Change of Heart
Chapter 25
A Night Without Stars
Summary: This is one of my favorite chapters. ( This one has a little more light shown on the Kyle/Yami relationship. Not to mention that Shadi's back... stop putting that thing into people's foreheads!
That night at Domino Park...
Kai and Yami sat on a hill, gazing into an empty sky. Kai was still holding the chest. Aside from going to the museum, they had on the whole spent the entire day away from everybody else. "I'm astonished you have a memory of him," Kai said.
"Why 'him'?" Yami asked. "Kai, you know that you're – "
"No I'm not," Kai interrupted cruelly. "I'm not Kyle of Ari or Suzaku of Trinity. I just have their memories, just as you share a body with Yugi."
"That's not true," Yami quarreled. "Just because you don't wanna be with them anymore doesn't mean you're not them."
"I don't wanna talk about it anymore," Kai said.
"Why are you pushing me away?" Yami asked. "You always push me away."
"Yami, please..." Kai began.
"Please, nothing!" Yami yelled. "It wasn't equal until I knew your name that you started to have faith in me."
"Enough, please..." Kai repeated.
//Yami, stop.//
/Why?/
//You're distressing him.//
Yami sighed. /You're right./ He bent down in front of Kai. "Tell me... why wouldn't you let me in?"
"Just stop it!" Kai dropped the chest, as tears ran down to his face. "Stop it..."
"You can't live like this, Kai," Yami said, picking up the chest. "You can't keep hiding yourself." He placed the chest before Kai. "Is it that you're frightened?"
"Yeah," Kai replied, his head down. "I'm frightened... everybody I care for... I lose them... Katrina, Dranzer... you." Yami's eyes widened. "Kai..." "That's why I act that way," Kai said, weeping. "If I'm aloof towards the ones I truthfully like, they won't be taken away." "So," Yami realized. "You're trying to live alone." "Yeah," Kai replied. "If I'm alone – "He felt his tears being wiped away. He looked up, seeing Yugi before him and feeling Yami behind him. Yugi shook his head. "People can't live alone, Kai. They need someone to understand them..." He put Kai's hands into Yami's. "They need to love..." He grinned, knowing that he made the both of them thunderstruck. "Even though you're trying to refute it, you know you love each other." Kai stood up. "That may be true, Yugi. But I'm not ready for it." "Open your present, then," Yugi said, holding the chest. "Perhaps it will help you win Dranzer back." Kai sat down again, taking the chest. "I hope so." He noticed that Yugi and Yami switched places. "Ready?" Yami nodded. "Let's see what treasure was saved for you." Kai tried to open the chest, but it wouldn't give way. "It won't open," Kai grunted. He kept pulling the lid, but it was shut tight. "You wanna try?" Yami took the chest, trying to open the present. After a few tries of his own, he flung the chest to the ground. "It's shut tight. It won't open for anything." "You mean to say that it won't open for anybody," a voice said. "Shadi!" Yami grinned. Shadi nodded. "You're trying to open the chest, aren't you?" He picked it up from the ground. "Yeah," Kai replied. "But how – " "The Pharaoh and the Prince are sealed in this chest, so only they may open it again." He turned to Kai. "Don't tell me the untruths of your past. You are Kyle of Ari. Now..." He placed the tip of the Millennium Key on Kai's forehead. "Set your mind free!" He turned the key, light rushing from it to Kai. The light died and Kai was different. The triangles on his face were now gold. On his right hand was a four-pointed star symbol. He turned to Yami and smiled. "It's been a long time, Yami." Yami smiled back. "Too long... Kyle." Shadi left the chest at their feet, turning away from their embrace. He smiled to himself as he gazed at the sky. One star hung in the dark sky, giving light to the night.
Chapter 25
A Night Without Stars
Summary: This is one of my favorite chapters. ( This one has a little more light shown on the Kyle/Yami relationship. Not to mention that Shadi's back... stop putting that thing into people's foreheads!
That night at Domino Park...
Kai and Yami sat on a hill, gazing into an empty sky. Kai was still holding the chest. Aside from going to the museum, they had on the whole spent the entire day away from everybody else. "I'm astonished you have a memory of him," Kai said.
"Why 'him'?" Yami asked. "Kai, you know that you're – "
"No I'm not," Kai interrupted cruelly. "I'm not Kyle of Ari or Suzaku of Trinity. I just have their memories, just as you share a body with Yugi."
"That's not true," Yami quarreled. "Just because you don't wanna be with them anymore doesn't mean you're not them."
"I don't wanna talk about it anymore," Kai said.
"Why are you pushing me away?" Yami asked. "You always push me away."
"Yami, please..." Kai began.
"Please, nothing!" Yami yelled. "It wasn't equal until I knew your name that you started to have faith in me."
"Enough, please..." Kai repeated.
//Yami, stop.//
/Why?/
//You're distressing him.//
Yami sighed. /You're right./ He bent down in front of Kai. "Tell me... why wouldn't you let me in?"
"Just stop it!" Kai dropped the chest, as tears ran down to his face. "Stop it..."
"You can't live like this, Kai," Yami said, picking up the chest. "You can't keep hiding yourself." He placed the chest before Kai. "Is it that you're frightened?"
"Yeah," Kai replied, his head down. "I'm frightened... everybody I care for... I lose them... Katrina, Dranzer... you." Yami's eyes widened. "Kai..." "That's why I act that way," Kai said, weeping. "If I'm aloof towards the ones I truthfully like, they won't be taken away." "So," Yami realized. "You're trying to live alone." "Yeah," Kai replied. "If I'm alone – "He felt his tears being wiped away. He looked up, seeing Yugi before him and feeling Yami behind him. Yugi shook his head. "People can't live alone, Kai. They need someone to understand them..." He put Kai's hands into Yami's. "They need to love..." He grinned, knowing that he made the both of them thunderstruck. "Even though you're trying to refute it, you know you love each other." Kai stood up. "That may be true, Yugi. But I'm not ready for it." "Open your present, then," Yugi said, holding the chest. "Perhaps it will help you win Dranzer back." Kai sat down again, taking the chest. "I hope so." He noticed that Yugi and Yami switched places. "Ready?" Yami nodded. "Let's see what treasure was saved for you." Kai tried to open the chest, but it wouldn't give way. "It won't open," Kai grunted. He kept pulling the lid, but it was shut tight. "You wanna try?" Yami took the chest, trying to open the present. After a few tries of his own, he flung the chest to the ground. "It's shut tight. It won't open for anything." "You mean to say that it won't open for anybody," a voice said. "Shadi!" Yami grinned. Shadi nodded. "You're trying to open the chest, aren't you?" He picked it up from the ground. "Yeah," Kai replied. "But how – " "The Pharaoh and the Prince are sealed in this chest, so only they may open it again." He turned to Kai. "Don't tell me the untruths of your past. You are Kyle of Ari. Now..." He placed the tip of the Millennium Key on Kai's forehead. "Set your mind free!" He turned the key, light rushing from it to Kai. The light died and Kai was different. The triangles on his face were now gold. On his right hand was a four-pointed star symbol. He turned to Yami and smiled. "It's been a long time, Yami." Yami smiled back. "Too long... Kyle." Shadi left the chest at their feet, turning away from their embrace. He smiled to himself as he gazed at the sky. One star hung in the dark sky, giving light to the night.