Dreaming Sensation

Chapter Two: Contrast Between Torments and Embarassments

I don't own Yugioh.

Next Morning at the Game Shop

The great sun finally has risen up, hanging heavily on the western side of the Earth. Bright but gradually, the beams of the sun's firey core comes running through little opennings of Yugi's room curtains, reflecting some light against his light peachy colored floor. Only a section of the room lighted. Just then the door of Yugi's room slams open as a old man comes running inside to wake him up for school, knowing that sunlight wouldn't be enough for the child.

"YUGI! WAKE UP!" The old stiff man threw his arms over Yugi's shoulders shaking rapidly in a constant motion. He yelled at him with wide open eyes hoping that he wake up.

"WHAT! WHAT! WHAT!" Yugi surprised and scared by the moment. A strong vibe of energy slid from the top of his head to the bottom of his feet. His eyes were sore and red from the quick open of his eye lids and vines of red, seemly like cracks on the eyes which enclosed his pupils. His violet-red innocent eyes transformed into crimson pupils.

On this completely weird moment, Grandpa turns to check what time it is on Yugi's clock which says 5:54. He slowly turns to Yugi, hoping he hadn't seen the clock yet, but unfortunately he does and becomes outrageous about what he had done to him. His head started steaming up, like a boiled pot turnned on for about 360 degrees.

"GRANDPAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Grandpa glanced at him sheepishly blinking his eyes, "Uhhhh... hee, hee, silly your old grandpa, my clock was two hours ahead of time..."

"WHATTTTT?" Yugi screamed at him for such a stupidity act. The argument goes on until 7:00, which I know is a long time. Then it was finally the time for Yugi to walk to school.

"Bye Grandpa!" Yugi shouted waving his hand to him.

"Bye Yugi!" said Grandpa as he watch his grandson disappear into a world of his own.

While Yugi walked towards school a look alike transparent figure of Yugi appears right next to him. His hegiht was about an inch taller than Yugi and by looking, he is probably 5'5. He was magically floating in mid air and facing angled downward towards his fellow comrade.

"Yugi..." Yami said in a calm tone of voice.

"Yea Yami? Oh ya Yami I wanted to talk to you about those girls again. It still remains fuzzy to me. They're seem to have this some sort of connection feeling and I was hoping you had an idea of who the two girls were."

Yami nodded and agreed. "Yes, that was what I wanted to talk to you about. I guess the only way to find out is by commnicating with them, Yugi. Those golden items of theirs seem very familiar to me. It all might be some artifact or some segment of my puzzle, my formal memory." He looked down in bitterness, head facing the concrete. "One day, I hope to see my memory again. To realize the truth about myself, continue my life until I fulfill my destiny of what god forsaken journey for me to discover and finally rest in peace…"

Yugi looked up and saw his solemn bitterness. "Don't worry pharoah. You WILL get your memories back. After all we've been through, you can't give up just now."

Yami smiles attentively by his words. He felt guilty after thinking about how many times Yugi told him about his promise of getting his memories back. Perhaps fifty, seventy-five, or just about a hundred times. Leaving Yugi in agony or despair will break his promise to him.

Yami shorty followed Yugi on his walking to Domino High but then they sees a car pull up next to Yugi. It was a red, perfectly new, Lamborghini Countach. Yugi and Yami, in his ghost form, stood before the car and Yugi gazed at it speechlessly as the door of the Lamborghini swings open. Two girls step right out of the expensive car with the same uniform as Domino High's school dress code. Of coarse it was Femi and Aku! The Lamborghini Countach soon left leaving Yugi and the two girls alone with him. (But Yami was still with Yugi though).

Immediately the two girls started stretching for some reason. Femi began to touch her feet and Aku attempted to reach for the skies.

A water droplet appeared behind Yugi's and Yami's head. What are they doing? This isn't gym class! Yugi thought.

"I can't quite figure it out either," Yami replied. "I'm going now."

Wait? What! You can't leave me with these two! Yugi complained

"Hey Yugi dearest!"

No!

She, Femi, smirked and rolled up her skirt to a higher length. Aku and Yugi watched her roll her skirt. Aku knew that the shirts are already short enough nowadays which is why there is no reason to shorten it any shorter, but she knew that her sister is always like that.

"Oh, OH! Uh-uh... hi-hi..." Yugi turning red as he struggled to speak to them. He still gave a sidelong glance when he finished speaking.

Aku sweetly smiles at him, "Good morning Yugi. Its nice to see you up early this morning."

Yugi grew nervous out of no where. "UH-UH-WESD-GO-ING-S-CHOOL?"

"What?"

Yugi hadn't realized he had blurted out words of stupidity. He felt egged and looked away sheepishly.

Both of the sisters smiled at each other and grabbed Yugi to walk with them to school. Soon embaressment faded and astonishment took over. Yugi couldn't believe himself, walking with Aku and Femi, both got very popular at Domino High.

"C'mon Yugi! Walk faster! We're almost there to school!" Femi urged.

"What! Okay but what is the rush for?"

Aku furrowed her eyebrows. "Lets just walk faster for Femi's sake."

Apparently, popularity wasn't important for Aku but for Femi. The spotlight was the greatest gift for Femi. Than after they finally walked upon Domino High's interior, everyone was glazing at Yugi who was not long, the center of attention. Joey, Tea, Tristan, and Bakura all stared at him in surprise. Gathering up all the courage to face the eye-boggling action going around ths school, Joey approaches Yugi, hands in his pocket as always and clutching his palms into fists, ready for a fight.

"Hey Yuge. Whats up with the ladies? Your really desperate aren't you Yuge," said Joey grinning.

"WHAT! It didn't happen that way Joey!" Yugi going frantic. "REALLY! It didn't…"

Joey smiled at his expression. Hmph. Its still my old pal. Yugi is telling the truth and I thought for sure that he had abandoned his old pals, he thought. Taking his left hand out of his pocket, he reaches out for Yugi's shoulder. "Hey Yuge, don't sweat. I know your tellin the truth man."

To his response Yugi smiled brightly in relief. "Thanks Joey," he said under his breath.

At last the staring had halted and everything went back to normal. Yugi and Joey left Aku and Femi to their work. They walked to the rest of the group who were all waiting for their apperance.

Tea looked up to Yugi with a concern expression and a little bit of jealously on her face. "Hey Yugi! We saw you walking with Aku and Femi. Did you all planned to walk together?"

Joey and Yugi turn to look at each other. Before he explain, he sighed deeply but kept a smile on his face. "I'll tell you what happened."

A school bell rung timely and the empty halls didn't become empty for long. Sounds of footsteps clattering and chattering grew louder and louder. Among the crowds, Aku rushed and squeezed through the eager students as much as she could to get to her locker numbered 256.

Aku stopped and stood for quite a while. She gazed at the crowds of people. It seem like school of fishes wandering around to no particular place what so ever. She stared again and thought she'll never get to her locker. She leaned forward and closed her eyes a bit trying to see how far of a distance she was, but as doing so, she tumbled forward and fell to the ground.

"What!" Aku turned her head to her back and saw a guy running away from the incident. Everyone seemed to watch her on the floor. Quiet waves spreaded like a virus infecting a body in a swift second of the clock. With no help, Aku forcefully stood up and walked away, brushing embarassment off her shoulders.

In benefit of the incident, she was able to get to her locker after all. I guess everything can't go wrong, she said mentally. As she figured her code to the lock and openned the medium storage machine, a small rolled up note tied in a red silky bow, fell out of her locker. She observed it and picked it up immediately. Untieing the bow, she read the note.

Sweet Dreams by Deborah Kim

I found refuge for my weary soul,

In comfort of your sweet dreams.

There, I was allowed to stay and rest,
My soul and her broken seams.
When I heal and again be whole,
I'll surely be sent on my way-
So I think I'll just stay broken,
That your dreams may let me stay

You have a secret admirer waiting for you from afar. I have sent you this message because there is something you need to know. Meet me at the football court at the back of the gym. Don't miss this lifetime opportunity because it may be your last.

Aku made a intent look at the note. Her eyes moved left to right as she read the note repeatedly. Persuasion is the key for her to every woman's soul in order for her to follow an unknown letter of an anonymous. A wonderful fragrance flew out of the beautiful stationary. A smell of a emollient-rich cream made with ultra-moisturizing Calendula and Avocado oils. Again she intently glared at the letter and didn't know if she should trust it. She didn't want to inform her new friends about this crytic message because she didn't want them to get involved in it in case it was going to be a bad situation. She pondered upon the note as she walked down the school hallway. A bad idea indeed when she accidently crashes into a student named Seto Kaiba.

Aku's books fall to the floor and and both automatically mouthed "I'm sorry!"

Surprisingly he bents down and helps her pick up her books. Aku beamed for his generous and kind deed. Looking at him, she hoped to be friends with him. Then they faced face to face.

"Thank-you," Aku said gently as the corner of her cheeks turned and her lips spreaded, signaling a smile of pleasure.

Kaiba stared at her and grinned to her amusement, "Whatever..."

They seperated and went their own ways. It was a small accident and Aku clutched her books against herself more. She smiled and hoped to meet him again. School passes by and lunch time apparently occured. Femi stepped out of class, showing a shine of pride and a look on her face saying it's a beautiful day. She immediately sat at a nearby table and the people who sat there were overjoyed by her presence. On the other hand, Aku didn't have a place to sit, but attempting to sit at sister's table, she was kicked out instead. By the commands of her own sister.

"You can't sit here!" Femi yelled. "You don't belong to the group! Go find some other group yourself!"

It was sad, but Tea tapped her on the back behind her and offered her to sit at their table again. With no other choice, Aku sat there in somewhat, a expression of despair covered her face, but she hid it either way.

The gang eyes her and try to console her. Tea first attempted while Aku opens her lunchbox.

"Hey its okay. Whatever happened between you and your sister is going to be alright," said Tea who said softly.

"How do you know that I'm going to be okay! Get out of my business," a angered Aku said. She slammed her lunchbox closed and pouted. "Your not me…"

The gang stared at her in apprehension and in this, Joey quickly switches the subject. "So Aku, you have a boyfriend? I mean, no one can't resist that pretty face."

"What! You can't say that to her! You're an idiot you know that," Tristan barked. "She's in a tough situation and you just ask her if she has a boyfriend?" Tristan yelled.

Joey ignored his comment and eyed Aku, willing for an answer to his question.

She lifts an eyebrow and remembered about the note, but fails to mention anything about it. "Uh... no. I don't have any love interest right now at this moment."

"Why not! I mean there are a lot of cool guys at this school. You gotta like at least one of them," Tristan advising her too.

"Yeah! Like me!" Joey said with praise.

Aku smiled and again remembers about the note she found in her locker and still doesn't speak of it. She couldn't get it out of her mind. It seemed premenant even though she wanted to forget about it. Her expression transformed into a frown. The gang noticed it.

"Whats wrong Aku?" Yugi asks with worry. He looked at her eyes which transpired into darkness. Her red-violet eyes altered to a some what blaskish color mixed with purple.

Aku turns upward to face Yugi with a weak smile and shortly after, her eyes turned back to normal. "I'm okay, I was just... remembering something."

The school bell rung and everyone rushed out of the halls and of their classrooms to their home or outside, waiting to be picked up or so. The rush was similar to a stable pipe then soon after gushes of water burst out a small openning in the metal. As everyone runs out and the gang split up to their pathways, Yugi sights Aku walked toward the back of the gym and onto the football field.

I wonder why she is going to the football field? Yugi wondered mentally. He stood and walked towards the football gym after Aku.

"C'mon, lets go over to my house, babe." A teenage student forcefully said, grabbing her left arm which was over her torso trying to bind her books to her chest to keep from falling.

"NO! I DON'T LIKE YOU AT ALL! LET GO OF ME!" Aku tried to liberate from his mighty grip. "LET GO OF ME!"

"Shut-up! Your coming with me!" The man grabbed her waist and forced her to follow his direction.

"Let go of her!" Yugi said threating the guy. "She hasn't done anything to you!"

"What the hell!"

.Yugi tackles the guy down. What the hell?How can a kid like him do that? Must be the spikey hair…

"YUGI!" Aku said hugging him. "Thank-you. I never think anyone would come after me like that… Thank-you Yugi…"

Yugi blushes, "Your welcome… it was nothing really." He scratched his head as he smiled broadly.

"What do you mean nothing! It was stunning when you tackled him down!" Aku say frantically sounding like a little kid. Yugi admired her appreciation and happiness.

"Can I walk with you back to your house?" Aku asked nicely.

"Sure!" Yugi and Aku together walked together alone.

"Hey wheres your sister?" Yugi asked wondering how she can leave Aku alone just like that.

Aku sighed deeply, "She left me at school and took a head start for home already. She didn't want to wait for me. See Yugi, we really don't act like sisters. We don't even look like sister's at all!"

Oh so she did. He thought. Yugi nodded. "Yea! Thats right! Why is that?"

Aku sighs again. "I was adopted. The parents I grew up with weren't very caring and loving as regular, ordinary parents are supposed to be. Instead, they were abusive of my sister and I. My father would constantly drink and my mother would always go out partying. Life isn't always as what it seems to be, but I try my hardest to survive, even if I don't live in the same conditions everyone else are."

Yugi gazed at her with melancholy. He knew it was heartbreaking for her to tell the story for her eyes grew watery as she spoke. Suddenly a voice in Yugi's head was heard.

"Yugi! Your forgetting to ask her about her golden item. Your distracted by her." It was the pharoah again, who was warning Yugi.

"Okay Okay..." Yugi turns towards Aku. "Aku?"

Aku glances at him. "Yes Yugi?"

"I was just wondering, can I look at your golden hairband?"

She took off her matallic golden hairband and gave it to Yugi. "Here you go." Handing it to Yugi.

Yugi and Yami, who in a see-through state of form, examines the golden object. As looking at it throughly, they see the eye of Ra engraved in the exact middle of the front of the object. Around it contain beautifully designed swirls and twists of signs.

"WOW! This is amazing. Thank-you Aku!" Yugi handing her back her golden item.

Aku smiled. "Your welcome. The least I can do since your rescue."

Once they finally got to the game shop, Yugi enters inside and waves good-bye to his companion.

Night Falls

As Yugi dressed into blue colored pjs with yellow stars scattered around the clothing. He brushed his teeth and immediately flossed right after. Compling his daily tasks, he enters his room and gets into bed.

"You saw Aku's item right?" Yugi spoke to no one in particular, but he knew Yami was listening to him.

"Yes. In fact, that isn't a hairband at all. That golden object is a circlet. Many of the things a pharoah or the concil usually wears. She was just wearing it the wrong way. I am well assured that her sister has one, except as a bracelet," Yami affirmed. He sat on Yugi's desk chair with one arm resting on top of the desk and the other on his lap.

"Yea! It even had the eye of Ra engraved on the item. Could it be..." Yugi wondered.

"Yes, Yugi... another millennium item has emerged... until then…" Yami looked at Yugi amused. "I believe you have a crush on one of the girls, is it not?"

Yugi stared at him and complained frantically. "WHAT! I-I don't know what your talking about!"

Yami grinned, ready to vanish.

"Fine I do…" Yugi admitted rasping in his voice. "Okay so with you please stop the teasing. I hate it."

"Very well, but I must say. If you do, maybe you should go on a date with her. It'll benefit you and I," Yami suggested.

"You? How?"

"You may find more information about her and her Millennium Item. This can help us find clues to unlocking logic of the unknown and besides, your going to be enjoying this as well."

The pharoah was right. Yugi jumped out of his bed. "Okay! A date it is!"

A smile began to spread across Yami's face and at last he disappears.

Yugi layed on his back and stared at the ceiling. A date… a date? What am I thinking! I can't go on a date! What is something bad happens… no… I have to do this… I have to-

"Yugi! Go to sleep!" Yami yelled.

Yugi pouts. Fine.

R&R