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Well hey my lovelies guess who's back….ME of course Queen Crazy anyways my beta is a bit busy so she was unable to edit my chapters so I did them. And honestly if you don't like the fact chapter one and two don't have beta work done to them then you can simply click the back button on top of the screen because this is my first fic where I've had a beta (well besides the story that got taken down) so just letting you know.
DISCLAIMER:
I do not under any circumstances, own Yu-gi-oh. If I did, then Bakura would have been saved just like the rest of the villains. And there would be a lot of Darkshipping.
Warning: This story is Darkshipping/Casteshipping so if you have some type of problem with the pairing of Bakura and Atem then you obviously need to hit the back button because I love that pairing. So I'm writing this story. This is a Yaoi story as well and there will be eventually a lemon. If you don't like that either then I suggests you just leave this page.
I hope y'all enjoy the new and fabulous version of this story.
ENJOY :D
Summary:
After losing the Ceremonial Duel that would allow him to go to the Afterlife where he should have been 5,000 years ago; Life in the Afterlife is peaceful and it's a paradise until Yami meets Bakura's family, pleading with Yami to save him from enteral damnation but will Yami save the man that kept him away from his family and friends for so long? Or is there something more to it than what meets the eye?
Chapter One: Into the Afterlife
[Atem's POV]:
I watched as my life point counter decreased, rapidly dropping to zero. This was my first lost, where I wanted to lose. Yugi had been my opponent, this was the Ceremonial Duel. If I won, I would have to stay here for another 5,000 years but if I lost, then I would be able to go into the Afterlife, that is if I passed judgment, which I knew I would, I had saved the world countless times.
Everyone but Serenity and Mai were there, I wasn't sure why they weren't there, I guess they were busy and Serenity seemed too innocent to believe the magic behind Yugi's Puzzle. I looked over at Yugi who was sitting on his hands and knees, his shoulders were shaking and he was looking at the floor.
He was crying….
Yugi was crying. Why? I walked over to my Aibou smiling slightly at him. "Yugi," I said stopping in front of him he looked up not even bothering to wipe the tears from his eyes. "Yugi, a champion doesn't belong on his knees."
"I was so focused on the duel that I forgot what winning this duel would mean." Yugi choked back a sob "By winning this duel I sent you away!" at that moment, Yugi broke down into hysterical sobs. I kneeled down pulling Yugi into a hug.
"No," I said shaking my head "You opened the doorway for me."
"But, I'll never see you again." Yugi said sniffing.
"You do realize that we'll never be truly apart, right?" I said.
Yugi looked at me with a confused looked upon his face.
"I've given you courage and confidence to be yourself, and you've given me something I could never have gotten alone: Hope." I said. Yugi looked at me and smiled, his face was stained with tears. I wiped the tears away with my thumb and stood up. I reached out my hand to help him to his feet.
"Are you ready?" Ishizu asked. I looked over toward her, nodding.
"You're not leaving before saying good-bye Pharaoh," Tristan said. I smiled I would miss Tristan, all of my friends, not just Yugi had impacted me greatly, I couldn't have saved the world without their help.
"Fair enough," I said "After all, without all of your help, I wouldn't be able to get into the Afterlife." I turned to face everyone, Kaiba had his arms crossed, and I knew he just wanted to get back to running his company of Kaiba Corp but I'm glad that he stayed to watch my Duel against Yugi. I smiled at him, he was my cousin for sure and I was honored to be related to him. Mokuba stood beside of him, waiting for something to happen; he was such a good little kid.
Ishizu, Marik and Odion stood a few feet away from Joey, Tristan and Tea. Tea looked like she was going to burst into a fit of tears any moment. Ryou and Yugi's grandpa, Solomon, who, I come to adore greatly stood next to each other. Everyone looked at me and waited.
I took a deep breath and slowly let it out, I had to make this quick, this opportunity wouldn't last forever as Ishizu said before the duel and I had to act quickly. The duel was over, I had lost and it was time that I tell my friends good-bye, as painful as it was.
"Everyone, listen up." I said in my usual authorative voice everyone looked at me not saying at word. "I want to thank every single one of you for helping me on my journey to reach this point. Without you, I would still be trying to save the world. I thought that I could do things on my own and I wouldn't need any help, but now I realize that people are stronger with help. I wouldn't and couldn't ask for better friends than all of you, so thank you from the bottom of my heart, it means the world to me." I glanced over at everyone before continuing, "I know that you do not want to let me go and I wish that I could stay-"
"Then why don't you?" Tea blurted out her cheeks were stained with fresh tears that kept coming as she spoke.
I shook my head sighin,g "I can't Tea, as I was saying, things will be different now that I'm gone and Yugi," I said looking only at the said boy.
"Yes?" Yugi said trying not to cry again but I knew he would sooner or later; he was such a sweet kid.
"Remember what I said and be yourself, you're a strong person and don't let anything get in your way." I said with a smile.
Yugi smiled tearingly, "Okay, Atem."
"Ryou," I said turning to face the holder of the Millennium Ring. Ryou looked at me, like he was surprised that I spoke to him. I walked over to the boy and pulled him into a hug, after a while, he put his arms around me and gave me a hug back. We stayed like this for a moment then pulled away. "I want you to listen to me Ryou," I said and he nodded "You're a great person and you'll do many great things, don't let Bakura's actions influence you, they were not your fault even if you helped him-"
"How did-"he began.
"Trust me I know and I know you were only trying to help him, but now you will no longer have to worry about him okay?" I said putting my hands on his shoulders. Ryou nodded trying to hold back tears.
I made my way over to Joey and Tristan who were kicking each other trying to hide their feelings, they were both such softies and I loved them to death. "Want to give me a good-bye hug or you just going to stand there all day kicking each other?" I chuckled they looked at me and smiled giving me a hug.
"You, take care Pharaoh ya hear?" Joey said.
"Don't make me come up there if you're not having fun." Tristan said elbowing me in the arm. I couldn't help but laugh.
"I'll be sure to have fun them Tristan." I said and they both smiled.
"Kaiba," I said turning to look at him, "Thank you."
"Just go," he said and with that he turned to leave.
"Big brother!" Mokuba shouted running toward his older brother, "Can I say-"
"Make if fast I have a company," Kaiba sighed.
Mokuba ran over to me, tackling me to the ground, Tea started to walk over but Joey shook his head. Kaiba blinked, watching his little brother tackle me to the ground, for a moment there I thought I saw a little smile from him. Mokuba got off of me and I stood up. But Mokuba hugged me. I smiled, looking down at the raven-haired boy.
"I'm going to miss you!" he said to me.
"I'm going to miss you too little one," I kneeled down so I would be eye-level with him. "Make sure you take care of your brother." Mokuba beamed nodded his head. He walked over to where Kaiba was, taking one last glance at me.
I walked over to the Millennium Stone, above it was a door. "Tell Wyjat your name." Ishizu said.
"I am the son of King Aknamkanon, My name is Atem!" I shouted, slowly the doors opened and the light started to fill the darkness of the room. I began to walk inside, not looking back.
"WAIT!" Tea cried. I stopped not turning around to face her.
"Please don't go!" she begged I knew she was crying now, the way her voice broke, I sighed oh Tea why are you being so difficult? "I know that you have to go and it's wrong to keep you here against your will, but we're just getting to know you, in fact you're just getting to know yourself, it's not fair that you have to leave us so soon. I know you should go into the Afterlife, you've been here over five-thousand years against your will, to save the world, now that the world is safe again, your spirit can be laid to rest, but it's not fair that-" she broke down in a fit of sobs.
"There are things that I don't understand," Joey said suddenly "I go through half my life not understanding things, and even though the Pharaoh is leaving us, he's given us something we would've never gotten without him"
'Thank you Joey', I thought to myself.
"Go Yami!" Tristan said. "Get out of here!"
"We'll miss you!" Tea shouted.
"Have fun in the Afterlife." Ryou said.
"Thank you for saving me from myself." Marik said.
"Yugi," Seto said suddenly I turned around to face Kaiba our eyes locking for a moment not saying anything. "Tell my mother I said hi." he said and then he turned around and walked up the stairs with Mokuba not far from his trail.
I turned around to face the doors again. I took a deep breath, this way it; this was when I would enter the Afterlife.
"It's your move," Joey said and I held up my thumb as I walked through the doors. I could see my family and friends waiting for me. I smiled; I couldn't believe that I was finally here. I was welcomed with open arms, everyone gathered around me, hugging me.
"Oh Atem." a woman with wavy, tri-colored hair that flowed down to her waist, she had a tan and wore a crown. "You're finally here, my son."
"Mother," I whispered she took me into an embrace, we didn't say anything for a moment, just hugging each other. Everyone else smiled knowing that my mother had died giving birth to me. We let go of each other.
Passing judgment was fairly easy for me to do, seeing that I saved the world and all. The Gods' domain was incredible, I couldn't believe how beautiful it was, just perfect for them. The judging room was nothing like I had ever seen in my life. The floor was made of granite tile, there was a golden scale, much like the Millennium Scale, but I knew it wasn't it resting on top of a pillar. MA'at's standing behind the pillar with Anubis by her side, Ammunt to the left of her, sitting on the ground, drooling at the sight of me.
At first, the scale didn't balance out, I was afraid at first, but I knew I had to pass judgment; no way would the crocodile goddess get her teeth on my soul. Everyone watched and waited, suddenly, my heart and soul were lifted above MA'at's feather and she smiled.
"'Welcome to the Afterlife, Atem,"she said and the doors opened. I sighed in relief walking through the doors. I stop I was in a large field surrounding me were doors. I look back to see that the doors in which I came from were gone.
'Strange' I thought to myself I walked closer to one of the doors, which it was about a few feet away from me read: Desert desert? I walked toward the other doors, all which said something like: Ocean, Ice...Something of that nature. What was going on here?
"You know, there isn't a right or wrong choice." a voice said and I spun around to see my old friend and old priest: Mahad.
"Mahad," I breathed Mahad smiled at me, taking me into a hug.
"What do you mean?" I asked turning back to face the doors. "What's with the doors?"
"Oh," he said, "this is part of the Afterlife, you see each door is labeled because that's what's inside, through the door." he explained.
"So, I'm guessing the desert is through this one," I pointed to the door in front of me.
Mahad nodded. "Yes and there is just ice through that one." he said pointing to the door behind him, which was right across from the desert one.
"I wouldn't want to go in that one," I laughed "I don't want to freeze."
"Oh, you won't." Mahad said. "I've been in there several times, it's quite lovely actually."
"Really?" I asked "Maybe I should check it out."
"I'll take you there later if you'd like me to." Mahad offered
"That would be nice." I said "Now, which door should I chose?"
"Your family stays in the desert area most of the time." Mahad said "But a lot of people prefer the ocean part, its divide into different bodies of water."
"I'm confused." I admitted nervously.
Mahad just chuckled. "Maybe I should show you then, come follow me."
I obeyed and we walked through the door that said Ocean I stared in awe, it looked just like a beach in front of my eyes, it covered miles and miles. I turned to the right to notice that there was a large lake with waterfowl and children playing in the water, there were benches and tree just a park. Then I turned to the left and notice there was a swamp, with swamp animals inside, only a few people were over there, riding their boats.
"Isn't that dangerous over there?" I asked Mahad pointing to the Swamp area.
"Oh no," He said shaking his head "This is the Afterlife, everything is peaceful here, most of the time anyways."
"Most of the time?" I asked "what's that supposed to mean?"
"We don't experience psychical pain anymore," Mahad replied, "But we still experience emotional pain."
"Oh" I said "this, this place is amazing."
"This is just the Ocean part," Mahad said. "I'll show you around the other places too, Mana has been waiting for you, she's in the desert part with your family."
"I can't wait to see her," I said. "But how do we get to the desert part, the doors seem so far away, do we go back to where we were before?"
Mahad shook his head. "No, trust me; it's a lot simpler than that."
I smiled and Mahad conjured up some magic and a door appeared.
"You can still use magic here?" I asked surprised.
"Of course," Mahad said "As long as it's not for evil purposes that is."
"Of course," I said we walked through the door and again I was amazed. The desert looked almost identical to Egypt; in the far, far side ahead of me were groups of mountains. "Wow," I gasped. "This is incredible."
"Look over there," Mahad pointed I looked up and saw Mana come running toward me. She pounced on me, tackling me to the ground. Mahad was about to lift her off of me but I shook my head laughing.
"Mana," I gasped,"How are you?"
"I'm wonderful!" Mana beamed snuggling into my chest.
"Mana, please get off the Pharaoh." Mahad told her and she got off of me, even in death, Mahad still had that way about him.
"I'm no longer the Pharaoh, Mahad" I said standing up. "You will address me as Atem from now on."
Mahad didn't seem to like that idea too much, but I knew he wouldn't disobey my wishes so he nodded after a moment.
"I'm glad to hear that Mana" I said.
"Let's go over there and sit on the benches." Mana suggest bouncing bubbly as she always had, some things never change. Mahad and I walked behind Mana, who practically hopped over to the large bench that was in front of several cactuses.
"So, I heard that you defeated Zorc for good because you were able to call upon Horakhty for help and now you're here because you passed judgment and I was worried that you would be gone for another five-thousand years because Mahad said that you would have to duel against that Yugi kid that looks so much like you and I totally missed you and I was worried that-"Mana blabbed too fast for my understanding.
"Mana," Mahad said and she stopped.
"Yes Master Mahad?" she asked.
"Calm down, Ph-Atem just got here and he needs time to settle in, then we can ask him questions."
"Okay" Mana said and she gave me a random hug. I smiled, hugging her back. "Sorry," she whispered.
"It's fine, Mana," I said stroking her hair. "I missed you too you know."
"Really?" she asked letting go of me and looking up.
"Of course," I said, smiling,"You're one of my best friends."
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For the next several days, weeks, maybe even minutes, I wasn't really sure, considering that I couldn't tell time here due to the fact I had no watch or clock around me. Mahad and Mana showed me around the Afterlife. I met up with my other Priests and Priestess, who welcomed me with open arms. I talked to them, asking them how they liked the Afterlife; they all seemed to love it. I could still feel the tension between Aknadin and myself, but I wasn't sure what it was from. I knew that this was the real Aknadin, not the one possessed by Zorc, maybe that had something to do with it. I shrugged it off; I wasn't going to let anything worry me. Father and I had long talks each day, I enjoyed his company, and He told me he was proud of me. How I ruled justly and in his honor. I saved the world from the shadow games returning and defeated Zorc.
I talked to my mother, spending as much time with her as possible, she was a sweet, intelligent woman, but she had a sternness and confidence about her, I guess that's where I got that from. I couldn't stay in one particular place in the Afterlife, no, the place was so big and it held so much. Mahad, as he promised took me to the ice part and I was amazed, living in a desert all of my life, the ice was anything of extraordinary. I gasped in awe at the water, which was frozen by a thick layer of ice. Kids were ice-staking something that I had only seen on TV. I always wanted to try it. People built snowmen, and ice sculptures.
"This is amazing," I breathed still trying to take in everything.
Mahad smiled. "I told you it was."
I made many new friends, the kids were wonderful to play with, they taught me how to ice stake and I took them to the desert to teach them how to get water from a cactus. They were in awe at the desert rolling around in the sand. I told them about my life in Egypt and they told me about their life in Alaska and Greenland. I enjoyed their stories as well as they had mine.
I walked over to the lake part once I entered the Ocean doors, Mahad showed me where the doors were without the need to conjure up magic. They were a lot closer than I thought they were, which was a big relief to me, because, quite frankly I had had enough of magic for one life-time. I walked through the doors and straight to the lake part, taking a seat on the bench. I watched as the waterfowl dipped their heads in the water to pull up some grasses from the bottom. I laughed as the little ducks fought over the piece of grass that their mother placed in the water. She seemed to chuckle at the sight of her little ones.
I closed my eyes enjoying the feeling of the Afterlife, everything was so beautiful, so peaceful here, nothing, no one could say or do anything that would make me mad or sad ever again. I was content; I was at peace, no more saving the world, no more worrying about protecting Yugi. Not that I didn't miss or love Yugi, I was glad that we met, but it was time that he let me go and vice versa. We were not one and the same, like Marik and his dark half had been, no we were two separate entities.
I slowly opened my eyes, not realizing that I had fallen asleep, though I never seemed to be hungry or tired in this place. I looked up to notice a beautiful, tall woman standing beside of me. She wore a tan dress that went all the way passed her knees; she had long, white hair and tanned skin. I opened my eyes more, blinking. The woman didn't say anything, just stared at me, her eyes locking onto mine.
Those eyes
They looked so familiar, but I wasn't sure how. I had never seen this woman in my life. She was something else. I couldn't stop staring into her eyes. Who was this woman? She appeared to be a lot older than me, maybe around her thirties or so? But she didn't show anything older than about twenty.
"Is your name Atem?" she asked me her voice was strong and angelic it sang through my ears. I couldn't answer, I didn't know how to.
"Yes," I said after a moment.
"My name is Nalori," she said
"Nice to meet you Nalori," I said continuing to stare at her.
Nalori took a seat beside of me, not that I cared or anything, she looked at me and her face became serious.
"You do not know me," she said. "But you do know my son."
"Son?" I asked in confusion. Who could be her son? I didn't see anyone here that was this beautiful. So she was married? Figures, someone like her couldn't go around not being married.
"I-"
"Let me make things easier for you Pharaoh Atem," she said. "My name is Nalori Touzoku, does that name ring any bells for you?"
My eyes widened. No way, she couldn't be! There was no way that she could be…
"You're—you're" I tried to say but the words failed to come out.
"Yes," Nalori said not bothering to wait for my answer. "I'm Bakura's mother."
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Me: Well, well did we enjoy the first chapter of Impossibly Yours? I bet we did I know I did. Wanna read chapter 2...then click the next button :D Anyways, I hope y'all enjoyed until next time! :D.