A/N- Sorry for taking so long! I was busy all day yesterday and today was
my grandfather's birthday. I'm lucky to have even gotten it up tonight!
Hope you like the chapter! It's kind of got a cliffy ending! YAY! Thanks
my awesome reviewers!
digigirl-izumi: Glad you liked that! I put that little inside joke in their just for you! Yup someone's gonna turn against someone! That was an idea sent in to me by a review that I told you I liked! Aww, poor Nicky! Thanks for reviewing!
hobbitfeet13: Yeah, I know. Selina IS mean to Yugi and does call him a lot of names, but that is in the job description. You know anything else I can call him? Hehe! I've always thought Yin was light and Yang was dark as well. Probably because Yin and light both have an "I" in them and Yang and dark both have "A's". Oh, well guess we were wrong.
Hazel-Beka: Cool! Thanks for that useful bit of information. *sniff sniff* Yeah, glad your happy about the Yin. *sniffle sniffle* Aw, Beka! How cute! But we know who Kerri REALLY IS! I'll try not to. EEP! NO NOT THE LOOK! ANYTHING BUT "THE LOOK!!!!" AHHH! Thanks for reviewing, Hazel! ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
Subieko: I don't know what you mean by sadistic, it's not like she's trying to entice him or anything! She just wants to get her way! :) MWAHA! Thanks, thanks for your input! It is most helpful! Thanks for reviewing! ^_^
Puzzle-chan: You're most definitely welcome! I liked your story, but these things happen. Unfortunately. If you update be sure to LET ME KNOW! Thanks for reviewing! ^_^
NOTE: Yin is going to be light and Yang dark as the majority rules! And also Yugi's friends are going to turn against him, cause the majority rules in that too!
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Chapter 5- At Yugi's House
BRIIIIIIIIING!
The bell signaling the end of all classes brought a cheer from Joey and Tristan as their classmates gathered their books together and headed for the door.
"Come on, Joey we gotta pick up Yugi and Tea and meet Kerri at her locker."
"Oh, yeah, right. I forgot."
Tristan sweat-dropped and fell over. (A/N-anime style!)
"This is going to be so cool! Yug's first party at his house!"
"Joey! It's not a party! He's just inviting his friends over."
"Oh, yeah, right. I forgot."
Tristan sweat-dropped and fell over again. When he got up he walked over to Joey and bonked him on the head.
"Hey! What was that for?"
"To see if anybody was home, you nimrod! Now come ON! We have got to GO NOW!"
"Alright! All right! I'm come'n."
Joey followed Tristan down the halls to the freshmen science class that Tea and Yugi had just gotten out of and met them as they came out the door. Yugi gave them a warm greeting and everyone retaliated in a friendly manner.
"Hey, guys!"
"Hey there, Yugi!"
"Let's go meet Kerri, now." Tea led the way down to their new friend's locker where they found the shy blonde stowing books away.
"Hi, Kerri! How was your day?" Tea asked on approach.
"It was ok, I guess." She blushed, but managed to still look at them instead of the floor. An improvement in Yugi's opinion.
"Is everyone ready to go to my house?"
"SURE!" Came the excited replies of his friends.
"Alright then, let's get moving."
The five left the classes, teachers, and other students behind as they set out for the game shop that Yugi lived in.
*~*Selina's P.O.V.*~*
That sniveling little brat is leading me to his house and *MY* Millennium Bracelet. Foolish child. He has no idea the trouble that I have in store for him. Finding and regaining the Millennium Bracelet is only one of the first steps to his demise! AHAHAHAHA! He won't know what hit him! Yugi Mutou is almost SETTING HIMSELF UP for an attack by me, but now is not the time to strike. If only my previous plans to kill the spineless brat had not failed! Ah, but that is of the past and I need not dwell on that to succeed. His time will come and THIS time...HE WILL FALL!!!!
*~*Normal P.O.V.*~*
"OH, WOW! Yugi! This is where you *LIVE*?" Kerri asked with a look of awe on her face while in reality she had already seen the miserable dump and loathed it just because it was where Yugi Mutou did indeed live.
"Yeah, it is kinda cool having a store attached to your house." Yugi blushed himself and glanced sideways at Kerri. "Come on in and I'll show you around!" He grabbed her wrist and pulled her forward into the shop.
The bell rang signaling their entry and Kerri looked around the small store with "interest." "Cool!" the other's heard her mutter for their benefit. Yugi dragged her further into the dwelling and brought her into a room behind the shop that looked like a living room. There was a television set and a couch with another room connected to it. Kerri couldn't see into it because the door was closed so she had no idea what was inside it. It could have been a spare bedroom or a storeroom for the game shop for all she knew. Not that it really mattered to her. As long as she somehow found her Millennium Bracelet without anybody seeing she would be perfectly fine indeed.
"This is neat, Yugi! Where is your room?"
"This way, I'll show you!" He led her back out to the shop and up a flight of stairs to the left of the door that they had exited. At the top of the stair were three doors. Two on the left and one on the right. Yugi opened the door on the right and finally let go of Kerri's wrist, who was very grateful. Kerri walked into it by herself. Yugi and she were the only ones there. Joey, Tristan, Tea, and Yugi's grandfather were all downstairs preparing food and sodas for everybody. Yugi was waiting expectantly by the doorway watching Kerri as she inspected his room. As soon as Selina entered the room she felt a familiar sense of power radiating from the closet. Her heart leapt happily.
'I have found it,' she thought happily to herself. She glanced back at Yugi. 'Hm. I can't get it now with him and that spirit of his watching me. I'll have to get it later while everyone else is at the party.'
Kerri looked back around and gasp out loud. She covered her mouth with a hand, but only her index finger was actually touching her lips. She used her free hand to point at the floor under the window and asked in "fright", "Wh-wh-what is t-that?"
Yugi came over to her and looked at what she was pointing at and grinned in an embarrassed sort of way.
"Well, you see, before you came here I had a little trouble with someone that kind of, well, someone that wanted me...dead. Some of her men came in here while I was sleeping and stabbed me. That's a bloodstain. It was bigger, but we managed to get the rest out of the carpet.
Selina smiled inwardly at the fact that she had done that to him. She liked that idea and made a mental picture of it to store away in her memory so that she might gaze back upon it fondly. Outwardly, she was shaking and her voice shook as she said, "Oh, Yugi."
"Don't worry about it. It's all over with now. The person that did it is long gone now."
'Ha! That's what you think little Yugi! And as for it being all over with, you are WRONG! It's just beginning! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!'
Kerri nodded and Yugi took her hand and pulled her more gently than before from his room and back down the stairs. She kept staring at the spot as she allowed Yugi to lead her away. Once they were back in the living room Kerri noticed that the others had gotten everything already set up and were drinking colas and eating sandwiches as they stood or sat around talking and teasing each other. The two had to duck as Joey threw a pillow at Tristan, which missed its target. Yugi merely stood there while it whipped his red and black spikes backward, but Kerri had to jump out of the way and into the wall to avoid it.
She hit it with a thump, which did not really hurt, but she cried, "OW!" anyway.
"Oh, sorry about that, Kerri. Didn't see ya there."
"And you forgot that you can't aim! HAHA!" mocked Tristan. It only served to make Joey madder and start an all out pillow fight that Kerri politely refused to join.
When everybody was tired of fighting the teens and Yugi's grandfather put a scary movie in and began to watch it. Joey, Tristan, and Grandpa sat on the couch with popcorn watching intently. Joey would occasionally forget about the popcorn in his mouth and let it hang open. At these times Grandpa would smack him on the head, forcing him to recover his wits. On the other hand Yugi sat on the floor between Tea and Kerri.
Halfway during the movie, Kerri whispered in Yugi's ear. "I have got to go to the bathroom."
Not really paying attention to her, but instead to the movie he whispered back, "Back up the stairs across from my room."
She got up silently so as not to disturb the others in the room, pausing at the doorway to make sure they were engrossed in the movie, then proceeded up the stairs to the tree rooms waiting at the top.
*~*Selina's P.O.V.*~*
'Finally! I can wash off the filth from Yugi touching my arm! And...and get my Millennium Bracelet back.' I smirked at the thought of destroying Yugi once and for all. I take the door on the left as instructed and was my hands and wrists off then leave the bathroom. Now I am standing in the hallway looking at the door right in front of me. The room that belongs to Yugi and the pull of the Millennium Bracelet. I look around to make sure that everyone is still watching the movie. Good. There are no lights on.
I opened the door and walked in, going straight to the closet. I throw open the doors and see all sorts of clothes. Frowning I look at the closet floor. It is littered with shoes, toys, and other objects. There is a shelf above me. I decided to look there. A cardboard box with the words, "BLANKETS" clearly visible is calling me, drawing me in. I lift it off the shelf.
I looked around warily just to make sure no one is there before opening the box and seeing quilts and sheets along with other such bed coverings. I lift them out and find in the very bottom the object I have been searching for.
YES!!!!!! Finally it is MINE again! The MILLENNIUM BRACELET!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA! Now I shall rule the world!
*~*Normal P.O.V.*~*
'No, don't go in there!' Yugi's mind screamed at the lady on the television screen. 'Can't you see that the monster is in there! DON'T GO! LOOK! LOOK! There he is! THERE HE IS!...I told you not to go in there.'
Yugi gasp out loud as he felt a sharp jolt of magic. He sat up straight and looked all around as if the source of the magic might suddenly reveal itself to him.
/Yami! What was that?!/
//I'm sorry, aibou. I don't know what it was, but I can assure you one thing.//
/What's that?/
//It's not good whatever it is. We must be on our guard from now on.//
/You can't find out what it is with your shadow powers can you?/
//I'm very sorry, hikari, but I cannot place it. I only know that it is familiar in some way. Whatever it is does not want to be discovered so soon though.//
/How do you know that?/
//It is shielding itself from me.//
/Great./
Yugi tried to forget about the feeling for the moment and enjoy the time he had now, spending with his family and friends. But he could not shake the feeling that something was terribly wrong and they could only get worse one way or another. He was distracted from this feeling, however, when Tea muffled a scream and grabbed him in a tight embrace. He smiled and forgot his troubles for the time being.
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The end of the movie was the scariest part of all and everybody in the room screamed except Grandpa, who only rolled his eyes. Yugi was especially happy at the end when Tea was practically hugging the life out of him. Grandpa quickly and quietly got up while the others were trying to find out if anything else was going to happen and turned on the lights.
Everyone screamed and jumped again as the lights suddenly came on for no apparent reason. They all looked at the light switch expecting to see some zombie or monster waiting for them, only to see Grandpa chuckling softly to himself.
"My, my, my. Aren't we a little jumpy tonight."
They sighed and Joey kindly asked Tristan to put him down since he had jumped into his friend's arms when the lights came on. Tristan happily obliged and did what his friend asked although he was not at all gentle about it.
"Ow! That hurt!"
"Baby."
"Why you!"
"Knock it off boys or no more late night movies," Grandpa scolded. They stopped, but continued to glare at one another.
Yugi jumped again as he turned around and saw Kerri standing there. "Oh, you're back. I didn't see you return."
"That was because you were a little preoccupied," she whispered in his ear.
Yugi blushed, but said nothing. (A/N-KAWAII!) Kerri giggled and blushed as well.
"Ok, kids, time for everyone to go home," Yugi's grandfather stated.
Tea, Tristan, Joey, and Kerri headed for the door.
The first three all said, "Good-bye," as Yugi showed them politely to the door.
Kerri hesitated before taking something off her neck and handing him the Yang half of her two necklaces. "Thank you for being such a good friend to me, Yugi. I really appreciate it a lot. More than you probably know. These are best friend necklaces," she told him while at the same time thinking 'yeah right.' "If you connect them together like this," she demonstrated by connecting the Yin and Yang halves of the necklace together, "it is like we are bonded together." 'Which is true in a way. Only it is not a bond of friendship like I am leading you to believe it is more a bond of a master and her servant! MWAHAHAHAHA!'
"Thank you, Kerri! I'll always cherish it!"
Kerri smiled happily. "I know you will, Yugi. You are the best friend ever."
"Ain't dat da truth!" Joey spoke up heartily.
"Good-bye, Yugi!"
"Good-bye, everybody."
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As Yugi was getting ready for bed, Yami materialized on the edge of his bed and reminded Yugi of the feeling he had, had earlier.
"Yugi."
"Yeah, Yami?"
"I think we need to check on the Millennium Bracelet."
"Why? Do you think what we felt has something to do with it?"
"I do."
"All right."
...
It was silent for a moment as Yugi got the cardboard box out of his closet on the shelf and dove to the bottom only to discover...the Millennium Bracelet was gone.
"It's not there!"
"Who all was up here while your friends were over, hikari?"
"Only Kerri, but I don't know why she would have gotten it or even how she would have been able to find it."
"Wasn't she in the bathroom when we felt the disturbance?"
"Yeah, I think so. I guess it could have been her. I'll ask her about it tomorrow at the arcade when we go with everybody."
"I think that is a good idea, aibou."
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!
He has no idea the plans I have in store for him! The Pharaoh and his little brat will just have to find out the hard way! MWAHAHAHAHA!
A/N- OH! MY! GOODNESS! That was SEVEN pages long withOUT my a/n's!!! Is it just me or does it seem that I actually do better when I don't write ahead of time? Anyways, I finally got a cliffy on this story! YAY! Go me! This one is of course not as bad as the one I left for you in The Black Crystal Sacrifice eh? Sorry about that, but you better not kill me or you won't get to find out what happens next!
Serafina: I am going to be SO tired tomorrow! I'm barely going to be able to stay awake in AH Geometry! ACK! The teacher makes it hard enough as it is to stay awake in class! I don't need any help! AND! I sit in the front row! URGH! Pity me.
Ja ne!
digigirl-izumi: Glad you liked that! I put that little inside joke in their just for you! Yup someone's gonna turn against someone! That was an idea sent in to me by a review that I told you I liked! Aww, poor Nicky! Thanks for reviewing!
hobbitfeet13: Yeah, I know. Selina IS mean to Yugi and does call him a lot of names, but that is in the job description. You know anything else I can call him? Hehe! I've always thought Yin was light and Yang was dark as well. Probably because Yin and light both have an "I" in them and Yang and dark both have "A's". Oh, well guess we were wrong.
Hazel-Beka: Cool! Thanks for that useful bit of information. *sniff sniff* Yeah, glad your happy about the Yin. *sniffle sniffle* Aw, Beka! How cute! But we know who Kerri REALLY IS! I'll try not to. EEP! NO NOT THE LOOK! ANYTHING BUT "THE LOOK!!!!" AHHH! Thanks for reviewing, Hazel! ^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^_^
Subieko: I don't know what you mean by sadistic, it's not like she's trying to entice him or anything! She just wants to get her way! :) MWAHA! Thanks, thanks for your input! It is most helpful! Thanks for reviewing! ^_^
Puzzle-chan: You're most definitely welcome! I liked your story, but these things happen. Unfortunately. If you update be sure to LET ME KNOW! Thanks for reviewing! ^_^
NOTE: Yin is going to be light and Yang dark as the majority rules! And also Yugi's friends are going to turn against him, cause the majority rules in that too!
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Chapter 5- At Yugi's House
BRIIIIIIIIING!
The bell signaling the end of all classes brought a cheer from Joey and Tristan as their classmates gathered their books together and headed for the door.
"Come on, Joey we gotta pick up Yugi and Tea and meet Kerri at her locker."
"Oh, yeah, right. I forgot."
Tristan sweat-dropped and fell over. (A/N-anime style!)
"This is going to be so cool! Yug's first party at his house!"
"Joey! It's not a party! He's just inviting his friends over."
"Oh, yeah, right. I forgot."
Tristan sweat-dropped and fell over again. When he got up he walked over to Joey and bonked him on the head.
"Hey! What was that for?"
"To see if anybody was home, you nimrod! Now come ON! We have got to GO NOW!"
"Alright! All right! I'm come'n."
Joey followed Tristan down the halls to the freshmen science class that Tea and Yugi had just gotten out of and met them as they came out the door. Yugi gave them a warm greeting and everyone retaliated in a friendly manner.
"Hey, guys!"
"Hey there, Yugi!"
"Let's go meet Kerri, now." Tea led the way down to their new friend's locker where they found the shy blonde stowing books away.
"Hi, Kerri! How was your day?" Tea asked on approach.
"It was ok, I guess." She blushed, but managed to still look at them instead of the floor. An improvement in Yugi's opinion.
"Is everyone ready to go to my house?"
"SURE!" Came the excited replies of his friends.
"Alright then, let's get moving."
The five left the classes, teachers, and other students behind as they set out for the game shop that Yugi lived in.
*~*Selina's P.O.V.*~*
That sniveling little brat is leading me to his house and *MY* Millennium Bracelet. Foolish child. He has no idea the trouble that I have in store for him. Finding and regaining the Millennium Bracelet is only one of the first steps to his demise! AHAHAHAHA! He won't know what hit him! Yugi Mutou is almost SETTING HIMSELF UP for an attack by me, but now is not the time to strike. If only my previous plans to kill the spineless brat had not failed! Ah, but that is of the past and I need not dwell on that to succeed. His time will come and THIS time...HE WILL FALL!!!!
*~*Normal P.O.V.*~*
"OH, WOW! Yugi! This is where you *LIVE*?" Kerri asked with a look of awe on her face while in reality she had already seen the miserable dump and loathed it just because it was where Yugi Mutou did indeed live.
"Yeah, it is kinda cool having a store attached to your house." Yugi blushed himself and glanced sideways at Kerri. "Come on in and I'll show you around!" He grabbed her wrist and pulled her forward into the shop.
The bell rang signaling their entry and Kerri looked around the small store with "interest." "Cool!" the other's heard her mutter for their benefit. Yugi dragged her further into the dwelling and brought her into a room behind the shop that looked like a living room. There was a television set and a couch with another room connected to it. Kerri couldn't see into it because the door was closed so she had no idea what was inside it. It could have been a spare bedroom or a storeroom for the game shop for all she knew. Not that it really mattered to her. As long as she somehow found her Millennium Bracelet without anybody seeing she would be perfectly fine indeed.
"This is neat, Yugi! Where is your room?"
"This way, I'll show you!" He led her back out to the shop and up a flight of stairs to the left of the door that they had exited. At the top of the stair were three doors. Two on the left and one on the right. Yugi opened the door on the right and finally let go of Kerri's wrist, who was very grateful. Kerri walked into it by herself. Yugi and she were the only ones there. Joey, Tristan, Tea, and Yugi's grandfather were all downstairs preparing food and sodas for everybody. Yugi was waiting expectantly by the doorway watching Kerri as she inspected his room. As soon as Selina entered the room she felt a familiar sense of power radiating from the closet. Her heart leapt happily.
'I have found it,' she thought happily to herself. She glanced back at Yugi. 'Hm. I can't get it now with him and that spirit of his watching me. I'll have to get it later while everyone else is at the party.'
Kerri looked back around and gasp out loud. She covered her mouth with a hand, but only her index finger was actually touching her lips. She used her free hand to point at the floor under the window and asked in "fright", "Wh-wh-what is t-that?"
Yugi came over to her and looked at what she was pointing at and grinned in an embarrassed sort of way.
"Well, you see, before you came here I had a little trouble with someone that kind of, well, someone that wanted me...dead. Some of her men came in here while I was sleeping and stabbed me. That's a bloodstain. It was bigger, but we managed to get the rest out of the carpet.
Selina smiled inwardly at the fact that she had done that to him. She liked that idea and made a mental picture of it to store away in her memory so that she might gaze back upon it fondly. Outwardly, she was shaking and her voice shook as she said, "Oh, Yugi."
"Don't worry about it. It's all over with now. The person that did it is long gone now."
'Ha! That's what you think little Yugi! And as for it being all over with, you are WRONG! It's just beginning! MWAHAHAHAHAHA!'
Kerri nodded and Yugi took her hand and pulled her more gently than before from his room and back down the stairs. She kept staring at the spot as she allowed Yugi to lead her away. Once they were back in the living room Kerri noticed that the others had gotten everything already set up and were drinking colas and eating sandwiches as they stood or sat around talking and teasing each other. The two had to duck as Joey threw a pillow at Tristan, which missed its target. Yugi merely stood there while it whipped his red and black spikes backward, but Kerri had to jump out of the way and into the wall to avoid it.
She hit it with a thump, which did not really hurt, but she cried, "OW!" anyway.
"Oh, sorry about that, Kerri. Didn't see ya there."
"And you forgot that you can't aim! HAHA!" mocked Tristan. It only served to make Joey madder and start an all out pillow fight that Kerri politely refused to join.
When everybody was tired of fighting the teens and Yugi's grandfather put a scary movie in and began to watch it. Joey, Tristan, and Grandpa sat on the couch with popcorn watching intently. Joey would occasionally forget about the popcorn in his mouth and let it hang open. At these times Grandpa would smack him on the head, forcing him to recover his wits. On the other hand Yugi sat on the floor between Tea and Kerri.
Halfway during the movie, Kerri whispered in Yugi's ear. "I have got to go to the bathroom."
Not really paying attention to her, but instead to the movie he whispered back, "Back up the stairs across from my room."
She got up silently so as not to disturb the others in the room, pausing at the doorway to make sure they were engrossed in the movie, then proceeded up the stairs to the tree rooms waiting at the top.
*~*Selina's P.O.V.*~*
'Finally! I can wash off the filth from Yugi touching my arm! And...and get my Millennium Bracelet back.' I smirked at the thought of destroying Yugi once and for all. I take the door on the left as instructed and was my hands and wrists off then leave the bathroom. Now I am standing in the hallway looking at the door right in front of me. The room that belongs to Yugi and the pull of the Millennium Bracelet. I look around to make sure that everyone is still watching the movie. Good. There are no lights on.
I opened the door and walked in, going straight to the closet. I throw open the doors and see all sorts of clothes. Frowning I look at the closet floor. It is littered with shoes, toys, and other objects. There is a shelf above me. I decided to look there. A cardboard box with the words, "BLANKETS" clearly visible is calling me, drawing me in. I lift it off the shelf.
I looked around warily just to make sure no one is there before opening the box and seeing quilts and sheets along with other such bed coverings. I lift them out and find in the very bottom the object I have been searching for.
YES!!!!!! Finally it is MINE again! The MILLENNIUM BRACELET!! MWAHAHAHAHAHA! Now I shall rule the world!
*~*Normal P.O.V.*~*
'No, don't go in there!' Yugi's mind screamed at the lady on the television screen. 'Can't you see that the monster is in there! DON'T GO! LOOK! LOOK! There he is! THERE HE IS!...I told you not to go in there.'
Yugi gasp out loud as he felt a sharp jolt of magic. He sat up straight and looked all around as if the source of the magic might suddenly reveal itself to him.
/Yami! What was that?!/
//I'm sorry, aibou. I don't know what it was, but I can assure you one thing.//
/What's that?/
//It's not good whatever it is. We must be on our guard from now on.//
/You can't find out what it is with your shadow powers can you?/
//I'm very sorry, hikari, but I cannot place it. I only know that it is familiar in some way. Whatever it is does not want to be discovered so soon though.//
/How do you know that?/
//It is shielding itself from me.//
/Great./
Yugi tried to forget about the feeling for the moment and enjoy the time he had now, spending with his family and friends. But he could not shake the feeling that something was terribly wrong and they could only get worse one way or another. He was distracted from this feeling, however, when Tea muffled a scream and grabbed him in a tight embrace. He smiled and forgot his troubles for the time being.
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The end of the movie was the scariest part of all and everybody in the room screamed except Grandpa, who only rolled his eyes. Yugi was especially happy at the end when Tea was practically hugging the life out of him. Grandpa quickly and quietly got up while the others were trying to find out if anything else was going to happen and turned on the lights.
Everyone screamed and jumped again as the lights suddenly came on for no apparent reason. They all looked at the light switch expecting to see some zombie or monster waiting for them, only to see Grandpa chuckling softly to himself.
"My, my, my. Aren't we a little jumpy tonight."
They sighed and Joey kindly asked Tristan to put him down since he had jumped into his friend's arms when the lights came on. Tristan happily obliged and did what his friend asked although he was not at all gentle about it.
"Ow! That hurt!"
"Baby."
"Why you!"
"Knock it off boys or no more late night movies," Grandpa scolded. They stopped, but continued to glare at one another.
Yugi jumped again as he turned around and saw Kerri standing there. "Oh, you're back. I didn't see you return."
"That was because you were a little preoccupied," she whispered in his ear.
Yugi blushed, but said nothing. (A/N-KAWAII!) Kerri giggled and blushed as well.
"Ok, kids, time for everyone to go home," Yugi's grandfather stated.
Tea, Tristan, Joey, and Kerri headed for the door.
The first three all said, "Good-bye," as Yugi showed them politely to the door.
Kerri hesitated before taking something off her neck and handing him the Yang half of her two necklaces. "Thank you for being such a good friend to me, Yugi. I really appreciate it a lot. More than you probably know. These are best friend necklaces," she told him while at the same time thinking 'yeah right.' "If you connect them together like this," she demonstrated by connecting the Yin and Yang halves of the necklace together, "it is like we are bonded together." 'Which is true in a way. Only it is not a bond of friendship like I am leading you to believe it is more a bond of a master and her servant! MWAHAHAHAHA!'
"Thank you, Kerri! I'll always cherish it!"
Kerri smiled happily. "I know you will, Yugi. You are the best friend ever."
"Ain't dat da truth!" Joey spoke up heartily.
"Good-bye, Yugi!"
"Good-bye, everybody."
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As Yugi was getting ready for bed, Yami materialized on the edge of his bed and reminded Yugi of the feeling he had, had earlier.
"Yugi."
"Yeah, Yami?"
"I think we need to check on the Millennium Bracelet."
"Why? Do you think what we felt has something to do with it?"
"I do."
"All right."
...
It was silent for a moment as Yugi got the cardboard box out of his closet on the shelf and dove to the bottom only to discover...the Millennium Bracelet was gone.
"It's not there!"
"Who all was up here while your friends were over, hikari?"
"Only Kerri, but I don't know why she would have gotten it or even how she would have been able to find it."
"Wasn't she in the bathroom when we felt the disturbance?"
"Yeah, I think so. I guess it could have been her. I'll ask her about it tomorrow at the arcade when we go with everybody."
"I think that is a good idea, aibou."
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!
He has no idea the plans I have in store for him! The Pharaoh and his little brat will just have to find out the hard way! MWAHAHAHAHA!
A/N- OH! MY! GOODNESS! That was SEVEN pages long withOUT my a/n's!!! Is it just me or does it seem that I actually do better when I don't write ahead of time? Anyways, I finally got a cliffy on this story! YAY! Go me! This one is of course not as bad as the one I left for you in The Black Crystal Sacrifice eh? Sorry about that, but you better not kill me or you won't get to find out what happens next!
Serafina: I am going to be SO tired tomorrow! I'm barely going to be able to stay awake in AH Geometry! ACK! The teacher makes it hard enough as it is to stay awake in class! I don't need any help! AND! I sit in the front row! URGH! Pity me.
Ja ne!