Zypher: -eating jar of cookies given to her by a reviewer- Like always, I thank you all for reviewing the last chapter so here's the next one for you all. Also, the new OC being used in this chapter belongs to a friend of mine. Her name is Zella and she's a cat girl.
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Yami no Game: Death's Awakening
Chapter 10
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Everything was back to normal even after what happened at the park and Yugi was grateful for that. They spent more time out with their friends for the next few days up until school was back in session, much to the disappointment of Honda and Jounouchi. "Man, another year, another reason to wish that school would just disappear." Jounouchi mumbled and Yugi laughed softly. "Don't worry, Jou-kun. Only two more years and we're out of school for good." Yugi said and he nodded. "Yeah, I still have that to look up to but still! It's too long of a wait!" he whined. Once they reached the school gates, Honda ran off, remembering that there was a Student Council meeting starting soon and since he was still president for the new year, he couldn't miss it. They waved goodbye to him as he ran off before heading to their new classes for the year.
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"Alright, everyone! Over the summer, I have thought of some new improvements for the school." Honda announced, looking to them all but saw one boy wasn't listening to him, only looking at a picture of a girl. "Hey, Kouzou! Will you pay attention and stop looking at that picture of that nasty senior, Kaoruko?!" Honda yelled. Kouzou only grunted. "Only you would say that. Don't you know that Kaoruko is the hottest girl in the school? No one could compete with her! She already has a fan club bigger than Anzu's ever since she disappeared." Kouzou commented.
"Likely story! The girl that I personally think is the hottest is Miho! Hands down!" Honda argued. "Oh really? I suggest them we start a contest. A Beauty Contest for the whole school." Kouzou demanded. "Fine by me! A week from now we'll host a beauty contest for the girls and we'll see who wins." he growled before adjourning the meeting, both love-struck boys glaring at one another as they left out, Honda totally forgetting the new changes he was supposed to announce at the meeting.
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In one of his classes, Yugi was called into the office and worrying it may be something bad, he called for Aqua to be by his side. He appeared beside him in spirit form, glad that he retained said form so he wouldn't be seen by others. /Don't worry, little one. I don't think it's anything bad./ Aqua told him and Yugi nodded. "You may be right. Guess all these events had me a little antsy..." he murmured as he walked into the principal's office. The principal turned and smiled. "Ah Motou-san, just who I wanted to see." he said as he stood up from his seat. "What do you need, Suno-sensei?" Yugi asked. "We just had a new transfer student come in and she's in your first period class and most of your classes afterwards. I want you to escort her around if you don't mind." Suno-sensei said. "Oh, I can do that. Where is she?" he asked. "I'm right here." The new girl whispered as she stepped out from the shadows she was hiding in. "Yugi, this is Zella." Suno-sensei introduced, pointing to her. "Zella, Motou-san will be your escort to classes and around the school campus. If you have any questions, ask him." he said and she nodded. "Come on, Zella. We better head back to class." Yugi said and she nodded as she followed him out of the office and down to her first class. He looked up to her and saw the black cat ears and also her tail. "So, you are a cat girl. Never thought I would see someone like you in person." Yugi hummed. "You're not...going to make fun of me, will you?" she asked. "No! I would never! I know how it felt to be picked on. I used to be a whole bunch of times before I was protected by two very close friends of mine and I wish to be your friend as well so you feel more at home here."
"Really? I never thought I would make a friend so soon on my first day." Zella said with a small smile as they stopped in front of the door to their first class. "Wait here, I'll tell the teacher that you're a new student." Yugi said and she nodded, holding her shoulder bag tightly as she watched Yugi enter the room to tell the teacher about her arrival. When he called her in, she breathed in lightly before entering the class.
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As lunch rolled by, Zella did get some odd looks from some of the boys. Some even braved to ask her out but she politely declined as she met up with Yugi once more who led her over to the table where he, Jounouchi and Honda sat. He introduced her to them and she became quick friends with the two. "So Honda, what with this beauty contest ya started up now?" Jounouchi asked. "Some punk in the Student Council thinks that preppy senior Kaoruko is the hottest girl in school! Pfft! Like I'll believe that! My heart is to Miho and that's all there is to it! I really hope she enters." Honda stated. "She may." Yugi added as a thought before looking to Zella. "Maybe you should enter too Zella so you could be more well known in school." he said. "I'll think about it. I already have too much with all these boys asking me out on my first day here. I'm starting to think they're try to date me because of some dumb anime logic about cat girls." Zella told them.
"Hah! Only a boy who's blind would want to go out with you!" A girl's voice said and they turned to see Kaoruko standing there. "What do ya want, Kaoruko?" Jounouchi growled. "Shut it, mutt. Just want to see what all these boys are talking about. And they're talking about this freak? It's a shame that such a thing graces these school grounds. She's tarnishing my beauty with her presence." Kaoruko jeered with a laugh. Yugi stood up and looked to the senior. "Don't make fun of Zella like that! This is her first day and she doesn't need someone like you messing with her." he defended. "And what's a little pipsqueak like you going to do about it?" Kaoruko spat. "You can barely reach my shoulder so why don't you back off!" she continued before she saw Honda stand. "Why don't you back off? Maybe you can settle who's better at the beauty competition I think you'll lose quite easily." he told her and she only laughed again.
"We'll see. I'll blow away all my competitors with ease and take my rightful place as the most beautiful girl in school. No freak show will show me otherwise." Kaoruko snapped before leaving. "Man, she's worse than Anzu." Honda muttered as he and Yugi sat back down. Yugi looked up to Zella and saw her head was bowed down. "Oh, Zella. I'm so sorry you had to go through that." Yugi whispered, placing a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry, I'm fine." she said, looking back to them with a smile before turning her head and glaring at Kaoruko's back. "I'll show her. I'll enter that contest and show that natural beauty wins over narcissistic idolization." she said and they nodded. "And if you don't win, believe in Miho. She'll show her also. I wouldn't mind if one of you two won, as long as it's not Kaoruko." Honda replied and she nodded. "I won't let you down if Miho doesn't make it." Zella said before they continued to eat their lunch.
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The next day, the sign-up sheet for the beauty competition was up and many girls signed up. Yugi watched as Zella signed up and turned to smile over at Yugi. He smiled and back and then felt Yami and Aqua standing by his side. /A beauty contest, eh? We think you should enter./ Yami suggested. "Oh, I couldn't enter, it's only for girls." Yugi whispered, looking to them. "Besides, what makes you think I would win a beauty contest? I'm not all that beautiful." he murmured under his breath. /But you are, little one. The most beautiful person we've seen in our lives./ Aqua cooed and he blushed lightly. Zella walked over and saw him blushing. "Now what are you blushing for, Yugi?" she asked. He jumped up a little and looked up to her. "Oh, no reason! I was just thinking about something." Yugi replied softly and she smiled.
"Ok then, whatever you say. Come on and let's get to class." she said and he nodded and they both headed off to their classes, Aqua following behind but Yami stayed behind. Once the crowd of girls dispersed he walked over to the sign-up sheet and using his magic, placed the name 'Vanima Yuki' on the list. 'We'll prove to you in our own way, little one, that you are beautiful.' he thought before he left to head back into the puzzle for the day.
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After school that day, Yugi, Honda, Zella and Jounouchi headed out to the mall to buy some outfits for Zella to wear for the beauty contest. Honda was disappointed to learn that Miho wasn't going enter but put his trust in Zella. He did get a mouthful from Kouzou about his ideal girl ducking out from the contest but he told him about Zella and said she was going to win instead of Kaoruko. 'I'll prove it to him. It may not be Miho but I'm not going to let some petty senior win that contest.' he thought as they entered into a clothing shop, looking at different outfits and making suggestions to Zella about some. Yami and Aqua came with them as their regular forms, Yugi introducing them to her. While they were in the store, Yami and Aqua broke away from the group and headed into a different part of the store. "Did you sign Yugi up for the competition?" Aqua asked and he nodded. "Yes I have and we'll prove to him that he is beautiful, whether girl or boy." Yami replied. "Should we tell him soon before the competition starts?" Aqua questioned. "We will. I'll tell him the night before the day of the competition."
"Yami! Aqua! Come on, we're about to go!" Yugi called and they came over to where he was and they all left out, eagerly waiting for the competition to start.
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The week went by pretty quick and the day of the competition was next Tuesday. Yugi and his friends spent much time in preparing Zella for the competition, never knowing the two spirits were doing the same for Yugi. After school was over next Monday, Yugi headed home with Yami and Aqua walking by his side. "Mou hitori no boku, do you think Zella will be able to win?" Yugi asked. "I'm sure she will but you'll never know." Yami spoke. "I really hope she does win. It will put Kaoruko in her place." Yugi told them as they walked inside. "But I'm worried. I looked back at the list and there was one girl on there named Vanima Yuki. Who could she be? I never heard about her around school." he wondered as he walked upstairs with them trailing behind. "That would be you." Aqua spoke and he turned around, shocked. "Me?! It can't be me! I'm not a girl!" Yugi exclaimed. "Once we're done with you, you will be. Yugi, we want to show you that you are beautiful. Although you will be a girl just for the competition, we'll show you the true beauty that lies within you." Yugi looked down, deep in thought before nodding. "Alright, if you say so. But if I do win somehow, I'm giving my prize to Zella. I don't deserve it."
"If you wish. We won't mind that at all. We'll prove a point to that Kaoruko girl and Zella will be happy to be able to succeed in something when she believed that she would only be made fun of in school." Aqua said and Yugi nodded. "Well, let's get some sleep before tomorrow. I really do hope you two know what you are doing." Yugi murmured as he brought out his night clothes and headed into the bathroom to change. 'Don't worry, we do.' Yami thought.
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It was finally the day of the competition and the girls all gathered up in the back. Zella looked around before spotting Kaoruko coming her way. "So, the freak decided to join. You best go ahead and leave because you'll be disqualified in a flash since you're ugly. Save yourself the humiliation." Kaoruko sneered. "No, I'm not leaving and at least I trust in my own natural beauty than what other people say." Zella told her and she growled. "We'll see about that." she snapped and left. 'I'll show her and every other girl here. I'll sabotage this entire contest and have it run in my favor.' she thought with a smirk as she got ready to leave out with the other girls. Yugi was in another part of the backstage area and looked to Yami. "Are you sure this is a good idea?" he asked once more. "I'm sure, aibou. Now, hold still and close your eyes." he said and Yugi did so. Yami whispered a quiet spell and soon, the shadows slipped from their normal place and engulfed Yugi. After a while, they disappeared and Yugi appeared as a beautiful girl. His once spiky locks of hair were flowing down behind him, his goldenrod bangs framing his face cutely. He wore the girl's school uniform, only Yami modified it slightly compared to the others. Yugi, or Yuki, opened her eyes, shining amethyst orbs gleaming beautifully even in the dim light. Yami smiled at his work and knew he would win the competition easily if all goes well. "You're ready now. Go ahead and show Kaoruko who really deserves to win. Come back to me for each round and I'll give you your outfit." Yami said and she nodded as she walked out to join up with the other girls.
When she walked in, Zella looked over to her and gasped at the beauty she possessed. 'Man, if I don't make it, she surely will. She must be Vanima Yuki.' she thought and walked over to her, waiting to talk with her before the competition started, catching Karuk's attention. 'How dare she?! She thinks she's plenty gorgeous over me! I'll show her, I'm going to win this contest and put them all in their places!' she thought as she glared at both Yuki and Zella.
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"Welcome all to the Domino High Beauty Competition!" Honda announced and was responded with many cheers from the boys in the audience. "Now, we will go through three simple rounds, each showing each girl's talent, appeal and formality. You all will choose who should win the title of most beautiful girl in all of Domino High!" he said once more and gained another round of cheers from the audience. "Now, here are our contestants!" he said and started announcing the girls. When he got to Zella, Kaoruko and Yuki, they gained a lot of approval from the crowd. Because of that, most girls dropped out of the competition, knowing that they wouldn't have a chance against them. After the Introduction round was done, Honda announced the first round to start. Zella's talent was a few acrobatics, Kaoruko watching silently and tried to think of a way to mess her up but she couldn't since everyone was watching. 'She's lucky this time but not for long.' she thought.
Another girl who decided to stay in the competition went in with a juggling act but Kaoruko sabotage by switching one of the rubber balls she was using to a slightly weighted one so when she grabbed hold of it when it was thrown to her, she would topple over which is what exactly happen and was disqualified. Kaoruko dressed up as a geisha girl and performed a small dance, gaining a lot of attraction from the boys of the crowd and she smiled, glad she had them in the bag. But when it was Yuki's turn, her talent was a spectacular one. Yami, giving her the power over his shadows, gave her the talent for a small magic show. She wore a little magician's outfit, complete with a little magic wand and hat, to wear as she manipulated the shadows into elegant birds and even a small panther which did some tricks by her commands, catching the crowd's attention big time by the sight and angering Kaoruko.
'She won't be smiling for long.' she thought as she watched Yuki smile and bow before leaving the stage. The next round, the swimsuit competition, started which was held outside by the pool. Kaoruko came out in a red bikini, catching all the guys' attention eagerly with her voluptuous form barely concealed by the swimsuit she wore. 'Let's see those two top that.' she thought as she walked off to the side, smirking at the fact she ruined Zella's swimsuit. Zella was inside the changing room, talking with Yuki for a bit as she was about to get dressed into her swimsuit but saw it was ruined. "Who would dare do such a thing?" she asked quietly to herself and Yuki walked over to place a hand on her shoulder. "Don't worry. We can think of something before your turn." Yuki said. She smiled down to her. "Thanks, Yuki. You really sound like a friend of mine. He's always comforts me when I'm feeling down." she said and she smiled, knowing who she was talking about. "It's nice to know that. Now about your swimsuit, why don't you go try the drama room? Maybe they have something there for you." Yuki suggested and she nodded as she ran off.
"I'll hurry back. Make sure that Kaoruko girl doesn't try anything to please the crowd even more!" Zella called and she nodded. "Don't worry, I'll make sure!" she called back before Yami walked over to her side from the shadows. "Hopefully she'll find something. I have a feeling I know who ruined her swimsuit. But no need to worry about that now." Yami said as he looked down to Yuki and with a quiet spell, he changed her outfit into a glorious swimsuit. It was a glossy black bikini that had a golden tiger etched onto the top part. Little gold tiger ears donned her head and a sleek golden tiger tail came from the bottom piece. Small tiger feet slippers covered her dainty feet and Yami smiled at his work. "Are you sure you should be doing all this, mou hitori no boku? I don't think this is right." Yuki murmured. "You may think that but I'm only here to help. Kaoruko is trying to sabotage all the contestants and she was the one who ruined Zella's swimsuit. I can tell. She could be aiming for you next and I'm not going to let her do anything to hurt you. You don't want a conniving witch such as her win a competition when it was her tricks that gave her the glory in the first place." Yami replied and she nodded.
"You're right. Sorry for saying that to you. You were only trying to help..." Yuki whispered softly, bowing her head and Yami placed a hand under her chin and lifted her head back up. "It's alright, aibou. All you did was speak your thoughts. It doesn't hurt me in any way." Yami whispered and placed a gentle kiss upon her forehead, making her blush. "Now go out there and show them what true beauty is." Yami said, wrapping a tiger printed towel around her shoulders and she nodded as she walked out. When she did, all attention went to her and Kaoruko opened her eyes when she heard them all taking and looked at her. She growled deeply and bit her thumb nail in anger. 'Who does she think she is?! I'll deal with her soon enough in the last competition. At least I got rid of that cat girl freak.' she thought then looked up when someone said something. She gasped when she saw Zella standing there, donned in a mermaid outfit. She waved to them all before diving into the pool from the high dive board. Yuki clapped in happiness, glad that Zella was able to make it before she could get disqualified.
They all soon headed back inside for the final round and Kaoruko wasn't planning to have Zella or Yuki win this final round. When Zella was alone to get dressed, she covered her mouth and dragged her away to an empty room, tying her up and taping her mouth shut so she wouldn't attract attention to where she was. She smirked as she left the room and started to write a fake note to give to Yuki so she could deal with her next.
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Yuki was in the dressing room, Yami making the final touches to her dress. She was in a beautiful white dress with silver linings. Silver shoes were on her feet and silk gloves donned her hands. Plush red lips enhanced her beautiful face and sparkling eyes, a white lily placed into her hair for decoration. Yami smiled, his thoughts claiming Yuki to look like an angel. 'And he really is too, even as a girl. Hopefully angels like him could take a demon such as me into their pure, gentle hearts. So much I wanted to claim him for ourselves...but...he deserves to make a decision on his own...' he thought before he left out the room and into the shadows to go sit with the rest of the crowd.
'Well, this is it. Hopefully nothing will happen.' she thought then looked down when she heard something slip through the crack of her door. She picked up the note and read what was inside. "Who would want to meet me outside in the back alley?" she wondered. Curious about the mysterious person, left out the dressing room and out the back door.
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Kaoruko smirked as she heard Yuki coming and hid in the shadows, waiting for her to be in her line of sight. When she did, she called out to whoever could be there, walking right past Kaoruko's hiding spot. She took the time to leave out her spot and knock out Yuki. "So, you think you can be more beautiful than me, do you? Well, think of this as my way of saying you're not good enough." Kaoruko hissed as she started to rip off parts of her dress. Once she was done with the foul act, she plucked the lily from her hair and crushed it in her hands. "Not even you can be as delicate as a lily." Kaoruko muttered before leaving, happy that she got rid of the competition. But she didn't know that Yuki sent one last thought to her darker half. Yami heard the call and quickly made his way to where she was, gasping when he saw her lying on the trash ridden ground. He knelt down beside her and tried to wake her up. "Yugi. Yugi, wake up. What happened?" he asked. Yuki opened her eyes and gently touched a dirt covered, gloved hand to his cheek. "Kaoruko..." Was all she whispered before falling unconscious again.
He growled, his demon side showing itself as he gently picked her up, bridal style, and took her back inside and to her dressing room, sitting her down on a small bed made of shadows. He called Dae Raca to watch over her and try everything he could to wake her so she can go out to finish this contest. 'I have something else to do.' he thought with a hiss as he disappeared into the shadows and to where Kaoruko is.
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Kaoruko was laughing, glad to be rid of Zella and Yuki. 'Soon, I'll win and no one can say otherwise.' she thought, unaware of Yami standing behind her. "Well, I have something to say and that is dark game." he whispered and she turned to see him standing there. "What do you want? Come to congratulate me on my win?" she asked, flaunting her eyelashes cutely to try and get him to fall for her spell like those in her fan club. "No, I came to play a game with you but not just any game, a game of life or death. You think you could win with tricks just because you don't want anyone to outdo your beauty. That was a low move and you will pay for it." he said with a growl, seeing her attempt. "Oh really, and what game do you have in mind?" Kaoruko demanded, her bouquet of roses held tightly in her hands, seeing her typical manipulation didn't work on him. He looked down to them before smirking. "We'll play a game, a game in which we pull roses from your bouquet. Whoever picks up the last one loses. You can take up to three at a time." Yami spoke and she laughed.
"That's all? I'll be able to win this easily." she said and Yami only nodded, starting off the game by picking out one rose. She picked out two. As the game commenced, Yami continued to pick one and she picked two. Soon after she took her last two roses, she smirked. "Seems you lose. There's only one rose left." Kaoruko whispered. "Do you really think that?" he inquired as he reached for the rose before raising his hand higher and plucked the rose she had in her hair. Her eyes widened, forgetting all about that rose. "Now who lost this little game?" he questioned and she gulped. "What are you going to do to me?" He laughed darkly, sending shivers up her spine. "Why don't you look into the mirror behind you." he whispered and she did so, gasping when she saw her face and skin. They were all wrinkled up just like the rose in her hand. "Every rose has its thorns but you took it too far. You believed too much in your own beauty now see what happen when you can't keep the beauty of a rose." he said, deciding to let her keep her flesh and soul, before disappearing into the shadows, needing to go find Zella and see if Yuki was awake.
Honda was worried when he didn't see anyone come out on stage. Kouzou was also worried along with Kaoruko's fan club. Soon, the curtain was raised and all saw Kaoruko standing there with ropes tied onto her arms. She woke up in a daze, instinctively pulling her arms down and caused the buckets of water to fall on her. Seeing this made everyone laugh and she looked to them before lowering her head, knowing she deserved it for what she's done. From the back, Yami freed Zella and she ran out to the stage before he headed over to Yuki's dressing room. She was awake now and she was gently stroking Dae Raca's head, surprised to see the beast there but saw he was a gentle one. "Yugi, you need to get out there. Kaoruko has been taken care of and she was punished for her trickery." Yami said and she nodded. "Thanks, mou hitori no boku. I don't know what you had done but thanks for dealing her something for hurting me." Yuki whispered. He nodded and fixed up the rip in her dress and placed another lily in her hair before watching as she ran out to the stage as well.
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After Kaoruko was disqualified, it was a choice between Yuki and Zella. People made their votes carefully and once Honda got the results, he announced the winner. "And the winner of the Beauty Competition is Vanima Yuki!" he said and they crowd cheered as they watched her step up to Honda. He gave the microphone to her along with the trophy and she smiled to them all. "Thanks for giving me such an honor. I am happy to know I have won but I do not deserve this." she said and they groaned in surprise, some whispered words floating through the crowd. "If anyone should win this competition, it should be Zella." she said and waved her over. "You won fair and square, Yuki. I don't need this trophy. You keep it." Zella murmured and Yuki shook her head. "No, you take it. I want you to win and have the glory. Be happy that Kaoruko didn't win for what she has done." Yuki said and she smiled before hugging the smaller girl.
"Thanks, Yuki." she whispered and Yuki nodded as she was released from the hug. Yuki handed her the trophy. "You can keep the little tiara. I don't want it." she said and Yuki nodded as she watched her stand next to Honda and waved to the crowd who cheered at the newly declared winner. Yuki smiled and soon left to meet back with Yami. She came past a mirror and looked at herself. 'Maybe...Yami was right. Even if I am a girl, I could see the beauty he saw in me.' she thought before she continued on her way back to the dressing room where he waited and he was changed back into his regular self, keeping the tiara and lily on his head, before they left the school quietly.
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The next day at lunch, Jou, Zella and Honda were talking about the competition when Yugi came to sit at the table with his lunch. Jounouchi turned to Yugi with a big grin on his face. "Oh, Yugi! Where were you yesterday? You missed the big competition!" he said. "Oh, I was out somewhere with Yami and Aqua. What happened?" he asked, already knowing well what happened since he was part of it without them knowing. "This girl named Vanima Yuki was at the competition and she blew away Kaoruko but she declined the prize and gave it to Zella instead." Jounouchi explained. "That sounded really nice of her. Too bad I couldn't see it." he said, looking to the corner of his eyes at Yami who smiled softly in his spirit form before disappearing. 'If I wasn't there, something could've happened to Zella and then Kaoruko would've won with her tricks. Not only that but I believed in what Yami told me. But will my natural beauty win his and Aqua's heart? I finally know that I love them but will they love me back?' Zella looked over to Yugi and saw something peculiar. 'Wait...that was the same lily that was in Yuki's hair? Was Yugi actually at the competition...as Yuki?' she wondered but when she blinked, the lily was gone and Zella thought of it as her overactive imagination as she talked with Jounouchi and Honda once more, Honda gloating about proving Kouzou wrong.
Yami stood in the shadows, the lily Yugi wore at the competition in his clawed hands. He looked down to the lily then to Yugi. 'One day, we tell you our secret and our feelings, aibou...'
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Zypher: And that's all for this chapter. Well, that was fun. Yugi was a pretty little girl! And he is starting to finally figure out his feeling towards Yami and Aqua! Squee! Anyways, hoped you enjoyed this chapter and will be patiently waiting for the next.
As a late thought, do you think I should add Ryou, Diamond, Kaiser, Seto, etc. somewhere in here as well? Ryou and Bakura will probably be making a cameo appearance in here for the Monster World section of this story but should I add the others in here along with the other yamis (Seto and Ruby (by choice) included) be demons as well? Tell me what you think.
(Vanima is an Elven term for beautiful just in case you were wondering.)