This is just the prologue, not an actual chapter; it's why it's so short. If y'all review and say you want more, I'll upload more chapters!
(btw, just as a fyi, this will contain yaoi. I'm not sure what pairing, but eventual yaoi with someone x Yami. Also, this fic will deal with an OOC!Yami and possibly rape. Not in the prologue, in the future.)
Even Heaven Cries
Prologue
"Yami?"
Yugi blinked. He'd been calling for his yami for the past five minutes, yet no sign of the former Pharaoh.
"I know he's in his room..." Yugi sighed, shaking his head.
Lately, Yami had become very distant. His friends were all worried about him, as it was uncharacteristic of the duelist to be so secluded from everyone else.
It was worrying, to say the least.
"Yami, please come out. I want to talk to you!" Yugi shouted, something akin to desperation in his voice.
Finally, the one Yugi wanted to see slowly made his way down the stairs, a less-than-cheerful look on his face.
"Yes, Yugi." It wasn't a question, it was a statement, as if Yugi had commanded him to come downstairs instead of asking him to.
The young duelist frowned. Surely he hadn't sounded cruel. "What's wrong, Yami?" he asked kindly.
The once proud Game King shook his head and forced a smile. "Nothing. Nothing at all."
Yugi shook his head. "I'm sorry Yami, but that's a lie and you know it. There's no way you'd act like this if everything was fine. Something's wrong, and I won't rest till I found out what that something is."
To Yugi's surprise, however, Yami shrugged it off.
"Good luck with that."
And with that, he turned towards the stairs in preperation to go to his room, ignoring Yugi's pleas for him to not leave. But it was Yugi grabbing hold of his arm in an effort to get him to stay that grabbed Yami's attention.
"Let go of me!" Yami cried, his voice so full of shock and horror that Yugi, surprised as well, immediately let go.
And the moment he did so, Yami fled upstairs. His hikari didn't bother giving chase; after all, he'd done as little as grab his twin's arm and Yami had flipped.
Yugi pulled out his cell phone and dialed Ryou's phone number as fast as he could.
"Hello, Ryou Bakura speaking."
Yugi smiled slightly before answering, "Hey Ryou, it's Yugi."
"Hey Yugi! How are you? How's Yami?"
At the mention of his yami, the youth frowned. "I'm fine, thanks, but Yami isn't doing so well."
"What's wrong?" Ryou sounded concerned.
"He's pushing everyone away, like he doesn't want to talk to us. All he does is stay in his room all day and stare at the ceiling," Yugi said sadly. "Plus, when he finally did come downstairs, I touched his arm and he freaked out, like I was a threat or something."
Ryou was quiet for a moment before finally saying, "That isn't good Yugi. It sounds like something dreadful has happened to Yami, but his pride is getting in the way of him telling us. Maybe he thinks he'll be a burden if he does say something. Or that we won't accept him anymore."
"Of course we'd accept him!"
Yugi heard Ryou let out a long sigh on the other end of the line. "I know, Yugi, I know. But it doesn't seem like he knows that. Perhaps if you reminded him..."
Yugi nodded despite the fact that Ryou couldn't see him do so. "Alright, Ryou. I will. Thanks for the help."
"You're welcome Yugi. Goodbye!"
"Goodbye!"
After hanging up with Ryou, Yugi made the short journey upstairs to talk with his yami and inform him that, no matter what, all of his friends would stay by his side and that he wasn't weak just because he was hurt.
But there was a bit of a problem.
Yami wasn't in his room.
Dun dun dun!
Seriously though, how was it? Should I continue? Or does this fic need to crawl into a hole and die? xD Please tell me!