Falling Stars

Part Four

Yugi

I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh.

I do own Anna(Estel), and any other original characters that might appear in this fanfiction.

I also own a teddy bear named Blue Bell, a very nice bus pass, and three cup-o-noodle.

But I will hide them if you sue, and you will never get them!!!

On with the story!!

This is Part Three of the Tingilya Arc.

I highly recommend that you read the first two parts, Hidden Truths and High Twilight before reading this fanfic.

Think it might make just the tiniest bit more sense.


~~~~~The Next Day~~~~~


Estel gasped for air, forcing her lungs to continue working, forcing every last, painful breath to come. Forcing her body to keep working, even as her mind and soul screamed at her to surrender, to admit defeat, to drift into the sullen darkness that drained away at the very center of her being.

But, as the silent clock hit two, a dark rain screaming at the window, Estel refused. She had everything back again, or so she had been told.

A brother she could not remember, a father she doubted she truly ever knew, and a spirit that was the pre-incarnation of her dead mother.

And, her real family, the ones she had grown up with, the people that she truly loved and cherished. The ones she knew she could trust, that she loved with her very being. Phily, Lucky, and Bakura.

The ones she had been told were false.

She would never see Bakura, her father, again, if Yami had his way.

Bakura wouldn't lecture anyone about when she was to come home on Prom Night. He wouldn't smile, and take too many pictures. He wouldn't laugh at her teachers report cards, and reassure her she knew a lot more than they did.

And Phily, dear sweet Phily. Estel smiled sadly, even as pain echoed through her body for the effort. Seto was determined to rip her from her home, bring her back to a foreign land. Transplant her there, if only to watch her wither and die.

Oh, Estel knew that she would die there. She would die anywhere, there was no denying that now. Nothing could deny that now. She doubted she would even last till Prom, let alone dance with her beloved Phily.

But it wasn't dying that scared Estel. She had faced that fact the day she had taken Bakura's hand, a distant memory that seemed out of place to her soul, but explained everything to her mind. She didn't know why she did it, not now. Not so many lost years later. But she didn't regret it, not for a second.

The heart monitor slowed lazily as tears slipped from Estel's glazing eyes.

She could stand it no longer. The pain, the sorrow, the thoughts that echoed through her mind.

She would rather die near those she knew and loved than half a world a way, in a foreign land, surrounded by strangers that she had no care for. That had no care for her.

"Shh, shh. It's okay now, my daughter. Everything will be fine." a ghostly voice sighed as an ethereal form settled itself by Estel's bedside, reminding the dying girl very much of Elendil, or Yami.

"Mama?" Estel gasped, realizing who the angel must be.

Yugi smiled, and nodded, resting her hand gently on the young girls forehead, brushing away a dampened lock of silvery hair. Her eyes twinkled like friendly faeries, and Estel trusted her, longed to be with her, nearly immediately.

"Hush, you shouldn't push yourself so, Estel. It isn't healthy." Yugi frowned, looking over at the heart monitor as its pulse became erratic. Estel smiled.

"Mama... could I watch.... Phily.. when I'm....?" Estel put forth her last efforts to form the whispers, feeling as if her lungs would burst within her very chest.

"You're not going to die, I won't let you. Another..... another has already taken your place this night. There's no need for you to leave with him, too." Yugi whispered, a choice tear running gracefully down her cheek, splashing down upon Estel's face with a refreshing effect.

"Another?" Estel asked, finding it suddenly not so painful to speak, breath, live, as it had been before.

Yugi nodded sadly.

"He gave himself so that you might live, my daughter. Tell Yami that, that I still watch you both. I'll never stop, as long as Time survives." Yugi whispered, her form fading out even as the clock started once more, as if nothing had passed between the time of a blink.

"Who, Mama, who died for me?" Estel whispered, even as she fell into a fitful, resting sleep.

The first good, healthy sleep she had had for a long, long time....


~TSUZUKU~


I know, I know.

The chapter was short, and a cliffhanger to boot.

An evil cliffhanger. The kind even I hate!!

But, I have to put away my laptop, the train is nearing my stop, and I am sooooo not going to miss it again!

It was embarrassing enough the first time!

Well, R&R, if you would!!!

Part Five