The Eighth Millennium Item: Epilogue

A/N: I'm so sorry about this being late, I had computer problems, then my guinea pig was bleeding, and I just turned in a research paper. I'm so sorry. I would like to thank Gema J. Gall and Joeyz girl for reviewing. Please check out my new story, and please review.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh.

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I watch inside the blimp at the happy reunion of the group after we landed at the remains of Domino City.

I lag behind, thinking about the two realms my heart is torn between.

I don't know if I want to go back home to my family...

I look down at my body; lean and muscular from the two month long flight to Egypt.

I have changed, mentally and physically.

I have seen things that no person should see, and experienced more pain than anyone ever should have.

I have killed someone, going totally against my morals, everything I was taught, not only killing someone, but someone who saved my life.

I don't know if I can go back and be normal like in my old life, there's been too much change...

I look over my shoulder, seeing a portal that was made when, for the last time, all of the millennium items were together, my ticket to my way home.

The ring was destroyed after that, using the power of the gods, and the spirit in the ring, Yami Bakura, destroyed along with it.

Then, I was left alone, to make the hardest decision of my life.

Some decisions, I learned, you have to make on your own.

Do I really want to go back?

I close my eyes, cutting off the scene of Yugi getting his puzzle back, and Seto getting the millennium rod.

I see here a place where I can fly freely, without odd looks or being thrown in a zoo, a place where I can duel all the time without having to have a computer, and a place where I can have an adoptive family and real friends, and a place I can help heal.

At home, all I have is family, and one friend, and a computer, if I'm lucky, works, and if I'm really lucky, allows me to duel on.

I still can't decide.

"Can't decide?" A soft voice asks me from behind as I open my eyes and whirl around to see Yami Mouto standing there, looking at me piercingly.

"Yeah..." I say softly, looking out the window again.

"Someone once told me to follow my heart when I had doubts, and it would never lead me wrong. Maybe you should do the same." He says softly, leaving the blimp, and me in deep thought.

I look down at my glass; my Yami inside it who I didn't know existed less than six months ago.

I know that she won't be able to show up in the real world, that it would look crazy, but can I leave the home that I was living in, the only family that I had, to a realm I barely know.

I slowly walk out of the blimp, never looking back.

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Six months have passed since I made my decision.

I sit on the edge of the roof of the building across from KaibaCorp, watching all that's going on the street below.

I'm not worried about falling,

I can simply transform and fly back to the top.

I see Mokuba laughing, playing tag with other kids his age as a smiling Seto watches from the side.

So much has changed.

Time has been sent backwards, using the Millennium Diamond, to change back time to before Yami Bakura stole all the Millennium Items.

The Ring was also destroyed, to ensure that another disaster that happened...

won't happen again.

I'm the only one with my memories intact; the rest voluntarily had their memories changed along with the timeline.

I have an adopted family now... Yugi's grandfather took me in.

My parents have no memory of me being born, so they will never miss me, and I flourish under my new life as a talented duelist and this lifestyle.

A soft wind stirs as I just sit there, mulling about my new life.

My Yami walks up to where I am and sits down next to me, obviously in deep thought herself.

"You know, Yugi wants to challenge you to another duel." Yami says, smiling as I get up.

"Well... I don't want to disappoint him." I say as I head towards the landing leading to the ground floor.

I smile happily as I start down the stairs.

Life sure has changed...

less than six months ago, I didn't even know I was destined to do anything.

Now, I'm the bearer of...

the eighth millennium item.

The End

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A/N: Sorry if it sucked, but I feel sick right now, and sorry again for the delay. Please review and check out my other story.