Ch.3
AnimeFreak: I reached the top, and had to stop, and that's what's bothering me. I wanna be a man, man cub, and stroll right into town and be just like the other men; I'm tired of monkeying around. Oh, oo-be-do I wanna be like you, I wanna walk like you, talk like you! Too! You'll see it's true!
Seto: I've heard of that song…
AnimeFreak: JUNGLE BOOK!
Seto: But what does that have to do with anything?
AnimeFreak: You'll see!
Seto: Don't tell me you're making me a monkey this time?!
AnimeFreak: You should really stop giving me ideas. But no. I'm not.
Monkeying Around (not literally)
I reached the top, and had to stop, and that's what's bothering me.
Dark Magician sat on a small cliff where no one could see him. He watched people walk right by him without even looking. But what was there to look at? He wasn't there. They couldn't see him. He sighed at this thought. Only two humans could see him, and they both hated his guts. Kiaba and Yami. His problems. They reminded him of before; before he was this way. When he had a life to live, and not other lives to teach how to live. He stood when he saw a small child walk by, staring at him. He took a step off of the cliff, but remained floating. The child stopped her parents and pointed at him.
"Mom, he looks like the Dwark Magicy-ann. Why isn't he in hith caud?" She asked. * Translation: Mom, he looks like the Dark Magician. Why isn't he in his card? * He blinked at the little girl in amazement. Did she really see him?
"Honey, no one is there." Her mom said quietly.
"But-" she watched as Magician put a finger to his lips. "Ok then mommy. No one is there if you say so. But can I stay here for a minute? I wanna wath the vuw." * I want to watch the view. *
"Ok dear. I'll be with daddy on the bench. Stay away from the cliff." The little girl nodded. She sat down on the grass and watched Magician float and stare at her. He went forward slightly and set a foot on the ground. The grass beneath his foot ruffled momentarily, like when they sway in the wind, but then resumed their natural position instead of flattening underneath his weight. She tore her eyes away from the sight of grass going through him and looked into his eyes. He just blinked and sat beside her. She smiled and looked at the stars.
"They are beautiful." She said. He nodded silently. She sighed and her eyes twinkled in the starlight. For a while they stayed like this, starring at the stars until her mom called for her to go. She looked at Magician.
"Good bye Dark Magician." She leaned over to him and gave him a hug, but was careful not to go through him, then stood and left.
"Good bye…" He whispered when she was out of sight. Good-bye to his only friend, made by the stars.
Flashback
"I'm leaving Osire. You never think about me, it's always about that stupid card game. You never had time for me." A woman with long, silky blonde hair walked out of the mud house, leaving a dazed man standing by the door.
"Please Sakura, don't go. I can change." He desperately said.
"That is what you said a long time ago." She stomped away. He felt a tear stream down his face. He sulked out the door to the mountain and stepped to the edge of a cliff. He looked at the never-ending drop and sobbed.
"From now on, call me the Dark Magician. Dark from the sorrow and a Magician for the trickery I've suffered. Call me that now and forever." He stepped off the cliff and fell to his fate. The wind rushed by his face, the air pushing past his body. He was flying…forever.
Author's notes: Had to add notes on this chap. Shortest yet, but it focuses on Magician. Just a moment to show that he does care and does hurt inside. He was never a bad guy. Just a dumped human that thought the world no longer needed him. When he died, the card, Dark Magician, was created. He roamed the earth after his death as a spirit, trying to find Sakura to apologize. *Cries* THAT IS SO SAD!
