Uhm, yeah. Another Chapter... I hope it isn't getting boring... It sure feels that way, anyhow, I tried my best, oh! almost forgot, I wanted to ask you all something.
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Yugi's POV
Yugi slowly inched his way across the hallway, Sora and himself had nearly reached the Laundry Room where the Ishtar family busily worked. He couldn't help but glance at Sora, he had this weird feeling about her, she was nice and all, but he really wasn't sure why this feeling came to him.
Sora was new, well, to him anyway. From what Sora said to him in private, she wasn't born here, and she had grown up with her sister Mira.
Curious as Yugi was about Sora's sister, he had to focus on the now.
Sora tapped her finger on Yugi's shoulder, and Yugi swiveled his head around to look at her.
"this door here." she said in a whisper. Yugi nodded, and peeked around the corner of the nearest door.
All he saw was an open door, and beyond that point, Ishizu and Odion were shoving clothes into the washer and dryer, while Marik was sitting down on a wooden bench folding shirts and putting hangers in the dresses he had to deal with.
Yugi looked back at Sora, and she nodded her head to signal that he could go in, so he did, but before he could go any further Sora had placed her hand on his shoulder.
"I'll be right here for the look out." she whispered.
"Alright, I'll be out as soon as possible so you won't have to wait long." he whispered back to her.
She nodded to him and he moved towards the door with his back pressed firmly up against the wall. When he was near enough, he slowly slipped inside the room and clicked the door shut as softly as he could.
Upon turning around, Ishizu, Odion and Marik all froze in place. They all wore worried looks and looked quite distraught.
"Yugi?" Marik started. Ishizu and Odion exchanged a somewhat knowing glance, and Ishizu stepped forward.
"Yugi, it is indeed nice to see you, but upon coming here, it seems like we're all doomed." she said in a low tone.
"Doomed?" Yugi asked curiously. "How? surely my being here isn't really that important.." he said trailing off.
Odion was suddenly beside the young boy, and rather startled him when he layed a hand comfortingly on his shoulder.
"It is because we need you, the both of you, in a different time." he answered.
Yugi looked up confused. "Time?" he asked.
Odion nodded, and this time Marik stood up and placed the clothes he was folding aside.
"You see Yugi, Something, or I guess now that we know, someone has affected both timelines, we don't exactly know who, but we know that this person has changed these people's lives, saying that he saved people from a recent explosion near Kaiba Corp. and rested a seemingly invisible shield to keep protecting them." Marik said, "Or so the other souls trapped here say, they keep saying that this person wore his hair up, and was exceedingly short..." Mariks eyes seemed to bore into Yugi's soul, as if looking for some form treason. But he found none. Was Marik accusing him? Him of all people? he knew that he had been nothing but kind to each and every person he met, villain or not. So his big question was... What would lead the Ishtar family to suspect a person like him of treason? He knew that he was innocent, unless, under some time, he was unconscious... But he knew that wouldn't be right, he hadn't been unconscious once, not even in his sleep, he was to worried about the Pharaoh... Wait. The Pharaoh!
Was the Ishtar family thinking of him? or was it the Pharaoh they were worried about?
"Yugi?"
Yugi looked up, forced out of his thoughts. "Yes?" he asked warily.
"Can we?" she prompted.
"Uh..." he started, scratching the back of his head. While he was thinking, he must have zoned out, for he had no idea what Ishizu asked.
Odion sighed, guessing.
"Can we see the Pharaoh? we need to speak to him." he asked gently.
Yugi's eyes widened. Were they really looking to the Pharaoh as a traitor? or was it because they actually needed to talk to him?
"Uh.. he's not... here." he started rather awkwardly.
Each and every one of the Ishtar family all gasped, surprised.
"Well, how did you get here without him following? Bakura and Marik both had their spirits following them..." Ishizu trailed off, her eyes glazed with worry.
Marik simply closed his eyes. "Yes. Melvin* is here, and has a body of his own no less."
Odion glanced at Marik for a moment, but then sighed in agreement. "It's true; he goes around killing anyone who even walks past him, it seems." he added.
"Oh." Yugi said.
"Yugi! we gotta go, like right now!" Sora shouted through the doorway.
Ishizu, Odion, and Marik's head all shot up at once, and they backed away from the doorway a seemingly angry and fearful face covered them all. Before Marik could fully get away from the doorway, he leaned over to whisper something in Yugi's ear. What Marik said to him sent shivers down his spine, he couldn't move, but he did when Marik sent him reeling towards the door where Sora stood.
"Come on Yugi! the guards are coming!" she hissed. He looked around, but saw no one, and heard no foot steps... Was Sora lying to him? Why was she in a hurry?
All thoughts reeled through his mind, and he was barely even aware when Sora had grasped his wrist and dragged him down the hallway and back towards the room where they had previously occupied just hours ago.
Atem's POV
"Well Shiro.. We'll get you back home safe and sound, I promise." he said while getting on his knees so that he could be at eye level with the boy.
"Thank you." he whispered.
Yami got back up to his feet, and turned, but Shiro caught him by his pants.
"Mr... What they said... about Yugi, What is your actual name?" he asked shyly.
Yami closed his eyes for a moment, he didn't know, he wish he did, but he didn't, so he gave him the only one he knew he was comfortable enough with.
"For now just call me Yami." he replied.
Shiro narrowed his eyes, "That isn't someone else's name is it?" he asked.
Yami thought for a moment, he didn't know and he doubted anyone out there was named 'Yami' by birth.
"As far as I know, it's not." he replied.
Shiro closed his eyes. "Why aren't you telling me your real name?" he asked, but then he looked at his feet, "You don't trust me yet, I suppose. I mean... I wouldn't trust myself either if I just appeared out of no where right out of the blue." he said in a low voice.
Yami sighed. "You do have a point there, but that isn't the reason." he said.
"Then why?" he asked.
Yami gave a soft smile. "It's because I don't know my name Shiro." he said to him.
Shiro's eyes widened a little. "So it's true then.. You really don't know your name.." he said.
Yami looked confused for a bit, but then he guessed that something was going on in his timeline that he wasn't yet aware of.
Joey cleared his throat, and Yami's head snapped up.
"Uh, sorry." he stated, he had completely forgotten that they had been standing there.
"Yami." Shiro looked up at him, and Yami looked down at the boy, "Yes?" he asked.
"Will you... help me find someone?" he asked.
Yami blinked. "Who?" he asked.
Shiro looked down at the ground, still holding on to Yami's pant leg. "My sister, Miki."
"Your sister?" Yami said disbelieving.
Shiro nodded, and Tea suddenly scooped the boy up into her arms and hugged him tightly.
"oof." he made a sound, a sound of being squeezed to death.
"Tea!" Joey exclaimed, "Stop!" he added.
Tristan joined in, "Yeah Tea, you're gonna crush the little guy!"
Tea glared at the both of them, she wasn't crushing him, she was hugging him softly. It seemed to her that he was sad and desperate for his sister's love and protection again.
"it's alright." she said patting his back in reassurance.
Joey and Tristan fell silent.
Shiro smiled with his eyes closed, wrapped his arms around Tea's back, his bear hanging loosely in his fingers, and he buried his face into her hair.
They stood there for a few moments, wrapped in each other's arms.
No one said anything, the boy started to sob a little, and Tea whispered softly into his small ears, comforting him, telling him that everything was alright and that it would all be okay again soon.
A few more minutes passed by, and it seemed that Shiro had fallen asleep in Tea's arms, for he snored softly, and clutched his teddy bear and Tea's back.
"I think we should call it a day." Yami whispered.
Everyone else nodded. "Agreed, and then tomorrow we can get this little guy home along with his sister." Tea added.
Joey and Tristan were still silent, amazed by how Tea handled things so easily and quickly.
Yami just smiled the whole time, he too was amazed, he would never have guessed that the little boy was hurting that much, he just seemed so... grown up. He had no other words to describe it, the boy was like him in a way.
He was lost, very much like himself, Shiro wasn't alone though, for now Yami's friends could be there for the boy the same way they were there for him.
Silence.
No one moved, or turned to leave, they just stood there, staring at each other, but Tea looked in a different direction.
The setting sun, no one knew what time it was, but they could easily guess, it was starting to get dark quickly, and Tea just stood there watching the bright and blazing sun slowly turn from a bright yellow to a dim orange color.
Everyone else turned to watch as well, it wasn't anything exciting, but it soothed them all.
For once since Yugi's disappearance, Yami felt waves of calm rolling all around him. It was a moment he wasn't likely to forget in a long time, and oh how he had wished it had lasted for longer.
A crunch sounded behind them.
Yami's eyes turned to look, but all he saw was the barn, but what put him off was the fact that the door was open, not closed the way he had left it.
Then, a bone chilling hiss sliced through the night, very much sounding like a cat hissing at a dog, which startled him.
He fully turned around and scanned the area. No one else had noticed though, only he.
He made his way back to the tree where they had previously stood minutes ago, and peered around it.
"You know, you shouldn't be so scared, I won't bite... hard." a female voice sounded.
Yami spun around, only to have a knife pin his shirt to the wood on the tree he was peering around.
A woman stood before him, her hand still wrapped around the knife, and her eyes stared directly into his eyes.
Angry waves of blue stared into a fearful churning purple, and for once, Yami felt his arms and legs give way, and he had no choice but to admit that he was scared for his own life.
The woman still stared into his eyes, not even blinking.
"You're Yami are you not? the famous spirit of the Millennium Puzzle?" she asked in a forced tone, as if she already knew the answer, but was just confirming what she already knew.
"Yes." he replied meekly.
She smirked and pushed the knife even further into the tree.
"Congratulations, you might rest peacefully at last Pharaoh, And I shall be the one to finally kill you." she snickered.
"Who?" he stuttered, he had to know this woman's name.
her blue eyes narrowed and she glared at him.
"I'm surprised you have to ask. I thought you would already know who I am." she said, but then she shrugged.
"Fine, Mira's the name." she said lowly.
Yami's eyes widened, and all life seemed to drain from him. This was the person they were looking for. This person, this very person who took Yugi away from him, was about to take Yami's life.
BOOM! AHA! gotcha :P CLIFFHANGER!
review, like, favorite, whatever, I've been finishing my homework at school lately, so I've actually had time to write this time... Surprised? maybe... maybe not.
O.O Yami MIGHT DIE! you don't know, he isn't really the main character, and this IS a fanfic, so for all you know, he very well could die... is it important? YES. IT IS.
PM me if you have questions...
I'll try to step up my updating if I keep up the 'no homework' status :3
Until next time!
*- Yes, I do understand I said Melvin, no this is not an abridged story, or part, I simply like using this name because it's a lot simpler to use and distinguish, and a lot easier to spell without making a mistake and accidentally saying 'Marik' instead. This would make it a lot easier on me, and on you when you know who's doing what. Just so you know...
