Chapter 1

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Thought / Dreams / Event from the past

[Voice from the past]

'Telepathic Voice'

"Spirit Talking"

-Telephone-

Letter

"Dialogue"

Emphasis

Dangerous Tone

A boy with short brown hair and a pair of onyx eyes sighed as he stared up at the blue sky from his usual spot beside a lone grave stone on the hill of the cemetery, his mind was replaying the moment when he strike down his Twin Brother. He closed his eyes and let himself falling backward to the bed of soft grass. Why did it had to be that way? He couldn't help but asked himself, and again asking himself even though he had asked his own self for hundreds times already, Why must I killed him? Why must he be such a stubborn person? Why couldn't we become just like a normal Twins? Why?

Yeah, 'why'. Those questions had been plaguing his mind for the past month after the Shaman Fight ended, after he was forced to kill his own Big Brother, his own Twin. It hurt him so much, so much that he become depressed, and it must be shown clearly on his face if the fact that he could feel his Guardian Spirit's gaze at him was proof enough, and it was a worried gaze, just like usual.

"Yoh-dono." His Guardian Spirit started softly, "I know you are sad, and I know that knowing you, you would want to save him instead of damn him, but you need to move on".

Yoh opened his eyes to be met with his Guardian Spirit's sad eyes, "It's hurt, Amidamaru." He said softly in answer as his right hand made an unconscious move to grasped the cloth on the front of his chest, "It's hurt so much." He continued as he closed his eyes again. He know that the pain in his chest was not from his grief only, not all of it was from his grief.

No, it's from the connection he had with Hao. Even though they only met each other for less than half a year, and during the time he got eaten by Hao, he has seen everything. The reason why he hate all humans, the reason why he want to kill them all, the reason why he closed himself from the world, the reason why his heart was hurting in the past 1000 years. It's hurt, Yoh thought as he remembered what happened to Hao, how his Mother died in front of his own eyes, how he lost Ohachiyo because of his desire to take revenge on his Mother's murderer, and how Matamune betrayed him due to his fear to his own Master. It hurt me more now that I understand his pain, the grief he felt until he was blinded by that grief and hatred. It hurt me because I was unable to save him.

"They just don't understand." Yoh mumbled as he opened his eyes again and looked at the sky above him, with many white clouds giving life to the unmoving blue sky, "It hurt me more that they just refuse to understand my pain, refusing to even let me to mourn".

Yes, that was the main reason why he couldn't move on, because they wouldn't let him to mourn over his own Brother's death, and it hurt him even more knowing that he was the one who killed his Brother. If he couldn't grieve, he couldn't let the pain to get out of his chest, and he couldn't move on with his life knowing that he couldn't even grieve for his own Twin.

"They don't want you to feel bad about killing Hao." The white haired Samurai agreed with soft voice, his black eyes lowered to the ground in sadness, "You are a gentle person, Yoh-dono. They know that and yet they don't want you to feel bad, because it means that you think that Hao could be saved".

"Right." Yoh said as he sat up and slowly stood back to his feet while brushing the dirt from his clothes, "That's why I'm hurting even more, because I know that he could be saved, and with more time, I would manage somehow." He sighed as he looked at the sky again, "But they all just too damn stubborn, Hao, my friends and my family, all of them are just so stubborn".

Of course, he didn't included his Mother in the group of stubborn people, he know better than to do so. Because on the day he killed Hao, he heard his Mother cried to herself in her room, away from the celebrating group , from the people who were celebrating the death of Hao Asakura, his Twin. He found it out when he was running away from the celebrating people as well, he want to mourn over Hao's death, since it was still too fresh in the memory and the pain was just too unbearable, but even that was denied from him when his friends dragged him back to the celebration.

"Let's get back to the inn, Amidamaru." Yoh murmured gloomily, "The sooner I confront them, the sooner it would end".

Amidamaru looked at Yoh with a sad expression, but he bowed before disappearing from Yoh's sight, he could still feel the Samurai's presence though, that's why he know that Amidamaru would be there fo him and wouldn't let him to face it alone. Yoh was grateful that he has Amidamaru with him, as his friend who understand his pain and the only one who would let Yoh to grieve.

Yoh walked silently to the Funbari Onsen, his face was vacant of any emotion, and his eyes were dull. Those who know about him would called him walking doll if they saw him, but no one saw him like that, for before he entered the Inn, his expression had changed into his calm one and a smile gracing his lips making his expression so serene for the people around him.

Yoh didn't need to train until he collapse again, because there's no need for him to train under Anna anymore. After so many years engaged with Anna, he was just tired of having Anna ordering him around, so about 3 weeks ago, he called off the engagement with Anna. His family, again without including his Mother, was furious, but after Yoh admitted to them that he was never in love with Anna and preferred to have boy's company over girls, and after Anna admitted that didn't love Yoh as well, they agreed to let him call off the engagement, albeit reluctantly.

Things were looking normal and peaceful around the Inn when he arrived, but that doesn't mean he was looking forward to be at the Inn that day, for it was the day his family came to visit him from Izumo.

XXXXX

"Yugi, are you listening?" A female voice broke him out of his thought.

Yugi looked up to see a girl with short brown hair and a pair of bright blue eyes, like the color of the Sea. He smiled at his friend, "I'm sorry, Anzu." He apologized, "I couldn't help but thinking about Yami again".

Anzu's eyes softened, "Yeah." She agreed, "I missed him as well." She said softly before returning her gaze back to Yugi from outside the window of the classroom, "Anyway, Yugi, have you heard about the new game in tha arcade?" She asked cheerfully.

The three colors haired boy shook his head, "Nope." He answered with a sheepish grin, "I didn't have time to go there yet since we are busy with Dungeon Dice Monsters that had just arrived at the shop".

"Ah, Otogi finally able to make it an International Game, right?" An blond haired joined in, "Not as wide as Duel Monsters yet, but soon enough he would be able to get the game to the whole world like Industrial Illusions".

"Jou, you had finished your detention?" Anzu asked in surprise.

"Nope." A spiky brown haired boy answered Anzu's question, "The teacher got something important to do".

"Hello, Honda, Jou." Yugi greeted with a smile before he stood up, "Well, since the detention had been canceled, we can all go out together and try this new game in the arcade that Anzu told me about".

"Alright!" Jou and Honda cheered as they hit the air with their fists.

Anzu grinned, "Let's go then." She agreed and they walked to the arcade together.

The gang arrived at the arcade and went to the new game right away, they were surprised when they saw that it's a game that Kaiba Seto created. Even though the game was similar with the usual fighting game, but the game Seto created was in a better graphic design than the usual, and the most shocking thing was Seto created the game based on Duel Monsters.

Yugi laughed as he looked at the game, "I will try this game." He said as he take a seat immediately and inserted a coin into the machine. He studied the game, the characters the player used to play the game and fight were looking like a Duel Monsters Card, of course the one that was looking like a human with arms and legs instead of a big monster like a dinosaur or anything without arms and legs.

Just like the other fighting game, the player could chose one from twelve characters available. Yugi saw that there's Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, Harpie Lady, Jinzo, Flame Swordsman, Silent Magician, Tiger Axe, Buster Bladder, Judgeman, Aligator Sword, and . . . Yugi's eyebrow raised as he saw the last two characters. They were Blue Eyes White Dragon and Red Eyes Black Dragon, but instead of Dragon Monsters, they were the human version.

Blue Eyes White Dragon's human form was that of Kisara, the woman with White Dragon Ka they saw in the Memory World, but with addition of Dragon Claws on her hands, which was made to look like Kisara's figure was wearing a pair of gloves instead of her hands turned into a Dragon Claws. The human version of Red Eyes Black Dragon was similar looking with Kisara, but with Red eyes and short Black hair that reach her middle back instead Blue eyes and long White hair that reaching the hips like Kisara, her Dragon Claws gloves were black in color in opposing of White in Blue Eyes human version.

"Monster Fighter, a game of fighting based on Duel Monsters game, huh?" Jou read the description of the game beside the controller of the machine.

"Yeah." Yugi confirmed as he chose to play using Silent Magician.

In the past, he would surely choose Dark Magician rather than the other Monsters, but after the Ceremonial Duel between himself and his Yami, he also started liking to use Silent Magician in his duels. Maybe it's because he like Spell Caster type Monsters and because Silent Magician was starting as a weak Monster then grow stronger per turn, just like himself, a weak person in the past before become a stronger person as time passed. He grow fond of the small Magician, just like his Yami with Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl.

Yugi played the game and moved his Silent Magician skillfully, and being the King of Game he was, he won the battle quite easily.

"Hee, this game is interesting." Anzu said as she watched the game from behind Yugi.

Jou then sat beside Yugi and inserted a coin into the machine beside Yugi's, "Yugi, how about a battle?" he challenged as he chose the Red Eyes Black Dragon and then he sent a challenge to Yugi's machine.

"Why not?" Yugi answered as he accepted the challenge.

Yugi and Jou then played the game, fighting each other character with their friends cheering on them. Fighting against Jou was surely not as easily as fighting a computer, but Yugi still managed to win the and Jou played a few more times since Jou wanted a rematch after losing each battle, they then decided to play another games so that they wouldn't get bored with the new game so soon after the game was released.

After feeling quite satisfied playing the games in the arcade, Yugi looked around to find where his friends had gone to, he saw Anzu on the Dance Game and went to her. On his way to Anzu, he accidentally dropped the empty can of Coke he carried with him. Yugi apologized to the person and bent down to collect his can, as he did so, the Cartouche he wore as a necklace after the Ceremonial Duel come out from under his shirt, catching his attention right away. Yugi reached for his Cartouche with Atem's name written on it in Hieroglyphs and touched the Ancient writing, he smiled bitterly as he looked at it before tucked it under his shirt once again.

Sure, hanging around with his friends was making him happy, but Yugi couldn't help but feel sad about his other self leaving for the afterlife, even after three months since that happened. After he solved the Millennium Puzzle and connected to his other self, he always felt a constant presence on the back of his mind, and now that his other self had gone to the afterlife, he felt empty and incomplete. Well, technically he was incomplete, for he was only a half of a soul. Yami and Hikari, that was Atem and Yugi, Atem was Yugi's Yami just like Yugi was Atem's Hikari. With only a Hikari of a Yami, they were incomplete, that's why Yugi was so hard to move on over the fact that his Yami had gone.

Yugi sighed and continuing his way to the Dance Game, he threw the empty can into a trash can a bit to the side of the Dance Game before approaching his friend. "Hey, Anzu" Yugi greeted in time when Anzu turned to look at him, "It's time for us to go home, any longer then it would be dark outside." He informed the girl.

"Ah, it's 6 already?" Anzu asked herself in surprise as she looked at the watch she wore on her left wrist, "My, time is really flew by when you enjoying yourself." She said with a grin to Yugi, "Let's go find Jou and Honda then." She suggested.

Yugi nodded and looking around for his two other friends, he found them at the Shooting Game and went to them, they went home together after that. Well, not really together for Yugi's and Anzu's homes were in different direction from Honda's and Jou's homes, so he only went home together with Anzu.

"Alright, Yugi." Anzu said when they arrived at the front of Anzu's home, "Thanks for accompanying me home".

"Our homes are in the same direction, Anzu, it's only normal that I do it." Yugi waved his hand to her, "See you".

Anzu smiled, "See you." She said back before she entered her home.

Yugi waited until Anzu closed the door to her house before walking back to his home's direction, but when he passed an alleyway, he was suddenly grabbed from behind and dragged to the alley. He struggled as he was dragged before yelping when he was thrown into a pile of trashcans, he looked up to see who was his attackers and saw a group of men with big bodies.

Yugi whimpered in fear, "Wh- what do you want?" he asked fearfully.

The men sneered before cracking their knuckles, without a word, the men began hitting Yugi like a punch bag. Yugi covered his head with his arms and make himself as small as possible since he was not the type to fight, he couldn't fight due to his weak body and small figure, not to mention he would rather keep everything peaceful than fighting around because of a small matter.

Yugi was hurting all over, he thought that he would get beaten until he couldn't even stand when he heart a shout.

"Let him go!"

To be continued . . .

Yugi : Huh? Who was that who helped me?

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