Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Finding Family ❯ Another Clue ( Chapter 7 )

Finding Family

Dark Libra 09: /Still drunk/

Kaiba: Seeing as how she's drunk, let me introduce this /Gets crushed/ Ow...

Joey: Someone said there was flying hamburgers around here!

Yugi: I said flying pigs, not hamburgers! AND IT WAS A-Nevermind /sighs and walks away/ Oh by the way...here's the story.

Kaiba: Hey! I was introducing this-ow! WHEELER GET OFF ME!!

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Chapter 7 - Another Clue

Yugi crawled out of bed to find another body next to him. Still slightly tired he rolled over and drapped his arm around the body when suddenly, as if just waking up, Yugi scrammbled back into the wall and looked at the sleeping figure now wrapped up in the warmth of his once occupied spot. Yami!

What? Yami slowly opened his eyes and gazed tiredly at his lighter half.

Did you and Amara-I don't know, did you?

Did what?

Have sex?!

NO! Yami seemed slightly offended. Why? Yami noticed the figure on the bed was Amber.

Cause I woke up to find Amber wrapped up in my blankets with me.

Maybe she wandered in here?

I hope so-I mean-Yami laughed, You know what I mean Yami.

Yes. I know. Seems your shirt is wet. Yami made a careful observation, Seems that she was crying again. She must of come to you aibou.

Not that I'm not flattered but in the middle of the night makes it seem like we did something does it not?

No. Should we wake her up?

No. Let's let her sleep. Yami smiled, Why don't you make breakfast?

You make it for once.

What?!

You heard me.

Fine...but not until after a shower. Yami took over and left Amber alone in the bed. Amber pulled some covers over herself and soon was in a deep sleep.

She looked around in the mist. A faint voice, sweet and kind spoke out from it.

"Amber, follow your destiny."

"Follow my what? Amara, is that you?" Amber turned this way and that but found no one and saw no one.

"Follow your destiny. It is your job. You alone must complete the task."

"What task? Where am I? Where are you and who are you?" Amber ran deeper into the mist but tripped into a pit.

"Follow your destin. Ffollow your destiny. Follow...your destiny. Follow...your...destin-"

"What destiny?! WHO ARE YOU?!"

Amber moaned and turned over onto her side with a look of confussion etched on her soft features. She grabbed a pillow and hugged it to her chest.

Rebecca chose this moment to walk to into Yugi's room. "Yugi, are you in here?" Poking her head into the door she spotted someone under the covers. Opening the door fully she spotted Amber and backed away slightly. What the heck is she doing in his bed? Rushing down the stairs to the kitchen which smelt of french toast, burnt bacon, and chared eggs, she spotted Yami.

"Morning," Yami's face was covered with some sort of smudge.

"What is Amber doing in-she was in-did they?" Rebecca stammered on until Yami guided her to a chair and sat down in front of her.

"She came in the middle of the night I think and cried into Yugi's chest. Perhaps she was looking for comfort, aibou seems good at it." Yugi glared at Yami, "I suppose this whole ordeal is confussing to her and scaring her, maybe she's lonely?"

"I suppose." Rebecca put a finger on her cheek, "But why wouldn't she just wake Yugi up and talk to him?"

"Perhaps words could not help in this case? Maybe she needed to cry?" Yami shrugged his shoulders and looked at his food shocked, "Oh no! The eggs!" Rushing to the stove he attempted to put the fire out.

Amber rolled over and put her hand over her head. "Ugh, what time is it?" looking for where her clock normally was she was shocked to find it not there. "Must of moved it." She searched for the clock and it read 7:45 am. Gathering herself out of bed she looked in the mirror and suddenly realized that she wasn't in her room.

Turning around she found males clothes scattered across the floor. "What the hell?!"

Morning.

Amara where am I?

Yugi's room.

How did I-

You just seemed to sleep walk here. I couldn't stop you. You wouldn't let me take over.

Strange. Better head downstairs. See what damage this caused. Slowly making her way downstairs she smelt burnt breakfast. "Yami cooked."

"Morning Amber." Yami smirked her way. Amber sent a vicious glare at the former pharoah and sat down at the table and put her head in her hands.

"What did you do to Yugi?"

"Rebecca!" Amber sat straight up, "I didn't do anything. I don't even remember getting there. Amara told me I took a little walk in my sleep and she couldn't stop me. All I remember is my dream." Follow your destiny.

What was that Amber?

Oh...nothing. Amber pulled a plate in front of her, "Nothing at all."

"What's nothing?" Yami inquired putting burnt food on her plate. "It must be something."

"It's nothing really," Amber shrugged and laughed it off.

"Tell me," Yami set his own plate down and began to eat. "I'm sure you can remember it."

"I'm fine..." she continued to play with her food, "Is this edible?"

"Ye-" Yami chocked on his own food, "No. Let's go out for breakfast."

"That sounds good," Rebecca grinned.

"You guys go ahead. I'm going to stay here." Amber pulled out the file and held it in her hand. "I can't remember my family. It feels like my memory is...fading..."

"Are you sure your going to be okay to stay here?" Yami cast a worried glance at the solem girl. Her hazel eyes were down cast and staring at the folder.

She nodded and headed up to her room. She made a quick turn once they were gone and ducked into Yugi's room. She curled up on his bed and tears poured from her eyes. Why do I feel so alone?

Yami and Rebecca walked into the game shop with some food in a doggy bag.

"Hey Amber, are you here?" Yugi asked taking over.

"Yeah," Amber called from upstairs. Yugi slowly started to climb the stair case and looked in Amber's room. She was sitting on the bed staring at a piece of paper in her hands. "I'm here."

"Amber? What's that?"

"A paper I found in the very back of the file."

"The very back? What is it about?" Yugi sat down beside her and looked at the paper in her hand. Taking it from her hands she leaned against him, her eyes were hollow of any life. Yugi looked down at the paper again and saw it. "According to this you were-"

"Yeah." Amber looked at her hands, "How can I-"

"She was what?!"

"Never-"

"I know, but how can that be. She's alive and standing right here."

"Well, not right here Seto but-"

"I know. Does she know? I mean did she copy the paper?" His eyes widended when something in his mind clicked. "She did."

"What?! We have to get it back!" Mokuba stood up and grabbed his coat. "Come on Seto."

She has our blood type, maybe that is a coinceadence but, she has so many traits that remind me of, Mokuba. Why? Why does she-Kaiba was interupted when he heard the ding of the game shop door bell. Mokuba was rolling on the balls of his feet and had a worried look on his face.

The door opened. Rebecca was standing face to face with Mokuba. "Yes?"

"Uh...is Amber here. Seto-" a nudge from the older caused Mokuba to stutter, "I was worried about her. She may have copied something from the folder that wasn't supposed to be in there."

"Oh. I see, while you can come in." She opened the door fully and let in the brothers. Kaiba gazed around the room and saw it in a complete mess. Coffee cups littered the table, there were plates on the other coffee table and the room looked like it hadn't been dusted.

"Well I see you haven't been keeping this place up," Kaiba had a snobby tone to his voice, "I'm sure that old man would love to see this."

"Shut up Kaiba. We've had a few more things to worry about then a little mess." Rebecca growled at the teen and pointed upstairs, "Amber is up there with Yugi. They haven't been down in an hour and I'm worried. I'm glad you came, your the only other person mentioned in this file."

"I know. I recently took the file out of storage and looked in it myself." Kaiba pulled his own copy out, "I hate to say but I'm confused as to one thing about this girl."

"Which is?"

"Look at this," handing Rebecca the file he sat down, "Turn to the last page."

"Why?" Rebecca glared at him.

"Just look at it." Kaiba grunted slightly and looked a Mokuba who was looking through the movies in the TV stand.

"Hey Seto, they have the new Harry Potter movie."

"Mokuba, I already said the movie is on it's way."

"Oh yeah." Mokuba let out a sigh and sat down. "I'm calling in to find out if they have any other files on us or Amber."

"They probably don't but let's find out," Kaiba took the cell phone from his brothers hands. "Hey, glasses girl."

"What?"

"Read the last page of the file."

"Fine."

"Amber I'm sure it's a mistake." Yugi tried to reasure the girl but by now she was lost in her own world. Suddenly she looked up and sighed.

"It isn't. Don't ask how know. I just do...I wish it weren't true but-" slowly she stood up and walked to the window. She pressed the palm of her hand against it. "I remember so little. With that dream I had."

"What dream?" Yugi's eyes became serious as he looked at her.

"The dream where I keep hearing Follow your destiny. I don't know why but I know that voice. She keeps telling me to follow my destiny, whatever that may be. I don't know who I truely am. Only my name, how I look and that I have two cousins, new friends that are really good to me, and that I'm staying here. Oh yeah, and that I have way too much money for me to spend in my bank account." Amber had a faraway look in her hazel eyes. "I wish I could remember."

"You will, it will just take some time."

"How can it when I feel like I'm forgetting everything little by little."

"What do you mean?"

"Well...I forget when my birthday is, like I even have one, forget who my family is. I don't even remember my mothers or my aunts face."

"This is strange." Yami took over and put a hand on his shoulder, "Why would you be forgetting?"

"Don't ask me." Amber took a paper off the bed. "It says here that I exist but I don't have a birth date, time of year I was born, or even if I was in the hospital. I know I've been in there once or twice before." Amber shivered slightly. "I had to have been born. If I wasn't how am I her today?"

"Lets go downstairs. Maybe something to drink will calm your nerves."

"I'm fine!" Dark energy started to vibrate around her.

"Calm down." Yami used his own dark magic to calm her raging magic. "What happened there?"

"I-I don't know." Amara are you there?

Yes, I'm here.

OKay. Amber sighed in relief and let the pharoah guide her down the stairs. Kaiba was sitting on the couch and Mokuba sitting on a chair to the right of the couch. Rebecca was looking at the file in shock.

"You were never...born?" Amber turned her head away and walked over to sit next to Yami who sat beside Kaiba. Amber nodded yes to Rebecca's slightly rude question.

"That was rude of me...I'm sorry," Rebecca spoke as soon as she saw a small formation of tears to form her eyes.

"I accept your apology. Are you going to be okay?"

"Yes. I hope so." Kaiba looked at the girl with a slight hint of compassion that was normally never seen in his blue eyes.

"What are you planning on doing to try and figure this out?" Kaiba asked a resable question.

"I don't know. I've been so confussed lately."

A stiff silence followed her statement. After a long twenty minutes Kaiba spoke again.

"Lets start from the basics." Everyone gave him a confussing glance, "Let me explai-" a knock on the door interupted his thoughts. Amber got up and walked toward the door.

"Miss Tokitai I presume," a kind voice spoke from behind a huge package.

"Who are you?" Amber glared at the person.

"Don't you remember me? I delivered your flowers."

"Oh, you're that Mike kid."

"Yes." A smile appeared on his face although Amber couldn't see it. "Here. I was told to give this to you by the mail man. Oh and these are for you too." Mike pulled out another bundle of twelve dozen roses.

"Another dozen roses? Who sent them?"

"From the Key Guy again, at least I think so. I didn't have time to properly check the card."

"Thanks." Amber turned around, "I'll-" Mike was gone just like last time he had come. Rain started to fall down as Amber stepped out to look for him. "How strange..."

"Get in the house before you get sick." Kaiba's harsh voice spoke.

Stepping inside she asked, "Why would you care if I got sick?"

His reply was harsh but kind at the same time, "Just cause." Amber smiled and stepped inside. She set the roses down on one of the already clutterd coffee tables and opened the package in her hand.

"I certainly hope that Mike doesn't get sick."

"Mike. The guy who delivered the flowers." Everyone shared curious glances but it went no further then that. "Anyway..." Amber said trying to change the subject, "I want to find out what's in this package." Opening it carefully Amber and the others saw that, once unwrapped, it was a box of white and silver. Gold trimmings around the box made it look classic but classy and there was a note attactched.

Yami took the note off and read it, "There's nothing on it."

"Here, let me see." Amber took the note and words started to appear on it. "Careful what you find, answers and clues lie where you may never look." Amber looked up at them. Everyone shared the same confused looks. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Kaiba shrugged, "Who knows."

Unaware of what happened before with roses, Amber took a small wiff of them. Her eyes once again became a hollow brown. "Careful what you find, answers and clues lie where you may never look. Where the dragons and angels eyes meet will be the next guiding light." Amber closed her eyes as everyone just stared. Kaiba copied down the clue this time.

Amber closed her eyes and collapsed into the pharoah.

"At least there was no shadow magic this time." Yami watched as her eyes fluttered open.

"Huh? What happened? Where am I?"

"You're in the Motou residence, you just went completely freaky and that was SO cool!" Mokuba cheered. Amber gave a small tired smile and sat up.

"Ow...you find me going into a-"

"Trance like state!"

"Trance like state cool?"

"Mokuba," Kaiba glared at his brother.

Amber started to open the package. Kaiba and Yami came closer to the package as well. "Well?" As Amber opened the box a small light started to filter out. Her eyes once again became hollow brown orbs and she pushed open the box. Snapping out of her momentary trance she noticed Yami and Kaiba looking at the light in the box.

"Do you think we should, like put our hands into it?"

"Who knows," Kaiba examined the light, "Looks safe to me."

"At least I hope it's safe," Amber muttered before putting her hand into the box. A jet of light erupted from the box and hit Amber and Kaiba in the chest.