A/N- Hey, minna! Thanks for reviewing everyone! You guys are the best,
but you already knew that! ^_~ You guys really do spoil me!
Bunnychu: Hey! Guess what?! I now *do* get to go on the mission trip cuz it's been changed to Costa Rica! (Lord Willing) I can't wait! This is going to be so cool!!! Oh, don't worry about it. I almost never log in anymore. Thank you so much! ^_^ God luvs u 2! -^_^- Take care and stay strong 4 Him.
Tsuki Koumori Ryu: Thanks! I'm glad you liked it so much! Eep! Now I'm scared! *runs, hides behind desk, and peeks around corner* Don't hurt me...I'll try 2 stay positive! I forgive you! Thanks for reviewing!
Sword Master Jeff: I just read your poem...I told you what I thought about it there so...I'm glad you like my story!
Sorceress Vanessa: Yup...don't you just gotta love the cliffies! I think they r 1 of the best things ever created in the writing world! Maybe we should hold a national cliffy day or something...Ahem...anyways, I'm glad you liked it! Thanks!! ^_^!
Subieko: Well, I think it is quite easy for him to forget that he had his cards with him...the last time he looked at them was on the boat ride to Duelist Kingdom Island...besides if he remembered before that my plot would have been messed up. Hehe...I guess you could say the statue is invincible...it wasn't even destroyed when they defeated it, just went back to its place as a statue...uh...oops well, the weight thing was kinda off I admit...the last time I learned anything about that was in the sixth grade and I'm in the tenth now so...*shrug* I don't have physics so...yeah. Hehe...you'll just have to wait a little longer to find out what happens to them as always ^_^ and even longer still as to the mystery of the puzzle....:)
Hazel-Beka: Hello, grumpy...^_^ Well, I'm glad that you at least liked *something* in the chapter...^_^ Well, actually...I don't think updating fast has that much to do with it...I'd say that I've just been...discovered I guess. Cuz even ppl that update like once a year get hundreds of reviews and just...I don't know. I don't get it either.
Nicky: HEHEHE!! I love your reviews cuz they're so crazy!! ^_^
Pooka228: I'm glad you like it and, as you can no doubt see, I've gotten rid of the Yami parts. ^_^ Thank you! I'm glad you like it!!
hobbit13: Awww...so sorry, this one doesn't have a cliffy. Does that make you feel better? Glad you like the cookies! ^_^ HEHEHE! Yeah, I guess she does need to learn about the Shadow Realm, but lets keep Yami Bakura out of it for awhile and let her learn one of the easier ways, ne? As to the question about the Enhancer. Yugi still has *his* puzzle, but now he also has *another* puzzle...you'll find out more about that next chappie. Here it is!
LadyDeathStrike1: ^_^ I'm glad you liked it so much! Hm...Thanks for telling me about TBRM, I'll be sure to check it out now!
Thanks once more you guys! Here's the chapter!
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Chapter 27
"What are they doing here?"
"I don't know; they're just kids."
"Why'd they wash up on the bank?"
"Must've fallen into the river."
"Poor dears."
These comments and more surrounded Yugi and brought him back to consciousness. He opened his eyes and sat up holding his aching head to find people all around him. He was at the edge of the bank and the river he and Sitara had fallen into was streaming past in a hurry.
SITARA!
Yugi looked around for her and found her, still unconscious, beside him.
"Look, he's awake."
"How are you, dear?" asked a kind elderly woman.
"I'm ok, I guess. Just a little bruised."
Some of the people standing around them sighed in relief at this remark.
"That's good, what's your name?" asked an older teenage boy.
"I'm Yugi."
"Hello, Yugi. Are you from around here? You don't look very familiar...either of you."
"No...I...I'm a stranger."
"Oh, how nice! We always love visitors!" replied a woman in her early twenties.
"Speaking of which, who's your friend?"
Yugi wondered why they did not recognize their princess, but then he remembered they would not know until she took the throne.
"She's Sitara."
"Is she a stranger too?"
Almost as if she had heard her cue to awaken, Sitara sat up with a slight moan, alerting everyone that she was awake. She carefully looked around, saw Yugi, saw all the people around them, and asked, "Where are we?"
The elderly woman replied, "Nina Village, dearie."
"Oh, I know where we are. This is the village you pass through on the way to the palace, right?"
"Yeah!"
Sitara groaned as she tried to get up. 'She must feel as good as I do right now,' thought Yugi. In the end Sitara had to get the teenage boy to help her stand up.
"Thank you."
"No problem."
A girl about Yugi and Sitara's age, which looked like the teenage boy's sister, helped Yugi to stand up as well.
"Thank you again for your assistance. Which way is the palace?" Sitara asked of the old woman.
She pointed and Sitara nodded to her muttering, "Come on, Yugi."
Yugi followed her and found himself being steered through the village as Sitara peered at all the quaint houses carefully, looking for something specific. It seemed that she finally found what she was looking for when she came to a stop in front of a small hut with a straw roof. Sitara knocked on the door and they waited for someone to answer it.
They did not have to wait long as a young woman opened the door and stepped outside as she dried her hands on her apron. The woman smiled when she saw Sitara as if they were old friends and took her into her embrace. When they finally parted, Sitara and the woman were smiling at each other as Sitara said in a mocking tone, "Can Joel come out to play?"
The woman laughed and invited them inside as unnoticed to anyone, a pair of eyes, hidden in the shadow of a hood, gazed out from the darkness of the house across the street before suddenly disappearing with the swish of a cloak.
"So who is this?"
"My name is Yugi, ma'am." Yugi shook her hand politely as he introduced himself.
"Well, Yugi, princess, it's nice to have both of you here. Would you like me to get Joel? He's in his room."
"Please," Sitara answered simply.
The mother of the mysterious Joel left them to themselves in the kitchen, where Yugi could see half washed dishes in the sink, as she went to go get her son. Yugi took this opportunity to hiss a question to Sitara.
"I thought you said nobody knew you were the princess!"
"I also told you my friends I snuck out of the palace to see found out who I was."
"Oh...right."
Joel's mother returned a few seconds later bringing a boy with her that could only be Joel himself. As soon as he saw Sitara he ran over and gave her a bear hug.
"Oh, Sitara! Is it really you? I've missed you SOOO much!"
Sitara grinned at the greeting and choked, "Yeah...it's me...could you let me...breathe now?!"
"Oh, sorry!" the boy said before quickly releasing her.
"That's ok. I've missed you too, Joel, Molly. I need to ask you a favor though."
"Anything."
"Well, first there is something that I have to tell both of you."
They nodded and Molly immediately seated them all in the dinning room at the table and Sitara told them all about the predicament they were in, her father and sister's conditions, and Marik's mind controlling powers. Then she introduced the "Chosen One" and what the two of them had to do to save the kingdom from destruction. (a/n- let me guess, Hazel...corny? *imagines you nodding* I thought so.)
She finished with, "So could you give us a place to stay the night and some different clothes to wear?"
"Yeah, sure, hon," replied Joel's mother Molly. "You two can stay here. Yugi, you can camp out in Joe's room and I'm sure I've kept some of the clothes he wore when he was younger that you could wear."
Yugi mentally rolled his eyes and Yami, sensing his distress said //Don't worry about it aibou. You're perfect just the way you are//
Yugi sent a mental smile Yami's way and snapped out of his reverie.
Sitara you can stay in our guest room and I think we still have some of your clothes that you kept here. If you'll just come with me, I'll find you something." (a/n- ok, I know Sit was friends w/ Joel when they were little and there's probably no way she can still fit N2 those clothes, but lets pretend shall we?)
"Come on, Yugi. I'll show you my room. My mom will bring you some clothes later."
"Um...ok." Yugi followed the boy and found himself in a small, empty room with only a bad, a bedside dresser, and a small lamp that was on top of the dresser. Joel lit the lamp and set up a pallet on the floor saying, "You can use my bed."
"Um...thank you, but...uh...if you want to sleep in it you can. You don't need to give it up just because of me."
"No, it's ok, really," Joel added seeing the doubtful expression on Yugi's face, "I like sleeping down here. It makes me feel like I'm camping outside or something."
"Really?"
"Yeah, so go ahead."
"Thanks."
"No problem."
Just at that moment, before any more exchanges could be made, there was a loud knock at the door and Joel said, "Come in."
His mother opened the door and said, "Time to eat."
"Ok, mom."
Joel got up and headed out the door, Yugi, not really knowing what to do followed him back to the dinning room. (a/n- does ne1 else feel that way n some1 else's house that u've never been n b4? I do.) Once they were all back in the dinning room, they all sat back down at the table, only this time it was covered with delicious looking food. Yugi and Sitara just sat there as Molly gave each of them generous amounts of everything on the dishes. She and Joel then helped themselves.
They uttered a quick prayer over the food and began eating. While they filled themselves with the steaming food, everyone told stories of their past, even Molly which amused Joel and Sitara. When it was Yugi's turn to reveal his history, he was quite reluctant to do so, but he finally consented.
He told all about the receiving the Millennium Puzzle and working on it eight years before he actually solved it. He relived the part about the bully hall monitor Ushio and how he made his first friends of high school. They all seemed amazed at all he had to tell them and they listened to his tales with rapt attention. By the time he finished with the end of his recount of Duelist Kingdom, they were all on the edge of their seats and Yugi was highly amused.
While they had been talking and eating, the sun had set and it was time for them to all to make their ways to the beds. Molly brought Yugi the clothes and bid him and Joel goodnight before closing the door. It seemed that with all he had done that day, Yugi fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow.
The next thing he knew it was morning and time to get ready for another day. Yugi changed into the clothes he had been given and looking in a small mirror in a corner of the room. He had tight black pants, a violet shirt that matched his eyes, and a black vest over his shirt. (a/n- *drowns in her own puddle of drool*)
When he finished examining himself, he took his other clothes and rolled them up until he felt something hard in one of the pockets. He looked and found the puzzle pieces they had gotten from the temple. He took the pieces out then rolled his clothes back up and stuffed them in a bag. Deciding to kill the time by trying to put the puzzle together he began the difficult task of trying to make the parts fit together.
He had only managed to get a few pieces together when Molly called him for breakfast so he put it all in a small bag he could wear on his back and slung it over his shoulder. He went back to the dinning room and found everybody there except Sitara.
"Where's..." he began, but she came up behind him putting on a black leather belt. She also had on black pants, except these had a pair of identical aqua dragons running up the sides of the legs. She also had on an aqua sleeveless shirt with a black jacket to go over it. A light aqua headband was in her hair to keep it out of her eyes. Her hair was wet and it looked like she had just taken a shower. They all sat down to breakfast and talked just a little bit before they were done.
When they finished Sitara and Yugi gathered all their belongings together, thanks Joel and Molly for everything they had done for them, and left.
"Next stop, the palace, to get rid of Marik once and for all..."
A/N- Now that wasn't so bad was it? Ok, my fingers hurt now so I'm gonna go for now. I'll c-ya next time guys! Let me know if you update or something like that!
ROD III: Still nothing. Sorry.
Bunnychu: Hey! Guess what?! I now *do* get to go on the mission trip cuz it's been changed to Costa Rica! (Lord Willing) I can't wait! This is going to be so cool!!! Oh, don't worry about it. I almost never log in anymore. Thank you so much! ^_^ God luvs u 2! -^_^- Take care and stay strong 4 Him.
Tsuki Koumori Ryu: Thanks! I'm glad you liked it so much! Eep! Now I'm scared! *runs, hides behind desk, and peeks around corner* Don't hurt me...I'll try 2 stay positive! I forgive you! Thanks for reviewing!
Sword Master Jeff: I just read your poem...I told you what I thought about it there so...I'm glad you like my story!
Sorceress Vanessa: Yup...don't you just gotta love the cliffies! I think they r 1 of the best things ever created in the writing world! Maybe we should hold a national cliffy day or something...Ahem...anyways, I'm glad you liked it! Thanks!! ^_^!
Subieko: Well, I think it is quite easy for him to forget that he had his cards with him...the last time he looked at them was on the boat ride to Duelist Kingdom Island...besides if he remembered before that my plot would have been messed up. Hehe...I guess you could say the statue is invincible...it wasn't even destroyed when they defeated it, just went back to its place as a statue...uh...oops well, the weight thing was kinda off I admit...the last time I learned anything about that was in the sixth grade and I'm in the tenth now so...*shrug* I don't have physics so...yeah. Hehe...you'll just have to wait a little longer to find out what happens to them as always ^_^ and even longer still as to the mystery of the puzzle....:)
Hazel-Beka: Hello, grumpy...^_^ Well, I'm glad that you at least liked *something* in the chapter...^_^ Well, actually...I don't think updating fast has that much to do with it...I'd say that I've just been...discovered I guess. Cuz even ppl that update like once a year get hundreds of reviews and just...I don't know. I don't get it either.
Nicky: HEHEHE!! I love your reviews cuz they're so crazy!! ^_^
Pooka228: I'm glad you like it and, as you can no doubt see, I've gotten rid of the Yami parts. ^_^ Thank you! I'm glad you like it!!
hobbit13: Awww...so sorry, this one doesn't have a cliffy. Does that make you feel better? Glad you like the cookies! ^_^ HEHEHE! Yeah, I guess she does need to learn about the Shadow Realm, but lets keep Yami Bakura out of it for awhile and let her learn one of the easier ways, ne? As to the question about the Enhancer. Yugi still has *his* puzzle, but now he also has *another* puzzle...you'll find out more about that next chappie. Here it is!
LadyDeathStrike1: ^_^ I'm glad you liked it so much! Hm...Thanks for telling me about TBRM, I'll be sure to check it out now!
Thanks once more you guys! Here's the chapter!
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Chapter 27
"What are they doing here?"
"I don't know; they're just kids."
"Why'd they wash up on the bank?"
"Must've fallen into the river."
"Poor dears."
These comments and more surrounded Yugi and brought him back to consciousness. He opened his eyes and sat up holding his aching head to find people all around him. He was at the edge of the bank and the river he and Sitara had fallen into was streaming past in a hurry.
SITARA!
Yugi looked around for her and found her, still unconscious, beside him.
"Look, he's awake."
"How are you, dear?" asked a kind elderly woman.
"I'm ok, I guess. Just a little bruised."
Some of the people standing around them sighed in relief at this remark.
"That's good, what's your name?" asked an older teenage boy.
"I'm Yugi."
"Hello, Yugi. Are you from around here? You don't look very familiar...either of you."
"No...I...I'm a stranger."
"Oh, how nice! We always love visitors!" replied a woman in her early twenties.
"Speaking of which, who's your friend?"
Yugi wondered why they did not recognize their princess, but then he remembered they would not know until she took the throne.
"She's Sitara."
"Is she a stranger too?"
Almost as if she had heard her cue to awaken, Sitara sat up with a slight moan, alerting everyone that she was awake. She carefully looked around, saw Yugi, saw all the people around them, and asked, "Where are we?"
The elderly woman replied, "Nina Village, dearie."
"Oh, I know where we are. This is the village you pass through on the way to the palace, right?"
"Yeah!"
Sitara groaned as she tried to get up. 'She must feel as good as I do right now,' thought Yugi. In the end Sitara had to get the teenage boy to help her stand up.
"Thank you."
"No problem."
A girl about Yugi and Sitara's age, which looked like the teenage boy's sister, helped Yugi to stand up as well.
"Thank you again for your assistance. Which way is the palace?" Sitara asked of the old woman.
She pointed and Sitara nodded to her muttering, "Come on, Yugi."
Yugi followed her and found himself being steered through the village as Sitara peered at all the quaint houses carefully, looking for something specific. It seemed that she finally found what she was looking for when she came to a stop in front of a small hut with a straw roof. Sitara knocked on the door and they waited for someone to answer it.
They did not have to wait long as a young woman opened the door and stepped outside as she dried her hands on her apron. The woman smiled when she saw Sitara as if they were old friends and took her into her embrace. When they finally parted, Sitara and the woman were smiling at each other as Sitara said in a mocking tone, "Can Joel come out to play?"
The woman laughed and invited them inside as unnoticed to anyone, a pair of eyes, hidden in the shadow of a hood, gazed out from the darkness of the house across the street before suddenly disappearing with the swish of a cloak.
"So who is this?"
"My name is Yugi, ma'am." Yugi shook her hand politely as he introduced himself.
"Well, Yugi, princess, it's nice to have both of you here. Would you like me to get Joel? He's in his room."
"Please," Sitara answered simply.
The mother of the mysterious Joel left them to themselves in the kitchen, where Yugi could see half washed dishes in the sink, as she went to go get her son. Yugi took this opportunity to hiss a question to Sitara.
"I thought you said nobody knew you were the princess!"
"I also told you my friends I snuck out of the palace to see found out who I was."
"Oh...right."
Joel's mother returned a few seconds later bringing a boy with her that could only be Joel himself. As soon as he saw Sitara he ran over and gave her a bear hug.
"Oh, Sitara! Is it really you? I've missed you SOOO much!"
Sitara grinned at the greeting and choked, "Yeah...it's me...could you let me...breathe now?!"
"Oh, sorry!" the boy said before quickly releasing her.
"That's ok. I've missed you too, Joel, Molly. I need to ask you a favor though."
"Anything."
"Well, first there is something that I have to tell both of you."
They nodded and Molly immediately seated them all in the dinning room at the table and Sitara told them all about the predicament they were in, her father and sister's conditions, and Marik's mind controlling powers. Then she introduced the "Chosen One" and what the two of them had to do to save the kingdom from destruction. (a/n- let me guess, Hazel...corny? *imagines you nodding* I thought so.)
She finished with, "So could you give us a place to stay the night and some different clothes to wear?"
"Yeah, sure, hon," replied Joel's mother Molly. "You two can stay here. Yugi, you can camp out in Joe's room and I'm sure I've kept some of the clothes he wore when he was younger that you could wear."
Yugi mentally rolled his eyes and Yami, sensing his distress said //Don't worry about it aibou. You're perfect just the way you are//
Yugi sent a mental smile Yami's way and snapped out of his reverie.
Sitara you can stay in our guest room and I think we still have some of your clothes that you kept here. If you'll just come with me, I'll find you something." (a/n- ok, I know Sit was friends w/ Joel when they were little and there's probably no way she can still fit N2 those clothes, but lets pretend shall we?)
"Come on, Yugi. I'll show you my room. My mom will bring you some clothes later."
"Um...ok." Yugi followed the boy and found himself in a small, empty room with only a bad, a bedside dresser, and a small lamp that was on top of the dresser. Joel lit the lamp and set up a pallet on the floor saying, "You can use my bed."
"Um...thank you, but...uh...if you want to sleep in it you can. You don't need to give it up just because of me."
"No, it's ok, really," Joel added seeing the doubtful expression on Yugi's face, "I like sleeping down here. It makes me feel like I'm camping outside or something."
"Really?"
"Yeah, so go ahead."
"Thanks."
"No problem."
Just at that moment, before any more exchanges could be made, there was a loud knock at the door and Joel said, "Come in."
His mother opened the door and said, "Time to eat."
"Ok, mom."
Joel got up and headed out the door, Yugi, not really knowing what to do followed him back to the dinning room. (a/n- does ne1 else feel that way n some1 else's house that u've never been n b4? I do.) Once they were all back in the dinning room, they all sat back down at the table, only this time it was covered with delicious looking food. Yugi and Sitara just sat there as Molly gave each of them generous amounts of everything on the dishes. She and Joel then helped themselves.
They uttered a quick prayer over the food and began eating. While they filled themselves with the steaming food, everyone told stories of their past, even Molly which amused Joel and Sitara. When it was Yugi's turn to reveal his history, he was quite reluctant to do so, but he finally consented.
He told all about the receiving the Millennium Puzzle and working on it eight years before he actually solved it. He relived the part about the bully hall monitor Ushio and how he made his first friends of high school. They all seemed amazed at all he had to tell them and they listened to his tales with rapt attention. By the time he finished with the end of his recount of Duelist Kingdom, they were all on the edge of their seats and Yugi was highly amused.
While they had been talking and eating, the sun had set and it was time for them to all to make their ways to the beds. Molly brought Yugi the clothes and bid him and Joel goodnight before closing the door. It seemed that with all he had done that day, Yugi fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow.
The next thing he knew it was morning and time to get ready for another day. Yugi changed into the clothes he had been given and looking in a small mirror in a corner of the room. He had tight black pants, a violet shirt that matched his eyes, and a black vest over his shirt. (a/n- *drowns in her own puddle of drool*)
When he finished examining himself, he took his other clothes and rolled them up until he felt something hard in one of the pockets. He looked and found the puzzle pieces they had gotten from the temple. He took the pieces out then rolled his clothes back up and stuffed them in a bag. Deciding to kill the time by trying to put the puzzle together he began the difficult task of trying to make the parts fit together.
He had only managed to get a few pieces together when Molly called him for breakfast so he put it all in a small bag he could wear on his back and slung it over his shoulder. He went back to the dinning room and found everybody there except Sitara.
"Where's..." he began, but she came up behind him putting on a black leather belt. She also had on black pants, except these had a pair of identical aqua dragons running up the sides of the legs. She also had on an aqua sleeveless shirt with a black jacket to go over it. A light aqua headband was in her hair to keep it out of her eyes. Her hair was wet and it looked like she had just taken a shower. They all sat down to breakfast and talked just a little bit before they were done.
When they finished Sitara and Yugi gathered all their belongings together, thanks Joel and Molly for everything they had done for them, and left.
"Next stop, the palace, to get rid of Marik once and for all..."
A/N- Now that wasn't so bad was it? Ok, my fingers hurt now so I'm gonna go for now. I'll c-ya next time guys! Let me know if you update or something like that!
ROD III: Still nothing. Sorry.