Spirit of the Heart
By: Tiger LiLy
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Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! I own Hana and Reira.
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Chapter 4: Young Hearts
"A spirit within Hana? You mean she has a Millennium Item?"
'No Yugi, she does not posses a Millennium Item.' The Spirit replied from the other side of Yugi's room.
"But then how does Hana have another spirit within her body?" Yugi asked from where he sat on his bed.
'I'm not sure. I believe it may be because of that necklace.'
"What necklace?"
'Hana has an antique Egyptian necklace. It was an heirloom passed down her family for generations.'
"Is this spirit good or evil?" Yugi asked with worry.
'Good.' Yami trailed off.
Yugi looked down at his Millennium Puzzle. "Do you think maybe the spirit is also from ancient Egypt?"
'Yes, she is.' Yami turned his back to Yugi.
"She?"
'Hm.' He replied.
"Do you know her? Do you have any idea of who the spirit is? Or why she's here?"
Yami was silent as he continued with his back to Yugi. 'My past is still much of a blank.' He turned slightly back to Yugi. 'But I do have some memories of her. I'm not exactly sure why she's here.'
"How do you know her?" Yugi asked with curiosity.
Yami was silent. Suddenly Yugi heard his grandpa calling him.
"Yugi! You have company!" he shouted.
"Ok!" he shouted back. Yugi ran down the stares and entered the store portion of the building. He walked over to the counter where his grandpa was and saw he was with someone. He smiled brightly when he saw who it was. "Hi Hana!"
Hana turned to Yugi and smiled back. "Hey Yugi!" Like Yugi, she was also wearing her school uniform. The girls' uniforms consisted of a blue skirt, white shirt with a big blue bow tie around the neck, and along with a pink blazer. Hana though, had the pink jacket tired around her waist. Some of her long raven hair was pulled back and tied with a blue bow similar to the one around her neck.
"So Hana, what brings you by?" Yugi asked.
"Hana came over to thank you for walking her home yesterday." Mr. Mutou answered. "My grandson, such a fine gentlemen!" he began to brag.
Yugi blushed with embarrassment. "Grandpa."
Hana smiled sweetly to the blushing Yugi and it made him turn a deeper red.
"Yes, Hana told me that you walked her home since it had rained after school and she didn't have an umbrella."
Yugi realized that Hana didn't completely fill in his grandpa of the day's events but it was understandable of her not to.
"Yes, thank you Yugi for sharing your umbrella with me."
He nodded. "No problem!"
"Well, I also came here also to get some more duel monsters cards." She spoke nervously. "I'll take this package."
"All right then." Mr. Mutou replied as Hana gave him the money for the cards.
She turned once more to Yugi who was starting to head towards the back of the room. "Uh, Yugi-" she began nervously.
"He stopped and turned back to her. "Yeah?"
"I was just wondering- if you would like to hangout later?" Hana began to blush with embarrassment.
"Sure!" Yugi answered.
Hana's cheeks seemed to lighten to a cute shade of pink. "Really? Cool!"
"Let me finish helping out around here and then we can meet up later!"
"At the arcade?" Hana began to back up towards the front entrance.
"At five?"
"Sounds good!"
"Ok!"
"Ok!" Hana smiled at him before bumping into a shelf behind her. She laughed nervously, still with a hint of pink on her cheeks. "Ok then!" she repeated. "See yea, Yugi!" she shouted as she exited the shop.
"Bye Hana!" Yugi shouted back.
Mr. Mutou smiled. "What a lovely young woman. She seems to have taken a real liking to you, Yugi. Yes, she's well mannered and pretty to add."
Yugi blushed. "I'll start unpacking the boxes in back."
*******
It was almost five o'clock when Hana began to approach the arcade. She couldn't shake the slight twinge of nervousness in the pit of her stomach. She knew there was no reason to feel this way, but she did.
"Hi Hana!"
Hana turned towards the voice addressing her. To her pleasure, she saw the familiar white haired boy from school. "Hello, Bakura!" she greeted in return.
"What are you doing here?" he asked her in his sweet accented voice.
"I'm- waiting- for a friend." She said nervously.
"I see, well, if you're meeting your friend at the arcade, maybe we could go and wait inside. Unless, that is, my company is too much of a inconvenience-"
"Oh no, Bakura!" Hana stopped him. "I'd love to have your company!" she smiled in reassurance.
"All right then!" he opened the door leading inside. "After you!" he bowed.
"Thank you." Hana giggled. As she entered, she felt the light brush of his hand on her lower back in guidance.
*******
Yugi approached the arcade and looked around to see that Hana was nowhere in sight. A group of people exited the arcade.
"Wow! That chick with the black hair is almost as good as the girl who beat Steps!"
Yugi thought that they may have been talking about Hana and entered the arcade to see if he could find her. As he entered, he was no longer listening to the conversation of the group who was leaving.
"Yeah that girl had some cool moves! But I don't remember that music on the game before."
"Me neither."
"I bet I could do better than her on that weird song!"
"Can you do better then a perfect score?"
*******
(Back to before Yugi came in)
"Hey Bakura! Let's play this!"
"All right then." Bakura watched as Hana became enthralled in one of the many video games. 'What ridiculous machines. Dueling in Egyptian times was always more exciting, more challenging- more dangerous.' Bakura smirked to himself as he thought this for this was the Bakura who had come possessed by the evil spirit in his Millennium Ring.
"Aw man! Game over!" Hana pouted.
"Say, Hana, why don't we play that game over there."
Hana looked over to where Bakura was pointing. "DDR?" (A/N: Dance Dance Revolution)
"Yeah! It's quite the game from what I've heard but I've never gotten to see anyone play it yet. You're so good at video games I'm sure you could do it!"
Hana blushed. "I'm really not that great at video games. Let's play something else."
"Come on Hana! Don't be shy!"
"I- I can't."
"Why not?"
"I'm- I'm not very- graceful" she blushed deeper.
"Don't worry." He smiled sweetly. "Neither am I. I promise not to laugh."
Hana wanted to reject the idea again but before she knew it, she was standing on the game's platform.
"Don't say I didn't warn you." She said to him.
"Here, how about I pick the song." As Bakura was 'choosing a song', he tapped into the magic of his Millennium Ring. "This song will do nicely."
Hana heard the sound of some kind of flutes, and other strange instruments she didn't know. 'What is this music?' she wondering. 'I feel like I know this music.' A strange feeling came over her as her eyes fell shut and a burst of energy surged through her body from an unknown source.
Bakura grinned.
Once the surge of energy ebbed, Hana's eyes flung open. Her eyes were dark, serious, and yet seducing. Hana began to step slowly to the music since the beat was very slow to start. She was also using both the first and second player's sides of the platform. This caught the attention of the other people around and some went to watch the dramatic dancing performance.
The beat picked up slightly and so did Hana. The people stood in awe while others whistled and cheered her on.
"I've never seen this girl before! She's pretty good!"
"Dude! She's hardly even looking at the screen!"
"Her score is awesome!"
"She must know all the moves by heart!"
"I wonder what kind of shampoo she uses."
Sweat was forming on her brow as she untied her pink blazer from around her waist and tossed it carelessly aside, providing more freedom for her to move. Her white collared shirt became untucked from her blue skirt from her movements.
Every step was precise without faltering. She made her final steps, so now she was facing the machine once more, and fell to her knees. The music stopped. Hana hung her head as her hair draped around her face, hiding her.
The crowd cheered and quickly everyone began to leave to other parts of the arcade.
Hana was panting as she stayed where she sat. The strange energy diminished as she then turned and looked at Bakura standing to her left. It was her bright, sweet, innocent eyes once more.
She smiled at him as she rose to her feet. "Wow! Did you see me Bakura! I didn't know I had it in me! Maybe I'm more coordinated than I-!" she fell as she was trying to walk off the platform. But rather than falling face first onto the floor, she fell face first into Bakura's chest.
Hana looked up at Bakura with her cheeks red with embarrassment. "I'm so sorry, Bakura!"
Bakura smiled his sweet, friendly smile. "It's quite all right. I suppose you spoke too soon!" he chuckled lightly.
Hana giggled.
"Uh, Bakura?"
Hana and Bakura turned to the right to see little Yugi standing there with a confused expression. Hana continued to be red in the face as she quickly stood up with the help of Bakura for support. Once she was standing properly, Bakura turned to Hana.
"Well, I ought to be going. It was fun, Hana. Later Yugi!" With that, Bakura turned to leave the arcade.
"Um, ok. Bye, Bakura!" Hana shouted to him over the noise of the people.
Yugi watched as Bakura exited. 'What was Bakura doing here?' he wondered. 'He doesn't normally hang out at arcades.' Yugi thought back to a few seconds ago when he saw Bakura and Hana together.
"Yugi? Are you all right?"
"Huh?" he looked up and saw Hana smile at him.
"Glade to see you could make it!" she smiled brightly.
Yugi returned her cheerful smile. "Of course!" He watched as her face seemed to beam brighter if was even possible. He liked her smiled. It was somehow contagious, giving him a warm, happy feeling in his heart. "So what did you have in mind?"
Hana had finished tying her jacket back around her waist. "Well, I thought maybe we could go to the park, if that's ok with you." She shyly looked away.
"That sounds like fun!" Yugi answered. "The weather has finally changed from rain to shine!"
"Ok then! Let's go!"
*******
Hana and Yugi walked through the busy town until they finally reached the park. Everything was so green from all the rain they had been receiving that week. Hana and Yugi wondered around on the many paths, just enjoying the surrounding nature.
"It sure is a gorgeous here!" Hana commented. "I do like the rain, but days like this are nice too."
Yugi smiled and nodded. "The park here is usually kept pretty clean."
"Well that's good to hear!" Hana closed her eyes and breathed in the fresh breeze that brushed her face. "Sometimes I like to come to the park after school to do my homework. I find it very tranquil here and that makes homework less stressful."
"That sounds really nice."
"You should come with me sometime." She smiled.
"I'd like that." Yugi smiled back.
Their conversations were kept pretty much like this. Simple, innocent, and nice. They seemed to just be enjoying one another's company.
"Oh wow!" Hana ran to a bridge that crossed a little stream of water. The stream led to a man-made pond that had ducks and geese swimming about in it. Hana ran all the way to the middle of the bridge. She climbed up on part of the wood railing and leaned over to get a better view. "Look at the water! It's so beautiful!"
Yugi followed her and leaned on the railing next to her. "Yeah! It looks like something you'd find in a fairy tale or a painting!"
"Hm." Hana agreed as she leaned out farther over the railing. Proving once more her lack of coordination, Hana began to fall forward. "Whoa!"
"Be careful, Hana!" Yugi's reflexes automatically reached for Hana to keep her from falling in the water. In doing so, Yugi managed to grab Hana by her waist.
Hana blushed horribly not only with embarrassment from her clumsiness, but for that fact that she felt Yugi's hands around her. She carefully climbed down. Yugi finally let go once Hana was securely on the ground once more.
Yugi blushed when he replayed the scene in his head. "I'm sorry. I just saw you were going to fall and I just reacted without really thinking."
Hana smiled at Yugi with her face still red. "No! Thanks Yugi! If you hadn't have acted so quickly, I probably would have fallen in!" she chuckled nervously. "I'm not the most graceful person. Well, you saw me at the arcade."
"Oh yeah." Yugi thought back.
"Yugi?"
"Huh?"
"Are you coming?" Hana laughed. She was a few feet in front of him.
"Yeah!" He answered as he hurried up to Hana.
As they continued walking, Yugi remembered when he saw Hana and Bakura together. He couldn't describe it but he felt weird. It was like a sick feeling in his chest.
Yugi looked over at Hana. She turned to him and smiled. 'How is it that Hana can make my heart smile when she smiles and when she was with Bakura if felt- weird? Not only is Hana my friend but so is Bakura. So why did I feel like that? What could it be?'
"Yugi? Are you ok?"
"Huh?"
"You got really quiet all of the sudden."
Yugi saw the look of concern she gave him. 'She was so kind and caring.' He smiled at her in reassurance. "I'm fine, Hana. I really like hanging out with you."
"Well, I like hanging out with you too, Yugi." Hana blushed. There was a silence before Hana spoke. "Oh, look at the sun set!" she pointed out at a clearing through the trees.
Yugi looked towards the horizon and smiled. He then turned and looked at Hana. The light of the sun seemed to be pouring over her body and highlighting her features. Yugi then noticed something for the first time. Hana's eyes where a beautiful honey brown and the setting sun made them look dazzling.
Yami was standing next to Yugi and was too, looking at Hana with a smile on his face. 'Reira.' He thought.
Hana looked over to see Yugi looking at her. She blushed. "What is it?" she asked.
"Hm? Oh nothing." He turned away shyly.
Hana tilted her head slightly. "Yugi." She began. Not sure why, she reached for his hand and grabbed it.
Yugi turned to her just as she did so. "Hana?"
Hana suddenly had a slight stunned look on her face before beginning to look faint. However, the whole time, she had her hand up by her heart. 'I can sense him.'
Hana collapsed on Yugi's shoulder.
"Hana? Hana! Are you ok?" Yugi blushed as he held her.
'Yugi.'
"Yami! Something has happen to Hana!"
'Hm' he responded.
"What's wrong with her?"
'It's Reira.'
"The other spirit?"
'Yes, she's trying to emerge again.'
"Is Hana ok?"
'She will be fine, I believe. But if Reira does emerge, I must speak with her.'
Yugi nodded. "Ok." He then looked down at the unconscious Hana.
Yami smiled. 'I will make sure she is ok.' He comforted Yugi.
Yugi and Yami switched minds and now Yami was in control. When he opened his eyes, he felt Hana's long black hair on his neck and saw her still limp on his shoulder. 'I can feel her spirit.' He brushed the hair out of her face. "Reira?" Yami felt a light squeeze on his hand. When he looked down, he saw it was Hana's hand in his.
He heard her moan slightly. "Yami?" she spoke as she tried to sit up. Yami helped her by putting his hand on her shoulder. When she sat up, she held her head with her hands and rubbed her face.
"Are you all right?" he spoke gently.
She looked up at him and smiled. "I am now." She let herself collapse on his shoulder and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck.
Yami put his arms around her and they embraced.
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Aw! Yugi is so innocent and cute! He doesn't even know he's experiencing jealousy for the first time! Yugi is so innocent and naïve that poor shy Hana is the one to make the first move! Reira and Yami finally get to talk face to face after all these years! What is Bakura up to? More to be revealed next chapter! See you then!
Tiger LiLy =^..^=
By: Tiger LiLy
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Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! I own Hana and Reira.
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Chapter 4: Young Hearts
"A spirit within Hana? You mean she has a Millennium Item?"
'No Yugi, she does not posses a Millennium Item.' The Spirit replied from the other side of Yugi's room.
"But then how does Hana have another spirit within her body?" Yugi asked from where he sat on his bed.
'I'm not sure. I believe it may be because of that necklace.'
"What necklace?"
'Hana has an antique Egyptian necklace. It was an heirloom passed down her family for generations.'
"Is this spirit good or evil?" Yugi asked with worry.
'Good.' Yami trailed off.
Yugi looked down at his Millennium Puzzle. "Do you think maybe the spirit is also from ancient Egypt?"
'Yes, she is.' Yami turned his back to Yugi.
"She?"
'Hm.' He replied.
"Do you know her? Do you have any idea of who the spirit is? Or why she's here?"
Yami was silent as he continued with his back to Yugi. 'My past is still much of a blank.' He turned slightly back to Yugi. 'But I do have some memories of her. I'm not exactly sure why she's here.'
"How do you know her?" Yugi asked with curiosity.
Yami was silent. Suddenly Yugi heard his grandpa calling him.
"Yugi! You have company!" he shouted.
"Ok!" he shouted back. Yugi ran down the stares and entered the store portion of the building. He walked over to the counter where his grandpa was and saw he was with someone. He smiled brightly when he saw who it was. "Hi Hana!"
Hana turned to Yugi and smiled back. "Hey Yugi!" Like Yugi, she was also wearing her school uniform. The girls' uniforms consisted of a blue skirt, white shirt with a big blue bow tie around the neck, and along with a pink blazer. Hana though, had the pink jacket tired around her waist. Some of her long raven hair was pulled back and tied with a blue bow similar to the one around her neck.
"So Hana, what brings you by?" Yugi asked.
"Hana came over to thank you for walking her home yesterday." Mr. Mutou answered. "My grandson, such a fine gentlemen!" he began to brag.
Yugi blushed with embarrassment. "Grandpa."
Hana smiled sweetly to the blushing Yugi and it made him turn a deeper red.
"Yes, Hana told me that you walked her home since it had rained after school and she didn't have an umbrella."
Yugi realized that Hana didn't completely fill in his grandpa of the day's events but it was understandable of her not to.
"Yes, thank you Yugi for sharing your umbrella with me."
He nodded. "No problem!"
"Well, I also came here also to get some more duel monsters cards." She spoke nervously. "I'll take this package."
"All right then." Mr. Mutou replied as Hana gave him the money for the cards.
She turned once more to Yugi who was starting to head towards the back of the room. "Uh, Yugi-" she began nervously.
"He stopped and turned back to her. "Yeah?"
"I was just wondering- if you would like to hangout later?" Hana began to blush with embarrassment.
"Sure!" Yugi answered.
Hana's cheeks seemed to lighten to a cute shade of pink. "Really? Cool!"
"Let me finish helping out around here and then we can meet up later!"
"At the arcade?" Hana began to back up towards the front entrance.
"At five?"
"Sounds good!"
"Ok!"
"Ok!" Hana smiled at him before bumping into a shelf behind her. She laughed nervously, still with a hint of pink on her cheeks. "Ok then!" she repeated. "See yea, Yugi!" she shouted as she exited the shop.
"Bye Hana!" Yugi shouted back.
Mr. Mutou smiled. "What a lovely young woman. She seems to have taken a real liking to you, Yugi. Yes, she's well mannered and pretty to add."
Yugi blushed. "I'll start unpacking the boxes in back."
*******
It was almost five o'clock when Hana began to approach the arcade. She couldn't shake the slight twinge of nervousness in the pit of her stomach. She knew there was no reason to feel this way, but she did.
"Hi Hana!"
Hana turned towards the voice addressing her. To her pleasure, she saw the familiar white haired boy from school. "Hello, Bakura!" she greeted in return.
"What are you doing here?" he asked her in his sweet accented voice.
"I'm- waiting- for a friend." She said nervously.
"I see, well, if you're meeting your friend at the arcade, maybe we could go and wait inside. Unless, that is, my company is too much of a inconvenience-"
"Oh no, Bakura!" Hana stopped him. "I'd love to have your company!" she smiled in reassurance.
"All right then!" he opened the door leading inside. "After you!" he bowed.
"Thank you." Hana giggled. As she entered, she felt the light brush of his hand on her lower back in guidance.
*******
Yugi approached the arcade and looked around to see that Hana was nowhere in sight. A group of people exited the arcade.
"Wow! That chick with the black hair is almost as good as the girl who beat Steps!"
Yugi thought that they may have been talking about Hana and entered the arcade to see if he could find her. As he entered, he was no longer listening to the conversation of the group who was leaving.
"Yeah that girl had some cool moves! But I don't remember that music on the game before."
"Me neither."
"I bet I could do better than her on that weird song!"
"Can you do better then a perfect score?"
*******
(Back to before Yugi came in)
"Hey Bakura! Let's play this!"
"All right then." Bakura watched as Hana became enthralled in one of the many video games. 'What ridiculous machines. Dueling in Egyptian times was always more exciting, more challenging- more dangerous.' Bakura smirked to himself as he thought this for this was the Bakura who had come possessed by the evil spirit in his Millennium Ring.
"Aw man! Game over!" Hana pouted.
"Say, Hana, why don't we play that game over there."
Hana looked over to where Bakura was pointing. "DDR?" (A/N: Dance Dance Revolution)
"Yeah! It's quite the game from what I've heard but I've never gotten to see anyone play it yet. You're so good at video games I'm sure you could do it!"
Hana blushed. "I'm really not that great at video games. Let's play something else."
"Come on Hana! Don't be shy!"
"I- I can't."
"Why not?"
"I'm- I'm not very- graceful" she blushed deeper.
"Don't worry." He smiled sweetly. "Neither am I. I promise not to laugh."
Hana wanted to reject the idea again but before she knew it, she was standing on the game's platform.
"Don't say I didn't warn you." She said to him.
"Here, how about I pick the song." As Bakura was 'choosing a song', he tapped into the magic of his Millennium Ring. "This song will do nicely."
Hana heard the sound of some kind of flutes, and other strange instruments she didn't know. 'What is this music?' she wondering. 'I feel like I know this music.' A strange feeling came over her as her eyes fell shut and a burst of energy surged through her body from an unknown source.
Bakura grinned.
Once the surge of energy ebbed, Hana's eyes flung open. Her eyes were dark, serious, and yet seducing. Hana began to step slowly to the music since the beat was very slow to start. She was also using both the first and second player's sides of the platform. This caught the attention of the other people around and some went to watch the dramatic dancing performance.
The beat picked up slightly and so did Hana. The people stood in awe while others whistled and cheered her on.
"I've never seen this girl before! She's pretty good!"
"Dude! She's hardly even looking at the screen!"
"Her score is awesome!"
"She must know all the moves by heart!"
"I wonder what kind of shampoo she uses."
Sweat was forming on her brow as she untied her pink blazer from around her waist and tossed it carelessly aside, providing more freedom for her to move. Her white collared shirt became untucked from her blue skirt from her movements.
Every step was precise without faltering. She made her final steps, so now she was facing the machine once more, and fell to her knees. The music stopped. Hana hung her head as her hair draped around her face, hiding her.
The crowd cheered and quickly everyone began to leave to other parts of the arcade.
Hana was panting as she stayed where she sat. The strange energy diminished as she then turned and looked at Bakura standing to her left. It was her bright, sweet, innocent eyes once more.
She smiled at him as she rose to her feet. "Wow! Did you see me Bakura! I didn't know I had it in me! Maybe I'm more coordinated than I-!" she fell as she was trying to walk off the platform. But rather than falling face first onto the floor, she fell face first into Bakura's chest.
Hana looked up at Bakura with her cheeks red with embarrassment. "I'm so sorry, Bakura!"
Bakura smiled his sweet, friendly smile. "It's quite all right. I suppose you spoke too soon!" he chuckled lightly.
Hana giggled.
"Uh, Bakura?"
Hana and Bakura turned to the right to see little Yugi standing there with a confused expression. Hana continued to be red in the face as she quickly stood up with the help of Bakura for support. Once she was standing properly, Bakura turned to Hana.
"Well, I ought to be going. It was fun, Hana. Later Yugi!" With that, Bakura turned to leave the arcade.
"Um, ok. Bye, Bakura!" Hana shouted to him over the noise of the people.
Yugi watched as Bakura exited. 'What was Bakura doing here?' he wondered. 'He doesn't normally hang out at arcades.' Yugi thought back to a few seconds ago when he saw Bakura and Hana together.
"Yugi? Are you all right?"
"Huh?" he looked up and saw Hana smile at him.
"Glade to see you could make it!" she smiled brightly.
Yugi returned her cheerful smile. "Of course!" He watched as her face seemed to beam brighter if was even possible. He liked her smiled. It was somehow contagious, giving him a warm, happy feeling in his heart. "So what did you have in mind?"
Hana had finished tying her jacket back around her waist. "Well, I thought maybe we could go to the park, if that's ok with you." She shyly looked away.
"That sounds like fun!" Yugi answered. "The weather has finally changed from rain to shine!"
"Ok then! Let's go!"
*******
Hana and Yugi walked through the busy town until they finally reached the park. Everything was so green from all the rain they had been receiving that week. Hana and Yugi wondered around on the many paths, just enjoying the surrounding nature.
"It sure is a gorgeous here!" Hana commented. "I do like the rain, but days like this are nice too."
Yugi smiled and nodded. "The park here is usually kept pretty clean."
"Well that's good to hear!" Hana closed her eyes and breathed in the fresh breeze that brushed her face. "Sometimes I like to come to the park after school to do my homework. I find it very tranquil here and that makes homework less stressful."
"That sounds really nice."
"You should come with me sometime." She smiled.
"I'd like that." Yugi smiled back.
Their conversations were kept pretty much like this. Simple, innocent, and nice. They seemed to just be enjoying one another's company.
"Oh wow!" Hana ran to a bridge that crossed a little stream of water. The stream led to a man-made pond that had ducks and geese swimming about in it. Hana ran all the way to the middle of the bridge. She climbed up on part of the wood railing and leaned over to get a better view. "Look at the water! It's so beautiful!"
Yugi followed her and leaned on the railing next to her. "Yeah! It looks like something you'd find in a fairy tale or a painting!"
"Hm." Hana agreed as she leaned out farther over the railing. Proving once more her lack of coordination, Hana began to fall forward. "Whoa!"
"Be careful, Hana!" Yugi's reflexes automatically reached for Hana to keep her from falling in the water. In doing so, Yugi managed to grab Hana by her waist.
Hana blushed horribly not only with embarrassment from her clumsiness, but for that fact that she felt Yugi's hands around her. She carefully climbed down. Yugi finally let go once Hana was securely on the ground once more.
Yugi blushed when he replayed the scene in his head. "I'm sorry. I just saw you were going to fall and I just reacted without really thinking."
Hana smiled at Yugi with her face still red. "No! Thanks Yugi! If you hadn't have acted so quickly, I probably would have fallen in!" she chuckled nervously. "I'm not the most graceful person. Well, you saw me at the arcade."
"Oh yeah." Yugi thought back.
"Yugi?"
"Huh?"
"Are you coming?" Hana laughed. She was a few feet in front of him.
"Yeah!" He answered as he hurried up to Hana.
As they continued walking, Yugi remembered when he saw Hana and Bakura together. He couldn't describe it but he felt weird. It was like a sick feeling in his chest.
Yugi looked over at Hana. She turned to him and smiled. 'How is it that Hana can make my heart smile when she smiles and when she was with Bakura if felt- weird? Not only is Hana my friend but so is Bakura. So why did I feel like that? What could it be?'
"Yugi? Are you ok?"
"Huh?"
"You got really quiet all of the sudden."
Yugi saw the look of concern she gave him. 'She was so kind and caring.' He smiled at her in reassurance. "I'm fine, Hana. I really like hanging out with you."
"Well, I like hanging out with you too, Yugi." Hana blushed. There was a silence before Hana spoke. "Oh, look at the sun set!" she pointed out at a clearing through the trees.
Yugi looked towards the horizon and smiled. He then turned and looked at Hana. The light of the sun seemed to be pouring over her body and highlighting her features. Yugi then noticed something for the first time. Hana's eyes where a beautiful honey brown and the setting sun made them look dazzling.
Yami was standing next to Yugi and was too, looking at Hana with a smile on his face. 'Reira.' He thought.
Hana looked over to see Yugi looking at her. She blushed. "What is it?" she asked.
"Hm? Oh nothing." He turned away shyly.
Hana tilted her head slightly. "Yugi." She began. Not sure why, she reached for his hand and grabbed it.
Yugi turned to her just as she did so. "Hana?"
Hana suddenly had a slight stunned look on her face before beginning to look faint. However, the whole time, she had her hand up by her heart. 'I can sense him.'
Hana collapsed on Yugi's shoulder.
"Hana? Hana! Are you ok?" Yugi blushed as he held her.
'Yugi.'
"Yami! Something has happen to Hana!"
'Hm' he responded.
"What's wrong with her?"
'It's Reira.'
"The other spirit?"
'Yes, she's trying to emerge again.'
"Is Hana ok?"
'She will be fine, I believe. But if Reira does emerge, I must speak with her.'
Yugi nodded. "Ok." He then looked down at the unconscious Hana.
Yami smiled. 'I will make sure she is ok.' He comforted Yugi.
Yugi and Yami switched minds and now Yami was in control. When he opened his eyes, he felt Hana's long black hair on his neck and saw her still limp on his shoulder. 'I can feel her spirit.' He brushed the hair out of her face. "Reira?" Yami felt a light squeeze on his hand. When he looked down, he saw it was Hana's hand in his.
He heard her moan slightly. "Yami?" she spoke as she tried to sit up. Yami helped her by putting his hand on her shoulder. When she sat up, she held her head with her hands and rubbed her face.
"Are you all right?" he spoke gently.
She looked up at him and smiled. "I am now." She let herself collapse on his shoulder and wrapped her arms tightly around his neck.
Yami put his arms around her and they embraced.
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Aw! Yugi is so innocent and cute! He doesn't even know he's experiencing jealousy for the first time! Yugi is so innocent and naïve that poor shy Hana is the one to make the first move! Reira and Yami finally get to talk face to face after all these years! What is Bakura up to? More to be revealed next chapter! See you then!
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