Well, we've reached the end of the story. Hooray! I finished one whole fanfic. *^^ Anyway, I will have another one posted soon. It's done, I just have to type it up. So without further ado, the conclusion of Twilight.   [I changed the style to drama rather than angst, as there hasn't been too much of it.]

I do not own Yu-gi-oh. I've decided that it's not mine because everyone else wants it too…

Yaoi warning: This story contains a male x male relationship. If you don't like, don't read. Hehehehe…I could have rated this PG-13 for a warning like that, but I decided that R was more fun…yum.

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Verse Four:

Little did Yuugi know that the events of that morning were only the start of what was to be the longest day of his life.

//Ra…aibou, you're a foot away, there's no need to scream.// Yuugi looked up to see Yami smiling weakly at him, though his breathing was still rather erratic.

"I thought I'd lost you!" The younger half climbed onto the bed, almost entirely on top of Yami, [a/n: *glomp*] threw his arms around his neck, and buried his nearly tear stained face into the other's neck. "Don't ever do that again! Yami, I can't live without you!" He had not meant Yami to hear those words yet, but what was done could not be reversed.

"Ssshh…no more of your tears for me. I promise, I'm not going anywhere aibou…I-I love you too much to leave." He murmured in Yuugi's ear as he pulled him closer. Likewise, he had not been quite ready to tell his hikari the secret that he had been keeping; nonetheless, there it was.

I was stained by a role

"If you won, why were the shadow's so happy? You did win didn't you?" the young man's voice whispered out full of fear.

"Because hikari, they know I cannot win the next time. It took most of my strength to stop them. Once they have reenergized, they will return to finish me off." Yuugi sat in silence for a few minutes, letting Yami's final words sink into his mind. As he turned his head to look at the pharaoh to reply, he realized that once more, he had slipped into unconsciousness. The remainder of the day continued as such: Yami slipping in and out of awareness muttering incoherently every so often, with Yuugi always by his side. Quite sometime after the moon had risen, Yuugi, who was seated on the bed beside his yami, felt another hand in his own.

/Yami…/ the aforementioned shook his head gently, shifting both his and Yuugi's position so he could look the hikari in the eyes.

"Not like that, not at present hikari. My mind needs further rest. Now, I need you to promise me you'll be here when I wake up. It is going to take more power than I have to stop the shadows this time, but I'll be stronger with you beside me." He brushed away a stray tear that had made its way down Yuugi's delicate face.

In a day not my own

"Didn't you tell me that the shadows couldn't kill you?"

"They can't aibou, but they can break my mind to keep me from protecting you. I will not lose you."

"Rest now." Was all Yuugi said as he curled up beside Yami, head resting over his heart. Though slightly taken aback, [a/n: you would think they would stop being shocked by affection at some point…*^^] Yami rested his arm around his hikari's waist as he had the night before. He caught the smaller one's blush as he felt his yami's heart begin to race.

'I hope I was not too late in telling him how I felt.' Yami thought, trusting it was only to himself.

But as you walked into my life

Yuugi's head ached torturously. The clock on his desk illuminated a glaring three a.m. [a/n: is it just me, or does everything exciting in stories happen at three a.m.?]. It took a sharp throb in his head to bring him fully to his senses. A groan escaped his lips as he rolled over, realizing Yami was not close beside him anymore. The sight that met his eyes almost made him physically sick.

Yami was curled up in a fetal position with his back to Yuugi. Normally, Yami's hair stood up in natural spikes, but it was currently plastered to his face in a cold sweat, his hands clenched tightly through it. His hair was not the only part of him that was sweating, and his clothes stuck to him like a second skin. Pain surged through Yuugi's head with every gasp and ragged breath of his yami. Fate was working against them once more, and Yuugi realized the pain in his head was from the return of the shadows. By a miracle of will by his yami, however, he was spared a good deal of the pain. Wincing at the pain and fighting the nausea that rocked through him as he sat up, Yuugi rolled Yami onto his back. The ordinarily vibrant scarlet of his eyes was dulled to a strange auburn hue. They were glazed over as he stared vacantly at the ceiling.

You showed what needed to be shown

"Yami, come on. Come back to me." Within his mind, he could feel his yami's grasp slipping away. Judging by the pain, it was happening faster than Yami could react to block it. He cupped Yami's face in his trembling hands, feeling the tears flowing freely down his face all over again.

"Aibou-" Yami rasped as he took hold of Yuugi's hands weakly into his own. Something stirred in his mind as he stared into his hikari's eyes. Again, he forced a barrier between their minds to save his protected one some pain. It broke Yuugi's heart to see his strong and fearless yami reduced to his current state by a force he could not see. Yami's eyes fluttered, and his hold on Yuugi's hands fell even weaker as his mental struggle pulled him back out of consciousness.

/Yami! Don't leave me. I love you!/ the words of the young man once more pulled Yami back into an unstable consciousness. Yet again, he forced open his weary eyes so he could look at his precious aibou.

"You don't know-how much I wanted to hear that, hikari." It took his entire remaining cognizance to whisper the remaining words to Yuugi. Words he should have spoken long ago. "I love you more than you can imagine. Forgive me-I should have told you sooner, aibou…" Yuugi could feel him slipping away again. His mind was in too weak a state to fight back, and the power he drew from his body to compensate left him agonizingly weak and dangerously close to a fate Yuugi did not wish to consider.

I always knew what was right

"Don't give in Yami! You promised you wouldn't leave me again." Whispers of the breaking heart fell on deaf ears. While the shadows could not kill Yami directly, Yuugi feared that the physical and mental strain of the battle would do accomplish that task for them. Panic surged through his mind and body. Thinking back to Yami's assurance that he would be stronger with his hikari beside him, Yuugi did the only thing he could think of. Positioning himself above Yami and taking his face in his hands once more, Yuugi pressed their lips together firmly, praying that it would accomplish something. It had occurred to him that if being near his yami gave him power, then perhaps something more intimate would be particularly effective. It worked far better than he had hoped. Nevertheless, he was more than slightly disappointed that his, no, their first kiss did not involve two conscious parties.*

I just didn't know that I might

Despite the immense pleasure of having Yami's lips pressed against his own, he had not counted on the pain he experienced from it. Unconscious or not, the action had caused Yami to drop the barrier between their minds, allowing the full force of the shadows' power penetrate Yuugi's mind. He pulled back instantly from the kiss to let out a cry of pain. There was no question in his mind as to how the battle could be such a physical effort. The pain he felt only moments before had been a fraction of what Yami had been suffering intermittently for hours and what he now felt as well.

/Leave him! He doesn't need your power anymore./ the angered cries of the hikari startled the shadows. No one, save the pharaoh, had ever spoken to them directly before either by choice or incapability. Instead of ceasing their attack, they turned it on the defenseless hikari, reprieving Yami briefly from his pain. /Yami…/ Yuugi clenched his teeth together against the throb in his head. Sharp pain pulsed through his skull as he felt the shadows tearing at his mind. Tears flowed freely now, splashing down the face of his Yami who still lay unconscious beneath him, as he yelled at both Yami and the shadows. /Please stop…Yami, come back…I need you…/

Peel away and choose to see

Yami felt himself slipping once more. Somewhere along the way, he knew he would lose the battle. Yet, as he fought both in and out of consciousness, he couldn't concede defeat. Every time he opened his eyes, there was Yuugi fighting along beside him. He was also aware of the kiss Yuugi had given so selflessly. The only thing he could never ask of the one he lived for.

Under normal circumstances, not only would such an action be welcomed, but extremely satisfying. Such simple but intimate contact between yami and hikari left all barriers unchecked, regardless of their wishes, leaving their minds utterly exposed to one another; however, if one suffered pain during such a situation, it would be experienced in full force by both involved rather than just one. Yami wanted so desperately to keep pain away from Yuugi. Nothing could have made Yami ask him to take part of that pain away, to give up some of his strength to save his other half. Still, Yuugi had done so of his own accord. Had he the strength at that moment to perform such a task, Yami would have returned the kiss immediately, and bitterly cursed the shadows for keeping him from such ecstasy.

With such a different sight

During this time, Yami had also become aware that the shadows had redirected their heated attack against his hikari. As he floated back to consciousness, a result of the halt of mind wrenching attacks, he felt tears streaming down his face. Only when he opened his eyes did he realize the tears were not his own.

Chorus:

"It hurts." Yuugi gasped as more tears fell onto Yami's face. The breath Yami had been trying to take caught in his throat as he felt his hikari's fresh tears hit his face.

"Why, aibou?" the strength he had lost was quickly returning to his body, owing to the adrenaline that now accompanied it. He hoped beyond hope that he could keep Yuugi distracted from the pain long enough to regain a substantial amount.

"Because I love you. I didn't get to experience life with you while you knew it, and I won't let you go now. If you died, how could I go on?" he whispered laboriously. His amethyst eyes were developing a glossy appearance, and his arms were trembling with the effort it took to keep himself elevated in his protective stance over Yami.

And I will never see the sky the same way

"Hold on hikari. Only a little longer."  Just when Yuugi felt as though he was gong to succumb to the shadows, he felt Yami grab the front of his shirt. Pulling him down into the kiss Yami had longed to return, Yami screamed at the shadows, putting behind him all the power he could gather from Yuugi and himself.

//LET HIM GO! HE IS THE PURPOSE I SEEK. YOU HOLD NO POWER HERE, NOW BE GONE!// Both felt power coursing through their bodies, and the light that emanated  from within their minds drove the shadows back. Now powerless, and quite unwilling to fight back against such immense power that was created from nothing, they cowered in the farthest reaches of the puzzle and Yami's mind.

And I will learn to say goodbye to yesterday

And I will never cease to fly if held down

Yuugi collapsed from sheer exhaustion on top of his yami, their ragged breath the only audible sound in the room. He buried his face in the place where Yami's neck and shoulder met, nuzzling his neck affectionately, as Yami wrapped his arms around him without reservation. After what was quite possibly hours, Yami rolled over so that he was now resting on top of his smaller half.

Brushing away the golden bangs that fell into Yuugi's beautiful eyes, Yami kissed him again. This time, instead of ending quickly, as was the fate of the last two attempts, the kiss was long and filled with the love and passion both had hidden away over time. Yami ran his tongue lightly across Yuugi's lips, gently taking hold of the bottom one in his mouth before moving on. He relished the taste of his beloved hikari as he explored the inside of his mouth eagerly. His taste wasn't the only thing Yami wanted to remember, and as the kiss remained, he committed to memory every bit of Yuugi's mouth. He tasted like innocence. It was simple and strong, with the sweet lingering taste of the first snow of winter on your tongue; yet it consumed like a fire, burning eternally in the mind of whomever it touched.

And I will always reach too high, 'cause I've seen

Though startled by the sudden and unsullied action of his yami, Yuugi did not refuse the kiss –the first real kiss he could call his own- rather, he drank in the taste of him with delight. The flavor was distinct, and beyond anything Yuugi had imagined; it was carnal and sultry, somewhat reminiscent of an exotic spice, sweet, hot, and overwhelming, influencing a sense of safety in the one who tasted it. When they finally broke the kiss out of an obligation to breathe, Yuugi stared into Yami's captivating crimson eyes.

/What was that for?/ he sighed with contentment.

//I wanted to know what you tasted like when we were both conscious.//

'Cause I've seen twilight…

*~Owari~*

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So there you have it. I seriously considered having Yami die right there in the middle. But, I couldn't bring myself to kill him…*^^ 

*Was it just me, or did that whole scene seem too damn near to becoming a lemon? Hahaha! Gomen ne! Maybe in the next story…

Okay then. As always, please R&R. Thank you to everyone who has already!