Tori the Hanyou: Oh my god, I'm soo sorry for not updating for a long time!
I'm busy as a bee working on my other two fics, The Tales of Inuyasha, and
Fighting Back, which is a 3-way crossover of Inuyasha, Yu Yu Hakusho, and
YuGiOh, so I have tons of ideas for it. I soon realized I'm starting to
neglect my other two, so I decided to get this updated before you guys
started a riot . . .haha -_-; Well! Here it is! Big 10! *So proud of self.
This chapter's a real cutie! It's one of my faves! I hope y'all will enjoy
it as much as I loved writing it!
Tea: Tori, we got another problem here . . .Mai's on the warpath cuz Joey stole her cookie.
TTH: oh, g2g, but you guys go on ahead and read Chapter 10!
DISCLAIMER: Read the other chapters, cuz I'm not saying it again!
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YuGiOh! Trapped in the Next Dimension
Chapter 10: A Day at the Pool and Walks on the Beach
~The next morning . . .~
"GOOD MOOOOORNING!"
Tori snapped awake at Tea's yelling again. Rolling her eyes, she rolled over away from Tea and slammed a pillow over her head, trying not to listen to her chattering. 'I swear that girl's part squirrel,' she thought. Tea grabbed her other pillow and began hitting Tori with it. Seeing it as another game, Serenity and Mai joined in, slapping Tori with their pillows, chorusing,
"WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"
"SHUT UP ALREADY, I'M TRYING TO SLEEP HERE!!!" yelled Tori. The girls stopped, but instead they pushed Tori out of bed, squealing and giggling as she jumped up, angry to be disturbed from her warm haven.
"We're going to the beach and pool today!" cried Serenity happily. Tori had almost forgotten. They'd planned to go swimming and beach-walking today. She groaned. She didn't like the beach; it was too sandy and hot. But she did like the pool, and that made her accept getting up. The girls dressed, and went to open the door between their rooms. When they'd unlocked it and opened it, they saw Joey and Tristan at the lock, holding bobby pins. The girls stared at them with questioning looks. Mai and Tea figured it out, though.
"PERVERTS!"
*SLAP *SLAP
"You were trying to open the door and see us changing, weren't you?" they yelled. The two were too frightened to answer. Yugi and Bakura had to restrain the girls to keep them from attacking the two boys. Tori and Serenity got it soon, and they too were angry, but not angry enough to attack them.
"It's ok, girls, guys are pigs, that's how they'll always be. You can't punish evolution," said Tori. Now instead of being angry, Mai and Tea burst out laughing at Joey and Tristan's looks on their faces. It was their turn to be angry.
"Hey! We are NOT pigs!" complained Joey. That just made the girls laugh harder.
"Anyway, are you guys ready to go?" asked Mai.
"Yup," said Duke.
The girls headed out the door and down the elevators. The boys stayed behind to wait for Tristan to find his snorkel mask for the beach. Everyone in the hotel seemed to have forgotten about last night's little 'incident' in the party room. Tori was relieved for this. The last thing she needed was her powers becoming publicly known.
When the door opened to the lobby, the girls raced out across the room and out the back door to the pool, which they now saw was HUGE! They'd decided to go to the pool outside, instead of the one inside, mainly because the indoor one was too crowded, another reason because this one was empty, not a soul to be seen, and the last reason because there was sun at this one, and the girls could get tans.
They threw their stuff at the picnic tables and lounge chairs, and leaped into the water, playing and splashing as the boys came out. Tristan and Joey immediately threw their stuff on the tables and jumped into the water, wrestling over who got first dibs on the diving board. Yugi, Duke, and Bakura calmly put their stuff down and got in, wading over to the other two boys, who were about to drown each other, and yanking them apart.
"I'm first!" yelled Joey, and he was out of the water and racing towards the diving board before Tristan could even free himself. The girls watched curiously as he did a cannonball off the diving board, landing with a huge splash in the water. Tristan glanced over to the girls, watching Tea. He suddenly dove under the water, and advanced on them. Yugi watched him to make sure he didn't do anything to Tori. Suddenly, Tea screamed as she was pulled under the water. The girls stared, horrified at where she'd been. Tristan swam her over to the boys and picked her up out of the water bridal- style, and she giggled when she saw who it was.
"Put me down!" she ordered playfully, and Tristan dumped her back into the water. Yugi and Duke glanced at each other, getting ideas. They both dove under the water, swimming for the girls, who'd gone back to watching Joey do different strange dives off of the diving board.
Tori was too busy watching Joey do some sort of dive involving a twist and flip combo, so she didn't notice the figure approaching her. She eventually glanced over where the boys had been, and saw Bakura and Tristan and Tea.
"Where are Yugi and Duke?" she asked aloud. Her question was answered as Serenity suddenly vanished without a sound, and a split second later, she felt her feet being pulled on and she too was dragged beneath the surface.
Tori opened her eyes after she'd stopped moving. They were in the deep end, and it was about fifteen feet to the bottom. She realized she was about seven feet below the surface before she spun around to see Yugi's face staring at hers. She looked up at the surface, where the sun's rays reflected off of the water's ripples, making beams of light under the water, and back to Yugi. She immediately began to squirm, trying to get to the surface, even though her and Yugi's powers allowed them to breathe underwater.
Yugi was aware of this, too, and he kept a strong grip on her, simply tightening it when he felt her struggle. She glanced at him, and he saw the annoyance in her eyes. He'd have to change that. He slowly pulled Tori's face up to his, and gently pressed his lips to hers. Tori went slack, immediately losing all fight, and she wrapped her arms around Yugi's neck. Yugi's grip around her waist tightened. He didn't want to let her go. They both stopped, and Tori stared into Yugi's eyes, and immediately became lost in the luminescent orbs that looked back at her.
"You think they've drowned?" asked Joey, looking around.
"Don't be stupid, Joey, those two can't drown!" said Tristan.
"Then where are they?" asked Tea.
"Um, I think I know," said Duke, turning to look in the deep end. Tristan didn't even wait for anything else to be said. He jumped for the diving board, climbing up onto it and diving in.
He looked around as he swam, soon seeing the two beneath the surface.
Tori had begun to get sleepy from Yugi's gaze, until she heard the splash above, meaning someone had jumped off the diving board. She tore her eyes away from Yugi and looked up to the surface, where Tristan was looking at them, one eyebrow raised.
Yugi saw him, too, and released Tori, shooting after Tristan, who immediately realized he was in trouble. Tori sighed and watched Tristan being quickly gained on by Yugi, and he soon was getting pummeled to death. She saw the swimming forms of her friends as they headed for the two fighting boys.
The form that looked like Joey had grabbed Yugi, and Duke grabbed Tristan, who'd tried to fight back against Yugi's attack. Tori swam up to them, and after Yugi and Tristan had settled down, they all just decided what to do next. As a result of their boredom, they decided to try playing Marco Polo. Low and behold, Joey was picked to be Marco first. They went to the shallow area, where it was only three feet deep, and began.
~Five minutes later~
"Marco!" cried Joey.
"Polo!" chorused eight voices, and Joey tried to figure out which one was closer. He decided on just going to his left, and he dove quickly, surprisingly catching the culprit. It was Tristan.
While Tristan was stumbling around like he was blind, Yugi got an idea, and crept up behind him.
"Marco!" yelled Tristan.
"Polo!" answered Yugi, and as Tristan turned around, he splashed him right in the face. Soon, everyone else was splashing poor Tristan. He couldn't take much more of this, and decided to cheat. He plunged down after another chorus of Polo's, and opened his eyes to pick his victim. He didn't know who splashed him the first time, but he randomly picked someone. And that someone happened to be Duke. He shot off underwater, and tagged Duke, jumping up.
"Got ya!" he cried triumphantly.
"No fair, you so cheated!" said Duke.
"So what? You guys splashed me," retorted Tristan.
"That was Yugi's idea first!" snapped Duke, "If anyone's gotta be Marco, it's him!"
"He's not the one I caught," said Tristan.
"How about we just make this Tag, instead? You don't have to close your eyes for that, okay, Duke? Plus, you're one of the fastest swimmers here, so calm down about it!" suggested Tea. Grumbling, Duke accepted.
Soon, there was a lot of screaming and diving out of the way as Duke shot around the pool. He originally had been trying to catch Tristan, for payback, but now he had a new target. He zoomed towards Serenity, who was unsuspecting of the dark shape, until she was dragged underwater again. Everyone stared at the spot where she'd disappeared, until Duke sprang up, yelling triumphantly.
Serenity came up, spitting water. She looked around for a target, and gave chase. Tea saw her coming and dove out of the way, only to have her swim right past her. Serenity turned around, and charged again. The two raced circles around the others, finally stopping when Serenity leaped on top of Tea. Tea turned around and tagged Tori, who tagged Joey, who pounced on Mai, making her blush, before Yugi decided that was enough.
Everyone agreed, and headed down to the beach, where the boys decided to try bodysurfing the waves, and the girls sat on lounge chairs. Tori watched the boys for a while, before growing bored, and hot. She got up, and headed down the beach for a walk.
Tea began to grow sleepy from the sun, and so did the other girls. They were soon quietly snoozing on the lounge chairs as the day passed on.
Joey looked up after catching a particularly big wave, which had carried him into the shore. He noticed the three girls on their chairs, and one was missing. It wasn't hard to guess which one. He walked up to Mai, and watched her carefully. He noticed she was asleep, along with the other two, and raced back to the water to tell Tristan and Duke. They marched up to the girls, and pushed the lounge chairs towards the water (oh, boy . . .).
"One, two, THREE!" cried Joey. The lounge chairs were tipped forward into the water, dumping their occupants in as well. The occupants weren't very happy at all (I'm not surprised), and began chasing the boys around the beach with murderous looks on their faces, much to the amusement of Yugi and Bakura, who were watching from the safety of the water.
Joey's life was flashing before his eyes, he was wondering how long it would take Mai to kill him, but he had an idea. He stopped, and stepped to the side so that Mai would run right past him. As she was about to, he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her into his arms. Taken off guard, Mai was out of breath. She recovered quickly, though, and spun around to face Joey. But, he'd put on one of his best pout faces, taking her by surprise again.
"You wanna kill me now, Mai?" he asked. Mai froze; she'd been intent on beating him to a pulp before, but that face was making her heart melt. Her angry face went soft, and she gave him a smile.
"Aww, come on, Joey, that isn't fair!" she said.
"Hey, life isn't fair!" he retorted playfully. Tristan wished he could do the same to Tea, but she'd seen what they were doing, and she wasn't about to fall for it like Mai did. 'Nice going, Joey,' he thought.
Tea chased him, fury in her eyes, but Tristan came up with an idea of his own. He raced towards the water, and slowed down until Tea was right behind him. He spun around and grabbed her before she could pounce on him. He wasn't going to try the charm trick, though. Tea thrashed, trying to break free. He dragged her into the water and pushed her into the deeper area. Before she could get up, he'd dove under after her, kissing her on the lips. Tea immediately blushed, but she soon relaxed. She let Tristan put his arms around her, and they went up to the surface for air.
When they'd come up, they heard hysterical laughter from a few yards away. Yugi and Bakura were cracking up at the scene on the beach. Apparently, Serenity was the only one successful at catching Duke, and she'd proceeded to beat the stuffing out of him the moment she'd caught him. Duke now lay in a bruised heap in the sand. Joey and Mai were also laughing their heads off, and Joey was giving Serenity a high-five. Serenity, satisfied with her work, went down to the water to rinse the sand off of herself.
Yugi stopped, looking around. Tori had been missing during this entire scene. She would've loved to see Serenity beat Duke up. She probably would've also prevented Mai and Tea from letting their guys get away with dumping them in the water. He looked down the beach to his right, and saw, very far down, a blue dot standing on the water's edge.
"I'll be back, Bakura," said Yugi. He dove into the water, swimming towards it.
Tori stared out at the waves, oblivious to all else. The waves moved in and out, up, forming white crests, and down, crashing into the sand before seeping up to her feet as no more than inch-deep water. The wind blew back her damp hair, whistling as it passed over her ears. The water felt cool to her feet as it covered her toes before drawing back into the ocean to gather up strength to again pound on the sand.
The water was so clear, too. Tori saw everything under the waves, the white sand, and a few little fish here and there. She suddenly noticed Yugi coming up out of the water, and she smiled. He walked up and stood beside her.
"Hey, what're you staring at?" he asked.
"Nothing, just listening, and feeling. I'm kinda doing that thing people call 'connecting with nature'," replied Tori. She sat down in the shallow water, and Yugi sat down next to her. "If you close your eyes, and open your senses, you can feel and hear everything going on around you. It's kind of amazing," she said.
Yugi watched her as she closed her eyes, and relaxed, taking in every smell, sound, and feeling. He smiled to himself. She looked so peaceful. He closed his eyes, and listened, too. He heard the repeated crashing of the waves as they struck the shore, and the crying of a bunch of seagulls down the beach. He felt the cool water around him, and the softness of the wind. Tori was right. It was amazing. On top of everything else he could feel, though, he mainly felt the aura of the girl next to him.
Her calmness and peace seemed to radiate from her into the air. It drew him towards her, he scooted closer. Tori had also felt his closeness, and she relaxed even more, knowing he was here beside her. She felt the aura growing, and she opened one eye to see Yugi right next to her. She smiled as his arm snaked its way around her shoulders, and pulled her into his embrace. She put her head on his shoulder, and he put his head on top of hers. They sat there like that for quite some time, until Tori decided to break the silence.
"Yugi?"
"Hmm?" he asked, apparently half-asleep. Tori didn't blame him; she'd felt like going to sleep too.
"Maybe we should be heading back," she said.
"Why? You want to get caught up with those psychos? They're nuts," he said quietly. Tori giggled.
"No, but we gotta leave sometime. It's getting dark," she responded. Yugi turned so his face was near her ear.
"Why does it have to be now?" he whispered. Tori blushed. God, he was romantic.
"I don't want to leave, either, but we have to. Those 'psychos', as you call them, might be getting worried about us, and they might come looking for us," said Tori. Reluctantly, Yugi let her go, staring into her eyes before turning away. Tori sighed. He had that way of making her heart melt. They got up and went back to the 'psycho' party just down the beach, where a towel fight had ensued. Everyone was running around, snapping towels at each other. Tori and Yugi sweat-dropped.
"I see what you meant by psychos," said Tori, as Joey yelped from Tristan snapping a towel at his head. He turned around and snapped Tristan with his own towel. The girls were screaming and running from Duke and Bakura's onslaught of teamed-up towels. Yugi walked up to them.
"Alright, you idiots, break it up!" he yelled. No one answered him. "Hey, you guys! How about a swim race?" he called. They stopped. Duke walked up.
"You challenging me to a race?" he asked.
"No, I was wondering who wanted to have a swim race. We'll make it a group race. Girls against girls, and boys against boys, winners get showers first when we get back," said Yugi. "And we can also have a race against the winners from each group just for fun," he added in. Everyone agreed, and the boys decided to have their race first. They all lined up, Joey, Tristan, Yugi, Duke, and Bakura.
Tea was the commentator.
"Alright, you guys! First one around that buoy and back wins! All the other places go in that order for the showers, ok? For instance, if you're second, you get the shower second, if you're third, you get the shower third, and if you're . . ."
"GET ON WITH THE RACE ALREADY!" yelled eight other voices. Blushing, Tea went on with the announcement.
"Ok, on your marks, get set, GO!"
Five bodies shot off from the shore, swimming at a pretty fast pace.
"Okay, starting off the race, we have Joey in first, Tristan in second, Duke and Yugi in third, and Bakura in last!"
The race continued in that pattern, until they'd all gotten around the buoy.
"Alright, now we're in the final drive! Joey has fallen behind to third place, Yugi and Duke are tied for first, Tristan has fallen behind to fourth place, and Bakura remains in last! But, wait! Bakura has pulled past both Joey and Tristan, and he's gaining on the leaders! But it doesn't look like there's anything that'll stop this dynamic duo! One keeps pulling in front of the other! Duke! Yugi! Duke! Yugi! Duke! IT'S DUKE BY A NOSE!"
Duke stood up triumphantly, holding one hand in the air. Yugi pushed him back in the water.
"Get over yourself, would ya?" he said.
"Aww, it's ok, Yugi, don't be jealous," joked Tori.
"Who said I was jealous?" asked Yugi.
"You didn't need to say anything, your actions said it all for you," said Serenity as she helped Duke up.
"You still get the shower second," said Tori.
"It's got nothing to do with when I get the shower," said Yugi. Mai came up and put a hand on Tori's shoulder.
"It's a guy thing, Tori, we won't understand," she said.
"Took the words right out of my mouth," said Yugi. Tori giggled.
The girls' race began with Tea in the lead, Mai in second, Serenity in third, and Tori in last. Like the boys' race, it stayed that way until the last stretch. Tori pulled up past Serenity and Mai, and stayed next to Tea long enough to smirk at her before passing over the finish line way ahead of the others.
Tori sat down in the water, ignoring Tea's outburst at how she must have used her powers.
"Calm down Tea. I didn't use my powers; I've been on a swim team. I'm just a fast swimmer, will ya get over it?" Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Tea heading towards her, obviously about to kill her, and Tori leapt back into the water, shooting off into the deeper area to avoid her.
"Tea, quit it," said Mai.
"But she cheated!"
"Actually, no, I would've sensed if she was using her powers, and she wasn't," commented Yugi.
"Can we just get on with the last race so we can leave?" complained Joey. Tori came up out of the water and stood at the starting point, next to Duke. Joey decided to commentate for them.
"Okay, on your marks, get set, GO!"
Duke launched into the water, speeding ahead of Tori as fast as he could go. His strategy was to pull so far ahead of her that she'd have no chance of catching him when he slowed down. Unfortunately, he was spent by the time he reached the buoy, and Tori had been pacing herself. She calmly swam past him as he went around the buoy, and, now that they were at the last stretch, she shot off, giving it her all towards the finish line. She came in first by about half the course.
The girls cheered as she climbed out of the water and sat down to catch her breath. When Duke finally came to shore, they all got their stuff and headed back to the hotel, and jumped in the pool first to get most of the sand off.
Once everyone was upstairs, showered and dressed, they all headed back down to the lobby to get something to eat. A dinner buffet was set up, and Joey and Tristan ate to their heart's content. Everyone sweat-dropped at how much food they were eating. Oh, well. It was another dimension; food just appeared here.
After dinner, everyone went into the next room, where the arcade was. The group split up to go to different games. Joey and Tristan went to the motorcycle game. Duke and Serenity went to the snowboarding game so Duke could 'teach' Serenity how to do it (use your imaginations). Tea went to the dance machine, Mai went to watch Joey and Tristan go at it, Tori went to the Skee Ball machines, Yugi went to play pinball, and Bakura went to that little touch-screen computer thingy with games like horse-race betting and trivia on it.
After scoring near 500 points, Tori grew bored of the game. The score wasn't bad, though she'd seen people do better. Over in the corner, where a line of racecar games were, about half of the arcade's feminine population was oooing and ahhing at whoever was playing the game.
Natural curiosity overcame Tori's senses, and she went to investigate. There were about four boys, pale white and nervous wrecks, racing against the one and only...Tori inwardly groaned at the fifth player...Seto Kaiba. As he finished the race, the four other boys just about collapsed in their seats. Tori glared. That was really mean. She could tell he'd intimidated them in some way to scare them half to death.
"That's win number 5," said Kaiba coolly, leaning back in his chair. "Is anyone in this arcade man enough to take me on?" Tori's anger and disbelief at this guy's attitude once more enveloped her.
"I am," she snapped, shoving her way through the sparkly-eyed, half brain- dead excuses for girls. She smirked inwardly as Kaiba looked at her with slight edginess. He was still scared from the night before. She'd make sure he was petrified of her before long.
"Fine, Wild Girl, I accept your challenge," smirked Kaiba. He'd obviously wracked his brain for a good name.
"Aw, stooping to name-calling, are we? You really are as pathetic as I first thought," said Tori, sitting down in one of the seats.
Yugi's attention had been diverted by a flicker of power-use over in the corner of the room. He turned to see the crowd of girls that he recognized from last night. 'Oh, God...' he thought, heading over to see Tori sitting at one of the racecar games, facing off with Kaiba. Her power-use had obviously been the ligress flaring up slightly, no doubt at a comment Kaiba had made. He hoped Tori knew what she was doing.
Tori watched the screen with utmost confidence as they chose a one-on-one race. When selecting their cars, Kaiba picked the police car. Tori picked the convertible with the girl driver.
"Let's just see you try to beat me," threatened Kaiba in a low voice.
"Ok, then I hope your eyes are open, cause you're about to see it," came the response. The light flashed green, and both competitors slammed the gas pedal. Both cars were equally matched in speed, so Tori knew it would take a few little strategies, thought up by her brother, to take him down.
At the first turn, both obviously competed for the rail. Tori hit the gas pedal twice with her foot, causing her car to do a wheelie and zoom ahead. After two laps, they were near the finish. Kaiba suddenly slammed into Tori's car, knocking it behind. "Cheater..." Tori muttered. She noticed one little thing Kaiba had missed, though. A ramp was set up over the last turn. If she made it, she'd beat him. Tori once more did a double hit with her foot, causing the car to fly towards the ramp.
"Ha, what're you doing? You're forfeiting?" asked Kaiba as he prepared for the turn.
"Far from it. I'm winning." Just as she made the final comment, Tori launched off the ramp, and her car landed, still running on the road. Tori hit the brakes ever so slightly while turning the wheel sharply, causing the car to turn 90 degrees to the left without losing much speed, and she flew across the finish line about three lengths ahead.
The girls gasped with surprise. Tori smirked as the big, shiny gold trophy appeared on her screen, while on Kaiba's it read: GAME OVER.
Tori stood up, her face stamped with satisfaction.
"How..."
"I had a big brother once, you know," she said smartly before turning and leaving. She met up with Yugi's proud and mildly surprised face when she was out of the crowd. "He didn't stand a chance. Taylor was far better than he is."
"I noticed," said Yugi. Tori giggled. Their enjoyment was short-lived, though, as Kaiba stepped out of the crowd.
"This isn't over," he said.
"Oh, I think it is. See that sign on your screen? It says Game Over. Technically, that means the game is over."
"Listen, you little snot-nosed brat..."
"Ah, ah, ah. You're actually not that much older than me, so I'm not really a brat compared to you," retorted Tori.
"That's it! I suggest we settle this a different way!" snapped Kaiba.
"You really don't like losing do you? What is it with boys and losing? I swear..."
"I mean it!
"So do I," said Tori, as she turned and began to walk away.
"I challenge you to a duel!" he said, stopping Tori's exit.
"Excuse me?" she said, with her back still turned.
"You heard what I said. Do you accept my challenge, or not?"
"I don't have to duel you to know I've beaten you, I already have twice now," she said, continuing her walk.
"Ha! Bet that brother you mentioned never taught you how to accept things! He was probably as much of a coward as you're being right now!" Tori stiffened. That did it. She turned back towards Kaiba. "He probably died out of embarrassment from being seen in public!" Kaiba continued his taunting, unaware of just how much trouble he was getting himself into.
Tori stormed up to him. Kaiba just then noticed Yugi waving his hands no, which he then slapped on his face, shaking it. Tori looked Kaiba straight in the eye.
"How dare you insult my brother...NO one says things like that about him while I'm around!" she snarled dangerously.
"Well I just did. And I'm right. If he's as tough and great as you say, why isn't he alive? Did he die because he was weak? I bet that's it!" Tori hesitated, looking down. In all of that, that was probably the most truthful thing to have come out of Kaiba's mouth. Taylor DID die because he couldn't defend himself against Riku. He didn't have powers...unlike her. The realization of it all hit her. "That's it, isn't it?" Kaiba said, his voice suddenly hushed. "The weak die because the strong destroy them. There are few strong ones in this world today...we cannot annihilate the weak fast enough." Tori turned her head to look at him. He had a strange gaze in his eyes, like they were suddenly whirlpools of blue. The pattern made her feel lightheaded as she continued to watch it, becoming lost in the blue vortexes that welcomed her in with a friendly, yet suspicious light.
Yugi saved her by cutting in.
"There are no weak people, Kaiba," he snapped. Tori tore her eyes from Kaiba's, shaking her head. "You all right?" he asked, worried. Tori put a hand to her forehead.
"Yeah, fine, I think..."
"Come on, we'd better go," he said, turning her away from the crowd of girls who'd dispersed by now. Tori chanced a glance back at Kaiba. He'd turned his back, and was walking away. What had all that been about? Yugi helped her into the elevator and to her room, where she sank down to the floor, leaning against the wall. "Tori!" he said, kneeling down next to her.
Tori felt strange. Her mind was weary and suffering from fatigue, for some reason. She couldn't hear Yugi's voice, and she was slipping away into darkness, no, into the blue swirls that had threatened to envelop her before. She couldn't find her way out, and they closed around her, sending her into unconsciousness.
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Tori the Hanyou: Okay, I cant believe I wrote something like that *shivers*. It gives me the creeps, having to revise it like this. Bleh. Anywho, yeah, I FINALLY UPDATED!!! WOO HOO!!!!! And I'm at now 15 reviews for 9 frickin chapters? That ain't that much, people! I need some more support here! PWEEEEASEEEE????? *puppy eyes O.O,
*Oh, well, Anywho, I got chappie 10 up, so, TTH signing out!*
~*Tori the Hanyou*~
Tea: Tori, we got another problem here . . .Mai's on the warpath cuz Joey stole her cookie.
TTH: oh, g2g, but you guys go on ahead and read Chapter 10!
DISCLAIMER: Read the other chapters, cuz I'm not saying it again!
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YuGiOh! Trapped in the Next Dimension
Chapter 10: A Day at the Pool and Walks on the Beach
~The next morning . . .~
"GOOD MOOOOORNING!"
Tori snapped awake at Tea's yelling again. Rolling her eyes, she rolled over away from Tea and slammed a pillow over her head, trying not to listen to her chattering. 'I swear that girl's part squirrel,' she thought. Tea grabbed her other pillow and began hitting Tori with it. Seeing it as another game, Serenity and Mai joined in, slapping Tori with their pillows, chorusing,
"WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!"
"SHUT UP ALREADY, I'M TRYING TO SLEEP HERE!!!" yelled Tori. The girls stopped, but instead they pushed Tori out of bed, squealing and giggling as she jumped up, angry to be disturbed from her warm haven.
"We're going to the beach and pool today!" cried Serenity happily. Tori had almost forgotten. They'd planned to go swimming and beach-walking today. She groaned. She didn't like the beach; it was too sandy and hot. But she did like the pool, and that made her accept getting up. The girls dressed, and went to open the door between their rooms. When they'd unlocked it and opened it, they saw Joey and Tristan at the lock, holding bobby pins. The girls stared at them with questioning looks. Mai and Tea figured it out, though.
"PERVERTS!"
*SLAP *SLAP
"You were trying to open the door and see us changing, weren't you?" they yelled. The two were too frightened to answer. Yugi and Bakura had to restrain the girls to keep them from attacking the two boys. Tori and Serenity got it soon, and they too were angry, but not angry enough to attack them.
"It's ok, girls, guys are pigs, that's how they'll always be. You can't punish evolution," said Tori. Now instead of being angry, Mai and Tea burst out laughing at Joey and Tristan's looks on their faces. It was their turn to be angry.
"Hey! We are NOT pigs!" complained Joey. That just made the girls laugh harder.
"Anyway, are you guys ready to go?" asked Mai.
"Yup," said Duke.
The girls headed out the door and down the elevators. The boys stayed behind to wait for Tristan to find his snorkel mask for the beach. Everyone in the hotel seemed to have forgotten about last night's little 'incident' in the party room. Tori was relieved for this. The last thing she needed was her powers becoming publicly known.
When the door opened to the lobby, the girls raced out across the room and out the back door to the pool, which they now saw was HUGE! They'd decided to go to the pool outside, instead of the one inside, mainly because the indoor one was too crowded, another reason because this one was empty, not a soul to be seen, and the last reason because there was sun at this one, and the girls could get tans.
They threw their stuff at the picnic tables and lounge chairs, and leaped into the water, playing and splashing as the boys came out. Tristan and Joey immediately threw their stuff on the tables and jumped into the water, wrestling over who got first dibs on the diving board. Yugi, Duke, and Bakura calmly put their stuff down and got in, wading over to the other two boys, who were about to drown each other, and yanking them apart.
"I'm first!" yelled Joey, and he was out of the water and racing towards the diving board before Tristan could even free himself. The girls watched curiously as he did a cannonball off the diving board, landing with a huge splash in the water. Tristan glanced over to the girls, watching Tea. He suddenly dove under the water, and advanced on them. Yugi watched him to make sure he didn't do anything to Tori. Suddenly, Tea screamed as she was pulled under the water. The girls stared, horrified at where she'd been. Tristan swam her over to the boys and picked her up out of the water bridal- style, and she giggled when she saw who it was.
"Put me down!" she ordered playfully, and Tristan dumped her back into the water. Yugi and Duke glanced at each other, getting ideas. They both dove under the water, swimming for the girls, who'd gone back to watching Joey do different strange dives off of the diving board.
Tori was too busy watching Joey do some sort of dive involving a twist and flip combo, so she didn't notice the figure approaching her. She eventually glanced over where the boys had been, and saw Bakura and Tristan and Tea.
"Where are Yugi and Duke?" she asked aloud. Her question was answered as Serenity suddenly vanished without a sound, and a split second later, she felt her feet being pulled on and she too was dragged beneath the surface.
Tori opened her eyes after she'd stopped moving. They were in the deep end, and it was about fifteen feet to the bottom. She realized she was about seven feet below the surface before she spun around to see Yugi's face staring at hers. She looked up at the surface, where the sun's rays reflected off of the water's ripples, making beams of light under the water, and back to Yugi. She immediately began to squirm, trying to get to the surface, even though her and Yugi's powers allowed them to breathe underwater.
Yugi was aware of this, too, and he kept a strong grip on her, simply tightening it when he felt her struggle. She glanced at him, and he saw the annoyance in her eyes. He'd have to change that. He slowly pulled Tori's face up to his, and gently pressed his lips to hers. Tori went slack, immediately losing all fight, and she wrapped her arms around Yugi's neck. Yugi's grip around her waist tightened. He didn't want to let her go. They both stopped, and Tori stared into Yugi's eyes, and immediately became lost in the luminescent orbs that looked back at her.
"You think they've drowned?" asked Joey, looking around.
"Don't be stupid, Joey, those two can't drown!" said Tristan.
"Then where are they?" asked Tea.
"Um, I think I know," said Duke, turning to look in the deep end. Tristan didn't even wait for anything else to be said. He jumped for the diving board, climbing up onto it and diving in.
He looked around as he swam, soon seeing the two beneath the surface.
Tori had begun to get sleepy from Yugi's gaze, until she heard the splash above, meaning someone had jumped off the diving board. She tore her eyes away from Yugi and looked up to the surface, where Tristan was looking at them, one eyebrow raised.
Yugi saw him, too, and released Tori, shooting after Tristan, who immediately realized he was in trouble. Tori sighed and watched Tristan being quickly gained on by Yugi, and he soon was getting pummeled to death. She saw the swimming forms of her friends as they headed for the two fighting boys.
The form that looked like Joey had grabbed Yugi, and Duke grabbed Tristan, who'd tried to fight back against Yugi's attack. Tori swam up to them, and after Yugi and Tristan had settled down, they all just decided what to do next. As a result of their boredom, they decided to try playing Marco Polo. Low and behold, Joey was picked to be Marco first. They went to the shallow area, where it was only three feet deep, and began.
~Five minutes later~
"Marco!" cried Joey.
"Polo!" chorused eight voices, and Joey tried to figure out which one was closer. He decided on just going to his left, and he dove quickly, surprisingly catching the culprit. It was Tristan.
While Tristan was stumbling around like he was blind, Yugi got an idea, and crept up behind him.
"Marco!" yelled Tristan.
"Polo!" answered Yugi, and as Tristan turned around, he splashed him right in the face. Soon, everyone else was splashing poor Tristan. He couldn't take much more of this, and decided to cheat. He plunged down after another chorus of Polo's, and opened his eyes to pick his victim. He didn't know who splashed him the first time, but he randomly picked someone. And that someone happened to be Duke. He shot off underwater, and tagged Duke, jumping up.
"Got ya!" he cried triumphantly.
"No fair, you so cheated!" said Duke.
"So what? You guys splashed me," retorted Tristan.
"That was Yugi's idea first!" snapped Duke, "If anyone's gotta be Marco, it's him!"
"He's not the one I caught," said Tristan.
"How about we just make this Tag, instead? You don't have to close your eyes for that, okay, Duke? Plus, you're one of the fastest swimmers here, so calm down about it!" suggested Tea. Grumbling, Duke accepted.
Soon, there was a lot of screaming and diving out of the way as Duke shot around the pool. He originally had been trying to catch Tristan, for payback, but now he had a new target. He zoomed towards Serenity, who was unsuspecting of the dark shape, until she was dragged underwater again. Everyone stared at the spot where she'd disappeared, until Duke sprang up, yelling triumphantly.
Serenity came up, spitting water. She looked around for a target, and gave chase. Tea saw her coming and dove out of the way, only to have her swim right past her. Serenity turned around, and charged again. The two raced circles around the others, finally stopping when Serenity leaped on top of Tea. Tea turned around and tagged Tori, who tagged Joey, who pounced on Mai, making her blush, before Yugi decided that was enough.
Everyone agreed, and headed down to the beach, where the boys decided to try bodysurfing the waves, and the girls sat on lounge chairs. Tori watched the boys for a while, before growing bored, and hot. She got up, and headed down the beach for a walk.
Tea began to grow sleepy from the sun, and so did the other girls. They were soon quietly snoozing on the lounge chairs as the day passed on.
Joey looked up after catching a particularly big wave, which had carried him into the shore. He noticed the three girls on their chairs, and one was missing. It wasn't hard to guess which one. He walked up to Mai, and watched her carefully. He noticed she was asleep, along with the other two, and raced back to the water to tell Tristan and Duke. They marched up to the girls, and pushed the lounge chairs towards the water (oh, boy . . .).
"One, two, THREE!" cried Joey. The lounge chairs were tipped forward into the water, dumping their occupants in as well. The occupants weren't very happy at all (I'm not surprised), and began chasing the boys around the beach with murderous looks on their faces, much to the amusement of Yugi and Bakura, who were watching from the safety of the water.
Joey's life was flashing before his eyes, he was wondering how long it would take Mai to kill him, but he had an idea. He stopped, and stepped to the side so that Mai would run right past him. As she was about to, he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her into his arms. Taken off guard, Mai was out of breath. She recovered quickly, though, and spun around to face Joey. But, he'd put on one of his best pout faces, taking her by surprise again.
"You wanna kill me now, Mai?" he asked. Mai froze; she'd been intent on beating him to a pulp before, but that face was making her heart melt. Her angry face went soft, and she gave him a smile.
"Aww, come on, Joey, that isn't fair!" she said.
"Hey, life isn't fair!" he retorted playfully. Tristan wished he could do the same to Tea, but she'd seen what they were doing, and she wasn't about to fall for it like Mai did. 'Nice going, Joey,' he thought.
Tea chased him, fury in her eyes, but Tristan came up with an idea of his own. He raced towards the water, and slowed down until Tea was right behind him. He spun around and grabbed her before she could pounce on him. He wasn't going to try the charm trick, though. Tea thrashed, trying to break free. He dragged her into the water and pushed her into the deeper area. Before she could get up, he'd dove under after her, kissing her on the lips. Tea immediately blushed, but she soon relaxed. She let Tristan put his arms around her, and they went up to the surface for air.
When they'd come up, they heard hysterical laughter from a few yards away. Yugi and Bakura were cracking up at the scene on the beach. Apparently, Serenity was the only one successful at catching Duke, and she'd proceeded to beat the stuffing out of him the moment she'd caught him. Duke now lay in a bruised heap in the sand. Joey and Mai were also laughing their heads off, and Joey was giving Serenity a high-five. Serenity, satisfied with her work, went down to the water to rinse the sand off of herself.
Yugi stopped, looking around. Tori had been missing during this entire scene. She would've loved to see Serenity beat Duke up. She probably would've also prevented Mai and Tea from letting their guys get away with dumping them in the water. He looked down the beach to his right, and saw, very far down, a blue dot standing on the water's edge.
"I'll be back, Bakura," said Yugi. He dove into the water, swimming towards it.
Tori stared out at the waves, oblivious to all else. The waves moved in and out, up, forming white crests, and down, crashing into the sand before seeping up to her feet as no more than inch-deep water. The wind blew back her damp hair, whistling as it passed over her ears. The water felt cool to her feet as it covered her toes before drawing back into the ocean to gather up strength to again pound on the sand.
The water was so clear, too. Tori saw everything under the waves, the white sand, and a few little fish here and there. She suddenly noticed Yugi coming up out of the water, and she smiled. He walked up and stood beside her.
"Hey, what're you staring at?" he asked.
"Nothing, just listening, and feeling. I'm kinda doing that thing people call 'connecting with nature'," replied Tori. She sat down in the shallow water, and Yugi sat down next to her. "If you close your eyes, and open your senses, you can feel and hear everything going on around you. It's kind of amazing," she said.
Yugi watched her as she closed her eyes, and relaxed, taking in every smell, sound, and feeling. He smiled to himself. She looked so peaceful. He closed his eyes, and listened, too. He heard the repeated crashing of the waves as they struck the shore, and the crying of a bunch of seagulls down the beach. He felt the cool water around him, and the softness of the wind. Tori was right. It was amazing. On top of everything else he could feel, though, he mainly felt the aura of the girl next to him.
Her calmness and peace seemed to radiate from her into the air. It drew him towards her, he scooted closer. Tori had also felt his closeness, and she relaxed even more, knowing he was here beside her. She felt the aura growing, and she opened one eye to see Yugi right next to her. She smiled as his arm snaked its way around her shoulders, and pulled her into his embrace. She put her head on his shoulder, and he put his head on top of hers. They sat there like that for quite some time, until Tori decided to break the silence.
"Yugi?"
"Hmm?" he asked, apparently half-asleep. Tori didn't blame him; she'd felt like going to sleep too.
"Maybe we should be heading back," she said.
"Why? You want to get caught up with those psychos? They're nuts," he said quietly. Tori giggled.
"No, but we gotta leave sometime. It's getting dark," she responded. Yugi turned so his face was near her ear.
"Why does it have to be now?" he whispered. Tori blushed. God, he was romantic.
"I don't want to leave, either, but we have to. Those 'psychos', as you call them, might be getting worried about us, and they might come looking for us," said Tori. Reluctantly, Yugi let her go, staring into her eyes before turning away. Tori sighed. He had that way of making her heart melt. They got up and went back to the 'psycho' party just down the beach, where a towel fight had ensued. Everyone was running around, snapping towels at each other. Tori and Yugi sweat-dropped.
"I see what you meant by psychos," said Tori, as Joey yelped from Tristan snapping a towel at his head. He turned around and snapped Tristan with his own towel. The girls were screaming and running from Duke and Bakura's onslaught of teamed-up towels. Yugi walked up to them.
"Alright, you idiots, break it up!" he yelled. No one answered him. "Hey, you guys! How about a swim race?" he called. They stopped. Duke walked up.
"You challenging me to a race?" he asked.
"No, I was wondering who wanted to have a swim race. We'll make it a group race. Girls against girls, and boys against boys, winners get showers first when we get back," said Yugi. "And we can also have a race against the winners from each group just for fun," he added in. Everyone agreed, and the boys decided to have their race first. They all lined up, Joey, Tristan, Yugi, Duke, and Bakura.
Tea was the commentator.
"Alright, you guys! First one around that buoy and back wins! All the other places go in that order for the showers, ok? For instance, if you're second, you get the shower second, if you're third, you get the shower third, and if you're . . ."
"GET ON WITH THE RACE ALREADY!" yelled eight other voices. Blushing, Tea went on with the announcement.
"Ok, on your marks, get set, GO!"
Five bodies shot off from the shore, swimming at a pretty fast pace.
"Okay, starting off the race, we have Joey in first, Tristan in second, Duke and Yugi in third, and Bakura in last!"
The race continued in that pattern, until they'd all gotten around the buoy.
"Alright, now we're in the final drive! Joey has fallen behind to third place, Yugi and Duke are tied for first, Tristan has fallen behind to fourth place, and Bakura remains in last! But, wait! Bakura has pulled past both Joey and Tristan, and he's gaining on the leaders! But it doesn't look like there's anything that'll stop this dynamic duo! One keeps pulling in front of the other! Duke! Yugi! Duke! Yugi! Duke! IT'S DUKE BY A NOSE!"
Duke stood up triumphantly, holding one hand in the air. Yugi pushed him back in the water.
"Get over yourself, would ya?" he said.
"Aww, it's ok, Yugi, don't be jealous," joked Tori.
"Who said I was jealous?" asked Yugi.
"You didn't need to say anything, your actions said it all for you," said Serenity as she helped Duke up.
"You still get the shower second," said Tori.
"It's got nothing to do with when I get the shower," said Yugi. Mai came up and put a hand on Tori's shoulder.
"It's a guy thing, Tori, we won't understand," she said.
"Took the words right out of my mouth," said Yugi. Tori giggled.
The girls' race began with Tea in the lead, Mai in second, Serenity in third, and Tori in last. Like the boys' race, it stayed that way until the last stretch. Tori pulled up past Serenity and Mai, and stayed next to Tea long enough to smirk at her before passing over the finish line way ahead of the others.
Tori sat down in the water, ignoring Tea's outburst at how she must have used her powers.
"Calm down Tea. I didn't use my powers; I've been on a swim team. I'm just a fast swimmer, will ya get over it?" Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Tea heading towards her, obviously about to kill her, and Tori leapt back into the water, shooting off into the deeper area to avoid her.
"Tea, quit it," said Mai.
"But she cheated!"
"Actually, no, I would've sensed if she was using her powers, and she wasn't," commented Yugi.
"Can we just get on with the last race so we can leave?" complained Joey. Tori came up out of the water and stood at the starting point, next to Duke. Joey decided to commentate for them.
"Okay, on your marks, get set, GO!"
Duke launched into the water, speeding ahead of Tori as fast as he could go. His strategy was to pull so far ahead of her that she'd have no chance of catching him when he slowed down. Unfortunately, he was spent by the time he reached the buoy, and Tori had been pacing herself. She calmly swam past him as he went around the buoy, and, now that they were at the last stretch, she shot off, giving it her all towards the finish line. She came in first by about half the course.
The girls cheered as she climbed out of the water and sat down to catch her breath. When Duke finally came to shore, they all got their stuff and headed back to the hotel, and jumped in the pool first to get most of the sand off.
Once everyone was upstairs, showered and dressed, they all headed back down to the lobby to get something to eat. A dinner buffet was set up, and Joey and Tristan ate to their heart's content. Everyone sweat-dropped at how much food they were eating. Oh, well. It was another dimension; food just appeared here.
After dinner, everyone went into the next room, where the arcade was. The group split up to go to different games. Joey and Tristan went to the motorcycle game. Duke and Serenity went to the snowboarding game so Duke could 'teach' Serenity how to do it (use your imaginations). Tea went to the dance machine, Mai went to watch Joey and Tristan go at it, Tori went to the Skee Ball machines, Yugi went to play pinball, and Bakura went to that little touch-screen computer thingy with games like horse-race betting and trivia on it.
After scoring near 500 points, Tori grew bored of the game. The score wasn't bad, though she'd seen people do better. Over in the corner, where a line of racecar games were, about half of the arcade's feminine population was oooing and ahhing at whoever was playing the game.
Natural curiosity overcame Tori's senses, and she went to investigate. There were about four boys, pale white and nervous wrecks, racing against the one and only...Tori inwardly groaned at the fifth player...Seto Kaiba. As he finished the race, the four other boys just about collapsed in their seats. Tori glared. That was really mean. She could tell he'd intimidated them in some way to scare them half to death.
"That's win number 5," said Kaiba coolly, leaning back in his chair. "Is anyone in this arcade man enough to take me on?" Tori's anger and disbelief at this guy's attitude once more enveloped her.
"I am," she snapped, shoving her way through the sparkly-eyed, half brain- dead excuses for girls. She smirked inwardly as Kaiba looked at her with slight edginess. He was still scared from the night before. She'd make sure he was petrified of her before long.
"Fine, Wild Girl, I accept your challenge," smirked Kaiba. He'd obviously wracked his brain for a good name.
"Aw, stooping to name-calling, are we? You really are as pathetic as I first thought," said Tori, sitting down in one of the seats.
Yugi's attention had been diverted by a flicker of power-use over in the corner of the room. He turned to see the crowd of girls that he recognized from last night. 'Oh, God...' he thought, heading over to see Tori sitting at one of the racecar games, facing off with Kaiba. Her power-use had obviously been the ligress flaring up slightly, no doubt at a comment Kaiba had made. He hoped Tori knew what she was doing.
Tori watched the screen with utmost confidence as they chose a one-on-one race. When selecting their cars, Kaiba picked the police car. Tori picked the convertible with the girl driver.
"Let's just see you try to beat me," threatened Kaiba in a low voice.
"Ok, then I hope your eyes are open, cause you're about to see it," came the response. The light flashed green, and both competitors slammed the gas pedal. Both cars were equally matched in speed, so Tori knew it would take a few little strategies, thought up by her brother, to take him down.
At the first turn, both obviously competed for the rail. Tori hit the gas pedal twice with her foot, causing her car to do a wheelie and zoom ahead. After two laps, they were near the finish. Kaiba suddenly slammed into Tori's car, knocking it behind. "Cheater..." Tori muttered. She noticed one little thing Kaiba had missed, though. A ramp was set up over the last turn. If she made it, she'd beat him. Tori once more did a double hit with her foot, causing the car to fly towards the ramp.
"Ha, what're you doing? You're forfeiting?" asked Kaiba as he prepared for the turn.
"Far from it. I'm winning." Just as she made the final comment, Tori launched off the ramp, and her car landed, still running on the road. Tori hit the brakes ever so slightly while turning the wheel sharply, causing the car to turn 90 degrees to the left without losing much speed, and she flew across the finish line about three lengths ahead.
The girls gasped with surprise. Tori smirked as the big, shiny gold trophy appeared on her screen, while on Kaiba's it read: GAME OVER.
Tori stood up, her face stamped with satisfaction.
"How..."
"I had a big brother once, you know," she said smartly before turning and leaving. She met up with Yugi's proud and mildly surprised face when she was out of the crowd. "He didn't stand a chance. Taylor was far better than he is."
"I noticed," said Yugi. Tori giggled. Their enjoyment was short-lived, though, as Kaiba stepped out of the crowd.
"This isn't over," he said.
"Oh, I think it is. See that sign on your screen? It says Game Over. Technically, that means the game is over."
"Listen, you little snot-nosed brat..."
"Ah, ah, ah. You're actually not that much older than me, so I'm not really a brat compared to you," retorted Tori.
"That's it! I suggest we settle this a different way!" snapped Kaiba.
"You really don't like losing do you? What is it with boys and losing? I swear..."
"I mean it!
"So do I," said Tori, as she turned and began to walk away.
"I challenge you to a duel!" he said, stopping Tori's exit.
"Excuse me?" she said, with her back still turned.
"You heard what I said. Do you accept my challenge, or not?"
"I don't have to duel you to know I've beaten you, I already have twice now," she said, continuing her walk.
"Ha! Bet that brother you mentioned never taught you how to accept things! He was probably as much of a coward as you're being right now!" Tori stiffened. That did it. She turned back towards Kaiba. "He probably died out of embarrassment from being seen in public!" Kaiba continued his taunting, unaware of just how much trouble he was getting himself into.
Tori stormed up to him. Kaiba just then noticed Yugi waving his hands no, which he then slapped on his face, shaking it. Tori looked Kaiba straight in the eye.
"How dare you insult my brother...NO one says things like that about him while I'm around!" she snarled dangerously.
"Well I just did. And I'm right. If he's as tough and great as you say, why isn't he alive? Did he die because he was weak? I bet that's it!" Tori hesitated, looking down. In all of that, that was probably the most truthful thing to have come out of Kaiba's mouth. Taylor DID die because he couldn't defend himself against Riku. He didn't have powers...unlike her. The realization of it all hit her. "That's it, isn't it?" Kaiba said, his voice suddenly hushed. "The weak die because the strong destroy them. There are few strong ones in this world today...we cannot annihilate the weak fast enough." Tori turned her head to look at him. He had a strange gaze in his eyes, like they were suddenly whirlpools of blue. The pattern made her feel lightheaded as she continued to watch it, becoming lost in the blue vortexes that welcomed her in with a friendly, yet suspicious light.
Yugi saved her by cutting in.
"There are no weak people, Kaiba," he snapped. Tori tore her eyes from Kaiba's, shaking her head. "You all right?" he asked, worried. Tori put a hand to her forehead.
"Yeah, fine, I think..."
"Come on, we'd better go," he said, turning her away from the crowd of girls who'd dispersed by now. Tori chanced a glance back at Kaiba. He'd turned his back, and was walking away. What had all that been about? Yugi helped her into the elevator and to her room, where she sank down to the floor, leaning against the wall. "Tori!" he said, kneeling down next to her.
Tori felt strange. Her mind was weary and suffering from fatigue, for some reason. She couldn't hear Yugi's voice, and she was slipping away into darkness, no, into the blue swirls that had threatened to envelop her before. She couldn't find her way out, and they closed around her, sending her into unconsciousness.
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Tori the Hanyou: Okay, I cant believe I wrote something like that *shivers*. It gives me the creeps, having to revise it like this. Bleh. Anywho, yeah, I FINALLY UPDATED!!! WOO HOO!!!!! And I'm at now 15 reviews for 9 frickin chapters? That ain't that much, people! I need some more support here! PWEEEEASEEEE????? *puppy eyes O.O,
*Oh, well, Anywho, I got chappie 10 up, so, TTH signing out!*
~*Tori the Hanyou*~