New thing, Misori Chan has decided to use Japanese words! Yay for her! Blah...
Most people wanted me to keep Yuugi speaking in third person. Hmm I guess I shall leave the poll still open for this chapter as well. It's still undecided.
Warning : Um... this chapter includes Anzu and it might seem like it's bashing but it's not, okay? '
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Yo! Tis me! Replying to you wonderful reviewers! Yep! And here's a cookie for everyone and a copy of Yami's first drawing! YEA!
Pharaoh Atemu's Angel : Okay! So you like him speaking in third person... hmmm.... I don't think it's Namu... I think it's Nanashi... ' Just quite unsure... oh wells.
animestargirl : ' Well I'm sorry! I can't help it! Yuugi's too cute to not be cute! He must be cute! Oh I love your freaky outburst! People like you have a fantastic personality! Keep it up!
verdragon : He has to be nice! Why would anyone think he's not nice? O.o;
SilverWing147 : Bah, I'm a bit disappointed with my 12th chapter but oh wells! And it'll explain the memory thingie in this chapter! ' I know I'm getting lazy with describing. Pfft. I need a rest. X.x
lookingatglass : Yesh! Third person rocks! And um.... glad you really really love my story because I really really love you as a reviewer! '
kjcl rules : We? ' Okieeeeeeeeeeee I'm glad you think it's good! XD Ah... I like hearing from new reviewers! Thanks!
Egypts : My talent!? What talent? I have no talent! ' But thanks! /blushes/ You're so niceeeeeeeee /huggles/ '
Anime Crazed : Ah! Someone who had a different opinion! Most people want it to be third person but I'm glad you think differently. Personally I want it to be third person myself but eh... '
Lily Maxwell The Dark Angel : I'll try not to die but with all the compliments I keep getting from you... /shakes head/ it'll be hard! ' Anyways... you'll find out in this chapter 'cause I don't wanna ruin it for you. XP And glad you think I should make Yuugi only speak in third person to Yami... it would make it special. Heh. '
Sansi : You're back! /hugs/ I missed you and was worried about you! /sniffles/
Kayla Tsukino : It does!? No wonder I have such a hard time writing it with all those twist and turns. Thank goodness I'm not getting confused and tangled in my own web of stuff.
Thyrin : It's really good? THANK YOU! Of course, they're too cute not to be pairing. '
SoulDreamer : /blushes/ ' Thanks for the 'great job' comment and I didn't think it was such a great job. XP
YugiYamiforever : Of course I'll continue with it! How can I not?! ' Anyways, thanks for your wonderfully encouraging review. Ah, so you like him speaking in third person eh? '
Wandering Indigo Fire : I know! Isn't it just sooooo kawaii? /dreamy look/
tears-in-the-dark : OH ME GOSH! You're back! /pulls you into a death hug/ I MISSED YOUUUUUU! Well I hope your computer's all better. Oh, but too bad I already finished the whole story and don't plan to change it. I'm still editing so maybe... but that would change the whole thing. Heh.
Wow, you're quite the sadist! Me likes! /hugs/ And I understand your confusion. X.x I was confused myself and I wrote it! But I love your reviews! And yes, I noticed I've been drifting away from descriptions... mooo...
I've never been a descriptive person so yea.... ' I love your big, long, huge, gigantic reviews! They're really really helpful! '
Mafdet-TK : And another person wants me to keep the third person thing! YAY! I like it too. Glad you think it's cute! Exactly what I was aiming for. With angst of course. Ehehehe...
Panseru : GAH! I recognize your name from somewhere! Maybe I've read one of your fics. Must check out your profile! ' Oh yes... of course. Third person ish always cute! /hands you a chocolate cheesecake with ice cream/ ENJOY!
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Chapter Nine
A moment ago he was with Yami but right then, he was all alone. It felt so calm, so soft, so comforting. Where exactly was he? Glancing around this way and that, he searched for something. What exactly was he searching for, he wasn't quite sure himself. Finally, he looked down, gasping at what he saw. Below him were the chibi versions of himself and Yami, as one year olds.
The cbibi Yuugi stopped their activities, looking over to his friend. For a while, they had played together, being unable to communicate but now Yuugi was a year old, and he did know how to say some things. For example, introducing himself. Silently crawling over to his other, Yuugi tapped him gently on the shoulder, earning him the attention he wanted.
"Me ish Uugi... an' oo?" The other gave an adorable, confused sigh, trying to understand what his friend had meant by what he just said. After a moment's thought, he gave up, until Yuugi started to do strange hand movements. He was pointing to himself saying 'Uugi' over and over. Once again, Yami had to think it over. His friend really was quite the confusing little one year old. Time passed by some more and finally he understood.
"Nanashi," he pointed to himself.
"Nanashi?" his friend repeated.
"Nanashi. No name..." Yuugi nodded, understanding. He thought it over for a while, all the while staring at the one before him. Nanashi. Yuugi made some baby noises, earning his friend's attention again.
"'Ami," he stated. The newly dubbed 'Ami' smiled, finally having a name. It'd be a while before he'd actually tell anyone his name.
Above the two chibis, Yuugi raised an eyebrow. They had been friends that long? Before another second could pass, Yuugi felt himself pulled away from the scene, arriving at another. Below him were, yet again, chibi versions of him and Yami, this time as four year olds.
"Yami? What you doing?" asked the younger, gazing down at the paper laid out between them.
"Drawing," replied the elder, returning his attention back to the piece of paper. Yuugi became quiet, captured by his friend's drawing.
Above the two, the elder Yuugi felt tears rising. He remembered that picture. He remembered Yami. He remembered the orphanage. How could he have ever forgotten? Sniffing for the last time, he turned around to go back. He'd seen enough to remember things. About to leave, Yuugi didn't notice the scene below him change to another one.
"Yuugi! Yuugi! Don't leave!" yelled the eight year old Yami.
"Yami! Yuugi doesn't want to leave! Yami!"
Blinking away tears as he recognized the scene, Yuugi sped off toward the light. He didn't want to see more things. After all, he had remembered everything. It was more easy when the memory was inside his head than him seeing it in third person. Bitterly, he entered the light, never looking back. He didn't notice a small, red light glowing in the far distance as he left.
"Yami..."
Yuugi frowned. Yami wasn't waking up. He wanted to surprise Yami with the news, but he just wasn't waking up. Once again, he nudged the elder, pleading him awake. Still it wasn't working and he sighed, defeated. The elder blinked one eye open, tackling Yuugi to the ground.
"Yami!"
Baring his fangs, the elder grinned down at his prey triumphantly. Grumpily, Yuugi pushed him off him, trying to calm down from the surprise attack. It was he, who was supposed to surprise Yami, not the other way around. But that didn't matter as he started to tell Yami what he remembered in his broken speech.
"And then Yuugi saw you... and you were... and then Yuugi was... it was... so..."
"Whoa, calm down," the elder placed a hand gently on his Yuugi.
Yuugi calmed down, took a deep breathe, then began his story over with new confidence. Once he finished, Yami had a goofy grin on his face. Not knowing what to do, Yuugi pinched him. This earned an 'itai' from the spaced out elder. At that moment, Sugoroku chose to enter the room, hoping that it was a safe time to go in.
"You two, I'm going out to buy grocery. I want you two to tend to the shop while I'm gone," he glared down strictly at the two, mostly at Yami.
"Um... yes old man!" Yami saluted to the 'old man', who raised an eyebrow.
"You're lucky you're Yuugi's friend... or shall I presume something more? But still, you're lucky you're his friend," he warned, exiting the room briefly. Yami sighed in relief. The old man was scary when he wanted to be.
"Old man?" he turned around to face Yuugi, nodding.
"Well... he is an old man. I'm just being honest." Yuugi raised an eyebrow.
"Right... let's go. We've got a lot of work!"
"Great," the sad teen sighed.
"What?" came Yuugi's voice from down the stairs.
"U-um.. nothing. Coming, little one!" With that, he raced down the stairs, landing none too gracefully on the ground. So started their day of work.
Yami rubbed his hands on his apron, glad that he had finished cleaning the tall shelves in the store. Grinning, his eyes wandered over to his house mate, currently organizing the new products that had come in, and whistling some tune foreign to his ears. He hadn't known that Yuugi would work as well, but was glad otherwise for the company. His daydreaming was interrupted, once again, by the store's bell. Another customer. Dejectedly, he went to his place behind the counter, putting on his most fake smile, ready to greet whoever the hell it was.
Careful not to overdo it, Yami lessened his smile when met with a brunette girl. After a while, he cleared his throat, signaling that the girl should ask, or look around the store instead of standing there gawking at him. Exactly why in the world was she looking at him like that anyway? His smile wasn't that fake, was it? Yami sighed, frustrated, and rolled his eyes. What was wrong with the girl? Didn't she know how to speak or begin a proper customer and salesperson conversation? Really...
"How may I help you today, ma'am?" he said, nonchalantly.
She flinched, jumping a bit, not expecting him to speak first. "Oh.. um... well. I was hoping that you had the latest Duel Monsters cards..."
"Of course." He pulled out the latest packs that had come in, and showed it to her. She looked over it for a while, not really paying attention to the cards, but more on the person in front of her. This made the young man furrow one of his eyebrows. He felt as if he had met the girl somewhere before...
Anzu! It just had to be Anzu. The girl in front of him was most definitely Anzu. She had the same cerulean eyes and the same brown hair, the style still hadn't changed over the years. So this girl standing in front of him was Anzu, the girl he had rejected her offer of friendship years before. Growling, he yelled at her to hurry up. Somehow, her being there ruined the atmosphere that was before, when it was just him and Yuugi. Same went for every other customer that had passed by. Stupid customers.
"I'm s-sorry... um... this one," she pointed to the one nearest her hand, one that she hadn't even looked at. Of course Yami didn't care, he just wanted her gone.
"Here," he handed the pack to her, held inside a nice bag. Tapping his foot, he waited for her to leave and take her little cards with her, but of course, his luck wasn't that good. It never was.
"Um, have we met before?" Yami glared. She just had to ask that. She backed away a slight bit, not expecting the glare that had came.
"No."
"But... I... swear you look just like... Yami..." Anzu trailed off, not wanting to anger the young man more than she already did. Sighing, she gave up and turned around, bumping into someone.
"Ow...." Yuugi tried to ignore the pain he received when he had landed on his bottom. He looked up to see who had unintentionally walked into him. Sure he was short, but he wasn't that short. He was greeted by a pair of bright, bewildered cerulean eyes.
"You... but you..." Anzu tried her best to utter out something, but couldn't. Yuugi raised and eyebrow quizzically. What was wrong with her?
Yami snapped out of his daze, glancing between the two, finally processing inside his mind that Anzu had knocked Yuugi over. He quickly rushed to help his poor look alike up. Anzu's eyes widened more than it already had, seeing not one but two Yamis standing in front of her. She was really going insane, hallucinating in the middle of daylight.
"Yuugi, are you okay?" the elder asked, helping his friend up. Yuugi checked himself mentally and physically.
"Um... Yuugi thinks he is..."
"Yuugi?" The two look alike turned to acknowledge the other person in the store, one smiling, the other trying his best not to glower. Being friendly, Yuugi outstretched a hand, ready to shake hands with the strange brunette.
"I'm Yuugi," he smiled, ever pleasantly, "Pleased to meet you. And you are...?"
Anzu's head was swimming due to the fact Yuugi had switched to talking normally, when a moment ago he had spoken in third person. He blushed, and excused himself, explaining to her shortly about the way he spoke, apologizing for the confusion.
"Oh... um... okay...I'm Anzu..." Yuugi brightened, turned to point at his friend, and introduced him as well.
"This is Yami! He's my um... " The small teen didn't know what Yami was to him. Luckily, his friend was there, ready to fill the gap.
"Boyfriend." Anzu inwardly quivered. Boyfriend? That meant Yami was gay. Yami? Was this the same Yami she had met a while back? Anzu was sure it was. It's not everyday that you'd meet a person with crimson eyes. Not everyday indeed.
"We've met," she brushed passed the two, wanting to leave as quickly as possible, "I feel as if I'm not wanted here. I'll leave you two alone. Goodbye."
Yuugi turned to Yami, wanting an answer. "What's wrong with her?"
Yami titled his head. What was wrong with her? He shrugged it off, and pulled Yuugi aside, finally getting the small boy alone with him. Huskily, he kissed Yuugi on the lips, leaving the young one breathless. Yuugi turned his head to meet Yami's eyes.
"What you said before... did you mean it?" he asked, looking anywhere else but Yami. The quick change had caught the elder unexpectedly, but still, he smiled.
"Boyfriend? Of course," Yuugi immediately smiled, giving Yami a quick hug before bounding back to his work, leaving the elder left standing rooted to his spot in amazement.
During the mid-afternoon, Yuugi told his grandpa the great news, how he remembered everything. Sugoroku was overjoyed, but couldn't help wondering why Yuugi was so happy. If his grandson had remembered everything then that car accident... or maybe. He pushed it away, happy that the young one remembered. As long as his grandson was happy, he was happy.
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A/N : Noticed the chapters are getting longer? XD Well then, review and criticize and I shall continue! With a possible longer chapter of course... /grin grin/
/GRIN/ Ehem... bye!