Sorry for not updating in a while - school has been taking some time of mine, not because it's boring - I love my classmates so I gladly go to school every day... well, you're not here to read how I've been, you're here for Mana's story!
Disclaimer: Wish Yu-Gi-Oh! was mine... but it's not -sigh-
Warnings: Um, fluff? And a little of this and that, a Mana who missunderstand things... you get the idea.
So, finally please review after reading this chapter, I really appreciate it!
Chapter 9
The following two days was pretty much the same; Mana and Atemu trying to get revenge on each other, so neither Yugi nor Sugoroku was surprised if they found the living room being victim for a war of water or pillows everywhere in the hallway.
"Ho ho", the old man shook his head as he cleaned the kitchen after a battle there food had been flying, (in this even he and Yugi had participated). "I must say that since Mana came here it has not been a day that's boring."
"You're right, Gramps", Yugi gave him a helping hand. "And Atemu has been completely changed!"
"Yes…" Sugoroku sighed smiling when he had made the last spot of ketchup disappear. "But I think I need vacation from this… so it's good that I'll fly to the United States this afternoon."
"Have you packed everything you need?"
"Yes, yes, Yugi, don't worry about me!" He chuckled and ruffled his grandson's hair.
"Very well, then don't forget to say hi to the professor and Rebecca from me!" The teen sat down on a chair.
"I will. By the way, Rebecca was really disappointed that you wouldn't come along."
"Oh." Yugi turned red when he thought of the younger girl that apparently adored him and he mumbled. "Um, just tell her I'm sorry…"
After that the three teens had waved goodbye that afternoon to Sugoroku Mutou, they went indoors and sat down by the kitchen table.
"How are we going to survive now when he's gone?" Mana looked worriedly at them. "Who is going to cook the food?"
"You have your wand, don't you?" Yugi chuckled.
"Or we can walk over to the Bakura's, they always eat and Ryou is quite the chef." Atemu said instead.
"Nah, it wouldn't be very nice." Yugi suddenly felt how he had to go to the little boys' room. "Back in a moment!"
When he was finished and stepped outside the door, something brown stroke by with someone that resembled of him followed. Mana and Atemu was once again up in another chase, but the reason to this one wasn't known for Yugi yet, and he felt that he didn't have to know, anything could be a reason by now.
"Um, guys…" They ran by again.
"…I just wanna say…" Third time.
"…I think I'm gonna…" Again, Mana after Atemu this time.
"…sleep over at Jou's!" This time they actually stopped in front of him, kipping for air.
"Why, aibou?" Atemu looked curiously at him, but got a warm smile as reply and a raised eyebrow.
"Why? Isn't that obvious? You two is going to put this house into ruins and I'm saving myself before it's too late, so do you handle being alone for one night?"
"Of course we do, right?" The yami looked at Mana who nodded.
"Right!"
"And try not to break anything; Gramps wouldn't be so happy when he comes back from Professor Hawkins next week." Yugi grimaced as he walked into his room, got a backpack that he'd already packed and went out again.
"Leaving us already?" Mana said as they followed him to the door downstairs.
"Yup, I'll meet Katsuya and then Honda; we'll be going to the cinema before playing games all night long!" He replied in an attempt to make them jealous, but it didn't seem to work out.
"Well, have a good time!" Atemu said smiling and closed the door behind his hikari.
"So… it's too early to go to bed, what shall we do?" Mana looked at him.
"Hmm, six o'clock, maybe we could watch a movie, or what do you say? We still have some popcorn that we can pop." The last sentence made her lit up.
"Wonderful, as long as we don't look at another movie like that yesterday!"
A moment later, the two fellows were sitting tight in the dark and had put on the movie Narnia – The lion, the witch and the wardrobe.
"Wow, what a magical place!" Mana said in wonder when the little character Lucy entered the land in the wardrobe. "But what is that white thing everywhere?"
"It's called snow", Atemu explained and took a handful of popcorns in his fist and started munching. "It is water that has frozen and fallen to the ground, but when it becomes warm, it melts to water again."
"Oh, I would like to feel snow", she looked dreamingly at the screen. "Maybe there's a spell for it!"
Atemu rolled his eyes while having a big smile on his lips, but even in the darkness, Mana saw it.
"And why are you looking like that now?" She said in a teasing tone. "Only because I am better on magic than you?"
"Are you the right person to say that? I still remember that there was an accident with a freeze spell…" He chuckled and ducked as a pillow came flying, for the thousandth time these two days.
"It was my only way to come and see you, your guards were everywhere!"
"Mana…" He managed to duck for yet another pillow. "Did you really want to see me that much?"
She looked surprised at him.
"Yes, of course. I missed you…"
"Even though it had only been one day?"
"I always miss you, alright? Now you know that…" She turned her gaze to see the movie again, but a small smile played in her face and a blush had appeared.
The next day Atemu went up early and begun making breakfast as Mana still lied and snoozed in the pillow. As he made sandwiches he thought back on the evening before; he had barely been able to look at the rest of movie because of that answer he had got from her.
"Does she really miss me that much?" Atemu said to himself when he put two glasses on the table and went to find the orange juice. "But then again… that was the only thing that happened."
The former Pharaoh halted.
"Why by Ra am I walking around and talking to myself!" He sighed and rubbed his eyes. "I'm too used to have Yugi to talk to."
He looked on the clock in the kitchen.
"It's almost ten… I should go and wake up Mana." But as he was going to get out from the room he bumped into someone with ruffled brown hair. "Forgive me!"
"Sorry!" Mana said at the same time and smiled tiredly and took a deep breath.
"Um, I've made breakfast so… you know…" He thought for a moment and then pointed at the table.
"I shall sit down?"
"Yes."
They sat down in front of each other, Mana giggling slightly.
"What is so funny?" Atemu raised an eyebrow as he took one of the sandwiches.
"Oh, nothing… what are we going to do today?" She carefully tasted the bread, and Atemu thought that she maybe was afraid that he had poisoned it.
"I don't know, the game shop is closed now when Sugoroku-senpai is in the United States, so we don't have to work."
"I want to go out!" Mana looked out through the window and on the streets, there the sun shone warmly.
Said and done, after eating up both of them went outside and begun walking into the centre of Domino.
"You are all so pale here," the young woman suddenly said. "You too Pharaoh."
"Well, Japan doesn't get so much sun as Egypt." He tried to explain as they walked down the streets.
"Is Japan far away from Egypt?"
"It's on another continent, so yes." He smiled a little to her curiosity, but also noticed a sad glance in her eyes, but the next time he turned towards her it was gone.
"How do you know so much?" Mana laughed and found a stick that she swung around.
"Thanks of Yugi, I practically sucked up every bit of information that he had when we shared body."
"Hey, isn't that…" Mana halted and stared before her.
"Mhm?" Atemu tried to see what the teen girl saw, but she suddenly was gone. "Mana, come back here!"
But Mana had caught a glimpse of a man that the noticed, and when she arrived to him she called:
"Pharaoh Seto!" Laughingly she saw how the tall man turned around and stared at her with cold blue eyes.
"Who are you?" A small boy with raven black hair next to Seto spoke.
"But…" Mana blinked in confusion, but then it went up as light for her. "You're not Pharaoh Seto!"
"No." Seto folded his arms and saw how Atemu came running. "If this is going to turn out to another of those pathetic adventures of yours I…"
"Kaiba, I'm sorry that we disturbed your little shopping time, but this is Mana." Atemu glared at him.
"So?"
"What's wrong with you?" Mana looked up in his face with worried eyes. "Don't you feel well Seto?"
She pulled out her wand.
"Maybe I can help you!"
"What is that?" Mokuba looked questionably at it.
"I'm a spell caster!" Mana explained proudly and swung it above her head, pointing at Seto.
"Mana, no…" Atemu tried to stop her, but it was too late; another water bomb of her had appeared above Seto-ice-cube-Kaiba's head, and when the Pharaoh saw it, he got big eyes. "Oh my…"
"Oops…" Mana saw in slow-motion how the big bubble of cold water fell in the air, hitting the CEO's head and splashing the water everywhere.
"…" He took a deep breath.
"I'm so sorry!"
"…" He glared at her with water dropping from tests of his hair, clothes, arms, well, from everywhere really and people stared at him when they walked past; the great, powerful Kaiba Corp. owner that now was totally wet and … annoyed.
"That was so awesome!" Mokuba laughed hard, even though he knew he put himself at risk.
"How charming", Seto said between his teeth.
"Mana, let's go!" Atemu pulled her with him and began running the fastest they could.
"COME BACK HERE!" They heard a roar.
"But nisama, now you don't need to take a shower!" Mokuba tried to comfort.
When the two friends saw an alley, they rushed into and well there they stopped and breathed heavily.
"Mana… if making Kaiba go nuts is on your schedule, I really enjoy being with you!"
"That was fun!" She laughed and leaned against a wall and turned to meet Atemu's gaze, but it was located somewhere behind Mana.
"Oh, you're the King of Games!" A woman had appeared from nowhere and walked past the alley, and seen Atemu.
"Well, I often prefer Yugi as the one but…" He hesitated and smiled a bit unsure as the blond, about twenty year old woman got up a pencil.
"Please, can you sign on this paper?" Now she was in the phase of "extremely flirting", and as any girl; Mana noticed it, but her Pharaoh didn't seem to care.
"Of course." Atemu took the pencil and wrote his name perfectly.
"Thank you…" The woman's eyes glistened when she got the paper back and the smirk she had was apparently meant to seduce him. And Mana feared that it would work, because when the woman put a hand on his shoulder and started laughing and talking with him, he didn't make any effort to withstand.
But suddenly the blonde caught an eye of Mana.
"Hey, you girly, this is a private conversation, can you back of? And shouldn't baby girls like you snooze at this time?"
"Who are you to call me girly!" Mana glared back in anger.
"I believe that you better go", Atemu went between the two women that were ready to start a catfight anytime.
"Sure, see you", she said and twinkled an eye.
"MAYBE IN YOUR DREAMS!" Mana shouted after her, and Atemu had to hush her down.
"Mana! You can't keep on shouting at people!" But she backed of from him, with a sad glance in her green eyes.
"Why did you ignore me like that when that… that thing came? It was as I didn't exist for you."
"Ignore? Mana, no!" He didn't know if he would laugh or not. "You can't baby-sit me all the time."
"Is that what you think Pharaoh, that I came here, that I crossed time to baby-sit you, someone I love! Just a second ago you told me that you enjoy being with me!"
"Mana-"
"You…" Mana interrupted him but failed to continue her own sentence so instead she took her staff and pointed it at him, and in the next second a big bubble of water appeared and before Atemu had the chance to jump away, it hit him.
"MANA!" His deep voice rumbled around in the alley when the cold water got in touch with every part of his body, but as he looked up, she was gone. He sighed heavily and felt the pain in his heart. "What have I done…"
And now Mana is on herself in town... can it go more wrong? Well, of course it can, that's why you have to read the next chapter! -big smile-
