Always Room For One More!
Li~ I'm BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCKKKKK!!! *evil 'Freddy Kreuger' type grin*
Yami Li~...
Kaiba~ That's just weird.
Li~ *eyes get real wide and glassy, smile goes away* One, two, he's spotted you... three, four, he's at the door...... *sings the whole 'Freddy' song very spooky-like*
Yami Yugi~ O_O
Everyone~ GAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! _ NOT THERE! NOT THERE! NOT THERE!!!!
Li~ *disappears*
Everyone~ O_o;;; NOW what do we do?
Trio~ Hi all!
Tristan~ TRIO!!!!!! ^^;;;
Trio~ TRISTAN!!! *slow running together drama type motion thing*
*both collide into each other and black out* x_x
Kaiba~ O_o
Kat~ Can I leave now... you people scare me....
Taylor~ No, Kat... you must always stay and keep us company...... *big doll-like evil grin*
Kat~...
Kat~ I seriously need to find some new friends -_-''''
Li~ *goes into daze and stares at opposite wall* O_O
Yami Yugi~ Okay, WHO GAVE HER THE SOUR PUNCH STRAWS?!?!?!
Li~ O_O
Yugi~ ^.^
Li~ O_O
Yami Yugi~ I DON'T BELIEVE IT!! The cute look from Yugi and she didn't even budge!!!
Li~ *snaps out of her trance* O___________O
Yami Yugi~ What is it?
Li~ _ GAAAAAHH!!!!! EVIL ORANGE SPOTTED COWS ARE COMING TO TAKE OVER MY CEREAL!!!!! *runs out of the room screaming and pulling out her hair*
Joey~ That was unexpected..... O_o;;;
Tristan~ x_x
Trio~ x_x
Malik~ Allright, who gave Li so much sugar?
Yami Malik and Yami Bakura~ *looks at ceiling and whistle innocently*
Yami Bakura~ *nudges economy-sized bag labeled 'SUGAR' in big letters with his foot under the table where Mai is sitting*
*everyone stares at Mai*
Mai~ *looks up from filing her nails* What.... is there something on my face?
Yami Taylor~ *walks in from the door Li just ran out of* Um... what's up with her?
Taylor~ Don't mind her. We just need to get the story started before she comes back or else we're all doomed.
Yami Taylor~ O_o;;; Is that all....?
Li~ *peeking in the window from outside with unusually large and glassy eyes and left eye is twitching*
Kat~ Uh oh...
Taylor~ What?
Joey~ Uh oh?! WHAT UH OH?!?!?! *looks around frantically*
Kat~ Um... when she does that... that usually means she set something on fire... Wait, Bakura, didn't you HIDE your torch?
Yami Bakura~ Um... yeah... y-yeah... I did.... *innocent grin that fools no one*
Kaiba~ YOU GAVE HER SUGER *AND* YOUR TORCH?!?!?!?!
Yami Bakura~ Um... no... I have no idea what you're talking about.
Kaiba~ _
Taylor~ *looks out window* Guys... isn't this supposed to be Domino?
Yugi~ Yeah... why?
Taylor~ Then, uh... where's Domino?
Everyone~ O______________________O
Yami Bakura~ *gulp*
Li~ *no longer in window*
Kat~ GAAAAH! WE MUST FIND HER!!!!! *runs out and almost everyone follows*
Yami Malik~ I guess the story is up to us now, huh?
Yami Bakura~ *evil grin*
Kat~ *runs in* Not on ya life, boyz. *snaps fingers and fic starts*
Yami Malik and Yami Bakura~ Aw, poopie.....
(In this chapter... I agree it IS suggestive but I am not the type of person to have myself in my own story and then get RAPED by a lead character after I passed out. Therefore, NO SEXUAL CONTENT will be in this or any other chapters of any other story that I write. ^^)
/Yami to Hikari/
\Hikari to their Yami\
()()()()()(passing time)()()()()
~*~flashback~*~~*~
***dream***
'basic thought'
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Li's POV
I woke up again, hopefully for the last time today, and groped around for the clock on the bedside table. I finally found it and pulled toward me. The big red numbers glowed in the dark and the light from them stung my eyes, although it really shouldn't have. Eleven twenty seven.
'Greaaaaatt.' I thought. 'Wait, isn't today Friday? Or is it Thursday? Aw hell, I dunno...' I made a movement to try and get up, but a major pain in my right side stopped me. I eased back down, then noticed something I hadn't noticed before. I looked over my shoulder and my eyes met the top of Yami's tri-colored hair. His arm around my waist made me smile, and I slipped back into bed next to him. I guessed that when I had passed out again after the kiss, he laid me in bed and crawled in too. I settled down again comfortably and a sudden wave of dizziness overcame me, and I felt myself experiencing a memory or something...
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- - - Yami Li's POV - - -
I looked around, and noticed a room I had not set foot in for over 5000 years. The golden walls and tall guards next to each pillar welcomed me home. I decided to take a walk in the garden that I had forgotten so long ago, and the guards bowed to me as I passed. A small village boy ran up to me as I stood at the garden entrance, bowed very low and almost tumbled over. When I bent over to pick him up, he began crying. Surely he had been taught that had he ever cried or showed weakness in the Queen's presence he shall be at the mercy of my sword. I smiled inwardly and helped him up. He did not look me in the eye but handed me a small white water lily and ran off. Returning to my walk, I recognized the large ferns and beautiful plants that the pharoah had planted for me when he last returned from his Duel. He had won by a tremendous amount, and was in a very festive mood. There had been a parade when he returned, accompanied by a banquet, and party, which most men of the Ancient Kingdom had gotten drunk and carted off by their wives. As I remeninsced of these memories I sat down on a marble bench next to a small pond containing very pretty fish, and did not notice the pharoah sneak up behind me.
"Hello. What are you doing out here?" The pharoah said kindly, offering me a white rose, my favorite flower of the garden. He spied the water lily I carried in my hands and smirked. "Ah, but I see you have already recieved a gift," He joked.
"But is a mere villager's kindness. A small boy offered it to me." I twirled the lily in my hands and gazed at the water still. The pharoah slipped his arm around my waist and pulled me closer.
"Well, then, you don't mind me offering a token of my admiration, eh?" The pharoah said, still smirking, as he placed the rose in my hand next to the water lily. I smiled and lifted my eyes to his. His crimson eyes always comforted me. Although he was the ruthless King of Games, he still was very sensitive and caring, things, as he confided in me, that he had never been shown as a small boy.
"Not at all. You are very kind, Pharoah." I muttered. He will be off to another Duel in a few hours' time, and there was always a chance of me never seeing him again. When I had won the fight between myself and Pelatahone over who would be the protector of the Pharoah and his new wife, or be demoted to one of hundreds of the Pharoah's entertainers, I was sworn to protect him against everything he would allow me, but unfortunately, he did not allow me to be by his side as he Dueled. He said that if anything happened to me he wouldn't be able to take it.
He laid his head on my shoulder, wrapped his arms around my waist, and closed his eyes. He DID need his rest for the upcoming battle, and I was to let him if he requested it. I gently stood up, and he asked me to stay, so I did as told.
"Please... stay..." He murmured as his head rocked back and forth when I stood up. "I want to rest here... before I leave." His voice was insistant, and something about it shook me. I quickly sat back down, and his eyes closed again. I always enjoyed sitting here with him, and wished moments like this never ended, but something was wrong today. The birds were not chirping. I could not hear the busy voices from the harbor. Something was very wrong.
"What is it?" The pharoah asked.
"Pharoah, do you not feel something is... amiss?" I asked, and he sat up straight, listening.
"You're right.... you're very right. Something is wrong." He stood up and walked into the palace, and I followed. It was a good thing, too, because at that moment, half the garden was destroyed... although no one knew how.
The pharoah grabbed me by the waist, threw me over his shoulder, and ran down the hallway as guards followed. The entire palace was being ripped up from the ground to the ceiling behind us as they ran, and the destruction was catching up to the pharoah and I. I turned to face the Game King and saw his face ridden with shock and grief; the hundreds of people in the palace alone so far that had been killed greatly affected him; he always hated to sacrifice unessessary lives. I wondered if he knew what was going on. Before the though even finished crossing my mind, the King stopped and set me down in a small, underground shelter. He turned to face me, and held me by the shoulders as he did so.
"What... is happening, Pharoah?" I asked and tilted my head to the side.
"Did you get a chance to look upwards while we were running?" He steadied himself against a wall as the entire shelter shook tremendously.
"N-no..." I had never thought of looking UP. I was too preoccupied with watching people being ripped from the earth and carried to the sky, and the beautiful golden walls being destroyed.
"You were right. Something WAS wrong. Had you looked up, you would have seen one of the most powerful Shadow Games monsters you'd ever laid eyes on." His voice trembled in fear. He did not want to say it, but he had no idea what was to become of our city and its people. "There is only one way to stop it from destroying the world..." The entire shelter shook again, and this time it took me down to my feet. The pharoah crouched down to my eye level, and his crimson eyes locked with mine. The only way to save the world, I was not going to like. "And that is to--"
"If you are thinking of sacrificing yourself... I object. I cannot let you do it." I said, standing again. The pharoah followed suit. Had anyone else stood without him standing before them, they would have been beheaded on the spot.
"It is the only way... please. The enire Kingdom will be doomed if the plan is not carried out." His pleading eyes finally cracked me; there's no way to stand up to them for long.
"...What is the plan?"
"The temple on the island in the middle of the river contains ancient scrolls. The magic on the scrolls will be enough to seal away the Shadow Games forever; keeping this from happening again." The pharoah sank to the ground and leaned against the wall, and I followed suit. "The cost... is the lives of the Millenium Item holders. They shall be sealed in their items forever along with the games." He sighed and looked at me again. "And most likely... someone will die before the scrolls can be read. That is why I want you to go with Dark Magician... I will stall the Dragon."
This was uncalled for. The Pharoah is the protector, and I of the pharoah. He should be the one to read the scrolls; I am to sacrifice myself for him. It is the way I was hired and the code I live by. The pharoah sensed my anger and held up a hand to silence me before I even began.
"We will," He simply said, stood up, and headed for the door. I followed him, determined to keep him from any harm possible.
It seemed like hours before we reached the island, and looking over the port side of the boat, I could see the enormous Blue Eyes White Dragon destroying what remained of the city I had loved. I thought of my friends... Was Aapelanohe dead? He may have possessed the Millenium Gauntlet, but had he been alive, surely he would have stopped time and destroyed the wretched monster. Then there was my friend, Bakura. I had gotten him out of many a fix time and time again, because he was a tomb robber and constantly in trouble, but neither of us had any ill feelings toward the other. We had been childhood friends, and neither him nor I could bring harm to one another. Then there was Pelatahone. Was she dead? Had she used her Millenium Crest to summon a soul back to defeat the over-grown dragon? I'll never know, I thought. The Pharoah docked the boat and helped me on land, and led me into the temple. As I disappeared into the doorway and lost sight of the city, I saw the dragon turn it's horrible eyes on us. 'Oh, dear Ra,' I thought. 'Please let us be safe.'
The pharoah still had a hold of my hand as he led me down the hallway. I looked back and forth, catching random pictures as the heiroglyphs flashed past my eyes. I saw Shadow Game monsters, such as Dark Elf and Bottom Dweller. They all were engaged in battle, some of the scenes were very graphic.
When we finally reached a room at the end of the hall, I looked down. I was standing on a life-size carving of the legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon itslef. 'Vile dragon,' I thought as I remembered it blasting away half of our town that was no more. The pharoah bounded up the steps to the podium that supported the illuminated Ancient Scrolls. The second he reached them, however, the entire temple shook, bringing to pass what I had hoped would not happen.
I looked up, and saw black sky. All black sky. The roof of the temple had been blasted away by the dragon's attack. The dreaded, damned dragon. I glanced at the pharoah, who was trying to dodge bits of falling stone, still trying to reach the scrolls in time. I turned to help him, but another blast from the deadly beast looming over us constructed a large crator in the earth, denying me passage to him. I glared at the monster overhead, although it would do nothing. There was nothing I could do now, but watch the pharoah struggle and plead with time. Then, I looked up again, and witnessed the creature powering up for another attack... aimed at the King of Games.
Trying to warn him would do no good; he was too focused on his goal. I did the only thing I could. I powered up my own Millenium Item, in an attempt to create a shield that would protect him. The enormous energy would kill me, but buy the Pharoah enough time to save the Kingdom. Concentrating on the last bits of energy I contained, I thought about what would happen should I fail. I shuddered at the thought, and ushured the gathering faster. If I did not gather enough energy before the Blue Eyes launched its attack...
One last moment. I released the energy from my Item, and witnessed the dragon release its attack at the same time. The last thing I saw before I fell to the earth was the dragon roaring at defeat and the King glowing as he read from the scrolls... and down I fell into the crater before me...
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- - - Li's POV - - -
I woke up again, drenched in sweat. The dream I had could not have been a dream. It was way too real. The way Yami Yugi was so serious, and the Blue Eyes...
\Yami?\
/Yes, aibou?/
\Was... that a memory... from you?\
/.../
\...Yami?\
/I'm sorry aibou. Yes, it was. Those were the last moments I experienced./
\So... you were... and Yami.... were...\
/Go back to sleep, aibou./
After that, Yami cut off the link, and I didn't hear another peep from her. I couldn't imagine something like that happening...
I finally realized Yami was gone; he had probably gone back up to Yugi's room. I was kind of glad. The way my nightmares sometimes wake me up screaming is enough to make you wish you were alone, and that you were the only person in the whole world... to give you time to straighten things out. I curled up into a little ball and closed my eyes, hoping to have a better dream.
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Li~ MMPH! MMPH!
Yami Li~ Whomsoever removes the duct tape and rope will DIE!!! _
Yami Bakura~ Y'know, did you have to tie her ropes so tight?
Yami Li~ Don't go near her! I'll stab you I swear I will!!!
Yami Bakura~ o.O
Malik~ Um... right... Next chappie... um... I dont know. Neither does anyone else.
Yami Yugi~ ...
Yugi~ ...Yami?
Yami Yugi~ SPOTTED COWS!!!! _
Yugi~ *anime falls*
Yami Bakura~ *hides sugar under Mai again*
*Everyone stares at Mai*
Mai~ WHAT?!?! WHAT DO YOU PPL WANT FROM ME?!?!
Everyone~ -_-'''
Li~ I'm BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCKKKKK!!! *evil 'Freddy Kreuger' type grin*
Yami Li~...
Kaiba~ That's just weird.
Li~ *eyes get real wide and glassy, smile goes away* One, two, he's spotted you... three, four, he's at the door...... *sings the whole 'Freddy' song very spooky-like*
Yami Yugi~ O_O
Everyone~ GAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!! _ NOT THERE! NOT THERE! NOT THERE!!!!
Li~ *disappears*
Everyone~ O_o;;; NOW what do we do?
Trio~ Hi all!
Tristan~ TRIO!!!!!! ^^;;;
Trio~ TRISTAN!!! *slow running together drama type motion thing*
*both collide into each other and black out* x_x
Kaiba~ O_o
Kat~ Can I leave now... you people scare me....
Taylor~ No, Kat... you must always stay and keep us company...... *big doll-like evil grin*
Kat~...
Kat~ I seriously need to find some new friends -_-''''
Li~ *goes into daze and stares at opposite wall* O_O
Yami Yugi~ Okay, WHO GAVE HER THE SOUR PUNCH STRAWS?!?!?!
Li~ O_O
Yugi~ ^.^
Li~ O_O
Yami Yugi~ I DON'T BELIEVE IT!! The cute look from Yugi and she didn't even budge!!!
Li~ *snaps out of her trance* O___________O
Yami Yugi~ What is it?
Li~ _ GAAAAAHH!!!!! EVIL ORANGE SPOTTED COWS ARE COMING TO TAKE OVER MY CEREAL!!!!! *runs out of the room screaming and pulling out her hair*
Joey~ That was unexpected..... O_o;;;
Tristan~ x_x
Trio~ x_x
Malik~ Allright, who gave Li so much sugar?
Yami Malik and Yami Bakura~ *looks at ceiling and whistle innocently*
Yami Bakura~ *nudges economy-sized bag labeled 'SUGAR' in big letters with his foot under the table where Mai is sitting*
*everyone stares at Mai*
Mai~ *looks up from filing her nails* What.... is there something on my face?
Yami Taylor~ *walks in from the door Li just ran out of* Um... what's up with her?
Taylor~ Don't mind her. We just need to get the story started before she comes back or else we're all doomed.
Yami Taylor~ O_o;;; Is that all....?
Li~ *peeking in the window from outside with unusually large and glassy eyes and left eye is twitching*
Kat~ Uh oh...
Taylor~ What?
Joey~ Uh oh?! WHAT UH OH?!?!?! *looks around frantically*
Kat~ Um... when she does that... that usually means she set something on fire... Wait, Bakura, didn't you HIDE your torch?
Yami Bakura~ Um... yeah... y-yeah... I did.... *innocent grin that fools no one*
Kaiba~ YOU GAVE HER SUGER *AND* YOUR TORCH?!?!?!?!
Yami Bakura~ Um... no... I have no idea what you're talking about.
Kaiba~ _
Taylor~ *looks out window* Guys... isn't this supposed to be Domino?
Yugi~ Yeah... why?
Taylor~ Then, uh... where's Domino?
Everyone~ O______________________O
Yami Bakura~ *gulp*
Li~ *no longer in window*
Kat~ GAAAAH! WE MUST FIND HER!!!!! *runs out and almost everyone follows*
Yami Malik~ I guess the story is up to us now, huh?
Yami Bakura~ *evil grin*
Kat~ *runs in* Not on ya life, boyz. *snaps fingers and fic starts*
Yami Malik and Yami Bakura~ Aw, poopie.....
(In this chapter... I agree it IS suggestive but I am not the type of person to have myself in my own story and then get RAPED by a lead character after I passed out. Therefore, NO SEXUAL CONTENT will be in this or any other chapters of any other story that I write. ^^)
/Yami to Hikari/
\Hikari to their Yami\
()()()()()(passing time)()()()()
~*~flashback~*~~*~
***dream***
'basic thought'
- - - POV CHANGE - - -
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Li's POV
I woke up again, hopefully for the last time today, and groped around for the clock on the bedside table. I finally found it and pulled toward me. The big red numbers glowed in the dark and the light from them stung my eyes, although it really shouldn't have. Eleven twenty seven.
'Greaaaaatt.' I thought. 'Wait, isn't today Friday? Or is it Thursday? Aw hell, I dunno...' I made a movement to try and get up, but a major pain in my right side stopped me. I eased back down, then noticed something I hadn't noticed before. I looked over my shoulder and my eyes met the top of Yami's tri-colored hair. His arm around my waist made me smile, and I slipped back into bed next to him. I guessed that when I had passed out again after the kiss, he laid me in bed and crawled in too. I settled down again comfortably and a sudden wave of dizziness overcame me, and I felt myself experiencing a memory or something...
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- - - Yami Li's POV - - -
I looked around, and noticed a room I had not set foot in for over 5000 years. The golden walls and tall guards next to each pillar welcomed me home. I decided to take a walk in the garden that I had forgotten so long ago, and the guards bowed to me as I passed. A small village boy ran up to me as I stood at the garden entrance, bowed very low and almost tumbled over. When I bent over to pick him up, he began crying. Surely he had been taught that had he ever cried or showed weakness in the Queen's presence he shall be at the mercy of my sword. I smiled inwardly and helped him up. He did not look me in the eye but handed me a small white water lily and ran off. Returning to my walk, I recognized the large ferns and beautiful plants that the pharoah had planted for me when he last returned from his Duel. He had won by a tremendous amount, and was in a very festive mood. There had been a parade when he returned, accompanied by a banquet, and party, which most men of the Ancient Kingdom had gotten drunk and carted off by their wives. As I remeninsced of these memories I sat down on a marble bench next to a small pond containing very pretty fish, and did not notice the pharoah sneak up behind me.
"Hello. What are you doing out here?" The pharoah said kindly, offering me a white rose, my favorite flower of the garden. He spied the water lily I carried in my hands and smirked. "Ah, but I see you have already recieved a gift," He joked.
"But is a mere villager's kindness. A small boy offered it to me." I twirled the lily in my hands and gazed at the water still. The pharoah slipped his arm around my waist and pulled me closer.
"Well, then, you don't mind me offering a token of my admiration, eh?" The pharoah said, still smirking, as he placed the rose in my hand next to the water lily. I smiled and lifted my eyes to his. His crimson eyes always comforted me. Although he was the ruthless King of Games, he still was very sensitive and caring, things, as he confided in me, that he had never been shown as a small boy.
"Not at all. You are very kind, Pharoah." I muttered. He will be off to another Duel in a few hours' time, and there was always a chance of me never seeing him again. When I had won the fight between myself and Pelatahone over who would be the protector of the Pharoah and his new wife, or be demoted to one of hundreds of the Pharoah's entertainers, I was sworn to protect him against everything he would allow me, but unfortunately, he did not allow me to be by his side as he Dueled. He said that if anything happened to me he wouldn't be able to take it.
He laid his head on my shoulder, wrapped his arms around my waist, and closed his eyes. He DID need his rest for the upcoming battle, and I was to let him if he requested it. I gently stood up, and he asked me to stay, so I did as told.
"Please... stay..." He murmured as his head rocked back and forth when I stood up. "I want to rest here... before I leave." His voice was insistant, and something about it shook me. I quickly sat back down, and his eyes closed again. I always enjoyed sitting here with him, and wished moments like this never ended, but something was wrong today. The birds were not chirping. I could not hear the busy voices from the harbor. Something was very wrong.
"What is it?" The pharoah asked.
"Pharoah, do you not feel something is... amiss?" I asked, and he sat up straight, listening.
"You're right.... you're very right. Something is wrong." He stood up and walked into the palace, and I followed. It was a good thing, too, because at that moment, half the garden was destroyed... although no one knew how.
The pharoah grabbed me by the waist, threw me over his shoulder, and ran down the hallway as guards followed. The entire palace was being ripped up from the ground to the ceiling behind us as they ran, and the destruction was catching up to the pharoah and I. I turned to face the Game King and saw his face ridden with shock and grief; the hundreds of people in the palace alone so far that had been killed greatly affected him; he always hated to sacrifice unessessary lives. I wondered if he knew what was going on. Before the though even finished crossing my mind, the King stopped and set me down in a small, underground shelter. He turned to face me, and held me by the shoulders as he did so.
"What... is happening, Pharoah?" I asked and tilted my head to the side.
"Did you get a chance to look upwards while we were running?" He steadied himself against a wall as the entire shelter shook tremendously.
"N-no..." I had never thought of looking UP. I was too preoccupied with watching people being ripped from the earth and carried to the sky, and the beautiful golden walls being destroyed.
"You were right. Something WAS wrong. Had you looked up, you would have seen one of the most powerful Shadow Games monsters you'd ever laid eyes on." His voice trembled in fear. He did not want to say it, but he had no idea what was to become of our city and its people. "There is only one way to stop it from destroying the world..." The entire shelter shook again, and this time it took me down to my feet. The pharoah crouched down to my eye level, and his crimson eyes locked with mine. The only way to save the world, I was not going to like. "And that is to--"
"If you are thinking of sacrificing yourself... I object. I cannot let you do it." I said, standing again. The pharoah followed suit. Had anyone else stood without him standing before them, they would have been beheaded on the spot.
"It is the only way... please. The enire Kingdom will be doomed if the plan is not carried out." His pleading eyes finally cracked me; there's no way to stand up to them for long.
"...What is the plan?"
"The temple on the island in the middle of the river contains ancient scrolls. The magic on the scrolls will be enough to seal away the Shadow Games forever; keeping this from happening again." The pharoah sank to the ground and leaned against the wall, and I followed suit. "The cost... is the lives of the Millenium Item holders. They shall be sealed in their items forever along with the games." He sighed and looked at me again. "And most likely... someone will die before the scrolls can be read. That is why I want you to go with Dark Magician... I will stall the Dragon."
This was uncalled for. The Pharoah is the protector, and I of the pharoah. He should be the one to read the scrolls; I am to sacrifice myself for him. It is the way I was hired and the code I live by. The pharoah sensed my anger and held up a hand to silence me before I even began.
"We will," He simply said, stood up, and headed for the door. I followed him, determined to keep him from any harm possible.
It seemed like hours before we reached the island, and looking over the port side of the boat, I could see the enormous Blue Eyes White Dragon destroying what remained of the city I had loved. I thought of my friends... Was Aapelanohe dead? He may have possessed the Millenium Gauntlet, but had he been alive, surely he would have stopped time and destroyed the wretched monster. Then there was my friend, Bakura. I had gotten him out of many a fix time and time again, because he was a tomb robber and constantly in trouble, but neither of us had any ill feelings toward the other. We had been childhood friends, and neither him nor I could bring harm to one another. Then there was Pelatahone. Was she dead? Had she used her Millenium Crest to summon a soul back to defeat the over-grown dragon? I'll never know, I thought. The Pharoah docked the boat and helped me on land, and led me into the temple. As I disappeared into the doorway and lost sight of the city, I saw the dragon turn it's horrible eyes on us. 'Oh, dear Ra,' I thought. 'Please let us be safe.'
The pharoah still had a hold of my hand as he led me down the hallway. I looked back and forth, catching random pictures as the heiroglyphs flashed past my eyes. I saw Shadow Game monsters, such as Dark Elf and Bottom Dweller. They all were engaged in battle, some of the scenes were very graphic.
When we finally reached a room at the end of the hall, I looked down. I was standing on a life-size carving of the legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon itslef. 'Vile dragon,' I thought as I remembered it blasting away half of our town that was no more. The pharoah bounded up the steps to the podium that supported the illuminated Ancient Scrolls. The second he reached them, however, the entire temple shook, bringing to pass what I had hoped would not happen.
I looked up, and saw black sky. All black sky. The roof of the temple had been blasted away by the dragon's attack. The dreaded, damned dragon. I glanced at the pharoah, who was trying to dodge bits of falling stone, still trying to reach the scrolls in time. I turned to help him, but another blast from the deadly beast looming over us constructed a large crator in the earth, denying me passage to him. I glared at the monster overhead, although it would do nothing. There was nothing I could do now, but watch the pharoah struggle and plead with time. Then, I looked up again, and witnessed the creature powering up for another attack... aimed at the King of Games.
Trying to warn him would do no good; he was too focused on his goal. I did the only thing I could. I powered up my own Millenium Item, in an attempt to create a shield that would protect him. The enormous energy would kill me, but buy the Pharoah enough time to save the Kingdom. Concentrating on the last bits of energy I contained, I thought about what would happen should I fail. I shuddered at the thought, and ushured the gathering faster. If I did not gather enough energy before the Blue Eyes launched its attack...
One last moment. I released the energy from my Item, and witnessed the dragon release its attack at the same time. The last thing I saw before I fell to the earth was the dragon roaring at defeat and the King glowing as he read from the scrolls... and down I fell into the crater before me...
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- - - Li's POV - - -
I woke up again, drenched in sweat. The dream I had could not have been a dream. It was way too real. The way Yami Yugi was so serious, and the Blue Eyes...
\Yami?\
/Yes, aibou?/
\Was... that a memory... from you?\
/.../
\...Yami?\
/I'm sorry aibou. Yes, it was. Those were the last moments I experienced./
\So... you were... and Yami.... were...\
/Go back to sleep, aibou./
After that, Yami cut off the link, and I didn't hear another peep from her. I couldn't imagine something like that happening...
I finally realized Yami was gone; he had probably gone back up to Yugi's room. I was kind of glad. The way my nightmares sometimes wake me up screaming is enough to make you wish you were alone, and that you were the only person in the whole world... to give you time to straighten things out. I curled up into a little ball and closed my eyes, hoping to have a better dream.
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Li~ MMPH! MMPH!
Yami Li~ Whomsoever removes the duct tape and rope will DIE!!! _
Yami Bakura~ Y'know, did you have to tie her ropes so tight?
Yami Li~ Don't go near her! I'll stab you I swear I will!!!
Yami Bakura~ o.O
Malik~ Um... right... Next chappie... um... I dont know. Neither does anyone else.
Yami Yugi~ ...
Yugi~ ...Yami?
Yami Yugi~ SPOTTED COWS!!!! _
Yugi~ *anime falls*
Yami Bakura~ *hides sugar under Mai again*
*Everyone stares at Mai*
Mai~ WHAT?!?! WHAT DO YOU PPL WANT FROM ME?!?!
Everyone~ -_-'''