*Blinks* ...... People liked it? *Blinks again* Did I just write.... two chapters... in two days?
Seto: The world's coming to an end!
*Bonks him on the head with a large kitty hammer* Oh shut up!
Sirius Black from Harry Potter: *to little Yami-neko* Why can't she write two in two day for us?
Yami-neko: *shrugs* Mew, mew!
(Trans: I don't know, I may be her muse, but I DON'T understand her!)
*Sirius sighs*
Disclaimer: Go to the prologue for all disclaimers.
Warnings: Yami et Co.'s time for torcher (can't spell that word…), still got Yugi torment... Can't think of anything else! ^^;
Er- On with the fic!
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Chapter 1: The Unseen
Rating: PG, for many mentionings of death, and... Other stuff.
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Yami looked up sharply, his breath catching in his throat. An absence filled his whole body leaving an empty feeling. But why was he feeling...? Yugi. Yugi was gone, their connection, his presence, his life force, everything had vanished in a second. No... If Yugi's life force was gone... If he could no longer feel him...
Across from him, Joey had seen the movement out of the corner of his eye and looked over to see a blank look on best friend's face. He frowned, this wasn't the spaced out look he had seen the two halves get, and this was something else. And for something reason that freaked him out more then the other type.
The blond reached across and put a hand on the former-pharaoh's arm. "Hey Yami, what's up? You're spacing out on me." Blank ruby eyes turned to look at him and Joey almost pulled away in surprise. "What the...?"
"Yugi's gone."
Joey blinked, then frowned. Yugi hadn't even come with them to start with and he stated this. A multi-colored head shook from side to side in a negative. "No, not just gone, I can't feel him anymore. He. Is. Gone."
The blond stared blankly, in away refusing to comprehend what the other was saying. Instead he heard him self saying, "Are you sure he didn't take the puzzle off or something?"
Again Yami shook his head. "Mm-mmm [1], I could still feel him, but now he's just gone. Joey, if I can't feel Yugi, that means Yugi is dead."[2]
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Eyebrows came together as the small figure stirred from his sleep. The softness of the bed he lay on and the warmth of the blankets almost sent him straight back to Morpheus on a silver platter. But the events of the day came crashing back, shattering the comforts he'd been feeling.
Yugi sat up, the tears falling from his eyes again. He would have curled up again, but two strong arms enveloped him in a hug and kept him still. Yugi hide his tear-stained face in the person's shirt, ashamed his was crying in front of a stranger.
"G-gom-men na-nasai..." He choked out, his words muffled by the shirt. Yugi closed his eyes tight to try and stop the flow of salt coming from his eyes. "Daijoubu, Yugi Mutou." The boy's mind was fogged by the tears and pain, so it him a moment to recognized the person's voice. The small body tensed and his eyes flew open. Yugi pushed himself away from the person violently. "Yami B-Bakura..."
The white haired devil smiled softly at the boy. "Hai, Yugi?"
Yugi stared at him in fear, "Wh-where am I?"
The smile never faltered though the dark brown eyes remained unreadable. "Some place safe."
The smaller boy's eyes flickered in confusion. "Safe place?" How could being anywhere with Yami Bakura be safe??
A slender, pale hand reached out and gently, but firmly pulled Yugi into his lap. Yugi was tense and terrified. What was he doing? He whimpered and trembled.
"Shh," the darker Ryou whispered, "I won't hurt you. I just want you to eat something, here." Yami Bakura waved a hand and the shadows themselves seemed to bend and twist to become a table, another flick of the wrist and a small feast had appeared.
The small body still in his lap, the devil Ryou reached out and took a soft, lovely smelling roll and held it to Yugi's face. Dulled violet eyes stared at the roll, and then turned away; refusing it. Yugi didn't see his host's eyes flash and the his sudden desire to strangle him, all he heard was a sigh. "Very well, little Yugi. Eat when you feel like it." He released the boy, who crawled out of his lap and laid down on the bed. Yami Bakura stared at the back facing him and raised his fist to strike it, but restrained himself. He wanted Yugi to trust him, not fear him.
In a calm voice he simply said, "If you need me, simply call me. I will hear you and come." He vanished, returning to his soul room and letting out growl of anger. "Soon, little one, very soon."
Back wherever he had been taken, Yugi stared at the shadows that seemed blanket the walls of his door-less and windowless room. The flickering candle that lit the room made the shadows move as if they were as alive as he was. The thought sent a cold shiver down his spine and he hide beneath the covers. Curling up into a ball he whispered hoarsely, "Yami..."
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Everyone had had varied reactions to the news of Yugi's possible death. Anzu had disappeared back to the bathrooms, claiming she needed a moment. Ryou had a spaced out look. Joey and Honda had both said that they should go and look for Yugi, but Yami had shaken his head.
"Don't you want to know if he's dead?" Joey said furiously, not believing Yami was saying they shouldn't do anything.
Yami sighed, he was putting out the facade he was calm, but he was as upset as Joey. This doesn't make sense! I would have sensed something if Yugi had died. But this just feels like something's between us, but there's nothing that powerful... I feel as if, if we try to find him we'll never find him. His fists clenched. Yugi what happened to you?
"We can try, Joey, but I don't think we'll find him." Yami explained. This wasn't what the blond wanted to hear. "So you're just giving up? Without even trying??"
Yugi's Yami was frustrated at Yugi's disappearance and angry at the accusation's coming from his friend, so his voice came out sounding somewhere between. "Joey, I want to know what happened to Yugi to, but we don't even know where to begin to look for him. We don't even know if he's even still-" His voice abruptly broke off. Even the seemingly unmovable Yami Yugi could bring himself to finish the sentence.
He didn't need to; his point had gotten across. Joey slumped into his seat, deflated and weary. "Gomen, Yami, it's just I couldn't live with myself if something happened to the little guy." Blond hair fell over his face to hide the pain and tears in his eyes. "Not after what all we said to him." The group all lowered their eyes to the ground. They had been horrible to the multi-color haired angel, and they may have just paid dearly for it.
The group left the arcade parting ways to return to each of their respective homes. Joey stayed with Ryou, who was still a little out of it. The white haired angel seemed to be taking this the hardest of them all. Honda and Anzu had insisted they would be fine and had left home by themselves. Now Yami, also by himself, stood in front of the Turtle Game Shop, warring with himself on if he should enter. With a deep breath followed by an equally so sigh, he pushed open the door and entered.
The lights to the shop part were on, but the shop's owner couldn't be seen at the counter. Yami walked in the little card shop searching, he didn't even hear the person behind him till- "Okaerinasai, [3] Yami!"
The pharaoh almost jumped out of skin. He spun around to see Sugoroku, his and Yugi's ojiisan. "Ojiisan! Please do not do that!" Yami exclaimed, holding a hand over his heart.
The cheerful old man chuckled and walked over to the counter, where he placed a box of something on the surface. "So, where is Yugi? He is not with you, ne?" Yami winced; he could swear the man had a sixth sense at times. Ruby eyes reverted to the side as he said, "I don't know. I think he might be..." Still he couldn't say it.
Yugi's grandfather watched him carefully, trying to see if he knew the missing word. Judging by the tense, yet at the same time slumped figure of the proud Egyptian, he had a feeling he knew. "Hm, I see, baka." Yami looked up startled. "Nani?" Violet eyes exactly like his aibou's met his ruby ones.
"Yugi is still alive. Don't give up on him yet." With that, he lifted the box from before and carried it into the house part of the building.
Yami stared at the door for a long moment. Sugoroku was right; he couldn't give up yet. Somehow, he knew Yugi had to still be alive. All they had to do was find him.
End Chapter One. To be continued…
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Some endnotes:
1. [1] Have you ever heard someone say 'no' with their mouth shut? Well that's what it's supposed to be…
[2] Sorry, about the dead thing, it's a strange thing I came up with when I was writing the first chapter. We all have noticed the Yami-Yugi connection, right? Well in this story, let's just say that in this story, where Yugi is, the connection's been broken. Yami hasn't had experience with losing the connection completely with Yugi before so his first assumption is Yugi was dead, and so forth. Make sense?
[3] I believe this means 'welcome home', but I'm not too sure…
2. Sorry if it seems like Yami B is OOC! And anyone else to! It's hard for me to write many different personalities and have them interact with each other...
Well review and tell me what you thought!
Thanks to: Scarlet Moon (*cheers to randomness* ^-^), SailorChibi (^-^), Star (;-; I'm so mean to Yugi-chan!!!), Hot Ice (Now you know! ^-^), Yamiyue13 (Oooo, I like that name, 'cept the 13 part...), Queen of Games (Well I'm glad you think that! Hope you like this one too!), Digipuppy (*does a dance around the room and swings little Yami-neko by his arms* Yah!!! My favorite author liked my story! Wahoo!!! ^-^ ^-^ ^-^), And thanks to SOMEONE (I tried to read 'GONE FOREVER' but headache from trying to read it and I had to stop, sorry! ^^;;)
Till next time everyone!!!