Author's note:
Okay. I know what you guys are thinking. why the hell did it take me so long to write and post this chapter? Well I have no excuse. I am very sorry. But! Actually I do have one. first of all my computer is a piece of junk. It kicks me off line and freezes and erases everything I do. But no worries, I'm getting a laptop this Thursday so I will be able to write more often and update sooner than ever!! It's a 2.80 MHz comp so its fast. Well anyway. this chapter is LONG so there ya go! Oh and don't worry this is NOT the last chapter I still have one more left to write, oh and also I have another story in mind so don't worry! ^.^ thank you all for reviewing.. and those who didn't. thank you for reading it anyway. and please review next time? ^.^
Now onward to the fic!!!!!!!!!!
"Regular speech"
++++ time lapse ++++
*** in flashes *** ========== Dream ==========
^^^^^^^^^*****^^^^^^^^^ scene change (when two characters are in different places) ^^^^^^^^^*****^^^^^^^^^
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Version Seven:
*** "I'm sorry Yami, I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Yugi repeated as he shook his head to the side, burying his face in Yami's chest, holding Yami tightly with his hands.
***
"Please forgive me Yami, I love you." Yugi whispered softly as his body stops shaking and falls limp in Yami's arms.
"Yugi?" Yami questions as he notices Yugi stopped shaking in his arms. Yami pulled back to see Yugi's face and notices that he is no longer breathing.
"Yugi!!" Yami yells as he turns Yugi over, then notices something fall from Yugi's hand and roll onto the ground. Yami picks up the small vile and reads the label. Nightsbane followed by some fine print on the bottom.
"Oh no Yugi." Yami shakes the motionless body trying to wake Yugi up, tears falling down his eyes.
***
"I'm sorry Yami, I'm sorry for making you decide... I'm sorry for the way I feel. I just... I just..." Yugi continued to cry, and his small form began to shake from the force of his sobs.
***
"I'm sorry Yami, I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Yugi repeated as he shook his head to the side, burying his face in Yami's chest, holding Yami tightly with his hands.
***
Yami darted awake, sitting upright in his bed his eyes growing wide as he saw flashes of his dream still lingering in his mind.
"What. Was that? Oh my god Yugi." Yami threw the blankets to the side and lifted himself off the bed.
"I've got to find that letter." Yami walked over to his night stand and began to search for the letter Yugi had written him.
"Where is it! Why can't I remember!" Yami yelled as he rummaged through the night stand's drawer.
"Wait.." Yami looked over to the space between the night stand and the bed and saw the letter wedged between the two pieces of furniture.
He reached in between kneeling on his hand and knees, getting soaked as he tried to reach the letter, finally grabbing hold of it.
Yami slowly got up from the floor, His hand and knees soaked with water from the leaking waterbed. With the letter in his hand he quietly sat on his bed.
Yami looks at the letter, on the front it simply states Yami in Yugi's handwriting. [It's the same letter. I know it is. and if I don't find Yugi soon. it will happen again.]
Yami looks at the envelope, sadness in his eyes. He opens the letter and unfolds the paper within it and begins to read its contents.
Dear Yami,
I know that by the time you read this, I'll be at school, and I did it this way on purpose because I wanted you to really think about what I have to say, without letting my emotions effect your decision. The truth is Yami; you have changed my life forever. You've protected me and cared for me ever since I solved the millennium puzzle..
Yami quickly closes the letter and looks up. Tears beginning to form in his crimson eyes as he realizes that the same thing was really happening all this time.
Wile he was trying to figure out what was going on, fixing other people's problems. having fun. the one who really needed him was alone. confused. and had met the same horrible fate over and over again.
His love, Yugi. was killing himself over and over. and he didn't even realize it until it was too late.
[Why didn't I see it before. why couldn't I have saved him. I'm supposed to protect him and I do this? I let him down when he needs me the most. I can't let this happen again]
Yami gets up from the bed his head held low as tears begin to fall from his already red eyes.
"I know what I have to do now. I have to help my friends and find Yugi as soon as I can. before it's too late." With determination on his face Yami quickly dresses and gets ready.
After a few minutes of getting ready, Yami grabs his school things, not that he'd need them, and quickly ran down the stairs wearing the same clothes as the last days not really paying much attention to it.
"You do know that you're late right?" Sugoroku smiles as he stands at the end of the staircase raising one eyebrow at the rushing boy.
"Yes, I know and I'm going, I don't have time to explain.but you were right, shouldn't have gotten the waterbed." Yami winks as he rushes past the stunned grandfather and runs out the door.
"What waterbed?!! YAMI!!!!!!!" Sugoroku yells standing in front of the door waving his fist in the air while Yami continues to run down the sidewalk.
[I have got to get there in time!] Yami thinks as he makes his way down the street. [Please don't let me run into any problems along the way.]
[Almost at the bus stop, almost there please god let it be there] Yami ran as fast as he could seeing the bus stop, along with the bus just ahead.
"Hey!! Wait please!!!" Yami yelled as he ran towards the bus stop. Then suddenly the bus started to take off.
"Please wait!!!" Yami yelled as he got closer and closer to the bus, "WAIT!!!!" Yami Screamed but the bus took off leaving him in a cloud of dust and dirt.
Yami watched helplessly as the bus continued on its way getting farther and farther away from him.
***
"Please forgive me Yami, I love you." Yugi whispered softly as his body stops shaking and falls limp in Yami's arms.
***
Fresh tears began to well up in Yami's eyes as he fell onto his knees. "Why. why does this have to happen today of all days!" Yami yelled as he sat on his on the cold sidewalk.
Yami held his head in his eyes as visions of his 'dream' began to flash in his mind.
"No.I can't give up. not now." Yami looked up from his spot on the ground to see that some people were staring at him, but he just glared and they turned back around.
"Hey there you need a ride?" a voice sounded behind Yami.
"Huh?" Yami wondered who it could be, [That voice sounds familiar.] Yami slowly turned to see his white-haired tomb robber, Yami Bakura.
"I said do you need a ride dimwit." Bakura smirked, he was sitting on top of a new shiny black motorcycle. From the looks of it, it looked like it had never been ridden on.
Yami stared at the black motorcycle recognizing it as the one he had stolen a few 'days' ago. [Hey, that's the same bike I stole from that guy. at least I think it is.]
"Bakura where'd you get that bike?" Yami questioned as he saw Bakura glare at him.
"What does the matter where I got the bike, do you want a ride or not!" Bakura's eyes narrowed as Yami continued to look at him suspiciously.
"Sure." Yami got up from the floor and put on the extra helmet and hopped on the bike.
"This isn't your bike is it Bakura." Yami smirked as Bakura cranked up the bike and started the engine.
"It is now, besides it's former owner was an idiot. I mean who leaves the keys in the ignition and leaves? Ha ha the fool deserved to get robbed." Bakura laughed as he quickly cut off a car and sped down the street towards the school
With Bakura's driving, the two arrived at the school just in time to hear the bells for class to begin.
"Dammit." Yami swore as he saw all the students entering the building.
"What I wasn't driving fast enough for you?" Bakura smirked as he took off his helmet and stopped the engine.
"No.I just needed to talk to everyone.um.. Bakura?" Yami questioned as he took off his own helmet and looked at the school.
"What." Bakura smirked as the two got off the bike.
Bakura swung the keys on his finger and began to take off the license plate off the back of the motorcycle.
"I just got myself a new bike!" Bakura laughed as Yami glared at him
"Could you just listen to me for one minute please?" Yami tried to ask politely holding down his temper as Bakura looked at him suspiciously.
"What's up your ass Pharaoh?" Bakura asked as Yami looked at him strangely.
"I know that you and Ryou are having problem. I just wanted to tell you that you should try opening up to Ryou once in a while, he worries about you and he just wants to know how you feel. And yes I know you don't like that touchy feeling shit but if you don't try your going to lose him." Yami spoke softly as he remembered Yugi's sad face staring at the pond.
Bakura opened his mouth to comment but Yami interrupted him, "Don't ask how I know because its really hard to explain and I don't have time to, so please just trust me okay?" Yami smiled at Bakura and started to walk away.
"Oh and thanks for the ride." Yami smiled again and left Bakura open- mouthed next to his new shiny bike.
After leaving Bakura to his own musings, Yami rushed into the hallway and over to Yugi's locker to see if he could catch him before class started.
He got to Yugi's locker but no one was there. [Dammit I missed him. Wait isn't that.] Yami looked over his shoulder to see Ryou and Jou talking and heading to their respective classes.
"Ryou! Jou!! Wait a sec I need to talk to you guys!" Yami yelled as he ran down the hall to catch up with them.
Ryou and Jou stopped in their tracks and turned around to find Yami running up to them.
"Hey Yami Where have ya been? We were lookin for ya" Jou grinned as he tried to read Yami's look. "What?" Jou questioned when Yami just raised an eyebrow in return to his questioning looks.
"Nevermind.look Ryou I know you and Bakura are having some problems, and I just wanted to tell you that Bakura cares about you even though he acts like a jerk sometimes and that you should just try giving him some space and maybe then he'll come to talk to you more." Ryou opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by Yami who began to talk to Jou.
"And I know that you and Kaiba are having some problems too, and I just wanted to tell you that Kaiba is not cheating on you but he wrote a love letter for you and it was supposed to be a surprise. I know it sounds weird but its true. Oh and you should try trading schedules so that you guys can spend more time with each other." Yami smiled at the two who were wide-eyed and confused.
"Don't ask me how I know, I just do. Trust me it's the truth." Yami grinned, as they couldn't bring themselves to say anything else. "Now do you know where Yugi is?" Yami asked the two who just shook their heads in return.
"Oh. okay then. see you guys later then." Yami smiled and continued on his way. Ryou and Jou just turned their head to look at each other and then look at Yami.
Yami walked down the hall and ran into the most annoying person he did not want to run into today. The hall monitor. Yami sighed as the kid spotted yami from an adjoining hallway and began to walk towards him. The boy smirked as he made his way in front of Yami.
"What's this? Wandering in the hallway without a pass? And your late? For this offense you get two detentions." The kid smirked as he began to scribble down some things on some detention slips.
Yami smiled politely his anger boiling up as he glared at the kid, just as Bakura casually walked into the hallway and saw him standing there.
Yami looked up at the noise and saw Bakura smirking.
Bakura put his index finger to his lips in the 'hush' signal and crept up on the kid as he scribbled on his notepad.
Yami watched as Bakura grinned even wider as he stood directly behind the hall monitor. Bakura raised his hands up and wiggled his fingers in anticipation.
Suddenly Bakura Yelled, "THIS IS FOR GIVING ME ALL THOSE STUPID DETENTIONS!!!!!!" and quickly gave the hall monitor a royal wedgie.
Bakura laughed as he pulled on the boy's underwear until he had him a few inches from the floor, standing on his tiptoes. All the while screaming "put me down!"
Yami laughed as Bakura released the boy, who then fell onto the floor crying. Bakura reached down and retrieved the small notebook of pink slips and ripped the one meant for Yami apart. The tiny pieces of pink paper fell onto the crying boy the ground who was afraid to even move because of Bakura's maniacal laugh.
"Go ahead find Yugi. I'll take care of cry baby here." Bakura spoke as he continued to laugh when the boy finally got the courage to start to crawl away.
"That's what I'm afraid of." Yami spoke as he continued to laugh when Bakura stepped on the boys dragging underwear halting his escape, making him cry even more.
"Ah, don't worry" Bakura spoke as he lifted up his foot, again releasing the boy to crawl away.
"I've had my fun for today, besides, I hear that that idiot Yang is planning a prank. Might be worth hanging around for a while." Bakura winked and turned around and started walking away when he paused and looked over his shoulder at Yami who was starring at him oddly.
"Oh. And thanks for the advice." Bakura smiled and continued to walk down the hallway opposite to where Yami was going.
Yami starred at his friend until he disappeared down the hallway. [I need to find Yugi.] Yami took off running down the hall where he had been going to look for Yugi.
++++ Two hours of searching later. ++++
Yami continued his search around the school but found nothing. then suddenly the bell for lunch rang loudly throughout the school.
Yami looked up at the bell and glared at it, as the flood of students began to fill the hallway. Yami looked desperately around to spot Yugi but didn't see him anywhere.
Somewhere in the masses of students Yami heard a familiar voice.
"Idiot! Don't push me! Push me again and you DIE!!!!!" the voice sounded throughout the hallway as a circle was formed from some students getting away from the loud voice.
"MARIK!!! I TOLD YOU NOT TO YELL AT PEOPLE!!!!!" another voice sounded more angry than the first. Yami watched as the circle got bigger.
[Its Marik and Malik, maybe they know where Yugi is.] Yami looked over to see if they were still there.
"Marik!! Malik!!" Yami yelled into the crowd as he tried to shove his way over to where the voices were coming from. They were still yelling at each other.
"You know Marik why do you have to be such a jerk!" Malik yelled at his counterpart as he just huffed at the air.
"Well maybe if you didn't let people walk all over you like you do I wouldn't need to yell!!!!" Marik yelled back and glared at Malik, as Malik glared back.
"SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU!!!!" Yami yelled when he finally got to where the two were standing. Marik and Malik turned their glares at the sudden intruder.
"I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU!!" Marik and Malik turned their heads and yelled at Yami at the same time. Then glared at each other for doing it at the same time.
"Look, I know you guys are fighting, but Marik if you don't stop threatening everyone Malik talks to he's going to leave you." Yami looked at the two after he spoke but the two were silent.
"How did you." Malik started but yami cut him off, "You wouldn't believe me if I told you, look have you two seen Yugi?" Yami looked at Malik closely as he asked, the crowds of the hallway already dying down.
"I think I saw him earlier today. but I haven't seen him since." Malik spoke as he looked up to Marik.
"What? I haven't seen him" Marik spoke too. Looking around at the now sparse people walking in the empty hallway.
Marik sighed. "There goes my chance at making someone cry." Marik mumbled as Malik glared at him.
"What?" Marik smiled innocently before rolling his eyes.
"Well I'm sorry Yami but Marik and I haven't seen him, Maybe Kaiba knows? Come to think of it, I haven't seen Kaiba around lately either." Malik thought as he looked around the hallway.
"Well I gota go, but thanks anyway." Yami smiled as he raced down the hallway. [Got to find Yugi, got to find Yugi, got to find Yugi] the single thought raced in his mind as he made his way through the halls.
"Yami!" Yami heard a voice call out to him as he turned around the corner. Yami quickly looked away from he was going when he hit a hard object and fell to the ground and landed on something soft?
Yami heard the sound of things crashing to ground along with a muffled grunt. "Oof." As he landed.
Yami opened his eyes to see that he was lying on the ground, the 'soft object' breaking his fall being Kaiba.
"Kaiba?" Yami questioned as the CEO of Kaiba Corp. rubbed his head trying to get up off the ground.
"Yeah, and do you mind?" Kaiba raised an eyebrow at Yami who was lying on top of him.
"Oh, sorry." Yami laughed as he got up off of Kaiba and helped pick up the fallen notebooks and papers scattered on the ground.
"I'm sorry, someone called me, and I should have been looking where I was going and..." Yami started to explain as he handed Kaiba his things.
"Don't worry about it. Just watch where you're going." Kaiba dusted off his pants as he started to walk away.
"Wait, I wanted to ask you something." Yami called after Kaiba who then paused and turned around to face him.
"Well?" Kaiba asked as Yami just stood there.
"Oh, well I just wanted to say that I know that you and Jou are having some problems and that the reason he's mad at you is that he thinks the letter you wrote to him was from someone else. so that's why he's mad. Oh, and you guys should trade schedules it would make it easier for you guys to find time to spend more time with each other." Yami let it all out in one breath and bent over to catch his breath when he was finished.
"How did." Kaiba began as he gave Yami a weird look.
"Don't ask, well anyway, have you seen Yugi lately? I really need to talk to him." Yami asked as Kaiba looked at him funny.
"Well. uh thanks for the advice? Anyway, actually I saw him a little while ago he looked depressed or something, I really felt bad for the kid I was going to say something but when I looked back he was gone. I think he was leaving a paper to your locker or something." Kaiba looked at him.
"Is there something wrong with him or something?" Kaiba asked, as Yami stayed quiet.
"Well, yes and no, which way did he go?" Yami questioned as Kaiba thought for a moment.
"I think he went towards the back courtyard but I'm not sure he just kind of disappeared on me you know?" Kaiba looked past Yami toward the end of the hallway.
"Can I go? I wanted to talk to Jou some time this lunch period." Kaiba looked at Yami annoyed.
"Oh yeah, Yeah go ahead. Thanks for the info." Yami smiled. Kaiba just raised his eyebrow in suspicion.
Yami watched Kaiba walk down the hall and thought, [Okay if Yugi left the note earlier today. saying to meet at lunch. that means he's still here.] Yami smiled as he ran toward his locker where the door to the back courtyard was closest.
Yami ran down the hall and stopped hiding at the corner and looking down the hall where he spotted Anzu and her crowd of bimbos walking down the same hall and pausing at his locker.
Yami hid at the corner watching what they would do.
"Look girls, Yami's got a note on his locker. Must be another slut trying to move in on my man." Anzu glared at the note as she turned to look at her friends.
"So shall we read what he little slut has to say?" Anzu's friends laughed as Anzu took the note and read the front of it, her face becoming red from anger as she read the line: From: Yugi.
"Look girls, the little annoying brat wrote Yami a note." She showed the note to her friends and opened it and began to read.
"Dear Yami, I know what I made you decide was really hard. And I understand if you don't want it. It's okay I'll understand." Anzu laughed as he mocked Yugi's voice and continued to read the note
Yami glared at Anzu from his spot around and corner and stalked down the hallway, the girls stopped laughing when they saw Yami approaching.
Anzu wasn't paying attention, and kept reading and mocking the letter.
"If you feel the same way I do, then meet me by the fountain in the back of the school at lunch, you hear that girls little yugi has something IMPORTANT to say hahaha" Anzu laughed as she looked to see why her friends weren't laughing and instead saw Yami glarring at her.
"uh, Hi Yami!" Anzu smiled as she hid the note behind her. " I didn't see you there, how are you?" Anzu smiled again looking Yami up and down.
Yami glared, then smiled evilly. [Maybe I should teach her a lesson once and for all.] Yami thought as he looked at Anzu, bating her eyes idiotically. "You know Anzu, there's something different about you today.." Yami smiled again looking at her face, slowly advancing on her, until she was backed up against the lockers.
Yami brought his hands on the sides of her head propping himself inches from her face.
"Oh?" Anzu laughed she smiled at Yami again.
"Yeah, I can't put my finger on it exactly though." Yami brought his face to Anzu's neck and nuzzled at her hair.
"That smell is familiar too." Yami brought up his hand and slid it through her hair gently.
"Oh Yami." Anzu spoke softly, her friends starring in aww at the scene before them.
"I've got it!" Yami jumped back and starred at her evilly.
"You remind me of an ugly wet dog I saw earlier, and the smell is from the garbage that was rotting in the garbage I passed by earlier when I was coming to school!" Yami laughed as Anzu's face changed from that of happiness to that of total anger.
"WHAT!" Anzu screamed as Yami continued to laugh.
"Now give me that letter now, and I never what to see your ugly face near me or Yugi or any of my friends for that matter or you will be sorry." Yami glared at Anzu as he huffed.
"That goes for your skanky friends too." Yami glared at the other girls who just backed away from him.
"And what if I don't wanna give it to you." Anzu yelled as Yami stepped foreword.
"Believe me, you don't want to mess with me today." Yami glared as he snatched the piece of paper from Anzu's hand.
"Now get away from me. NOW" Yami glared as Anzu and her friends glared at him and walked away.
Yami looked at the note in his hands and looked over the contents:
Dear Yami,
I know what I made you decide was really hard. And I understand if you don't want it. It's okay I'll understand. If you feel the same way I do, then meet me by the fountain in the back of the school at lunch. If you don't show up I'll understand that you don't feel the same way, but I just wanted to say. thank you for everything. However this turns out.
Yours truly,
Yugi
[It's the same, now I just have to find Yugi.] Yami looked up and ran down to the door of the courtyard. When suddenly the bell signaling the end of lunch rang loudly throughout the hallway.
Yami looked over at the opposite hallway where students were already entering. [Oh no. not again.] Yami thought as he flung the door to the back courtyard where the fountain was open.
Yami raced down the path towards the fountain, as the stone fountain came into view, he saw that there was no one there, and that he had come too late.
"Yugi." Yami walked up to the fountain and quietly sat down. The water in the fountain sparkled as the sun shone on the glassy surface. Yami looked into the water and reached out a hand to touch the cool liquid. He let the water flow around his fingers as the droplets of water landed on his face.
[I will find you. And I will stop this.] Yami looked at the water one last time and then to the doors where he had come.
"Please let me make it in time" Yami spoke as he got up from fountain and ran through the doors and entered the quiet hall.
Yami quickly ran down the hallway toward the exit, his footsteps echoing throughout the empty building as the students were in class.
Yami finally reached the exit and burst through the doors only to run into Bakura who was standing just outside the doors.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" Bakura yelled from the floor where he had fallen. "Oh hey Yami." Bakura rolled his eyes.
Yami looked curiously at where Bakura was lying and counted two extra legs. Then he heard another voice laughing.
Bakura got up from the ground and Yami saw that Ryou was left laughing on the ground where Bakura was lying.
"Ryou?" Yami laughed as Bakura helped Ryou up off the ground.
Bakura grabbed Ryou in a tight embrace and began to kiss his neck, while Ryou continued to laugh.
"Shouldn't you two be in class?" Yami looked curiously at the two.
"Class is for idiots. This is much more fun. Right Ryou." Bakura spoke briefly then continued to ravage Ryou's neck.
"Bakura, actually Yami, we just made up and we were . ahh" Ryou stopped suddenly and sighed. "Bakura! Stop that I'm trying to talk." Ryou spoke softly as he ran his hand through Bakura's soft white hair.
Bakura paused for a moment, "Well anyway, we were just going back to class." Ryou began again when Bakura began to kiss Ryou's neck all over again.
"Bakura!" Ryou started but then gave up, as Bakura continued not listening to a word he said.
"Uh. okay. well I'll see you two later then." Yami laughed as Ryou lost his balance from Bakura's ravaging and they both toppled over, Bakura landing on top.
Yami laughed and continued on his way towards the park where he had seen Yugi.
[Yugi please wait for me.] Yami thought as he continued to run, [One more block.just one more block. one more block.] yami thought to himself as his breath became labored from running all day.
After a few minutes of running the park was finally in sight as the green trees swayed in the slight breeze that had picked up.
[Finally.] Yami thought as he began to make his way across the large street towards the park.
Suddenly as Yami was crossing he heard the loud screeching of tires, Yami quickly turned his head when he saw a cherry red corvette rushing towards him.
Yami's eyes widened in horror as he noticed that the driver made no signal of stopping. He quickly ran towards the other side as the car came speeding towards him.
[I'm not going to make it.I'm not going to make it.] Yami thought as the car was almost on top of him.
The tri-haired teen quickly dove into the sidewalk as the car sped past him, leaving a trail of dust and dirt behind him. The driver not even noticing that he had almost run someone over.
Yami opened his eyes to the sight of green grass and pain throughout his body. "Ugh." Yami moaned as he slowly got up from the ground.
[Yugi] Yami's eyes widened, as he looked at the sky that had already begun to darken.
Yami quickly ran through the trees ignoring the pain that coursed throughout his body, Yugi needed him now.
Yami raced through the dense trees and grass, the branches and foliage cutting and scraping his face and arms. His body aching with pain but his only thought was of Yugi as one image flashed through his mind.
*** "Please forgive me Yami, I love you." Yugi whispered softly as his body stops shaking and falls limp in Yami's arms. ***
"NO, I will not let it end this way!" Yami yelled as he pushed his body to run faster ignoring the pain.
Yami finally broke through the trees into the familiar clearing where the small pond was located. Yami scanned the area until his eyes landed on the small figure sitting at the very edge of the pond looking sadly at pond in front of them.
"YUGI!" Yami yelled the small figure jumped slightly and looked over to where the voice had come from. Yami's eyes begin to fill with tears as he sees Yugi's face, his eyes filled with so much pain.
Yugi's eyes widen as Yami runs towards him, Yugi's mouth opens to say something but Yami interrupts him as he sits next to him.
"Oh please God Yugi, please tell you haven't taken it." Yami tries hard to stop from crying, but tears begin to flow down his cheeks as grabs Yugi's shoulders shaking him slightly.
"Yugi please tell me" Yami questions again, Yugi tries to answer but just opens his hands to reveal the small blue vile.
Yami looks at the vile as Yugi stutters trying to explain. "I thought you hated me. so I. I couldn't live .knowing that you. that you." Yugi begins to cry as Yami continues to stare at the small blue vile.
Tears flow down Yugi's pale cheeks as he continues to sob, his body shaking from the force of his sobs.
It is then that Yami grabs the vile from Yugi's small hands and holds it to the light of the setting sun.
The bottle is still full.
Yami begins to laugh in happiness as he hurls the bottle through the air. The bottle hits a large rock across from them shattering it to pieces.
Yami bends over from laughter as his laughs get louder and louder.
"Yami. please don't laugh at me." Yugi speaks quietly covering his face with his hands, fresh tears flowing down his face.
"Oh Yugi don't you see?" Yami takes Yugi's hand in his own and pulls them away from Yugi's face and looks at him closely.
Yami looks in to Yugi's eyes and smiles, "I love you Yugi. I've always loved you. I just." Yami laughs and smiles slightly. "I just didn't know that you felt the same way."
Yugi stares in shock as Yami smiles at him. "Really?" Yugi questions, his voice barely above a whisper.
"Yes really." Yami assures him.
Yugi smiles widely as he jumps into Yami's arms. "Oh Yami! You don't know how long I've been waiting to hear that." Yugi hugs Yami tightly, earning a grunt from the taller.
"Yami are you okay?" Yugi questions as he looks Yami over seeing the cuts and scrapes all over Yami's body.
"Oh, Yami your hurt! What happened!" Yugi tries to look at Yami better but Yami stops him.
"Don't worry I'm fine." Yami smiles as Yugi smiles back. "But wait.Yami. how did you know I was here? I mean. I was about to." Yugi looks over to the shattered bottle, the small pieces of blue glass shimmering in the sun.
"Believe me Yugi, it took longer than you think." Yami spoke softly hugging Yugi tightly tears falling down his face, not of sadness but of joy that he was able to hold his love once again.
Yami looked over at the pond and the beautiful white swans swimming across the glassy lake.
Yami thanked every god, deity and anyone else that was listening that he got a second chance to save the love of his life.
The sky turned into an array of orange, purple, and violet light as the sun began to set and the day began to vanish into a sea of stars.
Don't worry my loyal readers this is not the end! One more chapter!! So please stay tuned and no I won't take as long to write that one. ^.~
Okay. I know what you guys are thinking. why the hell did it take me so long to write and post this chapter? Well I have no excuse. I am very sorry. But! Actually I do have one. first of all my computer is a piece of junk. It kicks me off line and freezes and erases everything I do. But no worries, I'm getting a laptop this Thursday so I will be able to write more often and update sooner than ever!! It's a 2.80 MHz comp so its fast. Well anyway. this chapter is LONG so there ya go! Oh and don't worry this is NOT the last chapter I still have one more left to write, oh and also I have another story in mind so don't worry! ^.^ thank you all for reviewing.. and those who didn't. thank you for reading it anyway. and please review next time? ^.^
Now onward to the fic!!!!!!!!!!
"Regular speech"
++++ time lapse ++++
*** in flashes *** ========== Dream ==========
^^^^^^^^^*****^^^^^^^^^ scene change (when two characters are in different places) ^^^^^^^^^*****^^^^^^^^^
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Version Seven:
*** "I'm sorry Yami, I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Yugi repeated as he shook his head to the side, burying his face in Yami's chest, holding Yami tightly with his hands.
***
"Please forgive me Yami, I love you." Yugi whispered softly as his body stops shaking and falls limp in Yami's arms.
"Yugi?" Yami questions as he notices Yugi stopped shaking in his arms. Yami pulled back to see Yugi's face and notices that he is no longer breathing.
"Yugi!!" Yami yells as he turns Yugi over, then notices something fall from Yugi's hand and roll onto the ground. Yami picks up the small vile and reads the label. Nightsbane followed by some fine print on the bottom.
"Oh no Yugi." Yami shakes the motionless body trying to wake Yugi up, tears falling down his eyes.
***
"I'm sorry Yami, I'm sorry for making you decide... I'm sorry for the way I feel. I just... I just..." Yugi continued to cry, and his small form began to shake from the force of his sobs.
***
"I'm sorry Yami, I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Yugi repeated as he shook his head to the side, burying his face in Yami's chest, holding Yami tightly with his hands.
***
Yami darted awake, sitting upright in his bed his eyes growing wide as he saw flashes of his dream still lingering in his mind.
"What. Was that? Oh my god Yugi." Yami threw the blankets to the side and lifted himself off the bed.
"I've got to find that letter." Yami walked over to his night stand and began to search for the letter Yugi had written him.
"Where is it! Why can't I remember!" Yami yelled as he rummaged through the night stand's drawer.
"Wait.." Yami looked over to the space between the night stand and the bed and saw the letter wedged between the two pieces of furniture.
He reached in between kneeling on his hand and knees, getting soaked as he tried to reach the letter, finally grabbing hold of it.
Yami slowly got up from the floor, His hand and knees soaked with water from the leaking waterbed. With the letter in his hand he quietly sat on his bed.
Yami looks at the letter, on the front it simply states Yami in Yugi's handwriting. [It's the same letter. I know it is. and if I don't find Yugi soon. it will happen again.]
Yami looks at the envelope, sadness in his eyes. He opens the letter and unfolds the paper within it and begins to read its contents.
Dear Yami,
I know that by the time you read this, I'll be at school, and I did it this way on purpose because I wanted you to really think about what I have to say, without letting my emotions effect your decision. The truth is Yami; you have changed my life forever. You've protected me and cared for me ever since I solved the millennium puzzle..
Yami quickly closes the letter and looks up. Tears beginning to form in his crimson eyes as he realizes that the same thing was really happening all this time.
Wile he was trying to figure out what was going on, fixing other people's problems. having fun. the one who really needed him was alone. confused. and had met the same horrible fate over and over again.
His love, Yugi. was killing himself over and over. and he didn't even realize it until it was too late.
[Why didn't I see it before. why couldn't I have saved him. I'm supposed to protect him and I do this? I let him down when he needs me the most. I can't let this happen again]
Yami gets up from the bed his head held low as tears begin to fall from his already red eyes.
"I know what I have to do now. I have to help my friends and find Yugi as soon as I can. before it's too late." With determination on his face Yami quickly dresses and gets ready.
After a few minutes of getting ready, Yami grabs his school things, not that he'd need them, and quickly ran down the stairs wearing the same clothes as the last days not really paying much attention to it.
"You do know that you're late right?" Sugoroku smiles as he stands at the end of the staircase raising one eyebrow at the rushing boy.
"Yes, I know and I'm going, I don't have time to explain.but you were right, shouldn't have gotten the waterbed." Yami winks as he rushes past the stunned grandfather and runs out the door.
"What waterbed?!! YAMI!!!!!!!" Sugoroku yells standing in front of the door waving his fist in the air while Yami continues to run down the sidewalk.
[I have got to get there in time!] Yami thinks as he makes his way down the street. [Please don't let me run into any problems along the way.]
[Almost at the bus stop, almost there please god let it be there] Yami ran as fast as he could seeing the bus stop, along with the bus just ahead.
"Hey!! Wait please!!!" Yami yelled as he ran towards the bus stop. Then suddenly the bus started to take off.
"Please wait!!!" Yami yelled as he got closer and closer to the bus, "WAIT!!!!" Yami Screamed but the bus took off leaving him in a cloud of dust and dirt.
Yami watched helplessly as the bus continued on its way getting farther and farther away from him.
***
"Please forgive me Yami, I love you." Yugi whispered softly as his body stops shaking and falls limp in Yami's arms.
***
Fresh tears began to well up in Yami's eyes as he fell onto his knees. "Why. why does this have to happen today of all days!" Yami yelled as he sat on his on the cold sidewalk.
Yami held his head in his eyes as visions of his 'dream' began to flash in his mind.
"No.I can't give up. not now." Yami looked up from his spot on the ground to see that some people were staring at him, but he just glared and they turned back around.
"Hey there you need a ride?" a voice sounded behind Yami.
"Huh?" Yami wondered who it could be, [That voice sounds familiar.] Yami slowly turned to see his white-haired tomb robber, Yami Bakura.
"I said do you need a ride dimwit." Bakura smirked, he was sitting on top of a new shiny black motorcycle. From the looks of it, it looked like it had never been ridden on.
Yami stared at the black motorcycle recognizing it as the one he had stolen a few 'days' ago. [Hey, that's the same bike I stole from that guy. at least I think it is.]
"Bakura where'd you get that bike?" Yami questioned as he saw Bakura glare at him.
"What does the matter where I got the bike, do you want a ride or not!" Bakura's eyes narrowed as Yami continued to look at him suspiciously.
"Sure." Yami got up from the floor and put on the extra helmet and hopped on the bike.
"This isn't your bike is it Bakura." Yami smirked as Bakura cranked up the bike and started the engine.
"It is now, besides it's former owner was an idiot. I mean who leaves the keys in the ignition and leaves? Ha ha the fool deserved to get robbed." Bakura laughed as he quickly cut off a car and sped down the street towards the school
With Bakura's driving, the two arrived at the school just in time to hear the bells for class to begin.
"Dammit." Yami swore as he saw all the students entering the building.
"What I wasn't driving fast enough for you?" Bakura smirked as he took off his helmet and stopped the engine.
"No.I just needed to talk to everyone.um.. Bakura?" Yami questioned as he took off his own helmet and looked at the school.
"What." Bakura smirked as the two got off the bike.
Bakura swung the keys on his finger and began to take off the license plate off the back of the motorcycle.
"I just got myself a new bike!" Bakura laughed as Yami glared at him
"Could you just listen to me for one minute please?" Yami tried to ask politely holding down his temper as Bakura looked at him suspiciously.
"What's up your ass Pharaoh?" Bakura asked as Yami looked at him strangely.
"I know that you and Ryou are having problem. I just wanted to tell you that you should try opening up to Ryou once in a while, he worries about you and he just wants to know how you feel. And yes I know you don't like that touchy feeling shit but if you don't try your going to lose him." Yami spoke softly as he remembered Yugi's sad face staring at the pond.
Bakura opened his mouth to comment but Yami interrupted him, "Don't ask how I know because its really hard to explain and I don't have time to, so please just trust me okay?" Yami smiled at Bakura and started to walk away.
"Oh and thanks for the ride." Yami smiled again and left Bakura open- mouthed next to his new shiny bike.
After leaving Bakura to his own musings, Yami rushed into the hallway and over to Yugi's locker to see if he could catch him before class started.
He got to Yugi's locker but no one was there. [Dammit I missed him. Wait isn't that.] Yami looked over his shoulder to see Ryou and Jou talking and heading to their respective classes.
"Ryou! Jou!! Wait a sec I need to talk to you guys!" Yami yelled as he ran down the hall to catch up with them.
Ryou and Jou stopped in their tracks and turned around to find Yami running up to them.
"Hey Yami Where have ya been? We were lookin for ya" Jou grinned as he tried to read Yami's look. "What?" Jou questioned when Yami just raised an eyebrow in return to his questioning looks.
"Nevermind.look Ryou I know you and Bakura are having some problems, and I just wanted to tell you that Bakura cares about you even though he acts like a jerk sometimes and that you should just try giving him some space and maybe then he'll come to talk to you more." Ryou opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by Yami who began to talk to Jou.
"And I know that you and Kaiba are having some problems too, and I just wanted to tell you that Kaiba is not cheating on you but he wrote a love letter for you and it was supposed to be a surprise. I know it sounds weird but its true. Oh and you should try trading schedules so that you guys can spend more time with each other." Yami smiled at the two who were wide-eyed and confused.
"Don't ask me how I know, I just do. Trust me it's the truth." Yami grinned, as they couldn't bring themselves to say anything else. "Now do you know where Yugi is?" Yami asked the two who just shook their heads in return.
"Oh. okay then. see you guys later then." Yami smiled and continued on his way. Ryou and Jou just turned their head to look at each other and then look at Yami.
Yami walked down the hall and ran into the most annoying person he did not want to run into today. The hall monitor. Yami sighed as the kid spotted yami from an adjoining hallway and began to walk towards him. The boy smirked as he made his way in front of Yami.
"What's this? Wandering in the hallway without a pass? And your late? For this offense you get two detentions." The kid smirked as he began to scribble down some things on some detention slips.
Yami smiled politely his anger boiling up as he glared at the kid, just as Bakura casually walked into the hallway and saw him standing there.
Yami looked up at the noise and saw Bakura smirking.
Bakura put his index finger to his lips in the 'hush' signal and crept up on the kid as he scribbled on his notepad.
Yami watched as Bakura grinned even wider as he stood directly behind the hall monitor. Bakura raised his hands up and wiggled his fingers in anticipation.
Suddenly Bakura Yelled, "THIS IS FOR GIVING ME ALL THOSE STUPID DETENTIONS!!!!!!" and quickly gave the hall monitor a royal wedgie.
Bakura laughed as he pulled on the boy's underwear until he had him a few inches from the floor, standing on his tiptoes. All the while screaming "put me down!"
Yami laughed as Bakura released the boy, who then fell onto the floor crying. Bakura reached down and retrieved the small notebook of pink slips and ripped the one meant for Yami apart. The tiny pieces of pink paper fell onto the crying boy the ground who was afraid to even move because of Bakura's maniacal laugh.
"Go ahead find Yugi. I'll take care of cry baby here." Bakura spoke as he continued to laugh when the boy finally got the courage to start to crawl away.
"That's what I'm afraid of." Yami spoke as he continued to laugh when Bakura stepped on the boys dragging underwear halting his escape, making him cry even more.
"Ah, don't worry" Bakura spoke as he lifted up his foot, again releasing the boy to crawl away.
"I've had my fun for today, besides, I hear that that idiot Yang is planning a prank. Might be worth hanging around for a while." Bakura winked and turned around and started walking away when he paused and looked over his shoulder at Yami who was starring at him oddly.
"Oh. And thanks for the advice." Bakura smiled and continued to walk down the hallway opposite to where Yami was going.
Yami starred at his friend until he disappeared down the hallway. [I need to find Yugi.] Yami took off running down the hall where he had been going to look for Yugi.
++++ Two hours of searching later. ++++
Yami continued his search around the school but found nothing. then suddenly the bell for lunch rang loudly throughout the school.
Yami looked up at the bell and glared at it, as the flood of students began to fill the hallway. Yami looked desperately around to spot Yugi but didn't see him anywhere.
Somewhere in the masses of students Yami heard a familiar voice.
"Idiot! Don't push me! Push me again and you DIE!!!!!" the voice sounded throughout the hallway as a circle was formed from some students getting away from the loud voice.
"MARIK!!! I TOLD YOU NOT TO YELL AT PEOPLE!!!!!" another voice sounded more angry than the first. Yami watched as the circle got bigger.
[Its Marik and Malik, maybe they know where Yugi is.] Yami looked over to see if they were still there.
"Marik!! Malik!!" Yami yelled into the crowd as he tried to shove his way over to where the voices were coming from. They were still yelling at each other.
"You know Marik why do you have to be such a jerk!" Malik yelled at his counterpart as he just huffed at the air.
"Well maybe if you didn't let people walk all over you like you do I wouldn't need to yell!!!!" Marik yelled back and glared at Malik, as Malik glared back.
"SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU!!!!" Yami yelled when he finally got to where the two were standing. Marik and Malik turned their glares at the sudden intruder.
"I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU!!" Marik and Malik turned their heads and yelled at Yami at the same time. Then glared at each other for doing it at the same time.
"Look, I know you guys are fighting, but Marik if you don't stop threatening everyone Malik talks to he's going to leave you." Yami looked at the two after he spoke but the two were silent.
"How did you." Malik started but yami cut him off, "You wouldn't believe me if I told you, look have you two seen Yugi?" Yami looked at Malik closely as he asked, the crowds of the hallway already dying down.
"I think I saw him earlier today. but I haven't seen him since." Malik spoke as he looked up to Marik.
"What? I haven't seen him" Marik spoke too. Looking around at the now sparse people walking in the empty hallway.
Marik sighed. "There goes my chance at making someone cry." Marik mumbled as Malik glared at him.
"What?" Marik smiled innocently before rolling his eyes.
"Well I'm sorry Yami but Marik and I haven't seen him, Maybe Kaiba knows? Come to think of it, I haven't seen Kaiba around lately either." Malik thought as he looked around the hallway.
"Well I gota go, but thanks anyway." Yami smiled as he raced down the hallway. [Got to find Yugi, got to find Yugi, got to find Yugi] the single thought raced in his mind as he made his way through the halls.
"Yami!" Yami heard a voice call out to him as he turned around the corner. Yami quickly looked away from he was going when he hit a hard object and fell to the ground and landed on something soft?
Yami heard the sound of things crashing to ground along with a muffled grunt. "Oof." As he landed.
Yami opened his eyes to see that he was lying on the ground, the 'soft object' breaking his fall being Kaiba.
"Kaiba?" Yami questioned as the CEO of Kaiba Corp. rubbed his head trying to get up off the ground.
"Yeah, and do you mind?" Kaiba raised an eyebrow at Yami who was lying on top of him.
"Oh, sorry." Yami laughed as he got up off of Kaiba and helped pick up the fallen notebooks and papers scattered on the ground.
"I'm sorry, someone called me, and I should have been looking where I was going and..." Yami started to explain as he handed Kaiba his things.
"Don't worry about it. Just watch where you're going." Kaiba dusted off his pants as he started to walk away.
"Wait, I wanted to ask you something." Yami called after Kaiba who then paused and turned around to face him.
"Well?" Kaiba asked as Yami just stood there.
"Oh, well I just wanted to say that I know that you and Jou are having some problems and that the reason he's mad at you is that he thinks the letter you wrote to him was from someone else. so that's why he's mad. Oh, and you guys should trade schedules it would make it easier for you guys to find time to spend more time with each other." Yami let it all out in one breath and bent over to catch his breath when he was finished.
"How did." Kaiba began as he gave Yami a weird look.
"Don't ask, well anyway, have you seen Yugi lately? I really need to talk to him." Yami asked as Kaiba looked at him funny.
"Well. uh thanks for the advice? Anyway, actually I saw him a little while ago he looked depressed or something, I really felt bad for the kid I was going to say something but when I looked back he was gone. I think he was leaving a paper to your locker or something." Kaiba looked at him.
"Is there something wrong with him or something?" Kaiba asked, as Yami stayed quiet.
"Well, yes and no, which way did he go?" Yami questioned as Kaiba thought for a moment.
"I think he went towards the back courtyard but I'm not sure he just kind of disappeared on me you know?" Kaiba looked past Yami toward the end of the hallway.
"Can I go? I wanted to talk to Jou some time this lunch period." Kaiba looked at Yami annoyed.
"Oh yeah, Yeah go ahead. Thanks for the info." Yami smiled. Kaiba just raised his eyebrow in suspicion.
Yami watched Kaiba walk down the hall and thought, [Okay if Yugi left the note earlier today. saying to meet at lunch. that means he's still here.] Yami smiled as he ran toward his locker where the door to the back courtyard was closest.
Yami ran down the hall and stopped hiding at the corner and looking down the hall where he spotted Anzu and her crowd of bimbos walking down the same hall and pausing at his locker.
Yami hid at the corner watching what they would do.
"Look girls, Yami's got a note on his locker. Must be another slut trying to move in on my man." Anzu glared at the note as she turned to look at her friends.
"So shall we read what he little slut has to say?" Anzu's friends laughed as Anzu took the note and read the front of it, her face becoming red from anger as she read the line: From: Yugi.
"Look girls, the little annoying brat wrote Yami a note." She showed the note to her friends and opened it and began to read.
"Dear Yami, I know what I made you decide was really hard. And I understand if you don't want it. It's okay I'll understand." Anzu laughed as he mocked Yugi's voice and continued to read the note
Yami glared at Anzu from his spot around and corner and stalked down the hallway, the girls stopped laughing when they saw Yami approaching.
Anzu wasn't paying attention, and kept reading and mocking the letter.
"If you feel the same way I do, then meet me by the fountain in the back of the school at lunch, you hear that girls little yugi has something IMPORTANT to say hahaha" Anzu laughed as she looked to see why her friends weren't laughing and instead saw Yami glarring at her.
"uh, Hi Yami!" Anzu smiled as she hid the note behind her. " I didn't see you there, how are you?" Anzu smiled again looking Yami up and down.
Yami glared, then smiled evilly. [Maybe I should teach her a lesson once and for all.] Yami thought as he looked at Anzu, bating her eyes idiotically. "You know Anzu, there's something different about you today.." Yami smiled again looking at her face, slowly advancing on her, until she was backed up against the lockers.
Yami brought his hands on the sides of her head propping himself inches from her face.
"Oh?" Anzu laughed she smiled at Yami again.
"Yeah, I can't put my finger on it exactly though." Yami brought his face to Anzu's neck and nuzzled at her hair.
"That smell is familiar too." Yami brought up his hand and slid it through her hair gently.
"Oh Yami." Anzu spoke softly, her friends starring in aww at the scene before them.
"I've got it!" Yami jumped back and starred at her evilly.
"You remind me of an ugly wet dog I saw earlier, and the smell is from the garbage that was rotting in the garbage I passed by earlier when I was coming to school!" Yami laughed as Anzu's face changed from that of happiness to that of total anger.
"WHAT!" Anzu screamed as Yami continued to laugh.
"Now give me that letter now, and I never what to see your ugly face near me or Yugi or any of my friends for that matter or you will be sorry." Yami glared at Anzu as he huffed.
"That goes for your skanky friends too." Yami glared at the other girls who just backed away from him.
"And what if I don't wanna give it to you." Anzu yelled as Yami stepped foreword.
"Believe me, you don't want to mess with me today." Yami glared as he snatched the piece of paper from Anzu's hand.
"Now get away from me. NOW" Yami glared as Anzu and her friends glared at him and walked away.
Yami looked at the note in his hands and looked over the contents:
Dear Yami,
I know what I made you decide was really hard. And I understand if you don't want it. It's okay I'll understand. If you feel the same way I do, then meet me by the fountain in the back of the school at lunch. If you don't show up I'll understand that you don't feel the same way, but I just wanted to say. thank you for everything. However this turns out.
Yours truly,
Yugi
[It's the same, now I just have to find Yugi.] Yami looked up and ran down to the door of the courtyard. When suddenly the bell signaling the end of lunch rang loudly throughout the hallway.
Yami looked over at the opposite hallway where students were already entering. [Oh no. not again.] Yami thought as he flung the door to the back courtyard where the fountain was open.
Yami raced down the path towards the fountain, as the stone fountain came into view, he saw that there was no one there, and that he had come too late.
"Yugi." Yami walked up to the fountain and quietly sat down. The water in the fountain sparkled as the sun shone on the glassy surface. Yami looked into the water and reached out a hand to touch the cool liquid. He let the water flow around his fingers as the droplets of water landed on his face.
[I will find you. And I will stop this.] Yami looked at the water one last time and then to the doors where he had come.
"Please let me make it in time" Yami spoke as he got up from fountain and ran through the doors and entered the quiet hall.
Yami quickly ran down the hallway toward the exit, his footsteps echoing throughout the empty building as the students were in class.
Yami finally reached the exit and burst through the doors only to run into Bakura who was standing just outside the doors.
"Hey! Watch where you're going!" Bakura yelled from the floor where he had fallen. "Oh hey Yami." Bakura rolled his eyes.
Yami looked curiously at where Bakura was lying and counted two extra legs. Then he heard another voice laughing.
Bakura got up from the ground and Yami saw that Ryou was left laughing on the ground where Bakura was lying.
"Ryou?" Yami laughed as Bakura helped Ryou up off the ground.
Bakura grabbed Ryou in a tight embrace and began to kiss his neck, while Ryou continued to laugh.
"Shouldn't you two be in class?" Yami looked curiously at the two.
"Class is for idiots. This is much more fun. Right Ryou." Bakura spoke briefly then continued to ravage Ryou's neck.
"Bakura, actually Yami, we just made up and we were . ahh" Ryou stopped suddenly and sighed. "Bakura! Stop that I'm trying to talk." Ryou spoke softly as he ran his hand through Bakura's soft white hair.
Bakura paused for a moment, "Well anyway, we were just going back to class." Ryou began again when Bakura began to kiss Ryou's neck all over again.
"Bakura!" Ryou started but then gave up, as Bakura continued not listening to a word he said.
"Uh. okay. well I'll see you two later then." Yami laughed as Ryou lost his balance from Bakura's ravaging and they both toppled over, Bakura landing on top.
Yami laughed and continued on his way towards the park where he had seen Yugi.
[Yugi please wait for me.] Yami thought as he continued to run, [One more block.just one more block. one more block.] yami thought to himself as his breath became labored from running all day.
After a few minutes of running the park was finally in sight as the green trees swayed in the slight breeze that had picked up.
[Finally.] Yami thought as he began to make his way across the large street towards the park.
Suddenly as Yami was crossing he heard the loud screeching of tires, Yami quickly turned his head when he saw a cherry red corvette rushing towards him.
Yami's eyes widened in horror as he noticed that the driver made no signal of stopping. He quickly ran towards the other side as the car came speeding towards him.
[I'm not going to make it.I'm not going to make it.] Yami thought as the car was almost on top of him.
The tri-haired teen quickly dove into the sidewalk as the car sped past him, leaving a trail of dust and dirt behind him. The driver not even noticing that he had almost run someone over.
Yami opened his eyes to the sight of green grass and pain throughout his body. "Ugh." Yami moaned as he slowly got up from the ground.
[Yugi] Yami's eyes widened, as he looked at the sky that had already begun to darken.
Yami quickly ran through the trees ignoring the pain that coursed throughout his body, Yugi needed him now.
Yami raced through the dense trees and grass, the branches and foliage cutting and scraping his face and arms. His body aching with pain but his only thought was of Yugi as one image flashed through his mind.
*** "Please forgive me Yami, I love you." Yugi whispered softly as his body stops shaking and falls limp in Yami's arms. ***
"NO, I will not let it end this way!" Yami yelled as he pushed his body to run faster ignoring the pain.
Yami finally broke through the trees into the familiar clearing where the small pond was located. Yami scanned the area until his eyes landed on the small figure sitting at the very edge of the pond looking sadly at pond in front of them.
"YUGI!" Yami yelled the small figure jumped slightly and looked over to where the voice had come from. Yami's eyes begin to fill with tears as he sees Yugi's face, his eyes filled with so much pain.
Yugi's eyes widen as Yami runs towards him, Yugi's mouth opens to say something but Yami interrupts him as he sits next to him.
"Oh please God Yugi, please tell you haven't taken it." Yami tries hard to stop from crying, but tears begin to flow down his cheeks as grabs Yugi's shoulders shaking him slightly.
"Yugi please tell me" Yami questions again, Yugi tries to answer but just opens his hands to reveal the small blue vile.
Yami looks at the vile as Yugi stutters trying to explain. "I thought you hated me. so I. I couldn't live .knowing that you. that you." Yugi begins to cry as Yami continues to stare at the small blue vile.
Tears flow down Yugi's pale cheeks as he continues to sob, his body shaking from the force of his sobs.
It is then that Yami grabs the vile from Yugi's small hands and holds it to the light of the setting sun.
The bottle is still full.
Yami begins to laugh in happiness as he hurls the bottle through the air. The bottle hits a large rock across from them shattering it to pieces.
Yami bends over from laughter as his laughs get louder and louder.
"Yami. please don't laugh at me." Yugi speaks quietly covering his face with his hands, fresh tears flowing down his face.
"Oh Yugi don't you see?" Yami takes Yugi's hand in his own and pulls them away from Yugi's face and looks at him closely.
Yami looks in to Yugi's eyes and smiles, "I love you Yugi. I've always loved you. I just." Yami laughs and smiles slightly. "I just didn't know that you felt the same way."
Yugi stares in shock as Yami smiles at him. "Really?" Yugi questions, his voice barely above a whisper.
"Yes really." Yami assures him.
Yugi smiles widely as he jumps into Yami's arms. "Oh Yami! You don't know how long I've been waiting to hear that." Yugi hugs Yami tightly, earning a grunt from the taller.
"Yami are you okay?" Yugi questions as he looks Yami over seeing the cuts and scrapes all over Yami's body.
"Oh, Yami your hurt! What happened!" Yugi tries to look at Yami better but Yami stops him.
"Don't worry I'm fine." Yami smiles as Yugi smiles back. "But wait.Yami. how did you know I was here? I mean. I was about to." Yugi looks over to the shattered bottle, the small pieces of blue glass shimmering in the sun.
"Believe me Yugi, it took longer than you think." Yami spoke softly hugging Yugi tightly tears falling down his face, not of sadness but of joy that he was able to hold his love once again.
Yami looked over at the pond and the beautiful white swans swimming across the glassy lake.
Yami thanked every god, deity and anyone else that was listening that he got a second chance to save the love of his life.
The sky turned into an array of orange, purple, and violet light as the sun began to set and the day began to vanish into a sea of stars.
Don't worry my loyal readers this is not the end! One more chapter!! So please stay tuned and no I won't take as long to write that one. ^.~