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C.T: "Arigato gozaimasu Thank you very much reviewers"
Horselady: I'm really glad you liked the last chapter more then the last that means I'm doing good ^___^ . (You where also the first to review so here is present *hands over a BIG cookie *)
DJ Rodriguez: What happens will be a surprise so you'll have to wait
Anime-ruthless: You noticed good job here is a cookie *hands cookie*.
Silver Mist4: I don't think your being selfish you just really; REALLY want to know what happens.
Mystical Miyuki: Glade I your okay with Yami now.
Sakura-chan10: You noticed too here is a cookie *hands cookie*.
Spirit of the ring: The end will be a secret
QueenoftheDevil: T__T Yes I did but typing word for word what happens in a magna isn't easy and then placing it in a story format.
JJCrimson: *joins in Crimson's song*
Silverlight3: Glade you liked it a lot and I'll try not to disappoint
Anime*2000: I can't tell you either wither your right or wrong but I can tell you that your warm on one of the questions.
H.D: "Practicing your Japanese?"
C.T: Crouching Tigress nods "Hai yes" Crouching Tigress looks sad for a moment, "I do have an announcement"
H.D: "And what is that Hikari/ Onee-san of mine"
C.T: "I see your practicing too Yami/ little brother"
H.D: Hidden Dragon snorts, "I believe you had an announcement"
C.T: "Yes" Crouching Tigress looks sad again, "One, Ray dumped me-"
H.D: "Say it loud and say it proud"
C.T: Crouching Tigress glares.
H.D: "What did I say?"
C.T: "Although Ray isn't here to keep you in line that doesn't mean I won't"
H.D: ^_^;;;
C.T: "I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! Or Avirl Levigne's 'I'm with you' if I did I'd be a very rich person"
(Writers note: ~ means song. * means terms will be explained at the end of fic.)
WARRNING: if you have not read Shonen Jump then you may not under stand the flashback.
Ch.3: Place
At the Kame game shop everyone was watching a movie well everyone but Yugi and Yami. The reason for this was Yugi knew Téa's time was almost up and gave another desperate plea to Yami, "Please Yami at least go out there and at least bring Téa back"
Once again Yami gave no response because of the song he was lessoning to and even whispering the lyrics of the song, "-I've been sleeping a 1000 years it seems. I've got to open my eyes to everything."
With a heavy sigh Yugi left Yami to his song and returned to his friends down stairs who gave him the same look and question, as before, "well" asked Tristan the response he got was a sad nod from Yugi.
"Man Yuge your yami is stubborn" said Joey to Yugi but got no reply other then the sound of the Kame game shop doorbell ring, "Yuge?" Joey turned around in his seat dumping the bowel popcorn that was on his lap on the floor.
"Joey" Ryou and Tristan yelled together.
Joey looked at the floor and then back to Ryou and Tristan and gave them a goofy grin, "He he he sorry guys"
Meanwhile Téa glanced at her watch for the millionth time and gave a sigh which was almost the millionth time, "Yami" Téa said with another sigh, "I remember all the times you've saved me and I know in my heart you will this time… just like when you saved me from Kokurano of class A"
-Flashback-
Joey believed he was having a string of bad luck lately and so went to someone who was rumored to be a psychic. When Joey got their he thought it wouldn't cool for a guy to get his fortune read exactly with some many girls watching and so bluffed his way out of it.
"Geez! I can't believe you dragged me here, Téa" Joey bluffed.
"What?! Who dragged who here?!" Téa yelled back at Joey.
"Quite over there!!" shouted a beautiful women that wore a gold headband that bordered a black star on her head and a set of prayer beads around her neck, the symbol of her loyalty to the great psychic.
"S-sorry" Yugi apologized for his friends.
"Idiot!" Téa scorned Joey.
"What?!" Joey said not understanding what he did wrong.
The beautiful attendant pointed at the three, "Lord Kokurano is meditating to raise his awareness!" the attendant yelled, "Your negative energy is blocking the flow of his power! If you are going to be noisy then leave!"
"Ahh… all becomes clear! As long as you don't die, you will continue to live heed my words!" said Kokurano, the great psychic.
The young women Kokurano was reading placed her hands to her huge checks, "Oh yes! I understand, lord Kokurano!" the young women squealed, "I'm sooo glad!"
The girl stood up and left, "Next in line" said Kokurano with a smile.
"Go get your fortune told, Téa!" said Joey doing his best to keep up his bluff.
"Why me?!" Téa complained.
As Téa finished her sentence a short earthquake shook the small school, "What?" Yugi asked somewhat surprised.
"It's an earthquake!" Téa said alarmed but the earthquake was over within seconds.
"It's over!" Yugi said with the sound of relief in his voice.
"That was a big one" Joey commented.
"You there…" Kokurano said as he pointed at Joey.
"Huh?" was all Joey could say at that moment and raised an eyebrow.
"You just said 'get your fortune told,' didn't you?" Kokurano asked and got a simple nod from Joey.
"I'll have you know, I'm not a fortune teller!" Kokurano informed his audience, "To be sure, things like palmistry, fortune telling, chi reading, feng shui, and astrology attempt to predict the future but those are based on statistics, calculating the odds. Methods of the past"
"I have the power of premonition! The ability to see the future!" Kokurano said with great confidence.
"Uh…"again all Joey could say.
"You don't believe me…?" Kokurano asked as he slowly reached into his cape, "Then let me show you proof…"
"Okay…" said Joey
Kokurano pulled a small piece of paper from his cape, "My powers gave me a vision of the future this morning. I wrote it down here" Kokurano handed the small piece of paper to Joey, "What dose that say? Read it out loud!"
Joey was shocked, "Earthquake today" Joey read aloud.
"Let's hear it for Lord Kokurano!!" The beautiful attendant said causing the whole audience clap like mad.
"Wow" said a student.
"Yo! That really something" said Joey with a smile.
"That's amazing Lord Kokurano" said another student.
But as the whole audience clapped because of Kokurano prediction Yugi had a skeptical look on his face.
Now it was Téa turn to get back at Joey, "Maybe I should my fortune after all…" Téa said with a mocking tone.
A large sweat drop appeared on Joey's head, "Go head…" Joey said with annoyance hanging off every the two little words.
Kokurano took Téa's left hand gazed at it carefully, "My!" Kokurano murmured as he looked at Téa's hand, "… well…" Kokurano murmured again, "such a lovely hand…" Kokurano thought.
As Yugi watched Kokurano stroke, hold and feel Téa's hand a feeling that he rarely felt, jealousy, began to rise with in him," Darnit… how dare he fondle Téa's hand like that…" Yugi thought to himself as se clenched his small fist.
"Heh heh heh… Téa Gardner I've admired her for so long. Can't believe I can touch her like this…" Kokurano thought to himself as he continued to 'read' Téa's future, his breathing becoming heavier and small beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, "This feels so gooood…"
Kokurano began to eye his two loyal and beautiful attendants, "These attendants are starting to bore me" Kokurano thought, "I'm gonna seduce her… it'll a cinch if I use my powers"
Kokurano began to sway in his seat, snapping his fingers and he did, "I can see… I can see…" Kokurano said dramatically. Kokurano gently cupped Téa's delicate hand, "I see a wonderful man appear before your eyes! He's someone close to you already!" said Kokurano in a romantic whisper, "You will fall so deeply in love that you will be swoon before him"
Téa's eyes softened and a light blush appeared on Téa's face, "huh… a wonderful man" Téa though almost giving a sigh, "I wonder if it's that voice, the man who said 'let's play a game…'"
"Heh heh…." Kokurano laughed in his thoughts, "see you later… dear Téa…"
Téa stood up and left the set for the next person, "Next in line" Kokurano called.
Joey wasn't going to let this chance pass him by, "yup, that's me!" said Joey almost happy.
"Hm… you're having bad luck" Kokurano said flatly, he wanted nothing to do Joey.
"Wow! You can tell that's my problem…" Joey said with a look of dumb surprise, "Yesterday, I got into this fight…" Joey started but was cut off.
"Next in line…" again Kokurano said flatly, he still wanted nothing to do Joey.
Joey face faulted, "What?! That's it?!" Joey said expecting the five star psychic treatment. "Gonna get him" Joey muttered as he turned be began to leave with his hands folded in his pockets.
"Next in line!" Kokurano said ushering the next person for his or her reading. Yugi calmly stepped up to Kokurano small booth, "Don't you want me to read you?" Kokurano asked folding his hands in front of him.
"I hate to be rude, but…" Yugi started trying not to sound rude, "I'm sure psychic powers really exist, but… I get the feeling most psychics are fakes… or maybe… um"
"What was that?! Are you saying you don't believe in Lord Kokurano's powers?!" The beautiful attendant shouted pointing her finger at Yugi, "you saw him predict the earthquake just now"
"Are you saying my power is fake?" Kokurano asked Yugi as unseen drop of sweat slide down the psychic's face.
"Well no, but…" Yugi started he really didn't want to get yelled at again, "I saw a trick like that on T.V…"
"Really?" asked Kokurano as both anger and sweat was coming of him like a rushing waterfall. Yugi was pushing his buttons… and their where the keys to his 'powers'.
"Just for example, you know…!" Yugi started, "if you wrote, 'Earthquake today' and other predictions on note cards and hid them in your clothes, that wouldn't be a real prediction…"
"Urrr----rrr!", Kokurano roared, Yugi had pushed the right button.
"Lord Kokurano…!" The beautiful attendant almost screamed as she tried to help he master.
"I can see! I can see! I see your future!" Kokurano screamed, his hate and anger blinding him, as he pointed his finger at Yugi, "Countless letters will fall from the heavens and being you disaster upon you!!"
Yugi was taken back by Kokurano prediction but soon after he recovered he left with Téa and Joey and returned to their class. When the gang returned to class Yugi felt depressed, "Don't get so down, Yugi! that guys predictions are useless!" said Joey as he tried to make his little buddy fell better.
"But I heard this rumor…" said Téa
Yugi perked up, "huh…"
"Kokurano's power became famous after this one prediction came true…" Téa began to inform Joey and Yugi, "Apparently he predicted a fire at student from class A's house, three days before it happened… luckily the student survived, but he's still in the hospital!"
A cold chill swiped thru Joey's body, "He really psychic…!!" Joey thought about five seconds from screaming that they where going to get cursed.
"Well… I don't believe his prediction!" Yugi said as he leaned his cheek into his hand, "but…" Yugi thought as doubt emerging with in his thought, "I wonder what 'Countless letters' means…?!"
After school Yugi had almost forgotten Kokurano's prediction, "Téa doesn't have to work today so…" Yugi said aloud as he backed up, "Heh heh… she promised to go shopping with me on the way home!"
As Yugi began to turn and leave to meet up with Téa, "Hn…?!" Yugi saw a small book in his desk he had not noticed before. Yugi removed the book and looked at it, "Huh… what's this book?!" Yugi asked almost to the book, "I bet someone checked it out, then forgot it. It's due today!"
Yugi glanced up at a clock, "There's still time before Téa comes, so I'll go return it…" and with that Yugi slowly made his way to the library. Unknown to Yugi a shadowed figure slowly followed Yugi. When Yugi got to the library the figure paused behind a self of books, "Um…should go around here…" Yugi murmured as he thumbed his finger along the binding of the books, "Ah!"
As Yugi prepared to put the book away Yugi's heart skipped a beat as he heard the sound of rolling thunder of a bookcase as it began to fall on the small boy. One thought rushed thru Yugi's mind, "Countless letters……!!" Yugi turned to see his world come crashing down, "Huh…?!" Yugi's eyes snapped open and filled with fear, which activated the millennium puzzle.
As the dust settled one lone figure, Yami Yugi, stood thru out thru the whole chaos, "One more moment to figure out 'Countless letters' and I'd be dead" said Yami Yugi giving a glare at a invisible figure, "But now I know! Kokurano is a menace who makes his prediction comes true!!"
Then a thought dawned on him, "But if that's the case…" Yami Yugi quickly turned and began to run toward where Yugi had agreed to meet Téa, "Téa is in danger"
~I'm looking for a place~
Meanwhile Téa was patiently waited for Yugi to appear, "Geez! What's taking Yugi so long" Téa asked aloud leaning further on a teachers desk, "I got paid today so I thought I'd take him out for a treat but…"
Unknown to Téa the same dark figure that had stalked Yugi and pushed several bookcases on him, Kokurano, stood in the doorway and looked at Téa, "heh heh… Téa Gardner…" Kokurano smiled as he pulled out a bottle of chloroform from under his robes, "The future I predicted is about to come true!"
Kokurano came out from behind the doorway and slowly approached Téa, "Gardner… are you waiting for someone?" Kokurano asked as he approached.
Téa looked at Kokurano with a great deal of surprise, "…Kokurano…!" Téa said still somewhat surprise, "Well yes…"
Kokurano approached closer to Téa, "Shall I make a prediction? The person your waiting for will not come…" Kokurano said somewhat dramatically, "but…"
Kokurano drew closer till Téa and him self where less then a few feet form each other, "Someone more wonderful will appear…you remember my prediction, don't you?"
"What do you mean, Yugi won't come?" Téa asked Kokurano. Téa turned away from Kokurano, "That can't be true"
Kokurano grabbed Téa and swiftly placed a small rag that had been dipped in chloroform over her nose and mouth, "My predictions are infallible!"
Téa's head began to lighten and her body fell limp, "wh- wha…" Téa's thoughts where jumbled like a puzzle, "What's happening to me…."
Téa literally fell for Kokurano… right into his arms, "And you see…" Kokurano said in confidence, "You've swooned in front of me!"
A smile crossed Kokurano's chubby face, "Nyee hee hee hee hee hee! As long as I have my powers, any woman is mine!" Kokurano gloated, "I'll be popular forever!"
"You think so?"
Kokurano's eyes expanded at the sound of the voice and slowly turned to the doorway of the classroom, "Ack!!" the owner of the voice turned to Kokurano, which shocked Kokurano even more, "Yugi…!!" Kokurano voice began to shrink, "It's you…?"
"Too bad, Kokurano" Yami Yugi said glaring daggers at Kokurano, "Your prediction failed!"
A smile crossed Yami Yugi's face, "Well 'prophet' let's play a game!" Yami Yugi said in his strong and commanding voice, "If I lose, I'll acknowledge your psychic powers!"
~I'm searching for a face~
"Ah…! That voice…" Téa thought as she slowly opened her eyes, "let's play a game!" Téa's eyes fell on Yami Yugi but all she saw was a bluer, "I'm so happy… you really came this time I have to see your face…" Téa thought happily but she found it hard to keep her eyes open, "but… why am I so tired…so tired…….." And with that last thought Téa's vision fell into darkness.
"Play a game?!" Kokurano shouted not likening the idea of playing a game epically with a person he thought he killed a moment a go.
Yami Yugi smiled and pulled out a bottle of chloroform, "this is the bottle of chloroform you left behind! Or perhaps you saw the future and left it… " Yami Yugi gave a slight chuckle, "Because we'll use this bottle in our game!"
Yami Yugi set up the game quite quickly, "The rules are simple. We spread some papers on the desk and place the bottle on top of them. The players, you and I, take turns pulling out one sheet of paper at a time!" Yami Yugi explained to Kokurano, " You can't touch the bottle, of course!"
"The one who drops the bottle loses the game!" Yami Yugi added as a mischievous smile crossed his face, "Although the loser won't be conscious to know that!"
Kokurano pointed at Yami Yugi dramatically, "heh heh heh… I've won already! I can see you snoring on the floor!" Kokurano said keeping up his psychic act.
"That so?" Yami Yugi said as he folded his arms, "then lets ro-sham-bo* to see who goes first" and simultaneously the two decide their hands. Yami Yugi won with rock much to Kokurano disliking, "Okay I'll start!" Yami Yugi said as he took his place in front of the desk.
"Fall…Fall…" Kokurano chanted as he watched Yami Yugi carefully picked his sheet of paper.
After Yami Yugi chose the paper he quickly picked and removed the paper sending the bottle spinning around the desk. Eventually the small bottle stopped inches from the table's edge, "Phew!" Yami Yugi said with a sighed in relief and then looked to Kokurano, "Now it's your turn!"
"Hmph… I do not see a future where I drop this bottle!" Kokurano said in half-hearted confidence as he slowly picked his sheet of paper, " Hyaaah!" Kokurano screamed as he quickly removed the paper sending the bottle spinning around the desk. Eventually the small bottle began to wobble in one place, "hee hee hee! Look" Kokurano said smiling as sweat began to slide down his face, "This is what my psychic powers can do!"
"Well this is a pinch!" Yami Yugi said, as he surveyed the situation, "Let's go!" Yami Yugi shouted as he quickly picked and removed a sheet of paper sending the bottle spinning around the desk.
Kokurano's eyes, spirit, and hopes dropped all at once as he saw that the bottle was carefully balanced on the edge of the table.
"Now what? You can't yank any more out" Yami Yugi pointed out to the shocked psychic, "There is only way to remove a page!" Yami Yugi said giving hope to the hopeless psychic, "If you're really psychic, you can levitate the bottle!"
"A-aright! I'll show you!" Kokurano shouted, "I'll show you my power!" and with that said Kokurano began to concentrate on the bottle, "Urrrrgggnnnnn!" Kokurano grunted. Kokurano closed his eyes tight and continued to grunt, "I can see… I can see the bottle floating!" Kokurano thought to himself.
In his mind he could see the bottle slowly leave the hard surface of the desk and float in the air, "Heh heh… see! It's floating! It's floating!" Kokurano thought as he saw the bottle in his minds eye, "There's no way I can lose a game with my psychic powers!!"
Back in reality Kokurano pointed to a space above the bottle, "bwa ha ha ha ha! You see it, don't you? Do you see the bottle floating in the air?!" Kokurano said hysterically with a smile to match.
"That's only your imagination" Yami Yugi said in his normal charismatic voice, "why don't you try pulling that paper out? That'll prove everything!"
"Heh… heh ha ha… imagination… can't be…" Kokurano said in a shaky voice that dripped with soon coming insanity, "I… am… psychic!" Kokurano shouted at he pulled one of the two last sheets of paper. As Kokurano pulled the bottle of chloroform followed with the paper and fell and smashed onto the floor sending the chloroform into the air sending Kokurano to dream land.
Yami Yugi shook his head in disappointment, "in their own mind any one can be a psychic…" said to the sleeping psychic, "it takes courage to recognize when you've been pushed to your limit, but…" Yami Yugi began to turn away from the slumbering psychic but had to leave on last word of wisdom, "In the end you didn't have that courage!"
As Yami Yugi prepared to get his prize and leave he gave one last look to the psychic, "Well well… look at all the predictions in you cloak… " Yami Yugi said, slumbering psychic had fallen in a position exposing many of his predictions. Yami Yugi away from the psychic and smiled, "You probably won't wake up until tomorrow. By then time, everyone in school will know the truth about your psychic powers. I doubt you'll remain popular after that. heh heh…" Said Yami Yugi with a snicker.
And with that settled Yami Yugi carefully lifted Téa's head and looked at her sleeping form, "And over here, we have a sleeping beauty!" Yami Yugi said in almost a whisper, which made a smile cross the face of the sleeping beauty.
-End of Flashback-
~Is anybody here I know~
"You saved me then I know you'll saved me now" Téa said as she stared off into the distance.
Meanwhile in an ally a lone figure stood looking up to the stars and clouded sky. The figure had made many a attempted to go out with his night like always which was robbing and scaring mortals but he couldn't for some reason when he tried to he became distracted by a cry in the back of his mind.
~Cause nothings going right~
"Why can't I do it," The figure hissed to the sky but got no reply, "Dear Ra why can't I get that little mortal out of my mind?"
The figure slowly stepped out of the ally to see a clock in far distance, the clock read 11:54 P.M. The figure grabbed his spiky yet soft white hair, "Ah screw it" and with that said the figure ran out of the ally and toward the bridge.
~And everything's a mess~
Mean while on the bridge the blissful memory had passed Téa began to hear horrible beeping of a watch, "Huh?" Téa thought as she was snapped back to reality, "I guess it's time" Téa said aloud with a great deal of sadness.
Téa slowly let go of the handrail and spread her arms to her sides as thou they where wings, "Maybe will meet again in another life time… good bye Yami" Téa closed her eyes and slowly inched her body forward sending her toward the water below.
~And know one likes to be alone~
"Téa!!!"
Téa's eyes snapped open as she saw a hand rap around hers. Téa looked up to see her saver, "Yami" Téa said happily as she looked up hoping to see her crimson eyed hero but her eyes expanded as she saw who her hero was.
-End Story-
C.T: "I'm mean I left a cliffhanger"
H.D: "I'm wondering who the saved Téa too"
C.T: "Well here are the definitions"
Ro-sham-bo: Pretty much rock, paper, scissors in Japan.
C.T: "Thank you again for reviewing and sorry for taking so long lots of things have happened. Take care bye"
H.D: "oh and although I hate to say this the words to Yami's song he sang where from 'Bring me to life' by evanescence"
(Writers note: this chapter was dedicated to my kitty, Storm, who was thirteen years old, who died September 28, 2003 at 4:19 P.M and my puppy, Ryan, who was almost two years old, who died October 23, 2003. Storm, Ryan you will be missed)