This is to everyone who helped and encouraged me all these years. Thanks a bunch! Warning: PG13 for: fight scenes, swearing, seriously depressing scenes/entries, slight nudity, and minor gore. Please enjoy and don't flame! P.S. I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!, so there!
Key:
/blah/ : Yami - hikari connection
/blah/ : Hikari - yami connection
'blah' : Thoughts
"Blah" : Speaking
Blah : Journal entry
--blah-- : Author's note actions
--- : New paragraph
Story 1: A New Face from America
Dear Journal,
---I've been thinking since the last time something life threatening happened: the end of Kaiba's tournament. I'd been in and out of the Shadow Realm more times than I can count and I'm now fully sure that I am the destined one to keep this world safe with Yami, but I wonder why me? I'm just a simple kid from Domino City who's never even left Japan, let alone speak another language. I'm barely fluent in English, but that's because I had Bakura's help. I'm not a courageous person and I couldn't win a street fight if my life depended on it. I'm not really that smart either, not like Bakura or Kaiba. Sometimes I wonder why Yami even puts up with such a weak hikari as me. But then I look at him and see it in his eyes that he cares about me and that he has absolutely no doubt that I'm better than I think I am. But, that's his POV. I nearly lost a lot of friends last month because of who I am. I just hope nothing more like that happens.
---On a happier note, I guess, my birthday is next week. Jonouchi and Honda say they have something planned, but they won't tell me! It's driving me nuts! But, at least I know that they can keep a secret. They haven't even told Anzu, and if they're planning a party, she's the best one to call. Ah, well. In just ten more days, on June 4th, I'm gonna be 16 and in the tenth grade. I'm gonna be a sophomore next year! But the old thoughts are still hanging over my head and I can't get rid of them. I can't even tell Yami about it because he's got his own problems and he can't be troubled with my insecurity. But, since Grandpa told me it would help, I'll keep writing in this journal. Maybe I can find some answers inside my own head.
-------------------------Yuugi Mutou
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Journal,
---I am very reluctantly writing in this because I dislike the thought of anyone being able to read this, but I'm doing it because Yuugi told me it might help me get a few things off my mind. Well, "a few things" is what I have.
---After the past tournament, I've been worrying more and more about Yuugi and our friends' safety. I don't even know if I can even protect him anymore. He's proven himself more than able to take care of himself, but I can't seem to be able to leave him behind to do my own research on my past. Isis told me that more of my memories would return the longer I stay with Yuugi, but it's been nearly a month and I don't know any more about my past than Yuugi or Jonouchi does. But I can at least stay happy because my aibou is happy. I wish him a happy birthday next week and hope that he has one. I plan to give him something special, but I don't know if I can. I'll get back next week. Maybe I can find the answers by searching my mind again, even though I've searched a hundred times or so.
-------------------------------------Yami
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---Yami closed the book on his recent entry. The black, leather-bound papyrus was a gift from Yuugi, and Yami, even though a bit suspicious and hurt, cherished it. It wasn't just a diary to him. The scent, the essence his light was imprinted in the binding, the cover, the pages. The book made him feel as if his aibou was in his arms that minute, not at school, working on Ra knows what.
---Yuugi told him that he didn't need to come with him to school anymore, that he should spend some time finding out more about himself or having fun. 'It's as if he doesn't even need my anymore,' Yami thought, sadness creeping to the center of his heart and settling there like an everlasting block of ice. Was Yuugi finally going to say what he always feared: that he wanted Yami to stop intruding in on his life? Yami shook his head, but the lingering doubt stayed hidden in his heart. What if Yuugi did tell him to leave? He didn't know. There wasn't anyone else, alive or dead, he could talk to about this... Wait! Yuugi's grandfather! He could help!
---Yami jumped lightly off Yuugi's bed and took on a temporarily visible form. It made him tired and look like a ghost, which technically he was, but at least it would be better than Yuugi's grandfather thinking that he was going insane. He ran out the door and was halfway down the stairs before he stopped. Grandpa would just say what Yami himself was thinking. Why was he worried anyway? Did he not trust Yuugi? Yami frowned as he released the temporary body and slipped back into spirit form. No, he trusted Yuugi with his choices, and his soul, more times than one. This was no different matter and Yami was just acting childish.He felt a small tug on his connection with his hikari and answered quickly. /What is it Yuugi? /
--- /Are you okay, Yami?/ came the response. /I felt for a minute like I was going to cry, then like I was trying to decide about something. Are you feeling okay?/ Yami narrowed his eyes, annoyed with himself. He forgot that if he had a strong emotion, Yuugi could feel it in their connection.
--- /Yami?/
---/I'm here, aibou. Nothing's wrong. I was just-/ he cut himself off, thinking to himself 'You were just doubting Yuugi's loyalty and trustworthiness. That's what you were doing' and shook his head again, reopening the channel. /I was just thinking about something, that's all./ He sensed concern from his light and sighed. /I'm fine, Yuugi-kun. There's no need for you to worry about me. /
--- /Alright Yami-kun. I was just checking, is all./ The thought seemed broken a moment, but returned again almost instantly. /I'll see you at two, Yami-kun./ His light then broke the connection and left Yami with a feeling of reassurance. His hikari checked up on him to see if he was all right, so he still cared at least. Yami smiled and walked back up the stairs, into Yuugi's room, picked up his journal, and disappeared into his soul room, smiling with contentment. Nothing will hurt his hikari while he was around, especially not him.
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Yo people that's it. Nothing really new yet, but in the next chappie, we might just get a scene change! So, hurry up and give me some reviews or else... Damn! I forgot I can't threaten you guys with not writing any more or else I can't write! Fine... next chappie will be up soon... --grumbles and walks away, sulking--
