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Chapter 12: The Adventure Begins

Rya just kept shaking and looking nervously at the building in front of her. She snapped out of it when she felt Yami take her hand. "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you." he smiled gently, and started to lead her inside.

Rya gasped at what she saw before her when they stepped inside. The noises, the sights, the smells, all the different people. "Oh my," was all she could say. Yami took her hand and kept her close to him. It was extremely crowded that day, and he didn't want her to get lost.

"Stay close, all right?" he asked her. Rya simply nodded and linked his arm with hers to make her feel safe. Yami smiled and told the others that they would meet up for lunch later as they went their separate ways.

"Yami, what are all these different doors, and windows?" Rya asked.

"They're the different stores you can go into. A store is a place where you look for something you like or need, and then buy it," Yami explained as best he could.

"Buy? What does 'buy' mean?" Rya wondered.

"Well, you can't just take what you want. That is stealing. So you give the person who owns the store what we call 'money'. It looks like this," Yami pulled out his wallet and showed her the different bills and coins.

"Oh I see," Rya smiled. "Yami, can I 'buy' something?" she asked hopefully.

"Sure. What would you like?" Yami chuckled. Rya put a finger to her chin and looked around.

"How about that?" Rya pointed to a large candy machine a few stores down. Yami sweat dropped and suggested something a bit smaller.

"I have an idea. Come on," he said and took her by the hand to a stuffed animals store. "Pick out something," Yami told her.

Rya gasped as she looked around at all the little, cute, unmoving animals. She cheered when she found a white seal. "How about this?" Rya asked Yami.

"Perfect, Yami replied. He led her to the cash register, and told her what to do. Rya nodded and nervously walked up to the counter.

"I would like to, 'buy' this please," she said so cutely, that Yami couldn't help but chuckle.

"That will be 5.00 please," the cashier said pleasantly.

Rya looked down at the five dollar bill Yami had given her, and looked back over at Yami. He simply nodded and told her to give it to him. Rya did as he told her and handed it over. The cashier gave her a bag, and a receipt, then told her to have a good day. Yami took her hand and led her out of the store. "You did a great job, Rya," Yami congratulated.

"That was amazing! I didn't know buying could be so much fun! Can we do it again?" Rya cheered.

"Maybe later. There's another place I want to show you." Yami led her up the escalator to the top floor. It took a little while to convince Rya that it was safe to ride the escalator. Once they were up on the top floor, Yami led Rya to a place called 'The Arcade'.

Rya had to cover her ears since it was much louder than the actual mall itself. "So what kind of 'store' is this, Yami?" Rya yelled over the noise.

"It's called an arcade, Rya. It's where you play games," Yami told her. "Which one would you like to try?"

Rya looked around to see all the different lights flashing, all the different sounds booming from the large boxes with little people inside. But the one that really caught her attention, was none other then DDR. "How about that game, Yami?" she asked pointing over to the dancing game.

"Sure, let's go before someone else takes it." They ran over and stepped onto the platforms. Yami explained to her how to play the game, even though she didn't understand what he was talking about.

"Hey guys!" someone called out to them. Both Yami and Rya looked to see Yugi and Tea running up to them. "Cool, are you going to try this, Rya?" Tea asked her.

Rya simply nodded in response. "I still don't understand how it works though," she blushed. "Yami tried to explain it to me, but-"

"Say no more. Don't worry, I practically live for this game. Here's what you do..." Tea explained everything step by step, and even helped her to practice a little. "You got it?"

"I think so," Rya replied.

"Ok then, let's give it a try!" Tea pressed start on the machine and picked an easy song for them to dance to. "Ready, go!"

Rya and Tea danced easily to the song, until it got faster. Once Rya got the hang of it, she was really enjoying herself. She even threw in some twirls and spins. She wasn't paying much attention to the screen anymore, but was simply dancing. Yami couldn't help but smile as Rya danced. Yugi noticed how Yami was looking at Rya and knew what was going on. "He's in love with Rya," he thought to himself.

Once they were done, Tea and Rya cheered at being able to finish the game. "You did a great job for your first try, Rya," Tea smiled as they got off the platforms.

"Thank you Tea for teaching me. What other games do they have in this, 'arcade'?" Rya asked excitedly.

"Come on, I'll show you!" Tea took her by the hand and ran around showing her all of the different games to try.

Meanwhile, Yami and Yugi followed them a little more slowly. "So Yami, how's Rya doing?" Yugi asked.

"She really seems to be enjoying herself. This is a very big change for her, but she is adjusting," Yami replied.

"Any idea how long she'll stay like this?" Yugi wondered.

"No. I asked, but I never got the chance to...Yugi, why are you asking all these questions?" Yami asked him with a brow raised.

"Uh, no reason! I-I was just wondering!" Yugi said with his hands in the air in defense.

"Yugi," Yami growled sternly.

"Okay, okay! It's just, well, ever since you met Rya you seem to be much happier that's all. I saw how you were watching her when she and Tea were playing that game" Yugi claimed.

"Yugi-that's-it can't-you don't-" Yami couldn't even get a good excuse out of his mouth.

"Yami," Yugi growled in the same fashion Yami had only a moment ago. "Admit it, you're in love with her."

This time Yami didn't have anything to say. He simply looked over at Rya's smiling face as Tea was showing her a pinball game. "Maybe...I do love her," Yami thought to himself, and continued to watch Rya with a smile on his lips.

A/N: Well that's part one of Rya's new adventure of being human. Don't worry, there is much more to come! I've gotten suggestions, and they will most likely be used in the next chapter. Thank you all so much:)