I DO NOT OWN YUGIOH
"How about I come with you then?"
Yugi jumped at the question and whirled around. He had wanted to get out of the apartment again but Saru wanted to come with. After Mike caught him yesterday, they went straight to Saru's apartment where Yugi was yelled at. Even though he felt like his ears were going to bleed, it didn't go further than that. Well, he was deprived of food for the rest of the day but no physical harm like he was expecting. It was a shock when Saru didn't hit him but he Yugi just took it as a blessing. However, now Saru didn't want Yugi to be alone.
"N-no, I-I'll be fine on my... own." Yugi looked at the ground as Saru drew closer.
"Mike told me you were with that man. What did I tell you about hanging out with him?"
"S-sorry. I didn't mean to hang out with him. It just... sorta... happened."
Saru pinned Yugi with his cold glare. For the first time in awhile he was hesitating to let Yugi wander alone. Normally he would just let him go without worry but now that he has come in, he thought twice on what he did. Worry. Ha, e hadn't felt that for a long while.
"You best listen to my warning this time or else."
Yugi bowed low, still not making eye contact, and whispered a thank you before quickly leaving. The bow and thank you hurt his pride and burned his lips. That man was not one that deserved respect but fear had forced him to show it. He shook his head at that. He rushed down the building stairs and out the door. Another break for freedom. Relief spread through him as he walked down the street away from that horrid place. Yugi sighed. in truth, he was very scared that Saru might have come with him, more than what it used to. Not because it would take away his chance to be alone, but because it meant that he wouldn't be able to see Ya-
"Yugi!"
Yugi lurched forward as something ran into his back and wrapped its' arms around his shoulders, encasing him in a hug.
"Yami!"
Yami let go of the other and stepped back so he could look at Yugi properly. The shorter was dressed in worn dark blue pants with a faded black, leather shirt and a dark blue jacket that had thinned form over use. Bright amethyst eyes starred at him shock a wide grin on his face showed how happy he was.
"Yo." Yami greeted
Thoughts of Saru rushed into his mind making his smile falter but he quickly fixed it."What are you doing here?"
Yami shrugged."Don't know. I was just walking around town and ran into you." 'Totally not looking for you.' "So what do you want to do?"
Yugi's smile completely vanished."You know that I can't hang out." The offer was very tempting but he didn't want to upset Saru. It was risky just talking to Yami, he didn't need to take it further.
Yugi's heart became heavy with those thoughts.
"How about we move into the nicer part of Domino and find a spot to hang out? Yeah, let's do that."
Yami took Yugi by the arm and led him down the street with little to no resistance from Yugi. He had seen the worry and fear cross Yugi's eyes and knew that Saru had something to him. It didn't matter to Yami though. That world was going to be left behind them today and he was determined to make Yugi happy. Even if for a few hours.
The two seemed to have crossed a line for all the buildings around them changed out of the darker colors and graffiti walls and into a clean, mostly white exterior. The many tainted windows from the tall buildings reflected the people walking by. Those who were on the sidewalk looked well pu together in suits and pristine fabrics.
"How about in there?"
Amethyst eyes followed the direction that Yami was pointing until they landed on the two-story building with a cream exterior. A domed roof held the Domino flag on top. The building didn't have many windows like the ones around it but it had a stronger sense a knowledge radiating off it. Large words carved above the glass double doors read, 'DOMINO INTERACTIVE MUSEUM'.
"I don't think that I've been here before."Yugi commented
"Then this is where we'll go. Come on." Yami knew that he was making many decisions for Yugi but he knew that if he didn't Yugi wouldn't do anything at all and follow what Saru said.
They trudged up the stairs to the building entrance. The glass doors slide open as they neared to revel the cool interior. A reception desk sat in front of a dark wood wall with silver lettering spelling out the name of the building. A women in a green dress suit and brown hair pulled back into a neat bun sat at the wooden desk typing away on the computer. When they got close, she looked up from the screen and gave them a warm smile.
"Hello and welcome to the DIM. Will you two be exploring the museum today?"
"Yes we will." answered Yami
"One adult and one teen-"
"It's two adults." Yami corrected
She looked at the two closely. After a minute of studying Yugi, recognition crossed her eyes. Her wide brown eyes darted back to Yami and to their interlocked arms. She looked scared for a second before slapping on a nervous smile.
"My apologises. For two adults, that will be $20 please." (Koobre: I'm just going to stick with american money.)
Yami released Yugi's arm so he could grab his wallet. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Yugi open his mouth to protest but closed it without a word. Taking out the money required, he handed the money over to the lady. The women nodded her thanks before handing the two their pamphlet for the museum. They smiled to the women before turning and walking over to the door that opened to the museum. The museum was made of white marble floor and white walls so that you were focused on the exhibits. In front of them in the middle of the hall was a glass stair case that led to the floor above and the floor below.
"Where do you want to go first?" Yami asked as he opened the pamphlet.
"The top floor is the historic area, the main floor is modern art and the bottom floor is music."Yugi read
"A cultural museum."Yami muttered
"I guess the creators wanted the verity."Yugi closed his pamphlet,"How about we just start at the top and work our way to the bottom?"
Yami nodded and closed his pamphlet."Let's go."
The two walked up the glass stair case, their footsteps echoing over the soft music.
"Cool fact about the top floor is that they focus on two areas of history for a year then switch them out."Yugi commented
"I thought you said that you hadn't been here before?"
"Oh I haven't, but I've wanted to. And this pamphlet told me."Yami gave a soft chuckle as Yugi raised the pamphlet to Yami before bringing it down.
A part a Yami wanted to ask why Yugi hadn't come here if he wanted to but he didn't want to risk it leading to a bad mood so he kept quiet.
"What do they have up this year?"
Yugi opened his mouth to answer as he went to open his pamphlet but as they reached the top step, a sign stated the exhibits shown. He smiled at the sign then to Yami.
"Astrology and Ancient Egypt." he answered
Yami smiled at the smiled at Yugi before turning him to the astrology side. As they walked they passed by many exhibits explains what astrology, how it became, and more. They even had a small room that, thanks to advanced technology, stimulated outer space. You couldn't even tell that were standing in a room, it looked so real. It even had stars floating in mid air. They went to a small show in the planetarium they had, with Yami paying for the tickets despite Yugis disapproval. Some areas had mini stations where you got to try out the object or unlock the information. Right now the two where at one of the interactions.
In order to unlock the information, you needed to connect the stars to create the constellation.
"Aha!" Yugi exclaimed as the stars connected and an image of a dragon overlapped them.
"Congratulations! This constellation is Draco the Dragon. It is unknown what historical dragon Draco represents, however there are three guesses. The first and least likely is that Draco is the dragon who fought Minerva during the wars between giants and gods. Minerva had thrown Draco's twisted body in to the heavens where it stayed.
"The second option is that Draco is the dragon in the garden of Hesperides. The garden of Hesperides was the location of the golden apples that Hercules has to retrieve in one of his tasks. After Hercules killed the dragon, it as placed in the sky to reward it for its' faithful services. The third and most accepted, is that Draco is the dragon killed by Camdus." Yugi read
Yami nodded and took Yugi's place when he moved out of the way. After re-setting the game he moved his finger across the touch screen to connect the stars. Soon the picture of a swan over lapped the lines.
"Congratulations! This constellation is Cygnus the swan. The story behind him is that Cygnus and his friend Phaeton raced each other to the sun and back. However in their need to get ahead they both flew too close to the sun and fell back to earth. However Phaeton had fallen into a river and got stuck in the roots from the trees. Cygnus tried to get his friend but the other was too far away. So in order to retrieve his friend, Cygnus asked Zeus to help him. Zeus offered to give him the body of a swan but he would be giving up his immortality and humanity. Cygnus agreed anyway and finally saved his friend from the river and in order to commemorate the selfless act, Zeus put his image in the stars."
"Too bad that's not how it always works in the real world."Yugi muttered
"Yeah." Yami turned to look at Yugi and noticed him deep in thought. When he realized the hurt look in those amethyst eyes he rushed to think of a different subject.
"On to the next section?" he asked getting a nod out of Yugi.
Yami walked beside him and took Yugi's hand in his. Yugi looked up at Yami who gave a reassuring smile to him.
"What's wrong?" Yami asked
Yugi shook his head."Not now. Maybe in a different time I'll tell you."
Yami nodded walked forward. Yugi lingered behind but a pull on his hand made him walk beside Yami. He forced his mind onto other subjects to keep to good mood going.
"Have you lived here long?" Yugi looked up as Yami asked the question who kept his gaze forward.
Yugi shook his head."No. I moved here a year ago from Northwood and stayed."
"Northwood? That's where I moved from as well."
Yugi gave a small smile at that comment."Why did you move?
"I wanted to start over, to get away from the past. There are some... bad memories that I'm trying to leave behind."
Yugi didn't ask anymore on the subject. He was the regret that flashed through Yami's eyes and knew it was something that he wanted to set right. However, he couldn't bring himself to tell Yami that it was him. He wanted to give Yami the chance to get rid of that regret but something stopped Yugi. A part of him feared that Yami would leave him if the truth came out.
"My reason is similar."Yami glanced at Yugi when he spoke up.
"I was tired of living in that town. My job wasn't helping to want me to stay and just the whole town seemed off for me."
Yami laughed."So we both wanted a fresh start."
"Mm-hm."Yugi nodded in agreement
When they crossed over from the astrology section, they walked into the sands of Egypt. Artifacts hung on the walls or sat safely in glass cases. The music changed from the soft music to Egyptian music to help set the mood. At one point a small trail led into the wall for a darker feel. When they ventured in they were presented with golden sarcophagus's and mummified bodies. Off in one of the corners was a small seating area with a TV quietly explaining the process of mummification. At one point they ran into a miniature pyramid that you could walk through. Yugi didn't read most of the facts and information written for visitors and instead focused on Yami who explained them instead. It surprised him at first how much he knew but he was happy to listen to Yami's teachings, enjoying listening to the others deep voice.
In the back corner of the top floor, there was a display of all different kinds of amulets and talismans the Egyptians use. At the end of the glass wall was a small machine with small golden capsules inside. Above the machine was a sign that read, 'TRY YOUR LUCK. WHICH ONE WILL YOU GET?'
"Want to try?" Yami asked
"Yeah."Yugi watched as Yami pulled out the twenty five cents needed with a hint of guilt. He felt bad that Yami had paid for all this but he just pushed the thoughts away knowing there was nothing he could do.
Yugi took the money and stepped up to the machine, slipping the coin into the slot and turning. It made a click as it was turned then the sound of something rolling and landing in the compartment came from the machine. He reached down into the compartment and grabbed the golden capsule.
"I'm going to wait to open mine until you have yours."
Yami nodded and stepped forward. He repeated the same process as Yugi and once again a capsule dropped down. With the capsule in hand, he turned to Yugi's smiling face. They popped the capsule open at the same time and stone amulets attached to strings fell out.
Yugi grabbed the end of his string and held it up so he could see the stone ladder attached. He starred at it for a second before looking over at Yami. in Yami's hand sat a heart-rain drop shaped stone with stone carved to look like rope wrapped around the string and looped over the main part a bit.
"Yours is pretty."Yugi commented
Yami nodded and turned to Yugi."What's your?"
Yugi showed Yami his stone.
"Ready to find out what they mean?" Yami asked
Yugi smiled widely before searching the glass wall. it wasn't long before they found the matching amulets.
"Found mine!"Yugi exclaimed and Yami walked over to where he was standing.
"Mine is the Ladder talisman. The Ladder talisman is connected to the heavenly world of the afterlife and is placed on a deceased's' body to help them to the afterlife. The story behind it is that Osiris had trouble reaching the heavens so Ra gave him a ladder to help." He read
"Maybe that means things will get better for you."Yami commented as he ruffled Yugi's hair.
"How?" Yugi asked as he pushed Yami's hand away with playful smile before shooting him a questioning look.
"Even though Osiris struggled someone was still there to him to a better place." Yami explained. Yugi just shook his head with a soft smile.
Yami returned the smile with one of his own as Yugi looked at his amulet.
"What about you?"
"Mines down here." Yami led them to the spot where his match sat.
"The heart amulet was worn to prevent black magicians from bewitching the soul and thus was placed on the deceased's body to protect the soul as it journeyed to the afterlife. This amulet represents good luck and protection."
That's one less worry for you then."Yugi laughed
"Do you want to move down to the second floor now?"
"Sure." Yugi answered ignoring the fact that Yami kept asking if he wanted to do something.
They made their way back over to the staircase and down to the main floor.
(Koobre: Yeah, nearly a whole week of snow days! i wanted to write this whole experience in one chapter but look at just one floor took up, so this event will carry onto the next chapter. this museum was inspired and slightly modeled after the Kalamazoo Valley Museum so if it might seem familiar, there you go. Some other amulets and constellations that I wanted to use but didn't were the Lotus and Nefer talisman, and Cassiopeia the Queen ans Scorpius the Scorpion. you can find them at (or .com or look up the talismans) and .org. Sorry for the long note. Please Review.)