Here's the last chapter for the time being. Gotta finish this …
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-Remember all the times that we used to play?
You were lost and I would save you,
I don't think these feelings will ever fade,
You were born a part of me…-
A few days passed since Ryou wrote the letter, and soon it was the anniversary of Amane and Ami Bakura's deaths. Yuugi-tachi went along with Ryou to pay their respects and offer a prayer.
Yuugi,
Jounounchi, Anzu, Honda, and Shizuka all followed Ryou through Domino Cemetery to the graves. He finally stopped
at two graves, both marble and having angels on them, a sakura tree not too far
off on the side.
"This is them," Ryou said.
He then placed a red rose on each and offered a prayer. Then Yuugi placed a
bouquet of violets on Mrs. Bakura's grave, and gave a prayer. Ryou had said
that violets had been one of his mother's favourite flowers. Next was Anzu,
whom placed two nadeshiko flowers on each grave. Then were Shizuka, then Jou
and finally Honda, who placed more violets and white roses. They all offered
short prayers, too.
-I was never good at hiding anything,
My thoughts break me,
Do you understand what you mean to me?
You are my faith…-
Ryou
watched them solemnly, his eyes glazed over. None of them said anything. But
they all snapped out of their trances when they heard somebody click their
tongue.
"Dear Ryou, are you just gonna stare at them all day?"
Ryou's head shot up, and he stared at…Jariana Treeha. She gave him a Cheshire
cat grin, and walked over to the graves with two roses. She held them up and
tapped Ryou on the nose with them, saying something in a different language
other than Japanese. Ryou touched his nose and blushed
a little, smiling sheepishly. The others gave him a bit of a quizzical look,
and he pretended not to notice. They watched Jari place a red rose on Ami's
grave, and a white one on Amane's. She got on her knees and offered a
prayer…then was nearly knocked over when something with black and silver hair came tackling into her.
"Ack! HOPIE!" Jari yelped as
she held up a giggling little girl with white skin and black hair streaked with
silver.
Jari rolled her eyes as she stood up and dropped Hopie to the ground. She faced
Yuugi-tachi, and bowed.
"My name is Treeha Jariana, and this is my little sister, Angelina-Hope." she
said motioning to the little girl who smiled and gave a short bow.
"Yeah, but you can call me Hopie." she said smiling more and putting her arms
behind her head.
"Psycho chibii. Glad Amane was never like this," she
said towards Ryou.
He snorted and nodded.
"You knew Ryou's little sister?" Anzu asked, as Hopie came and ran (and
practically tackled) up to Ryou, whom picked up the little 'psycho chibii'.
Jari nodded, "Yep. 'Tis how Ryou and I met."
Ryou smiled at her while Hopie started messing with his hair (he has lovely
hair, yis?).
"Um, excuse me, but uh…you don't look or sound Japanese, not to sound rude or
anything," Yuugi said. "But why is your name Japanese?"
To his surprise, Jari laughed. "Oh, I get that all the time, Yuugi, you're not
being rude. But yeah, you're right; I'm not entirely
Japanese, only half. I was born and raised in Egypt, that's why I don't look or sound
it." Then she added with a sweatdrop, "My parents are
a bit odd…"
A stifled
laugh came from Ryou, and Honda jumped in front of Jari, and took her hand.
"Well, you are truly beautiful, and I'm only talking about your Egyptian half."
Yuugi-tachi just groaned at how lame
Honda could be. Jari just giggled, "My, my, aren't we Prince Charming?"
Everyone but Ryou gave her a shocked expression.
"…really?" said Honda.
Jari winked at him, making Honda fall to the ground with little hearts in his
eyes. Jou gently kicked his friend in the arm.
"Hey Honda…you okay?" He even waved a hand in front of the love-struck boy.
Ryou just shook his head. Jari then turned to Ryou and said something to him in
the same language she spoke before.
-Won't you cure my tragedy?
Won't you cure my tragedy?
Don't take her smile away from me,
She's broken and I'm far away,
Won't you cure my tragedy
If you make the world a stage for me,
Then I hope that you can hear me scream,
Cure my tragedy…-
Ryou
narrowed his brow at her and said her name in a warning tone. She pouted then
stuck out her tongue.
"Aw, you never let me have any fun," she said, then bent down and snapped her
fingers in front of Honda's face. He immediately shot up and took her hands
again. (When he sat up, Jou practically jumped into Yuugi's arms.)
"So, when would you like to go out? Thursday, or Friday?
Whichever works for you," he said, quite quickly I might add.
Jari
blinked and said, "Um… I'm already taken, sorry."
Honda's face immediately fell…you could almost hear it hit the floor. There was
silence for a few seconds, and somewhere in the distance, a dog barked.
"Already…taken..?"
Jari nodded slowly, "I'm sorry if I lead you on or…"
she was cut short of her apology when she had noticed that Honda had somehow
gotten under the sakura tree that was five feet away from them. Jari blinked
once, then twice. She slowly turned towards the others, raising a finger to
point at Honda.
"How did he…?"
Yuugi-tachi just sweatdropped. "He's strange like that," Shizuka
said.
Jari blinked again. "Oh."
"Um, Jari," Ryou said, making Jari come out of her trance.
"Yes?" "What do you mean 'already taken'?" Ryou said with a raised eyebrow.
A faint pink formed on her tan cheeks. "I'll tell you later…" she mumbled.
"Oh alright," was all he said. Then he started to walk away, still holding
Hopie (whom was still playing with his lovely locks), and motioned for the
others to follow him. Yuugi, Anzu, Jou and Shizuka all looked at Jari. Jari
just shrugged her shoulders in an 'I don't know!' manner. They followed Ryou
and Hopie out of the cemetery (Jou dragging Honda nearly all the way…until
Honda's head hit a gravestone, then he decided to chase Jou out of the
cemetery).
-When I sit and think of the days we shared,
and the nights you covered for me,
every little thing that I ever did,
you would stand by me…-
They walked
to a nearby burger restaurant, and Jari talked with the others and got to know
them better. Ever since Ryou told her about them in his letters, she had been wanting to meet them since. Yuugi-tachi found out that
Jari and Hopie were related to Mai, and they all talked about Duel Monsters
(something Jari was still learning how to play it turned out), Battle City, and how stuck up Seto Kaiba can be
sometimes. At that point in the conversation, Jou enthusiastically gave his
opinions about Kaiba, which made Jari have to bury her head in her arms in
order to keep from snorting. Yuugi watched Ryou's expression change from what
it was in the cemetery to what it was now: happy.
Yuugi smiled. Ever since he and Jari started to talk about the 'good ol' times', Ryou's mood had improved.
'I'm glad,' Yuugi thought.
'Why is that, aibou?' Yami said through Yuugi's conscious.
He watched Ryou nearly fall over from laughing at a remark Jari had said about Kaiba, that had her and Jou get in a name-calling fight.
'I'm glad because back at the cemetery, I don't think I've ever seen Ryou so sad… Jari has really lifted his spirits.' Yuugi answered to Yami. The former Pharaoh mentally smiled at Yuugi.
'Yes, it would seem so…'
Yuugi raised an eyebrow at Yami's expression, but decided not to go any further with it.
-Every time you cried it would take my wind,
my heart would break,
if I could be strong like you were for me,
you are my faith,
won't you cure my tragedy?
Won't you cure my tragedy?
Don't take her smile away from me,
She's broken and I'm far away,
If you make the world a stage for me,
Then I hope that you can hear me scream..-
Instead, Yuugi listened to Jari and Jou continue their name battle…Jari was winning.
-I can't take this anymore,
I can't feel this anymore,
Won't you take and give her pain to me,
Cause my whole life I've made mistakes,
Can you hear me scream?
Can you hear me scream?-
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PCU: ta da. The song is "Cure My
Tragedy (A Letter to God)". To me, this is definitely Ryou's song.
Rabbit: Review and she'll write faster…