Dreams of Angels
Pan: Writing fanfiction is difficult when one is supposed to be doing French and Maths coursework. I really should stop putting things like that off until the last minute... meh. This is more fun to write, especially considering that I have to write a brochure in French about my home town, which, by the way, is probably one of the most boring towns in all of Britain. Oh, and then I've still got to write the story for my English coursework - it was due in before Christmas, and I haven't even started it! AND I can't use a fanfic for it! How crap is that?!
There, now, I've finished ranting! Please excuse me if I don't update for a while, I have exams as soon as I get back to school, and a lot of coursework on my hands at the moment.
S.Chensu and Luff (minus Chen): No, Karyuudo Kahi isn't Mai. Kahi is one of those strange characters from the back of my imagination, specially reserved for when I can't think of anyone else who would fit the bill. Mai's Japanese name is Kujaku Mai, by the way.
Kitty Neko: Yeah... very hard to imagine. Took me a nice long while to write that bit.
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"Yami? Yami, where are you?" Yugi called out, looking around wildly for his koi. All around him was darkness, though his whole body acted like a light source to illuminate a little of the area around him. "Yami, please answer me!"
"Yugi..." a weak voice called to him. Yugi's eyes lit up as he saw Yami walking out of the shadows, but they quickly dimmed as he noticed that Yami was limping. His right hand held a useless left shoulder, from which hung a broken black wing, that dragged along the floor behind him, though there was no wing at his right. Blood seeped through his fingers, and flowed freely from cuts across his entire body.
Yugi ran forward to Yami, just in time to catch him as he collapsed. "I-I'm sorry, Yugi..." Yami said softly. "I'm... We're not strong enough... Youkai says he's sorry too, Tenshi..." With that, Yami's pained, crimson eyes closed, and Yugi cried out as the form between his arms disappeared, evaporated into the shadows around him.. "No!"
"No!" Yugi jerked awake, and sat up, drenched in cold sweat. "No..." he repeated much quieter, clenching his fists to stop himself from shaking. He looked around. He was in the room he shared with Yami, at home. He sighed in relief when he felt Yami stir next to him.
"What's wrong, Yugi?" Yami asked without opening his eyes. "A n-nightmare, that's all." Yugi answered quietly. Yami opened one eye to look at the other boy. "You sure you're OK? You don't sound like it was just any old nightmare." he said carefully. "Well... er... no, it wasn't..." Yugi replied, his eyes rapidly becoming blurry as they filled with unfallen tears. "Well, tell me about it then..." Yami said.
Having to recall the whole dream was too much for Yugi, and he burst out crying. "Yugi!" Yami sat up quickly, an expression of deepest concern on his face. "I-I dreamt th-that you and Y-Youkai died!" Yugi sobbed, throwing his arms around Yami. Yami frowned slightly, but held Yugi tight to comfort him. In the back of his mind, he felt Youkai rush out of his Soul Room in search of Tenshi.
"Don't worry, Yugi..." Yami whispered. "I'm here now; I promise I will never leave you." Yugi looked up with red-rimmed, teary eyes. "Promise?" he asked quietly. Yami smiled. "Of course! I love you; why would I ever want to leave? Now, go back to sleep. Nothing will hurt you or me." he said softly. Yugi disentangled himself from Yami's arms, and lay down again. Yami sighed, and laid down, closing his eyes.
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"Youkai?" Yami called, his voice echoing through his soul room. When the demon didn't answer, he stuck his head into the corridor between the two rooms. "Youkai? You out here?"
"Yes." Youkai closed the door to Yugi's room behind him. "Is Tenshi OK?" Yami inquired. Youkai nodded. "A little shook up, like Yugi, but he's alright." he replied. Yami beckoned him back into his own soul room. "Did you get a look at Yugi's memories?" He asked with concern. "Yes; it was a pretty nasty dream. No sign of it being a prophetic dream though." Youkai announced. "I have a feeling that it was a manifestation of one of Yugi's fears." Yami folded his arms. "I'm still worried." he said. "But I guess now is not the time for worrying." "No; now is the time for sleeping. Good night!" The Demon-esque creature jumped and flew up into some unknown place in Yami's soul room, while Yami settled down to sleep.
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Yami smiled when he noticed that Yugi was fast asleep again already. He wrapped his arm protectively around Yugi's slumbering form, before giving in to sleep himself. He didn't notice Yugi's tiny smile, or the movement Yugi made to cuddle up closer to the Pharaoh.
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Yugi's alarm clock beeped loudly. Yami lay with his eyes closed, wondering if it was worth the effort to throw it across the room. As it continued to beep incessantly, Yami sat up, hit the snooze button, and lay down again. Of course, ten minutes later, the alarm went off again. Yami paused to check the time before hurling the contraption towards the opposite wall.
"Come on, Yugi, it's time to get up..." he said, shaking the other boy's shoulder gently, before slipping out of bed to have a shower and get dressed. When he returned to their bedroom fifteen minutes later, Yugi hadn't moved.
"Come on, Yugi! We'll be late for school!" Yami said, searching through some drawers for some socks. "And I know you're awake! You're not going to be lucky this morning!" Yami smirked as he felt a distinct wave of disappointment through their link. "Come on, Yugi, just get up!" Yami said, finally discovering a pair of socks buried under several other items of clothing.
"I am up." Yugi said behind him. Yami jumped and turned around; sure enough, Yugi was standing there, with a mischievous grin on his face. "Well done in nearly giving me a heart attack!" Yami said, mock angrily. Yugi pouted. "Good, serves you right for being so mean!" he said. Yami frowned. "I'm not mean!" "Yes you are!" Yugi argued. "Not!" Yami retorted.
"Are!"
"Not!"
"Are!"
"Not!"
"Are!"
"Not times infinity plus one!"
"Screw it." Yugi folded his arms, and looked away. Yami smiled, and leaned over to kiss Yugi on the cheek. "I'll make it up to you later. When we're not going to be late for anything." he said quietly.
"Yeah!" Yugi shouted happily, throwing his arms around Yami's neck for a few moments, before darting off to get ready for school. "I will never understand that boy..." Yami said aloud. "You're right in saying that..." Youkai's voice said in the back of his head.
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Yugi half-skipped along beside Yami as they walked to school. "Why are you so happy?" Yami asked, when Yugi bobbing up and down in the corner of his vision got slightly annoying. Yugi shrugged. "I don't know. Some mornings, I'm just really, really happy." he said cheerfully. 'I'm glad you are...' thought Yami. 'Because I have the terrible feeling that something nasty is going to happen today...'
"Yo, guys!" Jonouchi bounded up behind them. "Did you do the homework? I had to take my little sister out shopping with her friends; my mother insisted they had an 'escort'..." Yugi rolled his eyes. "You can copy mine, Jonouchi, if that's what you're asking." he said slowly. "Yeah! Thanks!" Jonouchi paused. "You were 'in your right mind' when you were doing it, weren't you?" he asked pointedly. Yugi laughed. "Yami was doing his own homework at a separate desk on the other side of the room, if that's what you mean." he answered truthfully. "Why do you always make it seem like I'm the one who sneaks up on his partner?" Yami asked, narrowing his eyes. "Because normally, you are." Yugi told him. "Oh yeah? Well, what about earlier?!" Yami replied. Yugi was about to speak, when Jonouchi held his hands up, and interrupted. "Uh uh, you keep quiet now. I may be OK with you two like you are, but keep your business in private, where I don't have to listen to it." he said loudly.
Yami laughed. "You know, Jonouchi, maybe there's a reason why you haven't had a girlfriend in months..." he said slyly. Jonouchi's eyes widened. "Oh no, no, no, I'm straight as the margins in my maths book!" he said quickly. "Jonouchi, your margins are never straight, because you broke your ruler!" Yugi piped up, giggling. "Alright, so bad analogy! But I'm not... not..." Jonouchi paused, looking questioningly at the pair. "It doesn't offend us, Jonouchi." Yugi murmured absently. "I'm not gay!" Jonouchi finished. "Really? Prove it!" Yami said coyly, meeting Jonouchi's eyes seductively, trademark smirk, and narrowed crimson eyes, even though he was just acting. Jonouchi froze in shock.
"Quit it, Yami!" Yugi said quietly, hitting Yami's arm. "You're taken. And that look is mine!" Yami looked at Yugi. "Whoever said you owned me? I thought it was the other way around!" he teased. "LALALALALALALALA!" Jonouchi sang loudly, his hands clamped over his ears. "LALALALA - I TOLD YOU NOT TO TALK ABOUT THAT STUFF IN FRONT OF ME - LALALALALALA!"
"No wonder he doesn't do music classes..." Yami muttered. "You can stop now!" the Pharaoh shouted over the out-of-tune noise. "Good." Jonouchi said, removing his hands from his ears. "Partially because we're at school and everyone's looking at you." Yami added. "At least me and Yugi talk about our stuff quietly!"
Jonouchi blushed red in embarrasement, noting that everyone was indeed staring at him.
Except Kahi. She was standing by the gates, cold eyes fixed on Yami. "Today, demon, today you will fall..."
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Pan: Right. I'm insane. Gone. Completely doolally. This is what I get for reading humor stuff while I'm supposed to be writing something serious. Due to my doolallyness, the stuff that was supposed to happen this chapter will now happen next chapter. Actually, that's a good thing. Makes the story longer, and gives me more time to figure out what to write...
Anyways, R&R please!