Author's Note: I know that last chapter was supposed to be the last but I had this written and I thought I might as well post it, enjoy.
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AlternateEpilogue – Empire in my Mind
Death
Well, there is trouble in my mind
There is dark
There's dark, and there is light.
I lay our hands over my eyes
As I look deep
Through valleys deep and wide
Across the border line
For the Empire in My Mind
The pitch blackness of the storm engulfed Domino Japan, rain fell from the sky as if the heavens themselves were weeping, and they had a right to in the opinion of Yugi Motou, because Téa Gardener was dead.
The rain fell heavily, it drenched everything in its path, sewers quickly filled with rain water as the storm intensified but Yugi didn't care, he sat in front of a grave, the scent of freshly turned earth hung in the air, even with the rain falling by the bucket load you could still feel the cold stillness of the cemetery.
Yugi sat in front of the grave of his fallen love, a week had past since she was buried he read the engraving that stood on the tombstone,
Téa Gardener-Motou
1984-2006
'An Angel that has returned to heaven'
Beloved Daughter
Devoted Friend
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You are the reason I don't sleep
You are the light
That's breaking through the leaves
You know how hard I try
To believe
I have something good inside
Over barricades I climb
For the Empire in My Mind.
Yugi had long ago stopped crying because he had no more tears to shed, the epitaph wasn't his idea, Téa never got to marry him, Serenity saw to that, the only thing he contributed was the quote something he came up with himself. Téa's mother broke down crying when he read it for the first time, she thanked him, she thanked him for giving her daughter two years of happiness, Téa's mother said that whenever she had spoken to Téa in the last two years she had been happy no matter what else occurred, Téa's father said that he was happy that Yugi was his son in law, no matter how many times Yugi said that they never got that far her parents said it didn't matter if it wasn't a matter of law they still considered him their son in law.
I have no love somewhere in time
I've been lifted up
I've looked honor in the eyes
I have no reason; I have no rhyme
I cannot deny
There's a darkness that's inside
I am guilty by design
And now I realize
The temptation's made me blind
To the Empire in My Mind
Yugi understood now, he understood why Pegasus went so far to return Cecilia to his side Yugi would give anything to have Téa with him for one more moment. If Yugi hadn't been in so much pain he would have laughed at the irony, he and Pegasus had their true loves stolen from them to soon, Yugi had despised Pegasus for it at first, but now he understood it.
Yugi looked down at the object in his hand, a knife, he didn't want to live without her, and he missed her to much to go on without her. Yugi felt the crimson ooze coating his hands like gloves he felt himself drifting away from the world a smile playing across his face he would be with her again soon, but within the gates of Heaven an angel watched…
There is no order
There is chaos
And there is crime
There is no one home tonight
In the Empire of My Mind
"Yugi my love don't die yet I want you to live, please live for me." The angel pleaded from her place in the heavens, and God smiled.
There is no distance that I don't see
I do have a will
No limit to my reach
I wish I would; I wish I might
See light tonight
Separating wrong from right
Some are only born to try
And maybe that's the reason why
I am afraid someday I'll find
There is no Empire in My Mind
A girl stepped into the graveyard; she had no idea why she'd come here she had felt drawn to this place by a force that was beyond her the rain continued to pour drenching her clothes, the girl looked out over the cemetery squinting to see through the sheets of rain descending from the skies, she could see the body of a boy he was collapsed in front of a grave, the girl ran to his side lifting him into her arms the boy opened his violet eyes.
Yugi opened his eyes, it was still raining he could feel someone above him, his vision blurred but this person looked familiar to him,
"Téa?" He questioned before falling unconscious again.
Later
Yugi awoke somewhere, his head throbbed and his vision was blurry, 'Who was that person, was it Téa?' Yugi thought looking around his vision still blurry he could make out one person in the room, but it couldn't be…
"Téa?" Yugi exclaimed quietly not able to summon the strength to yell.
Yugi saw the girl shake her head, Yugi blinked several times to clear his vision. His heart sank it wasn't Téa, but Yugi knew why he'd thought that the girl sitting by his bed looked remarkably like her, she had brown hair and eyes her features looked almost a mirror of Téa but softer as if she were a younger version of his lost love.
"Are you the one who found me?" Yugi asked now realizing that he was in hospital.
"Hai." The girl responded in a bubbly voice that sounded like it experienced nothing but joy.
"You should have left me there." Yugi said angrily.
"Gomen, but I couldn't leave you there you were dying." The girl said sadly.
"That was the point." Yugi growled.
"But you can't die, aren't there people who care about you?" The girl questioned.
As if on cue Mai, Kaiba, Ryou and Bakura rushed into the room Mai almost knocking Yugi back on to the bed in a bone breaking hug,
"YUGI, what were you thinking, you had me scared half to death." Mai scolded him letting him go.
"WHAT ARE THESE'S?!" Mai yelled before Yugi could respond to the first question.
"You've been cutting yourself again." Kaiba said angrily.
"Ok Mom, Dad calm down, I'm fine, unfortunately." Yugi said whispering the last word of the sentence.
Mai didn't know which part to be concerned or irritated about but choose to cast a glare on Bakura when he started laughing about the Mom and Dad line, Mai's violet eyes gazed over the rest of the room almost screaming seeing the woman that was sitting watching Yugi, she looked almost exactly like Téa.
"Ah, hello Mai Valentine." Mai said extending her hand.
"Anzu Mazaki." The girl introduced herself shaking Mai's hand.
"Are you the one who found Yugi?" Ryou asked.
"Hai." Anzu answered.
"Thank you mortal you can leave now." Yami Bakura growled.
Anzu got up to leave but Yugi grabbed her hand, she looked into his eyes, before this day she had never met this boy, but there was something so familiar to her about him, like she'd known him, in another lifetime.
"Please stay." Yugi asked, Anzu smiled and nodded sitting back down.
Mai and the others stayed for a while before leaving Yugi to sleep, Yugi wished they'd have let him die, he wanted to die, he wanted to be back with Téa, Yugi saw Anzu about to speak but she stopped when Yugi glared at her, Anzu looked down at her hands she didn't know why she had stayed so long but she felt like she couldn't leave, she couldn't abandon him, she felt something for him.
"Gomen Yugi-Chan." Anzu said quietly.
"Huh?" Yugi said looking up.
"Gomen, you wanted to die, I shouldn't have interfered." Anzu said looking at her feet.
Yugi was about to say something harsh to her but he stopped seeing the sadness etched on her face, he placed his hand under her chin lifting it to look into her eyes,
"It's ok; you have nothing to be sorry for, thank you for saving my life." Yugi said giving the girl a tender look.
Out of nowhere the girl rushed into his arms giving him a tight hug, it was unexpected for Yugi but he was happy to be held by someone,
"Don't leave me." He whispered and he heard someone respond.
"Never, my love."
There is trouble in my mind
There is trouble in my mind
There is dark
There is dark, and there is light
Empire in my Mind – Red Letter Days – The Wallflowers
THE END