Author's Note: Hey guys! How are ya? Here's the seventh chapter to Season 2! Holy shizz...I'm like a cat right now. Meow! I can't stop meowing for some reason! xD Hope you like it! And thanks to all of you who have reviewed! I feel so happy when people reviewed! X3 Thank you! ^^
Well, the Pharaoh is happy to see that he isn't facing the world's battles alone. Sarah is thrilled to finally let herself known. It took a lot of weight off her shoulders. It will take quite a bit of time for them to get used to each other, but now that they're together, this modern battle will seem much less lonely and cold.
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Battle City-New Evil Emerges, Old Friends Reunite Chapter 7
Ever since we left the coffee shop, Yami hasn't sopped holding my hand once. My skin was warm from that kind of contact. I wasn't used to it because the last time someone's ever held my hand was my brother. When we'd trail around in the market with our parents, it was a way for both of us to stay close. Having Yami's hand around my own flt completely different. But it's a good different. It's making me blush too, what's up with that? XD
As we walked down the sidewalk together xD, in the busy streets of Domino, Yami asked, "Why didn't you tell me or Yugi who you were at Duelist Kingdom?"
I watched our hands swaying back and forth in between us before answering. "I only told Yugi I was your Guardian but that's about it. And I couldn't say any more because it wouldn't have made sense."
"Oh." We turned a corner onto another busy street. People around us began giving us looks of acknowledgment. I wondered what they were looking at. I mean, we're just another two people walking down the sidewalks like any other...
Until I heard snippets of conversations.
Many of them were naming us. I mean, with 'Sarah Wind', 'Yugi Mutou', 'King of Games', 'Dueling Legend', and something to do with us holding hands. I blushed slightly and glanced at Yami from the corner of my eye. He was giving me a sheepish look and I blinked instead.
"Do you mind if I held your hand?" he was asking now, when the crowd of people died down some. I saw a very small blush on his face, but I knew it was there.
I flushed slightly too at the question. "N-no. Not at all." I stammered quietly. Yami smiled and held my hand slightly tighter. It was comforting.
Since my other hand was awfully cold, jee I wonder why, I stuffed it into my shorts' pockets for some sort of warmth. Something brushed against it and I remembered foolishly that I still had the phone number for Yugi. Pulling the piece of paper out, I showed it to Yami.
"I have a cell phone now," I said, as Yami held the paper in his own hands and read it over quickly. "so we can stay in touch. This is my number."
As Yami read what was on the small piece of paper, his face showed a small but noticeable smirk. I noticed that when I remembered the notepaper, I forgot all about us holding hands and my skin had begun to cool down. But now since he was smirking at something, I knew very well that maybe I'd start blushing all over again soon.
"You're phone number spells out 'Guardian'." he said, showing me the full extent of his smirk now. Yep...I started blushing. And even if his smirk was small, it was still very intense.
"Yeah..." I said sheepishly. "It's so you can memorize it more easily." He's quick to finding things out...even in Egypt. I guess that part of him hasn't changed.
He pocketed the slip of paper and smiled. "I'm sure I can," he said. "Thank you." I gave him a smile.
After the smile, something flashed across his eyes. It was like an idea hit him and he just thought of it, but as soon as it had come, it was gone. But a small bit of curiosity was left in his eyes.
"May I see your phone for just a moment?" he asked me. Without much hesitation, I complied and brought the phone from out of my pocket.
Yami turned the phone on his hands and said something undecipherable, as if he just critiqued on the item. I didn't quite understand as the what he was looking for. That look of an idea came back onto his face.
He looked around him for a second, at all the stores and shops, and handed the phone back to me. "Come on," he said simply, without an explanation. He took my hand swiftly into his and led me down into one of the shops next to us. I didn't really have time to question, because we were already past the door.
Once inside the shop, I was dumbstruck at the shelves and cases filled with tiny knickknacks, neatly displayed onto their respective display podiums or velvet boxes. Key chains, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and casings and skins; for phones and mp3 players, all in every colour and shape. The tiny shop was almost like an antique store, but it was a gift shop. I noticed the sign hanging in the window above the door. It was so cute, but I only had time to marvel for a second.
Yami turned to face me. A glitter of his idea sparkling his eyes. "There's something I need to do," he said. "Is it all right if you wait for me outside?"
I smiled and nodded my head. "Of course!" I said. "I'm just outside the door then."
Yami smiled and let go of my hand to walk over to the counter, where an aged man with kind eyes and gold-rimmed spectacles was sitting on a stool. He had his hands latched together and his clothes looked like a fisherman's. When I went out the door, I took a quick glance at the shop's table of hours before closure taped outside on the window. It was almost closing time. So that's why the man was wearing a fisherman's outfit. He was going to close the shop soon. I shrugged at the coincidence and leaned against the wall to the shop, waiting for Yami to finish what I thought was an errand, but was totally dead wrong.
When Yami walked through the shop's doorway, he was looking a small bit flushed, as if whatever the man and him talked about made him blush 20 different colours. He had a small, brown paper bag clutched in his hands and when he saw me leaning against the wall, he smiled gratefully.
"Thank you for waiting," he said.
I waved my hand. "No big deal. So-" I was slightly cut off when Yami stuffed the paper bag into my face. I blinked, peeking from behind it to see him blushing again and his face turned to the side trying to hide the fact.
"This is for you," he said without meeting my gaze. I guess the blushing was because he was embarrassed.
I carefully took the bag from his hands and let his arm return to his side. "Um...what's this for?" I asked curiously, taking a look at the shop's logo on the front of the bag. It had a sparkling diamond with the shop name circling around it.
Yami held his hands behind his back with the red tinges still covering his cheeks. "Aibou and I thought it would look good on your phone," he said simply, halfway meeting my gaze.
...Aibou...oh, that meant partner! I guess Yugi and him were somewhat closer now since Duelist Kingdom when Yugi was just learning his name (or temporary name). It was great to hear Yami say that. I stared at him blankly and then averted my gaze to the bag in my hands. Yami and Yugi got me something? That thought just went through my head. Do I really have a thick skull?
"But wait," I spluttered, stumbling over my words on how to react. I never expected the Pharaoh of Egypt to give me anything. I'm just his shield. "Y-You didn't have to get me anything..."
Yami shrugged his shoulders but the blush never faltered, "...Aibou says to think of it as an early birthday present."
"...the 21st of July is a long time away..." I said.
Yami's turn to blink at me, and the blush was slowly beginning to disappear from the distraction. I guess he also figured that the number '21' at the beginning of my phone number was my birth date. "The 21st of July?" he asked me.
There was a sharp pain in my chest but I tried my hardest not to show that I felt it. Of course, I just remembered, if Yami's mind was erased of all the years we've been friends for, who's to say that he will still remember my birthday? It still hurt so much to know he doesn't remember anything. But I took a mental deep breath and forced a sheepish smile.
"Yeah," I said, "My birthday is on the day of the summer solstice; the longest day of the year."
Yami immediately brought his gaze down, shame filling his eyes. "I'm sorry..." he said, "I don't remember."
Those words hurt, but I kept the smile on my face and waved a hand in dismissal, "Don't worry about it." I said, "It's not a big deal. I've never celebrated any of my birthdays anyway. After one of the priestesses from your court had taken me in after my parents' death, she gave me a small treat on my birthday. Even if it wasn't a party or anything, I loved it. It was usually sweets she would give me; rare ones that I never got to eat before. But I had never asked for anything big, she already took me in and cared for me like her own. That's all that kept me going. Her love and the job of being your Guardian. I didn't need birthdays."
Yami's eyes saddened a bit. "Did you ever celebrate at the palace?" he asked.
I shook my head after a moment's thought. "No." I replied, "but like I said; don't worry about it. With all the stuff going on in the first place and you being busy from them, why add one girl's birthday right in the middle?" Plus, I never thought anyone would really care if I mentioned it. Not even for fun.
Yami's face was showing more guilt now and I had a chilling thought that I was doing something wrong. Waving my hand in the air again, I said, "But enough of that!" A sweat drop fell on my head as Yami brought his gaze back up to mine. "I wonder what in the world you just got me..."
Carefully opening the bag, I dipped my hand in and pulled something like a small loop of rope attached to something heavier out and placed it into the palm of my hand. I gasped in astonishment.
It was a Dark Magician key chain. The thin string-rope was silver and it was holding a miniature figure of Yugi's favourite monster. The Magician had his arms crossed and while holding his staff in one of his hands. I thought it was both nice and cute at the same time.
"Do you like it?" he asked me.
I smiled and nodded my head. "Yeah, it's so cute! Thank you!" Pulling my phone from out of my pocket, I tied it onto the top with the loop of thin rope. I gave it one last look before turning back to Yami and giving him a hug, which took him by surprise but he stayed on his feet.
"Thanks so much Yugi, Yami." I said, keeping my arms around his neck. It took him a second to realize what had just happened and he hugged me back carefully. "It's another one of my greatest treasures." Along with my Locket and deck, this Dark Magician key chain was now another of my important valuables. My wallet doesn't count. My family picture wasn't given by anyone but taken by a photographer a while back.
Yami smiled, glad the little trinket made me happy. "It was nothing." he said once I let go, "Aibou says the same."
Yugi's ghost form suddenly appeared next to Yami. He had a smile plastered onto his face and his arms crossed in triumph. "I thought it was a good idea; something to remember us by." he said, but I noticed he was talking to Yami.
"Oh come on," I scoffed playfully. "I would've remembered you guys even without this, but it was still nice of you."
Yugi's jaw almost fell to the floor as he gaped at me, speechless. Yami stole glances from each of us.
"You can see Yugi?" asked Yami in amazement.
"You can see me?" Yugi asked next, repeating what Yami had said.
I stared at them blankly for a second before thinking that maybe I shouldn't have said that. They might start thinking I'm like, some sort of creeper or something! And that would not be good. Not to mention totally not true.
"Yeah." I said sheepishly. "I-is that bad?"
Instead, of blowing his top or being any kind of angry at me, Yugi smiled and shook his head. "No, not at all." he said and I felt some tension rise off my chest. "It's just that, no one else can see our spirit forms. If you can, that's more that enough proof that you're the Pharaoh's Guardian."
I glanced to Yami and he did the same. He gave me a small smile.
"The only thin in my mind right now, is the fact that I have a friend from the past with me now." he said, never dropping his gaze from my own. "And from now on, we're going to celebrate your birthdays properly."
I cocked my head to the side until I realized what Yami said. All this time, he was thinking about all the birthdays I might have missed back in Egypt. I almost slapped myself. He didn't have to worry about that. Something so little as birthdays...
"Aww...you don't have to." I said, waving my hand dismissively. "Thanks so much for the gift you just gave me. But Yami, the best present in the world for me was the fact that you were freed from the Puzzle. That's the best thing in the world."
Yugi showed a small smirk and nudges Yami playfully in the ribs. I noticed the blush returning to Yami's face again. Oops. Did I say something wrong again?
"That's awfully nice of you," he said to me, the tint of red disappearing slowly. "But we're still going to celebrate your birthdays. End of story."
...yeah...he's been hanging out with Joey and Tristan too much. I think even Yugi agreed because he was giving him an innocent little smile.
I shrugged my shoulders. "If that's your will," I said. "But you don't have to-"
Before I could finish what I was about to say, Yami grabbed my hand and started walking down the sidewalk. I started blushing just as Yugi quietly laughed and materialized back into the Puzzle.
"So, the 21st of July?" Yami asked me thoughtfully.
The blush was gone from off my face now and my eyes landed back onto our intertwined hands. I guess Yami was solid on his word. He actually wanted to remember my birthday. Maybe the time he spent in the Millennium Puzzle was really that lonely...if he was so happy to see me...
A small smile formed on my lips. "Yeah..." I said. "The 21st of July."
Author's Note: First of all, I want to say that I'm so sorry it took me three weeks to post the next update. I was stuck with three tests and the first of my appointments with my physiotherapist. It was a tough time. But I'm glad I'm (slightly) back on track! Again, SO SORRY, but now I will be updating hopefully every week and I can start on that this weekend.
Secondly, I want to thank everyone who read, reviewed, and messaged reminders, comments, and suggestions to me. They are greatly appreciated and I thank you a whole bunch.
And lastly, but certainly not least...ly, xD, I hope you liked this chapter! ^^' I thought it was kinda cute; Yami wanting to celebrate Sarah's birthdays now since he didn't back in Ancient Egypt. And their relationship is starting with something as small as birthdays too. ^^' Reviews are appreciated! ^-^