No notes, however weird that is...
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Yami and Bakura fainted dead away. After recovering from their shocked states, Ryou and Yugi laughed at their darker halves.
They awoke the yamis from their unconscious state, still giggling in their faces.
"Oh shut up. It was just a shock to their system," Bakura grunted, dripping in ice water.
Yami peeled his blond bangs away from his face. "I can't believe they're moving here, it's crazy!"
"I can," Yugi countered. "Remember how Grandpa was talking about the possibility of moving business to America because of the recent increase in interest in Duel monsters and such. You have such a bad memory."
"What's all the fuss about?" Alyssa groggily answered, having just woken up. "And why am I so ti- never mind." She yawned. Ryou told her about the recent mail. Alyssa fell over.
"Is she dead or fainted?"
"Neither Ryou, She's asleep," Yami laughed.
"I don't believe it! That was quick," Bakura agreed.
"Well, her elemental exercises were very tiring for someone who has never been trained before."
"Speaking of which, when do we get to start our training?" Yugi asked in a pleading voice.
"As soon as Bakura starts you and Ryou."
"Me! No offense Yugi, but Yami, he's your hikari; you are supposed to train him."
"You guys don't know this yet, but I won't be able to. Alyssa by herself is going to tbe a handful." The other three boys gave Yami an inquiring look. "You all know that when an untrained elemental user is first taking the tests, they usually only can move a small piece of gravel or create a light breeze, correct?" Nods. "But when Alyssa tried to create a breeze, the resulting gail threw us against the wall, and knocked the wind our of us. I might not survivie her training..."
Yami finished, shaking his head in mock despair.
"Seriously?" Bakura was shocked. He hadn't heard of a non-shadow user that powerful since, well, Alisa. Yugi and Ryou meanwhile stood off to the side a bit, question marks dancing about their heads. Bakura explained the rarity of the situation, but, alas, you really couldn't get the full impact of this fact unless you had grown up with the knowledge of elemental magic.
The next day, the training did indeed begin. Bakura started Yugi and Ryou off by levitating paperclips. Yami took Alyssa to the Shadow Realm to train her for two reasons: a) wind is too dangerous to practice with solid objects around and b) Alyssa could practice her magic while having it partially drained by the Shadow Realm, and therefore be all the more powerful when she worked in the real world and did not have the strain on her. She trained in currents and breezes until she felt ready to pass out.
When Alyssa and Yami returned from the Shadow Realm, they found Yugi and Ryou already asleep. Alyssa joined them.
"So how far did Yugi and Ryou get?" Yami asked the white haired ex-thief.
"Yugi lifted this pebble." Bakura pointed to a pebble that was about an inch in diameter. "And Ryou managed to levitate this one." Bakura proudly held up a pebble that couldn't have been more than a hair bigger than Yugi's.
Yami nodded, but rolled his eyes. "THAT wore them our so bad?" he laughed.
Bakura joined Yami in his chuckle. "Well we both remember that this is the normal rate for people to progress."
"You've got a point," Yami agreed. "Bakura this may seem totally random, but will you go shopping with me?"
"Sure, but why don't you take Alyssa? She would probably be better for this sort of thing."
"Well actually-"
But at that very moment Alyssa walked in, plopped herself on the computer, and started typing away.
"Babe, we're going shopping."
"Ok, I'll be ready in a moment."
"No, Bakura and I are going."
"Why can't I come?" Alyssa pouted. "I *like* shopping.
Yami blanched, lost for what to tell her.
"You're Christmas present," Bakura lied.
"Oh, OK then, have fun!"
Alyssa sat on the computer, happily typing away until she came to an interesting conclusion. Yami had told her he had already bought her Christmas present last month. Either Bakura had purposly lied to her or he just hadn't known what was going on. /That's possible/ thought Alyssa. /He has been a 'bit' worried over Carly lately./
Yami and Bakura scoured all the various stores they could find.
"This one?" Yami asked. Bakura shook his head. Yami picked up a different item. "This one?" Again Bakura indicated a negative and they left the specialty store, chatting about the matter at hand.
"Are you sure about this Yami?"
"Yes, I just don't know when to do it."
"I know. How does Christmas sound? That way I won't have lied to her earlier." Yami nodded in agreement as they walked into the last shop on the street.
Yami looked down at the display of merchandise and looked back up at Bakura. Yami nudged the near albino, they both looked down, looked back at each other and nodded vigorously.
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"Carly, do you know where Yami and Bakura went?" Alyssa pleaded into the phone.
"Shopping," Carly replied, taking a bite of the gross food concoction in front of her.
"For what?"
"I don't know..." Carly replied evasivly, clearly knowing exactly what was giong on. Alyssa made an unbelieving noise. "I'm sure it's exciting though!" Carly bubbled.
"Arg! Why won't you tell me? Does everyone know except me?"
"Actually yes," Carly happily replied. "But I gotta go finish my motzerella on double dhocolate fudge ice cream, chow."
"Ew! Bye." Alyssa fumed. /What could YAmi tell all of our friends EXCEPT me, his girlfriend!? Unless of course, he's going to... But no, I'm getting ahead of myself. We're only eighteen. I'll just not let this bug me until after his family and friends move here. By then he should have told me, right?/ When Yami and Bakura arrived home, about an hour later, they were surprised Alyssa didn't hound them with questions. Was she that ditzy as to not remember what Yami had told her not even a week ago? Or had the Necklace told her what had been going on? Yami hoped not, but he sure as heck wasn't going to bring up the subject. Seeking out Alyssa's dad, Yami left Bakura to his own devices- it was time to have a man to man talk about Yami's plans.
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The weeks passed in a nervous excitement in the Palmiotti/Moto/ Bakura household. Christmas was coming up, and the friends all had their own theories as to what the others had gotten them. Alyssa was betting on gag gifts, not knowing of anything that she wanted. Yami expected godl polish for his Puzzle, Bakura some exotic types of shampoo, Ryou a new book or two or ten..., Yugi some wacky hair gel, Carly baby supplies, Jackie some clothes and Hannah a gift certificate. (She got one every year.) Only one of them was wrong.
Christmas morning dawn late and warm.
"This is so wrong," Yugi muttered.
"Yeah, it's warm on Christmas. How messed up is that?" Ryou shuddered.
"But it's been chilly-" Alyssa coughed. "- Or cold in some people's opinion for the past month!" Bakura complained. "Would it have been deadly to keep the temperature down just one more day?"
"Welcome to Florida kidos." Alyssa said, also angry at Florida's ghetto weather. The young adults walked out into the living room, surprised to find Hannah, Jackie, and Carly there.
"We wanted to be here for this," Hannah replied after a few raised brows. This confused only Alyssa, who had no idea of what was planned for the day. Beside her, Yami fidgeted nervously, unsure of how to go about this, even after practising in the mirror many a time.
The eight sat around the Christmas tree, ignoring the rest of Alyssa's family, opening presents for a bit, smiling happily at the gifts they recieved. Bakura got shampoo that would make his hair glow in the dark from Carly as a gag, Yami got his polish from Alyssa, Carly received baby gifts from a few people, Ryou his books from half of his friends, Yugi 7 bottles of multi effect gel for turning his hair any where from pink to green, and Jackie and Hannah received their expected gifts from Ross. (The store)
Confusedly, Alyssa looked at her pile of gifts, checking her upsetting theory. Yami hadn't gotten her anything and he was her boyfriend! Alyssa put on a happy face as her parents snapped a picture of her with her friends in the backround.
Turning around, Alyssa gasped and almost passed out from lack of oxygen to her brain. Down on one knee, kneeling in front of her, was Yami with a small jewelry box in his hands. "Alyssa," Yami began. "I know this may be sudden, but..." The ex-Pharaoh took a deep, calming breath and opened the jewelry box, revealing a stunningly beautiful diamond ring. "I love you more that life itself. Out past was together, and I can defiantly see us spending the rest of our future together. I love you, and want to live happily ever after with you for all time so, Alyssa Gabrielle Palmiotti, will you marry me?
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If you say THAT was not romantic enough, my sister-in-law got proposed to at Burger King, so this isn't bad. And I'm sorry that the proposal sucked; I've never been proposed to so I don't know how one would go.:-D
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Review Responses*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sylvyrfyre- Funny, I'd rather die in a pit of cold. I've heard that Miami is actually a pretty rough place to live, but if you do come down enjoy the freakishly hot weather.
Setosangel1529- I picked air because it has some cool effects like flying which will come in effect later, but personally I do like water better too. And they'll be moving very near to where Alyssa and the gang live. Probably about a ten minute drive away.
Ylrack-I took your suggestion. Thanks Carly.
Mya Starnight- Thanks. I love long reviews.;)
Cassandra Pegasus- Got to love old computers huh? That's totally OK, but why do you have exams in April? That's weirdly early. What's stroked?
DestinyAngel- That's Ok that you don't get any because I don't even really know what kudos are. I think that they are like a bar of food but I'm not sure... That would be a negative on the down and dirty for now. And I *defiantly* won't be writing about it if they go on a honeymoon.
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Yami and Bakura fainted dead away. After recovering from their shocked states, Ryou and Yugi laughed at their darker halves.
They awoke the yamis from their unconscious state, still giggling in their faces.
"Oh shut up. It was just a shock to their system," Bakura grunted, dripping in ice water.
Yami peeled his blond bangs away from his face. "I can't believe they're moving here, it's crazy!"
"I can," Yugi countered. "Remember how Grandpa was talking about the possibility of moving business to America because of the recent increase in interest in Duel monsters and such. You have such a bad memory."
"What's all the fuss about?" Alyssa groggily answered, having just woken up. "And why am I so ti- never mind." She yawned. Ryou told her about the recent mail. Alyssa fell over.
"Is she dead or fainted?"
"Neither Ryou, She's asleep," Yami laughed.
"I don't believe it! That was quick," Bakura agreed.
"Well, her elemental exercises were very tiring for someone who has never been trained before."
"Speaking of which, when do we get to start our training?" Yugi asked in a pleading voice.
"As soon as Bakura starts you and Ryou."
"Me! No offense Yugi, but Yami, he's your hikari; you are supposed to train him."
"You guys don't know this yet, but I won't be able to. Alyssa by herself is going to tbe a handful." The other three boys gave Yami an inquiring look. "You all know that when an untrained elemental user is first taking the tests, they usually only can move a small piece of gravel or create a light breeze, correct?" Nods. "But when Alyssa tried to create a breeze, the resulting gail threw us against the wall, and knocked the wind our of us. I might not survivie her training..."
Yami finished, shaking his head in mock despair.
"Seriously?" Bakura was shocked. He hadn't heard of a non-shadow user that powerful since, well, Alisa. Yugi and Ryou meanwhile stood off to the side a bit, question marks dancing about their heads. Bakura explained the rarity of the situation, but, alas, you really couldn't get the full impact of this fact unless you had grown up with the knowledge of elemental magic.
The next day, the training did indeed begin. Bakura started Yugi and Ryou off by levitating paperclips. Yami took Alyssa to the Shadow Realm to train her for two reasons: a) wind is too dangerous to practice with solid objects around and b) Alyssa could practice her magic while having it partially drained by the Shadow Realm, and therefore be all the more powerful when she worked in the real world and did not have the strain on her. She trained in currents and breezes until she felt ready to pass out.
When Alyssa and Yami returned from the Shadow Realm, they found Yugi and Ryou already asleep. Alyssa joined them.
"So how far did Yugi and Ryou get?" Yami asked the white haired ex-thief.
"Yugi lifted this pebble." Bakura pointed to a pebble that was about an inch in diameter. "And Ryou managed to levitate this one." Bakura proudly held up a pebble that couldn't have been more than a hair bigger than Yugi's.
Yami nodded, but rolled his eyes. "THAT wore them our so bad?" he laughed.
Bakura joined Yami in his chuckle. "Well we both remember that this is the normal rate for people to progress."
"You've got a point," Yami agreed. "Bakura this may seem totally random, but will you go shopping with me?"
"Sure, but why don't you take Alyssa? She would probably be better for this sort of thing."
"Well actually-"
But at that very moment Alyssa walked in, plopped herself on the computer, and started typing away.
"Babe, we're going shopping."
"Ok, I'll be ready in a moment."
"No, Bakura and I are going."
"Why can't I come?" Alyssa pouted. "I *like* shopping.
Yami blanched, lost for what to tell her.
"You're Christmas present," Bakura lied.
"Oh, OK then, have fun!"
Alyssa sat on the computer, happily typing away until she came to an interesting conclusion. Yami had told her he had already bought her Christmas present last month. Either Bakura had purposly lied to her or he just hadn't known what was going on. /That's possible/ thought Alyssa. /He has been a 'bit' worried over Carly lately./
Yami and Bakura scoured all the various stores they could find.
"This one?" Yami asked. Bakura shook his head. Yami picked up a different item. "This one?" Again Bakura indicated a negative and they left the specialty store, chatting about the matter at hand.
"Are you sure about this Yami?"
"Yes, I just don't know when to do it."
"I know. How does Christmas sound? That way I won't have lied to her earlier." Yami nodded in agreement as they walked into the last shop on the street.
Yami looked down at the display of merchandise and looked back up at Bakura. Yami nudged the near albino, they both looked down, looked back at each other and nodded vigorously.
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"Carly, do you know where Yami and Bakura went?" Alyssa pleaded into the phone.
"Shopping," Carly replied, taking a bite of the gross food concoction in front of her.
"For what?"
"I don't know..." Carly replied evasivly, clearly knowing exactly what was giong on. Alyssa made an unbelieving noise. "I'm sure it's exciting though!" Carly bubbled.
"Arg! Why won't you tell me? Does everyone know except me?"
"Actually yes," Carly happily replied. "But I gotta go finish my motzerella on double dhocolate fudge ice cream, chow."
"Ew! Bye." Alyssa fumed. /What could YAmi tell all of our friends EXCEPT me, his girlfriend!? Unless of course, he's going to... But no, I'm getting ahead of myself. We're only eighteen. I'll just not let this bug me until after his family and friends move here. By then he should have told me, right?/ When Yami and Bakura arrived home, about an hour later, they were surprised Alyssa didn't hound them with questions. Was she that ditzy as to not remember what Yami had told her not even a week ago? Or had the Necklace told her what had been going on? Yami hoped not, but he sure as heck wasn't going to bring up the subject. Seeking out Alyssa's dad, Yami left Bakura to his own devices- it was time to have a man to man talk about Yami's plans.
~~
The weeks passed in a nervous excitement in the Palmiotti/Moto/ Bakura household. Christmas was coming up, and the friends all had their own theories as to what the others had gotten them. Alyssa was betting on gag gifts, not knowing of anything that she wanted. Yami expected godl polish for his Puzzle, Bakura some exotic types of shampoo, Ryou a new book or two or ten..., Yugi some wacky hair gel, Carly baby supplies, Jackie some clothes and Hannah a gift certificate. (She got one every year.) Only one of them was wrong.
Christmas morning dawn late and warm.
"This is so wrong," Yugi muttered.
"Yeah, it's warm on Christmas. How messed up is that?" Ryou shuddered.
"But it's been chilly-" Alyssa coughed. "- Or cold in some people's opinion for the past month!" Bakura complained. "Would it have been deadly to keep the temperature down just one more day?"
"Welcome to Florida kidos." Alyssa said, also angry at Florida's ghetto weather. The young adults walked out into the living room, surprised to find Hannah, Jackie, and Carly there.
"We wanted to be here for this," Hannah replied after a few raised brows. This confused only Alyssa, who had no idea of what was planned for the day. Beside her, Yami fidgeted nervously, unsure of how to go about this, even after practising in the mirror many a time.
The eight sat around the Christmas tree, ignoring the rest of Alyssa's family, opening presents for a bit, smiling happily at the gifts they recieved. Bakura got shampoo that would make his hair glow in the dark from Carly as a gag, Yami got his polish from Alyssa, Carly received baby gifts from a few people, Ryou his books from half of his friends, Yugi 7 bottles of multi effect gel for turning his hair any where from pink to green, and Jackie and Hannah received their expected gifts from Ross. (The store)
Confusedly, Alyssa looked at her pile of gifts, checking her upsetting theory. Yami hadn't gotten her anything and he was her boyfriend! Alyssa put on a happy face as her parents snapped a picture of her with her friends in the backround.
Turning around, Alyssa gasped and almost passed out from lack of oxygen to her brain. Down on one knee, kneeling in front of her, was Yami with a small jewelry box in his hands. "Alyssa," Yami began. "I know this may be sudden, but..." The ex-Pharaoh took a deep, calming breath and opened the jewelry box, revealing a stunningly beautiful diamond ring. "I love you more that life itself. Out past was together, and I can defiantly see us spending the rest of our future together. I love you, and want to live happily ever after with you for all time so, Alyssa Gabrielle Palmiotti, will you marry me?
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If you say THAT was not romantic enough, my sister-in-law got proposed to at Burger King, so this isn't bad. And I'm sorry that the proposal sucked; I've never been proposed to so I don't know how one would go.:-D
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Review Responses*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sylvyrfyre- Funny, I'd rather die in a pit of cold. I've heard that Miami is actually a pretty rough place to live, but if you do come down enjoy the freakishly hot weather.
Setosangel1529- I picked air because it has some cool effects like flying which will come in effect later, but personally I do like water better too. And they'll be moving very near to where Alyssa and the gang live. Probably about a ten minute drive away.
Ylrack-I took your suggestion. Thanks Carly.
Mya Starnight- Thanks. I love long reviews.;)
Cassandra Pegasus- Got to love old computers huh? That's totally OK, but why do you have exams in April? That's weirdly early. What's stroked?
DestinyAngel- That's Ok that you don't get any because I don't even really know what kudos are. I think that they are like a bar of food but I'm not sure... That would be a negative on the down and dirty for now. And I *defiantly* won't be writing about it if they go on a honeymoon.