Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Kawaita Sakebi ❯ Rain of Mercy ( Chapter 12 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

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Epilogue - Rain of Mercy
A magic card that adds 1000 life points to both players' score.
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He was diving deep, and deeper, lungs burning, the water around him dark and grimy. This time he would touch the bottom. Blindly he reached out, hands grasping, clutching a double handful of sharp stones. Then, up, up, as the water grew lighter, glass green, champagne pale, flying upward, panting, gasping, gulping in soft, sweet-smelling air.
"Big brother! You did it! I knew you could do it! No one's ever managed to-- Oh big brother! They're so pretty-- look!"
He looked down at his hands, pale and dripping, full of shiny sparkle.
"Here you are, as requested."
"Oh big brother, thank you. They're perfect."

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"I'm gonna get you Big brother!"
"Oh, are you now-- Hey-- stop-- No! No tickling! That's cheating!"
"I got you! I got you! Catch me! Betcha can't catch me!"
"I've got him. I'll hold him, Mokuba-- you tickle."
"Two against one-- that's not fair."
"You're right, it's not. Whatcha going to do about it?"
"Hey-- not my clothes! Where are you going with those, Mai Valentine?! Don't you dare!"
"Oops! Clumsy me."
"You two are evil."
"Yep."
"Uh-huh."

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"Come on, Mokuba, let's swim. We'll let him sulk on the rock for a while."
"I am not sulking, I'm dozing."
"Sure you are."
"Betcha you can't catch me, Mai."
"Betcha I can--"


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He lay on the sun-warmed rock, feet hanging in the water, watching the sun filter green through the leaves, feeling the breeze rustling through his hair. Mokuba and Mai swam around him, laughing, teasing him, splashing him when he started to dry off. He had never felt this peaceful.
It couldn't last, he thought, and tensed, waiting for the horrible moment when he'd wake up cold and alone.

He waited, but it never came.