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Yami Muto and the Room of Snakes 3

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                            An Unexpected Visitor


“Congratulations for your 11th birthday, birthday boy!” Sugoroku Muto said loudly clapping his hands (*)
Yugi’s eyes snapped open and gasped seeing his grandpa and his older brother above his head smiling to him. Each one of them was holding a small package in his hands.
“Gramps! Yami!” Yugi exclaimed happily sitting up to the bed
Yami smiled. Another thing he admired to Yugi was his vividness. It didn’t matter whether it was late midnight or early in the morning. Yugi’s face was always fresh and his eyes enthusiastic and alive as ever. Even now Yugi covered his mouth with both hands and took a happy expression.
“I don’t believe you guys!” he exclaimed
“It is not every day a young man turns eleven years old, is it?” Sugoroku said winking at his grandson
Yugi’s eyes were gazing at the presents his two family members were holding. Sugoroku was holding a large, square box while Yami was holding a small, rectangle package.
“Oh, just stop talking and open your presents already!” Yami said chuckling
He didn’t need to say it twice, cause Yugi had jumped in a sitting position already grabbing Grandpa’s present first. Since Yugi had no friends, his family’s presents were the only ones he got so he had cherished every single one of them and he still did. He grabbed the big, orange package and started tearing the orange wrapper, eager for whatever was inside it.
“Ah!” he ejaculated happily, “Gramps! This is…beautiful!”
And he took out of the box a woolen sweater with purple and blue stripes and had his name written on the upper left side of the breast. Also inside the box was the last version of Yugi’s favorite board game Monster World.
“Thank you so much Gramps! This is wonderful!”
“Well the sweater is for winter but I guessed I could give it to you now! As for the game…you always said you wanted it”
“I did! Thanks Gramps!” Yugi said hugging his grandfather tightly
“Come on now! It’s my turn!” Yami said teasingly, “It’s my present next!”
Yugi clapped his hands happily, causing Yami to chuckle, and took the present his big brother gave him.
“Super, Special, Awesome!” Yugi exclaimed seeing what was inside
Yami couldn’t hold back his laughter. Yugi always exclaimed that when he was over-joyful or too surprised.
“The cards I wanted!” Yugi continued taking out of the box five Duel Monsters cards, “Silent Swordsman, Silent Magician, Toy Magician, Sand Castle and Gandora the Dragon of Destruction! Thank you so much Yami! I wanted these since forever!”
Yami smiled in response.
“I know. I searched throughout the entire city to find them. With some help from Grandpa I managed to gather them”
“Thank you! Thank you so much!” Yugi exclaimed happily and hugged Yami tightly
When he did that, though the vase on their desk broke into thousands of pieces. Sugoroku, Yami and Yugi snapped their heads there at the same time.
“Oops!” Yugi mumbled
Yami blinked a little and then sighed deeply.
“Never mind, Yugi” he said, “I got it. You’re flying from joy!”
Yugi giggled nervously and Sugoroku chuckled.
“It was just an old vase, nothing to worry about.” He said gathering the pieces of the vase from the floor, “Now you two…let’s go down and have our breakfast first shall we?”
“Okay!” both said in union before starting climbing down the stairs…

“Happy Birthday!” Sugoroku and Yami exclaimed together bringing he birthday cake.
It was a nice and simple chocolate cake with several whipped cream decorations. Sugoroku had baked the cake and Yami had decorated it. They both had woken up before dawn that morning to prepare everything for Yugi. The cake had a round shape and on it eleven small, blue candles were flickering. Yugi clapped his small hands happily seeing it. Chocolate cake was his favorite.
“Ah! I’ll help you with the dishes!” he said and went to grab the small dissert dishes
Well…he could have if his powers hadn’t reacted to his joy again and…made two dishes fly to the air and then fall. Yami gasped and grabbed them before falling to the floor.
“Phew!” he sighed in relief
“Oh, gosh!” Yugi exclaimed, “Sorry, Yami! I’ll…I’ll help you with…”
“No!” Yami and Sugoroku exclaimed at the same time.
“No…” Yami said again, “Let’s avoid further damage, shall we?”
“Big brother! That’s mean!” Yugi pouted
“Well…it’s the truth, isn’t it?” Yami chuckled back
Yugi’s answer was to stick his tongue out at his brother playfully. Yami chuckled.
“Anyway, make a wish, Yugi” Sugoroku said
Yugi seemed thoughtful for a second. He then closed his eyes, drew a deep breath and blew the eleven candles out with one blow. He had barely blown them when…a strong light like an explosion erupted out of the door.
“What the-…?!” Yami exclaimed
And before he could even finish that a huge cloud of smoke, as if someone had dropped one of those smokescreens, erupted in front of the door from the inside part! When the smoke started to clear off, a human silhouette was standing there… Tall like a tree and dressed in a large trench coat all buttoned up and with a hat on his head… The smoke cleared some more and more of his characteristics got revealed; a square chin, a pair of strong, gloved hands and a gray mask covering the upper half of his face… The man stood there and dusted his sleeve a little.
“Finally I made it…” he said to himself and his voice was deep and kind of husky
He raised his eyes to look at the startled trio that was staring at him.
“Good evening” he said again, “My name is Titan Darkwaters”
“Titan…Darkwaters…?” Yami repeated blinking in confusion
“That’s right. I am working for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry”
“Hogwarts!?” Yami whispered again
“That’s right” the man repeated but his eyes searched the place to find Yugi standing still at the same spot
“Yugi Muto” he said
Yugi tensed a little when he heard his name and subconsciously hid himself behind Yami peeking at the masked stranger over his brother’s shoulder.
“Y-Yes…?” he stuttered
The unknown man that presented himself as Titan remained expressionless.
“First of all, happy birthday.” He said in a typical way that surprised Yugi, “Also, in Hogwarts Headmistress’s behalf, I am obliged to ask you the reason you haven’t presented yourself yet. The letter was delivered to you, wasn’t it?”
“Y-Yes it was…” Yugi admitted
“Then why haven’t we received an answer from you? If you wanted not to attend in this magical school you could have sent your response….”
Yugi blushed.
“I…I didn’t know…” he confessed
“But still…” Titan continued, “I do not understand why you do not wish to attend to that school. It is a great opportunity for you. You do not have any other way to learn magic since you live along with Muggles”
“Muggles?” Yami questioned again
“Oh, not-magic-related people” Titan explained fast and returned to Yugi, “If you had at least one Magic-related sibling then it would be fine, but now you do not have anyone to guide you.”
“Can Yami come with me?” Yugi asked
Titan’s mouth opened slightly; surprised by the sudden and unusual request.
“Of course not” he said, “Your brother is not a wizard. He cannot come to a magic school!”
“Then I am not going!”
“But-…”
“No, I won’t” Yugi insisted, “I am not obliged to go if I don’t want to, am I?”
“Well…of course not but-…”
“Then I do not want to come”
“Yugi that’s enough!” this time it was Yami’s voice the one to be heard
The two people turned their heads towards him. Yami was standing there, with his bangs shadowing his eyes.
“I can’t sit here and watch when you ruin your own future!”
“Y-Yami…?” Yugi blinked in confusion
Yami approached him and got hold of Yugi’s shoulders.
“You are special, Yugi, you are and you know it. Here, though, no one will ever understand you! If you go to that school, you will be able to learn how to control your powers and you will not be alone anymore. You will make friends…tons of them!”
“But…” Yugi’s eyes were teary, “What about you?”
“Me?” Yami smiled a small and somehow sad smile, “I am not a wizard. Therefore I cannot come. However I will always be with you in your heart. And I will always cheer you from here! You’ll become a great wizard and I will be proud of you for every single thing you do!”
“No! I don’t want this! I want you with me!” Yugi yelled, who was crying
“Don’t be silly, Yugi. I can’t come with you and you know it. I will always wait here and…”
“No!” Yugi cut his phrase in the middle, “I don’t want this! I want you with me! I can’t do this on my own! I am not obliged to go! Without you I am not going!”
“Yugi! Listen to me! Stop acting stupid and think of yourself a little!” Yami bellowed, “You cannot control your powers now! They might be dangerous for you in the future! You must go!”
“No! I don’t want this!” now it was Yugi’s turn to shriek and tears had blurred his eyesight
“Yugi!”
“NO!”
But from Yugi’s anger one of the candles that were decorating the table fell and the tablecloth caught fire! Yami as if by instinct made a haste move and cupped that small fire with his palm!
“YAMI!” Yugi yelled and even Titan had placed his hand in his trench coat like searching for something
However Yami didn’t feel a thing… He didn’t feel like burning…only small warmth. He slowly raised his hand up and saw the flame was now on his hand…burning as if it was still on the tablecloth, but without burning his flesh. Yami was staring at it…not knowing what to do or how to react. However it wasn’t an unpleasant site…On the contrary. It seemed amazing to him. In a way he couldn’t describe.
“You’re on fire!” Yugi exclaimed in panic
“No…” Yami muttered and he still couldn’t take his eyes off the flame, “It doesn’t hurt…at all…” He moved his fingers a little to see the shapes the fire was taking by the movement, “It’s warm…”
Titan was standing there with his jaw hanging open at the site… Yami slowly closed his fist and the fire was gone…he opened the other one and the fire was there… He did this one more time and then…he turned around harshly and opened his palm completely with a swift move. The flame was lost from his hands completely and the eleven candles on Yugi’s cake were lit again.
“Y-Yami…” Yugi muttered
“Unbelievable!” they heard Titan’s voice in a whisper of admiration and surprise
The huge man approached Yami and got hold of his forearm forcefully.
“Hey!” Yami protested
“Boy!” Titan said not paying mind to him, “How old are you?!”
“Huh? Th-Thirteen…” Yami blinked in confusion in the man’s sudden change of behavior
“And you never had any hints of power before?”
“N-No! Never!”
Titan seemed ready to ask something else but he let go of Yami’s arm instead and searched inside his trench coat for something and turned his back at them. Yami remained there, rubbing his sore arm.
“…Yes…” they heard him saying, “…yes…understood…”
He turned around and looked at them.
“Yami Muto. Apparently you will be accepted to this school too. This is the last moment’s decision but having magical powers coming with two years of delay it might be troublesome…”
Yami was frozen to his place.
“Me…? A wizard…?”
The word was ringing pleasantly to his ears and was filling him with a strange tickling sensation of pride he couldn’t describe. Even if he would never admit it even to himself, he was always feeling jealous of Yugi for his special powers. Sometimes he had imagined himself being strong…powerful. However now this dream was turning into reality, he was feeling lightheaded as if he was intoxicated.
“Under these circumstances I will have to ask you one more time whether you desire to enter the school. Both of you. And this time I will have to insist. It is the first time I see a wizard that grew his powers later than usually. Especially so long after the normal age.”
That made Yami worry. Later than normal? Was that bad for him? Could that mean that he would be weaker than others? Abnormal, perhaps…?
“Yami! That’s wonderful!” Yugi’s sudden tight hug snapped him out of his thoughts
He looked at the smaller boy and he saw the sparkle of enthusiasm in his eyes. All tears were gone and he could see only happiness.
“We can now go together! We can go to Hogwarts together!”
Yami looked at him and all his worries flew to thin air. A smile crept to his lips.
“I guess so!” he said to his little brother, “I guess we can!”
“Well then” Titan interrupted them once more, “We need to go. Go upstairs to gather your stuff and we will be going! There are many things you need to be informed about! As Muggle children you need to know how things work to our world! Also we need to hurry before it gets dark to London!”
The two brothers looked at each other questionably. London? How were they supposed to go there? By plane? In any case they had to follow the man. They ran upstairs to find their suitcases. They opened them on their beds and started searching their wardrobes.
“Hey, Yami…” Yugi spoke in a small voice while putting some shirts inside his suitcase
“Yes?”
“How do you think is going to be? In Hogwarts I mean…”
“Who knows?” Yami shrugged, “I guess we will see teachers wearing pointy hats and riding flying broomsticks!”
Yugi giggled.
“Now I really am excited Yami!” Yugi confessed, “Especially now that you will be with me!”
“Yes…” Yami mumbled absent-mindedly, “It is…wonderful…”

Outside the weather was slightly cloudy but since it was still July it was warm. The two children had to sprint in order to keep up with the large man who was barely walking but still he had covered longer distance than them. They kept on walking in the city till they found a small, dark alley. Titan took the turn and entered the alley with the two brothers following. The large man placed his hand in his trench coat once again like he had done when Yami’s hand was on fire, and pulled out a…twig! It was a long and nice-shaped one but it was still a twig.
The tall wizard directed the point of the twig to the depths of the dark alley.
“Homenum Revelio” he whispered
Nothing happened. The only thing they could see was the empty dark alley and the only thing heard was silence.
“Good” the man monologized and stowed the strange twig back into his trench coat, “Path is free. Let’s get going”
The two brothers looked at each other questionably and shrugged.
“Come on you two! We do not have all day!” the man was growing impatient.
The two brothers snapped out of their thoughts and followed Titan to the depths of the alley. Titan stopped at the brick wall of the alley and placed his hand in his deep, trench coat pocket. He took out of it a small, sealed vase. He opened it and the Muto brothers saw that it contain ashes. A fine, gray powder.
“Thank goodness I always carry some more Floo Powder with me just in case… Come on you two! Take some!”
“Floo Powder?” Yugi asked cocking up a brow
“Yes” the man said as a matter of fact, “We will travel to London”
“With this?!” Yami couldn’t hide his surprise.
Not like he wasn’t expecting to hear unbelievable things however actually thinking of traveling from one corner of the world to the other holding a handful of ashes was something he most certainly couldn’t even imagine!
“Exactly, now take a good handful of it. Both of you”
The boys obeyed. The powder felt like smooth sang between Yami’s fingers.
“Now stand to either side of me and get hold of my coat” Titan continued giving directions
The two brothers took position to either side of him and got hold of his trench coat with their free hand.
“Now I am going to say the place we want to go to and when I do all three of us will let go of Floo Powder and we will be transferred there… Understood?”
“Y-Yes” Yugi stuttered
“I think so” Yami said
“Good. Just remember we will need to throw our Powder at the same time, it is really important!”
“Okay but…why don’t we…fly there or anything? Or…teleport ourselves or something… Isn’t it possible?” Yami asked
Titan looked down at him and sighed. It was as if it was chore to him to explain the basic –no doubt- things that were so self-evident to him to those two.
“We can” he said, “But it is forbidden using magic outside Hogwarts.”
“So…the magic dust…”
“Using magical equipment is forgiven when we need to pick up new students that live away from London train station”
“Oh” Yami only said
“Now, young men, if you do not have any more questions let’s get going before we lose the weather we desire in London”
Titan seemed to be losing his patience and he seemed anxious enough since the moment Yami’s powers were revealed so both of Muto brothers agreed to leave questions for later on… Titan raised his giant hand and the two brothers raised theirs mimicking his stance. Then, the enormous man said in a loud and clear voice:
“Trafalgar Square, Alley 13!”
Yami and Yugi realized that this was the moment. All three hands moved at the same time throwing the dust to the alley’s ground. Green flames surrounded them at once and in an instant everything turned dark in Yami’s eyes…
(*) In Japan the wish for birthday is " -sai no tanjoubi omedettou gozaimasu!" which means "congratulations for your -th birthday!" that's why I kept the wish the way it was.

Yami has powers too? What happened? They head to Hogwarts together...let's see what happens...

That Titan character is not mine. He appears in Yu-Gi-Oh GX yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Titan imagine him with his clothes but without the dueling equipment! His sirname was invented by me though...

Also I couldn't resist but to put Yugi's Abridged Series quote!

I hope you like it guys! And sorry I was late... If you read this...please comment!

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I loved how happy Yuugi was during his birthday. I never knew that about birthday wishes in Japan. It was great of you to include a character similar to Titan. I love how Yami is going to be able to come with Yuugi. That moment when he used his powers for the first time was really amazing. The emotions that happened when Yami was trying to get Yuugi to go to Hogwarts was amazing. Nice work.