Koori no Knaifu wo Datie
Chapter Nine: Hashire kousoku no!
Run fast, fast as you can!
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Sakura walked down the hall and yawned. She had on a heavy thermal red kimono with black flowers on it. She stopped and Yugi's door, and slowly opened the door. She peeped in and saw Yami at Yugi's desk, hunched over. She walked in and looked over his shoulder.
Yami looked at her, and in his hands was the framed picture of him, Yugi, and Sakura at the Cherry Blossom Tree. He looked back down at it. "I never knew."
"Never knew what, tenshi?" Sakura asked and placed her arms over his shoulders, and her head on his shoulder.
"How empty I would be." Yami said. "At first I thought aibou was nothing more than a vessel that would carry me. I didn't care if something happened to the puzzle, as long as I had power." he put it down and looked at the wall. "Yet, I learned how to care and feel all over again..aibou and me became like brothers."
Sakura backed away a bit, and looked at him. Her eyes became watery, and a few tears rolled down her face.
"Now, I feel like I did when I was in the Shadow Realm." Yami said. "I...feel empty, and alone."
Sakura shook her head. "Yami, your relationship with Yugi-chan is more deeper than brothers." she put her hands together. "I have no problem with you and Yugi being so close, in fact..I think you and him were more meant to be together and you and I."
Yami turned to her and they looked at each other for a long moment. Yami smiled a small smile.
"You truely are ore no tenshi, Sakura-kun." he then gave her a good-night kiss and went to bed.
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Yugioh looked up as Jou stood before him. He had on a white t-shirt with a blue strip, and a blue jacked on with dog tags. Yugioh blinked. "What is the meaning of this!?"
"You let us down, Yami." Jou said, and folded his arms. "All of us." he stepped aside and Anzu stood there.
Anzu placed her hands on her hips. "He is right Yami. You promised to always be there for Yugi. Why weren't you?"
"I couldn't!" Yugioh barked. "I wanted to save, aibou!"
"No you didn't, don't lie!" Honda said, now appearing. "You were just waiting to get rid of Yugi, that way you could take over him!"
"No!" Yugioh yelled and clutched his head. "Not true! I wanted to save Yugi, I really did!"
"Stop lying!" all three yelled.
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Yami's eyes snapped open. His heart pounded and he curled into a ball. He knew he had let his aibou down, and broken his promise. They were right. Yami winced as a chill ran up his spine. 'I am not good enough for Yugi...' he thought. Yami then lifted himself off the bed and went down into the kitchen.
Sakura opened her eyes and felt a shock run through her body. She sat up immediately and threw off the covers. She threw on a silk kimono styled robe and threw her door open. Sakura ran down the stairs, and down into the kitchen. She flipped the lights on and gasped. "Yami-kun!" she then ran over to him.
Yami looked up at her, tears streaming down his face. Next to one of his wrists was a blade, ready to be used. He was going to slit his wrist, and he didn't care.
Sakura knew it right away. A suicidal act. Sakura gently lifted the blade from his wrist, and looked him dead in the eyes. "Why, tenshi?"
Yami began to shake. "I failed my aibou..the one person who ever counted on me for anything....I failed him. My own feelings got in the way of protecting him."
"Yugioh, don't blame yourself!" Sakura said sternly and placed the blade away. She led him to the couch in the living room, and sat down. Yami sat next to her. "You didn't fail him, Yami. Yugi knows you are going to help him. He trusts you."
"How do you know, Sakura-ko?" he asked.
Sakura took his face into her hands gently and placed it on her breast. She could feel him tense up, but she smiled. "Now, what do you hear?"
"Your heart." Yami said flatly. "What does this have to do with anything?"
Sakura removed his head and laid her head on his chest. "I hear your heart as well, Yami-kun." she then wrapped her arms around his neck. "We both have hearts. We both have the ability to love and trust Yami-kun. Yugi does too. He has a heart filled with love and trust for you."
The two sat in silence for a moment and Yami brought her into a closer embrace. The clock struck two o'clock. Yami opened his eyes to find Sakura soundly sleeping in his embrace. He smiled and nuzzled his nose in her mouse brown hair. He wondered when she would be able to take their relationship farther.
Sakura opened her eyes and kissed Yami's neck and smiled. "Not yet, Yami. Not yet."
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Syaraon turned to them. He had his sword in hand, and he nodded. "This is where?"
"Hai." Sakura nodded.
Syaraon frowned and turned around. He then sighed. "Come out of your hiding spots, you guys. I know you are there."
Yami watched as Anzu, Honda, and Jou appeared. He did not question them, and only turned back to Syaraon. He felt frozen as he knew he was going back to the crystal world, and it scared him. He felt Sakura put her hand under his shirt, on his back. He looked at her, and she nodded.
"Everyone can be scared Yami-kun." she whispered.
Syaraon stabbed his sword in the air. "Sword of Light, Sword of hikari, open the door!" he then brought it down in a slicing motion, and a portal ripped through. He turned to them. "Time to go, go!"
Yami ran at full pace and jumped in. For a moment he hovered in the air, and saw the others as well. Suddenly he began to fall, and he gulped. He slowly was placed on the ground.
They stood in a meadow. The grass was a pinkish-glass color. The trees were blue crystalized with green glass leaves. Yami felt a chill go up his spine, and he heard Anzu awe.
"This place is beautiful!" Anzu said and looked around. "How can you be afraid of this?"
"Simple, dead peoples' hand around here." Jou said. "Dat would scare anyone." he shivered. "Give me da creeps."
Sakura sighed. "Might as well go on."
"Before we do." Syaraon said. "We may in-counter rare Shadow Realm Monsters here. Some may not be as friendly as others, so always be on your guard. And another thing. Silphe will be doing whatever she can to try and split us up."
"Hai!" they answered.
The walked through the thick forest of the Crystal World. The trees were blue with glass leaves, and it was dark and spooky. Suddenly Anzu screamed and turned around. There stood a small child height elf.
He had green hair with yellow dangerous eyes. He wore yellow robes with long sleeves that hung down to the ground. There was green leaves on the sleeves, and he wore a crown of glass purple leaves. He had green branch like hands, and he frowned. "Who are you?"
"Um.." Anzu backed into Jou, who in turn looked behind him.
"What da hell is dat?!" he asked.
"I am not sure!" Anzu said.
Yami turned and saw the small elf. His mind quickly turned. "The Green Phantom King."
"Is that a Duel Monsta?" Jou asked.
"Yes. He is the King of Forests, and a earth type." Yami said. "He can do as the forests wish." he felt a chill run down his back as the forest came to life and grabbed them.
"You entered my home." Green Phantom King said. "And now, you are coming with me!"
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a/n: ok little notes. Hmmm, I am not trying to bring sexual things into this any way! It is rated R for angst, drama, action, and later language. The Green Phantom King is a duel monster, and a very cool looking one at that. Sorry about the cliff hanger there! Gomen ne!