Haha! Chapter 3! Title: All I Asked For...? or
Dreams Finally Coming True...?
Another slice along his right wrist as he feels no pain but, watches the redness fall down the side of his hand and drop on the hard cement below him. The soul room surrounding him no longer brought comfort to him, nor did Yugi's soul room. Nothing anymore brought comfort to him but, Tea. There were times, though, when she wasn?t there to hug him and tell him things will be alright. Those were the times he was reminded of Yugi. Bringing him back to the talk they had a month or so ago after school, they sat for an hour and Yugi poured his heart out to Yami. Telling him all about how he felt. (except the part that he really didn?t like Yami)
((FLASHBACK))
"Yami! Your cool and all but I need to know I can do things on my own. Sometimes I feel insecure having you, kinda like my older brother, fight my fights for me. And when I come back to this dull soul room I remember the times before you came." Yugi sighs looking down at his shoes as he sits on the small bed in his soul room. It had been about 20 minutes since the sudden seriousness in the Pharaohs voice.
"Are they not good times?" Yami asks innocently. He looks up at Yugi on the bed and sees his eyes go dark.
"No, there bad times." He had begun to look up but Yugi pulled his head back down to the ground.
"Would you share them with me?" Yami asks softly. "I may help if I knew there were problems. I knew you were sometimes not happy, but your really good at hiding your feelings."
"I never meant for anyone to find out, but possibly there are some bad past memories, actually most of them are bad." Yugi admits.
"Yugi, tell me about your mother." Yami starts. "I have never heard about you family before."
"My mother, Caroline Mouto, died I?m not sure when. I remember it was a car accident though. Many dreams replay in my head when I sleep about flashing lights, the taste of blood, and a few crash noises. The crash happened when I was seven." Yugi frowns. "I cant remember anything before that, but there was my dad." He sighs uneasily.
"Tell me about him." Yami encourages as he stands up and walks over to the bed side where he sits next to Yugi waiting for his answer.
"My father? Whats there to know about my father? He abused me and my younger sister, Kiara. He was a drunk and was never there." Yugi says simply.
"Now, this is the first I've heard of Kiara. Tell me about her." Yami smiles soothing Yugi's urge to cry down to a minimum.
"Kiara was small. She never understood. I didn?t know much about her but, she was the only family I had. She always kept a smile on my face and always made the best. Her blue eyes and light blond hair with red highlights made her personality mysterious but, she was always in a good mood."
" What happened to her?" Yami asks.
"I sent her away." Yugi said flatly.
"Where?" Yami asks wide eyed.
"Far away. She wouldn?t even know me anymore. I changed her name and sent her to America." Yugi looks over to the big photo album, that laid wide open on the floor in the corner of Yugi's soul room. "I couldn?t stand the pain. I could stand my fathers sharp belt whips on me but, watching him hurt my sister was far more than I could take. And after he was done only a tear would fall before she was smiling again." That?s when a small tear fell from his eye.
"Yugi..." Was all Yami could say.
))End Flashback!((
I never knew about Yugi's sister, Yami says to himself. He wiped his wrist of and waited for the blood to stop flowing and then stood up. He exited his own soul room and walked into Yugi's quietly. He glanced over at the bed where Yugi, currently, slept. A small, weak smile crossed his face as he walks over and pulls the covers up tight around Yugi's neck. After, that?s when he walks over to the large photo album on the other side of the room as stares at it for a moment. On the dark blue front cover "Memories" was written in Light white letters in cursive manuscript. His small smile faded as he felt the cold book cover with his hand. Slowly he began to open the cover with icy cold hands and a little river of blood sliding down his wrist. He closed his eyes tightly and allowed the suddenly glowing pages to insert his brain. Pictures of Yugi's most recent events came into vision as he saw the small movies in his brain. One seems to affect him in the heart and seems to stick in his head.
((Flashback in Yami's head!))
"YUGIIIIIII!" A small girlish voice shouts from her parents bedroom. "Help me!" Yugi hears small fists pound on the closed door and tears fall from his eyes. Yugi, who was 10 and his sister Kiara, who was 8, were playing quietly when their father busted into Yugi's small neat room. The door had slammed open and his fathers round belly came to view. His beer stained wife beater and his long holey jeans with suspenders. He grabbed Yugi by the shirt collar and pulled him out the door dragging him along the carpet giving his small fragile legs big red rug burns as he made his way to the bathroom with his son.
"You stay here!" His fathers strong masculine voice had said as he tied Yugi to the towel rack after slapping his cheeks several times turning them red until he began to cry. Yugi's hands were tied behind his back and he had a rope tied around his whole chest that tied in a knot on the towel rack. Yugi's tears continued to fall but he managed small nod as his father walks out of the bathroom leaving the door wide open to tourture him. Then he heard Kiara's small snivels. He saw his father had her over his shoulder as he brought her to his mater bedroom and slammed the door shut behind him. Yugi flinched by the loud echo and his breath caught in his throat as he heard the many locks being locked on the other side of the door. After that, all Yugi had heard was his younger sisters small cries and a few gasps of pain and "No's" coming from her tortured body.
((End flashback in Yami's head.))
Another tear trickles down his cheek once more as the image fades and he closes the book softly being sure not to wake Yugi while he was sleeping. He walks back out of Yugi's boyish room and into his own soul room where he stares down at the many unexplored chambers.
Once more another Saturday came by quickly, Yami's day to be alone. Now a- days they didn?t have to be with Tea but, they usually were anyway. This time they went along the Domino Board walk and walk side by side sharing a funnel cake. (I 3 funnel cake!) "Yami how are you today?" Tea asks while licking her fingers of the fine, powdered sugar. He told her he was fine and then asked about her.
"I suppose normal. What about you?"
"I've been thinkin a lot I guess." Tea says as she unlinks arms with Yami and hands him the clean paper plate to throw in the trash can. She walks over to the railing of the boardwalk and leans over staring out into the ocean. Her chocolate, brown hair swaying in the small breeze that suddenly broke out her loose short sleeved black shirt caught itself in the wind and her long white silk dress began to flow in rhythmic patterns with the wind.
"Thinking? About what?" Yami asks after throwing the plate away and joining her on the rail.
"Oh, I don?t know, all kinds of stuff I guess. You know we have the science fair project due in three days and my dance recital tomorrow. By the way are you coming?" Tea asks turning to look at Yami with her sea reflected eyes.
He smiled at her. "I wouldn?t miss it for the world."
"Thanks Yami. This really means a lot to me." She hugs his waist as buries her head in his chest.
"I know Tea and I'd be glad to come." Yami smiles burring his face deep into her hair. She looks back up at him and kisses him quickly on the forehead then once or twice more on the cheeks as he returns the kiss on her cheek as he holds her closely.
"Now you will all see a small performance by our honored student who has a surprise in for her at the end of this performance. I now present you Miss Tea Gardner!" The Dance Instructor says as the black curtains part to reveal a young brunette teen with her hair pulled back in a tight ballet bun on her head and a long cotton flowing, blue skirt around her waist that ended at her ankles. She wore a tight black leotard over her upper body that was decorated with blue and green sequences that sparkled every time she moved. She stood in first position (heels together for ppl who don?t know dance positions.) hands softly at her sides waiting for the song to begin. The song began with a small a low flute playing its tune softly. Then the voice of Christina Agulara came in as she sang her song, Reflections. Tea's lips to sing the words of the song as she danced, she sang word for word going through her soft and graceful steps and the words flowed freely from her mouth... "Look at me... You may think you see who I really am... but you'll never know me...Everyday, is as if I play apart. Now I see, if I wear a mask I can fool the world. But I cannot fool my heart..." She sang along only loud enough for herself to hear and as she spins on her toe shoes she stares out into the crowd and sees Yami, sitting in the front row next to her mother. Just in time for the chorus Yami smiles at her and she smiles back and begins to sing the song with all her heart for all to hear. At first her voice is a little shaky but then it comes clear. "Who is that girl I see, staring straight back at me? When will my reflection show who I am inside...?" She does a few toe- toe- flats (dance steps exactly as it sounds.) and then a small twirl as her skirt flows in a perfect circle chasing after her body.
"That?s my girl..." Yami looks over to see Mrs. Gardner smile happily up at her daughter as a small tear rolls down her cheek. Yami leans over and wipes away her tear with his thumb causing her to look at him. He smiles and she smiles back patting his hand in hers.
"How long has Tea been dancing?" He asks softly. Mrs. Gardner smiles at him and then replies to his question.
"12 years now."
"Wow. She must love to dance." Yami says in disbelief.
"Yes she does. When she worked for that Burger restaurant she wanted to dance so much she cried at night." Mrs. Gardner admits.
"Really? She never seemed upset." Yami says his eyes wide.
"She?s very good with hiding her feelings. The only way I know is because I was coming to her room to say good night after a late night at work and I leaned my ear against her door and heard her crying about dance." Mrs. Gardner nods.
"I never knew that." Yami bows his head in embarrassment.
"Well, she seems always happy now." Mrs. Gardner lightens the moment as she turns her attention back to her daughter dancing on the stage.
"I hope I would hurt myself if she wasn?t."
"That isn?t necessary. She loves you and is so happy she finally has you for herself. So for that, Yugi, I thank you." Mrs. Gardner hugs him and he smiles and rightfully hugs him back. "She called me Yugi!" He laughs to himself.
"I wont pretend that I'm someone else for all time. When will my reflection show who I am inside...?" Tea sings as her voice travels through the crowd as she steps with grace being sure not to fall. The last note was coming and she was coming to the part she always messed up on. She looks at her dance teacher and she only smiles. She begins to sing the last line as she spins herself up onto one toe shoe and spins singing along: "When will my reflection show... who I am inside...?" The music ends and Tea closes her eyes as she stops herself from spinning and lands in a perfect arobask. (that?s one foot still on the ground while the other is out in the air... POINTED! ) She stays there for a moment and closes her eyes as she is relived when she hears the whole audience rise and clap at her performance. She goes back to second position and then she bows gracefully walking off the stage.
"Tea, please come back on stage." Her dance instructor orders. Tea wonders what?s wrong as she takes her place back on stage with her dance instructor, Miss Tanaka.
"Yes ma'am what is it?" Tea whispers her heart beating fast and her hands begin to shake violently.
"I would like to present you with something I got in the mail last week." She pulls an envelop out from behind her back and holds it out to Tea fixing her long black hair pushing it over her shoulder and her green eyes shining.
"W-what is it?" Tea asks her voice reflecting into the microphone and out into the audience.
"Open it silly." Tanaka smiles. Tea begins to break the seal of the envelope and then she pulls out a slim baby blue letter. She opens the letter and begins to read silently to herself. Finally she looks back at the audience then to her mother, than Yami, tears begin to fall from her eyes. "Well, Tea are you going to read it to us?"
Tea sniffs lightly as the microphone is held to her face as she reads the fine print on the letter.
"Dear Miss Tea Gardner,
We are happy to inform you that you were a special selected one to come and study at our school of dance in New York City. After coming to your last recital last year we were very lifted by your performance and would like you to come and dance for us. Please reply to this letter and great work on all the effort.
Signed,
NYC Dance Academy"
She finishes reading as she wipes the tears away from her eyes and holds the letter in her shaky hands. "Well, what do you think of that?" Tanaka asks.
"It's wonderful..." Tea says unenthusiastically as she stares into Yami's eyes with tears flowing down her own. Yami gets up from his seat and heads towards the exit.
"Well, you are an honored student Tea. I hope you will choose wisel-" She was cut off as Tea ran off the stage and behind the curtains. "Tea? Well she must be really excited!" Tanaka smiles hoping Tea was alright.
PC: Well? What now?.
Yami: I don?t know?..
PC: Omg! I had such a hard time writing Tea cuz all of the sudden I?ve been writing Anzu instead so it was hard! Hope you liked it. J
Yami: Pharaohs Crystals does not own Yugi or its characters but for now she holds the box for reviews if you want another chapter! Better review!
PCrystals: Here's a little sample of the next chapter: Memories...
"Tea, please! Just wait! Dont leave. I'm beggin you please dont leave me." Yami cries as he stands by Tea's limo.
"Yami, I cant. I must go. You'll survive without me!" Tea says her face straight and emotionless. No tears stung her eyes, as she had rehersed earlier. "Let's just cut it off!" She slices the air with her hand but she also slashed Yami's heart with her words. She slides into the limo's seat and closes the door as she sets her small backpack in her lap. A small drop of wetness falls on her pleated skirt as the limo begins to drive away. "What have I done?" She asks herself.
