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Review replies-Pharaoh Atemu's Angel- Hah! (strikes a Jounouchi pose) As the author of this story I must respond to the reader's will! ...So of course there will be more fluff and idiot Yami parts. lol
KNT- YES!! I WAS RIGHT!!! (dances like a retard) Anyway, thanks for your review. Yugi ish kawaii isn't he?
Sansi- Well, it's kinda like The Fifth Element...only it crosses a whole lot with Yu-Gi-Oh and Chobits...so that kinda ruins the Fifth Element part doesn't it...?
Lily Maxwell The Dark Angel- Oh poor you. (rubs the back of her neck) Geez, so many people dislike two pairings put together don't they? Heh. Anyway, don't worry, after a few chapters I'm taking the YamiXSeto parts out and I am going to mainly focus on the YamiXYugi parts. Hope you like until then! And yes...YUGI'S CHI!!! lol
SoulDreamer- Nya ha. I am fabulous aren't I?
Hathor's-Favorite- Yep! That's what I was aiming for. Oh and arigatou gozaimasu for the gifts!!! (shoves cookie in her mouth and huggles plushie)
Moonbeam- Another person who wants to see more of one part than the other. (sighu) I'll try my best. v.v'
Tenshi Youkai No Yugure- (claps) Bravo! Bravo! Oh I loved that story! It was so good! Nya...maybe I should submit to the master. My only rant is, the switch of POVs gets me kinda confused. You could either A, shorten them...or B, instead of putting POV signs which can be kind of unattractive, you can just let the story flow out and put horizontal lines where they switch POVs...it might look and/or seem better. Also, do you accept anonymous reviews? You could get more if you did. (This person has a very nice story and if you like Inuyasha and other basic anime's...you should read it.)
Latias Gang- Meh. Yugi might've been violent...but he's so damn cute!!!!!!!
PERSON GAL- O.O .....whoah...is my story really related to N'SYNC?!
Thank you all again for your reviews! You have absolutely no idea how much I appreciate them all. Thanks much!
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Warning- Yaoi, OC-ness, and fluffiness!
Divine Beings
Come Home, Yugi!
Yami sat up straight as quick as lightening, his breath ragged, cold sweat lining his tan face. His eyes were wide with sudden fear, his rapid heartbeat pounding in his ears.
"Damn you Seto," He closed his eyes and put a hand on his forehead, lying back down on the bed.
"Next time I get to pick the horror movie."
He lay there for a while, coming out of his sudden (and very stupid) surge of terror. That's when he realized something.
'Wait a minute...' He sat up again.
Where was Yugi?!
Yugi walked on the thin, black railing that separated the sidewalk from the busy street. His arms raised up to shoulder height, he trotted on it with perfect balance, seeming like he had been doing the trick for years, catching the eyes of many of the people heading home from work. He wore a long tan overcoat and a red scarf that Seto had told him to put on before he had left. Seto was like a nagging mommy that Yugi had seen on the big box that showed moving pictures in the living space, but he still liked him anyway.
The boy smiled and breathed into the air making the little white cloud that looked like the one that came from the train he saw heading to Yokohama. That's what he liked about this place. If you breathe into the air, you can be like a train! It was so fun.
Yugi blinked and stopped walking on the railing, standing still on it with his incredible balance. He looked across the sidewalk, a huge, colorful banner catching his eye. Despite the buzz of the crowd on the sidewalk, he tried to decipher the big kanji letters the best he could.
Happy...Kinro...Kansha....No...Hi. Happy Kinro Kansha No Hi.
Yugi tilted his head, confused. What was a Happy Kinro Kansha No Hi? Was it a person? A snack?
There was only one way to find out; go into the building the banner was on. It didn't look too bad, actually, it seemed kinda inviting. He wondered what kind of building it was. Jumping off the railing so he didn't hit anyone, Yugi made his way over to the Happy Kinro Kansha No Hi place.
"Hello...?" He asked softly as he pushed open the glass door. Blinking at the tranquility, he entered, the warmth and aroma of the place wrapping around him like a blanket.
The lights were on but it looked like nobody was there. The floor was just a plain white, a few pictures hung about the wall of Mount Fuji-san and other assorted things. Three round black marble tables sat beside the right wall, two chairs sitting at each, while a nice bamboo plant sat in the corner. The left side of the room was the one that caught Yugi's attention. It was a long white marble counter and on that counter sat display shelves sealed with glass that could be opened on the other side. Inside this large display there were cakes and sweet goods of all kinds. Walking over, he found thousands of different types of goods, some rice, and some fried to people's delight. Yugi tilted his head again, touching the glass.
"Yugi is confused." He looked across the assortment again. "These are Kinro Kansha No Hi?"
"Kinro Kansha No His? Nah, those are namagashis."
The voice startled Yugi, almost causing him to trip when he spun around to find the source.
Standing behind him was a young man, probably only a year older than Yami, drying his hands with a towel. His eyes were as black as coal and shiny like marbles. A warm smile spread across his face, his ebony hair peeking out of the tall white hat he was wearing, short enough so that it probably only went to his ears and was slightly spiky. He was much taller than Yugi and wore a white long sleeved shirt which had the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, a white apron stained with splotches of flour tied around his waist over his black baggy pants.
The man smiled. "I haven't seen you around here before. You must be new to Domino. What's your name?"
Yugi's eyes narrowed in slight suspicion. Seto had told him that while he was out to not talk to strangers. Was this man a stranger?
"Yugi is Yugi. Why?"
The man blinked at the caution in Yugi's voice and scratched his head. "Do I need a reason?" He shook his head. "Anyway, it's nice to meet you Yugi." He bowed, something Yugi had not seen anyone do before to him. It looked a little fun. He tried to mimic the action.
He bowed till he was parallel to the white marble floor. "Nice to meet you...."
He blinked and stood up straight, looking at the man. "Yugi does not know your name."
The man chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck. "I'm Hitoru Odoru...but everyone here in Domino just calls me Manager-san."
"Manager-san..." Yugi pointed at the man. "This is Manager-san!" He smiled cutely. "Yugi will always remember Manager-san!"
The man raised his eyebrows in amusement at the boy's actions. That warm smile still on his face, he walked over toward the little entrance to get behind the counter, but stopped before Yugi. He ruffled the boy's hair.
"Well you're a cute one aren't you? So Yugi, how old are you?"
Yugi tilted his head. "Old..?" He looked at the ground in thought. Looking back up, his face was twisted in puzzlement.
"Yugi does not know."
(insert anime fall here)
The man was in pure bewilderment. "You don't know?! Yugi, how could you not know how old you are?!"
Yugi looked at the ground, sullen. "Yugi is sorry." His eyes widened and he gasped, grabbing onto the man's shirt. "Is Yugi supposed to know?! Is Yugi...bad?"
The man just blinked. "Well," He took the hand Yugi had gripped on his shirt and put it back down to the boy's side. "You should know...it's kinda impossible not to know. But it doesn't mean you're bad Yugi."
Yugi smiled in relief. "So Yugi is not bad?"
He smiled. "No Yugi, you're not bad."
Yugi nodded and turned his attention back to the display. He pointed at one of the things inside.
"Does Manager-san make these?"
The man nodded. "Sure do."
"They look nice." He looked up at the man. "What are they?"
The man raised an eyebrow. "You don't know? They're namagashis...kinda traditional this time of year. They're baked, fried, and steamed buns filled with sweetened azuki bean paste. Ever had one?"
Yugi shook his head. "Yugi has not."
The man thought for a moment. "Do you have any money?"
Yugi blinked. "Money? What is a money?"
The man looked in slight shock again. "You don't know what...ah, nevermind." The man reached into his pocket and pulled out a couple yen coins. "This is money. It's how people get things. Got it?"
Yugi took one of the coins out of the man's hand. He played around with the piece of metal. "Yugi...thinks so. So...if Yugi has money...Yugi can get namagashi?"
The man smiled. "That's right."
Yugi looked slightly sad. "But, Yugi does not have any of money."
"Ah don't worry about it." The man headed behind the counter and opened up the glass case. He took out one of the namagashis and held it out to Yugi. "It's on the house."
Yugi blinked and took the sea-stone shaped pastry. "On the..house?"
"Yeah, y'know, complimentary, nothing, free...it means you can have it without paying with money. Go ahead and eat it."
Yugi looked slightly unsure. He brought the pastry to his lips and took a small bite.
His eyes widened instantly. It was like a cloud up in the sky, so soft and spongy, it almost melted in his mouth!
The man grinned, his head resting on a propped elbow. "Good huh?"
Yugi swallowed the portion in his mouth and nodded instantly. He smiled. "Yugi wonders if Yami has money to get namagashis." He took another bite and chewed it happily. The man's attention was caught and his head lifted from his hand.
"You know Yami...?"
Yami ran out the doorway to the lobby, pulling on his black jacket as he did so, Seto running at his side.
"How could you let Yugi leave Seto?!"
"I didn't think you'd mind! I thought he'd be back by now!"
Yami instantly stopped, catching Seto by surprise.
"Seto! You told me yourself he didn't know anything. He might've been taken away! There are gross people out there and I don't want Yugi to end..up...like..." He trailed off his sentence, his eyes narrowed as he glared at the ground. His hands clenched and unclenched into fists as his stomach twisted painfully at images that ran through his head.
Seto's eyes shone with pity for the crimson-eyed boy. He had a reason to be worried about Yugi...he'd been through it himself.
"Yami..."
Said boy blinked hard, getting rid of tears that threatened to fall. He looked up sharply. "I'm gonna go find him."
Yami ran out the door, almost knocking over a woman holding a stack of papers in the process. Seto gasped and ran out the door also, the cold autumn air hitting his body like a ton of bricks, dark clouds overhead casting a shadow on the ground.
"Yami! You twit! It's going to stor-!"
Too late...Yami was out of sight.
Seto sighed and put a hand on his hip, the other ran through his brown hair.
"Idiot."
Aki kinu to
Me ni wa sayaka ni
Miene domo
Kaze no oto ni zo
Odorukarenuru
Kiseki....kiseki
Isis sat in her room, looking out her window. Rain pitter-pattered against the glass, leaves blowing away with the harsh wind.
"Another storm, no doubt compliments of Set." She sighed and stood up. Running a hand over her white linen dress, she headed toward the door.
She almost fell over when she found Seto about to knock when she opened it.
"Seto?"
Said boy let his hand fall down to his side. "Hi Isis-san. Um..."
Isis blinked at the hesitation in his voice. After a moment she scowled.
"Yami is out in the storm."
Seto looked at her incredulously. "How did you-?!"
"You never come to my room unless you want your ass scolded to death or you come to get that idiot boy from my lectures. Let's go." She pinched his arm and pulled him down the hall.
"Ow, ow, ow!!"
Yami took refuge under a bus stop shelter, soaked to the bone. His hands on his knees, he panted, his breath coming out in heavy gasps. He had ran around at least half the town, yet he still hadn't found the amethyst eyed boy.
'Oh Yugi, where are you?'
"What are you doing out here young one?"
Yami spun around. Behind him sitting on the old bus stop bench was an old man. His eyes were so narrow it seemed like they were closed, his lips in a crooked smile that showed he only had eight teeth. Wrinkles of numerous numbers proved his age, his eyebrows like white long haired caterpillars, beard in the same hue pulled and held with a bead. He wore a long overcoat that went to his feet, his hands resting on a wooden cane.
"Kids are so crazy today. Running out in a storm, how reckless. You're not God y'know."
Yami sweatdropped. Just like Isis...perfect.
He turned back out toward the street. "I'm not running in the pouring rain for my health old man." The comment was a little rude, but it was the truth. The old man didn't seem to notice at all, totally ignoring the statement.
"There was a boy walking on the railing over there a while ago. He seemed very talented. Young ones always seem to want to be adventurous these days."
Yami rolled his eyes. "That's just lovely. But I'm trying to-.."
The old man whapped him in the head with his cane before he could finish.
"Why the hell did you do that you stupid bastard!!" Yami rubbed his head where a large bump was forming.
"Idiot. Be more careful next time. The man who seeks a life of prosperity must be a good thinker. A poor man is one who runs ahead and eventually trips and falls. So before you decide to doze off again in your own stupidity, make sure you keep the thing that means so much to you under guard."
Yami blinked. ".....Huh?"
WHAP!
"ITAI!!! THAT HURT!!!!"
The old man looked up at Yami, eyes narrowed so they resembled lines.
"You really are an idiot aren't you?" He sighed. "I guess that's what we get. Anyway boy, I'm not stupid...I know who you're looking for. Who do you think I was referring to on the railing today? It was that AI you fool. You're looking for him because he got out."
Yami's eyes widened in shock. "H-How did...?!"
"You're the other boy...the Yami no tenshi...right? You and the Hikari no tenshi have to unite...and all that mumble-jumble."
Yami was at a loss for words, his mouth opening and closing in shock. This man...he knew it he be a spy? On pure instinct, Yami quickly flicked his hand to the dagger hidden under his coat, just incase...
"Don't even think about it."
Yami's hand stopped in mid-air.
The old man sighed. "What has become of our world today? Youngsters carrying daggers in their coats...madness!" Using the worn out wooden cane, he slowly stood up, his back hunched. He turned to Yami, gazing at him with those narrow eyes.
"Why did the idiot chicken cross the road..?"
Yami blinked. "...."
"...To save all humanity from his own forgetfulness. HAH!" The old man grinned, showing those eight teeth. The front two were blackened.
He used to be a samurai.
Yami watched incredulously as the man hobbled out into the rain, disappearing against the misty droplets. The hand that was hovering over his dagger unconsciously fell to his side. He shook his head.
"Stupid old man."
That's when a light caught his eye. Across the street, a building was lit up in the hazy mist of pouring rain, the only one lit up on the block. His breath caught in his throat.
That old man...was he sent by the Gods?
Yami ran out of the shelter of the bus stop and into the rain. He hopped over the black rail onto the road, angry drivers honking their horns as he ran across the street. Tripping over his heels slightly, he made it to the other side and jumped over that railing, almost pushing over a couple with an umbrella. He ran to the door and opened it.
He thought his heart skipped a couple beats.
"Hah! Yugi wins again Manager-san!"
A table had been brought out to the middle of the shop, a Go board lying on the marble surface littered with black and white stones, the cups that held the circular pieces of glass off to the side. Yugi was grinning like mad, the man sitting across from him in slight shock.
The man sighed and reached into his pocket. "Are you sure you haven't played this game before Yugi?" He pulled out a couple bills and reluctantly put them into Yugi's awaiting hand. "At this rate I'll be broke."
Yugi put the bills under the cup that held his Go stones, setting them neatly on top of other bills he had won from the man. "Yugi is sure." He smiled in that cute way again.
Yami just stood at the doorway, water dripping from his soaked form. Was this a dream? Had the amethyst-eyed boy been here the whole time? He was afraid to speak...just incase this was really a dream...and he had just been knocked out by that crazy old man.
"Yugi..."
Both boys turned to Yami at the name. Seeing the crimson-eyed boy, Yugi gasped and quickly got up from his seat, the chair making a loud noise as it clattered to the floor.
"Yami!"
The pale boy quickly ran over and wrapped his arms around the boy in a death grip hug. This time Yami remembered to balance himself. The crimson eyed boy let out a breath of relief, one arm hugging the warmer boy closer to him and the other hand running through his silky strands of hair so much like his own. He felt like he was going to pass out.
"Oh holy Kami-sama...to believe you were here the whole time..."
The man smiled and got up from his seat, putting all the Go stones that currently littered the board into their rightful cups and putting the game away behind the counter. He conjured up a towel and walked over to the two, holding out the dry cloth to Yami. He smiled.
"I guess this'll make two times you've showed up at my shop dripping wet."
Yami blinked and took the towel, staring in the man's eyes.
"Hito-"
Yugi quickly grabbed him by the arm dragging him over to the display. "Look Yami! These are things that you buy with yen...and yen is this..." He held up a coin into Yami's face. "And Kinro Kansha No Hi is like 'mearica Thanksgiving! And 'mearica is not here..it is somewhere else. And that is Manager-san..." He pointed at the man. "Manager-san is nice and let Yugi stay here till the sky stopped crying."
Yami blinked at the sudden rush of things and closed his eyes in amusement, praying silently to thank for Yugi's safety.
"Yugi..."
The man's voice both startled Yami and Yugi, and they both turned to look at him. Hitoru had taken off his apron and slipped on a black leather coat, standing at the doorway with jingling keys in his hand.
"Maybe you and Yami would like to go home, hm? I can give you guys a ride."
"Home!" Yugi clapped his hands excitedly and ran off to get his coat. Yami smiled and looked over at the man.
"Hitoru...long time no see huh?"
The man smiled back. "Too long if you ask me."
Yami nodded. "I really don't know what I'd do without you though. How can I ever repay you?"
"Hmm...y'know that Shizuka girl you work with.." He grinned.
Yami's eye twitched. "Uhh...no."
Hitoru shook his head and laughed slightly. "An explanation would be kind of nice."
Yami smiled as Yugi came back into the room.
"An explanation it is."
HAH! I stop it!
Sorry for the long delays guys. I really didn't mean it! It just happens y'know. Anyway, please review for I appreciate them to the fullest extent. And of course, no flames, for they will make my hoard of evil clown very angry...
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