Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Star of Hope ❯ A Present ( Chapter 1 )

Yu-Gi-Oh

~Star of Hope~

[Chapter 1]

"A Present"

By: Kat Lee

((First time in writing this type of fic. Ok, it's all about how Tea getting a millennium item, without knowing it. Er… well it's not really… gee I suck a summaries. Ok, Joey and Seto too have their own items… later… Ok. And no, this is not a yaoi/yuri fic. Go easy on me on this, and yes there is pairings. I'm all for it on Tea/Yugi pairings, also with Joey/Mai and Tristan/Serenity. Yes! And you can't make me change my mind… sorry. Oh and Yugi is surprisingly tall here, um… about the same height as Tea. ^__^ It's not fair that he is short, but that what makes him so cute! Ha ha, but that's my opinion. ^__^; yeah and they are all 17. Ok, on with the fic!))

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It was raining, and the sky was full of sorrow. Sadness washed over the girl's face after the news hit her. Her heart broke apart, and now she is lonelier than ever. She shook her head and smiled at the thought of her friends. Yes, she has friends, and they cared for her. But… her parents both died just like that, in a plane crash. They were heading to go to another one of those trips. Even if she barely sees them more than 5 times a year, she still loves them, cause they were after all her parents. Well, she mostly loves her mother better. She wasn't in good terms with her father. Somehow he tends to ignore her. The girl's mother would everyday call her to see how things were, and that was close enough than seeing her only five times. Hearing her makes her happy enough to know she cares.

A sigh escaped her lips and she quickly wiped her tears away. Footsteps of running were heard from far. It was coming closer and louder. The girl didn't care who it was, and just let the rain wash her away into nothingness. A hand warm hand was placed on her arm, and it made the girl jump in surprise. She turned her head and met up with soft violet eyes. It looked worried upon hers. "Tea… What are you doing out here? You'll get sick." The boy said in his caring and soft tone.

Tea Gardner smiled at the boy. She sniffed a bit. Good thing it was raining, or else he would have seen her crying. Tea didn't want him to see that. He was always worried for her, and she didn't want him to. "Yugi…I just went out to get fresh air, than suddenly it rained." She lied and her words where shaky.

Yugi Moto frowned upon the girl. For one thing, Tea was great at making friends and helping them out, but she was never good at lying in front of him. Suddenly it hit him, why he was looking for her. The boy saw the girl's red nose and knew that she heard already. She cried. "I'm sorry…" Yugi whispered.

The girl looked up at him with a confused look. The boy brushed a hand though her wet brown hair and tucked it behind her ear. "It's ok to cry… you must have heard about the… plane crash…" He whispered, staring deep within her sapphire eyes.

Her heart ached, but with this boy around, it seems to be healing. She shook her head and hugged the boy. Her childhood friend was always there. He knew that her parents weren't around all the time, but he was. "I don't have to anymore… I just don't… feel like it…" She whispered to him.

Yugi slightly pushed her to look upon her eyes again. "If you would feel better, maybe… you can stay over at my house?" He asked shyly, with a faint blush that Tea was blind to see.

She smiled softly and nodded. "I would love to. Thank You, Yugi."

Slowly and quietly the door closed. He stayed in the room with Tea until she fell asleep. He made sure she wouldn't go to the extreme after hearing that her parents died. That is why he wanted her to stay close by to him, that and something else. Yugi blushed lightly. // Aibou? // Called out a voice within the boy.

Yugi jumped a bit. He breathed in and stood up straight. /You scared me. You haven't talked to me all day. What is it Yami? / Yugi Replied to his darker half.

// Are you going to let your girlfriend stay her for some time? // Yami asked. Yugi can picture him smirking upon him.

Yugi blushed deeply. / She is NOT my girlfriend… she is a girl who happens to be my best friend. / Yugi frowned.

// Just to let you know, and I checked the calendar, Tea's birthday is next week. //

Yugi gasped. /Aiya! You're right! I need to get her a present. / Yugi walked down stairs and greeted his grandpa who was resting on the recliner. It was a Sunday and the shop was closed. Yugi went into the kitchen and started cooking dinner. /How bout we go out and get her something tomorrow, after school? /

Yami shook his head. // Isn't Tea going to stay for a bit longer? //

Yugi cringed. /Yeah, you're right. Um…/ Yugi jerked his hand back and sucked his thumb that he accidentally burned slightly. He ran to the faucet and let the cold water run over his finger. /How bout you go buy a present? I'll just hang out with her and stuff. /

//And make out in your room, like in those horrid T.V. shows. // Yami snickered.

/Shut up! / Yugi blushed even more. He got out a big chopping knife and some vegetables. Than he started cutting the greens in a fast and in a rhythm beat. Yugi then felt Yami sigh out in boredom, so he decided to come out of his soul room. The slightly taller darker half sat upon the counter and took an apple. He bit into it and watched his lighter half cut the vegetables in a quick speed, without cutting himself. "Fine, I'll get you that present. But I was hoping you would, because she IS your girlfriend after all. Cause don't you want to give her the 'perfect' present?"

Yugi blushed again and stopped his work. He turned to Yami and slightly glared at him. He picked up the knife and pointed it at him. "She is not my girlfriend." Yugi's face softened, and then he went back to chopping the greens. "Well, you just buy something that looks nice to you. Um… just pretend that you are going to give something to the one you love the most and hope that she will treasure it always." Yugi stopped and put down the knife. "Hey Yami?"

The darker half raised a brow. "What?"

"Have you ever been in love before?" he asked.

It was quiet for a moment, and Yami's head a pinging. "…I don't know…" he whispered. "…I can't remember…"

"Hey ya two!" the voice shouted from across the street. Yugi and Tea looked up to see their New York speaking friends, Joey Wheeler. Their faces lighted up and they gave him their best morning smiles. "Morning Joey!" They both chirped in unison.

When the sign lighted up, Yugi grabbed Tea's hand and they ran across the street to meet up with their friend. "Usually you are late in walking to school, Yugi. What, Tea woke you up and made you get up to walk together?" He laughed.

The two both blushed. "So how was your date with Mai last Saturday?" Tea changed the subject.

The tall boy looked up to the sky and was trying to remember his day. "Well… I can't remember what happened."

Yugi and Tea sweat dropped at their friend. "You know if you tell that to Mai, she'll slap you silly for forgetting." Said Yugi.

"Well, I think I had such a great time, that I forget things." He laughed to himself and was a bit embarrassed.

The pair shook their heads, and they walked the rest of the way to their school. Time goes quickly if you're not really paying attention that much. Yugi was lost in his own thoughts. /Yami? / He called out to his darker half.

//You know, you should be paying attention in class. // Yami replied.

/But I don't want to! / He whined.

Yugi saw the teacher walking by with a book in her hands. She was reading about some boring past of ancient China. Yugi grabbed his book and pretended to be reading along with the rest. She past by and Yugi sighed out. Something caught his eye, and it was a piece of folded up paper. He looked around to see whom it came from, but everyone got their heads in their book. Yugi shrugged and picked it up. He quietly unfolded it, and read it:

Hey! I see you're not paying attention. Me either. I'm kind of bored, aren't you?

This teacher is making me want to hit my head on the desk continuously!

Write back!

-Tea ^ . ~

Yugi snickered to himself, suppressing it from the teacher. He took out a paper and started to write:

So what? I'm bored as well.

Hitting your head isn't really a good idea, but running into the window and jumping out is better!

Oh, what do you want to do after school, huh?

-Yugi ^ . ^

He folded up and looked up to see where the teacher was. It turned out that she was busy talking to a student who had fallen asleep. He passed it to Tea and she read it. She giggled a bit. Soon a note was passed back:

Jumping out? Funny.

Don't care where we go.

We better stop, or else we'd get caught again.

-Tea

P.S. That Joey, he's always sleeping.

School was out and the two walked together through the halls. Joey spotted the two and sprinted towards them. He went between them and put his arms around their shoulders. "So, you guys want to hang somewhere? I'm dieing to go and eat something, right now. I was even dreaming about flying hot dogs!" The boy started to drool at the remembrance of the delicious dream he had. He even started to laugh to himself.

Tea laughed at him, "Joey, you already ate three double cheese burgers for lunch."

"But that wasn't enough. I'm a growing guy ya know." He smiled proudly.

Yugi shook his head and mumbled. "More like a growing baby boy."

Tea giggled at what he said. Joey shot his head at him, "What was that?"

"Where's Tristan?" Yugi quickly changed the subject. "Yeah, haven't seen him for some time around." Tea added.

Joey shrugged. "He's busy preparing to see Serenity. That guy is nuts, but if he broke my lil' sis's heart, I'm going to kick him hard in the…"

Tea nudged him. "They are in love. Sort of like you and Mai, but you two have an odd way of showing it."

"Hm… Ya know, I think I'm forgetting something again." Joey scratched his head. It was tugging at the back of his head after the name of Mai was said.

When they stopped at a red light, a voice shrieked from across. "Joey Wheeler! Where do you think you're going!? We were supposed to meet each other at the café, you dope! I was waiting for 10 minutes!!"

The trio looked up to see the gorgeous blonde, Mai Valentine. Joey scratched his head again. "That was what I was forgetting. Heh."

Yugi and Tea sweat dropped at him, and shook their heads. When the light turned green, Joey ran across to his girlfriend and the two walked off to their meeting place. Mai was hitting the boy's head for forgetting again. The faint voice of Joey could still be heard. "I'm sorry Mai! Really…"

Yami appeared and both Yugi and Tea jumped in surprise. "Yami! I told you to warn me before you come out!"

"Sorry Aibou." He bowed his head. "I was thinking of walking for a while." He said a bit quietly.

Tea looked at the two oddly. "Oh yeah, ok. Here." Yugi took out a few bills of money and handed it to Yami. "Take care!"

Yami stuffed the bills into his pocket and turned around. "Yeah, and don't go too far!"

Yugi blushed deeply. "I'll get you back for that!!" He yelled after his Yami. Tea looked at Yugi in question. The boy just shook his head and they walked off. "Don't' mind him, he's delusional." Yugi muttered.

"Ok." 'That's a lot of money if Yami is only going for a walk. But, why would Yami want money anyways?' Tea still was a bit confused. She shook her head from suspicion. She turned her head back at Yugi. "So… Where do you want to go? I mean we do have home work, thanks to that guy who fell asleep." She growled.

Yugi laughed, "I think that guy was Joey."

Tea made her hand into a fist, "I know! But, He'll get something tomorrow, wait and see." She smirked slyly with a spark in her eye.

"Let's head to my house, I mean you are staying there for a while. Let's do our homework there." Yugi smiled. Tea nodded and they headed to the Turtle Game Shop.

Shopping wasn't really his kind of thing. He really didn't understand why people, especially girl, go crazy over some sort of thing. Yami passed by a jewelry store and something caught his eye in the window display. He walked a bit backwards and stared at the thing on display. It was an ocean blue pendant with gold trimmings encircling it. But what really got him hypnotize was the shape of Horis's eye inside and in the middle. 'Some how that pendant seems familiar… but how?' He whispered.

The hand opened and out dropped a pendant, hanging on the golden lace. It glittered in front of the two's eyes. "It's for you… You are…important and a girl…" The little voice said.

The child in the cradle blew a raspberry and reached up for the lovely big jewel. The boy smiled with his pudgy cheeks plumping up as he saw the little baby giggling in joy.

Yami shook his head and looked back at the pendant. It was a big jewel, about an inch big. He kept on staring, when a voice came up form behind. "What are you doing?"

The teen turned around and looked at the replica of Ryou Bakura. But it was his Yami, known as Bakura. He narrowed his eyes. "Why would you care?" Yami said deeply.

Bakura turned around and walked a way with a humph. "I'm warning you, pharaoh, I'm watching you…" He turned a corner and disappeared. Yami shook his head and headed in the store. He looked around more and went up to the store clerk. The lady smiled nicely at the costumer. "How can I help you?" she chirped.

"Can you tell me how much is that thing is on display?" he asked pointing to the pendant he saw.

The girl turned to it than back to Yami. "It's really 1000 dollars. But somehow no one wants it. You're like the first one to ever want it."

"Why?"

The girl shrugged. "Don't know. But that pendant was said to belong to a queen or some sort. Some beautiful young lady wore that. She had to be important to be found laying in the same place as one of the last Pharaohs of Egypt."

Yami's eyes widened. "It was found in Egypt?" He asked in a whisper.

She nodded her head. "The person who found that sold it to some store. This thing has been traveling the world, and no one wants to buy it. So now it ended up here, sitting out there as a display." The girl suddenly smiled widely. "Say, do you want it? I'll only give it for 100 bucks."

Yami thought about it for a while, then nodded. He took out the money and had exact change. 'Yugi really wants to give her something special.' The girl took the money and took out the pendant from the display. She went into the back and came back with a golden and shining box. There was some sort of writing on it, that Yami can't place a finger on reading. "The pendant came with this. I bet who ever you are giving this to will love it!"

"Actually, my friend sent me here to get something for his girlfriend." Yami smirked at his Aibou.

The girl giggled. "He probably didn't have time buying stuff. Probably busy with his girl."

Yami took the box and suddenly a jolt went through his body. His eyes spaced out and time around him froze.

The pendant shined as the person who wore it moved. It swayed to every motion it made. A giggle escaped the parted red lips. "Thank you so much! Now I know where to keep my pendant safe." The voice sang. Two hands held up the golden box and it sparkled. It was brand new and custom made. The lips curled into a sweet and merry smile. The wind played along brushing against the strands of brunette. His hand moved along the side of the person's face, tucking the silky hair behind the person's ear. Heat rose up to both their faces…

"Have a good day sir!" The voice called out.

Yami shook his head and nodded to the store clerk. Yami can't get the feeling off his chest. Something strange is going on, and he can't tell what. 'So it's from Egypt… Bakura said something about watching me… why? Does he know something is coming up?'

He entered through the door or the Turtle Game Shop, and got greeted by Yugi's grandpa. He ran up the stairs to Yugi's room to hide the lovely present. He opened the door and spotted the two sleeping on the floor. There were open books and papers scattered around them. Tea's head was lying on top of Yugi's chest, and they probably don't even know about it. Soft snoring was ringing in the room. Yami chuckled and swiftly hid the present in Yugi's underwear drawer. He smiled a bit than returned back to his soul room. A snort came about and Yugi scratched his head. Tea clutched her eyes tight than relaxed and shifted from her position.

Inside the sock drawer, the golden box flipped open. The item inside glowed and shined brightly. At the same time, Tea glowed with the same blue aura. Strangely the millennium puzzle glowed as well, but Yami didn't notice, nor did the sleeping figures.

To Be Continued…

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((Ha, ha, ha. So what you think? Like or not, tell me, so I'll continue! Please no flames, ok? Oh and take this! I'm a PRO-TEA/ANZU fan! Hee, hee, and a 100% Yami/Anzu/Yugi supporter! But I'm more into Yugi with Tea and stuff, ha, ha, ha.

Ok, so like later is when more exciting stuff will begin. Just tell if I should continue. Ok ^ . ~))