Chapter three of the alternate ending. This may actually turn into a biggish fanfic, I've had inspiration strike! But this means that there will be continued depression and tears. Poor Yugi.
Ryou: Hi everyone.
Yugi: *rubbing eyes* H-Hi.
*hugs them both* poor little you, Yugi. I'm sorry to say that there may be another trauma on the hoizon...
Yugi & Ryou: NO!
Yugi: I can't take much more! I'm going to die of tears! *crying again*
*wincing* erm... reviews?
Kurai-onii
Thanks for reviewing, Yugi liked all the hugs, and feel free to kick Dartz's ass while he's not in chapters, no one will notice a few missing limbs. Please review again :)
SangoMarie
Bakura and Marik are ready for call of duty! Please lead them out and kill the bastard whenever you feel like it. I'm glad my writing is good, but I do admit not having Yami in it and writing his death was rather painful and stressful as I knew he was going to die, but how? I needed him to suffer to be a hero and to make people cry, but he also needed to die like a hero, with Dignity! He's Pharaoh for Ra's sake. Thanks for reveiwing.
InuYoiushi
Thanks for reviewing, you'll soon see what happens with people, they'll all be depressed but some have the right attitude to this situation.
MissKenniGurl672
Yes you are very right! Dartz will be murded and Yami shall be avenged! In an epic way might I add (I know I'm bosting but I can't help it at the moment! Too much chocolate) Thanks for reviewing and please do agian!
BabyNinetails
It's okay about snapping, most people did because of what happened... but hopefully you'll concentrate more on comforting Yugi and trying to kill Dartz to interupt my writing, the less angry mob's the better. :) Yugi thanks you for your sympathy *Yugi waves*
CandyFuFU
You laughed?! (Yugi: WHAT! How insensitive! My Yami's gone *cries* Me: hey hey, calm down. Ryou take him to get some air would ya? Ryou: sure) Anyway... he was stabbed in the heart, through the chest, not his back, but I'm glad your thinking about adding torture to Dartz :) Must kill the jerk!
Magi Magi Magician Gal (Previously Alverna)
I'm not killing anyone... except Dartz... but that was no secret was it? Dartz using Yami's body to lure Yugi out... that would definately hurt Yugi but he's got his baby (that Dartz wants to kill) to think about as well as just wanting his Yami back. So I think Yugi will be sensible enough to not give himself away, whatever happens. *offers tissues* sorry about all the crying. But I'm very sorry to say; that one thing Dartz would never do, is leave it alone once it's finished. I'll leave you to figure that out.
That's all of them.
Ryou: I'm scared to read!
Yugi: I just want to see what happened to Yami.
... nothing good...
Yugi: What's my baby going to be like? Will it be like the son I had in the original ending?
No. Your baby is different in this version. You'll all have to wait and see. Don't own Yugioh, or robin hood, yada yada yada... read on!
The city rang with sadness the following morning. Cries and painful moans sounded throughout the corridors as the news spread. Yami Atem was dead. The hero and the victim was gone, the people's last hope. Many had lost their hope now, you could see it in their eyes, defeat.
The only thing that cheered up a few was the fact that Yugi was expecting…
Yugi hadn't come out of his room, Ryou brought him his meals and Isis came to check up on the baby, but other than that they left him alone to try and deal with the grief. Yugi was taking care of himself so that the baby wouldn't suffer, but he didn't even try to put on a cheerful face…
Seto and Joey left the city in the early morning, they said that they needed to clear their heads and tell the other people on the surface what had happened, if they hadn't already heard.
News this important spread fast.
Joey's playfulness had gone and he was as solemn as a funeral, his blond bangs dropped and his couldn't seem to raise his head properly. Seto had hardly spoken, his own eyes hadn't looked at much besides the floor for a few hours. It seemed that everything they did reminded them of Yami.
Eating by the fire, sharpening swords, walking on patrols… it was like the city itself was mourning for him too. It was like the walls had absorbed a part of him and was constantly reminding them of him, like an echo and fleeting image that kept coming back no matter how hard you wanted to block them out.
But they didn't want to forget him, they just wanted to forget the hurt that came with losing him…
Joey reached the ladder of the well and looked up, he saw no one there and sluggishly began to climb. He reached the top and stood in the sunlight, he curled up into a ball and shook with stifled sobs. The desert sand reminding him of something he'd forgotten.
Seto pulled himself over and saw Joey by the well. "Joey?" he asked softly, kneeling to put his hands on his shoulders.
Joey shook his head and wiped his eyes "I… I never properly thanked him… for finding me in the desert after I escaped… he saved my life…" he cried again, thinking of the dept he'd never be able to repay. Soldier or not, this wasn't easy for any man, Joey had been by Yami's side as his friend almost at first meeting, so long ago in the Palace. Before the war.
Seto sighed and nodded. Yami had done so much good and asked for so little in return that it only hurt more now he was gone. "Get it together Joey, we have to keep going… he would have wanted that" he murmured, wincing as he said it, because although it was true, it hurt to say.
Joey nodded and got up on shaky legs. "I know… alright, let's go" he rubbed the back of his hand over his eyes.
Seto hesitated "Are you sure you're alright?" he asked.
Joey nodded "Just fine… let's go" he said unconvincingly, and walked off, seemingly limping from an nonexistent wound.
Rebecca sobbed on Mai's knee, wailing "It's all my fault! If I hadn't fallen off that stupid cart he wouldn't have died!" she beat her little fists on the stone floor and kept crying. Her blue eyes were red and puffy and her hands were getting bruises with all the punching and hair pulling she was doing to herself.
Mokuba had come and told them himself of the horrible news; Noah, Leon and Mai had been shocked to the core. Mokuba didn't lie, so there was no reason for him to lie now, Yami Atem their great hero and saviour had been killed.
Rebecca began screaming soon after that. Mai rubbed her back whilst crying herself "You couldn't help it Becky" she gasped out, the littler girl sat up and the two hugged each other tightly. The other orphans were all around them crying as well, some agreed with Rebecca while others offered small words of comfort.
Noah sat with his head in his hands "I can't believe it" he said rawly, rubbing an aching throat, he hadn't been screaming like Rebecca but it still hurt. Yami was a god, he was invincible, always cheerful, with such a noble heart. Noah's hero was every child's hero, every orphan's ideal as he was one of them; an orphan, when he was a live. Now he was gone, they felt more venerable, now Dartz had become the invincible one in their eyes.
Leon looked at Mokuba, the expression of loss was horrible, Mokuba didn't deserve to lose another family member, and Yami didn't deserve to die. "Mokuba? Who killed him?" he picked a sword -a real on that Joey had carelessly left out- off of the ground and held it up. "He won't get away with this!" he growled.
Mokuba took a step back as the sword was sharp "Leon…" he lowered his eyes "It was Dartz"
Leon dropped the sword to a chorus of horrified gasps. Mai shook her head "No…" that monster! Rebecca clung tighter but was too scared by the name to cry. Mai sat horrified, Dartz killed Yami Atem… Poor Yugi. She closed her eyes and sniffed, he must be devastated!
Rebecca looked up at Mai "But what about Yugi's baby?" she whispered.
Mai didn't answer right away. "The baby… it'll grow up without a Father"
Rebecca sniffed "He'll be an orphan?"
Leon jumped up "No way!" Everyone looked at him. He smiled slightly "We have to help the baby, he'll be half Yami, and he'll be the next Pharaoh. We'll all look out for him" he said.
Noah blinked then nodded "Or Queen if it's a she... Yeah! We've got to help Yugi"
Mai smiled, ah children… you've got the right idea. I hope that Yugi wants to be helped though… she thought worriedly before returning to the conversation.
Seto and Joey stuck to the alleys in the village, the guards were many and more hostile than normal. What remained of the villagers above ground were thin, scared, animal like ones of those safe in the city. But even they had faith in their hero.
Some were farmers who were trying to repair their land so that they could provide food for their families. Joey and Seto were sadly spreading the news, soon everyone would know. Everyone they had spoken to both paled and denied before either crying or giving in to gravity. They assured the people that they would avenge him, many offered support at once. Others only did when they were told of Yugi's unborn baby.
The baby was now the symbol of hope for the people, Yugi's child had already taken Yami's place as the light at the end of the war in the people's eyes. Seto and Joey felt slightly guilty for the fate they were all purposely and not creating for the child, but there was no way around it. The son or daughter of a hero would always be honoured like the gods, it was inventible.
The two news spreaders were in the main market, or what was left of it, telling the merchants when they heard the Palace gates rumbling open. The entire market hushed and many began to gather their things and hide.
Seto and Joey were ushered into an alleyway by some residents. The old man said "Don't say a word, or look them in the eye, and they won't hurt you" he and his wife stepped into the doorway of their house, his hand on the door but he wasn't closing it because if they were shut the guards would force it open.
An open topped cart was being led out of the Palace by three proud horses and a sea of Guards surrounding it. Joey gripped a dagger "If it's Dartz I'm going to chance it!" he hissed angrily. Seto clamped a hand around his wrist and drew him back a little more, he didn't want to lose Joey too.
Soon the cart entered the little town parading around the streets. Seto and Joey heard cries and screams of misery where the cart was, they instantly feared that it was a mass gathering of slaves or guards torturing random people. Seto had a hand on another dagger but still kept Joey under a firm hold. The blond's temper was a hindrance at the best of times.
As the cart drew close the two realised it was a strange make of cart. In the middle was a thick pole, like the trunk of an oak. It was about three meters tall and seemed to have something tied to it.
Seto and Joey growled when they heard the voices of Rex and Weevil, the two were standing on the cart and were running around on it shouting about something. Like they were advertising something amazing. Weevil sniggered "Come see the truth of your so called hero!"
Rex played off his words "Come see the man who was once a threat! Look at your hero now!"
Seto and Joey cried out in shock when they saw the thing tied to the pole… was Yami.
Their friend's body had been tied half way up the pole by large coils of rope. After a moment the hair became unmistakable.
Yami was bound by a coil of rope around his torso and over his arms to the huge pole, his legs had ropes over the knees but were otherwise left dangling. There was a rope under his jaw keeping his head up for all to see, it made him look like he was partly hanging, the rope's end was tied over a stake that had been hammered into the pole on the opposite side of the body.
Joey growled and shouted at them in a wordless exclamation of angry frustration. Seto held him back, but barely, he was fighting just to stay on his feet. Yami shouldn't be strapped to a cart, used as an attraction to break and torment the people, he should be buried with the other Pharaoh's. Now his soul would never find rest until then. Seto's nails dug into Joey's arm unintentionally.
Joey winced and looked back at Seto to see him stuck between pain, rage and tears. Joey pried his hand off of his arm and held his hand warmly "He'll pay for this Seto. I promise" he assured him.
Seto nodded, staring after the crowd of guards that surrounded the cart. Seto blinked back tears and said "Do you think we can fight through them?"
Joey looked at the cart and shook his head, his soldier training telling him instantly that it was hopeless "We may be able to get to him, but never away, because we'll be carrying extra weight. We'd be slower and there would be no way of getting out without being caught or killed" he put his hands on Seto's shoulders "I'm so sorry Seto"
Seto leaned against the alley wall "What are we going to tell Yugi?" This was horrible, now Yami's soul would have to venture, unprotected by his body, down the path to the afterlife.
Joey winced and glanced back around the corner before saying "Should we at all? He's already so torn up about this… I mean it's not like we expected Dartz to give him a burial at all, but… that's just going too far"
Seto sighed "Would you rather Yugi heard it through the gossip, or directly?" he asked bluntly. It would be painful enough as it was, but to try and hide it would be worse.
Joey stiffened then nodded at last "I see… I'd rather hear about it form a friend… poor Yugi, I mean, he's so cut up about this already, but this is going to crush him"
Seto nodded and took Joey's hand "Let's go, I can't bear to see that anymore" he jerked his chin in the direction of Yami's body before the two vanished into the smaller streets to the city.
Yugi let out a cry of anger and denial as Joey finished telling him what he had seen. Ryou was pale with shock and yet his eyes were dark with anger to contrast that. Yugi stood up and shouted "D-Dartz did that?" Joey nodded warily.
Yugi was trembling, he was so angry, so upset and so damn it sickened he thought he just might throw up. How could he? Hasn't he suffered enough? Was loving him such a crime to you? Yugi though with tears streaming down his face, now Yami wasn't immortal in death, now there was the chance that Yugi would never be reunited with him.
Yugi's body felt weak and he collapsed to his knees, never see him again? Yugi hadn't realized how badly he'd been relying on that simple fact, he'd been relying on the hope that he'd meet him again in death when his time came. That hope was weakened because of Dartz.
Yugi's eyes seemed to burn for a moment. Dartz… I hate you! He had never hated anyone before, he had been terrified of Dartz, sure, but he didn't hate him. They were family, but now… because of what he had done to his soul mate, Yugi could never forgive him. Never.
Hate seemed to burn icily, it wasn't a good feeling. Yugi's eyes swam with tears when he realized that he was acting just like his brother. Dartz had been so full of hate and anger that it turned him into a monster. Yugi sobbed, oh Yami! What can I do? I hate him, but I don't want to be like him! What can I do? Oh Yami no… it's not fair.
The emotions inside him kept building and building, twisting and coiling until there wasn't room for anything else but crushing grief and icy hate. There was not even room for consciousness…
Ryou and Joey tried to help Yugi up but the teen just wasn't responding. They worried that they had broken him. Joey was cursing his decision to tell him in the first place, while Ryou was trying to get Yugi to wake up with whispers of what Yami would have wanted, and what their baby needed.
But nothing worked.
The two managed to get Yugi standing when he seemed to break. Like a puppet with his strings cut his legs gave out. Joey yelped and caught him as he fell, Ryou screamed briefly and shook Yugi's shoulder while asking him if he was okay. "Yugi? Yugi, what's wrong? Say something!" Ryou panicked.
The door burst open as Isis, Mahad and Bakura all ran in. Bakura because Ryou screamed and everyone else because they had heard Ryou's panicking. Isis and Ishizu rushed up to Yugi and looked him over, he had fainted.
Isis winced and said "Take him back to his room at once, Ishizu, please get some water and a cloth"
"Yes Mother" the girl said before running off obediently.
Ryou let Bakura hold him, he looked up at the Kehmetian teen before saying in a wobbly voice "He was just fine a minuet ago"
Isis let Joey take the unconscious teen from her and turned to Ryou with a comforting look "Don't worry, in pregnancy fainting is common, and the stress won't be helping. But with rest and lots of help from all of us, he'll be fine" she assured him.
Ryou sighed in relief and let Bakura lead him out of the room "That's a relief, I hope this stress won't hurt the baby any" he said, leaning into Bakura's arms.
Bakura grunted "If the runt is anything like Yami, it'll bounce back so fast you'll miss it" the two chuckled slightly. Bakura's dry humour was welcome as it had been absent for a few days.
Ryou smiled a little "Bakura? When you miss someone… what can you do to make it feel better?" he asked, referring to the time when he lost his family. He hoped that he'd be able to help Yugi with Bakura's advice, then again… it was Bakura he was asking…
Bakura thought very carefully with his normal thoughtful scowl before saying "Talking about them, not beating yourself up for surviving" he didn't look at the curious Atlantian because he felt a little blush coming on. "Trying to forget about them won't help at all, so anyone who wants to make the shrimp do that can go dunk their head in a bucket" he grumbled.
Ryou nodded, he looked away to help preserve Bakura's 'manly' image then said "Should we go check on him?"
Ishizu ran past with the water and Bakura raised an eyebrow before saying "I think it'll be a bit crowded in there" and they kept walking.
Ishizu opened the door and walked in with the required items, the people had been so eager to help Yugi, that when Ishizu asked for the items to help him about twenty people jumped up and offered things. "I have the water, Mother" she gasped.
Isis looked up from examining Yugi's eyes and nodded "Joey, please soak the rag for me. Ishizu, I need you to help me"
Ishizu handed Joey the small bucket and the cloth, the blond not complaining that he was being bossed around by a woman. Ishizu stood by the bed and waited for her Mother to tell her what to do.
Isis let Yugi's eyelid close then said "I want you to try that spell you studied, the one that reacts to life" she explained.
Ishizu gasped, she had never done that spell before! "Mother… do you think I'm ready?" she whispered, both honoured and pressured by the gesture her expert healer Mother was making to her.
Isis nodded "I believe you are, you know what to do, and don't worry about getting anything wrong because it won't harm anyone" she stood up and put her hands on her daughter's shoulders. Ishizu breathed before reaching out and humming the spell under her breath.
A little spark was born at her fingertips. Ishizu stared in amazement, she had done that… it sent a thrill of pride through her. Isis squeezed her shoulders encouragingly. Ishizu directed the little violet-white-blue spark over Yugi's body to his stomach.
Isis whispered "Lower your hands so it's closer to the baby"
Ishizu did as her Mother advised and the spark changed colour. It was a darker purple, almost indigo but with less blue than the named colour. Ishizu gasped as it happened. Isis looked at her in concern "What is it sweetie?" she asked, Joey reached over and put the cloth over Yugi's forehead and then stared at the two performing the magic.
Ishizu kept staring at the spark "It… it feels so strong" she murmured at last. "The life, it's so strong"
Isis smiled and rubbed her back "That's excellent, the baby must be healthy to give off that much light. You can stop now, sweetie"
Ishizu didn't want to, she could feel the baby's life force at her fingertips, it wasn't like a heartbeat as that hadn't developed entirely yet. It was like a little flame, reminding all that it was there and burning brightly. Ishizu saw her Mother glance back at her when she let the spell linger, and then let it end.
Joey smirked a little "So… how is the little thing?"
Ishizu smiled at him "Definitely one of Yami's" she said. "I can't explain it, but the life force felt so strong and… determined. I can't describe it" she said at last, shaking her head wordlessly.
Joey nodded carelessly with his normal shrug "I get what you mean, so the baby's alright then?" he asked worriedly.
Ishizu nodded "I'm sure"
Isis pressed the cloth over Yugi's forehead and then over his cheeks and neck to try and wake him. Poor thing, come on wake up. The Baby's not giving up, neither should you. As if answering her thought Yugi's eyes began to flutter. Isis leaned over him a little "Yugi?"
Ishizu and Joey leaned around her to see him too.
Yugi opened his eyes slowly and looked around confused. He looked at the three people standing there and then sighed "What happened?"
Isis made a slight face "You fainted, too much stress and your body is adapting to the child, it's normal for women to faint while in the early stages of pregnancy. It must be true for you too" she explained her logic calmly.
Yugi nodded then his eyes flashed with realization and filled with tears once again. He looked at Joey "Is what you told me true?" he whispered.
Joey hesitated but nodded "I'm sorry Yugi. I swear I'm going to put that bastard's head on a stake for this!" he punched the bedpost and bruised his already red-purple knuckles.
Yugi pulled the blanket up over his head and lay still for a while. Isis put a hand on his shoulder and found that he was trembling violently, like he was shivering. She pealed back the crimson covers and saw that he was silently crying.
Isis sighed and sat next to him while Ishizu and Joey took it upon themselves to leave them alone. Yugi seemed determined to never let a sound escape him while he cried. Yami, I love you so much, if I can't be with you ever again I'll die and vanish! Can you hear me Yami? Yami! Please, I want you back!
The woman watching over the silently screaming teen debated about telling Yugi something that would lessen the pain. She bit her lip, her necklace had shown her a single vision in the early hours of this morning…
She decided. Isis rubbed his back "Yami will be fine" she said at last.
Yugi froze and then looked up at her, no one had ever been certain since the night of escape, not even cartain if the day would be sunny. But Isis sounded postitive. Isis was smiling, she tapped the necklace around her neck "I have the strong feeling that he's fine wherever he is, if you would just feel instead of cry, you'd know it too"
Yugi stared. He slowly sat up and whispered "D-did you have a vision?"
Isis nodded she tapped his nose playfully "I haven't told anyone yet, because you need to know it more than anyone" Isis had a smile on her face, a genuine one. The Millennium necklace had finally broke the barrier around its powers that the Orichalcos had put up just by being too close.
Yugi tilted his head "What was it?"
Isis closed her eyes "You. I saw you walking down a garden path, there was a child by you, and the shadowy figure of that child's Father just behind you both" she opened her eyes "The vision was so fleeting I only recognised you and Yami, I had no time to memorise the child's face"
Yugi laid down and stared up at the ceiling, feeling awed by the information. Yami made it to the afterlife without a ritual? He questioned the thought and felt a slight weight lighten in his heart, but it was by no means lifted.
Yugi smiled slightly, sadness still there, but he seemed a little more peaceful with the idea of Yami watching over him. Yami… I was stupid for thinking you'd ever leave me… I mean, us. He rested his hand over the little life growing inside him. Forgive me for ever doubting you, Yami? Forgive me? Yugi sighed, almost feeling peaceful for the first time in ages, almost.
He had changed because of what had happened. He now had the slight desire to join Yami in death, he wanted to be by his side so badly that if anything else happened to him, or Yami's body, he may just chance the suicide and be with him in the darkness.
Yugi now knew what Dartz had gone through to turn him into a bitter monster, he pitied his brother in a way. Dartz had given in to the angry and vengeful demons inside him, Yugi had felt his when he had heard about Yami's body, so full of venom they were. But he wasn't like Dartz, he wouldn't give into them, he'd always keep fighting them.
Yugi made himself that silent promise then smiled at the healer as he sank back against the covers "Thank you Isis, I needed to hear that" he relaxed and began to slip back into the world of dreams.
Isis smiled too and tucked him in carefully, making sure that he would be comfortable. "Sleep well Yugi" she whispered as she closed the door. She sighed a little, this vision should lighten everyone's hearts, I just hope that it is a true vision and not a slight possibility. She questioned her decision to have told Yugi for a moment, then decided it was right. Yugi needed every piece of hope and comfort offered to him, no matter how small.
Isis clasped her hands together and closed her crystal blue eyes, gods of Kehmet and of every order, please grant our Pharaoh his resting place in the afterlife, our hero deserves nothing less…
There we go.
Yugi: Dartz used Yami as a parade attraction *outraged and hysterical*
Ryou: That's so horrible!
Yes, Ancient Eqyptains believed that if your body wasn't preserved (mummified) then your soul would either; not make it to the afterlife, or have a tougher route to the afterlife and not be immortal in death (meaning that you can die in the afterlife and this one will be permanant, Yugi mentioned the 'darkness' but I have no idea what it really is referred to as)
Ryou: that's why everyone's so upset!
Yugi: And it also means that Yami's still suffering! *wailing* No, please stop it, don't hurt him anymore.
*hugging Yugi* it's alright, now chapters will mostly focus on the baby. There will be mentions of Yami but he won't be appearing for a while/if ever.
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