New Light, New Life.

Summary: Yami after recently having received his own body finds himself falling into a depression. His light and friends have taken to ignoring him, especially after they discovered he was gay when he'd accepted a date with Seto Kaiba. After things with Kaiba had ended leaving Yami with no one to turn to Yami decided to run…to a place where no one would be able to find him: The shadow realm. However, when Yami awakens he finds that he has been engulfed by light, which he clings to. He may not remember much…other than his name and being in the shadow realm he does know that he yearns for light and clings to the light soul, who happened to have been the one who found him, Prince Atemu from the People of the Sun. Meanwhile, back in Domino the world is once more in need of saving, so when the gang goes to Yami and finds that he's missing…or more precisely in the Shadow realm they panic because they need him to save the world. With the help of Bakura and Marik they enter the shadow realm to find him. But what will happen when they DO find Yami among the People of the Sun? Will they be able to convince Yami to come back with them? Or will Yami want to stay with Atemu, who Yami has taken as his new light? Monarchshipping, mentions of Prideshipping as well as Polarshipping and maybe some others.

Chapter one

Yami sank down to the ground in the darkening park, leaning against a gnarled old oak tree fighting to keep the tears from streaming down his face. No, he would not cry. His pride was the only thing he had left and he'd be damned if he was going to lose it on top of everything else.

Yami leaned his head back against the tree. This just wasn't fair. When the gods had granted him the opportunity to live the life he had been denied thousands of years ago he'd thought he'd be happy. The gods had even told him, "find happiness among the light." Yami had assumed that meant with Yugi and his friends, but that certainly wasn't the case since Yugi and his friends wanted absolutely nothing to do with him and they hadn't for nearly two months…ever since he'd accepted a date with Kaiba.

Yami closed his eyes as another wave of tears threatened to fall. Kaiba, now there was something he wished he could forget about. Kaiba had approached Yami after school and asked if he could talk to him about something in private. Yami had agreed, figuring that Kaiba just wanted a duel, plus he wanted to get away from Tea who was still glaring at him and had been ever since he turned her down when she'd asked him out. He couldn't help it he wasn't interested in her in that way. Yami had followed Kaiba to an empty classroom and as soon as the door was closed Kaiba, always right to the point, had asked Yami out to dinner. Yami had been stunned at first but he'd decided to go with Kaiba, he figured that since he was interested in men that he couldn't be too picky, and besides Kaiba was, well Yami found him attractive and he also had seen how Kaiba was with his brother, maybe he could be like that with Yami too.

Kaiba had picked him up and the two had had a quiet dinner out at some fancy Italian restaurant, then Kaiba had dropped him back off. Kaiba then had called him up again about a week later and had asked him if he wanted to go out to dinner again, and Yami had agreed.

The gang had been sitting downstairs when Kaiba had come to pick him up. Joey had of course asked what he was doing there. Yami had thought for sure that Kaiba was going to claim that he was just here to challenge him to a duel, but he didn't. Kaiba had smirked at him and said, "Yami is going out on a date with me Mutt."

The gang had all turned to look at Yami, some like Tea with pure disgust on her face, and others in confusion and disbelief like Yugi. This wasn't how Yami had wanted them to find out.

Then things had gotten worse. Kaiba had marched right up to him and point blank said, "Kiss me Yami." Now, Kaiba and Yami had only gone out one time and Yami didn't think they were close enough to be kissing and he certainly didn't want to be having his first kiss with Kaiba in front of an audience because despite popular belief he wasn't an exhibitionist. But Yami had decided a chaste kiss wouldn't hurt.

Yami had walked up to Kaiba and Kaiba had harshly grabbed Yami's bicep…hard enough to almost leave a bruise, though no one noticed this. With his other hand Kaiba tilted Yami's head up so he was looking directly into Kaiba's eyes which were cold. Yami sighed but leaned in slowly with the intention of giving Kaiba a simple chaste kiss. Kaiba's hand had moved from Yami's chin to rest on the back of Yami's head, which he used to push Yami's head forward quickly forcibly crushing their lips together. And Yami's chaste kiss didn't end up chaste because as soon as Yami's lips met Kaiba's Kaiba shoved his tongue past Yami's lips and into his mouth. And he didn't leave until Yami got fed up with the 'invasion' and actually bit him, though he had to do that twice since the first time he bit Kaiba he just tugged on the small hairs on the back of Yami's neck.

Once Kaiba had broken the kiss he turned and smirked at the gob smacked gang though no one seemed to notice how Yami was glaring at Kaiba. But the damage had been done.

Kaiba had then grabbed Yami by the arm and practically dragged him out the door since they had reservations they had to make.

After that the gang stopped talking to Yami. Yugi made a genuine effort to avoid having anything to do with him…even going so far as to have Yami move out of the room they had shared and into the guest room down the hall since 'he didn't feel comfortable sharing a room with a homosexual.' Which Yami could to some extent understand, but that didn't mean that he didn't miss spending time with his Hikari, even if it was just talking…besides it wasn't like he was going to do anything.

After that Kaiba had just stopped calling which Yami took to be a good sign, that they were over which Yami would have been fine with since if that was the case, then maybe just maybe he could patch things up with Yugi and the others.

Sadly that wasn't the case instead Kaiba had just decided that Yami would do whatever he told him when he told him. So, instead of calling and asking Kaiba would send one of his chauffeurs over to the Game Shop with orders to pick Yami up and bring him to some undisclosed location, no matter what he was doing he was expected to drop everything and leave. More than once in fact the chauffeur actually dragged him out of the Game Shop and tossed him into the limo and locked the door.

It had turned out that Kaiba had had some highly televised dinner event he was going to and Yami was expected to be on Kaiba's arm where Kaiba paraded him around in front of the camera sometimes forcibly kissing him.

After that Yami had told Kaiba he was breaking up with him that he was sick of this shit. Kaiba had just laughed and said, "No one breaks up with Seto Kaiba."

After they'd been together nearly two months Kaiba had informed Yami that he was going to be moving in with him. Yami refused. The next day when Yami got home from school it was to see several Kaiba Corp employees packing up his belongings and loading them into a truck. Yami was floored he turned to walk away, in the hopes of clearing his head only to be grabbed by one of the employees and tossed into the limo.

Through the window Yami could see Yugi watching the whole thing and he knew that Yugi knew he didn't want this but Yugi did nothing.

/Please Hikari. Help me./

/Sorry Yami, it's only what you deserve. You need to learn that being Gay isn't right and this is the only way for you to learn this. I'll be here to help you and Anzu get together once you've got yourself out of this…phase./Yugi had replied before slamming the link shut and walking away from the window.

Once Yami had been dragged into the mansion it was to see a smug Kaiba watching as Yami's belongings were also brought in.

"Kaiba you bastard. Tell them to let me go right now" Yami shouted.

Kaiba just chuckled and said, "Take Yami up to his new room, I'll be there to see to him momentarily." He then turned to leave before adding, "And make sure that he stays there."

So Yami had been dragged through the Kaiba mansion before being tossed into a room and the door locked behind him. Yami glanced around the room and froze when he realized that this was Kaiba's room.

Kaiba had showed up about an hour or so later and after relocking the door had demanded that Yami strip and lay on the bed.

Yami glared at him and said, "No fucking way."

Kaiba matched Yami glare for glare. "I didn't ask your opinion Yami. I told you to strip and lay down on the bed and that's exactly what you're going to do. You're my boyfriend after all and it's about time you start doing your job." Kaiba snapped.

"First of all Kaiba. You aren't my boyfriend. I broke up with you several weeks ago. And secondly I am NOT going to let you fucking rape me. I told you no Kaiba and that is the answer now let me leave." Yami snapped.

Kaiba had glared at Yami for a second before he hauled off and smacked him hard enough to knock Yami to the ground. Kaiba then knelt down and picked Yami up by his hair and said, "You are mine to control. You will learn to obey me Yami, now I am going to leave. I will be back in 45 minutes and when I get back I expect to see you ready to please your boyfriend. Or else." Kaiba then tossed Yami onto the bed and left, slamming the door behind him.

Yami got up and went to the window, which was of course locked, but Yami didn't care. He punched it with enough force to shatter the glass he then climbed out of the second floor window. Once he had reached the ground he ran. While he was running he slipped off his jacket and wrapped it around his bleeding hand.

And that was exactly how he had ended up leaning against a tree in Domino park.

I need to find somewhere to go where no one can find me. Yami thought since he knew he couldn't go to Yugi or any of friends for help and he certainly wasn't going to let any of Kaiba's goons find him.

And that's when it hit him and Yami got to his feet and ran to the Game Shop. There was one place he could go where no one would be able to find him, the shadow realm.

When Yami got there the Game Shop was empty, but that was because Joey and Mai were throwing a party to celebrate the fact that they finally got together down at a local restaurant. He had heard Yugi and the others talking about it during school today…but he certainly wasn't welcome.

Yami made his way upstairs and into Yugi's room, where he found the millennium puzzle sitting on Yugi's desk just where he'd expected to find it, since Yugi had stopped wearing it when Yami had gotten his own body, preferring to leave it in his room. Yami picked it up and slipped it around his neck. Then, he paused. What if Yugi needs me for some reason? I can't just leave without at least letting Yugi know where I've gone, besides if Kaiba finds the note its not like he can access the shadow realm…besides as vast as the shadow realm is Kaiba would never be able to find me.

Yami sighed before he opened one of Yugi's desk drawers and started to write Yugi a note. It was a very simple note but still it got the point across.

Yugi,

Not that you really care anymore but I'm sick of putting up with all this shit. I'm leaving and if for some reason you ever need me in the future I'll be in the shadow realm.

Yami

Yami then left the notepad on Yugi's desk and focused on the energy within the millennium puzzle and transported himself into the shadow realm.

Once Yami had entered the Shadow Realm Yami glance around and began to walk aimlessly in one random direction. He walked for what to him seemed like hours before he laid down in order to get some sleep, though he honestly never expected to wake back up again since he knew that by laying down to rest the shadows would begin to consume his mind and once that was gone they would work on his soul next.

Yami closed his eyes though he could already feel the shadows beginning in on his mind, and he must admit feeling living shadows literally consume your memories was painful but Yami tried to ignore the pain in favor of getting some rest.

However, while Yami had been sleeping something else had been wandering the Shadow realm searching for him, though it wasn't sure exactly what it was searching for. And after hours of searching it came across Yami's sleeping form, though it frowned when it noticed the shadows readily feeding off the poor soul.

"Away with you." The being said waving its arm and releasing a pulse of light to drive back the shadows that had been attacking Yami.

The being then crouched down and gently lifted Yami into his arms, smiling slightly when Yami unconsciously snuggled into him. "Shh, rest easy child of darkness. I'll protect you." The being whispered before being engulfed by a bright light.

A/N: Note that in the Shadow realm time isn't measured the same, what to Yami may have seemed like hours was more than likely days. I estimate that Atemu found Yami after he'd been there for at least 2 or 3 weeks…possibly a month Yami slept for that long because the shadows sap Yami of all energy while they are feeding on him so he didn't have any energy to wake up with, the shadows did a lot of damage because Yami didn't care if he was consumed or not and didn't put any energy into fending them off. Anyway, please review.