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Shandy: To Chapter Three!
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After school, Marinette had dropped Yugi off at home before telling everyone that she needed to get more materials for an outfit she was making (which was the truth) and then went to go and see Master Fu and Wayzz, explaining the situation to them.
"Ah, the Millennium Items..." Fu muttered. "I think I have a book in here somewhere that has been passed down from guardian to guardian throughout the ages- all of the past ones wrote down everything that happened during their lifetime to better educate the next guardians and the ones to follow... here it is." He pulled out a bunch of papyrus carefully, and Marinette was surprised that the papers didn't look as old as they were.
"Unfortunately, it could take a long time to translate all of this, I haven't looked through these since my mentor passed away- but I can tell you that the items are magical, and that they were created from evil to do good. Also..." He paused for a moment before chuckling. "Don't be surprised in any changes that you see in her personality or appearance- I assure you that it's natural, as natural as any of this is, anyway."
"Okay..." Marinette mumbled, confused about the appearance thing. Since when did Yugi have a major change in appearance and attitude? Then again, she had only known Yugi for a few days. "Thank you for this information, Master Fu."
"It is my pleasure, Marinette." Master Fu replied. "I pray you have a safe journey home."
"And I wish you luck on the translation." Marinette replied with a wave before she left, moving to walk down the street and back home.
So Yugi had magic. Magic that was created from evil to do good. She could have changed in her appearance and personality.
Was that why Adrien and Chloe seemed a little put off during the game? What exactly caused those changes?
She instead focused her attention on the extra fabric she had bought, excited to finally finish her project and see it on Yugi.
"Do you think it'll look good?" She asked Tikki casually.
"Of course it will!" Tikki cheered. "You're the one designing it!" Marinette giggled.
"I think you're a little biased, Tikki." She said
"Maybe." Tikki replied. "But is it biased if it's true?"
"Probably." Marinette shrugged.
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Yami found it humorous. Yugi thought it was pure torture- which was probably why Yami found it all the more funny.
Marinette always rejected her crush. Adrien never saw Ladybug trying to ask him out. Chloe had no idea that the people she hated were the people she fought with and trusted her life with. Alya was trying to get the same two people together in and out of the mask without knowing it, and was unaware that the other superheroes that she was trying to unmask were right beside her/ against her in their civilian lives.
"It's not fair!" Yugi exclaimed. It had only been a month and a half and she was already sick of the obviousness. Currently, she was wearing the outfit Marinette had made for her. It was a black shirt with white-fade-to-purple designs. The jacket, which had slipped off her shoulders while Yami massaged her shoulders to have better access, was white with black on the inside. Her pants (which Marinette had made before Yugi came and only had to fit it to her size) were normal blue jeans. The ribbon Marinette had bought was around her jacket, tying the bottom of it together kinda like a belt would to the top of her pants.
"Try not to think too much of it." Yami spoke, sitting behind her and massaging her shoulders. She was the only way he could interact with the world around them, so if she was touching an object, he could feel it too. The space where he sat on the bed was pressed upon slightly, hinting that he was sitting there. "After all, it is not in our place to intervene in their ways of life."
"I know, but I want to do something to get them to see it! It's killing me!" She said, some cards in her hands as she went through her deck, thinking of all of the strategies she could use and pondering on the ever-foreboding mystery of Yami's past. They knew he was a Pharaoh, who sacrificed himself for his people and for the world, but the both of them weren't satisfied with only that.
Ishizu had told them that in order to learn more, they had to go into Yami's memory world, where he would relive the last few days of his life before remembering anything else. And then he would have to leave to the Afterlife if Yugi won what was called the Cerimonial Duel, which had to take place after he went through the memory world if he wished to remember what he had learned. If he lost, or never dueled, he would forget much more than just what he had learned.
But the two did not wish to separate, and were looking for an alternative other than never going to learn of the past. They hadn't told anyone about this plan, as everyone was expecting them to go with the Duel, and no one knew of their relationship. Her friend's reactions when Yugi had notified them that he was a he and not a she were more than enough to discourage that revelation.
Suddenly, they could hear a commotion from downstairs, and when they walked down they saw that a young man was obviously bothering Marinette.
"Is something wrong?" Yugi asked quietly.
"Yugi!" Marinette said before glaring at the young man. "It's nothing I can't handle- go back upstairs." Meanwhile, the man smirked up at Yugi, eyeing her body, and Yami growled.
"Why, I didn't know this cutie lived with you." He said in a low voice. "Yugi, was it? I'm Vincent."
"Marinette?" Yugi asked, continuing to walk down the stairs despite what Marinette had told her to do, one of her hands resting on her Puzzle, the action drawing Marinette's attention.
"This idiot has been plaguing our shop for the past while now, chasing away mainly female customers with his perverted actions." Marinette glared heatedly at Vincent, who merely shrugged, eyeing the both of them up. A small flash seemed to emit from the Puzzle, unnoticeable to those who weren't watching closely. Marinette could now see what Fu had been talking about, especially now that Yugi was standing closer to her own height instead of half a head shorter. Vincent didn't seem to notice as 'Yugi' pulled out her deck from her belt, shuffling it with a dangerous smirk on her face.
"Alright, how about this." She spoke in a dangerously calm voice, though the man didn't seem to notice. "If you don't leave now, we go play a game outside. If you win, I won't ever comment on your presence here again. If you lose..." Something flashed in her eyes. "You will never come back."
"Alright, I'll play this game with you, but we'll be doing it right here." He winked at Marinette who's face showed clear dislike.
"If you insist." 'Yugi' relented, before turning to look at Marinette, complete seriousness in her suddenly crimson eyes. "Do you mind giving us some privacy? This will only take a moment." She side glared at the man, and although Marinette wanted to know what happened, Tikki was also urging her to leave.
"Alright." She nodded, moving to go upstairs. The second she closed the door, Yugi placed her deck on the counter.
"We both draw a single card." She spoke slowly. "Whoever gets the most powerful card wins."
"This is easy!" Vincent exclaimed, but 'Yugi''s smirk only widened. If he was innocent, they would tie. Yugi's monster would be more powerful depending on how bad he was. He picked up a card.
"Ha, I got a good one!" He said proudly, presenting his King's Knight card. 'Yugi' reached in and drew the next monster in the deck.
Slifer the Sky Dragon. Dang, she was doing this guy a favor.
'Maybe we should teleport him to the hospital if the punishments going to be that harsh.' Yugi sent to Yami. 'And we don't want to give Marinette and her parents a bad name, so he shouldn't remember anything about today. Best to stay low.'
'Of course, Aibou.' Yami replied as he turned the card around to show the unknowing man.
"What?! That card so overpowers mine!" He exclaimed, the card dropping onto the counter. Shadows seemed to erupt from the corners of the room, leaving them in a dark and shadowy really. A third eye, the eye of Horus, appeared on her forehead.
"You have done evil deeds and will now repent. You're punishment: Illusion of beauty!" She moved her open palm to in front of his face, some strange dark lightning moving from her fingertips to his head. Vincent fell backwards on where the ground was, and 'Yugi' waved her hand, the man beginning to disappear.
"When you wake, you will remember nothing of this, and whenever you change for the better, this curse will be lifted off of you." Then the shadows disappeared, she was back in the bakery, and everything was in the exact way she had left it, the only thing changing was that the man was no longer there. Yugi, now in control of her own body once more, looked up at the time and smiled. Only ten seconds had past. She waited a few more seconds before turning to look up the trap door that Marinette was most likely behind.
"Mari, I took care of him." Yugi said as she climbed up the steps. "He won't be bothering us ever again!" Marinette blinked when she heard this, opening the trap door only to see Yugi looking like, well, Yugi.
"Oh, thank you!" Then she paused. "How do you know that he won't be coming back?"
"I don't." Yugi shrugged. "But if he does then we can take care of him then." She smiled up at Marinette innocently, but Marinette suddenly had the feeling that Yugi wasn't talking about the two of them, but someone else...
She shrugged it off, thanking Yugi once more before going back to work. Yugi continued on upstairs and to her room, Yami projecting himself beside her.
"I think that was the least amount of suspicion we've ever gotten from someone after I did a game." He commented seriously.
"Don't read that far into it, Yami." Yugi brushed it off as she entered her room, closing the door behind her. "With how oblivious she is to the other super heroes identities I'm not surprised that she's not as suspicious as the others back at home were."
"I don't know..." Yami sighed, placing his ghostly head on Yugi's shoulder, nuzzling her neck. "I'm still not sure how I feel about the two magics deflecting and sometimes negating each other. If this Hawk Moth person were to go after you-"
"But he won't." Yugi giggled, turning so that she could hug her boyfriend back. "Remember what everyone told us? Hawk Moth sends Akumas to those who bear strong negative emotions. Even before you came into my life, it was hard for me to get like that." Then she paused, knowing that his consciousness wasn't soothed through the mental link the two shared.
"How about I talk to you in our soul rooms tonight?" It took a lot of energy out of Yugi, though she was beginning to store energy so that she could do it regularly without an interruption to her daily routine. Yami turned to look at Yugi, surprised. Usually, he had to wear her stubbornness down before convincing her to do it- she had never suggested it before.
"A-Are you sure?" Yami asked worried. "I mean-" Yugi's giggles interrupted him.
"I never though I'd see the day, My Yami hesitating on spending time in our soul rooms." She giggled again when he growled playfully at her.
"I'd love to." He whispered, holding onto Yugi tighter as her smile grew. Their soul rooms were probably the only place both could ever look, or be, solid. Though, instead of Body to body, it was soul to soul, and as such, even common touches that normal couples would do, like holding hands or kissing the other's cheek, had a much more bonding effect than any other thing. They literally talked about everything in their- it was also where they confessed their feelings.
Yugi smiled, smelling Yami's spirit. It smelled like cinnamon and some old, long forgotten smell that she could never name. She loved whatever it was.
"I love you, Mou Hitori No Boku."
"I love you too, Aibou, My Hikari." Yami mumbled in her hair, his transparent fingers combing through her hair.
Unknown to the two of them, a certain Kwami that had found Yugi's sweets stash had heard and watched the whole thing.
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"Tikki!" Marinette called out. "Tikki, where are you, I need help deciding if this looks good or not!" She looked around for the Kwami. Marinette had told Tikki to go ahead and eat whatever sweets she could find when Yugi had sent her away, but when Marinette returned to her room after Sabine came back from helping Tom in the back Tikki wasn't there. She had to retire from searching earlier, as it was dinner time, but now she was back in action.
That's when the Kwami finally appeared, but looked very pale at the same time.
"Tikki!" Marinette said, relieved. "What's wrong, you look like you've seen a ghost!"
"I did." Was Tikki's simple answer as she flew over to Marinette's pigtail and buried herself in it. "Tell me when it's safe to go and visit Master Fu."
"What, why?"
"I have some information that would be best explained only once."
"O...Kay...?"
"Also, you have patrol with Cat Noir tonight."
"Thanks for reminding me, Tikki."
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