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Yami: Yes, that's true. But Yugi and I have an announcement.
Yugi: We decided we're gonna go on strike until you stop being so mean to us in your writing.
Really?
Yami: We're fed up being tourtured by you.
Gee, and though those are terrific sentiments, there's a teensy problem you guys have overlooked.
Yugi: What?
You two don't work for me - therefore, you can't go on strike.
Yami: Really? Then why can't we just leave?
See, it's called 'The Almighty Powers of Authoressdom'. It means this is _my_ universe and nobody leaves until _I_ say so!
Yugi: Then how come Yami Bakura could run away?
'Cause my back door was unlocked. Remember?
Yugi: Uh...
Yami: The sad part is that made sense, in a completely twisted way.
Yep! Now, disclaimer time boys!
::Chaos Chao still doesn't own Yugioh::
Yami: And now we're not sure whether that's a good thing or not.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Chapter Five - Eye of the Storm
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I woke up with a cramp. I swore to never sleep in a crate again, no matter _how_
desperate I was, as I gently worked it out. I wasn't sure about the time, I didn't see
much in the way of shadows so I suppose it was around noon. Strange, I still feel cold,
even though the weather is nice now. But my hands are clammy and I'm sweating, which is
even stranger. I got up, and began wandering once again. Ugh, I don't feel well at
all…I can't really remember the last time I felt so…sick…
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I was kind of surprised when nobody showed up at the Shop. Not even my friends
showed. Actually, that isn't quite accurate. Joey walked right by the door once. I
saw him look inside, and apparently he decided to keep on going. It's like they're
avoiding me…oh well. I didn't keep the store open with no customers. As I sat around
the house completely bored, my thoughts kept going back to what I had seen in Yami's
Soul Room. I felt like I was being pulled in two directions. Sure, maybe I had
misunderstood some things, let my fears get the better of me on others, but I wasn't
sure where I stood. Plus, Yami's just up and leaving me felt nasty. He might have
decided to hate me back and left so he wouldn't have to deal with me for all I knew. I
knew that if I wanted concrete evidence of his thinking, I'd have to go back in. But
what I had seen, it scared me deep down. And what made that fear worse was that part of
it was _his_ fear, lingering after every incident I had witnessed. I put on the answering
machine as a precaution, slipped on the Puzzle, and went back in. I didn't touch any of
the pillars at first. I walked until I came across an ebony one, and right next to it
was one made of solid diamond. I pressed my hand against the ebony one first.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
As soon as I was certain he was asleep, I separated from him. Yugi had shown
that he clearly hated it when I went around on my own, so when the monotony of my Soul
Room got too much I waited for him to fall asleep and then separated. It was sort of
breaking my promise, but it was that or go insane, and I would rather die than hurt Yugi
that way. I felt a bitter smile on my lips - I would rather die than do a lot of things
to him, honestly. But I couldn't help some things - I was his Darkness, the epitome of
everything he thought was bad. I was the dark, evil part and he…was the pure little
angel I loved. It was quite the revelation, I thought. I loved him, he hated me, and
we each had valid reasons. He hated me as Light would always hate Darkness. It was
impossible for me _not_ to love him - after all, who could resist such a pure little Angel
of Light? Certainly not me…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
An angel? After everything I had done, had said, he thought of me as an angel?
An Angel of Light? I realized why that sounded familiar. "Sayonara, Hikari no Tenshi."
That soft, sad voice that had woken me up when Yami left - and it had been _Yami's_. No
wonder this memory was black. It was the worst yet. By the way I had treated him, he
knew his love had been rejected before he even realized his true feelings. But if he
loved me, why did he leave? Before I knew what I was doing, my hand was against the
diamond pillar.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I took one last long look around my Soul Room. It had gotten pretty dark, with
the mist moving in as suddenly as my depression. Scratch that, the mist _was_ my
depression. I hadn't even hinted about it to Aibou, I doubted he would have
particularly cared. As I looked around, the pain in my chest got more pronounced for a
moment. I have no idea why, but the second I shut myself off from Aibou it started up.
I didn't think I was getting sick, although another misery wouldn't change my plans
much. If my being here hurt Yugi, I was bound to remove my troublesome presence. From
his life entirely. I hoped then he would be happy again. Outside, a thunderstorm had
started up and was getting worse by the second. Hmm, maybe I'll take a look at it
before I leave…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
That was the last straw. I bolted back to my own Soul Room and then out of the
Puzzle entirely. It was getting on late evening. I wiped the tears from my eyes and I
grabbed a key and stuffed it my pocket. I was going to get Yami back, or die trying.
Locking the house behind me, I ran down the street, heedless of the light rain that was
starting up.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hurray! Everybody's getting back together!
Yami, totally without enthusiasm: Yippee. Your move Aibou.
Yugi: Checkmate!
Yami: What?!
Yugi: _Now_ who's King of Games? Uh-oh -
*Cue chase scene*
Sigh. They are so immature. Anyway, for all of you guys that want me to post more, you may be in luck. There _may_ (keyword - may) be a side story to this one coming up soon.
Yami: Why should we care?
Because if you don't I'm not letting you plan any Yami Bakura torture.
Yami: What?! I wanna plan! C'mon, please?
No!
Yugi: Ah good, this will mean Yami won't notice how I switched the board around when he wasn't looking! *quickly puts chess pieces away*
Yami: Please?
No!
Yugi: Uh, well, please review!
Yami: Yes, that's true. But Yugi and I have an announcement.
Yugi: We decided we're gonna go on strike until you stop being so mean to us in your writing.
Really?
Yami: We're fed up being tourtured by you.
Gee, and though those are terrific sentiments, there's a teensy problem you guys have overlooked.
Yugi: What?
You two don't work for me - therefore, you can't go on strike.
Yami: Really? Then why can't we just leave?
See, it's called 'The Almighty Powers of Authoressdom'. It means this is _my_ universe and nobody leaves until _I_ say so!
Yugi: Then how come Yami Bakura could run away?
'Cause my back door was unlocked. Remember?
Yugi: Uh...
Yami: The sad part is that made sense, in a completely twisted way.
Yep! Now, disclaimer time boys!
::Chaos Chao still doesn't own Yugioh::
Yami: And now we're not sure whether that's a good thing or not.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Chapter Five - Eye of the Storm
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I woke up with a cramp. I swore to never sleep in a crate again, no matter _how_
desperate I was, as I gently worked it out. I wasn't sure about the time, I didn't see
much in the way of shadows so I suppose it was around noon. Strange, I still feel cold,
even though the weather is nice now. But my hands are clammy and I'm sweating, which is
even stranger. I got up, and began wandering once again. Ugh, I don't feel well at
all…I can't really remember the last time I felt so…sick…
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I was kind of surprised when nobody showed up at the Shop. Not even my friends
showed. Actually, that isn't quite accurate. Joey walked right by the door once. I
saw him look inside, and apparently he decided to keep on going. It's like they're
avoiding me…oh well. I didn't keep the store open with no customers. As I sat around
the house completely bored, my thoughts kept going back to what I had seen in Yami's
Soul Room. I felt like I was being pulled in two directions. Sure, maybe I had
misunderstood some things, let my fears get the better of me on others, but I wasn't
sure where I stood. Plus, Yami's just up and leaving me felt nasty. He might have
decided to hate me back and left so he wouldn't have to deal with me for all I knew. I
knew that if I wanted concrete evidence of his thinking, I'd have to go back in. But
what I had seen, it scared me deep down. And what made that fear worse was that part of
it was _his_ fear, lingering after every incident I had witnessed. I put on the answering
machine as a precaution, slipped on the Puzzle, and went back in. I didn't touch any of
the pillars at first. I walked until I came across an ebony one, and right next to it
was one made of solid diamond. I pressed my hand against the ebony one first.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
As soon as I was certain he was asleep, I separated from him. Yugi had shown
that he clearly hated it when I went around on my own, so when the monotony of my Soul
Room got too much I waited for him to fall asleep and then separated. It was sort of
breaking my promise, but it was that or go insane, and I would rather die than hurt Yugi
that way. I felt a bitter smile on my lips - I would rather die than do a lot of things
to him, honestly. But I couldn't help some things - I was his Darkness, the epitome of
everything he thought was bad. I was the dark, evil part and he…was the pure little
angel I loved. It was quite the revelation, I thought. I loved him, he hated me, and
we each had valid reasons. He hated me as Light would always hate Darkness. It was
impossible for me _not_ to love him - after all, who could resist such a pure little Angel
of Light? Certainly not me…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
An angel? After everything I had done, had said, he thought of me as an angel?
An Angel of Light? I realized why that sounded familiar. "Sayonara, Hikari no Tenshi."
That soft, sad voice that had woken me up when Yami left - and it had been _Yami's_. No
wonder this memory was black. It was the worst yet. By the way I had treated him, he
knew his love had been rejected before he even realized his true feelings. But if he
loved me, why did he leave? Before I knew what I was doing, my hand was against the
diamond pillar.
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
I took one last long look around my Soul Room. It had gotten pretty dark, with
the mist moving in as suddenly as my depression. Scratch that, the mist _was_ my
depression. I hadn't even hinted about it to Aibou, I doubted he would have
particularly cared. As I looked around, the pain in my chest got more pronounced for a
moment. I have no idea why, but the second I shut myself off from Aibou it started up.
I didn't think I was getting sick, although another misery wouldn't change my plans
much. If my being here hurt Yugi, I was bound to remove my troublesome presence. From
his life entirely. I hoped then he would be happy again. Outside, a thunderstorm had
started up and was getting worse by the second. Hmm, maybe I'll take a look at it
before I leave…
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
That was the last straw. I bolted back to my own Soul Room and then out of the
Puzzle entirely. It was getting on late evening. I wiped the tears from my eyes and I
grabbed a key and stuffed it my pocket. I was going to get Yami back, or die trying.
Locking the house behind me, I ran down the street, heedless of the light rain that was
starting up.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hurray! Everybody's getting back together!
Yami, totally without enthusiasm: Yippee. Your move Aibou.
Yugi: Checkmate!
Yami: What?!
Yugi: _Now_ who's King of Games? Uh-oh -
*Cue chase scene*
Sigh. They are so immature. Anyway, for all of you guys that want me to post more, you may be in luck. There _may_ (keyword - may) be a side story to this one coming up soon.
Yami: Why should we care?
Because if you don't I'm not letting you plan any Yami Bakura torture.
Yami: What?! I wanna plan! C'mon, please?
No!
Yugi: Ah good, this will mean Yami won't notice how I switched the board around when he wasn't looking! *quickly puts chess pieces away*
Yami: Please?
No!
Yugi: Uh, well, please review!