Shadows of Demons

Pan: I gather some of you didn't quite understand the last chapter. Well,
here it is in a nutshell:

Yami died, seemingly at the hands of Yugi. He awoke in Limbo, somewhere between Life and Death. A voice spoke to him, explaining about where, and the decision he had to make. He had to choose between Death, where he'd be destroyed (according to his old religion) and Life. However, if he chose Life, it would be a cursed existence, as he had cheated death several times already. Yami chose Life, because he's be with Yugi, then found out what
the curse was. He had to spend part of his existence as a demon. As a
demon, he's called YoukaiYami ('youkai' meaning 'demon') and he only becomes a demon in the dark of a moonless night. Bakura figured out how to stop it, by turning the lights on. Yami's back to normal, and that's where
this chapter picks up.

~

"Yugi..." Bakura poked the sleeping hikari. "Yugi! Wake up!" The boy slept on. "Come on, Yugi, I'm not going to wake you up the way Yami did!" Yugi rolled over, hugging his pillow, and muttering the word 'Yami'. "Dammit." said Bakura, standing up fully. "Yugi, there's someone downstairs to see you, now WAKE UP!" He shouted the last few words, making Yugi jump, and sit
up. "What, Bakura?" he said, sounding depressed. "There is someone
downstairs to see you." Bakura repeated. "I suggest you get up." Yugi dragged his unwilling body from his bed. "Who is it?" he asked. "Wait and see. I'm sure you'll cheer up after you see them." Bakura told him, as they walked out the door. "Bakura, nothing could cheer me up right now." Yugi said sadly, walking down the stairs. "They're in the lounge, go on." Bakura
pushed him forward.

Yugi walked into the lounge alone. "Hello?" he said, confused as he didn't
see anyone straight away. His eyes wandered, until they alighted upon a figure lying on the couch. Yugi blinked several times, unaware of what he
was actually seeing.

Yami had fallen asleep on his side, head resting on the arm of the sofa.
His bangs fell across his eyes, moving ever so slightly as the darker spirit breathed. His legs were stretched out along the entire length of the
sofa, and his hands rested one by his head, and one by his chest.

"Yami-chan?" Yugi said, surprised. "Yami-chan, is it really you?" The spirit didn't stir, or respond to Yugi's voice. Walking over silently, Yugi knelt down on the floor beside Yami. He ran his fingers up Yami's arm. "You
really are here... you really are real... but how?"

Yami shivered, curling up into a ball. "Aibou..." He was talking in his
sleep. "Gomen yo... gomen yo... boku no tameni... gomen yo..." He fell silent in his sleep again. "What's his fault?" Yugi thought. (see bit at
the bottom) Shrugging the thought away, Yugi leaned on the sofa, still
sitting on the floor. After a few minutes, he fell asleep.

Bakura peeked through the door. "Isn't the sweet..." he muttered, a little sarcastic. "Pharaoh and Chiisai Ichi. Aww." He turned to go back upstairs.
"I wonder if Ryou's asleep..."

~~

Yami yawned, slowly awakening to another day. Looking around disorientated, it took him a minute to figure out exactly where he was. He uncurled his
legs, and sat up. His crimson eyes glistened subdued, in the dim light which filtered through the curtains. He looked down, surprised to see Yugi sitting there, fast asleep. Edging around his slumbering aibou, he resolved not to wake the boy. Instead, he opened one of the curtains, and looked out
into the greyish-golden dawn light.

"I thought I'd never see this again..." he muttered. He stood for a few
minutes, allowing his eyes to absorb the majesty of the rising sun.

"Mou hitori no boku?" a voice said behind him. "Kimi wa doko desu ka?" Yami turned to face his aibou. "M-mou hitori n-no ore..." he said gently. Yugi turned quickly, eyes sparkling with tears of happiness. He ran forward, and flung his arms around Yami's waist, sobbing into the dark spirit's shirt.
"I th-thought I'd l-lost you..." he said between sobs. Yami's eyes softened, as he hugged Yugi back, almost crying himself. "C-can't get rid of me that easily." he said stuttering. "But how come you came back?" Yugi
looked up into Yami's eyes.

Yami bit his lip, not wishing for Yugi to suffer in the knowledge that he was cursed into being a demon. "Th-they gave me two options, I could die, or come back to life." he said, abbreviating the truth. "I'm glad you came
back..." The small boy smiled. "Me too..." Yami said back.

'But I don't know if you'll be glad for long...' Yami added in thought.

~~

Pan: Righty-o... Explanations:

"Kimi wa doko desu ka?" = "Where are you?"

Mou hitori no boku = The other me

Mou hitori no ore = the other me

I learnt this from a list of facts about Yu-Gi-Oh! that was on here as a fic a while ago (unfortunately, it was taken down.) While Yugi called Yami
'Mou hitori no boku', Yami called Yugi 'mou hitori no ore'. They mean exactly the same thing, but the word 'ore' is pretty much Japanese slang for 'me'. 'Boku' is more polite. All of the Yami spirits tended to use a lot of slang (and swear words for that matter) in the original Yu-Gi-Oh!

The line "Gomen yo... gomen yo... boku no tameni..." is taken from a clip of the Japanese show that I have - it's during the Digital Duel Monsters bit, when the fairy thingy gets killed. Yugi holds it in his hands and says
that line, which means "I'm sorry... I'm sorry... it's my fault" After that, the fairy disappears, and Yugi goes mad. Out comes Yami, and he kicks
butt for the rest of Digital Duel Monsters. ^-^

Other than that,

Youkai = demon

aibou = partner

I hope this has been enlightening. Using your new peace of mind and calm,
please click the little purple button below. I only continue if I get
reviews! Flame me, for all I care, JUST GIVE ME REVIEWS!

Yami: She means, please click the button and review so that she will
continue. That way, I get out of being cursed sooner.

Pan: YAMI! ^-^ *glomps*

Yami: Pan... get off...

Yugi: Just so you know, here is Pan's list of bishonen, in order of
favouritism:

Yami

Yugi

Duo Maxwell (Gundam Wing)

Hiwatari Kai (Beyblade)

Heero Yuy (Gundam Wing)

Bakura

Link (Legend of Zelda)

Ryou

Ryou: Why am I at the bottom?

Pan: At least you're on my favourites list! After that comes the people
that are OK, followed by the people I positively hate.

Ryou: OK.

Pan: Now, everyone, scoot off of my keyboard! I have school tomorrow, and
it's 23:20 now. I have yet to do my French homework!

*waves to readers* I doubt any of you got this far, but in case you did,
look out for the next chapter soon!