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Chapter Two
It was midnight. The full moon shone down on the sleeping figures; all were deep in slumber save for one.
As quietly as he could, Yami sneaked away from his position near Yugi. When he was sure he was out of earshot, he pulled a scrying mirror from his pocket. He muttered a word, and a face began to form on the mirror's surface.
"Yami! How goes the plan?" The figure in the mirror hissed.
"All is well so far, Master. I have succeeded in being accepted into Yugi's group and I will now travel with them."
"Good, good." The head nodded in approval. "Do they suspect anything at all?"
Yami replied, "None, except one girl. She has heard of my deeds of burning the three villages. But her suspicions are little, and she cannot prove them."
"Good job. Keep this up, and Yugi will be ours! Do not fail us, Yami." The face disappeared.
Yami tucked the little mirror back into his pocket. A noise behind him made him whirl around, wary.
"Yami? What are you doing here?" Yugi glanced at him curiously, head cocked to one side.
Yami couldn't help but smile at the cute image he made. 'Woa, wait a minute. Cute?! Since when do I consider my enemy cute!' Yami thought. Shaking his head, he rid himself of such thoughts.
"Umm, nothing Yugi! I. . .couldn't sleep, that's all. So I decided to take a small walk. What are _you_ doing here?" Yami asked, slightly suspicious of the smaller boy following him.
"I heard a noise, so I came to check it out. I guess it was only you, though. Come on, we should get back to sleep." Yugi tugged Yami's sleeve, leading him back to the others. As they walked, Yugi glanced at Yami's pyramid necklace.
"Where'd you get that, Yami? And how come it has a hole in the middle? It almost looks as if it were incomplete."
"Oh, this thing. I, er, found it and thought I'd keep it."
"Oh. Ok."
Yami glanced down at Yugi as he lay back down. 'Hmm. . .He's an odd one.' Yami laid his head down to sleep.
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"That's mine, you idiot!"
"No, I got it first!"
"But it was mine in the first place!"
"You don't need it!"
"Yes I do, I'm hungry!"
"Well, so am I!"
"So?"
"So you don't need it as much as I do!"
"Yes I do!"
"Don't!"
"Do!"
"Don't!"
"Do!"
Yami grumbled as he awoke to shouting. Opening his eyes, he saw Honda and Jou glaring heatedly at each other while arguing over the last apple. Unnoticed by them, Anzu snuck over and stole the very object they were fighting over.
"Fighting over this, boys?" Anzu asked, holding up the apple.
Jou and Honda turned to look at her. "Hey, that's mine!" They chorused.
Anzu snickered. "I'll solve your problem for you." With that, she ate the fruit, while the boys stared.
"What'd you do that for, Anzu-san?" Jou wailed.
"Well, it seemed you were too busy arguing, so I figured I'd help myself!" Anzu chortled at the pitiful looks the boys gave her.
'Foolish kids.' Yami thought to himself, shutting his eyes as he tried to go back to sleep.
"If you want, Jou, I can go find some more food for you." Yugi offered, being his usual generous self.
"Naah, I think we should get going."
Honda snorted. "Get going where? We have no place to go, dimwit!"
Jou glared. "Then what do you suggest baka, just stay here and lie around till we rot?"
"We have to find a stream." Yugi cut in before their bickering could result in a fistfight, like they usually did. "We're running out of water." The boy gestured to their water pouches. Picking them up, Anzu found they were nearly empty.
"Hey, maybe Yami could conjure up some water!" Jou looked pleadingly to the mage, who was apparently trying to go back to sleep, what with all the noise the others were making.
"Yaaaaaaamiiii, wakey wakey!" Honda started shaking the mage wildly. "You're sure a sleepy head!"
Yami growled, not liking the idea of getting up. Finally, when he tired of Honda's constant shakings, he bolted upright. "Alright, I'm up!" He barked.
"Sheesh, someone's not a morning person."
"Why do we have to get up so damn early, anyway?" Yami grumbled, dearly wishing he could blast Honda into smithereens for disturbing him. This however, would help his plan as he wanted Yugi to trust him, not hate him for killing a friend.
"It's not early!" Jou was surprised. "It's already near midday!"
"Oh."
"You know, I get the feeling you don't usually get up too early, do you Yami." Anzu inquired.
"So?" Came the slightly arrogant reply.
'Hmm. That indicates that perhaps Yami is the type who gets it off easy. He probably never worked in his life. His perfect skin definitely proves that! He doesn't even have any work calluses on his palms! I bet he used to be pampered and fussed over, just like all those rich types. But if he is, why would he be here? He's shown interest in Yugi, but why?' Anzu was trusting Yami less and less.
"So, anyway, Yami-kun can you conjure up some water?" Jou asked again.
"Boy are you lazy. Go find a river, or something!"
"Gee, aren't you helpful."
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"Ooh, that feels good." Jou eased his bare feet into the cold stream. "Cold water sure makes your feet feel good, especially after walking all day!"
"Idiot!" Anzu jumped up and slapped Jou in the head. "We need that water for drinking, stupid! Dirty it with your feet _after_ we fill our water supply!"
Jou winced, holding his head. "Okay, okay! Sheesh!"
Yami watched Yugi as he filled the water pouches. 'Hmm. It's been a day. Master would want me to start earning Yugi's trust by now. But how should I do that? Perhaps being nice, helping out, maybe little by little he'll trust me.'
Yami strode over to Yugi, and knelt to assist him in filling the pouches. Yugi glanced up. "Thank you, Yami-kun!" He smiled cheerfully, then went back to his task.
Yami shook his head, bewildered at the fluttery feeling he got when Yugi smiled at him like that.
Chapter Two
It was midnight. The full moon shone down on the sleeping figures; all were deep in slumber save for one.
As quietly as he could, Yami sneaked away from his position near Yugi. When he was sure he was out of earshot, he pulled a scrying mirror from his pocket. He muttered a word, and a face began to form on the mirror's surface.
"Yami! How goes the plan?" The figure in the mirror hissed.
"All is well so far, Master. I have succeeded in being accepted into Yugi's group and I will now travel with them."
"Good, good." The head nodded in approval. "Do they suspect anything at all?"
Yami replied, "None, except one girl. She has heard of my deeds of burning the three villages. But her suspicions are little, and she cannot prove them."
"Good job. Keep this up, and Yugi will be ours! Do not fail us, Yami." The face disappeared.
Yami tucked the little mirror back into his pocket. A noise behind him made him whirl around, wary.
"Yami? What are you doing here?" Yugi glanced at him curiously, head cocked to one side.
Yami couldn't help but smile at the cute image he made. 'Woa, wait a minute. Cute?! Since when do I consider my enemy cute!' Yami thought. Shaking his head, he rid himself of such thoughts.
"Umm, nothing Yugi! I. . .couldn't sleep, that's all. So I decided to take a small walk. What are _you_ doing here?" Yami asked, slightly suspicious of the smaller boy following him.
"I heard a noise, so I came to check it out. I guess it was only you, though. Come on, we should get back to sleep." Yugi tugged Yami's sleeve, leading him back to the others. As they walked, Yugi glanced at Yami's pyramid necklace.
"Where'd you get that, Yami? And how come it has a hole in the middle? It almost looks as if it were incomplete."
"Oh, this thing. I, er, found it and thought I'd keep it."
"Oh. Ok."
Yami glanced down at Yugi as he lay back down. 'Hmm. . .He's an odd one.' Yami laid his head down to sleep.
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"That's mine, you idiot!"
"No, I got it first!"
"But it was mine in the first place!"
"You don't need it!"
"Yes I do, I'm hungry!"
"Well, so am I!"
"So?"
"So you don't need it as much as I do!"
"Yes I do!"
"Don't!"
"Do!"
"Don't!"
"Do!"
Yami grumbled as he awoke to shouting. Opening his eyes, he saw Honda and Jou glaring heatedly at each other while arguing over the last apple. Unnoticed by them, Anzu snuck over and stole the very object they were fighting over.
"Fighting over this, boys?" Anzu asked, holding up the apple.
Jou and Honda turned to look at her. "Hey, that's mine!" They chorused.
Anzu snickered. "I'll solve your problem for you." With that, she ate the fruit, while the boys stared.
"What'd you do that for, Anzu-san?" Jou wailed.
"Well, it seemed you were too busy arguing, so I figured I'd help myself!" Anzu chortled at the pitiful looks the boys gave her.
'Foolish kids.' Yami thought to himself, shutting his eyes as he tried to go back to sleep.
"If you want, Jou, I can go find some more food for you." Yugi offered, being his usual generous self.
"Naah, I think we should get going."
Honda snorted. "Get going where? We have no place to go, dimwit!"
Jou glared. "Then what do you suggest baka, just stay here and lie around till we rot?"
"We have to find a stream." Yugi cut in before their bickering could result in a fistfight, like they usually did. "We're running out of water." The boy gestured to their water pouches. Picking them up, Anzu found they were nearly empty.
"Hey, maybe Yami could conjure up some water!" Jou looked pleadingly to the mage, who was apparently trying to go back to sleep, what with all the noise the others were making.
"Yaaaaaaamiiii, wakey wakey!" Honda started shaking the mage wildly. "You're sure a sleepy head!"
Yami growled, not liking the idea of getting up. Finally, when he tired of Honda's constant shakings, he bolted upright. "Alright, I'm up!" He barked.
"Sheesh, someone's not a morning person."
"Why do we have to get up so damn early, anyway?" Yami grumbled, dearly wishing he could blast Honda into smithereens for disturbing him. This however, would help his plan as he wanted Yugi to trust him, not hate him for killing a friend.
"It's not early!" Jou was surprised. "It's already near midday!"
"Oh."
"You know, I get the feeling you don't usually get up too early, do you Yami." Anzu inquired.
"So?" Came the slightly arrogant reply.
'Hmm. That indicates that perhaps Yami is the type who gets it off easy. He probably never worked in his life. His perfect skin definitely proves that! He doesn't even have any work calluses on his palms! I bet he used to be pampered and fussed over, just like all those rich types. But if he is, why would he be here? He's shown interest in Yugi, but why?' Anzu was trusting Yami less and less.
"So, anyway, Yami-kun can you conjure up some water?" Jou asked again.
"Boy are you lazy. Go find a river, or something!"
"Gee, aren't you helpful."
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"Ooh, that feels good." Jou eased his bare feet into the cold stream. "Cold water sure makes your feet feel good, especially after walking all day!"
"Idiot!" Anzu jumped up and slapped Jou in the head. "We need that water for drinking, stupid! Dirty it with your feet _after_ we fill our water supply!"
Jou winced, holding his head. "Okay, okay! Sheesh!"
Yami watched Yugi as he filled the water pouches. 'Hmm. It's been a day. Master would want me to start earning Yugi's trust by now. But how should I do that? Perhaps being nice, helping out, maybe little by little he'll trust me.'
Yami strode over to Yugi, and knelt to assist him in filling the pouches. Yugi glanced up. "Thank you, Yami-kun!" He smiled cheerfully, then went back to his task.
Yami shook his head, bewildered at the fluttery feeling he got when Yugi smiled at him like that.