Hello, friends! Another new story from yours truly.

Please enjoy.

Summary: In an attempt to prove that soulmates will always find each other, a mischievous deity creates a 'perfect' world in which shadow games do not exist and two lovers from separate eras are forced to meet under different circumstances.

Disclaimer: Don't own it.

Lilac Wine

Chapter One

It was a well known fact that Gods had an intriguing sense of humor.

The most unusual things could send the all-knowing being into fits of laughter that would make a planet quake. Of course, they were a bit more careful than that, but religious people were always very wary of setting the Gods off (Have you ever heard of Mega-volcanoes?).

There were a couple of theories behind this fact, but the favored one these days seemed the most plausible, if you knew or had encountered a God, that was.

You see, the mighty rulers of life lacked the ability to believe in things, seeing as how they already knew just about everything. There wasn't ever a need to hope or pray to themselves for anything. Things that came to be were already planned and decided by them.

The idea of something like 'soulmates' wasn't too far off, but really--

All a God had to do was separate two lovers, make it IMPOSSIBLE for them to be together, and that was it. Soulmates couldn't exist if they couldn't be together.

Oddly enough, there was one God who didn't think that was true. The man himself was quite different than your usual deity, just by over thinking. Now, his way of thinking was still far off from that of a human's, but the fact that he questioned just about everything the Gods stood for, well, that was frowned upon.

Or mostly laughed at, because that's the way powerful beings do things. Why be sad, angry, or upset by what you already know? When you are this blessed with knowledge and power, all you can do it laugh...

And there it was, "Theory Number One: A God will always laugh at everything, because he already saw it coming."

So, you could imagine the Goddess of Lust's face when he explained that he believed in the existence of soulmates. The fact that he BELIEVED in anything was strange enough.

"You foolish old man!" The Goddess giggled, chest rising and falling in time with the magical gasps that escaped her throat, "There is no such thing as soulmates; there are only those who we decide to be together. That is the end of it."

She flipped her golden hair over her shoulder, beautiful bronzed skin shinning beneath the glow of light that seemed to leak from every corner of this magical home.

The 'old man,' as she called him, smiled. "See, that's where I think you are wrong," the God proceeded to wave his arm, and a giant cloud formed in his living room. Although his guest seemed to think this was normal, it was obvious that she hadn't expected him to try and prove his theory.

"I've been watching these two..."

Inside the cloud, a movie began to play. This movie was in real-time, it seemed, capturing two boys in a pool, splashing around like mad and having a blast doing so.

"A couple of boys acting like fools? Yes, you're right. This obviously proves your point."

Laughing once more, the man shook his head, "Look closer, my dear. You'll find that the elder one is not from this time."

Sure enough, the Goddess recognized him as the chosen Pharaoh, though she couldn't figure out how it was that he was still in the future and not in the afterlife. "What is going on here?"

"You can't separate soulmates. These two are the ultimate proof, having come together despite a 3,000 year age difference."

He had a point, but this Goddess would not drop this so easily. "They're only together because of the shadow games. If they had lived in a world without them, they never would have come together."

"Would you like to place a wager on that, beloved?"

She had to admit, she was shocked by the offer. And not to mention his confidence concerning this whole matter. "You're on."

Back on Earth, two tri-color-haired boys were still splashing around in a pool. The elder, known as 'Yami,' was currently dunking the smaller boy's head under the cool water.

"Ugggh!!!" The boy called Yuugi gasped, trying to pull away from Yami's cruel torture, "Qui---!"

And then he was underwater again. Who would have known that playing at a pool with an ex-Pharaoh was like playing with a ten-year-old boy? Not Yuugi, that was for sure.

Although, he could think of one way to get away----

Yami let him up one last time, and Yuugi burst out of the water crying.

"What the HELL is your problem, Yami?" He yelled through what looked like tears, voice shaking in anger. "I ASKED YOU TO STOP, I could have drowned---"

It worked, Yami let go and was now stammering apologies... Until Yuugi began to laugh, that was.

"Partner?"

"You're so gullible, Yami! As if I would cry from being dunked under the water, gosh... How lame do you think I am, anyway?" Yuugi's laughter was contagious, it seemed, the ex-Pharaoh began to chuckle himself.

"You are an evil little guy, you know that, partner? Yami stood above him in the pool as Yuugi backed against the edge of the pool, leaning comfortably against it. The paler teen was well aware of how wonderful Yami looked under the blaring sun, tanned skin more evident than usual.

The teen swallowed.

"I learn from the best."

Everyone knew the story of Yuugi and his other half. It all started with the solving a puzzle.
Over seven years, Yuugi worked on his golden puzzle, placing specially designed pieces into their individual places. It would have been a difficult task for any adult, much less this young, teenage boy. It was said that the person who solved this puzzle would have their wish granted. This pure-hearted boy's only wish was to have a friend. The puzzle brought him many, but the most dear friend to him came from the pyramid-shaped puzzle itself. He had no name, and he acted inappropriately at times, but that spirit turned into the most wonderful friend Yuugi could have ever asked for.

In reality, though, there was so much more Yuugi wanted to ask for. He didn't realize, however, that Yami wanted the same thing.

Yami smiled, "Yuugi, there is something I really want to tell you."

The teen blinked, head tilting in a confused fashion, "Okay, shoot."

The Pharaoh Atemu spent the majority of his existence alone. He ruled his country alone. He alone was condemned to spend eternity in the Puzzle... That was, until Yuugi solved the unsolvable. From then on, there was a bit of light in his sad, dark world. When Yuugi discovered that his body housed another, he never destroyed the puzzle or tried to get rid of the spirit like a normal person would. He accepted him with open arms.

When the time came to choose between his new life with Yuugi and the afterlife, the Pharaoh formerly known as Atemu couldn't help but choose Yuugi. He would always choose Yuugi until the very end of time.

Yuugi noticed the way that his other half was fidgeting slightly, and he seemed a little uncomfortable. Weird.

"Well, Yuugi, I only just realized recently... Just how much I care about you."

Said teen smiled, blushing slightly, "Thanks, Yami. I care a lot about you too--"

"No, Yuugi, wait. What I mean to say is that, I want to be wit-----"

There was a violent clap of thunder, and Yuugi jumped in surprise.

"Whoa, I didn't know it was supposed to storm? We need to get out of this pool; I really don't want to get stuck by lightning today."

Yami didn't budge, however. His hands came up slowly to grab either side of his face, and Yuugi was shocked to hear him screaming in agony. The ex-Pharaoh was in tears, face turned a deep shade of red as he howled in pain, causing his friend to become very distressed.

"Yami!!! What's wrong?!"

The former spirit did not answer, how was he supposed to help Yami when he didn't know what was wrong with him...But Yuugi was staring to feel odd himself.
It was as if pieces of himself were separating...

And he was being pulled apart.

Yuugi, too, began to scream, the near twins voices mixing for the last time as the sky came crashing down on top of them.

And then all that was left in the world was black.

"Poor boys," The Goddess laughed, "So, what exactly do you have planned for them?" She looked up at the smug God, who was currently rearranging Yuugi and Yami's lives.

"I've created a perfect world for them. A world without real evils, like the shadow games. I will prove to you that despite living in two completely different time periods, these two will find each other in some shape or form. Yami will get to speak the words I never let him finish."

The Goddess smiled, though there was something a bit off in the way her face turned away from the God's. "We shall see."

I know it was short, but I really just wanted to set the story up. There wasn't much to be done other than introducing my crazy God and the Goddess of Lust. Their parts are pretty short, though. You probably won't see much of them until the end.

Anyway, let me know what you think.

omg kairi