Title: The Gravity of Love
Author: Ash Knight
Pairings: Yami/Yugi and ???/???
Warnings: Lemon & Sap
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Characters but I did come up
with their alternate names and I do own Eudoxia.
Alternate names: Celtic Guardian - Yoshima, Dark Magician - Aubrey, The
Mystical Elf - Lily
Yugi and Joey landed on there knees on top of a great hill. Yugi looked around and at first saw nothing but forests and mountains all around and then came upon a pair of legs. He looked up to see a face he had never expected to see.
"Kaiba?!?!"
"Hello Yugi" Kaiba replied with a smile on his face.
"Kaiba what are you doing here?" Yugi and Joey asked in unison.
Kaiba gave a soft chuckle at their dumbstruck faces. He told them how he had heard everything the day before and before school. He had jumped through with them at the last second and now meant to claim what ever the great power was that Yugi spoke of.
"Sorry Kaiba, but I'm the one who Yugi picked for this journey not you" Joey declared.
Kaiba just laughed almost hysterically at this.
"What's so funny?" Joey demanded.
"How could a little stupid dog like you ever be able to obtain any kind of power, except the ability to lift your leg when you take a piss?"
Yugi had to hold Joey back as tried to lung at Kaiba.
"I'll show you a dog Kaiba. I'll kick your sorry ass all over this place!"
"Oh please! You're nothing without Yugi holding your hand." Kaiba spat.
But before Joey had a chance speak again Aubrey appeared before them. He looked at all three of them and then threw a dirty look at Kaiba.
"You should not have come Kaiba! This is not your affair!" Aubrey announced.
"I go where I please and besides, I doubt this stupid puppy could manage any task you give him," Kaiba replied.
"Don't make me knock you flat on your back, you jerk!" Joey yelled in anger.
"Alright enough!" Aubrey Yelled. "If I had the time to open another portal id send you back Kaiba, but Yami doesn't have much time!"
"Aubrey how is it possible to bring Yami back? And what are we doing here?" Yugi asked quickly.
"Yugi listen to me. At this very moment we are racing against time! Yami's spirit refuses to leave you, and even though you cannot see him, he has his arms wrapped around in love as we speak!" Aubrey informed.
Yugi didn't know what to say. He stood there and looked down at this Puzzle. Why couldn't he feel Yami if he was so close?
"The reason why you can't feel it Yugi," The Dark Magician began, as if sensing Yugi's questions, "is because you're too full of grief to feel anything else. If you push that all aside you can feel him as surely as you can feel any of us. But we don't have time! Yugi listen to me, Yami's spirit is slowly fading away!"
"What?!?" Yugi called out in shock.
"Yami is using your love to stay close to you, and luckily that gives us a window of opportunity. As long as Yami is holding on to you we have a chance to resurrect him with the power of the Puzzle, but unfortunately the Puzzle can't do it alone. This is why I asked you to choose someone you trusted. You see even though the Puzzle's power is great you need more than it has. So we need another Millennium Item."
"But how is that possible? I thought there were only 7?" Yugi asked.
"There are only 7 items. So . . . we will have to make another!" The Dark Magician declared.
"How is that possible!?!" Kaiba shouted out.
The Dark Magician gave Kaiba a cold stare for a moment.
"I can not explain it right now. Yugi I'm afraid you must pass a test first." Aubrey said.
"What do I have to do?" Yugi replied.
"I have brought you here to this place because before the journey begins you must find The Mystic Elf. Only by finding her will the journey begin. And for reasons I can't explain now you must find her on your own! All I can give you to find her is this clue: Crystal glass in emerald frame, go to a place, where pure white lilies speak her name."
Before Yugi could ask what it meant the Dark Magician had vanished back inside Yugi's deck. Yugi looked at Joey and saw that he was just as confused as he was. Kaiba's thoughts were solely on the information that the Dark Magician had just given them and was anxious to claim the new item for himself. Kaiba then noticed Joey and Yugi discussing the clue they had been left.
"I think it has to be somewhere around here. I think it's just a description of a place." Yugi said looking around over the perimeter of the hill where they now stood. The hill was tall; almost a mountain in itself, and all around it was a lush forest stretching out as far as their eyes could see. Yugi looked all around going in circles over the hill repeating Aubrey's clue in his head. Finally something caught his eye . . .
"Joey look! I think that might be it!" Yugi called out and pointed.
Yugi pointed to a lake near the horizon that was surrounded on all side by forest. The lake shone brightly as if it were not a lake, but a jewel.
"That has to be it, the lake is surrounded by tress framing it and the lake looks like it's made of glass!" Yugi explained.
"Way to go Yug! Now all we need to do is get there. Come on the more we stay here the more time we waste." Joey declared.
The three of them set of into the thick and beautiful forest. Through out the way Yugi instructed Joey and Kaiba on how to summon the monsters from their decks in the shadow realm. After that everything just fell silent. Joey wasn't happy with Kaiba's intrusion on the quest, or his insults. Yugi just kept his mind on getting through this forest to reach his goal, for as soon as he did he could be one step closer to holding Yami once more. The sun set after a while and the forest was covered in a veil of night. Just when Yugi was beginning to think they had lost there way, they came to an opening. They were momentarily blinded by a flash of light, and soon they saw the lake in all its beauty. It looked almost unreal as it shone with the light of the crescent moon. Yugi walked forward and looked around. At the very bank of the lake surrounding it on all sides were lilies. The lilies were so white they looked almost silver in color. Yugi looked around but saw no one. He took a lily in his hand suddenly admiring its beauty and looked out towards the lake. He set the lily down in the water and pushed it into the lake. The lily floated away into the center of the lake making small ripples as it did so. As it reached the very center of the lake the lake began to churn. A pair of hands began to rise up from the water of the lake and soon enough the Mystical Elf was before them, holding the pure white lily in her hands. . .
"Hello Yugi . . ." The Mystical Elf pronounced, as she stood at the center of the lake as if the water was solid ground. "You have traveled far, but compared to what is to come, you still have far to go."
"Can you please tell me how I can save Yami?" Yugi asked imploringly.
"Yes, I can. Come I will tell you on the boat." The Mystical Elf said as she began to walk towards the other side of the lake.
"Hey I don't see any boat or anything like that around here." Joey said.
The Mystical Elf only smiled and waved her hand. The trees seemed to suddenly move them as they were sentient, to reveal a pier on the other side of the lake. There was a great ship there with clack and white sails.
"Where the heck did that come from?" Joey shouted in shock as he followed Yugi around the lake, following the Mystical Elf.
They climbed aboard the ship, not knowing where they were headed or what was really going on. As soon as they had reached the bridge the Mystical Elf began to speak:
"Yugi, do you know why we set forth this task before you?" the Mystical Elf asked.
"I'm afraid not."
"We had to make you focus your mind onto the task at hand before we showed you the way. Your mind was so full of grief that you could not sense Yami at all. You see now, that you have put your grief of Yami's death aside; if you concentrate hard enough you can feel Yami just as you feel any of us. Close your eyes and do so now and see for yourself."
Yugi closed his eyes as she had instructed and with all his heart tried to feel Yami. Within moments Yugi could feel Yami's arms around him, holding him in a lovers embrace. A tear streaked down the side of Yugi's face as he stretched out his arms to hold Yami in return. But, when Yugi opened his eyes and looked up, he was holding Kaiba in his arms. Yugi, embarrassed, let go immediately.
"Sorry Kaiba!" Yugi said quickly.
"You see now? Yami is holding on now, and refuses to cross over. Your love is keeping him strong but I'm afraid that even that will not stop the inevitable." The Mystical Elf announced.
"What do you mean?" Yugi asked worriedly.
"You see once someone dies, they must move on to the next life, but for some reason some cannot go and other, like Yami, simply refuse to go. Those who do not move on soon fade away into nothing and seize to exist."
"WHAT!?!" Yugi yelled.
"That is why time is so important, and why it's also important for you to sense Yami. You see the stronger the feeling of Yami around you the more time we have. When the feeling begins to fade is when we begin to run out of time. Do you understand?"
"Yes I understand," Yugi replied.
"Not for nothing, but can you tell us how we can bring Yami back? I mean the sooner the better right?" Joey declared.
"Indeed. First, we must travel passed this body of water that no one can pass. The water becomes extremely violent if anyone tries to sail over to the other side."
"Then how can we cross it?" Kaiba interrupted.
"I will sing a spell that will calm the waters enough for us to pass. Yugi call Yoshima and Aubrey so they may steer the ship."
Yugi nodded and called them forth.
"Hello Lily," The Dark Magician and Celtic Guardian said in unison.
"Your name is Lily?" Yugi asked.
"Yes, that is my name Yugi," The Mystical Elf replied with a happy grin on her face.
"It's a very beautiful name," Yugi declared.
"Thank you Yugi," Lily replied with a playful smile. "When we reach the other side of the water we will tell you what you must do. I must tell you now also that the spell I must chant was not meant to be heard by humans. The spell has unusual effects on some."
"Like what?" Joey inquired.
"Well as strange as this sounds, the spell is meant to bring out tranquility in nature which is why the water remains calm, as for humans it makes them brake out into songs themselves at times," Lily answered.
"Well thanks for the warning!" Kaiba said sarcastically.
"The spell effect on humans is rare so I doubt any of you will be affected but I feel I should tell you just the same."
"Well thank you for telling us." Yugi said.
Lily then floated away to the top of the crows nest and began to chant her spell. Yoshima then pulled on the chain at the port side of the ship, drawing up the anchor.
"Here let me give you some help," Joey said to Yoshima.
Joey then pulled out his deck and called out:
"Axe Raider!"
Sure enough the Axe Raider appeared before them all. Joey told him to help Yoshima pull up the anchor, and they were on their way. Aubrey was the wheel steering the ship into the water and away from pier. With Aubrey steering the ship and Lily chanting her spell Yoshima felt everything was alright and asked if they would like to go below deck and get some food.
"I sure would! I'm starving," Joey said.
They went below deck and Yoshima fixed them an amazing diner, which Joey quickly ate.
"This food is great!" Yugi announced.
"Thank you. I have to do all the cooking at home since Aubrey is a disaster in the kitchen," Yoshima replied while chuckling.
Kaiba said nothing threw out diner and was only thinking of how to obtain the new item. After they had finished eating Yoshima should them where they could sleep and went back up to the deck with Aubrey. Joey fell right to sleep on the bed in the corner and Yugi laid himself down on the bed next to his. Kaiba took the last one and they all went to sleep.
Kaiba was then awakened what seemed to be only a few moments later by a loud noise. He looked up and saw that the noise was Joey's snoring. He looked over and saw that Yugi was not in his bed. He decided that Yugi must have gone to talk to the Mystical Elf, and he darted out of the room to go up deck. Kaiba saw Yugi at the very front of the ship standing alone, looking up at the moon. He decided to spy on him and watch from the shadows at what Yugi was doing. He got closer and hid behind the mast of the ship, to see Yugi more closely. Yugi stood there looking up at the moon taking in deep breaths. Suddenly his mouth opened as if he was about to speak and without warning Yugi began to sing:
WISHING ON A DREAM THAT SEEMS FAR OFF HOPING IT WILL COME TODAY. INTO THE STARLIT NIGHT, LIKE A FOOLISH I TURN MY GAZE, WAITING ON A LOST LOVE. BUT . . . WHAT IF THAT LOVE IS NOT MEANT TO BE? WILL MY HOPES AND DREAMS FADE TO NOTHING? WHEN THE HORIZON DARKENSS MOST WE ALL NEED TO BELIEVE THERE IS HOPE!!! IS AN ANGEL WATCHING CLOSELY OVER ME? CAN THERE BE A GUIDING LIGHT I'VE YET TO SEE? I KNOW MY HEART SHOULD GUIDE ME BUT . . . THERE'S A HOLE WITHIN MY SOUL. WHAT WILL FILL THIS EMPTINESS INSIDE OF ME? AM I TO BE SATISFIDE WITHOUT YAMI? I WISH THEN FOR A CHANCE FOR MY LOVE TO BE NOW ALL I NEED DESPRETLY IS MY . . . YAMI TO COME . . .
As soon as his last words were spoken, Yugi feel to his knees and began to sob with his face in his hands. Kaiba watched all this and then slowly snuck back down below deck . . .
Yugi and Joey landed on there knees on top of a great hill. Yugi looked around and at first saw nothing but forests and mountains all around and then came upon a pair of legs. He looked up to see a face he had never expected to see.
"Kaiba?!?!"
"Hello Yugi" Kaiba replied with a smile on his face.
"Kaiba what are you doing here?" Yugi and Joey asked in unison.
Kaiba gave a soft chuckle at their dumbstruck faces. He told them how he had heard everything the day before and before school. He had jumped through with them at the last second and now meant to claim what ever the great power was that Yugi spoke of.
"Sorry Kaiba, but I'm the one who Yugi picked for this journey not you" Joey declared.
Kaiba just laughed almost hysterically at this.
"What's so funny?" Joey demanded.
"How could a little stupid dog like you ever be able to obtain any kind of power, except the ability to lift your leg when you take a piss?"
Yugi had to hold Joey back as tried to lung at Kaiba.
"I'll show you a dog Kaiba. I'll kick your sorry ass all over this place!"
"Oh please! You're nothing without Yugi holding your hand." Kaiba spat.
But before Joey had a chance speak again Aubrey appeared before them. He looked at all three of them and then threw a dirty look at Kaiba.
"You should not have come Kaiba! This is not your affair!" Aubrey announced.
"I go where I please and besides, I doubt this stupid puppy could manage any task you give him," Kaiba replied.
"Don't make me knock you flat on your back, you jerk!" Joey yelled in anger.
"Alright enough!" Aubrey Yelled. "If I had the time to open another portal id send you back Kaiba, but Yami doesn't have much time!"
"Aubrey how is it possible to bring Yami back? And what are we doing here?" Yugi asked quickly.
"Yugi listen to me. At this very moment we are racing against time! Yami's spirit refuses to leave you, and even though you cannot see him, he has his arms wrapped around in love as we speak!" Aubrey informed.
Yugi didn't know what to say. He stood there and looked down at this Puzzle. Why couldn't he feel Yami if he was so close?
"The reason why you can't feel it Yugi," The Dark Magician began, as if sensing Yugi's questions, "is because you're too full of grief to feel anything else. If you push that all aside you can feel him as surely as you can feel any of us. But we don't have time! Yugi listen to me, Yami's spirit is slowly fading away!"
"What?!?" Yugi called out in shock.
"Yami is using your love to stay close to you, and luckily that gives us a window of opportunity. As long as Yami is holding on to you we have a chance to resurrect him with the power of the Puzzle, but unfortunately the Puzzle can't do it alone. This is why I asked you to choose someone you trusted. You see even though the Puzzle's power is great you need more than it has. So we need another Millennium Item."
"But how is that possible? I thought there were only 7?" Yugi asked.
"There are only 7 items. So . . . we will have to make another!" The Dark Magician declared.
"How is that possible!?!" Kaiba shouted out.
The Dark Magician gave Kaiba a cold stare for a moment.
"I can not explain it right now. Yugi I'm afraid you must pass a test first." Aubrey said.
"What do I have to do?" Yugi replied.
"I have brought you here to this place because before the journey begins you must find The Mystic Elf. Only by finding her will the journey begin. And for reasons I can't explain now you must find her on your own! All I can give you to find her is this clue: Crystal glass in emerald frame, go to a place, where pure white lilies speak her name."
Before Yugi could ask what it meant the Dark Magician had vanished back inside Yugi's deck. Yugi looked at Joey and saw that he was just as confused as he was. Kaiba's thoughts were solely on the information that the Dark Magician had just given them and was anxious to claim the new item for himself. Kaiba then noticed Joey and Yugi discussing the clue they had been left.
"I think it has to be somewhere around here. I think it's just a description of a place." Yugi said looking around over the perimeter of the hill where they now stood. The hill was tall; almost a mountain in itself, and all around it was a lush forest stretching out as far as their eyes could see. Yugi looked all around going in circles over the hill repeating Aubrey's clue in his head. Finally something caught his eye . . .
"Joey look! I think that might be it!" Yugi called out and pointed.
Yugi pointed to a lake near the horizon that was surrounded on all side by forest. The lake shone brightly as if it were not a lake, but a jewel.
"That has to be it, the lake is surrounded by tress framing it and the lake looks like it's made of glass!" Yugi explained.
"Way to go Yug! Now all we need to do is get there. Come on the more we stay here the more time we waste." Joey declared.
The three of them set of into the thick and beautiful forest. Through out the way Yugi instructed Joey and Kaiba on how to summon the monsters from their decks in the shadow realm. After that everything just fell silent. Joey wasn't happy with Kaiba's intrusion on the quest, or his insults. Yugi just kept his mind on getting through this forest to reach his goal, for as soon as he did he could be one step closer to holding Yami once more. The sun set after a while and the forest was covered in a veil of night. Just when Yugi was beginning to think they had lost there way, they came to an opening. They were momentarily blinded by a flash of light, and soon they saw the lake in all its beauty. It looked almost unreal as it shone with the light of the crescent moon. Yugi walked forward and looked around. At the very bank of the lake surrounding it on all sides were lilies. The lilies were so white they looked almost silver in color. Yugi looked around but saw no one. He took a lily in his hand suddenly admiring its beauty and looked out towards the lake. He set the lily down in the water and pushed it into the lake. The lily floated away into the center of the lake making small ripples as it did so. As it reached the very center of the lake the lake began to churn. A pair of hands began to rise up from the water of the lake and soon enough the Mystical Elf was before them, holding the pure white lily in her hands. . .
"Hello Yugi . . ." The Mystical Elf pronounced, as she stood at the center of the lake as if the water was solid ground. "You have traveled far, but compared to what is to come, you still have far to go."
"Can you please tell me how I can save Yami?" Yugi asked imploringly.
"Yes, I can. Come I will tell you on the boat." The Mystical Elf said as she began to walk towards the other side of the lake.
"Hey I don't see any boat or anything like that around here." Joey said.
The Mystical Elf only smiled and waved her hand. The trees seemed to suddenly move them as they were sentient, to reveal a pier on the other side of the lake. There was a great ship there with clack and white sails.
"Where the heck did that come from?" Joey shouted in shock as he followed Yugi around the lake, following the Mystical Elf.
They climbed aboard the ship, not knowing where they were headed or what was really going on. As soon as they had reached the bridge the Mystical Elf began to speak:
"Yugi, do you know why we set forth this task before you?" the Mystical Elf asked.
"I'm afraid not."
"We had to make you focus your mind onto the task at hand before we showed you the way. Your mind was so full of grief that you could not sense Yami at all. You see now, that you have put your grief of Yami's death aside; if you concentrate hard enough you can feel Yami just as you feel any of us. Close your eyes and do so now and see for yourself."
Yugi closed his eyes as she had instructed and with all his heart tried to feel Yami. Within moments Yugi could feel Yami's arms around him, holding him in a lovers embrace. A tear streaked down the side of Yugi's face as he stretched out his arms to hold Yami in return. But, when Yugi opened his eyes and looked up, he was holding Kaiba in his arms. Yugi, embarrassed, let go immediately.
"Sorry Kaiba!" Yugi said quickly.
"You see now? Yami is holding on now, and refuses to cross over. Your love is keeping him strong but I'm afraid that even that will not stop the inevitable." The Mystical Elf announced.
"What do you mean?" Yugi asked worriedly.
"You see once someone dies, they must move on to the next life, but for some reason some cannot go and other, like Yami, simply refuse to go. Those who do not move on soon fade away into nothing and seize to exist."
"WHAT!?!" Yugi yelled.
"That is why time is so important, and why it's also important for you to sense Yami. You see the stronger the feeling of Yami around you the more time we have. When the feeling begins to fade is when we begin to run out of time. Do you understand?"
"Yes I understand," Yugi replied.
"Not for nothing, but can you tell us how we can bring Yami back? I mean the sooner the better right?" Joey declared.
"Indeed. First, we must travel passed this body of water that no one can pass. The water becomes extremely violent if anyone tries to sail over to the other side."
"Then how can we cross it?" Kaiba interrupted.
"I will sing a spell that will calm the waters enough for us to pass. Yugi call Yoshima and Aubrey so they may steer the ship."
Yugi nodded and called them forth.
"Hello Lily," The Dark Magician and Celtic Guardian said in unison.
"Your name is Lily?" Yugi asked.
"Yes, that is my name Yugi," The Mystical Elf replied with a happy grin on her face.
"It's a very beautiful name," Yugi declared.
"Thank you Yugi," Lily replied with a playful smile. "When we reach the other side of the water we will tell you what you must do. I must tell you now also that the spell I must chant was not meant to be heard by humans. The spell has unusual effects on some."
"Like what?" Joey inquired.
"Well as strange as this sounds, the spell is meant to bring out tranquility in nature which is why the water remains calm, as for humans it makes them brake out into songs themselves at times," Lily answered.
"Well thanks for the warning!" Kaiba said sarcastically.
"The spell effect on humans is rare so I doubt any of you will be affected but I feel I should tell you just the same."
"Well thank you for telling us." Yugi said.
Lily then floated away to the top of the crows nest and began to chant her spell. Yoshima then pulled on the chain at the port side of the ship, drawing up the anchor.
"Here let me give you some help," Joey said to Yoshima.
Joey then pulled out his deck and called out:
"Axe Raider!"
Sure enough the Axe Raider appeared before them all. Joey told him to help Yoshima pull up the anchor, and they were on their way. Aubrey was the wheel steering the ship into the water and away from pier. With Aubrey steering the ship and Lily chanting her spell Yoshima felt everything was alright and asked if they would like to go below deck and get some food.
"I sure would! I'm starving," Joey said.
They went below deck and Yoshima fixed them an amazing diner, which Joey quickly ate.
"This food is great!" Yugi announced.
"Thank you. I have to do all the cooking at home since Aubrey is a disaster in the kitchen," Yoshima replied while chuckling.
Kaiba said nothing threw out diner and was only thinking of how to obtain the new item. After they had finished eating Yoshima should them where they could sleep and went back up to the deck with Aubrey. Joey fell right to sleep on the bed in the corner and Yugi laid himself down on the bed next to his. Kaiba took the last one and they all went to sleep.
Kaiba was then awakened what seemed to be only a few moments later by a loud noise. He looked up and saw that the noise was Joey's snoring. He looked over and saw that Yugi was not in his bed. He decided that Yugi must have gone to talk to the Mystical Elf, and he darted out of the room to go up deck. Kaiba saw Yugi at the very front of the ship standing alone, looking up at the moon. He decided to spy on him and watch from the shadows at what Yugi was doing. He got closer and hid behind the mast of the ship, to see Yugi more closely. Yugi stood there looking up at the moon taking in deep breaths. Suddenly his mouth opened as if he was about to speak and without warning Yugi began to sing:
WISHING ON A DREAM THAT SEEMS FAR OFF HOPING IT WILL COME TODAY. INTO THE STARLIT NIGHT, LIKE A FOOLISH I TURN MY GAZE, WAITING ON A LOST LOVE. BUT . . . WHAT IF THAT LOVE IS NOT MEANT TO BE? WILL MY HOPES AND DREAMS FADE TO NOTHING? WHEN THE HORIZON DARKENSS MOST WE ALL NEED TO BELIEVE THERE IS HOPE!!! IS AN ANGEL WATCHING CLOSELY OVER ME? CAN THERE BE A GUIDING LIGHT I'VE YET TO SEE? I KNOW MY HEART SHOULD GUIDE ME BUT . . . THERE'S A HOLE WITHIN MY SOUL. WHAT WILL FILL THIS EMPTINESS INSIDE OF ME? AM I TO BE SATISFIDE WITHOUT YAMI? I WISH THEN FOR A CHANCE FOR MY LOVE TO BE NOW ALL I NEED DESPRETLY IS MY . . . YAMI TO COME . . .
As soon as his last words were spoken, Yugi feel to his knees and began to sob with his face in his hands. Kaiba watched all this and then slowly snuck back down below deck . . .
