Ch.7 Shopping Fun!

"You little brat!" Yami Mai screamed, wagging a finger at Yami Bakura who still swung on his rope making a face at her.

"You can't catch me! Na nah na-"

"NOT IF I DO THIS!" she let out a beam of magical energy at her fingertips that cut the rope in half. Yami Bakura fell to the floor with a loud crash, followed by him rubbing his butt.

"Hmph, you deserved that." Yami Bakura growled at her.

"Oh yeah?"

"Alright fine. Be that way! I think it's time I finished you off kid!"

"Kid?" Téa whispered.

"Well she is from my time considering the fact she was the spirit that resided within the Millennium trinket." Yami stated.

"M-Mai…I was going to give you that trinket as a present b-but…" Joey started.

"SILENCE!" Joey fell silent. Yami Mai looked back at Yami Bakura.

"Now." Yami Bakura got up.

"I accept. Let's duel." Except…Yami Mai's eyes widened.

"Duel?"

"Yeah woman, let's duel!" Yami Bakura shouted.

"But…" she shrugged shyly, "I don't know how to duel!" Yami Bakura's jaws fell as well as his arms. His eyes widened and his tongue hung down from his mouth. Yami stood there with his eyes wide and sweatdrops all over his head. Téa stood frozen like a statue as Joey struggled to keep him self balanced from the shock.

Tristan who was still on the couch sat soundlessly with no emotion on his face as his empty eyes stared at Yami Mai.

"What?"

"You don't know how to duel??!!" they yelled.

"Yeah. So what? I was retired from playing games you know! I do remember it being a popular game of some kind I guess but who cares…"

"H-Hey…" Tristan started, "I thought all the spirits that were locked inside the Millennium Items knew how to duel!"

"Sorry but I'm not a duelist. You've got the wrong spirit. Speaking of spirit and Millennium Items…I was trapped in there since like…forever!" she pointed at the trinket. "Thank Ra I'm free at last. Now time for some nice shopping." She walked past the window and almost collapsed at the view.

"By Ra! What is all this????"

"Um…Yami…Mai?" she wheeled around and stared at Yami who backed off a bit.

"Yes?"

"Err…5000 years have passed since ancient Egypt."

"Oh is that it? She turned back around to face the window-

"WHAT?" her eyes widened, "5000 YEARS? WHAT DO YOU MEAN ANCIENT EGYPT? AM I OVER 5000 YEARS OLD? DO I LOOK OLD? DOES FASHION DESIGN STILL EXIST? ARE ALL THE SHOPS STILL THERE?? IS…"

"Shut up!!!!!!!" Uni was beside the door with hands covering her ears, "someone's trying to take a nap here miss!!" Yami Mai turned towards her.

"Who are you calling miss? I'm married little girl! Actually wait…am I?" she tried to remember.

"Don't you remember your past?" Yami questioned her. She shook her head.

"Don't think so. I've been dreaming about what to buy next the five whole millennia in that little trinket on my next shopping spree over the country. By the way…are these what you call clothes right now?" she lifted Mai's vest. The gang nodded.

"Then I'm gonna have a hard time getting used to this place…" Yami Mai scanned the room, "let's see…you look familiar," she pointed to Yami, "I say…you can take me on a tour around this 'new world'"

"It's not that easy," he explained, "and I'm the spirit of a pharaoh that was released from the Millennium puzzle not too long ago. I'm like you right now is what I'm trying to say."

"Alright then. Since you people might know why I'm here, I'll stick with you guys," she suddenly made a small gasp, "oh dear! My manners have really gone terrible!"

"It does work quite well for this time," Téa piped up.

"……..Since there's nothing much to do, I'm going out to go shopping. Hey you! What's your name?" she wagged a finger at Yami.

"Yami."

"Ok, Yami. You're going to accompany and teach me about the money system that works in this time. So I can buy something without making a fool of myself. Now come on!"

"But…I don't…" she grabbed Yami's shirt and dragged him out the door. Téa followed.

"Who was that?" Uni asked.

"Yami Mai."

"Yami who?"

"Yami Mai."

"You must be kidding," she yawned.

"It is true, that woman is Yami Mai. The one who possesses the Millennium trinket. Something that will soon be mine!! MWAAHAHA!"

"Do you mind keeping your little grand-wannabe powerful-in-the-future-evil speech to yourself thank you very much? It's getting old." Bakura growled. Serenity and Joey looked at each other and shrugged.

"At least he got over his shock."

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"Oh! Look at those cute little scarabs!"

"They're not scarabs. They're candy!"

"Then why do they look like scarabs? I never knew someone skilled enough to carve a scarab out of a mushy green/red candy. And how did they mix the two colors like that? How'd they make it so nice? And yum! *munch* *munch* Ra in heaven! These things taste more delicious than anything I've ever eaten! And did I mention I love sweet things?? Oh wow! And would you look at those pretty rings! Huh? How come this ring feels weird? Kind of shiny but…doesn't feel like gold. Huh? Cool! What are those torch-like things? Is it an invisible pyramid? The road to leading spirits of the great pharaohs to the Gods? Is it? Is it?" Téa and Yami had to run to keep up with the hyper Yami Mai. Also to pay for things she broke or grabbed.

"This ancient spirit has got a lot to learn about modern culture," sighed Téa, "and what makes it worse is her not knowing anything about her past. I thought she'd be another one of those "mysterious" people from your past as a pharaoh then come back to tell you past stuff in the oddest ways. But her…she's ridiculous! Hey…Yami, try talking to her."

"And how are we going to make her listen to us?"  Yami panted.

"Try…try talking to her…"

"A…Alright. H…Hey…Yami Mai, slow down…" she stopped and whirled herself around to face Yami,

"Ugh! Can't you stop calling me that?" she put her hands on her hips. At that moment, Yami had a sudden recall of a memory from his past of a shadow in the same pose Yami Mai was in, it was familiar, but somehow he found it a little annoying…

"Alright I know!" he cried loudly. The whole street stared, "Err…I mean stop running!" Téa ran up and pushed the two away from the street to avoid the attention upon them.

"Now that was familiar."

"What?" Yami Mai was staring at him. (Mai: Oh for Ra's sake call me something else! I hate this 'Yami Mai' thing! A/N: Understood.)

"Never mind…so then…do you mind calling me a better name?"

"How bout Mai?"

"Nah. Don't like it."

"Um…Anne?"

"No way, girl."

"Chris?"

"Doesn't suit me."

"Tia?"

"No thanks."

"Then what do you want??"

"Um…something with style…cool…easy-to-say…hmm…now what would that be?" Something jolted Yami at the back of his mind and it came out through his mouth.

"Mina," he said.

"Mina huh? I guess that's acceptable. Ok. You can call me that," she walked off. (Mai: THANK YOU!)

"How did you do that? That…name?" Téa asked.

"Dunno…weird…jolt?" he followed Mina.

"Weird what? But it wasn't stylish…was it?"

Mina looked around the street filled with busy people. OK. If I'm to get used to this strange place, then I've got a lot of catching up to do. For example: she stared down at Mai's outfit. Fashion. She looked at a restaurant. Food. She spotted a tall building. Temples? Later on after they shopped for a few more hours, Mina was still running around, not tired at all. Yami and Téa on the other hand were almost suffocating from their own panting. Mina did stop breaking and grabbing stuff though. She was beginning to get fond of Yami when he saw her carrying her bags and chasing her around making a fool of himself. Meanwhile, Téa was doing some observation as she carried Mina's bags.

"Mina, wait up!" Yami called.

"Then you should hurry up Yami! I have a lot to catch up with pharaoh!"

"Is she bossy or what?" Téa whispered. Yami just sighed.

"Hey," Téa started again, "what do you think of Mina so far? Sarcastic? Cool?"

"Actually," Yami replied, "I find her annoying."

"Hey maybe she's your wife in the past."

"Then no wonder I chose to sacrifice my own soul for sealing away the shadow games. Couldn't stand living the rest of my life with her…"

"That's not very nice. But at least it's the truth about what you think?"

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Yami! Look at yourself! Go wash up right now!

Alright, Alright!

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"Arghh…how much longer is this going to take?" whined Téa.

"I always thought you loved shopping?"

"I do, but not like this!" she retorted.

"Wait…I have a plan," he started chanting quietly.

"Oh…" Téa understood immediately.

"Come on you two! Pick up the pace!" cried Mina who was a block ahead of Yami and Téa. They were both collapsed on the floor exhausted from all the running. Mina softened up a bit. "Ok, I'll let you two rest," but then she noticed something, Yami was starting to fade! She almost screamed as she rushed to Yami's side. "Oh no…are you okay??? Answer me!!" she cried desperately in Yami's face. Yami held up his head tiredly, "I've been using too much energy today…and I've been separated from Yugi for too long…get me back to the hotel and find Yugi…please…" his eyes rolled into his head.

"What are we waiting for Téa??" Mina screamed yanking on Téa's arm, "let's get going!!"

"Gee…when did you start caring about Yami that much?"

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Yami are you alright?? Answer me!

Yes…I am… I'll be fine…

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"Coming through!"

"Out of the way please!"

"Emergency!"

"Whoa, what's the big rush guys? Huh? What happened to Yami???"

"Tristan! Where's Yugi??" Téa asked.

"Inside! Come on!" he opened the door and let them in. Yugi was sitting on the sofa, watching TV peacefully until they busted into the room and almost knocked him to the floor. Yugi shook his head and asked what was wrong with them angrily.

"I was watching a very important TV show!"

"Yami's lost too much energy! He needs to get into the Millennium puzzle and fast!"

~~~~~ 3 min later ~~~~~~

"How's Yami?"

"He's resting now. No worries guys. He'll be fine," Yugi assured the group. He sat down beside Téa, "looks like the plan worked, Yami told me all about it," he winked. Téa nodded gratefully.

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