Revised: 26 July, 2005
Title: Hidden Memories
Written by: ChaosMagicianGirl
Edited by: LazerWulf
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or its characters. You know the drill yada yada yada...
Also, part of the dialogue in this story is taken from Janime! Which means that I don't own them! pouts
A/N:
I first would like to thank the people who reviewed for my first chapter!
LazerWulf:
Well, I'll leave the correction of spelling and grammar mistakes to you! That's your department, as my beta reader ;o)
Spamtastic:
Thanks you like it so far!
V son saiyan:
Well, here's your update, and yes, someone of her past will definitely make an appearance. I'm giving you a hint. Someone from her past already makes an appearance in this chapter.
Dark-light39:
I feel honoured that you think my story is good! I hope you'll like this chapter and update your ficcie soon too.
Well, that's all of the thankies!
Now, without further ado... On to the story!
PS: This chapter is extra long, as to make up for the late updating! Forgive me! (dodges objects that mad readers throw at her) Hey! I've been busy! Can I help it?
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Chapter 2: Dreaming of the past.
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Mana's room: Mana's POV
I moved my fingers over my Millennium bracelet once more, before moving over to my other item, the Millennium earrings. I lightly traced my fingers over them. They're round in form, hoop-like, and have the unmistakable Eye of Horus symbol present in the middle.
While I continue to look at them, millions of unanswered questions continue to stumble around in my head. When I seem to suppress one question, more questions continue to pop up.
I wish I could just throw them all out, so I would have some peace at last. Thinking about it is giving me an enormous headache. I groan while rubbing my pounding temples in exasperation.
It doesn't help that much, my headache just continues to build in intensity. I groan once more, while removing my hands from my temples and letting them drop down to my side.
I clasp both of my hands together and try to block out my thoughts by scanning my environment.
I hadn't taken the time to give the room I was in a proper look, as for the last two hours, I was too engrossed in my own thoughts to notice anything around me.
The room I'm in is pretty small. It has the one-person bed I'm sitting on at the moment and a small table, or, at least, that's what I think it is. Most of the stuff standing here I've never even seen before.
Suddenly the weight of reality kicks in, and I can finally see that the biggest task is not going to be what I first thought it to be, namely to figure out who I am, what my past is and recover my lost or, as Shadi put it, my "Hidden Memories".
No, my biggest trial is just ahead of me: to adapt to my new life, to this new and unknown world.
If what Shadi says is true, and my soul is more than three thousand years old, then the world as I knew it then will have changed so much...
The family and friends I have known are gone, the world I lived in is gone, and my memories are gone. I will have to start all over again. The plain and simple truth is that I'm scared; scared of the world and people that lay beyond this room, and scared for the unknown that I will soon have to face. I feel so vulnerable without my memories. What will I do with my life? Where will I go?
Unable to deal with the desperate state I'm in anymore, I raise my fists and angrily begin to punch the pillow lying next to me.
For a few minutes, I vent out my frustrations on my 'helpless victim', but I soon get tired. Before I know what's happening, my hands fall down to my side, my head hits the pillow, and I'm soon deep asleep.
My mind takes a much needed rest from all my thinking and pondering from the last few hours. The last sentences that leave my lips are mumbled in an incoherent tone "Why is this happening to me? I didn't ask to be brought back. Why can't I remember anything? It isn't fair..." my voice trails of as I succumb to the sweet temptation of sleep and drift of to dream land.
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Meanwhile, at the victory celebration: General POV
It's already twelve O'clock at night, but the party is still going on.
Seto Kaiba had left the party shortly after his duel with Yugi, but his brother Mokuba stayed, having the time of his life with Yugi's gang.
The music was playing softly in the background and there was one couple that was still on the dance floor, namely Mokuba Kaiba and Serenity Wheeler. Mokuba had asked her to dance a short while ago and she had agreed, much to the frustration of Duke Devlin and Tristan Taylor.
The two boys glared at Mokuba as Serenity followed him to the dance floor. At the moment, the two boys were still glaring daggers at the "couple".
Tristan and Duke were jealous because they both had feelings for Joey's sister and didn't like the idea that Mokuba stole her away from them. The two of them always flirted with her, but Serenity was oblivious to their advances and clumsy attempts to get together with her. She just considered them friends, nothing more.
But she did like Mokuba Kaiba as more then a "friend." She had liked him ever since she first saw him at the docks, where Joey and Tea were taken prisoner and Yugi had to battle his best friend. When she had taken of her bandages and dived after her brother to save him from drowning, she caught a brief glimpse of him and immediately developed a crush at him. And it was the same for Mokuba.
Joey Wheeler and Mai Valentine could be found in the middle of the hall, standing at the buffet table. Joey was busy with stuffing his face full of food and making disgusting noises, much to Mai's annoyance, who was clearly disgusted at Joey's 'table manners.'
"Joseph Wheeler! Could you please keep your mouth closed when you've got something in there?" Mai yelled at Joey who was trying to talk to Mai and eat at the same moment, reprimanding his table manners severely. "I don't particularly feel the need to see the contents in your mouth!" Mai continued and huffing, turned her head to the side, to avoid getting sick and throw up from the sight she was witnessing.
"Bwhorry Bwai," Joey replied while stabbing another sausage with his fork and bringing it to his already overstuffed mouth, "bwhut thwe fwood fwis bwust bwo bwood"
While he said that, bits of food and saliva flew from his mouth and, because he was standing close to Mai, landed on her clothes and her face.
"GROSS!" Mai exclaimed, getting angry at Joey. "I can't believe this, you just spit all over me!" She screamed in his face. "I don't know what I see in you! You're disgusting!" Mai raged on while taking out a napkin from her pocket and wiping of Joey's drool from her face and clothes, before angry stalking of.
Joey swallowed the food down his throat before running after her and yelling "Mai! Wait! I'm sorry! Mai wait!"
Mai didn't respond and continued walking, till she reached the ladies room and threw the door shut in his face.
"Aw Mai! Please! Open the door!" Joey started while banging with his fists on the door.
"No! Now get lost, Joseph!" Mai's angry voice snapped back at him from behind the door.
After a few minutes of pleading with Mai to open the door and failing miserably at it, he gave up and with slumped shoulders made his way back to the buffet. 'She has to come out sooner or later' he thought.
Over in a dark corner at the other side of the room, Yugi was watching the entire scene at the food table, an amused look on his face. After he saw Joey slump back to the food table, he turned his attention back to the discussion at hand.
Yugi was sitting on a round table together with the rest of the gang. Seated at the table were Ishizu and Malik Ishtar, Tea Gardner, and Ryou Bakura. Yugi's alter ego, Yami, was there also, although he was listening from inside Yugi's Millennium puzzle.
They were discussing the strange event of the revival of Mana.
To say the least, they had all been totally surprised by what had happened, and nobody knew what to think of it. They were all very curious and wanted to go see her, but after the mysterious stranger Shadi appeared before them and told them who she was and told them to let her rest for now, they decided to grant his request.
That had been nearly two hours ago, and the group was trying to figure out what to do.
"What are we going to do when we reach Domino?" Tea's voice perked up. "I mean, what will she do once we reach home? Where will she go?"
Suddenly the Millennium item around Yugi's neck started to glow, signalling that Yugi's alter ego Yami was taking over. After a few moments, the glowing stopped and a much taller man now sat at the table.
The whole group was startled at Yami's sudden and unannounced appearance in front of them. Most of the time Yami would only show himself when in duels and when Yugi said he would come, which meant that Yami took over from Yugi.
"Yami!" Tea and Ryou both exclaimed with surprise evident on their faces.
"Pharaoh?" Ishizu and Marik questioned.
Yami ignored the questioning looks they were all giving him and turned to say to Tea"Shouldn't you ask Mana those questions?" Yami stated, looking Tea directly in the eyes.
The abrupt question given to her by Yami, and the look accompanying it, startled Tea, rendering her unable to reply to the question.
"Well I... I... uhm..." she started.
Yami cut her off. "I'm sorry I snapped at you. I shouldn't have. It wasn't fair to you." He hesitated for a moment before deciding to continue. "But, it's just... It's like you're talking about her like she's some kind of thing that can't decide for herself! I guess what I'm trying to say is..." he said, turning his head to face everyone present at the table, "that we should ask Mana what she wants. I mean, it is her life, yet we talk about her like we are the ones that should decide what she should do. And right now she's in a room upstairs all by herself, and she doesn't know anything! She doesn't know who she is, where she came from, and, most importantly, she doesn't know where she is. This world is new to her and, while it is true she needs our help, she also has the right to decide for herself what she wants to do with her life once we arrive in Domino. Furthermore, I think she has the right to get some of her questions answered, especially some about her past..." he trailed of while turning to look at Ishizu with an expectant face.
Ishizu knew exactly what her pharaoh meant. She smiled at the pharaoh before replying to his unspoken question.
"I suppose you would like me to go to her and answer some of her questions, am I correct, Pharaoh?"
Malik also understood what the pharaoh meant, and decided to say something as well.
"The pharaoh is right, sister. You're probably the only one at this table who has sufficient knowledge of the past to at least answer some of her questions."
He was about to say more, but he was stopped when Tea suddenly piped up.
"Uhm, am I missing something here? Why would Ishizu be able to answer her questions?"
Marik, Ishizu, and Yami blinked and looked up stupidly at Tea for a few moments, while Ryou just sweatdropped at the scene in front of him, an annoyed Tea Gardner and three dumbfounded people.
After an awkward few more moments, Ishizu was the first to pull herself together. She chuckled while shaking her head
"I'm sorry Tea. We didn't mean to leave you out of the conversation," Ishizu apologized. "What my brother meant was that I've had enough visions from my Millennium Necklace to know a little bit about what happened in Ancient Egypt, where she came from..." Ishizu hesitated for a moment, but carried on nonetheless, while her expression changed from amused to worried in a matter of moments. She folded her hands together in her lap. "Although, I doubt that I can tell her anything that Shadi hasn't already told her." She finished.
"I see..." said Tea, not sure what to say exactly.
"Poor Mana... She didn't ask for all of this," Ryou suddenly spoke up, diverting the attention of the group onto him.
It was surprising to hear him speak, because Ryou was normally the quiet and soft spoken one of the group. He was more of a listener then a talker.
"Yes, poor Mana indeed..." Tea emphasized with Ryou.
Yami turned around and began to stare out of the window next to him. He immersed himself deep in thought and blocked out the voices of the others in the process. He was thinking about Mana. He was very worried about her and what would become of her.
Suddenly Yugi's voice came out of nowhere and disturbed Yami in his current train of thoughts.
/So, Yami, care to tell me why you just took over without letting me know first/the smaller boy questioned Yami, appearing behind him in spirit form.
Yami turned around to look at his Hikari, and noticed that annoyance was clearly written all over his face, an indication that he wasn't thrilled at all with his darker half's actions.
Yami sighed and apologized.
I'm sorry, Aibou, I didn't mean to upset you. I know I shouldn't have done that... It's just..." he trailed of at the last part " I... never mind what I said, Yugi." he finished, before turning his face away from Yugi to stare at the wall.
Yugi turned from annoyance to worry in a second when he saw the distraught look on Yami's face. He heaved a huge sigh, before walking over to where Yami was standing and placing a reassuring ghost hand on his shoulder.
/It's alright, Yami. It doesn't matter./ Yugi replied to Yami while squeezing his shoulder gently. /You're worried about her, aren't you/ Yugi asked him, although it sounded more like a statement, then a question.
I am, Aibou... I am." Yami answered truthfully.
Meanwhile, Ishizu had noticed that Yami's attention had diverted from what the group had been discussing at the moment. Seeing the crestfallen and absent look on Yami's face, she got a little worried.
'What is he thinking about?' Ishizu wondered.
The rest of the group had also noticed that Yami's thoughts were somewhere else.
Tea got up from her seat and walked around the table over to Yami, where she yelled into his ear "Hey! Earth to Yami! You still with us?"
Yami, still talking with Yugi through their mind link, was rudely snapped back into the real world.
He glared at Tea, while rubbing his ears, which were throbbing from the sounds of her yelling.
"Dang, Tea! You didn't have to yell that hard, especially not directly in my ear!" Yami snapped at her.
"Well, excuse me, mister. You were the one that decided to buy a ticket to daydream land. I was just the girl that was assigned to do your wake-up call." Tea retorted at him with a smile on her face and her eyes sparkling with amusement.
"For your information I wasn't daydreaming, I was talking with Yugi through or mind-link." Yami replied back annoyed, not at all finding Tea's comment funny.
Marik, Ishizu and Ryou just chuckled at Tea's and Yami's verbal exchange.
"Really? It didn't look all that different to me. From an outsider's point of view you would be considered daydreaming, Yami" Tea said, while starting to laugh.
"Grr... stop laughing!" Yami growled at her, which only caused Tea to laugh even harder, with the other's following shortly behind her.
Yami ,going from annoyed to angry in seconds, huffed and turned around so that the other's got a good view of his back.
"Oh, come on, Yami. Don't be such a baby." Ryou drawled in his British accent, while trying to stifle his laughter.
"Humph," was the only reply the group received from him.
After a few minutes the group recovered from their laughing fit and turned serious again.
Ishizu was the first to speak, after she had taken a glance at the clock to her right.
"Well, it's getting awfully late. I believe we should be turning in, don't you think, brother?" Ishizu started, while looking over to her younger sibling. "Besides, I still need to visit Mana," she finished, meeting the eyes of the rest of the group, who were, by now, focused on her.
When Mana's name was mentioned, Yami immediately perked up, his earlier annoyance over Tea's antics already forgotten.
"Yes, I think we should all be turning in. It's been a long and tiring day for everybody." Yami calmly stated.
Everybody at the table agreed. They all got up from their seats and made their way over to their own rooms.
While the group started walking the Millennium puzzle started to glow once again, this time with Yugi appearing.
"Hey guys!" he piped up. "Well, I guess I'll see you guys in the morning. I'm going to see what the others are doing and try to persuade Joey to get his head out of the food dish he's currently stuck in." he chuckled, looking over to where Joey was still busy stuffing his face.
"Yeah, you do that Yugi," Tea said, releasing a chuckle of her own at Yugi's comment when she turned her head to see where Yugi was staring.
"Goodnight, Pharaoh," the Ishtar duo said as they walked away.
"Good night, Yugi." said Ryou, following after Ishizu and Malik.
As Tea left, she gave Yugi a hug and said, "See you in the morning Yugi and don't forget to say bye to Tristan, Joey and the rest of the gang for me will you?"
"Sure Tea, no problem." Yugi chirped back happily while returning his friend's embrace.
Tea released Yugi and with one last wave of her hand hurriedly walked after Ryou who had just left the room.
Yugi waved back and turned around to head to the buffet table. He thought Joey had spent enough time on his own to raid the entire buffet table. Yugi had to get him away from there, before there was no food left for the rest of the guest who might be hungry. Like him for instance.
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Mana's dream: Mana's POV
Lying on the ground, I slowly came to myself as I opened my eyes and squinted at the lack of light. I struggled to sit up and let my eyes adjust to the darkness. I scanned my surroundings, and found that I was in some sort of dark cave or tomb.
'Where the heck am I? This isn't my room!' I thought, franticly looking around for an exit.
Suddenly I hear noises coming from far off. At least, I think I hear something.
I carefully get up from the cold floor, massaging my sore back and squinting my eyes to try to adjust to the darkness.
I move slowly and put my hands in front of me to at least get some clue as to how big the room I'm in is. I risk a few steps and, fortunately, my hands touch the cool surface of a wall. I carefully move alongside it towards the source of the noises.
After a few minutes, I feel the wind sweeping my hair up into my face. I shiver at its coldness. There's a draft, which means I'm not far from the exit. The closer I get to the door, the clearer the source of the voices becomes.
Finally I see the light at the end of the long tunnel and, relieved, I run all the way over there, but I come to a halt a few meters in front of the exit.
I press my back up against the wall and shuffle over to the door and peek around the corner, looking for the source of the voices.
There are two men: one is very tall and dressed in some kind of Egyptian garb, and the other has snow white hair and is adorning some kind of cloak. I can't really see anything more of them, as their bodies and faces are shrouded in shadows, their features hidden from me. Making it unable to determine who they are or what they look like.
Though I can't see them, I can hear them clearly, as their voices echo through the chamber.
"I've been waiting for you, Bakura!" the tallest of them spoke up.
"How delightful! Well, are you going to give me your Millennium Ring?" the white haired man replied.
'The Millennium Ring? Doesn't that belong to the white haired guy? He looks a bit like Ryou.' Mana wondered to herself confused. 'Who the heck are these two?'
"I will never give my Millennium ring to the likes of you! You will not leave this place alive!" the tall man replied to Bakura.
Bakura laughed maniacally at the man before saying "Hahahah! Is that a threat I hear? From a mere spell teacher like yourself?"
"I will say it again. You will not leave this place alive, Bakura! I will use all of my power in this fight. I will summon my real Ka. This is the place where spellcasters have polished their skills from generation to generation! This place will become your grave, Bakura the thief king!" The echo of the tall man's shrill voice pounded against the walls of the room.
Questions flooded through my brain to which I didn't have an answer, like 'What the heck is Ka?' Nonetheless, I continued to listen to the conversation between the two men.
"Are you sure that's what you think will be the outcome? I summon thee, Diabound!" Bakura yelled his voice rising with his last sentence.
Suddenly, a beast appeared out of the shadows. From the waist up, it was human, but, instead of legs, it had a long, scaly body, with a serpent's head at the end.
Once the beast had emerged I almost cried out in surprise. I couldn't believe it! It was a duel monster, or at least I think it was.
The tall man also cried out in surprise when he saw the creature.
"What? Diabound's form has changed?"
"When my hatred increases, my Ka, Diabound, evolves," Bakura replied, smirking triumphantly at the taller man in front of him.
"Well then, I will also release my Ka. I summon Illusive Magician!"
This time, a man with a wizard's staff appeared. His clothes were similar to the ones I had on, but they were purple. He had no face, save for two glowing blue objects where the eyes would normally be.
"Ho ho! Your Ka also seems to be stronger than before. But no matter, it is still no match for Diabound!"
"We will see, Bakura!"
"Enough talk!"
"Diaha!" 1 The pair said, initiating the duel.
After the two men had said that, the world suddenly started to spin in front of my eyes. I became dizzy and fell into a pool of swirling colours. I saw all kinds of blurry images flowing past me, before I fell into an infinite black abyss.
I screamed at the top of my lungs, hoping that someone would hear me.
I woke up with a start, drenched in cold sweat.
A voice next to me spoke.
"Finally, I thought you were never going to wake up! I was walking down the hall when I heard you screaming, and I decided to check up on you. You had me really worried there for a second. Are you alright? That must have been some nightmare."
I looked around and tried to find the source of the voice talking to me. My eyes fell on a woman sitting next to me. She had ebony hair with a tan complexion and crystal clear blue eyes, which were clearly showing worry in them.
I tried to sit up and recognize the unknown woman at my bed side but failing miserably at both tasks. I was still too disoriented, and I just couldn't seem to connect the person's face with a name.
I cleared my throat before I decided to speak, and replied back with a raspy and hoarse voice with an unbelievable edge behind it.
"It was only a dream?"
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1. Diahaduel
A/N:
Whew, that's another chapter done. Yeah, I know...it's an evil cliff hanger! So, sue me! Muwhahahaha.
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Poor Tristan and Duke... smiles evilly But, I just like the prospect of Serenity and Mokuba together better. They make such a kawaii couple! And I really don't like the Tristan/Serenity or Duke/Serenity pairing. No offence to the people that do like it, though. I'm not going to bash or flame, but I just don't like them and that's my opinion. And it's my story, so it's my rules. Heh heh.
Oh yeah, I have an announcement. I have a new website dedicated to the Dark Magician Girl/Mana. I also started my own DMG/Mana fan club. So, if you like her, I hope you'll join! You can find the link in my bio!
Catch ya later!
Oh, yeah, and REVIEW!
ChaosMagicianGirl, signing out!
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B/N (Beta-Reader's Notes):
Woo Hoo! Done with the editing!
This one was more of a challenge than normal. You readers should be grateful that I'm beta-reading. No offence meant to CMG, I know you try, but there are still a lot of subtle things in the English language that you have yet to learn. Your overall English is very good, though.
The dialogue between Bakura and ...( His name won't be revealed till later in the story) is adapted from the translations provided by Janime. Thank you, Janime.
I, too, am a fan of Mokuba/Serenity. If you have, or know of, a decent Mokuba/Serenity fic, I'd like to read it. Leave the title/author in a review. If you like this couple, be sure to check out my fic, "The Return of the Priest." It will have subtle hints of Mokuba/Serenity, and its sequel will be completely focused on them.
Phila-Del-Phia!
LazerWulf