Woohoo! We're onto chapter three already! Only one left to go. I won't keep you from it any longer…
I do not own Yu-gi-oh. I'm still trying to find out why not.
Yaoi warning: For those of you who don't know what Yaoi is…that means guy x guy love among other things…if you don't like it then don't read…you probably shouldn't even be this far into my story if you don't appreciate it…*^^
/Yuugi to Yami/…//Yami to Yuugi// [Those are for conversations in their minds in case you didn't know.]
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Verse Three:
Yuugi awoke with the sun in his eyes and a cold bed. He was a little disappointed that Yami was already up, though it occurred to him that Yami probably was not aware that Yuugi had been awake last night. Quietly coming down stairs, Yuugi found his yami sitting at the kitchen table, his back Yuugi, with a coffee cup in hand. /Since when do you drink coffee?/ Yuugi wrapped his arms gently around Yami's neck, nearly causing his darker half to spill the contents of his cup all over himself.
//Since when do you scare people this early in the morning?// Yami found it difficult to curb the smirk that threatened to emerge on his face. 'Scare' was perhaps not the correct word to use. Shock would have been better; Yami was not expecting such an uncharacteristic display of affection, and especially not this early in the morning.
/You left the bed cold Yami…/ Yuugi suppressed a giggle as his yami nearly choked on the coffee.
As the sun shines through it pushes away
//What exactly do you mean by that? I am always up before you.// The question was poorly masked, and Yuugi caught the comprehension behind the innocent tone of his yami. When Yami woke up to find Yuugi's hand in his own that morning, he had hoped it had been involuntary. He wasn't ready for his hikari to know how he felt. Sitting down beside him, Yuugi continued.
"No point in going around it I guess…What's wrong Yami?"
"Nothing hikari." He focused intently on his empty coffee cup. Nothing could make him look at his hikari when he was lying so openly. It only made him feel guilty, another emotion he did not deal with well. Such a response was not exactly what Yuugi had hoped for. Furrowing his brow, Yuugi reached out and grasped Yami's hand in his own.
"Yami…" Looking at his hikari was definitely not a good idea, which Yami realized to late. Those brilliant amethyst eyes of his held such earnest concern, he could not help but reply.
//Aibou…it will only hurt you. You have worried for me enough recently.// He squeezed his hikari's hand affectionately.
And pushes ahead
"It hurts me more not to know what causes you such anxiety!" He could feel his voice rising involuntarily and his eyes welling up with tears. Quickly, he pulled his hand away and stood.
"Hikari. I am supposed to protect you. How can I possibly keep you from fear if you insist upon knowing this?" Yami's voice rasped dangerously in his throat as he lowered his voice. Despite his yami's attempt to calm him, Yuugi could feel himself becoming more emotional as he spoke.
"It is not your job to protect me from my fears!" Yami winced slightly, though Yuugi could not tell if it was from his words or something else. Suddenly, the laughter from last night crept into his mind. /Yami./ When he received no response Yuugi tried again. /Yami…I can hear them./ At these words, Yami looked up.
It fills the warmth of blue
And leaves a chill instead and
For the first time since they had been together, Yuugi saw something in his yami's eyes he never wanted to see again. Fear. "You can what?"
"I can hear them…Please! Tell me what's wrong, Yami…"
"Very well. You must forgive me hikari." Yami stood up and walked over to the couch, beckoning Yuugi to follow. He looked exceptionally worn out. "If you can hear them now, there is no purpose in hiding it anymore."
I didn't know that I could be
"The shadows are growing in strength, but I do not know where there power is coming from. They could be creating it themselves somehow for all I know. For quite some time now, they have been taunting me, casting doubt and confusion upon me in hopes of gaining power from myself. Until now, I have managed to keep their voices from you, but it has been a strain on me mentally. Apparently, I cannot continue to do so. What is more, as their power grows, their threats become more ambitious.
"My life means nothing to them because they cannot kill their host past or present. However, they can make my life meaningless for me as well…" A sigh escaped his lips. It was apparent to Yuugi that Yami did not want to continue with his story.
/Yami. I need to know. I can't help you unless you finish the story./
So blind to all that is so real
//You do not understand hikari…you cannot help me even if you know the end.// That was not what Yuugi wanted or expected to hear. Regret, grief, and absolute defeat filled Yami's voice so thoroughly that the hikari thought his heart might break.
"Aibou." Never had Yami called him that outside of their minds, the gravity of the situation falling upon him at that moment. "They threatened your life. If the shadows break free, I cannot protect you from them. Yuugi, you will die."
But as illusion dies
I see there is so much to be revealed
Chorus:
His voice was panicked. Yami had been so focused on finishing his revelation that for a moment he had forgotten the shadows. However, they did not forget him. Using the second when his defenses were down, the shadows attacked. As Yuugi let the enormity of the danger they were in settle, he felt a pain in his head.
Breathing hard with his eyes clenched tightly shut, Yami fought desperately to silence the shadows to no avail. Yuugi could hear their every word, every threat, and every insult. Above all else, he felt Yami trying to shut them down, but the force behind him was not strong. It had been planned all along. Shadows had exhausted him, lying in wait for a moment of weakness when they could claim his mind.
And I will never see the sky the same way
Yami would fall under their control! The pharaoh was their possession! No one would deprive them of his power, especially not such a young man. //Hikari! Close your mind!// Fear was upon him. Before this, he had felt no fear; but he believed that all the fear he never experienced had been waiting for this very second in time to consume him. Unless he continued to fight, he would lose his hikari. Nothing else mattered.
Yuugi caught his yami as he stumbled forward. He couldn't remember when the man had stood up. The screams of the shadows had become so loud in Yuugi's head, he was forced to grit his teeth against the pain. Taking as much of Yami's weight on himself as was possible, Yuugi led him up the stairs. He wanted desperately to tell his darkness it would be okay, but he had closed his mind as he was told. Yami's condition deteriorated with every stair they climbed.
And I will learn to say goodbye to yesterday
And I will never cease to fly if held down
When Yuugi had at last reached their room at the top of the stairs, he laid Yami down in the bed. From that moment on, Yami did not appear to be conscious. The only indication that he was still alive was the occasional jerk of his body, and the screams of the shadows that still ricocheted through Yuugi's head. Tears spilled down his face unhindered. He might lose his beloved yami, and he couldn't save him. To think that all of this was over him.
And I will always reach too high, 'cause I've seen
An eerie silence abruptly filled the room. After a moment, Yuugi realized room wasn't the only thing silent. The screaming had ceased, but much to his dismay, it had been replaced by the all too familiar laughter of the shadows. Not only was it getting louder, it sounded triumphant. The hikari looked desperately at his now unmoving yami. His breathing was painfully shallow, almost nonexistent.
/YAMI!!!/
Cause I've seen, twilight
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How was that? Tee hee *^^ Sorry, I just could not resist. I'll try to have the last chapter up before the weekend is over. As always, please R&R.
What do you think? Will it/should it have a happy or a sad ending. I'm a sucker for both…hehehehe
Maybe Yuugi should give up on Yami and go off to be a pirate…mmmm…Pirates of the Caribbean…sorry I'm only joking!!!! *^^
