***Deka-*chasing Yami with a frying pan* You idiot*** ***Nina-*laughs maniacally* She'll never figure out it was me!***
***Sakura-What did you do?***
*** Nina-I sent her favorite bracelet to the shadow realm and told her Yami did it.***
*** Sakura-*smirks* Nice. *high fives her past self* ***
***Yugi- *chasing Deka* Deka-chan! Will you please stop chasing Yami!***
*** Deka- Not until he apologizes for sending my favorite bracelet to the shadow realm! It was the freaking ultimate in gothic accesories!***
*** Yami- *hides behind Nina* I didn't do it! ***
***Atem- *points at Nina* She did it... *** ***Nina-*slaps Atem upside the head* You idiot! Now look what you've done!*** ***Deka-*cracks knuckles* O-h, you're gonna get it now...*chases Nina*** ***Nina-*running for her life* N-O! 'KEFI, S-AVE M-E!*** *** Akefia-*raises eyebrow* Why should I Do that? AND STOP CALLING ME 'KEFI!*** ***Yami- HA! Now you see how it feels!*** *** Sakura- *sighs* While De-chi chases Nina, I'll do the disclaimer. De-chi owns nothing but the plot and her OC's. ***
***Deka- *has Nina in a headlock* Enjoy and Arigato gosaimasu for reading!***
Yugi and Yami walked toward Yugi's parents house, he was feeling really nervous. No, scratch that. He was feeling on edge with worry, he was going insane with non-optimistic thoughts.
He was just plain scared.
"Yugi, are you okay? You seem a bit tense."
Yugi looked over at Yami, he smiled uneasily "Just a bit nervous."
Yami smiled calmy at him. "I'll be here with you, you don't have to be nervous."
Yugi sighed heavily "I know it's just, what if they don't like it?"
Yami chuckled lightly "What? Me? They like Atem, why wouldn't they like me?"
Yugi thought for a moment, then he laughed "I guess you're right..."
Yami laughed wholeheartedly "Of course, but your worrying is quite amusing."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Yami shrugged absentmindedly "I don't know, you just look amusing when you worry for absolutely no reason."
Yugi raised an eyebrow at the odd comment, but brushed it off as they came to his parents house. He knew he didn't need to, as his parents usually left the door unlocked, but he always felt that it was neccessary, so he raised his fist and lightly knocked on the front door.
There was a soft 'come in' as a reply and, then Yugi opened the door to reveal a thick cloud of black smoke being desparately waved away by Senji, Yugi's stepfather. The older man coughed before running over to greet his stepson. "Hello,Yugi, and who might be this young man?"
"Actually, dad I need to find mom first. Do you know where she is?"
"Last time I saw her she was in her studio."
Yugi smiled and thanked his stepfather before leading the way to his mother's studio. When he came up to the wide opened double doors, he smiled warmly at the sight. His mother's face, hands and smock were dirty, with her waist-length black hair tied back and a smile on her face as she put, what seemed to be the finishing touches on a painting of Heba and Atemu.
The painting was quite large, life sized actually, and Heba was wearing a traditional Japenese Prince's kimono, while Atemu wore an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh's attire, and the two were embracing lovingly. There was a lone cherry blossom tree in the backgroung of what seemed to be the pharaoh's garden.
"Seems your muse has come back, mother."
Akina, Yugi's mother, jumped slightly at the suden sound, her lilac eyes, bulging with surprise. "Yugi! Oh, good heavens, don't scare me like that!" She said as she place her hand over her heart.
Yugi giggled at his mother's absentmindedness, and walked over dragging Yami behind him. A large grin painted itself over his face as he introduced Yami to his mother. "Mom, this is Yami Sennen. Yami, this is my mother, Akina Datsu-Mouto-Sanjima."
"It's a pleasure to meet you Yami."
"The pleasure's all mine Mrs..."
"You can just call me Akina. My last names can be a mouthfull!"
"So, what are you working on mom? Is it a gift for Atemu and Heba?"
"No, actually. It's for their wedding."
"THEY'RE ENGAGED!?" Exclamed the two star-headed males.
"No, not yet, but Atemu came over and asked me to help him shop for Heba's ring!" She clapped her hands excitedly "Isn't that great? Oh I can't wait to see the look on Heba's face when he sees it!"
Yugi's mouth curved into a smile and so did Yami's, they were happy for their siblings. "What does the ring look like?" Asked Yugi.
His mother got up and went over to her desk and got her phone to show them a picture of the ring. Yugi gasped, and Yami just gaped.
It was a white and yellow golden twist for the band with eight white diamonds on the top surrounding a custom ruby-amythest jewel. When she showed then the next picture, whch was the inside of the band, and it read **Atem's Beloved Heba**.
"Wow" was all Yami could say.
Yugi was speechless.
Akina was grinning like a mad woman.
"It's just perfect isn't it? I mean, it is a bit flashy, but do you think Heba will like it?"
Just as Yugi was about to answer, his cell phone rang. He pulled it from his denim clad hip and slid his thumb across the srceen. "Hello?"
There was a scream so loud that Yugi had to hold the phone away from his ear. "Heba?! He-Heba calm down!... Really?... That's great!... No I'll tell her... I'm at Mom's... Ok, I'll see you later. Bye." He smiled and hung up his phone. "Well, he definitely likes the ring."
Akina grinmed and clapped her hands excitedly. "Oh, I just knew he would love it!"
"He said he was coming over too so I guess I'll stay here and wait for him."
"Ok then, well why don't we go and see if Senji has murdered dinner yet."
Yugi smiled at his mother knowingly "Pizza?"
Akina nodded "Pizza."
TBC