After staying in the hospital for a day, Yugi and I were finally released this morning. I can't sleep right now, so I just stare at the Pendant. I can't believe that entire thing happened. But now that it's over, I'm just glad Yugi and I are alright.
"Yes, but this will never be truly over. I feel that same man will keep returning." The Pendant Spirit says.
"Then what are we supposed to do?" I ask her.
"The best thing to do is wait and see how it plays out. After that, we'll be able to come up with a plan of attack. But for now, you should just focus on sleeping."
"Yeah, but I feel like a total wimp. I almost died all because of a stupid fire."
"But don't forget that it was your intelligence that saved the Spirit of the Puzzle. You're the bravest girl I've ever met. And what makes you truly brave, was the way that you never left Yugi's side during that fire. Just trust me on this one."
"I guess you're right."
I go to sleep soon after. As Yugi and I walk to school the next day, Yugi seems to have something on his mind, but when I ask what it is, he ignores me. The rest of the school day goes by slowly, but eventually the school day comes to an end. I stand by the doorway and watch as rain pounds down to the ground. Great and I didn't bring an umbrella.
Yugi then walks up to me, "Hey Sabrina, you ready to go home?" he asks.
"Yeah, I guess the rain won't be too bad." I say.
I take a step forward, but Yugi stops me. "What is it Yugi?" I ask.
"Well, I err, need to ask you something."
"Sure, what is it?"
"Would you go on a date with the Spirit of the Puzzle?"
"WHAT!?"
"Well, I didn't mean it that way. I just thought that maybe if you showed him around town, maybe we could learn more about both of our Spirit's past. So, do you mind it?"
"I guess not. If it will give us more answers about the Spirits, then I'll go. I'm pretty sure the Pendant Spirit will be quite pleased though." I say chuckling.
The two of us walk home and try to work out the plans for tomorrow. We don't know of any places in the city that could help us, but we decide it's still worth a try. We decide to meet at the center of town, even though we live in the same house, we don't know when the other will be ready. After about an hour, I decide to go to bed. My sleep went surprising well though.
The next morning, I get up and start looking through my closet. Unfortunately, I never really had fancy clothes, but then again, this is a date, not a wedding. "Hey Spirit, since you're the one who actually likes the Puzzle Spirit, what should I wear?" I ask her.
Her face turns pink slightly, but she tries to hide it, "I don't know. Wear a skirt or something." She says.
I stop at the word 'skirt', "I haven't worn a skirt since I was little."
"So? You're bound to have one somewhere."
"Fine, I'll look for one."
I start rummaging through my closet to try to find a skirt that the Pendant Spirit apparently wants to wear, until I find one. It's a short black one that reaches to my mid-thigh. I put it on and wear a red t-shirt that has a turtle neck. "What do you think?" I ask the Spirit as I put my hair back into a ponytail.
"It looks nice. I can't wait for this date!" she says.
"Yeah, because you LIKE the Puzzle Spirit!"
"Oh, shut up."
I put on a pair of black flats, top it off with the Pendant on my neck and walk downstairs. I walk into the Game Shop area to see Grandpa cleaning off the counter, he looks up at me and notices my outfit, "Since when do you wear skirts?" he asks
"I'm just going out for a walk. What can a girl not look nice around town?" I say.
He looks skeptical, "Alright, have fun with your 'walk'." He says.
I try to get out of the Shop as fast as possible. That was close. I make my way to the fountain in the center of town and wait there. I feel totally ridiculous standing here, but it's something I'll have to live with. Eventually, I see Yugi running towards the fountain, but he stays a distance away from me. "Alright Spirit, this is where you take over." Yugi says.
The Puzzle glows and the Other Yugi is there. He looks around for a moment, and then realizes what's going on, "What the-? Yugi, this isn't a duel!" he says shouting to the Puzzle. I can't help but laugh, which now he notices me, "Oh, uh, hi." He says.
"Yeah. Listen, I'm going to guide you around town today. So just follow me." I say.
He shrugs and we start walking around town. I decide to go into a card shop to get a change of cards from the ones Gramps has. We pick out a few packs that contain pretty good cards in them and then leave.
As we start walking around town more, I hear the Pendant Spirit, "Sabrina, am I allowed to have some fun? I'm sick of being inside the Pendant." She whispers.
I look over to Other Yugi and see that he's not paying attention, "Alright. Have fun with your 'boyfriend'." I say.
~Yami Sabrina~
"Hello." I say.
He looks up, "Oh, hi. Nice to see you." He says.
"Same here." I say hugging him.
He returns the hug, and after, we start walking, hand in hand. The two of us get bored, so we decide to stop walking near a pier that overlooks the ocean. We stand there for a few minutes and stare out into the ocean. I sigh deeply, "What is it?" Other Yugi asks.
"I just wish this town actually had something to help us. I mean, I know our origin comes from Egypt, but this isn't exactly Egypt." I say.
"I know what you mean. There are still so many unanswered questions that we want to know."
"But, we'll figure it out together." I say kissing him.
After that big stream of emotion, we decide to walk around more. As we walk, I notice a flier on a post, "Hey look at this." I say.
He looks over, "What?"
"This flier. It says there's a new Ancient Egypt exhibit at the museum, which is just down there." I say pointing.
A smile grows across his face, "Then why are we standing here? Let's go!" he says practically dragging me forward.
We enter the museum and start walking. There are tablets and jewelry all on display, but nothing that will help us. I look up ahead and notice a doorway with rope in front of it and an arrow pointing in another direction. "What about that door? Do you think there's something in there?" I say.
"I don't know. But it's a restricted area." He says.
"So? I feel the Pendant is almost telling me to go inside. It must hold some pretty good secrets." I say walking toward it. As we approach the door, I look around to make sure no one will notice, and then slip inside.
There's a dark staircase leading down into the basement. I begin walking down it, with Other Yugi on my trail. We come to a room that is brightly lit up with some tablets against the back wall. My eyes focus more on one of them which has a man playing some kind of Ancient Duel Monsters with… Yugi!? "Whoa! This defiantly gives some clues." I say.
"Whoa, and look at his neck, he has the Millennium Puzzle!"
My eyes wonder over to another, smaller tablet next to it. It has a picture of a girl of some kind of royal ranking holding a bundle of blankets, which must be a baby in her arms and a giant dragon coiled around her, almost like it obeys her. "Is it just me, or does that girl resemble Sabrina?" I say.
He looks over at it, "I think it does." He says.
"And your right. I've been expecting you." A woman's voice says. I turn around to see a woman with long black hair, blue eyes, tan skin, and a long white dress.
"Who are you?" I ask.
"I am Ishizu. I have uncovered many mysteries about you two with the magic of my Millennium Necklace." She says.
"Another Millennium Item?" Other Yugi says looking to the gold necklace around her neck. "Like the Puzzle and Pendant, my Item grants me certain powers. With it, I have gazed five thousand years into the past, a time when evil threatened to destroy the entire world." Ishizu says. "But, there was one King who possessed the power to lock the magic away."
"And who was this King?" Other Yugi asks.
"That Pharaoh was you Yami. And the time has come for you to rescue mankind once again."
"How do you know that it's going to be destroyed again?"
"My Millennium Necklace also shows visions of the future. My Pharaoh… that same evil will come and destroy the world once again."
"Okay, but that doesn't answer who this girl is." I say pointing to the tablet.
"That's you. Some people referred to her as Nefertari, but her name wasn't fully known." Ishizu says.
My eyes widen. So that's my name? "Okay, but who's the baby in her arms?" I ask.
"That's her and the Pharaoh's daughter."
Did she just say daughter? We had a daughter!? Both of our eyes widen, "D-daughter?" we both say.
"Yes, she was a respected ruler. But I'm afraid those are the only answers I may give now. But I will tell you a Duel Monsters tournament will take place soon, you'll both receive an invitation."
Before we can object, she leaves the room. So our names are Yami and Nefertari. "So, we were married before?" I ask him
"I guess so. I guess that's why we had such a liking for each other when we were summoned by the Items."
"Yeah."
"I just feel better knowing that. And even better now that we actually know our names."
"Yes, but she said they were alternate names. They were names made up by some archeologist or something. But mine seems a bit long."
"Then shorten it. If you name if Nefertari, then how about I just call you Ari?"
"I can live with that. And what did she say about a tournament? Something about invitations waiting for us?"
"Yes, we better go check it out."
With that said, we exit the museum and head back to the Game Shop, wondering what this tournament will be.
Yay, the date episode! I kind of focused less on the date in general and worked more on the overall past description. And I'm sorry if Yami seemed slightly OC.