Yami: Ok she's lost it.
Bakura: Did she ever have it?
Yami: Good question.
Bakura: ^_^ Thank you
Yugi and Ryou: Be nice Yami.
Bakura: Me? Be nice?
Yami: Ok aibou anything you want. T.G.A.G doesn't own YGO but Kariko/Mitsukai is hers. Oh and Ryuu is hers too.
Yugi: On with the fic
Me: *still staring off in lala land*
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When the light faded everyone saw that a girl was standing there. Her hair was in the same fashion as Kariko's but lighter, her skin was pale, and she looked younger then she actual was.
"What did you say?" Bakura hissed.
"I said that I'll make you leave them alone." The figure said. Bakura started laughing. "What's so funny?"
"It just that you...stop us?" He laughed. Kariko peeked out from behind Yami and recognized the figure standing in the middle of the kitchen. She creped out from behind Yami.
"And why couldn't I stop you?" She asked. Bakura rolled his eyes and Y.Malik just kinda zoned out. He knew that Bakura wouldn't let him have any of the fun.
"Well look at you. I bet you couldn't even stop a fly." Bakura laughed.
"Ok now I'm mad. First you threaten the child I'm sworn to protect, then you threaten her friends and now you're insulting me." She hissed.
"Please Ryuu don't." Kariko said gently. Ryuu turned to look at the small child.
"Mitsukai leave now. Take your friends with you." Ryuu said gently but forcefully. Ryou and Malik back out of the room. Jou and Seto followed. Kariko was almost glued to her spot so Yami picked her up and grabbed Yugi's hand.
"Come on we're going NOW!" he said and left the house. Everyone was standing outside on the sidewalk.
"What do you think she'll do?" Jou asked.
"I don't know Jou. I really don't know." Yami replied and set Kariko on the ground suddenly there was a loud boom.
"RYUU!" Kariko cried and hit the ground, tears streaming down her face. "No Ryuu."
"Did someone call?" A feminine voice said behind them. Everyone turned to see Ryuu standing behind them.
"RYUU!" Kariko shrieked and threw herself at Ryuu, who swiped her up in a hug. Kariko buried her head into Ryuu's shoulder crying.
"It's ok Mitsukai I would never leave you." Ryuu said but Kariko didn't hear her cause she had cried herself to sleep. "I don't think we should be here."
"Yami I'm scared." Yugi whispered. Yami looked at him; fear was etched in his normally bright velvety eyes. Tears were threatening spill over the rim of his eyes making them even brighter. Yami took Yugi's hand in his and went eyelevel to him.
"It's ok aibou. I would never let anything happen to you. No one will ever hurt you or your friends while I'm around now let's go back to the Turtle Game Shop." Yami told him. Yugi nodded and hugged Yami around the waist.
~ I'm glad you're here Yami. ~
~~ Me too aibou. ~~
~ You'll never leave will you? ~
~~ Never. ~~
~ Thank you Yami. ~ That was when the shock of the morning got to Yugi and his eyes closed and he fainted. Yami caught him before he hit the ground and picked him up.
"Let's go." Ryuu said. Everyone headed off back to the Turtle Game Shop. Ryuu was carrying Kariko, and Yami was carrying Yugi. Ryou, Malik, Jou and Seto were following close behind.
"Sorry to ask but we don't know your name Miss." Ryou said politely. Ryuu laughed gently.
"My name is Ryuu and before you ask I'm the sworn protector of Mitsukai." Ryuu told them. Her answer confused them even more. "Ok I'll explain it more. Think of it this way. You know how Yami is sworn to protect his hikari, Yugi." Everyone nodded. "Well I'm not Mitsukai's darker half but I am her protector. You see Chikyuu knew that even though Mitsukai had her father, the pharaoh, Yami, to look after her she would need someone to look after her when Yami wasn't around. So I'm that person." Ryuu explained.
"Oh I get it now you're like Kariko's Yami." Malik said.
"Kinda like that." Ryuu replied as shifted Kariko's weight. By then the group had reached the street in front of the Turtle Game Shop. They stopped at a red light.
"I have question for ya Ryuu." Jou said. Ryuu turned to face Jou.
"What is it?"
"What did ya do to Bakura and Y.Malik?" He asked.
"Yes all we heard was a loud booming sound." Seto said.
"Oh all I did was knocking them unconscious by amplifying my own aura which caused the pressure in the room to amplify to a point where it would knock anyone unconscious. It was that that caused the loud boom." She said and crossed the street. Yami went ahead and opened the door. There was a note on the table saying that he had to take off for a week on some business and not to get into any trouble. Yami's deep laugh filled the room. Yugi lifted his head from its spot on Yami's shoulder.
"Nani?" he mumbled.
"It's nothing aibou go back to sleep. You didn't get much sleep last night." Yami told him.
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Yugi awoke after only a few minutes asleep. He sat on his bed thinking about Kariko's future. Along with the futures of all his friends. Yami sensed Yugi was awake and came out of his soul room and stood beside Yugi's bed. Kariko was still dead to the world on Magic's lap.
"What's wrong aibou?" Yami whispered not wanting to wake Kariko.
"Nothing Yami." Yugi mumbled his eyes glued to the bed. Yami sat on the bed beside Yugi and turned to face him. Yugi's head was bowed and his bangs hung in his face giving him a helpless look. Yami placed his fingers under Yugi's chin and gently lifted Yugi's face till their eyes met. Yami read sadness in Yugi's eyes.
"Yes there is something wrong I can tell aibou." Yami said gently. That was when Yugi started to cry. "It's ok you can tell me."
"It's just that I don't know what the future holds for me or my friends and that scares me." Yugi whimpered. Yami leaned over and hugged the smaller boy.
"I don't know anyone who does aibou." Yami said and brushed a lock of hair from Yugi's eyes. "But whatever the future does hold I promise that we'll get through it together. Me, you, Mitsukai and of course our friends."
"You promise?" Yugi asked. His eyes lit up with hope.
"Yes my hopeful little aibou." Yami chuckled. Yugi leaned on Yami and closed his eyes.
"I'm glad you're here Yami." Yugi mumbled sleepily. Yami let the smaller boy lean on him till he was sure that Yugi was sound asleep then he laid him back down on his pillows.
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Yugi placed his head back on Yami's shoulder and went back to sleep. Yami carried him upstairs and put him in bed. Ryuu had already but Kariko to bed. He headed back downstairs.
"Did you read this?" Seto asked holding up the note. Yami laughed again.
"Hai, I did." He laughed. Ryuu poked her head in the door.
"What's so funny?" She asked and Yami handed her the note. Her laugher joined Yami's. "Not get into trouble with Mitsukai around? Yeah right." She laughed.
"Doush'tano Otousan?" (A/N should mean "What is the matter father") A groggy voice said behind the group. Since Kariko wasn't total conscious she wasn't thinking straight. Her voice rang with the accent of the language. Everyone in the room couldn't help but smile at the sound of it.
"Nanimo nai Mitsukai. (A/N should mean "Nothing Mitsukai")" Yami said. Kariko started walking across the floor when she slipped and bumped the table. Someone's glass of water fell over and the contents spilt on her head and ran down her back. The cold water sent a shockwave through her body.
"AAAAHHHHHHH THAT'S COLD!" She cried and danced around the kitchen with cold water running down her back. Everyone started to laugh. "It ain't funny. Someone hand me a towel." Malik handed her a dish towel and she dried her back. "Ok now I'm awake." Yami picked her up and placed her on the table. He brushed a lock of hair out of her face.
"You need to be quiet cause Yugi is sleeping." He said. Kariko nodded. Ryuu leaned up against the wall and crossed her arms. Her amused expression changing to one of seriousness.
"Now what do we do. Bakura and Y.Malik now know that Kariko is really Mitsukai. Plus they know where we are." She said. Her golden eyes scanned the scene before her. Jou was leaning on the table, Seto was sitting down with his arms crossed staring at the ceiling obviously thinking about something, Ryou and Malik were both seated at the table also but they were listening to everything that was being said. Kariko was sitting on the table, gently swinging her legs, her eyes bright. The image of perfect innocence. Yami turned around to face Ryuu.
"I really don't know what to do know Ryuu. I really don't, but I do know one thing we can't stay here."
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Me: Gomen nasai for not updating sooner. Please forgive me. *bows deeply to her readers* (sorry if the Japanese isn't correct fell free to correct me) but my so called life and school *insert puking noises here* kept me off the computer for a bit.
Yami: You have a life?
Me: No not really.
Bakura: I didn't think so.
Me: Shut up.
Yami: Whatever *shrugs* Ok you know the drill Read and Review!