Whisper

Anthy: Don't kill me!!!

DHKFTO: Yeah…like it wasn't your fault.

Anthy: I know what I'm doing.

DHKFTO: Like what?

Anthy: If I told you…it wouldn't be a surprise. smashes glass

DHKFTO: So suicide!

Anthy: damn.

DHKFTO: You have enough problems to worry about.

Anthy: Like?

DHKFTO: The reviewers out there who are going to kill you.

Anthy: Good point…

Whisper

Fury

How can you see into my eyes

Like open doors

Yugi's eyes clouded over, emotions and fire running wild around him in this alternate world of stars and nothingness. Yami's body hung limply from an invisible wall in this darkness, lifeless eye staring at the Sacred Demon and the Firebird's Son. Yugi's breathing was shallow and echoed in the realm. There was nothing to keep him from killing something now.

Leading you down into my core

Where I've become so numb

Shaher didn't even see Yugi move, but in an instant there was a barrage of fireballs and a bird of flame streaking towards him composed fully of malice and fury. Shaher said nothing, just brushed Yugi back with his feather-wing-arm thing. Yugi flew back, undeterred. The flamed that made his wings only grew larger and brighter.

Without a soul

My spirit's sleeping somewhere cold

Yugi tried again, flames more and more powerful every time Shaher brushed him aside in humor or disgust. Yugi jumped at Shaher again and again, growing stronger and stronger with each bit of rage building inside of him.

Until you find it there and lead

It back home

"Phoenix Rising!!!!" Yugi shouted in a voice that was his and was not his. He sounded like less of a human and more of a spirit. There seemed to be two voices, the voice of Yugi and the voice of Yugi the Firebird. He was no longer in control of that who he was and of who he wasn't. It was like he was alive and dead, human and not, neither Yugi nor Firebird.

Wake me up inside

A bird composed of flames erupted from the palm of Yugi's hand and screamed through this alternate reality towards Shaher.

Wake me up

Shaher brushed this attack away again, and was not becoming annoyed by Yugi's futile attacks and his refusal to curl up and die. He stretched out his demon hand and clawed at the air. Black wisps of a fog snaked their way towards Yugi. He flew, blind rage increasing his speed and his awareness.

Call my name and save me from the dark

Bid my blood to run before I come undone

But the black wisps continued to follow Yugi. They were neither living nor dead, and felt neither fatigue nor adrenaline. Yugi began to fall back, muscles straining to keep aloft. His rage was being replaced with fatigue and pain.

Save me from the nothing I've become

Like chains, two of the ethernal snakes wrapped around Yugi's ankles and pulled him back. Two more wrapped around his wrists and two more across his chest. Yugi struggled, violet eyes looking frantically around where he was.

Now that I know what I'm without

You can't just leave me

His eyes caught sight of Yami's lifeless body hanging in the nothingness.

Breathe into me and make me real

Bring me to life

A single tear had begun to slip from his dull and dead eye (remember, the other one is just a gaping hole) and slide down his cheek.

Wake me up inside

Wake me up inside

A final fog-snake wrapped around Yugi's throat and tightened slowly, at the whim of Shaher, who was delighted to see the pain and the anguish upon Yugi's face. The power that he had was slowly drifting away and being absorbed by the nothingness.

Call my name and save me from the dark

Bid my blood to run before I come undone

"Now you can see how futile it was to even think of trying to stand up against a being that is more powerful than God."

Save me from the nothing I've become

Bring me to life

Yugi struggled again, strength fading away with his life. His vision began to blur and it was getting harder and harder to breathe. He glanced over at Yami once more, seeing nothing but a bloody lifeless shape in the dark.

Frozen inside without you touch

Without your love

"I possibly could let you live…if you agree to help me get revenge upon God…"

Darling

Yugi shook his head as best he could, his vision starting to go black. Shaher shouted something that he didn't understand. But what he and Shaher both hear was two sounds of glass shattering. The ethernal snakes released Yugi, who fell to the floor. It stung for a moment before he forced himself to his feet. The illusion around them fell, and Yugi found himself staring and Yami, pinned to the back wall between two torches. The glass that had impaled his legs had broken away.

Only you are the life among the dead

There was a horrid sound of flesh ripping as Shaher and Yugi both watched as the seemingly lifeless body of Yami ripped away from the wall through the glass. Blood sprayed from his wounds and splattered on the floor in pools. He wavered a little bit once his feet hit the floor.

All this time I can't believe I couldn't see

Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me

Yami's hand closed around the knife in his chest and slowly wrenched it out, leaving a gaping bloody wound. He dropped the knife and slowly (and painfully) spread his wings. Shaher (though in shock) muttered something that neither Yugi nor Yami could understand. Yami screamed in pain as his wings were ripped from his back and dropped onto the floor.

"Yami!!" Yugi shouted, tears welling in his eyes. He couldn't identify these tears as either sorrow or joy.

I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems

Got to open my eyes to everything

Shaher stared at them in disbelief. The nameless pharaoh (who had been adding to his powers) was not only alive, but also alive and conscious and alert and aware.

Without a thought

Yami slowly walked over to Yugi, blood still pouring from his wounds. He collapsed about halfway, pain overtaking him. Yugi ran to him, kneeling down beside him and whispering to himself.

Without a voice

"I thought you were dead…" Yugi said softly, tears of joy streaming from his eyes.

"I thought so too…don't give in Yugi…your fight isn't over yet…"

Without a soul

Don't let me die here

Yugi nodded and stood up to face Shaher once more. He spread his flame wings, burning more brilliantly and more beautifully than they had ever been before.

There must be something more

"You won't be able to take your revenge upon God…" Yugi said, voice of himself and the Yugi the firebird speaking as one.  

Bring me to life

"…Because we won't let you."

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