Hmmm... now last chapter wasn't much... stupid insomnia... one night and it puts me

behind in my writing. Anyway... The real story will begin now, until now it's

been mostly humor... now the fun begins (grins evilly).

Notes:

(Bakura) to ((Yami Bakura/Kage))

Yugi to Yami Yugi

Seeking the light

By Firehedgehog

Chapter Eleven- Past and Future Collide in Sadness

      "Hikari," the pale teen said, he was obviously in shock.

      "Do I know you," TK asked confused, something seemed to crumble inside

the pale haired teen's eyes.

      Brown and Sapphire eyes met, they saw strange emotions in each other...

yet TK the owner of the sapphire eyes couldn't understand these emotions.

      The older teen had called him Hikari, wasn't that Kari's full name. Yet

it had felt so familiar coming off those lips, it was if he should know this

person.

      "Please, remember," the brown eyed teen said in a soft yet strangled

voice, TK could only blink in shock at the deep sadness he felt from this

teen.

      "TK, should we do something?" Patamon asked in worry, it was obvious

that neither of his partners knew what was going on... not that he did either.

      Yet something inside of him... no his soul called to him, he knew that he

had to deal with this... alone.

      "You two head home with the groceries, I'll arrive later," he said, they

nodded not liking it but knowing from the way he was looking they shouldn't

argue.

      With a sigh the two took the grocery bag and flew into the sky, it was a

funny sight to see the two digimon holding it like that.

      "Can you tell me your name?" he asked the older teen, the older teen

sighed depression settling over him like a cloak [Cool mental picture by the

way].

      "Kage," the teen whispered, TK smiled.

      "I'm TK, my name isn't Hikari," TK told the teen now known as Kage, the

teen sighed and continued to look at him sadly.

      "So you don't remember," Kage said quietly, TK blinked and nodded no

silently... he didn't know why he wasn't just walking away. This could just be

another nutball of nighttime Odaiba; yet... something inside him told him it was

more then that, much more.

      "No, is there something I should remember?" TK asked, Kage winced and

for a moment TK felt the incredible urge to hug and comfort the older teen.

But that quickly passed, then his emotions were once again his to control.

      "Yes, yes there is... Hikari," Kage said calling him that name again, then

suddenly the pale haired teen seemed to crumble to the paved sidewalk crying.

      'He's crying' TK thought shocked, then against his better judgement, the

keeper of hope squatted down and pulled Kage into a comforting hug.

      "Shhh, it's okay," he whispered and rubbed the older teens back in

comforting manner, Kage continued to cry softly but now into the blondes

chest.

      "Why... why is destiny no cruel to me," Kage whispered through his tears,

it was those words that made TK gasp... for he remembered hearing those words oh

so long ago.

~

      He lay on the stone floor of the palace; it was cool even in the extreme

Egyptian heat. His breathing came in ragged gasps, his life's blood pooled

around his white garbed body.

      Hikari knew death was coming, it was coming closer at ever given moment...

and of all things a cursed dagger that could kill anything wielded by a

magically shielded human was killing him.

      'I knew I should of stopped those insane gods from creating those cursed

weapons, guess its coming back to haunt me' he thought sadly, suddenly he

heard the sound of running feet on the stones.

      "Hikari," a voice called filled with great concern, he smiled as he felt

Kage come to his side his brown eyes filled with love.

      "Kage... my love," he whispered weakly, Kage's shaking hand took his

slowly growing cold one.

      "Please don't go Hikari, I love you... your everything to me," the tomb

thief whispered, tears slipped down his loves pale face. Gently he reached up

and whipped them away; he smiled lovingly at the human's face.

      "It's okay Kage, I may die... but I'll never be truly gone. Time may

separate us, but... somehow we will be reunited," Hikari whispered, the world

began to blur around him and he could hear someone running this way... Yami

probably.

      Then darkness claimed him and his hand dropped, he felt himself moving

to a place he knew would keep him safe till he could be reborn once again.

      "Why... why is destiny no cruel to me," he heard Kage whisper in that

place where his now lifeless body lay, then there was no more.

~

      TK blinked as the memory finally ended; once again he was TK the child

of Hope and eleven years old.

      Yet he was more now, he could feel faint traces of memory return to him.

Memories of his life; as Hikari, and some of his rebirth as Max. Also; bits

and pieces, of other lives.

      He felt a headache coming on; this was a bit much for him. While Max had

been Hikari reborn fully, he TK was part of Hikari... for now the immortal part

of him slept.

      'Poor Kage, he loves me but he doesn't understand. I know my last lives

body is in a coma, but reborn as I am I know I cannot return to that body' he

thought sadly, finally he stood up helping Kage to stand up.

      "Kage," he whispered, he didn't know what it was... his voice or the part

of him that remembered it was Hikari that caused Kage to look up... but Kage

recognized it.

      "Hikari... you remember," the older teen begged, TK sighed.

      "Kage... I remember some now, but I'm not exactly Hikari," he said, he

continued at the pale haired teen's confused look.

      "I am Hikari... But I only remember a bit. I'm still TK with a bit of

Hikari awakened; I can't be him this time. I know you want Hikari but I can't

be him, and I don't know how to go back to the body that's waiting in that

other dimension... and I feel that I'm not suppose to," TK said softly, Kage

whimpered at these words.

      "Please no, please don't let it be true," Kage cried in disbelief, TK

sighed and looked up at the night sky.

      "Kage... this is only one life, time has no true beginning or end... we will

meet again when I am Hikari and you with both sides of your soul one," TK

whispered, after all what else was reincarnation for then bringing together

people.

      With that he turned around and walked home not looking back, the part of

him that remembered what they had been hurt... but in this lifetime he would

live how he pleased and not by past memories or feelings.

      He heard Kage call after him, but he ignored it... he knew that if he

stopped or looked back more memories would return. It would hurt more, he had

a destiny in this life... and the destiny of Hikari couldn't get in the way.

      'I'm sorry Kage, but not this time... maybe in my next life time' he

thought softly, he continued to walk blocking out Kage's voice.

      'And this lifetime, I love Davis' TK thought with a grin, now if he

could only find out if Davis thought the same way then he could admit his own

feelings.

***

      Bakura knew there was something wrong, he could feel it through his link

to his darker side.

      'Why does Kage feel so sad' Bakura thought, he tried reaching out with

his thoughts to his other side... yet was forced back by all the depression his

other half was feeling.

      Quickly the white haired boy ran to the place his group was staying, the

most he could tell was that the dark half of himself was heading there.

      "Kage," he called running into the place, he heard no answer to his

call.

      "Kage," he called yet again, with a sigh he started looking around. It

was then that he heard a sound of crying, he recognized the person though...

Kage.

      'It's coming from our room' he thought with a frown, quickly he headed

there and opened the door.

      Actually it was more liked tried to open the door.

      'Locked' he thought with a frown, gently he knocked on it.

      "Kage open the door, tell me what's wrong," Bakura asked, he didn't like

this, his darker half had never been like this before to his knowledge.

      "Go away," Came the depressed voice of hid darkness.

      "No, open the door now," Bakura demanded, he winced at that. He knew his

other half was stronger then him, he remembered all too well what had happened

when his dark side was evil... he just hoped that whatever caused this

depression wouldn't cause his dark side to become evil.

      There was silence for a few minutes; he heard a click and the door

slowly opened.

      "I found Hikari, the person he was reborn as," Kage whispered, Kage's

voice was now horse from crying and his face and eyes red also.

      "What happened?" Bakura asked, Kage gave a small sob before answering.

      "He said... he said, that he isn't suppose to go back to being Hikari,"

Kage said and crumpled to the floor, Bakura gasped and also crumpled to the

floor... shock went through him.

      'Hikari... why, both sides of my soul loves you' Bakura thought depression

filling him, he cried with his darker half not knowing what to do.

      The one he loved didn't want to return to him, hell he would even live

with Yugi and Yami fighting for Hikari's love if he could have Hikari back.

      'Life isn't fair' he thought, and it was even worse when Kage showed him

the memories of that encounter.

      But he did know one thing, things would never be the same.

TBC

FH= Wow, that scene between TK and Kage was really depressing. I almost cried

when I wrote it, I tried to put a lot of emotions there and I hope I

succeeded. I really hope you people like this chapter, if you don't, don't

flame me about it.

R.calumon= Done talking to the readers yet?

FH= Yup, and I think my insomnia is gone also.

R.Calumon= Goodie, more snoring

FH= Wait a sec, I don't snore! (Strangles muse who passes out) Oh well, I'll

torture the little digimon later when he wakes up. See you all later.

Ja Ne