Zomg, hello random YGO fic. xD
Okay I'm not sure what to say about this one but before anyone asks I am not using this as a replacement for 'Confusion Sets In.' I'll still be updating that one. xD
DUN WORREH! D:
Anyways, please tell me what you think of this because like my other YGO fan fic, I'm not sure if I hate this or not. I don't know what it is but I just feel that personally me and YGO fics DO NOT mix. ^^;
Enjoy people! A new chapter shall be here soon! =D
It was late. Well, at least that's what I thought. Too many things were flowing through my mind for me to bother with something as unimportant as the time.
I sat cross legged in the middle of my bed, unsure of what to feel, except maybe regret and something else. I didn't even know how to describe it. Just an on going pain.
What had I done? Won that stupid ritual duel, that's what.
Trapping my best friend for another five thousand years in a stupid millennium item. How could I? I wanted to help the pharaoh, not to keep him here. All I wanted now was a second chance.
Was it too much to ask?
And the worst thing was that I hadn't heard from him since. He said absolutely nothing, and the mind link we shared was blank. I felt horrible. And I couldn't even say I was sorry. It was like he was ignoring me, rejecting my voice and that made it so much worse.
Was he even there? Maybe he couldn't speak to me.
Yugi, stop worrying. A deep, familiar voice rang through my head.
My head flew up, but Atem was nowhere in sight. My heart fell. My imagination? Did I long so much to see him again? To tell him I was sorry?
I know you're sorry, Yugi. I don't blame you for what happened. Please, trust me, said Atem, but I could tell by the tone of his voice he felt differently.
I sighed and closed my eyes, bringing my legs up to my chin and wrapping my arms around them.
"I'm glad you're here, Pharaoh."
I felt him smile, but it was only slight. I knew how miserable he really was. Maybe I couldn't see it, but I felt his emotion enough to be my own.
Then again, maybe it was.
"Pharaoh, I can't just sit here and forget this, and I doubt you can either. It's your life we're talking about here and I ruined it," I told him. I felt so much guilt that every part of my heart felt heavy with regret and pain. I wished, just once, that the Pharaoh would tell me how he truly felt.
You haven't ruined anything, Yugi. What happened was just fate, right? A test to see if you could be on your own, he reminded me, the mind link feeling even more distant.
"And because you won, I'm not ready." It wasn't exactly a question, but I could sense Atem was nodding, telling me I was right.
"I guess I should have paid more attention to you..." I sighed. My head started to hurt, and I wondered if that was because I was trying so hard to hear Atem, or just the guilt I felt eating away at my brain.
I heard Atem sigh. "Stop it, Yugi."
I looked up again and this time my eyes met him. Atem was sat at the end of my bed, looking away from my gaze. I had another urge to tell him how sorry I was, but I wondered if that would anger him, and he'd tell me he already knew, once again.
"I'll go back to Egypt, Pharaoh," I told him. "We can do it all again, and then you can go home. I promise I won't keep you here."
Atem looked my way with no emotion shown on his face. It was sort of creepy, the way he just stared at me like that, probably pondering over my thoughts.
"I can't just go back, Yugi. This was more of a... once in a lifetime situation," he said, the emotion still held back.
"What do you mean?" I asked, even though I was pretty sure I already knew.
Atem smiled at me, but it wasn't happy at all.
"This is your lifetime, Yugi," he sighed. "And that was your chance."
"But that's not fair!" I yelled, standing. Atem stared at me, his eyes now a little wider, but still his features stayed in place.
He sighed, "Aibou-"
"No, pharaoh!" I shouted, "I'm sick of you covering everything up with excuses! You know as well as I do that all you want right now is to go home!"
Atem's eyes stayed wide. His face began to change, and he started to look as if he were about to yell back at me. I didn't regret the things I had said to him, but his eyes seemed to burn into mine, and I wasn't even sure why. They were the only feature his face possessed that didn't actually seem angry. He took me by surprise when he stood up, still wide eyed and focused on me, and advanced to the door.
"Where are you going?" I asked, my voice shaky.
Atem didn't reply. Instead he took off out the room, and slammed the door roughly behind him.
I stumbled out my room, calling his name, but I didn't see him anywhere. How could he move so quickly? Was it just a spirit thing? But then that drew more questions to my mind. How did he just wander off like that? I mean, wasn't his soul trapped with the millennium puzzle now? In fact, if it was, how the hell was he even able to talk to me? How could I see him as a full form right before my eyes?
"Atem, wait!" I called, hoping my voice would travel all the way downstairs.
I ran down, nearly slipping on every step, and missing at least three of them at once. I skidded into the kitchen hoping to see Atem standing there, but it was bare. There was no sign of my tri-haired friend anywhere, no matter where I looked.
The kitchen, living room, bathroom, everywhere I could think of. I even checked in a few cupboards to see if my yami was hiding from me, and didn't want to be found, but no such luck.
With a final check in my room and still no pharaoh, I gave up. I slid down my wall, my legs pulled up to my chest, and sighed.
Perhaps he had just gone out for a while, to think over his new situation. To think over another five thousand years. I wanted to apologize again...
No, I scolded myself. It would probably just make the pharaoh madder at me. He'd hate to hear that if it got through the mind link.
The mind link. Of course! I could see if I could speak to him that way. But... would he ignore me? I mean, I guess he didn't have to reply to me. I'd just have to try.
Yami? I started. But what to say?
I'm sorry if you're mad at me. Damn it, another apology. Please, talk to me. I mean, I didn't mean to make you mad or anything, it's just that...
I didn't really know. What if he was actually listening right now, to? He'd probably think I was a ranting idiot.
Atem, please, I begged, Just come back home and we can figure something out... I hate it when you're sad... I mean...
I looked up out of my window. I don't know why, my attention must have been drawn to something. But just a dark sky stared back at me, and no stars to light it.
It reminded me of Atem. I wasn't sure if it was a stupid thought, but I thought it resembled us... in a way.
He was my yami, and I, his hikari.
But wherever he was now, he didn't have me with him. And so many times he had spoken to me about how lost he felt when it was that way. So lonely, he had said.
It made me wonder if I should go out looking for him or not, but I knew I had to give him a while alone. It was selfish of me to do what just pleased me. I had to think about him too.
I just wished he'd talk to me. Without him I felt a surge of loneliness also, and since we now seemed to have our own and separate bodies, that feeling was even stronger.
Atem! I tried again, but it just seemed like I was talking to myself. I couldn't hear or even feel him anymore. He didn't speak or stir, and I was starting to wonder if maybe he had completely blocked out the link, and didn't care at all for what I had to say.
I didn't really blame him.
"Yugi!" I suddenly heard a cry from the landing.
My head flew up, as a scruffy looking Anzu rushed in through my door.
"Anzu?" I was so confused, what the heck was she doing here? It was near enough the middle of the night. "What's going on?"
"Oh, Yugi!" she knelt down in front of me, her hands covering her eyes. "It's horrible!"
"What is?" I asked her, crawling closer and trying to see her face more clearly. She pulled her hands away, and that's when I saw the tears.
Her eyes were red, and looked very sore. What the heck's going on? I thought to myself. Or was Atem listening? Maybe he would answer this time.
"Anzu?" I said again, "What's wrong? Why are you here? Is everything alright?"
"No, Yugi," she replied, shaking her head and whimpering. She suddenly grabbed my hand and stood up, forcing me to stand with her.
"You have to come with me, now! It isn't safe for you here!" she yelled, and started running out the door, and down the stairs. I was practically flying behind her, and couldn't take even one step without being whisked away.
"Where are we going? I have to stay at home, Atem isn't here, Anzu, he'll worry when he comes back if he doesn't find me," I told her, trying to reason a little, or at least get her to slow down so I could walk instead of fly.
"No, we can't wait for Atem, he is exactly the reason I'm here in the first place!" she replied, and I soon realized that in seconds we were now outside. I tried so hard to pull away from Anzu's grip but both her hands were around my arm and my feet were only skidding on the floor.
"You got him?" I heard a familiar voice. I tried to turn around and see, but still I was trailing behind Anzu's quick steps.
"Yes, of course. Quick start the car, we have to go right now!" Anzu yelled, her voice echoing all around us. She was really irritating me now.
With all my strength I yanked my arm away, letting myself land face down on the floor and almost creating a scene of blood. I heard Anzu gasp behind me, and I pulled myself up and shot round, glaring at her.
I then saw who was in the car. Jonouchi sat in the back with Ryou, staring at me through the open window. Honda was in the driver's seat which took me by surprise a little. They all looked at me with wide eyed expressions, probably wondering if I was alright.
"Gomen, Yugi!" Anzu said, holding out a hand to help me up.
I took it, but I felt like knocking her over and telling her to get the hell away from me.
"You alright, Yug?" Jonouchi asked me.
I looked over to him and nodded quickly. Anzu made a noise that sounded like she was about to speak but changed her mind instantly.
I looked at her.
"Come on, Yugi, please. We have to leave now, okay?" she said to me, almost so quietly it resembled a whisper. I was fed up of hearing her nag me, so I simply sighed and walked towards the car.
Jonouchi opened the door for me, and both he and Ryou slid across the seat so I could sit next to the window. I closed the door with a slam, and watched Anzu jog round to the other side of the car to sit next to Honda in the front.
When she was in and had closed her door, I asked, "Where the heck are we going?"
"We're going to stay at Tea's for a while, at least we think that's best," Ryou replied, leaning forward so he could see me properly.
"But why?"
"We'll tell you later, Yugi. For now, just go to sleep or something, it's a long way to mine," Anzu said, turning around in her seat and glancing at me.
"But it's not even far to your house," I frowned. Anzu's home was only a few minutes away from mine. "Why would I-"
Something sharp hit the side of my head, on Jonouchi's side. It took me by surprise and made me fall into the car door, slamming my head against the window. The last thing I heard was someone speak and it sounded like Ryou, but I had no clue what he had said. After that everything was pretty much drowned out, and the roar of the engine was the one to wish me good night.
That's right, you wonder what's going on. xD
Next chapter will be up soon. ;D
