This was meant to be a one-shot, but reviewers/ a wave of inspiration
changed my mind. I hope you find this entertaining. Please review.
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Yami walked into Yugi's house where everyone appeared to be waiting for him.
Tea studied Yami's face. He was expressionless. Bored, almost. "Yami . . . what happened to you?"
He looked at her dully and spoke in a monotonous voice. "Yugi is dead. That's what happened."
"Whoa, Yami, I think you should stop with this 'Yugi's dead' thing! First you suddenly yell that Yugi's dead and then you suddenly run out of here like a madman! You're really starting to scare me!" Joey was getting nervous, Yami was acting really strange, but Joey was hoping that something else had happened.
With incredible speed, Yami was at Joey's side. Yami reached down to where Joey was sitting and yanked Joey's collar close to his face. His voice was suddenly very dark and savage. "Listen to me Joey, I would not joke about this. Yugi is dead; it has been dealt with. This is a very real situation." Yami let go and allowed Joey to fall back into his seat.
Tea got up from where she was sitting. "What do you mean 'it has been dealt with'? Yami, what have you done!?" Her voice was getting unusually high.
Yami returned to his bored demeanor. "It means what it means. Do not worry over things that have been settled."
Tea's eyes widened. "Yami! Stop being so cryptic! You done something, haven't you?! What is it!? Tell me!"
Joey and Tristan remained silent, but the worry and foreboding was growing as the very seconds passed.
Yami paused. The light in his eyes, the spirit, it was gone. "If you must know, I have killed Seto Kaiba."
Tea shrunk back a little. "What!? Yami, tell me that you're lying, tell me that it is something else, or better yet, tell me that this is a dream!"
Yami looked blank. "You know that this is no dream. It is true. I killed Kaiba. After all, what comes around goes around."
Tristan stared at him and then got up. "Look Yami, I don't like this and neither does Joey and neither does Tea. Stop this already!"
Joey looked shocked. "So you're saying, that Kaiba killed Yugi . . .?" He whispered.
Tristan looked back at Joey. "Don't tell me you're actually believing this so easy?! Have a little faith!"
Joey looked still and dismal. "But . . .how can I? No matter how hard this is . . .to believe, I know that Yami is the last person anywhere who would joke about this. . I believe that he is not lying to us . . . even though it means . . .that Yugi's dead . . .and that he killed someone, even though it was Kaiba, he took a life . . ."
Tea looked sharply at Joey, with tears in her eyes. "No, Joey, not you, too!" She shut her eyes tightly, causing her tears to spill out. "Both of you, snap out of this! Everything will be okay!"
Yami's voice became sharp. "Everything will not be okay. Now, if you all will excuse me, I will be going."
Tristan looked thoroughly upset. "Where will you go? Off to kill someone else? Two wrongs don't make a right, Yami! Your way was wrong! You are not leaving! You are staying here! You will explain things to us!"
Yami looked not at all moved. "There is nothing more to explain. You know all you have to know. If you insist, I will remain here, but I will not continue to be in your company." Yami began to walk toward the room that had been given him awhile ago (when Yugi discovered that he and Yami could physically be in the same place at the same time).
Tristan looked outraged. "Arrrrrgh! No! You are not going to shut yourself up into a little tight box and make yourself even more insane! We are going to talk! You are going to sit here with us, and we are going to get through this together! If what you way is true, then you shouldn't be alone! I can't even begin to imagine the bond the two of you had, but I do know that you won't be able to get past this by yourself!"
Yami didn't turn back to even look at him. His pace, though slow, hadn't faltered.
Tristan was suddenly angry. "LISTEN TO ME, ALREADY!'
No response came from Yami.
Tristan was furious. This was going to end now! He lunged at Yami, expecting to knock him down.
Instead, Yami's pace remained steady, and Tristan was left on the floor, looking like he had been hit by a wall. Tea and Joey were taken aback.
Yami went into his room. The three of them heard the door lock, and then the sound of something shattering.
Then, silence, except for the sound of Tristan's ragged breathing. It was two minutes until anyone spoke.
It was Joey. "What just happened here?"
Tea blinked rapidly. "I- I- I don't know . . ."
Joey's mind was slowly recovering from the shock of the past few minutes. "Are you alright, Tristan?"
Tristan had moved into a sitting position. "I never knew that Yami could do that. It's like, his emotions are controlling both him and his powers, and creating a couple of new ones along the way . . ." He was apparently lost in his own head.
Joey looked concerned. He waved a hand in front of Tristan's face, but he took no notice. "Hello? Tristan! Are you feelin okay?"
Tea was curious. "Do you know something more about this than you're letting on?"
Tristan was only half talking to them. "When Yugi was trying to explain what a soul room was, he said that it reflected a person's personally and emotions . . .he said as an example Yami's was a dark labyrinth. It made sense to me at the time. And then . . .when I tried to tackle Yami, but instead hit some sort of wall of energy, I think that I got to see a glimpse of what his soul room is like now . . ."
Tea was very absorbed in what Tristan was saying. "What was it like?"
Tristan closed his eyes. Joey and Tea supposed that he was still thinking to himself, but then Tristan began to speak ever so softly. "It was like someone had set ruin to some great city . . . there was broken stone every where, and fire. And all in the middle of it was Yami, sitting on the floor, right next to the biggest and hottest flames. He was looking like he wanted the flames to kill him. It's like the very fabric of the place was falling apart. He feels alone in this world, even with all of us here. I don't understand it. It's like he feels that he doesn't deserve to live . . ."
Tea stared into space for a few seconds when something dawned on her. "But . . .if he wants to die, and he's been alone for a while, then wouldn't he- "
All three of them exchanged a look and all got up and went in the direction of Yami's room. In this state would Yami go to the extremes? There was no doubt about that. It was the only certainty that they had at the moment.
End
Please Review.
Disclaimer: Doesn't posting at this site already say that I don't own it? Because of this, I won't write the disclaimer anymore after this chapter.
***
Yami walked into Yugi's house where everyone appeared to be waiting for him.
Tea studied Yami's face. He was expressionless. Bored, almost. "Yami . . . what happened to you?"
He looked at her dully and spoke in a monotonous voice. "Yugi is dead. That's what happened."
"Whoa, Yami, I think you should stop with this 'Yugi's dead' thing! First you suddenly yell that Yugi's dead and then you suddenly run out of here like a madman! You're really starting to scare me!" Joey was getting nervous, Yami was acting really strange, but Joey was hoping that something else had happened.
With incredible speed, Yami was at Joey's side. Yami reached down to where Joey was sitting and yanked Joey's collar close to his face. His voice was suddenly very dark and savage. "Listen to me Joey, I would not joke about this. Yugi is dead; it has been dealt with. This is a very real situation." Yami let go and allowed Joey to fall back into his seat.
Tea got up from where she was sitting. "What do you mean 'it has been dealt with'? Yami, what have you done!?" Her voice was getting unusually high.
Yami returned to his bored demeanor. "It means what it means. Do not worry over things that have been settled."
Tea's eyes widened. "Yami! Stop being so cryptic! You done something, haven't you?! What is it!? Tell me!"
Joey and Tristan remained silent, but the worry and foreboding was growing as the very seconds passed.
Yami paused. The light in his eyes, the spirit, it was gone. "If you must know, I have killed Seto Kaiba."
Tea shrunk back a little. "What!? Yami, tell me that you're lying, tell me that it is something else, or better yet, tell me that this is a dream!"
Yami looked blank. "You know that this is no dream. It is true. I killed Kaiba. After all, what comes around goes around."
Tristan stared at him and then got up. "Look Yami, I don't like this and neither does Joey and neither does Tea. Stop this already!"
Joey looked shocked. "So you're saying, that Kaiba killed Yugi . . .?" He whispered.
Tristan looked back at Joey. "Don't tell me you're actually believing this so easy?! Have a little faith!"
Joey looked still and dismal. "But . . .how can I? No matter how hard this is . . .to believe, I know that Yami is the last person anywhere who would joke about this. . I believe that he is not lying to us . . . even though it means . . .that Yugi's dead . . .and that he killed someone, even though it was Kaiba, he took a life . . ."
Tea looked sharply at Joey, with tears in her eyes. "No, Joey, not you, too!" She shut her eyes tightly, causing her tears to spill out. "Both of you, snap out of this! Everything will be okay!"
Yami's voice became sharp. "Everything will not be okay. Now, if you all will excuse me, I will be going."
Tristan looked thoroughly upset. "Where will you go? Off to kill someone else? Two wrongs don't make a right, Yami! Your way was wrong! You are not leaving! You are staying here! You will explain things to us!"
Yami looked not at all moved. "There is nothing more to explain. You know all you have to know. If you insist, I will remain here, but I will not continue to be in your company." Yami began to walk toward the room that had been given him awhile ago (when Yugi discovered that he and Yami could physically be in the same place at the same time).
Tristan looked outraged. "Arrrrrgh! No! You are not going to shut yourself up into a little tight box and make yourself even more insane! We are going to talk! You are going to sit here with us, and we are going to get through this together! If what you way is true, then you shouldn't be alone! I can't even begin to imagine the bond the two of you had, but I do know that you won't be able to get past this by yourself!"
Yami didn't turn back to even look at him. His pace, though slow, hadn't faltered.
Tristan was suddenly angry. "LISTEN TO ME, ALREADY!'
No response came from Yami.
Tristan was furious. This was going to end now! He lunged at Yami, expecting to knock him down.
Instead, Yami's pace remained steady, and Tristan was left on the floor, looking like he had been hit by a wall. Tea and Joey were taken aback.
Yami went into his room. The three of them heard the door lock, and then the sound of something shattering.
Then, silence, except for the sound of Tristan's ragged breathing. It was two minutes until anyone spoke.
It was Joey. "What just happened here?"
Tea blinked rapidly. "I- I- I don't know . . ."
Joey's mind was slowly recovering from the shock of the past few minutes. "Are you alright, Tristan?"
Tristan had moved into a sitting position. "I never knew that Yami could do that. It's like, his emotions are controlling both him and his powers, and creating a couple of new ones along the way . . ." He was apparently lost in his own head.
Joey looked concerned. He waved a hand in front of Tristan's face, but he took no notice. "Hello? Tristan! Are you feelin okay?"
Tea was curious. "Do you know something more about this than you're letting on?"
Tristan was only half talking to them. "When Yugi was trying to explain what a soul room was, he said that it reflected a person's personally and emotions . . .he said as an example Yami's was a dark labyrinth. It made sense to me at the time. And then . . .when I tried to tackle Yami, but instead hit some sort of wall of energy, I think that I got to see a glimpse of what his soul room is like now . . ."
Tea was very absorbed in what Tristan was saying. "What was it like?"
Tristan closed his eyes. Joey and Tea supposed that he was still thinking to himself, but then Tristan began to speak ever so softly. "It was like someone had set ruin to some great city . . . there was broken stone every where, and fire. And all in the middle of it was Yami, sitting on the floor, right next to the biggest and hottest flames. He was looking like he wanted the flames to kill him. It's like the very fabric of the place was falling apart. He feels alone in this world, even with all of us here. I don't understand it. It's like he feels that he doesn't deserve to live . . ."
Tea stared into space for a few seconds when something dawned on her. "But . . .if he wants to die, and he's been alone for a while, then wouldn't he- "
All three of them exchanged a look and all got up and went in the direction of Yami's room. In this state would Yami go to the extremes? There was no doubt about that. It was the only certainty that they had at the moment.
End
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