Okay, I'm really, really sorry about the last chapter! My parents were
bugging me to get off of the computer to get ready for school. But I guess
I better start writing more for you guys! Once again, I REALLY appreciate
all of your reviews! ^-^ They are what keep me writing this story! This
chapter will be longer than the other ones, I promise you that much! So, on
with my writing. -^.^-
Oh yeah, here's stuff you should remember!
\\ \\ - Yami talking to Yugi through their mind-link
/ / - Yugi talking to Yami through their mind-link
Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh or anything associated with it, but I do own the idea for this story! ^-^
Chapter 5 - Comfort and Relief
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Yugi was really worried about his Yami, but he let him leave. Yugi could feel that Yami needed some time alone, and Yugi needed a little, too. He just didn't realise it yet. Yugi turned off the television, and lay down on the couch. All he could thin about was his Yami, nothing else. Except his grandfather. He smiled at the thought of his grandfather, but his smile turned into a frown when he remembered where his jiichan[1] was.
Deciding to visit him, he got a shower, and put on his clean clothes. Yami must have washed them while he was sick. Yugi smiled at the thought of his Yami again.
He left the door unlocked for Yami, and took his spare key along with him. He made sure that he brought his jacket along with him. He didn't know how long the rain would last. Sometimes it lasted for days on end. I hope Yami is alright all alone in the rain, Yugi thought to himself before pushing all of his thoughts behind him, and focused on walking to the hospital. Surprisingly, it didn't half as long as it usually did for him to walk to the hospital, and he was relieved when he was inside, and he dried off. He didn't notice, but his cheeks were pretty flushed when he went to line up to ask where his grandpa was. Finally, it was his turn.
"I'm looking for my Grandpa, Solomon Motou." He smiled up at the woman sitting down behind the front desk.
"Room 212, 1st section, 2nd floor. Are you all right?" The woman peered down at him with a look of concern spreading across her face.
"Hai[2], I am. Thank you!" He found an elevator, leaving the lady to stare back at him as he walked away. He pressed the button with a two on it, and wondered vaguely why she would ask him such a thing. It took him twenty minutes to find room 212, and the door was closed. He pushed it open, to find no one inside but an old man lying on a hospital bed, his eyes closed.
"Grandpa?" Yugi walked closer to his grandfather, not wanting to wake him up. But his grandpa's eye snapped open when he heard the familiar voice.
"Yugi!" His grandfather opened his arms wide, and Yugi threw himself into his grandfather's arms, making sure not to hurt him, or be too careless.
"Grandpa!" Yugi let out tears of joy as his jiichan held him in his arms. "I missed you, grandpa. A lot!" He wiped away his tears, and stopped hugging his grandpa.
"What's wrong Yugi, why so sad?" His grandfather closed his eyes, and smiled at his grandson thoughtfully.
"Nothing, grandpa, I'm just so happy to see you!" He sighed with relief as he watched his grandfather. "You look better than the last time I saw you, when are they letting you come home?" Yugi pushed aside his own thoughts, and listened contently to his grandfather.
"I feel better, too. They still want me to stay here for about a week or so. But I will be so very glad to return home. You haven't been too lonely, have you? I only wish I could be there now." He opened his eyes again, and watched Yugi silently. He could only wonder what his grandson was so happy about. Besides the fact that he would be able to go back with Yugi later on.
"No, I haven't been too lonely. I was at first, but then Yami came back." Yugi grinned happily. "He's been taking care of me, and the shop. I wasn't able too, he's been such a big help!"
"Yami? Oh! Of course, the Pharaoh! He has returned? He was a big help before he left." Yugi's grandfather frowned at the idea of such an important person in his Yugi's life leaving with nothing said. "But why weren't you able to keep up with the shop?"
"Oh, well, I was sick for a while. But I feel better now!" Yugi smiled at his grandfather. "I don't remember being so happy in my life, grandpa!"
"You were sick?? Oh, Yugi, I'm so sorry that I was not there for you. Of course you were over working yourself. But you seem to be a lot better. Although I don't think you should have come, you don't look too well. I don't ever remember you being this happy, either, except for when Yami was with you, so long ago." Solomon said thoughtfully.
"It's alright, grandpa. There was nothing you could do about it." Yugi still grinned at his grandpa. He was happy to see that he was alright.
"So, is that why you aren't in school? It is Monday, you wouldn't be skipping just to see me now, would you?"
"No, Yami made me stay home. He told me that when I was feeling a lot better, he'd let me go again. But I escaped, because he went for a walk, to be alone." Yugi was remembering everything about his Yami. He never did that unless something was bothering him, and bothering him greatly. "I would never skip, you know that!" The words reminded Yugi of what he had thought. He had told himself that he would skip school on Monday, but Yami saved him from that. He let him stay home. "So, have you had any other visitors lately?"
"No, unless you count the doctors and nurses that keep coming in to check up on me. So you'd be the first in a little while! I really missed you, Yugi." Solomon hugged his grandson again, and Yugi pulled up a chair to chat with him for a while longer.
***********************~~~~~~~~Back To Yami~~~~~~~~~~****************
"Yami?" A voice from behind him caused him to jump slightly. Yami turned around, trying to find the source of the voice.
"Yami? Is that really you?" Malik walked out from behind the bushes.
"Malik?!?" Yami was almost as surprised as Yami was for seeing him. "So where's Marik?"
"Oh, well, he - um.. You see." Malik blushed. "I left him at home. I needed some time to think, alone. What are you doing back, anyway?"
"Well, it's a long story. But I came back, and that's all that matters, right?" Yami shoved his hands in his jacket pockets, a habit he had picked up from Yugi.
"Well, yes, I guess so. But do you know what you did to Yugi by leaving? He was devastated. He put on a mask and all, but you can see it in his eyes." Malik sighed, and looked up at the grey sky, and smiled as the rain splashed on his face. "It's nice to be free for awhile."
"I know what you mean!" Another voice startled Malik and Yami, and they both jumped as Marik jumped out from behind other bushes. Malik just blushed, obviously embarrassed. Yami just shrugged and shook his head.
"What were you doing behind the bushes?" Malik caught his breath, and stared at his darker half, a frown on his face.
"I could ask you the same thing!" Marik growled, and remembering that Yami was there, he turned to him, and looked at him with a blank face. "Hello, Pharaoh." His voice was hardly louder than a whisper.
"I was just trying to get away." Malik told Marik. And then added something softly. "From you." He said it so softly, not even Yami knew he said it.
"I heard that!" Marik growled at Malik again.
"Marik." Yami greeted him with a grim expression on his face. He ignored Marik and Malik as they fought together, words getting harsher and harsher, until-
"Enough!" Yami shouted, and a man walking by them turned to stare. But Yami's glare made him turn right back around, saying "I didn't hear anything. Nope, not me."
Marik and Malik both stopped when Yami yelled; he could be pretty evil when he felt like it. Yami's face was full of anger, and that didn't make either of the two anxious to get on his nerves any more than they had.
"Now be quiet, and keep you voices down. Do you want to attract attention to us? More than we already get?" Yami growled - again.
"No. I'm sorry, Marik." Malik held out his hand to his darker half. He smiled.
"Whatever." Marik ignored the friendly gesture, and glared down at the ground. He hated the rain, even if it was depressing. He usually liked things like that. He grunted when Malik stared over at him. Clearly they were speaking through their mind link.
"I should be going. I should leave you two alone." Yami turned to leave, but Malik caught his shoulder.
"Won't you tell us where you've been? You were gone for so long! It seems like years, but." Malik held out his hands, and counted off his fingers one by one. Marik groaned at his Hikari's behaviour.
"It's been 1 year. Don't need many fingers for that, now, do you?" Marik snapped at Malik, and Malik's cheeks turned a bright red. He stared at everything but Marik.
Yami shook his head again, they acted like children some times. Then he remembered how Yugi was so childish, but in the cute, innocent kind of way.
"Oh, I forgot!" Yami sighed, and slapped a hand to his face, and let it slide down his entire face. He had forgotten his Hikari.
"Forgot what, Pharaoh?" Both Malik and Marik said simultaneously. When they did, they both looked away.
"Something important. Never you mind." Yami turned on his heels, and walked quickly back to the game shop and Yugi's home. But then he broke out in a jog, and was soon sprinting to the forgotten Hikari's house.
When he found the whole place empty, he was shocked, and terrified. What had happened to his Aibou? Where could he be? Then he remembered his mind link with Yugi. He wondered if it still worked after he shut Yugi out.
\\ Yugi? Aibou? Where are you? \\ Yami sat down, and closed his eyes, hoping his precious Yugi would hear him.
Yugi looked around the hospital room, as his grandfather talked. He could have sworn that he had heard Yami. He shook off the feeling, and laughed at his grandpa's funny stories form the hospital.
\\ Yugi? Where are you? \\
Yugi jumped up from his chair, and looked around wildly. He definitely heard something this time. It felt familiar, but he couldn't quite lay a finger on the sensations he felt when he heard the voices.
"Yugi? Is there something wrong?" His grandpa noticed him standing, looking around for an unknown source.
"I - I don't know. It sounds and feels so familiar. It's like I haven't been a part of it fro so long." Yugi scratched his head, and sat back down. "I should probably let you rest now, grandpa! Don't worry about me, I'm fine. It's me who should be worrying about you!" Yugi hugged his grandfather one last time, and Solomon nodded.
"Goodbye, Yugi. Be Careful, and don't work too hard!" His grandfather said under his breath as he bade Yugi a fond farewell. Yugi waved to him, and ran down, and out of the hospital.
\\ Yugi? You're worrying me. Come back, Aibou? \\
Then it hit him. It was Yami! Using their once forgotten mind link!
/ Yami? / Yugi tried to concentrate, and felt his emotions pass through their link. He then felt something different.
\\ Oh, thank goodness, Aibou. Where are you? You worried me! \\ Yugi could feel a sensation rush through him full of relief, happiness, and sadness.
/I- I'm coming back, now. I just went to visit grandpa./ He tried to make himself believe that everything was just great. He must've been successful in blocking the bad emotions, because Yami responded happily.
\\ Good, I'm so glad to hear that you're fine. You should not have run away like that! \\ Yami suddenly was kind of. Yugi couldn't quiet figure it out. Was that Anger?
/ You did the same thing! / Yugi chuckled out loud, and he could feel another emotion in the back of his mind. Embarrassment?
\\ Well. I guess you're right. Point taken. Please hurry back? I don't want you getting any more sick than you already are! \\ Yami's voice was blank again, so Yugi couldn't tell what he was thinking or feeling.
/ All right, Yami. I'm hurrying! / Yugi ran all the way back. Yami was really glad, and relieved when he burst in through the door, panting slightly.
"I told you I'd hurry!" Yugi smiled, and closed his eyes as he removed his wet jacket.
"Good thing that's water proof!" Yami smiled, too, a rare smile he only gave Yugi. He pointed to Yugi's jacket. Yugi shivered when he put the jacket in the closet. "Are you cold, Aibou?"
"Only a little, it's ok!" Yugi pushed Yami away, wanting to show him that he was fine with doing things on his own again.
"Well, a little could make you feel worse than you probably already do!" Yami wrapped his arm around his light, and steered him to his room, where he found him a warm blanket to use. Yugi wrapped it around himself, making look even more cute and innocent. Yami smiled at his Yugi. Yugi smiled back as they found their way back to the couch. That's where Yugi fell asleep, leaning against his dark half's shoulder. Yami felt so content sitting there, that he, too fell asleep. They both had a well-deserved nap. But Yugi wasn't so fortunate. He started to dream again. Or rather have a nightmare, not a normal dream.
He was falling in darkness, but it was all going by so quickly. He felt himself hit the ground, it was painful, and he moaned, clutching his body, and pushing himself into a small ball, huddled up. Then he could sense something near to him. Something dark, and evil.
"No! Who are you?" Yugi struggled against the cold air wrapping itself around him. He saw red eyes shining somewhere in the darkness, and then he could feel the breath of a horrible creature. It stopped just a few feet above him, contemplating something.
"Don't you know, Yugi? I'm your darknesssss. Your emotionsss." The voice paused, and Yugi took the opportunity.
"Yami?" Yugi asked, not really wanting to know the answer.
"No, no, no. Not your dark half. The light's darkness." The voice stopped, and it swooped down on Yugi, just as he let out an ear piercing scream. It lowered itself onto Yugi, its weight unbearable, and it slowly lowered its head onto his face. A horrible sound emerged from its mouth, and it started to suck the air from Yugi. Yugi felt dazed, and tired, he let all the air go, and closed his eyes.
Just when he thought it was all over, he could see something bright through his eyelids. The creature on top of him was writhing in pain, and making odd sounds. It finally pulled itself off of the poor boy, and Yugi could feel its presence fade, and finally disappear. He opened his eyes with the last of his strength, and his mouth fell open when something emerged out of the light. Yami took a few steps forward, and kneeled beside Yugi.
"You're safe now, Yugi. No more darkness." Yami leaned forward, and held the boy in his arms. Yugi cried in his saviour's arms, shaking uncontrollably.
"Yugi! Wake up!" Yugi opened his eyes, and looked around wearily. He noticed that hands were holding onto his shoulders, and he could feel their warmth. He gazed upwards, and saw Yami peering down at him.
"Yami." Yugi smiled, and shifted around. He realised he was on the couch, wrapped in a nice, warm blanket.
"Yugi - You - You're crying! What's wrong, Hikari?" Yami took his hands off of Yugi's shoulders, and wiped away Yugi's tears.
"Nothing, Yami. I'm fine." Yugi then remembered when his Yami had first come back. He had saved him, saved him from depression! Just like in his dream! Yugi started to cry again, and wrapped his arms around Yami. Yami was taken aback at his sudden outburst.
"Sshhh. It's ok, Aibou. It's ok, you're safe." Yami held him for a long time, neither of them really thinking of what was going on around them, neither of them worried about what time it was, or how long they were staying like that.
"I know, Yami.. I know." Yugi calmed down, and buried his head in his Yami's warm shirt. "Thank you!" Yugi smiled in his shirt, and Yami simply kept rubbing his back, still in a trance, trying to figure out what he was so upset about.
\\ You should rest, Aibou. And tomorrow you might be able to go to school. And see your friends. \\
Yugi nodded in agreement, but he didn't want anything else at that moment, except to be sitting there in comfort with his Yami. His Yami. He drifted off into a peaceful sleep, knowing that he truly was safe.
'`*~*Meanings*~*`'
[1] - Jiichan - Grandfather
[2] - Hai - Yes
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So, how is it? Should I continue writing this story, and add chapters to it? Or I can write an epilogue or a prologue (showing what happened with Yugi and Yami before and after!) Or should I end it here? It's up to you guys, If some of you ask me to continue, I will do so! ^-^ I can't wait for more reviews, they make me so happy, and excited!! ^-^
(I hope this chapter made up for the shorter ones I had written earlier! ^- ^)
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Oh yeah, here's stuff you should remember!
\\ \\ - Yami talking to Yugi through their mind-link
/ / - Yugi talking to Yami through their mind-link
Disclaimer: I don't own YuGiOh or anything associated with it, but I do own the idea for this story! ^-^
Chapter 5 - Comfort and Relief
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Yugi was really worried about his Yami, but he let him leave. Yugi could feel that Yami needed some time alone, and Yugi needed a little, too. He just didn't realise it yet. Yugi turned off the television, and lay down on the couch. All he could thin about was his Yami, nothing else. Except his grandfather. He smiled at the thought of his grandfather, but his smile turned into a frown when he remembered where his jiichan[1] was.
Deciding to visit him, he got a shower, and put on his clean clothes. Yami must have washed them while he was sick. Yugi smiled at the thought of his Yami again.
He left the door unlocked for Yami, and took his spare key along with him. He made sure that he brought his jacket along with him. He didn't know how long the rain would last. Sometimes it lasted for days on end. I hope Yami is alright all alone in the rain, Yugi thought to himself before pushing all of his thoughts behind him, and focused on walking to the hospital. Surprisingly, it didn't half as long as it usually did for him to walk to the hospital, and he was relieved when he was inside, and he dried off. He didn't notice, but his cheeks were pretty flushed when he went to line up to ask where his grandpa was. Finally, it was his turn.
"I'm looking for my Grandpa, Solomon Motou." He smiled up at the woman sitting down behind the front desk.
"Room 212, 1st section, 2nd floor. Are you all right?" The woman peered down at him with a look of concern spreading across her face.
"Hai[2], I am. Thank you!" He found an elevator, leaving the lady to stare back at him as he walked away. He pressed the button with a two on it, and wondered vaguely why she would ask him such a thing. It took him twenty minutes to find room 212, and the door was closed. He pushed it open, to find no one inside but an old man lying on a hospital bed, his eyes closed.
"Grandpa?" Yugi walked closer to his grandfather, not wanting to wake him up. But his grandpa's eye snapped open when he heard the familiar voice.
"Yugi!" His grandfather opened his arms wide, and Yugi threw himself into his grandfather's arms, making sure not to hurt him, or be too careless.
"Grandpa!" Yugi let out tears of joy as his jiichan held him in his arms. "I missed you, grandpa. A lot!" He wiped away his tears, and stopped hugging his grandpa.
"What's wrong Yugi, why so sad?" His grandfather closed his eyes, and smiled at his grandson thoughtfully.
"Nothing, grandpa, I'm just so happy to see you!" He sighed with relief as he watched his grandfather. "You look better than the last time I saw you, when are they letting you come home?" Yugi pushed aside his own thoughts, and listened contently to his grandfather.
"I feel better, too. They still want me to stay here for about a week or so. But I will be so very glad to return home. You haven't been too lonely, have you? I only wish I could be there now." He opened his eyes again, and watched Yugi silently. He could only wonder what his grandson was so happy about. Besides the fact that he would be able to go back with Yugi later on.
"No, I haven't been too lonely. I was at first, but then Yami came back." Yugi grinned happily. "He's been taking care of me, and the shop. I wasn't able too, he's been such a big help!"
"Yami? Oh! Of course, the Pharaoh! He has returned? He was a big help before he left." Yugi's grandfather frowned at the idea of such an important person in his Yugi's life leaving with nothing said. "But why weren't you able to keep up with the shop?"
"Oh, well, I was sick for a while. But I feel better now!" Yugi smiled at his grandfather. "I don't remember being so happy in my life, grandpa!"
"You were sick?? Oh, Yugi, I'm so sorry that I was not there for you. Of course you were over working yourself. But you seem to be a lot better. Although I don't think you should have come, you don't look too well. I don't ever remember you being this happy, either, except for when Yami was with you, so long ago." Solomon said thoughtfully.
"It's alright, grandpa. There was nothing you could do about it." Yugi still grinned at his grandpa. He was happy to see that he was alright.
"So, is that why you aren't in school? It is Monday, you wouldn't be skipping just to see me now, would you?"
"No, Yami made me stay home. He told me that when I was feeling a lot better, he'd let me go again. But I escaped, because he went for a walk, to be alone." Yugi was remembering everything about his Yami. He never did that unless something was bothering him, and bothering him greatly. "I would never skip, you know that!" The words reminded Yugi of what he had thought. He had told himself that he would skip school on Monday, but Yami saved him from that. He let him stay home. "So, have you had any other visitors lately?"
"No, unless you count the doctors and nurses that keep coming in to check up on me. So you'd be the first in a little while! I really missed you, Yugi." Solomon hugged his grandson again, and Yugi pulled up a chair to chat with him for a while longer.
***********************~~~~~~~~Back To Yami~~~~~~~~~~****************
"Yami?" A voice from behind him caused him to jump slightly. Yami turned around, trying to find the source of the voice.
"Yami? Is that really you?" Malik walked out from behind the bushes.
"Malik?!?" Yami was almost as surprised as Yami was for seeing him. "So where's Marik?"
"Oh, well, he - um.. You see." Malik blushed. "I left him at home. I needed some time to think, alone. What are you doing back, anyway?"
"Well, it's a long story. But I came back, and that's all that matters, right?" Yami shoved his hands in his jacket pockets, a habit he had picked up from Yugi.
"Well, yes, I guess so. But do you know what you did to Yugi by leaving? He was devastated. He put on a mask and all, but you can see it in his eyes." Malik sighed, and looked up at the grey sky, and smiled as the rain splashed on his face. "It's nice to be free for awhile."
"I know what you mean!" Another voice startled Malik and Yami, and they both jumped as Marik jumped out from behind other bushes. Malik just blushed, obviously embarrassed. Yami just shrugged and shook his head.
"What were you doing behind the bushes?" Malik caught his breath, and stared at his darker half, a frown on his face.
"I could ask you the same thing!" Marik growled, and remembering that Yami was there, he turned to him, and looked at him with a blank face. "Hello, Pharaoh." His voice was hardly louder than a whisper.
"I was just trying to get away." Malik told Marik. And then added something softly. "From you." He said it so softly, not even Yami knew he said it.
"I heard that!" Marik growled at Malik again.
"Marik." Yami greeted him with a grim expression on his face. He ignored Marik and Malik as they fought together, words getting harsher and harsher, until-
"Enough!" Yami shouted, and a man walking by them turned to stare. But Yami's glare made him turn right back around, saying "I didn't hear anything. Nope, not me."
Marik and Malik both stopped when Yami yelled; he could be pretty evil when he felt like it. Yami's face was full of anger, and that didn't make either of the two anxious to get on his nerves any more than they had.
"Now be quiet, and keep you voices down. Do you want to attract attention to us? More than we already get?" Yami growled - again.
"No. I'm sorry, Marik." Malik held out his hand to his darker half. He smiled.
"Whatever." Marik ignored the friendly gesture, and glared down at the ground. He hated the rain, even if it was depressing. He usually liked things like that. He grunted when Malik stared over at him. Clearly they were speaking through their mind link.
"I should be going. I should leave you two alone." Yami turned to leave, but Malik caught his shoulder.
"Won't you tell us where you've been? You were gone for so long! It seems like years, but." Malik held out his hands, and counted off his fingers one by one. Marik groaned at his Hikari's behaviour.
"It's been 1 year. Don't need many fingers for that, now, do you?" Marik snapped at Malik, and Malik's cheeks turned a bright red. He stared at everything but Marik.
Yami shook his head again, they acted like children some times. Then he remembered how Yugi was so childish, but in the cute, innocent kind of way.
"Oh, I forgot!" Yami sighed, and slapped a hand to his face, and let it slide down his entire face. He had forgotten his Hikari.
"Forgot what, Pharaoh?" Both Malik and Marik said simultaneously. When they did, they both looked away.
"Something important. Never you mind." Yami turned on his heels, and walked quickly back to the game shop and Yugi's home. But then he broke out in a jog, and was soon sprinting to the forgotten Hikari's house.
When he found the whole place empty, he was shocked, and terrified. What had happened to his Aibou? Where could he be? Then he remembered his mind link with Yugi. He wondered if it still worked after he shut Yugi out.
\\ Yugi? Aibou? Where are you? \\ Yami sat down, and closed his eyes, hoping his precious Yugi would hear him.
Yugi looked around the hospital room, as his grandfather talked. He could have sworn that he had heard Yami. He shook off the feeling, and laughed at his grandpa's funny stories form the hospital.
\\ Yugi? Where are you? \\
Yugi jumped up from his chair, and looked around wildly. He definitely heard something this time. It felt familiar, but he couldn't quite lay a finger on the sensations he felt when he heard the voices.
"Yugi? Is there something wrong?" His grandpa noticed him standing, looking around for an unknown source.
"I - I don't know. It sounds and feels so familiar. It's like I haven't been a part of it fro so long." Yugi scratched his head, and sat back down. "I should probably let you rest now, grandpa! Don't worry about me, I'm fine. It's me who should be worrying about you!" Yugi hugged his grandfather one last time, and Solomon nodded.
"Goodbye, Yugi. Be Careful, and don't work too hard!" His grandfather said under his breath as he bade Yugi a fond farewell. Yugi waved to him, and ran down, and out of the hospital.
\\ Yugi? You're worrying me. Come back, Aibou? \\
Then it hit him. It was Yami! Using their once forgotten mind link!
/ Yami? / Yugi tried to concentrate, and felt his emotions pass through their link. He then felt something different.
\\ Oh, thank goodness, Aibou. Where are you? You worried me! \\ Yugi could feel a sensation rush through him full of relief, happiness, and sadness.
/I- I'm coming back, now. I just went to visit grandpa./ He tried to make himself believe that everything was just great. He must've been successful in blocking the bad emotions, because Yami responded happily.
\\ Good, I'm so glad to hear that you're fine. You should not have run away like that! \\ Yami suddenly was kind of. Yugi couldn't quiet figure it out. Was that Anger?
/ You did the same thing! / Yugi chuckled out loud, and he could feel another emotion in the back of his mind. Embarrassment?
\\ Well. I guess you're right. Point taken. Please hurry back? I don't want you getting any more sick than you already are! \\ Yami's voice was blank again, so Yugi couldn't tell what he was thinking or feeling.
/ All right, Yami. I'm hurrying! / Yugi ran all the way back. Yami was really glad, and relieved when he burst in through the door, panting slightly.
"I told you I'd hurry!" Yugi smiled, and closed his eyes as he removed his wet jacket.
"Good thing that's water proof!" Yami smiled, too, a rare smile he only gave Yugi. He pointed to Yugi's jacket. Yugi shivered when he put the jacket in the closet. "Are you cold, Aibou?"
"Only a little, it's ok!" Yugi pushed Yami away, wanting to show him that he was fine with doing things on his own again.
"Well, a little could make you feel worse than you probably already do!" Yami wrapped his arm around his light, and steered him to his room, where he found him a warm blanket to use. Yugi wrapped it around himself, making look even more cute and innocent. Yami smiled at his Yugi. Yugi smiled back as they found their way back to the couch. That's where Yugi fell asleep, leaning against his dark half's shoulder. Yami felt so content sitting there, that he, too fell asleep. They both had a well-deserved nap. But Yugi wasn't so fortunate. He started to dream again. Or rather have a nightmare, not a normal dream.
He was falling in darkness, but it was all going by so quickly. He felt himself hit the ground, it was painful, and he moaned, clutching his body, and pushing himself into a small ball, huddled up. Then he could sense something near to him. Something dark, and evil.
"No! Who are you?" Yugi struggled against the cold air wrapping itself around him. He saw red eyes shining somewhere in the darkness, and then he could feel the breath of a horrible creature. It stopped just a few feet above him, contemplating something.
"Don't you know, Yugi? I'm your darknesssss. Your emotionsss." The voice paused, and Yugi took the opportunity.
"Yami?" Yugi asked, not really wanting to know the answer.
"No, no, no. Not your dark half. The light's darkness." The voice stopped, and it swooped down on Yugi, just as he let out an ear piercing scream. It lowered itself onto Yugi, its weight unbearable, and it slowly lowered its head onto his face. A horrible sound emerged from its mouth, and it started to suck the air from Yugi. Yugi felt dazed, and tired, he let all the air go, and closed his eyes.
Just when he thought it was all over, he could see something bright through his eyelids. The creature on top of him was writhing in pain, and making odd sounds. It finally pulled itself off of the poor boy, and Yugi could feel its presence fade, and finally disappear. He opened his eyes with the last of his strength, and his mouth fell open when something emerged out of the light. Yami took a few steps forward, and kneeled beside Yugi.
"You're safe now, Yugi. No more darkness." Yami leaned forward, and held the boy in his arms. Yugi cried in his saviour's arms, shaking uncontrollably.
"Yugi! Wake up!" Yugi opened his eyes, and looked around wearily. He noticed that hands were holding onto his shoulders, and he could feel their warmth. He gazed upwards, and saw Yami peering down at him.
"Yami." Yugi smiled, and shifted around. He realised he was on the couch, wrapped in a nice, warm blanket.
"Yugi - You - You're crying! What's wrong, Hikari?" Yami took his hands off of Yugi's shoulders, and wiped away Yugi's tears.
"Nothing, Yami. I'm fine." Yugi then remembered when his Yami had first come back. He had saved him, saved him from depression! Just like in his dream! Yugi started to cry again, and wrapped his arms around Yami. Yami was taken aback at his sudden outburst.
"Sshhh. It's ok, Aibou. It's ok, you're safe." Yami held him for a long time, neither of them really thinking of what was going on around them, neither of them worried about what time it was, or how long they were staying like that.
"I know, Yami.. I know." Yugi calmed down, and buried his head in his Yami's warm shirt. "Thank you!" Yugi smiled in his shirt, and Yami simply kept rubbing his back, still in a trance, trying to figure out what he was so upset about.
\\ You should rest, Aibou. And tomorrow you might be able to go to school. And see your friends. \\
Yugi nodded in agreement, but he didn't want anything else at that moment, except to be sitting there in comfort with his Yami. His Yami. He drifted off into a peaceful sleep, knowing that he truly was safe.
'`*~*Meanings*~*`'
[1] - Jiichan - Grandfather
[2] - Hai - Yes
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So, how is it? Should I continue writing this story, and add chapters to it? Or I can write an epilogue or a prologue (showing what happened with Yugi and Yami before and after!) Or should I end it here? It's up to you guys, If some of you ask me to continue, I will do so! ^-^ I can't wait for more reviews, they make me so happy, and excited!! ^-^
(I hope this chapter made up for the shorter ones I had written earlier! ^- ^)
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