I hate writing disclaimers so much. I do not own Yu-gi-oh, Yu-gi-oh GX, Princess Tutu or any other book, movie, whatever reference.

Chapter 3- What is this feeling?

My pulse slowed down and the feeling slowly disappeared when Mana leaves. I told her I was not feeling well and that I was heading home. I decided to change into some human clothes since I did not want to stand out when I walk back to my house. Yes, I have a house in the human world. It is near a beach on the Tokyo Harbor.

I still cannot figure out what that feeling was. I have touched Mana many times before but never before reacted like this. Maybe I was feeling sick.

I was about to head up stairs when the doorbell rang. I looked through the peephole to see who was there. It was Jasmine. Because she was so short, I could only make out the top of her head. There was a big lavender bow in her hair. I let her in. She was carrying a very big basket of muffins. She was wearing a red cape over a black and white checked dress with black shoes. She did always seem to wear the strangest clothes.

"Oh, I thought this was my grandmother's house." She said this with a very big grin on her face.

"Was it necessary to make all of those muffins?"

"I only made about two dozen."

"Fine come on in."

She sometimes looks so mature you would not believe she is only 12 years old. She also seems to be very popular with the guys even though she does not notice.

"What's wrong?"

I was shocked. How did she know something was wrong?

"There's nothing wrong," I lied.

"You're lying, tell the truth."

The thing about Jasmine is she can read your emotions like an open book.

"How could you tell?"

"Your eyes are swelled up, you sighed just a moment ago, and you are not even trying to kick me out."

She had a wide grin on her face for succeeding.

"Since you can read emotions, can you tell me what emotion I am feeling right now?"

"Hmm, let me see…"

She scratched her chin, trying to figure it out.

"You are angry because someone did something you did not like and you kept it bottled up."

That could be true, however, I could see nothing that made me angry at Mana.

"I do not think so."

"You are very sad because no matter how hard you try you will never succeed at completing your goal."

She had a wide grin on her face, hoping that she had guessed right. I think about this. It could be true. Sometimes I feel like Mana will never become a magician and I lose all faith, but not this time.

"This is a very tough one… I know! You have fallen in love with somebody and you don't know how to confess your feelings, while you are also unsure that it is love itself!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

She kept on talking anyway, despite my interruption.

"Your mind is telling you that you don't feel anything with this person, but your heart longs for her. You also think that you are right about not loving this girl, but you know I am right and that you have fallen in love. At the same time, you are still trying to confuse your mind by telling it you really don't have feelings for this person, but your heart knows you really do."

"What? I don't love anybody."

"See, that's what I am saying. Your mind thinks I am wrong and you're right, but your heart knows I am right that you are wrong and that I also…"

"Stop talking!"

She immediately stopped.

"Thank you. Do you really think that I am in love?"

"It is as plain as the expression on your face."

I considered this. If I am in love, who is the one I love?

"If I really am in love, who am I in love with?"

"Well, name all the females you came in contact with today. Then describe the contact. Unless it's improper. Then I don't want to know about it."

I could not believe I was going along with this.

"I saw the Harpy Lady Sakura today on my way to practice in the realm of the cards*. She did wave and I waved back and…"

"That doesn't sound like her, who else?"

"Then I saw the Mystical Elf. She was going to the church to pray."

"That description you gave sounds too vague to be her. Go on."

"I saw the Dark Witch Emily. I asked her if she knew where Mana was. She called Mana a powder-puff and told me she was on her way to the magic training school."

"You sounded upset the way she insulted Mana like that. I may be picking something up."

"I saw Mana today for lessons. I attacked her with Dark Magic Attack. She slammed against the wall. I reached out my hand to help her up. I suddenly did not feel well and told Mana to go home."

"AHA!" she shouted, snapping her fingers.

"What is it?"

"The way that you gave extra details with Mana and the fact you felt angry that Emily insulted Mana. You are in love with Mana!"

"You are crazy, you know that!"

"I may be crazy, but you know I'm right."

I hate to admit this, however she might be speaking the truth.

"You always said Mana loves you and she tells you this about 15 times a day. This can work out perfectly!"

She was so excited that she jumped in the air and almost knocked over a vase. I cought it just in time.

"You have to be a little more careful you know."

"Gomenosai.*"

"Besides, I cannot tell Mana I love her because…"

"You think it's improper for a master to love his apprentice and since you already told Mana this, she will think you only said this just to avoid her!"

"And also…"

"You think that Mana only loves you for your outside character. You think that ifyou tell her that you love her, she'll think you're not as cold and heartless anymore and leave you!"

"How do you do that? And what do you mean by heartless?!"

"Don't worry; we will make sure Mana will love you for your inside and outside character so that you can be a great couple. This is just like a romantic love story beginning to form. You'll be just like the couple from Romeo and Juliet!"

"But they die in the end."

"Just minor details. We will make sure you steal Mana's heart with your inner personality!"

She got excited again and knocked over the vase again. I cought the vase, but some water has spilled on Jasmine.

"Oh, great!"

In a flash of light, Jasmine's hair turned into a light shade of lilac, her eyes became violet, and her legs turn into a shiny tail. Every time Jasmine touches water, she turns into a mermaid and has to dry off before she can change back to normal. She is still wearing her dress and her cape, but her shoes, socks, and hair ribbon have fallen out. I get her a towel. After ten seconds when she is dry, she turns back to normal.

"So did you find your prince yet?"

"Not yet."

She said this with a sigh at the end. She knows if she saves someones life and falls in love with him, there's a danger that he could fall in love with another person. If that were the case, in only a few days she would turn to sea foam. I am trying to help her as much as I can, but unless we know her prince, there's not much either of us can do about it.

"If Princess Tutu and Rue make a sad story change into a happy ending, then so can I."

*You see, a long time ago there was this writer named Drosselmeyer. He wrote many stories including Swan Lake, The Red Shoes, The Sleeping Beauty, Copplia, Cinderella, La Slyphide, Giselle, The Little Mermaid*, The Pharoh's Daughter and many more. All of his stories came to life and roamed around his town.

The town first loved Drosselmeyer but then grew angry because his charecters caused mischief. Drosselmeyer wrote another story called The Nutcracker where he wrote himself into the story so he could keep controlling all his stories when he died.

The last story the old man ever wrote was The Prince and the Raven. He died before he could ever finish it, so the Raven and the Prince had an eternal battle with no winner. The Prince decided to take out his own heart to seal the Raven. His heart shattered into many shards all containing one of the Prince's emotions.

Drosselmeyer decied that he should make some charecters from his stories guardians of the stories so that they can protect the Prince. Most of the characters came to life. Some of them were fated to have sad endings, but they eventually changed them. Jasmine is one of these characters. She is hoping to do the same.

"I know we can make her fall in love with you," Jasmine continutes, "First you should lighten up your personality. Try being friends with Kuriboh."

"That is never going to happen as long as I live!"

"Okay, no Kuriboh."

"What does Mana want in me?"

Jasmine suddenly shouts out, "I have an idea! I can go over to Mana's house and ask what she looks for a lover."

"But that is spying, is it not?"

"Trust me, I know what I am doing."

She leaves the house. I wonder if all Jasmine said could be true. Do I really love Mana? There is only one way to find out. Ra, I hope this works.

*1- "Gomenosai" is Japanese for "I am sorry." (This is Psychoticbunny talking: I do not condone in using random well-known Japanese phrases in stories that are otherwise completely in English. However, I don't want a pet peeve of mine to evolve into some huge fight with Wasmina. So, basically, I do not approve. But I am too lazy to argue. Wasmina disagrees greatly and she's pretty annoyed with me right now. She wants you to know that she fought bravely, but probably got bored towards the end.)

*2- The little mermaid is not a real ballet the others are.

*3- The whole segment about Drosselmeyer was a reference to Princess Tutu. If it doesn't make sense to you, then I can't really explain it with more detail. So just smile and nod, sound good?

What do you think! I could not think of a better way of ending this. I don't like this chapter as much as the other one's. I do not think this one is funny enough. If you are wondering what does the little mermaid have to do with this you will see in a few more chapters. Be patient! Oh, and one more thing. I know in the last chapter there were many errors. I just wanted to tell you that on my document manager on fanfiction is acting werid. I edited that chapter about three times! It said it was succefully saved but all the smaller paragraphs I made were gone and all the mistakes were still there. I am going to figure out what is wrong with this. So hope see you untill the next chapter! Unfortunatly beta'd by Psychoticbunny.