Chapter 16: Gone
By the almighty and powerful Rikku24
Sorry for the long wait. I've been so busy plus I have 3 excuses for you: Homework, music videos, and my other story. I had to study all week due to district assessments but now to next Sunday I have no school (Spring Break). YAY! Then I was making Music Videos on my Movie Maker with various songs and Yu-Gi-Oh and .hack\\sign clips. I have another story I'm working on that won't be out for a while. The Prologue's done but I won't release it until I have five chapters done. Then I can release them like once a week or something like that. I was listening to music from .hack\\sign while writing this. Look out for another song chapter coming out soon. It'll be based on Aura, a .hack\\sign song.
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Malik hurried out of Trinity's Soul Rook and went straight to the plant-covered door he had entered before.
Tama was idly looking at the ceiling. She was on some kind of couch that was there yet wasn't there at the same time. When Malik opened the door, light flooded into the room, and Tama's head swiveled towards the door.
Her eyes narrowed at the site of Malik and 'I hate you, leave me alone' was "written" all over her face. She kept her cool, though, and gave him a level stare.
"What do you want?" she said, her voice was ice.
"I-I need your help," Malik stuttered.
Now that really angered Tama. Now the place felt like both a freezer and an oven, both hot and cold from Tama's flares of emotion.
"Please, Trinity needs your help," Malik said.
"Why should I help her?" Tama sniffed.
"Because she's your light, your hikari, your Aibou," Malik said, trying to sound convincing.
"Are you calling me a…a Yami?!" Tama asked both horrified and angrily.
"But you are a Yami, right?" Malik asked, a little unsure of himself.
"Ra no! I'm a spirit created by Trinity's stored-away emotions. Instead of crying when she was sad, she would put all of her sadness in this little area of her mind. Instead of yelling and becoming violent when she was angry, she would store all of her anger and hatred here. Sometimes Trinity would show her emotions, sometimes she would cry her heat out, and sometimes she would have a fit. But those stored-away emotions grew and eventually created me. I can go from being angry to sad and depressed in a flash. Emotions need to be balanced, a person need both happiness and sorrow in them. Both love and hatred, without happiness and love or sorrow and hatred, the person's emotions become unbalanced. They become unstable and their mood changes rapidly, it takes a lot to control your emotions. Trinity never thought that I would come to be, never thought of storing away a little happiness or love so that I could become stable. I live a hollow life where I am always fighting my emotions. I want to die but I can't. I am immortal. It's all Trinity's fault that I am here and for that I hate her. If she dies then I can finally die," Tama babbled, she was now fighting back tears.
Malik just stood there and blinked. This spirit's life sounded hectic and tough, it was no wonder why she hated Trinity. But it wasn't completely Trinity's fault. She didn't even know that there was a spirit in her.
"Can you not just take control of this body every once in a while?" Malik asked.
"Why do you think plants seal my door shut? I am imprisoned in here forever!" Tama yelled.
Malik could see what she meant by Unstable Emotions, she would be having a fit one moment and crying the next.
He was now beginning to regret coming here for help. Maybe he could bring Shadi or someone else here to help out. If Akila could come then she would surely be able to fix Trinity up. Malik thought a while more, no; it would be too much trouble bringing more people in here.
"Please, you have to help Trinity. She really needs it. Maybe, just maybe, she'll do a favor for you in return. And if she doesn't, then I will," Malik said, practically pleading.
Tama studied him for a moment and sniffed. Silence surrounded the two for a while but then…
"MALIK!" a pained scream yelled.
Trinity… Malik thought instantly.
"What was that?" Tama asked, playing innocent.
"Don't ask me. You should know better. Now come on!" Malik said, running out of the room and not waiting for a reply.
Tama sat on the couch deep in thought. She didn't want to help Trinity yet the girl needed some kind of help and guys never did anything right. Tama closed her eyes and thought. After going through all the pros and cons, she made her decision.
Trinity was sitting straight up in her bed shivering and sweating. Malik sat at the her side and tried to calm her down. She just looked at him and shivered. He wrapped a blanket around her and then embraced her in a comforting and warm hug. Trinity pulled the blanket around her and let herself be embraced. The hug warmed her up but when it was over, she was shivering all over again.
Malik sat at the bed's side, watching over Trinity. Her breathing slowed, and her image began to fade.
"Trinity…"Malik said, his face full of concern and worry (VERY OOC, no?)
"Malik…I *cough* love you," Trinity said, smiling weakly.
"And I love you," Malik replied, smiling.
Then there was silence.
"How long is it gonna take him?" Jounouchi asked impatiently.
Four hours had passed by and Trinity nor Malik's' body stirred.
"It takes time to save one form their mind's closet. In fact it is almost impossible to do so," Shadi said glumly.
"But if he couldn't open it, wouldn't he be here by now?" Anzu asked.
"No, my brother doesn't give up THAT easily," Isis said.
Everyone just watched the two bodies silently, hoping for any sign of life.
Bakura hid in one of the rooms, his ear against the wall. He could hear everything going on within that room. He could easily trap them. Then he would have the rest of the Millennium Items right where he wanted them. The Millennium Scale, Rod, Tauk, and Ankh were all within that room. The Puzzle and Ring were on Bakura's neck, but invisible. The Eye was in his pocket. Soon the power would be his, very soon indeed.
"Trinity?" Malik said.
The girl's body was fading by the second. She was completely transparent now.
"Trinity?!" Malik said again, a little bit louder.
She looked up at him, her eyes were barely opened. Trinity gave him a weak smile and brushed his check with her hand.
Then she was gone.
"Something has happened," Shadi said suddenly.
"How do you know?" Yugi asked.
"There is only one soul in the girl's body now, I can sense it," Shadi replied (he has a 6th sense now?! 0_o)
"Oh…" Yugi said, looking down.
Tama walked down the dark hallway. She would be gone soon…Trinity was gone. The boy still remained in the body; it was quite pathetic to see him. He was at the side of the bed sobbing and cursing and who knows what else.
She saw herself fading, her hand flickered, her sight unfocused. It was almost done…she could be free at last.
It was hopeless, Trinity was gone and he would have to leave her mind. Her soul was in the West now; there was no way to get her back now.
Malik stood up and left the mind of Trinity Ariake Soradanomi.
Malik's body stirred but Trinity's remained still. He stood up holding his head as tears poured down his cheeks.
"Sh-she's dead. Gone. No more. I failed," Malik said through tears.
"There was nothing you could do. It's impossible to open one's mind closet," Anzu said, trying to comfort him.
"That's not it. I opened the closet. I freed her, but her soul was weak. She died in her Soul Room's bed," Malik said.
"Well there's a good side to that. At least she didn't die in the dark all alone. She died in bed with you beside it. She couldn't of asked for a better death," Anzu said.
Jounouchi nudged her, signaling that she needed to shut up because she wasn't helping. Anzu nodded to show that she understood.
Akila stood there with Seto's arm across her shoulders, kind of in a half hug. Honda stood against the all by the doorway and Yugi stood on the other side of Akila. Malik was returning the Ankh to Shadi. Isis stood against the wall as well, looking at her brother sadly.
Why wasn't I gone? My body had already disappeared. I was supposed t ob gone. Malik was gone and so was my other self. The self that I didn't know but despised anyways.
