Lily: *comes back from Tenshi's place* *sniffing*
Tenshi: *sniffing too*
Yami: *fighting the urge to kill her* So? Any explanations? Tomb Robber is hard to hold down...
Bakura: *tied to a chair* *sending murderous glares to everyone in the room, and planning on killing anyone who gets near to make fun of him*
Ryou: *standing beside him, since he's the only one he doesn't plan on killing* *getting a glare as well* *sweatdrop*
Bakura: ~ UNTIE ME, YOU UNFAITHFUL HIKARI!!! ~
Ryou: *shakes his head*
Yugi: *sweatdrops*
Iris: *talking with Kerra*
Kerra: *nodding now and then*
Tenshi&Lily: *sweatdrops*
Pretenna: *enters* LILY!!!!!!!
Lily: O.o *hides behind Yami*
Yami: Pftt... like I was going to help you... *steps aside*
Pretenna: *glaring and sniffing*
Tenshi: *hides behind Lily*
Lily: *sweatdrops* Uh... err... erm....
Shini Akusai: *shakes head* tsk tsk, Lily....
Bakura: *has duct tape on his mouth now (Iris: ^_^)* *mumbling Egyptian curses*
Flowers: Okay people, now let the girl continue...
Chibi Yami Malik: YEAH!!!! I want to know what happens... *cries*
Midnight Hikari: *nods*
Princess Strawberry: *standing beside Pretenna* When we get the chance... you know...
Pretenna: *nods*
Lily: *sweatdrops hugely*
Dark Destiny: *sweatdrops* Uhh.... pray, Lily
Radfel: Well, pals... Remember that Lily DOES have to finish the fic...
Dark Chameleon: Yeah!!! And I want to know when Anzu appears!!
Everyone: *blinks*
Dark Chameleon: What?
Fleka: *crying and sniffing* Yugi-chan... Ryou-chan...
Tenshi: ;_; *sniffs and joins in all the crying*
Babygurl1: *cries too*
Ty: *still thinking Lily has been TOO MEAN lately*
Marguerite/Matalis: *thinks it too*
Pretenna&Princess Strawberry: *still thinking on a good way to make her pay*
Kerra&Iris: *stand before Lily and Tenshi* Okay, guys, now stand back...
Reviewers: SHUT UP!!
Kerra&Iris: *hide behind their hikaris*
Lily: ¬¬;; some yamis... *ahem* *slaps fingers and fic begins*
Disclaimer: ¬¬;; What do you think? Do I look like Kazuki Takahashi to you? I'm Lily Daniels, thank you very much, and I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!, even though I wished I did...
Warning: Yami/Yugi shounen ai, and Anzu bashing in this chap *smirks* Okay, I DO know that the dubbed Tea is the bitch one, not Anzu... But HEY!! I hate the name "Anzu" more and I'm using Japanese names in here!! If it's Jounouchi, Shizuka, then it must be Anzu!! GOMEN FOR ALL ANZU FANS!! Just think this is TEA, not ANZU...
Keys: "__" means talking and '__' means thinking.
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Shades of a soul - [ Act VII ]
By: Lily Maxwell
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"Yami, c'mon, what's wrong?" Mai asked, but the one she was trying to talk to just looked into space. He hadn't been talking at all since 3 weeks ago, and that got their friends worried a whole lot, because they neither knew why or what to do.
"Why don't you tell us?" Seto asked.
"It's not like it'll hurt to tell." Malik said, pouting slightly and looking at a piece of his hair. But Yami didn't answer, ignoring their questions, or didn't hear them at all.
Bakura was the one who understood him the most, but not fully. He knew it probably had to do with Yugi, but Yami would tell no one about what really happened. But it looked to Bakura that Yugi had left, and Yami was completely heartbroken.
"Let him be." Bakura said coolly, and everyone looked up at his with questioning looks. Yami was in pain, and they wanted to help!! Was Bakura that coldhearted that he didn't even want to help his (supposed) friend?
But they quickly understood that they were indeed talking about "Yami". He'd never tell them what was troubling him, even if they were his best friends. Sometimes, Yami's total closed attitude annoyed them deeply.
Malik sighed and stood up, saying he had to go meet Ishtar soon. Mai said she had to go shopping, and Seto said he had business to attend to. Bakura stayed a little longer, gazed at the broken Yami, then sighed and walked away, not saying a word.
And Yami was left there, alone in Domino Park, with his own darkened thoughts, and shattered soul. His mind still refused to think that Yugi was gone, but his heart knew that it was true, because it didn't feel complete anymore. Standing up, Yami started to walk carelessly around, not really minding where he was going.
'Why... why me...' he thought, wishing for the first time that he hadn't meet Yugi, so when he would be gone, he wouldn't be so shaken. But it was a lie, he was happy during all the time he was with Yugi, and that was what really counted.
Stopping walking suddenly, Yami looked up to see where he was. Blinking, he noticed that he was in a place he didn't come often. But wait... this wasn't in here before...
He noticed he was standing before a shop, a new shop. The name was "Kame Game Shop". Oh great. A new game shop. Smiling a little, Yami looked at the shop closely, only to find that it was still to open.
A crash to the left of the shop made his attention change to the source of the noise. There was an old man, with spiky gray hair, and looked rather tired. The boxes he was carrying had fallen to the ground. Blinking, Yami approached the man.
"Are you ok, sir?" he asked politely. The man blinked and looked up, suddenly a look of surprise filled his features. The man was speechless for a few moments, before finally speaking.
"I'm okay, thank you." He smiled. "It's just that there are too many boxes, and my helper is upstairs..." he pointed up to the building, and Yami understood. Picking some boxes, Yami smiled at the man who blinked.
"I can help you." Yami said, not having anything better to do at the moment anyway. Smiling thankfully, the man leaded him inside the Game Shop. Entering, Yami thought that it was a small but nice place.
"You can put those boxes over there." He pointed to a corner, and Yami did as he was told. The man smiled at Yami when he was done. "Thank you. My name's Sugoroku Mutou, thank you....?" he asked. Yami opened his mouth to speak, but a loud noise, followed by a scream, made him stop mid-sentence.
Sugoroku's eyes widened.
"That was my grandson!!" he exclaimed, and hurried through the door behind the counter.
Yami stood there, concern written all over his face. Oh my, it looked like Mr. Mutou's grandson had fallen, or tripped over something...
"Be more careful next time!" he heard Sugoroku's voice. "You could have been hurt..."
"But my head hurts... and it wasn't like I wanted to fall from the stairs in the first place!" Yami's heart looked like it had stopped. That voice...
A sighing Sugoroku stepped through the door, and Yami spotted someone just beside him. His eyes went wide. He saw a short pouting teen following the old Mr. Mutou, one of his eyes closed in pain... wide amethyst eyes... Spiky hair, pale skin, gentle blonde bangs touching his face...
'I... must be dreaming or something...' Yami thought. He stepped backwards a little, and that made both Mutou's look at him. The boy's eyes widened, his pain forgotten, and his mouth hang open. Sugoroku, looking at both surprised teens, cleared his throat, successfully gaining his grandson's attention.
"He helped me with those boxes." He pointed to the boxes Yami had placed in the room. "Where's your education...?"
"Oh!" he exclaimed to himself. Smiling to Yami (and still looking rather surprised), he extended his hand. "Thanks for helping, and my name's Yugi Mutou. What's yours?" he tilted his head to the side.
'...... What?'
Yugi had forgotten about him?
............... looked like it, since Yugi was blinking, waiting for Yami's answer, still having his hand extended. It hurt to know that Yugi had forgotten everything... so now, he didn't remember what happened between them? He didn't remember anything? But...
...HE WAS ALIVE!!
Shaking himself awake, Yami took Yugi's hand, giving him a smile of his own.
"My name's Yami Muoto." He answered, putting the subject aside. It wasn't the time to think or send a billion questions at the boy. It was like they have just met. Yami was very confused, but his happiness was greater, and he decided to ask Yugi later about it. Seeing Yugi smile when they shook hands made Yami's insides melt, finally knowing he was back.
Yugi didn't leave him!! And he was ALIVE!!
"Wow..." Sugoroku mused. "So, you two not just have similar appearances, but similar last names too?" he chuckled, and Yugi giggled.
'Okay, Yami, time to control yourself... you can't, repeat, you cannot kiss him... You can't hug him... Control yourself........................... good.'
"You're right, Grandpa." Yugi said, gazing at Yami again, scanning him up and down. However, his inspection took longer than he thought, taking in all Yami's great physical qualities, and finally stopping at his face, gazing directly at his eyes... Crimson locked on amethyst, Yugi had to shake himself awake, and look away quickly, trying to control his blush.
"We're really alike." Yami said, smiling to himself at Yugi's blush. Whatever happened, for God's sakes? He just knew Yugi didn't remember him, anything about him, but kept blushing when looking all over him... so, there was hope?
"You study in Domino High School?" Sugoroku asked, looking at Yami's uniform. Yami blinked, finally remembering that he was still with the school uniform, since he and his gang had gone to the park directly from school. He nodded, and the old man smiled. "Yugi'll begin there tomorrow."
'Say WHAT?! YEAAAAAAH!!!!!! *jumps mentally* Alright, alright, time to recompose yourself.... BUT YEAH, THANK YOU RA!!' Yami thought, and blinked at himself. That was way too out of character... beside, he used Ra, instead of God? ....... He was hanging around some blonde Egyptian too much...
Yami, finally back to the present, smiled at the two, but he was looking directly at Yugi.
"That's great, maybe we'll meet tomorrow again." He said, and Yugi nodded. Both smiling, Sugoroku patted Yugi's head, and this one winced in pain.
"Grandpa!" he cried. "It still hurts!" he pouted, and Yami melted.
'Must... not.... yeah.......... good Yami...' Some voice kept saying in his head, and he nodded. It was not good to hug and comfort someone you just met...
"Are you okay?" he asked, instead of following his instincts. Yugi looked at him and nodded, stopping pouting, since he thought he was being too childish in front of some gorgeou- huh, some possible new friend.
"By the way..." Sugoroku narrowed his eyes. "You wouldn't happen to know a girl with dark-brown hair and blue eyes, would you?" he asked, and Yugi sweatdropped, hitting his forehead, but regretting it immediately.
"Eh?" Yami blinked. Okay, so he did knew some girls with those descriptions...
"Grandpa!" Yugi said, greeting his teeth. "C'mon..." Sugoroku ignored his grandson, and kept looking at Yami. Yugi rolled his eyes.
"Uh... yes... why?" Yami answered, and Yugi looked at him, sighing.
"Well, there's this girl... she has already passed in front of the shop 10 times, since she saw me... Grandpa grew paranoid with her..." Yugi said, shaking his head, but stopped, since it still hurt.
"There's something wrong with her, I swear!" Sugoroku said. Yami sweatdropped. There was only one girl that had actually something wrong with her...
"Well, I-" Yami stopped in mid-sentence, as they all heard someone opening the door of the Game Shop. The three looked at who entered, and Yami froze.
'Does she know that stalk someone is against the law?' he thought with a small whimper, narrowing his gaze. Anzu was looking from Yugi to Yami, a big smile on her face.
"Oh my gawd!!" she exclaimed, and Yami fought against the urge to strangle her... (A/N: DO NOT FIGHT!! ..... errm, sorry, keep going) "I knew it!! You two are related, aren't you?" she asked, pointing to Yugi and Yami. The two blinked, and looked at each other.
"No." Yami said, and Anzu stopped.
"Actually, I've just met Yami-san." Yugi looked over at said guy, with a look that asked 'You know that girl??'. Yami sighed, at both his bad situations with Anzu, and with Yugi. So he really did not remember anything from the past 2 months... that's odd and really, really bad...
"Oh, but you two look so alike!!" she walked up to Yugi, her face mere inches away from his. "And you're so cute!!" she giggled, and Yugi blushed, backing away from the girl.
"Err... thanks..." he squeaked, and Yami gritted his teeth, the words "back. off" written all over his eyes. Yugi suddenly held his head, like he had some sort of bad headache.
"Yugi?" Yami asked, pushing Anzu away harshly, her face hitting the wall hard (A/N: BWAHAHA!! Err *sweatdrops* gomen...). Yugi sighed, and looked up at Yami's concerned eyes. He smiled faintly.
"I guess falling down some stairs didn't do me any good..." he said, and Sugoroku sighed heavily.
"You've just gotten out of the hospital, Yugi, you could have been a little more cautious..." he said, his eyes holding a very sad expression. Yami's eyes were shocked. Yugi had been IN A HOSPITAL?!
"You..." Yami began, but Yugi was holding the back of his head, and when he withdrew his hands...
"Oww..." he whimpered to himself, eyes wide at the vital liquid in his fingers. Yami stopped breathing.
"Yugi!!" his grandfather exclaimed, then led the boy through the door behind the counter. Looking over at Yami, he gave him an apologetically glance. "Thank you for the help, Yami. Maybe I'll see you later." He said, Yami nodded, smiling at the elder. Anzu, who had stopped sniffing, had long ago stepped out of the shop, before any more "accidents" happened.
Stepping out of the Game Shop, Yami leaned against the wall, eyes getting teary, vision completely blurry, finally letting the breath he was holding. Yugi had not just just moved into Domino, but he had been in a hospital... the fact that he was alive did lighten Yami's mood greatly, but a whole new bunch of questions filled his mind.
How was he alive, if all facts pointed to his supposed death? And since he was alive, how did Yami meet him every single day, during a whole month? Wasn't he in a hospital? Wasn't he in another city??
And worst of all, why didn't he remember Yami?!
Recomposing himself, Yami walked home, the clouds already giving him the hint that it would be soon raining. The rain, that always brought calmness and happiness, now brought him confusion and darkness.
But he promised himself, he would find out the answers to all of his questions.
Inside the Game Shop, a particular amethyst-eyed teen fell to the floor, on his knees, a smile on his face, eyes watery.
"Grandpa... that was him..." he looked up at his grandfather, joy along with every single tear that fell down his cheeks. "Yami... was the one in my dreams..." he mused, looking at the ground, asking himself how it was possible.
[ To be continued... ]
Readers: ^__^
Lily: ^__^
Tenshi: *sniffing, and very, very happy* ^-^
Yami: .............. okay, so I won't kill you anymore.... *glomps Yugi*
Bakura: *growls* *still tied to the chair, and with duct tape over his mouth* *trying to make obscene signs to the authoress*
Ryou: O.o;;
Yugi: *sweatdrops*
Iris: Please review now, people...
Lily: ^^ I guess you are happy now? Let's see if you guys still want to kill me...
Bakura: *uses his powers to free himself, then glomps Ryou, and glare daggers at Lily*
Lily: *sweatdrops* Uhh... I guess your hatred for me will remain for a little long, until I post the one-shot B/R, huh?
Ryou: *blinks* What one-shot?
Lily: ^^ The one, song-fic with Evanescence's "Even in death", which is a side-story to this story, and that will deal with your death...
Bakura&Ryou: ooh...
Lilt: Just wait till this is finished ^^ Now, REVIEW!!