Ring: *sigh in exhaustion, pressing her cheek against the desk she was working on* Finally done… the longest… with the most plots ever- chapter…
Iura:*was apparently on the floor, dead-*…
Yami:*Stretched and yawned* AH~~~ FINALLY!! TOOK SO LONG!!
Ring: *sighed again* I'm SO SORRY PEOPLE!! I can't believe another 2 weeks passed!! WE'RE SOOO SORRY!!! Ne? Ura?
Iura:*S-lowly getting up, then collapsed again-* oo…
Ring:*Sweat dropped* well… you see… we had to go to this Christmas Camp thingy for 2 whole week!! And when we came back… it really took us 5 DAYS to arrange the story and write it!! As you can see below- it's 13 PAGES this time!! SOO long that I could have fainted if I continued typing for 1 whole day!! I'M A SLOW TYPER!! (T-T) PLEASE OH PLEASE DON'T FLAME US!! NO! FLAME URA BUT DON'T FLAME ME!! (_6)
Iura:*blinked* Hey! What the-
Ring:* Smiled* just kidding~ Ura~ oh come-on! You know I won't leave you!
Iura:*straight eyes* why do I have a feeling that I can't count on you…?
Ring:*sweat dropped and smiled in a very unreal way-* ha… haha… well guys! I'm VERY VERY SORRY!! PLEASE DON'T FORGET ME- I MEANT- US!! AND THE STORY!!(T-T)
Yami:*straight eyes* THEN WRITE FASTER!! GEEZ!
Ring:*Curled up in the corner like a kitty* (-~-) wa… scary…
Yugi:*sweat dropped* now Yami…!
Yami:*Turned to his aibou* But! It's true!!
Iura:*sighed* for once… I'm agreeing with you on a thing…
Yami:*Smirked* Yes baba(old lady), you're finally catching on~
Yugi:*cupped his eyes* oh kami-
Iura:* Veins popped VERY deep* WHY I OUGHTA- *Tried to get up for the third time, but fall back down right away-* ooo…
Yami:*Smirking wilder* Heheh… like I said… BABA!!
Ring:*Sweat dropped and smiled with a very unreal smile* they just get better all the time… Well!! Least talking and more story now… shall we?? Then hum Yami? If you're that energetic, do you mind to pull the screen for us? Please~?
Yami:*blinked, and looked at the puller beside him* fine…
Iura:*Looked up, panicked* OH no!! I won't allow such a person to touch the- wait!! I'm NOT READYY!!
Yami:*chuckled for the last time* Too late- *pulled*
*Iura continued her curses as the rest of the other three watched the white curtain slowly lowered down*
Enjoy!! And please don't flame me…
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Chapter Five_ My believe? Or my fears?
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Lunch has already passed quite peacefully, that is. Yami, Yugi and the gang had to eat in separate places around the school to avoid the hunt of Yami's fans. (This way- the others wouldn't be troubled too much when the girls came near, probably a few questions and they'd be on their way, as Yami and Yugi hide in a different spot. Well… it was actually Yami who insisted on the idea, but really- he just wanted to be alone with his aibou, just the two of them.) Yugi had to share his lunch, of course, since the pharaoh never considered to bring his own. (Yami's lunch was not packed anyways- Grandpa didn't know that Yami's going to school too! But it wasn't his fault either…) But the little one didn't have to reflect on doing so, because his yami didn't eat much, or AT ALL since he was just a spirit.
'Well… watching your hikari eat won't be a bad idea.'- Yami thought, grinning lightly. 'It's always fun~ having to count the numbers of rice bits that got onto Yugi's face.'
~~~~~~~~~~~~Man's change room~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The room was small, but it was enough to take all the boys in Yugi's class. Some of the boys just laughed at each other as they stripped, the others sighed in defeat and complains about the previous class they had. Well… everyone were of course getting ready for the next period- Gym~
This period- no need to be reminded (again), was the silvery- hair, yami of the tomb-robber- Bakura's FA_OR_IT class. Heck! Just look at him! As happy as he seemed, which he was just smiling very-gaily to everyone he sees (never seen him does that? Me either-), gee- guess he really L-O-V-E-S Gym.
"I DON'T WANNA WEAR THIS-!! It makes me look FAT!!!" Yami complained as his fingers barely held on to that ugly-, piece of cloth, which was a oversized t-shirt, 'Or should I say- Crap.' The pharaoh thought_out_loud and Yugi just giggled at the side.
It's sad- you see, Yami had came to school today before he even have time to plan what he was doing. So- Yami didn't exactly know anything about what would occur in school. Reasonable enough that he DID NOT bring his own pair of gym cloth, isn't it? (And asking for his aibou's help would never work either. Yugi never brings an extra pair, and even if he did- they might be too small for Yami.)
"Yami~ just put it on already! You really can't blame anyone since you're the one who didn't bring your own gym cloth~"
"Yeah? So was it my fault that NO ONE TOLD ME WE'RE GANNA HAVE GYM TODAY!?" Yami glowered, and shot dirty glares at the other boys in the same room who were previously staring at him infuriately.
Yami sniffed the so-called-white shirt in his hand, then backed away quick, plugging his nose with a very_ill_expression_.
//And aibou…? //
/Hai? /
//Does Mr. Penaji ever try the something called- deodorant? //
And Yugi laughed harder-
So… you see- what happened was that Mr. Penaji, their gym teacher had to land Yami his pair of extras.
"Huh? Sup' Yug? What's with the snort?" Jou looked down with puzzled eyes, and so did Hunda, Duke, and Ryou- since none of them heard Yugi and Yami's mental conversation. (Such a boring insult from the pharaoh- huh?) One sentence from the jaws, the other from their brain- like heck! They didn't even need signals!
"Yami-! Stop that-!!" Yugi said while he was still snorting, disregarded Jou's wonder.
/Just be thankful that he actually borrows his extra cloths to you! /
"I am!" Yami interrupted thoughtfully. //I do appreciate his generosity! But it would be a LOT better if he had washed it! I mean- at least ONCE A WEEK!//
"Just get use to it! You do know that at far as you complain, you'll still have to wear them in the end~"
Yami moaned, "Very well…" He said with his pharaoh tone. And S-lowly he moved to get his job done with the less use of his nose.
'Whatever~' Yeah- who cares about the gang and the twin? All there was in Seto's mind was an annoying thought about how the period would go. Soon- very soon all the guys would be out there playing whatever they would be playing, and that's when the screams of his fan girls began. (It seemed that Kaiba did have his own cheering team of girls- just that he never does do anything cool inside classes, and so, the girls kept their mouths shut until to where he couldn't throw his deadly glares at them. Hot, darn hot!) Think about it! The embarrassments! The ill-advised idea was already giving Kaiba the chills. As he stripped to get into his other clothes- 'crap- I'm done for'.
Excluding the pharaoh and his priest from the pass, everyone_happily changed and went outside.
Finally followed after of a "smelly" pharaoh and a bigheaded_Seto.
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"Oh- Here come the boys!!"
"EEEE-!!!! Seto!!"
"Soooooo cute!! Oh my god!! I love the black, Nike T-shirt!!"
"I like his short!! Man- why can't it be SHORTER!!"
"Yey!! Yami!!! Hey isn't that-"
"I think it is…"
"My god! Mr. Penaji's clothes?! Ewww- poor Yami…!"
"Uh~ look at Yugi~ so sweet and innocent~ and yummy~"
"And here comes Duke!! SOOO HOT!!!"
"Gerr- Bakura~ I like his little brother better…"
The girls' comments about cloths continued to fly over the fences, as the Guys walked out nervously one by one from behind the door. It took like forever and to the guys- it was as if they were walking onto a battlefield, or like into an ancient Roman arena- except that they weren't exactly going to wrestle or duel or anything, just trying to get their class going. (Sad- having all the hottest and cutes boys of the school in one class could really ruin everything-) (A/n: Ring:*giggles*/ Yami and Yugi: *straight eyes at Ring, both blushing lightly* (..-_-..)/ Iura:*mutely shook her head-tiredly*)
//Aibou… did I hear "yummy"?// Yami turned to Yugi and_purred_teasingly. Now the girls has begun their game of baseball at the other side of the fence, while on this side- Mr. Pencil just stared giving instructions of what do to-
At Yami's playful mock, by his side his aibou's face suddenly flamed in redness -
/…/ Yugi scarcely kept his head low, and nodded in respond.
//And just to make sure- are they referring to you~?//
Again- Yogi nodded without looking up.
//Wow really~ I've never thought you're-//
"Yami!! STOP IT!! Or I'll-"
"The smaller Mr. Mutou-! Is there anything wrong?" Yugi's sentence was cut off from the middle as their teacher called back to them, causing Yugi to froze.
//He's naming you- not me~//
/I know that! Be quiet!/ the shorter boy snapped mentally back and at the same time, shot a quick- glare at the pharaoh.
//Geez-//
"Iie Sen-se - nani mo ne desu! (No sir- nothing's wrong)"
"Well then disturb me no more! Or I'll time-out you!" The teacher warned apprehensively.
"Hai!"
"… Alright class- today we will be playing-"And Mr. Penaji turned his attention away another time.
//Gee- he's got issues.//
/Yami! It's your fault! Don't talk!/
//I'm not- duh-// Yami frowned and pointed to his forehead, // Hello- earth to Yugi.//
Yugi growled impatiently and pouted at his yami, /Oh whatever- either way! Don't talk!/
//I said I'm not!// the pharaoh smirked in counter.
/Dohhh-/
"Stop- bugging me-!" Finally, Yogi busted in loud- angry voice, big mistake- again.
"YUGI MUTOU!! IS THERE ANYTHING_WRONG!?"
"I- Iie-"
"Gome- (Sorry) sen-se, it's me that's having a hard time."
/Huh?/ He turned and blinked, /Yami?/
//Just stay quiet-//
"And why's that? Yami-chen?" Their teacher groaned impatiently at the far end.
"Well…you see, I'm still new to this school, so… I've asking my brother here a little TOO much questions… that he got tired. I was actually the one to be blame, should be blame- I meant, since I started it."
Notice how the many guys who frowned at the side after Yami said the word "brother"? What a lie- but Yami and his aibou just had to go through it. (Thanks a LOT Mr. Shokodai!)
"Yami I-"
//Shh- stay quiet… It's true! I AM the one who started it- so… just let it be. //
"… Well- although I didn't hear you, I still can't really punish you cus' of that…" As Mr. Penaji took glare of the angry girls' across the fence, and said with unease. (Guess Penji was incredibly loud that he got even the attentions of Yami's fans) "I'll pass your case. But Yami, if you really have questions that need to be answered you should have asked me, or- talk after class!"
"Hai! Sen-se."
"Then class? Let's get the game started, shall we?" The teacher then dismissed the class onto the field.
Accept for the two red-spiky hair boys, who just stood there, blinking.
"Huh? What are we playing?" Yogi blinked.
"Er… Beats me-" and Yami blinked after.
Latert, the both of them was_just_pleased to see their best pal Jounouchi running back to them. (Apparently Jou was just thoughtful enough to turn_around for them- or was he just trying to retrieve the 1$ coin he dropped?) (A/n: Jou: *shouting* That's my lucky one-dollar! / Yami: *veins popped* sooo- you WERE only just trying to pick up the money…/ Jou:*blinked*Er… ops./ Yogi:*shook his head like how Iura did*)
"Whata' you guys doing?? Just standing here would only get yar ass kick! Move out!" the boy who owned the 1$ asked, after he picked up what belonged to him, that is.
"We will… but after the last question being asked and answered…" The pharaoh smiled.
"Huh?" Jou raised an eyelid.
"Yeah umm… Jounouchi-kun, can you tell us what we're doing now?" the smaller Mutou stretched his head and smiled like he never did before- very unreal.
Jou first sighed in respond, "You weren't paying attention at all, huh?" And the other two nodded simply in the expression of - "Obviously…"
Jou then merely laughed, "I understand why… well- Yugi, today we're having yar' favorite!"
Yugi blinked once again in confusion, "My favorite?"
Then seeing Jou's smirks gave him a silly chill. "You're not saying… oh no! Please don't!"
//…? //
The yellowy-brown hair boy smiled down and nodded at the miserable face of little Yugi, "Y-ep! You bet! It's- dodge ball time!!"
"Hell no!"
"Dodge ball?" the pharaoh was just confused at the side, as he watched the other two squirmed. 'What's dodge ball?' Yami had heard of dodge from Yugi's daily complains, but he had never played it, or hear Yugi mentioned how to play it, so of course- it was a question necessary.
And his hikari barely smiled, he was almost like crying, actually. "You meant- "least favorite." At the same time there was another lethal glare in his eyes at Jounouchi, who was barely laughing his head off at poor Yugi. 'Ha ha- very funny-' he thought.
Oh ra- NOT dodge ball! For everything there is, why can't there be a simple game of soccer? Or like what the girls are doing- baseball, or tennis? Or basketball? Or- or- anything asides DODGE BALL! Swimming was even better! Although swim class was usually Yugi's first- least preferred in line. Save for sometimes, dodge ball was just so exasperating. If only everyone just throw the ball nicely at each other… yet NO! The ball was picked up, then "WHAM"! It flew all over the place, or bodies flew all over the place. And Yugi was always- for some reason, always the one to be targeted first! (Maybe if he had run faster then the order may have change. Sadly, being the slowest in class wasn't easy either.) This second he may be on the field, then the next- a phone call to the school nurse's office was made and Yugi was on his way-
//Not this time you won't! // Yami had read his mind. 'Not with my protection.'
//Uh-huh. So basically, you just pick up the ball and throw it at people… huh, interesting-//
/Yeah… and if you got hit, you'll have to stay out of the field until you hit someone else…/ the little one could barely look up.
//That's all the rules… right? You hit the other team- and getting them out, simple as that! //
/Huh… I think? W-wait-/ Before he got to finish his ponderings, the pharaoh dragged him by the hand and charged forward to the field. Apparently- Yami was realizing why the tomb-robber-no-yami, Bakura love gym so much.
'Because- it's just… And I thought schools are always boring-' And the pharaoh was now, unstoppable! After all, asides the blood of the Dark Chaos Magician, there was yet the ancient warrior's blood flowing in him. They has been there ever since he was born- born as the prince of Egypt, grown to be the prodigious pharaoh, and now- the burns of flaming blood was enlightening him to fight! Yes he was the pharaoh, but over the ages he lived, he was not proven in other's eyes only as the pharaoh, but the dark sorcerer of the ancient age as well. And the most powerful one, indeed. Bring in the tigers! He was ready-!
"Gee- they're awfully… excited…" Jou blinked after the back of two boys as he was left behind.
"Yami!! Slow down!!" Yugi could barely scream, as he was pulled deeper and deeper in to the battlefield.
"Bloody hell!" The bigger boy yelled without loosing his grin (already forgetting the smell of his clothing- Mr. Penaji's extras-). To him, the battle has already begun-
Thunders roared among the every face of each warrior, and up in the atmosphere that barely allow anyone to breath. The fearful expression of this ancient pharaoh was indescribable as he trashes into bottomless swamps, bring his beloved aibou along to meet their doom. (A/N: Yami:*(0_0)* wow… am I that… scary?/ Iura:*laughing so hard that she could barely breath*)
Everyone was wounded up, very exicted!
Of the moment there, Yami had totally forgotten his fate… of vanishing…
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"GO GO YAMI!!!"
"NO! GO SETO!!"
"Shut up! Duke's the best!!"
"Hum… but I like Jounouchi better…" Then the girl who said this suddenly received all other girls' not_persuaded_stares. "What!?"
"Whatever… EVERYONE!! GOGO!!"
"Yami… Yugi… please be careful!" this last sentence was noticeably- by Anzu.
As the girls has already elapsed that they had their own class that needs to be carried on… dropping whatever they were doing to cheer up each one of their "cuties", and leaving their female gym teacher- Nuts!
She sighed, "Whatever… I'll watch too…" And the screams began. ('Guess it wasn't TOO embarrassing after all-' As Kaiba thought, he wasn't the only one being… you know- screaming after.)
"In your positions-! Ready-?!" Mr. Penaji shouted between the two different teams of yellow and green. Yami, his dear aibou Yugi, (somehow Yami got the teacher to agree for him to stay with Yugi.) Jounouchi, and Duke were all in yellows. And Seto, Bakura, and his sweet aibou Ryou (Needless to say, the same thing happened on Yugi and Yami happened on them….), and Hunda were in the greens.
Both teams were yelling above their lungs with "You're going down!!" like comments. Both teams unqualifiedly ready-
"You're darn going down!! You get? You're all ganna be dead!! Especially you- Pharaoh!!" In the front line Bakura challenged everyone opposing with top_qualified daring lung, and VERY desperate, as he was to destroy the ancient pharaoh.
"Oh Yeah!? We'll see who kills who you BAGAYARO NO ROBBER!! Better hide now or I'll cream you good!" And Yami who's also in the front line- yelled back with also an undefeated tendency. (Very un-pharaoh like…)(A/N Yugi:*straight eyes* Gee- why did you have to yell if you were like- only 1 meter away from each other?/ Yami:*smiles* well…)
"Yeah!! You tell them Yami!! You're all ganna go down!!" Jou cheered from beside the pharaoh.
"And the first one to do that is YOU!! Jounouchi!" Hunda, who was standing right in the front of Jou, challenged the puppy boy.
"Bunch of morons…" And with watching everything, Seto, who stood right in front of Yami, facing him, whispered to himself. But he was heard.
"Better not say that Kaiba- or you'll regret it bad!" The pharaoh's chuckles caught Kaiba's attention; following by his dare really ticks Seto off-
Kaiba hunched down into his ready position, and smiled coldly, "Yami… we'll see how good you are in dodge ball than Duel Monsters."
"We will indeed-"
And there in the corner, shoulder-to-shoulder against each other, were both the only hikaris there was. Yugi and Ryou- just sighed in defeat, knowing that both of them might be the first ones to get killed-
Go! The teacher signaled and throws the ball in midair… and-
"WHAM!!" Yami caught it with a light jump; still in the sky he chucked it hard towards the opposite crowd, missing both Kaiba and Bakura who ducked aside at the instance! And hit a very unrelated, innocent boy in the face- (The ball was never flying for Ryou.)
"Or maybe not!" both Yugi and Ryou smiled with wide surprised eyes at what they guessed wrong.
(A/N: Ring: just to let you know… the real JP dodge ball has no limit- it can be hit anywhere on the body and the person's still out! And not to mention- the ball they use is the hard volleyball we use for just volleyball games. Which if you get hit, it'll hurt- VERY bad! And… hope you know what how their rules are different from ours, and how the game is played…)
"Darn! Miss!" 'Oh well… not bad for the first try-' As soon as Yami landed, the ball was coming straight back at him, returning his favor by Bakura- "Holy RA-!" He jumped aside and it hit another innocent boy. (Gee-)
"Having fun? Pharaoh!? Well here comes some more!!" Unfortunately for the yellows… the ball rolled back to where it came from without anyone stopping it. Which- the tomb-robber-no-baga caught it again! And it was sent after the pharaoh again.
"Heck!-" Yami barely missed this one. It went flying directly for his face and he had to suddenly drop to the ground and let it fly by- to hit one other innocent boy. (Guess all the additional characters would end up like this… sad.)
This time, Duke caught the ball, (actually it has been rolling on the ground for a while.) "GraaH!!" He fired it as hard as he could and hit! One_other_unrelated_boy. Yami turned to him and they shared "victory" thumbs.
"Good job!" the pharaoh smiled.
The game passed on quite peacefully… as the guys were only continuing to get each other out of the sight, only that…
But- it didn't last forever…
*
"WHAM!!"
"WHOOM!!"
"BANG- BONG!!" (Sound of someone falling.)
"Yeah!! Got another one!!" –By Jou.
"Oh my…" All Yugi wanna do was GET OUTA HERE!! While he watched more and more blameless boys got sent away. 'Dear kami- oh kami- holy-!' And he could have been hit if Yami hadn't come back to block the ball for him.
//Aibou! You alright!?//
/Y-yeah…! For now-/
//Kaiba…!// (Guess who it was that almost got Yugi…)
"Yami!!! THIS IS FOR YOU!!" Seto aimed, and fired the ball for the fifth time in a role. (Each time he hit at least one boy, and once there was a triple-out. But never did he get the Pharaoh- guess Yami was just a little too fast- excluding this time that almost hit Yugi and Yami HAD to block for him, which someone else caught the ball afterwards while it was still in midair so Yami was not consider "out".)
'How dare you-' and the pharaoh's teeth clinked in his mouth in fury. This time- he did_not dodge away from the flying ball- "BANG!!" It went right for his chest-
The sigh of chaos was reveled at this exact instance.
Yugi grasped hard.
All the remaining boys in the opposing team grinned lightly at the pharaoh's defeat, or ALMOST defeat- excluding Bakura, who didn't realize what was really happening, 'Darn! He was MY prey!!' and also Ryou, who showed almost the same expression as Yugi, except lighter.
"Yami!!" Both Duke and Jounouchi shouted in shock. No way! He could have move away for that! Why the heck did he not!?
Hell, of course he could have done that, but it only matters if he wanted to. And he didn't.
Now, the ball still twilled on his shirt at the hard force by Kaiba, who also was shocked at what Yami didn't do. Slowly, it was dropping, but it didn't. "Wham!" Yami didn't allow it to drop- he wedged it before it did.
"KAIBA!!!" He yelled.
And Seto froze, before he could realize it the ball was charging directly to him. "!!!"
Usually, Kaiba could have caught any balls that came to him, but this one, was just too hard! AND FAST!! He jumped aside as Yami did and it missed for the last time. "BANGGG!!" Dropping to the ground, he was panting heavily in shellshock.
"What the…" while Seto watch the very last "innocent" boy on his team slammed to the ground unconscious with his nose bleeding… a broken nose- or even worst…
Now, the girls' shrieks slowly died down, even Mr. Penaji was wide eyes, afraid to move.
"Holy ra…" Bakura's mouth dropped wide open. And so did everyone else's. The fan girls at the side just stop cheering now…
Yugi looked up from the ground with white- shaking eyes. /Y-Yami-!?/ he slowly began- trembling breath whirled in his mouth.
//…!!//
'That the heck…' the strangest reason there was, was that even Yami did not know what he had just done, as he also watched with wide shocking eyes as the injured boy got sent away to the school's nursing center. It was the seventh person he had hit, but none of them before ended up this way… 'What's wrong with me!? I've use the same amount of force on that one-!!' he wanted to ask someone… but since himself did not know… how would anyone else-
/Yami! Why in the world…!?/ Yugi was just terrified! How did his dearest yami turn out to be like this!? Did he want to hurt someone that much!? Suddenly Yugi's feelings swelled to anger. 'That was so not right!'
//NO! Ne-… I didn't! I- I-… I only wanted to take revenge in Kaiba-! I-… didn't want to-//
"So if Kaiba got hit he could have end up the same!? That's what YOU'RE SAYING!?"
Yami immobilized at the angry yell of his aibou. He's REALLY mad! " N-no!! I didn't mean to hurt anyone!! Honest!! I was just playing the game-!! B- but- it just ha-"
"IT JUST HAPPENED!? YAMI! The person's hurt BAD!!"
'A-aibou…' darn… Yugi has never talked to him this way…! 'He's soooo hating me now…! But I really-'
//L-listen to me! Aibou! I was just trying to get the ball! And I did! Then I was just trying to- I WAS mad! But I didn't mean to- I was-//
"YAMI! ENOUGH!!"
"-!!"
There was nothing Yami could say, Yugi did not want to listen… AT ALL! All that Yugi know was Yami had became nothing but a brutal … Pharaoh…! Someone that Yugi wished at that moment he could never have known!
"Just like what happened before-! You could have… killed someone… Yami… why…?" Yugi's eyes burst into tears… in fear.
The image of last time came back to him allover again… Yami could have killed Kaiba if Yugi hadn't stopped him in time. As the little one remembered that moment back on Pegasus's dueling island, the Duelists' Kingdom. Upon the roof of Pegasus's coastal, where together both of them had duel with Kaiba the second time… if Yugi hadn't stop Yami's attack against Kaiba's last defense, Kaiba could have fallen from there and seriously hurt himself. (A/N: Ring: hum… I can't really remember how it happened… so… can't really describe it… I hope everyone know this clearer than me…)
"Again… and again… you never had changed… did you…?" His knees went weak and his lower half falls to the ground, "Why…?" Yugi said in trembles.
No one else said a word, not even Kaiba, or Mr. Penaji.
Then the pharaoh was just in rush to explain that he didn't realize- the feels to his heart… the familiar feeling… was back-!
"No!! AIBOU!! I've changed! Honestly! I've change a long time ago!! I didn't mean to hurt anyone! I didn't know how it came out of me! I just-!!!" Without warning, Yami collapsed to the ground.
No- It was the pain! The throbbing from this morning has come back! 'Darn-!! No!! Not here-!' the pharaoh began panicking by the seconds as his pain increased.
"!?" not knowing what was happening, Yugi watched at the side and comparable to what everyone else was doing.
/Yami…?/
Once again, the pharaoh began panting- hard! And supposing it was because of the callous force that he received from Kaiba's attack previously, his chest was stinging more than anything else. Now, his head was dizzying and a muscle he moved, he felt thunder banging from inside. Shouting his eyes- tight, he whispered the last words, "Not… now…"
"YAMI!!"
He can no longer hear things…
And his viewings turned darker… darker…
The pharaoh collapse fully to the ground, unconscious, leaving his friends and his dearest aibou behind with dark fears…
"Who once was his, will always return to him…"*
The second floor up in the building, Malik observed by the window as everything happened. Totally ignoring what his teacher has to say in the front of the class.
"And who is willing to read chapter 9? Ah yes, Kiwi-chen, thank you."
A girl deeper in the class stood up and began reading aloud with the textbook that titled- "History" in her hand. "And he turned to the princess and laughed, "How naïve of you my dear lord-"
"So… what do you think? Who would have thought that my sister's right…" Malik said, without anyone hearing him except one person.
Many may have thought that he was talking to himself, but no! He was not! Not that boring to do so.
And a cold, familiar chuckle was heard, from right behind where Malik was sitting, "Yes… indeed, and if your sister's saying was entirely correct… it won't be long until he totally vanishes…"
/…/
//Patience aibou… very soon we will be able of gain control of Yugi's Millennium puzzle… without the pharaoh guarding it, it would really be a piece of cake…//
Malik said nothing more to his yami, as he kept some ponders to himself.
'The faith of all royal families… huh?'*
~~~~~~~~~~~~Dream's frequents~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
" 'The Fund of Existences' was said to be the life source of all members of every royal families… that it was not fate but destiny that one was born to be the pharaoh, or a part of his family, which their life source was given be the Sun God, Ra himself.
By the century he created land, at the next he created life, soon, he made his own gods and goddesses to serve him. "I need more" as he thought. The finally, man kind was born-
At the beginning of the ages, men honored Ra as he expected them to, but soon, after ages passed, they betrayed him, fighting him back. As each day he suffered tears of mislead, then finally, he gave in to his own fate, for he did not created fate, so he had nothing to defend himself from what rightfully overcome him, leading him to his withdrawal.
But before he departed, he brought his gods and goddesses along, leaving the earth paradises of evil. And after all thy gods and goddesses gone, men began to felt fear as they were no longer protected, they felt need for thy. They felt sorry of what they once done, and prayed to Ra for the last time. Ra heard their prayers, and then in tears he finally gave them the last present- he created another new yet the last being- The new beings were no different from men in physical, but their inner souls were each part of Ra's light.
The "Fund of Existences", as these new souls was called. And so, the new beings were said to be the representatives of Ra, to rule over the lands of man, to protect man from evil- which man honored them as the Royal Kings and Queens-"
Isis stopped here, and turns to see the shadowy extraction of her young prince.
"…" His arms were now fold as he kept his mouth shut, and head low, clearly the he didn't lack to end her.
So Isis had to continue, "When one was born as an associate of the royal family, thy was living- of part of Ra's soul… and if thy dies, the spirit returns to Ra, and thy memories also became part of the Sun, which means-"
"ENOUGH!" And Isis immobilized at his sudden halt, there was the sudden fear again, fear against what comes next- "Enough… I know the rest…"
'Which means… "The spirit would become nothing… as their parts played for Ra was over…"' Prince Yami thought, and although it hurts to remember the phrase, but he just had to remind himself again. 'Which means… I will be "nothing", after my "time" comes…'
"Just tell me… if it's true…" The boy whispered as he began once again, looking down with tiresome eyes.
Isis looked up, and into the lifeless eyes of her young prince, 'What can I do…?' she know how much the prince was feeling, but… the truth was demanded, by himself.
'Maybe… just maybe…'
She thought about more, more to tell her little lord- but just where could she start?
Her feelings heavyhearted, but having no other choice- Isis nodded…
At this same instance, the prince's heart went cold-"… Yes… young master… yes…" She said, with a strange fear to say more…
~~~~~~~~~~~~End dream's frequents~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Yami… Yami-!!"
The familiar voice ringed throughout his head, but he couldn't tell exactly who does the voice belonged to.
'Who…'
"Yami! Please wake up-! Please…!" This second time the voice ringed louder and more undoubtedly, yet still not enough to tell who it goes to. And soon, the number of voices increased-
"Yami! Come on-! Pal!"
"Oh Yami… Please wake up!"
"He's not doing so good guys! Someone call the nurse again!!"
/Yami… Please be ok! Please…! Wake up…!/
//Ai…bou…?//
/!!/
Yes, he heard Yugi's call, and the many agonized voices slowly brought back his mind from his dreamy world.
Try as he could, his eyes could barely open, as he felt awfully exhausted without any strength left in his body. But he had to unbolt them. And he did.
"Yami!" The voices suddenly bowed brighter all together, graceful at the return of the pharaoh.
"You're Ok!!" Jou cried.
The smell of medicines had Yami dazed a little, but managed to focus his prospect. Looking around the space he was in, the white curtains and walls, plus the white soft sheet he was in- he was sure it was the school's nursing center.
There they were, surrounding his bed, were his friends. Jounouchi, Hunda, Ryou, Duke, Anzu, and even Bakura and Seto, who stood only at the far corner, both hands were fold, as they watched him in low glares.
Finally, there he was, kneeled down right beside the pharaoh bed, the one who held tight to Yami's hand, was his aibou. Yami took in one dragging breath, and breathed, finally, he smiled weakly to show them that he was fine, and they cheered once again- this time louder.
"Keep it down over there!!" A voice roared from behind the curtain and they all quiet down once again.
"Ops…"
"Never mind 'ops'! Yami! Are you okay?" Anzu said worryingly.
"Yeah! You had us all worried there! You alright now?!" Hunda said also in troubled voice.
"What happened back there? You just suddenly fainted!" Duke asked with the tone not any better than the previous two.
With everyone asking as many questions as possible, Yami could only nod in respond with a smile to each and every person. (Excluding the two "cool" guys standing at the corner.) But all this time, Yami could barely notice that Yugi wasn't saying anything.
Until he returned his eyes back down to his side, to see tears continued to run down his aibou's cheeks, "!?"
//Ai… aibou…?//
/…/ He sniffed but didn't say anything else. Yami's eyes round wide, surprised, as he lied staring to Yugi's crystal ones, and Yugi's hands were still nowhere to loosening Yami's.
Everyone else now stood quiet. Anzu beamed in light tears, Jou just scratched_his_head, Ryou did his usual- smiling, just smiling. Duke and Hunda exchanged a weak, relief beam as well. And the other two who was at the corner, just looked at each other, "Darn! What the heck am I here anyways!?" Bakura complained quietly, and a light red of embarrassment was seen at the side of his face.
"Because…" Seto lqughed lightly back at the miseralble tomb_robber, "-The whole class is here-? And there really isn't anywhere else you can go."
True, most_of_their_classmates were sent to the nursing center after Yami, because Bakura practically began his "throwing practice" with the rest of the class, sending more patients away that Mr. Penaji just HAD to stop the game before himself became Bakura's last target- (Guess he really want to throw at least one ball like Yami's last one, but he never get how, "Grraa!! NO!! "WHAM" sounds too weak!! I want "BANGGG"!!! " Bakura… don't you know what you should never compare with the sound effects?)
Fortunately, it wasn't the reason of why Kaiba had ended up in the center, nop, he had came because like he said, he had no other place to go until the next bell.
"Grraa damnit! "Bakura frowned some more and turned prepare to leave, "I'm outta here! Yo- Aibou! You coming?" He asked for the last time.
Ryou looked at his Yami, he blinked, and paused to ponder something, /Hold on!/ he finally decided, /Wait for me for a sec!/
//Grr! What now!?// Bakura glowered darkly, watching at the side as his aibou whispered something to everyone's ears. Anzu, Jou, Hunda and Duke nodded and began to at last- leave with Ryou and his yami. Seto blinked after them. Then he saw Ryou coming back to signaled something, he looked to the resting pharaoh and his aibou, and understood what "it" mean. Kaiba shook his head, and without another word he disappeared out of the door with the rest of the gang. 'Yami… nice play at dodge ball.' was the very last thing Seto was smiling about.
Not the room was fairly empty of human, except for over the curtain, was another resting patient. Yami and Yugi were_still_looking at each other, Yugi didn't say anything, and the pharaoh didn't want to break out any word either, not yet- Because remembering the moment when he almost hurt Kaiba and turning himself untrustworthy for his aibou, he felt as if he no longer have the rights to speak, 'He probably hate me to guts now… gee, thanks a lot! For taking that stupid "revenge" on Kaiba!' Yami scolded himself about what happened all over again. 'But I really didn't know- it's too late… He'll never trust me now…'
"…"
"…"
Tears were still coming down from Yugi's cheeks- he wasn't crying of joy, because he didn't look happy. And the pharaoh was quite confused at what was going on- 'Mad? Sad? Happy? No? What then!? Is this suppose to be a good sign or a bad!? He's not smiling, quess he's sad… but he doesn't look sad~ yet he's crying!! What in the… wait! Crying…? 'He stopped there.
"You've broken our promise… you're crying… "Yami whispered, as his body was still anemic. (Yet satisfied as he was that the pain has gone once again.)
"I don't care!" the little one snapped.
Gee- well, Yugi wasn't happy- this is certain. Yami had crossed one of the many capes. And- was it just him, or was it that the hand his aibou clutched to was kinda hurting?
//Hum… aibou… don't you think that you're holding a little too tight?//
"I don't care!" Yugi snapped again.
//Er… so you don't care if you kill me?// Yami tried to joke, but failed.
"I don't care! You're already dead anyways!"
Ouch! That hurts-
O-k! Yugi was VERY unhappy. 'Uh-oh…" Yami thought- Sighing in defeat as he thought he guessed right, Yugi did not rely on him to any further extent-
/Baga…/
//Huh?//
"I said! "BAGA"!!!!"
At this moment, Yugi could no longer hold back the more tears that were coming his way, they began spill like waterfall.
"BAGA BAGA BAGA BAGA!!!!" The little one shouted to the top of his lungs, causing Yami to freeze.
It was then that Yami finally realized what it meant, all this time- Yugi was fretted, nor forlorn, nor angry, he was worrying about Yami- More than anything, or anyone else on earth. He didn't say it in his words, but his actions were fairly palpable, as Yami knew his aibou too well- sometimes, when he screamed at you, it means he's happy (?), and when he's crying, he meant mad (?), simple as that!
'Does this mean… about what happened… does he still…' However, Yami couldn't be convinced.
"Baga…" Yugi sobbed further as his volume trailed down, returning to his head low position. And Yami watched with unease, maybe… he was right, but maybe… he was still-
"Yugi…" He began breathlessly once again. Nervously, he stretched out his other hand, one that Yugi wasn't cleaved to. With a fear that Yugi would back away, shakily, Yami reached out to touch Yugi's right cheek, and succeed.
Gently, he rubbed the tears away.
"I'm sorry… aibou… I-"
"Gomene… (I'm sorry…)"
"-?"
"Gomene- Yami… I didn't know your illness… and I was being so- …gomene…" Yugi's voice trailed to whispers, and arised to light quake, as more of his tears began to drop.
"My …illness…?"
Yami stopped to think there, acomprehended what Yugi was saying. 'He meant… my pain…' There was nothing Yami could blame, because- Yugi didn't understand…
"I was being so harsh on you… about what happened… and all… gomene…" The more he talk the more waters rolled down for his cheeks, he couldn't stop them, although he tried.
Yami couldn't answer, at the crying face of his aibou he's tensions only increased- "S- Stop aibou, stop! Don't cry! You've promised me… don't! Please…!" He said also nervously, praying for an end to Yugi's tears, as he tried to rob away the waters on the smaller boy's face.
Yugi didn't say anything, but he finally released one of his hands to touch the other one that the pharaoh laid on his right cheek. Showing that he allowed the hand to stay where it was, as he felt the warmth, the softness, and there it was- the "sensation" was back. He looked up to his Yami in the eyes; his own was filled with sadness, the grief he wasn't clear of, because he was heartbroken of too many things at the same time.
/Gomene…I shouldn't have distrusted you…/
//Aibou… please…! Enough…!// Although he was glad to hear that he was forgiven, but those were the tears he also couldn't stand.
/I should have realize that you were feeling different… people does unusual things if they weren't feeling normal… if I realize it earlier I wouldn't have let you be in the game… gomene… gomene…/
"Yugi! Enough!"
Without warning, Yami pulled Yugi into his chest, and hugged him tight once again like he did previously. "I don't want to hear anymore! Yugi! Stop!"
It wasn't a very comfortable position as Yami was still lying down on the bed and Yugi- previously was kneeling by it. But Yugi didn't want to pull away.
//Remember that you promised me never to cry again? Now you've really broken it! //
/Gomene…/
//ENOUGH!! I said enough!! It doesn't matter anymore…! It's not your fault! //
/But…/
//Aibou… do you remember you I've chosen you as my partner? Or why the Millennium Puzzle had came to you… //
Yugi paused to think, and then, with an even lower tension he answered, / … because you trusted that I could help you… But now… I've failed to even trust you…/
//WRONG- Yugi… because it was destiny! //
/…?/ He didn't understand what Yami meant, still resting on the pharaoh's chest Yugi eyes rounded in puzzled.
// I was born for this day… Yugi. Five thousands of years ago- I was born for the mean of this day! To met you! To protect you! To be there for you whenever you need me…//
/Ya…mi…/
//This is why… I'm here… to be by your side… my past mean nothing to me now, my future's here with you! To protect you from darkness… from wretchedness… So please aibou, don't cry anymore, because if you cry… it means… I've failed to fulfill my will- that I've lost my right to protect you… well at least that's what I believe. //
/Yami…/
//Please Yugi, it's not your fault, so stop saying I'm sorry… and… stop crying… /
Then although Yami couldn't see, but somehow he knew Yugi has smiled at last, /Wa ga-da…/(I understand now)
The pharaoh breath out in relief, releasing his aibou, and smiled to see Yugi drying up his tears. Yugi then sniffed, and smiled back.
"This is going to be the second time you promise me… aibou-"
"I couldn't help it! And you were the one who got me so worried and mad!! It's your fault!" the little one pouted back playfuly. Yami blinked at this reaction first, then they both laughed.
Perfect, just what he wanted- Yugi was back to normal again. Finally- it was the normal, cheerful him, as a bright smile beamed on his face. This- was what the pharaoh wanted. And planed to keep it this way-
Alright now- enough, it was time to get up! No more bed_whines! No more hiding away-
"Hey um… aibou? Do you mind pulling me up? I'm still feeling kinda… funny…" He was yanking sidways when he tries to get up by hiself.
"Huh? But Yami! You need to rest!"
"Oh come now aibou- fine then… tell me, how long have I been sleeping?"
"Er… half an hour? I think."
"You see? I had half an hour of rest already! It's more than enough! And gee- it's longer than I thought I did…"
"But-" Seeing Yami childishly waved one of his arm at Yugi, although he was saying "no" yet the little one naturally pulled THAT hand, (Didn't know why but he just naturally did it.) "Ah?" And as soon as Yami was in sitting position he pushed the thick blankets out of the way, clearing a path and jumped forward. "Yami!!"
The pharaoh ignored Yugi's worried face as he strached, everywhere towards the ceiling. "Ahh this feels good!" he smiled, leaving Yugi wide mouthed.
"Are you really sick…?"
"Huh? Oh-! Yeah-" the bigger boy nodded back, "Well, at least it was before. What? Don't want to believe me again?"
"No… I-… you see, it's not like I don't believe you, just that- I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!! Yami!! Come back here!!" And he chased after Yami out of the room-
*
'Ra… how can I rest if I don't have the time? Now… every second is precious to me…' The king of games thought.
Then slowly, he recalled the dream he had a while ago-
'I rather be a simple townspeople… at least… I won't vanish…like how I will…
Idiot… get it now!? There's no "future" for you in line! Yugi will never love you! Because he never should! Or… he'll suffer… I'll make him suffer…'
"Who once was his, will always return to him…"
'This voice… it sounded so familiar… but who…?'
"You've escaped your faith once already… King Yami… but this time… you cannot hide!"
'!?'
He turned around, and around, but found no one. Who was that voice… it was the same voice he heard before he collapsed to the ground during Gym. He waited for the voice again, but it didn't come.
'What is this I'm feeling…?' he looked down to both his hands, "Fear…?"
At this, he laughed. Yes… he now feared death, feared his "end" to come, it never happen before when he was still a pharaoh, when he was still alive, but why? Why didn't he fear "death"? Well… not that much… but why? Why now? When he was already dead…
'No! I didn't die! I didn't even get the chance to die!' As Yami remembered the moment he was "Sealed" into the Millennium Puzzle. (A/N: Ring: hope you all know what happened…)
'Yugi… this is all your fault!' He complained.
'If I hadn't met you… I might not fear this much of dying… Why… Ra? Why did you let Yugi and I met? If I hadn't, I won't have to feel this much about returning to you!! I may not even feel fear at all!!
Yugi… why do I love you…? If I never have… I won't have felt this much pain…
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Ring:*Sobs* YAMI!! NO!!! GOD!! WHEN DOES THE SAD PLOTS EVER END!?
Yami:*Straight eyes* Er… did you ever realize that YOU are the writers to this story?
Ring:*sniffed and blinked* oh- oh yeah…
Iura:*sweat dropped tiredly* Aibou… please…
Yugi:*shook his head once again* well… guess that was heard! Finally… anyways… Guys? Did you ever notice that it was kinnda confusing in this chapter?
Yami:*blinked* yeah… Aibou's right… the last part, and the 'dream's frequents'… or was it suppose to be like that?
Iura:*Chortled* really? oh I quess you're just too dumb to understand them… that's all!
Yami:*nerves popped* WHAT!? YOU SAID I'M WHAT!!? Oh- let me at her aibou!! Let me at her!!
Yugi:*Trying to pull Yami back for charging at Iura again* YAMI!! Control yourself!!
Ring:*sweat dropped* ha… ha… well, I do think it was a little confusing too… but… I don't really know what better way there is to express the emotional feelings… so… and besides- did you know that the legend of 'The Fund of Existences' was a real legend?
Iura:*Big round eyes* (=o,o=) Really? Aibou?
Ring:*Smiled and nodded* yeah! I read it off a book a long time ago!! Ra! I LOVE MYTHOLOGIES!! (=,=)
Iura:*straight eyes*... Like hell-
Yugi:*finally pulled Yami down* phew- hum… but you did say that you will add more details to the next chapter… right?
Ring:*Smiled* Yep yep!! You bet!!
Yami:*Still Panting on the floor* then it's fine! Now… WILL ANYONE PLEASE ANSWER ME ONE QUESTION THAT WHY "I'M MAKING EVERYONE CRY??"
Iura and Ring: *blinked* you're what?
Yugi:*blinked as well, then realized what his yami meant* Oh hum… yeah- why is it that everyone's crying in the reviews we read? And it sounded like it's either Yami or me who was the reason of why you're crying… but why?
Ring:*Blinked* really? You think so? And I thought I was the one who was making everyone cry…
Iura:*chuckled* yeah- and you even got a "reward" for it…
Yugi:*blinked again* "reward"?
Yami:*Pouted* Darn! And she got reward we don't!?
Ring:*Straight eyes* I don't think you know what Ura meant…
Yami:*blinked for his second time* huh? Why?
Ring:*exhaled noisily* yeah, a frying pan of doom … thanks to Aaies-chen… ouch… my head still hurts… (*_T)
Yugi:ah?
Iura:*sighed* just read the reviews and you'll understand…
Yami:*veins popped* OK!! Whatever!! But still no one answered my question!! 'WHY THE HECK AM I MAKING EVERYONE CRY!?!?!" I didn't do anything…? Or… did I-?
Ring:*Smiled* well Yami? I think about that question- you'll need to ask the readers- not us…
Yami:fine…
Yugi:*Smiled* come-on Yami! Don't be sad… you'll find your answer!
Yami:*looked up, and paused for 0.1 second to think over the thought* Wait! I- I'm not sad!! Aibou! What are you talking about??
Yugi:*light giggles* come now Yami~ you know that you've always hated to see girls cry- let alone tons of them.
Yami:*Narrowed his eyes, the sighed again* Aibou… you know me too well. *While Iura smirked at the side at the thought, 'Crying huh? I'll let him have some of my crys next time…' )
Ring:*straight eyes* Ura? I heard that-
Iura:*plucked finger* Darn!
Yugi: *looked from Ring to Iura, then vise versa* huh?
Yami:*straight eyes* (-_-') never mind- Yugi… probably planning about something bad again…
Iura:*smiled, causing Yami to twitch sideways* Yami? You know me too well…
Yami:(-...-")...
*As the four packed to leave, soon the lights were turned off, and four shadowy figures- as usual, noisily argued out into the light from the other room*
Ring:I'll say this again!! I'm SOOO SORRY THAT I HAD TO UPDATE THIS CHAPTER THIS LATE!! Sorry!!(~) I coun't help it!! Really!! Please forgive me!! And Ura!! Please please don't be mad or forget about our story!! Please!! We'll try to upload the next one as fast as possible!! Please don't hit me again Aaries- chen!! (*~*) if you want! You can hit Ura instead!! (Iura:I heard that!) Just kidding…(T-T)
Anyways… thank you so much again!! Agentpudgechen! KaTyAchen!! And you too!! Blue lighting-kun!! Yami Tsuki Tenshi- kun(wow… such long name) !! And KawaiblackMoonkun? I hope that your flu is gone now… and how you describe it? You were so funny that Ura and I laughed my head off!! WOW!!!!!! You're SUCH a humorous characteristic for humorous storys!!!!!!!! I'm SOO GANNA READ YOUR STORY NOW!!!! (=^-^=) Thank you all so much once again!! Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
Ps: hum… we still need more supporters on Yaoi Yugioh web-bring…(.) please!! People!! We need all your supports!!!! And if you understand what I meant… please read the previous chapter again- the same type of message was posted at the bottom just like this!!