Chapter 4 – Domino Airport
"What the–!" Saria said, still staring at her hand.
The symbol was still glowing. It looked like a mix between a T and a swirly S. The bottom swirled with centrifugal stroke while the top ended in a single loop. A single curved line separated both the top and bottom of the symbol.
Yami and Joey peered at it closely. "How in the world…?" Yami managed to say.
But, before they could ponder it further, the glowing symbol disappeared, leaving Saria's blood behind.
Saria stared at it a moment longer winching at the chronic pain. She groaned as she tried to apply pressure to the small cut she had received because of the symbol.
Joey inspected her wound. "Dodn't look dat bad. I'll go get grams," he said. He went off to get Mr. Moto, who had walked off to ask one of the employees something.
Yami looked suspiciously at the cut on Saria's palm. "What happened?" he asked.
Saria furiously shook her head in confusion. "I swear I don't know! That's never happened before." She looked at her hand again. It was still bleeding, but there was no sign of the weird symbol. She looked at Yami seriously. "I'm sorry if whatever that thing was hurt you too, Yami."
Yami jumped slightly. "You know who I am?" he asked.
Saria nodded. "At first I wasn't sure, but eventually I knew it was you," she explained. "I work with Professor Hawkins, so of course I know about the Millennium Puzzle and its power which allows two minds to inhabit one body," she said, sounding like she swallowed a textbook.
Yami smiled. "Well, you're clever one," he said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. Indeed he was surprised that she knew that much, but it was still a bit relieving. "I'm glad I don't have to lie to you. Yugi thought I should meet you instead. Of course, that would have meant lying to you…" he shook the thought out of his head. "Well, then, as you obviously know I am Yami."
Saria smiled as well. "Nice to meet you… again," she said. The two began to laugh.
Suddenly, Mr. Moto came rushing up. "Saria! Are you okay? Joseph said that you cut yourself," he said worriedly.
Saria rolled her eyes. "I didn't do it on purpose..." she said. But she still held out her bleeding hand to Mr. Moto.
Mr. Moto pulled out a handkerchief from his pocket and tied it around Saria's injured hand. "It's not much, but it will be enough until we get to the house and you can bandage it properly."
Saria smiled graciously. "Okay. Thank you very much."
Mr. Moto quickly looked at his watch. "Well, it's getting late. We should get going," he said.
"Yeah, let's go," Saria agreed. Then they all walked out of the Airport. Or almost all of them.
Yami stopped dead in his tracks. He had sensed an evil presence following them; he just didn't know what it was exactly.
Saria stopped as well when she realized that Yami was no longer following them. "Yami?" she called carefully. When he didn't answer, she walked up to him. "Hello. Earth to Yami," she said, waving a hand in front of his view.
Yami shook his head out of his disturbed trance. The evil presence, whatever it was, seemed to be gone. He turned to face Saria, who had a confused expression on her face.
"Um, are you coming?" she asked. The calmness of her question was only a cover up of how thoroughly freaked out she really was.
Trying to smile reassuringly, he said, "Yes. Let's go." Yami looked back for a brief moment. There was no sign of evil anywhere any more. 'Whatever it was, it seems to be gone now,' he thought.
Saria looked at him skeptically. "Are you okay?" she asked.
Yami turned around. "Yes, I'm fine," he answered quickly, not wanting to worry her. 'No point in telling her about it. She'll only worry,' he thought to himself. 'Whatever it was, it can't hurt her if she doesn't know about it. She'll be safer that way.'
Yami, however, didn't stay long enough to hear the harsh voice replying to him. "How very wrong you are, Pharaoh," it growled. "How very wrong you are."
Thanks for reading! Please review. Once again sorry for the short chapter. All the other ones are pretty long though.Psycho Anime Fan and Nadeshiko