Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Star of Hope ❯ The Pendant ( Chapter 2 )

Yu-Gi-Oh!

~Star of Hope~

[Chapter 2]

"The Pendant"

By: Kat Lee

((Hi, um… really I didn't copy anything! I've been accused of Plagiarism. My story is way different from the other author. Honestly I didn't copy anything. Sure the title may sound the same, but I haven't read the author's story yet. I'm new to Media Miner.

Any hoot, action doesn't start here yet. Don't worry; I'm just trying to get my point out straight, so you'll understand some. Hee, hee. Like I said, straight pairings… don't worry. Yami gets a girl too… O.o))

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The door opened slowly and the girl entered her house. It was quiet, but it was like that all the time. But somehow, it was different, not like before. Tea Gardner has stayed over Yugi's house for a week already. She decided to head back to her own home, before she became a burden for staying there for such a long time. But Yugi insisted she stayed a bit more, even Yami and Grandpa. She had to refuse the offer, and she left the house quickly before she changed her mind. Tea was already settled and can calm herself down now. Staying with Yugi made her forget her sorrows.

She dropped her bags on her couch and headed straight to the kitchen. She looked at the answering machine and saw there were 20 messages. She bet they were mostly all telemarketers. She pressed the button to listen to them, and headed for the refrigerator. She got out a few stuff and decided to make herself a sandwich. She didn't bother paying attention to the voices from the machine, but one caught her ear. It belonged to someone she recognize. "Hey Tea, it's me Serenity. I'm sorry to hear about your parents. My big brother told me about it yesterday. Well, anyways, I was wondering… Um… well you see, Joey's dad is heading to go somewhere, but he wants us to stay in Domino cause of our studies. My mother is all the way across the other town and we can't really stay over there. So I was thinking… if you don't mind any company in your house? I… I mean we promise to like help out and stuff…Yeah, that's all I was asking for. It's ok if you don't want us to go over there. It's such a burden and all. Well I'll talk to you soon. Bye!"

The machine beeped and a voice said that it was recorded two days ago. Tea gasped and wondered if they were still at Joey's dad's house. She picked up the phone and hurriedly dialed the number. The phone was ringing three times, after a rugged voice came over. "Hello?"

Tea fiddled with her fingers. "Um… is Joey or Serenity Wheeler there? This is their friend Tea Gardner." She spoke timidly.

There was a long pause than another voice came up. "Tea?" It was Serenity.

"Hey! I heard the recorder. I just came in to my house today. Sorry I didn't reply quickly." Tea spoke.

"Where did you go?" Serenity asked. "Joey said you've been going to school everyday."

Tea blushed. Her friends didn't know that she has been spending the night over at Yugi's for a while. "Um…" Tea laughed to herself. "Oh, I think it's ok if you stay at my house. I mean no one else would live here anyways." Typical Tea, always changing subjects when it comes to her and Yugi.

Tea could picture her friend jumping for joy, but she was trying to sound calm. "Really!?"

She nodded. "Yeah. You could stay for as long as you like." Tea smiled widely. She can't wait for them to stay over. No one really did cared to come over her big empty house.

"Thank you!" Serenity squealed. "Joey's father is leaving tonight. We were going to rent out a motel for a while before going to my mother's boyfriend's house."

"But, it won't be the same with out you two. You guys are my friends." Tea smiled. "How bout you come over tonight?"

"Ok!" The girl on the other line chirped.

Tea smiled widely. "Great! I'll be making dinner!" she giggled. The two said their goodbyes and hung up. Tea smiled widely and couldn't wait. She put away the stuff she was going to use to prepare her sandwich. Then she decided on what she'll make. She scanned the fridge and nothing good was there. "Well, I better go to the groceries. Since Joey is coming, I have to stock up on food supply." She giggled to herself. She wrote down things she'll buy. "Hey! I should invite Yugi and Yami over for dinner? But I just left their house after lunch a few hours ago… Oh well, I'll just ask anyway, later." Tea ran out her house and headed to the store.

Yugi got out of the shower and was wrapped with a towel around his waist. He spotted Yami on the bed reading some magazine of Dueling monsters. 'Now, why would the king of games want to read some stupid magazine?' he asked himself.

Unfortunately the link to his dark spirit was open. "I just happen to be bored and I found Joey's old magazine to amuse myself." He said sarcastically.

Yugi shook his head and went inside his drawer. He picked up an article of clothing. Then something golden and shiny caught his eye. He unburied it and picked it up. "Is this the gift?" Yugi asked. He looked all around admiring the shape and nice sparkling color.

The darker half looked up and sat up. "Yeah. The lady said it was some item they found in Egypt."

"What a coincidence." Yugi sweat dropped.

Yami narrowed his eyes. "No. I did not get it cause it came from there. I got it cause something drew me to it… A familiar feeling…" He whispered.

Yugi shrugged. "Well, it's a nice jewelry box. And it really looks expensive." He was about to put back the box.

"That box came with the item inside." Yami growled.

The lighter half opened the golden box. There he saw the resting sapphire stone, with gold trimmings embracing it. The color drew him closer, for it reminded him so much of the color of Tea's eyes. "Wow…" He awed. "This was the thing that was 'so expensive'?" And he believed it. Yugi then closed the box and hid it back in the drawer. Yugi smiled. "Thanks for getting it, anyways. It's really a nice gift."

Yami just waved a hand and fell back down on the bed. Yugi put his clothing on, and then the phone rang. It stopped right away. Yugi's grandpa must have picked it up. As suspected, the old man called out for his grandson. "Yugi!"

The boy opened his door and replied, "Yes, grandpa?"

"Your girlfriend is on the phone." He snickered. Yami chuckled and Yugi glared at him. "Ok, grandpa." He called back. Yugi closed the door and grumbled. "She's not my girlfriend." He picked up the phone and answered with a bright smile. "Hello?"

"Hey Yugi!" Tea on the other line blushed and sweat dropped at his grandfather. "I just want to ask if you and Yami would like to have dinner at my place? Joey and Serenity are coming over and I'm going to call Tristan over too."

Yugi smiled. "Ok." He chirped happily.

"Ok, cool. I thought you wouldn't cause I just left there after that wonderful lunch." Tea secretly sighed out in relief.

"It's no problem. Well I'll see you later then." They said their good byes and Yugi hang up.

"She asked you out on a date?" Yami smirked. Yugi growled at his darker half and pounced on him.

The halls were getting cleared and the students hurriedly went in their respected classrooms. Joey, Serenity and Tea burst through the school doors and ran through the halls. "See ya!" Serenity parted from them and ran as fast as she could. Joey and Tea started to pray that the teacher wouldn't send them to detention. "I should have left you to sleep all day, but no. I had to waist my time on waking you up." Tea grumbled to herself. Unfortunately Joey heard her. "Sorry!" He peeped.

The tardy bell rang, and they made it through the door. Then their teacher, who wasn't very happy about tardy students, greeted them. "Well, you two are late by 30 seconds!" She yelled at them. They bowed their heads and walked up to their seats. 'It was 30 second only. Geez, it wasn't like 30 minuets.' Tea turned her head towards Yugi. He smiled widely and waved. Tea smiled back and turned her attention to the Teacher from hell.

It was lunchtime, and the students walked around through the halls. Yugi and his friends were around the table they usually sit. Serenity and Tristan were sitting beside each other, with Joey eyeing them carefully. Ryou and even Kaiba were there. They all befriended him, but Joey wasn't really in good terms with the CEO. Yugi smiled to himself when he stared at Tea. She was talking about something with Ryou, and didn't notice him staring at her. 'I bet she doesn't even know it's her birthday today.' Yugi laughed to himself.

//What part of Tea attracts you to stare at her all day? // Yami had a sly grin.

Yugi frowned at his dark spirit. /I do not look at her that way! /

//Sure…//

/Hey! Are you amusing yourself by staring at Tea? / Yugi growled.

//Jealous are we? Well I'm not interested in my Hikari's girlfriend. // Yami said in a suave manner. Yugi in turn glared back at his Yami.

Joey waved a hand in front of Yugi. The boy blinked and blushed. "Sorry…"

"Well, the bell rang." He saw how the others were picking up their stuff. Yugi jumped out of his seat and gathered his stuff. "See ya." They all called out to each other. Yugi ran and spotted Tea. He ran up beside her and they smiled at each other. The two walked together to their class.

The day ended and Tea and Yugi again walked out the school together. "Hey, Tea. You want to come over? The others are… But I'm not sure with Tristan and Serenity." Tea smiled and nodded. "Sure."

"Come on let's go there before they get there." Yugi grabbed her hand and dragged her to the game shop. Since the boy had grown, he became faster for Tea to keep up with. They both entered through the door. Tea's hand was released and she was panting hard. Yugi apologized, and then his head snapped in remembrance. "Oh yeah! I have to show you something." Tea looked at him tiredly. "Ok."

"Hello there Yugi. Oh and I see Tea is here also." He waved at them both. "So Tea, have you decided to stay her a bit more longer? Like actually live here?" He smiled sweetly.

Yugi blushed and Tea sweat dropped. "Uh… Well, you see I have to watch over Joey and Serenity. Their father went somewhere. Sorry."

Grandpa's face saddened. "Oh."

Yugi became annoyed and grabbed Tea's hand. "C'mon, I want to show you before the others come over." Then the two ran upstairs, leaving Yugi's grandpa alone. "And I was hoping she would have lived with us… I mean, Yugi sure will be very happy." He clasped his hands together, and then stared to daydream over Yugi's future with a certain girl. "Then we'll have little Yugi's and Tea's running around our little game shop!"

They entered the room, and Yugi told Tea to sit down. She found a nice spot on his bed. Tea waited patiently, as Yugi rampaged through his underwear drawer. Yugi paused at his task than turned his head. "Tea, close your eyes and no peeking!" He smiled widely.

Tea looked at him weirdly, than did as what she was told. Tea was anxious to open her eyes, cause this waiting was making her feel excited about something. Then, Yugi's voice spoke up. "Ok, open them!" he happily said.

Slowly the pair of sapphire blue eyes opened. Tea's eyes widened at surprise. "Happy Birthday!" Yugi chirped. Tea's mouth was hanging open with utter shock. "It's my birthday?" She stared at the golden box in front of her. It was very beautiful, with foreign designs and writings.

Yugi chuckled. "Yeah, and you forgot." He handed the box to Tea. She didn't expect it to be that heavy, for such a small box. 'Must be real gold… But how could he afford it?' Tea's hand traced the smooth outer covering, feeling the imprinted words. "There's also something inside." Yugi sat down on the bed, making Tea jump a bit. Slowly the girl opened the golden box and she gasped out. She wanted to say something, but no words came out. It was a big blue pedant with golden trimmings. It hung from a golden chain necklace so she can wear it and keep it near. "Yugi…" She whispered.

The boy smiled widely. "You want to wear it?" Tea nodded shyly. Yugi took the stone out of the padded box and let it hang on the gold chain. Tea turned towards him, and she looked down blushing deeply. The boy reached behind her neck, and she could feel him breathing on her forehead. He moved back, and the stone perfectly hung around her neck. Tea looked up and stared into the boy's violet eyes. "Thank you…" she whispered in a squeak. Oblivious to them, the puzzle was glowing faintly as a weird reaction to the pendant.

Yugi smiled than winked at her. "Yugi!!" called a voice. "Your friends are here."

The boy quickly stood up and knew that they would be coming up. So he quickly opened the door and went out. *Wham* the boy opened his eyes and found himself on the floor. He rubbed his head and looked at the other person on the floor too. "Joey?" Yugi moaned.

Tea walked out the door and saw the two. She helped Yugi up, and Joey got up himself. Ryou and Kaiba walked up. ((Like I said, they befriended him)) "Nice going little doggie." Kaiba murmured.

Joey whipped his head and glared at him. "What did you say?" He gritted his teeth. Kaiba just smirked and turned away with his arms crossed. Ryou sweat dropped and went between. "Hey you two."

Tea shook her head. "What are we standing here for, let's head down." Yugi suggested. He walked off first and Tea followed closely behind. The other three boys trailed behind. "It makes you wonder what those two were doing up there." Joey whispered. Ryou chuckled and Kaiba smirked.

After eating a few for dinner, they were finishing off their homework together. They had so much that it practically made Joey faint. "I can't take this anymore!" He whined.

"You're never going to graduate if you have that kind of attitude." Kaiba grumbled.

The blonde snapped up and glared at the CEO. "Hey Tea. Where did you get that?" Ryou spoke up, pointing to the big stone hanging around her neck. Tea held it in her hand and blushed. "Um… Yugi gave it to me… for my birthday." She whispered softly.

Joey's eyes popped up in shock. "I forgot!" he stood up and practically yelled out. "Today is your birthday!"

Tea sweat dropped. "Well you don't have to tell the whole world, Joey." She laughed to her self. "Actually, I forgot myself."

Everyone sweat drops. "How can you forget?" asked Ryou.

"Well, with everything that's happening. It's just happening so fast…" Tea said quietly.

Summer was drawing near, and the students of Domino High were anxious to get out. It was springtime after all, and it was pouring outside. Lectures today got very boring. Tea looked to her side, past Yugi out at the window. Joey fell asleep, and so did Tristan. Yugi's eyes were half way open and Ryou ignored the teacher by reading a novel. Kaiba, sitting at one of the side desks, was amusing himself by watching his friends. Tea sighed out. She really wanted to go out into the rain. School was a bit boring to her, and she wished there was action, like when they were at the Duelist Kingdom, and Battle City.

Time to time, Tea believed that she would feel a presence from her stone. But she wasn't sure. The writings on the golden box was said to be Egyptian, but when she went up to Isis, she couldn't read it. She said it was some sort of Egyptian writing, but a bit mixed up in another way. Tea shrugged. There was a snort from behind, and Tea turned her head to see whom it were from. There were three other students as well who was sleeping. The girl sighed out and looked up front, staring at the clock. ||Interesting…||

Tea jerked her head up and looked around. 'Huh?' She looked around her. Almost everyone surrounding her was half asleep. ((What an obedient class)) 'Ok, I'm just imagining things…' She whispered to herself. || Imagining things mean, you see things that are not real. || Said that voice again.

The girl's face scrunched up and was a bit frightened. She jumped a bit from her seat. 'Ok, who are you? And where are you?' She looked around cautiously. After patiently waiting, there was no response. Tea sighed out and told herself she was just hearing things and going crazy cause the lectures are boring her to death. School ended and Tea hurriedly ran home. She didn't feel like talking to anyone right now. Joey went off to meet Mai, and Serenity was probably home. Tea noted to herself to call Yugi later. She was afraid that the boy might be really worried for her, cause she rushed out without saying anything to him. They would usually walk home together.

Tea opened the door and a fresh scent filled the house. She took a deep breath and sighed out happily. Something did smell good, and Tea bet that Serenity cooked something very delicious for dinner. She entered the kitchen, and as suspected, Serenity was wearing an apron and tending a pot on the stove. "Wow! It smells really good in here." The brunette complimented.

"Thank you!" Serenity smiled. "Though it may smell really nice right now, but I'm not finished yet. Oh, and I invited Tristan over. Would that be ok?" She turned around with pleading eyes.

Tea nodded an okay. "Sure." She turned around and past the living room. "I'll be upstairs!" she called over the shoulder. Tea heard a faint okay and she ran to her room. Tea closed the door and fell into her soft and comfy bed. The day got to her and her eyes were closing. || Hey! Don't you have homework to do? || Tea snapped open her eyes and popped up from her bed. "The hell?"

Tea looked around her room to see if anyone was in here as well. But no one was. "Ok… this is creeping me out. Where are you?" she called out. If you were someone else and were watching her talk to herself, you'd think she was crazy. ||Humph. I've been around you for quite some time now, and I got bored. Can't I at least talk to you? ||

The brunette sat down and took in some breaths. "Who are you?" Tea asked calmly.

||I… I don't remember… || the voice whispered.

Tea knew now that it was a female. She had a deeper voice than Tea's. Not like a merry tune she always carried. Tea then suddenly saw something in the mirror. There, a girl, about her age, was sitting on her. Well, she was transparent, so Tea could see herself. Tea stood up and stared at the mirror. Her mouth was gaping open, but the other girl wasn't. She looked exactly like herself, but a bit different. Her eyes were narrower than hers, and in an Icy blue color. Her hair was past her shoulders, and had some strands of golden highlights. The other girl was slightly taller, about an inch or so. And her body was perfect in every curve, like a dream super model. She wasn't wearing the uniform Tea had on, but black tight and revealing attire. "How…? Are you my Yami?" Tea whispered.

||I guess… if that's what you want to call me. || The girl answered.

Tea's eyebrows went up in question. "Do I have a Millennium Item?" she asked.

||Don't understand what you mean…|| Her darker half answered.

Tea shrugged and gave up questioning her spirit that didn't know or remember anything. She stood up straight and stared back at her. "If you don't have a name, then I'll call you something…Well, I can't call you Yami, cause that is Yugi's spirit's name." Tea took in a breath and stared to ponder. "What's a good name for you?" She started to carefully look at her spirit closely. The spirit's eyes caught her attention. The color was unnatural, like it was close to a silvery light blue color. A shiver was sent down her spine by staring to long into her eyes. It was like ice… "I could call you Kori."

||Why? || Her spirit asked.

"Well, because you have ice like eyes. Well, sort of." Tea shrugged. "Kori mean ice." ((I read it in some site that ice in Japanese is kori… I'm not sure though.)) Tea smiled. Kori shrugged and accepted the new name she was given. "Hey! Can you like… come out of there? Yami gets out of the Millennium Puzzle and he is like an ordinary real guy. So does Ryou's and Malik's Yami."

|| I don't know? || Kori answered. Tea sighed and fell back into her bed. It was silent for a while. ||Aibou? || Kori's voice spoke. "How did you know to call me that?" Tea whispered out.

||I saw it in your memories… well, I accidentally went through them…|| Tea frowned, but let it pass. "What is that you wanted to ask me?" She asked.

Kori's voice became monotonous. || I would like it if you don't tell your friends about me yet. I just have some feeling that they shouldn't know yet. ||

The lighter half didn't question her request. "Ok…"

Crimson color peered through the darkened scenery. The pair of eyes blinked as the wind blew through long strands of raven hair. She pushed back the irksome strands. She parted her lips and breathed out. The wind carried her breath and she smiled eerily. "I know you're here. And I'm going to make you mine…" Her dark tone was haunting.

Inside his soul room, Yami's violet eyes popped open and he jerked up from his bed. He breathed huskily and let beads a sweat drop down from his head. "Something is coming…" He whispered to himself.

To Be Continued…

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((Review please! I really need some inspiration from you fans. But no flames!! Hee, Hee. Bye!!!))