Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Life I gave for You ❯ Promises ( Chapter 9 )

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Chapter 10: Promise

Umbreon left to go and track down Seto, keeping an eye on him for me. I trusted Umbreon as much as I did Sugar, my Espeon. I headed down from the roof, not before returning Zap to its pokeball of course and sought out a place to eat.

"Let's see, I really need to eat something…" I said, looking at the restraints lining the street. I was in the mood for something now I just didn't know what. Maybe there was a street vendor like they had in more rural Japan cities. I liked those, the food there was almost always fresher and tastier than some of the things I had in restaurants. Where was I going to eat?

"Can I help you?" a voice asked and I jumped. I turned around to see a girl who looked like she was my age.

"Sorry?" I asked in confusion.

"You look lost, do you need some help or something?" she asked and then noticed my duel disk, "Oh, you're a duelist in the competition!"

"Sort of," I said with a sigh, turning to face her fully, "Sorry to be rude but who are you?"

"My name's Tea, Tea Gardener," she said, "So are you lost or something like that?"
"I was just searching for a good place to eat, this town doesn't seem to have any of the street vendors though, and I like those…" I said, "By the way my name's Katherine Anne Forest."

"I see, well I can show you a good place if you'd like, I'm kind of hungry myself," she said, "If you wouldn't mind me joining you, that is…"

"You seem like a nice girl," I said with a small grin.

"So do you," she said and I smiled fully at that. How little these people knew about me…

"So, where is this place?" I asked and she beckoned me to follow her.

"This way," she said and started to walk down the street, the way I had been walking already. I followed her down a few main streets and saw a small café come into view.

"So, why are you here if you're not a duelist?" I asked.

"I'm a duelist, just not in the competition," she said, "I actually am here to cheer on my friends, and we were planning on meeting up later."

"I don't want to keep you," I said as we entered the café, but she shook her head.

"It's alright," she said and we sat down at the counter, "This place has really good Okonomiyaki…and other things too if you don't like that."

"No, that sounds wonderful," I said setting my duel disk down on the counter next to me. Tea Gardener placed our orders, after I said I'd have whatever she ordered so we were getting the same.

"So, how long have you been in Battle City?" Tea asked.

"Not long actually, I'm a latecomer," I said, reaching inside my pocket for my deck, "This deck is very special to me too, I'm almost afraid to duel and loose my rarest card."
"That was Seto Kaiba's rule," she said with a huff and I heard the sizzling of food and following aromas as our Okonomiyaki began to cook.

"Oh, you know him?" I asked.

"He's a creep, he totally hates my and my friends for really no reason," she said.

"Who are your friends?" I asked.

"There're basically four of us, we hang together a lot as a group. There's Tristan Taylor, he's with Joey's sister right now, oh and Joey Wheeler is one of my friends too and then there's Yugi Motou. Yugi and Joey are both competing," she said.

"A name holds a lot of power you know," I said with a grin, "And you just gave me the names of all your friends…" Where did I know that name Yugi from?

"I'm a good judge of character," Tea said definitely, "I think you're someone trustworthy. What, were you planning on cursing me or something?"
"No, I'm just saying. With the rare hunters on the loose names are a powerful thing," I said and watched our lunch get flipped.

"So you know about them, wow, have they messed with you yet?" Tea asked, "If so then you must have pretty rare cards…"

"Not quite, although I won't take any chances if and when I do meet up with them," I said, not exactly telling her the truth. I had encountered one of them and made him suffer a bit, although I wasn't about to reveal how I had made him suffer.

"Oh, right then," Tea said and smiled at me, "You seem like a neat person."

"Thanks," I said, "Oh! Wasn't Yugi Motou the one that won Duelist Kingdom?"
"Yeah, didn't you know? And Joey was second runner-up too!" she said and I watched as the okonomiyaki was flipped for a third time.

"Really, now that is interesting," I said, watching the food get dished up for us and I took my chopsticks into my hand, "Say, do you guys have what's called Pokemon here? Not the card game, but the creatures? Do you have any other card games besides Duel Monsters?" I slipped the deck back into my pocket.

"Wow, that's a lot of questions," she said with a laugh as I started to eat and she did as well, "I don't know about Pokemon, I've never heard of them but they could be here for all I know and of course there are other games to play besides Duel Monsters, but at the moment it's the most popular."
"Created by Maxamillian Pegasus, right?" I asked, "Yeah I know him."

"That guy's more of a creep than Kaiba, a little bit of a sicko too," she said with a nervous smile, "So what are these pokemon?"
"Nothing much," I said, "I just have them and if no one else does I won't get to use them in battles that much here I guess…"

"Oh, you do?" she asked, "On your person, like you could bring them out?"

"Yeah, but I won't now, not while there's food on the counter," I said with a grin, "All of my pokemon have my personality, they love to eat."

"That's nice," she said and turned back towards eating.

"Hey, Seto, does that guy ever mention a promise or something like that?" I asked, "It's nothing much, just something I was wondering…"
"What do you mean?" Tea asked.

"I mean has he ever mentioned of a promise that he has to keep?" I asked and she shook her head.

"I don't think we're close friends and he's never said anything like that before, why?" Tea said and then added thoughtfully, "Well, he does protect his little brother Mokuba, is that what you meant?"

"Kinda, so he looks after him? That's good," I said sadly.

"You sound as if you know this guy personally," Tea said with a laugh, "I hope you're not related to him or anything!"

"…" I paused before answering that, how close she was to the truth, "Not at all, I just know him, that's all. I had heard a rumor about a promise and I wanted to find out if it was true or not." I had covered up pretty well I think!

"Maybe you should ask him," Tea said.

"He doesn't exactly like me, I don't think he does, I could be wrong but I don't know…" I said.

"Oh, so you're another of his rivals?" Tea asked, "That's alright, he never seems to make a good impression unless he's protecting his brother."

"True," I said, "That sounds very true."

"Alright, lunch'll be 1000 yen," the chef said and Tea reached for her purse.

"No, I've got it, my treat," I said with a smile and handed the chef the money, "That was very good."

"Thank Ma'am," the chef said, "Come back again!" We walked out of the café and Tea stopped for a moment.

"Thanks for paying for me, you didn't have to you know," she said.

"No, I should be thanking you," I said, silently adding to myself that since Seto was still protecting Mokuba I was alright, at least he still loved Mokuba.

"Can I see one of these pokemon you were talking about now?" Tea asked teasingly.

"Sure thing," I said and brought out my pokeballs. I was allowed more than 6 pokemon only for the reason I had only 6 that were allowed to be used in battle while the others could be used for whatever I needed them for.

"Do I need to pick?" she asked and I nodded. She pointed to the one in the center of my palm.

"This on? Alright, Tea-san let me introduce you to Sky!" I exclaimed and tossed the pokeball up and Sky, my Dragonair popped up and out, flying slightly as he encircled me. I had received him as a Dratini when I was seven from the ABA, or Abused Pokemon Agency, and he had evolved to save me or protect me, as most of the pokemon I had had done.

"Wow, he's so pretty," Tea said, "Oh, please just call me Tea."
"Yeah, Sky is a Dragonair, he can control the weather," I said with a smile, "Fine, Tea-chan then."

"Close enough," she said with a grin, "So, he can control the weather?"

"Uh-hu," I said, "Do you want me to demonstrate?"
"Last thing I need is a snowstorm," Tea said with a shudder, "Whoa, look at the time, I need to get going!"

"Well then you'd better go," I said.

"Where can I reach you again, do you have a cell phone number?" she asked.

"No, just take this," I said, handing her a pokemon card, one of my favorites, well, not really, it was just a pidgey.

"What do I do?" she asked, not exactly seeing the magic. Wow, she was normal.

"Well, just say my name, Katy and the card will activate and I'll come as soon as I can," I said, "So don't call me unless there's a little time."

"Anywhere?" she asked.

"Anywhere," I said, "But not always anytime, there are a few times when I'm indisposed but not too often…"

"Okay then, well I gotta run!" she said and headed off, stuffing the card in her pocket. She wasn't too bad of a character. Well, I could seek out a duel now or go and seek something else…maybe that Domino Museum I read about in some travel brochure, I heard it had some Egyptian stuff, maybe I could get some answers there.

"Dra…" Sky said and I returned him to his pokeball. I must have woken him up. I sighed, Domino Museum it was!

TBC

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