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Yami's POV:

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A flash of light erupted from Dark's body. So bright, that I had to shield my eyes. "Arrgh!" When I did open my eyes, I gasped. "D-Dark!" I heard Celtic stammer. Mystical Elf just stared, her hands up covering her mouth, and Pegasus's one eye open and twitching with anger. "H-How?" Pegasus growled. "How.?" Looking up at Dark, I slowly reached for him. No longer sitting on the ground, he was standing and staring straight ahead, his eyes fixed with stern determination. Unwavering and angry, I thought it best not to give orders to him now. And his clothes…they were.

Different.

"Dark Magician!" I called. "Are you all right?"

But he didn't respond.

His clothes…where there had been deep violet there was white and where the lining of a lighter purple was there was gold. His wand was a sky blue and the rings lining the wand were such a light blue, it almost looked white. Even his hair and skin had lightened their tones to light violet and his skin had gone from olive to tan. The only thing that hadn't changed was his eyes.

His eyes were still sea blue.

Pegasus glared down the new Dark. "What happened to you?" He hissed. "Where did you get such power?" Power? What power? Looking down at the Dark Magician card, I gasped in surprise. "His attack power is.3200?! But how?!" Looking back up at Dark, he finally moved. But his movements were so sad.I could sense his sadness and his pain.

Poor Dark.

Losing Jou must've been the hardest thing that ever happened to him.

But what can I do?

Watching Dark slowly, he carefully and painfully knelt down and set Jou down on the ground. On his knees and hovering over Jou, I couldn't see what he was doing exactly, but I think he brushed her face and slowly...very slowly. Kissed her one last time. Then swiftly getting up, Dark stared at Pegasus. "Now." Dark said. "Now…you don't have any monsters on the field. You know what that means." Pegasus gave a small sob of realization. "Dark Magician." he began. "I didn't mean…please no!" But Dark raised his wand and pointed it at Pegasus's heart. "Direct damage Pegasus." He glared his eyes burning through the air. "You said so yourself." Pegasus screamed. He jumped out of his chair and began to run. "You can't hide Pegasus!" Dark yelled after him. "I am the LIGHT Magician! My power is unlimited and there is nothing I cannot do! You cannot run from me!" Then, golden sparks flew around Light's wand as he charged his attack. "Get ready Pegasus!" he yelled. "For my Light Oblivion!" Pegasus spun around and fell to his knees. "Yugi!" he cried. "Yugi, save me! I beg for your help! I surrender! Please Yugi!" His voice was full of pain and fear.

Fear of death.

Should I?

Should I help Pegasus?

He stole my grandfather's soul, he took Mokuba's, and he won Kaiba's!

Why not?

Why not kill him and never have to worry about him again?

He killed.

No.

No he didn't kill Jou.

Dark did that…but not just Dark, all of us killed Jou…because we didn't find a different solution to saving her. We only thought of killing her. It was our fault. Celtic's for not stopping a hotheaded Dark. Mystical for not suggesting one of her spells. Dark for attacking to hastily.

And me.

For not being the master duelist I should be.

Before I knew it, I heard myself screaming, "NO LIGHT! DON'T DO IT! DON'T KILL PEGASUS!" Light gasped in surprise as he pointed his wand away a split second before it would've been released, the attack going into empty space. All three of my monsters turned to me and all three shouted at one time, "WHAT?!" Crossing my arms across my chest, I glared back at them. "You heard me." I said calmly. "Don't kill him." Light Magician glared at me so dangerously, it scared me. A glare actually scared me. "What did you say?!" he snarled. "I'll finish him and then I can die happy!" Celtic and Mystical blinked in confusion. "But...Master Yami," Celtic said confused. "Don't you want Light to avenge Jou?" Mystical nodded in agreement. "Yes," she said. "Why not?" Narrowing my eyes directly at Light, I frowned. "Because we killed her. Not Pegasus." "You're insane!" Light yelled. "Pegasus killed her, Pegasus put her against us!" Shooting back with my own response, I called, "But who shot that attack? Who was the one who could think of no other way to kill? Who was the one who came to no other conclusion but to fire an attack at Jou?" Realizing the answer, Light looked away and gritted his teeth. "It…It." he muttered. "It." Celtic and Mystical both looked at each other, then looked down as they too dawned on the truth. Seeing that Light wasn't going to admit, I had to help him. I finished the sentence for him. "It was you!" I yelled. "You did it! You killed Jou!" Then, before I shut my mouth, I promised to Light, "I have said what needed to be said…I will say no more on the subject." Staring down Light, I watched with almost pity as he dropped his wand and sank to his knees. "No." he whispered his eyes wide with pain. "I didn't…Pegasus.I didn't."

Then...he slowly went over to Jou's body and reached out to touch her. But then, his hand shot back like if she were fire and he began to cry.

A broken, mournful cry of loss.

Those cries will haunt me forever.

In my thoughts.

In my dreams.

In my soul.

"I'm sorry Jou." he whispered. "I'm sorry." behind him, Pegasus slowly got to his feet and glared. "You." he growled. "You!" Then, pulling out his deck and rummaging through it, he pulled out a card. "This will be your fall!" he screeched. "Light Magician!" I screamed. "Look out!" But Light wasn't listening as he kept looking at Jou. "I would give up all my light power and more to have you in my arms again." then slowly, a single tear fell down off his face and landed on Jou's eye. "I would." Pegasus continued as he held up a magic card that made me freeze with fear. "To play this magic card, Raigeki, which allows me to destroy all monsters on the opponents field!" Pegasus glared. "But because we're in the shadow realm, I can concentrate all of Raigeki's attack on one monster! And I choose to destroy your Light Magician!" Laughing madly, Pegasus looked up as great thunderclouds began to form in the sky. "Light!" I screamed. "Get out!" But Light held his place as he continued crying. "Jounochi." he sobbed. "It's my fault." The thunderclouds turned menacing as lightning begun to lace them. "Light!" Celtic screamed. "No!" But Light didn't waver as the lightning formed into one bolt and shot down to Light. Just before he was hit, I heard one sad whisper.

"I'm sorry."

And then a flash of bight light and I was blinded by the attack. "Light!" I yelled. Light Magician! No!" And then…the light began to die down. Slowly looking up, I nearly fell down with surprise. Celtic, who had been shielding Mystical, both looked up and Celtic stared while Mystical bought a hand up to her mouth and covered a gasp. "H-how?" she stammered. "How in the world? JOU??" Jou was alive and was holding in her arms Light…no, Dark Magician. I guess he turned back into the Dark Magician, for his clothes and his hair were back to normal. Next to Jou was a back spot where it looked like the thunder bolt of Raigeki had struck. Struck and missed. And Pegasus? Pegasus was gone, and all that was left was a little black spot on the ground. "Dark Magician!" I called. "Jounochi!" Slowly, Jou looked at me. "Master Yami." she said quietly as if she had just woken up from a deep sleep. "Is he all right?" By that, I guess she meant Dark, so I quickly nodded for Celtic who was stunned, to bring Dark to me. Celtic, who was staring at Jou, his eyes small, didn't see me, so Mystical punched him hard in the arm. "Ow! What?" Celtic demanded. Then, spotting my annoyed look, Celtic quickly bowed and mumbled, "Yes sir." And shakily walked over to Jou and picked up the knocked out Dark in his arms. Gently bringing his limp body to me, I watched as Celtic slowly let Dark down to the floor and stood back. "Hm…um...uhm." Dark moaned as he tried to open his eyes. "J-J…Jou…I…failed…for…forgive me." Slowly, Jou came over, stumbling over her steps and knelt down beside Dark, brushing some blood that was trickling down his forehead away. "Dark." she whispered. "Dark wake up." Kneeling over Dark, I put a hand on Dark's shoulder and slowly shook him. "Dark." I said sadly. "Look…what wish you made...about giving up all your light power...even though with that power you could've been invincible and you would've been a light monster…you gave it up for Jou…and look! She's alive! Your wish and your love brought her back!" Slowly. Slowly. He finally opened his eyes. But only so that a sliver of blue could be seen.

"J-Jou?" he asked as blood began to trickle from a corner of his mouth. "J-Jou?" Swiftly, Jou put her arms around Dark and nuzzled Dark's neck. "I'm here…I'm here. Thank you...thank you Dark…for bringing me back." Dark slowly looked down and his eyes went wide as he saw who it was who was holding him. "Jounochi!" he whispered. Then he began to cry all over again. First sniffles. Then tears began to form in his eyes as he turned his head. Then he was shaking all over as he let small sobs and large tears float down his face and fall onto Jou. Determined though in pain, he slowly brought one arm up and gently placed it around Jou and turned his head into Jou's. "Jou!" Dark cried sadly. "I'm sorry…I'm sorry!" But Jou smiled and pulled back to look at him. "Don't worry Dark," she said. "You gave up your light powers to bring me back. And I promise you...the light will never leave the darkness…and the darkness will never leave the light. They must coexist. Like Masters Yami and Yugi." Then, turning to everyone, I smiled. "I think we've had enough blood and tears today…so let's all go home."

*** (Dark's POV)

It's been many weeks since that day when I…killed Jou. Many things have crossed my mind since then too. Gaia still hasn't gotten the courage to talk to Mystical and Celtic is trying to help him through it. Trying is the key word.

"Uhm…Mystical…I got…these…"things"...for you."

"Oh, flowers? They're lovely!"

"Uh...yeah, flowers."

(Hiding in some bushes, Celtic and Jou slap a hand to their forehead.)

All my injuries have been healed, and I've never felt better. Master Yami and Yugi swear everything is all right and even though I still can't be with Jou, I can still love her. Speaking of which.

"Dark! Hey, Dark!"

"Jou!"

"Hey, Dark, c'mon, we're going to be late.!"

"Just one more thing Jou."

"All right, but hurry! Gaia is going to try his luck with Mystical…again!"

"Ok, ok…anyway, like I was saying, even though we can't be together like marriage...that still doesn't stop me from loving her."

"DARK MAGICIAN!!! GET OVER HERE NOW!!! YOU'RE MISSING THE ENTIRE THING!!!"

"All right! All right, I'm coming.!"

She is my light. And I am her dark.

The End. PLEASE READ BELOW: I would just like to take the time to acknowledge and thank all of the reviews and readers for this story. Without your support, I couldn't have continued. If you want more adventures, I will be writing more. Thanks again and I hope to see many of you in other reviews. Life is just a Dark Secret.