Chapter 1 - Realisations
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Yugi was walking down the alleyway alone. Again. He enjoyed the peace and quiet that the night brought along. He stared up at the twinkling stars in the midnight sky, and sighed. He couldn't smile, he could only keep up that act up long enough for around his friends. Yugioh hated to admit it to himself or anyone else, but he was sinking down into a deep, dark depression. He stared down at his millennium puzzle, and concentrated on kicking a rather large rock across the surface of the cracked pavement.
Yugi thought back to his friends, and sighed again. They all liked him, but they would never understand what he was going through. It had all started after Yami had left him. That's when everything started to take a turn for the worst. His grandfather's shop wasn't getting enough business, and his grandpa had become rather ill. So his grandfather was in the hospital. Yugi had found his grandpa lying on the floor in the shop after school, barely breathing at all. And then the bullies had started to bully him - again! His teachers even did it, they thought that all the attention he received from duelling and being the King of Games was getting to his head. Then Yugioh had to take the shifts at the shop all night and parts of the day, and the piles of homework he got didn't help one bit. He didn't sleep much anymore, only a few hours at most.
He took another look up at the night sky, and headed back to his home. He hardly slept that night, because there was so much on his mind.
The next morning, his alarm only half woke him, and by the time he actually rolled off of his bed, hit the floor and got ready, he was already late for school. He grabbed a few crackers and a few pieces of fruit and threw them in a lunch bag, swung his bag over his shoulder, and ran out the door.
He ran the whole way to his school, and just made it to the front of the school as the familiar bell rang out.
Panting, he reached his class, and sat down at the back near the window, it was his favourite spot, especially since he liked to think and be alone. The back of the class was perfect for being alone.
He barely heard a word that his teacher had said, and he sat staring out the window, deep in thought. He really worried about his grandpa being all alone at the hospital. The bell rang, and he snapped out of his trance. He tried to leave, but the teacher stopped him by standing in the doorway.
"Maybe extra homework will teach you to pay attention during class." The teacher stared down at the short tricolour haired boy, and handed him a pile of papers. He glared down at him sternly as he watched him leave. Short pathetic Brat.
The rest of the morning was better for Yugi than the first class had been. But he still got into trouble from the teachers for not paying attention. Finally, the lunch bell rang, and Yugi ran outside to the schoolyard. Yugi was overjoyed as he found his friends (Joey, Tea and Tristan) sitting underneath their familiar looking tree.
"Hey, Yugi!" Tea called out to him as he joined them and sat down beside them. "How was your morning?" She smiled happily down at her friend as she bit into her ham sandwhich.
"Just great," Yugi said sarcastically, and forced himself to smile at them.
"Yeah, ours too! We got let off easily, no homework fro this weekend!" Tristan laughed out loud, and so did the others. They clearly didn't catch on to the sarcasm in Yugi's voice.
"Hey, we're thinking of going to the arcades tonight, you wanna come, buddy?" Joey said before Yugi could tell them that his morning was hell for him, once again. Joey smiled over at him, completely clueless.
"No, thanks, Joey. I've got too much to do all weekend. I probably won't be able to see you guys until school again on Monday." Yugi spoke as he took out his lunch, and finished it in a few bites. He watched his friends as they ate their food with no cares or worries about wasting any of it. He licked his lips as he watched them take huge bites out of their sandwiches and other foods. He envied them, a lot. They all had good lives, good food, money and healthy families. Yugioh sighed.
"Well, all right/ But if you change your mind, just call!" Tristan smiled, and finished the last of his salad and sandwich.
Yugi felt sick to his stomach for the rest of the afternoon, and he couldn't really concentrate on anything. Even his own thoughts made him dizzy and nauseous. When he stumbled home, he wasn't really hungry, and went straight to work in the shop. As eh was cleaning up and getting ready to lock up, he heard the bell of the shop's door ring as if off in the distance somewhere.
"We're closed!" Yugioh called out in a muffled voice from behind the counter. He turned around to see Mokuba smiling over at him. "Oh, hey Mokuba. What's up?"
"I just came over to say hi! My big brother had to buy some things just down the street." He smiled again, and looked at him curiously. "You okay, Yugi?" A look of concern spread across his face.
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine." Yugi tried his best to smile, and stay standing still. He felt himself sway a little bit, and he grabbed the counter in front of him.
"You don't look so great." But instead of continuing on about it, Mokuba let it drop right there. He smiled and laughed. "Well, it was nice seeing you again, Yugi!" He waved back to Yugioh as he left the small shop.
Yugi wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand as he finally finished locking everything up.
When he got inside his house, he took out his humungous pile of homework, and started on it. He yawned several times as he tried his best to keep his eyes focused on his homework. He finished a few papers before he fell asleep on it, his hand still poised to write.
In the morning, a knock at the door woke him up. He jerked up his head, and looked around. He felt his head pounding slightly as he got up and checked his clock. It was already 1:20 in the afternoon, and he ran down to the door. He pulled it open, and was surprised to see his friend Joey standing there.
"Hey, Yug! I tried calling, but no one answered, so I came over!" He looked down at Yugi's pale face and blue pyjamas.
"Oh, I'm awfully sorry, Joey! I must have slept in." Yugi rubbed the sleep from his eyes. "Why did you come by?" Yugi forced yet another smile, and let his arms drop down to his sides, they sure were heavy.
"I came to check on you, and see if you're free to come to the arcades this afternoon."
"I can't come, Joey. I've still got so much to do this weekend." Yugi looked around, and yawned.
"Oh. Well, I guess I'll see ya later on, then, pal!" Joey smiled back at him and as he walked away, Yugi closed the door with some of his strength.
Yugioh sat down on the couch, and was soon fast asleep, dreaming of his Yami and all of the fun times that he had before he had left him. He had abandoned him, more or less.
When he woke up, he cleaned the whole house twice, and was miraculously not hungry, again! Good, Yugi thought to himself, That'll save more money and food.
That's when something occurred to him. He remembered how everyone at school seemed to hate and ignore him. No one would care if I didn't show up. So I can stay home and work in the shop all day. Maybe I can make more money.
Yugi decided to take a walk, it was so hot in his house, too hot for him. So he left the house, and headed to the park after getting dressed into his familiar clothes.
He let his legs carry him all the way to the park, where he collapsed underneath a tree, just as it started to rain. Yugi watched the rain as if in a trance, as it slowly soaked his small body to the core. He almost fell asleep, when he heard something familiar, he was sure it was something familiar.
"Yugi." A voice reached out to him in the distance, and touched his mind, it seemed unsure, and almost angelic at the time. Yugi's eyes fluttered open, and widened as he looked down and noticed he was wearing his millennium puzzle. But the voice wasn't coming from the puzzle. He looked up with tears in his eyes, at a familiar but blurry figure.
"Y-Yami? Is it - Is it really you?" Yugi felt hot tears run down his cheeks as the figure leaned down beside him, and it face became more clear. Yami was looking at him with a worried expression on his face, and a sad expression in his eyes.
"Yes, dear Yugi. It's me." Yami pressed the back of his hand against Yugi's pale cheek. Yugi was surprised to feel Yami's hand was warm, and very much alive. He closed his eyes.
"You aren't." Yugi couldn't continue his question, because he bagan ot cough untl his sides ached and ached with every breath he took. /You're solid.?/ Yugioh thought quietly to himself.
"Yes, Yugi. I am very real. But I felt your pain all the way in Egypt. I had to come back. What's wrong?" Yam withdrew his hand from Yugi's tear stained face, and watched them slide silently down his cheeks. He felt a pang of guilt from his leaving his poor Hikari.
Yugi threw his arms around Yami, and buried his face into Yami's shirt. "Everything." He whispered, and sobbed into Yami's shirt.
Yami stared down at Yugi's shivering body, and after a few moments, he embraced the young child for a long while. Yugi fell asleep quickly, with all of the comfort Yami's presence brought him, and Yami carried him back to his house.
As he laid him down gently on the couch in the living room, the boy opened his eyes slightly.
"Yami?" Yugioh asked him in a soft whisper.
"Yes, Yugi?" Yami kneeled beside his Hikari.
"I'm." Yugioh started off, but ended up coughing up a storm. Yami held Yugi's shoulders as if to comfort the young child. Then Yugi continued. "I'm really glad that y-you're here. It-It makes life worth l-living again. Pl-Please stay." Yugi smiled weakly as he drifted off into a restless sleep.
"Hn." Yami stared helplessly down at the tine, fragile body, and he carried Yugi up to his room. He laid him down on his bed, and slipped him under the covers. Yami stood watching the poor child sleeping for a few minutes, then pulled up a chair at the end of the bed. He watched Yugi's pale face, and he himself fell asleep after a short while, clearly enjoying the thought of being back with his other lighter half. He felt the healing presence of his other half as he fell into a peaceful slumber.
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Disclaimer: Sarah doesn't own Yugioh, its characters or anything to do with them.
Sarah: But I wish I did! ^-^
Yami: I'm sure you wish you did, but you don't! And I'm glad of that at least.
Yugi: Hey, Yami, that was mean!
Yami: I didn't mean to upset you, little one.
Sarah: Okay then, well I'm going to go write some more! But I won't be back fro at least 4 or 5 days, because I'm going to the cabin with my friend Alexis!!! ^-^ I can't wait! ( But I hope you guys like the first chapter, and if you like it, I'll be sure to post the second chapter and maybe the third! ^-^ Have a good day!
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Yugi was walking down the alleyway alone. Again. He enjoyed the peace and quiet that the night brought along. He stared up at the twinkling stars in the midnight sky, and sighed. He couldn't smile, he could only keep up that act up long enough for around his friends. Yugioh hated to admit it to himself or anyone else, but he was sinking down into a deep, dark depression. He stared down at his millennium puzzle, and concentrated on kicking a rather large rock across the surface of the cracked pavement.
Yugi thought back to his friends, and sighed again. They all liked him, but they would never understand what he was going through. It had all started after Yami had left him. That's when everything started to take a turn for the worst. His grandfather's shop wasn't getting enough business, and his grandpa had become rather ill. So his grandfather was in the hospital. Yugi had found his grandpa lying on the floor in the shop after school, barely breathing at all. And then the bullies had started to bully him - again! His teachers even did it, they thought that all the attention he received from duelling and being the King of Games was getting to his head. Then Yugioh had to take the shifts at the shop all night and parts of the day, and the piles of homework he got didn't help one bit. He didn't sleep much anymore, only a few hours at most.
He took another look up at the night sky, and headed back to his home. He hardly slept that night, because there was so much on his mind.
The next morning, his alarm only half woke him, and by the time he actually rolled off of his bed, hit the floor and got ready, he was already late for school. He grabbed a few crackers and a few pieces of fruit and threw them in a lunch bag, swung his bag over his shoulder, and ran out the door.
He ran the whole way to his school, and just made it to the front of the school as the familiar bell rang out.
Panting, he reached his class, and sat down at the back near the window, it was his favourite spot, especially since he liked to think and be alone. The back of the class was perfect for being alone.
He barely heard a word that his teacher had said, and he sat staring out the window, deep in thought. He really worried about his grandpa being all alone at the hospital. The bell rang, and he snapped out of his trance. He tried to leave, but the teacher stopped him by standing in the doorway.
"Maybe extra homework will teach you to pay attention during class." The teacher stared down at the short tricolour haired boy, and handed him a pile of papers. He glared down at him sternly as he watched him leave. Short pathetic Brat.
The rest of the morning was better for Yugi than the first class had been. But he still got into trouble from the teachers for not paying attention. Finally, the lunch bell rang, and Yugi ran outside to the schoolyard. Yugi was overjoyed as he found his friends (Joey, Tea and Tristan) sitting underneath their familiar looking tree.
"Hey, Yugi!" Tea called out to him as he joined them and sat down beside them. "How was your morning?" She smiled happily down at her friend as she bit into her ham sandwhich.
"Just great," Yugi said sarcastically, and forced himself to smile at them.
"Yeah, ours too! We got let off easily, no homework fro this weekend!" Tristan laughed out loud, and so did the others. They clearly didn't catch on to the sarcasm in Yugi's voice.
"Hey, we're thinking of going to the arcades tonight, you wanna come, buddy?" Joey said before Yugi could tell them that his morning was hell for him, once again. Joey smiled over at him, completely clueless.
"No, thanks, Joey. I've got too much to do all weekend. I probably won't be able to see you guys until school again on Monday." Yugi spoke as he took out his lunch, and finished it in a few bites. He watched his friends as they ate their food with no cares or worries about wasting any of it. He licked his lips as he watched them take huge bites out of their sandwiches and other foods. He envied them, a lot. They all had good lives, good food, money and healthy families. Yugioh sighed.
"Well, all right/ But if you change your mind, just call!" Tristan smiled, and finished the last of his salad and sandwich.
Yugi felt sick to his stomach for the rest of the afternoon, and he couldn't really concentrate on anything. Even his own thoughts made him dizzy and nauseous. When he stumbled home, he wasn't really hungry, and went straight to work in the shop. As eh was cleaning up and getting ready to lock up, he heard the bell of the shop's door ring as if off in the distance somewhere.
"We're closed!" Yugioh called out in a muffled voice from behind the counter. He turned around to see Mokuba smiling over at him. "Oh, hey Mokuba. What's up?"
"I just came over to say hi! My big brother had to buy some things just down the street." He smiled again, and looked at him curiously. "You okay, Yugi?" A look of concern spread across his face.
"Oh, yeah, I'm fine." Yugi tried his best to smile, and stay standing still. He felt himself sway a little bit, and he grabbed the counter in front of him.
"You don't look so great." But instead of continuing on about it, Mokuba let it drop right there. He smiled and laughed. "Well, it was nice seeing you again, Yugi!" He waved back to Yugioh as he left the small shop.
Yugi wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand as he finally finished locking everything up.
When he got inside his house, he took out his humungous pile of homework, and started on it. He yawned several times as he tried his best to keep his eyes focused on his homework. He finished a few papers before he fell asleep on it, his hand still poised to write.
In the morning, a knock at the door woke him up. He jerked up his head, and looked around. He felt his head pounding slightly as he got up and checked his clock. It was already 1:20 in the afternoon, and he ran down to the door. He pulled it open, and was surprised to see his friend Joey standing there.
"Hey, Yug! I tried calling, but no one answered, so I came over!" He looked down at Yugi's pale face and blue pyjamas.
"Oh, I'm awfully sorry, Joey! I must have slept in." Yugi rubbed the sleep from his eyes. "Why did you come by?" Yugi forced yet another smile, and let his arms drop down to his sides, they sure were heavy.
"I came to check on you, and see if you're free to come to the arcades this afternoon."
"I can't come, Joey. I've still got so much to do this weekend." Yugi looked around, and yawned.
"Oh. Well, I guess I'll see ya later on, then, pal!" Joey smiled back at him and as he walked away, Yugi closed the door with some of his strength.
Yugioh sat down on the couch, and was soon fast asleep, dreaming of his Yami and all of the fun times that he had before he had left him. He had abandoned him, more or less.
When he woke up, he cleaned the whole house twice, and was miraculously not hungry, again! Good, Yugi thought to himself, That'll save more money and food.
That's when something occurred to him. He remembered how everyone at school seemed to hate and ignore him. No one would care if I didn't show up. So I can stay home and work in the shop all day. Maybe I can make more money.
Yugi decided to take a walk, it was so hot in his house, too hot for him. So he left the house, and headed to the park after getting dressed into his familiar clothes.
He let his legs carry him all the way to the park, where he collapsed underneath a tree, just as it started to rain. Yugi watched the rain as if in a trance, as it slowly soaked his small body to the core. He almost fell asleep, when he heard something familiar, he was sure it was something familiar.
"Yugi." A voice reached out to him in the distance, and touched his mind, it seemed unsure, and almost angelic at the time. Yugi's eyes fluttered open, and widened as he looked down and noticed he was wearing his millennium puzzle. But the voice wasn't coming from the puzzle. He looked up with tears in his eyes, at a familiar but blurry figure.
"Y-Yami? Is it - Is it really you?" Yugi felt hot tears run down his cheeks as the figure leaned down beside him, and it face became more clear. Yami was looking at him with a worried expression on his face, and a sad expression in his eyes.
"Yes, dear Yugi. It's me." Yami pressed the back of his hand against Yugi's pale cheek. Yugi was surprised to feel Yami's hand was warm, and very much alive. He closed his eyes.
"You aren't." Yugi couldn't continue his question, because he bagan ot cough untl his sides ached and ached with every breath he took. /You're solid.?/ Yugioh thought quietly to himself.
"Yes, Yugi. I am very real. But I felt your pain all the way in Egypt. I had to come back. What's wrong?" Yam withdrew his hand from Yugi's tear stained face, and watched them slide silently down his cheeks. He felt a pang of guilt from his leaving his poor Hikari.
Yugi threw his arms around Yami, and buried his face into Yami's shirt. "Everything." He whispered, and sobbed into Yami's shirt.
Yami stared down at Yugi's shivering body, and after a few moments, he embraced the young child for a long while. Yugi fell asleep quickly, with all of the comfort Yami's presence brought him, and Yami carried him back to his house.
As he laid him down gently on the couch in the living room, the boy opened his eyes slightly.
"Yami?" Yugioh asked him in a soft whisper.
"Yes, Yugi?" Yami kneeled beside his Hikari.
"I'm." Yugioh started off, but ended up coughing up a storm. Yami held Yugi's shoulders as if to comfort the young child. Then Yugi continued. "I'm really glad that y-you're here. It-It makes life worth l-living again. Pl-Please stay." Yugi smiled weakly as he drifted off into a restless sleep.
"Hn." Yami stared helplessly down at the tine, fragile body, and he carried Yugi up to his room. He laid him down on his bed, and slipped him under the covers. Yami stood watching the poor child sleeping for a few minutes, then pulled up a chair at the end of the bed. He watched Yugi's pale face, and he himself fell asleep after a short while, clearly enjoying the thought of being back with his other lighter half. He felt the healing presence of his other half as he fell into a peaceful slumber.
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Disclaimer: Sarah doesn't own Yugioh, its characters or anything to do with them.
Sarah: But I wish I did! ^-^
Yami: I'm sure you wish you did, but you don't! And I'm glad of that at least.
Yugi: Hey, Yami, that was mean!
Yami: I didn't mean to upset you, little one.
Sarah: Okay then, well I'm going to go write some more! But I won't be back fro at least 4 or 5 days, because I'm going to the cabin with my friend Alexis!!! ^-^ I can't wait! ( But I hope you guys like the first chapter, and if you like it, I'll be sure to post the second chapter and maybe the third! ^-^ Have a good day!