~~Chapter 7~~
Bitchie Witchie: ok, i'm bored and it's samhain (sow-en), so i'm gonna write a "leading-up-to" halloween chapter...
Melanie Eden: maybe you should explain what samhain is, first...
BW: oh, yeah! well, it's bascially halloween (seeing how it's on the 31st...) but it's the wiccan version.
ME: that's not all, you dimwit. there's feast and you celebrate the last harvest festival of the eight cycles of the moon!
BW: .oh, yeah. but isn't there also something about the gate of the fairy world and the humand world being open?
ME: .................................
BW: NEhow! here's the weirdest chapter that is to come! ...i hope...
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Yugi came out his room. He had finished his homework at four and had crashed for the last hour-and-a-half, or so. Yami had woken him with a light kiss on the back of the neck. As Yugi stumbled out of the room still mostly asleep, Yami helped guide him to the dining hall.
//I hope to finish that when we get back.//
/I take it that means we are going to whether I like it or not?/
//Well, when you put it that way.............. Do you not want to?//
/........./
As he walked, Yugi noticed that balck and orange streamers adorned the other wise plain hallway. They had not been there on the way to his room earlier. 'Wonder what that's for,' he thought to himself.
Yugi could feel Yami shrug, dropping the subject as they entered the hall. Many of the students were already seated at the long table, waiting to start. Professor Xavier was at the head. To his left was Hank McCoy, Ororo, and Evan so far. To his right and a few chairs down was Scott Summers, Jean Grey, Kitty Pryde, and Rahne Sinclair was several chairs away from them. Yugi walked up and sat on Rahne's left.
Rahne looked up, wondering who had braved her presence. A small smile brightened her face, but came and went quickly. "Hey, Yugi," she greeted.
"Hi." Yugi looked up and down the table, curious as to what was keeping the others. "Um.."
Rahne studied him. "Yes?"
"I was just wondering," he paused and watched her study his face. "I was just wondering, do you know where everybody else is?" finished quickly.
Rahne looked around, for the first time notcing how few were present. "I don't know. Sorry."
Yugi shrugged. "S'ok. I was just curious..."
//Who's she?//
/Oh, you were asleep. This is Rahne./
//Hmm...//
Yami was suddenly in control of Yugi's body. He turned to study the girl sitting next to him, looking her over from head to toe. He consentrated on her face, mostly. It was, if not attractive, pretty enough. Light skin was accented by reddish-brwon hair. Her eyes dark, brown with small, gold sun- bursts
Kurt came into the room and sat on the other side of Rahne. "Hey, Rahne. How long you been waitin' here?"
Rahne shrugged. "Not long. What'chu been doin', yourself?"
"Helping hang Halloween decorations. Zere are only a few days left, you know."
She nodded. "Yes. I know. Who else was with you?"
"Only a few people. Let's see..." He paused, remembering who was there. He began counting on his fingers as he said their names. "Zere vas Evan, but he left early. So did Kitty and Jean. But zen zere vas Jamie, Bobby, Amara, and Rogue."
Rahne paused, searching Kurt's face. "Rogue was... helping?!"
Kurt nodded. "Ja. Kinda scary, ain't it? Ze only sing zat proved zat it was still her was how she stayed to vichever hall or room vas osers vise unoccupied." He shrugged. "Maybe she's starting to varm up to us."
Rahne cocked her head forward and looked at him as if he were losing it. Kurt smiled uneasily and shrgged again. "Vell, it vas vorth a shot."
Yugi piped in. "Why does she stay so far away from everbody else?"
Kurt looked over Rahne's shoulder at Yugi, noticing he was there. "Oh, hey Yugi." He paused, trying to think of a nice, simple way to put it. "Vell... Somesing kind of happened, so she likes to keep to herself."
"Hmm..." he said, nodding in understanding.
There a loud bell, singnaling the start of dinner. Everybody around him started diving for the hot food. For a time, conversation halted, but the small hall was soon filled the voices of dozens of people gossiping and arguing. Yugi was quick to finsih, keeping to himself. On the way through the hall that led to the balcony, he thought of what the Professor had told him.
/Do you think any of them are dangerous?/
//I don't know. Why do you ask?//
/I was just wondering... Especially since this Rogue doesn't seem to like to touch anybody./
//Hmm... That's true.//
/There must be more to her than meets the eye./
//There more to a lot of people aroung here than meets the eye...//
/Hmm.../
The sky was filled with stars. As he leaned on the railing, Yugi felt a tug as Yami came out of the puzzle. Yami stepped forward and wrapped his arms around his small hikari. Rocking slowly back and forth, Yami hummed an old tune he remembered from when he was a child. Yugi closed his eyes, hearing the words through their link.
//When day changes to night, when spring turns to fall, the seasons change, like a never failing ball. Rocking, swaying, singing low. Singing songs of long ago. Songs of beauty, songs of peace. As you close your eyes to sleep, I rock you, ever slowly, ever gently, never letting go. Through night, through day. And shall you ever know: My heart to you, and yours to mine. From me to to you, all so divine. When dusk creeps near, shed not a tear. I'll never leave with out you close; Never to say good bye.//
Yami carried Yugi down the hall. It was late and a good thing they didn't have school the next day. He reached the room and lay Yugi carefully on the bed. Removing his shirt and pants, Yami covered the small one. He then turned to close the door. As he walked into nearer to the door, he thought he could hear someone talking not far down the hall. He decided to investigate, locking the door behind him as he went.
"So what'd ya think of this Yugi kid?" he deciphered through a southern accent.
"I really don't know. I've only seen him around, never talked to 'im." He couldn't place this second voice, so he moved on. They were in the living/family room on one of the couches that was in back corner of the room. It was Rogue and someone neither he nor Yugi had ever seen.
This new person was slightly shorter than Rogue with blond hair. He appeared to be the type that could get real hyper real fast ((BW: coughnonicough)). If not hyper, he was the kind who would be reserved and relatively quiet. With light skin and fair hair, his bright green eyes were quite a contrast.
"But what do you think him from what you know?" Rogue asked.
"Well..." He paused to think this question over. "Well... From what I hear, he's really cool and he knows some famous card game, or something."
Yami stepped in. "Hi."
Rogue and the other both started at his entrance. "Oh. Um, ha Yugi. When'd you come in?"
He shrugged. "Oh, I just got here. May I ask what you were saying about a card game?" he asked, turning the other.
"Um... Oh, that. That was just saying that I'd heard about some kid who was really good at some card game I've never heard of." He stood and stuck out his hand."I'm Jamie, by the way."
Yami looked down at and took the offered hand. "Nice to meet you, Jamie. I'm Yugi." He bowed slightly and let go of Jamie's hand.
Jamie seemed to color a bit, but simply replied, "Oh."
Rogue looked from to the other and stood up, being the last one left on the couch. "I should be going." She swept past Yami and through the door. Jamie was looking over Yami's shoulder when he turned back around after watching Rogue leave. Jamie's eyes flicked to meet Yami's.
"Um..." he began. "I should probably go, too. My room mates get kinda upset if I'm always walking in the middle of the night." With one last uneasy smile, Jamie waved good bye and left through the same door as Rogue.
Bitchie Witchie: ok, i'm bored and it's samhain (sow-en), so i'm gonna write a "leading-up-to" halloween chapter...
Melanie Eden: maybe you should explain what samhain is, first...
BW: oh, yeah! well, it's bascially halloween (seeing how it's on the 31st...) but it's the wiccan version.
ME: that's not all, you dimwit. there's feast and you celebrate the last harvest festival of the eight cycles of the moon!
BW: .oh, yeah. but isn't there also something about the gate of the fairy world and the humand world being open?
ME: .................................
BW: NEhow! here's the weirdest chapter that is to come! ...i hope...
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Yugi came out his room. He had finished his homework at four and had crashed for the last hour-and-a-half, or so. Yami had woken him with a light kiss on the back of the neck. As Yugi stumbled out of the room still mostly asleep, Yami helped guide him to the dining hall.
//I hope to finish that when we get back.//
/I take it that means we are going to whether I like it or not?/
//Well, when you put it that way.............. Do you not want to?//
/........./
As he walked, Yugi noticed that balck and orange streamers adorned the other wise plain hallway. They had not been there on the way to his room earlier. 'Wonder what that's for,' he thought to himself.
Yugi could feel Yami shrug, dropping the subject as they entered the hall. Many of the students were already seated at the long table, waiting to start. Professor Xavier was at the head. To his left was Hank McCoy, Ororo, and Evan so far. To his right and a few chairs down was Scott Summers, Jean Grey, Kitty Pryde, and Rahne Sinclair was several chairs away from them. Yugi walked up and sat on Rahne's left.
Rahne looked up, wondering who had braved her presence. A small smile brightened her face, but came and went quickly. "Hey, Yugi," she greeted.
"Hi." Yugi looked up and down the table, curious as to what was keeping the others. "Um.."
Rahne studied him. "Yes?"
"I was just wondering," he paused and watched her study his face. "I was just wondering, do you know where everybody else is?" finished quickly.
Rahne looked around, for the first time notcing how few were present. "I don't know. Sorry."
Yugi shrugged. "S'ok. I was just curious..."
//Who's she?//
/Oh, you were asleep. This is Rahne./
//Hmm...//
Yami was suddenly in control of Yugi's body. He turned to study the girl sitting next to him, looking her over from head to toe. He consentrated on her face, mostly. It was, if not attractive, pretty enough. Light skin was accented by reddish-brwon hair. Her eyes dark, brown with small, gold sun- bursts
Kurt came into the room and sat on the other side of Rahne. "Hey, Rahne. How long you been waitin' here?"
Rahne shrugged. "Not long. What'chu been doin', yourself?"
"Helping hang Halloween decorations. Zere are only a few days left, you know."
She nodded. "Yes. I know. Who else was with you?"
"Only a few people. Let's see..." He paused, remembering who was there. He began counting on his fingers as he said their names. "Zere vas Evan, but he left early. So did Kitty and Jean. But zen zere vas Jamie, Bobby, Amara, and Rogue."
Rahne paused, searching Kurt's face. "Rogue was... helping?!"
Kurt nodded. "Ja. Kinda scary, ain't it? Ze only sing zat proved zat it was still her was how she stayed to vichever hall or room vas osers vise unoccupied." He shrugged. "Maybe she's starting to varm up to us."
Rahne cocked her head forward and looked at him as if he were losing it. Kurt smiled uneasily and shrgged again. "Vell, it vas vorth a shot."
Yugi piped in. "Why does she stay so far away from everbody else?"
Kurt looked over Rahne's shoulder at Yugi, noticing he was there. "Oh, hey Yugi." He paused, trying to think of a nice, simple way to put it. "Vell... Somesing kind of happened, so she likes to keep to herself."
"Hmm..." he said, nodding in understanding.
There a loud bell, singnaling the start of dinner. Everybody around him started diving for the hot food. For a time, conversation halted, but the small hall was soon filled the voices of dozens of people gossiping and arguing. Yugi was quick to finsih, keeping to himself. On the way through the hall that led to the balcony, he thought of what the Professor had told him.
/Do you think any of them are dangerous?/
//I don't know. Why do you ask?//
/I was just wondering... Especially since this Rogue doesn't seem to like to touch anybody./
//Hmm... That's true.//
/There must be more to her than meets the eye./
//There more to a lot of people aroung here than meets the eye...//
/Hmm.../
The sky was filled with stars. As he leaned on the railing, Yugi felt a tug as Yami came out of the puzzle. Yami stepped forward and wrapped his arms around his small hikari. Rocking slowly back and forth, Yami hummed an old tune he remembered from when he was a child. Yugi closed his eyes, hearing the words through their link.
//When day changes to night, when spring turns to fall, the seasons change, like a never failing ball. Rocking, swaying, singing low. Singing songs of long ago. Songs of beauty, songs of peace. As you close your eyes to sleep, I rock you, ever slowly, ever gently, never letting go. Through night, through day. And shall you ever know: My heart to you, and yours to mine. From me to to you, all so divine. When dusk creeps near, shed not a tear. I'll never leave with out you close; Never to say good bye.//
Yami carried Yugi down the hall. It was late and a good thing they didn't have school the next day. He reached the room and lay Yugi carefully on the bed. Removing his shirt and pants, Yami covered the small one. He then turned to close the door. As he walked into nearer to the door, he thought he could hear someone talking not far down the hall. He decided to investigate, locking the door behind him as he went.
"So what'd ya think of this Yugi kid?" he deciphered through a southern accent.
"I really don't know. I've only seen him around, never talked to 'im." He couldn't place this second voice, so he moved on. They were in the living/family room on one of the couches that was in back corner of the room. It was Rogue and someone neither he nor Yugi had ever seen.
This new person was slightly shorter than Rogue with blond hair. He appeared to be the type that could get real hyper real fast ((BW: coughnonicough)). If not hyper, he was the kind who would be reserved and relatively quiet. With light skin and fair hair, his bright green eyes were quite a contrast.
"But what do you think him from what you know?" Rogue asked.
"Well..." He paused to think this question over. "Well... From what I hear, he's really cool and he knows some famous card game, or something."
Yami stepped in. "Hi."
Rogue and the other both started at his entrance. "Oh. Um, ha Yugi. When'd you come in?"
He shrugged. "Oh, I just got here. May I ask what you were saying about a card game?" he asked, turning the other.
"Um... Oh, that. That was just saying that I'd heard about some kid who was really good at some card game I've never heard of." He stood and stuck out his hand."I'm Jamie, by the way."
Yami looked down at and took the offered hand. "Nice to meet you, Jamie. I'm Yugi." He bowed slightly and let go of Jamie's hand.
Jamie seemed to color a bit, but simply replied, "Oh."
Rogue looked from to the other and stood up, being the last one left on the couch. "I should be going." She swept past Yami and through the door. Jamie was looking over Yami's shoulder when he turned back around after watching Rogue leave. Jamie's eyes flicked to meet Yami's.
"Um..." he began. "I should probably go, too. My room mates get kinda upset if I'm always walking in the middle of the night." With one last uneasy smile, Jamie waved good bye and left through the same door as Rogue.