Sorry for the wait, people. It wasn't my fault, really! How about you all tell my school to stop assigning so much homework, ok? Please? Anyway, without further, um, whatever, chapter 3!
Disclaimer: I own Yugioh as much as I own the Empire State Building. Clear enough?
Chapter 3- Sugar+Hikaris=Poor Yamis
Yami and Shion raced across the street, aggravating several drivers and one teen on a motorcycle in the process. The brightly painted store stood quietly in the light, looking deceptively peaceful. Yami noticed the slight bead of sweat on Shion's forehead as they neared the store.
'What's she so worried about? It's only a candy store for Ra's sake! A candy store shouldn't be dangerous, right? On the other hand, Yugi gets pretty hyper when he gets a piece of candy. So, Yugi with a whole store full of sugar would mean…' Yami paled. (A/N: Wouldn't you?)
The shop owner was cowering under the counter pulling his hair out when they entered. "Have you seen two teens come by here?" Shion asked quickly. "They look like, um…us." The shopkeeper looked up.
"They're over there. I promise not to press charges for damages, just get them out of here!" he pleaded.
A joyful giggle sounded fro the isle way and two candy-covered Hikaris dashed out and raced around the room pelting each other with candy. Yugi was draped with candy necklaces and Kamui was clutching an armful of candy canes like her life depended on it. They bounced around the room like they were made of rubber. Shelves toppled in their wake and customers ran for cover. Yami heard Shion gulp and mutter "Oh Story-teller, not again!"
"Ok, I'll grab my Hikari and you grab yours, okay?" Yami whispered to Shion.
"Deal." Shion took a deep breath. "Okay, here we go!"
Yami's Chase:
Yami saw his Aibou round the corner and sprinted after him. A squealing Yugi scrambled madly down the isle, "accidentally" knocking over a bunch of gumballs.
Yami's eyes widened as he watch the little candy covered balls cover his path, but he had built up way too much steam to stop. His feet flew out from under him and Yami had the less than dignified experience of somersaulting down the isle into a display of caramel candies.
Once the room stopped spinning, Yami managed to get right-side up in time to see Yugi fall into a barrel of brightly wrapped taffy. 'Ha! I've got him now!' Yami smirked.
He crept up to the barrel. He could hear Yugi's happy giggling from inside. He crept closer…nearly there…
"WEEEEE!" Yugi burst out of the barrel like a jack-in-the-box. Yami grabbed for him, but only clutched air. 'Not again!' he thought as he once more lost his balance on the scattered candy. This time, though, he didn't meet the wall, but ended up diving into the barrel Yugi had just left. The unexpected weight made the barrel topple over and a very unhappy Yami was obliged to go with it.
"Yaaaooof!" he grunted as he hit the floor. Leaping to his feet, he ran in the direction of his giggling and madly hyper hikari. "Yugi! Come on! We're going home!"
"Noooo!" Yugi protested as he hid under a table of licorice. "More sugar!"
"Uh, NO!" Yami said. "you're covered in sugar, Aibou. Let's get you home."
"Idunmannaidunwannanononono…" Yugi dove away from Yami, leaping over terrified customers. The smart ones got out of the way fast. The dumb ones felt like they'd been run over by a freight train. The really dumb ones who still remained in the way were further trampled by Yami as he chased his crazed hikari.
"When I catch Yugi he's never going to see sugar again," Yami vowed.
"Colored SUGAR!" came a gleeful yell.
'Oh dear Ra, he's found the pixie sticks.' Yami paled again. That meant pure sugar.
//Aibou! Don't!// Yami pleaded. He felt a wave of HAPPY-HYPER flow through their link with the tiniest touch of confusion.
/How come, Yami?/ his hikari asked in like a small child. 'Maybe if I can confuse him for two more seconds…' Yami though desperately. //Because, um, the yellow dragon in the sofa cushions said so.// Yami made up on the spot.
/Huh?/ Yugi wondered, though a second later Yami dived on top of him and wrestled the sugar from his grasp.
"SUGAR!" Yugi cries. Ignorign the small boy's pleas, Yami threw him over his shoulder and marched out of the store to the customers' tumulus applause.
Shion's Chase:
"Kamui! Get back here!" Shion demanded as she chased her hikari.
"Nonononono…" Kamui chanted as she scrambled fore safety. She leapt up into her little nest of candy canes. Shion grabbed her ankles and attempted to pull her out. Kamui kicked insanely, holding onto the shelf of candy canes like it was her lifeline.
"Hikari!" Shion grunted. "Let go!"
"No! My Candy canes! Mine! Lemmiego!" Kamui pulled at the shelf and kicked again. Stepping on one of the falling candy canes, Shion's foot flew out form under her and she let go from surprise.
Gathering as many of the candy canes under one arm as humanly possible, or maybe more than humanly possible, Kamui climbed up the shelf until she stood on the top.
"You squished a candy cane!" Kamui cried unhappily when she looked down to see what had caused Shion to fall. Shion glared and looked up to climb the shelf after her. With a yelp, Kamui ran lightly on top of the shelf, still clutching a bunch of candy canes with one tucked behind each ear.
Not having ingested a million tons of sugar, Shion was slightly more rational when it came to running along the top of the shelf. "Storyteller, get your butt back on the ground this instant!" Shion hissed in her best no nonsense voice. Unfortunatly, Kamui wasn't buying it.
"No! You wanna take my candycanes!"
"Don't be ridiculous, Kamui!" Shion snapped. She really was worried her hikari would fall and would be to under the influence of sugar to catch herself.
"Oh kamui," she called sweetly. "I see a candy cane you dropped."
"Where?!" kamui looked panicked around her feet in case she stepped on the precious striped candy.
"Gotcha!" Shion scooped her up much like Yami had scoope dup Yugi and likewise threw Kamui over her shoulder. Unfortunately, this threw the shelf rather off balance. 'Oh, crud.' The shelf groaned and took a dive. Shion jumped clear with her hikari. The shelf landed on another one, and like a row of dominoes, the shelves all over the store fell one after another. Shion winced, hoping Yugi and Yami had gotten outside.
Once outside, she spotted Yami still trying to keep Yugi from rushing back into the store. Once he stopped trying to run, Yugi instead turned to Yami and began chattering nonstop. "YamiguesswhatmeandKamuiwentinsideandfoundaBIGstackofcandycanesbutshetookthemalland then I went to find more and I did…but you..(yawn)…came and…" Yami caught him as he fell asleep. He looked up as a very grumpy Shion walked over.
"Oh good. Both Hikaris seem to be asleep," she said, relieved. You should probably take Yugi home and let him sleep. I'm going to dump Kaui on the grass in the park and hope she's sane upon waking."
"Why are you taking her to the park?" Yami asked curiously.
"It's Saturday," Shion said shortly. Her tone did not invite a continuation of the conversation. Yami didn't care.
"And…?" Yami prompted. She glared a him. He waited patiently. Grumbling, she finally admitted defeat and told him. "Fine. She and her brother arranged long ago who got the house which days while her father is gone and she won't let me break her promise."
"Her brother won't let her in the house?" Yami frowned.
"It's not quite that simple." She began to walk in the direction of the park. Yami followed, a sleeping Yugi still carried over his shoulder.
"Her brother's in trouble he can't seem to get out of. Kamui knows this, but she's grown up with her brother as her hero and still can't imagine he'd do something realy wrong. To his credit, he hasn't told the people he's 'involved' with that he has a sister, to protect her, and to keep up appearances, there are certain times when she can't go home. I think he does it because he wants to make sure she doesn't get hurt, but part of me thinks he just doesn't want her around."
Shion spoke through gritted teeth. Yami looked away, thinking. Yugi would be useful awake in this situation. He was much better at comforting people than Yami and Shion was definitely distressed by the topic.
"If you let me know when you wan to meet, Yugioh," Shion continued, "I'll come by in a few hours when Kamui has woken up and we'll go see Ryou and Bakura."
"You believe it is a good thing to trust our Hikaris, right Shion?" Yami switched subjects abruptly.
"Um, yes?" Shion answered suspiciously.
"Well, if my Hikari were awake, he'd be insisting that you Kamui on our couch, rather than the park, especially since it's been threatening to rain all day."
Shion looked at Yami, then the sleeping Kamui, then the sky, then Yugi. "Crud. You're probably right. I don't like favors, but I guess I owe you one. Lead on, Yugioh." She scowled at the clouds, but Yami could tell she was greatful.
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Well, how was it. Please review, people. I will update this, but I want at least five reviews before this weekend, ok? Criticize, but do it politely. Flames will be used to light the bombs I throw back.