Selfish Love (A Yu-Gi-Oh! fanfic)

Rated: T

Pairing: Yami x Yugi

Summary: Puzzleshippy. Yami is finally allowed to pass into the afterlife. But Yugi doesn't want him to go. And when he starts hearing voices, he has to decide what's real and what's fake. Yami x Yugi. Slash.

A/N: Hello there lovely Puzzleshippers! (If you're not a Puzzleshipper, you probably won't like this story very much...) I've been reading Yami/Yugi slash for years. In fact, I'm pretty sure that's where I got my start in fanfiction in the first place, but I have never written any of it. Until now. I'm not sure if it's going to be any good, but that's what reviews are for. If you like it, please tell me so. And if you don't like it, please tell me why as it will help me to grow as a writer. And feel free to check out the cornucopia of other fandoms for which I have written :D Oh and this starts right at the end of Yami and Yugi's final duel... it's so cliché, I know. Please forgive me.

Chapter 1 - The Battle is Won (Posted 7 June 2011)

"Alright, Silent Magician!" Yugi yelled through his tears. "Attack his life points directly!"

Yugi's magician rose high into the air and fired its attack, engulfing Yami in a shining ball of light. The Pharaoh's life points fell to zero. He'd done it. Yugi had won the battle. Yugi fell to his knees and let the tears stream freely down his face and onto the floor.

Yami walked over to him confidently and told him, "Congratulations. Well done."

All Yugi could do was continue to cry. He didn't want to be weak in front of all his friends, especially the Pharaoh, but he just couldn't control it.

The Pharaoh stooped him and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Yugi, a champion doesn't belong on his knees. You achieved a great victory for us both."

"I..." Yugi stuttered. "I was focusing so hard on playing the game... that I forgot what winning this duel would actually mean. By defeating you I've sent you away. For good."

"No, you have opened the door for me." Yami said gratefully, albeit sadly. "Thanks to you, my spirit can finally be at rest once again. I'll be back where I belong. Fate brought the two of us together for a reason, and we've fulfilled our destiny." He stood Yugi up in an attempt to stop his tears from flowing so harshly. "We've protected mankind from the return of the shadow games. And we've both grown tremendously along the way."

"I'm... I'm gonna miss you." Yugi said, trying to be strong for his friend. He didn't want him to go, but it was destiny. And not only that, it was what he wanted. Yugi couldn't take that from him, no matter how much he wanted him to stay.

"You do realize we'll never truly be apart, right?"

Yugi gasped lightly. "Huh?"

"The gift of kindness you've given me, and the courage I've given you... will remain with us. And that will forever bind us together."

Yugi nodded, doing his best to not show how sad he truly was. He thought he'd accepted Yami's impending departure a long time ago. But it seemed he'd underestimated just how attached he was to him. "Right."

The giant eye on the wall behind him started to glow, signaling that it was time. Everyone gasped. Yami approached the wall and stared at it. He stated his real name and the doors opened up for him. He began stepping towards the magnificent light that shown through them, but Yugi ran up behind him and stopped him, wrapping his arms around his waist and pressing into him.

"Yugi?"

"Pharaoh..." Yugi said in a small voice so that only he could hear him. "I know you have to go, but I wish you didn't."

"I'm sorry, Yugi." the Pharaoh said in a deep voice, placing a hand over Yugi's. "I know. Leaving you is... difficult for me as well. But there will come a time, a long while from now, when we may be able to see each other again."

"I wish I could come with you." Yugi said suddenly.

Yami turned around and faced Yugi, putting a hand on his head. "Don't say that, Aibou. Do you know what you would have to do in order to come with me?"

Yugi closed his eyes and squeezed more tears out. "Yes..."

"Yugi, as much as I like the idea of your company, you have to stay here. You have to live. With your friends and your Grampa. Your spirit will be free one day, but I will wait for that day for another thousand years as long as you're living happily."

Yugi let go of the Pharaoh and stepped back, hanging his head.

Yami chuckled a little and bent down a little to be at eye-level with Yugi. He lifted his head and smiled. "Please, Yugi, for me. Live. And be happy." He leaned in and kissed Yugi's forehead.

A bit startled by the action, Yugi's lips parted in surprise and he lifted his hand to his forehead, letting his fingers brush over the spot where Yami's lips had just been.

The Pharaoh stood straight again and looked back at all of his friends who were watching them. He could see the wetness in their eyes and although he was sad for leaving and for making them sad as well, he couldn't help but be happy that they all cared about him so much. "Thank you, everyone, for everything." Then he turned back around and ran into the light without looking back, for he knew that if he faced them again they would see the tears in his eyes as well, and he just couldn't stand to let them see that weakness in him.

A/N: So... that's the first chapter... I don't like it very much. But if you've read any of my work before then you know that I usually rather dislike all my stories. There is more, I've got a few surprises up my sleeve, but I'm not sure how much (probably a lot...) of this has been done before and I'm not sure how good (probably not very...) this whole thing is going to turn out. So leave me some feedback and be honest please. If it's that bad just tell me and I'll either try to fix it or I'll just take it down if it is beyond fixing. I don't want to disgrace the pairing or the fandom in general lol :D Thanks for reading and extra thanks if you post a review!