a/n: Everyone seems to think Kai is someone from Yami's past or she has something to do with his past. Nope! *grins evilly* You have no idea what you're in for! Mwahahahaha! Ahem... On with the show so you can find out. Oh, if you have any other guesses, feel free to tell me! I love to see what you can come up with. And Silvia Viridian, you're correct; Kai's necklace isn't a Millennium Item. I'm kind of bored with all of the "adding a Millennium Item that no one knows of." This is something different. ^_^ This was my first plot line, my most confusing and my best I think. ^_^
Samantha: No, Kai and Yami aren't in a relationship now. Yami kissed her out of... ahem... he'd like her to /believe/ he kissed her out of necessity. ^_^
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"I saw something. A vision... when you... uh..." Kai felt her face flush and was glad she was still in Yami's arms so he couldn't see.
A pink tinge worked it's way into Yami's cheeks as well, though he ignored it. "What was it?" he asked.
"It was when Gran gave me my necklace. I had forgotten what she said when she did... I probably dismissed it as her senility," she said, pulling away from him and looking at him.
"What was it?" Yami asked. He realized his hands still rested on her shoulders and he quickly lowered them to his sides. He ignored the longing in his heart, instead keeping his blank expression on his face.
"It was a lot like the riddles I've been getting in my dreams, come to think of it. She told me to wear it for a year. And that it will activate when I meet the second face of the two faced man. I think now I understand what it means," she said, looking at him.
"Yes. Me," Yami replied. "It did start because we got here. Whatever this is, your grandmother gave it to you deliberately. She knew you would meet me. Didn't she leave a year ago?"
Kai nodded. "I can't believe she'd hurt me like this. What did I do?"
"Maybe you're carrying out a family business."
"You mean, she could do this too? She never showed any sign of it," Kai said.
"Maybe she did. Did you say she earned her living as a fortune teller?" Yami asked.
Kai's eyes widened. "Yeah... she did... Are you saying she really /did/ see the future?"
"You can, can't you? What's to say she couldn't? I think hers is the voice you've been hearing. Is there anything you haven't told me? More of where I come into all of this?" Yami asked.
Kai shook her head. "Uh uh. I told you everything. What do you think she wants me to do? When will all of this stop?"
"I don't know. I don't know how long it will take before your transformation is complete. I would like to know how your grandmother knew about me," Yami said.
"Maybe the gang will know more?" Kai asked.
"It's worth asking them."
She nodded and left the room. Before Yami followed her, he reached into his back pocket, feeling a piece of paper. He pulled it out and unfolded it, staring down at the drawing he had taken from Kai's collection. He got lost in the way Kai was looking at him for a moment, before he tore his eyes away. He straighten the paper, trying to get out the creases. When he heard Kai talking to the gang, he left the room, entering Kai's. He looked at it one last time, remembering the way they had danced, before he slid it under her bed.
He stood back up, looking down at the floor. He felt as though someone were ripping at his heart. Why did things always have to be so complicated?
He took a deep breath and left the room, heading for the living room.
"So I was right," Bakura was saying, his expression bleak.
"Yes. But it wasn't because of you. Whatever this is has to do with me. Another 'why' we have yet to answer," Yami said, sitting down next to Tea.
"Sure, Gran was a fortune teller, but I didn't think she could /actually/ see the future. And could she really do everything I can? If she could, it would have made her chores a hell of a lot easier to do," Kai said, earning a few chuckles.
"A family business... that is an answer I suppose. But still... what does Yami have to do with anything? And how did she know about him?" Tristan asked.
"Wait a minute..." Tea said, looking up at Kai.
"What?" Kai asked.
"That voice in your dream didn't want you to go out with Carlos... It said your destiny wasn't in Italy... did it say anything about Yami? Besides remembering his name?"
"Uhhhh... she said my destiny lies in Egypt, not in Italy. Yeah, that was it." Realizing what she had said, her eyes widened. She snapped her head to Yami, who was looking at her, a stunned expression on his face as well. "Hold on... what, does she want me to date /you/?" As things clicked, her eyes grew wider still. "Carlos! His family's Roman! Egypt verses Rome! Oh my /God/!" she cried, standing.
"Yes. According to our races, we are enemies," Yami said.
Kai ran her hands through her hair, her mouth open in shock. "Okay... so... now what? What does that say? Does that help us in any way?" she asked.
"Didn't the voice say the future needs you?" Joey asked.
"Maybe you have to help Yami and Yugi," Tea suggested.
"Wait... no way. You go save the world on your own; leave me out of it," Kai said, standing.
"Maybe you don't have a choice," Tristan said.
"Hey! My life! My choice! This is too much information. My brain's going into overload. I'll be back in a little while, I need to think about this stuff," Kai said, touching her forehead with her fingers. She turned and left through the front door.
Kai pulled the door closed behind her and headed into the woods. She reached the clearing a few minutes later. Sighing, she climbed up onto the log and scooted out into the middle of it.
- So Carlos and Yami are enemies because of their heritage. Is that supposed to come in somewhere? My destiny is in Egypt, not Italy... What do I have to /marry/ Yami or something? Is Gran haunting my dreams? What's /going/ on? And I can't very well marry Yami, he's a ghost. Oh God... I'm going insane.
- Yami... I'm so confused... do I still like him? I can't... he's a ghost. He uses Yugi's body, that's the only way I can even see him. That's the only way he can even exist. I am going insane. I can't fall for him; he's dead really. I could always defy that voice and go out with Carlos. I don't suppose I'd mind that. He kisses well at least. -
~ "You know what you want." ~
Kai ignored the hiss that flew through her mind and glared out at the horizon. - Don't pay it any mind. It's trying to confuse you. -
"Kai?"
She turned, rather surprised. "Um... Yami, right?" she said, feeling her face flush slightly.
Yami chuckled. "Yes." He climbed up on the log and slid over next to her. "What's on your mind?" he asked as she looked back over the water.
"Everything," she said with a sigh.
"Have you any ideas?" he asked.
She shook her head. "Nah... But I'm beginning to wonder if Gran is the one who's been talking to me in my dreams."
"Do you recognize the voice?" Yami asked.
"Sometimes. Sometimes I don't. This is all way too confusing for me. My mind is too small to comprehend all of this."
"We will understand it eventually. We have already taken a big step to deciphering the riddles."
"Yeah..." Kai said, staring out at the horizon. The sun was glowing a crimson color, casting a red hue over the clouds and sky. "Oh... I told you this place was nice during a sunset. Well, now you can see it," she said, smiling at him. She immediately kicked herself for that. - Kai... - she warned herself.
Yami smiled back at her, then turned towards the water. Things were so complicated now. Why couldn't she have continued to hate him? Things would have been much simpler. It seemed Destiny was having way too much fun with this. Why did he have to feel like this? Why did he have to have feelings for her? Feelings that could never be acted upon.
"I'm scared, Yami," Kai said, looking down at her hands. "I'm scared of what's happening to me. I'm scared to know Gran did this to me. I don't want to know. I don't want any of this."
Yami looked at her before pulling her against him in a tight hug. "I know, Kai."
She put her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder. "I don't understand. I don't understand any of this. I don't know if I want to," she whispered, closing her eyes.
"I want to understand. I want to know how your grandmother knew about me. And why she's doing this to you," Yami said, gently running his hand through her hair.
"You think it's really her then? You think it's her that's done this to me?" Kai asked, her heart crying at the suggestion.
"Yes, I do," Yami replied. He started to release her, knowing it wasn't doing him any good.
"No... please don't let go..." Kai whispered, tightening her arms around him slightly. "When you hold me I don't feel so alone..."
Yami put his arms around her again, feeling his heart pound slightly. "You're not alone, Kai. You have your friends. You have me."
Kai smiled softly. "I haven't really met Yugi. What's he like?"
Yami felt his counterpart perk up slightly to hear what his friend had to say about him. Yami had to chuckle at that before he spoke. "Yugi is kind and he has a good heart. He cares very much about his friends and family and would go to great lengths to help them."
"He sounds really nice," Kai said.
"He is," Yami replied, feeling Yugi beam.
"It must feel weird, having him in your mind and stuff," Kai said.
"You get used to it after a while," Yami said with a chuckle.
They stayed in each other's arms until the sun completely set, with only the moon to shed light. Yami tried to ignore his heart that was splitting in two as he held Kai. He wanted so badly to kiss her again, but knew if he did it would only cause more problems.
After a few minutes, she lifted her head to look at him and their gaze met. In the pale moonlight she was so radiant... so beautiful. Her eyes shone like gems as the dim light hit them. Yami couldn't find the strength to break eye contact and he felt so torn. He was frozen between his desire and longing and his common sense. Slowly, he felt himself lean into her.
He wanted his lips on hers so badly, but he couldn't... He managed to stop himself when their lips were no more than an inch apart. He let go of her, scared of what he might do to himself.
Kai sat up, her own heart hurting. She knew what she felt, yet she also knew why he wasn't allowing himself to feel the same.
"We should head back," Yami said, moving across the log to slide off.
Kai nodded, following suit. When he held out his hand to help her down, she took it, smiling at him. He was so handsome in the moonlight, but he had hardened his eyes so she couldn't read his emotions.
Yami was able to break eye contact this time and he started back through the woods, ignoring the ache in his chest. Kai followed, doing her best to ignore her own heart.
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a/n: Okay, er... I'm not sure what I'm gonna' do for the next chapter, but it'll be posted soon anyway. There will be something of importance soon, though, so stay tuned! ^_^ Oh, and feel free to continue to guess if you think of something else it might be. XD
Samantha: No, Kai and Yami aren't in a relationship now. Yami kissed her out of... ahem... he'd like her to /believe/ he kissed her out of necessity. ^_^
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"I saw something. A vision... when you... uh..." Kai felt her face flush and was glad she was still in Yami's arms so he couldn't see.
A pink tinge worked it's way into Yami's cheeks as well, though he ignored it. "What was it?" he asked.
"It was when Gran gave me my necklace. I had forgotten what she said when she did... I probably dismissed it as her senility," she said, pulling away from him and looking at him.
"What was it?" Yami asked. He realized his hands still rested on her shoulders and he quickly lowered them to his sides. He ignored the longing in his heart, instead keeping his blank expression on his face.
"It was a lot like the riddles I've been getting in my dreams, come to think of it. She told me to wear it for a year. And that it will activate when I meet the second face of the two faced man. I think now I understand what it means," she said, looking at him.
"Yes. Me," Yami replied. "It did start because we got here. Whatever this is, your grandmother gave it to you deliberately. She knew you would meet me. Didn't she leave a year ago?"
Kai nodded. "I can't believe she'd hurt me like this. What did I do?"
"Maybe you're carrying out a family business."
"You mean, she could do this too? She never showed any sign of it," Kai said.
"Maybe she did. Did you say she earned her living as a fortune teller?" Yami asked.
Kai's eyes widened. "Yeah... she did... Are you saying she really /did/ see the future?"
"You can, can't you? What's to say she couldn't? I think hers is the voice you've been hearing. Is there anything you haven't told me? More of where I come into all of this?" Yami asked.
Kai shook her head. "Uh uh. I told you everything. What do you think she wants me to do? When will all of this stop?"
"I don't know. I don't know how long it will take before your transformation is complete. I would like to know how your grandmother knew about me," Yami said.
"Maybe the gang will know more?" Kai asked.
"It's worth asking them."
She nodded and left the room. Before Yami followed her, he reached into his back pocket, feeling a piece of paper. He pulled it out and unfolded it, staring down at the drawing he had taken from Kai's collection. He got lost in the way Kai was looking at him for a moment, before he tore his eyes away. He straighten the paper, trying to get out the creases. When he heard Kai talking to the gang, he left the room, entering Kai's. He looked at it one last time, remembering the way they had danced, before he slid it under her bed.
He stood back up, looking down at the floor. He felt as though someone were ripping at his heart. Why did things always have to be so complicated?
He took a deep breath and left the room, heading for the living room.
"So I was right," Bakura was saying, his expression bleak.
"Yes. But it wasn't because of you. Whatever this is has to do with me. Another 'why' we have yet to answer," Yami said, sitting down next to Tea.
"Sure, Gran was a fortune teller, but I didn't think she could /actually/ see the future. And could she really do everything I can? If she could, it would have made her chores a hell of a lot easier to do," Kai said, earning a few chuckles.
"A family business... that is an answer I suppose. But still... what does Yami have to do with anything? And how did she know about him?" Tristan asked.
"Wait a minute..." Tea said, looking up at Kai.
"What?" Kai asked.
"That voice in your dream didn't want you to go out with Carlos... It said your destiny wasn't in Italy... did it say anything about Yami? Besides remembering his name?"
"Uhhhh... she said my destiny lies in Egypt, not in Italy. Yeah, that was it." Realizing what she had said, her eyes widened. She snapped her head to Yami, who was looking at her, a stunned expression on his face as well. "Hold on... what, does she want me to date /you/?" As things clicked, her eyes grew wider still. "Carlos! His family's Roman! Egypt verses Rome! Oh my /God/!" she cried, standing.
"Yes. According to our races, we are enemies," Yami said.
Kai ran her hands through her hair, her mouth open in shock. "Okay... so... now what? What does that say? Does that help us in any way?" she asked.
"Didn't the voice say the future needs you?" Joey asked.
"Maybe you have to help Yami and Yugi," Tea suggested.
"Wait... no way. You go save the world on your own; leave me out of it," Kai said, standing.
"Maybe you don't have a choice," Tristan said.
"Hey! My life! My choice! This is too much information. My brain's going into overload. I'll be back in a little while, I need to think about this stuff," Kai said, touching her forehead with her fingers. She turned and left through the front door.
Kai pulled the door closed behind her and headed into the woods. She reached the clearing a few minutes later. Sighing, she climbed up onto the log and scooted out into the middle of it.
- So Carlos and Yami are enemies because of their heritage. Is that supposed to come in somewhere? My destiny is in Egypt, not Italy... What do I have to /marry/ Yami or something? Is Gran haunting my dreams? What's /going/ on? And I can't very well marry Yami, he's a ghost. Oh God... I'm going insane.
- Yami... I'm so confused... do I still like him? I can't... he's a ghost. He uses Yugi's body, that's the only way I can even see him. That's the only way he can even exist. I am going insane. I can't fall for him; he's dead really. I could always defy that voice and go out with Carlos. I don't suppose I'd mind that. He kisses well at least. -
~ "You know what you want." ~
Kai ignored the hiss that flew through her mind and glared out at the horizon. - Don't pay it any mind. It's trying to confuse you. -
"Kai?"
She turned, rather surprised. "Um... Yami, right?" she said, feeling her face flush slightly.
Yami chuckled. "Yes." He climbed up on the log and slid over next to her. "What's on your mind?" he asked as she looked back over the water.
"Everything," she said with a sigh.
"Have you any ideas?" he asked.
She shook her head. "Nah... But I'm beginning to wonder if Gran is the one who's been talking to me in my dreams."
"Do you recognize the voice?" Yami asked.
"Sometimes. Sometimes I don't. This is all way too confusing for me. My mind is too small to comprehend all of this."
"We will understand it eventually. We have already taken a big step to deciphering the riddles."
"Yeah..." Kai said, staring out at the horizon. The sun was glowing a crimson color, casting a red hue over the clouds and sky. "Oh... I told you this place was nice during a sunset. Well, now you can see it," she said, smiling at him. She immediately kicked herself for that. - Kai... - she warned herself.
Yami smiled back at her, then turned towards the water. Things were so complicated now. Why couldn't she have continued to hate him? Things would have been much simpler. It seemed Destiny was having way too much fun with this. Why did he have to feel like this? Why did he have to have feelings for her? Feelings that could never be acted upon.
"I'm scared, Yami," Kai said, looking down at her hands. "I'm scared of what's happening to me. I'm scared to know Gran did this to me. I don't want to know. I don't want any of this."
Yami looked at her before pulling her against him in a tight hug. "I know, Kai."
She put her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder. "I don't understand. I don't understand any of this. I don't know if I want to," she whispered, closing her eyes.
"I want to understand. I want to know how your grandmother knew about me. And why she's doing this to you," Yami said, gently running his hand through her hair.
"You think it's really her then? You think it's her that's done this to me?" Kai asked, her heart crying at the suggestion.
"Yes, I do," Yami replied. He started to release her, knowing it wasn't doing him any good.
"No... please don't let go..." Kai whispered, tightening her arms around him slightly. "When you hold me I don't feel so alone..."
Yami put his arms around her again, feeling his heart pound slightly. "You're not alone, Kai. You have your friends. You have me."
Kai smiled softly. "I haven't really met Yugi. What's he like?"
Yami felt his counterpart perk up slightly to hear what his friend had to say about him. Yami had to chuckle at that before he spoke. "Yugi is kind and he has a good heart. He cares very much about his friends and family and would go to great lengths to help them."
"He sounds really nice," Kai said.
"He is," Yami replied, feeling Yugi beam.
"It must feel weird, having him in your mind and stuff," Kai said.
"You get used to it after a while," Yami said with a chuckle.
They stayed in each other's arms until the sun completely set, with only the moon to shed light. Yami tried to ignore his heart that was splitting in two as he held Kai. He wanted so badly to kiss her again, but knew if he did it would only cause more problems.
After a few minutes, she lifted her head to look at him and their gaze met. In the pale moonlight she was so radiant... so beautiful. Her eyes shone like gems as the dim light hit them. Yami couldn't find the strength to break eye contact and he felt so torn. He was frozen between his desire and longing and his common sense. Slowly, he felt himself lean into her.
He wanted his lips on hers so badly, but he couldn't... He managed to stop himself when their lips were no more than an inch apart. He let go of her, scared of what he might do to himself.
Kai sat up, her own heart hurting. She knew what she felt, yet she also knew why he wasn't allowing himself to feel the same.
"We should head back," Yami said, moving across the log to slide off.
Kai nodded, following suit. When he held out his hand to help her down, she took it, smiling at him. He was so handsome in the moonlight, but he had hardened his eyes so she couldn't read his emotions.
Yami was able to break eye contact this time and he started back through the woods, ignoring the ache in his chest. Kai followed, doing her best to ignore her own heart.
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a/n: Okay, er... I'm not sure what I'm gonna' do for the next chapter, but it'll be posted soon anyway. There will be something of importance soon, though, so stay tuned! ^_^ Oh, and feel free to continue to guess if you think of something else it might be. XD