Yami's And Hikari's
Chapter 01
Yami's new Destiny

"I can't believe this is happening! You get told for almost four years you're the Pharaoh, get told you need to leave your friends for people you barely remember even with your so-called memories awakened and when you've finally done all you've been told to do, you find out you're not who everyone constantly says you are?
My life sucks!" Goes through my mind as I stand in front of Atem, who resembles me almost identically bar the stronger tan and the way he leans a little further back as he has his arms crossed, while people that aren't even my friends are in front of me and my actual friends are now behind doors that will never open again.
Then Atem's father, King Aknamkanon, appears before me and looks down at me as he says: "We have been awaiting you. Come, there is not much time." This only makes me feel even angrier and while my respect for royalty makes me follow the man, do I silently fume as I think: "Do I seriously have to fight evil even in the Afterlife?"

But then the man takes me to a quiet room where the sandstone made walls are strong enough that they actually keep the bright white light that exists all around the Afterlife, and of which I am starting to believe the Afterlife itself is created from, out of the room before he sits me and himself down on a comfortable soft round couch.
Keeping my anger shown on my face as I still feel annoyed for being here when I obviously don't belong here as I have apparently been lied to for the last few years, do I hear the man say: "I understand your anger, Imay and I wish to ehlp you as you are indeed correct, you do not belong here." This shocks me and I ask: "How can you –?"
And the man answers: "As leader of this section of the Afterlife is it my duty to make sure that those who live under me have all they desire for when they arrive here. Therefore did the gods provide me with a sixth sense where I can read the most obvious – only the most obvious – thoughts and desires of all subjects who come here after passing on."

At this I nod, while keeping my eyes on the man, not out of respect but out of wariness and the Pharaoh says: "Imay Atemu, you are the guardian of the Millennium Puzzle, nothing more, nothing less. However, you have lived alongside so many people the last four years that you have made yourself something more; you have made yourself a Yami."
This both intrigues me and makes me wonder if the title is the reason the man keeps calling me Imay as that name is just Yami written backwards and then the man smiles before he says: "You really must learn to think a little softer, little Spirit. Then again, after your life, I do not believe you have any experience in keeping your thoughts from others."
And this again makes me think of the one person who means more to me than anyone has ever done and without really wanting, do I lower my head a little, lie my elbows on my knees and whisper: "Yugi." Longing yet again to be part of him, something I have been longing for since our bodies were separated for the Ceremonial Duel.
The Pharaoh nods and says: "Yugi Moto, the one who completed my son's Puzzle, who's very essence created you and who became your Hikari because you, involuntarily – perhaps even instinctively – kept strengthening the bond you had with him." This makes a small smile appear on my face, for once glad the man understands my every thought and word.

Then the man suddenly lies a hand on my shoulder and whispers: "You do not belong here, Imay. You belong with Yugi." And I hiss at him: "Tell me something I don't know." The rudeness being nothing more than my own anger coming out at the unfairness of me being here when I should have been on the other side of those doors – where Yugi is.
However, the man seems not to take offense to my rudeness and says: "I can, as there's a way for you to return to him." This shocks me, makes my eyes widen, my now immortal heart beat a dozen times faster and makes me look at the man in shock, who now looks as serious as he did when he first picked me up from the doors and he says:
"However, as I said, to accomplish this feet, we must hurry as time is certainly our enemy in this situation." This makes me get thin lips and I raise a fist at the man as I say: "Even if Destiny herself were my enemy I will fight her if it means getting back to my little Yugi." And the man nods, his eyes showing his pride as he says:

"You will not go alone, however." This shocks me and the man says: "You are not the only Yami in existence, Imay. There are two others, two who you yourself have faced, defeated and with that given the chance to be cleansed of their darkness, just like Yugi cleansed you after you were taken over by the Stone of Oricalchos."
The sound of this name makes me cringe and I ask: "Who will accompany me?" And my heart stops as my blood freezes at the sound of the names: "Malik and Bakura." Immediately a thousand memories of what those two monsters have been causing me rush through my mind, only to be stopped by the Pharaoh as he raises his hand and says:
"They are not the same as you remember." To which I whisper: "I sure hope you're right in that." As I just can't silently stand the thought of having to protect my precious Yugi against them all over again, not with all the pain they have already caused him, Malik during the finals and Bakura with all he did to stop them from helping me in the Pharaoh's memories.
The man nods and says: "They have both been cleansed, Imay, as they too were born as guardians of their own Millennium Items. However, because the Tomb Keepers family was obsessed with their rules, so much so that Marik's father used the Millennium Rod against his own son and because Zorc's memories were locked within the Ring –."
And before he even ends his explanation, do I whisper: "Did those two forces of Darkness turn the Guardians into what the Seal of Oricalchos made me when I first used it." And the Pharaoh nods as I ask: "So they are like me when Yugi and the others had their holiday in Canada?" And another nod makes me sigh in relief.

Then the man sits up a little more straight and I realize I will probably soon be leaving for this new adventure, the man nodding again to indicate that my thoughts are correct before he says: "Listen Imay, while the magic of Afterlife may make the time outside move increasingly slowly, the opposite can be said for the Shadow Realm.
There, for every day you will remain there on your mission, a month will pass in the Living Realm. However, this is our biggest enemy as without you – a Darkness not affected by his evil side – the three Hikari's will suffer from a Mental, Physical or Emotional Breakdown each and that will result with their death within a year."
This shocks me senseless and makes me want to move to the Shadow Realm right away as I don't want to waste anymore time, even if in the real world only a few seconds might have passed by now and the Pharaoh nods as he says: "Your goal, Imay, is to find the Millennium Puzzle, Ring and Rod together with Malik and Bakura.
Once you have found them, you will be able to restore the bonds you have with your Hikari's, return to them and be able to have a body for yourself. However, you must remember that you only have 12 days to get this done as Yugi will not pass into the same Afterlife as where you are now and once you are in the Shadow Realm, there is no coming back here."
I nod again, the words only making me more determined as I just can't stand the thought of my little Yugi killing himself and the Pharaoh nods back before suddenly standing up, making me mimic his movements out of pure shock before he softly, almost caringly tells me: "Good luck, Imay." And with that do I feel the ground under my feet vanish.

I feel myself falling from sandstone walls and pure white light into nothing but dark blue, purple and black shadows crawling around me, slithering like snakes and twisting around themselves to apparently form the Shadow Realm and the first thing my eyes see once they have gotten used to the change from Light to Darkness – is the other two Yami's.
Malik still looks the same as what I remember of him from during our Battle City Finals, yet I can tell just by his stance and how he carries himself that the man indeed no longer feels obsessed with getting the Puzzle, sending people to the Shadow Realm or overpowering his other half, even if the man doesn't look happy to see me either.
Bakura, on the other hand, doesn't look like the Crazy Tomb Robber I met only yesterday and while he still reminds me of the many crazy psychopath forms I met of him during Duelist Kingdom and Battle City, can I tell by a single glance that the man's goals have changed completely and that they now concern matters of the Light and good, instead of insane and evil.

"And what made you come here, Pharaoh?" The man then asks and I say: "Imay, not the Pharaoh." Making both of them raise an eyebrow at me and I ask: "Don't you find it strange I don't have an Egyptian tan?" But while the two look at each other, do I realize that while playing with them, I am also wasting time and I quickly say:
"Listen, this is no time for games." To which Malik asks: "The King of Games saying it's not time for a game? Now that's rich." But my glare, strengthened by the need to find the Puzzle and get back to Yugi before it's too late, silences him within seconds and I say: "Every day we waste here a month passes in the real world."
At this Bakura puts his hands behind his hair with his eyes closed and with his legs crossed, does he ask: "What should we care?" And I snap: "You should care, because I am here to get you back to your Hikari's, you Baka!" The Japanese Curse rolling off my tongue with ease, while both other Yami's tense in shock as they look at me.
"Pharaoh Aknamkanon sent me here, because all three of us are Yami's and we need to return to our Hikari's – our Lights – if we don't want the separation of them and us to cause them such painful breakdowns they go and kill themselves. Now let's go find those Millennium Items or we'll never be able to save them!"

I shout in the end, shooting forward and moving my body like I used to when I was still a spirit floating alongside Yugi's and the two dazed from shock Yami's follow me, their eyes faded slightly, but still focused enough for my liking as we all turn our faces in every direction possible, trying to find the Millennium Items.
Minutes float by as we search, sometimes splitting up and then coming back to look a little closer at something and suddenly Malik asks: "What Items exactly are we looking for here?" And I answer hastily: "The Puzzle, Rod and Ring." The Psycho hums and asks: "And what about the Millennium Stone, will that do?"
And I want to turn around to snap at him, when I see that he is staring at something above him. looking up myself, do my eyes widen as I see the actual Millennium Stone, a round stone with several indents where the Items are supposed to be, but who are now empty and I say: "If the Stone is hanging up there –."
And Bakura finishes my sentence as he looks around again and says: "Then that means the Items should be around here." I nod and say: "Spread out again. The sooner we find the Puzzle, Rod and Ring, the sooner we can save our Hikari's from themselves." And this seems to inspire the other two as they float away swiftly.

I turn around myself and float around, looking everywhere I can, trying to pull and push away the tendrils of Dark Shadow Magic that I feel hanging around and while my instincts are shouting at me that the magic somehow feels dangerously familiar, do I ignore this feeling in my growing need of finding the Items first.
After several minutes, which for some reason feel like hours, do I return back to where we saw the Millennium Stone and see Bakura and Malik there as well, neither of them holding an Item. This worries me and I ask: "Nothing?" And the two shake their heads, making me want to scream as I fear for Yugi's safety the longer I stay here.
"All I saw were a bunch of Duel Monsters standing on strange ancient platforms that looked similar to the Egyptian ones, but then looked more ancient and were alight with some green magic." Bakura says and Malik nods before he says: "Same here, along with the fact that those same signs seem to be glowing on their foreheads."

And just by those words do my instincts finally push through to my needs to find the Puzzle, only for my blood to freeze again and I whisper: "G-g-gre-green platforms? Si-si-signs on – on – on their – their foreheads?" And while the two first share a worried glance, do they then nod at me again and I whisper in pure fear:
"The Oricalchos. It – it – it's here. In the Shadow Realm. And – and if the Oricalchos is here, then – then the – the Leviathan is too." Then I suddenly notice how the two are looking over my head and Malik asks: "Just a question. Is this Leviathan perhaps a black dragon with blue wings, purple front and taller than the Egyptian Gods?"
And upon turning around am I only seconds too soon in my ability to evade the Monster as he opens his mouth wide and attacks me, my soul skimming just slightly past some of his wings and my fellow Yami's shouting in shock as they too evade the Leviathan, who makes several flips to float in front of us one more time.
Looking at the beast that is the living representation of my greatest defeat, that to my own inner darkness, do I silently whisper: "Yugi, where are you when I need you most, my Aibou?" Only to suddenly see the Leviathan shrink back only a little – barely enough for me to really notice – as if hit by something I can't see.

"What just happened there?" Bakura asks and Malik says: "It looked like something attacked that beast, but we're the only ones here." And I look at the creature again as it shakes its head, its tail coming up to rub over the top, making me realize what is going on and I shout: "He's reading my mind, just like the Pharaoh did!"
The two look at me shocked and I smile in certain victory, understanding within seconds what caused the Leviathan the mental pain and I whisper: "Even when he's not here by my side, Yugi provides me with all the support I need to conquer even the strongest beings of Darkness. He is after all my Light, my Hikari!" I shout in the end.
This shout again causes the Leviathan to back away even further and I shout: "Bakura, Malik, think of your Hikari's. The Leviathan can't stand the thoughts of such powerful Lights. Focus on your Hikari's and we can beat this monster for once and for all. Think of this as your last cleansing!" And with that I let thousands of images fly through my mind.

Images of Yugi standing beside me as I duel his enemies. Images of Yugi assembling our deck and preparing our cards, taking care of them and making sure they don't wear out or get damaged too much. Images of Yugi holding onto me or taking my hand as he shouts his support of me when I feel like I'm trapped in a corner or something.
All these images, together with all my thoughts and all my emotions – my love, my loyalty, my hope, my happiness – that I have constantly felt in my heart, come out of me and I feel it attacking the Leviathan, the beast screaming and roaring in pain before the sound slowly dies out, my re-opened eyes seeing it vanish in dust clouds.
Then suddenly do I feel something strong and powerful wrapped around my neck and I look down, my eyes widening when I see the Millennium Puzzle, an upturned pyramid with the Eye of Ugash placed in the front, hanging around my neck and I think: "The memories made the bond between me and Aibou strong enough to summon the Puzzle."

"Same here." The other two Yami's then chorus and looking up, do I see Malik holding the Millennium Rod and Bakura proudly rubbing the arm of his white and red-striped shirt over the front of the Millennium Ring. This makes me smile in relief and I whisper: "It only took us three hours to find them, what a relief."
But then Malik shocks the living daylights out of me as he asks: "Three hours? What are you talking about? We've been here for three days searching for these things." And Bakura's words of: "He must not have been here long enough. The Shadow Magic must have been playing with his mind. Did the same with me when I first arrived."
Are lost to me as I can only think of one thing: "Aibou. It's been three months since I've seen Aibou. I have to get to him! I have to get to my Koi!" And apparently are my thoughts strong enough to activate the powers of the Millennium Puzzle as I feel the golden item heating up, turning into a bright white light and surrounding me totally.
Then I feel that same energy gathering an amazing amount of speed as it shoots away from the two, straight through the barriers of the Shadow Realm, past the Millennium Stone and over the world, from Egypt all the way to Japan, where it easily locates Domino City and flies over it, transporting me straight to my new Destiny – Yugi!

Hot DAMN!
This story is going to be AMAZING! And that's coming from the hands of a fanfiction writer that has, for the longest time, been an avid fan of HikarixYami romance and whatnot. Anyway, this is the first chapter, second will be about Yugi, a little summary of how he felt for the last three months and how he feels of Yami's return.
Naturally this will include Yami confessing how he's been in love with Yugi for the longest time and it will definitely include some starting romance, but Yugi and Yami aren't my only pairings that I plan t put attention on. This story will also include BakuraxRyou, MarikxMalik and JoeyxKaiba romance and pairings.
Also, Yugi will be the one to bring Joey and Seto Kaiba together and there will be a lot of Yami humor involved, but you can thank that to the fanfiction writer of 'I hate Mondays' and 'The School Theatre.' I forgot the name of this author, but he/she inspired me to have some fun with the Yami's and so I started this story.
Hope you enjoy,

Venquine1990