Atemu gasped in shock at the sight of his results on the page.
The search results said at the top in very bold print that was visible to even the blindest man;
Search results for Yugi Motto, over 90,000.
Atemu knew he was popular, but not that popular, I guess being a popular game player makes you popular.
He decided to look on a sharing program called: bios on stud Celebes.
He looked at the information and read it in shock as he scrolled down the page slowly and almost in a paralyzed way.
Name: Yugi Matto
Age: 17
Interests: video games, reading and music
Past relationships- was once with Wittney Sword, but then broke up in late 2005.
Currently dating- Kelly Jasion
The information was all wrong.
They had the age wrong, his name wrong…and as far as Atemu knew, Yugi had yet to date a girl, not to mention two.
Atemu sighed and exited his search that brought nothing good of itself; obviously the internet was not going to help him in this situation.
He paid for his coffee and left the café in a slight rush with his steps, not paying attention to anything around him, still determined to find out what was new with Yugi, without talking to him in person.
But he didn't know what to do, if he went to him, then would Yugi be mad at keeping him in the dark all this time.
Its not like Atemu had a choice in this matter, he had to start from scratch, the ground floor to make a living in the city (since he did not have any money on him when he started) and only now he had the time to actually track down his old friends and Yugi, he wanted to find them as quickly as possible, but everyone needs to live, right?
He walked in a rapid pace to what appeared to be abandoned house by the shore of the beach.
Children were playing on the sandy, golden beach, the bright colours of the ocean shone brighter than a thousand suns; nothing could have been as beautiful to anyone as this was to Atemu.
Though he ignored this and continued.
Unfortunately, where Atemu was heading, was not as beautiful as the poetically conceived beach.
He swung the door open with no effort as he walked into the damp house that smelled like mould.
He got a whiff of those disgusting rat droppings as he planted his bag down quite loudly, as if not caring where it landed.
Well it wasn't really a house you could say; it was more of a death bed, though to Atemus' knowledge no one had died in the house, which made him feel slightly better.
The walls were barely paper thin, while the ground was covered with a thick plaster like substance that Cal had put in so Angel would not stab her foot into another nail. (An accident that happened before Atemu came to join the group)
"Hey, watch it Ate! You could throw the hinges off that door"
Said the forever cool voice of Shecka, in her comedy acting voice that was similar to that of stand up comics.
That voice Atemu loved more than the beach out on the shore, which was saying something.
Shecka's voice had power, but it always sounded laid back when she was talking to her friends.
She used it to her advantage as well; her voice tone could make her friends nervous, or happy.
But if there were bullies or other people involved, her voice could get nasty and snappish within moments.
That voice was the 1st he had heard directed to him since his rebirth, and he had grown to know it in a short timeframe.
Atemu shrugged and looked at Shecka; she had been sitting on a small couch (which the group had saved up for) with her body flung on both sides, as if trying to say to keep away from her couch, though it wasn't exactly her couch. (Though no one bothered to argue with Shecka as they were usually tired when they got home.)
"Sorry Sheck', im not feeling all that well."
Apologized a very tired and depressed Atemu as he sat on the floor in a Japanese like position.
Shecka looked back him with those sapphire eyes that one could lose them in rapid time when used properly.
She yawned and stretched rather oddly, though Shecka always stretched in odd positions and didn't really cared for sitting in normal positions, something everyone got used to, and then she responded in a curious tone.
"What do you mean "not feeling all that well"? What's wrong? Angel got your tongue?"
Atemu laughed, he had too. Shecka was good at making people laugh even if they were depressed.
Perhaps it was from her acting experience that she could change her voice tone to mean any personality, whatever it was though, Shecka was sure good at turning the tone of your usual conversation.
Atemu put his hands behind his head, making a secure area to lay his head by, though it looked like he was lounging about like a street kid by just gazing at him, though this was hardly the case.
He was thinking of how to phrase what he was angry about, well not angry, just confused about.
With Shecka, you had to phrase things just right or she would take things the wrong way, especially with these subjects.
After a few seconds of debate on how to phrase the sentence he answered slowly, but tried to hide that by shifting to the side, as to say that he was multitasking and that was reason he was being so slow.
"Its one of my old friends, you see I haven't seen him since I started my new life on the island, and I am trying to find him."
Shecka moved her head at an angle and thought about what Atemu had said, though it looked quite foolish from Atemus' gaze, but that was the usual Shecka, the one he was used to and if he thought about it, he wouldn't want, or imagine, her any other way, she was she and he was he.
Simple as that.
Atemu did not know what she was thinking about, but all he knew was that Shecka always tried to phrase things in a humorous way as to brighten the darkest of conversations, or at least when the conversation wasn't all to serious at the time, something that Atemu enjoyed about the girl.
After a minute of Shecka's confused, but quite cute face (though Atemu would never admit he thought it was a cute face, or at least to Sheckas' face) she responded in a light tone.
"So you're telling me you had a life before this? Wow, that's shocking…so who's the chicken? Old crush?"
Atemu smiled into those Sapphire eyes and corrected her in a matter-of-fact tone.
He found it entertaining when Shecka got things the wrong way, that is, well, when she didn't explode at an incorrect way of speaking.
But Shecka always said "if your going to talk to me, talk properly", Atemu understood what she meant quickly, as he found it annoying when people said things so bluntly and generally, the phrase they said could mean multiple meanings, instead of the one the person intended to mean.
Though Atemu always knew what people meant, as he had gotten accustomed to peoples vague ways of talking.
Shecka understood as well, she just couldn't stand it though.
Shecka would get angered if people said things that could mean two meanings, like speaking in riddles.
She could speak in riddles, but decided against it.
But she rarely made a mistake like she just did so here, but that could be because he blood was rushing to her head with the position of her head on the couch.
"HE is Yugi motto."
Shecka laughed a hearty laugh and responded in a quick manner that shocked Atemu. (Which usually Shecka would take at most a minute to respond)
Atemu brushed back a stray hair and listened to his friend.
"Hey you didn't answer my other question, is he your old crush! Wait…Yugi motto,"
Shecka got up and put her hand on her chin, as if she was trying to mimic a statue of some sort, but probably didn't mean to as she wasn't very interested in statue art, actually she wasn't interested in any art to be honest.
She liked her little sisters' art, but she never liked going to galleries, nor did she enjoy making art.
She pondered hardly for about three minutes hardly while Atemu waited.
Though he was used to those long breaks of silence, after he had met all of his new friends, he found it almost natural for them to take 5 minutes to wait and think about. Something (except for Angel, she didn't really ponder on these things as the others did, she liked being blunt, I guess it was just in her personality)
Heck, he had even started to notice that he was prone to think for a couple of minutes to give a straight answer.
I guess hanging out with two long thinkers grows onto people, like a parasite on a tree, though this wasn't destroying Atemu.
Atemu would think over a phrase someone said at different angles, again and again, so his answer would be the most worthwhile for the situation.
He found out after that he found more powerful answers and questions when he talked, and he enjoyed having that advantage at his speech disposal.
Shecka finally answered after the pause, but neither of them took notice to the pause in the conversation, not that they cared.
They had all the time in the world at the moment, so who really needed to keep track of it?
"Isn't he like a king of games or something?"
Asked Shecka in curiosity, moving her hands in an almost cat like position that was probably from a show she watched.
Shecka didn't care for games of any sort, the only thing she really did pay attention to was the latest anime, so it was a wonder that Shecka even knew that at all.
Though Shecka was smart, so she might have seen him on a poster of some sort, or perhaps she overheard it in a conversation.
This will be answered soon enough though as we continue.
Shecka continued, as if she was saying what she was thinking;
"Yes…I remember I saw an ad for him at the end of the latest Haruhi book…pretty prestige to get there…"
Atemu nodded in agreement, indeed Yugi would have to be popular to be on one of Sheckas' anime magazines'. (Which if he had called it an "anime magazine" out loud; Shecka would have corrected him by saying manga, which had happened many times, but he had finally trained himself to say manga, though it was out of spite and he didn't enjoy pronouncing the word so oddly)
Shecka had gotten up by this point; she had started pacing slightly left and right, like a caged animal.
That had irritated Atemu immensely, but he had other problems beside Shecka's distressed walking habits, so he paid slight attention.
He didn't really know what to say, but he kept on pondering.
Atemu finally decided to get back into the conversation but then a booming voice had entered the room.
"HELLO EVERYONE KI!"
Yelled the always noticeable voice of Angel, she was always happy and Atemu had yet to see her in an unhappy mood, nor an angry mood.
The sporty girl always added a "ki" to everything, the 1st night Atemu had lived there he had asked her why and she responded with;
'Everything in life needs a Ki-Ki-Kick!'
And no one since had questioned her on it, I guess it was just a catchphrase to her, such as a motto, only with more of a light hearted feel to it then anything meaningful that he had heard.
Or at least that's what Atemu thought.
Shecka smiled and responded to Angel in her slightly nicer than her usual tone, as she always did with her little sister.
Perhaps it was because they were sisters, or perhaps it was that they knew each other longer then anyone else knew them, but Angel and Shecka were just closer then any of the rest.
They never fought like usual siblings, perhaps it was because they never had anyone else there whole lives and gotten used to the fact that mommy wasn't there to split there fights up.
"Hey Ang, me and Ate are kind of busy, can you talk later to me?"
Angel frowned and responded in a cute tone that she almost always spoke it.
It was almost like a too sweet tone, but it was perfect.
I guess that why they called her Angel, though it was most likely by chance that she was called her name by her tone of voice.
She acted like a five year old, but she only did so because she wanted to act like a five year old.
She had learnt to mature quickly, but she caught back up for those lost years with her personality.
"But Sheckie, I have news! Seto Kaiba is on the island! Ki! When I was coming home from baseball I saw a sign Ki!"
Atemu looked up, his eyes flaring with a passion of excitement and flare of memories of duelling.
He had not duelled since his last duel with Yugi because he did not have the time with having two jobs to keep afloat.
Though he hadn't really cared about duelling since he was brought back to this time, no, his time, but he never really thought of it before that moment.
Even it was Seto Kaiba; it would be somewhat of a challenge.
Shecka on the other hand gave a snort of disgust as she waved her hand as if she was trying to make the topic go away physically, though it was just an imaginative idea as she started a speech.
"Pah, who cares? Personally I don't think why he should come to the island…seems like a waste of time"
Her words were full of distain and disinterest as she dropped herself back on the couch quickly, and disconnected herself physically from the conversation, but still kept hold of it mentally.
Atemu sighed in utmost tiredness, he hadn't had a proper sleep for awhile and time was starting to take a total on his body.
Oh how he wished they had enough money for a nice bed, but they only had one couch they had brought second hand from one of there good friends. (Which Shecka usually sat at like a lion, a pet peeve of Atemu he had discovered, people taking couches)
Atemu responded, ignoring Shecka's well rehearsed rant that she planned on the spot, his eyes directly on Angels' sweet eyes.
"Where is he going to be? When?"
Angel shrugged and asked in a cute voice, (a voice that she usually used to get information from people) her eyes on Atemu.
Angel brushed a hair away from her head almost unknowingly, though most people don't know when they do such things, so this was not just a Angel thing, even Atemu did that himself with his midnight blue hair.
"He's here right now Ki! He's at Costco Ki! Why do you want to know? Ki!"
Shecka sighed and jolted up again from the bed (Atemu had gotten used to her moving, she moved amazingly quickly when she wanted to, but usually she didn't advert to this as quickly as others.) moving to the upright position, she physically came back to the conversation as to bring her message across loud and very, very clear.
She was obviously determined to get her point across without having to resort to yelling. (in which she usually didn't have to do, most of the time because no one usually cared what happened in the situation, that's where Shecka leadership came in, though Atemu usually fought on things he believed in so this led to many small fights. Though most didn't really matter, but this was a different matter then someone being late for food money.)
"Well duh, he wants to know where that fool is so he can prank him!"
Shecka answered Atemu question quickly as if with no effort (as she usually spoke for her group in these situations) as she yawned purposely, like she was just bringing the fact of how easy it was to brush a topic aside.
Atemu shook his head and protested to Shecka in a calm tone.
He never yelled to anyone anymore, he soon figured out that it just lead into more fights, which was something he did not want.
Atemu had learnt to control his temper since the past six months had come and gone.
Not only that, he had learnt how to control all his emotions, instead of letting his emotions control him.
That was a mistake he had made back when he was with Yugi, probably another reason why he got hurt more than a usual kid.
Though he made it his mission to control his emotions, a goal he had reached very quickly, as I have just said.
"No, I want to duel him."
Even Shecka couldn't control her shock for a second, but then adverted back to her usual cool gaze as she started to walk outside, making a sign for Atemu to follow.