WARNINGS: Little sappy bit of shounen ai mixed in with there...
couldn't resist. *shrugs* Forgive me?
***
I never claimed to be evil.
I never claimed to be cruel.
Hell, I never claimed to be hikari no Sennen Ring.
But that's who I am.
I'm not evil. I'm not cruel. I'm just...
... me.
You know, people use the terms 'good' and 'evil' so freely. Good equals
light, evil equals darkness. Simple, ne?
Sometimes I think that they're wrong. Sometimes I think that there is
no such thing as good and evil, only light and darkness.
And there are times when I believe that there is nothing but power.
Heh. I must sound so foolish now. Disbelieving my own existence? What
kind of a person is that?
But I am.
I question things that others take as fact. When dawn comes, I am the
one who asks, 'Is this really dawn or just the brief light of moon?'
And now I'm being poetic.
I showed my true colors in Battle City, you know. What, you thought I
really was that weak? You thought that I would let myself be stabbed,
let someone else, like that fool Malik, take the Sennen Puzzle and the
power of Ra?
My yami... I never told him about the god cards, never let him know
that I knew about them. I'm not strong physically -- it would have been
easy for him to kick me, beat me, hurt me, as he did before, in Duelist
Kingdom.
He wouldn't have, of course. I suppose that, in some strange way, he
considers me to be his.
I can't count how many times that he's told me that he takes care of
what's his. He whispers that in my ear at night when we lie together in
the darkness, two demons in disguise. He knows that I'm not nearly as
sweet or innocent as I pretend, but...
I suppose I care for him more now. He cares for me a little bit as
well, when I made that alliance with him during Battle City.
We've reached a truce of some sorts now. I no longer want to kill him,
and he no longer scorns my presence.
So... now...
I know everything about my yami. We are more yami and hikari than Yugi
and Yami could ever be. Yami and Yugi... they are a puzzle indeed, no
pun intended. But they're fading... did you know that?
They switch on so many occasions that it's surprising indeed that
they're still separate beings. They're becoming one. Soon, there will be no
such person as Yugi or Yami, and there will only be two souls merged
into one.
The true state? No, I don't think so. The experience could kill both of
them. Yami and Yugi are completely different people, with different
attitudes and memories. It's a clash of light and darkness, one that could
destory both sides.
I have no desire to see the two of them dead. Without them, the Puzzle
would be meaningless. Shattered. Just a worthless hunk of cheap
jewelry.
Do I sound callous?
I'm sorry.
No, I'm not.
I do care for Yami and Yugi -- they're my 'friends' I suppose, though
they always ignore me -- a little. Not a whole lot.
They ignore me, you know that. They think that I can't be a duelist,
that I'm no good. That I'm another cheerleader like Anzu.
Out of the mouths of fools comes... well, not wisdom. Something.
I don't know what fools say. I don't know what wise men say. I don't
know anything in this world except for light, darkness, and power. And
there's no such thing as light and darkness, good and evil.
So why bother?
There's only power. Nothing but power. All yamis understand that,
except for Yami no Yugi perhaps. And hikaris are the only ones who believe
in good and evil.
Yami no Yugi is as blind as they come. All that he did as Pharaoh --
the merciless slaughter of thousands of men, women, and children -- he
seeks to repent by being as 'good' as he can now.
I feel pity for him, but that will not help him when the End comes.
The End, you ask?
Have you read any fairytales? They always end with 'and they lived
happily ever after. THE END'. That is what I have chosen to call the time
when yami and hikari will fight against the other yamis and hikaris.
I have full intention of being the hikari that will survive.
How do I know this? My my, how foolish you are to ask such a trivial
question.
The cards. I'm a fortune teller of sorts, if you ignore the demeaning
term. I can predict the future semi-accurately, and the cards know all,
see all, and tell all.
Dear Ra, I sound like some mystic fake.
But they can tell you anything, and everything, if you only ask in the
right way. Not many can do it though.
Am I really innocent? Am I really a hikari?
You decide.
What does it matter to me?
There is no such thing as darkness or light. There is only power, and
those who are too weak to gain it.
* * *
Um...well...ah...I really have no idea why I'm writing this...so...yeah.
I haven't written Ryou in a...*long* time. Jeez.
Last line comes from Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, courtesy
of Lord Voldemort himself. I think.
If you're coming from Chibizoo's contest, this is actually the second
chapter of Mistaken Perceptions, not the first. Oops. Oh well.
*shrug*
Review? ^^;;
couldn't resist. *shrugs* Forgive me?
***
I never claimed to be evil.
I never claimed to be cruel.
Hell, I never claimed to be hikari no Sennen Ring.
But that's who I am.
I'm not evil. I'm not cruel. I'm just...
... me.
You know, people use the terms 'good' and 'evil' so freely. Good equals
light, evil equals darkness. Simple, ne?
Sometimes I think that they're wrong. Sometimes I think that there is
no such thing as good and evil, only light and darkness.
And there are times when I believe that there is nothing but power.
Heh. I must sound so foolish now. Disbelieving my own existence? What
kind of a person is that?
But I am.
I question things that others take as fact. When dawn comes, I am the
one who asks, 'Is this really dawn or just the brief light of moon?'
And now I'm being poetic.
I showed my true colors in Battle City, you know. What, you thought I
really was that weak? You thought that I would let myself be stabbed,
let someone else, like that fool Malik, take the Sennen Puzzle and the
power of Ra?
My yami... I never told him about the god cards, never let him know
that I knew about them. I'm not strong physically -- it would have been
easy for him to kick me, beat me, hurt me, as he did before, in Duelist
Kingdom.
He wouldn't have, of course. I suppose that, in some strange way, he
considers me to be his.
I can't count how many times that he's told me that he takes care of
what's his. He whispers that in my ear at night when we lie together in
the darkness, two demons in disguise. He knows that I'm not nearly as
sweet or innocent as I pretend, but...
I suppose I care for him more now. He cares for me a little bit as
well, when I made that alliance with him during Battle City.
We've reached a truce of some sorts now. I no longer want to kill him,
and he no longer scorns my presence.
So... now...
I know everything about my yami. We are more yami and hikari than Yugi
and Yami could ever be. Yami and Yugi... they are a puzzle indeed, no
pun intended. But they're fading... did you know that?
They switch on so many occasions that it's surprising indeed that
they're still separate beings. They're becoming one. Soon, there will be no
such person as Yugi or Yami, and there will only be two souls merged
into one.
The true state? No, I don't think so. The experience could kill both of
them. Yami and Yugi are completely different people, with different
attitudes and memories. It's a clash of light and darkness, one that could
destory both sides.
I have no desire to see the two of them dead. Without them, the Puzzle
would be meaningless. Shattered. Just a worthless hunk of cheap
jewelry.
Do I sound callous?
I'm sorry.
No, I'm not.
I do care for Yami and Yugi -- they're my 'friends' I suppose, though
they always ignore me -- a little. Not a whole lot.
They ignore me, you know that. They think that I can't be a duelist,
that I'm no good. That I'm another cheerleader like Anzu.
Out of the mouths of fools comes... well, not wisdom. Something.
I don't know what fools say. I don't know what wise men say. I don't
know anything in this world except for light, darkness, and power. And
there's no such thing as light and darkness, good and evil.
So why bother?
There's only power. Nothing but power. All yamis understand that,
except for Yami no Yugi perhaps. And hikaris are the only ones who believe
in good and evil.
Yami no Yugi is as blind as they come. All that he did as Pharaoh --
the merciless slaughter of thousands of men, women, and children -- he
seeks to repent by being as 'good' as he can now.
I feel pity for him, but that will not help him when the End comes.
The End, you ask?
Have you read any fairytales? They always end with 'and they lived
happily ever after. THE END'. That is what I have chosen to call the time
when yami and hikari will fight against the other yamis and hikaris.
I have full intention of being the hikari that will survive.
How do I know this? My my, how foolish you are to ask such a trivial
question.
The cards. I'm a fortune teller of sorts, if you ignore the demeaning
term. I can predict the future semi-accurately, and the cards know all,
see all, and tell all.
Dear Ra, I sound like some mystic fake.
But they can tell you anything, and everything, if you only ask in the
right way. Not many can do it though.
Am I really innocent? Am I really a hikari?
You decide.
What does it matter to me?
There is no such thing as darkness or light. There is only power, and
those who are too weak to gain it.
* * *
Um...well...ah...I really have no idea why I'm writing this...so...yeah.
I haven't written Ryou in a...*long* time. Jeez.
Last line comes from Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone, courtesy
of Lord Voldemort himself. I think.
If you're coming from Chibizoo's contest, this is actually the second
chapter of Mistaken Perceptions, not the first. Oops. Oh well.
*shrug*
Review? ^^;;