EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!' ;runs around in circles;
Cloe: What's with her?
Juice: hikari's excited.
JC: Overjoyed I'd say.
Leah: ;sings; I've got reviews! I've got reviews! La la la la la! ;spins around in circles; WEEEE'!'!'!'
Kit: How long till you think she stops?
Thorn: I'd say ... about an hour?
Me: Hay-lo peoples'!'!'!' ;waves at readers;
Thorn: Never mind
Me: Ok! Now lets get down to business! Juice, go get the others and tell them the party's gonna start soon. I don't care what you have to do to Bakura, just get them all over here! JC, you take Cloe and go shopping. We need as much stuff for this party as we can get. Thorn--
Thorn: Rosa's still a chibi
Me: ... Ok then go with Kit and see if you two can't fix that. I would but I need my authoress powers for this party! As for my readers, Read on! I seriously have to get this ready!
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Domino or Bust!
Chapter 13: Reunions all around
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Harry, Draco and Ron, who had recently caught up with the two, entered the common room in haste. They hadn't seen Rosa in two weeks, and they wanted to see how their friend was doing.
As they entered, they noticed the blonde female was sitting on the couch by the fire. Her hair was messier than usual and she had this sleepy air around her as well as an expression one had after waking up earlier than planned. She was in a pair of two piece flannel pajamas that where white with Yin Yang symbols scattered all across it. On her feet where a pair of black ankle socks while draped around her shoulders was a thick, black comforter. Another thing they noticed, was that she had both the wands she had gotten at Ollivander's around her neck which neither of the three boys had seen.
"Hay Rosa." Harry said as the three want to take seats on the couch across from the love seat that she was curled up on. "Konbanwa Harry, Draco, Ron." She smiled before letting out a yawn that she hid a bit behind her hand. Hermione walked in a second later from the girls dormitories with a thick book in hand. "Good evening Rosa." Hermione smiled as she took a seat beside Ron. "Konbanwa Mione-chan." The girl smiled before looking around the rather empty dorm room. "Where is everybody?" She asked.
"Well," Hermione started. "Jou was around here when you were waking up and went to tell the others. Kaiba-san went with Yami-Sensei and Yugi-Sensei, as well as Bakura-san and Ryou-san. Everyone else is in the Great Hall eating dinner and I haven't seen Azote, Hex, Tori, Sue, or Fiamma for a while now.". "Practicing your Japanese I see." Rosa smiled before yawning tiredly and standing so she could stretch. She let herself fall back onto the Love seat and her eyes darted for the common room door once it began to open.
Before she knew it, she was being smothered by those who she had come to know as family. "We were so worried about you!" Her mother said as he embraced his child in a hug. Seto nodded in agreement before warding off his daughter's teachers so she could breathe which she did. "Are you ok?" Yugi asked fallowed up by Yami's and Bakura's simultaneous inquiry of "What happened?" which made them glare at each other causing several to laugh.
"Well," Rosa said before turning her head so she could watch the fire that was raging in the fireplace. A small smile graced her lips and, for the first time in nearly nine years, that smile reached her eyes. Everyone noticed it. She made sure of that. It was common knowledge that if you really wanted to know how she felt about something, no matter how hard she his it, you were most likely able to find it in her eyes.
"Rosa," Hermione started. "What happened to that person we found in the great hall?". "Yeah." Draco added. "Everyone thinks she's dead and that you cast some sort of dark magic.". Rosa rolled her eyes at the sheer stupidity and luck if the school ... as well as Bakura who had laughed out loud as soon as the sentence reached his ears. Everyone else, except the Golden Trio plus one, also had a sort of humored expression cross their face while Marik settled for laughing as loudly as Bakura.
It was a moment later that the common room door opened up and Andre ran in, quickly fallowed by Jayson, before the boy nearly tackled Rosa into a hug with a look of, what seemed to be, concern. Thankfully, Jayson was able to sooth the boy to the point that he climbed off his friend so that Jayson could ask her some questions, and so she could go back to her regularly scheduled breathing. Jayson gave her a friendly hug which she returned before settling on the flor and pulling Jayson into his lap.
"It's good to see you're ok Rosa." Andre smiled with a nod from Jayson who let an idget of a smile worm into his expression. "It's good to see everyone's done giving me death grip sympathy hugs." She laughed before looking at Draco. "They thought I was doing dark magic huh?". The blonde nodded as did the Golden Trio who had also herd their share of rumors.
"Well, I for one give those classmates of yours some credit …"
Everyone looked around for the slightly deeper feminine voice than Rosa's with confusion as the shadows moved along undetected to that of the couches. Yugi and Ryou looked at each other with surprise as if silently asking if they knew as well having figured out who was talking before relaying it to the Egyptian spirits and Malik who all went wide eyed. Everyone else was confused but the voice spoke once again before either of the spirits or their hikaris could voice anything.
" … Even if they are just infants." The voice said as the shadows formed into a darkened figure right behind Rosa before the shadows sank back into their places leaving a female with messy brown hair, like Rosa's only with blonde streaks, that contrasted with medium tanned skin and her sharp, piercing, honey colored eyes with cobalt flecks accompanied with a cocky smirk. She was wearing a pair of black boxers and a navy blue wife-beater while in her ears, where the two single scarab shaped studs that matched Rosa's almost exactly, except in opposite ears. She was positioned so that she was leaning against the back of the couch with her arms crossed and laying on top of Rosa's while she let her chin rest on the crease between her forearms.
Of coarse, this golden moment of hers was quickly shot down as everyone, excluding the Golden Trio, Draco, Andre, Jason, Rosa, Yami and Seto, tackled the girl to the ground as she struggled and yelled at her teachers to let her up. Rosa chuckled, Seto shook his head with a slight grin on his face, Yami chuckled silently, Jayson smirked in an attempt to hold back laughter, Andre was looking at his boyfriend for some sort of explanation, and the others where looking at Rosa for the same; or in Ron's case, Hermione who just shrugged signaling she knew just as much as he did.
As soon as the others let Rosa's look alike up, She was instantly pulled into a hug by Jou who had gone into 'mother-hen mode'. The others fallowed with the hugs going from Jou to Yugi and Ryou, and to Malik, Bakura, and Marik who playfully tried to choke her while giving her noogies, before she became free and raced over to where Rosa was in an attempt to try and hide behind her while peering over the girl's shoulder at the others causing said female to laugh. "It's alright Spina-kun." Rosa chuckled. "I think they're done.". Thorn sighed before standing up and going to give her father, one of the few who decided that attacking her wasn't a favorable idea, and gave him an awkward hug which he returned before she moved onto Jayson where she messed up his hair even further than it was.
She stopped in front of Yami and did something no one really expected. She bowed like everyone had done for the Pharaoh back in Ancient Egypt. "I'm deeply sorry that I wasn't available for training." She came back up with a serious look on her face. "My apologies.". Yami just stood there a moment -- a bit stunned as it were -- before a forgiving smirk made it to his features, and he ruffled Thorn's hair playfully making the tension in the room drop like a heavy downpour.
"Harry-chan, Ron-kun, Hermione-chan. Draco-kun," Rosa started as Thorn walked back over and took a seat beside her double. "Andre-chan, I'd like you to meet my yami, Thorn. yami-chan," -- she was looking at her double now -- "These are my friends, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, his girlfriend, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy, and Jayson's boyfriend, Andre Vara-de-oro." Andre blushed a bit at the comment while Jayson just tightened his hold around the boy's waist.
"It's nice to meet you." Hermione said politely. "That was bloody awesome!" Ron said loudly causing Hermione to konk him over the head. "What did you mean earlier when you said 'infants'?" Draco asked. "Yeah, and how did you do that?" Harry added; referring to the trick with the shadows.
Thorn chuckled. "The trick was something I learned from my 'wonderfully talented', thieving ass of a sensei, " -- Bakura was glaring half-heartedly at her now -- "And what I meant by the infants comment, was that I'm only a little younger that Yami and Bakura themselves.". "Hay, what about me'?'!" Marik asked accusingly.
"Last time I checked you were six years old." This comment made some stare and others laugh while the blonde sent a full on glare which she pushed aside. "Where have you been?" Hermione asked. "From what I've seen, you're old friends with our professors, and have been gone quite along time.". Thorn sighed as everyone's eyes were on her. "Come on Rosa." She said as she pulled the girl into her lap. "Story time."
"Ok," She started. "To start, I was kidnapped by the followers of this guy who was supposedly dead. Now, they somehow were able to get me from the scarab, but I only appeared in spirit form, so I was considered useless until I possessed someone, and seriously harmed another. I didn't have anyone to talk to, I man, who wants to talk to the spirit of a 5000-year-old toddler who can possess a soul?
"About sometime last year, I finally met this kidnapper of mine, and let me tell you, I was not impressed.". "What was his name?" Ryou asked. "I believe it was Voldermort." Several gasps and accelerated heartbeats caught all the attention. "Typical." Draco sneered. "It's just like the dark lord to call others to do his bidding.". "Am I missing something?" Yugi asked as he looked at the others who shrugged. Harry, Ron and Hermione then explained about their adventures and the previous encounters Harry had and what had happened to Harry's family and godfather.
"Harsh." Bakura said having known what the kid had to have been feeling for over 5000 years. "Ok, back to my story." Thorn said. "So, Voldie decided to make a deal with me. He told me that I would be free if I became a Deatheater, whatever that is, and did a few miniscule tasks. I could tell by his tone of voice that he wanted me to kill, and I didn't necessarily like the idea of doing his dirty work. So, I simply said 'Fuck off!' and he threw me into the lonely room out of frustration.
"Later on, I, for some reason, had found enough energy to materialize a body. Thinking it as a way out, I let myself materialize fully, and before I could escape, they caught me. I was, well, tortured to put it lightly, and I held the act for about a month or two until I decided to act as if I was joining, and them flee on me first mission. Voldie came in and interrogated me one day and I gave him all false information. I wasn't technically lying since I frankly don't know my true identity anyways.
"I agreed to join him, a complete lie that he bought, and before he could pass that stupid mark onto me, I forced all the energy out of my starved and beaten body, and into the shadow realm, and I smiled slightly as my body dematerialized. When he actually figured out that he had to put the scarab on so that we could communicate, I told him that it was because I was to far from my host. He bought it. I practically had been separated from my little hikari for to long, and didn't feel quite up to materializing for quite some time.
"So, I did petty little missions and whenever I had to kill, I held the current host back so that he couldn't harm the innocents, and then said I didn't do anything when questioned. I was soon met with a task that I would be working on with this prat, Lucius Malfoy," -- Draco's eyes widened a bit -- "who I particularly didn't like in the least. After I was introduced with my 'target', I lost it, materialized, and ran out of there as fast as I could with the scarab in my hands, and those morons at my heals.
"I was hit quite a bit and at least half my body was numb by the time I reached that damn forest. I was attacked by a pack of wolves and some mythical creatures, and was able to make it to the school before promptly passing out.". "Who was your target?" Ron asked. Thorn's eyes shot into a glare that was quickly directed at the carped while her arms snaked around Rosa's waist. Rosa was pulled towards Thorn who was acting like an over protective lover or something. "Let's just say I wouldn't hurt her, even if I was under a curse, or at all for a matter of fact."
"I was the target ... wasn't I?" Rosa said as tears made their way to her eyes. "Now now, that's quite enough." Thorn said as she went into comfort mode and stroked the girl's hair. "You've done enough crying to give Japan a 2 year water supply." This little joke made Rosa giggle. "But what are we gonna do?" Malik asked. "If everything you've said is true, than that means that this Voldermort guy is bad news and is after both Rosa and Harry."
"I've got an idea." Malik said with a completely serious face on. No evil smirk, no devilish smile, just a completely foreign looking serious look on his face. What?" He asked in confusion at the looks he was getting.
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"Do I have to go?"
"You've missed to much already"
"But I don't want thorn to be in here all alone!"
"That's ok, I'm going with you"
"I'm not gonna win am I?"
"Nope." Both Thorn and Seto said in unison. Rosa sighed before standing from the couch and heading back fore the dorm while Thorn went back to her soul room. Rosa walked back out in her uniform, pinned up as usual, and tied with the obi, with her bag hanging from her shoulder. She gave her dad a quick hug, and repeated this motion with her mother who gave her a "Have a nice day sweetie" before kissing her on the forehead. "See ya later!" She said as she flew out the common room door, and towards her first class.
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The day was going by rather slow. The first period was History and she was having a conversation with Thorn while half listening to the ghost of a teacher prattle on. Then came Transfiguration where she was the third in the class to change their desk into a shield. Hers had been an invisible barrier that had the eye of Horus appear when something hit it. Then came Divination where Thorn took great delight in scaring the teacher half to death by projecting images into the crystal balls when she went to check them.
After Lunch, she was walking down the corridor filled with dread. After all, which Gryffindor didn't when they were heading towards Potions? Rosa took her seat and paid attention half heartedly as she did the potion that would heal minor injuries if it had been done properly. When she went to put the flask on the desk, Pansy Parkinson crashed into her and apologized sarcastically as Rosa picked herself up and dusted herself off.
"Seeing as you seem to not have your potion completed, you will not earn any credit for this day." Snape said as she brushed off. "It's ok." Rosa said. "I have some more in my caldron." She grabbed another flask and quickly filled it with the rest of the potion before walking it back up and handing it to Snape. Pansy once again knocked it out of her hand, and was quite disappointed to find that the crash of the flask didn't make the glass shattering sound. She was soon pushed and crashed into one of the desks. The figure that was now a taller, evil looking Rosa with a golden scarab pendant, was smirking at Pansy at she tried to right her posture.
/--/ Yami, that was mean /--/
: She deserved it Hikari :
"Miss Kaiba, I will not have you bullying my students--"
"Self defense is the only way I act." 'Rosa' said confidently before walking towards her seat and grabbing her bag in time for the classes to shift. : What's next Hikari: Thorn asked mentally as she lay comfortable in her soul room. She was rather happy with how she dealt with that Professor and that bully of a student. /--/ Nothing Yami-chan, I have a free period next /--/.
Thorn smiled and waited for everyone to clear from the halls before she appeared in a grouping of shadows right beside her light. She was dressed in a black turtleneck and a pair of comfort fit jeans. The both scarabs hung from her neck while her hands were shoved in her pockets. She fell into an identical step with her light that matched all the way to the taps that echoed throughout the halls.
"So, wadda ya wanna do?" Thorn asked. "Well," Rosa replied. "I have homework. But, I guess you could try out a few simple spells"
"How do I do that?" Thorn asked as she eyed her double. Rosa lifted the darker of the two wands around her head so that she could give it to Thorn. "Here." She said. "This's your wand, and the other one's mine." She smiled before fiddling with her own wand. Thorn looked down at the smooth wood with the perfectly encrusted gems embedded in it. She stared at it a minute before grabbing one of the scarabs from around her neck, and gently placed it around Rosa's. "Here," The darker said. "I think you might need this."
So, the two headed towards the common room where Rosa could finish her homework before helping her yami with the spells.
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Me: Ok people! Hand out presents!
Everyone: ;rushes around and passes out presents to everyone;
Me: Alright! Now for the presents for and from the reviewers! I give a plushie of each member of this story's crew to Vampwriter and An Angel Flying with broken wings for reviewing. Taddybear, gives us a soda machine with an unlimited supply of sodas, teas, and other beverages, which will be kept in the staff office.
Bakura: Does it have coffee?
Me: If it does, you're not going anywhere near it. Neither is Marik
Marik & Bakura: ;pouts;
Me: Anyways, moving on. In exchange for the soda machine, I give Taddybear a plate of freshly made chocolate chip cookies, and a plushie of the DoB! crew as well as one of Kit, Me(Leah), Cloe, JC, and Juice.
Ryou: What about from LPGirl?
Me: You don't actually think I'd forget about Tashie-chan, did you? I would never do that! Tashie-chan gives us all cookies, CD's and Plushies! Dig in!
Everyone: ;digs in box from Tashie-chan until everything is gone and the box is in shreds;
Me: Ok! And, in return for the wonderful things from LPGirl, I give you, Tashie-chan, an entire collection of plushies of the DoB! crew, as well as Kit, Me, Cloe, JC, and Juice. But as a special bonus, I also give you a Mahado plushie. Actually, it's three plushies. One has it's armor, another has no armor, and one with removable armor. Hope you enjoy!
Now that everything's taken care of, I Have to get to bed. It's 9:40, and I need to get a shower and fall asleep before Santa comes! Sorry if this chapter is short, and if there are a few spelling errors. I didn;t have time to spell check, and was running out of time and had to make it shirt. So to all, Merry Kurisnasu(Xmas), or, of you're more into saying Happy Holidays, Merry Chrismachannukwanzika! Tootles!