A/N this chapter is dedicated to Isis the Sphinx for urging me to continue. Thanks a lot for the encouragement.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh but I do own Shelby! Hurrah for owning characters! I do not own the song in this quiet night either.
Chapter # 9
Princess Sherubii
Once again I found myself floating in mid air surrounded by a purple mist. When the Dark Magician girl appeared I was expecting her.
"I thought you said that you could only appear every so often, because your powers weren't strong enough? I wasn't expecting you for awhile"
Dark Magician Girl smiled, "yes, indeed I said that. I don't remember if I told you before but each time you gain back apart of your memories your power grows stronger. Also whenever you make particularly happy, new memories in your current life your powers grow." She paused to think about what she was going to say next, "it's seems that recently you must have either gained some really happy new memories or you remembered a part of your past."
I blushed remembering the past day's events. "I think I might have gained a new happy memory."
The blond-haired women's eyes twinkled mischievously, "I thought so. I sensed your power had grown for the world of the duel monsters and tapped into that power and it enabled me to come here sooner than expected."
"I see" I muttered, "I get to ask questions now right?"
Dark magician Girl nodded, "that is correct"
"What do you mean by my power is growing stronger? Who exactly was I?"
The women before me looked thoughtful for a moment then finally spoke, "You were a great number of things … what do you remember of your past?"
I thought I got to ask the questions I thought wryly. "I remember people and duel monsters rushing around…" I squeezed my eyes shut to create a clear vision of the scene, "Homes were burning and duel monsters were screaming. Somehow I created this…void thing, a bright blue light. I told the monsters to escape with me to a pure untouched world." I blushed remembering the next bit, "then I went to someone, a man, and kissed him. We promised we would see each other again. But I couldn't see his face. It was cast in a shadow. I ran through the void and everything went black. That's all I remember. I wish I could remember who that man was. I fell connected to him somehow…"
Dark Magician Girl sighed, "His face will be revealed to you when you remember him. What you remember was our last day living with the humans.
"Now I can answer your questions. You were a duel monster yourself, the most powerful of all of us in fact. You were and still remain the princess of the duel monsters."
I gaped at her. "Your princess?"
She nodded, "not only that but you were the lover of the most powerful man at that time. The most powerful human in Egypt. You probably already know Duel monsters originated in Egypt correct?"
"Yeah…" I think Yugi mentioned it sometime… "I was in love…"
"Yes"
"But I don't get it? Why am I here now? I what did you mean by our last day living with the humans? If we lived in separate world why am I in the human world now?"
"First you should know where your power came from. When we all lived in the world of humans you fell in love with the man I spoke of earlier. That love somehow fueled your power. Your love was so strong and pure you soon became the most powerful of all the duel monsters. Your strong power and thoughtful nature made all the monsters love and respect you, and eventually you were named our princess and ruler. Over time a few select humans became threatened by your power. One of them was the Priest Seto. He led many villagers into a sort of war against you and our people, the Duel monsters."
"Seto? He is a student at my school. Now wonder he was acting strangely. It must be his ancient spirit's influence"
"I see. What you told me that you remembered was the last day we were in the human world. You created a path to an untouched world and evacuated all duel monsters into it. From then on we lived in a separate world from the humans. We lived peacefully for a number of years but as we lived on your power grew weaker"
"Why" I asked confused.
"Because you could no longer see your beloved, you grew weak. Your love for one another was what fueled your power. You became unable to defend your kingdom. You decided that you had to leave and find another way to refuel your power. Looking into the future you saw that your love was reincarnated in the year 1990 so you transported yourself to the future as a human baby and I escorted you to the human world"
"And now here I am living in the year 2007 in the human world." I concluded. "Wow" I was having a hard time processing all this information.
"Well my time is up" Dark Magician girl stated simply. "you are waking up" with that she zoomed out of focus and disappeared.
The mist thinned…
My eyes fluttered open to the sight of my white ceiling. I sat up slowly and once again images flashed threw my head as I remembered…
I was dressed in white cotton robes. A simple pattern that consisted of a white wraparound with thin shoulder straps on each shoulder. There was a gold headdress and bracelets. I wondered about the flee market watching my people and the humans coexist together in harmony. I saw a vegetable stand not far away and wandered over to it. The couple who owned it looked in terrible distress. The woman was even on her knees and crying.
"This is terrible" se sobbed to her husband, "The vegetables are all dried out from the sun. We won't have a new crop for weeks! How are we going to pay the taxes! We'll be thrown onto the streets!" she blew her nose loudly into a dirty dishtowel.
Looking over at there merchandise I saw the vegetables were indeed all shriveled and discoloured looking once again at the unhappy couple I passed my hand slowly over the vegetables and one by one they became bright and colourful again. the couple looked at me in amazement.
"Thank you Sherubii-Hime. You've just saved us from a life on the streets!" they bowed over and over again until I was red in the face from embarrassment.
"Oh it was no problem" I said scratching the back of my head. "I couldn't very well not help you out. You would have ended up on the streets. And we can't have that now can we?" I smile cheerfully at the couple.
"How can we repay you for your kindness?" the older women asked kindly.
"Well…" I thought grinning slyly, "if you could tell the guards that you saw me go back to the palace that would be great"
The old couple chuckled. "On another one of your escape outings?" the man asked humorously.
I nodded and beamed. "Well i'll be on my way then" I turned and headed down the opposite street I had come from greeting a monster on the way. "Good morning mystical elf" (a/n this is a creature in yami/yugi's deck)
"Good morning Sherubii-hime" the elf whispered and glided past gracefully.
I sweat dropped as I walked past her. I wonder if I'll ever be graceful like that. I thought chuckling to myself. I'm just about as graceful as a baby elephant. As if to prove the point I tripped over a rather large stone in the sand and fell on my face giving myself a mouthful of dirt.
I heard a soft laughter and looked up turning my head to the side to spit the sand out of my mouth. Growling I looked up at the annoyance laughing at me. "Is this is supposed to be funny?" I asked heatedly.
The figure only laughed harder and held out his hand to help me up.
I stubbornly refused it and stood up on my own.
The man pulled me into is arms and buried his face in my hair.
"Nope I won't forgive you this time" I said resisting the urge to wrap my arms around him and bring him closer than he already was.
He blew into my ear and whispered "please"
Noooo! I must not give in! I tried desperately not to laugh but I failed miserably. Giving in I chuckled and wrapped my arms around him.
He grinned and looked into my eyes. "Do you forgive me?" he whispered.
"For now" I said grinning as he leaned in for a kiss.
The memory ended there. So my name was Sherubii. I sighed once again I couldn't see his face. I want to know who my mystery man is! This is so frustrating. I looked at my alarm clock and mentally cursed myself. "6:30" I groaned, "no normal human being gets up this early" I complained. Knowing I would never get back to sleep again I got out of bed and wandered over to my wardrobe. Pulling out my school uniform I went into the bathroom to shower.
I closed my eyes as the warm water hit my face, and tried to make sense of all that was going on with me. So I was reborn as a human…and came here. Wait! That means my dad isn't my real father! I wonder if he knows about me being from another world?
Sitting down in the tub I wrapped my arms around my legs and opened my eyes to look up at the tiled ceiling. I will have to tell Yami and Yugi about this. Sighing I reached over to turn off the water when my eyes glazed over and once again everything went black.
Normal POV
Yami walked up to Shelby's house and rang the doorbell.
"Why are we doing this again?" Yami muttered.
-Because you are going to offer to walk her to school- Yugi replied in spirit form beside him.
"Yeah but why?"
-How are you going to get her to fall for you if you're never around her?-
Yami didn't get the chance to answer because the door was opened for him.
A man who looked to be in his early thirties with dark brown hair and hazel eyes smiled warmly at him. "Hello how may I help you" he asked kindly.
"Um…right I was wondering if I could walk with Shelby to school today." The teen asked hopefully.
"Oh sure" her dad said stepping aside to let Yami come inside. "She's just upstairs getting ready. You can go up to her room if you want. Just go up the stairs and it's the first door on your right." Without saying anymore he disappeared into another room.
"Okay…" Yami said and looked around for the staircase.
Shelby's POV
I sat alone in the throne room of our new kingdom. My last moments with his still fresh in my memory even though it had been almost two years. I bit my lip as I willed the fresh tears, threatening to fall, to stay put. I couldn't break down now I had to be strong. For my people. But my will wasn't strong enough. Silent tears found their way down my cheeks. I closed my eyes and started so sing a song I made up not long after we first came here.
In this quiet night
I'm waiting for you
Forgetting the past
And dreaming of you
Time passes by
And memories fade
But time can't erase
The love that we've made
And the stars in the sky
That I wish upon
Can't bring me back to you side
Though your no here with me
I dream of the day
We'll meet again
Hold me close
So deep in your heart
I will find you
No matter where I have to go
And think of me
For I will be there
Follow the stars that lead
Into the quiet night
The memory ended as quickly as it came. The lyrics sounded so familiar. I decided to try them out to see if I still remembered them properly.
In this quiet night
I'm waiting for you
Forgetting the past
And dreaming of you…
Normal POV
Yami sat on Shelby's bed waiting patiently for her to come out of the bathroom. By the sound of it she was still in the shower. (A/n that fact that she might enter her room naked after her shower has not crossed his thoughts yet…..)
He was just about to stand up when he heard a soft voice coming from the bathroom.
Time passes by
And memories fade
But time can't erase
The love that we've made
Getting up he wandered over to the bathroom door and leaned against the wall. The door was open a crack so he could hear clearly the soft, beautiful voice coming from within.
And the stars in the sky
That I wish upon
Can't bring me back my your side
Is this Shelby?
-Not bad is she? - Yugi asked appearing beside him.
"No" he whispered back.
-Maybe you should wait for her outside her room- Yugi said quietly.
"Yeah" Yami agreed stepping away from the door and out into the hallway.
Shelby's POV
Into the quiet night…
I dragged out the last note as the song finished. When I finished the sad song I felt something in my chest. It was a sort of dull ach. Is this what I felt when I was Sherubii? Tears fell down my face and mixed with the warm water of the shower. I miss him. Reaching out I turned off the water and stepped out of the shower. I couldn't stop the steady flow of tears that ran down my face. The ach in my chest growing stronger as the seconds went by. So this is what over a thousand years of loneliness feels like. I toweled off and got dressed in my school uniform. By then I had been able to stop crying but the pain was still there. Looking at my reflection in the steamed up mirror I saw red rims around my eyes. Ugh I look like I have been crying! I can't go to school like this! I put on a bit of cover up to hide the redness and some blush on my pale cheeks. Exiting the bathroom I grabbed my school bag from the desk in my room and walked out into the hallway. To my surprise I had a visitor waiting for me outside my door.
"Yugi! What are you doing here?" I asked in surprise.
He turned to face me and I saw that it was actually Yami.
"Oh it's you Yami. I'm sorry my mistake."
Yami looked at me concerned. "Shelby are you all right? Your nose is red. Have you been crying?"
"Oh" I said covering my nose with my hand, "it's nothing. Er…just allergies" I made up.
"Okay. I came to walk you to school" he said scratching the back of his head.
"Oh really?" my eyes widened. "Thanks. I'll just grab some toast from downstairs and we can go." Walking past Yami I trotted down the stairs. Pausing halfway down the stairs I called back up to Yami "um I had another dream last night. And I keep getting new memories at random moments during the day…so I'll tell you about them on the way to school okay?"
"Uh…yeah. Sure." He replied slowly and walked down after me.
A/N well that's it for this chapter. If you don't understand anything please let me know and I will try to explain it in the next chapter. Please R&R