You Will Always Be a Part of Me

Hey hey! 19 reviews for the first chapter! That's the most I've ever had! Man, you guys are the best! Thanks so much. Sorry for taking so much time with updating, but exams are drawing ever closer . . .you know how it works *sigh*. Again, if you don't like yaoi/ shounen ai, don't take it in that sense!! Well, here's chappie two. Enjoy ^_^.

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or the song by E-Type. However, I do own a few Yu-Gi-Oh episodes and the E-Type CD. Does that count as brownie points? . . .didn't think so. . .

~~ . . . ~~ (- Song lyrics in squiggle lines

(( . . . )) (- Yami to Yugi

)) . . . (( (- Yugi to Yami

~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~

~~ Here I am,

I feel like a hurricane

but upside down . . .~~

(( Yugi? YUGI?! ))

But still, there came no audible response from Yugi's side of the link. And due to this odious fact, Yami was soon filled with even more anxiety.

'Is Yugi okay? Did something happen to him? Is he just ignoring me? Is he still upset at me?'

These questions and many more immediately began swarming through the former Pharaoh's mind; much like teenagers flock into their favourite store when a sale is announced. And, even before he stopped to think about it, Yami grabbed an extra jacket from the over-crowded closet and made his way outside; desperate to find his aibou before something serious happened. Unfortunately for Yugi, something 'serious' had already happened.

~~ Aiming high

I turn from the light

and I am on my way . . .~~

~~*~~

Remarkably, no cars had driven by since the time of the accident. Which, of course, was a good thing for Yugi's sake. It wouldn't have been much fun to get hit by more then one automobile in the same day.

It had been over twenty minutes since the quick-moving car had struck him down. He slowly started coming to, once again being able to lightly feel the endless droplets of rain slamming into his injured body. He began opening his big violet eyes, wishing that what had happened had all been nothing more then a dream . . .a dream that he could wake up from and expect to be back at home; safe in his warm and cosy bed with Yami watching over him.

Of course, that wasn't the case.

"Ow . . ." he managed to mutter out, feeling nothing more then pain run through his weakened frame. He sure wouldn't be surprised to find out every single bone in his body was broken or fractured. He tried desperately to raise his head, to look around and see if there was any possible way to prevent himself from further injury. 'I at least have to get to the side of the road. I don't want to risk getting hit again,' he thought to himself as he used every last bit of strength that he had to lift himself up. He slowly, oh so slowly began dragging his broken and bleeding body towards the shoulder of the lane.

~~ No more tears

on my own again -

I never say goodbye

I will be just fine

You're still on my mind

Will you ever tell me why? ~~

(( Yugi, please answer me . . . )) came a sudden deep voice from inside his own head. The violet-eyed teen stopped for a moment, needing the rest anyway, and focused his attention to the mental mind link after obviously forgetting about it.

)) Ya . . .mi . . . (( He breathed out, feeling everything around him beginning to spin. He tried to say more, but any and everything he did was just too painful; even concentrating his thoughts.

(( Aibou! Oh thank Ra! Are you all right? Is everything okay? You're warm and safe, aren't you? Where are you even? ))

From the other end of the mind link, Yami was having a bird (not literally). After searching the city for almost half an hour, he finally got some kind of audible reply from his hikari. But what Yugi exhaled out wasn't exactly helping him. The former pharaoh was currently standing by a dimly lit lamppost in the middle of the park. The heavy rain had already soaked him to the bone, but that was the last of his worries.

)) I was hit . . . (( came another brief statement from the short teen. His words, though, seemed to cut Yami deeply, as for some odd reason he could feel the pain his aibou was in from the tone and gesture of his voice. But enough was enough. He couldn't take anymore of these phantasy remarks from Yugi.

~~ My last stand

is all that I'm hearing

will I ever find

an answer to what I have

on my mind? ~~

(( Yugi . . .please . . .tell me where you are. I need to know; I want to help you . . . )) And for the first time since Ra knows when, Yami could feel a scanty stinging behind his scarlet-coloured eyes. He tried to forbear what was happening, but it was just no use in fighting it; for this was one battle the Pharaoh couldn't win.

A single tear made its way down his pale cheek, only to disappear with the on-coming rain. "Please, aibou . . ."

It took quite a few moments, but Yugi finally found the strength he needed to reply to his yami's question. Only this time, the energy he used was that which was keeping him awake.

)) I don't know exactly. All I do know is that . . . is that . . .I'm close . . .to a blue sign . . .I'm sorry . . . (( And then there was silence again. Yugi had made it successfully to the side of the road, but at the cost of his consciousness. He fell back into oblivion, clasping tightly the blue sign of which he spoke of to his yami.

(( Yugi! )) The Pharaoh cried out, feeling a void where the link took him over. He knew that his aibou could help him no more. It was up to him to figure out where the younger teen was.

"Big blue sign . . ." he repeated to himself, gritting his teeth and looking up towards the darkened sky. His own heart was feeling darkened by his hikari's pain and suffering, but he wasn't about to let that stop him from finding the one he loved most. "I'm coming Yugi!"

~~ Aiming high

I turn from the light

and I am on my way

falling into the darkness

I can't stay

There's no escape

and I am going down . . .~~

~~*~~

"Yugi? . . .Yugi? Where are you, aibou?!" he shouted to everything, knowing that his soul's other half would most likely not hear him; especially if he wasn't conscious. Yami was presently situated on the outskirts of town, due to the strange feeling the Millennium Puzzle was emanating. He was searching around desperately for any indication of a blue sign, but so far all he saw were the distant mountains and an endless grey sky. He let out an exhilarating sigh, his pliable hands turning into hard fists. He felt hopeless without his hikari there, even if he was king of games.

"This is tormenting . . ." He groaned, wiping away the moisture from around his eyes for the hundredth time. But the rain continued to fall heedlessly. The evening had now become night - and the cool, frigid air was beginning to make him shiver. He grasped his arms tightly, trying to push away the feeling of ire.

~~ I move like in M.A.D.

to every sound

trembling before you

cause I'm going down . . .~~

Just as he felt as though nothing was going his way, he saw a distant heap of . . .something on the ground. Yami squinted his eyes so-as he could see what the pile turned out to be.

"Yugi!!" he wailed, running as fast as his legs would carry him - because what he had seen in that moment was enough to rip what was left of his petrified heart. Sure, the heap on the ground was indeed Yugi, but the nine- foot trail of smeared blood leading towards the lifeless boy didn't look too promising.

The Pharaoh dropped himself by the younger teen's side, carefully lifting up Yugi's body and holding it close, yet benign. "Fate has forsaken you, aibou, and it's all my fault . . ." he cried, burying his face in Yugi's blood and rain-soaked shirt (or at least what still remained of it). "I will not allow you to die like this. Over my incapable soul will you feel so much as another wince of pain."

~~Final try

I'm back from the other side

and right on time

to once and for all claim

back what's mine

the future is bright

and I won't go down . . .~~

It was true. Yami was going to keep his promise to his love no matter what the consequences - even if it meant relinquishing his own life.

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Aaii! I didn't want to end it like that! I really didn't! But I only have so much time to update a story, you know? *Sigh* I'm really sorry again. But I swear over my Gemini Elf AND my Winged Dragon of Ra cards that the next chapter will be longer, better, and more . . .saddening. (My last exam is Thursday). I have all summer to write! Anyway, keep those reviews coming - I appreciate them! Ja ne!

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