Z Star: Hey dudes! Did ya miss me? Hehe…
Ash: LET THE STORY CONTINUE!
Z Star: Wow, you're a little too excited.
Ash: Well you were too when you got PhotoShop!
Z Star: Yeah, but I don't know how to draw my characters on it!
Ash: Oh, bummer… looks like you will need to get a scanner!
Z Star: Yeah… But hey, writing this story will cheer me up! Do the disclaimer Ash!
Ash: Will do! Z Star owns nothing but her own characters and the credit for coming up with this story! Happy now!
Z Star: You bet! Ok guys, enjoy this…
Chapter Sixteen: Star Crossed Lovers
It was still night and other by the caves the gang was trying to sleep… but we'll get to that later! Right now though we are going to find out where Shinju and Yami went. The moonlight seeped into the room, where water could be heard splashing on the floor, due to the antics of the young children.
"Hold still! Or I'm gonna spill this all over you!" Shinju chided, holding the bucket in front of Prince Yami.
"Hehe, sorry." Prince Yami giggled, taking hold of the water bucket and setting it on the floor, so he could wash his hands without troubling the girl. "How did your people build a well inside the castle?" Shinju smirked with pride and began to act like it was nothing.
"It wasn't that hard to build. The workers just dug a hole inside, just like they would outside… it's no big deal." Prince Yami didn't reply. He just ignored the redhead's comment. The tri-coloured haired boy just stared and smiled at her… which made Shinju very uncomfortable. She looked around to see if he was staring at something else, but there was no one. "What are you staring at!" She snapped.
"Huh? Wha?" Prince Yami blurted out. "Um… I was… staring at the moonlight!" he grinned. Wow, nice save Atemu. And you didn't end up making a fool of yourself! "I just think it's so beautiful…" He sighed, strolling to the window to look at it. It was no lie; he was fascinated by it. It reminded him of his mother, whose radiance resembled the floating silver orb… and it made him miss her even more. She was so far away, back in Egypt. Shinju stood there with wide eyes, astounded by the prince's behavior.
"…Yes… it truly is…" Shinju said, standing by his side at the window. Wow… look at him… he seems so sincere… the men around here never show this kind of appreciation for something… Well not in front of woman… He does have a soul… Shinju smiled, turning her gaze at Yami for a brief moment and then back at the starry skies. The Prince even took a quick peek at the girl too. Her pale skin absolutely glowed under the moon's shadow.
You know… when you really look at her… she's kind of pretty… Prince Yami thought to himself. The rebellious part of his brain disappeared and turned to gush, at seeing the Chinese girl at peace. He leaned his head on his hand and watched her unnoticed. Until…
"All right you two that's enough!" A voice boomed, knocking down the door. The other two turned from the window with wide eyes. There was Lord Rong, panting for breathe and glaring at Prince Yami. "Stay away from my daughter you Egyptian Casanova!" He hollered, shaking an accusing finger at Chibi Yami. "I know what you boys are like, well my daughter is no hussy!"
"Dad!" Shinju exclaimed, a blush creeping onto her cheeks. "We were just watching the stars, Yami- I mean, Prince Yami didn't do anything to me!"
"A likely story! Watching the stars indeed!" Lord Rong scoffed.
Argh! Men are so paranoid! Shinju thought, crossing her arms. But prince Yami hid behind her and quite frightened of the look her father was giving him. Lord Rong gently pushed his daughter a side and pointed his broad sword at Prince Yami.
"You be careful of how you treat my daughter! Or you will suffer, got it!" Lord Rong glared.
"'Gulp' Yes sir." Prince Yami squeaked, running past the angry father.
"I'm so sorry Prince Yami." Shinju butted in before the soon to be king of Egypt left.
"Ah, it's Ok. I understand." Yami stood there smiling ear to ear again. For one moment, everything was silent as sparks of chemistry exploded in the air. And Lord Rong did not like it one bit!
"Get moving lover boy!" He growled, and Prince Yami ran off as fast as he could.
"Ok, ok!" Prince Yami giggled nervously. "Bye Lady Shinju…"
"Bye Prince Yami…"
"… I SAID GET MOVING!" And this time Prince Yami was out of there!
"Oh father…" Shinju sighed. Unfortunately her daddy would never change… but that was the way she wanted him to be… Meanwhile Chibi Yami skipped through the halls, humming a happy tune to himself. He hadn't been this happy for awhile, even after Lord Rong had threatened him… it seemed worth getting screamed at by the mad man… just so he could spend a few moments with the girl… alone… even if nothing did happen. But to stop Prince Yami on his happy trail were the voices coming from one of the soldiers' chambers.
"Wow, she's a beauty Long." One of them said. Being the nosy little brat Prince Yami was, he pressed his ear against the door and listened into the conversation.
"I know… and I plan on making her my concubine!" (1) The Long said.
"Wow! That's great news Long!" The second soldier exclaimed. "I'm so happy for you!"
"Thanks, I've been waiting for this a very long time. You know how much I love her." Long sighed. "And I now I never have to be away from her." (AN: This guy may sound nice, but read the rest to find out what he's REALLY like.) Yami took his ear away and thought about what Long had said.
What's a concubine? Maybe that's what Chinese men call their wives or lovers around here… That Long guy seems to like his concubine an awful lot, even though she's a girl… Like how I like Shinju… Hmm…Maybe she will be mine someday. Prince Yami blushed at the thought, shaking his head in defiance. Nah! No way! I don't like girls! At least… I don't think I do…
And little Yami ran off to his room, trying to get his mind off of love and Concubines for the night, while the soldiers continued their conversation.
"But, what about your wife? How will she feel when you bring this new woman into your life?" The second soldier asked.
"Ah my wife's getting old now, and I need some fun! If she doesn't like it then let her cry over it, I'm the one who's keeping her alive after all, so she can't say anything!" Long snapped, pointing his nose in the air. The second soldier was disgusted by Long's behavior and turned away. "Besides, why should I be like Lord Rong, and only have one wife? Why should I dedicate myself to one woman like our Lord, it's insane!"
"No it's not! He's hasn't chosen to take concubines because he loves Madame Shui! Unlike you he cares for his wife! You're a bastard, you know that? I hope your wife kicks your ass!" And the second soldier left his friend… or ex friend in shock. It was obvious nobody gave Long a taste of his own medicine!
CAVESNow back to the caves (AN: See, told you I would get there!) the gang settled into their home for the night, trying to make the best of their situation and try to get some sleep. And we know THAT is going to be impossible!
"All right everybody! Listen up!" Sedmet hollered, up high on one of the rocks. "The sleeping arrangements have been adjourned! Ella and me will sleep in the middle! Since we're brother and sister nothing gross can happen! But just to make sure there's unwanted no hanky pankey! The girls will sleep on Ella's side and the boys will sleep on mine! Anyone who has a problem with that will DIE!" Ella's face grew red and buried it in her left hand. "Ok?"
"Why couldn't I be an only child?" Ella asked. Ash chuckled and hugged his girlfriend.
"Awe don't be embarrassed Ella." He cooed. Then Yugi came behind the lioness and patted her on the shoulder.
"I know how you exactly feel, my brother is a little crazy too." Yugi grinned when he saw Yami glaring at him.
"Well has your brother ever said 'hanky pankey?' No!" Ella exclaimed at Yugi. "And Ash, you don't have a brother! So you don't know the half of it!" She squealed.
"Give her some time." Yugi said.
"Guys, what are we gonna do about the food?" May asked, with her stomach speaking 70 languages. "I'm starving here!"
"Me too!" Max whined.
"Hmm… Brock, what can we cook? We don't have many supplies here…" Tracy informed his cooking rival.
"Ever since our pan disappeared!" Brock whimpered. Tracey patted his friend on the shoulder with a sympathetic expression.
"There there, be strong! You know it wouldn't want us to cry!" Tracy whimpered. Yugi and Yami sweat dropped and blinked.
"What is that about?" Yami asked.
"I don't know, must be the new kids on the block thing." Yugi shrugged.
"Actually it's something much more worse, crazy and stupid, so don't ask." Gary bluntly put it. "Just ignore them and you'll be fine."
"I know what we could do." Misty smiled. "What if we went off in pairs and went to go find food? There's got to be something edible laying about and it's dark so no one will see us."
"That's not a bad idea!" Ash grinned. "Ah I can taste the food now!"
"Ok, who is gonna go with who?" Yami asked.
"I know!" Max chimed. "Misty and Yugi can go off together, Yami could go with Ash, Ella and Sedmet can stay together and Gary can go with Tracy!"
"Sounds good to me!" Ella said, running off with Sedmet. "Bye Ash! I'll be back sweetie!"
"Hehehehehehehehehehe…" Ash giggled like a schoolgirl, but then saw the others were staring at him. "Uh, 'cough' come on Yami, let's go!" And he grabbed the ex-pharaoh's arm.
"But I want to look after my aibou- ah I mean brother!" Yami whined.
"He'll be fine with Misty, she's more scary then anything that's out there!" Ash said.
"I HEARD THAT!"
"Let's roll!" Ash shouted, more determined to leave. Gary stood with Tracey trying to get him out of the cave.
"But I want to stay and cook!" Tracey growled.
"Ah shut up and be a man! You can cook when we come back!" Gary yelled, dragging Tracey.
"WHOOPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" And they left, leaving Yugi and Misty to be the last ones to leave.
"Um… so I guess we should get going huh?" Yugi said. Oh gee, I'm a genius! Not!
"Yeah, Ok. Brock, look after May and Max ok?" Misty said.
"Yeah, yeah! Don't let them out of your sight or near the sugar! I got ya! But how the hell do you make a pan out of rocks!" Brock growled, banging two stones together while May and Max stared wide eyed.
"Ok, I have two things to say! One, I'm 15 and I don't need a baby sitter and two why out of all the gang are you leaving him with us when he's in insane grief!" May asked.
"One, you're alone in another country and two, Brock is the only young adult left who can scare off any mad man, animal or any other danger that could come." Misty replied.
"Hmm… You make some good points. Ok, I'll stay to protect the squirt and the psycho." Misty smiled. So Yugi and Misty went off, not before May whispered loud enough for only Misty to hear. "And enjoy your time alone with Yugi. You won't get many of those around this lot if you know what I mean." Misty's face turned into an inferno, stopping in her tracks.
"Come on Misty, we should get moving before everything goes bump in the night." Yugi said.
"Uh… c-coming Yugi." Misty called, running after him. He stood there waiting in the night, his violet eyes beaming like the stars. The redhead felt weak at the knees. Her eyes sparkled at how handsome the midget looked, his pale skin was glowing and his hair floated in the wind. Yugi had no idea what she was staring at, he looked for what might have caught the water pokemon trainer's eye, but nothing else was in sight.
"Um… Misty?" Yugi gulped. Misty shook her head and giggled sheepishly.
"Hehe, sorry Yugi." Misty sighed. "I can't help but admire the scenery." At those words Yugi blushed, maybe he was being paranoid, but he wasn't entirely sure if the girl was just talking about the beach…
TRACEY AND GARY"What was that!" Tracey squeaked, at the sound of a branch breaking.
"Nothing, you stepped on a twig!" Gary growled, rolling his eyes. "Tracey, take a few moments to not worry about something!"
"Hehe, sorry… it's kind of hard not to, when in you're 5,000 years into the past!" Tracey hollered.
"Shh! Do you want the tri-coloured twins to hear! If they find out they'll blab everything to the whole damn city back in our time!" Gary hissed.
"Hey, that reminds me, didn't Yami remind you a lot of the little Prince?" Tracey asked, his eyes filled with confusion.
(A.N: The gang doesn't know Yami's name in the Tale of the Cascade Tear, I mentioned his name so no one would get confused to who Yami was. That's why Tracey is asking that question, sorry for not mentioning it earlier. The guys only know Pharaoh Yami by his real name.)
"O.o Yeah… he did remind me of little Prince Atemu…" Gary said, brushing his chin with his fingers. His mind filled with suspicious thoughts, until a sound of a voice boomed through the lands.
"Hey, did you hear something!" One of the guards questioned.
"It came from over there!" Guard number two pointed in Tracey and Gary's direction.
"Let's check it out!" Gary and Tracey's eyes widened and stared at each other straight in the eye! Knowing exactly what the other guy wanted and had to do.
"RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNN!" Gary and Tracey screamed, running off into a random direction, anywhere that would keep them safe from the guards!"
ASH AND YAMI"Hey Yami! Look! I think I found our dinner!" Ash grinned; pointing to the apple trees that swayed in the ocean breeze.
"Hehe, guess we won't be going hungry tonight." Yami smirked. "I'll give you a leg up!"
"Wait, why do I have to climb the tree?" Ash pouted, crossing his arms.
"Because you're smaller then me and you weigh less." Yami pointed out.
"Oh why thank you!" Ash grinned. Compliments always got what you want, was what the High Priests taught Yami. But he would soon regret that he tricked the capped boy. When Ash stepped on the ex-pharaoh's hand and he pushed the Pokemon tamer up off the ground, an unpleasant crack emitted the air.
"OH MY RA! MY BACK!" Yami screamed and dropped onto the floor in agony leaving Ash stuck up in the tree.
"Are you Ok?" The concerned, capped boy asked.
"Oh better then fine!" Yami screamed. "Of course I'm not fine! How much do you weigh?"
"Hey! I'm not that fat! Just a little chubby, but I couldn't break your back! Hmm… did you hurt your back by falling when you came here?" Ash asked. Yami recalled to when that retched painting dumped him into his past. He did admit his back did take it hard when he fell into the concrete, but he never complained about it… until now…
"… D'oh! Help me Ash! I'm more pain then you can imagine!" Yami cried, holding his back.
"Hold on Yami! I'll help you! As soon as I collect enough food to feed an army! And that's gonna take awhile!" So Ash began to pick all the fruit from the tree, taking ages to get enough to feed him AND his friends. So Yami was left to suffer.
"Help me…"
ELLA AND SEDMET"OH MY RA! MY BACK!" At that cry, Ella's lioness ears perked up. Back into her natural lion form, her senses were alive with night. Nothing could get past her and her brother.
"Hey Sedmet, did you hear that?" She asked. "That sounded like Yami!"
"Oh don't talk nonsense Ella! You can do that when we get back home!" Sedmet said, smelling the air for any prey that could fill their bellies.
"But what if it is Yami! What if he's hurt, and what if Ash is too! What if they are in a life-threatening situation! What if something really bad happened to them! How would you feel if we did nothing when something might have happened to them?" Ella questioned, giving her twin a seriously bad headache!
"ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT! We'll go check on them!" Sedmet hollered loud enough to wake up all the animals by that beach and in the forest. But it would certainly scared the guards away… "Geez, why was I born with a twin who has to always have her way?"
"One, I wasn't born with you, I was born two minutes after you." Ella grinned. "And second, you're just too lenient."
"Stop acting like a smart ass…" Sedmet growled, running after his sister into the direction where the anguish cries were heard.
MISTY AND YUGIThe burning bright stars were alit with the alive night, noting but tranquillity surrounding the area. A deep sigh escaped her thin pale lips. Nothing could disturb Misty as she gazed at the fireworks display of shooting stars crossing the sea. Nothing could break the peace. Well… except for maybe one certain person whose presence was never unnoticed by the redhead.
"Misty!" The familiar voice called to her. She turned around a saw Yugi coming towards her, carrying something with his jacket wrapped around it. Misty swore her heart skipped a beat when she saw him. They had decided to split up momentarily to better their chances of finding nutrients, although neither of them wanted to be apart from one another. "Hey! I found some berries that will fill up the whole group, so we won't starve now." Yugi grinned.
What the heck is going on? What's wrong with my heart? Misty really didn't have anything to worry about; her heart was fine. But it did ache for something… something that was right in front of her… with star shaped hair. A small smile planted itself onto Misty's lips and she said,
"That's great Yugi… now no one in the group will go hungry…" She looked off into the ocean again, sighing deeply.
"Ur… um, maybe I should go and leave you to look at the stars. Sorry." But before Yugi could even turn around, Misty snapped out of her peaceful daze and grabbed Yugi's wrist.
"Wait!" She shouted. Yugi instantly stopped and turned to face Misty, only for her to let go of his hand and blush slightly. "Would… would you please stay with me? I'm sorry if you thought I didn't want your company, but I'd rather share this view then admire it alone." Misty smiled. Now Yugi was the one whose face had turned red. They thanked the night that had disguised the evidence of their unknown feelings. The Prince of Games nodded and stood beside Misty. Everything was beautiful, complete and caused so many emotions to stir.
There was only one word for what was in the air… romance. That and the salty breeze… Soon the boy and girl sat on the sandy beach, just enjoying each other's company.
"Wow, you never get stars like this in Domino…" Yugi shyly commented before scratching the back of her neck. Misty turned her neck with a questioning look.
"Why?" She asked.
"Well, due to the pollution and grey clouds covering up the sky, you hardly see any stars at all…" Yugi smiled sadly.
"Then you should come back home with me, there are plenty of stars at night, not as many as here, but a lot." Misty beamed. A giggle escaped Yugi's lips until a thought crossed his mind.
"Misty… where do you live and why did you move to Domino?" Yugi asked. A cold sweat poured down the girl's face, trying to concoct an answer that wouldn't entirely reveal her real home or her quest. Hey, would you tell a guy you liked if he kissed you, that you would turn into a pile of sludge? I don't think so.
"Um…"
"OH MY RA! MY BACK!" The scream shattered the idyllic perfume in the air… again. Two heads turned to the source of the sound.
"Was that my Y-I mean, brother?" Yugi corrected himself, a sweat drop forming on his head.
"I think so! Something must be wrong, we should go check it out." Misty said, when they were about to rise up from their seats, they stopped… Yugi had accidentally brushed his pale hand over Misty's, causing tingling sensations in their teenaged bodies to go wild. Violet and blue eyes connected to create an electric spark that went down their spines. The moment was there again… but not for long…
A rustling came from the bushes, and there appeared two screaming figures, that suddenly stopped right at the scene where it would become awkward… well for Yugi and Misty… The screaming stopped and the first figure raised an eyebrow and smirked.
"Well what do we have here?"
End of Chapter Sixteen
(1) Concubines are secondary wives of mostly rich men. Their role is to do with the pleasure of their masters. They tend not to have many rights and children borne by concubines are generally not heirs to their father's position and wealth. Concubinage is either the state of a couple living together as lovers with no obligation created by vows, legal marriage, or religious ceremony, or the state of a woman supported by a male lover who is married to, and usually living with, someone else. (I googled all that)
Z Star: WHOOT! This chapter is to celebrate Easter people! And maybe if you're lucky another update will be coming soon… REAL soon!
Gary: WHOOT! And I can tease Yugi and Misty!
Z Star: Hehehe, I am in such a good mood since it's the holidays, make me even more happier with a nice review please! I also love constructive reviews; they make me a better author! Happy Easter everybody!
Yami: WAIT JUST A MINUTE! HOW AM I GONNA SURVIVE WITH A BROKEN BACK? AND WHO WAS THERE WITH MY HIKARI AND MISTY! WILL YOU GUYS FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO SHINJU AND ME SO WE CAN GET ON WITH THE STORY! Awe here we go! (Runs away)