Chapter 4- A Field of Forget-Me-Nots/Tears of a Forgotten Soul
"Ugh," Runi wakes up in the morning, a very painful headache booming through his temples. Once his eye focused, he realized he was in Domino City Park, sitting on a bench, his book held tightly in his arms. What time was it? He glances at a near by clock and blinks. It was 8:47 in the morning. Wait, eight... WHAT?? That's not possible, no! The time was only 5:20 in the afternoon when he came here; had he fallen asleep?
Suddenly, he remembers what had happened yesterday and blinks. Had that been a dream? Did it actually happen? Runi stands and walks to the clear freshwater lake not far from where he was sitting. He glances into the water and sighs, seeing the gold band around his neck. That had not been a dream. Standing, he makes his way to the gates of the park and heads out to the city.
Runi tries as hard as he can to remember where he had to go to get back to his apartment in that Boarding House downtown, though nothing came to him. To make maters even worse, he felt very sick to his stomach and he felt like he was going to faint. What this effects of that band? Was it seriously taking his soul, or was he just over reacting?
Holding on to his book tightly, Runi breaks into a run, he would have to remember. He couldn't just pretend he knew where he was going. That would be a very stupid thing to do. In the confusion of running, Runi accidentally bumps into a teenager about the age of 17, a little older than himself. She drops her papers and book that were in her arms.
"Oh my! Gomen! I am most very sorry, miss!" Runi says as he stops and bends down to help her collect her things.
"It's okay, kid. It happens all the time. I'm just clumsy like that."
Runi looks up from the books he had put in a small stack and blinks. The teen had raven black hair with green streaks and deep violet colored eyes. To him, she looked very pretty. The girl smiled and bent down, picking up the books.
"Uh, Thanks. Not too many people apologize after doing a stunt like that, nor do they help me pick this stuff up. It's a shame I have to carry so much around, but I guess when you work for Kaiba Corporation. You are always on the move."
"Oh, I see."
"By the way, my name's Keon Hitamyu." she smiles and pulls Runi to his feet, "What's your name, kid?"
"My name?" he blinks and blushes, "It's Runihura Hontuu. I...I'm a freshman at Domino Highschool."
"Ah, wonderful! I am actually in my last year there since I skipped a few grades in Intermediate School." She smiles, "So you are that smart boy called Runi? You should look for a job position at Kaiba Corp. I am sure Seto would love to have you for his company if your level of intellect is high. Tell me, what is Four thousand eighty-three squared?"
Runi sighed; she's probably teasing with him to see if the rumors were true... "It's 16670889."
"SERIOUSLY??" she gasps. "How did you do that?!"
"What?"
"Answer the Question in LESS than 5 seconds! You didn't even have to think about it!"
"And? Your point is?"
"You're a genius!" she laughed, "Even though geniuses are usually a little insane, I like insane people."
Runi blushes, a lot, "Um, Th-thank you, K-Keon..."
"For what??"
"Making me feel welcome..."
She laughs, this kid was funny AND cute, "Well, if you don't feel welcome in Domino City yet, you certainly haven't met a lot of nice people. Come on, I'll go buy you a milkshake."
******
Keon was a great addition to his day. It made him feel happy inside, the same feeling he had when Khepri was alive. She had even helped him find his way home. Runi just told her that he had went to the park and got lost, he wouldn't bother with telling her anything about The Book of Souls, Bakura, or the golden band on his neck, which she HAD asked about. Lying, he said it was actually just something passed down in his family, a tradition. When he showed her the black book, Runi was surprised to know that she could read hieroglyphs just as well as could. Keon explained that she had Egyptian heritage in her.
Runi glances around the dimly lit room 7 of his Boarding House. Its walls were a disgusting color of green, thin cracks running through the ceiling and border. There was no rug on the floor; it was just an old finished wood floor. Well, that is, if you could consider it finished. Most of the finish had peeled off.
The only furniture in the room was a plain styled twin size bed and a dresser. There was a kitchen station, but it wasn't very big. Runi had plans of moving out once he had enough money for a better apartment. That Kaiba Corp sounded like a great place to work, in fact, Keon said she was going to take him there tomorrow so that he would be able to apply for a job with Mr. Kaiba, or Seto, the head of the Corporation. Keon said that he might be a great technically manager or creator. That would give him plenty of money.
Suddenly, there came a knock at the door.
"Hello? Does Runihura live here? Hello?"
It was Yugi's voice. Not him. Not after that dream. The dream that seemed so real, too real.
"Yes, please come in Yugi."
Yugi walks into the room, glancing around. I was very gloomy to him, he liked cheerfulness, and this was not cheerful at the least bit. How could someone live this way?
"I've come to say I'm sorry about the other day. I would have apologized sooner, but you were in the hospital. I came to your apartment yesterday too, but you weren't home."
"I except your apology, Yugi. It's mostly my fault, though. I guess I was just in too much stress to deal with easily."
Yugi smiles, "That's alright Runi." He notices the band around Runi's neck. "What's that?" Runi looks down, "I-It's nothing."
"Oh... Well, hey, I brought a game to play if you would like. See, I love to play games. I guess it's like a hobby."
"Cool, I don't really have a hobby."
"Well, that's okay. I'm sure you'll find one soon enough."
Yugi walks to Runi's bed and sat down, picking up the manga that was on his pillow. Curiously, Yugi opens in and begins to read it, knowing that Runi would not mind if he did.
When Runi turns his back to Yugi, his whimpers, feeling intense pain again. It was worse than before. Something in his mind told him to pick up the knife on the counter. However, something else told him NOT to pick it up. He holds his head tightly and runs to the bathroom, breathing hard. Runi looks up into the mirror and falls backwards. That reflection was there. The one that looked like himself, it was there. Runi slowly rises to his feet and moans, and then looks up, feeling himself slip into a dark void.
"Runi?" Yugi says as he hears the Egyptian moan, "Are you alright? Are you feeling okay?"
Just as he says this, the door opens slowly. Runi walks out, was it Runi? No, it was the other one, the one that looked like Runi, and the one that had appeared during school when Renyo was beating the boy up brutally. It was the teenager who made Renyo pay with his life, and his soul.
"I'm fine," he said as he rounded a turn towards the kitchen. "Do not worry of my safety, pharaoh."
Yugi blinks, ".Pardon?"
However, the dark Runi did not listen, reaching to the steak knife on the counter and holding it in his hand, "No, I would worry of your safety, Pharaoh." He turns to face Yugi, his now crimson eyes a flame.
Yugi jumps to his feet, "Runi, it something wrong?? You can tell me! Don't do this!"
"Wrong, Pharaoh?? WRONG, YOU ASK? I THINK YOU SHOULD THINK IT OVER!! THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID! YOU KILLED ME!! NOW I AM BACK TO KILL YOU!"
Feeling that this is out of his hands, Yugi transforms into Yami, who was much better at problem solving.
"Calm down, I do not understand why you want to take a life... If you tell me..."
"TELL YOU?! TELL YOU?? YOU SHOULD KNOW ALREADY! YOU KILLED ME! I DIDN'T DO A THING AND YOU KILLED ME!! YOU'RE THE MURDERER!! YOU ARE THE CRIMINAL!! YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME!! WELL NOW IT'S TOO LATE! YOU DIE!!"
Dark Runi, springs at Yami, who moves fast, feeling that was already going to come, "Please, we can make a peaceful agreement if you just tell me why you are acting this way."
"H-How COULD you... HOW COULD YOU FORGET!!"
"Look, listen to me, please!" Yami said frantically.
"NO AND NEVER!" he charges at Yami, successfully pinning him to the wall, the steak knife up to his throat, "Die! TONIGHT PHARAOH!!"
Yami looks at him and blinks, not daring to move. If he did, this darker side of Runi would attack him. He'd have no where to go and be killed.
Dark Runi smirks insanely, pushing the knife into Yami's skin a bit, making it bleed slightly. Suddenly, and without notice, the clock on the wall struck 12 o' clock midnight. This would mark the second day. The band around Runi's neck begins to glow and he feels weaker and more tired. The dark incarnation disappears, Runi's eyes becoming green again and the thin scar fading away. He drops the knife on the floor and holds his head, collapsing into a faint. Yami blinks several times, holding the bleeding neck for a moment, then pick up Runi and carries him to his bed, laying him down.
"I do not understand what has happened to you," he says, "But I hope I will understand soon. Good Night"
Yami leaves, changing back to Yugi and shutting the door gently behind him.
"Ugh," Runi wakes up in the morning, a very painful headache booming through his temples. Once his eye focused, he realized he was in Domino City Park, sitting on a bench, his book held tightly in his arms. What time was it? He glances at a near by clock and blinks. It was 8:47 in the morning. Wait, eight... WHAT?? That's not possible, no! The time was only 5:20 in the afternoon when he came here; had he fallen asleep?
Suddenly, he remembers what had happened yesterday and blinks. Had that been a dream? Did it actually happen? Runi stands and walks to the clear freshwater lake not far from where he was sitting. He glances into the water and sighs, seeing the gold band around his neck. That had not been a dream. Standing, he makes his way to the gates of the park and heads out to the city.
Runi tries as hard as he can to remember where he had to go to get back to his apartment in that Boarding House downtown, though nothing came to him. To make maters even worse, he felt very sick to his stomach and he felt like he was going to faint. What this effects of that band? Was it seriously taking his soul, or was he just over reacting?
Holding on to his book tightly, Runi breaks into a run, he would have to remember. He couldn't just pretend he knew where he was going. That would be a very stupid thing to do. In the confusion of running, Runi accidentally bumps into a teenager about the age of 17, a little older than himself. She drops her papers and book that were in her arms.
"Oh my! Gomen! I am most very sorry, miss!" Runi says as he stops and bends down to help her collect her things.
"It's okay, kid. It happens all the time. I'm just clumsy like that."
Runi looks up from the books he had put in a small stack and blinks. The teen had raven black hair with green streaks and deep violet colored eyes. To him, she looked very pretty. The girl smiled and bent down, picking up the books.
"Uh, Thanks. Not too many people apologize after doing a stunt like that, nor do they help me pick this stuff up. It's a shame I have to carry so much around, but I guess when you work for Kaiba Corporation. You are always on the move."
"Oh, I see."
"By the way, my name's Keon Hitamyu." she smiles and pulls Runi to his feet, "What's your name, kid?"
"My name?" he blinks and blushes, "It's Runihura Hontuu. I...I'm a freshman at Domino Highschool."
"Ah, wonderful! I am actually in my last year there since I skipped a few grades in Intermediate School." She smiles, "So you are that smart boy called Runi? You should look for a job position at Kaiba Corp. I am sure Seto would love to have you for his company if your level of intellect is high. Tell me, what is Four thousand eighty-three squared?"
Runi sighed; she's probably teasing with him to see if the rumors were true... "It's 16670889."
"SERIOUSLY??" she gasps. "How did you do that?!"
"What?"
"Answer the Question in LESS than 5 seconds! You didn't even have to think about it!"
"And? Your point is?"
"You're a genius!" she laughed, "Even though geniuses are usually a little insane, I like insane people."
Runi blushes, a lot, "Um, Th-thank you, K-Keon..."
"For what??"
"Making me feel welcome..."
She laughs, this kid was funny AND cute, "Well, if you don't feel welcome in Domino City yet, you certainly haven't met a lot of nice people. Come on, I'll go buy you a milkshake."
******
Keon was a great addition to his day. It made him feel happy inside, the same feeling he had when Khepri was alive. She had even helped him find his way home. Runi just told her that he had went to the park and got lost, he wouldn't bother with telling her anything about The Book of Souls, Bakura, or the golden band on his neck, which she HAD asked about. Lying, he said it was actually just something passed down in his family, a tradition. When he showed her the black book, Runi was surprised to know that she could read hieroglyphs just as well as could. Keon explained that she had Egyptian heritage in her.
Runi glances around the dimly lit room 7 of his Boarding House. Its walls were a disgusting color of green, thin cracks running through the ceiling and border. There was no rug on the floor; it was just an old finished wood floor. Well, that is, if you could consider it finished. Most of the finish had peeled off.
The only furniture in the room was a plain styled twin size bed and a dresser. There was a kitchen station, but it wasn't very big. Runi had plans of moving out once he had enough money for a better apartment. That Kaiba Corp sounded like a great place to work, in fact, Keon said she was going to take him there tomorrow so that he would be able to apply for a job with Mr. Kaiba, or Seto, the head of the Corporation. Keon said that he might be a great technically manager or creator. That would give him plenty of money.
Suddenly, there came a knock at the door.
"Hello? Does Runihura live here? Hello?"
It was Yugi's voice. Not him. Not after that dream. The dream that seemed so real, too real.
"Yes, please come in Yugi."
Yugi walks into the room, glancing around. I was very gloomy to him, he liked cheerfulness, and this was not cheerful at the least bit. How could someone live this way?
"I've come to say I'm sorry about the other day. I would have apologized sooner, but you were in the hospital. I came to your apartment yesterday too, but you weren't home."
"I except your apology, Yugi. It's mostly my fault, though. I guess I was just in too much stress to deal with easily."
Yugi smiles, "That's alright Runi." He notices the band around Runi's neck. "What's that?" Runi looks down, "I-It's nothing."
"Oh... Well, hey, I brought a game to play if you would like. See, I love to play games. I guess it's like a hobby."
"Cool, I don't really have a hobby."
"Well, that's okay. I'm sure you'll find one soon enough."
Yugi walks to Runi's bed and sat down, picking up the manga that was on his pillow. Curiously, Yugi opens in and begins to read it, knowing that Runi would not mind if he did.
When Runi turns his back to Yugi, his whimpers, feeling intense pain again. It was worse than before. Something in his mind told him to pick up the knife on the counter. However, something else told him NOT to pick it up. He holds his head tightly and runs to the bathroom, breathing hard. Runi looks up into the mirror and falls backwards. That reflection was there. The one that looked like himself, it was there. Runi slowly rises to his feet and moans, and then looks up, feeling himself slip into a dark void.
"Runi?" Yugi says as he hears the Egyptian moan, "Are you alright? Are you feeling okay?"
Just as he says this, the door opens slowly. Runi walks out, was it Runi? No, it was the other one, the one that looked like Runi, and the one that had appeared during school when Renyo was beating the boy up brutally. It was the teenager who made Renyo pay with his life, and his soul.
"I'm fine," he said as he rounded a turn towards the kitchen. "Do not worry of my safety, pharaoh."
Yugi blinks, ".Pardon?"
However, the dark Runi did not listen, reaching to the steak knife on the counter and holding it in his hand, "No, I would worry of your safety, Pharaoh." He turns to face Yugi, his now crimson eyes a flame.
Yugi jumps to his feet, "Runi, it something wrong?? You can tell me! Don't do this!"
"Wrong, Pharaoh?? WRONG, YOU ASK? I THINK YOU SHOULD THINK IT OVER!! THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID! YOU KILLED ME!! NOW I AM BACK TO KILL YOU!"
Feeling that this is out of his hands, Yugi transforms into Yami, who was much better at problem solving.
"Calm down, I do not understand why you want to take a life... If you tell me..."
"TELL YOU?! TELL YOU?? YOU SHOULD KNOW ALREADY! YOU KILLED ME! I DIDN'T DO A THING AND YOU KILLED ME!! YOU'RE THE MURDERER!! YOU ARE THE CRIMINAL!! YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ME!! WELL NOW IT'S TOO LATE! YOU DIE!!"
Dark Runi, springs at Yami, who moves fast, feeling that was already going to come, "Please, we can make a peaceful agreement if you just tell me why you are acting this way."
"H-How COULD you... HOW COULD YOU FORGET!!"
"Look, listen to me, please!" Yami said frantically.
"NO AND NEVER!" he charges at Yami, successfully pinning him to the wall, the steak knife up to his throat, "Die! TONIGHT PHARAOH!!"
Yami looks at him and blinks, not daring to move. If he did, this darker side of Runi would attack him. He'd have no where to go and be killed.
Dark Runi smirks insanely, pushing the knife into Yami's skin a bit, making it bleed slightly. Suddenly, and without notice, the clock on the wall struck 12 o' clock midnight. This would mark the second day. The band around Runi's neck begins to glow and he feels weaker and more tired. The dark incarnation disappears, Runi's eyes becoming green again and the thin scar fading away. He drops the knife on the floor and holds his head, collapsing into a faint. Yami blinks several times, holding the bleeding neck for a moment, then pick up Runi and carries him to his bed, laying him down.
"I do not understand what has happened to you," he says, "But I hope I will understand soon. Good Night"
Yami leaves, changing back to Yugi and shutting the door gently behind him.