Chapter 22 - Truth and Destruction
Amber groaned and rolled over. To her surprise Yugi was there. A groan emitted from his lips as he mutterd in his sleep.
"Mommy, it's not time for Mr. Ducky to wake up yet." Amber gigled as she covered her mouth. Yugi felt her move and awoke slowy.
"Mr. Ducky" Yugi blushed at her query. "Mr. Ducky. What is it with ducks and you"
"My grandpa made me watch a duck movie a couple of weeks ago" Yugi sighed"I've had ducks on the brain ever since." Amber laughed.
"That's why. Want to go get some breakfast" Yugi nodded. Yugi and Amber left her room and entered the kitchen after a long walk down the hall. Duke was in the kitchen with a coffee mug in hand talking to Sakura.
"Next time you write a song like that again tell me." Sakura growled.
"Why"
"Because I can be ready to kick you where the sun don't shine again jerk face."
"Oh really, you couldn't hit me there anyway."
"You wanna bet dice boy. I can prove it now." Sakura and Duke stood up and took strawberries in there hands. Sakura dunked hers in syrup and Duke in whipped topping. Yugi and Amber backed out of the room as strawberries were sent flying across the kitchen.
"It's not safe in there yet."
"I know...but it's not safe out here either Amber." Amber turned around and saw a pillow in his hand.
"Oh no you don't" Amber ducked into the kitchen just as Yugi's pillow hit the door. Amber felt something cold hit her back.
"Hey" Amber took a strawberry and aimed at Dukes head hitting it. Yugi rushed in and took a small hose to wash the dishes and sprayed both Amber and Sakura. Duke took the initative and sparyed them with dish soap. Amber and Sakura ducked behind a table and snuck around it. They rushed behind the boys and stole the hose and soap. It was there turn to get wet.
"Watch out girls" Duke took the can of whipped topping and layered the girls with it.
"Oh, playing hard ball huh" Amber threw a large amount of syrup on Duke and Yugi's head.
"What's goin on here" Joey asked walking with Serenity. Everyone stopped suddenly and when there was a ten minute pause. Amber turned on the spray soaking the Wheeler siblings.
"HEY" Serenity hid behind Joey who took the full blast. By the time the fight was over there was food scattered all over the kitchen and many people were soaked and dirty.
Amber's hair was in a wet, messed up pony tail. Yugi's hair was hanging low and full of sticky syrup just like Duke. Serenity and Joey were drentched like the others and Sakura was covered in everything possible.
The kitchen door open and Kaiba was standing there with Mokuba.
"She started it" Duke yelled out.
"I don't care who made this mess. You are all cleaning it up." Everyone pouted. The one thing Kaiba failed to notice was a blonde haired teen sneaking up behind Kaiba and pouring a bucket of water over his head. "JOEY" Kaiba chased Joey around the house.
"Catch me if you can dragon"
Everyone who made the mess cleaned the kitchen up in a matter of half an hour. They all sighed after it was done and had a good laugh about it.
"That was hilarious. You should have seen the looks on your faces when that syrup was put in your hair" Sakura and Amber bothed laughed out loud.
"Yeah, but at least I'm not every topping in the book" Duke's grin was as wide as it could get. Sakura stalked over to him and kicked him in the knee. "Ouch! SON OF A"
Amber quickly covered his mouth. "No bad language. I'm going to get a shower. I'm sure we all need one. First one to the shower wins" Everyone raced to the shower. Yugi, thanks to Yami, won. Amber was in next, followed by Sakura, Serenity, Duke, Joey and then Kaiba. By that time all Kaiba had was cold water and he was pretty pissed off about it.
Yugi's hair was wrapped up in a towel and Amber's was hanging down limply. Kaiba noticed as Sakura brushed out her hair it was no longer as long as it had been so long ago.
"Nice hair cut Sakura" Yugi complemented. Amber punched him"Your hair is nice too."
"Thanks" Sakura replied"Figured it needed a cut. And I had it styled. See the little curl at the bottom" Yugi and Kaiba nodded. Mai walked up to the group with Tea.
"Have a nice sleep ladies" Duke asked curiously.
"Yes" Mai replied"Why" She caught a look of them and noticed that they were all drying their hair. "Why are you guys drying your hair"
"Shower." They all replied.
"Why" Tea questioned.
"Long story short, big kitchen fight." Mokuba laughed"I'm the only the one who didn't become a victom." Mai looked at the group oddly.
"Okay. How about we all go out for lunch? I'll just go and"
"Uh Mai...not to seem rude but I was hoping to go on a date with Yugi...alone." Amber couldn't hide her blush.
"I have to get to work as I am sure Kaiba must do also. Am I right" Sakura looked at Kaiba.
"Yes she is. Besides, today is a school day. And most of us are late." Kaiba sighed"Lets get ready. And Amber" Amber turned around.
"No...I am not wearing that ugly uniform. No freaking way" Kaiba glared at her"Fine." Amber grumbled as she went to her room. She came out in the school uniform. Her hair was held up in a half pony tail. "Happy"
"Very. After school I'm going to work, you and Yugi can go on your date, and Joey and I need to do some talking." Joey grined.
"I agree with that. When will you be off work" Joey looked at Kaiba with his hands resting behind his head.
"Around 6 pm. I'll drop you off home after that." Joey grimaced at the thought of going home. Only Kaiba, Amber, Mokuba, and Sakura seemed to notice this. They gave each other a look that said 'We talk tomorrow.' Amber left with Sakura.
"I'm giving her a ride" Sakura informed when Kaiba shot her a glare. A look of relief came into his eyes.
"I guess the puppy and Mokuba are with me." Joey growled at Kaiba. "You want me to make the leash shorter" Joey pouted angrily and followed Kaiba. Joey stuffed his hands in his pocket and stopped for a second.
"See you guys at school."
"W-Joey...come on" Joey rushed to catch up with Kaiba.
"Amber, are you ready" Sakura collected her bag and looked at Amber who nodded. "Okay. We better get going. I still have to enroll..." she sighed"Again." Amber laughed and turned to Yugi and others. "Yugi, do you need a ride" Yugi nodded and collected his own school bag.
"I'm okay for a ride." Duke commented.
"I didn't ask you" Amber and Sakura giggled to themselves leaving the boys confused. Tea and Mai smirked.
"Still the same old Sakura we knew." Mai and Tea got their things together and rushed out of the mansion. Duke was the last out.
"Everyone out" Mokuba asked. Everyone nodded and left for their own respective rides.
"Better be..." Kaiba growled"At least Devlin, Gardner and Mai." Joey laughed quietly. "Something funny pup"
"Nope" Joey smirked.
"Then shut your trap for awhile." Joey pouted and looked at Kaiba.
"I got no one to shut it for me." Kaiba bent toward Joey and pulled him into a passionate kiss.
"AH! SCARED FOR LIFE! MUST GET OUT OF MY HEAD! AHHHHHHHHH! DRIVER SPEED UP" Mokuba kept screaming.
"So Yugi, how have you been all this time" Sakura asked while keeping her eyes on the road. Her black convertable top was down and they were speeding down the road with the wind rushing through the hair.
"I've been good. I've had someone to help fill a void." Amber and Yugi smiled at each other. "So I heard your enrolling back in school. Is it true? Or did you make it up just to get the gang excited"
"Yugi" Amber glared at her boyfriend.
"No. It's true and it's perfectly alright to ask. It was part of dads will that I enrolled again. I mean well I've studied a lot of the year for business, language and social practices I also had a lot of time off so dad wanted me to refresh on the basics. I basically only have two classes this semester."
"That's cool. Wish I had three classes or even two off but Seto has set me up for french, spanish, and english. I have two maths, two englishes and an art."
"At least you have one class off next semester." Yugi sighed"I have eight. Math, science, social studies, english, art, law, business and geography. Grandpa thought that I needed it since I've been in so many situations."
"Oh yeah. I also study law with a private tutar. I have lessons a lot higher then Mokuba but I'm getting through them. Actually, business, my maths and languages are being taught by a private tutar who comes to the school, well spanish and french at least. English is a breeze, I'm in Seto's class."
"Rough course. Do you like art"
"Sure do Sakura. Which classes are you taking"
"This semester" Amber and Yugi nodded.
"Art and business."
"How cool." Amber sighed"You are so lucky." Amber glared at the road.
"Something bugging you" Yugi asked. looked lost in thought." Amber laughed"I guess that is a yes. What's up girl"
"Why" Amber asked cooly.
"Well...I keep thinking about how we're going to deal with Erik and Aroga. Erik, alone, was pretty damn sneaky and we barely laid a hand on him in the battle. And Aroga...that guy is so powerful."
"I know" Yugi looked at his hands"I don't remember much about when he" Yugi looked at Sakura who shivered for a moment. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring it up."
"No. It's okay. I'm going to be asked anyway so go ahead and tell it."
"I couldn't. It's your story."
"Just as much yours but I'll tell my side of the story. I came to Domino because I was running from Aroga. He took away a lot of the people in my life and I wasn't about to let him take me. He wanted me in more ways then one if you know what I mean." Amber nodded and made a puke face"Yeah. Like that. Anyway...I ran into Yugi while my foster mother took care of me. I ran into Yugi on the way to school, then Kaiba. Eventually I met everyone. At first Kaiba and I were enemys, then friends, then a couple. We were happy. But Aroga started to get worse. He killed my foster mother. Eventually Kaiba and I shared a romantic date but Aroga showed up and destroyed it. Kaiba saved me from me."
"Saved you from you? I don't get it."
"Well Amber, I turned into my guardian form. It's a pretty sight and packs a mean punch. It happens when I have no choice but to use it and at the time my powers were not all that great. I had no choice. It was a while before Kaiba and I were able to date again. Kaiba's little sister, Kari, was taken. Whatever happened to Kari"
"She died a year ago I'm afraid. She and Yuri were in a car accedent. They died on impact." Yugi looked down at the ground.
"You never told me you had a sister Yugi and Kaiba never told me either."
"They were lost to us, we didn't want to hurt you by saying anything really."
"I still would have liked to know. I'm sorry about it." Yugi nodded a thanks and let Sakura continue.
"We went to rescue her but ended up being caputered ourselves. After that all I really remember was changing and my body feeling like I was being cut up on the inside." Amber looked at Sakura.
"That's some past."
"Yes. And now Aroga is even more powerful then before. That bastard! I'll kill him this time" Sakura almost swerved off the road shocking Yugi and Amber. "You see" she said trying to calm the teens younger then her down"He killed my father. He was not found in a ditch even though I go by that on news reports."
"I'm sorry." Amber said again.
"It's okay. I get that a lot." Sakura smiled at them.
"Why don't you file a report saying he was murdered" Amber asked.
"Who would believe me if I said, 'My father was killed by a man who resides in the shadow realm.'" Amber smirked.
"I suppose so."
"So, what's the story between you two" Amber and Yugi looked at each other. "Damn. Traffic jam."
"Well, Yugi and I met at the train station. He was blushing rather badly."
"Not that bad"
"Yes, just like you are now." Sakura looked back at the bright red Yugi and laughed"Well...he left with Rebecca who I didn't like at the time. At this point I was a just the girl with the hat. Speaking of which." Amber pulled out her familure black hat and put it on. "Better. Anyway...I kept dropping it. I couldn't help it. Yugi kept giving it to me. So, when he was having trouble hailing a taxi I hailed one for him."
"That's how it started"
"No. That was just a brief encounter."
"That brief encounter I knew I liked you." Amber blushed.
"Well...later that day I was trying to find a place to stay. I was having trouble so I decided to go and get a booster pack. Yugi let a couple of lines slip"
"What" Amber and Sakura looked at him. "Yami pushed me"
"Uh huh. He said I was hot. His grandfather and Yugi invited me to stay. I accpeted the offer. So one morning I was going to wake up him when I caught him in his bed topless. I blushed so hard that day like he did. Things led to another and basically that's where we are today. Rare and embarassing occurances caused us to come together. I still remember our first date. I can tell you if you want."
"No, it's okay. First dates are meant to be kept between you and your lover." Amber and Yugi blushed as she called them lovers. "Don't think I've noticed. You two sleep in the same bed."
"WE HAVEN'T HAD SEX YET" Amber shouted. Kaiba's limo pulled up and the windows were down. Amber fell down into her seat and hid her face. Yugi's was beat red but he couldn't even hide. Sakura just looked at Kaiba.
"Hey Kaiba. How did you get stuck in this traffic jam? How come your face is so red" Sakura smirked.
"Sex" He glared at Yugi"You better not have." Yugi and Amber, if possible, went even redder then before.
"We won't Seto" Amber replied in a small voice. A pair of hands pulled Kaiba from the window and they heard Mokuba's voice distinctivly.
"NO! NOT AGAIN! TAINTED! EYES BURNING! STOP THEM! AHHHHHHH! STOP! AH! I NEED THERAPY! HELP! SOMEONE! ANYONE! TAKE ME AWAY! AHHH! SO HORRIBLE! AHH" Amber and Yugi had to hold back a laugh while Sakura was crying from laughing as hard as she was.
"Guys...you might wanna stop. Mokuba is going to need to be in the pshyc ward for a long time" Amber shouted into the limo. Mokuba imeadiatly started to relax.
"It's not bad" Joey said poking his head from the limo"The second time he did that he called the police on us." Amber and Yugi soon joined in the tear jerking laughter.
"IT'S NOT FUNNY! THEY'VE DONE THAT SEVEN TIMES" By now there were many on-lookers of this hilarious scene. No one had seen Sakura's, Amber's, Kaiba's, or Yugi's face and Joey was too quick for them to see.
"Look, cars are moving again." Sakura and Kaiba were now on their way to the school. It would be fourth period by now but they would go anyway.
When they finally made it to the school the place was trashed. Duke, Mai, and Tea were standing outside the doors waiting for them.
"What the hell happened here" Kaiba asked looking at the school.
"Aroga and some cloaked guy showed up. They said to give Amber this." Tea placed it in Amber's hands.
"It's a note." Amber opened up the peice of paper. "It says: Miss Kaiba. I'm sure you'll love to hear of our plan. We'll destroy the city unless you do not deliver yourself to us. For what is none of your concern. Know this, if you don't it's not only your city that will be destroyed but your precious brothers and lover. Come to the Domino Museum and be sure to bring your precious pearl with you." Amber crumpled the note in her hands and looked at the school. "You have 24 hours.' Good news is we have no school for some time and the bad news"
"Is"
"I'm going to have to go."
"No" Yugi exclaimed"I'm going with you"
"No. No your not." Something gold formed in her hands. It looked like the pearl. She took her own off and handed it to Yugi. "Take this. Sakura I need to borrow your keys."
"No way. I've been there before. Think this through."
"No. I have to" Amber stole the keys from Sakura's hands and jumped in the car. They were just about to go after her when she sent a shadow ball at them. "Sorry but this is what must be done." The car drove off in the distance.
"Sakura, I know this is going to bum you out but we have to go after Amber and your car may not come out in one peice."
"Whatever! Lets just go" They all piled into the limo and rushed after Sakura. Duke took off in his own car. Tea and Mai took of in Mai's car.
To Be Continued...
