Clover

Anthy: Wow.

Anshi: This is getting mean.

Boogie Pop: I wonder if anyone has figured it out yet.

Anshi: I doubt it.

Anthy: I gotta go.

Anshi: k.

Anthy: *Leaves*

Boogie Pop: Shall we get this thing started?

Anshi: More or less.

BP: Okay.

Anshi: Let's go.

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Clover

Leaf 2: Sweet Voices

Birds without wings
Birds without voices
Birds together
Lucky birds

So take me somewhere far away

I wish for happiness
I seek to find it with you
So take me far away
Please take me there

Take me somewhere far away
Yugi sat on the edge of his bed, wings sticking out behind him and replicant birds sitting next to him. He had gotten permission to call Aura last night, but he was still gathering up the courage to do it. He could hear her singing at one of the clubs far away. He didn't know how...but he could.

He heard the numbers dialing, and he thought about what he was about to say.

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Aura said good-bye to Yami for the night. It had been a month since they met. Aura looked into the mirror and gasped. The blue dye was fading. He hair was returning to it's original white.

Aura dashed for the Sennen Star that lay draped over her dresses. She held it up and called out for Shadi. Once he came, He could see the problem.

"It's fading! He'll know who I am soon enough." Aura said.

"Anthy."

Aura stopped, she hadn't been called that name in over a year. Shadi continued.

"You have to tell him sooner or later. This time, you were created by my concern for Yami."

"But it's too soon!"

Shadi tossed her a black vial.

"Pour this into your shampoo. It will keep your hair blue for another two months."

Anthy looked at the bubbling liquid in the vial, and nodded.

"Remember---to everyone else, you are Aura." With that, Shadi left.

Anthy jumped as the phone rang.

"Hello? Aura."

"..."

"Hello?"

"..."

She was about to hang up when she heard a voice.

"Hi."

"This is Aura Miyanazakai. Who is this?"

"Yugi."

The two talked. Anthy had not the slightest idea who this kid was at first, but a bond was formed once they touched base. After a month of their hidden conversations, the took action.

"Aura."

"Yeah Yugi?"

"Do you want to write as song?"

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Yami stared out at the stars. He still missed Yugi. There was a hand on his shoulder. He wheeled around and nearly broke Shadi's nose.

"Damn it Shadi! Don't do that!"

Shadi apologized.

"And what the hell are you doing here?" Yami demanded.

"You must let go of your sorrows Yami Yugi."

"Why?! I like my sorrow." Yami said coldly.

"You'll be seeing Yugi again soon, and let go of her."

"No!"

Yami put his hand over his heart---shielding it from something. Shadi sighed. Yami had backed into a corner, hand clasped over his heart.

"I don't want to let go of her!"

"You cherish her memory, don't you?"

"YES!"

"But she's dead now."

"SO?!"

Shadi sighed again.

"You can let go of her willingly or I'll have to take her memory from you."

"Neither!" Yami shouted, tears forming in his eyes.

"Yami!" Shadi's voice seemed to cut through Yami's hand and into his heart.

Yami felt like he was paralyzed. Shadi pulled out the Sennen Ankh and pressed it to Yami's head, opening the door into his mind.

It hadn't changed since the last time that he had been there. The soul room was still dark and gloomy. Yami was tied to a wall with silver chains, and he wasn't happy.

"Damn you Shadi!! Get outta my head!!!" He shouted. Shadi paid him no heed.

Shadi tapped the Ankh against a brick. It slid out and behind it was a small gold cat statue. Shadi pulled it out and read the hieroglyphs engraved on it, ignoring Yami's pleas and cries.

"Shadi! Please! Don't make me forget her!!" Yami cried.

Shadi looked at him for a moment.

"Yami, she's been dead for 5000 years. I would have thought that you would have gotten over her death by now."

Yami said nothing.

"You won't forget her if you keep dwelling on your past."

"I don't care!"

Shadi looked at the statue once more. Then he looked at Yami again. He turned away.

"Shadi!"

There was a sound of glass breaking. Yami's eyes widened in fear.

Shadi withdrew from Yami's head. The boy went limp and his eyes clouded over.

"I destroyed the memory of your mother. You'll be fine in about an hour. That's when you'll go to Aura's last concert." Shadi said before departing.

He didn't see the blood on Yami's shirt, or the tear in his eye.

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Anshi: My!!

Bastet: How cruel!

Anthy: Yep.

Anshi: who are you?

Anthy: An...I mean Aura!

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