Yami Kiryu Chapter 2

By: Storychan

Sorry for the short chapter! I'm busy with college…..I'll update soon!

Kiryu's eyes widened in shock. He blinked, then rubbed his eyes. The image of Yami Kiryu standing behind him in the mirror didn't go away. Wouldn't go away.

"You're not real….." Kiryu muttered.

"YOU KNOW THAT'S A LIE, KIRYU-KUN," Yami Kiryu chuckled. Kiryu watched in the mirror as Yami Kiryu put an arm around his shoulder.

Heart racing, Kiryu turned around. There was nobody there. I'm losing my mind, Kiryu thought. He turned to look at his reflection again. Yami Kiryu was still there, smirking.

"YOU KNOW I'M HERE," grinned Yami Kiryu. "YOU KNOW I WON'T GO AWAY."

"You're a delusion," Kiryu muttered frantically. "A delusion! You're not real! Leave me alone!"

"HOW CAN I LEAVE YOU ALONE," asked Yami Kiryu, wrapping both arms around Kiryu's neck and cackling, "WHEN I AM YOU?"

"You're NOT me," Kiryu protested. "I'm nothing like you anymore! You're not me!"

Kiryu watched as the image of Yami Kiryu simply laughed. Laughed with his face, his voice, but….evilly. Sadistically. In a way Kiryu promised he'd never be again.

"I'M YOU," Yami Kiryu grinned. "I'M A PART OF YOU. JUST GIVE IN. BE ME. BE DARK. YOU KNOW THAT'S WHO YOU ARE, KIRYU-KUN! I AM YOUR TRUEST SELF!"

"YOU"RE NOT ME!" Kiryu screamed, and slammed his gloved fist into the mirror, shattering glass everywhere. He gasped for breath, eyes wild. He noticed blood was seeping from his hand now.

What the hell was that? Kiryu thought. What's wrong with me?

He knew one thing for sure: he couldn't risk staying in Crashtown any longer. Not when his psychotic alter ego was threatening to break free. Not when he was hallucinating and breaking glass. He needed to get out of there.

Impulsively, Kiryu ran to his duel runner and got on it. But where could he go? Where could he turn to for help?

Not Yusei, Kiryu realized. Yami Kiryu is the part of me who became a Dark Signer. And the part of me that became a Dark Signer is the part of me who hated Yusei. Who wanted to destroy him forever! If I go to Yusei now, Yami Kiryu could get out…..could hurt him! I can't put Yusei in danger…..

Jack and Crow were with Yusei, preparing for a tournament, so he couldn't turn to them either.

Who can I turn to?

Who will believe me?

Who won't think I'm losing my mind?

*I* think I'm losing my mind, even…..so who could understand?

Then, a thought occurred to him. I'm not the only one who became a Dark Signer. Who feels guilty.

There had been many Dark Signers, all brought back as twisted spirits of vengeance and hate.

Goodwin had been destroyed.

Misty was god knew where.

But there was one former Dark Signer that Kiryu knew the whereabouts of…..that reporter girl, who Jack had dueled. Carly Nagisa. Kiryu knew she was currently in Neo Domino City, researching for an article on some new duel runner technology – something about virtual reality.

That's where he could go. When they were both Dark Signers, he had never born her any ill will. So hopefully Yami Kiryu wouldn't either. She would understand the guilt that was eating away at him, driving him to hallucinate. Because she had guilt, too.

He had almost destroyed Yusei because of a foolish misunderstanding, been twisted toward evil by lies.

Carly had suffered the same ordeal, only with Jack instead of Yusei.

She would get it.

So with that thought in mind, Kiryu set off, mind racing faster than he was, for Neo Domino City.