Chapter 12: An Unexpected Surprise
As Akari silently willed the pain to go away, a familiar aura suddenly surrounded her and she heard it whisper softly to her, "Sleep well and rest, beloved child of light." Then the pain slowly disappeared as she sighed in contentment and snuggled deep under the covers of her bed.
This energy, it feels so warm…it's so familiar…I wonder if…no, it couldn't be her, she's been dead for over 5,000 years now. Akari thought silently to herself as she began to wonder about who had really helped her then chided herself for even thinking about something so foolish. Yami must have healed me because he sensed my pain and Yugi took a huge risk to come down here and help me. They deserve so much better then allowing one to live his life through the eyes of the other, bound together by a curse that has caused them so much pain and trouble. If only I could help them, if only I could find a way to put an end to their suffering… and as those last thoughts drifted through her mind, Akari allowed the power of the magic to overtake her as she fell into a deep sleep, unaware of the new power growing inside of her.
As soon as Halakti left him alone with Akari and he was sure that Akari was asleep, Yugi finally crawled into the unused bed in Akari's room, too exhausted to walk down to the other end of the hallway where his room was at. I hope Joey doesn't know I'm not there, or he'll be worried sick about me. But I'm just so tired…I wish I knew why…Did helping Akari really take that much energy? No, he chided himself as he recounted the things he'd done earlier that evening and couldn't recall doing anything that would've tired him out. I know that looking after Akari wasn't very hard work. I wish I knew why I'm so tired, but I'm sure it's probably nothing to worry about. and after thus reassuring himself, Yugi pulled the covers over him as he went to sleep.
However, as Yugi slept during the night his chest began to hurt slightly, but fortunately, he was in such a deep sleep that he didn't even notice the pain was there. And slowly the pain spread outward until it reached the tips of his fingers and toes. As the pain got worse, Yugi dreamed that he was being pulled in two directions at once by unknown forces. In all my years of dueling I've never experienced anything like this before. What's happening to me? Then suddenly there was a loud ripping sound and Yugi screamed as everything went black around him.
And so during the course of that fateful night, two lives were changed forever never knowing what even happened to them until morning found them.
"What a night." Akari yawned as she slowly sat up in bed and stretched her arms. "I had the strangest dream last night that the pharaoh was still alive and wanted me to…oh but that's silly, it was only dream and I have to go draw my bath." And as she walked past the spare bed, she saw Yugi laying face down on top of the sheets…completely naked. Muttering something about embarrassing Tea, Akari stalked off into the bathroom and threw a towel over him so the others wouldn't find out about his so called "night life."
Then Akari went back to the bathroom and turned on the shower like Tea had shown her, then she began washing her hair with the fragrant soap called "shampoo." And as began washing her body, she noticed that her back was itching her like crazy, more specifically her shoulders. But try as she might, she couldn't find a way to quell the itching, sighed as she turned off the water, and declared defeat as she began drying herself with her towel.
Meanwhile back in the room
Yugi moaned softly as he sat up in bed and rubbed his forehead as he thought about the events of the previous night, Akari's transformation, and most importantly his conversation with the mysterious woman who called herself Halakti. Then he looked around the room as if he expected to see anything out of the ordinary, "But what if it was all some crazy dream?"
"Not now Yugi, I'm trying to get some sleep." said a very familiar voice as Yugi slowly turned around and gasped in shock.
"Yami?"