The Dark Of Day

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* * - thought

Chapter 1

*Dream*

*Where am I?* Yugi looked around. He found himself standing next to a tree by a small stream. He walked forwards a bit until he came to a clearing on the edge of a cliff. Down below under the cliff was a small town surrounded by desert

*Desert!?!*

Suddenly he heard someone walking across from him. He hid in the shadows of the trees. He watched as a girl walked to the edge of the cliff. She was wearing a white dress, with embroidery on the edge, down to her ankles. She was carrying a brown and white kestrel on her arm. She set the bird down on a branch and walked over to the stream. Yugi could see her more clearly, now she was slightly closer. She had redish-brown hair down just past her shoulders; she was quite pale and had greeny-grey eyes. She kneeled down by the stream then wrote something on a small piece of paper and walked over to the bird. She took the bird to the edge of the cliff. She was about to let it go, when she and Yugi heard someone walking nearer to them. Then they came into view, it was....

"Yami!" whispered Yugi, still remaining hidden.

Yami continued walking without even noticing the girl. He was wearing the typical attire of an Egyptian noble. Suddenly the bird made a noise, which brought Yami back to his senses. The girl and Yami just stared at each other.

"You looking for someone?" asked the girl

"No, I'm just walking. What are you doing up here on your own?" asked Yami as he walked up to the girl. As he walked pass, Yugi noticed that Yami was a lot taller than he usually was.

"Oh, I'm sending a message to my brother and father. They're fighting in a war. I come here everyday, but you've never been up here before, why now?"

Yami looked at the girl, she was only a couple of inches shorter than him." I just suddenly decided to go for a walk. By the way, what is your name?"

"Oh I'm sorry. I'm Tiri. But who are you? Its not everyday you meet someone with red, black and blonde hair with violet eyes."

" I'm Yami."

" Nice name." Tiri smiled then lifted her arm and the bird flew away. " Well, I'll have to wait now."

" Wait for what?"

" The bird to come back. My mother has servants to help her and my sister too. So she trusts me to send messages to my father and wait for a reply." Tiri sat down on the ground as she said this, Yami did the same. " Well, tell me about yourself then. But you don't have to.

" Well, I'm the oldest out of me and my brother, but only a year...."

" Wait a minute, how old are you then?"

I'm seventeen, my brother is sixteen." Suddenly Tiri stood up, he did the same. " What's wrong?" asked Yami.

" Nothing" she turned and smiled " I was just wondering if the son of the Pharaoh would like to play a game of tag?"

Yami's eyes widened in shock at this." U knew who I was the whole time.... but..."

" Come on do you want to play or not?" asked Tiri, poking him in the arm.

" Okay" smiled Yami.

" Great, but do you want to come to the festival next week? You can bring your brother."

" That will be fun, he hasn't been very happy lately, he'll enjoy it."

" Okay. Fine. Tag your it." she tapped him on the shoulder and ran away. It took Yami a minute to realise what had happened then ran after her. Yugi watched them for a while, thinking that he had never seen Yami so happy. But when he closed his eyes for a minute than opened them, he found the scene had changed.

It was now night, there was a full moon and many stars to be seen on this clear night. The town was lit with small touches dotting the streets. Yugi looked around and saw Tiri sitting by a tree, looking up at the sky. She turned when she heard someone coming, it was Yami.

" Well this is a change." spoke Tiri. Yami walked up to her and sat down next to her. She looked at him." What's wrong Yami?"

" Oh nothing. My brother had fun at the festival the other day. I did too. Its fun to go out and not be recognised."

" Yeah, I had fun." She turned away then back. " Something is wrong, Yami you can tell me."

" Its my brother" Yami looked at her " He died this morning, he was ill, but it didn't have any symptoms, it was a complete shock."

" Is that why your here? You can't sleep."

Yami nodded, Tiri looked up at the sky

" Why are you here?" asked Yami

" Oh, I come here every full moon. Its really clear night tonight you can see every single star..." Yami looked up "... I think when people die, they become stars and that they're always looking down on us."

Yami nodded and smiled then they continued to watch the stars. After a few minutes, Yami felt a weight on his shoulder. He looked down. Tiri had fallen asleep and her head was resting on his shoulder. Suddenly, in her sleep, she grabbed his hand; he just smiled and rested his head on the tree.

Yugi just watched as the scene changed, it seemed to be later in the year, because there were people in fields nearby harvesting their crops. This time it was about sunset and Tiri was standing at the cliff edge, Yami walked up behind her. Without even looking, she smiled

" I heard about your father. So your Pharaoh now."

" That's what I need to talk to you about." They both looked up when they heard a noise, it was Tiri's kestrel. She held her hand out; when it landed she put it on a branch in a nearby tree. Yami walked up to her, she turned and faced him.

" Well, what is it you want to tell me?"

Yami lowered his head. " I want to tell you, that I don't think we could be friends anymore."

Tiri eyes widened, then Yugi noticed the anger in her eyes.

" Oh okay then. Fine I understand. Your Pharaoh now, you haven't got time to talk to people like me. Well excuse me, I'll be going." She started walking away, but Yami grabbed her arm. " Let go of me Yami." Yami then realised that she had misunderstood him. She got free of him, ran to the cliff edge and just stood there, the wind blowing gently in her face. Yami walked up behind her

" You misunderstand Tiri. I didn't mean it that way."

" What did you mean then?" Tiri asked without looking at him. Yugi moved closer, wanting to know what he meant too.

" Tiri please, will you turn around?" Tiri turned around to face him. " Tiri, I don't think you could be just a friend to me." Tiri continued to look at him. You've treated me completely differently than most of my friends. They're afraid to say certain things around me or they just talk about hunting or war. You.... you treated me the same as everyone else not differently because I was the son of the Pharaoh. You even treated my brother the same. You played games and didn't try to take advantage of me because of my status. You talked to me like I was a normal person." He looked at Tiri; the anger in her eyes was gone. " That's why I want to give you this." Yami held out a necklace. It had a sun shaped pendant and it was completely made from gold.

" But why?" Tiri looked into his eyes.

" My father told me that this belonged to my mother and that I should give it to the woman I truly love." Yugi stepped back. Tiri was in complete shock.

" What?" was all Tiri could say as Yami helped her put the necklace on.

" Tiri, I've loved u since we first met, 6 months ago." Tiri started to cry, Yugi couldn't believe this turn of events.

Yami put his arms around her to try to stop her crying. She put her hands on his chest and pushed herself away from him.

" Are you sure?" asked Tiri. Yami just smiled and then lowered his head and kissed her.

Yugi turned away. " That was strange, Yami never mentioned this and Joeys been asking him questions non-stop." Yugi closed his eyes to think. He opened them again, when he heard shouting. " Great, where am I now?" spoke Yugi out loud. He was now in a dimly lit corridor. He looked at the walls and noticed that there were Egyptian hieroglyphics on them. Suddenly he heard the footsteps of someone running up behind him. Where the footsteps were coming from he heard shouting.

" TIRI!.... TIRI!" Yugi watched as Yami came running up the corridor. " TIRI!" he shouted again. Yugi noticed the pure worry in his eyes. " TIRI!" Suddenly there came the sound of drums echoing through the corridors. Yugi watched as the worry in Yami's eyes increased when he heard that music. " Oh no." Yami started running down the corridor, Yugi followed him. They both entered the room where the music was coming from. The room was brightly lit and there were writings over the walls. In the centre of the room was some kind of an altar. Tiri stood near to it. Yami ran up to her. " Tiri? Tiri are you okay?" but Tiri didn't answer, her eyes were completely blank.

" Aahh, Pharaoh. Nice of you to join us." Yami and Yugi looked to see where the voice came from. Yugi couldn't make him out at all, his features were blurred.

" What have you done to her?"

" Nothing she's fine" The man snapped his fingers and Tiri came back to her senses.

" Huh? What? Where am I?"

" Tiri are you okay?"

" Yes, what am I doing here?"

" Well, your a sacrifice" explained the man.

" Sacrifice!? Since when, for what?"

" For the Shadow Games what else?" laughed the figure

" I won't let you kill her." Yami stood in front of her.

" Who said I was going to kill her? You're going to." Then the figure snapped his fingers. Yami lowered his head.

" Yami? Are you okay Yami?"

Yami raised his head; his eyes were blank. Tiri stepped back.

" BRING HER HERE!" ordered the figure, pointing at Tiri.

Yami grabbed her and took her to the alter. She struggled but he was too strong for her.

The man handed Yami a dagger. It was gold with gems embedded in the handle. " KILL HER" Yami turned to her.

" Please Yami" cried Tiri. Yami held up the dagger. Yugi watched in horror as Yami stabbed her. As soon as he had done, he came back to his senses. He looked down to see Tiri collapsed on the floor, blood soaking through her clothes. He looked down at his hand to see it covered in blood and a dagger in his hand. His eyes widened in shock as he realised what happened. He threw the dagger away and knelt down by Tiri.

" Hahaha, the blood from her has powered the Shadows Games well."

" The Shadow Games, this is the last life to be harmed by these so-called games."

" Yami?" whispered Tiri. Yami looked down at her.

" Yes? Its okay I'm right here." He touched her face gently.

" I...I....." slowly she closed her eyes.

" No.... Tiri no " Yami put his hands to his face. Slowly he stood up. The third eye appeared on his forehead. He lifted his right arm and stretched it towards the figure.

" No more" spoke Yami " NO MORE!!"

This is my first fanfic, please review and be nice. There will be no yaoi. I repeat NO YAOI.

The next chapter will be up soon