Oh Joy! Oh Rapture!
Yami:She's going to be like this for a while, thanks a lot.
Yugi:I still don't get why I don't like you in this fic.
Yami:No problem, I swiped her notes when she started going all happy after seeing seven brand new reviews.
Yugi:*reads* So, I'm just stupidly paranoid?
Yep! And in this chapter I bring in the heavy weaponary - GUILT!
Yami:I'm not even in this chapter!
Well, you kinda are - but if I say anymore it'll spoil it! You can do the disclaimer if you want...
Yami:Whatever.
::Chaos Chao only owns this plotline and half a website, NOT Yugioh::
Yugi:How can you only have half a website?
Shhh! Fic time now, that stuff later!
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Chapter Three - Echoes of the Fallen
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After Joey left, it only took two more hours to prove that nobody else was going to
come to the Shop. So I hung the Closed Sign and locked the door. I turned on the answering
machine, and out of habit more than anything else I pulled the Millennium Puzzle out and put
it on. Yep, Yami was gone. All of a sudden, I felt kind of bad. He was probably wandering
around in the rain, all alone…I shook my head. He was dark and he hurt people, it was good
he was gone! I sat back on the couch, my early morning finally catching up with me. I
closed my eyes, and then I opened them and…I wasn't on the couch. I was in my Soul Room.
It looked almost identical to my normal bedroom. Checking revealed nothing out of the
ordinary. As I thought about that, my gaze drifted to the Door. It lead to Yami's Soul
Room, I knew. Out of more curiosity than anything else, I went over and opened it.
Outside, there was a blank white area. My Door shut behind me, the usual colors swirling
around it. I walked over to the other door. It was made of dark stone. Cautiously, I
pulled it open. It was stiff and rusted, like it hadn't been used in a very long time.
Come to think of it, I hadn't let Yami come out at all for a month, at least. The few times
he went around on his own, I had gotten pretty mad. I went inside, and I didn't enjoy what
I saw. Everything was dark. There was a dark mist obscuring what little I could see. And
Yami had had to actually _live_ in this place? I shuddered as I made my way around. There
was one piece of furniture - a hard bench. And there were many pillars. They were all
various colors, but the colors were all muted. In all, it was pretty gloomy. I leaned
against one of the pillars to think, but instantly I was transported somewhere else.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I waited, nervous. I could feel the last pieces being brought together, even if I
was still trapped in a pit of black. The final piece went into place, and I felt - oh, it's
impossible to describe accurately. Whatever it was, it was beautiful, it made me feel whole
and there was light, something I hadn't seen in so long…As I adjusted, I could sense
something else. It was a person, the one that had released me. Then everything shifted and
I wasn't just me, I was part of him too. It was a confusing turn of events, to be sure…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I yelped as I suddenly was back in Yami's Soul Room again. That pillar had been
holding a memory! That would explain why there were so many. I thought about that memory.
It had been from when I had first solved the Millennium Puzzle, but entirely from Yami's
perspective. The pillar itself was made of a white metal. I peered closely at it. It was
made of white gold, which is very rare. I looked around and saw another white pillar. This
time, I only pressed my hand against it.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I played the card, and Yugi appeared, dressed in a tiny version of the Dark
Magician's outfit. He looked around, very confused. I quickly finished the move he had
been executing. "And I'll play a magic card that lets me revive monsters from the
Graveyard. Reborn the Monster!" I played it and Tristan reappeared. He looked to be in
shock. "Joey? Yugi? You dreaming this too?" "Nah, this ain't no dream Tristan. This is
me going insane. It's all one big delusion," Joey said. "But just one second ago I was up
there," Yugi pointed out. They turned to face me. "Yeah, if you're down here, who's that
up there?" "I don't know," Yugi said. "Don't you?" I asked. "Well," Yugi said, "I have
noticed, that when I duel, it's like someone else is guiding me." I nodded encouragingly,
and Yugi turned to his friends. "And sometimes, It's like I can hear a strong voice calling
out to me from my Millennium Puzzle. I'm not sure what it's all about, but I'm pretty
certain we can trust him." Joey spoke up. "Hey, if the big guy's okay in your book, then
he's okay by me." Tristan nodded in agreement…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I blinked hard. Yami's feelings had completely taken me by surprise. He had been
worried when I had appeared on the field, and then when I wasn't sure if we could trust him
he had been so…nervous. He had been scared that _I_ wouldn't trust him. It was quite an
eye-opener. Something occurred to me, and I walked over to a different pillar. This one
was copper in color. If for him, white-gold meant a really good memory, what did the other
colors represent? I reached out and touched it.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
We had reached a stalemate. Kaiba had his Ultimate Blue-Eyes, with two rotting
heads and one at full power, and we had the Kuribo barrier and the Celtic Guardian in attack
mode. Kaiba was threatening to throw himself off the side of the castle if Yugi attacked,
claiming something about a 'shock wave'. I didn't fall for that ploy - the man had walked
backwards to his current perch, stopped without checking behind him, and the head we had cut
off before didn't make any sort of shock wave. Meanwhile, his dragon's Neutron Blast had
nearly blow us clear off the wall! There was no chance of him getting knocked off by our
attack. I wanted to attack, but Yugi was completely against it. That surprised me - he
really thought our attack would hurt Kaiba. We ended up in a rather unpleasant struggle for
control. I was going to attack and prove it wouldn't hurt the other man, he wanted to
figure out an alternate way of winning. But with our deck running as low as it was, too
much delay would mean we'd run out of cards and lose anyway! I ordered the Celtic Guardian
to attack. As he began charging forward, Taya began yelling. "You can't do this! You
can't take this risk, Yugi!" /She's right,/ Yugi said, and without further warning I was
ripped violently out of the body and pitched back into the darkness of my Soul Room.
Besides the large amount of physical pain this caused me, the emotional pain was worse.
Yugi called off the attack and collapsed in a sobbing heap as Kaiba destroyed the Celtic
Guardian. I couldn't understand it - what did I do wrong?
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=
I gasped and yanked my hand away, tears welling in the corners of my eyes. That one
event had permanently changed the relationship between Yami and me. And after all this
time, he _hadn't_ just been playing to win, like I had always thought. He had estimated the
physical danger to Kaiba, found it in acceptable limits, and _only_then_ had he pressed the
attack. He might have overestimated Kaiba's skills, but he had accounted for that as best
he could. And when I had retaken control and slammed the door on him, _he_had_no_way_of_
_knowing_why_. It really made me feel like a heel, to massively understate it.
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See? I TOLD you - guilt! Get's em every time!
Yugi:*sniffle*
Yami:Now look what you've done - you made Aibou cry!
Uh, or it might be the onion and peanut butter sandwich he's trying to make...
Yugi:It's kind of both. Do you have any mustard or dill pickles?
Yami:That's not a pleasant image I'm getting over here.
Yeah, I like my onion and peanut butter sandwiches with barbeque sauce and anchovies.
Yami:Now both of you are grossing me out!
Yugi and me: ^_^
Review this, ya'll!
Yami:She's going to be like this for a while, thanks a lot.
Yugi:I still don't get why I don't like you in this fic.
Yami:No problem, I swiped her notes when she started going all happy after seeing seven brand new reviews.
Yugi:*reads* So, I'm just stupidly paranoid?
Yep! And in this chapter I bring in the heavy weaponary - GUILT!
Yami:I'm not even in this chapter!
Well, you kinda are - but if I say anymore it'll spoil it! You can do the disclaimer if you want...
Yami:Whatever.
::Chaos Chao only owns this plotline and half a website, NOT Yugioh::
Yugi:How can you only have half a website?
Shhh! Fic time now, that stuff later!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Chapter Three - Echoes of the Fallen
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
After Joey left, it only took two more hours to prove that nobody else was going to
come to the Shop. So I hung the Closed Sign and locked the door. I turned on the answering
machine, and out of habit more than anything else I pulled the Millennium Puzzle out and put
it on. Yep, Yami was gone. All of a sudden, I felt kind of bad. He was probably wandering
around in the rain, all alone…I shook my head. He was dark and he hurt people, it was good
he was gone! I sat back on the couch, my early morning finally catching up with me. I
closed my eyes, and then I opened them and…I wasn't on the couch. I was in my Soul Room.
It looked almost identical to my normal bedroom. Checking revealed nothing out of the
ordinary. As I thought about that, my gaze drifted to the Door. It lead to Yami's Soul
Room, I knew. Out of more curiosity than anything else, I went over and opened it.
Outside, there was a blank white area. My Door shut behind me, the usual colors swirling
around it. I walked over to the other door. It was made of dark stone. Cautiously, I
pulled it open. It was stiff and rusted, like it hadn't been used in a very long time.
Come to think of it, I hadn't let Yami come out at all for a month, at least. The few times
he went around on his own, I had gotten pretty mad. I went inside, and I didn't enjoy what
I saw. Everything was dark. There was a dark mist obscuring what little I could see. And
Yami had had to actually _live_ in this place? I shuddered as I made my way around. There
was one piece of furniture - a hard bench. And there were many pillars. They were all
various colors, but the colors were all muted. In all, it was pretty gloomy. I leaned
against one of the pillars to think, but instantly I was transported somewhere else.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I waited, nervous. I could feel the last pieces being brought together, even if I
was still trapped in a pit of black. The final piece went into place, and I felt - oh, it's
impossible to describe accurately. Whatever it was, it was beautiful, it made me feel whole
and there was light, something I hadn't seen in so long…As I adjusted, I could sense
something else. It was a person, the one that had released me. Then everything shifted and
I wasn't just me, I was part of him too. It was a confusing turn of events, to be sure…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I yelped as I suddenly was back in Yami's Soul Room again. That pillar had been
holding a memory! That would explain why there were so many. I thought about that memory.
It had been from when I had first solved the Millennium Puzzle, but entirely from Yami's
perspective. The pillar itself was made of a white metal. I peered closely at it. It was
made of white gold, which is very rare. I looked around and saw another white pillar. This
time, I only pressed my hand against it.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I played the card, and Yugi appeared, dressed in a tiny version of the Dark
Magician's outfit. He looked around, very confused. I quickly finished the move he had
been executing. "And I'll play a magic card that lets me revive monsters from the
Graveyard. Reborn the Monster!" I played it and Tristan reappeared. He looked to be in
shock. "Joey? Yugi? You dreaming this too?" "Nah, this ain't no dream Tristan. This is
me going insane. It's all one big delusion," Joey said. "But just one second ago I was up
there," Yugi pointed out. They turned to face me. "Yeah, if you're down here, who's that
up there?" "I don't know," Yugi said. "Don't you?" I asked. "Well," Yugi said, "I have
noticed, that when I duel, it's like someone else is guiding me." I nodded encouragingly,
and Yugi turned to his friends. "And sometimes, It's like I can hear a strong voice calling
out to me from my Millennium Puzzle. I'm not sure what it's all about, but I'm pretty
certain we can trust him." Joey spoke up. "Hey, if the big guy's okay in your book, then
he's okay by me." Tristan nodded in agreement…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I blinked hard. Yami's feelings had completely taken me by surprise. He had been
worried when I had appeared on the field, and then when I wasn't sure if we could trust him
he had been so…nervous. He had been scared that _I_ wouldn't trust him. It was quite an
eye-opener. Something occurred to me, and I walked over to a different pillar. This one
was copper in color. If for him, white-gold meant a really good memory, what did the other
colors represent? I reached out and touched it.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
We had reached a stalemate. Kaiba had his Ultimate Blue-Eyes, with two rotting
heads and one at full power, and we had the Kuribo barrier and the Celtic Guardian in attack
mode. Kaiba was threatening to throw himself off the side of the castle if Yugi attacked,
claiming something about a 'shock wave'. I didn't fall for that ploy - the man had walked
backwards to his current perch, stopped without checking behind him, and the head we had cut
off before didn't make any sort of shock wave. Meanwhile, his dragon's Neutron Blast had
nearly blow us clear off the wall! There was no chance of him getting knocked off by our
attack. I wanted to attack, but Yugi was completely against it. That surprised me - he
really thought our attack would hurt Kaiba. We ended up in a rather unpleasant struggle for
control. I was going to attack and prove it wouldn't hurt the other man, he wanted to
figure out an alternate way of winning. But with our deck running as low as it was, too
much delay would mean we'd run out of cards and lose anyway! I ordered the Celtic Guardian
to attack. As he began charging forward, Taya began yelling. "You can't do this! You
can't take this risk, Yugi!" /She's right,/ Yugi said, and without further warning I was
ripped violently out of the body and pitched back into the darkness of my Soul Room.
Besides the large amount of physical pain this caused me, the emotional pain was worse.
Yugi called off the attack and collapsed in a sobbing heap as Kaiba destroyed the Celtic
Guardian. I couldn't understand it - what did I do wrong?
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=
I gasped and yanked my hand away, tears welling in the corners of my eyes. That one
event had permanently changed the relationship between Yami and me. And after all this
time, he _hadn't_ just been playing to win, like I had always thought. He had estimated the
physical danger to Kaiba, found it in acceptable limits, and _only_then_ had he pressed the
attack. He might have overestimated Kaiba's skills, but he had accounted for that as best
he could. And when I had retaken control and slammed the door on him, _he_had_no_way_of_
_knowing_why_. It really made me feel like a heel, to massively understate it.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
See? I TOLD you - guilt! Get's em every time!
Yugi:*sniffle*
Yami:Now look what you've done - you made Aibou cry!
Uh, or it might be the onion and peanut butter sandwich he's trying to make...
Yugi:It's kind of both. Do you have any mustard or dill pickles?
Yami:That's not a pleasant image I'm getting over here.
Yeah, I like my onion and peanut butter sandwiches with barbeque sauce and anchovies.
Yami:Now both of you are grossing me out!
Yugi and me: ^_^
Review this, ya'll!