Love is an Army Chapter 2: Suddenly, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

Suddenly

Author's notes: Well, you wanted a sequel so here it is, to the song Suddenly by LeAnn Rimes. Ryou returns home and finds the letter. How does he handle it?

Disclaimer: I don't own the song, nor Yu-Gi-Oh… sure wish I did though…

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Ryou's POV:

I came home that night as usual, carefully unlocking the door and stepping inside, hanging my coat on the old wooden hook beside the door. How could I have known that you were gone for good? I saw your jacket missing but thought nothing of it. You were often gone when I arrived anyway.

*It's Independence Day I'm free
And it's a strange place to be
I'm gonna break these chains
Unleash the changes in me*

I walked into the kitchen, setting my book-bag on the table. It was then that I found your letter. My hand flew to the ring, that solid piece of golden metal that had cursed, and blessed me with you these past years. I silently called your name. You didn't answer me, and then I knew… I was free.

*I see an endless road
I feel the restless wind
I've lost the fear inside
Cause I've got no choice
But to live or die*

At first I was elated, I admit. I was free. No longer your servant, your slave, I was my own person again. That thought filled me with delight. I lifted the cord of the ring to take it off and end this for good but then… I stopped. I stopped as an ache began to fill my heart and consume me.

*Suddenly you're in this fight alone
Steppin' out into the great unknown
And the night's the hardest time
When the doubts run through your mind
Cause suddenly you find your self alone
Suddenly you find yourself*

With a sob I dropped to my knees, finally realizing what you had told me. You loved me. You love me. And now you're gone. They say you never know love until you have lost. They were right, and now it's too late. I can never tell you. I love you, my dark angel, my other half. I have loved you since the first time we met. Through all the pain and suffering, you filled the void in my heart and completed my torn soul.

*In an empty room
With a suitcase on the floor
It'll be daylight soon
I'm gonna wage my private
war*

These past few days have been a blur to me. I barely know what I'm doing. My body moves mechanically through it's daily routine but my mind, my heart and my soul are elsewhere.

*Who's watchin' over me
Must be a guardian angel
I just need time to breathe
And give my life
The best of me*

The others have noticed, I can see the sympathetic looks they give me. No doubt they think you're still hurting me. In a way you are. You're leaving me has hurt worse than anything you could have done to my body. It has ripped at my soul. If only I could find you, my dark one. I want to find you and tell you…

Yesterday Yugi finally confronted me about my attitude.

"Ryou? Are you alright?" he asked me. I forced a smile, even though my heart was crying.

"I'm fine Yugi," I answered him. I know he didn't believe me. None of them ever believed me when it came to you. I prayed he would just drop it and leave me alone. I probably hoped for too much. He just stared back at me with those wide, innocent violet eyes.

*Suddenly you're in this fight
Steppin' out and then*

"He's hurting you again isn't he." I stopped dead at his words. I know he took my actions the wrong way, but still, it wasn't far from the truth. I shook my head in a vain attempt to reassure him. I know he didn't believe me. He just gave me that pitying look. "You know Yami will help you. You don't have to live like this. Yami can free you," he told me. I think my wry laugh surprised him.

"It's too late Yugi," I told him. "I am free, and I hate it." With that I left him staring at my slouched back. I ran home as fast as I could, tears streaming down my face. I didn't sleep that night, I spent the whole time crying, crying for you, for me... I just don't know anymore. I know you would think me weak, that you would only scoff at my tears, but it hurts. It hurts more than anything.

I found you knife that night. You must have forgotten it when you left. I admit I was surprised, since it was your favorite. But in a way I was glad you had left it. I clung to it while I cried. It was the only thing, other than the ring that I had of you. I know it's strange, crying while clinging to a knife, but I don't think I can take this anymore, my dark angel. Please… come back to me.

~*~*~*~* Normal POV*~*~*~*~*~

Miles away, a dark figure felt a pull on his soul, tugging towards the place he had lived for so long.

"He's crying," the figure whispered, before vanishing into the night.

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Author's note: *attempts to resist crying* I still can't believe I'm writing this… Well, I either leave it here or it'll have at least two more chapters. It's up to you, I could leave this nice piece of angst as it is or I could continue and possible have a happy ending… review and tell me what you think ^_^

-Cat