Death. A simple word. The one word we should all embrace, and yet we all fear. If you like stories with fairy tale endings, then leave before you go any further, for you will be terribly dissapointed.
Yugi's POV:
I was walking home alone as usual,completly unaware of the danger that awaited me. Since I was looking down I never saw it coming. I was absorbed in my thoughts about how Yami and the gang had betrayed me when I felt a cold hand pull me into the alley. I looked down and the hand I saw wasn't human. Long thin pale fingers that came to a point at the long black fingernails. I shivered. The hand was freezing. Suddenly I screamed in agony. It was as if every pain I had ever felt in my life was now flowing through my entire body. The man laughed and I felt myself go numb. My entire body began to tingle. I shivered and the man laughed again.
"ssscared.....Yugi." He asked, whispering my name.
"How do you know me?" I asked struggling to release myself from his grip.
"I know alot about you little Yugi Mutoh. I know the pain you have felt caused by the bullys at school....by the friends who you once protected....of your Yami. I can make all those memories dissapear. All the pain forgotten. Jussst help me with my quessst." he hissed at me. I squinted when I saw a shadow down on the other end of the alley watching all of this. 'Yami?" I thought.
"Why should I help someone who is trying to strangle me?"
"Good point." he said as he dropped me on the pavement. I saw the shadow in the light freeze.
"What's your quest?"
"The same one I was appointed 5000 years ago. Kill the Pharaoh."
"Yami!" I almost silently gasped. "What if I refuse to help you?"
"Then I will kill you." he said and I saw to pale white hands reach for me; I tried to run but my body was frozen in place. His hands gripped my neck and again lifted me from the ground.
"Why would you refuse Yugi? Didn't he steal your life away from you, and the only friends you ever had....even Tea?" he said, obviously amused by my facial expressions.
"No. Let me go freak."
"Don't deny the truth Yugi. I see it in your eyes. If you don't help me then you will die in place of him. Only you have the power to kill him. I already havehis body." he said impatiently. Then he released me and reached for something, his pale hands the only light in the alleyway besides at the end. I looked over and where the shadow once was was nothing. I squinted but he was gone. The next thing that that happened made me forget all that had happened. Yamis' body was lying on the ground by my feet. His face was pale and it looked as if he had had his throat slit in one place. I looked into his eyes which were barely slits; tears began to well up in my eyes.
"What did you do to him?"
"Began my mission. However, like I said only you can kill him with a weapon. Otherwise he will die a slow and painful death. Either way I win. If he dies naturally I will have to kill you and all of your friends....or should I say, his friends." he sneered.
"Please...spare him. Take me but let him live. I beg you."
"SSSSory little Yugi. The Pharaoh must die. By what means it doesn't matter to me. As long as he dies before next Friday night."
"What happens next Friday."
"That's the day he will be healed. It was a sacred day to Ancient Egyptians. The day the Pharaoh could not be killed. But rest assured he will die. If I must take control of your weak little mind and kill him myself I will. But he will die."
"I will never let you hurt him!" I practically screamed. I looked down at Yami again and saw that he was losing even more blood from his face; his breathing was getting shorter and farther apart.
"I am afraid Yugi...you will have no choice. I will be back in two days for the kill....by any means necessary." he said. Then there was a poof of black smoke and the shadow with white hands dissapeared. I started screaming for help.
7 hours later:
Finaly a woman heard my cries and came by to help. She drove the limp Yami to the hospital and he was immediatly put in the ER. Two hours later a doctor came out and said he had severe internal damage that they were going to operate on the next morning. I nodded and decided to call all of my friends. As my friends picked up a thought occured to me. What the man had said to me '....or should I say his friends' maybe he was right. I shook myself out of it and called Joey.
"Hello." he said after four or five rings.
"Joey it's me."
"Yug. Why the hell are _you_calling me." I felt hot tears well in my eyes.
" It's Yami. He's here, in the hospital. Call everyone else and tell them to get down here I'll explain when you get here."
"A'ight. See ya soon." he said and hung up. I looked down before coming to myself and walking to an empty seat next to an old man who was reading a duel monsters magazine.
"That was Joey huh Yugi?" he said without looking over at me.
"How d'you...?"
"Know your name. I know alot about you. I saw your little confrontation in the alley. If you ask me I think the guy is getting to your head. Your friends still care about you."
"Then why do they never call or speak to me and when I called Joey he asked why _I_called." I said. I put my face in my hands and cried for a moment before I regained composure and sat up straight again. I looked over and saw the man was looking at me. He had light water blue eyes and salt and pepper hair. He was lean and broad,his face held a stern look; but also a kind one.
"How do you know me and my friends?" I said standing up.
"Remember the light in the alley way. You saw a light that you didn't know where was coming from and saw the shadow you didn't know?"
"Yeah."
"I knew that man from a long time ago and he told me all I needed to know, what I didn't already."
"Where were you in the alley?"
"Behind the creature who was stangling you."
"Then why didn't you help me?"
"This is something you must do on your own. I can't help you any more than advice and fact."
"What or who was he. The man who hurt Yami."
"He is a vampire. Lord of all vampires. His mission is to destroy any traitor vampires or make more so that he can eventually destroy the world of man and have vampires take over."
"Why is he after Yami. Yami isn't a vampire."
"Not any more. Now he is just a spirit. Back when he was the prince of Egypt he became a vampire; then he got lucky and a tomb robber, you know his incarnate Bakura, found a spell to reverse it before he was going to become Pharaoh. For the rest of his life Yami dedicated his life to destroying any vampire who ever crossed his path. He stayed true to that fact but he left one alive. His ex-best friend Jono{A/N I can't really spell his original name and I hate it so I'm just going by Forbidden Memories}alive. He couldn't he watch his best friend die...regardless of what he did. Now Jono has come back to kill him. To stop Yami from finishing what he started." the man finished and looked at me to see my expression.
"Why am I the only one who can kill him?"
"You are his hikari. You saved him from a fate worse than death. So only you have the power to kill him." I looked down. Then I asked the question I had had on my mind since we arrived in the hospital.
"Is there a cure."
"Someone must die for him on that night two weeks from now. The night Jono explained to you."
"What if he dies before then."
"There is one way to preserve Yamis life until that night."
"What is it!" I shouted earning the glares of some women with sleeping babies.
"You must find it yourself. Only you can save him Yugi. That is all I will tell you. Now the doctor wishes to speak with you." he said. I turned around and saw a doctor heading for me.
"Are you Yugi Muotoh?"
"Yes."
"Yugi, I'm afraid I have bad news."
"What is it?" I asked scared.
"I'm afraid Yugi, that Yami had too much internal damage to fix. I'm afraid he will die very soon." he said. I looked down until I heard Joeys voice.
"Yo Doc. Hows Yami doin'" the doctor looked over and smiled.
"I'll leave you alone to explain it to him. I'll be out in about five minutes for you to go see Yami." he said turning away to go see another patient."
"Hey Yug what's up with Yami?"
"They say he had too much internal damage done to be able to anything. He will die soon."
"My best buddy gone." Joey said in shock. Then I expalined everything that had happened up until he had showed up. When I was finished his face held an unreadable expression.
"Damnit!" he shouted, again the glares. Just then the doctor came back out.
"Mr. Wheeler is it?"
"Yeah. Joey Wheeler."
"Well Joey I would reccomend you go home. Yugi is going to be Yamis only visitor tonight. Inform all your friends of what has happened."
"Whatever you say doc. You might want to watch Yugi though, he has this crazy story of vampires and stuff like that."
"I'm sure Yugi will be just fine. Now Yugi if you would follow me." the doctor said and I did.
Five minutes late in Yamis room.
"You have ten minutes before visiting hours are over. I'll be back then." the doctor said kindly before shutting the door leaving Yami and I alone.
"Hey Yami. How do you feel?" I asked. His head lolled over on the side and his eyes rolled to the back of his head before his eyes fixed on me.
"Yugi?" he said in barely a whisper.
"Yeah Yami..it's me."
"What happened."
"I'll expalin later." I said, knowing there might not be a later.
"I'm sorry Yugi."
"For what?" I said.
"Ignoring you for so long. I was just...scared."
"Scared? Of what? Me?"
" I love you Yugi. I would do anything for you. That's something I haven't experienced in a long time." he said, his voice getting weaker with every word. I didn't respond to his comment. Instead I said, "Shh. Don't waste your strength. I have to go now but I'll be back tomorow. Bye." I quickly hugged him and walked out of the room just as the doctor was about to open it.
A/N R/R PLEASE. NOTE:
I AM TAKING DOWN BEHIND THE MASK 1.BECAUSE I HATE IT 2. I HAVE NO REVIEWS.
Yugi's POV:
I was walking home alone as usual,completly unaware of the danger that awaited me. Since I was looking down I never saw it coming. I was absorbed in my thoughts about how Yami and the gang had betrayed me when I felt a cold hand pull me into the alley. I looked down and the hand I saw wasn't human. Long thin pale fingers that came to a point at the long black fingernails. I shivered. The hand was freezing. Suddenly I screamed in agony. It was as if every pain I had ever felt in my life was now flowing through my entire body. The man laughed and I felt myself go numb. My entire body began to tingle. I shivered and the man laughed again.
"ssscared.....Yugi." He asked, whispering my name.
"How do you know me?" I asked struggling to release myself from his grip.
"I know alot about you little Yugi Mutoh. I know the pain you have felt caused by the bullys at school....by the friends who you once protected....of your Yami. I can make all those memories dissapear. All the pain forgotten. Jussst help me with my quessst." he hissed at me. I squinted when I saw a shadow down on the other end of the alley watching all of this. 'Yami?" I thought.
"Why should I help someone who is trying to strangle me?"
"Good point." he said as he dropped me on the pavement. I saw the shadow in the light freeze.
"What's your quest?"
"The same one I was appointed 5000 years ago. Kill the Pharaoh."
"Yami!" I almost silently gasped. "What if I refuse to help you?"
"Then I will kill you." he said and I saw to pale white hands reach for me; I tried to run but my body was frozen in place. His hands gripped my neck and again lifted me from the ground.
"Why would you refuse Yugi? Didn't he steal your life away from you, and the only friends you ever had....even Tea?" he said, obviously amused by my facial expressions.
"No. Let me go freak."
"Don't deny the truth Yugi. I see it in your eyes. If you don't help me then you will die in place of him. Only you have the power to kill him. I already havehis body." he said impatiently. Then he released me and reached for something, his pale hands the only light in the alleyway besides at the end. I looked over and where the shadow once was was nothing. I squinted but he was gone. The next thing that that happened made me forget all that had happened. Yamis' body was lying on the ground by my feet. His face was pale and it looked as if he had had his throat slit in one place. I looked into his eyes which were barely slits; tears began to well up in my eyes.
"What did you do to him?"
"Began my mission. However, like I said only you can kill him with a weapon. Otherwise he will die a slow and painful death. Either way I win. If he dies naturally I will have to kill you and all of your friends....or should I say, his friends." he sneered.
"Please...spare him. Take me but let him live. I beg you."
"SSSSory little Yugi. The Pharaoh must die. By what means it doesn't matter to me. As long as he dies before next Friday night."
"What happens next Friday."
"That's the day he will be healed. It was a sacred day to Ancient Egyptians. The day the Pharaoh could not be killed. But rest assured he will die. If I must take control of your weak little mind and kill him myself I will. But he will die."
"I will never let you hurt him!" I practically screamed. I looked down at Yami again and saw that he was losing even more blood from his face; his breathing was getting shorter and farther apart.
"I am afraid Yugi...you will have no choice. I will be back in two days for the kill....by any means necessary." he said. Then there was a poof of black smoke and the shadow with white hands dissapeared. I started screaming for help.
7 hours later:
Finaly a woman heard my cries and came by to help. She drove the limp Yami to the hospital and he was immediatly put in the ER. Two hours later a doctor came out and said he had severe internal damage that they were going to operate on the next morning. I nodded and decided to call all of my friends. As my friends picked up a thought occured to me. What the man had said to me '....or should I say his friends' maybe he was right. I shook myself out of it and called Joey.
"Hello." he said after four or five rings.
"Joey it's me."
"Yug. Why the hell are _you_calling me." I felt hot tears well in my eyes.
" It's Yami. He's here, in the hospital. Call everyone else and tell them to get down here I'll explain when you get here."
"A'ight. See ya soon." he said and hung up. I looked down before coming to myself and walking to an empty seat next to an old man who was reading a duel monsters magazine.
"That was Joey huh Yugi?" he said without looking over at me.
"How d'you...?"
"Know your name. I know alot about you. I saw your little confrontation in the alley. If you ask me I think the guy is getting to your head. Your friends still care about you."
"Then why do they never call or speak to me and when I called Joey he asked why _I_called." I said. I put my face in my hands and cried for a moment before I regained composure and sat up straight again. I looked over and saw the man was looking at me. He had light water blue eyes and salt and pepper hair. He was lean and broad,his face held a stern look; but also a kind one.
"How do you know me and my friends?" I said standing up.
"Remember the light in the alley way. You saw a light that you didn't know where was coming from and saw the shadow you didn't know?"
"Yeah."
"I knew that man from a long time ago and he told me all I needed to know, what I didn't already."
"Where were you in the alley?"
"Behind the creature who was stangling you."
"Then why didn't you help me?"
"This is something you must do on your own. I can't help you any more than advice and fact."
"What or who was he. The man who hurt Yami."
"He is a vampire. Lord of all vampires. His mission is to destroy any traitor vampires or make more so that he can eventually destroy the world of man and have vampires take over."
"Why is he after Yami. Yami isn't a vampire."
"Not any more. Now he is just a spirit. Back when he was the prince of Egypt he became a vampire; then he got lucky and a tomb robber, you know his incarnate Bakura, found a spell to reverse it before he was going to become Pharaoh. For the rest of his life Yami dedicated his life to destroying any vampire who ever crossed his path. He stayed true to that fact but he left one alive. His ex-best friend Jono{A/N I can't really spell his original name and I hate it so I'm just going by Forbidden Memories}alive. He couldn't he watch his best friend die...regardless of what he did. Now Jono has come back to kill him. To stop Yami from finishing what he started." the man finished and looked at me to see my expression.
"Why am I the only one who can kill him?"
"You are his hikari. You saved him from a fate worse than death. So only you have the power to kill him." I looked down. Then I asked the question I had had on my mind since we arrived in the hospital.
"Is there a cure."
"Someone must die for him on that night two weeks from now. The night Jono explained to you."
"What if he dies before then."
"There is one way to preserve Yamis life until that night."
"What is it!" I shouted earning the glares of some women with sleeping babies.
"You must find it yourself. Only you can save him Yugi. That is all I will tell you. Now the doctor wishes to speak with you." he said. I turned around and saw a doctor heading for me.
"Are you Yugi Muotoh?"
"Yes."
"Yugi, I'm afraid I have bad news."
"What is it?" I asked scared.
"I'm afraid Yugi, that Yami had too much internal damage to fix. I'm afraid he will die very soon." he said. I looked down until I heard Joeys voice.
"Yo Doc. Hows Yami doin'" the doctor looked over and smiled.
"I'll leave you alone to explain it to him. I'll be out in about five minutes for you to go see Yami." he said turning away to go see another patient."
"Hey Yug what's up with Yami?"
"They say he had too much internal damage done to be able to anything. He will die soon."
"My best buddy gone." Joey said in shock. Then I expalined everything that had happened up until he had showed up. When I was finished his face held an unreadable expression.
"Damnit!" he shouted, again the glares. Just then the doctor came back out.
"Mr. Wheeler is it?"
"Yeah. Joey Wheeler."
"Well Joey I would reccomend you go home. Yugi is going to be Yamis only visitor tonight. Inform all your friends of what has happened."
"Whatever you say doc. You might want to watch Yugi though, he has this crazy story of vampires and stuff like that."
"I'm sure Yugi will be just fine. Now Yugi if you would follow me." the doctor said and I did.
Five minutes late in Yamis room.
"You have ten minutes before visiting hours are over. I'll be back then." the doctor said kindly before shutting the door leaving Yami and I alone.
"Hey Yami. How do you feel?" I asked. His head lolled over on the side and his eyes rolled to the back of his head before his eyes fixed on me.
"Yugi?" he said in barely a whisper.
"Yeah Yami..it's me."
"What happened."
"I'll expalin later." I said, knowing there might not be a later.
"I'm sorry Yugi."
"For what?" I said.
"Ignoring you for so long. I was just...scared."
"Scared? Of what? Me?"
" I love you Yugi. I would do anything for you. That's something I haven't experienced in a long time." he said, his voice getting weaker with every word. I didn't respond to his comment. Instead I said, "Shh. Don't waste your strength. I have to go now but I'll be back tomorow. Bye." I quickly hugged him and walked out of the room just as the doctor was about to open it.
A/N R/R PLEASE. NOTE:
I AM TAKING DOWN BEHIND THE MASK 1.BECAUSE I HATE IT 2. I HAVE NO REVIEWS.