Authoress: Hello peoples! This is my first Yami/Yugi fic. ever, so please give me a break. I want to thank Animestargirl (I hope I got the name right) She was a big help to me! Thankies a bunchers! This takes place after the series ends on the anime, when Yami goes bye bye and makes me sad!! I love him!!! Anyways, I'd better start the story before you peoples get upset.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or any thing of that matter, trust me if I did I'd be living it easy, real easy. I'm talking big mansion, loads of cash, guitars everywhere easy!! Umm back to the point I don't own anything!!

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THE LINE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH

CH.1 RELAPSE

It was a bright and sunny day in the town of Domino, for most at least when you have the burden of remembering an ancient pharaoh going on to the dead its kind of hard to enjoy the day. Yugi Moutu opened his big violet eyes to the morning sun for a bright beautiful Saturday morning. He reached over happily to his nightstand near the bed to get his millennium puzzle but stopped suddenly once he found it wasn't there. "Oh yeah, that's right..." Yugi said already on the verge of tears, "Yami's gone." The words have been so hard for Yugi to grasp no matter how much he tried he couldn't except the fact that Yami is in the realm of the dead. Never to return again. Yugi sighed, 'I have to break that habit, the millenniums puzzle's gone, all the millennium items are gone.' The thought was sad, as sad as him. It seemed like the others moved on fast enough, maybe Tea still felt sad, but nothing could compared to what he felt.

He sat up slowly to change from his baby blue silk pajamas to his normal black muscle shirt and leather pants. It seemed everything reminded him of Yami or Atem as he was known in Egypt. It's been well over the week and he's had to mask his sadness and continue on as normal so the others wouldn't be concerned. Where they masking sadness to? Yugi just sighed he didn't want to find out; he didn't want them to think he's a baby.

That thought brings up an act of paranoia, what if without Yami and the millennium puzzle the others wouldn't hang out with him? So far they still seem loyal till' the end, but sometimes it makes Yugi wonder. After he was finished he took a look into the mirror and took a deep breathe to rehearse his smile for everyone else. He looked hard into the mirror as if maybe Yami's soul would materialized before him giving his mysterious smile. Yugi could never really figure out his bound with Yami, it was always either complicated or very close. But he did feel something special when he put in that final piece of the puzzle, something not many people get to feel. When he finally saw that he was ready he took a deep breath and walked down the stairs into the kitchen.

"Good morning Yugi." His grandpa greeted him with a warm smile and a big breakfast, with pancakes, eggs and toast. Yugi's smile must have worked because his grandpa didn't seem any the wiser. "Morning grandpa." Yugi replied taking his place as he took his place at the table to enjoy his breakfast. The smell was heavenly but he couldn't fully enjoy it because he couldn't get Yami out of his head. 'Why can't I forget? I know I shouldn't entirely forget but dose that mean I can't go on with my life?' He still remembered how much he cried when that final battle took place and Yami had to disappear forever.

(A/N: This is an actual scene from the last episode of Yugioh just letting ya know spoiler ahead!)

Flashback

Yugi felt the hot tears spill down his face as he made his last move in the final duel to decide Yami's future. "Silent Magician, Attack him directly!" Yugi made his final call as Yami's life points fell to 0. Yugi fell to his knees and let the tears fall fiercer then ever. 'What have I done?' Yami walked over to Yugi to accept his defeat. "I have already been defeated Yugi. Get up! Why are you crying? If I were you, I wouldn't show my tears." Yugi looked up at him, hardly being able to look him in the eye, "Because I am weak. For me you are my target, I always like to think that I can become strong like you."

This was true, for as long as he discovered the dark presence inside of him he longed to be like him, strong, smart, having that mysterious look. Yami shook his head and looked him in the eye again, "You are not weak. You are also holding some strength that has never been defeated by anyone, aren't you?" Yugi looked at him questioningly. He smirked at the young one, "That is the strength of kindness. I also learned that from you Yugi. Your courage to accept this ceremonial battle guides me to where I should go on."

"Another I." Yugi whispered, so sadden by the pain that he was about to lose someone so close. Yami shook his head and held Yugi up to look at him better. "I am no longer "another I." You are no longer anybody else. You are Yugi Moutu, only one in this world." Yugi couldn't understand his words and didn't have time to think them over. "What is that?" Tristan pointed out towards an eye up in the distance glowing brightly.

"The eye at the gate..." Joey said quietly explaining to his friend. Isis stepped up beside Joey, for she helped the pharaoh uncover his past, accompanied with her brothers Malik and Odion. They looked on at the eye symbol that was always on the millennium items, and Isis explained. "The wedjet eye taking care of the gate to the world of the death has already finished checking the truth from the ceremonial battle of the pharaoh's spirit. Now its time to open the gate and return the pharaohs spirit that has existed in this world for more than 3,000 years. Spirit of Pharaoh express your name to the wedjet eye!"

When Isis finished her statement, Yami stepped forward to complete his fate. "My name is Atem!" He screamed with all his might causing the gate to open and the bright light to shine its rays across the room. "Atem!" Tea, Joey and Tristan screamed at the same time, they didn't want there friend to leave anymore then Yugi himself did. "Wait! Atem!" Tea pleaded. "You're not really going to leave? In fact you don't have to go do you?! Please don't leave!" Tristan joined her sounding more pleading then a normal guy would want, but at this point he was desperate.

Tea stepped further to the gate to try and get him to stay. "Another Yugi... Atem ... I understand that there is the place where you should return, behind the light. But that light means separation between you and us. I don't understand this at all. You have been with us all this time. Now you are going to leave. I don't understand your choice at all." She stopped there so she wouldn't cry, remembering Battle City when she was dwelling this moment.

Joey stepped beside her to ease her sadness, "Tea, its good that you don't understand. That we don't understand makes us remember. So, we won't forget this story, or the feelings we've had together. Let's send him to his world... to his future!" He had the same determination in his eyes that always gave the others strength. Yami stopped and frowned at the gate, trying to hold back his tears, for he wanted to hold his word from earlier and not show his tears.

"Everybody..." He said quietly, almost in a whisper, he was going to miss them, but the one person he will miss the most, will be his light, Yugi.

"Atem!" Joey continued, "It doesn't matter if you're a pharaoh or Atem, you're always the other Yugi to me! We are always friends no matter how much time has passed." He looked at Yami and heard him chuckle a little, he was happy in a way, knowing he had such loyal friends that have and did stay by his side in this long period of time that he was in the millennium puzzle. Now he was passing on and won't be able to see them, any of them, not Tea, Tristan, or Joey. And not Yugi, the last thought pained him the most.

Yami turned and his clothes that he shared with Yugi turned into his pharaoh outfit, his purple cape flowing at the rhythm of his walking. He continued walking through the bright light into the world of the dead, with the other servers that have passed on already. "I won't certainly forget!" Yugi shouted after him, his tears flowing freely. And just before the gate closed Yami turned and smiled, Yugi couldn't have seen a tear fall down his face, could he have? But Yami said he wouldn't cry.

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"Yugi!" His grandpas shouting brought Yugi back to reality. He could feel the hot tears brim his eyes, thinking of his last moments he spent with Yami. "What's wrong? You look like you want to cry, and you haven't touched your food." He pointed to the untouched food gathering the air cooling it. Yugi shook his head and forced a reassuring smile. "Okay..." He left it at that, even though he wasn't completely reassured. He knew how much Yami meant to him, he didn't want to bug him about it, afraid it would make him sadder.

"Oh Yugi I almost forgot! Tea called and she Tristan, and Joey wanted to know if they could come over, why don't you give them a call?" Yugi saw his grandpa's attempt at cheering him up and decided to humor him. "Okay." He smiled and big smile and walked to the phone to call Tea back. 'I just have to forget, Yami would want it that way.' Yugi felt one tear escape his eye, fortunately his grandpa wasn't in the kitchen anymore and didn't see it. He started dialing.

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Authoress: So what do you guys think? I owe a lot to Janime website; it's the one that told me about Yami leaving and the flashback scene. I'm sorry some of it I did change a bit but not too much! I hope you guys like this idea please review and tell me your thought on it! Flames are welcome, but remember this is my first attempt at Yami/Yugi!