A/N: Here's the long-awaited Chapter 2 of 'The Darkness Within Yugi'! Enjoy it, everyone! The chapter mainly focuses on Yami and Joey realizing why Yugi had left along with flashbacks of the past leading up to Yugi leaving in Chapter 3.
Last Time
Along with his personality, Yugi's wardrobe had also changed.
Instead of the usual blue duster jacket he used to wear, he now was dressed completely in tight black leather with black leather boots to match.
"Master Yugi?" One of his flight attendants said.
"Yes?" He asked coldly.
"We'll be arriving soon, Master." The attendant said.
"Excellent."
"Soon you'll pay for what you did to me. The Yugi you think you knew is long gone." Yugi thought with an evil laugh in his mind, without an ounce of shame at all…
End Flashback
A luxurious plane in the colors of the Dark Magician slowly made its descent into Domino, Japan.
The newer Yugi grinned, turning his eyes to the glass of the window beside him, seeing the city of which he had run away from 2 years before as a lost and broken soul beneath him rising up as the distance between it and the plane shortened rapidly. After 2 years of being gone, Yugi was minutes away from his birth home, ready to begin his game of revenge against those that had so cruelly abandoned him.
Joey Wheeler sighed as he arrived at the Kame Game Shop where he and Yugi, along with the others used to hang out. But Joey hadn't seen his best friend in now 24 months or 2 full years. What had happened? Did he do something?
Yami Yugi arrived behind Joey, his face showing a forlorn look. His mind hadn't left the past with Yugi, as one would expect, he was worried sick, where could his sweet little aibou be? Was he even alive? He had to be! Yami himself physically was fine, but his heart was ripped apart inside. With a sad smile, he lifted his head to meet the back of Joey's.
"Yams, dat you pal?" Joey asked, though he knew it was as Yugi had left but mentally he wished Yami could activate the Puzzle and put Yugi in control and hear Yugi giggle in the innocent way he remembered and say "No Joey, its me, Yugi" in that sweet naïve voice Joey remembered.
"Yeah." Yami sighed, his eyes lowering in a downcast manner as he answered.
"What could have happened to Yuge…" Joey whispered.
"I don't know. I can barely even look at my deck nowadays. I guess we've both fallen so far behind in the game. I wonder where he is, how he's doing, I miss him so much." Yami sighed.
"I miss him too buddy…I'd give anything to see him again…" Joey replied.
"I know, so would I. I feel so bad, like its my fault. I should have kept an eye on him, found out if something was wrong. I was supposed to be there for him and I let him down." Yami whispered sadly.
"But what could you have done wrong? You were always with us…wait dat's it!" Joey exclaimed. The reason why Yugi left finally clicked in his mind after so long…
"What's it?" Yami mumbled dully, looking up at Joey with a guilty look as though Joey would accuse him of something.
"I know why he left. It all makes sense now…" Joey replied in almost a whisper.
"Joey?" Yami asked, a hint of both a growl and a cry from his frustration.
"What bud?" Joey asked, frankly bewildered at Yami's tone.
"What is it? Did I do something wrong to him?" Yami asked, hoping Joey really knew why his little aibou had left 2 years ago.
"Well sorta…see you were always hanging with us but never Yuge and we never did either…" Joey answered, the guilt in his voice.
"So I…we…he left because we neglected him…why didn't I sense something?! I should have seen something like that!" Yami yelled in frustration, glaring down at the ground hatefully as if a reflection of himself would return the look. He felt sick to his stomach. He drove Yugi away and he didn't even realize it. How could he call himself Yugi's partner? He just hoped Yugi had forgiven him over the 2 years he'd been gone…
To be continued…