Nazo no Kisu (Mysterious Kiss)

Nazo no Kisu (Mysterious Kiss)

Welcome to Chapter 18. I hope you enjoyed the chapters with Yugi in Egypt. Atemu will return to
Domino soon, but not in this chapter! This chapter will cover the day that Yugi returns which is
also one day before Worldwide Invitational Tournament (WIT) in Tokyo.

Chapter 18: Back at Home

Domino City, Japan. Home. I'm glad to be at home, not that I didn't enjoy being in Egypt, it's just
there's no place like home.

I get my car from the airport and go to the bank to convert my remaining money back to Yen. When I
get home, it's 4am. I open the door and sneak in and upstairs to the best of my ability...that is until
I knocked the vase off the table and it fell and broke.

The next thing I knew, my parents and jii-chan came running downstairs with bats in hand...ready to
beat the living hell out of me.

"Yugi?!" mom says then embraces me.

"We missed you!" says Jii-chan as he and dad hug me also.

"So, how was it?" asks mom as she escorts me to the sofa. "We want to hear every detail of what you
did."

"Ashita! I don't think you want to hear everything." dad says.

Listen to dad.

"Oh...well... Anyways, how was it?" she asks.

"Wonderful! I enjoyed it! We should all go back and visit." I say.

I continue telling them about my travels throughout Egypt.

"I should call Atemu and tell him that I made it home safely." I say getting up and going into the
kitchen. I pick up the phone and dial his home.

He answers...guess he knew I was going to call.

"Atemu? I'm here at home." I say.

"I'm glad you made it home safely."

"Yea, I'm glad too. Thanks for all of your hospitality, Atemu."

"Anytime. I just can't wait until I return to Domino, to you."

"I can't wait either." I say yawning.

"I will let you go to sleep. Jet lag is a pain."

"Yea, I know. I will call you whenever I wake up, ok."

"Hai. Ja."

"Ja ne."

I hang up the phone and go back into the living room. I open up a bag and give my family their
souveniers from the cities, museums, and landmarks I visited.

"Seems like someone had a tiring week. Are you going to be able to duel in WIT tomorrow?
Registration is at 10am today." mom says.

"Today?! I thought that would be before the tourney, tomorrow!"

"There are 64 duelists from around the world. I guess officials didn't want to pressure in getting
everyone there and registered before 8am." she says looking at a beaded bracelet.

"Well, I'm going to bed. I'm tired from the 7 different time zones I just flew through and then the jet
lag..."

"Ok. I'll wake you up around 9."

I grab the rest of my bags and go upstairs and collapse onto my bed...sleep...is good.

...

"Yugi? Yugi? Wake up, it's 9:10." I hear dad say.

I open my eyes and see him standing above me. I get up and take a shower and put some clothes on.
When I get back into my room, dad is still there, now sitting on my bed.

The only time he does that is when I've done something...what could I have done? I've been in
Egypt these past 7 days!

"Otou-san? Is everything ok?" I ask sitting next to him.

"I was just wandering something."

I didn't do it!! I promise! Wait...what did I do?

"Are you in love with Atemu?"

Eh...Where did this come from?!

He looks at me sternly...wanting nothing less than the truth. I can't lie to dad, now can I?

"Yes, I am." I say shyly.

"So, there's nothing between you and Anzu?"

That bitch?! Hell no!

"Iya. She was the one who asked Jou and Kaiba to hurt Atemu."

"I understand."

What's going on here? Never have I seen dad this momotomic. He's usually very animated and passionate
when he's talking. He looks like he's in deep thought. And that's scaring the hell out of me...

"What's wrong dad?"

"Nothing. It's just...I was worrying about you. You're at a pivotal age, 17, you'll be 18 next month. I've
never seen you like this. Willing to travel half-way across the world for someone. I'm just speechless.
You've truly amazed me, Yugi."

Wow...dad is capable of deep thinking.

"Thanks..." I say smiling.

"No matter what Yugi, I'll always love you."

Now this is getting weird...

"I love you too dad."

"So, let's go now. I got to watch my son become the King of Duelists!" he says reverting back to his
normal animated voice.

We go to Kaiba Land Duel Dome. I see people dueling, not with the traditional ring, but with duel disks.

I go to the officials table and register. I see Kaiba, Jou, and Honda registering and talking amongst
themselves. I walk by them and they don't say anything to me...not directly that is.

"I can't believe he went all the way to Egypt to see him." Jou says rather loudly.

"Yea, I didn't know that running away could solve anything!" says Kaiba.

Who ran away? I went to visit for a week.

"Yea, he should be easy bait. He doesn't have his Egyptian lover to fuck some sense into him!" Jou
says as the three of them laugh.

I'm hurt...truly I am...I could feel the tears swell, as I hear those words coming from someone who I
used to be closer than...than...glue to.

I can't cry...

"Lookey here, is he about to cry?" Kaiba says.

"Hold back you two. He hasn't done anything to you." Honda says.

Glad I have someone on my side.

"You wouldn't want him to withdraw and run back to Egypt now would you." He adds.

That's it...

"Look here you bastards! Whatever the fuck I do is my own damn business! If I want to fuck Atemu
until his brains ooze from his ears that's my fucking business! Now, when you find someone you love
as much as I do Atemu, no matter where in the world they are, you would go to them! Now if you don't
have anything nice to say to me, then shut the fuck up!" I yell then storm off.

I could hear lots of screaming and someone being held back, but what the hell do I care. I don't care
about them! Why should I?! They're just jealous of me! If anyone should be upset, it should be
Anzu, not them.

Speaking of the Royal Bitch herself...

"Well, I guess you're here to see me." she says as I walk by.

Umm...there is tournament registration today...

"You're the last person I want to see." I say as I continue walking.

"Wait, Yugi! Why are you so angry at me?!"

I stop and start laughing. Was that question really necessary?

"You know why Anzu!" I say to her.

"I don't actually. I was upset seeing you and Atemu lip locked that day. But since then I haven't seen
him. I wanted to talk to him."

Is this a dumb bitch now?

"Anzu, stop acting like you're stupid. You know what happened to Atemu! Besides, why would you want
to talk to him?"

"Where is he Yugi? I know he got an invite to participate in Worldwide."

"Yea, he did. But thanks to what you said, he may not be able to return to Domino City, ever."

"What...do you mean? What did I say?"

I could do nothing but laugh. Is she serious?!

"He's in Egypt. It's been almost 6 months Anzu! I know you know that! Stop acting dumb! Thanks to
what you wanted Jou and Kaiba to do, he had to return to Egypt!"

"What I wanted Jou and Kaiba to do? What do you mean Yugi?!"

I have no time for dumb bitches. And she isn't even a blonde.

"Wait, Yugi! What did I want them to do?" she yells as she runs to catch up with me.

"Don't play dumb." I say as I continue to walk towards my dad who's sitting in a chair near the door.

"Yugi..." she says as I feel a hand on my shoulder.

"Don't touch me. I know you were upset that day, but you didn't have to tell Jou and Kaiba to make him
pay for it." I say brushing her hand off me and walking to my dad.

He stands up and we walk out the door. I take a peek back and look at her. She's still standing in the same
spot I left her. Good for her. Now she can live with the guilty conscience.

We stop at Burger World and grab something to eat. Dad got our food and we sit at a table near the back
windows.

"So, why were you so angry Yugi?" dad asks.

"What do you mean?"I say taking a sip of my soda.

"I heard you when you spoke very...harshly to Seto-kun, Katsuya-kun, and Hiroto-kun."

Harshly...is that as bad as you can state it?

"Why? Did you say those things Yugi? And then, what did Anzu-san had to say to you?"

"I said those things because they were talking bad about me and Atemu. Anzu acted like she didn't know
what was going on. She was acting like she had nothing to do with Kaiba and Jou beating up Atemu."

"Are you serious?"

"Yea. I am. She was telling me that she didn't know where Atemu was. He's been gone for almost 6
months dad! By now, she should know something!"

"Bad acting on her part." he says laughing.

I laugh too.

"Maybe she was trying to fool me like she didn't know what had went on with Atemu, Jou, and Kaiba. Do
I have 'idiot' written on my forehead?!"

Dad puts his burger down and looks at me.

"Wait...I think there's a b-a-k-a written there." He says writing the romanji on my forehead and laughing.

"Funny dad, very funny."

We finish eating then grab mom and jii-chan something to eat and go home.

When I get home, I call Atemu and talk to him. I tell him what happened between Jou, Honda, Kaiba, and
I and the incident with Anzu and I.

Like me, he could do nothing but laugh when I told him about Anzu.

"Aibou, are you serious?! She really didn't act THAT dumb did she?" Atemu says laughing.

"She did!" I say laughing even harder.

By the time I got finished talking to him, it was almost 7. Dinner time. I think we'd been on the phone
for about 3 hours. But, I had talked to Seth for a while too. He wished me luck in the tourney tomorrow
and said that he'll be sure to watch it on TV.

I eat dinner then help mom close the shop. I flop down on the sofa and turn the TV to KC Network. The
WIT Special should be on...

'Duelist number 1 is from Domino City, Japan. He is the Japanese National Champion, 17 year old,
Mutou Yugi.' Kazuki Takahashi, (AN: Creator of Yu-Gi-Oh! and special guest Analyist for this tourney)
Japanese Duel Monsters Analyst, introduces me.

'Well, Kazuki-kun, his deck focuses around the magicians of Duel Monsters. At first glance, he may
seem innocent, but his fierceness shows in his cards. A few of his key cards are Black Magician, Black
Magician Girl, Magician Valkyria, and Black Robed Sage." says Arthur Hopkins, American Duel Monsters
Analyst.

"It's going to be extremely tough for him to be defeated once he gets one of his magicians on the field."

I continued watching as they continued to introduce players from Japan and around the world.

"Finally, before we end this portion, I would like to take this time to introduce another duelist, Atemu
Ikhras." Kazuki-kun says. "His magicians deck is virtually unbeatable. Almost every tournament that
he has participated in, he has won, including the Domino City Tournament. He was seen as a favorite
to win Nationals, and then eventually Worldwide, but he came down with an illness and had to return
to Egypt. Atemu, If you are watching, we wish you a speedy recovery and we look forward to seeing you
again next year!"

That was so nice of them!! I bet Atemu's in tears right now.

The show goes on break and comes back.

"Now, we will show the matches for tomorrow's tournament." Arthur-kun says. A board comes up with
the numbers of each duelist and their names.

I see my number, 1, against number 64, Varon Turner from Melbourne, Australia. He uses an armour
deck. Hopefully, I will be able to defeat him. Ahh, what am I worried for! I know I will beat him!

I look at the clock. Midnight. I think bed is a good idea now. Oyasuminasai!

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There's our filler chapter. Hope you enjoyed it. Who ever thought Yugi could get THAT mad. And then
what's the deal with Anzu? Was she for real or just 'playing her role'? As for Varon's last name, it's
completely made up by me. I don't know any of the last names for any of the duelists during the
Doma/Orichalcos Arc. Oh well, please review, then stay tuned for Chapter 19 coming soon!