Yami: Just the fact that TGAG doesn't own YGO, but Mitsukai/Kariko and Ryuu are hers.
Yugi: And arigatou for the reviews.
Ryou: On with the chappy.
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Kariko came to dead stop as she stared at the person in front of her.
"You. Yo Bakura I found the kid." Y.Malik yelled as he grabbed Kariko's wrist.
"Let me go." Kariko hissed and tried to pry his fingers from her wrist.
"I don't think so kid." Bakura smirked as he grabbed Kariko's other wrist. She could hear Yami yelling in the background. An evil smirk crossed her features and her eyes darken to an almost blood color.
"I'd advise you to let go of me before I have to hurt you." She said. Bakura laughed at her.
"You hurt me? Yeah right." Bakura laughed. Kumiko smiled wickedly and twisted her wrist so she could grab Bakura and Y.Malik around the wrist.
"Heh." She smirked and her hands began to glow a pale purple color. Both yelped in pain and let go of Kumiko. Perfect hand prints of scorched flesh could be seen where Kumiko had grabbed. Seeing this as her chance to escape she ran back to her where her dad and friends were standing. She was breathing hard. I didn't know doing that would take so much out of me. she thought as darkness threatened to engulf her.
"What did you do to them, Mitsukai?" Yami asked. Kumiko smiled up at him.
"Nothing Otou-san. Nothing at all." She said before letting the darkness take over.
"Someone catch her." Kumiko barely felt it as someone caught her and lifted her up. Yami hugged his daughter close to him.
"Let's get out of here before Bakura sees us. I think he only saw Kariko." Ryou said. Everyone quickly agreed and ran back to the hotel. Thankfully Ryuu was right and Bakura only saw Kariko. Once back at the hotel Yami placed Kariko on the couch. Yugi sat crossed-legged on the floor beside her, resting his elbows on his knees then resting his head on his hands.
"Is she going to be ok?" He asked. He was worried about his 'sister'. He didn't care that she wasn't his sister by blood but to his they were still family.
"I'm fine." A voice mumbled. Kariko groaned as she sat up. "Did anyone get the license plate number of the truck that hit me?" She asked smiling. Everyone laughed.
"I'm glad you're ok." Yugi said cheerfully as he hugged her. Kariko returned the hug.
"Why is everyone staring at me?" She asked confused. Jou sat beside her on the couch.
"Well we just wanna know how you got away from Bakura and Y.Malik." He said. Yami sat on the other side of her.
"Yes Mitsukai, can you tell us what happened." He asked.
"I…guess so." She replied hesitantly.
(I was gunna end it here but I'm sick of writing short chapters so…on we go)
Yugi didn't move from his spot on floor. Jou moved from beside Kariko to let Ryuu sit there. Malik and Ryou joined Yugi on the floor. Seto sat in one of the chairs while Jou dragged over a chair from the dining table and had the back facing the couch. He sat down with his chin resting to the back of the chair.
"Whenever your ready, Mitsukai." Ryuu said. Kariko took a deep breath.
"Ok well I was running towards the park. I could see that gate that you told me about Seto." She started. "Well I had to stop for a minute to catch my breath when I saw Y.Malik. I was about to run back towards you guys when he grabbed my wrist." She looked at her wrists. They were slightly swollen from being held so tightly. Her hands were still slightly tingly from what she did. "Anyways Y.Malik called Bakura and he grabbed my other wrist and tried to pull me along with him. I heard you guys yelling the back ground and then I remembered something that Okaa-san told me. It was right after one of your baka guards, I think he was new or stupid or something 'cause he didn't know who I was, grabbed me by the wrist and tried to drag me out of the palace. We ended running into Okaa-san. She told him who I was and he let me go after apologizing a bunch of times. Anyways Okaa-san told me that if someone every grabbed me like that again all I had to do was somehow garb or just place my hands on them and concentrate. Well I did that and I ended up leaving Bakura and Y.Malik a farewell present." She said.
"What do you mean?" Yami asked. Ryuu got up from her spot and grabbed an apple off the dinning room table.
"Catch." She said as she tossed the apple to Kariko who caught it. "Show us what you mean." Kariko looked at the apple in her hands.
"Um…ok if you say so." She replied. She held it in front of her with both hands. She concentrated like she did before and just like before a pale purple light surrounded her hands and after a few seconds she pulled her on hand away and let the apple rest in her palm. Everyone could see the perfect handprints of burnt apple. "See this is what I did to them, except I was able to grab their arm just above the wrist." She said. Suddenly she lowered her head and let the apple fall to the floor. It hit the floor and splattered into mush. "Heh I guess you guys don't want me to touch you anymore." She barely whispered. It took a few minutes for what she said to sink in.
She's worried that just because she can do that thing we won't want to hold hands, hug or do stuff like that anymore. Yugi realized. But that's wrong. I don't care. He thought. Everyone was having the same thoughts as Yugi. It didn't matter what Kariko could do they were just happy that she had a way to defend herself from harm. Jou got off his chair and kneeled in front of Kariko who had her hands balled up in front if her. He reached out and grabbed on of her hands and pulled her into a hug.
"That's where you're wrong Kariko. We're glad that you finally have a way to protect yourself from harm. We still want you around. Hey maybe Yami will teach you to do other stuff, we already know that you can summon the monsters off the cards, which is pretty cool by itself, but you need to be able to protect yourself." Jou said. At first Kariko was shocked. She had expected that they wouldn't want her around. She balled her hands up on Jou's shirt and cried, while he held her.
"I was so scared." She whispered. Jou rubbed her back.
"Shush now, it's ok we're here and we won't let anything happen to you Kariko. I promise." He said, trying to sooth the crying girl. After a bit she finally calmed down and Yami took her from Jou.
"Its ok my Mitsukai." He said as he gently rocked his daughter. Yugi smiled at the sight of a father soothing his daughter. Kariko laid her head against Yami's chest and fell asleep.
"Arigatou." She whispered right before she fell asleep.
"Yami will you teach Kariko how to do other stuff with her magic?" Yugi asked. Yami looked at the small boy and smiled.
"Probably Yugi. Tell you what I'll teach you a few things too." He said. Yugi looked at him with wide eyes.
"Really?" Yami nodded. "But I don't have any magically powers like Kariko, you and Ryuu." Ryuu laughed lightly.
"Everyone has the power inside of them it is tapping into it that is the problem, but I think that you could do. Think of it as a way to help keep Mitsukai from harm and get Bakura and Y.Malik back for what they did to her." Ryuu said. Yugi's smile got even brighter.
"That would be so cool. Then I could help Kariko kick their butts." Yugi said. Everyone laughed at the small boy's enthusiasm.
"You both will have to work hard. But I think you can do it. Now I think that I'm going to put Mitsukai to bed." Yami said got up from the couch and headed to the room where Kariko slept.
"Poor kid. She has it rough." Malik said sadly.
"I know what you mean. I wish there was something we could do for her. She can't even go to the park without the risk of running into Bakura or Y.Malik. I wonder why their so keen on kill Kariko anyways. She hasn't done anything to them." Yugi said.
"Maybe it has something to due with her pass." Ryuu said.
"What does that mean Ryuu?" Yami asked as he reentered the room and sat down on the couch.
"It means that there is more to Mitsukai then meets the eye." Ryuu replied.
"Can you tell us what you mean?" Seto asked.
"I can but some of it you not understand."
"Well if we don't understand it you can explain it to us." Jou said.
"Fair enough." Ryuu said.
"So tell us already." Ryou said eagerly.
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Me: Ok I'm gunna end it there. The story of Kariko's pass will be in the next chapter because it should be a pretty long chapter. I even know how the story is going to end already I just need to figure out how to get there.
Yami: Really?
Me: Hai.
Yami: Read and
Bakura: Review *sticks his tongue out a Bakura* Ha I beat you to it.
Yami: *Decks Bakura and they become a dust cloud*
Me: Oh boy