Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, if I did I would be very, very rich and
have a really big mansion with a really cool car.
And a huge Jacuzzi pool with my own personal Baskins & Robbins beside it. - And I'd also put more romance in the manga =) (between Tea and Yami - hey I support those two no matter what anyone says - n_n).
But then again. Heck I'd do more romance between Yugi and Yami =^_^=. (NOT HENTAI !!)
- and veering off the point completely, has anyone ever noticed Yami's pants? The way they stick to him like a second skin?
"" is talking, is for thinking and reminiscing , ** is for coughs or sighs --- --- is for mental conversations
CHAPTER EIGHT - Artifacts from Egypt
Yami pulled on his tuxedo jacket and began fiddling with his bow tie. He hated the feel of the silk, his preference being leather or jeans. Cursing silently, he finally fixed the tie and glowered at his reflection in the mirror.
"I look like a goddam prude." he thought darkly to himself.
"Are you ready yet boy?" Kurai-san's voice asked irritably behind him.
"Have you ever heard of knocking?" Yami growled back, staring at his guardian in the mirror.
Kurai-san shot him a look that Yami could not place on the emotions scale and walked out the door. "Hurry up, we have to be there by 9:00pm, you're NOT going to make a bad impression on these people!" He yelled behind him.
"Here's an idea, forget about me and maybe you'll be on time." Yami snapped after him.
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Kurai-san stormed down the steps of the mansion that he and Yami lived in. He hated the boy, he thought all his problems would have ended when he got rid of his parents. He could manipulate the boy, make him as successful as his parents were and live off him.
But Yami was becoming as rebellious as his father had been. Manipulating the boy into believing that becoming a doctor was what his parents wanted had been hard enough. If Yami didn't become a doctor in the next six years, they .rather HE was going to run out of the family fortune. He was glad that Yami was too young to legally be able to investigate the money he was entitled to; otherwise Yami might find that more that ¾ of his money had already been spent.
Being a private doctor to a group of overly rich and hypochondriac persons was highly rewarding in its own right. If Yami could just succeed in becoming a doctor, he could get back his old patients and his plush living would be able to continue.
"Hey Kurai-san? What's this stupid function about anyway?" Yami shouted from the top of the stairs.
"A group of scientists are asking for funding for an archeological dig in Egypt. Apparently some rather interesting artifacts were found in a tomb and they need more money to fund it." Kurai-san replied, checking himself in a mirror. A maid handed him his car keys and the two invitations needed for the function.
Yami paused on the first step. Egyptian artifacts?
"Are you coming boy? Or are you going to stand on that step staring at me all evening?" Kurai-san grated out through a clenched jaw.
Damn those godforsaken eyes!
Without a word Yami 'slowly' descended the steps (much to the frustration of his guardian) and got into the car.
Egyptian artifacts. why am I intrigued?
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It had just begun to drizzle when Solomon drove his motorcycle into the parking area behind his shop and waited patiently for Yugi to jump off. Yugi slowly climbed off and pushed the backdoor open. "Thanks for coming for me ojii-san."
"No problem. Just to let you know, I'm going out tonight Yugi." Solomon informed his grandson as he secured the bike.
"You are?" Yugi asked, pausing his body half way through the door.
"Remember those artifacts that were found in Egypt? Well, I've been invited to a function tonight to examine them. Apparently they think that my opinion will be worth something." Solomon chuckled quietly to himself.
"That's great ojii-san!" Yugi said, genuinely happy for his grandfather. "Do you think you'll be able to tell them what they are?" "I have no idea, but my point is you'll be home alone tonight so make sure you lock all the doors."
"I will ojii-san." Yugi answered as cheerfully as he could, his chest was beginning to hurt again.
He headed up the stairs, head bowed down. Solomon noted this. "Yugi-chan? Genki desuka?" he asked concerned.
"Genki desu!" Yugi said, forcing his voice to sound happy, he turned on the steps and grinned down at his grandfather.
"Hmmm." Solomon said gravely, hanging his raincoat on the coat hook and changing into his slippers. Something's up with him tonight. exam stress maybe?
Yugi finally reached the top of the stairs, wended his way to his room and crawled into his bed.
Sleep. I'll sleep off the pain
When Solomon came upstairs to say goodbye to Yugi, Yugi was curled up in his bed fast asleep.
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Yami sat by the buffet table, leaning his head against his knuckles and feeling extremely bored. Outside the rain was coming down in the torrents and thunder rumbled ominously.
Strange. where'd the rain come from? Yami thought to himself.
"Yami-saaaan!!" a sickly sweet voice hollered behind him, making him wince. Almost too afraid to look, he finally summoned up enough courage to turn around. To his absolute horror he found himself staring up at a large woman, with about six chins beaming down at him with the meanest, beadiest eyes he had ever seen.
"Uhh." he choked.
"Yoku Tarada desu!" the woman beamed, bowing vigorously.
"Kurai-saaaan (what was with her and drawing out the 'san'? Yami thought irritably) said you're studying to be a doctor! I look forward to hearing of your success! Remember to inform me when you reopen your father's clinic! I do want to be your first patient, your father had such. gentle hands." To Yami's disgust she winked at him and licked her lips.
He forced himself to smile, nearly cracking his face in half from the effort. "I'm sure he did.Excuse me please."
He left Yoku Tarada with a disappointed look on her face. (This faded when she saw she was standing beside the Buffet table).
If I have to TOUCH a patient like THAT, I think I'll commit hara-kiri Yami thought bitterly to himself.
"Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen!" a rich voice called from the center of the room.
Curious, Yami turned to see a tall, tanned man in his late thirties standing in front of a large curtain. "We thank you all very much for coming this evening! We hope you will find the artifacts we have gathered to be of interest and that you will seriously consider funding our next expedition. Now please! Feast your eyes on the few that we have uncovered already!"
He stepped aside clapping and the curtain was drawn aside to show three platforms. Something glittered in two of them. Whatever was on the platforms were protected from touching hands by a glass case.
'Ohhhs' and 'ahhhs' could be heard around the room as people drew closer to look.
"So strange.!" a lady murmured staring down at the artifact on the left.
"That one has a funny eye!" a man said grinning, pointing down at the middle one.
Yami came up to one of the platforms and gazed down at a large plaque of stone with strange hieroglyphics carved into the surface, it seemed to be broken in half. "I wonder what it says?" he muttered to himself.
"The millennium triangle, and our god shall protect us from the monsters that dwell in a shadow place." someone said quietly behind him. "The rest is still being translated, it seems to be of another dialect, a higher dialect perhaps.that only the gods could read."
Surprised, Yami turned around to face a short man with white hair and a familiar hair cut..
What all of a sudden my hair is some kind of fashion statement? Yami thought irritably to himself. First that Yugi kid, and now this guy?
Solomon was making a similar observation. He looks remarkably like Yugi, except those eyes.
"Solomon Motou." Solomon said politely, bowing. "Hajime Mashite."
Motou. where have I heard that name before?
"Yami Shingo." Yami replied. "Hajime Mashite. You know a lot about Egyptian artifacts?" He gave Solomon a piercing stare that usually made most people look away after a few seconds, but Solomon returned his stare with gentle, calm eyes. Yami eventually felt uncomfortable and turned his attention to the tablet.
"A bit.I studied in Egypt when I was much younger and had the honour of visiting a few of the great tombs. I met a most interesting person there who told me many things on the culture there and taught me a great deal of the ancient language. Much that is in the history books of Egypt he claimed to be false. What he said might well be true with the finding of these new artifacts."
Yami cocked and eyebrow. "Really. what is this one? Some kind of ring with pointed ends?"
"Professor Isis believes it was used for some kind of prayer purposes, I don't believe she is completely correct." Solomon replied.
Yami decided not to ask who Professor Isis was and instead asked. "What do you think it was meant for?" Yami asked curiously.
"Something dark. unclean. this round eye on the last platform I believe served a similar purpose."
Can we say.Nut job?
"Riiiight." Yami said skeptically, giving Solomon a condescending look. "If it's so evil why do you want to go on another trip to Egypt to find more artifacts?"
Solomon looked at him gravely. "I don't. I think they should leave whatever else they think they may find alone. And I think they should take these back to where they found them."
"Solomon-san!!" the same tanned gentleman who had introduced the artifacts said sternly as he walked up. "I truly expected more support from you on this! Such a find has not happened in decades! DO you realise what this could mean for the Museum of Japan?" He patted Solomon's shoulder vigorously, grinning cheerfully.
Yami noted that his grin did not reach his eyes.
The tanned gentleman turned his attention on Yami. "Hajime Mashite, Yami- san." He said bowing.
Yami bowed formally, wondering how he knew his name. "Hajime Mashite. O- namae wa nandesuka?" he asked gravely.
"Dr. Howard Williams." he replied.
He's not Japanese.
"Howada-san," Solomon said interrupting, he pronounced the name badly but did not stop to correct himself. "Several of your colleagues do not want to continue this research, it is taboo, we are certain of it."
Dr. Williams laughed heartily. "Nonsense Solomon-san! Hundreds of artifacts from Egypt have been declared taboo but still the American and British brought it over to their country. Our research will be no different." He patted Solomon's shoulder and moved off.
Solomon stared after him, an exasperated look on his face. He shook his head sadly and sighed. "This will be different, it is already different." He mumbled to himself.
Yami stared after Dr. Williams, eyes boring into the man's back.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE DONATION TABLE IS OPEN! PLEASE CONSIDER OUR EXPEDITION." A voice over loudspeaker rumbled.
The voice was enhanced by a thunderclap that made everyone wince and move away from windows.
A steady crowd moved towards the table, murmuring happily. Yami continued to look at the display.
Thunder rumbled loudly again.
"200, 000 ¥? That is very generous, thank you thank you." he heard a barely audible voice say behind him. He kept staring at the items in the display.
As he stared at the metal he began to feel strange. Unbeknownst to him his heart rate slowed down. All he knew was that sounds were becoming long and distorted, more like loud moans. His breathing became heavier and he felt himself being pulled? Towards the items.
His vision was just beginning to go blurry when a sharp slap to the shoulder jerked him back to reality. "Don't look at them for long." Solomon's voice ordered.
Feeling dizzy and rubbing his slapped shoulder, Yami stared down at Solomon in surprise. "What?" he asked groggily.
"Don't look at them, an evil energy resonates from them. It appears to affect you more than it did me. I'd stay on the other end of the room tonight if I were you." Solomon advised, glancing at the artifacts.
Thunder rumbled, even louder this time.
Still feeling dizzy, Yami backed away from the cases and immediately began feeling better. "I think your right."
His throat felt dry!
"Maybe you should si."
Whatever Solomon was going to say was interrupted by a flash of lightening. The force blew out all the lights in the building and the replying thunder made more than a few people scream. Something flashed in the dark and Yami felt Solomon fall against him, a few other thumps told him that he wasn't the only one who had collapsed.
"Quickly!! Get the Millennium Items!" a young voice snarled in the dark.
Yami eyes finally adjusted to the dark and he stared in shock at a group of dark caped figures that were standing in the room. One of the figures smashed the casings and yanked out the items, dropping them into bag of some kind. One of them said something in a language Yami couldn't understand, it sounded frightened.
"Only two?" the young voice snarled. "What do you mean only two? Where is the triangle? These trinkets pale in comparison to that item!! WHERE IS IT?"
Yami decided enough was enough. "HEY! Who are you?!" he yelled. A bolt of lightening lit up the room showing everything in sharp detail.
Okay so you got a cool background effect. What next genius?
The figures went stiff as statues, hooded heads turned towards him. Yami could feel their gazes boring into him. "Well you going to answer me assholes!?"
Yes, yes give them a motive to shoot you.good, good
"Why is he awake?" one of them hissed.
"Who cares? Take him out! No witnesses remember?" another voice yelled.
One of the figures broke out of the crowd and came at him with a large bat. Yami skillfully sidestepped him and kicked him just behind the neck. The figure slumped to the floor without a sound.
Glaring at the others he unhooked his bowtie. "I don't know who you are, but you're going to put those back."
"Enough of this!" the young voice said angrily. Something flashed in the dark and Yami felt a wave of nausea.
Surprised, he stumbled.
What?
---Why won't it work? Why can't I touch your mind? Who are you? WHAT are you? --- a voice snarled in his head. It sounded strained.
---WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!--- Yami yelled more frightened than he had ever been in his life.
Someone's talking in your head, insanity here we come!
Something flashed again and did not diminish in strength. This time Yami was hit by a wave of nausea so strong he wrenched and fell forward on his knees. His head felt like it was exploding. "Stop it." he managed to gag out.
---Stop it!!---
---Some kind of barrier.--- the voice said, sounding strained. ---I can't.ARGHHH!!---
The figure stumbled back, his followers catching him before he fell. The wave of nausea left Yami and he looked up weakly.
The hood of the person that had attacked him had fallen back revealing a head of blond white hair, it was the only thing he could see in the dark.
"What's going on?" a voice said suddenly in the dark.
"Why are all the lights off?" another voice queried.
The hooded figures darted off and seemed to meld in with the shadows.
There was a hum and the lights returned revealing a function room scattered with the unconscious, the just waking up and the groggy.
Yami carefully got up and looked around him. His eyes fell on the artifact display that was destroyed completely. He opened his mouth to alert everyone but someone beat him to it.
"SOMEONE STOLE THE ARTIFACTS! SOMEONE STOLE THE EGYPTION ARTIFACTS!"
"This does not bode well." Solomon's voice said gravely behind him.
Yami remained quiet. At one point when that light had flashed in his eyes he had thought he'd seen a golden rod with an eye on it similar in shape to the ones on the artifacts.
Something in his gut told him Solomon was right.
To be continued
AN: Kay that section is done! The story is getting underway. I think there's gonna be a bit of fluff next chapter (a bit).
WHEW! I decided to thank everyone who reviewed. Took me two hours but it was worth it (I think) LOVE YOU ALL! PS if I left anyone out, really sorry. 66 people is a lot to thank!
To Moonnymph: hehe calm down luv. Yeah Kurai-san killed Yami's parents but we all know bad deeds have comeuppance neh? ;) And it will become yaoi don't worry... Kay you voted no Bakura / Ryou, got ya...
To KawaiiShinigami: my fic got recommended to you? Really? Someone actually recommended my story? *Blushes red* (thank you Yami no Yugi!) Yes Yami was mean for tearing up Yugi's card (meanie). Yeah Yugi could've changed his hair but too much time. You should see a pic Superfreak drew of Yugi looking like that! I'll put the link up soon. You voted no Bakura / Ryou too. Kay I'm waiting for more votes but it doesn't seem likely now...
To Princess Strawberry: Y'know it's strange? I saw Yami being this kind of Bully without having Yugi around to protect and love? He'd be a dam good one I think. Yugi's gotta get through to him eventually or this is going to be one heck of an onesided romance neh? n_n=. Kill YUGI? --- (Mumbles something inaudible) I couldn't kill Yugi! Or could I? (Evil laugh) *runs away from Superfreak*
To baby*gurl: yeah Kurai-san needs to die neh? Your story idea was very good (sweet ^_^!) but I've got the story idea mapped out already. (I will use part of your idea though ^^ you'll see!) Thanks! (Lol I love how you have Yami and Yugi argue- *pokes sulking Yugi* lol!) No please don't die! I'm writing see! (Shows notes!)
To Katya: wow I've never had anyone say they couldn't wait for the next of anything I ever did, thanks! *Beams* something wrong with Yugi? Hmm ^_- you'll have to keep reading to find out... thank you for telling me that people like it when I thank reviewers. I'm doing it now see ^_^! (Points frantically) As for your art, please show me ^^! I wouldn't mind at all. Drop off a link or something if you got one. =) I saw the tag message you left on my site (much appreciated ^_^!) You don't want Bakura/Ryou either, k (scribbles down)
To Caitie: here's the next chapter ^^! And yes it was unexpected to me too! (Odd neh?) Oops sorry! This chapter and the last wasn't so silly... thank you for your reviews!
To Toko-chan: Thank you! Glad you like it! (I'm writing I'm writing! ^^) Hey we got a vote for Bakura and Ryou!
To Blue September: glad you like my fic ^_^! I updated see =)?
To KawaiiBlackMoon: Happy ending huh? Mebbe ;) tis angst ya know...
To Leo hime san: my sistrin! Wassup?! Hey no bitchslapping when I'm writing! (Lol) ash you gave away my other identity! ;_;
To dilanda: thank you for your review! Glad you like it! Hmm another vote against Bakura and Ryou, the future looks grim...
To Unica: I don't think I'll stop writing don't worry. Yeah I'm trying for a real like effect ^^. Romance is nicer when it is. You have no idea how hard it is for me to resist fluffing this story^_^!
To BluLightning: You faved me! *Bubbly eyes* THANK YOU!! I continued see?
To Moonlitspire: My story is different? Really? Yay!! Thank you for saying that!! My fast updating seems to have slowed down a bit...
To Wolfspeaker: One of my first reviewers! Yay! Yeah Yugi is too nice for his own good. ^_^! You like my humour? Yay ^^! And thanks for telling me grandfather's name(s)! Thank you for your reviews!
To Icz: Thank you ^^. Glad you like my portrayal of Yami. (Yes he does need a smack doesn't he?) Ooops, another vote against Bakura/Ryou and a valid point too as to why I shouldn't throw it in.
To YAMI CHIP: THANK YOU! ^_^!
To Yami Dragoness: more chapters up, I hope it satisfied your curiosity ^^! Thank you for your review ^_^!
To Cyberkat: indeed *nodsnods* thank you for reviewing!
To Hema and Babygurl: no wait! Why are you running away?? Stooooop! Lol thank you for your review ^^. Yes insulting Yami is not too wise ;).
To Ms. Prongs: cool name ;). Next chapter up ^_^! Thank you for your review!
To Gin Ryu-chan: I got a few more reviews since ^_^! Yay! *Beams happily* I never ever expected so many! - Not even one! Honestly! I'll continue, I like this story ^^. Glad you like it. Thank you for your review!
To Hyper Pegasus: insane comment ^_^! You got a cool name, and please! Torment me all you want, I adore reviews! What is an evil-demon-creature thingi anyhow? I'm continuing! I'll have a good day thanks ^_^! T hank you for reviewing! ^^
To Furrtil: I know! Eating slippery things with chopstick is murder!! Lol fun though. I think the idea is to kinda shovel the food in your mouth though... Actually Yami is very smart, he just can't understand the sciences. (I've seen it before at my school.) - They have multiple choice in exams? Gee I wish I had been that lucky...you got to read the first issue? (Weeps) - damn where I live!! Thank you for your review! ^_^
To Blah: cool name yo, glad you like the fic! ^_^ Thanks!
To violettegal345: Glad you love it! Yeah conflict is good, makes the romance sweeter ;). Really? Never read one like this before? Yay! ^_^ I'm original! (Does victory dance) thanks for the review!
To chimera: Yeah you have a point... \=). Glad you like it and thanks for the review!
To Akaisurayasha: its because he's so short and cute looking ;). Thank your for your review, glad you like it!! -^_^-!
To A-chan: the duel didn't quite work out did it? n_n; glad you liked it! Thanks for reviewing!
To Sage of Darkness: Shounen-ai is coming, soon. I will continue don't worry ^^. Glad you like my portrayal of Yugi. Thanks for the reviews!
To anonymous (didn't leave name): THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY BOLD COMMENT, IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED! THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME GRANNDPA'S NAME! Thank you for your review^^ (laughs)
To Agentpudge: you wrote a lot of reviews too! And LONG ones! I love them!! Glad you like my realistic idea ^^. I love your insane conversations! Review more please! Your reviews are so much fun to read! Btw your review came out fine (the one where you couldn't see the screen) how'd you do that anyhow? Your review where Yugi cursed of Yami was hilarious!! Lol!! -- And Bakura is insane...
TO Chisa and Neko (and hitori): thank you for your review! Glad you like it and I'll keep it up don't worry. Thanks for telling me grandfather's name. Ja ne!!
To KitsuneDewAddict: thanks for the review ^_^! Yeah I'm wondering how I'm going to pull this off too, ah well, wait and see. Thanks for telling me grandfathers name ^^. I'll keep writing don't worry! ^_^
To Superfreak: HEY! My fwend! I loved that pic you drew for me! Sugoroku... odd name ^^. And Yugi is mad yesyes...thanks for reviewing!
To candy: They gotta become friends if this is going to be a romance ^^. Thank you for your review! Much appreciated!
To Ani-Coolgirl: you're the first person who's actually happy about that ;) (Yami being a jerk) I'm writing more don't worry! YAY! NEW TO NEW EPISODES!! ^___________^-. Thank you for the reviews!
To Jadesaber: glad you like it so far! Thanks for the review! Another chapter up see ^^?
To Cat: thank your for your review! Glad you like it ^_^! Yay for gradual Yugi and Yami romance!
To Yami Tsuki Tenshi: Ah wonderful the Yami Tsuki Tenshi ^_^ she gave me so many reviews! *Hugs* 7 in all! THANK YOU! I got only two votes for Ryou and Bakura pairings... if the vote doesn't get a balance by chapter 11 I'm scrapping that romance. Sowi ;_; thank you for giving me Solomon's name! ^_^ U were pissed the other day? What happened? (Sori if I'm prying)
To amakasu toko: yay ^^ you think it's interesting? Woot! Happiness! (I can'tn wait to see how it turns out either) lol thanks for reviewing!
And a huge Jacuzzi pool with my own personal Baskins & Robbins beside it. - And I'd also put more romance in the manga =) (between Tea and Yami - hey I support those two no matter what anyone says - n_n).
But then again. Heck I'd do more romance between Yugi and Yami =^_^=. (NOT HENTAI !!)
- and veering off the point completely, has anyone ever noticed Yami's pants? The way they stick to him like a second skin?
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CHAPTER EIGHT - Artifacts from Egypt
Yami pulled on his tuxedo jacket and began fiddling with his bow tie. He hated the feel of the silk, his preference being leather or jeans. Cursing silently, he finally fixed the tie and glowered at his reflection in the mirror.
"I look like a goddam prude." he thought darkly to himself.
"Are you ready yet boy?" Kurai-san's voice asked irritably behind him.
"Have you ever heard of knocking?" Yami growled back, staring at his guardian in the mirror.
Kurai-san shot him a look that Yami could not place on the emotions scale and walked out the door. "Hurry up, we have to be there by 9:00pm, you're NOT going to make a bad impression on these people!" He yelled behind him.
"Here's an idea, forget about me and maybe you'll be on time." Yami snapped after him.
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Kurai-san stormed down the steps of the mansion that he and Yami lived in. He hated the boy, he thought all his problems would have ended when he got rid of his parents. He could manipulate the boy, make him as successful as his parents were and live off him.
But Yami was becoming as rebellious as his father had been. Manipulating the boy into believing that becoming a doctor was what his parents wanted had been hard enough. If Yami didn't become a doctor in the next six years, they .rather HE was going to run out of the family fortune. He was glad that Yami was too young to legally be able to investigate the money he was entitled to; otherwise Yami might find that more that ¾ of his money had already been spent.
Being a private doctor to a group of overly rich and hypochondriac persons was highly rewarding in its own right. If Yami could just succeed in becoming a doctor, he could get back his old patients and his plush living would be able to continue.
"Hey Kurai-san? What's this stupid function about anyway?" Yami shouted from the top of the stairs.
"A group of scientists are asking for funding for an archeological dig in Egypt. Apparently some rather interesting artifacts were found in a tomb and they need more money to fund it." Kurai-san replied, checking himself in a mirror. A maid handed him his car keys and the two invitations needed for the function.
Yami paused on the first step. Egyptian artifacts?
"Are you coming boy? Or are you going to stand on that step staring at me all evening?" Kurai-san grated out through a clenched jaw.
Damn those godforsaken eyes!
Without a word Yami 'slowly' descended the steps (much to the frustration of his guardian) and got into the car.
Egyptian artifacts. why am I intrigued?
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It had just begun to drizzle when Solomon drove his motorcycle into the parking area behind his shop and waited patiently for Yugi to jump off. Yugi slowly climbed off and pushed the backdoor open. "Thanks for coming for me ojii-san."
"No problem. Just to let you know, I'm going out tonight Yugi." Solomon informed his grandson as he secured the bike.
"You are?" Yugi asked, pausing his body half way through the door.
"Remember those artifacts that were found in Egypt? Well, I've been invited to a function tonight to examine them. Apparently they think that my opinion will be worth something." Solomon chuckled quietly to himself.
"That's great ojii-san!" Yugi said, genuinely happy for his grandfather. "Do you think you'll be able to tell them what they are?" "I have no idea, but my point is you'll be home alone tonight so make sure you lock all the doors."
"I will ojii-san." Yugi answered as cheerfully as he could, his chest was beginning to hurt again.
He headed up the stairs, head bowed down. Solomon noted this. "Yugi-chan? Genki desuka?" he asked concerned.
"Genki desu!" Yugi said, forcing his voice to sound happy, he turned on the steps and grinned down at his grandfather.
"Hmmm." Solomon said gravely, hanging his raincoat on the coat hook and changing into his slippers. Something's up with him tonight. exam stress maybe?
Yugi finally reached the top of the stairs, wended his way to his room and crawled into his bed.
Sleep. I'll sleep off the pain
When Solomon came upstairs to say goodbye to Yugi, Yugi was curled up in his bed fast asleep.
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Yami sat by the buffet table, leaning his head against his knuckles and feeling extremely bored. Outside the rain was coming down in the torrents and thunder rumbled ominously.
Strange. where'd the rain come from? Yami thought to himself.
"Yami-saaaan!!" a sickly sweet voice hollered behind him, making him wince. Almost too afraid to look, he finally summoned up enough courage to turn around. To his absolute horror he found himself staring up at a large woman, with about six chins beaming down at him with the meanest, beadiest eyes he had ever seen.
"Uhh." he choked.
"Yoku Tarada desu!" the woman beamed, bowing vigorously.
"Kurai-saaaan (what was with her and drawing out the 'san'? Yami thought irritably) said you're studying to be a doctor! I look forward to hearing of your success! Remember to inform me when you reopen your father's clinic! I do want to be your first patient, your father had such. gentle hands." To Yami's disgust she winked at him and licked her lips.
He forced himself to smile, nearly cracking his face in half from the effort. "I'm sure he did.Excuse me please."
He left Yoku Tarada with a disappointed look on her face. (This faded when she saw she was standing beside the Buffet table).
If I have to TOUCH a patient like THAT, I think I'll commit hara-kiri Yami thought bitterly to himself.
"Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen!" a rich voice called from the center of the room.
Curious, Yami turned to see a tall, tanned man in his late thirties standing in front of a large curtain. "We thank you all very much for coming this evening! We hope you will find the artifacts we have gathered to be of interest and that you will seriously consider funding our next expedition. Now please! Feast your eyes on the few that we have uncovered already!"
He stepped aside clapping and the curtain was drawn aside to show three platforms. Something glittered in two of them. Whatever was on the platforms were protected from touching hands by a glass case.
'Ohhhs' and 'ahhhs' could be heard around the room as people drew closer to look.
"So strange.!" a lady murmured staring down at the artifact on the left.
"That one has a funny eye!" a man said grinning, pointing down at the middle one.
Yami came up to one of the platforms and gazed down at a large plaque of stone with strange hieroglyphics carved into the surface, it seemed to be broken in half. "I wonder what it says?" he muttered to himself.
"The millennium triangle, and our god shall protect us from the monsters that dwell in a shadow place." someone said quietly behind him. "The rest is still being translated, it seems to be of another dialect, a higher dialect perhaps.that only the gods could read."
Surprised, Yami turned around to face a short man with white hair and a familiar hair cut..
What all of a sudden my hair is some kind of fashion statement? Yami thought irritably to himself. First that Yugi kid, and now this guy?
Solomon was making a similar observation. He looks remarkably like Yugi, except those eyes.
"Solomon Motou." Solomon said politely, bowing. "Hajime Mashite."
Motou. where have I heard that name before?
"Yami Shingo." Yami replied. "Hajime Mashite. You know a lot about Egyptian artifacts?" He gave Solomon a piercing stare that usually made most people look away after a few seconds, but Solomon returned his stare with gentle, calm eyes. Yami eventually felt uncomfortable and turned his attention to the tablet.
"A bit.I studied in Egypt when I was much younger and had the honour of visiting a few of the great tombs. I met a most interesting person there who told me many things on the culture there and taught me a great deal of the ancient language. Much that is in the history books of Egypt he claimed to be false. What he said might well be true with the finding of these new artifacts."
Yami cocked and eyebrow. "Really. what is this one? Some kind of ring with pointed ends?"
"Professor Isis believes it was used for some kind of prayer purposes, I don't believe she is completely correct." Solomon replied.
Yami decided not to ask who Professor Isis was and instead asked. "What do you think it was meant for?" Yami asked curiously.
"Something dark. unclean. this round eye on the last platform I believe served a similar purpose."
Can we say.Nut job?
"Riiiight." Yami said skeptically, giving Solomon a condescending look. "If it's so evil why do you want to go on another trip to Egypt to find more artifacts?"
Solomon looked at him gravely. "I don't. I think they should leave whatever else they think they may find alone. And I think they should take these back to where they found them."
"Solomon-san!!" the same tanned gentleman who had introduced the artifacts said sternly as he walked up. "I truly expected more support from you on this! Such a find has not happened in decades! DO you realise what this could mean for the Museum of Japan?" He patted Solomon's shoulder vigorously, grinning cheerfully.
Yami noted that his grin did not reach his eyes.
The tanned gentleman turned his attention on Yami. "Hajime Mashite, Yami- san." He said bowing.
Yami bowed formally, wondering how he knew his name. "Hajime Mashite. O- namae wa nandesuka?" he asked gravely.
"Dr. Howard Williams." he replied.
He's not Japanese.
"Howada-san," Solomon said interrupting, he pronounced the name badly but did not stop to correct himself. "Several of your colleagues do not want to continue this research, it is taboo, we are certain of it."
Dr. Williams laughed heartily. "Nonsense Solomon-san! Hundreds of artifacts from Egypt have been declared taboo but still the American and British brought it over to their country. Our research will be no different." He patted Solomon's shoulder and moved off.
Solomon stared after him, an exasperated look on his face. He shook his head sadly and sighed. "This will be different, it is already different." He mumbled to himself.
Yami stared after Dr. Williams, eyes boring into the man's back.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE DONATION TABLE IS OPEN! PLEASE CONSIDER OUR EXPEDITION." A voice over loudspeaker rumbled.
The voice was enhanced by a thunderclap that made everyone wince and move away from windows.
A steady crowd moved towards the table, murmuring happily. Yami continued to look at the display.
Thunder rumbled loudly again.
"200, 000 ¥? That is very generous, thank you thank you." he heard a barely audible voice say behind him. He kept staring at the items in the display.
As he stared at the metal he began to feel strange. Unbeknownst to him his heart rate slowed down. All he knew was that sounds were becoming long and distorted, more like loud moans. His breathing became heavier and he felt himself being pulled? Towards the items.
His vision was just beginning to go blurry when a sharp slap to the shoulder jerked him back to reality. "Don't look at them for long." Solomon's voice ordered.
Feeling dizzy and rubbing his slapped shoulder, Yami stared down at Solomon in surprise. "What?" he asked groggily.
"Don't look at them, an evil energy resonates from them. It appears to affect you more than it did me. I'd stay on the other end of the room tonight if I were you." Solomon advised, glancing at the artifacts.
Thunder rumbled, even louder this time.
Still feeling dizzy, Yami backed away from the cases and immediately began feeling better. "I think your right."
His throat felt dry!
"Maybe you should si."
Whatever Solomon was going to say was interrupted by a flash of lightening. The force blew out all the lights in the building and the replying thunder made more than a few people scream. Something flashed in the dark and Yami felt Solomon fall against him, a few other thumps told him that he wasn't the only one who had collapsed.
"Quickly!! Get the Millennium Items!" a young voice snarled in the dark.
Yami eyes finally adjusted to the dark and he stared in shock at a group of dark caped figures that were standing in the room. One of the figures smashed the casings and yanked out the items, dropping them into bag of some kind. One of them said something in a language Yami couldn't understand, it sounded frightened.
"Only two?" the young voice snarled. "What do you mean only two? Where is the triangle? These trinkets pale in comparison to that item!! WHERE IS IT?"
Yami decided enough was enough. "HEY! Who are you?!" he yelled. A bolt of lightening lit up the room showing everything in sharp detail.
Okay so you got a cool background effect. What next genius?
The figures went stiff as statues, hooded heads turned towards him. Yami could feel their gazes boring into him. "Well you going to answer me assholes!?"
Yes, yes give them a motive to shoot you.good, good
"Why is he awake?" one of them hissed.
"Who cares? Take him out! No witnesses remember?" another voice yelled.
One of the figures broke out of the crowd and came at him with a large bat. Yami skillfully sidestepped him and kicked him just behind the neck. The figure slumped to the floor without a sound.
Glaring at the others he unhooked his bowtie. "I don't know who you are, but you're going to put those back."
"Enough of this!" the young voice said angrily. Something flashed in the dark and Yami felt a wave of nausea.
Surprised, he stumbled.
What?
---Why won't it work? Why can't I touch your mind? Who are you? WHAT are you? --- a voice snarled in his head. It sounded strained.
---WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!--- Yami yelled more frightened than he had ever been in his life.
Someone's talking in your head, insanity here we come!
Something flashed again and did not diminish in strength. This time Yami was hit by a wave of nausea so strong he wrenched and fell forward on his knees. His head felt like it was exploding. "Stop it." he managed to gag out.
---Stop it!!---
---Some kind of barrier.--- the voice said, sounding strained. ---I can't.ARGHHH!!---
The figure stumbled back, his followers catching him before he fell. The wave of nausea left Yami and he looked up weakly.
The hood of the person that had attacked him had fallen back revealing a head of blond white hair, it was the only thing he could see in the dark.
"What's going on?" a voice said suddenly in the dark.
"Why are all the lights off?" another voice queried.
The hooded figures darted off and seemed to meld in with the shadows.
There was a hum and the lights returned revealing a function room scattered with the unconscious, the just waking up and the groggy.
Yami carefully got up and looked around him. His eyes fell on the artifact display that was destroyed completely. He opened his mouth to alert everyone but someone beat him to it.
"SOMEONE STOLE THE ARTIFACTS! SOMEONE STOLE THE EGYPTION ARTIFACTS!"
"This does not bode well." Solomon's voice said gravely behind him.
Yami remained quiet. At one point when that light had flashed in his eyes he had thought he'd seen a golden rod with an eye on it similar in shape to the ones on the artifacts.
Something in his gut told him Solomon was right.
To be continued
AN: Kay that section is done! The story is getting underway. I think there's gonna be a bit of fluff next chapter (a bit).
WHEW! I decided to thank everyone who reviewed. Took me two hours but it was worth it (I think) LOVE YOU ALL! PS if I left anyone out, really sorry. 66 people is a lot to thank!
To Moonnymph: hehe calm down luv. Yeah Kurai-san killed Yami's parents but we all know bad deeds have comeuppance neh? ;) And it will become yaoi don't worry... Kay you voted no Bakura / Ryou, got ya...
To KawaiiShinigami: my fic got recommended to you? Really? Someone actually recommended my story? *Blushes red* (thank you Yami no Yugi!) Yes Yami was mean for tearing up Yugi's card (meanie). Yeah Yugi could've changed his hair but too much time. You should see a pic Superfreak drew of Yugi looking like that! I'll put the link up soon. You voted no Bakura / Ryou too. Kay I'm waiting for more votes but it doesn't seem likely now...
To Princess Strawberry: Y'know it's strange? I saw Yami being this kind of Bully without having Yugi around to protect and love? He'd be a dam good one I think. Yugi's gotta get through to him eventually or this is going to be one heck of an onesided romance neh? n_n=. Kill YUGI? --- (Mumbles something inaudible) I couldn't kill Yugi! Or could I? (Evil laugh) *runs away from Superfreak*
To baby*gurl: yeah Kurai-san needs to die neh? Your story idea was very good (sweet ^_^!) but I've got the story idea mapped out already. (I will use part of your idea though ^^ you'll see!) Thanks! (Lol I love how you have Yami and Yugi argue- *pokes sulking Yugi* lol!) No please don't die! I'm writing see! (Shows notes!)
To Katya: wow I've never had anyone say they couldn't wait for the next of anything I ever did, thanks! *Beams* something wrong with Yugi? Hmm ^_- you'll have to keep reading to find out... thank you for telling me that people like it when I thank reviewers. I'm doing it now see ^_^! (Points frantically) As for your art, please show me ^^! I wouldn't mind at all. Drop off a link or something if you got one. =) I saw the tag message you left on my site (much appreciated ^_^!) You don't want Bakura/Ryou either, k (scribbles down)
To Caitie: here's the next chapter ^^! And yes it was unexpected to me too! (Odd neh?) Oops sorry! This chapter and the last wasn't so silly... thank you for your reviews!
To Toko-chan: Thank you! Glad you like it! (I'm writing I'm writing! ^^) Hey we got a vote for Bakura and Ryou!
To Blue September: glad you like my fic ^_^! I updated see =)?
To KawaiiBlackMoon: Happy ending huh? Mebbe ;) tis angst ya know...
To Leo hime san: my sistrin! Wassup?! Hey no bitchslapping when I'm writing! (Lol) ash you gave away my other identity! ;_;
To dilanda: thank you for your review! Glad you like it! Hmm another vote against Bakura and Ryou, the future looks grim...
To Unica: I don't think I'll stop writing don't worry. Yeah I'm trying for a real like effect ^^. Romance is nicer when it is. You have no idea how hard it is for me to resist fluffing this story^_^!
To BluLightning: You faved me! *Bubbly eyes* THANK YOU!! I continued see?
To Moonlitspire: My story is different? Really? Yay!! Thank you for saying that!! My fast updating seems to have slowed down a bit...
To Wolfspeaker: One of my first reviewers! Yay! Yeah Yugi is too nice for his own good. ^_^! You like my humour? Yay ^^! And thanks for telling me grandfather's name(s)! Thank you for your reviews!
To Icz: Thank you ^^. Glad you like my portrayal of Yami. (Yes he does need a smack doesn't he?) Ooops, another vote against Bakura/Ryou and a valid point too as to why I shouldn't throw it in.
To YAMI CHIP: THANK YOU! ^_^!
To Yami Dragoness: more chapters up, I hope it satisfied your curiosity ^^! Thank you for your review ^_^!
To Cyberkat: indeed *nodsnods* thank you for reviewing!
To Hema and Babygurl: no wait! Why are you running away?? Stooooop! Lol thank you for your review ^^. Yes insulting Yami is not too wise ;).
To Ms. Prongs: cool name ;). Next chapter up ^_^! Thank you for your review!
To Gin Ryu-chan: I got a few more reviews since ^_^! Yay! *Beams happily* I never ever expected so many! - Not even one! Honestly! I'll continue, I like this story ^^. Glad you like it. Thank you for your review!
To Hyper Pegasus: insane comment ^_^! You got a cool name, and please! Torment me all you want, I adore reviews! What is an evil-demon-creature thingi anyhow? I'm continuing! I'll have a good day thanks ^_^! T hank you for reviewing! ^^
To Furrtil: I know! Eating slippery things with chopstick is murder!! Lol fun though. I think the idea is to kinda shovel the food in your mouth though... Actually Yami is very smart, he just can't understand the sciences. (I've seen it before at my school.) - They have multiple choice in exams? Gee I wish I had been that lucky...you got to read the first issue? (Weeps) - damn where I live!! Thank you for your review! ^_^
To Blah: cool name yo, glad you like the fic! ^_^ Thanks!
To violettegal345: Glad you love it! Yeah conflict is good, makes the romance sweeter ;). Really? Never read one like this before? Yay! ^_^ I'm original! (Does victory dance) thanks for the review!
To chimera: Yeah you have a point... \=). Glad you like it and thanks for the review!
To Akaisurayasha: its because he's so short and cute looking ;). Thank your for your review, glad you like it!! -^_^-!
To A-chan: the duel didn't quite work out did it? n_n; glad you liked it! Thanks for reviewing!
To Sage of Darkness: Shounen-ai is coming, soon. I will continue don't worry ^^. Glad you like my portrayal of Yugi. Thanks for the reviews!
To anonymous (didn't leave name): THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY BOLD COMMENT, IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED! THANK YOU FOR TELLING ME GRANNDPA'S NAME! Thank you for your review^^ (laughs)
To Agentpudge: you wrote a lot of reviews too! And LONG ones! I love them!! Glad you like my realistic idea ^^. I love your insane conversations! Review more please! Your reviews are so much fun to read! Btw your review came out fine (the one where you couldn't see the screen) how'd you do that anyhow? Your review where Yugi cursed of Yami was hilarious!! Lol!! -- And Bakura is insane...
TO Chisa and Neko (and hitori): thank you for your review! Glad you like it and I'll keep it up don't worry. Thanks for telling me grandfather's name. Ja ne!!
To KitsuneDewAddict: thanks for the review ^_^! Yeah I'm wondering how I'm going to pull this off too, ah well, wait and see. Thanks for telling me grandfathers name ^^. I'll keep writing don't worry! ^_^
To Superfreak: HEY! My fwend! I loved that pic you drew for me! Sugoroku... odd name ^^. And Yugi is mad yesyes...thanks for reviewing!
To candy: They gotta become friends if this is going to be a romance ^^. Thank you for your review! Much appreciated!
To Ani-Coolgirl: you're the first person who's actually happy about that ;) (Yami being a jerk) I'm writing more don't worry! YAY! NEW TO NEW EPISODES!! ^___________^-. Thank you for the reviews!
To Jadesaber: glad you like it so far! Thanks for the review! Another chapter up see ^^?
To Cat: thank your for your review! Glad you like it ^_^! Yay for gradual Yugi and Yami romance!
To Yami Tsuki Tenshi: Ah wonderful the Yami Tsuki Tenshi ^_^ she gave me so many reviews! *Hugs* 7 in all! THANK YOU! I got only two votes for Ryou and Bakura pairings... if the vote doesn't get a balance by chapter 11 I'm scrapping that romance. Sowi ;_; thank you for giving me Solomon's name! ^_^ U were pissed the other day? What happened? (Sori if I'm prying)
To amakasu toko: yay ^^ you think it's interesting? Woot! Happiness! (I can'tn wait to see how it turns out either) lol thanks for reviewing!