A/N- HAPPY THANKSGIVING! *gives everybody piece of their favorite pie*
(hey, we didn't have any cookies for thanksgiving *shrug*)
Selina: Ugh! *holding stomach and stumbling around Serafina's bedroom.
Serafina: I'm guessing you all have figured out what is wrong with Selina by now. She is suffering from TES. Thanksgiving Eating Syndrome. HEHEHEHE!!
Selina: Shut up! It's not funny ooh!
Serafina: Yeah, it is HAHAHAHAHA!! I told you not to eat too much!
Selina: Yeah, but you failed to specify how much was too much!
Serafina: I'm thinking you should have stopped after the fourteenth piece of pie.
Selina: What was that between?
Serafina: Only the 16th slice of turkey and the 15 piece of pie. HEHE!
Selina: Shut up before I send you to the...UGH!
Serafina: Really? I've never heard of the UGH before, have you ever been? *cringes as Selina gives Serafina "the Look"* Ok, well, we'll just start the chapter now won't we.
Thanks be to all that reviewed so wonderfully and faithfully! You guys totally ROCK!!
Sorceress Vanessa: Yup. Marik! I'm so glad you liked it!!! No Ur not! Yay! Thankieness!
Nightlight5: HAHAHAHAHA!!! I loved your review!! That was hilarious!! I know! You could say Ur moving to the Shadow Realm and let everyone help you move Ur stuff and then once it's all there you can come over here with me and they'll never know the difference! (Selina: You baka! Of course they will!! You just told them!) Oh, right. Ok, scratch that, I'm out of ideas now!
Bunnychu: Ugh, really hard? I used to take keyboarding (piano) when I was in the 5ht grade, but then quit after that and the only thing I know how to play now is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Heh, but yeah. I'm not good at piano so I hope you do/did well! Thanx! God wuvs U 2! Oh, I do have a neopets account, but I almost never go there nemore cause I never have time to, but I think (I forgot) it's name is Sitara3 or 33 or something like that. I can't remember. *cries* I'm pitiful!
Chrono Cross: Hm...no. It's not exactly like that. It's more like he started out here and then got mad at Yugi and then goes to Japan. It's just a little thing I made up, but you'll find out more about that later. It's kinda confusing. Yugi magic thing is a little complicated too, but not so much! You'll have to just wait and see!
Brodie and Casey: I'm working on your stories as you may have already seen, but I'm having trouble. But I'm not giving up on it yet so don't worry! Hehehe! Note about the spiders AND my tests down below. Thanx so much!!
Oklina: Yeah, well a note about the spiders is below. It explains about that. Thanx for the luck! It's much needed. Good luck on Urs! Thanks!!
Subieko: You, knew some1 who was afraid of spiders...Hm...well, now you know another! Yeah, I know someone like that. Yup yup! It's the evil psychotic Marik! Dun dun! Thanks for the luck! Did, I review you for that? Hm...I'll have to find out! Thanks!
Hazel-Beka: I'm glad although you can see whos yami is in bad shape now. *looks up at a/n* Hehe, I can't help, but laugh at Selina for that. How did your yami do over thanksgiving? Yeah, I know what you mean. I've been the "teacher's pet" as everybody calls me in 2 classes. One last yr. And another this yr. Ouch! French teacher yelling. Sounds painful. Did you have to listen to it in French? Heh, sorry, I'm hyper. Yeah, I'm scared of spiders AND snakes, but there's a note about that later. ^_^U eheh! Um...thanks Beka. Well, I guess I'll c-ya later Hazel.
Yugismpuzzle: Really?!!! Thank you so VERY MUCH!!!! THANK YOU!!
Una: HAHAHAHA!!! I luvd Ur review!! It was hilarious!! Were U hyper when U wrote this? Woah! Too many questions that I can't answer! HAHAHA! Woah, man, U have got to be hyper! So bouncy! Yeah, I completely agree! *dreamy look* Yugi...*dreamy sigh* *Bardock hits Serafina with same rubber duck* Hey! Ouch! Alright that does it mister! I hope Una never updates Ur story now! *Bardock- cries* Woah, Ok, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it! Fine, I'll just settle with chasing you around with my Spatula of Doom. Bardock: *stops fake crying and runs* ^_^U Thanx Una! I feel much better now! Wow, you picked up on that little detail about the snakes! Very nice! Ur the only 1. That has something to do with a later part of the story. U too! Ur the best!
NOTE ABOUT SPIDERS: I'm scared of spiders and snakes thanks to the dumb ppl that told me some of them were poisonous. I'm scared of nething poisonous so whatever you do don't tell me if it is or not, unless I'm about to die or something. Neway, that's why I made Sitara scared of them. Oh, yeah, that includes scorpions too. Sorry, a random thought. That's all to this note.
NOTE ABOUT TESTS: *Selina restrains Serafina who is holding spatula of doom* Let me go Selina! I must kill her for what she did! Selina: Explain it to them. Serafina: I spent the whole night before studying mostly for my Geometry test cause it was the one I knew absolutely nothing about. So (I actually was supposed to have three tests: Biology, Geometry, and Spanish) I come to school take my Biology test with much difficulty (my hardest class), but I think I did well. Then I go to Geometry and THE FRICK'N TEACHER MOVES THE TEST TO THIS WEEK!!!!! OH!! I WANT TO KILL HER!! Now not only am I going to have to study AGAIN!!!! I'm not going to remember how to do this to study! Besides! I could have studied more for my OTHER TESTS!! OH!!! I HATE THAT WOMAN!!! I'm going to kill MRS. DAVIS!!! *Everyone helps Selina hold Serafina down*
Ok, I'm better now, thanks everyone. Now on to the chapter so I can get my mind off of this...
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Chapter 19
"Ok, now you must concentrate your energy and aim it where you want it to go. Like this." Sitara was teaching Yugi how to use magic.
She thought of a ball of white energy forming in her hands and it seemed as if smoky tendrils were being pulled out of her hands and wrapping and twisting around each other until they had formed a very large sphere.
When she could not make it any bigger she directed it towards a large tree and let it go. It flew towards the tree and just before it was about to hit, she canceled it out so it dissipated before even touching the tree.
To Yugi, it had looked so easy when Sitara did it, but he was having trouble. The best he had been able to accomplish so far was a few sparks.
He concentrated with all his might as he held both his hands in front of him. He closed his eyes and when he finally felt *something* happening, he looked down to see what it was. His face fell as he saw more sparks.
"Hm...I think I know what your problem is. I had the same trouble when I was first starting to learn. I think you're trying to force the magic. You shouldn't do that, you just need to relax and let it come. The concentration is just to envision what it is you want to do. So try again and this time relax, but concentrate on making the ball, like picturing every single small detail in your head. Got it?"
Yugi nodded.
"Alright, let's try this again."
Yugi closed his eyes once more, relaxed all his muscles, and pictured a bright ball of energy in his hands like he had seen between Sitara's palms. He even pictured how the tendrils came together to make the sphere-like energy.
Sitara gasp and Yugi opened his eyes to see what was going on. He checked his surroundings and failed to see the problem so he looked questioningly at Sitara, but the only place she was looking at was at him. Or to be more precise, his hands.
He looked down and to his immense surprise saw a perfectly formed ball of black-ish, violet power
"That's great, Yugi! Great job!!"
"Ok, but what do I do with it now?"
"Ok, just aim it at me."
Yugi seemed hesitant so Sitara reassured him.
"Don't worry, I'll block it."
Yugi was doubtful, but did a he was instructed and released the power from his hold at his new friend. The sphere flew towards Sitara and seemed to engulf her and Yugi became worried that he might have hurt her. Yugi watched as, what seemed to be, an explosion of light emerged right in front of him. Then Sitara became visible and seemed to have a transparent shield around her that had blocked her from Yugi's attack.
When all the black, violet energy was gone, the shimmering in the air around Sitara vanished and the shield was gone, revealing a very disheveled girl behind. Sitara was panting and sweat poured down her face.
"Wow," she said when she was able to catch her breath enough to talk again. "Your magic is...so powerful! I've...never felt anything...like it! You've got to be the most powerful, magically talented person here!"
At this, Yugi grew even more concerned and asked, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, but I'd rather not do that again. I didn't think you'd be that powerful having only had one lesson so far. I mean it took me a week to surpass Kero-oshi and you beat me in only a few hours! Wow, and you've never had any dealings with magic before either have you?"
"Um...well, I wouldn't say I haven't had dealings with it, but just not like this."
Sitara did not seem to know what to make of this so she said, "Well, I think I had better teach you how to block before we turn in for bed."
"Sure, that'd be great!"
So Yugi learned how to put up a force field to block attacks. Sitara showed him how to use it to cover himself and others that might be with him, even if they were far away from him, and he also learned how to use his shield to reflect attacks back at the opposition.
Kero-oshi had come back from his "wandering" and sat watching Sitara teach Yugi, but when Yugi had started to catch on and get the hang of it he called them in for bed.
"We need to keep a vigil in case we were somehow followed," Sitara told them all.
"I'll take first watch," Kero-oshi put in, "you guys get your sleep first."
"I'll go second then, that is if you want me to," Yugi told them bashfully.
"That's fine, Yugi. If you want to you can. Then that leaves me with the third watch."
"Alright, then, kids! To bed! Go on! Shoo shoo!" Kero-oshi made shooing motions with his hands and the two went about making some beds.
They took some blankets that the horses had been carrying and made makeshift beds out of them and bundled up another blanket to use for a pillow. As soon as they had everything ready they got under their covers and were both fast asleep before they knew what hit them.
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Kero-oshi finished up his shift and went to wake up Yugi. He walked over to where he was sleeping and began to gently shake him. Yugi was laying on his side and when he felt the older man trying to wake him, he rolled over onto his back and opened his eyes sleepily.
Seeing that it was now his turn to watch he got up and let Kero-oshi take over his nice, warm, comfortable bed and went over to the entrance of the cave to keep a vigil. He sat down on the ground with his knees drawn up to his chest. He wrapped his arms around them and let his mind wander.
He thought about all that had happened to him over the past few days. The obvious warning the Black Crystal had given him whenever Pegasus would touch it, which would make him blackout. Then it traveled along the timeline that he, himself had traveled not too long ago.
His uneasy mind finally came to rest on the one that had been with him through all of it. The one that had tried so hard to keep him from Pegasus' greedy hands, only to fail. The one that was the other half of his soul. Yami.
Yugi wished Yami could be here with him to help him and comfort him. He wished he could at least just talk with his yami. Yugi was not usually one to go about crying, not even when he had been beaten up by bullies, but the missing part of him drove him to despair.
Tears began to stream down his face and insuppressible sobs escaped him. He tried to stop so no one would hear and wake up, but he just could not. His noises of sorrow awoke Sitara and she came over to sit by him.
She sat beside him, held him in her arms, just rocked him, letting him unleash all the untamed emotion on her. When he was finally able to recompose himself Sitara let go of him, only keeping a hand on his shoulder for support. (a/n- *dreamy look in eyes* I wish I could be Sitara right now...*dreamy sigh*)
"All better now? Not going to explode from all of the pent up emotion?"
Yugi managed a small giggle and Sitara smiled.
"Care to tell me what that was all about, aimee?"
"I...I miss Yami-kun."
"I kind of know how you feel. I'm not exactly allowed to see anyone that I love either except Kero-oshi. Care to tell me about your friend? It might make you feel better."
(a/n-*dodges all the friendly love flying around* Man, this is getting pretty sappy. Sorry guys!)
"Sure." Yugi began his story with solving the Millennium Puzzle and his first meeting with his soul partner and ended up telling Sitara about everything that had happened to him since then. He told about Duelist Kingdom and Pegasus and about that whole ordeal all the way up to the point where he had been pulled into the vortex and dropped into Chamera.
(a/n- he can tell her all this stuff cause she has dealing with magic and knows she'll believe him so yeah...)
He finally ended his story with, "And this is called the Dragon Armlet. It keeps me from using the mind link I have with Yami and talking to him. I can no longer fell him or talk to him and the same for him of me. I just wish I could talk to him again."
Sitara was thoughtful a moment then replied, "I think I can get it off using a form of my magic. Do you want me to take it off for you if I can?"
Yugi's eyes brightened and his body straightened no longer slumped in defeat. "Of course! Can you do it?"
"I don't know, but I'll defiantly try."
She held her palms over the bracelet and stared at it intently. After a few seconds of meditating her hands began to glow a white-silver color and transferred some of the energy to the Armlet causing it to glow as well.
Sitara dropped her hands and while the bracelet was still glowing she slid it off his wrist and put it into one of the many pockets in her cargo pants. Yugi looked at his arm where it had been, then he lifted his eyes to stare at Sitara in awe.
He was about to say thank you when the smile on Sitara's face was abruptly replaved with a frown and she stood up to stare off into the night.
"What is it?" asked Yugi suddenly nervous, looking around to she what was going on.
Sitara only shook her head and replied, "Heard something; go get Kero-oshi. Hurry!"
Yugi ran into the cave and shook the old magic instructor awake. Then the two of them joined Sitara at the entrance.
"What's wrong, Princess?"
Sitara did not even bother to tell him to call her by her name. "I heard someone or some*thing* out there. We've got to leave right away."
"Are you sure?"
Sitara did not get a chance to reply to her teacher because a magical fire suddenly sprang up around them at the cave opening. The heat was intense and might have consumed them in the flames if Sitara had not constructed a barrier around all of them in the split second before it appeared. As soon as they realized what had happened, Yugi and Kero-oshi helped support the barrier as well.
"Run!" she cried.
"Where?" asked Yugi and Kero-oshi responded.
"Quick, to the back of the cave!"
They followed him while Sitara and Yugi held off the fire that was coming after them.
"How is the fire doing that? Following us like that?" Yugi asked above the cacophony of noises surrounding them.
"It's magic," Sitara called back.
The trio made it to the back of the cave with the fire pressing in on one side and an underground lake on the other.
"What now?"
"We jump in the water!"
"Won't the fire make the water boil?"
"Not if you keep your shield up!"
"All right! Here goes nothing! Jump everybody!"
A/N- Well I hope you all liked it. It has been kinda difficult to find time out to write this. I got 3 days off from school, but my grandmother came to visit. (I only get to see her once a year cause she lives somewhere around 700 miles away? I think that's it, I don't really know, but neway I think you guys get the idea.)
Lessee, nething else u need to know? Oh, reminder, I don't do any kinds of romance at all so none of that is in here, just for those that couldn't tell. I'm sure that's nobody, but ya never know. Um...I guess that's it.
If you updated let me know. (can't think of nething else right now. So...)
Ja ne!
PS: Oh, I'll work on ROD II as soon as I get this up, but it will probably take me all day to write since my mom wants to put up the Christmas tree now while my grandmother is still here cause she's leaving on Monday. That's all! Thanks for your time!
Selina: Ugh! *holding stomach and stumbling around Serafina's bedroom.
Serafina: I'm guessing you all have figured out what is wrong with Selina by now. She is suffering from TES. Thanksgiving Eating Syndrome. HEHEHEHE!!
Selina: Shut up! It's not funny ooh!
Serafina: Yeah, it is HAHAHAHAHA!! I told you not to eat too much!
Selina: Yeah, but you failed to specify how much was too much!
Serafina: I'm thinking you should have stopped after the fourteenth piece of pie.
Selina: What was that between?
Serafina: Only the 16th slice of turkey and the 15 piece of pie. HEHE!
Selina: Shut up before I send you to the...UGH!
Serafina: Really? I've never heard of the UGH before, have you ever been? *cringes as Selina gives Serafina "the Look"* Ok, well, we'll just start the chapter now won't we.
Thanks be to all that reviewed so wonderfully and faithfully! You guys totally ROCK!!
Sorceress Vanessa: Yup. Marik! I'm so glad you liked it!!! No Ur not! Yay! Thankieness!
Nightlight5: HAHAHAHAHA!!! I loved your review!! That was hilarious!! I know! You could say Ur moving to the Shadow Realm and let everyone help you move Ur stuff and then once it's all there you can come over here with me and they'll never know the difference! (Selina: You baka! Of course they will!! You just told them!) Oh, right. Ok, scratch that, I'm out of ideas now!
Bunnychu: Ugh, really hard? I used to take keyboarding (piano) when I was in the 5ht grade, but then quit after that and the only thing I know how to play now is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Heh, but yeah. I'm not good at piano so I hope you do/did well! Thanx! God wuvs U 2! Oh, I do have a neopets account, but I almost never go there nemore cause I never have time to, but I think (I forgot) it's name is Sitara3 or 33 or something like that. I can't remember. *cries* I'm pitiful!
Chrono Cross: Hm...no. It's not exactly like that. It's more like he started out here and then got mad at Yugi and then goes to Japan. It's just a little thing I made up, but you'll find out more about that later. It's kinda confusing. Yugi magic thing is a little complicated too, but not so much! You'll have to just wait and see!
Brodie and Casey: I'm working on your stories as you may have already seen, but I'm having trouble. But I'm not giving up on it yet so don't worry! Hehehe! Note about the spiders AND my tests down below. Thanx so much!!
Oklina: Yeah, well a note about the spiders is below. It explains about that. Thanx for the luck! It's much needed. Good luck on Urs! Thanks!!
Subieko: You, knew some1 who was afraid of spiders...Hm...well, now you know another! Yeah, I know someone like that. Yup yup! It's the evil psychotic Marik! Dun dun! Thanks for the luck! Did, I review you for that? Hm...I'll have to find out! Thanks!
Hazel-Beka: I'm glad although you can see whos yami is in bad shape now. *looks up at a/n* Hehe, I can't help, but laugh at Selina for that. How did your yami do over thanksgiving? Yeah, I know what you mean. I've been the "teacher's pet" as everybody calls me in 2 classes. One last yr. And another this yr. Ouch! French teacher yelling. Sounds painful. Did you have to listen to it in French? Heh, sorry, I'm hyper. Yeah, I'm scared of spiders AND snakes, but there's a note about that later. ^_^U eheh! Um...thanks Beka. Well, I guess I'll c-ya later Hazel.
Yugismpuzzle: Really?!!! Thank you so VERY MUCH!!!! THANK YOU!!
Una: HAHAHAHA!!! I luvd Ur review!! It was hilarious!! Were U hyper when U wrote this? Woah! Too many questions that I can't answer! HAHAHA! Woah, man, U have got to be hyper! So bouncy! Yeah, I completely agree! *dreamy look* Yugi...*dreamy sigh* *Bardock hits Serafina with same rubber duck* Hey! Ouch! Alright that does it mister! I hope Una never updates Ur story now! *Bardock- cries* Woah, Ok, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it! Fine, I'll just settle with chasing you around with my Spatula of Doom. Bardock: *stops fake crying and runs* ^_^U Thanx Una! I feel much better now! Wow, you picked up on that little detail about the snakes! Very nice! Ur the only 1. That has something to do with a later part of the story. U too! Ur the best!
NOTE ABOUT SPIDERS: I'm scared of spiders and snakes thanks to the dumb ppl that told me some of them were poisonous. I'm scared of nething poisonous so whatever you do don't tell me if it is or not, unless I'm about to die or something. Neway, that's why I made Sitara scared of them. Oh, yeah, that includes scorpions too. Sorry, a random thought. That's all to this note.
NOTE ABOUT TESTS: *Selina restrains Serafina who is holding spatula of doom* Let me go Selina! I must kill her for what she did! Selina: Explain it to them. Serafina: I spent the whole night before studying mostly for my Geometry test cause it was the one I knew absolutely nothing about. So (I actually was supposed to have three tests: Biology, Geometry, and Spanish) I come to school take my Biology test with much difficulty (my hardest class), but I think I did well. Then I go to Geometry and THE FRICK'N TEACHER MOVES THE TEST TO THIS WEEK!!!!! OH!! I WANT TO KILL HER!! Now not only am I going to have to study AGAIN!!!! I'm not going to remember how to do this to study! Besides! I could have studied more for my OTHER TESTS!! OH!!! I HATE THAT WOMAN!!! I'm going to kill MRS. DAVIS!!! *Everyone helps Selina hold Serafina down*
Ok, I'm better now, thanks everyone. Now on to the chapter so I can get my mind off of this...
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Chapter 19
"Ok, now you must concentrate your energy and aim it where you want it to go. Like this." Sitara was teaching Yugi how to use magic.
She thought of a ball of white energy forming in her hands and it seemed as if smoky tendrils were being pulled out of her hands and wrapping and twisting around each other until they had formed a very large sphere.
When she could not make it any bigger she directed it towards a large tree and let it go. It flew towards the tree and just before it was about to hit, she canceled it out so it dissipated before even touching the tree.
To Yugi, it had looked so easy when Sitara did it, but he was having trouble. The best he had been able to accomplish so far was a few sparks.
He concentrated with all his might as he held both his hands in front of him. He closed his eyes and when he finally felt *something* happening, he looked down to see what it was. His face fell as he saw more sparks.
"Hm...I think I know what your problem is. I had the same trouble when I was first starting to learn. I think you're trying to force the magic. You shouldn't do that, you just need to relax and let it come. The concentration is just to envision what it is you want to do. So try again and this time relax, but concentrate on making the ball, like picturing every single small detail in your head. Got it?"
Yugi nodded.
"Alright, let's try this again."
Yugi closed his eyes once more, relaxed all his muscles, and pictured a bright ball of energy in his hands like he had seen between Sitara's palms. He even pictured how the tendrils came together to make the sphere-like energy.
Sitara gasp and Yugi opened his eyes to see what was going on. He checked his surroundings and failed to see the problem so he looked questioningly at Sitara, but the only place she was looking at was at him. Or to be more precise, his hands.
He looked down and to his immense surprise saw a perfectly formed ball of black-ish, violet power
"That's great, Yugi! Great job!!"
"Ok, but what do I do with it now?"
"Ok, just aim it at me."
Yugi seemed hesitant so Sitara reassured him.
"Don't worry, I'll block it."
Yugi was doubtful, but did a he was instructed and released the power from his hold at his new friend. The sphere flew towards Sitara and seemed to engulf her and Yugi became worried that he might have hurt her. Yugi watched as, what seemed to be, an explosion of light emerged right in front of him. Then Sitara became visible and seemed to have a transparent shield around her that had blocked her from Yugi's attack.
When all the black, violet energy was gone, the shimmering in the air around Sitara vanished and the shield was gone, revealing a very disheveled girl behind. Sitara was panting and sweat poured down her face.
"Wow," she said when she was able to catch her breath enough to talk again. "Your magic is...so powerful! I've...never felt anything...like it! You've got to be the most powerful, magically talented person here!"
At this, Yugi grew even more concerned and asked, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine, but I'd rather not do that again. I didn't think you'd be that powerful having only had one lesson so far. I mean it took me a week to surpass Kero-oshi and you beat me in only a few hours! Wow, and you've never had any dealings with magic before either have you?"
"Um...well, I wouldn't say I haven't had dealings with it, but just not like this."
Sitara did not seem to know what to make of this so she said, "Well, I think I had better teach you how to block before we turn in for bed."
"Sure, that'd be great!"
So Yugi learned how to put up a force field to block attacks. Sitara showed him how to use it to cover himself and others that might be with him, even if they were far away from him, and he also learned how to use his shield to reflect attacks back at the opposition.
Kero-oshi had come back from his "wandering" and sat watching Sitara teach Yugi, but when Yugi had started to catch on and get the hang of it he called them in for bed.
"We need to keep a vigil in case we were somehow followed," Sitara told them all.
"I'll take first watch," Kero-oshi put in, "you guys get your sleep first."
"I'll go second then, that is if you want me to," Yugi told them bashfully.
"That's fine, Yugi. If you want to you can. Then that leaves me with the third watch."
"Alright, then, kids! To bed! Go on! Shoo shoo!" Kero-oshi made shooing motions with his hands and the two went about making some beds.
They took some blankets that the horses had been carrying and made makeshift beds out of them and bundled up another blanket to use for a pillow. As soon as they had everything ready they got under their covers and were both fast asleep before they knew what hit them.
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Kero-oshi finished up his shift and went to wake up Yugi. He walked over to where he was sleeping and began to gently shake him. Yugi was laying on his side and when he felt the older man trying to wake him, he rolled over onto his back and opened his eyes sleepily.
Seeing that it was now his turn to watch he got up and let Kero-oshi take over his nice, warm, comfortable bed and went over to the entrance of the cave to keep a vigil. He sat down on the ground with his knees drawn up to his chest. He wrapped his arms around them and let his mind wander.
He thought about all that had happened to him over the past few days. The obvious warning the Black Crystal had given him whenever Pegasus would touch it, which would make him blackout. Then it traveled along the timeline that he, himself had traveled not too long ago.
His uneasy mind finally came to rest on the one that had been with him through all of it. The one that had tried so hard to keep him from Pegasus' greedy hands, only to fail. The one that was the other half of his soul. Yami.
Yugi wished Yami could be here with him to help him and comfort him. He wished he could at least just talk with his yami. Yugi was not usually one to go about crying, not even when he had been beaten up by bullies, but the missing part of him drove him to despair.
Tears began to stream down his face and insuppressible sobs escaped him. He tried to stop so no one would hear and wake up, but he just could not. His noises of sorrow awoke Sitara and she came over to sit by him.
She sat beside him, held him in her arms, just rocked him, letting him unleash all the untamed emotion on her. When he was finally able to recompose himself Sitara let go of him, only keeping a hand on his shoulder for support. (a/n- *dreamy look in eyes* I wish I could be Sitara right now...*dreamy sigh*)
"All better now? Not going to explode from all of the pent up emotion?"
Yugi managed a small giggle and Sitara smiled.
"Care to tell me what that was all about, aimee?"
"I...I miss Yami-kun."
"I kind of know how you feel. I'm not exactly allowed to see anyone that I love either except Kero-oshi. Care to tell me about your friend? It might make you feel better."
(a/n-*dodges all the friendly love flying around* Man, this is getting pretty sappy. Sorry guys!)
"Sure." Yugi began his story with solving the Millennium Puzzle and his first meeting with his soul partner and ended up telling Sitara about everything that had happened to him since then. He told about Duelist Kingdom and Pegasus and about that whole ordeal all the way up to the point where he had been pulled into the vortex and dropped into Chamera.
(a/n- he can tell her all this stuff cause she has dealing with magic and knows she'll believe him so yeah...)
He finally ended his story with, "And this is called the Dragon Armlet. It keeps me from using the mind link I have with Yami and talking to him. I can no longer fell him or talk to him and the same for him of me. I just wish I could talk to him again."
Sitara was thoughtful a moment then replied, "I think I can get it off using a form of my magic. Do you want me to take it off for you if I can?"
Yugi's eyes brightened and his body straightened no longer slumped in defeat. "Of course! Can you do it?"
"I don't know, but I'll defiantly try."
She held her palms over the bracelet and stared at it intently. After a few seconds of meditating her hands began to glow a white-silver color and transferred some of the energy to the Armlet causing it to glow as well.
Sitara dropped her hands and while the bracelet was still glowing she slid it off his wrist and put it into one of the many pockets in her cargo pants. Yugi looked at his arm where it had been, then he lifted his eyes to stare at Sitara in awe.
He was about to say thank you when the smile on Sitara's face was abruptly replaved with a frown and she stood up to stare off into the night.
"What is it?" asked Yugi suddenly nervous, looking around to she what was going on.
Sitara only shook her head and replied, "Heard something; go get Kero-oshi. Hurry!"
Yugi ran into the cave and shook the old magic instructor awake. Then the two of them joined Sitara at the entrance.
"What's wrong, Princess?"
Sitara did not even bother to tell him to call her by her name. "I heard someone or some*thing* out there. We've got to leave right away."
"Are you sure?"
Sitara did not get a chance to reply to her teacher because a magical fire suddenly sprang up around them at the cave opening. The heat was intense and might have consumed them in the flames if Sitara had not constructed a barrier around all of them in the split second before it appeared. As soon as they realized what had happened, Yugi and Kero-oshi helped support the barrier as well.
"Run!" she cried.
"Where?" asked Yugi and Kero-oshi responded.
"Quick, to the back of the cave!"
They followed him while Sitara and Yugi held off the fire that was coming after them.
"How is the fire doing that? Following us like that?" Yugi asked above the cacophony of noises surrounding them.
"It's magic," Sitara called back.
The trio made it to the back of the cave with the fire pressing in on one side and an underground lake on the other.
"What now?"
"We jump in the water!"
"Won't the fire make the water boil?"
"Not if you keep your shield up!"
"All right! Here goes nothing! Jump everybody!"
A/N- Well I hope you all liked it. It has been kinda difficult to find time out to write this. I got 3 days off from school, but my grandmother came to visit. (I only get to see her once a year cause she lives somewhere around 700 miles away? I think that's it, I don't really know, but neway I think you guys get the idea.)
Lessee, nething else u need to know? Oh, reminder, I don't do any kinds of romance at all so none of that is in here, just for those that couldn't tell. I'm sure that's nobody, but ya never know. Um...I guess that's it.
If you updated let me know. (can't think of nething else right now. So...)
Ja ne!
PS: Oh, I'll work on ROD II as soon as I get this up, but it will probably take me all day to write since my mom wants to put up the Christmas tree now while my grandmother is still here cause she's leaving on Monday. That's all! Thanks for your time!