Authoress Note: Bet you thought I'd never update, huh? Well let me just say this: I'M SORRY!!!!! I'm a horrible person, but here is a long chapter just for you! (My longest yet! Yay!)

Another Note: Um... There is none... Go read, my minions! READ!

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 IV: Dreams

He ran until he reached his destination. Yami took a sharp turn and burst through the white door that led into his house. Slamming the door, he fell on his knees, shaking and panting from exhaustion.

'I didn't! I couldn't have! That light... Amethyst with crimson?!'

Turning these thoughts around in his mind, Yami pushed himself up from the ground, forcing his quaking legs forward. He had meant to make it to his bedroom, but as he reached the couch, he fell upon it, allowing sleep to wash over him.

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When Yugi reached the game shop he ran in and up the stairs to his room. Grandpa was out of town, so it did not matter how much noise he made. He flopped on his back on his full-sized bed. Closing his eyes, he replayed what had just happened in the park. His eyes jolted open suddenly and his breathing started to come quickly.

'That... Man! I left him! No! I'm so stupid! How could I do that?! No! Please let him be okay!' Yugi stood up and began pacing his floor, screaming at himself mentally. 'I'm so stupid! How could I have abandoned him like that?! What if something happens to him? I could never forgive myself!'

Part of him scoffed at his spiky-haired self. 'What could you have done? You're worthless. Pathetic. Weak.'

The lavender-eyed teen broke inside, falling to his knees on the floor with tears streaming down his face.

'I can't do this anymore!' Standing up he tore his jacket off his torso and headed for his desk. A simple pocket knife lay near lay near the edge. A sad smile formed upon his mouth as he picked up the blade. Last time those two attacked him, this knife had serviced him in the same way he intended to use it tonight. His stare moved from the knife to his arms, surveying the gashes already occupying his arms. He placed the cold metal against his skin, reveling in the feel of it before pushing down. As blood dripped down hi arm, tears dropped from the purple eyes to mix with it. Yugi moved his knife and cut it into a spot higher up.

The spiky-haired boy cried harder. He picked up his knife to cut again. Losing control, the knife slipped from his grasp and clattered to the floor. Yugi crashed to his knees beside it, choking and sobbing. It was not long before his eyes closed to rest.

'I'm sorry,' he wept before allowing rest to come.

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Yami awoke, or so he thought, to stare into grey mist enveloping lush green trees and thick green grass.

'Oh no...' he groaned. 'Where am I this time?'

Squinting his eyes, he peered around, hoping to see something through the fog. There, huddled on the ground to his right, a small form lay, almost completely covered in the mist. Yami stepped forward hesitantly, unsure of who- or what- the form was. Spiky tri-colored hair became visible as the teen approached.

"Yugi!" he screamed. His pace quickened to a near-jog. He crouched down beside the boy as he reached him. "Yugi!" Yami said softly, yet urgently, as he shook the boy gently.

Yugi groaned as he opened his eyes, causing Yami's heart to jump and a smile to appear on his face. "Hi..." he began "Where? Where are we?"

"I don't know little one." Yami replied regretfully. "I really don't know."

As he sat up, Yugi looked around at the surroundings, before realizing that he did not know who the teen above him was. He stopped what he was doing, propping himself up on his arms and looking up at Yami's face. "I... I don't know who you are."

While Yugi spoke, Yami looked him over quickly to make sure he was okay. "I'm Yami." The crimson-eyed teen mumbled distractedly. "You're not hurt are you?" Continuing with his inspection, Yami lifted one of Yugi's bare arms, gasping mildly at the sight.

Yugi looked down in shame but did nothing as Yami gaped at hi arm. "These are new!" Yami cried, tracing the two new lacerations lightly with his fingertips. "And where did these others come from?"

Pulling his arm away, Yugi stood, hugging himself for comfort. "I made them," Yugi replied in a nearly-inaudible tone of voice.

The crimson eyes of Yami blinked, unsure of what the boy had said. "What?!" he exclaimed.

Yugi cleared his throat before replying, "I made them."

~Give unto me your troubles~

"Why, Yugi?"

Yugi spun around to face the older boy, anger rising to his cheeks. "No! 'Why' to you!" the boy screamed. "Why do you know my name? How do you know my name?! Why did you risk yourself to save a pathetic person like me?" Tears that he had been trying to hold back fell freely from his eyes.

Yami, still on his knees, stuttered, trying to make a response that Yugi would buy. 'I can't tell him the truth. It could scare him and drive him away.' He looked at the boy's crying face, upon which fear, sadness, and determination dwelled within his rich purple orbs. A sigh escaped him as he knew what he had to do. "I know your name because I've been watching you." He looked down at the grass beneath him and ran a hand through his tri-colored hair. Yugi gawked.

"You've been... watching me?" Yugi asked, stunned, while turning this over in his mind.

Yami nodded his head yes, somewhat ashamed to be admitting this. "Yes. You come into the Coffee Bean every day when I am there. I heard you talking to your white-haired friend- what was his name again? Oh yes, Ryou. Last night (or maybe it is still tonight, I don't know) I heard him call you Yugi and you call him Ryou."

"But I... I've never seen you." Yugi's tears had slowed now and his face was now screwed up in confusion.

"I know." Yami's head lifted to watch Yugi once more. "I'm always there before you and leave after you."

"Why would you want to watch me though?" Yugi's crying almost stopped now.

Shrugging, Yami answered Yugi as best he could. "When I first saw you, I thought nothing of the similarities in our appearances. But when you came back the next day and sat in the same spot, it intrigued me. Your eyes held so many emotions, and you always just sat there, as if doing anything other than drinking your tea would hurt."

Yugi stared blankly at a space in front of Yami. This new knowledge was overwhelming and he needed to process it through and around his brain. He still couldn't understand why this man had saved him. "But still..." he started hesitantly. "Why would you put yourself in danger for me?"

"Because, little one, you are important. I can sense something from you every day in the café. I don't know what it is, but I know it means that you are worth something." The crimson-eyed boy stood up and crossed the space between him and Yugi. Now it was Yugi's turn to look down once more. Yami reached out and took the smaller teen's arm in his gentle and caring hands. As he stared at the soft and scarred underside of Yugi's arm, he traced every cut delicately. "Oh tenshi. Can't you see? You deserve so much more than this!"

~I'll endure all your suffering~

The small boy's amethyst eyes opened wide in surprise before overflowing with tears. His eyes shut and his body racked with sobs. Covering his face with his hands, he leaned into Yami, his head on the taller boy's chest. Yami's arms automatically wrapped around Yugi in a comforting and protective gesture. The boy with lightning strikes in his hair felt a change in weight as Yugi's knees gave out on him. With Yami supporting the smaller boy, they sunk down to their knees where Yami rocked slightly.

"Shhh..." Yami soothed. "It's okay, tenshi. It will all be okay."

~Place onto me your burden~

They felt it at the same time; a minor tug inside of them, trying to pull them reality though they did not realize it.

"Yugi," Yami whispered. Yugi leaned further into Yami, protesting the pull of awareness. "Tenshi, we have to go. Do you feel it?" Yugi nodded, though he did not want to acknowledge that he knew it. The pull increased to a pleasant, yet somewhat painful force. Releasing the boy, Yami pulled back, giving into the sensation. His solid form began to dissolve while going back. Missing Yami's warmth, the boy reached out desperately, much like a needy child. Panic was etched into every line of his face.

"Yami!" Yugi screamed. "Yami please don't leave me!"

"It's okay, little tenshi." By this time Yami had realized that the pull was to wake him up, and that this was all occurring in the land of temporary rest. "Wake up, Yugi. You'll be fine. Yugi, it's time to wake up."

"Yami!" Yugi's last cry was in vain as Yami disappeared from the dream. Yugi stubbornly refused to awaken until he was too caught up in crying to care to hold on anymore.

'Please, Yami... Please...'

~I'll drink your deadly poison~