DISCLAIMER: Once again, I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh or it's characters or anything else that is mentioned that is from Yu-Gi-Oh. However, I do own some of the characters and the plot. No, I don't own Japan. In fact, I have no idea whatsoever who actually does if anyone does at all. Now that that is all cleared up…
Yami: well, Yugi, that party was great.
Yugi: Yeah… though by the second time the police showed up we were all sick
Joey: yeah, of each other, the food…
Triston: *rubs stomach* that was some damn good food though… ouch!
Serenity: Triston, are you okay?
Triston: Yeah. Happens all the time.
Joey: now, sis, do ya see what I was talking about when I said Triston was wrong for you?
Serenity: *Sticks tongue out at him* Awe, shut up Big Brother. *she leaves*
Joey: Sisters.
Tea: Aww… ohh…. Ouch…
Triston: what is that?
Yami: Sounds like a sick Tea to me.
Yugi: Did the old folks party to hard for you Tea?
Joey: I'd've gotten sick
Tea: Oh…
Yugi: I'll take that as a yes. *everyone smirks*
Okay… this is getting shorter and shorter but hey, I can live with that! I'd like to thank Alaena Flame Dragonstar for reviewing my last part, and I hope other people do soon. Like I said… I could use some help…
Chapter Six: Unforgivable Sacrifice
^^^^^^^^ The Cell ^^^^^^^^^^
"No!" Joey cried as he threw himself in front of Yami, green jacket blowing back as he flew through mid-air, almost in slow motion. Yami opened his eyes when he heard Joey scream.
"No, Joey! Don't!" he called, using much of his precious air in the attempt, but not only were his words lost on the boy, but even if Joey had heard him, nothing could undo what he had done. A flash of dark light blinded Yami, but he heard the dull thud as Joey's lifeless body struck the cold, gray ground.
^^^^^^^^ Joey's House, Domino City, Japan ^^^^^^^^^^^
"How did Joey get through?" Tea wondered aloud.
"You know, Yami was talking to me about something the other day. He said everyone has a set destiny, the choice is to lean into it or fight it. He said there is a time and place for everything, and that when history repeats itself you should never question fate. He told me to remember that and never forget. He also said that people you care about, as friends, are always with you whether you can feel them or see them or not. He said everyone has their own Magic, but sometimes you choose not to use it and sometimes you do. Yami told me a lot about the past repeating itself, and how he thought something would happen. He told me to be prepared."
"Why didn't he tell me that?" Tea answered angrily
"Maybe that was the wisest decision he ever made." Triston answered solemnly. Tea gave him this awful look and stomped out the door. Triston left too, but he went in the opposite direction. Serenity could help. There was something about her that made him wonder about their pasts. And he knew Yami felt that way too.
^^^^^^^^^^ Serenity's Bedroom ^^^^^^^^^^^
Serenity walked around her spotless room with ease. In fact the whole house was so familiar to her she could walk through it with her eyes closed. Not that it made much difference whether her eyes were closed or not.
When the doctors had done the operation on her eyes, they had made a fatal mistake, leaving Serenity blind beyond all means. The doctors were sued, and now the money Joey earned was back and then some. Everyone thought she would be helpless.
Of all the people she knew, they all took it harder then she herself did. In fact, her blindness seemed to be what she was destined to be. This did not stop her writing or her hopes or dreams, though everyone thought it would. When she became blind by medical definitions, she had really regained her sight. She could see with her mind's eye and visions were common and dreams reality. Serenity lived in a sleeping wakefulness of peace, and she never questioned destiny.
Then there was Seto Kaiba. He was many years her senior, but with her inner eyes she could see not only were they destined for each other, but they had deeper links. They were reincarnations of the past, and they held between them the balance of the future, a precarious position for a blind thirteen year old. She didn't love him, in fact she rather disliked him, but her past had too, and yet she had lived, well then again, she hadn't, but still, she could live with it. At least, she thought she could. If the future of the world fell to her shoulders, what would she do? This would be hard to say, because she knew it would, she was prepared, or she had been until she met Yami.
Yami was her dream guy, and her past's too. She knew the cause of her past's death was Yami. That, she was sure, was why Yami carried so much sorrow inside him. She had a way of seeing people like that, and she knew Yami was right for her, but she also knew when the time came she would have to choose for the world and not let love blind her to her mission. Ha, as if anything could blind her beyond what she was, but then, wasn't. That was a lot for a blind thirteen year old girl to think about.
"Serenity, someone here to see you!" her mother called from the basement.
"Okay Mom!" she called back, rushing down the stairs.
"Serenity! You need to come to the park with me, okay?" Triston whispered hurriedly to her.
"Mom, can I go to the park with Triston?" she asked.
"I don't know…" Serenity put her eyes on her mom, and they glowed bluer then they were as she exhibited her power. Triston saw, she knew, but he only raised an eyebrow. "Oh, sure honey, go ahead." Her mom replied.
"Thanks! Be back later!" she called, dragging Triston out the door.
"Alright, what happened?" she asked as they walked quickly towards the park.
Triston quickly filled her in on what had happened. Much to his surprise, she seemed… prepared, like she knew this would happen.
"So, we need to go to find them now." Serenity said in understanding.
"Exactly." Serenity grinned smugly.
"Well Triston, are you ready for the ride of your life?"
^^^^^^^^^ The Cell ^^^^^^^^^^^
"Joey!" Yami cried. Suddenly he felt unknown strength flow to his arm and legs and somehow he managed to break free. He pushed from the wall and knelt down in front of Joey. "Joey, are you alright? Joey! Joey, please be alright!" Yami said softly, tears streaming down his cheeks. Joey didn't move, he just laid there. He was breathing, bearly, his pulse was very weak. "Joey!" Yami whispered hoarsely. Joey's breathing slowed to bear minimum and his heart began to slow down, little by little. Joey was dying.
^^^^^^^^^ A Cave in the Mountains of Mordia ^^^^^^^^^
An acrid scent filled the air in the cave where Mokuba laid, tied hand and foot. The Mordian guards around him had long since dozed off. From the looks of things, Mokuba might never wake up fully again…
He slowly opened his eyes for the twentieth time in the past day and a half and murmured, hoarsely, his throat dry from lack of water, stomach rumbling from lack of food, the only three words he seemed to be able to say. Dried blood spattered his pajamas from the gash on his stomach and the large, pounding bump on his head. Cracked lips opened and closed softly, "Seto," he croaked, "help me."
^^^^^^^^^ The Cell ^^^^^^^^^^
Yami did nothing to hinder the tears that flowed from his eyes. Even Seto Kaiba, CEO of KaibaCorp couldn't stop a lump from rising to his throat. "Damn you Isis," Kaiba muttered, mirroring Yami's own words, "look what you have done." Isis on the other hand, shrunk to her knees in fear. Some ancient memory had risen, and now that Yami was free and his friend mortally wounded she feared for her own life.
"I won't hurt you Isis." Yami said softly, choked by his tears. "I couldn't."
"W-w-what?" Isis asked, raising her head in wonder.
"Two deaths in one day is not something I can handle right now." Yami continued to cry, tears upon tears for his friend, for his hikari's friend, for past, for present, for future. Sobs rose again, and Yami sobbed in an infant's endless wail, tears falling to his fallen friend's body, as though to cleanse it, as though for burial.
Isis watched her Pharaoh's sob before his friend. Was this the vicious, awful, cruel Pharaoh she had known before? He must regret what he had done in the past, and here he was sobbing. Suddenly Isis felt like a Dark Witch, to have all this power and be unable to help… There was one thing she could try. One thing, and on it rested life or death.
^^^^^^^^^^^ Domino City, Japan ^^^^^^^^^^^
Tea walked around aimlessly for hours, and in the end, found herself totally and utterly lost in her own city. Then, she saw green eyes glowing in the darkness of an alley.
"Come, child, I know the answers you seek."
"What answers? You mean you know where I am and where I need to go?"
The eyes in the darkness closed. "No child, the other answers. Come! The time grows short." Still skeptical, Tea followed her through the maze of alleys to a small shop. "Here we are, Child. Here we are." Unthinkingly and fully under the woman's spell, Tea walked into the grimy shop.
^^^^^^^^^^ The Cell ^^^^^^^^^^^^
'At whatever the cost I have to try.' Isis thought. "Pharaoh? I have a spell that may, may be able to help him, although it may be too late."
"We have nothing better to try." Yami said, and Seto marveled at how he trusted her, a person who almost killed him.
Isis came and put her hands over Joey's weak body.
"Lords of fire, earth and water,
The source of this, the Devil's own power
Drawn from rock, from stone and sea,
Cast from this body, far may thee flee!"
Isis chanted her spell, and nothing happened to Joey, but something happened to Yami. Everyone thought Yami had no feelings, but Yami did, and he cried and cried, head over Joey's. One of Yami's icy tears fell to Joey's face, and Joey's eyelid flickered for an instant as though it had never happened. 'Why did I deceive them so? Why did I wait to cry until I was alone, so they never knew? Why, even now, can I not forgive Joey for putting himself between Isis and me, for giving this up for me? Why can't I forgive him for saving me?' Yami closed his eyes and let his tears run down his face. The scene was one that no one had ever seen, and it would be a part of everyone's minds forever. After Yami's tear fell, after Joey's eyelid flickered, his heart rate dropped even further, his breathing became more and more shallow.
"Oh Ra," Yami croaked. "we're loosing him."
To Be Continued…
Yugi: *grumpy* why am I not mentioned? Did you forget about me?
Aesil: Yeah, really. I want to kiss that little sucker already. *looks at Yugi*
Author: Yes, the next chapter will be dedicated almost fully to Yugi and Aesil, so everyone will have to wait to find out what happens to Joey, Mokuba, Pegasus, Serenity and Triston, and everyone else who isn't Yugi and Aesil. And yes Aesil, you will get to kiss him eventually.
Aesil: Goody!
Serenity: Why do I have to be blind?
Joey: Hey sis, ya think that's bad? I'm dying here, literally!
Author: Awe, Serenity, you have inner sight, and Joey, I'll make it up to you, even if it must be in my other fic, Kaiba's Conscience.
Joey: Okay.
Alright, thank you to everyone who read that, and also, it is Christmas break for me so there will be a lot of updates on this fic, though Kaiba's is loosing its flare. Please r&r! Please!!! Please!!!!!!!!
