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Toli: In case you thought we different from the other writers, Yu-Gi-Oh isn't ours. Hey, that sounds familiar!
CHAPTER TWO: THE SUSPICION
Yugi hung out the door and waved at his grandpa's leaving bus until it was out of sight. It was the next morning, and Grandpa had left five minutes before Yugi was going to head to school.
Shutting the game shop's door, Yugi looked around and smiled. Two weeks of having the house and the shop—all to himself! It was like moving somewhere else, only he hadn't moved. "This is going to be a great two weeks," Yugi thought aloud.
"Don't forget that I'm here," a familiar voice said out of nowhere. Yugi looked over his shoulder and saw Yami, transparent, standing behind him.
"Of course I didn't forget you!" Yugi replied cheerfully. "You're the only reason I got to stay!"
"I noticed," Yami said dryly. "And by the way, I don't like being used as a trump card. I actually wouldn't have minded going with your grandfather to Egypt. I might have learned something interesting there."
Yugi felt a flash of guilt, realizing he hadn't asked the spirit what he felt like doing. "I'm sorry," he apologized sincerely. "I didn't think of that." He wondered if the spirit was angry. Briefly he considered reading Yami's emotions, but they had stopped doing that as frequently.
"That's all right. I forgive you," Yami said with a rare smile. Yugi smiled back. Of course Yami wouldn't be any more than a little annoyed. He had once even admitted to Yugi that he could hardly ever get really annoyed at the highschooler unless it was something really bad.
"Thanks. Anyway, I should get going for school," Yugi said with a glance at his watch. "Do you wanna come?"
"Hmmm," Yami considered. "I suppose I should. I would like to see it again."
"You're the only one," Yugi said.
AFTER SCHOOL
"So you got da whole place t' yourself?" Joey asked again.
Yugi nodded. "And for two whole weeks starting today."
"Wow," Tristan commented. "I'm surprised Mr. Moto went for it. I mean, no offense, but he's been acting kind of ticky lately."
"Maybe he stopped," Serenity suggested.
"What I wonder is why your grandfather was acting so 'ticky'," Tea said to Yugi.
Yugi shrugged. "I don't know."
The five of them had just gotten out of school. Now they were all headed for Yugi's house. Yami was following them, looking at all the modern stuff, but he had made himself invisible to everybody's eyes so as not to disturb their conversation.
"Hey, maybe we could have a party t'night at your house, Yug!" Joey suggested eagerly.
"Joey, are you nuts, man?" Tristan replied. "That's a stupid idea."
"I don' recall askin' you, Tristan," Joey growled back.
"Come on, guys, don't fight," Yugi pleaded. "You do that enough already."
By this time they had made it to Yugi's house. Yugi pulled out his key and opened the shop's door. They all walked into the shop. It was almost strange to not see Yugi's grandpa behind the counter either wiping it down or looking through another box of merchandise. Yugi wondered how far away his grandpa was now.
As they made their way through the front door of the house, Yugi felt a sharp pang inside of him. He immediately realized it was from Yami.
Yugi tapped into the mind link. /Yami, is something wrong?/
Yami didn't answer.
/Yami?!/
…Nothing's wrong. At least, I don't think so.
That answer didn't exactly assure Yugi, but he left it alone. He followed his friends into the house.
ELSEWHERE…
Yami didn't like that he had had to give Yugi such a doubtful answer, but he wasn't sure at all himself. Just when Yugi and his friends had been about to enter the house, Yami had heard the sounds. A low, sinister laugh, and then a snort. All kinds of possibilities had immediately risen in Yami's mind, which had unwittingly alerted Yugi.
Yami had to calm down. Yugi hadn't had any—well, many—problems for one and a half years straight, but now and then the strange occurrence came up and started Yami worrying again. He was pretty sure Yugi didn't want to be caught in another terrifying adventure.
After giving Yugi his unsure answer, Yami listened closely to see if he could hear anything else suspicious. But there was nothing except the sound of the others talking. Yugi had gotten over it pretty quickly, for now he was just conversing with his friends; but Yami was still suspicious. He'd seen—and heard—too many strange things that led to danger for them to just let it pass by unnoticed.
Yami decided to stay alert for a little while longer.
Just in case.
END CHAPTER
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NEXT IN CHAPTER 3…Something happens to alert Yami of the danger, but you'll never guess who makes it happen...
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