Authoress Note: Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT REVIEWS! I love reading them! They brighten up my day! Yippee! Eh... Hehe!

Another Note: If there is one thing you need to know about me as an authoress thingy, it is that I am a very indecisive writer. Because of that, I must tell you that I might make two versions of this fic, but I'm not sure yet. If I do, this one will be yaoi and the other will be a brotherly type version. If I don't, that means that you get to decide if it is yaoi or brotherly-like. Kay? Okay then! On with the fic!

Disclaimer: As much as I want to own Yu-Gi-Oh and Evanescence and all things pertaining to both of the aforementioned thingies, I don't. *bawls* I do, however own this plot. SO THERE!

Summary: AU Yugi and Yami do not know each other, but they've both been going to the same café. Yami has been watching Yugi and is learning all about him. What happens when Yami's innocent fascination with the other turns into a something that he can not get out of his head? Songfic to Evanescence's "Give Unto Me"

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Let Me Save You

Chapter III: Death

He dreamed:

He was falling. Out of what, he did not know. All he knew is that he was plummeting out of the sky with a great and terrible velocity. When he tried to breathe his lungs refused to expand and take in the life sustaining air. He felt a wetness trickle down his face from his eyes and he swatted at his face sourly. Red filled his sight as his hand flew across his line of vision. Blood. He was crying blood. Sharp pains attacked his head as if millions of daggers were jammed into his skull and wiggled around to mix up his brain. He continued falling. Suddenly, water swallowed him up and he stared up into the sky he had just come out of, the scarlet of his life stretching from the surface of the water to where he was. He thought humans were supposed to float, but he just kept sinking.

'Does this mean I'm not human?'

He woke with a start. Trying to figure out where he was, he sat up slightly, supporting himself with his arms, and looked around. Darkness greeted him, showing nothing. He blinked rapidly, pleading with some unknown force to give him back his sight. Collapsing onto his back once more in defeat, he let out a strangled anguished cry. Breathing hard he closed his eyes, hoping that once he opened them he would be able to see what was around him.

Yami's eyes opened to reveal an almost-mirror-image of him hovering above him, apprehension written clearly in his eyes and other facial features. The image startled him and he jumped slightly. Yugi was kneeling, his calves folded under him so he sat on them slightly, with his hands resting on his knees. Seeing that Yami had opened his eyes and seemed like he was going to keep them open this time, Yugi smiled a sad yet hopeful smile.

"Are you... Are you okay?" He asked timidly.

Yami blinked up at the boy in confusion. 'But he ran... Why is he here again?' Seeing Yugi look away in uneasiness, he noticed that he hadn't answered and jumped to do so. "I... I think... I think so." He, himself, wasn't quite sure. He struggled to sit up and his miniature moved back a bit, giving him space. "Ah!" His hand flew to his temple and his face warped with pain. The headache from his dream was real. Feeling a warm and sticky wetness under his fingers, he pulled his hand back. As in his dream, his fingers were coated with red from his temple. His memory surged. 'Oh, right. The taller one... his knife...'

"I- I didn't know what to do," the boy began. "I ran, like you told me to, but I ended up back at the alley somehow." He paused, staring at Yami's face to see how he would react. When he saw nothing but the complete attention of the somewhat disoriented teen, he continued. "I saw you lying in the snow on your side and... And..." he looked at his hands. "Did you kill that guy next to you?"

Yami looked down and shook his head no. "It was the taller one. He lashed out at me with his knife but I ducked. That dead man was holding me and he caught the blow that was meant for me."

"Oh." Yugi fiddled with the sleeves of his jacket. Yami wasn't sure if the other doubted his story or if he was just unsure of how to act now. Taking some of the tension out of the air, Yami stood up; it took a while but he managed without the offered help of Yugi.

He looked around and was certain that they were no longer in the alley. "Where are... How did we...?"

Tugging his sleeves down to the middle of his palm, Yugi stood up too. "We're in Domino Park. I didn't know where to go or what to do, so I dragged you as far as I could. This is where we ended up."

Yami nodded in understanding. Something seemed to be troubling the smaller boy and he looked down at him. "Are you okay? Did they hurt you?"

Yugi nodded slowly. "I'm okay, just a little shaken up..." He trailed off, causing Yami to peer down at him and study his face which was bent down to the ground.

"Go on."

Yugi faltered. 'How did this man know that there was more? It's like he knows that there is something more and that he isn't just guessing.' Stumbling on his words, he managed to reply. "Well, you see, it's just that... Well I don't see how..."

The boy trailed off again and Yami smiled patiently. "Yugi, what's wrong?"

The spiky-haired boy froze, still staring at the ground. Slowly his head rose to look up at Yami, his eyes wide once more. "That's just it!" He exclaimed. "How can you know my name when I have never seen you before in my life?! How did you know that I was in trouble?! Why would you risk your life to save someone you didn't know at all?!" His head fell once again and his fingers found their way back to the ends of his sleeves. He continued in a voice that was nearly inaudible. "Why would you risk your life to save something as unimportant as me?"

Yami was dumbfounded. 'This is what he thinks of himself? This is why he's always so sad at the café!' He shook his head stupidly. "No, Yugi. You're not worthless..." How could he make him understand?

Just then a crash was heard nearby. Their heads snapped up suddenly as they recognized the sound of glass shattering against cement and slightly muffled by and inch or so of snow, followed by loud drunken cursing; drunken cursing in the same voice that belonged to the man who killed his friend not too long ago. They saw him stumbling towards the park, taking another beer out of his jacket, since the other was just destroyed. He popped the top and took a swig, afterwards wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. He continued stumbling down the road in this manner: tripping slowly down the road and occasionally gulping from his beer. While he continued on, Yami and Yugi stood like deer caught in the headlights of a car. Suddenly, the man stopped and stared at the two teens in the park.

"You!" He yelled while pointing. Who he was pointing at, they were not sure as his arm wavered like a flag in the wind.

~Why should I care if they hurt you~

Without a word, Yugi turned and ran, the drunk cursing him with every step.

~Somehow it matters more to me~

Yami's anger towards the man was once more triggered. From deep within him, Yami felt a powerful surge of energy. Pain grew inside his body, intensifying until it forced the crimson-eyed teen to his knees and bent him over in two. Sweat ran down his forehead. When he felt as if he were about to burst he screamed. The pain he was trying to force down was released and it pushed its way out of his body.

~Than if I were hurting myself~

A brilliant purple light laced with red streaks of lightning shot out of his hands and chest, racing straight towards the intoxicated bastard before him. The light penetrated the murderer's eyes and mouth. It swirled around, filling his body until he could take no more. Blood ran from his ears, eyes, and nose. Yami's light cut itself from the teen, the remains disappearing into the man already near his death. The man crumpled on the icy floor beneath him as the world around him dimmed, once again in the absence of the light.

~Save you (save you)~

He stood, balancing on his shaky legs. His legs were spread to keep his balance as he breathed heavily and stared at the man he had just killed.

'I... I didn't... I could never mean to...'

His thoughts were abandoned as he turned and sped off into the night in the direction of his home.

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Oy! I'm so sorry for taking so long! I know it wasn't that long of a wait, but I had this written Monday and I didn't have time to post it. And now guess what?! FF.net hates me! It wasn't letting me upload until now! Sorry for making all of you wait! Hopefully this chapter will sustain you until the next one, which may not be for a few days. I am currently suffering from writer's block. I'll try to write at least some everyday, though, and I swear I'll try to have it up by Thursday at the latest! Thanks, all, for reading!