skye_bluu_kitsune: OI!! I am sooooooooooooooo sorry for not updating sooner!! Please please please forgive!! My computer died one me in the middle of this chapter!! Got a big ass chapter for you though!! I hope to make up to you by having quicker updates!!
bakura: This is why you don't own us...
skye: Screw you!!
bakura:*brandishing a baseball bat*What did you say??
skye: Screw*notices bat*Ummm....Please read!! *runs*
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"Damn. How heavy can a spirit be??", Amethyst thought aloud, while dragging Yami by the collar into the living room.
"Aww...Such an angel...While he's asleep.", Shiranai added in, whilst propping Bakura against a coffee table. She placed a hand lightly on his head, when she heard an 'OOMPH' come from Mokuba's general direction.
"Hey kid,", the female spirit began as she strode over to the child, who was struggling to move his older brother towards the living room where all of the others were, while Amethyst worked to prop the unconscious ones along the couch.
"Need help with him??", Shiranai asked, stretching out a hand to the fallen child.
Mokuba looked at the hand warily, before grasping it as she gently helped him to his feet. "You go back and help my hikari; I'll get him in there."
"Okay then. Be careful, he's heavy.", Mokuba called over his shoulder.
After Mokuba left, Shiranai knelt down next to the unconscious CEO and gently moved a brown bang to the side of his face. She quickly recoiled her hand, as if it had been burned, as he began to stir. He soon stopped, and she brought him to the others.
"So, hikari, what do we do??", the spirit queried.
"Ummm...I guess we wait for 'em to wake up.", Amethyst answered, not too sure herself. "'Ey Mokuba, is your brother a morning person??", Amethyst asked.
"Not really, but after a cup of coffee he's usually fi-", Mokuba was cut-off by a shriek from Amethyst, as Bakura grasped her ankle.
"Get offa' me!!", she shouted as she kicked the disgruntled yami away from her.
"Huh??", Bakura asked, still dazed after the kick to the head. "What in the name of the seven hells was that for, bitch?!"
Shiranai swiftly walked over to the growling yami, and cuffed him upside the head. "Remember me, brother dearest??", she asked.
"Sister?? It is you!!", Bakura exclaimed while jumping up and quickly pulling her in a hug, then instantaneously pushing her away. "That moment, never happened. Got that??", he growled out. Amethyst and Mokuba nodded.
No more thought was given, for the others began to stir. Some mumbling was heard, and a fair share of cursing on Seto's, Joey's, and Yami's behalf.
"Yo, who's the girl??", Joey asked, rubbing the back of his head.
"As Amethyst said, I'm her yami, Shiranai.", the newly discovered spirit answered.
"Well, that explains everything, doesn't it??", Seto barked, sarcasm dripping from his words. "What are you?? Rabbits?? You damned yamis are multiplying!!", he shouted.
"I'm sorry to sound nosy, but can you explain to us how you became trapped in the Dagger, Shiranai??", Ryou queried.
"Nah, it's fine. You see, when I got the Dagger, I was petrified nonetheless when a five-thousand-year-old spirit came out of it. I had recently turned eleven, and I was scared out of my wits. But after a while, we became more acquainted and she told me what she remembered of Egypt.", Amethyst began.
Shiranai continued with, "I was born in the time of pharaohs in Egypt. My Mother was a personal slave to the Pharaoh's queen, and my Father was another slave in the Pharaoh's palace, but of lower stature. One night, in a drunken stupor, he forced himself upon my Mother, resulting in me.
"The guards executed him for the unlawful act, and my Mother raised me. In later years, it was found out that my Father had done this before, resulting in one other child, Bakura. So, we were brother and sister, same father, different mother. Sadly, Bakura's mother died, and he was left with relatives in the common streets."
"Aww...Bakura...Why didn't you tell me??", Ryou queried, lightly patting his yami's head.
"It's the past.", Bakura barked, but leaned against Ryou, however subtle he tried to make it seem, Ryou saw through the fake act.
"Anyway, I was to be a slave, like my Mother, but the Pharaoh was kind in those days, and I was set to serve his only son, Yami.". Shiranai continued.
"You, Yami??", Yugi asked.
"Yes. It's been so long, Shiranai, I thought you had been killed all those years ago.", Yami said lightly.
"It's true, I should have died, but Fate thought differently. I grew in the palace, accompanying Yami everywhere, for I was his servant from the time when he was seven and I was six. We were on more of an equal basis, not so much as slave and master, but more as friends. Yami worked on his skills that would be needed for when the time came that he would be Pharaoh, and I practiced the arts of fighting with a dagger in order to serve as a bodyguard as well as healing, in case he ever be injured.
"Throughout the years, we each lost our parents, and Yami became pharaoh. Then Duel Monsters rose, and so did the stakes. In the end, Yami had to seal the powers in the seven Millennium Items.
"On the last night of the ceremony, I was next to Yami as he finished the sealing ceremonies. As soon as he was about to seal himself in the Puzzle, the high priest and others burst through the doors, and we ran to the horses.
"We rode a black stallion into the night as the sands whipped around us from the stir of magic. However, as the sun peaked over the sand dunes, the high priest caught up with us and surrounded us. I threw Yami off the horse, commanding him to seal the Puzzle. He reluctantly did so."
"That's when I thought you were gone.", Yami said.
"So did I, until my Dagger began glowing. I took down a few of the priest's followers, and was suddenly sucked into the Dagger. Next thing I knew, I was with Amethyst.", concluded Shiranai.
"I am so confused.", Joey said, rubbing the back of his head.
"You always are.", Seto snipped.
"Yea, you're righ-Hold on a second!!", Joey shouted, realizing the insult.
"I couldn't care. Mokuba, c'mon, I'm calling the chauffeur. The snows cleared up.", Seto spoke while standing up.
"He is just a barrel of sunshine, now isn't he??", Shiranai mused under her breath. Despite it being mumbled, it resounded throughout the silent room. Seto glared at the spirit as she rose and glared right back. Cold ice blue eyes clashed, until a loud bang caused Seto to look to the side, where a laughing Amethyst had recently dropped a book to the floor.
"You lose, Seto!!", Amethyst said, grinning widely.
"I lost what??", he barked back.
"No one beats Shiranai in staring contests.", she answered.
"Keh. Let's go Mokuba, the car's outside.", Seto said before turning on his heel and walking out, trench coat billowing behind him. Mokuba quickly followed after saying a quick 'good-bye' to the others. The house was no empty, save for the three pairs of yami/hikaris as well as Joey and Tristan.
"So, can you use the Dagger, Shiranai??", Yugi asked while stepping towards the newly found spirit.
"Of course, how else could I call myself a bodyguard if I couldn't keep off a couple of thugs??", she answered.
"I wasn't that bad.", Yami interjected, "I could keep off thugs, as well as sorcerors."
"Sure you could, just like when you talked me into sneaking you to the streets on your fourteenth birthday.", Shiranai said, walking towards the tri-colored hair Yami, towering over him by about six inches.
Yami came the closest he ever did to a blush, then quickly pushed it away. "Nothing that bad happened.", he said, fumbling over the words.
"What happened??", Bakura said, anxiously awaiting telling of a time when the seemingly invincible Yami screwed up.
"Well,", Shiranai started.
"You wouldn't dare.", Yami said, glaring at her.
"I dare.", she said while Yami spluttered for a minute. "Aw, c'mon...Let me tell it."
"Fine.", Yami grumbled.
"Well, as I said, we went out on his fourteenth birthday. Him and myself were dressed in a peasants garb, and pretty much blended in. That is until I realized Yami still wore his golden jewelry. I could've strangled him, but then a gang of thieves pulled us into an alley.
"Five men in all. But when we walked out of that alley, I don't know how many were still breathing.", Shiranai finished.
"Seems bloodlust runs in the family.", Ryou sarcastically said, earning a glare from his yami.
"Anyways, what does the Dagger do??", Joey asked.
"Oh, it can heal, mentally and physically, but not emotionally.", Amethyst said while she and Shiranai placed a dagger into it's respective sheath that was located on one of their belt loops.
"C'mon, lets get more acquainted over dinner.", Yugi said, gesturing for the others to follow him into the kitchen.
~*~
Life went on pretty normally for the next week. Yugi's Grampa took the matter of Shiranai particularly well, he was used to ancient Egyptian spirits roaming about his home.
School continued, and the date for when the papers would be finalized drew ever closer. No one thought much of it, until one day, that all changed.
It was Wednesday, and the three yamis were sitting in the living room, watching their newfound friend, television. Yami was lounged out in a recliner. Bakura, there due to the fact that Ryou didn't trust the yami alone ever since the pyro-incident-that-was-never-to-be-mentioned-again-as-well-as-the-fact-that-bakura's-hair-was-uneven-and-singed-in-some-places, was stretched across the couch. And Shiranai sat on the floor, though she soon rose.
"I'm taking a shower if anyone needs me.", she said as she rose.
"Who would??", Bakura asked. Shiranai threw a pillow at him, which he dodged, moments of a pillow fight still burned in his mind.
The three hikaris came back later, while Shiranai was still in the shower. "Amethyst, can you get the mail??", Yugi asked.
"Sure.", she called back, and was back in a minute. She laid the small pile on the coffee table, and pulled one back. "O, one for me, from the orphanage. I'll read it upstairs, need to get out of this high-collared uniform."
Within fifteen minutes, the shower stopped, and Shiranai came down, dressed, but hair still slightly damp from the shower. Fire sparked in her eyes, and a look fury was on her face as she stepped behind the two yamis who were begrudgingly washing dishes. Yugi and Ryou obediently moved out of her way as she advanced on them.
Suddenly, she rose her hands and smacked the heads of the dishwashers together and snarled out, "What did you do??"
Bakura, rubbing his head, snarled back, "What?!"
Shiranai stepped closer and grabbed them each by the collar of the shirt and growled out again, "What. Did. You. Do. My hikari, is upstairs, sitting on her bed, crying. She doesn't cry, I should know. Not once, since her Mother died has she cried. What the f*** did you do to upset her!!", she ended shouting.
"We didn't do anything.", Yami said, pushing away her grip.
"Honest, Shiranai, they did nothing.", Yugi said.
"Maybe the letter??", queried Ryou.
"Letter??"
"Yea, she took one up with her from the table, it was from the orphanage.", Yugi stated, a bit nervous as to what the letter contained.
All heads turned as Amethyst opened the kitchen door, tear-trails staining her face. "Amethyst, are you okay??", Ryou tenatively asked.
"The orphanage sent this.", she said, pointing towards the envelope in hand. "Here.", she said, handing it to Yugi's Grampa as he entered.
"What does it say??", Shiranai asked, placing a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"It says", Amethyst began, choking back sobs that felt foreign to her, "It said that the papers won't be signed. A family member has recently spoken up and claimed guardianship over me. I'm still too young to choose, so they're coming to pick me up. Friday." And with that, she broke down into tears again, falling into the open arms of her yami. Shiranai tightened her grip as sobs wracked throughout her hikari's body, while the others stood in a shocked silence.
~*~
Friday evening came, and the others were there to say 'good-bye.' It was raining outside, and the constant sound of harsh rain beating upon the roof kept a steady beat.
"Hey, you'll still be in the same, and you can still come over anytime you want, right Grampa??", Yugi said, smiling as he hugged Amethyst farewell.
"Sure. We'll miss you, so you better come over, lest those two get bored.", Gramps answered, gesturing to Yami and Bakura, who just huffed.
"But Shiranai, you sure you don't want to stay here during the day?? The Dagger may get boring.", Yami offered.
"Nah, maybe in a week or two, I just wanna check out her new home. I doubt we'll be explaining me to her relatives.", Shiranai answered. "It's been great meeting you, but I'll see you soon.", Shiranai called back as she slowly began to disappear and went into the Dagger, which glowed, then dimmed as Amethyst placed it in it's sheath.
"We'll miss you.", Ryou said as he hugged Amethyst.
"I'll miss ya' too.", Joey said, grabbing her in a bone-crushing hug.
"Bye, Amethyst. Keep in touch, 'specially if you'd like a babysitting job.", Mokuba said as he lightly hugged the girl.
"Amethyst.", Kaiba stated, staring down at the girl.
"Kaiba.", Amethyst said, while holding out a hand. Kaiba grasped it and shook with her.
"It's not going to be the same without Shiranai or you here for a while. Who will help me bother him??", Yami asked, pointing towards the paler yami.
"Humph. I'll miss you, sure, but you better come back and give me more stories about the pharaoh in his 'younger days.'", Bakura said as he nodded towards Amethyst as a gesture of adieu.
"It seems he's here.", Grampa called from the doorway.
A black limo had pulled up in front of the house, and a man stepped out of it and walked towards the door, veiled by the rain.
"Kaiba, they must be as rich as you.", Ryou said.
"Maybe we'll all visit you in your mansion, Amethyst.", Joey said.
Amethyst grabbed her two suitcases and headed towards the door. "I'll miss you all, but...", she stopped speaking, for a lump formed in her throat. She quickly pushed it down. "But, thank you for accepting me. Even you, Kaiba."
The door swung open and, Amethyst took a step back as the man stepped through the door, as did the others.
"Hello, dearest niece. Isn't it grand that I've found you??", the man said.
"Pegasus.", Yami snarled.
"Hello, Yugi-boy, Kaiba, and oh, all of your other little friends. Come Amethyst, let's go. Thank you Mr. Motou, but we'll be on our way.", Pegasus said as he turned to walk out the door, but Amethyst stayed still, unable to move.
Pegasus swiftly turned around and said, "No need for extra luggage.", and a bright flash of light filled the room, and a thump was heard upstairs. He then roughly grabbed Amethsyt's wrist and wrenched her out the door.
"No!!", she shouted working to free herself, but he continued to lead her down. Yami made a move to go after her, but Ryou placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry, but nothing can be done.", he solemnly said.
Grampa moved to close the door as the limo began to rev up, Amethyst struggling to open the window. But when the door was about to move into place, Shiranai came bolting down the stairs. "Where is she?!", she frantically asked.
"Why are you here??", Yugi asked.
"The Eye.", she said, "The Eye forced me out of the Dagger and upstairs." That was when she saw the limo slowly moving away and Amethyst sticking her head out the window. Shiranai flung the door open and went running towards the vehicle, throwing off any restraining hands.
"SHIRANAI!!", Amethsyt screamed from the window of the now moving limo.
"AMETHYST!!", Shiranai yelled. "COME BACK HERE, PEGASUS!!"
A gloved hand reached and yanked Amethyst back into the car, and the windows rolled up as the limo sped off.
Shiranai ran for a few blocks, but the limo was too fast, and she stood in the middle of the road, motionless. That's where the others found her as she looked up at the sky, as its cold raindrops mixed with her warm tears. They supported as they led her home, as she silently cried.
But, as the reached the front of the gameshop, about to step in, she ran towards the street again. Kaiba, who had lagged behind, grabbed her by the shoulder, and she glared back at him. She fell to the ground and cried out, "YOU BASTARD!! BRING HER BACK, YOU COWARD, PEGASUS!! BRING HER BACK!!"
Then the spirit slumped over in defeat and allowed herself to be carried back inside and laid to sleep on Amethyst's bed.
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skye: OoOoOoOoOo...What'll happen?? Once again, sorry for the delay, but hopefully this l~ong chappie helped make up for it!! Reviews appreciated!! Next chappie, Malik makes an appearance!!