A Little Winter Miracle

Pan: NO! This is the last chapter, save for the epilogue! NOOOOO!

I WILL be writing a sequel, and this chapter is also kind of a preview of what will happen. Heh.

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"And the three teenagers convicted of attacking Muto Yugi, of Domino, have been sentenced to three years in prison." the newsreader concluded.

Yami pulled Yugi into a tight hug, and switched the TV off.

"It's all done with now." he said brightly. "Anzu won't bother us again."

"I know, I know..." Yugi replied, resting his head on Yami's chest. "Everything can be right again."

Yami groaned as the phone rang. "I'll get it..." he said, sliding out from under Yugi, and running to pick up the telephone. "Moshi moshi, Kaiba Mansion!" he said, half cheerfully. "Excuse me, is Kiseki Yami there?" a female voice on the other end asked nervously. Yami frowned slightly. "Yes, I'm Kiseki Yami." he answered cautiously. There was a long pause. "Who are you?" Yami inquired. There was the sound of a sigh. "I'm your mother."

Yami froze, the receiver slipping from his hand, and crashing to the floor. After a few seconds, Yami bent down to pick it up. "Sorry about that..." he murmured. "That's ok, dear. I'm sorry to do this to you; but I just saw that news report about your friend Yugi, and they said that you lived at Kaiba Mansion." the female said. Yami narrowed his eyes, not quite believing them. "Why did you abandon me?!" he hissed down the phone. "I didn't abandon you. You ran away." they replied. "I'd remember something like that." Yami said.

"There was a car accident. Your father was killed. They said you had amnesia, and you didn't believe that I was your mother when we left, so you ran away." the woman said slowly. "Your name isn't even Kiseki Yami." "What is it then?" Yami asked harshly. "Hitori Atemu." they replied. "I don't believe you." Yami said after a moment's hesitation. "But, my son..." they pleaded. "I have been alone for over nine years, then you come and tell me all this? Why are you surprised that I don't believe you?!" Yami said loudly. By this time, Yugi was standing next to his koi with a curious look on his face.

"Please, I want you to come and live with me again! You're my son, don't you want to be a family again?" the woman said sadly. "No! My family, my heart, is here." He hung up before they could respond.

"Who was that Yami-chan?" Yugi asked. Yami sighed. "Some woman claiming to be my mother." he said quietly. Yugi frowned. "I thought you didn't have any relatives." "I don't!" Yami said quickly. "If I had, I would have been with them instead of being here." Yugi smiled. "That's probably true."

Yami wandered back to the sofa and sat down. "They're lying anyway. They said that my name isn't Kiseki Yami - but if it isn't, then I would have made that name up, and I definately didn't make it up." he said. Yugi went and sat next to him. "So what did they say your name was then?" he asked with a smile on his face. "Hitori Atemu." Yami told him. "I've never even heard that name before." The smile died from Yugi's face. "But there's a gravestone in the cemetery with that name on." he said. "The date of death is some nine years ago." Yami looked at him in surprise. "How do you know that? Do you go read gravestones or something?" he asked. Yugi laughed, shaking his head. "No, no, I used to walk past it every day on my way to and from school." he answered. "I'm sure that's nothing to do with me." Yami said.

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"I swear my revenge on you, Kiseki... you're not the only one to have friends..."

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"Hitori Atemu, hmm? This will be interesting..."

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Pan: The sequel will be called 'A Summer Dream', and will be posted up as soon as the epilogue goes up.