Chapter 3: What Happened?
The whole day lugged by, yet no sign of Yami. He didn't come to the rest of his classes and I didn't see him during study hall either. At the end of the school day, I decided I must search for him. I still had a lot of questions.
I was almost about to out the school, when a very familiar voice sharply rang out, "Do you know what you could have done??!!"
Just by a few words, I could tell it was Yami's voice. This time angry. I traced the voice to a quiet place behind the school library. I turned the corner and saw a clearing behind the trees and bushes, there stood Yami facing angrily at the new boy, Ryou, I think his name was.
"Bakura!!!! Do you know how dangerous this is??? You could have revealed where you came from!!!!!!" Yami yelled. I stepped closer cautiously. Bakura said something but I could not hear, so I took one more step and that gave me away. I had stepped on a fallen twig and made a cracking noise. Even though the noise was very small, in this confined and peaceful area, it sounded like thunder.
Immediate, Yami turned around and noticed me. He first glanced at me with a fierce and angry look. When I saw that, I gave him an innocent smile and right away his expression turned soft.
"Hi...Aetha." he trailed off and turned back to Ryou.
When I looked at Ryou, there was something different about him. He seemed more evil, more dark, more cold. Exactly like the time when he first came and flashed an evil look at Yami.
I finally realized, "You're not Ryou are you?"
"No, I'm just a more evil form of him," Bakura replied in a raw and deep voice.
"I'm gonna let this conversation drop, but next time, Bakura."-Yami paused to let his words sink in- "you just may not get away this easily." Yami said gruffly as he walked towards me. When he came close enough, he put an arm around my shoulders and led me away.
"Come on, let's go Aetha," he said to me as we left the clearing, also leaving the evil one standing there behind us, glaring at us with disgust.
From the side of my eyes, I caught Yami's straight and unsmiling expression. I could tell that he did not want me to ask him about what happened with Bakura. So I did not ask.
As we walked further away from the school, a new thought dawned in me. Why did he kiss me? I thought to myself but before I knew it, I had said it aloud, breaking the silence between the two of us. I caught Yami off-guard. With a startled look, he turned to me, his arms still around me, and said, "Well, because.I care about you more than I think I do."
With that, we continued walking in silence, toward my house. When I got to my house, I turned to him and said, "Thanks for walking me here, well, bye!!"
Without letting him reply, I broke away from his grasp and entered my house. I gave him a cheerful wave, he smiled back and walked away, leaving me at my door in solitude.
I ran upstairs to my room, dumped my stuff on my bed and within 2 minutes, I was on the net. I logged onto my screen name and started chatting with an unknown person in a chatroom by the screename of "MillenniumPuzzle2000". We chatted for a while and I found out which school he goes to (mine.) Finally, I had to courage to ask him what was his name. I asked him, "DO YOU MIND IF YOU TELL ME YOUR NAME?"
"NOT AT ALL"
"SO WHAT IS IT?" I typed back.
"YAMI PHAROAH"
The answer shocked me. How could he be online so fast? He just dropped me off 4 minutes ago!!!! And he told me he lives on the other side of the town!!!! So I typed back immediately.
"SERIOUSLY? THAT BETTER BE YOUR REAL NAME!!!"
"I SWEAR TO RA. MY REAL NAME IS YAMI PHAROAH."
Whoa. Major whoa. Who believes in Ra now? Wait a minute.I slapped myself on the forehead. He came from Egypt and Ra is an Eyptian God. So he is Yami, no kidding.
"WELL, NICE TALKING TO YOU, I HAVE TO GO. BYE!!"
I quickly got logged off and ran to my phone. I dialed Yami's number, and immediately, I heard his voice at the other end.
"Hello?"
"Yami? This is Aetha." Oh no, I hadn't expected him to actually pick up the phone. I have no idea what to say. So I made an excuse, "Err.I just want to know what is our.err.homework for.ahh.period four today."
"Sure. We have to write an essay to response to the story we just read."
"Oh thanks, I totally forgot we had that assignment." Of course I didn't, in fact I know exactly what story we had to do it on. But I had to sound like I didn't know.
"Sure, no problem. Is that all.or do you have something else?"
"No, but thanks again. See you tomorrow. Bye." I hanged up, relieved. But I still didn't know how he got on the net so fast and why his phone line wasn't busy. Suddenly, it dawned on me, he had a separate phone line.
Oh, no wonder, I thought to myself spontaneously. I calmed myself down a little and started doing my essay.
A few hours later, I was done with my essay and doing my math homework. I got stuck on it badly. So I wondered off into dreamland again. I imagined how good I can be if I can actually finish all of my math homework at home instead of doing it in class the next day at school right before my math period. I thought how wonderful it would be to actually listen to the teacher instead of listening to her while doing my math homework.
Then, right after I imagined it, a thought went into my head. I found out how to do the problem I was stuck on!!!! In ten minutes, I was done with my one hundred-problem math homework. I was so happy I practically danced downstairs to dinner.
At dinnertime, I ate quietly while my parents were discussing about my brother's school and how the kids there were so uncivilized. I finished eating my salad and omelet and cleaned up my dishes and put them in the sink.
"Uh-uh, Aetha, today you have to wash the dishes," my mom said to me.
So I waited patiently for my parents and brothers to finish eating. My bigger brother, James, came over to me with his plate and shoved it onto my outstretched hand.
"Here, you can deliver it to the sink, I have to go upstairs and pack for my return to college."
I gave him a dirty look.
But my mom lectured James, "Now, now, don't be so mean to your little sister, Jimmy, show some respect."
"Yeah, Jimmy," I mocked him. I know he doesn't like that name that's why I said it on purpose. He shot an if-you-say-that-again-I'll-kill-you look and ran upstairs to his room.
I sighed and took all the dishes to the sink. Then I found out there's not detergent. So I went to the cabinet on the other side of the kitchen to get it. As I went there, I thought how good it would be if the dishes would wash itself to be sparkling clean and disappear into the cupboard right after. But I knew it wouldn't. So with the new bottle of detergent, I turned back to the sink.
I stared wide-eyed at the sink. The dishes were not there anymore.
"Huh?" I said to myself in confusion.
I opened the cupboard and saw all the dishes we used today all sparkling clean.
What? I thought to myself.
"Mom? Did you wash the dishes?" I asked.
"No, you were supposed to wash them, are you done yet?" My mom said as she made her way from the living room to the kitchen.
"Wow!!!" She said as she opened the cupboard. She ran over to me and hugged me.
"This was the best time yet!!! There are no dirty smudges on the dishes like the last time you washed it." She said and hugged me again.
"Aww, jeez. Mom, don't give me that much credit," I said sarcastically and sneaked out of her arms and went upstairs.
I flopped down on my bed and thought about it. What happened? I thought to myself. But soon, I was too tired and fell asleep instead.
The whole day lugged by, yet no sign of Yami. He didn't come to the rest of his classes and I didn't see him during study hall either. At the end of the school day, I decided I must search for him. I still had a lot of questions.
I was almost about to out the school, when a very familiar voice sharply rang out, "Do you know what you could have done??!!"
Just by a few words, I could tell it was Yami's voice. This time angry. I traced the voice to a quiet place behind the school library. I turned the corner and saw a clearing behind the trees and bushes, there stood Yami facing angrily at the new boy, Ryou, I think his name was.
"Bakura!!!! Do you know how dangerous this is??? You could have revealed where you came from!!!!!!" Yami yelled. I stepped closer cautiously. Bakura said something but I could not hear, so I took one more step and that gave me away. I had stepped on a fallen twig and made a cracking noise. Even though the noise was very small, in this confined and peaceful area, it sounded like thunder.
Immediate, Yami turned around and noticed me. He first glanced at me with a fierce and angry look. When I saw that, I gave him an innocent smile and right away his expression turned soft.
"Hi...Aetha." he trailed off and turned back to Ryou.
When I looked at Ryou, there was something different about him. He seemed more evil, more dark, more cold. Exactly like the time when he first came and flashed an evil look at Yami.
I finally realized, "You're not Ryou are you?"
"No, I'm just a more evil form of him," Bakura replied in a raw and deep voice.
"I'm gonna let this conversation drop, but next time, Bakura."-Yami paused to let his words sink in- "you just may not get away this easily." Yami said gruffly as he walked towards me. When he came close enough, he put an arm around my shoulders and led me away.
"Come on, let's go Aetha," he said to me as we left the clearing, also leaving the evil one standing there behind us, glaring at us with disgust.
From the side of my eyes, I caught Yami's straight and unsmiling expression. I could tell that he did not want me to ask him about what happened with Bakura. So I did not ask.
As we walked further away from the school, a new thought dawned in me. Why did he kiss me? I thought to myself but before I knew it, I had said it aloud, breaking the silence between the two of us. I caught Yami off-guard. With a startled look, he turned to me, his arms still around me, and said, "Well, because.I care about you more than I think I do."
With that, we continued walking in silence, toward my house. When I got to my house, I turned to him and said, "Thanks for walking me here, well, bye!!"
Without letting him reply, I broke away from his grasp and entered my house. I gave him a cheerful wave, he smiled back and walked away, leaving me at my door in solitude.
I ran upstairs to my room, dumped my stuff on my bed and within 2 minutes, I was on the net. I logged onto my screen name and started chatting with an unknown person in a chatroom by the screename of "MillenniumPuzzle2000". We chatted for a while and I found out which school he goes to (mine.) Finally, I had to courage to ask him what was his name. I asked him, "DO YOU MIND IF YOU TELL ME YOUR NAME?"
"NOT AT ALL"
"SO WHAT IS IT?" I typed back.
"YAMI PHAROAH"
The answer shocked me. How could he be online so fast? He just dropped me off 4 minutes ago!!!! And he told me he lives on the other side of the town!!!! So I typed back immediately.
"SERIOUSLY? THAT BETTER BE YOUR REAL NAME!!!"
"I SWEAR TO RA. MY REAL NAME IS YAMI PHAROAH."
Whoa. Major whoa. Who believes in Ra now? Wait a minute.I slapped myself on the forehead. He came from Egypt and Ra is an Eyptian God. So he is Yami, no kidding.
"WELL, NICE TALKING TO YOU, I HAVE TO GO. BYE!!"
I quickly got logged off and ran to my phone. I dialed Yami's number, and immediately, I heard his voice at the other end.
"Hello?"
"Yami? This is Aetha." Oh no, I hadn't expected him to actually pick up the phone. I have no idea what to say. So I made an excuse, "Err.I just want to know what is our.err.homework for.ahh.period four today."
"Sure. We have to write an essay to response to the story we just read."
"Oh thanks, I totally forgot we had that assignment." Of course I didn't, in fact I know exactly what story we had to do it on. But I had to sound like I didn't know.
"Sure, no problem. Is that all.or do you have something else?"
"No, but thanks again. See you tomorrow. Bye." I hanged up, relieved. But I still didn't know how he got on the net so fast and why his phone line wasn't busy. Suddenly, it dawned on me, he had a separate phone line.
Oh, no wonder, I thought to myself spontaneously. I calmed myself down a little and started doing my essay.
A few hours later, I was done with my essay and doing my math homework. I got stuck on it badly. So I wondered off into dreamland again. I imagined how good I can be if I can actually finish all of my math homework at home instead of doing it in class the next day at school right before my math period. I thought how wonderful it would be to actually listen to the teacher instead of listening to her while doing my math homework.
Then, right after I imagined it, a thought went into my head. I found out how to do the problem I was stuck on!!!! In ten minutes, I was done with my one hundred-problem math homework. I was so happy I practically danced downstairs to dinner.
At dinnertime, I ate quietly while my parents were discussing about my brother's school and how the kids there were so uncivilized. I finished eating my salad and omelet and cleaned up my dishes and put them in the sink.
"Uh-uh, Aetha, today you have to wash the dishes," my mom said to me.
So I waited patiently for my parents and brothers to finish eating. My bigger brother, James, came over to me with his plate and shoved it onto my outstretched hand.
"Here, you can deliver it to the sink, I have to go upstairs and pack for my return to college."
I gave him a dirty look.
But my mom lectured James, "Now, now, don't be so mean to your little sister, Jimmy, show some respect."
"Yeah, Jimmy," I mocked him. I know he doesn't like that name that's why I said it on purpose. He shot an if-you-say-that-again-I'll-kill-you look and ran upstairs to his room.
I sighed and took all the dishes to the sink. Then I found out there's not detergent. So I went to the cabinet on the other side of the kitchen to get it. As I went there, I thought how good it would be if the dishes would wash itself to be sparkling clean and disappear into the cupboard right after. But I knew it wouldn't. So with the new bottle of detergent, I turned back to the sink.
I stared wide-eyed at the sink. The dishes were not there anymore.
"Huh?" I said to myself in confusion.
I opened the cupboard and saw all the dishes we used today all sparkling clean.
What? I thought to myself.
"Mom? Did you wash the dishes?" I asked.
"No, you were supposed to wash them, are you done yet?" My mom said as she made her way from the living room to the kitchen.
"Wow!!!" She said as she opened the cupboard. She ran over to me and hugged me.
"This was the best time yet!!! There are no dirty smudges on the dishes like the last time you washed it." She said and hugged me again.
"Aww, jeez. Mom, don't give me that much credit," I said sarcastically and sneaked out of her arms and went upstairs.
I flopped down on my bed and thought about it. What happened? I thought to myself. But soon, I was too tired and fell asleep instead.