I AM SO SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG TO GET OUT! I just sorta had writer's block cause I didn't know how to end it and it just kept going and going and I didn't know where to stop it. I am so sorry I took so long to update this! No, I'm not abandoning this fic ok.
I just now noticed I did not do a check over so there are probably a lot of errors and mistakes. Please excuse those, I just wanted to get this up so you guys wouldn't have to wait any longer.
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-Knowng the Past—
While Yugi did the las of the grocery shopping, the two priests were having their own conversation and a certain one having some thoughts.
"Mahado, how is it that yu know this boy?" Seto asked, looking at Mahado. Mahado just kept looking at Yugi.
"I knew him when we were kids. I'd say around when I was training to become the new priest for the Millennium Ring" Mahado said. Seto raised a slim brow.
"…You went beyond the castle walls?" he asked. Mahado nodded.
"Sheesh…Never thought you would be like my idiot cousin…" Seto sighed.
"For your information, Seto, I'm not" Mahado coughed, slightly annoyed.
"Then how do you explain the likeness of going beyond the castle walls?" Seto asked. Mahado glared at him.
"Just because I go beyond the castle walls doesn't mean I am like the prince" he said.
"Tch, whatever…" Seto said.
"I'm done with the shopping. We can go to my place now" Yugi smiled as he walked back to the three.
"Yugi, can you tell me what has happened these past years?" Mahado asked as they walked to Yugi's home. Yugi was silent.
"Yugi? What's wrong?" Mana asked, bending down while walking. Yugi gave a weak smile.
"I'm fine, Mana-san…I'll tell you later" Yugi said as he reached the front door.
"Grandpa, I'm home!" he called as he opened the door.
"Yugi! Welcome back!" his grandpa smiled as he saw his grandson. He blinked.
"Oho! I see you've some guests!"
"Yeah, I met an old friend and thought we'd talk a bit here" Yugi smiled. Mahado bowed, as a gesture of greeting.
"Now, now…don't be so formal!" Yugi's grandpa said.
"Thank you for letting us enter your home" Mahado said, making both Mana and Seto bow as well. Seto growled. 'So that bow wasn't just for greeting! The damn cocky little bastard! He was chanting too!' he thought.
"Yeah, thanks Grandpa!" Mana said.
"Mana!" Mahado smacked her on the head.
"Ow!"
"No need to worry! It's fine!" Yugi's grandpa laughed.
"I'm very sorry…please forgive her rudeness sir" Mahado bowed.
"Please, call me Sugoroku"
"Grandpa, yiou shouldn't be out of bed" Yugi said worriedly. Sugoroku just laughed.
"Hahahaha! I'm as fit as ever! There's no need to worry!" he said. He did a few exercises with his arm(as in bending to the side with one arm on the hip and the other arm at least above the head).
"OW! My back!" he howled.
"Grandpa!" Yugi sighed.
"I'm…alright…" Sugoroku said and walked into the kitchen to find something that may help his back.
"He's very nice" Mahado smiled.
"The only nice person left in this house" Yugi sighed. The three looked at him, confused.
"YUGI!"
Yugi cringed while the three guests slightly jumped, 10 feet in Mana's case. They looked to see a girl with shoulder length brown hair and ble eyes coming down the stairs and stopping in the middle of the staircase.
"Where were you?! What are you mjust standing there for?! Go and do your chres!" Anzu said. Yugi flinched. Mahado looked at Yugi, concerned and confused.
"A-Anzu…" Yugi said. Anzu blinked, noticing the three guests. She giggled.
"Oh my…That was embarrassing…Where are my manners? I'm Anzu…" she seductively smiled while blinking flirtatiously. Seto shivered, eye twitchying now and then. Mahado was just himself, surpressing a shiver. Mana looked at her master and glared at Anzu. Yugi mentally scoffed. 'She never ahd any manners to begin with' he thought.
"Yugi! What are you just standing there for? Go and welcome our guests!" Anzu said. Yugi glared at her.
"They're my friends…" he hissed. Anzuscoffed.
"Don't be ridiculous…You have no friends" she said.
"Yugi!"
Anzu, Yugi, Mahado, Mana, and Seto turned to see another girl walking to the stairs. She had wavy blonde locks, her bangs similar to Yugi's in a way, and had a slightly darker shade of amethyst etyes. She stopped and loked at the four. She greeted thekm with a nod.
"Hey, the name's Mai" she introduced herself.
"What great timing, sister. Come, let us make our guests feel comfortable. Yugi! What are you just standing there foir?! Go and make our guest something to drink and eat!" Anzu said. Yugi fklinched and gloared at her. Just as he was about to protest, the person he least expected beat him to it.
"Anzu, leave him be…They're his guests so let him do what he wants" Mai said. Yugi's already wide eyes went slightly wider. Anzu looked at Mai, bewildered.
"What are you saying Mai?!" she asked.
"Yugi, you can go with your guests" Mai said. Anzu was glaring at her by this time. Yugi just motioned the others to fopllow him and went up thje staiors. He passed both of his stepsisters, not looking at either of them.
"Yugi! Where do you think you're going?!" Anzu hissed.
"Leave him Anzu" Mai said. Yugi was by this point confused. Mai had just defended him twice! Anzu glared at Mai.
"We're going to be having a little chat about something, Mai" were the last words Yugi heard before he was out of earshot while goingn up the staris to his room with the others shortly behind him. Once they were in his room, he shut the door, moving his weight so he was leaning against the door.
"Yugi…when did you sleep here?!" Mahado asked, bewildered.
"I'll admit it's neat and all but making him live in this area is just…crap" Seto said, looking around.
"Poor Yugi!" Mana said. Yugi sighed.
"You might as well make yourselves comfortable with what little items to sit on…it's going to be a long story…" he said, going over and sitting on his bed, making it slightly creak by his weight pressing on the mattress. Thethree made themselves comfortable and looked at Yugi, telling him tht he could continue. Yugi sighed.
"Well…My dad married another woman shortly after you left, I'd say about 3-4 days after I guess… My soon-to-be-mother had two daughters, Mai and Anzu who you had seen already" Yugi began.
"So they're you're stepsisters?" Mahado asked. Yugi nodded.
"Things were still a bit fine after dad remarried…Grandpa still lived with us, my stepmom anddad were happy being together…Though Anzu and Mai always did pick on me, though I was picked by Anzu more than Mai. Dad dieda month later after he had remarried. My stepmom was heartbroken as was Grandpa…My stepmom died shortly after dad had gone and that's when I began to lose everything and ended up in the position that I am now…When my stepmom was gone, Anzu and Mai took everything away from me, one by one…And when every one of my possession was at least gone, they made me sleep here for they kicked me out of my own room…Grandpa couldn't do anything to stop them, for they would always shove him or something, and because of his old age, he couldn't really take them…Then I was reduced to being a servant to ateend their every need…And well, now you see me here" Yugi gestured to himself.
"That wasn't very long…it was actually quite short" Mana said. Seto glared at her.
"You're not making this anymore easier amateur" he said. Mana glared at him.
"Yugi, Anzu mentioned that you didn't have any friends…That's not the whole story isn't it?" Mahado asked. Yugi was silent for a while.
"That's not all…Anzu assumes that I don't have any friends…I have friends who are just like me…" Yugi said.
"You mean having two evil bitches of a stepsister and being their servant?" Seto asked.
"Seto!" Mahado looked a bit annoyed at him.
"What?" Seto ooked at Mahado. Yugi sweated.
"N-No…My friends have sisters but they're blood related…" he said.
"So all of you have sisters?" Mana asked. Yugi nodded.
"Care to tell us about their lives?" Mahado asked. Yugi looked hesitant.
"Well…To start, I have three friends, all male…They're Jonouchi, Ryou, and Marik…Jonouchi has an abusive and drunk father…His mother and sister, Serenity, moved away, leaving Jonouchi with his father. He gets hit a lot so you can see many gashes, cuts and bruises on him…Oh Ra, it was just too gruesome!" Yugi sobbed, clear tears forming into his wide innocent amethyst eyes.
"He would always just grin whenever we got worried. He's glad that it wasn't Serenity that got hurt…He and Serenity write to each other often, but today he told us that her writing was getting a bit messier…Serenity was also our friend so we worry about her at times…Then there's Ryou. He kind of has it easier than the rest of us. His sister is Amane…They're kind of like twins…But the problem is she gets sick very easily so that's why she mostly stays in bed. Their father is barely home, leaving Ryou to do everything…His mother died when he was little. Ryou is almost like the mother and maid, doing everything…He also gets sick easily but not as much as Amane. And then there's Marik. His father is also abusive and sometimes gets drunk. Marik gets hit and abused as well, probably as much as Jonouchi. He has an older sister, but she's a high priestess." Both Mahado and Seto's eyes widened and they looked at each other.
"He also had an older brother, Odion. They weren't bloodrelated…Odion was adopted, but they acted as though they were actually related. When Ishizu, his sister, wasn't around, Odion would always keep him company. When Marik was supposed to get beaten or was about to be beaten, Odion would always try to take the beatings. But…on that day…the beating was too serious and reopened a few of his old wounds…I can still remember that day as if it were yesterday…Odion died because of the beatings and the wounds…Ryou, Jonouchi, and I comforted Marik till he fell asleep…Ishizu didn't know about it because she was at the palace being a high priestess…That was the last time Marik cried…Marik endured all the beatings but never shedded a tear…We never brought the subject about his past and Odion after the incident…But we act like we've moved on…" Yugi slightly smiled. Mahado and Seto loked at each other then at Yugi.
"Yugi…would Marik's last name happen to 'Ishtar'?" Seto asked. Yugi blinked, a bit shocked.
"Y-Yes…How did you know?" Seto and Mahado looked at each other again.
"Yugi…We know Ishizu…the very same sister that is Marik's relative…She's a high priestess at the palace…as we are" Mahado said. Yugi gasped.
"Y-You're…both a high priest?" The two older males nodded.
"Mana-san, you too?" Mana blinked and laughed while shaking her hand.
"No, not me! I'm Mahado's apprentice, a magician in traingning!" she said.
"And an amateur at that" Seto said. Mana glared at him.
"Shut up! Would you like me to bestow something on you again?"
"You never bestowed anything on me…You bestowed it on Mahado" Mana blushed, recalling the previous incident. Mahado sighed.
"Mahado…Why didn't you tell me that you were going to be a high priest?" Yugi asked.
"If I did, would you still act the same as you are now?" Yugi looked down at the floor.
"I thought so" Mahado sighed.
"But…if you're a high priest, then why didn't anyone bow to you?" Yugi asked. In the town, everyone bowed to the highers that resided in the palace out of respect.
"Because of these" Seto said, taking out a golden rod with two ax-like things on the side and an eye in the center of the sphere. Unknown to Yugi, underneath the small golden shaft at the bottom was a dagger attached to the rod.
"What is that?" Yugi asked, looking at the golden object.
"It's called the Millennium Rod. There are seven Millennium Items in all and all six high priests as well as the king own one item" Seto explained.
"Then do you have one, Mahado?" Yugi asked, looking at the other male. Mahado nodded and lifted a golden ring with five golden spikes and had a triangle in the ring and the same eye in the center of the triangle.
"Mine is called the Millennium Ring" Mahado said.
"What are the others called?"
"The others are the Millennium Key, the Millennium Scale, the Millennium Eye, the Millennium Necklace, and the Millennium Puzzle. Ishizu wields the Millennium Necklace. The Millennium Puzzle is probably the most sacred of the seven by far, for it is the signal that the person or heir is now the king" Seto said.
"What does it do?"
"My item can sense other Millennium items; Seto's can contrl other people's minds; Ishizu's can look into the past and future, though when it pops up is unpredictable; the Key can see into people's soul; the Scale weighs the evilness in the person, the Eye can read other people's mind; the Puzzle…well…in truth we don't know what the Puzzlle can do…None, not even the king, knows its powers…" Mahado said. Yugi shivered at some of the item's abilities.
"Don't worry. We don't use it on citizens without a reason, though we can probably use it on the amateur over there" Seto said. Mana glared at him.
"Hey!"
"But…what are you guys doing here?" Yugi asked. Mahado and Seto sighed.
"Well…Our prince wanted to come outside…" Mahado said, placing a hand on his forehead.
"He was too fucking bored and wouldn't shut the fuck up…" Seto groaned.
"Seto! Watch your language!"
"Ah, shut up! I'll curse if I have to!" Mahado and Seto glared at each other. Yugi sweated.
"Ano…Mahado…If you're worried about me hearing swears and curses, I'm kind of used to it…" Yugi said. Mahado looked at him, bewildered.
"You mean you hear it all the time?!" he asked. He couldn't believe it. Someone as innocent and pure as Yugi hearing curses all the time?!
"Well…You can say that" Yugi said, slightly sweating.
"And praytel, where do you hear them?"
"From Marik and Jonouchi" Yugi answered, blinking. Mahado's head hung low.
"Ne, is it possible for us to see your friends?" Mana asked. Yugi looked hesitant.
"Well…I'm not exactly sure…The group doesn't take strangers or other people too well…We're not used to other people joining our group…The last one that joined our group was Odion…" Yugi lowered his eyes. "After that incident, we never had anyone else joining us when we meet…"
"Are you guys going to meet later?" Mahado asked. Yugi nodded.
"Yes, in a few more minutes."
"Is 'Amane' also part of your group?" Seto asked. Yugi nodded again.
"Yes, but she rarely meets with us because of her…well, problems…"
"Yugi, take us with you…please…I want to know what has happened while I was gone. I want to help you guys, if possible" Mahado said. Yugi was silent for a while.
"…Alright…" he said after a few seconds. "But, please excuse any hostility or any toher rude behavior that Marik and/or Jonouchi should show, as they don't trust people they don't know too well…"
At that statement, Mana and Mahado looked at Seto. Seto glared at them.
"What?" he snapped.
The group met at the same alley they had met a few minutes ago. The only ones who were there were Marik, Jonouchi, and Ryou. The albino would from time to time look at the opening to see when Yugi would appear. Jonouchi sighed, leaning against the wall.
"Ryou, relax…Sheesh, yer such a worrywart…" he yawned. "It wouldn' come as a surprise to me if ya became a mother…"
"Jonouchi!" Ryou blushed and glared weakly at the blonde. Marik snickered.
"You're so motherly, Ryou" Ryou turned his glare to Marik.
"Marik, shut up…" The taneed boy just snickered again.
"But it's true! You're like a motherhen, man!" Ryou's blush deepened.
"Well, someone has to watch out for the group…And you two always make so much mischief who knows what would happen if caused another commotion" Ryou sighed. This time it was Marik and Jonouchi's turn to glare at the albino.
"Hey!"
"Guys?" The three boys turned their heads to see Yugi's head popping out bhind the corner.
"Yugi?" Ryou blinked.
"Yug'! You're finally here! Ryou here was being such a worried mother again" Jonouchi joked, grinning and pointing to the albino. Ryou blushed and glared at the blonde again. Marik grinned.
"So what's up?" he asked. Yugi bit his bottom lip as he slightly shifted behind the corner. Ryou blinked, noticing his friend's nervousness.
"Yugi? What's wrong?" he asked. Yugi became even more nervous.
"Um…I-I brought some of my friends here…Is that ok?" he slowly asked. The others blinked, surprised. Jonouchi and Marik got a bit wawry. Marik's lavender eyes shlightly narrowed.
"Who?"
Yugi shifted once again and came out into the open. He went in to the alley and looked behind him.
"Um…One of my childhood friend and his friends…" he said. Three people came out behind a corner and entered into the shadowed alley. Marik, upon seeing them, narrowed his eyes even more and every nerve and muscle in his body was alert and tight. Jonouchi slightly glared at them and was on guard, just in case. Ryou looked a bit worried and slightly stiffened. Yugi looked nervously between the two groups. The aura was tense and he was afraid that a battle might break out. Ryou looked to Yugi.
"Yugi…" The mentioned boy gave a weak and nervous smile to the albino. Ryou was also worried about the outcome of this…meeting.
"W-Well…let's introduce everyone, shall we?" Yugi weakly asked. What a great way to ease the tension…Note the sarcasm in there.
"These are my friends that I talked to you about…This is Ryou" Yugi said, motioning to the fragile and pale albino.
"This is Marik" He motioned to the tanned boy with the shoulder-length platinum blonde hair.
"And this is Jonouchi" He motioned to the slightly tanned boy with messy honey-colored hair.
"Guys, this is Mahado, my childhood friend..." Yugi introduced, motioning to the male with shoulder-length chocolate-colored locks in the front.
"This is Mana-san" he motioned to the only female in the group.
"And this is Seto" he concluded, motioning to the last male with short brown locks.
It was silent for a while. The tension was so thick that you could cut it with a butter knife. Yugi alternated his gaze between the two groups, worrying about the outcome of this meeting. He glanced at Ryou to see that the albino also had the same worried look that he had.
"So, um…" Yugi wrung his hands together nervously. If this continues, he thought he would faint from the tension soon!
"Heya!" Mana smiled widely, finally breaking the tension and silence. "So you're Yugi's friends! Nice to meet ya!"
There was another awkward silence after that. Marik blinked as if snapped out of a trance and shifted, a slightly confused yet still wary look on his face. Jonouchi cocked a brow at the unexpected greeting.
"Uh…sure…" Marik replied, a little unsure of how to respond.
Ryou and Yugi both released a breath that they didn't know they had been holding. Yugi looked between the two parties.
This was going to be a long day.
Again, I'm really sorry it took me so long to update this fic but I have an announcement to make concerning this fic.
After this chapter, there will be no more updates for this. Now hold that thought. No, I am not discontinuing this fic, I will finish this as with my other fics unless otherwise stated on my profile. No, I'm not discontinuing this. I am rewriting this fic. I'm redoing everything and basically just restarting. I will be rewriting everything in this fic starting from chapter 1. I looked back and read the previous chapters and I just really didn't like it. I had written this fic when I was starting to write fanfiction and so my works sounded a little childish(?) and amateurish (I'm not saying I'm a pro at writing now as I'm really not but I'd like to think that my writing's improved a bit than when I first started) and obviously I didn't see anything wrong with it back then. However, after looking back on this fic, I just didn't like the outcome. I didn't like how I typed, I didn't like how I wrote this, I made a lot of the characters OOC, everything just seemed wrong and bad and I just really want to redo everything.
Yes I know, I took a lot of years to finish this chapter and now that I've updated, I'm here saying that everything will be rewritten. Yes, again I am sorry that I took so long. I know there's no excuse for my "laziness" and lack of updates but I do also have a real life. As much as I would want to keep writing and update my fics everyday, I can't. Right now, I'm in college and I have classes and I also have to go work when I'm not in class. Also add on to the fact that I have other things that I need to work on like my art, my projects, my cosplay, etc. And I'm just really stressed with a lot of things and right now I'm having family problems as well.
Again, I know I can't justify myself in terms of the lack of updates and once again I am terribly sorry to have kept you all waiting for so long. I also want to thank you guys for sticking with my sorry ass for so long. I love all your guys' reviews and I really appreciate them. Your reviews are a part of what keeps me motivated to continue. So I really appreciate them all.
So, I hope you have enjoyed this fic while it lasted and I hope you look forward to the new and revised version of "A Dream is a Wish." I will try and post the revised version of this fic as soon as I can and I'll also try to update all of my other fics and see if I can update on a regular basis. I can't guarantee or promise anything, but I will try my best to get things out.
Once I've posted the revised version up, I will let you all know by stating to go to the new fic in here, either as a new "chapter" or in the summary section. With that, this fic is now complete and closed, with the curtains falling down to signal the end of the show.