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Yami: *still being glomped by Kerra*
Lily: *snickers*
Duo: *laughing his head off*
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Duo: *sweatdrops* Overprotective much?
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NOW ON WITH THIS!! ^-^
Iris: Wait... what EXACTLY did you do with Yami and Duo?
Lily: Well... Yami's there *points to Yami tied to a chair, duct tape on his mouth* and Duo...
*Somewhere in the GW fandom*
Duo: *tied to a chair, hair high in a ponytail, glaring at all the other guys, that are just staring and not helping* DO YOU MIND?!
Heero: Hn... *walks away*
Quatre: ^^;; Sorry Duo, but Lily-san told us not to let you go...
Wufei: Plus I like the new hairdo *snickers*
Trowa: *shakes his head* ...
Duo: ¬¬U LILYYYYYYYY!!
*back with her*
Lily: ^-^ Now there'll be NO more fights, and let us begin!! *adjusts a black cap on her head*
Iris: *sweatdrops* Won't ask...
Disclaimer: Uhh... it's like this: do not own, do not sue. See? Clear and simple ^^;;
Disclaimer 2: I do not own the song Away from the sun, since it belongs to the cool guys from Three Doors Down.
Warning: This fic contains shounen ai, that meaning boyxboy love, OCs and Teana (Anzu) bashing
Pairings: Yami/Yugi and Bakura/Ryou
Keys: "__" is talking, '__' is thinking, ~^:^:^:^:~ means change of POV, ~ italic ~ means Song Lyric, Italic means Words From the Book (3rd person POV) and --- Italic --- means Flashback
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Wings of ruby and amethyst
Chapter 10: Away from the sun
By: Lily Maxwell
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The moon shone brightly in the sky, as the dark cloaked figure looked, from the balcony, at the city below. Narrowing his eyes, the figure thought about what was happening in his life recently, and all those facts troubled him so much he kept avoiding them and letting to think about them later. However, every time he did think about the events, his headache fell like a curse through his being.
The most recent event was one he had to find an answer, no matter the consequences. Something was going on, something big, and it felt to him as if it was connected with everything odd that was going on. They had to be connected, somehow in some way.
He walked back from the balcony, and was ready to leave, when...
"Where... are you going?" a sleepy voice asked, and he stopped immediately. Turning around, his anxious eyes met curious sleepy ones.
"... Nowhere." He answered, but the sleepy one narrowed his eyes to mere slits.
"Do you have to wear a big long cloak to go to nowhere?" he asked, and the figure blinked. The sleepy one realized his mistake and gasped slightly, bowing in apology. "I-I'm sorry... I didn't want... I didn't intend to-"
"It's okay." the figure sighed and patted the other one's head in an assuring manner. The smaller one looked up, then looked down again. He sighed again and knelt in front of the other one, lifting his chin a little, to make him look at him. "Don't worry, okay? I'm not mad. I just... wanted you not to know I was leaving." He said, and the other one nodded.
"You're not good at lying, did you know that?" he giggled, making the figure chuckle softly. Standing up, sharp eyes looked down at the questioning and intrigued gaze of his companion. "So... where are you going, Yami?" he insisted.
"That message, Yugi... I have to know what it's about." Yami declared, and Yugi widened his eyes, feeling pretty much wide-awake at the moment.
"You're going to your father's tomb??" he asking in a silent gasp, and Yami nodded. "I... I'm going with you." Yugi said, and Yami immediately stared at him.
"No, you're staying. It's not safe out here during the night, and pyramids aren't the safest places around." He said, a hand on his hip, the other one pointing at Yugi, advising him to obey. Yugi blinked and raised an eyebrow, narrowing his eyes again.
"So? You're the Pharaoh, you're never supposed to leave the palace." Yugi reasoned, making Yami frown.
"Look, you are the slave, I am the Pharaoh, so why am I still listening to you?" he said and turned around, but Yugi grabbed hold of his arm. He took a glance behind him, and saw Yugi's pleading eyes.
"I... don't want to be alone in here, Yami." His voice was low and childish. "And I don't want you alone out there either." He continued, making Yami turn fully around. Crimson eyes locked on clouded violet ones, Yami breathed a sigh of defeat and placed a hand on his face in shame, knowing he was going to regret this later.
"Alright, Yugi... you can come. Just... stay by my side, ok?" he asked and Yugi nodded vehemently. Smiling, he nodded too, and before leaving, he went to grab Yugi a fitting cloak too.
~^:^:^:^:~ Yugi's POV
It was chilling out there. And I still was trying to process in my mind how Yami and me managed to get out of the palace, amused by the fact that it was almost... easy. Really, they should have a better guard in there. But the fact was that we were out, and heading towards Yami's father's tomb.
For a land that was so hot during the day, the night sure compensated it all. It was as if the wind was going to blow my bones away, and I'm sure that if I didn't have that long cloak Yami gave me, I would be freezing to death in instants.
The Pharaoh didn't seem fazed, though. Instead, he just kept looking forward, obviously lost in his thoughts. I was too cold to lose myself in my thoughts, if that explains anything. Thing was... that everything was getting pretty strangely, since we got there.
Was this what was troubling Yami? He had changed since the time I first saw him. I'm sure he wouldn't give a damn to find out about all this mysterious things, instead just wait for it in the comfort of his throne for the assassin to show up and confront him face to face. Maybe he knew that this wasn't an ordinary problem, and that it needed close attention.
Or maybe he just wasn't the one everyone thought he was.
At least, not anymore.
I saw him stop abruptly and I was about to ask why, when noticed where we were. I don't know how long we had been walking or how much we had walked, but I suppose it was a lot...
Because now, just in front of us, was a gigantic golden pyramid, that I could barely see the top, even if there were more than the stars' light in the sky. I have seen pyramids before, but I was never this close to one...
Yami walked to it and I saw him press the surface in some places, before an entrance became to gain form, the bricks moving as if it were alive. I saw Yami clench to something under his cloak unconsciously, probably out of anxiety or maybe apprehension. Not that he seemed afraid of what the message inside could be... but maybe he just knew what could be down there.
He cast me a glance and a smile before the both of us started to adventure inside, looking for what could be found within the darkness. Little light shone inside, I noticed right away, and walked a little closer to Yami, who seemed to know exactly where he was going through the darkened corridors, turning left here and right there, knowing where traps were set (I almost fell into one and got lost for eternity and that's too big of a time for me...) and what to expect in each new room.
Finally, Yami stopped and I looked around, both of us looking slightly amused at what we had found. On the ground, many dead scorpions, snakes and other of those traps laid, a clear sign that someone had been there. The walls had marks, as if someone had hit it many times somehow (magic, probably?) and there were some broken statues here and there.
The message was written just on the wall above the last Pharaoh's sarcophagus, and it made both me and Yami stop and stare at it.
'Vengeance. You will scream and I will watch your blood fall. Pharaoh Yami.'
Yami's advisors were very right. He was in danger. We just didn't know why.
~^:^:^:^:~ Yami's POV
That message was as confusing as everything else happening lately was. I did not understand its meaning... I did not understand its threat. There was absolutely no reason in why someone would want to take a revenge on me...
Oh wait. There was.
Many of them.
~ It's down to this.
I've got to make this life make sense. ~
I touched the wall, tracing the words with my fingers as if wanting, wishing it to answer my thousand questions. Who could it be? That's exactly when my past came back to haunt me. I had killed, punished, deceived, tortured, locked so many people... So many people yet I was so young, that it almost made my heart stop.
I was an idiot, wasn't I? Yes, that could be a perfect answer.
~ Can anyone do what I've done? ~
I don't know what had blinded me up to that moment, but I had never received a threat that bothered me so much. I have already, yes, received a lot of threats from many men and women, but at least those I could understand... For making their blood fall, for making their beloved perish under my orders, for making their lives miserable... So many things I had done, I could understand.
But this was different, wasn't it? I could not understand it, no matter how much I tried. Maybe... I didn't even understand my acts. Why I had done half of the things I have once done...
Maybe finding the answer would lead me to the solution of this puzzle? No. One was that I could not find the answer as why I acted like a pure creature of the darkness, spreading the horror and hate wherever my touch reached, going all around Kemet[1]. Two was... that this was wrong.
All these facts were connected, but something was very wrong. I could almost feel as if a huge mistake was going on. Because... certainly the death that had happened in my palace was not my doing, and maybe whoever was seeking revenge wanted revenge on who had killed her?
That was probably the only answer, because if it were a revenge for something else, would have happened sooner. Many questions filled the air, and I couldn't reach the answers.
The only thing I knew... was that something was going to happen. Something bad. And I was the main target in whoever was behind all's plan.
I sighed. If I hadn't had so many enemies, hadn't done so many atrocities, maybe the identity of this enemy (if I already knew him/her) could be easier to find out. But it wasn't. And it burned my soul with curiosity and anxiety.
"Yami?" a voice asked behind me, and I turned around slowly, almost forgetting that Yugi was indeed with me. But there he was, amethyst eyes peeking at me through the dim light, showing nothing but concern in his features. "Are you okay? Do you know who did this?" he asked, his voice low and serious.
I had probably lost track in time for the fact that he looked so concerned about me. How long have I stood there, looking through the wall and losing myself in the labyrinth of my mind, trying to find the answers about this and everything else, including my past and my old behavior? Probably long enough. Yugi by this time was probably worrying greatly about me.
"I'm okay, it's just...." I sighed, folding my arms. "I don't understand a thing in this puzzle." I said truthfully, and Yugi smiled apologetically.
"If it's a puzzle, Yami, then you'll find a way to pierce everything in place when the time comes. Now come on... I don't want to be here anymore." He told me, and I nodded, following the lead out of the pyramid.
Once we were outside, Ra no longer hid himself for the night, and shone gloriously in the sky. We must have really being out for too long... we had to get back before someone realized I was missing and went berserk.
Yugi, on the other hand, looked as if he was in great awe. Once we got to the city near the palace, he looked from one side to the other, and back to the sky, as if admiring the sun and being captivated by the normal city. It was like it was his first time in the city...
~ I missed life
I missed the colors of the world ~
Yugi began running around, going in some kind of trance looking at the few people that were around, amusing himself with my people. I blinked. He looked... as if he had never being around...
Seeing his great enthusiasm made me look around, trying to discover the reason behind his amusement. A few kids were playing around, laughing and giggling, running after each other playfully, enjoying the breeze of the early morning and trying to wave away the sleep a few still had, wanting to enjoy as much as possible the new day. I felt envious of them.
The adults, parents and merchants, glanced at them and smiled, some talking cheerfully and other chatting with their companions, laughing, walking under the hot sun to get supplies...
It all seemed normal. A normal morning in the city.
But when I looked at Yugi...
I widened my eyes as the brightness of his emotive eyes shone gracefully, enjoying every little thing he saw around. It was like everything in a whole new view... Like this was a place I had never been, a place I had lost and missed most of my life.
~ Can anyone go to where I am? ~
And then... he looked at me. The happy glow was still present within the soft orbs, which represented his eyes, and his smile seemed to grow when he got sight of me. He timidly waved at me, and ceased his running, folding his hands behind his back, and starting to walk calmly around, looking from person to person, from a merchant to another.
I shook my head a little and my task of going back to the palace as quick as possible lay forgotten at the back of my mind as I slowly followed him, following his each step and gaze.
I had been many times in the city, with Seto, Ellian or Kris... But it seemed a whole different thing walking around with Yugi. It seemed as if I was seeing for the first time each house, each person, each ray of the sun, like I was someone else, some lost child seeing its land like I have never done before.
I stopped. For a few seconds Yugi hadn't realized I did and when he did, he stopped and glanced behind, eyes questioning and smiling at me. It felt like... that if I had never felt like this before, I was not worth it.
~ 'Cause now again I've found myself
So far down, away from the sun
That shines into the darkest place
I'm so far down, away from the sun again
Away from the sun again ~
I was the ruthless Pharaoh Yami, son of Anuthep, who spread the darkness around and which everyone hated and despised. I knew about this reputation and was never willingly to do something to prevent it. Instead, I acted like a creature from the Underworld, hurting innocents for nothing and killing others for less.
It was like everything that I had done before was finally hitting me after so much time. Like I was lost within the darkness of my own ego and my soul was sleeping and just woke up, sending a wave of guilty all over me. Why? Why was this happening to me?
Why was I feeling like I had finally reached the sun out of my shadows?
It was Yugi. It.... was because of him. Since he came I had been feeling differently, I had changed. There was something within him... something beyond his captivating personality, beyond his innocent aura, caring heart and pure soul.
I widened my eyes... Words flew back into my mind, echoing everywhere and reaching back at my ears...
~ I'm over this
I'm tired of living in the dark
Can anyone see me down here? ~
--- "An Angel of Light, sent by Ra himself, shall bright your shadowed future, changing drastically all of your life. You'll find yourself trapped... into emotions never once experienced, and feelings never once shown. You'll change. Everything will." ---
Angel of light... Angel of light...
It was like it was yelling and whispering, realization doing its best to come to me at that very moment.
Yugi walked towards Yami, a smile never leaving his features. Yami, on the other hand, was looking at him with lost eyes, as if he was lost deep within himself for some reason, and yet Yugi still captured his attention.
Yami was lost within his own darkness, but every time he saw Yugi, everything brightened, and he found himself drawn to him.
"Yami?" Yugi asked, catching my attention right away. People passed by us, to try and run their lives, but I paid them no attention. Actually, I didn't even acknowledge them. All I cared about was how Yugi smiled to me, blinking his eyes slowly, and how he could captivate me so much.
He grabbed my hand, and my hood covered my face in a way that only Yugi, who was close to me, could see my eyes. He pulled me a little and he started to walk backwards his way, eyes locked into mine.
"We've got to go back to the palace, don't we?" he asked, a little of his glow fading from within pools of violet, but it was like he was already satisfied with his fun in the city.
And the little moment I shared with him was enough for me to completely feel drawn to him.
~ The feeling's gone
There's nothing left to lift me up
Back into the world I've known ~
I nodded and gave him a smile of my own, before he nodded too and let go of my hand, walking then by my side, never ceasing looking up at my face. I, too, held his glance, and like that we made our way back to the palace.
It was foreign to me. Before, I never had friends, my mother and father left me too soon, and I had no one to care about. Little could I understand now of how Yugi held my attention, how he seemed to bright everything that was once ordinary and ignored by me, as if he was a lonely star in the darkened night sky, with its shining light bringing little brightness to wherever it could reach.
But I understood now. Why he could be like that, how he fell in my life like it was some kind of strange fate, and why everything had changed so considerably.
~ 'Cause now again I've found myself
So far down, away from the sun
That shines into the darkest place ~
Yami had finally found his Angel of Light, which brightness shone like the one of the sun, that finally seemed to wave away the darkness in which Yami was trapped inside, away from the sacred rays of Ra. It could be easily explained... The words from that merchant, which explained every doubt about what was happening to him, were vivid in his memory now more than ever.
~ I'm so far down, away from the sun,
that shines the life away from me,
To find my way back into the arms
that care about the ones like me. ~
I looked up at the palace and took a deep breath, taking a glance at Yugi before he nodded and we entered. It certainly didn't take much for someone to find us. And that one was, unfortunately, one of my advisors.
"My Pharaoh! We were sick with worry!" he exclaimed, bowing lowly at me, while I rolled my eyes and took a deep breath.
"I went to my father's tomb, and saw the message." I said, narrowing my gaze in a very threatening glare. "I do not understand why you kept the information away from me. It's your entire fault I was gone."
"B-But my Pharaoh! We did not want to disturb you with the information, you should have seen our side! You were not supposed to leave the castle, how did you do it?!" he exclaimed, and suddenly his gaze fell on Yugi. "It's your fault! You were with the Pharaoh, you should have stopped him! Probably, you're even the one who instigated our king to danger!" he said furiously, and was about to charge on Yugi hadn't I placed myself in front of him and put my hand in front of his face, my Puzzle shining from beneath my cloak.
"First of all... I think I am the Pharaoh, not some unskilled and stupid brat that gets influenced by someone. Second, Yugi has nothing to do with this, and he came with me to keep sure I was fine. And third, do not ever try to touch him again." I hissed and the advisor gulped, taking a few steps away from us.
I still glared at him when I started walking away, my insides burning with the simple thought that he could have touched Yugi... could have harmed him. I probably wouldn't stand if Yugi got punished of harmed in any way, and it would probably wash his light away. And that was probably the one thing I couldn't let happen.
When I reached my chambers, I practically collapsed on my bed, my head hurting like I had been hit with my Dark Magician's staff, and I could still hear my heart beating faster than normal due to my outburst.
I had my eyes still closed, but I could feel eyes on me. Opening one eye, I found two wide curious eyes peeking at me, a figure sitting on the floor just beside the bed, his arms folded on the bed and his head on top of them.
"Why... did you say all those things?" he asked softly, and I couldn't help myself but smile at him. I couldn't stop smiling when I was around him. I reached out and stroke his cheek, feeling the smooth skin against my fingertips, almost like silk.
"Because I could never let anyone harm you, Yugi. Never." I told him, and I kissed his forehead. When I looked down at his eyes, I chuckled low in my throat as I saw his blush. The kid was just adorable.
"I'll... bring you your breakfast, Yami." He said, then stood up and left.
~ I'm so far down, away from the sun again ~
I leaned back on my bed and looked up at the ceiling, almost sensing the shadows trying to come back at me now that Yugi was gone. They probably didn't like him... But I didn't like them. Not anymore. Not now that I had someone in whom I could momentary balance its dark with a sweet light.
Not now that I could feel emotions I had almost forgotten I had, as if sensing my feelings coming back to me, not the blank vessel full of mischief and blinded by an insane ego that I thought was Yami.
I could hear the hurried footsteps of many slaves passing by my door to accomplish their tasks, could hear the murmurs that flowed through the palace, could even almost sense how anxious and scared everyone was with everything that was happening.
I sighed.
~ It's down to this.
I've got to make this life make sense.
And now I can't do what I've done. ~
I looked up when Yugi got back with some fruits and juice in a tray, timidly making his way to the bed. He placed the tray in front of me as I sat up and smiled almost shyly at me.
Seeing as if he was kind of embarrassed with what I had done previously, I laughed. It was something I had probably never done before, or just had forgotten how it felt like... But I could still catch the awed glance in Yugi's eyes as I laughed.
Silly angel.
Reaching out for his arms, I quickly pulled the small boy in my arms, he sitting on my lap. He was completely shocked but I didn't pay attention to it, and just hugged him close to me. Feeling his warmth, I breathed deep his sweet scent and closed my eyes, letting everything about him be memorized by my tired and worried mind. His scent, how his skin felt like, how he looked so small in my arms, and how adorable he looked when he was embarrassed, his normally milky skin a bright red.
I sighed again. It was almost like his light was addicting and encouraging.
"Everything is going to be okay... it'll end soon." I spoke in nothing more than a whisper.
[ To be continued... ]
Lily: *shocked*
Iris: *happy* ^_^
Readers: *VERY happy (heh, I suppose? ^^;;)* ^________^
Lily: *sweatdrops* This is the LONGEST chapter I have ever written for this story, and it was the fluffiest too. Now, it didn't get too repetitive or boring or annoying or anything like that, did it? I'M TERRIBLY SORRY if it ended up like that -_-;; It was only my intention to follow the song and put in MAJOR fluff... so, sorry if it, in some way, annoyed or bored you, or got too repetitive...
Iris: ^-^ I liked it!! But I thought it had more lyrics?
Lily: Iris, if I added the rest of the lyrics, IT WOULD GET IMPOSSIBLY LONG AND BEYOND REPETITIVE!!
Iris: *sweatdrops* Point taken...
Lily: --;; Anyway, please review, and I'll try to improve my abilities in long chapters in the future... *sweatdrops* Okies?
Lily&Iris: SEE YA IN A FEW WEEKS!! (what? You guys thought this quick update would last forever? I've got more fics, you know? ^^;; Gomen ne)
Explanations:
[1] Ancient Egyptians called their own land Kemet
IN THE NEXT CHAPTER....
Teana has one of the Rings, but although it's still a mystery as how she got it, it doesn't seem like it's so good at all.
"GO AWAY!!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, as a laugh filled the room.
Meanwhile, someone breaks into the palace and when Yami finds out who it is, doesn't seem so surprised...
"So, it's you..."
... But Yugi sure is.
His eyes widened, as he eyed the figure in front of him. It couldn't be... it had to be some kind of mistake...
Next chapter: Back to you
(Now, that just didn't make you guys curious?? ^_~)
