Hello! I'm back! Ooooooooh looks at the ton of reviews
WHOA! Oh my Goddess! That's the highest number of reviews I've ever received in one go! And for such a short, miserable chapter!
Mu: What! Your work is good!
TK: Yes, well…… I cant believe that I've done 8 chapters! This was only originally meant to be a one-shot!
Masters her excitement and looks serious
Right…… I have a slight problem. While the pest-control-people were massacring the damn indestructible cockroaches, they knocked the monitor and hardrive of my computer off my desk and it smashed. Luckily I managed to make copies of all my work, so sorry if updates take longer than usual, as I have to transfer everything to my new computer.
TK: And now…… REVIEW RESPONSES!!!
Sweetbriar: I checked out your story……waaaay good! And…… chucks grammar book out the window sorry, but my brain doesn't function properly at three in the morning, which is when I usually write.
K Yami Yugi29: I absolutely love your reviews! They're always so nice! And a thousand apologies for getting your name wrong last chappie, complete accident, no offence intended, just my brain doesn't function very well that late at night. -- And in honour of your lovely reviews, the chosen destination for Small World will be the Philippines! Next chappie should be up sometime this week.
Yami Tangela, pharaoh's angel: I went and checked out your artwork, and I loved it! Go you! And go charcoal pencils!
MariksGurl666: I absolutely love it when I get long reviews! And though there will not be much more Tea bashing in this fic, I'm looking forward to lot in the new fic I've started, Small World.
Phoenix 3:16: Thank you! They will be put to good use in my new fic, Small World (again with the shameless advertising! I just cant stop it, can I?)
Angel Fate of the Desert: Well, as you're the only person who actuallyanswered my question, there will be no lemon. Oh, well……
Flowers: TEA IS DEAD!! YAAAAAAAAY!! But Yami and Yugi aren't off the hook that easily…… As much as I hate making those two suffer, it is essential to the plot. ;;
LadySora: I'm so sorry that I made you and your yami cry! ;; Keep those tissues handy, coz this chapter's going to be sad as well……
G'ma Jloran: Thanks!
Koishii no Tenshi: Cockroaches are nasty little buggers! And practically indestructible……
Lizzy: Thanks sooo much!
Rikainiel: Poor, poor Yugi-chan…… ;;
Angel Reaper: I totally, 100% agree with you. TEA DESERVES TO FRY!!!!!! Muahahahahahahaha!!!!!! Bad, bad evil laughter……
Ahem, I really must apologise for the shortness of the last chapter. 894 words exactly. Much too short! So I will strive to make this one longer, and slightly happier. Though I am going to go through a whole angst period of about, oh, half a chapter or so.
Mu: That's because she can't stay angst for more than a couple of days.
TK: Pretty much.
Yami sat, head in hands, waiting for his hikari to show some sign of life. It had been two days since the……incident, and Yugi had not moved since then.
(Yami's POV)
The soft sunlight of dawn filtered through the gap in the curtains, illuminating my aibou's face, making him look nothing short of angelic.
I took Yugi's hand in mine, warming it between my palms before raising it to my lips and kissing it softly.
What has he done to deserve this?
I folded my arms on the edge of Yugi's bed, and rested my head on top of them. Having not slept for two nights in a row, I was grateful when the numbing blackness of unconsciousness claimed my mind……
(Yugi's dream)
Yugi trudged across a barren wasteland. The gloom seemed to press in on him, threatening to suffocate him.
Where the mind-link had been, Yugi now felt nothing, as if Yami never existed, and this is what scared him most.
Even if he wasn't nearby, Yami had always been there to calm him when he was afraid, forever a warm, comforting presence in his mind.
The total separation from his from his dark was like a knife in his chest, twisting painfully with every step he took.
Light cannot exist without darkness………
Exhausted, and wracked with pain and grief, Yugi sank to his knees, then slumped down into the dust. The bleakness and cold that surrounded him seemed to fill him mind, his very soul. He was truly alone.
Then, strangely, Yugi felt warmth on his face. He opened his eyes slightly, squinting at the sudden brightness. He found himself lying in a grassy field, surrounded by a forest. The most beautiful sunrise he had ever seen blazed across the horizon, heralding the arrival of a new day.
But something seemed to mask the stunning colours slightly, faint grey wisps coiling up towards the clouds. Smoke?
Yugi stared in all directions, seeing the smoke change from light grey to grubby black. But where there's smoke there's……FIRE!!!
Orange flames seemed to leap from nowhere, finger-like, trying to draw him into their scorching depths.
Yugi froze, terrified, as the fire closed about him, penning him in. Flames licked along his arms and legs, across his chest, as Yugi thrashed desperately, trying to put them out.
Burning……
Screaming……
(End Yugi's Dream)
Yugi awoke suddenly, gasping for breath, fighting as hard as he could against whatever was restraining him.
{Aibou, please……calm down…}
Yugi's mind cleared, and he looked up into his yami's worried eyes. He retched, then heaved the contents of his stomach into a conveniently placed rubbish bin by the side of the bed.
After he had finished, Yami pulled his shaking hikari towards him, wrapping his arms around him comfortingly.
Yugi buried his face in Yami's chest, trying to control the sobs that wracked his body.
{Shhhhhh, aibou……it's okay……shhhhhhh}
Yami stroked his hikari's hair soothingly, holding the smaller teen gently in his arms, careful of the bandages that covered Yugi's chest and back.
Eventually Yugi calmed down, and he leaned further into his yami, the steady heartbeat of his darkness lulling him back to sleep.
Poor Yugi! I promise things will get better next chapter!
Mu: I think they'd better, otherwise the reviewers might get upset.
TK: Okay, shut up, you. Now, as a little thank you to all the people who have reviewed this story, I'm going to accept all ideas for the next chapter, and I'll try to incorporate them into the writing. You can even stick yourself in there somewhere, just tell me your name, age, yadda yadda and I'll write you in.
And unless you find a way around the fact that she's dead, there cant be any Tea bashing, as much as she deserves it………