Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ We Have A Lot in Common ❯ Star of the Show ( Chapter 5 )

Recap: I was relentlessly assaulted by Simba and Yugioh's counterparts. After about an hour and a half, they finally knocked me out of commision by a double team attack. Simba and Yugioh finally made it to Yugi and me. After distractions and brawls, all four of us are back in the Pridelands.
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// is Yugioh mental talk
\ is my mental talk
\\ is Simba mental talk
# is Nala mental talk
~ is Kiara mental talk
* is Kovu mental talk
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Chapter 5: Star of the Show

A few days have gone by since being sent to a parallel dimension. Yugi and I were asleep in Pride Rock. Things were very peaceful the past few days. Everyone enjoyed it while it lasted.
At nightfall, Kovu awakened us. "Wake up guys," he said.
Yugi and I sat up and stretched.
"Did you sleep well?" Nala asked.
"We sure did," I responded.
"The circus is coming to town. It'll be around tomorrow," the Great Spirit said.
"All right!" I shouted.
"Circus? I hope we can go," Yugi said.
"We sure can Yugi," Yugioh said. "Do you know where it is?" he asked Simba and me.
"You bet we do. The circus comes twice every year. We already been to the one earlier this year. We've been going there since the first time we saw it," I responded.
"Well that settles it. We're going," Yugioh said.
I was smiling to myself. 'I can't wait until we get there. Yugi and Yugioh will be very surprised when they find out that I'm the star of the show,' I thought.
Simba was thinking the same thing. He wanted to see Yugi and Yugioh's reactions as well. He then thought back to how I got to be the star of the show.

| Flashback |

One day, Simba and I were just walking through the Pridelands. I then climbed a nearby tree. It was about a couple of hundred feet tall. I climbed to the first branch which was about one hundred feet up. There was a large pond below me.
I dove off the branch. I started with a few spins. Then I brought my legs in for a downward roll. I ended by pointing my body head and arms first toward the water. I came back up and surfaced. I waited half an hour for my fin to change. Then I climbed the tree and swung from the branches like a pro. After an hour of doing that, there was a vine that stretched 100 feet across to another tree. I walked on that vine like anyone can do it.
Simba followed along on the ground. When I was finished, a dark-skinned man came up to us.
"That was amazing. You did all that like a pro," he said.
"I've practiced that for a few years," I said. "Who are you?" I added.
"My name is Rhombi. I'm the ringmaster of the circus that is located ten miles north of here," he responded. "You may want to be part of it one day," he added.
"My brother Simba here and I have been going to your circus. We really enjoy it," I said.
Simba and I left. The Great Spirit told Rhombi the story of me and Simba being related as well as how I can be a mermaid and human. Simba and I kept going to see the circus. I considered Rhombi's offer more and more each time. After five years, I accepted the circus offer. I worked with the performers. After two more years, I became the star of the show. I have been the star ever since.

| End Flashback |

"What are you thinking about Simba?" Yugi asked.
"I won't say now, but you'll find out," Simba responded.
"In other words, it's a surprise Yugi," I said, smiling just like Simba was.
'Now I'm wondering what Simba was thinking about,' Yugioh thought. "Well, I guess you and I will have to wait until tomorrow night Yugi," he said.
"Let's pass the time until then," I said.
"Can we go swimming?" Yugi asked.
"We most certainly can," Yugioh responded.
"I'll go another time," Simba said.
"All right Simba," I said.
"Have fun you three," he added.
"I'll meet you at the pond," I said. I teleported.
Yugioh picked up Yugi and flew off. I telepathically gave Yugioh directions. He arrived in ten minutes. He landed and put Yugi down. I jumped in the pond. I remained underwater. Yugioh got worried when I didn't come up half an hour later.
"I hope she's all right down there," Yugioh said.
"Don't worry. She's fine. Let's join her," Yugi said.
Yugioh nodded. Yugi felt the tingle of Yugioh's powers again, and they both jumped in. Yugioh soon saw what Yugi meant by me being fine.
"What took ya? I knew that you could breathe underwater Yugioh, and that you could supply Yugi's oxygen," I said.
"I didn't know that you were a mermaid Keisha," Yugioh said.
"Sorry I didn't tell you Yugioh. I was as shocked as you just were when I found out," Yugi said.
"I wasn't always like this. I was completely human until I got turned when I was 5. Before then when I was 3, I had a real passion for the water. As I told you on the night we met, I was working for the evil sorcerer at age 4. I had no idea of his evil intentions back then. I could never kill or bring harm to anyone; that's why I only captured people. During my one year of working for him, he saw how addicted I was to the water.
Coming to the end of my year of working for him, I found out that he intendedly broke a promise that he made to me. The promise was to not kill anyone I captured. He did kill them, when I wasn't around. To prevent any more killing, I set the rest of the captured people free, and escaped myself. Ever since, he's been trying to kill me.
Anyway, when I was swimming here one day, something stung me in both legs. It was weird because I felt my legs combine into one another instead of feeling pain. I went underwater. I felt that I was breathing normally. I looked at my legs to see a light pink fin instead. I was bound to the water. A few months later, the Great Spirit made me human again, but granted my wish to be a mermaid whenever I was in the water," I said.
"Whoa, that's quite a story," Yugi said. "Let's go for a swim."
"Okay," Yugioh and I said together.
We all went swimming. We soon came to a group of turtles. They swam alongside us. We swam slow so they could keep up. An hour later, Yugi got tired.
"Grab a turtle's neck. It'll give you a ride," I said.
Yugi did so and let the turtle drag him. He decided to spend the rest of the time like that. Yugioh and I circled around him. We continued that until the sun lit the water. We went ashore, and Yugi and I slept right where we were. Yugioh watched over us.
Simba then came by and hovered above me. "Let's take them to Pride Rock," he said. He grabbed my shoulders and flew off.
Yugioh slowly picked up Yugi and flew off as well. When we arrived, Yugioh put Yugi on Nala. Then he picked me up, and put me on Simba. Yugi was sleeping in excitement. He couldn't wait to go to the circus. I was excited too. I couldn't wait to perform.
The day seemed to fly by for Yugi and me. It was night before we knew it. Yugioh awakened us and used his powers to cleanse Yugi. I did the same on myself.
"Ready to for the circus?" Simba asked.
"Yeah!" Yugi and I responded together.
Yugioh picked up Yugi, and I got on Simba's back. Yugioh and Simba flew off. Simba was in front, leading the way. We arrived in twenty minutes. Rhombi was waiting outside. He saw us and smiled. Yugioh landed and put Yugi down. Simba landed, and I got off his back.
"Welcome my friends; it seems like you brought friends," Rhombi said to Simba and me.
"Rhombi, these are our friends Yugi and Yugioh. Yugi and Yugioh, this is Rhombi, the ringmaster," I said.
"Nice to meet you," he said.
"Likewise," they said.
#Simba. Sorry to spoil your fun. We need you in our meeting#
\\That's all right Nala. I'm on my way\\ "Sorry guys, but I have to go," Simba said.
"It's okay Simba. Go to your meeting," I said.
Simba flew off.
"Yugi, Yugioh, go on and find a seat. I'll be in there soon. I need to talk with Rhombi," I said.
"Okay," Yugi said. He was a little confused.
Yugioh shared in Yugi's confusion, but they went in.
"So are you ready?" Rhombi asked.
"You bet I am," I responded.
"Go get ready. I know that you will give us a great show," he said.
Yugi and Yugioh were still waiting for me to join them.
"Where's Keisha?" Yugi asked.
"I guess she's still talking with Rhombi," Yugioh responded.
Just then, Rhombi came in. "Ladies, gentlemen and children of all ages. Welcome to the greatest show in Africa. May I present the clowns."
The clowns came in one by one. The fifth one ran in, tripped over his feet and fell flat on his face. When he got up, his pants fell down. He blushed and pulled them up right away.
"Hahahahahahaha!" the audience laughed.
Soon, all the twenty-five clowns were on stage.
"Hey, want a treat?" the ninth one asked the twelfth one.
"Sure," the twelfth one responded.
The ninth one put a pie right in the other's face.
The audience laughed even harder. The clowns spent half an hour making all kinds of screw ups to easy things, spraying each other with water, and other things. The audience could've died laughing where they were because the clowns were very good.
"That was great," Yugi said after he regained his composure.
"Yeah...it...was...very...funny," Yugioh said through laughs. He regained his composure a few moments later.
"Now the moment you've all been waiting for. It's time for the star of our show to perform her first act. She is a very talented young girl who is from this very continent. Some of you know who I'm talking about. So give a warm welcome to the one, the only, Priness Keisha," Rhombi said.
"Keisha?!" Yugi and Yugioh said together.
"So, this is what Simba meant by we'd find out," Yugi said.
I came from backstage. The audience applauded, and I took a bow. I was in a gymnast uniform. I walked to the ladder and climbed up to the trapeze.
Rhombi continued, "This young girl is very skilled. So skilled in fact, that she doesn't use a net, even during practice."
There was a gasp of amazement from the audience.
"She is a true daredevil. Let's watch as she amazes us with her superb skill," Rhombi concluded.
I grabbed the first trapeze and swung out to the second one. While in the air, I did a triple flip. Then I grabbed the second one. I climbed on top of that one and did a handstand. I swung over it a few times before swinging out and locking my legs on the third one.
"Whoa! She's awesome," Yugi said in amazment.
"Yes she is," Yugioh said. "She's making it look like anyone can do it."
On going to the fourth trapeze, I flipped above the third one and came back down with my hands on it. I swung out to the fourth and final one. To end, I flipped five times to the opposite platform. The audience applauded. I took my bow and climbed down.
/That was outstanding Keisha/
//Yes it was. You were very good//
\Thanks guys\
"Let's give her another round of applause folks," Rhombi said.
The audience happily applauded again. I went backstage to rest before my next act.
/We were surprised to find out that you were the star of the show/
\I knew you would be\
//Is that why you told us to go in without you?//
\Yes it is. I wanted you to be surprised. What I was talking to Rhombi about was me being the star of the show\
//What is your next act?//
\My next act is the tightrope\
/We'll talk later/
\Okay. Enjoy the show\
//We are//
"Now ladies and gentlemen, as our young star rests for a little bit, be entertained as five of the clowns from earlier are ready to go now," Rhombi said.
The audience applauded as the clowns got ready to perform again. They did all kinds of things from tripping each other to having food and pie fights. Just before they ended, one of them tried to lift a dumbell. He lifted it all right, but the weights fell off the sides. He tried to pick one of them up, but it exploded in his face. He got a face full of water because the weights were really water balloons.
"Hahahahahahahahahaha!" the audience laughed. For a few moments, they couldn't stop laughing. The clowns took their bow as the audience applauded.
"Now as the clowns leave, our star has gotten into position. Let's all watch her amazing skill and balance as she walks the tightrope, also without the use of a net," Rhombi said.
I walked a few steps on the tightrope. My first move was a cartwheel. I finished with both feet firmly on the rope. The audience applauded. I ran on the rope and did a frontward flip, landing in perfect balance.
"Wow! She's amazing," Yugi said.
"She is indeed," Yugioh agreed. His attention suddenly turned to someone climbing up the other side.
Yugi also noticed the figure climbing up. "Who's that?" he asked.
"I don't know, but I'll find out," Yugioh responded. He looked into the person's mind and gasped. "It's one of the clowns. He has a knife," he added.
"Oh no! That must mean that he's going to cut the rope!" Yugi shouted.
Fortunately, Rhombi was close enough to hear the conversation. The clown spoke before he could.
"All right everyone! Don't try anything if you don't want the star to fall to her death," he said.
I started to go back the other way, but another clown blocked me off.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you my dear," the clown said.
Yugioh stood up and spread his wings from his back. He flew towards me. The clowns saw him and cut the rope out of terror. I hurtled towards the ground. Yugioh dove and caught me. There was applause of relief that I was safe.
"Are you all right?" Yugioh asked.
"I am now," I responded.
"Security, get those clowns! They're fired!" Rhombi shouted.
The clowns were taken into custody. Yugioh landed and set me down.
"How man more acts do you have?" he asked.
"One, the high dive," I responded.
Rhombi came to us. "Are you okay Keisha?" he asked.
"I am, thanks to Yugioh," I responded.
Yugioh then flew back to his seat.
"Luckily, the show will be over after your last act," he said.
"I'll get into position," I said as I walked to the high dive. I climbed the very tall ladder.
Ten minutes later, I was at the top.
"To close our show, our star will do a death-defying dive from the dizzy height above," Rhombi said.
I dove off the platform. I curved my body and went in circles from back to front. I then switched to go from front to back. I grabbed my toes, taking on a circle shape, and spun as I got closer to the tank. Then I became straight as an arrow to end up in the water.
The audience gave me a standing obation. I felt magic around me. I got out to see and feel my legs.
\Thanks Yugioh\
//You're welcome//
I took my bow as the audience cheered on. I walked outside. Yugi and Yugioh followed and were standing by me.
"Are you sure you're human? That was stupendous," Yugi said.
"I agree. You were terrific," Yugioh said.
"Thanks guys," I said.
Rhombi came outside. "You were spectacular Keisha. That was another performance for all ages to remember. The evil sorcerer gave you a break this time," he said.
"Yeah, I know," I said.
"The evil sorcerer bothered your performances?" Yugi asked.
"Yes he did. He did it so many times, that it's not funny," I responded.
"Hey guys," a voice said.
We looked up to see Simba coming in for a landing. Soon, he was on the ground.
"So how was the show?" Simba asked.
"It was wondeful. Your sister here was truly outstanding," Yugioh responded.
"We did have a couple of jealous clowns. They held her up while she was on the tightrope. Yugioh flew to her, but the clowns cut the rope before he got to her. He saved her though," Rhombi said.
"Thank you for saving my sister Yugioh," Simba said.
"It's not a problem," Yugioh said. He picked up Yugi and flew off.
I got on Simba's back, and he flew off as well. We headed for Pride Rock.
"The meeting was longer than we all expected it to be," Simba said.
"That's all right Simba. Missing one show never hurts," I said.
We arrived at Pride Rock in twenty minutes. I got off Simba's back, and Yugioh put Yugi down. We spent the rest of the night talking about the show. At daybreak, I slept on Simba, and Yugi slept on Kovu.



Another chapter finished. Preview for Chapter 6: The Virus: The animals are coming coming down with a strange virus. When Simba, Yugi, Yugioh and I investigate, Yugi gets the virus. Will Simba, Nala, Kiara, Kovu, Yugioh and I find the antidote in time to save the animals and Yugi? Stay tuned for the answer.

See ya later,
Charmeleon