Chapter 16: Did I Mention Surprises?

Rya rubbed her eyes to adjust to the light once she opened them. After her eyes were clear, she gasped at the sight before her. "Yami! Where–"

"We're at an amusement park. It's in open for one day only, so I figured this is something you'd like to do," Yami told her, happy with her expression.

"Oh my! I can't believe this! This looks–amazing!" she cheered and hugged Yami tightly, causing him to blush in front of all the others.

"Okay R-Rya. So uh...what would you like to do first?" he asked her clearing his throat. Rya released him and look around.

"Well what do you do at a 'fair'?" she asked with confusion written all over her face. Yami loved that innocent look on her. He took her by the hand and led her around explaining all the different games, rides and foods. "It's all so exciting! I don't know what to try first! How about you choose Yami?" she said. Yami nodded in agreement and looked for something she might enjoy. A thought struck his head as a sly smile crossed his face.

"Come on!" he said as he took her by the hand and ran towards their first trip. Before Rya could even ask, Yami pointed and said, "This is called a 'Fun House'. Do you want to go in?" Rya simply nodded as they walked inside. Rya noticed the floors moving awkwardly as soon as they walked in. She had to grab onto Yami to keep from falling. As they kept walking, Rya noticed the house getting stranger and stranger. As soon as they got to strange mirrors, Rya looked at herself in them for what seemed like forever. Yami could hear her asking questions to herself.

Such as, "When did I become so short? So fat? So skinny?" She soon became frustrated. "I wish my body would make up its mind!" she said. Yami simply burst into laughter. Rya didn't understand what was so funny, but just continued through the house she never planned on visiting again. She wasn't paying attention as they were walking into the next room. That was a major mistake. As soon as she took no more than two steps into the room, she felt the ground beneath her feet slanted at a ridiculous angle. "Yami!" she cried out as she started falling hard to the left. Yami turned to see her falling towards him. Rya fell right into him, and sent both of them into the wall.

"Are you all right?" he chuckled. Rya just seemed to get more agitated with this house with every second. "She looks cute when she's angry," Yami thought before mentally kicking himself. He pushed some of her loose bangs behind her ear. "Come on, the exit's in the next room," Yami told her. Although, neither of them wanted to leave the position they were in now. Rya was leaning completely against him, and Yami with his arms around her. He took her by the hand and got her out as quickly as he could. Rya was just thankful to be on level ground again.

"For a house called 'Fun', it really isn't that much fun," Rya pouted crossing her arms over her chest. Only to feel Yami take her hand in his again. Rya looked up into the gorgeous smile on his face. All her bad thoughts subsided as she saw him. A smile crept back to her lips as Yami started to lead her to other activities. Rya's favorite after a while was when Yami convinced her to play a game with sharp things called 'darts'. The object of the game was to pop a 'balloon', and get a 'prize'. She had three tries, and the first two almost landed in the vender's head. "I can't do this, Yami" she said ready to give up. Instead of throwing the last dart, she started to put it down. Until Yami's hand on hers stopped her.

"Come on, I'll help you," he said and stepped behind her. His hand covered hers over the dart, as the other rested on her hip. "Just hold it straight, aim, and throw!" As they threw it, Yami's cheek brushed against Rya's for a split moment. Rya was too busy hiding her blush to realize that they'd popped a balloon. "You won, Rya! Pick your prize," Yami smiled. Rya took a minute and picked out a little pinwheel. Rya seemed to be easily amused by it's spinning effect, which made Yami smile even more. "Now what else would you like to do?" he asked her. Rya looked around and noticed a long metal snake rushing up and down, and even upside down with many people screaming on it.

"What is that?" she asked pointing to it. Yami looked on and noticed it too.

"That's called a roller coaster. Would you like to try it?" he said.

"It looks dangerous," Rya replied a little unsure.

"I promise you won't get hurt," Yami said smiling gently at her. Rya couldn't say no to that smile, Yami's smile. She smiled back and nodded as Yami took her arm and walked her over. Rya's heart pounded faster and faster as they got closer to the start of the line. She watched to amazing machine carrying these people, faster than anything she could ever imagine. It was finally their turn as they stepped down into the long metal snake. They strapped down as Yami covered Rya's hand with his. "Are you ready?" he asked her.

"Ready as I'll ever be," she replied with a smile and looked on straight ahead. Once it got moving, Rya braced herself for the speed they were sure to feel. Instead, it was simply going remarkably slow and up towards the sky. "Yami? How came it's going so–SLOOOOOOOOOW!" she screamed as they rushed down the track. Rya screamed the entire time out of delight and fear. She learned to love the rush running through her, and wanted it to last forever. They twisted, spiraled, went upside down, until it finally came to an end. Once they got off, Yami helped Rya balance on her now wobbly legs back down the ramp.

"Are you all right?" he laughed. Yami had one hand around her hips and the other holding one of her arms around his neck. Rya didn't respond. Her hair was disheveled, but she still looked beautiful.

"That...was..." Yami was scared to think that maybe she hated it. "INCREDIBLE!" she cheered and started running around like a crazy person. "With whoosh and the zoom and the swish! It was amazing!" she laughed. "Can we try it again? Please? Please? Please? Plea–" Rya was cut off by Yami's hand covering her mouth.

He just chuckled and smiled at her. "Maybe later. Come on, there's lots of other things to try. In fact, let's go–" Yami stopped speaking and was looking over Rya's shoulder. His smile had disappeared, and a look Rya had never seen before was placed on his face.

"What is it, Yami?" Rya asked worriedly.

"Lisa, my ex-girlfriend," he replied in a low growl.

A/N: Thank you guys for being patient with me. I especially want to thank actress19 for the awesome idea of an ex of Yami's coming into the picture, thank you! Plus, I just wanted to say you guys had awesome guesses for this chapter. But the one that cracked me up the most was Kyshin's idea of them going to Seaworld. I honestly never would've thought of that, lol. So thanks for reviewing so far, I love you all :)