Yami: That's nothing new.
Me: *Joins in Yugi's singing* I'M A CUTE LITTLE DEMON!
Bakura: *pops in outta nowhere* I know that.
Me: *hits Bakura with Frying Pan of Ultimate Torture (FPoUT)* Shut up you.
Bakura: @_@
Yami: YES HE IS DEAD!!!
Yugi: Meh just start the chapter.
Me: How very un-Yugi like but ok. I don't own YGO but I do own Kariko. Oh and thank you all who reviewed.
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The ride to the Kaiba mansion was a short one. By the time they got there Yugi was wide awake but Kariko was still out.
"We're here sir." The driver said as he opened the door.
"Good." Seto said as he got out of the limo followed by Jou, Yugi and Yami carrying Kariko and the IV unit.
"Whoa." Yugi gasped as he stared at Seto's mansion. Seto blush slightly he didn't like to show that he had a lot of money. "I really get to spend the night here?" He asked as the group entered the house. Seto nodded.
"Sure kiddo why wouldn't you?" Jou asked. Yugi's eyes suddenly went to the floor. In Yami's arms Kariko started to stir.
"Yugi I'm hungry." She mumbled from her spot in Yami's arms. Everyone laughed. Yami gently placed her and the floor just as a small boy ran around the corner.
"Big brother!"
"Hey Mokuba." Seto greeted the boy.
"You have a younger brother?" Yugi asked.
"Ya I do."
"Cool."
"Let's go to the living room and get ready the others should get here in a few minutes." Jou said and ran off down the hall. Yugi look at Seto who smiled and nodded which sent Yugi down the hall after Jou. Seto managed to catch Kariko as she ran by and tipped over her IV unit. That was when he noticed how light she was. He could practically feel her bones though her clothes. He also noticed 2 scars that ran parallel to each other around her neck. He set her back on her feet.
"Easy there little one. You just got out of the hospital you know." Seto said gently and held her hand in one hand and her IV unit in the other as they walked down the hall. He noticed that she had similar scars on both of her wrists. Yami followed closely behind. Kariko was feeling slightly uncomfortable with Seto holding her hand but she felt that Yami wouldn't let anything hurt her. When they got to the living room they found Yugi and Jou setting up the food.
"I hope it was ok for us to bring out the food." Yugi said softly. Seto nodded and let go of Kariko's hand. Just then the door bell rang and a maid entered the room.
"Mr. Kaiba your other guests are here."
"Show them in."
"As you wish." She said then left. A few second later 5 people entered the room.
"Hey Seto." A girl with golden blond and dark purple eyes said. "And who's the hunk?" she then winked at Yami who looked at Yugi and rolled his eyes. Yugi tried not to laugh.
"Hey Seto aren't you gunna introduce us to your new friends here." Said a boy with icy white hair.
"Yeah. This is Yugi, Kariko and Yami." Seto said and pointed to each person. "And this is Ryou (Ya I know he goes by Bakura but I'm gunna call him Ryou as not to confuse him with his Yami. So there), Mai (what is Mai's Japanese name?) Honda, Anzu and Malik (sp? Oh and I don't know how he would act so he might be OOC then again almost everyone will probably be OOC)." Seto told Yugi, Kariko and Yami as he repeated his actions. Kariko stared at Ryou and Malik hard. Her eyes stared to glaze over and Yugi caught this. Oh no not again.
"I've seen you two before. It was you but not you. They looked like you but different more cold and harsh." She said in a monotone voice. Ryou and Malik exchanged looks and everyone else just stared at the child. "Bakura and Y.Malik were their names." Yugi ran to his sister's side. Yami just stared. How did she know those names? he wondered.
"Come on Kariko snap out of it." He said gently and shook her. Kariko's eyes lost the glazed look and she shook her head.
"What happened?" She asked.
"You zoned out their kid." Mai said.
"Oh."
"Yeah it was really creepy. Get away from me." Anzu said coldly.
"I'm sorry Yugi." Kariko softly cried. In one swift movement she pulled the IV from her arm and ran from the room.
"Kariko. Now Anzu that wasn't really nice." Seto told the brunette coldly. She just shrugged. "Yugi what happened?"
~~ Aibou what did just happened. ~~
"Well my sister for years has seen things that people can't normally see and she can do stuff the normal people can't do. Whenever that happens she gets a glazed over look in her eyes." Yugi told them softly staring at the floor. Everyone could tell that telling them this was awkward for him.
"Yugi I saw scars on Kariko that look like she was bonded at some point." Seto said.
"Well Kariko's visions freaked out our parents so at the age of 2 the put her in a psychiatric place. They told them to strap Kariko to the bed. She was there for about 7 years." Yugi continued in the same soft voice. Ryou gasped, Malik couldn't believe it, Mai put her hand to her mouth and Seto was shocked. Honda and Yami just stared.
"I'm sorry Yugi I didn't know." Anzu apologized.
"Let's go find the poor kid." Honda said. Everyone nodded and headed out of the room. Seto handed everyone a walkie-talkie head set.
"Whoever finds her first can contact us using these. OK?" Seto told them. Everyone nodded then took off in different. Yami went with Yugi. Yugi didn't know where he was going but he seemed to know where his sister was. After a few minutes Yugi and Yami came to a garden. And there sitting on a bench was Kariko. She seemed to be talking to someone.
{Hey guys me and Yami found Kariko} (A/N {...} is the people talking in the headsets.)
{Good. We're are you?} Was Seto reply.
{We seem to be in a garden} Yami said.
{Ok we're on our way} Ryou said. Within a few everyone was in the garden. It was Ryou that slowly walked up to Kariko who still looked like she was talking to someone. Ryou peered around a brush that block of Kariko from sight and gasped. He motioned for the others to come over. Yugi saw the scene and just shook his head and stepped out from his place.
"Kariko it is ok no one is gunna hurt you." He said gently. Kariko turned around and looked at him.
"It's not that is was I was just lonely." She mumbled. Yami then got a good look at what was happening and he went after Yugi.
"Yugi isn't that a..." He said and pointed to the figure sitting in front of Kariko.
"Yes Yami that is a duel monster." Yugi said. Everyone else left there spots and Kariko saw Anzu and automatically shifted away until she was sitting on the figure's lap.
"I know that card. Isn't it the Dark Magician?" Ryou asked softly not wanting to frighten the child. Yugi nodded.
"But how?" Jou asked.
"Remember when I told you Kariko could do things that normal people can't?" Everyone nodded. "Well Kariko is able to bring the monsters on the cards to life." Everyone was shocked. Kariko felt bad for her brother
"I'm sorry Yugi; I'm creeping out your new friends. Maybe dad was right." She said softly while crying. Yugi took his sister from the Dark Magician's lap and cradled her.
"Don't ever say that. Dad wasn't right for saying that or for even doing that to you." Yugi told her.
"Kariko it is ok you can tell us." Mai said and gently went to the crying child's side. By that time everyone had gotten use to having the Dark Magician sitting there and they also went to Kariko's side. How could a child be able to draw the monsters of there cards? Yami wondered but he too went to Kariko's side.
"Well I don't know if Yugi told you but I spent about 7 years in a psychiatric hospital." Everyone nodded. "Well I've been there since I was 2 and it was just this year that dad let me come home. Many times he told me it was a mistake letting me come home." She cried. Everyone felt sorry for her. Yami took her from Yugi's arms.
"Don't you ever believe that. Yugi's right he shouldn't have put you there in the first place." Yami told her gently while rubbing her back.
"You mean that?" She sniffled.
"Of course." Malik said. Kariko smiled. "Now why don't you introduce us to your friend here?" Everyone laughed. Yami placed Kariko on the ground and she ran over to the Dark Magician's side and pulled him up.
"This is my friend Magic (A/N Yami: What kinda name is that? Me: Leave me alone my brain is not working today and besides Kariko is only 9. Yami: Like it you brain is ever working. Me: I heard that)." She said. "Magic these are…"
"Her friends Malik, Ryou, Seto, Yami, Mai, and me." Jou said pointing to each person. Anzu got huffy from not hearing her name being called.
"And why didn't you say my name?" She asked coldly turning to Jou.
"You must be the one that hurt my little master's feelings." Magic said just a coldly. Anzu turned back around. Magic moved to Kariko's side.
"Yeah and so what if I am." Anzu replied coldly. Magic started towards Anzu but Kariko stopped him.
"Please don't hurt her." Kariko say wearily.
"Little master please rest now. Call me if you need my help." Magic told her. Kariko nodded through her yawn. Magic disappeared in a flash of light and in his place was the Dark Magician card with Seto picked up and handed to Kariko.
"Ready to go back in and get back to the party?" Seto asked. Everyone nodded. Ryou picked up the tired Kariko and started after Honda who had already started back with Jou. Yami and Yugi followed. Then Mai and Malik came. Anzu started but Seto stooped her. "I think you better leave." He told her.
"Fine who want to be near that freak anyways." She said coolly and left. Once back inside everyone started having a great time. They treated Kariko like a normal kid which she enjoyed. For the first time in her life Kariko didn't feel any different then her friends. It was about 11 before they finally settled down and went to bed.
"Night Kariko." Jou said from his spot on the floor.
"Night Jou." Kariko answered sleepily from her spot on the couch. Everyone decided that Kariko should have the couch and on doctor's orders, which had stopped by, the IV unit was back in Kariko's arm again.
~~ Night aibou. ~~
~ Night Yami. ~
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Me: Ok that turned out ok.
Yugi: *still singing*
Yami: I guess it did.
Me: Shut up you.
Yami: *Sticks tongue out.*
Me: Very mature.
Yami: Meh.
Yugi: *stops singing* Read and Review please.