Wow hehe just got back from Kauai. I have not seen so much rain in years!! Damn, school starts tomorrow. That's really depressing. T.T well, all things come to an end. So here's the next chapter ^_^
Antithesis in the Stars
Anzu stared intently at him. Yuugi looked back. He was smiling. The weight of keeping in his secrets was nearly gone. He could talk to the stars in the sky. They always listened. Though he wanted to, he could not tell Anzu. She would not want him to move on and leave her behind. It was too painful for a friend to know that they were going and never coming back. And what of Yami? Anzu was trustworthy but if he told her something like that she would most likely tell Yami and that would make things even more complicated. Complication wasn't his friend for this matter. Other than that, Yuugi could tell her anything that she wanted.
"Did you make a wish on a star?"
"Mhm. I can't tell you though, or it won't come true." Anzu smiled. It was nice to hear some cheer in his voice again. Before he had left, his voice was quiet and sad. Even though it still sounded pained right now, there was some joy in it. Probably because the relief from being with his friends. Some wounds couldn't be healed by time or friends like this one. But they can lessen in depth.
"You saw Yami right?" Yuugi knew that sometime while he was not there, Yami had talked to Anzu or to one of his friends. Not Bakura or Ryou though. They promised that they wouldn't tell.
"Yea…it wasn't a very happy meeting though…he didn't believe that I was real…"
"Oh? But he does now, right?"
"I don't know. I haven't talked to him since." Anzu's heart broke at Yuugi's answer. Lovers were not meant to be apart. They were supposed to be together. And now they were separated because Yami's lack of trust. Still it was because he had been left alone by the person who was least likely to leave him.
"I'm sorry…"
"Don't be. It's not your fault. Or anyone but mine."
"Yuugi! Don't say things like that?"
"Why try and hide the truth when it is dancing in your eyes. It was my fault. I left him."
Anzu covered her ears. It was a lie. No one could be blamed in this situation. More than one person was involved in the cause, not just on one. The angel was taking all the blame and it was wrong. Anzu didn't know, but it was partially her doing too. Always talking to Yami, admitting once that she liked him…it drove Yuugi to sadness. But Yami, the stoic faced, never could admit anything. He feared how Yuugi would treat him after. And Yuugi too, he was too shy and feared rejection as well. It was on all their shoulders and perhaps more.
"I refuse to believe that it was your fault. You loved Yami and an accident and miscommunication happened. Yami loves you with all he has!"
"Does he?"
The pain of knowing that Yami had been with someone else still tore at his mind. Bakura's words helped him tremendously. He still had faith that all would turn out well. Something called doubt wanted to eat that up but Yuugi stood strong. He would never let doubt take over. Yami had been with another, but he was still here. That did after all mean that his darkness did not love that person. Or did he? More questions answered other questions. His white haired friend did tell him he was not an ordinary fallen seraph.
"Ne? Yuugi, what do you mean?"
"I suppose you don't know. Well, he's been with someone else. I just hope Yami doesn't love the other."
A crash on the floor told the doom of a teacup. The liquid instantly stained the carpet around the broken pieces. Anzu didn't even bother to try and stop her mistake. He mouth was wide open as were her eyes. Yuugi already expected a reaction like this. It was just like Ryou's. Yuugi supposed he would act the same way if he were told the same thing.
"You're kidding me."
His exotic hair flew around as he shook his head. Anzu repeated her sentence. Once again, he shook his head again. Anzu silently screamed. The pharaoh never told her this. Why would he do such a vile thing! Especially since he knew that Yuugi was still here. 'Wait…no…I don't even know when it happened? How do I know that Yuugi appeared to him before this? No, I mustn't make such assumptions.' But what if? What if Yami did this after he knew that Yuugi was still here? No one could forgive that.
"Do you know when this happened?"
"Before I met with him."
Relief flooded her mind. It was much better knowing that Yami did this without knowing of Yuugi's existence.
"Are you sure? If you met him before, that is inexcusable."
"Well, I saw him but I don't know what happened. He sensed me but I left before he could confirm my presence. All I know is as I was flying, I felt a horrible pain."
"I didn't know! I will ask Yami the next time I see him."
"Anzu," Yuugi flew to her seat and put his hand on her shoulder. "Please don't, for my sake. I know it hurts Yami inside too. I would probably be gone if he indeed loved Kaiba."
Anzu jerked forward. "KAIBA!?" Yuugi shut his eyes desperately. He just made a big mistake by letting that one name slip past his lips. "KAIBA!" Yuugi could only nod very lightly. That was the regretted action of the day. Now he would hear no end of this.
"That no-good-uppity-moneybags-I'm-better-than-you-snob-of-a-jerk???" Yuugi cringed at the string of insults that followed.
"Don't talk about Kaiba like that…"
Anzu scowled but not towards Yuugi. "Yuugi, he's been with Yami!!! Don't you care?"
"Anzu…please. I do care. But don't scorn Kaiba. It cannot be his fault. I wouldn't have felt that pain if Yami was forced…"
Anzu took a deep breath. "I'm sorry. It's just…it's just that..he makes me so mad! He treats us pretty badly. Why are you standing up for him?"
"Because…Anzu, don't you see? You're not giving him a chance at all. He must be feeling as bad as Yami…I don't care how he treats us. For all I know, that's the only way he's learned to know people."
Anzu shut up. Yuugi was right…and she couldn't argue against it. It was a horrible thing to judge people by what you thought before you truly knew them. Seto…he was an enigma of his own. Only showing emotions to Mokuba and hide them from everyone else. What had caused him to become that way? Something from the past probably. His step-dad was bad enough and plus Noa's little ordeal. His words alone could have shattered more of his soul. That was something else that Anzu desired to know, but it was pretty much impossible. Seto was the coldest being she had ever known, resisting any attempts to melt that ice wall.
"…You know, I think you are right, maybe that is the way he knows how to love."
Yuugi didn't bother answering. It was taking a lot of effort to stop tears in their tracks. Even the slightest disturbance in his concentration would turn on the water works. They sat in complete silence. Yuugi was idly grooming his feathers and Anzu was staring at the floor.
"You know…Anzu, you should clean up the tea stain before it sets in." Anzu's unwary state had no response. Yuugi poked her and reiterated his statement. Anzu nodded in agreement, though not really listening either. She stood up and got a cloth from the kitchen along with some cleaning solvent. She came back to reality and cleaned up the orange liquid in the carpet. After, she took it back and threw the dirty cloth away. She brought another cup of tea even though she had thoroughly lost her appetite. She set it down neatly on the smooth surface with a clink.
"Anzu, why let something like that take away our happiness? I didn't mean to say that anyway. I'm really sorry that you got dragged into this and all…"
"Iie Yuugi…now I have a much more important matter to discuss with the pharaoh."
"Anzu...he's been through enough. Don't put him in more pain."
"But Yuugi, can you live like this?"
"I'm sure I'll manage." A few minutes after the closing sentence, the hinges on the front door creaked. One or both of Anzu's parents were home now. Yuugi looked sadly at his friend. "Well, it was sure nice talking to you again. I'll still be here. I'll visit you again. Sorry we had to get into a conversation that never was planned to happen. Ja!" With that, Yuugi flew through the window and disappeared into the dark night sky. Anzu's parents entered noisily, probably discussing their business. Putting on a smile, she said hello and told them that dinner was already made and it was sitting on the counter. When she heard her parents eating and talking at dinner, she made her way up the stairs.
"I'll find a way yet to reunite those two. But how do you explain Yuugi's return?"
~ ~ ~
Yuugi turned his head right and left. He was restless after doing nothing for a whole day. Out of the corner of his eye, he spied the Kame game shop. How had he gotten here? Ryou's house was practically the opposite direction! His heart probably led him here. A lonely light shone from downstairs. Yuugi thought to himself, Grandpa must be restocking. Parts of him missed the life but some of him wanted some change.
However, no light came out from his former room. Yami was the occupant, at least from what he had seen. Nothing in the surroundings had changed there. It was almost like a ghost lived there and not a person. Yuugi was thinking. He had left his yami a soulless, hollow dark side…with no balance. This was worse than Yuugi had thought.
His heart called out to him. 'Yami-' What about the mind link? He had never tried to use it after he had died. An before, Ryou had said something about it, something he couldn't remember.
There's really nothing he could lose.
/…Yami-chan?/
Inside the house, Yami jumped up. He looked around worriedly and suspiciously. "Who's there?" he barked.
/Yami-chan!/
But the voice was in his head. Something so vague that it took him a bit to realize what it was. 'A voice in my head. No one else is in this body…That voice..so beautiful, so familiar…so…so YUUGI!!!' It was his light calling out to him. It was truly Yuugi. He was wrong to think that it wasn't his beautiful light. No one could act like his light but Yuugi himself. The mind link was there but now he realized how wrong he had been…what he had said. The dark spirit condemned himself over and over and he forgot that he should respond.
Hearing no response, Yuugi assumed that Yami was probably asleep. The mind link was wide open but no dreams came through. Silently, he wondered what was going on. Well, Ryou and Bakura were expecting him and he did not wish to make his friends wait. So, taking one last look, he closed off the mind link and turned around. The night was over and maybe things didn't turn out the way he wanted them to but it was sufficient.
Yami kept on cursing. His light must never ever want to talk to him again. Of all people he chose not to trust, it was his own love's spirit. Something popped in his head. An inner voice told him that Yuugi had just called his name. The correct response would be to answer and not leave a person hanging on the other line. Taking in a deep breath filled with apprehension, he called out to his hikari with a shaky voice.
//Yuugi-chan?//
No response. This time he called out with more sincerity and eagerness.
//Yuugi-chan!?//
Still no response. Then he realized that the mind link was closed for now. He had lost track of time that he was blaming himself. Yuugi left but the mind link was definitely there. Did that mean that Yuugi was somehow alive? He didn't care how but he started thanking any deity that would listen. His hopes were back. The originally completely shadowed Yami was regaining light. And to think, just from two simple unanswered calls. New hope and determination filled his mind. He would fight to get Yuugi back, even die. Tired of this torture, he too wanted things to be normal. One thing was wrong though. He didn't know a thing about anything. How Yuugi had gotten back, what he was if he had, how to bring Yuugi back and so on.
And what could he say to Seto? Surely he couldn't look into the other's eyes again without feeling the pain of regret.
~Owari~
I'm so tired. I'm planning to end this around chapter twenty. Sound good? Well, review please with no flames ^_^ I'll keep updating!