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 and the other characters don't come in until later. Sorry. Also, there are some minor spoilers for The Giver. I'll try to make this so you can actually read this story without reading The Giver first to understand…
Another note: I'm leaving Marik and his Yami out of this story and probably Isis as well. I don't know their characters well enough to write about them. Gomen ne.
Note: I think I'm not going to have pairings in this story… I can't write romance so… Oh well… I'll probably have like a companion or something with romance, or attempted romance…
Reviews… Thanks to everyone who reviewed! WEE!
Random Rockstar: I really wouldn't like to live in a 'perfect' society either. Thanks for the review!
Meruru-chan: I'll try to keep everyone in character, but I'm not promising that I'll succeed.
Meryaptemun: Ok… I've decided that there'll probably be very little romance, if any at all. Thanks for the advice!
Iniora Nackatori: The whole 'releasing' thing is when they kill the people who are defective or too old… Don't worry, Yugi isn't dead yet! I'll think of some creative way to save him…
Dream Shadow: *blush* YAY! You seriously think my story's cool? YAY!
Cat: I really liked the Giver too. Sorry if I like screw anything up…
Chapter Three: The Society
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Life is precious, so live hard, play hard, work hard, and die hard.
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Yugi moaned in pain. His whole body felt like it was on fire. Around him, he heard voices… Voices talking… Voices yelling… And it hurt so much.
The boy tried to rise, but the pain was so intense, it knocked him down. He laid there, on the soft pallet.
"O genki desu ka?" the soft voice of another boy inquired, worriedly after a couple moments.
"Mmm… Hai…" He tried to turn his head to the direction the soft voice was coming from but to no avail. He burned all over. Everything ached.
There was a soft rustle of cloth as the other boy moved until he was sitting right next to Yugi.
"Ohayou! I'm Ryou…"
"I'm Yugi… Nice to meet you…" he mumbled quietly, trying once again to sit up.
Finally, Yugi asked, "W-where are we?"
The albino looked thoughtful. He blinked his brown eyes while pondering before finally responding, "This is the place where all of the 'released' go."
"R-released?" he mumbled wearily.
"Everyone the Superior ordered to be released," the second boy replied, matter-of-factly. "There's supposed to be another boy coming through today, but he won't be here for a while. Are you okay?"
"H-hai…" he shivered. Everything still hurt, but it was unbearably cold now.
"What's the matter, Yugi?"
"I-i'm c-cold…" he stuttered, shivering.
"Here." Ryou gave the smaller boy his blanket.
"You keep it…" he stuttered, pushing it away.
"Keep it, Yugi. I don't need it and we're not like a pity case here. I'll get another blanket in a little while but you use this one."
The smaller boy nodded wearily, slipping away into a dreamless sleep once more.
The fair-haired boy rose and stretched, muscles protesting from over-exertion of the night before. The tests they, 'they' being the adults, had run on him. They consisted of simple things, like walking a certain length or jumping as high as he could, to complicated things, like levitating apples over his head or bending a spoon with the use of only mind power.
"Ryou?" the inquiring voice of a lady called.
"An'ya-sama?" he responded with a question of his own.
"Not funny. Come now. You have to go get food for yourself and the new boy, Yugi."
"Hai."
"And I trust you will show him the ropes of the Society?"
"Hai," he replied again. Then he continued, "But what about the new boy tomorrow?"
A smile quirked at her lips as the lady cocked her head and asked, "How do you know about that?" as they maneuvered the halls, passing doors and signs.
"A little puppy told me," Ryou said, innocently.
"Yes, and this little 'puppy' would be known as Jou, correct?"
He blushed and said, "Hai."
The dark-haired lady snorted and smirked quite unlike herself. They stood in line for the lunch.
"Well, the 'puppy' will have a charge of his own by this time tomorrow."
A/N: YAY! It's over! This chapter, I mean. Hmm… I think Kaiba will be in the next chapter… Yes, that would be quite fitting… *evil maniac laughter* MWAHAHAHA! Ahem… Excuse me… Please review! Huzzah! (More positive reviews= happy author= more GOOD updates) YAY!
