Title: In a Golden Box, we Dance with our Devils
Pairing and Fandom: Puzzle/Blind/Mobiumshipping (Yami Yuugi x Yuugi Mutou/Pharaoh Atem x Yuugi Mutou/Yami Yuugi x Yuugi Mutou x Pharaoh Atem), Yuugiou
Rating: PG
Words: 598
Other: unbeta'd
Disclaimer: I don't own Yuugiou.
In a Golden Box, we Dance with our-Devils
He wonders who, or what, he is. There is no light, no way to recognise nor to understand self. There are no senses - sight, sound, touch, taste and scent, within this area. But occasionally, whispers of "sa Ra Ate-" echo through the empty space, and for a few precious seconds, he can hear. Time, he is sure, passes, as it wont to do, but he has no method to tell. Slowly, however, the years-months-days-decades-centuries pass, and one day the darkness recedes.
"not enough"
He is standing on the walkway of his tomb(but what was a tomb? he wondered). "I've been waiting, Siamun." He says, and reaches towards the man - and there is something familiar about the sharp brown eyes, the spiky hair - but who is Siamun?
His question brings forth this -Siamon is trust and a solid guiding hand when the world is turning against you. Siamon is the one who has known you since infanthood, Siamon is a wise old man, tired, but not showing. Siamon is an amalgamation of many things but in the end, he is simply Siamon. Siamon is Siamon.
"I need"
He understands now though. He is not 'he' but 'he-it'. He is a Puzzle - but he is not. He is both more tangible and less so than "Puzzle". He is an amalgamation of Puzzle and the whispers of "sa Ra Ate-", him and the one who knows "Siamun". But what is he-it's purpose he wonders? He wonders no more, because the Darkness has returned, consuming everything including the ability for thought.
"where...
how..."
The Darkness is being driven away - no - not driven away - it is escaping. The Light has found its way into the Darkness, creating Shadows through which the Darkness is escaping. He-it can see snatches of himself-itself for he and it are separating, unravelling at the seams. He is short with bronze skin and tall hair and eyes of fire and compassion and it is gold, blindingly gold and beautiful and naive and pure. The Darkness is escaping, but he finally understands. It is his prison, but also his fellow guard against the Darkness. The Darkness, he understands, must stay. It must be Sealed forever, never to escape. He and it understands, and this is why they must resist the relentless attack that tugs at his heart and he cannot help but want to protect the Light behind because-
"...nobody likes ...so short ...Anzu so nice ... friends ...it's a secret ...my wish ...friends ...never betray ...thanks Anzu ...No stop! ...pain ...please ...help"
So he struggles against the pull of the Light that is pulling the Darkness away. He cannot allow the Darkness to escape. He understands that he has sacrificed everything to keep the darkness away(but does not understand how or why but it must be important, it must be). So he must stay.
"I wish for friends... Friends who would never betray me, no matter what... And friends whom I would never betray!"
He relents. It does not understand, but he does not expect it to understand. I will place my trust in him. He says. It does not understand but I will trust you is clear as it relents, and allows the Light to drag Him and the Darkness away.
I will place my trust in you.
"My treasure is in plain view, but you can't see it, so I can't show it to you!"
A pause.
"It's 'friendship!' Yugi and Jounouchi are visible... But our friendship is invisible!"
And somewhere within the depths of a Puzzle-Pendant, they smile.