This is my first fanfic and I'm not entirely sure on it. I thought that I would go ahead and post the first chapter. If it's liked, I'll post the next chapters and continue. If not, then I'll just kill it. And yes, I know, the title sucks…
So basically, this is the story after the final battle and when Yami/Atem goes to the afterlife. We'll get to see how Yugi and a few of the others are doing. Mostly Yugi though.
This little fic contains Yami/AtemXYugi and some JoeyXSeto….
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The clouds began to part showing a bright moon. A few bright stars peeked out of the overcast. The rain had finally stopped.
Yugi was sitting on his bed looking out the window at the moon, a daily thing for him. There was nothing to really look at, but that never seemed to stop him. The street lights glowed their usual orange. The warm light reflected in the puddles along the side walk.
The moon cast beams of pale lunar light over the game shop that fell on his window, and filled his room with light and shadows alike.
Snapping back into reality, he realized the tingling sensation in his foot. He shifted his weight off it. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw some movement. Turning to see a tall figure with spiked hair, he jumped up and began smiling, only then to slide down to the floor, crushed. Fooled by his own shadow. Tears formed in his eyes. He cursed himself for even thinking that 'he' could ever come back.
He looked up to three red glowing numbers. Yugi rubbed the water out of his eyes. "How is it 3:00 already!"
He quickly scrambled off the floor and flopped into bed. As he fell, his foot caught the cord on his alarm clock. The cord pulled out of the wall and the clock fell to the floor, taking everything else on the night stand with it. Yugi pulled his legs in before he lost one to whatever was crashing around in his room. He realized what happened and felt like a complete idiot.
He rolled over to see what happened and saw the soda spill on the floor. He hopped up to turn on the light and looked over to see the mess.
"Crap." then sighed. He left the room and went to the bathroom.
Yugi dug through the hamper and got the towel he used previously that morning on his tri colored hair.
Back in his room with the dampened towel and he picked up the clock and photos out of the puddle, then laid it over the puddle and stepped on it the soak up the diet soda.
Yugi took the soaked items to the bathroom, where they were wiped down with the hand towel and dried with his hairdryer, who he claimed was Tea's.
Some of the photos were in frames and were better protected from the stickiness, but others were sadly ruined.
He took the frame apart to clean it thoroughly. Before cleaning, he took a long look at the photo. It was taken just after he had finished the millennium puzzle. Yugi was barely in the picture, since he was so much shorter than the others. Tristan and Joey were in the back beating on each other, not realizing the photo op. Tea was knelt down by Yugi with her signature smile. Yugi was holding up his puzzle with a proud glow of excitement. He just smiled and rubbed his thumb over the glass. On his other side, there was a small wisp on the photo. His smile dropped into a heavy frown.
"Yugi?" Yugi jumped at the sudden voice and nearly dropped the frame. He turned to see his grandpa standing in the doorway rubbing his eyes.
"What are you doing up at this time of night?" he asked sleepily.
"Oh, uh, I spilled some soda while going to the bathroom." Yugi didn't want his grandpa to know he hadn't been to sleep yet.
"Is that what that noise was? Do you need any help?"
Yugi just shook his head giving a definite 'no'.
"Can you clean up tomorrow? You've got school in the morning you know."
Yugi agreed then the old man shuffled off to bed. He stopped where he was at and went back to his room.
Ancient Love ….
As the bell rang, a frantic Yugi ran through the main gate. Crap, Crap, Crap, Crap! Can't believe I over slept! Stupid diet soda! Stupid broken alarm clock! His hair was messy and un-brushed. His book bag was hanging open and he was carrying his coat instead of wearing it. Thank God it's Friday!
He made it into school without anyone seeing him and was making his way through the halls, he didn't bother going to his locker; he was late enough as it was.
He got into class just as they started that days lesson. Joey saw Yugi crouched down trying to sneak in. The teacher stopped and without looking up spoke. "Just because you're the world's greatest duelist doesn't mean that you can't be tardy. Hurry up and take your seat Mr. Muto."
The class laughed and Yugi's friends glared at every one of them. "Yes sir." Yugi said shooting straight up, shaking.
He went towards his usual seat but tripped on someone's foot and dropped all of his things. Papers went flying out of his book bag in all directions. The class went into an up roar. He quickly gathered everything into his arms. An embarrassingly noticeable blush came across his face.
"That's enough class. Take out your textbook and turn to page 342." The teacher had his back to the class.
Yugi sat down sinking lower and lower, hoping if no one could see him, they would all stop snickering.
As the teacher droned on, Yugi got more and more frustrated with low maturity level in the class. He could feel the pelting of paper, pencils, and easers at the back of his head. He looked from friend to friend. Tea was sitting quietly looking up every once and awhile at the board. Joey was sleeping in a puddle of drool. And Tristan kept pulling out his phone checking for texts from Serenity.
Yugi propped his head on the heel of his hand and let his eyes wander around the room till they stopped on the clouds outside the window. His eyes fell half lidded and then shut. He thought back to when Yami still inhabited the puzzle. He thought of the duels they did together and the obstacles they had overcome. And even the little things, his favorite being the long nights spent talking to one another; talking of their friends, talking of Egypt, talking of Duel Monsters, and talking about each other.
Yugi drifted from memories to daydreaming. The thought of Yami's touch. Whether it be the caressing of his cheek or a tender kiss. Yugi's skin tingled and felt warmth all around him. He imagined being held in Yami's arms. His muscular arms around him, slender fingers brushing up and down his own arm, the warmth of his breath on the back of his neck. A shiver ran up his spine. A small smile formed on his lips.
RING! RING! RING!
He jumped at sudden sound. A few girls around him saw him jump and giggled. Yugi blushed slightly. He looked down and saw the blank test. About that time the teacher took the paper and looked it over.
"I have a perfect grade for this." He walked back to his desk. "Mr. Motu, I'd like to speak to you."
Yugi gathered his things and walked to the front of the room.
"What's the problem?"
"Nothing, sir."
"There's something, you were doing so well. What happened?"
"It's complicated." He began fidgeting and hiding behind his books.
"Well, whatever it is, fix it."
Yugi left the classroom immediately after that. Tea was waiting outside the door, but he paid her no mind. In fact, he didn't notice her at all. She tried following after him but was cut off. He ran straight to the bathroom, pushing through the large groups of people that occupied the hallway. He knocked several people over but didn't take any notice to them either.
The men's room door flew open. He looked under all the stalls to make sure no one was in there. His bag was thrown into a dry spot by the wall and he fell against the wall and sank to the floor. A silent tear ran down his face. Why am I even here?
"Eh, Yug, you ok?" Joey poked his head through the door.
Yugi wiped his face with his sleeve and got up off the floor. "I'll be ok."
That short response confused Joey. "Hey Joey, would you mind...?"
"Sure thing pal!" Joey walked in and over to Yugi. He then began to search through his hair picking out various items such as paper, pen caps, erasers, and even spit balls.
"Aw, gross. Who does that?" Joey pulled his hand back. He got a paper towel from the wall to remove the rest of the spit balls.
"Done!"
"Thanks Joey."
"You're welcome, but you may wanna take a shower when ya get home."
Yugi grabbed his bag and the two left to meet up with the rest of the group.
Ancient Love ….
Yugi asked if the guys wanted to come over after school.
"I'm free!" Joey exclaimed.
"Sorry Yugi, I've still got to get ready for next week." Tea said. She had to pack; she was going to be moving soon a few towns over.
Tristan had to work after school to keep up with the payments on motorcycle.
So Joey and Yugi said goodbye to everyone and they walked back to the game shop.
It was a quiet walk. Joey tried several times to get a conversation started, but Yugi would soon stop talking. Joey understood that he had a lot on his mind, although he didn't know what, so he just whistled instead.
They were greeted by Yugi's grandfather. He was preparing dinner when they got there.
The pair went straight up to Yugi's room. They both kicked off their shoes just inside the door. Joey threw his bag into the corner while Yugi hung his on his desk chair. He went over to his bed and sat down and Joey soon followed.
"So, do you know where Kaiba's been?" Yugi asked.
Joey jumped when he heard his voice. "Uh, yeah, he's at home sick. I went to go see him once but the medicine he's on makes him tired. But he refuses to sleep till he's done with some new 'secret' project. So dat makes him super bitchy, more than usual." Joey said with a smirk.
Joey had been real depressed not being able to go see Kaiba, although he would never admit it. He usually sees him every day but when Kaiba was on flu quarantine those first few days, you'd think Joey hadn't seen him in years.
"He's gett'n better though."
"That's great!"
There was a long silence between the two. Yugi was hesitant, "Um, Joey, do you miss Yami?"
Joey, surprised again, widened his eyes. "Wha?"
Yugi turned away blushing, "Just forget I said anything."
"No, I didn't mean it dat way. Ya jus' caught me off guard, dats all. Is dat what's been causin' your day dreamn' spells."
"Well, yes, ever since he left, I can't stop thinking about him. I've been in a fog without him and I've lost all the confidence that I had with him. I even thought I saw him last night."
Yugi suddenly remembered last night and hopped up and went to the bathroom to finish what he had started. Joey followed, confused.
He found Yugi at the sink cleaning the frame from the night before. "What happened here?" he asked.
Yugi blushed again "Um, well, I kinda got my foot caught in the cord to my clock, pulled it out of the wall and then spilled diet soda on everything that fell off my night stand. ... Yeah."
Joey stared at him for a moment. "Snrk, BWA HA HA HA AHA Ha ha aha!" Joey fell to the floor holding his face and abdomen. "Ha Ha ha ha, ow! I think-Ha ha- I broke a rib-ha ha." Yugi just watched Joey. He broke a chuckle, then they were both on the floor laughing. He never realized how funny it really was.
"Are you two alright?" They both stopped laughing and looked up to a concerned old man.
"Yeah, we're fine grandpa." Yugi began picking himself off the floor. His grandfather remained, still staring. "Was there something else you wanted to tell us grandpa?"
"Hm, oh yes, dinner will be ready in a little bit. Will you be joining us Joseph?"
"Sure, if dats ok with you gramps!"
"It's fine. I'll set another place then." Yugi's grandfather just smiled and turned to go back down stairs.
Yugi and Joey joined Mr. Muto in a matter of minutes. Yugi sat down with Joey next to him at the kitchen table.
"Grandpa, where's your plate?"
"I thought I'd eat in the other room and watch the news. They've got a new anchor woman who looks a lot like Tea. Heh-he!" Joey looked at Yugi with crooked eyebrow. Yugi just shrugged. "Yell if you two need anything." He then picked up his plate and drink and left the room.
Yugi stood up and reached across the table to grab a sandwich. With seconds Joey had snatched the plate clean except for one sandwich. Yugi gave a glare. Joey just grinned.
"This is why I'm so short, you and Tristan snag everything before I even get a chance." said Yugi.
"Well, if you'd stop flirtn' with Tea and get your ass to the table, you wouldn't have dat problem." Joey said through a mouth full of sandwich.
"I wasn't flirting with Tea, she was giving one of those friendship speeches like she always does. You'd think she would run out of those by now. And you know I don't think of Tea that way." He plopped the single sandwich on his plate.
Joey, haven eaten two already began to speak, "She's probably coming up with one now as we speak, for the day she leaves, then she'll draw that creepy smiley face on our hands again."
"You're probably right." Yugi took a bite of the sandwich. As he swallowed, his vision blurred. He blinked and reached for his drink. His throat felt so dry. The room began to spin.
"Yug, you alright?" Joey was concerned.
Yugi couldn't tell whether he was up or down, let alone that Joey had even spoken to him. He dropped his glass and began to fall.
"YUGI!" Joey jumped up and caught him before he hit the floor.
"Yugi! What's going on! What do I do!" Joey was in a panic. Yugi could hear someone's voice but couldn't make it out. It began to get fainter and fainter.
"What's happening!" Mr. Muto ran into the room. He saw Yugi on the floor. Joey was supporting Yugi's head with his leg because he didn't know whether he was sick, choking, having an allergic reaction or what.
"Yugi?" Mr. Muto knelt down next to him.
"I don't know, Yugi stopped talkin' and fell out of his seat." Joey sat over Yugi to see if he was still conscious. Gramps pushed Joey out of the way. Whatever was happening to him, he knew he was going to need some air.
Yugi saw two blurred shadows above him. It began to get darker and darker. He could no longer make out the shadows for they blended in with the rest of the darkness. He could hear a voice. It sounded so familiar, but it was from so long ago.
"It will be alright aibou."
A deep voice.
"Close your eyes, it will be alright."
It got even darker.
"Yami? ... "
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