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Balance
Chapter 4: The Shift

The light blasted through the whole palace. When the light hit Anzu and Yugi, the shackles fell and melted. Yugi fell to the floor and felt his wrists. All his wounds were gone.

Anzu was on her feet, a triumphant look on her face. She looked out of the window, where rain was pouring, but the sun burned through the clouds, a round circle amongst the grey. Anzu's wounds were gone too.

She turned to Yugi. "Are you allright ?" He nodded "Anzu! Ra heard our plea!" Anzu smiled. "Where is the Pharoah?" Yugi looked out the window. The man that looked identicle to him couldn't be seen. "I will find him" "I would love to hold a whip to him and chain him to a wall Yugi!"

Yugi turned, looking startled. "No. He needs help." "He treated you like an animal!" Yugi sat on Yami's bed and bowed his head. His eyes began to water, through all the ordeals he went through from that one man.

"I know...but if we treat him as badly as he treated us...we are just like him" Anzu realized that and sat next to Yugi. Anger was raging through Yugi. He truly truly wanted to hurt that monster, but h eknew he couldn't. H ecould teach him a lesson another way. The previous night filled his mind. Mainly Anzu's ordeal.

He let out his first audible sob and put his face in his hands. "I want to hurt him! I do! What he did to you..." He threw himself to Anzu and threw his arms around her. "I'm sorry Anzu...Im sorry! You shouldn't have defended me. I was okay. Im sorry...." Anzu returned Yugis embrace, just as emotional as him. "Its okay Yugi..."

When they finially seperated Yugi headed out the door with Anzu. "Where do you think he is?" Anzu asked. "I am guessing we will have to search the palace" Yugi trotted down halls, corridors and peered through rooms. 'Where in the name of Ra could he have gone.....' Rain continued to lash outside.

As Yugi was running by, he saw officals under chairs praying to Ra for forgiveness. Yugi ran to them. "Excuse me, do you know where the Pharoah is?" One person nodded. "I saw him run outside. Toward the Temple of Ra" Yugi thanked her and ran outside the palace.

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Yami knelt in front of the shrine. He felt an ominous feeling. A greater force was warning him of something. He wasnt really sure what. Yami knew though, that it had to do with those two slaves.

They seemed...to hold something he couldnt put his finger on. Some sort of power. No! oF course not! They were trash! He proved that to both of them the other night. Perhaps the boy was more trouble then he was worth. The girl unwillingly did his bidding.

But what could they do?! They were chained and shackled in his room right at the moment. Not even Ra could help them then... But....Yami felt the Balance shift. Rain was still pouring outside.

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Yugi and Anzu reached the Temple Of Ra. It couldn't be missed. It was the largest temple. Yugi tooka deep breath and walked inside. There, indeed was Yami. His face was blank as he stared into the shrine. He turned when he saw them.

"You! What the fuck?! How the hell did you get here?" Yugi and Anzu stared coldly at him. "We don't belong to you" Anzu started. Yami quickly stood up, fists clenched. "That lesson I taught you wasn't good enough?! Wait until I get my whip into my hands and I will-" "You just DONT get it do you?!" Anzu snarled. "The Balance has shifted! We felt it! Ra is on our side now!" Yami blanched "No"

Yugi stepped forward. " Yami, we are people. Don't you understand that?! Listen to me... I have a feeling your life wasn't the best one. Don't take it out on us! If you want someone to love and care about, thats NOT how you treat Anzu! Yami please, the Balance has shifted. You will be destroyed if you miscomprehend Ra's orders and ours" Yami took a step back. "You can't prove that"

Yugi stepped back to Anzu "Would you rather be shown?" Yami didn't answer. Yugi took out a small piece of parchment. It was his mothers. The last memory of her, that he knew she cared about him. He showed it to Yami, while reciting it "Yugi, my dear son, I am sorry, I can't be with you. We will meet again. I will always be in your heart and mind. Love Mother"

Yugi handed it to Yami. He had a bad feeling Yami would tear it in pieces. Instead Yami stroked it with his fingers and looked at the writing. 'My mother didn't leave me a thing, and a slave had a better mother then I had...' Yugi was startled to see tears form at Yami's eyes.

"What happened to her?" Yami asked. Yugi took the bit of paper back. "She died. She knew she was dying, and she sent me this message to let me know she loved me"

Yami froze. Love? He had no idea. Love? Anzu clenched her fists and pierced Yami with those blue eyes. "Do you get it now? Do you know what love is? If you did, you wouldn't have done those things!" Yami turned and ran from the palace into the rain, tears pouring down his face.

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Ah...fin....that chapter wasn't as good as I wanted it tobe. Kind of abrupt. It will get better! Thanks to DarkLadySetsuna for her input. Review please! As always, you are open to flame me. It might make my fic better, but you can say nice things too!

Also thanks to all my reviewers Starheart, ShadowPheonix, MystikSerena,Jinhito, and Rei, Oliver and Kai r da bomb. Don't worry Rei. Yami wil get better

Oh! And I was thinking of making a sequel when Balance is done. What do you think?

~Yami Link Master~