Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Trials of Life ❯ Pleasant Reunions ( Chapter 10 )

Pleasant Reunions

AN: Another chapter! Yeah!!

Thank you to all those that reviewed! That would include:

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I really don't mind those who can and do review more than once in a chapter. It actually makes me really happy `cause it tells me that you really, really enjoy my fic.

To the one who didn't like the beat-down I gave Yami and the gang, well all I can say is that it comes from the old saying "What goes around comes around." And, just so you know, I could've easily been quite a lot meaner. I'm sorry you feel that way, but while Yami is one of my top favorite characters I know I wouldn't forgive anyone right away if they did that to me and the other characters had to know that. They also had to know that he wasn't exactly the same kid he had been when he's left.

And someone asked, I'm not sure if Seto and Mokuba Kiaba will make an appearance or not. Well, we'll find out how this thing works, won't we?

Does anyone want a profile page for Jake, Jason, Derek, Selene, and Damien? If so, I'll be happy to do it. This'll basically tell you some facts about each of the said characters.

And finally, I'm sorry that I didn't post this two days ago. I actually had it all ready and everything, but the stupid FF.Net wasn't loading on my computer so I couldn't post this.

~*~*~*~Last time~*~*~*~

"We will do anything to defend you Hikari. Doesn't matter what. And," Jason said as he saw Yugi about to argue, "don't try and tell us otherwise. We know very well that you would do the exact same thing."

That shut Yugi up and he smiled at his friends. "Thanks guys, that means a lot to me."

"No sweat Hikari, no sweat." Derek said. Then the bell rang, ending a most interesting lunchtime.

~*~*~*~On with the story~*~*~*~

The rest of the day passed without any kind of scene like that that had happened during lunch. In fact the only thing that annoyed Yugi and his friends would have to be the Fan Club. It seems that even though it looks like he already has a girlfriend the Club wasn't about to give up on Yugi.

They were currently walking from school and Selene's and Yugi's eyes were twitching in annoyance at the band of twittering girls that were currently following them around. Jake and Jason were shaking in ill-concealed mirth while Derek, though it wasn't nearly as obvious, was amused he, like Damien, felt sorry for his two friends.

Finally they decided to lose the caravan and walked over to an apartment building.

"Sorry," Yugi shouted, "but this is my stop. You all will have to leave now." And went inside the strange building. Selene and the others waited until all the girls had gone before following him. Now, this wasn't their real apartment building, but there was no way they were going to lead them there.

"Are they gone?" Yugi asked wearily from a bench that was just outside of the view of the doorway and the clerk's desk.

"For now, but we had better sneak out the back way if we don't want to be spotted." Derek said. The rest of the gang nodded and they proceeded to do just that. Being a professional thief had its advantages at times outside the job. This was one of those times as they were able to get out of the back door of the building without anyone noticing them, and thus getting them in trouble.

When they were outside they walked to the park where Jason spoke up. "So, what do you guys want to do know?"

"Well," said Damien, glancing at Yugi, "what do you think about visiting the Kame Game shop?"

Yugi thought for a moment before saying, "Yeah, let's do it. I doubt that Yami will be home for a while. He never was home until after supper when I lived there."

"Okay then." Selene said, and with that they headed off.

When they got to the store Selene stopped Yugi outside the door.

"Wait just a second. Let me go in first just in case, okay?" She said. And Yugi, knowing that she meant just in case Yami was there, nodded.

Selene entered the shop and, seeing that it was empty, nodded to her friends and they came in.

"Just like I remember it." Yugi said, smiling slightly. "I really have missed this place."

"Yugi?" came an elderly voice from the door to the actual house, which they currently had their backs to. "Yugi, is that really you?"

Yugi turned around and smiled at his grandpa. "Yep Grandpa, it's me."

Sugoroku ran up and hugged his grandson whom he hadn't seen in nearly two years. He had received word from Yugi himself shortly after he'd left, but seeing and writing to someone were two totally different things.

"I've missed you Yugi. I wish I could've been there for you." He said as he gripped his grandson.

"I've missed you too Grandpa." Yugi said, hugging his grandfather in return. When they pulled apart Yugi turned to his friends and said, "Grandpa, I'd like you to meet my new friends. They're the ones who helped me two years ago and also helped me send a letter to you without Yami or anyone else knowing."

Yugi pointed to the shortest, though he was barely half an inch taller, and the only red head and said, "The red head with the blue-silver eyes is Jake." Jake just grinned his normal grin when he saw someone he liked. He, like everyone else, was able to get an impression off of someone's aura and he liked the one Yugi's grandfather had.

"The one standing beside him with the light brown hair and one brown-green eye and one scarlet eye is Derek." Derek smiled slightly when Yugi introduced them and inclined his head slightly.

"The there's the other maniac standing beside him, he's the one with blond hair and amber eyes. That one's name is Jason." Jason smiled and mock-saluted Sugoroku.

"The one standing kind of out of the way with the back hair and sapphire eyes is Damien." Damien smiled and he too nodded his head slightly.

"And finally, the only girl of the group. She has the tan hair and emerald eyes. And she is my best friend. You might recognize her Grandpa. Her name's Selene." Yugi said and Selene waved, smiling.

Sugoroku stared at her in confusion for a bit before his eyes widened. "Oh my god." Was all he said.

"Well Yugi, I'd say it's a pretty safe bet to say that he recognized me." Selene said.

"You're Selene from Siaka city, aren't you?" Sugoroku said. When Selene nodded he continued, "I never got to thank you enough back then. You can't know how much it meant to me to finally find my grandson back then. And now you helped him again. How could I ever thank you enough?" At this Selene blushed and mumbled something about it being nothing.

This, of course, granted some teasing from Jake. "Oooh lookie, Selene's blushing." And he grinned. Selene, naturally, forced the color out of her face and slung her book bag at his head, and it was Jake's misfortune that he didn't duck in time and was sent sprawling onto the floor. The others decided to keep quite after that display.

"Well," Sugoroku said, "how long are you staying in town?"

"We're not really sure," Damien said, "it all depends."

Yugi's grandpa nodded then his face turned serious. "Do Yami and the others know you're here?"

"Yup," Jake said, "we had a rather, well for lack of better term, `interesting' encounter with them yesterday at the arcade and today during lunch. I really don't think they're happy with and of us at the moment." As he said the last part he gestured to himself, Selene, Jason, Damien, and Derek.

"Uh, guys," Derek said, "I think we need to leave soon. We really need to go by the stores and get some food unless we all want to go hungry tonight and tomorrow morning." The others nodded in agreement.

"We'll come back again soon Grandpa." Yugi said and, with a final hug, followed his friends out of the store.

AN: So, what did you think? I thought that having at least one pleasant reunion in Domino was a good idea. After all, Yugi's grandpa, in my fiction, didn't have anything to do with Yugi's leaving so Yugi's not mad at him.