The Society
Disclaimer: I own nothing from Yu-Gi-Oh! And the basic outline of this fanfic comes from Lois Lowry's book, The Giver.
Summary: AU. In a world where the only evil is being different, everyone is 'happy' and the Superior made the world a partial utopia. No one lives outside of the Superior's towns. To do so would be pure blasphemy. But things change. The truth cannot be hidden forever.
A/N: I was reading The Giver the other night, and I got inspired to write a fanfiction for YGO. This will hopefully be good… The Yamis don't come in until later. Sorry. Also, there are some minor spoilers for The Giver.
Chapter One: Albino
A boy sat on the wall, holding a deck of Duel Monster cards. He laughed quietly and stared off into the dull beauty of the sunset.
Finally, when the darkness had fallen, the boy walked back to his house, at the other end of the town. He blinked and stared hard at the ground, seeing a flash of light. Then, the boy saw it again, to his left. He followed the light, this glamorous light, primary destination long forgotten.
He concentrated on the bright light and it flickered… But it stayed. The boy reached out and touched it, but it disappeared.
Suddenly, all of his conscience returned, his reasonable mind easily taking control.
Glancing around, he saw light and darkness, all swilled together as one entity.
Trotting to the relative location of where he had seen the light, he swallowed nervously. Something was wrong.
The boy heard voices conversing near where he sat. Curious, the boy walked over and tip-toed to see what was going on.
"Shut up, Kaze! Someone might hear!" the first silhouetted figure hissed irritably.
"…" The other did not reply for the longest time. At last, he murmured, "Why did they 'release' this child? There was nothing wrong with him."
The first figure, a lady, sighed. She shook her head and said, "Albino… They didn't want so many 'blond' children running through this town…" Picking up her shovel, she sighed again. "His name was something like B--" The figure turned. "What the hell…?"
"Someone listening?" The man shook his head in annoyance, like one might to a fly.
"er…A kid…"
The boy sucked in a nervous breath and stayed completely still.
"Kid, you can come out."
The boy closed his eyes and said, "What are you going to do to me?" His voice was reduced to a timid whisper.
A scornful laugh…
"I won't do anything to you. You shouldn't be out here this late at night."
"… Night?"
The lady appeared to be taken aback. "I meant, this late… What are you doing out here, kid?"
"We were playing hide-and-go-seek and they couldn't find me so they got mad and left. I was heading home when I saw a light. And I followed it. Why are you here?" The boy's voice was now firmer and more defiant.
The two chuckled to themselves and the man responded, "We were freeing a 'released' vic--I mean human."
"You're part of the Superior?" he was once again fearful.
"Hmph… Come along now, kid. What's your name?" she blatantly ignored his questioning and motioned him to follow.
The boy took one last glance at the ground and saw something… A lock of white hair was caught in the ground.
She finally glared at him and said, "What's your name?"
He bit his lip. "You won't hurt me, right?"
The lady nodded deliberately.
"I'm Motou Yugi…"
"My friend is going to report back to HQ now. I'll take you home."
Yugi nodded and blinked solemnly.
She waved the man off, and he went back through the forest.
"Can I ask you a question?"
"Alright… Shoot."
"Huh?"
"Go on then. What's your question?"
"Why was there a bunch of bright hair on the ground?"
She stopped suddenly and said, "You're lying." Her voice was disbelieving.
"No, I'm not. I saw hair on the ground!" he protested indignantly.
"Iie! You have to be lying!" She turned quickly and dashed to the place they had met.
Finally, she asked, "Where was it?" her voice seemed gaunt and hollow.
He pointed to the ground. The black-and-white landscape seemed to be placidly blissful.
The lady swore violently and mumbled, "You don't see it?" She touched the ground, feeling a warm liquid on her fingers.
"What?"
"Nothing…" She wiped her eyes of…what, tears?
"Let's get you home." The lady walked back to the town's boundaries, glancing back one last time at the ground.
A/N: Review, please! I want at least one positive review. Oh yeah, and should I make this yaoi or not yaoi or just no romance?
