The tale begins! About names...I'll refer to Yami Yuugi as "Pharaoh" or "Atemu" in the later chapters. When he doesn't know his name yet, though, he'll be called Yami. Joey, Téa, Tristan, Solomon Motou, etc, keep their American dubbed names.
Yu-Gi-Oh! doesn't belong to me. xD
The Finale
I stood before the doorway to another world, another life, with a feeling of déjà vu. Golden light poured from it, bathing me in its honey-sweet caress, healing me, changing me. My clothes, once the bulky navy blue school uniform, flowed together into a comfortable white and blue tunic with a generous dark blue cape. Metal jewelry adorned my arms and legs, marking me for what I was.
"Pharaoh…Pharaoh…" he called softly.
The light could not mend my broken heart, nor could the new clothes conceal my true feelings.
All this time, I'd been protecting my aibou, my Yuugi, even though I knew all along that it would only hurt him more when we had to say goodbye. But my fate dictated that I must be a ruler, a guardian over millions of people I didn't know. I didn't want to live up to my destiny; I would rather guard over this one innocent boy forever.
"Please…stay…"
I breathed in deeply, forcing back tears. They say your life flashes before your eyes when you are about to die. I wasn't dying, but I might as well have been. The happiest part, the sweetest part of my life was over. There would never be anyone else like him. Never.
I knew all along that this day had to come, but I still hadn't readied myself to let go yet.
I closed my eyes, and concentrated on each emotion boiling within me. In those few seconds I lingered between the doorway of past and present, a thousand memories came rushing back like water pouring through a broken dam.
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