feet, holding the slightly more mature looking Hana's hands in guiding her up with him. He looked at her with astonishment. "You're here. But- how can that be?"
She put her hand on his lips to hush him. "No words. I have spent many life times in hope that I would find you." She looked at him with deep, loving eyes. "My Pharaoh. My Yami." She removed her hand and replaced it with her lips. She did not hold anything back.
Yami was still slightly dumbfounded but quickly fell into the passionate kiss. The passionate kiss he hadn't felt in ages. Small tears formed at the corners of his eyes and damped his lashed. How he had missed her so. He wanted nothing more then to make that moment of overwhelming joy last for eternity, but now wasn't the time or place.
It took him all his strength to pull back from the lushes lips that were so beautiful and so tempting like the last drink of water in all the fiery dessert.
"Reira, how is this possible?"
"Anything is possible with love and magic." She smiled.
Her smiled grew weak and her eyes gently fell shut as a sound of exhaustion escaped her lips as she exhaled. Yami quickly grasped her limp body as she seemed to faint once more.
"Reira? Reira, are you alright?"
She moaned. "Huh?" Hana mumbled as she began to stir. "Yugi? What's going on?"
"We'll talk about it later. You need to get home." He replied as he helped her to her feet.
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Yami walked Hana to her home. He kept looking down at her as thoughts and questions raced through his mind.
Hana unlocked her door and they entered. Hana's parents wouldn't be home from work until later.
"Thank you, Yugi, for walking me home. I'm feeling much better. Would you like to come in and have something to drink?"
Yami nodded and followed Hana into the kitchen where she was getting two glasses of water. He watched her in silence, still deep in thought.
Hana walked over to the Yami and handed him a small blue cup of water. She smiled sweetly and drank her own cup. Yami took the cup but didn't drink it; rather, he placed it on the counter as soon as he accepted it.
"Hana." He began. "It is very important that you tell me how you obtained the Dark Magician Girl card."
Hana looked up at him and placed her cup on the counter next to his. "Like I told you, it was a gift."
"But who gave it to you?" he asked with a sound of eagerness.
Hana was silent for a moment and looked away. "Y-you wouldn't believe me if I told you. I'm not even sure myself." She replied.
"Hana." He placed his hands on her shoulders. "Please. I must know. I promise, you can tell me anything."
Hana looked up at him with uneasy eyes and was silent for a moment. "I want to show you something." She said in a timid voice. She turned away from Yami and asked him to follow her.
She led him up the stairs to a bedroom. From the looks of it, it had to be Hana's.
"You know, Yugi, in the beginning, I didn't really care for Duel Monsters. Then one day, my mother gave me our family heirloom that had been passed down from woman to woman. All our moving around had shown her how responsible I had become. She said I was old enough now to be trusted with it and take care of it. It has been in our family for so long that no one even remembers why it was so important to pass on to each generation."
Yami watched as Hana opened her dresser drawer and pulled out a gold box. Yami gasped silently when he saw it.
She held it tenderly. "But because of what this box contains, I now know."
"C-could I see it?"
She nodded and handed Yami the box. He held it delicately. With his fingers, he traced the Egyptian eye that was in the lid. He then carefully lifted the lid to find nothing inside put some old cloth.
Yami turned to her. "I thought you said-?"
Hana slightly pulled down the collar of her shirt and pulled out a gold necklace. At the end of the golden chain was a gold heart with the same Egyptian eye symbol on it. Yami looked at the necklace with shocked eyes. He hadn't seen the piece of jewelry in centuries.
"The moment I opened the box and found the necklace within, I knew there was something special about it. I wore the necklace and instantly felt a bond with it. One day, I saw some kids playing Duel Monsters and I decided to watch. I soon became fascinated with it. One of the boys asked if I wanted to play. I told him I didn't have any cards but he said I could borrow some of his if I liked." Hana smiled with amusement. "I had never played the game in my life, much less know the object and rules to the game, and all just the same, I beat him. I beat him as if I had played the game for sometime. I began to buy my own cards and compete. Soon, I began to duel but with a completely different personality. I dueled with a fire that I had no idea I had or where it came from. Then one day, I met with my source for dueling."
Yami listened intently.
"There was this boy." Hana began to blush. "That I met when my family finally began to settle down. We hung out a lot and just when we started getting close, he was the one who moved. I had never experienced that before. I was the one who was always moving. I was the one who left others behind, but this time, I was the one who stayed and was left behind. I felt like he abandoned me. My heart ached. I locked myself in my room and cried."
*Flashback*
I was lying on my bed with my tear stained face buried in my pillow. I soon cried myself to sleep.
"Hana. Hana." I heard the soft voice.
I opened my eyes and looked around. I did not know where I was. I was floating in what seemed to be space.
"It will be all right, child." Came the voice.
"Mom?" asked aloud, not sure whose voice I was hearing.
"No, I am not your mother."
"Then who is it? Where are you?"
A figure of a woman appeared before me. She was very beautiful. Judging by her features and her clothing, she looked like an Egyptian princess or someone like that. As I continued to gaze upon the strange woman, I soon realized that she bared an uncanny resemblance to me but much older. Her cheeks seemed to be wet with tears.
"Hello, Hana." She had such a soft voice.
"Do I know you?" I asked.
"No, but I have sensed you ever since you wore the necklace. Have you not sensed my presents as well?" she pointed to the family heirloom around my neck.
I grabbed the heart at the end of the chain and held it tightly in my hand. "What do you know about my necklace?"
"I know that it was once mine."
I began to slowly retreat; afraid she might take it from me.
"Do not be afraid, Hana. I would not harm you."
"W-why are you here?"
"I am here because I could feel the pain in your heart. My spirit laid unconscious within the necklace until the familiar feeling of heartache forced me to emerge from my dormant state."
"You mean you've been through what I've been through?"
Her face revealed the once forgotten pain. "Yes, more so if not exactly."
"I- I have sensed you before." I remembered. "Sometime after I first wore the necklace, I began to- I felt a- a pain and sorrow in my heart. It- it was you're emotion I was feeling?"
"I believe so. Our spirits are connected through heart. We can feel one another's pain and emotions as well as joy and happiness."
"But how can that be? Who are you?"
"I am apart of you now."
*End Flashback*
"When I woke up, I thought everything was just a dream." She turned to Yami. "But it wasn't, Yugi. She's real. She's apart of me. I know it sounds crazy, but it's the truth. She's an ancient spirit of my ancestors."
"What do you mean? How do you know this?" he asked.
"Because after that dream, I could still sense her. I could still feel her. Soon, I was even able to see her and talk to her outside of my dreams. She slowly was able to remember the things she had long forgot from centuries ago. She told me she was born in ancient Egypt. She shared with me vivid stories of Egypt and it's people."
"What else did she tell you?" Yami asked.
"Do you believe me, Yugi? Do you really believe me?" she asked before continuing.
"Yes. Yes I do." He answered with sincerity.
She smiled. "All she remembers is Egypt and being utterly heart broken about something that happened to someone she loved. She said she's here because she's searching for that person."
Yami was silent as he sat on her bed, deep in thought.
"Yugi?"
He looked up at her and turned away to look down at the floor. "I got to go." he said solemnly.
"Yugi? Are you feeling alright?"
Yami walked to the doorway and stopped. "Tell her, I'm sorry." He said before he left the room and went out the front door.
Hana didn't understand what was happening but she felt an ache in her heart at his words.
"Yami?"
Hana turned around to see the Spirit, Reira, standing on the other side of the room. "Who's Yami?" Hana asked.
"Yami- is the name of- of the one I once loved." Reira clasped at her heart as tears began to roll down her tan cheeks. "I can feel his presence."
Hana felt Reira's pain and clasped the heart necklace around her neck. She soon felt tears rolling down her face as well.
Their hearts were merged and they were one. Reira could sense Yami's presence through Hana though Hana did not know who this Yami was.
Hana was facing away from the spirit, tears dancing in her eyes. "You really love him." Hana squeezed tighter on her necklace. "I can feel it."
"Yes." Reira replied, also facing way. "That is why I search. For centuries I have waited for the day when I will reunite with him- in flesh and spirit."
Hana choked out a cry of pain before falling to her knees, still holding tightly to her necklace.
The spirit turned sharply and looked at Hana with wide eyes. "Oh, Hana! Forgive me! I did not mean for you to feel so much pain!"
Hana's breathing began to return to its normal pace and she loosened her grip on her necklace.
Hana is young and her heart cannot take all the emotions that have been experienced by the spirit. Hana's young heart cannot comprehend all that Reira feels and it becomes too much of a strain on her. There is so much pain and sorrow Hana has yet to experience.
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Was this confusing? I hope not! I tried to clarify everything without over doing it. Basically, like how Yugi and Yami can share minds, Hana and Reira share hearts. They can sense one another's feelings and share one another's pain as well as joy. Reira is confused and doesn't know if her short encounter with Yami was real or not. She can sense his presences though when he is near. Hana and Reira have yet to discover that they can switch like Yugi and Yami can. That's why Hana was struggling at the dueling arena. On top of feeling this blast of forgotten pain, that came from Reira, Hana and Reira where trying to switch places and Hana didn't know what was happening to her. Therefore, Hana passed out, Reira emerged but was unable to handle this new experience along with her overwhelming emotions that she had not dealt with for a while. Got it? I hope so! More to be revealed next chapter!
Tiger LiLy =^..^=
By: Tiger LiLy
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Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! I own Hana and Reira.
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Chapter 3: Spirit of the Heart
Yami pulled away and rose to his feet, holding the slightly more mature looking Hana's hands in guiding her up with him. He looked at her with astonishment. "You're here. But- how can that be?"
She put her hand on his lips to hush him. "No words. I have spent many life times in hope that I would find you." She looked at him with deep, loving eyes. "My Pharaoh. My Yami." She removed her hand and replaced it with her lips. She did not hold anything back.
Yami was still slightly dumbfounded but quickly fell into the passionate kiss. The passionate kiss he hadn't felt in ages. Small tears formed at the corners of his eyes and damped his lashed. How he had missed her so. He wanted nothing more then to make that moment of overwhelming joy last for eternity, but now wasn't the time or place.
It took him all his strength to pull back from the lushes lips that were so beautiful and so tempting like the last drink of water in all the fiery dessert.
"Reira, how is this possible?"
"Anything is possible with love and magic." She smiled.
Her smiled grew weak and her eyes gently fell shut as a sound of exhaustion escaped her lips as she exhaled. Yami quickly grasped her limp body as she seemed to faint once more.
"Reira? Reira, are you alright?"
She moaned. "Huh?" Hana mumbled as she began to stir. "Yugi? What's going on?"
"We'll talk about it later. You need to get home." He replied as he helped her to her feet.
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Yami walked Hana to her home. He kept looking down at her as thoughts and questions raced through his mind.
Hana unlocked her door and they entered. Hana's parents wouldn't be home from work until later.
"Thank you, Yugi, for walking me home. I'm feeling much better. Would you like to come in and have something to drink?"
Yami nodded and followed Hana into the kitchen where she was getting two glasses of water. He watched her in silence, still deep in thought.
Hana walked over to the Yami and handed him a small blue cup of water. She smiled sweetly and drank her own cup. Yami took the cup but didn't drink it; rather, he placed it on the counter as soon as he accepted it.
"Hana." He began. "It is very important that you tell me how you obtained the Dark Magician Girl card."
Hana looked up at him and placed her cup on the counter next to his. "Like I told you, it was a gift."
"But who gave it to you?" he asked with a sound of eagerness.
Hana was silent for a moment and looked away. "Y-you wouldn't believe me if I told you. I'm not even sure myself." She replied.
"Hana." He placed his hands on her shoulders. "Please. I must know. I promise, you can tell me anything."
Hana looked up at him with uneasy eyes and was silent for a moment. "I want to show you something." She said in a timid voice. She turned away from Yami and asked him to follow her.
She led him up the stairs to a bedroom. From the looks of it, it had to be Hana's.
"You know, Yugi, in the beginning, I didn't really care for Duel Monsters. Then one day, my mother gave me our family heirloom that had been passed down from woman to woman. All our moving around had shown her how responsible I had become. She said I was old enough now to be trusted with it and take care of it. It has been in our family for so long that no one even remembers why it was so important to pass on to each generation."
Yami watched as Hana opened her dresser drawer and pulled out a gold box. Yami gasped silently when he saw it.
She held it tenderly. "But because of what this box contains, I now know."
"C-could I see it?"
She nodded and handed Yami the box. He held it delicately. With his fingers, he traced the Egyptian eye that was in the lid. He then carefully lifted the lid to find nothing inside put some old cloth.
Yami turned to her. "I thought you said-?"
Hana slightly pulled down the collar of her shirt and pulled out a gold necklace. At the end of the golden chain was a gold heart with the same Egyptian eye symbol on it. Yami looked at the necklace with shocked eyes. He hadn't seen the piece of jewelry in centuries.
"The moment I opened the box and found the necklace within, I knew there was something special about it. I wore the necklace and instantly felt a bond with it. One day, I saw some kids playing Duel Monsters and I decided to watch. I soon became fascinated with it. One of the boys asked if I wanted to play. I told him I didn't have any cards but he said I could borrow some of his if I liked." Hana smiled with amusement. "I had never played the game in my life, much less know the object and rules to the game, and all just the same, I beat him. I beat him as if I had played the game for sometime. I began to buy my own cards and compete. Soon, I began to duel but with a completely different personality. I dueled with a fire that I had no idea I had or where it came from. Then one day, I met with my source for dueling."
Yami listened intently.
"There was this boy." Hana began to blush. "That I met when my family finally began to settle down. We hung out a lot and just when we started getting close, he was the one who moved. I had never experienced that before. I was the one who was always moving. I was the one who left others behind, but this time, I was the one who stayed and was left behind. I felt like he abandoned me. My heart ached. I locked myself in my room and cried."
*Flashback*
I was lying on my bed with my tear stained face buried in my pillow. I soon cried myself to sleep.
"Hana. Hana." I heard the soft voice.
I opened my eyes and looked around. I did not know where I was. I was floating in what seemed to be space.
"It will be all right, child." Came the voice.
"Mom?" asked aloud, not sure whose voice I was hearing.
"No, I am not your mother."
"Then who is it? Where are you?"
A figure of a woman appeared before me. She was very beautiful. Judging by her features and her clothing, she looked like an Egyptian princess or someone like that. As I continued to gaze upon the strange woman, I soon realized that she bared an uncanny resemblance to me but much older. Her cheeks seemed to be wet with tears.
"Hello, Hana." She had such a soft voice.
"Do I know you?" I asked.
"No, but I have sensed you ever since you wore the necklace. Have you not sensed my presents as well?" she pointed to the family heirloom around my neck.
I grabbed the heart at the end of the chain and held it tightly in my hand. "What do you know about my necklace?"
"I know that it was once mine."
I began to slowly retreat; afraid she might take it from me.
"Do not be afraid, Hana. I would not harm you."
"W-why are you here?"
"I am here because I could feel the pain in your heart. My spirit laid unconscious within the necklace until the familiar feeling of heartache forced me to emerge from my dormant state."
"You mean you've been through what I've been through?"
Her face revealed the once forgotten pain. "Yes, more so if not exactly."
"I- I have sensed you before." I remembered. "Sometime after I first wore the necklace, I began to- I felt a- a pain and sorrow in my heart. It- it was you're emotion I was feeling?"
"I believe so. Our spirits are connected through heart. We can feel one another's pain and emotions as well as joy and happiness."
"But how can that be? Who are you?"
"I am apart of you now."
*End Flashback*
"When I woke up, I thought everything was just a dream." She turned to Yami. "But it wasn't, Yugi. She's real. She's apart of me. I know it sounds crazy, but it's the truth. She's an ancient spirit of my ancestors."
"What do you mean? How do you know this?" he asked.
"Because after that dream, I could still sense her. I could still feel her. Soon, I was even able to see her and talk to her outside of my dreams. She slowly was able to remember the things she had long forgot from centuries ago. She told me she was born in ancient Egypt. She shared with me vivid stories of Egypt and it's people."
"What else did she tell you?" Yami asked.
"Do you believe me, Yugi? Do you really believe me?" she asked before continuing.
"Yes. Yes I do." He answered with sincerity.
She smiled. "All she remembers is Egypt and being utterly heart broken about something that happened to someone she loved. She said she's here because she's searching for that person."
Yami was silent as he sat on her bed, deep in thought.
"Yugi?"
He looked up at her and turned away to look down at the floor. "I got to go." he said solemnly.
"Yugi? Are you feeling alright?"
Yami walked to the doorway and stopped. "Tell her, I'm sorry." He said before he left the room and went out the front door.
Hana didn't understand what was happening but she felt an ache in her heart at his words.
"Yami?"
Hana turned around to see the Spirit, Reira, standing on the other side of the room. "Who's Yami?" Hana asked.
"Yami- is the name of- of the one I once loved." Reira clasped at her heart as tears began to roll down her tan cheeks. "I can feel his presence."
Hana felt Reira's pain and clasped the heart necklace around her neck. She soon felt tears rolling down her face as well.
Their hearts were merged and they were one. Reira could sense Yami's presence through Hana though Hana did not know who this Yami was.
Hana was facing away from the spirit, tears dancing in her eyes. "You really love him." Hana squeezed tighter on her necklace. "I can feel it."
"Yes." Reira replied, also facing way. "That is why I search. For centuries I have waited for the day when I will reunite with him- in flesh and spirit."
Hana choked out a cry of pain before falling to her knees, still holding tightly to her necklace.
The spirit turned sharply and looked at Hana with wide eyes. "Oh, Hana! Forgive me! I did not mean for you to feel so much pain!"
Hana's breathing began to return to its normal pace and she loosened her grip on her necklace.
Hana is young and her heart cannot take all the emotions that have been experienced by the spirit. Hana's young heart cannot comprehend all that Reira feels and it becomes too much of a strain on her. There is so much pain and sorrow Hana has yet to experience.
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Was this confusing? I hope not! I tried to clarify everything without over doing it. Basically, like how Yugi and Yami can share minds, Hana and Reira share hearts. They can sense one another's feelings and share one another's pain as well as joy. Reira is confused and doesn't know if her short encounter with Yami was real or not. She can sense his presences though when he is near. Hana and Reira have yet to discover that they can switch like Yugi and Yami can. That's why Hana was struggling at the dueling arena. On top of feeling this blast of forgotten pain, that came from Reira, Hana and Reira where trying to switch places and Hana didn't know what was happening to her. Therefore, Hana passed out, Reira emerged but was unable to handle this new experience along with her overwhelming emotions that she had not dealt with for a while. Got it? I hope so! More to be revealed next chapter!
Tiger LiLy =^..^=