Latias: here is the next chapter!
Mudd: Disclaimer- we do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Mas: we also do not own anything else that might be mentioned that has a copy right
Dark Latias: try to sue us for claiming ownership, and you'll eat my flames!
Plusy: evil look and if you like flames or are unaffected by them, we'll come up with other means
Latias: ;; - by the way, this fic will eventually be YY/Y, B/R, M/M. it will be mild though, nothing big like a bunch of make-out scenes (not even in the days the fic doesn't list, if you know what I mean). for one, we haven't written anything like that before, two, I can't imagine any of the characters in this fic doing such things, and three, if I did and my dad's girlfriend found out she will be mad at me, and trust me, nobody is safe when she is mad…………………………………………………………………………………………………now on with the fic!
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Computers have the capabilities of the evilest things……
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I'd Rather Not Know – Chapter 4: Thinking About the Past and Playing Games
"Yami!"
There was a loud bang and things went black. After a while the young the Mautrix woke up to unfamiliar surroundings.
"Mommy, where am I?" he asked, scared from all the noise.
His mother smiled at him sadly, for some reason he couldn't see her face, "You are on one of the ships Crawler was designing…there was an accident…we don't have a home now…the Cardians said those of us that survived can stay with them for now……"
"Mommy, what are you t-talking a-about?!"
"Our home planet is no more, my prince."
The last part echoed in his ears…
Yami woke up suddenly, sweat covered his entire body.
"Another dream…" he fell back into the bed, breathing deeply, "…Just another dream…"
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"Morning, ev-er-y-bo-dy!" Yugi had on a big, bright smile as everyone met in the hallway.
Bakura glared at her, "What are you so freakin' perky about at this hour?"
"I looked out the window, the sun is shining, and I heard a few birds singing. Today's going to be nice and sunny!…And I ate some chocolate."
Malik rubbed her eyes sleepily, smiling, "Yugi's Daily Weather Report. Always accurate and always delivered with a smile."
Bakura looked at her skeptically, "Even if it's a storm that could destroy everything in its path? I doubt she would predict that with a smile."
Malik clapped her hands together with zany smile on her face, "Oh yes, even that. Just stay within a ten mile radius of Yugi and you won't have a fear! Everyone is safe from storms with Yugi-nee (1) around!"
"Malik! Stop that, you know it's not true!" Yugi protested.
"But it is! Yugi onee-chan is Bastet's reincarnation!"
Ryou sighed a rested her hand against her forehead, "Malik could you please stop calling Yugi a goddess, the two of you arguing gets annoying after a while."
"So what we gonna to do today?" Yugi asked changing the subject, acting as though nothing had happened.
"How about you show us around the city, the tour we had a few days ago didn't cover too much and we couldn't understand what those…people were telling us about the buildings and places anyways," Yami suggested.
Joey looked thoughtful, "That would be a good idea…"
"Yeah right," Malik muttered sarcastically, "You'd eat all the food givers out of house and home…"
Yugi giggled, "And the nicknames of certain groups of people continues!"
"Very reasonable names, yes! Yes!" Marik shouted suddenly full of much more energy from an unknown source…
Seto watched the group with annoyance. 'We're surrounded by lunatics, and they're already starting to rub off, Marik's insane but he's never been so eccentric before.'
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Yugi was running up ahead of the rest of the group with an excited glint in her eyes. The Mautrix had no idea what the excitement was about, oh well, they'd find out soon enough, was the general thought. The Humans had shown them several places they hadn't noticed or had seen on the first tour and hadn't been able to inquire about them.
They were quite surprised to find that even though they didn't have as advanced technology and a poorer conservation of wild- and plant-life they had a large diversity among every group and the attempts of some groups to conserve the plants and animals. Though it seemed that most of the Humans only cared about learning all they can, and then some. And also didn't care too much for the 'less intelligent' species of their planet (animals, in other words). The group of Humans that they were with them couldn't understand why the others Humans would think like that. It seemed that Humans used to worship animals (or were a very important part of their lives) and animal-like gods or spirits back a long time ago (some no so long ago as others).
They even named a few: Bastet, the Egyptian cat goddess; Anubis, a jackal-headed Egyptian god; the twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac: the rat, the ox (cow), the boar (pig), the dragon, the tiger, the sheep (ram), the monkey, the dog, the snake, the rooster (chicken), the horse, and the rabbit (these weren't really worshiped, per say, but they were important); and (they said this one with large, wide grins) Bambi, a deer (2).
"Weee're heeere!" Yugi called, snapping them out of their thoughts.
The building was smaller than most of the buildings they had seen in the city, not as well kept, either. Many of the Humans going in and out seemed almost familiar. Through the windows they could see flashing lights and hear strange noises. At the front of the building there was an old battered sign that said 'Arcade' in big bold red and orange letters.
"What in the nine Kericis' (3) is that!" Seto grumbled.
Malik glared at him, "That is a building that should be a great historical monument. It has survived hundreds of years of being almost being torn down for, as they call them, 'more useful buildings'."
Yami looked up and studied the Arcade a little more, "I felt that this building was different from the others, now I know part of the reason why. Unlike the other buildings it's been around for more than ten years, according from what we've heard."
"What kind of a place is this 'Arcade'?" Marik asked, cocking his head slightly and his platinum blond cat-like ears perking up with interest. The Humans going in and out of the Arcade seemed to be a rather happy lot, unlike the mostly emotionless Humans they saw on the streets. Similar to the people at the concert that Yugi, Ryou, Malik, and Joey had. In fact, now that they thought about it, the Mautrix could swear that most of them were the same Humans that were at the concert.
"It's a place where people go to play games, mostly arcade games," Ryou explained.
"That might explain why the people here look happy…" Yami mused.
"Want to go in and try some games?" Yugi asked, looking at them pleadingly.
"Okay, okay, but how do you play them?" Marik asked.
"It's different for every game, there's instructions, though," explained Malik.
"Oh, okay," Marik replied.
"Then let's go!" Yugi shouted gleefully.
They all went inside and were soon enjoying themselves, except for Seto, that is. While everyone else was busy having fun, Seto kept an eye on them. Bakura found the fighting games, and was soon beating everyone. Yami went wherever Yugi went to learn about all the different sorts of games; Yugi wouldn't stay at the same game for long. And Marik found the DDR and was immensely enjoying himself while dancing and making faces at the crowd at the same. After what only seemed to be a little while it was getting late and it was time to leave the arcade. Before they completely got out of the door, though, Yugi turned around and waved.
"Valēte! Adios! Adieu! Farwell! Aloha! (4) See you all another time!" she shouted, and the Mautrix were surprised when several of the humans responded.
"Okay, we can go now…yawn…I'm tired…" Yugi said.
And they walked back to the hotel, talking about what they did in the Arcade…
To Be Continued…
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(1) -nee/onee: older sister………-chan: a friendly term usually used for girls, pets, and sometimes boyfriends
(2) – at the end I ran out of ideas…I just got Bambi II for Valentine's Day (and they're kind of crazy, what did you expect?) (most of this was written about that time)…and Bambi is a classic… (Edit: of last year…I've been working on this for more than a year! …and most of the time I wasn't thinking about it…baaaad me…)
(3) – Matrix equivalent of Hell
(4) – Valēte: Latin for good-bye, literally 'good-bye you all'
Aloha: Also, for anyone who's confused, I heard somewhere that aloha means both 'hello' and 'good-bye'
Latias: ;; very sorry for taking so long…major writer's block
Dark Latias: and lack of ideas
Florence: …also, for the while…a lack of interest in Yu-Gi-Oh!…and also, working on a one-shot…
Crystal: updates will be infrequent, if anyone has suggestions for future chapters, it would be much appreciated!
Latias: sorry about it being so short…just got tired of letting it sit here…
3/1/07