Chapter 38: If Ye Love Me...

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YUGI'S POV…

You and Yami drew your hands.

"Since you two outnumber me, I'll go first." said Crommel/Amy as it were. "I summon Storm Hero – Lightning Dude (1700, 1400)!" After that I'll play two face down cards and end my turn."

"My move. Draw!" said Yami. "I summon Queen's Knight (1500, 1600) in Attack mode and play a face down card. After that, I'll activate Swords of Revealing Light! This means that you can't attack for three turns... Crommel. That ends my turn." You could see very clearly that Yami was having trouble looking at Crommel. Amy was not the prettiest girl you'd ever seen, but seeing Crommel mutilating her body was too much to look at. You didn't blame him; you were fighting back tears. She had blood running out of her eyes, and a dark stain on her chest. You didn't know what it was, but you assumed it was also blood.

"My move then!" you said. "I set a monster in Defense mode, play a face down card, and end my turn." Your turn was the shortest of all. Still, the less talking you had to do, the better.

"My move already? Huh," said Crommel. "I activate Storm City! This means that all Storm Heroes gain 1000 ATK when they battle a stronger monster. But this only works during my turn. That's all, I suppose..."

"Good," said Yami again. "I summon King's Knight (1600, 1400). This means that I can automatically summon my Jack's Knight (1900, 1000)! Next, I'll attack with my Jack's Knight! Destroy his Lightning Dude!"

"Not so fast Pharaoh. I activate the trap Negate Attack! This negates your attack and ends your Battle Phase." said Crommel, smiling slightly. That smile made you cringe, thinking of Amy... (Flashbacks in italics.)

"Yugi?"

"Huh?" you responded to her.

"Do you really love me?" she asked with a straight face. The question caught you off guard, to say the least.

"Wh-what makes you ask that, Amy?" She sighed audibly, as if she was depressed.

"Well, I was thinking about something before. I've always heard these stories that are just a girl seeing a guy, and thinking, 'I love him.' just like that, and that's when I realized, that that's me!" she blushed slightly, as if she had revealed an embarassing secret.

"What do you mean?" you pressed, not noticing her embarrassment. She blushed even more.

"Well, this isn't easy to say, but..."

"...Yes?" you replied, now fully understanding.

"The moment I saw you, I was infatuated. But... that's not love. I know that now, considering what's been happening recently," You had no reply, so she pressed on. "Love is something different. It's not an attraction, it's not a feeling, it's a promise to yourself. a promise that you care about the other person's well being, even if that means... not being with them." When she said that a single tear fell from her eye, onto the bench. You finally understood what she was getting at.

"Amy, no. Don't torture yourself worrying about this."

"I can't stay with you. Not like this. Crommel is trying to get to me, not you, me. And I don't want to get you into this."

"Amy-" you cut in. Her voice rose, and she began to sob.

"I- I don't want you to get into this. It's about me. Y-you should be safe. It's not a game, he's dangerous, and he's not afraid to resort to murder. And... I-I don't want that to happen to you-"

"Amy, I want you to stop-" your voice rising, beginning to cry as well.

"I want to be able to just stop my childish crushes, and live without you."

"Stop it!"

"I want to be able to know that you'll be safe!"

"Stop! No!"

"I want to be able to look in the mirror and say,'I truly loved him' and mean it!"

"Amy, STOP!" She stopped, and looked at you through her tears. "Amy, I know. I know what you're thinking, but I can't let you face him alone-"

"It's not about Crommel!" screamed Amy, looking at you sobbing, "It's about us! That's it!"

"But..."

"I don't care about Crommel. I don't care about the danger. I don't care about anything. I just care about you. I want to be able to say, 'I love you' and mean it without lying to myself. I want to be able to die, and say to God, 'I didn't waste my life for a boy.'"

"..."

"..."

"...Amy, I understand." you replied quietly.

"...!"

"I know about this, and you're right. That's not love. But... we need to work together to find actual love. That's the only way we can both be happy, and live peacefully, without another Crommel showing up." That was all you could get out. You knew it was a losing battle. After what seemed like years, she replied;

"I can't."

"My turn," you said as your turn began, "I summon Green Gadget (1400, 600) in ATK mode! This lets me add a Red Gadget in my deck to my hand. After that, I activate Ties of the Brethren! This lets me pay 1000 Life Points to summon a Red and Yellow Gadget together! (Your LP: 3000, Yami's LP: 4000, Crommel's LP: 4000) Now I activate my face down card, Ultimate Offering! This lets me pay 500 Life Points to summon an extra monster! I choose my Boot-Up Soldier – Dread Dynamo (0, 2000)! He gets 2000 ATK for each Gadget on the field. I count 3, so it gets 6000 ATK Points! ATTACK!" you yelled. You hoped that this would win the duel, but you were wrong.

"I activate my trap; Umbrella! This lets me make all damage I take this turn 0, so I lose my monster, but my Life Points are safe. Also, I get to summon another Storm Hero! I choose Storm Hero – Water Drop! He then lets me summon a monster from my graveyard. I choose my Strom Hero Lightning Dude." said Crommel. Things weren't looking good. The one thing you noticed about Amy's deck was that it always had another monster to summon. It never ended.

"My turn!" said Crommel as he drew his card.

You didn't know what would happen. That memory haunted you, as you thought, Maybe she doesn't want me to bring her back... Maybe she's happier this way...

Yami heard you, and answered, That's not true. Remember, Yugi. Don't waste yourself thinking about what might have been. Just think about what actually happened. Amy needs us.

And meanwhile, imprisoned in her own head, Amy heard this too. Yugi... You were right.

To Be Continued…

Questions you don't give two shits about, answered anyway

So, Amy finally gets some character developement! It's about damn time.

Sorry. Let's just say when I started, I was a terrible writer.

Got that right. But that ending was pretty cryptic. I mean, if Amy left Yugi then, why did she stay with him for all of the chapters?

Well, she has to realize whether or not she actually loves Yugi and Yami, or not. If she does, she knows what she has to do.