I'M SOOO SORRY'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!' I'M SUCH A FRIGGIN BAKA THAT IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY'!'!'!'!'!' ;sulks in the corner;
Cloe: She's been like that all day.
JC: She's just sorry that she couldn't update sooner.
Leah: THIS IS SUCH A SHORT PIECE OF CRAP! I FEEL UNWORTHY FOR SUCH LOYAL REVIEWERS'!'!'!'!' WAHHHHHHH'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!'!' ;runs back to corner and begins to sulk again.;
Juice: You're gonna have to forgive her. She's been in a hectic mood. It's hurricane season, and she can't get on the computer for more than maybe an hour or so, with all the new chores her parents are piling on her, and her brother's new interest in the computer also took away from the time.
Kit: Don't forget about Ryuu. It's not like she lets her on anyway, and she's been a constant at this house for about two months.
JC: And she does have to visit her grandma a lot .. it's a shame her grandma's computer doesn't have a floppy drive, or this would have been out sooner.
Cloe: I'm sure she'll be better by the end of this chapter.
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Domino or Bust!
Chapter 14: Quality Time
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"This isn't good." Yugi said as he pinched the bridge of his nose. Rosa, Thorn, the Golden Trio, and Andre had just finished explaining what had happened out on the grounds, and the news hadn't been good. "This is not good." He repeated. He had taken this job to watch over Rosa, ad he had his work cut out for him. Yami was fixing Rosa's ankle with shadow magic while she gripped Thorn's hand. He knew from experience that shadow healing was the best by far in fixing any wound, but the reason why it was so rarely used, was because of the intense pain that was felt when being healed.
"So what are we going to do?" Andre asked as he sat on the couch leaning against Jayson while twiddling his thumbs. "I'm not sure." Yami said as he finished up the healing, and took his hands away from the Rosa's ankle. "Either way, the other's will want to know about this.". "What about Professor Dumbledore?" Hermione asked. "Shouldn't he know as well?"
"No." Harry said as he kept his eyes on the ground. "He's hidden too much from me already. It's time he knew how it felt to be left in the dark.". Draco placed his hand on Harry's shoulder. He didn't know what Harry meant by that, but he knew when someone needed comfort.
"Either way, we should come up with a plan." Thorn said. "They've seen what I can do, they know what Harry can do, and a most of the school knows what you two can do, but they don't know that what they've seen so far is just Childs play compared to what can be done.". A sly smile slid across Rosa's face. "And they still haven't met Mahado." She pointed out.
"What do you two have in mind?" Yami asked. They were imitating the Tomb Robber right now, and that could only mean that Chaos was ahead.
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Rosa smiled as she slipped under her covers. Her plan hadn't been to special, but it left her feeling glad that it had been better than Malik's, which had been shot down at the first hint of mindless murder. The whole school at this time knew about Thorn and several had asked her questions, but she had just pointedly ignored them before bidding her goodnight and heading for the girl's dorms. The funny part had been when the girls had fallowed her, and had returned saying she had disappeared.
That had made Rosa laugh.
She was so caught up in the dream that she didn't notice the weight on her bed until tanned fingers began to play with her hair. "Hey." Thorn greeted. "Hey yourself." Rosa replied; glad that it was dark because her face was hotter than the African desert in drought season. "Sorry for showing off earlier." Thorn replied as she began to twirl the hairs around her fingers. "It's no problem." Rosa sighed. She would fall asleep right now if Thorn kept playing with her hair like that.
: Ready to doze are we:
/--/ Damare Ibarra. I'm tired /--/
: I can see that :
Rosa smiled at how silent it had gotten after that, she almost fell asleep, before her eyes opened up wide at the feel of arms wrapping around her waist. "Thorn!" She said sort of quietly for she didn't know how heavy her roommates slept, but loud enough for Thorn to hear her. "What-". : If you're not quiet, they might wake up : Thorn thought before digging her head into the nape of Rosa's neck. The hairs tickled her nose and cheeks, but the scent of vanilla and roses, she found intoxicating.
Thorn knew Rosa was blushing, she could see it clearly through the link, but she didn't want to let go. This was too good to let go, and she hadn't been able to do this for years. She felt Rosa calm a bit, but she was still tense. 'How can I fix that?' She thought before wracking her brain for any ideas. She opened her eyes as one attacked her mind, and smiled into Rosa's neck.
: Totemo ureshikattayo kimiga waraikaketeta
Subetewo tokasu hohoemide
Haruwa mada tookute tsumetai tsuchinonakate
Mebukutokiwo mattetanda-- :
Rosa's tenseness seemed to melt away. It had been so long since she had heard that song, and she had never heard Thorn sing before.
: --Tatoeba kurushii kyoudatoshitemo
kinouno kizuwo nokoshiteitemo
Shinjitai kokorohodoite yukeruto-- :
Rosa could feel her mind slipping away, and she didn't even fight it. The combination of Thorn's arms around her waist and the soft voice lulling her to sleep, was just too much for her mind to handle, so it shut down, and let her feeling step in. So, now that her brain no longer functioned as it should have, she deemed it perfectly fine to snuggle into the embrace.
:-- umarekawarukotowa dekinaiyo
Dakedo kawattewa ikerukara
Let's stay together itsumo :
Thorn smiled to herself as she felt Rosa drifting off after the little snuggle. 'Sleep well aibou.' She though to herself before softly humming the rest if the tune; perfectly capable of staying up the rest of the night to watch Rosa sleep. An hour later however, she herself was in a sleep of her own. The only one who knew this however, had been Hermione who had woken up in the middle of the night to get a drink of water, and had found the bed curtains open wide on one side. She smiled to herself as she slipped into her own bed with her glass resting on the nightstand.
Rosa would thank her in the morning for closing those bothersome curtains.
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Rosa awoke to warmth around her middle, and all along her front. Not being fully awake, she ignored it, and fell back into a light snooze. After a few minutes however, her mind decided to wake up, and inform her that the warmth was a body. She still paid it no mind, until a few minutes later, it attacked like a brick wall to her head.
Her eyes shot open, and her head inched up slightly. They widened as she noticed the head belonged to Thorn, which meant so did the body it was attached to. Almost instantly, she felt her heart speed up, and the blood rush to her face. She gulped, albeit loudly in her opinion, and her fingers started to twitch. After a minute or two of lying there, she decided that class would start soon, and that she need to get ready. She took a slow, deep breath, before trying to slip out of Thorn's hold.
A few eternity long minutes later, she was almost out, when the arms wrapped around her waist from behind, and pulled her back down. She could feel Thorn nuzzling into her hair and mumbling something incoherent before falling back into her snooze. Rose gulped, and carefully grabbed a pillow from under her head, and silently slipped out before replacing herself with the pillow. Thorn only noticed the difference for a second it seemed, before going back to sleep, snuggled into the pillow.
Rosa sighed out loud in relief. If anyone had seen her and Thorn like that, she didn't know what she'd do. It wasn't that she thought it wasn't right, no having parents like hers tended to keep that thought out of her head, but who knew her yami would be unpredictable enough to fall asleep like that? With Rosa right next to her? Sure they had done that when they were kids, but that was just it! They were kids! Not now when even the smallest suggestion of care would be twisted and turned, and thrown out of proportion until he wasn't like the original intent at all!
'I've got to calm down.' She thought to herself as she sat on the floor, calming the redness in her cheeks to a pink tinge. 'I shouldn't ramble on like this. It's not healthy.' She shook her head to get rid of any oncoming thoughts, and quietly tiptoed around her bed, and glanced at the clock. '10:47?' She thought. 'Doesn't class start at 8?'. She shook her head and decided to get dressed. No use in hurrying if she was already almost 3 hours late, right?
She pulled out the uniform and was about to undress when a note caught her eye. Picking it up, she glanced over it. An eyebrow rose at what she read.
Dear Rosa,
Enjoy you're sleep? I suspect you woke up around 11:00, because I let you sleep. You and Thorn just look so cute together!
Rosa could feel her cheeks redden.
Either way, Atemu wants to test what you've learned so far, and to show Thorn what she'll be learning in her crash courses. I've already excused you from all classes, so you can prepare you're deck, and so you can wake Thorn up. The fight will begin at 2:00 this afternoon, and it will be used as a demonstration of what shadow magic can be used for, or how it settles arguments, or something like that. I wasn't really listening when he explained it.
Rosa rolled her eyes.
You can grab lunch from the great hall whenever you're hungry, but I suggest actually eating more than a yogurt cup before the duel. You know how Atemu gets when we have to stop because someone gets hungry.
She chuckled.
It's going to be like training back in Domino, so wear something comfortable, that you can move around in. I can't say much else, but don't be surprised. Seto already knows about the test, and was pretty disappointed until Dumbledore-san enchanted the duel disk you're going to use. Now he's just worried, and berating Atemu about you're safety, and that he'd rather see you come out of this alive, and blah, blah, blah. You know the drill. Jou's trying to calm him down. He knows Atemu wouldn't hurt you on purpose, and I have a pretty good feeling Seto knows that, but I think all the excitement of his family being whole again is affecting his brain.
Until then, take it easy. We'll meet you in the Great Hall, so be ready. Good luck!
Sincerely,
Yugi
Rosa smiled before folding the letter and placing it on her bed. Stretching away the sleepies, she dug through her trunk, and pulled out the deck at the bottom before shuffling through it. Finding Hexe's card, she blinked. Where had they been for the past few weeks? Shrugging it off as Shadow Realm business, she familiarized herself with her deck, before deciding that Thorn had slept long enough, and decided to wake her up.
Walking silently, she knelt down on the other side of the bed, so that Thorn's back was to her face. A mischievous grin spread it's way across her face as she rose her hand ... and poked Thorn in the side. After several repeats, Thorn squirmed a good three seconds before setting back down. Rosa waited a minute, before attacking with all her might. Her two fingers poked into her darker's side, and all to soon, the female was laughing her head off, and trying to get away.
All she succeeded in was falling off the opposite side of the bed.
She shook her head, and looked for her attacker, to find her giggling with mirth on the bed; clutching her sides and happy tears streaming out of eye sockets. She glared a minute, while Rosa recovered. "I'm sorry Thorn." She grinned. "I had to wake you up some how- Thorn, why are you looking at me like- EEP!"
Thorn tackled Rosa, pushing her off the bedside, and tickled her mercilessly until the tears once again streamed out of her eyes. "No- haha! Thorn I- hehehe! I'm So- huhahahe! S-Sorry!" She tried to say through giggle fits while she tried to get her dark to stop. Thorn seemed to think about the apology, before letting the poor girl breathe. She, instead, laid beside the girl, only on her front and propped up by elbows, while her fingers began to play, once again, with her hair.
"What'd you wake me up for?" She asked as she silently wondered if Rosa had woken up with her hair this soft, or if she had brushed it. "I've got a test in a few hours, and I thought it'd be a good idea to wake you up. Plus, Yugi told me it'd be something for you to watch since you'll be learning it in you're crash courses."
"It'll be hard then?"
"They won't tell me"
"I see." Thorn nodded in understanding. Rosa must have been so strong now when wielding shadow magic. It only made sense that she'd be better than Thorn herself, and that made her feel lousy. She was Rosa's yami. She was supposed to protect her light, right? How could she do that, if Rosa was stronger than she?
Rosa noticed the look Thorn had, and placed her hand on her darker's shoulder. "Just because I know more, doesn't mean I'm stronger." She said. "I may know a bunch of tricks, but you have a better hold over it. You can control it easier. Plus, didn't you see what you'd done to those deatheaters? I would have never been able to do that. To take another human life like that. In my opinion, you're way stronger than I could ever hope to be."
"No Rosa," Thorn said, "You know when enough is enough. I let the darkness control me if I know you'll be safe afterwards, and so far, the shadows haven't given me any reason to worry about you're safety." Rosa smiled, and sat up before giving her Yami a lopsided hug from behind. "Thanks yami." She smiled before pulling away, and grabbing clothes from her trunk. "I'm gonna take a shower." She announced before walking out.
Thorn watched her leave. 'How could she've missed it?' She thought to herself in reference to her burning cheeks. She shook her head to rid herself of thoughts, and stood. It was hard to think when she was hungry, and thinking was what she really needed to do right now, so breakfast, or lunch, whichever, sounded pretty good. Out of the common room she walked, in a pair of boxers and a T-shirt; both official Duel Monsters merchandise.
Who cares that she was still in her pajamas anyways?
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(A/N:) I'm sorry'!'!' I really am! Really!
Kit: Leah! Quit apologizing, and get on with the review responses!
Leah: Right.
Taddybear Arigato for the hug! It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy!
Vampwriter I hope this chapter didn't take to long! I was really caught up and couldn't help it!
Tashie I live? Where'?'!' ;glances around; I didn't know I was so elusive! I'm glad you liked the chapt and that it entertains you at work! Yes, I preformed well at Disney ... and had to soak my feet for like, THREE DAYS, for them to stop hurting.
Cloe: ;couchliarcough;
Leah: ;glares at Cloe; Either way, I ended up falling asleep on the buss ride home. Two hours is a long time when you're CD player doesn't work.
Takhisis the Goddess of Evil Thanks for the muffins! ;chomps happily; The earrings Rosa has are a pair of scarabs that are Rose Pink in color. Thorn's are a darker rose pink, and when they were little, they traded the right earring, so that they had one earring of each and so that they always had a little piece of each other. Does that explain it? If not, than why don't you go read the story this one is a sequel to? It's titled 4 Years Absence.
Now that that's taken care of ... I'll try and update soon! I promise'!'!'!'!'