Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ In The Arms Of An Angel ❯ The Firefly Festival Part 1 ( Chapter 3 )

**Note: Seiya, Bakura, Yugi, Honda, and Jounouchi are wearing the guy's kimono and Anzu is wearing the girls kimono (just letting you know so that you don't picture the boys wearing girls kimonos O.o)**

Chapter 3: The FireFly Festival Part 1

It was another school day on a Thursday morning. Yugi and his friends were having a discussion about what they were planning to do for Saturday evening.

"I say we go to the arcade!" suggested Jounouchi.

"Nah, we should do something more exciting," said Honda. "We've been to the arcade too many times."

"Hmmm…I heard that there was a festival on Saturday," said Yugi. "We should check it out."

Seiya turned his head and looked at Yugi.

"Festival? What kind?" asked Seiya.

"Well, we have a FireFly festival once a year," explained Yugi. "We celebrate the season of fireflies since they are quite popular here. A lot of people find fireflies a symbol of romance."

"Symbol of romance…" repeated Seiya.

He looked down at Yugi's smiling face and softly smiled to himself.

"I think we should go, it sounds fun," said Seiya.

"I agree," said Anzu and Bakura at the same time.

"Then it's settled, we'll go to the FireFly festival Saturday evening," said Jounouchi.

Everyone nodded his or her head.

"Can't wait, festivals are always fun," said Yugi as he grinned at Seiya.

He stopped grinning and blinked when he noticed that Seiya was staring, almost glaring, out the window.

"Seiya? Are you alright?"

Seiya snapped back into reality and looked back at Yugi with a smile.

"Yea, I'm fine," replied Seiya. "Just was thinking, that's all."

Yugi nodded his head and looked back at Anzu, Bakura, Jounouchi, and Honda. Seiya turned his head back to the window.

Seiya saw a figure standing on the school building. He had large black wings like he did and he looked familiar to Seiya.

"It couldn't be………" thought Seiya. "Maybe it was Leo again, but his wings are white……...the one I saw had black wings…….."

Seiya continued to stare out the window as Jounouchi and Honda we're talking to Anzu, Bakura, and Yugi. They were laughing when Honda commented on Jounouchi having always failed to find romance at the FireFly festival.

It is said that if you follow a firefly that seems to want you to follow it, while in the festival, the firefly will lead you away from the festival to your soul mate that is waiting for you somewhere in the forest near the festival grounds.

Jounouchi hasn't quite found his soul mate just yet, but his goal is to find the firefly to guide him to his soul mate that he longed forever since he was thirteen. Perhaps he will succeed this year….

**

Saturday evening arrived and Yugi was in his room getting dressed. He found his festival kimono that he has been wearing for acouple of years. His grandfather bought it for him when his old one was too big for him.

"Yugi," called Grandpa. "You're going to be late. Your friend Seiya called and said that the group will meet at the gate of the Jyuka Temple."

"Hai Hai," Yugi called back. "I'm just about ready."

Yugi tied the front of his kimono, then ran out of his room and down the stairs.

"Have fun, Yugi," said his Grandpa as Yugi pulled on his sandals. "I'll set up a bed for Seiya. He is still spending the night here, right?"

Yugi stopped when he placed his hand on the door, his cheeks turning red.

"Hai, he is," replied Yugi. "We'll be back later. Ja ne!"

"Ja, Yugi," called his Grandpa.

Yugi opened the door and walked out. He closed the door behind him and walked down the street, his sandals making little clicking noises as he walked towards Jyuka Temple.

"I wonder if Jou and Honda are going to have their shooting challenge again," thought Yugi. "They are always determined to beat each other. Well…..…mostly Jounouchi because he always loses to Honda."

Yugi lifted his head at the sound of leaves rustling.

"Eh?"

Yugi looked up to the trees; he is walking along the Jyuka forest leading to the Temple.

"Hmmm, must have been the wind."

He shrugged his shoulders and started to walk once again.

**

Seiya, Anzu, Bakura, Honda, and Jounouchi were waiting for Yugi near the Temple gate. Seiya was the first one to arrive, Anzu, Honda, and Jounouchi arrived a few minutes later, then Bakura came running up to them apologizing for being late.

They are all dressed in kimonos; Anzu's kimono was light blue with pink roses and cherry blossoms decorated around it. Seiya's kimono had a white top and grey pants, Jounouchi and Honda had matching dark blue tops and black pants, and Bakura's had a dark green top and black pants.

"Where is Yugi?" said Jounouchi as he pushed his sleeve up to look at his watch. "He is late."

Seiya was starting to chew on his bottom lip as his eyes scanned the area for Yugi.

"I don't know, I hope he is ok," said Anzu as she looked towards the forest with a worried look in her eyes.

"I am sure he is fine," said Honda. He blinked as he saw a small figure with blonde and black hair running towards them. "And he is right over there."

Everyone turned their head and greeted Yugi as he ran up to them and stopped to catch his breath; Seiya looked very relieved to see Yugi.

"Sorry I am late guys," panted Yugi. "Couldn't find my Kimono."

"Meh, don't worry about it," said Jounouchi as he held up a piece sign. "Let's go have some fun."

Everyone cheered as they took off towards the entrance of the festival.

First they paid a visit to the Temple to get their fortunes told and to visit the wishing well (I don't know what they call it in Japan). Seiya didn't bother getting his fortune told, he went to the wishing well straight away while the others read their fortunes.

Seiya tossed a coin into the box and rang the bell. He clapped his hands a few times and closed his eyes as he made his wish.

"Please let this mission be a success," wished Seiya in his mind. "I want to be with Yugi badly."

After he made his wish, the others had made they're to Seiya make their wishes. Jounouchi and Honda didn't get really good fortunes this year. Bakura, Anzu, and Yugi received very good fortunes.

"Did you make a wish?" asked Yugi as the others walked towards the wishing well.

Seiya smiled and nodded his head.

"What did you wish for?" questioned Yugi.

Seiya poked Yugi on the nose with his finger and closed his eyes as he smiled.

"Not telling," teased Seiya.

Yugi giggled as he turned away to make a wish as well. Bakura, Anzu, Honda, and Jounouchi were making their wishes as Yugi threw a coin into the box and rang the bell. He clapped his hands a few times, then closed his eyes.

"I wish that I would find that firefly tonight," wished Jounouchi in his mind.

"I wish that I would beat Jounouchi at the shooting gallery again," wished Honda in his mind.

"I wish for all of us to be friends forever," wished Anzu in her mind.

"I wish that I could live in Japan forever with my friends," wished Bakura in his mind.

Yugi thought for a moment while his eyes were closed, then he made his wish.

"I wish that I will receive the courage to tell Seiya my feelings, tonight," wished Yugi in his mind. "I want him to know how I feel."

After they all made their wishes, the proceeded towards the festival entertainment stands.

The place was filled with people, lanterns, and many fireflies. Honda and Jounouchi were at the shooting gallery while Anzu and Bakura went off to look at the other games.

Yugi lead Seiya around the festival and showed him around. Seiya wasn't really paying attention, he seemed to be looking towards the forest area. He could feel a familiar presence coming from the area.

"Yugi, go with Bakura and Anzu, I need to do something really quick," said Seiya.

Yugi blinked.

"Eh? Will you be back?" asked Yugi with a hopeful look in his eyes.

Seiya smirked and gently ruffled Yugi's hair.

"Of course," replied Seiya. "To be honest, I rather spend time with you then go, but I must."

Yugi blushed.

"I'll be about half an hour or less, don't worry ok?" asked Seiya.

Yugi nodded.

"Good, Ja ne." Seiya waved.

Yugi watched as Seiya ran off towards a stairway leading to the gazebo where most lovers go to on this special night.

"I wonder what he is up to," thought Yugi. "Oh well, it's not my place to ask or interfere."

Yugi smiled and wondered off to find his other friends.

**

Seiya made it to the top of the stairs where the gazebo was. The gazebo was empty at the moment and Seiya was alone. He softly panted as his eyes moved side to side. The familiar presence was getting stronger.

"Who are you?" called Seiya. "Show yourself. I hate following people around."

Seiya folded his arms and waited.

"My my, aren't we a tad touchy?" said a deep voice. "You'll never lose that temper of yours."

A figure leaped out of its hiding place, which was in a tree, and landed near Seiya with its pure white wings spreading out. "Long time no see, Yami. Or should I say, Seiya."

Seiya looked closely at the figure. A firefly flew by the figure's face.

The figure was a man in his late twenties and early thirties. He was a quite tall, has marine blue eyes, short blonde hair with brown streaks, a scar near his mouth, and he is wearing a black shirt, matching pants, matching shoes, and a trench coat. Seiya's lips suddenly cracked into a grin.

"Raziel! Good to see you old friend!" exclaimed Seiya as Raziel stepped up to him. Seiya threw his arms around him and bear hugged him. "What the hell are you doing here? Any news from Upper Earth?"

Raziel gently pulled Seiya back and looked into his eyes with a serious look in his own. Seiya blinked. "Raziel? What is it?"

"I hate to spoil the moment but….Cerius escaped…" he said calmly. "He somehow managed to get out and kill the guards. He couldn't of done it alone, someone sided with him……….we suspect it was Hei ."

Seiya eyes widened.

"Hei?" said Seiya with a frown. "I wouldn't doubt it, that idiot gets into trouble all the time. Is Cerius on Earth?"

"We don't know, I came here to investigate," explained Raziel. "We figured that he fled here to continue his disgusting experiments. That is why I went to America because I heard that someone was causing trouble there."

"I went back to Upper Earth when I couldn't find the killer. When I got there I was informed by the head leaders of the Angel Shinigami that Cerius escaped and took refuge in America. He switched locations when he found out I was hunting for him."

"The heartless bastard," growled Seiya. "He hunted down so many of our clan and used them for his sick experiments. Luckily, we caught him before he could do anymore harm.

"Also his taste for men………..poor souls that he tormented, they still haven't rest in peace because he still lives. It makes me sick at the thought of our past together. We should've killed him instead of locking him up."

"I agree, he is quite twisted," said Raziel as he looked up to the sky. "That is why we must find him, he is a threat to our clan and if captures one of us and shows us to the entire world, there could be a war between humans and angels.

"The humans would want to capture us all, if they found out about us, and study our kind."

"I know," replied Seiya. "I'll keep an eye out for him."

"He shouldn't be hard to find," said Raziel. "His wings are black like yours."

Seiya suddenly turned deadly pale as flash backs of when he looked out the window and saw a figure with black wings standing on the school roof.

"Did….di-did yo-you sa-say…..bla-black win-wings….?" stuttered Seiya as a memory just occurred to him.

Raziel noticed that he was looking pale all of a sudden.

"What's wrong?" said a concerned Raziel.

"I……..I saw him, at school on Thursday," explained Seiya. "I saw him standing on top of the roof on the other section of the school."

Raziel eyes narrowed.

"If I knew it was him, I would've went after him. I thought that it was Leo stalking me."

"Leo? He's here too?" said Raziel in a surprised tone.

Seiya nodded and rolled his eyes.

Raziel chuckled slightly. "Ahh, he's still after you I see. Anyways………I'll search around the forest for Cerius, you search around the festival grounds."

Raziel turned to leave. "One last thing, stay close to the one your friends with."

"You mean Yugi Moto?" asked Seiya.

Seiya was about to question Raziel but then he remembered something. He nodded his head. "I understand."

"Good, meet me back here tomorrow evening to report," commanded Raziel. "See you soon and be careful." Raziel jumped onto the nearest tree branch then jumped high into the air. Seiya watched as Raziel took flight into the night sky.

"See tomorrow………Raziel," whispered Seiya. "I hope we find him soon before he finds out about-"

He was cut off at the sound of someone screaming. He turned his head sharply.

"Shit! Someone is getting attacked!" cried a panicked Seiya.

Seiya turned and raced into the forest towards the direction of the scream.

"Oh gods, don't let it be Yugi!"

End of Part 1 of Chapter 3

**Whew, I managed to think of a good plot for this fic. I hope you are looking forward to Chapter 4 Part 2!**