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Chapter four: Sakura Tavern

Disclaimer: I own YGO! MUWAHAHAHA! So there! -Sticks tongue out-

Sarah: -Sighs- Whatever L.W.K....whatever.

L.W.K: -raises eyebrow- You seem...bummed, character o' mine.

Sarah: I am CONFUSED. -growls-

L.W.K: -sweatdrops- Oh yeah...I'll fix it.

Sarah: -Raises eyebrow - We shall see.

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The chapter is dedicated to: ...Random embarrassing moments that are kinda cute. And bishies that act like little kids.

Mists enshrouded the air below as the moon illuminated the sky above. Alleys whispered with wind, footsteps were heard gently passing through the streets. The air was thick with silence...the kind of silence that seemed deathly, yet all in the same moment full of life.

Sarah was going pretty quickly through the tops of the streets, but it really didn't do much good. It felt like they weren't ever going to get any closer. Yugi was nodding off and had to be jolted awake whenever Sarah had to jump a lower or higher roof then normal, making the ride a little more than uncomfortable.

Sarah began to feel the tiredness, which should have taken effect earlier. Three battles, a long day, too much excitement, and her mind racing...it was too much.

It was no wonder that Yugi was exhausted.

If she was tired, how could anyone expect a normal person to not be next to dropping half-dead from exhaustion?

Sarah frowned. She was far from any haven that could protect both of them from harm...perhaps if it was just her, or just him...but no haven fit for them both...not yet.

There was only one place that was near and would take people in with little questioning. It was an old inn that happened to be a mile ahead.

The inn's name was called "Sakura Tavern"

Not the nicest place, mind you...especially since there was a bar down below. But at least they would give them a warm bed, without asking who or what they were...for the right price of course.

It's funny how quiet someone can be with a wad of cash in their hands.

"Yugi...Yugi...?" Sarah called quietly and gently.

"Mmmrph?" Yugi asked.

Sarah made a face. "Yugi...Wake up." She said a little louder, in a commanding voice.

"Wha...?" Yugi asked as he slowly opened his violet eyes that seemed slightly glazed from sleep and lack thereof. He probably would have rubbed his eyes if it weren't for the fact that his hands were holding onto Sarah instead.

"We're almost to a place that we can rest at...It's an inn."

Yugi flashed a tired smile that was more of a slight upward curl of his lip. "Great...I am kinda..."

"Tired?" Sarah asked in amusement. "I think I could tell."

Yugi smiled again, sheepishly this time.

Sarah made a few more leaps, a little stronger then before. She stopped on a tall house near a large building that stretched sideways instead of up like most buildings in town.

"So...this is the Inn?" Yugi asked tiredly.

"Yes, this is it. But remember...stay close to me. This is a place where people don't really ask questions...which is a good thing for us. But because of that, you never know what kind of people hang out here..."

"Why is it such a good thing that they don't ask questions...?" Yugi inquired.

Sarah didn't reply, either not hearing, or not caring to answer. She leaped down on last time into a near by alleyway, and let Yugi get off. She looked at Yugi with a serious face and eyes that said "Remember. You must stay close to me. You cannot go off alone."

Yugi nodded in silent acknowledgement of her unspoken warning.

They walked into the street and to the Inn. The outside was painted red and green with some golden trim, slightly peeling, as Sarah observed. A few tables were scattered about a patio, each had two chairs. The tables were a dark red wood and stained with various drinks...the chairs were worn from weary travelers enjoying the small bit of comfort they gave.

It was distasteful to some, and a joyous sight to others...what bothered Sarah about this place was the ghastly smell of alcohol, cigars, pipes, wine, and drunks...which helped her to calmly hurry Yugi inside.

It wasn't easy to smell for the inside of the Inn because it was covered with the scent of Sakura blossoms. Probably part of the inn's theme.

Because of the thick smell of flowers, Yugi didn't notice the horrid smell below, but Sarah still did.

A guy sitting in a chair in the corner of the room looked at Yugi and grinned in an evil manner.

Sarah gave him an icy glare that spelled certain death even to the most oblivious person.

'Back off punk. He's with me.'

The man's eyes went wide as he looked away suddenly and began to whistle "innocently" while twiddling his fingers around a bottle of beer.

Sarah snorted and returned her attention towards a young woman at the counter who wore a red and gold dress and had a Sakura flower pinned in her raven black hair.

"May I help you?" The young woman asked.

Sarah nodded, with an analyzing look on her face. "We need a room for the night..." Sarah said quietly in a stoic tone.

"Yes ma'am! Not a problem! ...You must be very lucky! We have one room left." She said all too cheerily for this forsaken hour of the night.

'Man...gotta wonder what SHE'S been drinking...' Sarah thought, with her irritation brimming.

"So...(giggle) are you folks a couple or something? (Giggle) You look kinda good together..." The lady commented. "And why are you two all the way out here?"

Yugi blushed and Sarah blinked. A little surprising, but not too unexpected of a question. Requesting a room...in hotel at night...and it was just them.

"No. We aren't. And I'd prefer if we keep our information to ourselves. Thank you." Sarah spoke in an icy manner.

She wasn't specifically trying to be rude, but it was best that she kept things brief and make sure no one questioned them.

"Yes ma'am! Not a problem...! We make sure all our customers are satisfied!" She replied as she finally finished leading them to the room.

"You want me satisfied? Then do me a favor." Sarah mumbled.

"Anything, ma'am! You just say the word!" The woman caroled.

"Stop. Talking." Sarah mumbled, giving her a full out glare.

The woman blinked, she had obviously fallen off cloud nine and managed to smack herself in the face on the way down. She nodded solemnly deciding that it would be best NOT to say "Yes Ma'am! Not a problem! " in this particular case.

With a relieved smirk, Sarah shut the door. "Ahhh...good old peace and quiet." She muttered.

Sarah looked around the room. A small wooden table sat on one side of the room, and in a corner was a green cloth chair. A small cubical like bathroom was by the door and the walls were a shade of pale pink that was worn.

Sarah was very thankful that it was an old room, because if it weren't, then the pink would hurt just about anyone's eyes.

Finally the bed...it had a green knitted comforter, white sheets, and a crisp white pillow.

Yugi smiled tiredly with the thought of rest. A lovely mental picture, if he did say so himself.

Sarah groaned inwardly. Well, at least there was a windowsill?

No one could, or would dare, for that matter, blame her for not being very enthusiastic.

'I'msore enough, thank you very much.'

She slowly went over to the window, once again cursing her idiotic guilt complex. Or what some might call her conscious.

Sarah pulled on the window to get it to open, noting that it was horribly smaller then Yugi's and a ton less comfortable.

Only one thing...the window didn't open.

She looked down, and saw that it actually...wasn't the kind of window that opened. In fact, it's only purpose was to sit there and look pretty.

Sarah's mouth formed a small "O" in realization.

'...I hate my life.'

Yugi looked over at Sarah and blinked. She had a very deep frown on her face. Something was obviously bothering her. She took a look around the room, and her eyes landed on him. She instantly blinked, and started to look embarrassed, as a particular thought seemed to cross her mind. She rolled her eyes in exasperation, and Yugi figured that now was a good time to ask.

"Something wrong, Sarah?"

Sarah turned back to him and gave a weak smile.

"Kinda..." She spoke in a quiet voice.

"What?"

"Well...uh...the window won't open." She mumbled. "Apparently this particular hotel has windows that don't open."

Yugi blinked. "How is that a problem...?" He asked, his tired mind not fully comprehending exactly what was troubling his companion.

"...Erm...I...don't have anywhere to sleep..." She replied, as she looked at the floor and found her boots very interesting.

Yugi's mouth formed the same "O" of recognition.

Yugi voiced the question on both their minds. "Uh...well...what are we going to sleep on the floor..." Sarah muttered, even less thrilled about that then the windowsill. She was practically dreading how she'd feel in the morning. But of course, if she didn't sleep there...then...there was only one other option and that was kind of not up to her by any means.

"You shouldn't sleep on the floor! There has to be something else we can do..." Yugi insisted, furrowing his brow.

Sarah took this time to have a pale shade of pink dust her cheeks lightly.

"Actually, yes, there is another option...but...it's kind of...you might not be comfortable with it." Sarah mumbled, as the slight pink slowly burned a little darker.

Yugi looked surprised to see Sarah...blushing? Odd.

"What's the other option?"

"...We could...well...umm...share..." She muttered quietly.

Yugi instantly understood why Sarah was blushing. Actually, he was too at the moment.

"Ummm...w-w-well...I-I..."

"It's only for tonight. I could just sleep on top of the covers so we won't be that close, I don't need them. And if you still don't feel comfortable with that, then I'll sleep on the floor. I don't mind, either way. It's up to you." Sarah said calmly and solemnly as she willed the blush to disappear.

"Other things aside, it would also be safer." She added quietly.

Yugi nodded, still blushing slightly. "S-sure...if you don't mind, then I guess I don't either...and it's not really a big deal..."

Sarah nodded. Yugi got under the covers lying down. Sarah got on top of the covers as she suggested earlier and instead of lying down all the way, she was in a similar position to the one she was in on the windowsill at Yugi's house.

Almost exactly, except for the fact that she was a bit more relaxed, since she was on an actual bed instead of being on a sill.

"Goodnight, Sarah." Yugi whispered quietly, wondering if she had already nodded off.

"Goodnight, Yugi." Sarah whispered back. She slowly felt his weight shift minutes later. Once again, he was fast asleep.

Her mind was still awake with the events of the day, but she too soon fell into the arms of the shadows filled with the bliss of sleep and peace.

A bright shimmering glow flashed through the window with a fierce aura of unrelenting light. Sarah groaned in annoyance as she looked at the source of the light. A low growl rose from her throat.

Sunrises might be pretty or whatever, but she wouldn't have minded if this sun hadn't risen today. Her tired eyes were even sorer from the light then usual.

It shone all over her, still unwilling to stop its glow, though she glared at the light with all she had.

Finally, she sighed in defeat. She knew that the sun wouldn't set for her, no matter what kind of icy glare she gave it. She had to wake up. Period.

Day was the best time to travel after all...no self-respecting vampire that valued their life at all would be out in broad daylight. After all, that was suicide.

Light pierced shadows, shadows smothered light...or something like that. She vaguely recalled learning that long ago...

In any case, waking Yugi was in order. After all, he was probably still sleeping...

She turned to wake him, and she was suddenly wide-awake. Yugi wasn't there. He wasn't next to her like she was thinking...

Uh oh...

"Yugi?!"

"Yeah?" She heard a voice reply from behind her. She turned to see Yugi, fully-clothed and ready to go, standing right behind her. She nearly jumped out of her skin from fright and melted into a puddle with relief at the same time...of course, the result of that would have been rather nasty...

"Don't scare me like that! Why didn't you wake me up?" Sarah demanded.

Yugi blinked. "Well...you were asleep..."

"...Well, yeah, why else would I need to wake up?"

"You wouldn't wake up." He replied, frowning slightly.

Sarah stared with her mouth practically on the floor. "I...what?"

"You wouldn't wake up...I shook you, but it didn't work." Yugi mumbled, as he looked a little nervous.

"...I must have been really out of it..." She whispered. "That's...almost scary..."

She looked between surprised and horrified.

'I let my guard down...I cannot do that again...I'm lucky I didn't sleep on the sill that night because I might have let a vampire right in. I have to keep aware...under every circumstance. Luckily, I didn't learn that the hard way...' She mused with a deep frown on her face.

"Can't say I blame you. Out of both of us, you have to be the most tired. I mean...you fought all those people and you carried me all that way...I just find it hard to believe we actually made it here." Yugi admitted, trying to encourage her and compliment her at the same time.

Sarah shrugged. "Thanks...but there's no excuse for me doing that...I should have been more alert, even in a place like this."

'I won't make this mistake again.' Sarah swore to herself.

"Well, let's go!" Yugi chirped cheerfully.

"...Oh, yeah." Sarah replied as she braced herself and was about to kneel so that Yugi could get on, when she realized something.

'Oh...no...we can't travel like that! If people see us, then they'll know that I...and they'll come after us...Vampires may be a threat, but I like Vampire hunters a lot less...a lot less. They won't hurt Yugi because they'll think he's a victim...but as for me, I can't exactly say the same.'

"Umm...Sarah?" Yugi asked timidly.

"...Yes?"

"Can we look around town?"

"...Yugi, this really isn't the time for..."

"Please...?"

Sarah sighed uneasily. "...Why?"

"Because, I've never really been this far in town and I haven't ever seen this place before. Back when my grandpa took care of me, he was always really protective of me, so...I never really got to go anywhere..."

'I'll bet so, I can think of more then one reason for him to be a little worried about travel. A lot more then one, for that matter.'

"...Well..."

Yugi looked hopeful, he smiled.

"I really shouldn't let you..."

His smile drooped.

"But..."

His smile returned.

"I really shouldn't..."

And there it goes.

"But it wouldn't hurt that much..."

...Yugi smacked his forehead.

Sarah chuckled.

"What the heck, why not?"

And this time it was a lot brighter. "You mean it?!?"

"...Like I said, I shouldn't. We should get to my friend's house and get things sorted out first...but...I guess we could take a minute to relax. It is daytime, and we don't have to worry as much..."

"Yay! Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!"

Sarah blinked. "...Uh...you're welcome..."

Yugi grabbed her hand and dragged her out the door with such speed that Sarah could have sworn he was part cheetah.

'Oh boy...what have I gotten myself into now?'

I guess I'm gonna stop there...soon, Yugi will actually find out that his friend is a lot more special then he thought.

But that will be in the next chapter, possibly in the 6th.

Anyway, that's all for now folks! Good night!

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