Dreams of Angels
"Yami, not tonight, I'm tired..." Yugi murmured, closing his eyes tightly, and curling up under the blankets. His koi lay next to him, wide awake. Yami absently traced his fingers over Yugi's cheeks. "What's wrong, Yugi?" he asked quietly. Yugi opened one eye. "I'm worried about you; you don't sleep anymore. That can't be good for you." he said slowly, the single amethyst eye scanning over Yami's concerned face. "I don't like it." Yami replied. "I just can't seem to sleep. If I do manage to fall asleep, I wake up an hour later after a nightmare. Then I can't get back to sleep."
Yugi opened his other eye. "You look tired." he said thoughtfully. "If you go to your Soul Room, your body should sleep, even if your soul can't." Yami sighed. "I suppose. Good night." He lay back on the pillows. Yugi waited until he felt the spirit of the young Pharaoh leave his physical body, until he lay back and went to sleep himself.
~
Yami paced irritably around the stone floor of his soul room, his footsteps echoing throughout the labyrinth. "What is wrong with me?" he muttered. "It's... it's just like I have too much energy in me... AGH! Can't somebody tell me what's going on?"
"Somebody can, if you don't mind talking to them." a voice called down from above. Yami stopped walking, and looked up, surprised to hear his own voice speaking to him. "What?" His eyes searched the visible walls of the stone maze, until his eyes fixed upon a dark-winged figure. "Youkai?" He frowned. "What are you doing here?" Youkai sat on the edge of a landing, his legs dangling below him. "I've always been here." he answered. "You coming up, or am I coming down?" "You down." Yami said, unwilling to have to search for the correct path up.
Youkai pushed himself from the landing, and glided down carefully, dropping to the ground in front of Yami. "What do you mean, you've 'always been here'?" Yami asked cautiously. Youkai smiled, a surprisingly friendly, cheerful smile. "What happened on that night when I met Yugi was a Bonding Ritual. I was permanently bound to your soul." He cocked his head to one side. "And I'm sorry." "Sorry?" Yami inquired. "It's my fault you haven't been able to sleep." Youkai told him. "You're having to carry both your own energy and mine. Yugi would be the same, if Tenshi didn't go to sleep."
"Who's Tenshi?" Yami said curiously, having the feeling that he already knew the answer. "Tenshi is Yugi's Lighter form." Youkai turned a little red. "Honestly, I'd prefer it if he didn't sleep so much." Yami laughed. "I take it from that you two have the same relationship as me and Yugi!" he said, instantly cheered-up. Youkai nodded. "He sneaks in here when Yugi is asleep, and you're not here. I would go to Yugi's soul room, but we'd wake Yugi up." he said, embarrassed that he was admitting this to his host. "As long as you tidy up my soul room afterwards, I don't care. Not that there's much to tidy." Yami said with a glance at the bare stone walls.
"Why did your personality change so much?" Yami asked suddenly, thinking that this wasn't really the same Youkai as before. "No Eye of Darkness." Youkai said, pointing at his forehead, where before, a blood red eye had shone, but no longer. "It disappeared after the ritual. Believe me, I would not have killed Mazaki Anzu willingly, so the Gods thought it reason to control me, stupid gits. SORRY!" he shouted, loud enough for Ra to hear him. "Shh, you'll wake Yugi." Yami said, clapping his hand over Youkai's mouth. The door creaked.
"What are you shouting about, Yami?" Yugi stuck his head in, rubbing his eyes. "Wasn't me." Yami said. "It was him." He pointed at Youkai. Yugi blew away a white feather that floated down in front of his face. A second Yugi appeared, peeking over the top of the door. "Konbanwa, Yo-chan, Atemu- sama!" Tenshi said brightly. "Please, just call me what Yugi calls me." Yami sighed. Tenshi smiled. "Okei, which name? Yami, Ya-chan, koibito, koi, sekushii..." the little angel-esque being counted off on his fingers. Yugi blushed bright red. "Yami, I think..." Yami said quickly.
"What's this night-time meeting all about then?" Yugi asked, stepping around the door, and pushing it shut. Tenshi had jumped over the top, but...
"OWWWW! ITAIIIII!" Youkai rushed across to help the Lighter, who had his hair caught in the door.
"I don't know..." Yami answered, averting his eyes from where Youkai was comforting Tenshi, just as Yami would Yugi. "Youkai was just explaining some stuff to me. Including why I can't sleep." He and Yugi sat cross- legged on the floor. Yugi smiled gently. "Tenshi just woke me up... said it was about time I met him..." he said softly.
Youkai and Tenshi wandered over, and sat with the other two. "Any more questions?" Youkai asked. Yugi thought for a moment. "Yes; can you appear in bodies of your own in the real world?" he asked. Tenshi shook his head. "No, we have to control yours. Or your partners. You see, what is even more strange is that I could control Yami's body if I wanted to, and Youkai could control Yugi's. There's no reason for us to though." he added quickly. "Oh, and we have to have your permission to control your bodies, or you have to be unconscious."
"OK... this is way too much information for me to deal with in one night." Yugi said. "I'm going back to sleep." He got up to return to his soul room. Tenshi skipped after him. "Good night!" the pair chorused, closing the door behind them. "Good night koi!" Yami called after Yugi, slightly irritated by the echo that sat next to him.
Youkai smiled at him. "I tell you what; I'll go to sleep now so that you can too." he said. "I'm always here if you need me." The Darker got up, and flew upwards back into the maze. Yami sighed. He stumbled his way over to a single, white bed that resided in a corner of his soul room, and collapsed onto it.
"Yami, not tonight, I'm tired..." Yugi murmured, closing his eyes tightly, and curling up under the blankets. His koi lay next to him, wide awake. Yami absently traced his fingers over Yugi's cheeks. "What's wrong, Yugi?" he asked quietly. Yugi opened one eye. "I'm worried about you; you don't sleep anymore. That can't be good for you." he said slowly, the single amethyst eye scanning over Yami's concerned face. "I don't like it." Yami replied. "I just can't seem to sleep. If I do manage to fall asleep, I wake up an hour later after a nightmare. Then I can't get back to sleep."
Yugi opened his other eye. "You look tired." he said thoughtfully. "If you go to your Soul Room, your body should sleep, even if your soul can't." Yami sighed. "I suppose. Good night." He lay back on the pillows. Yugi waited until he felt the spirit of the young Pharaoh leave his physical body, until he lay back and went to sleep himself.
~
Yami paced irritably around the stone floor of his soul room, his footsteps echoing throughout the labyrinth. "What is wrong with me?" he muttered. "It's... it's just like I have too much energy in me... AGH! Can't somebody tell me what's going on?"
"Somebody can, if you don't mind talking to them." a voice called down from above. Yami stopped walking, and looked up, surprised to hear his own voice speaking to him. "What?" His eyes searched the visible walls of the stone maze, until his eyes fixed upon a dark-winged figure. "Youkai?" He frowned. "What are you doing here?" Youkai sat on the edge of a landing, his legs dangling below him. "I've always been here." he answered. "You coming up, or am I coming down?" "You down." Yami said, unwilling to have to search for the correct path up.
Youkai pushed himself from the landing, and glided down carefully, dropping to the ground in front of Yami. "What do you mean, you've 'always been here'?" Yami asked cautiously. Youkai smiled, a surprisingly friendly, cheerful smile. "What happened on that night when I met Yugi was a Bonding Ritual. I was permanently bound to your soul." He cocked his head to one side. "And I'm sorry." "Sorry?" Yami inquired. "It's my fault you haven't been able to sleep." Youkai told him. "You're having to carry both your own energy and mine. Yugi would be the same, if Tenshi didn't go to sleep."
"Who's Tenshi?" Yami said curiously, having the feeling that he already knew the answer. "Tenshi is Yugi's Lighter form." Youkai turned a little red. "Honestly, I'd prefer it if he didn't sleep so much." Yami laughed. "I take it from that you two have the same relationship as me and Yugi!" he said, instantly cheered-up. Youkai nodded. "He sneaks in here when Yugi is asleep, and you're not here. I would go to Yugi's soul room, but we'd wake Yugi up." he said, embarrassed that he was admitting this to his host. "As long as you tidy up my soul room afterwards, I don't care. Not that there's much to tidy." Yami said with a glance at the bare stone walls.
"Why did your personality change so much?" Yami asked suddenly, thinking that this wasn't really the same Youkai as before. "No Eye of Darkness." Youkai said, pointing at his forehead, where before, a blood red eye had shone, but no longer. "It disappeared after the ritual. Believe me, I would not have killed Mazaki Anzu willingly, so the Gods thought it reason to control me, stupid gits. SORRY!" he shouted, loud enough for Ra to hear him. "Shh, you'll wake Yugi." Yami said, clapping his hand over Youkai's mouth. The door creaked.
"What are you shouting about, Yami?" Yugi stuck his head in, rubbing his eyes. "Wasn't me." Yami said. "It was him." He pointed at Youkai. Yugi blew away a white feather that floated down in front of his face. A second Yugi appeared, peeking over the top of the door. "Konbanwa, Yo-chan, Atemu- sama!" Tenshi said brightly. "Please, just call me what Yugi calls me." Yami sighed. Tenshi smiled. "Okei, which name? Yami, Ya-chan, koibito, koi, sekushii..." the little angel-esque being counted off on his fingers. Yugi blushed bright red. "Yami, I think..." Yami said quickly.
"What's this night-time meeting all about then?" Yugi asked, stepping around the door, and pushing it shut. Tenshi had jumped over the top, but...
"OWWWW! ITAIIIII!" Youkai rushed across to help the Lighter, who had his hair caught in the door.
"I don't know..." Yami answered, averting his eyes from where Youkai was comforting Tenshi, just as Yami would Yugi. "Youkai was just explaining some stuff to me. Including why I can't sleep." He and Yugi sat cross- legged on the floor. Yugi smiled gently. "Tenshi just woke me up... said it was about time I met him..." he said softly.
Youkai and Tenshi wandered over, and sat with the other two. "Any more questions?" Youkai asked. Yugi thought for a moment. "Yes; can you appear in bodies of your own in the real world?" he asked. Tenshi shook his head. "No, we have to control yours. Or your partners. You see, what is even more strange is that I could control Yami's body if I wanted to, and Youkai could control Yugi's. There's no reason for us to though." he added quickly. "Oh, and we have to have your permission to control your bodies, or you have to be unconscious."
"OK... this is way too much information for me to deal with in one night." Yugi said. "I'm going back to sleep." He got up to return to his soul room. Tenshi skipped after him. "Good night!" the pair chorused, closing the door behind them. "Good night koi!" Yami called after Yugi, slightly irritated by the echo that sat next to him.
Youkai smiled at him. "I tell you what; I'll go to sleep now so that you can too." he said. "I'm always here if you need me." The Darker got up, and flew upwards back into the maze. Yami sighed. He stumbled his way over to a single, white bed that resided in a corner of his soul room, and collapsed onto it.