Wow. A songfic. Haven't written one of those yet, though there are many that remind me of various fictional stories. So...first songfic. I'm not sure if it's yaoi or not, because they don't do anything, thank the Gods. (runs away ducking as various yaoi fanatics throw things at her) I'm not big on yaoi. Though I have a couple of friends who do, I don't really. So I have no idea if this is supposedly yaoi, because as I say, they don't DO anything, but there is a hint of love somewhere in there. Think anything of it. You can think of it as being friends, brotherly, or yaoi, I don't really care. (Laughs out loud)
The italics indicate the song lyrics. Somehow I found this very sad and touching when I listened to the song. I can't wait till I have time to draw fanart of this. Now that I have so many scenes I can possibly draw, I seriously can't wait to sketch. I'll post up the link once I do! Or...you could just go to my deviantart site. It's http:www. huihua.deviantart. com. Take out the spaces.
Yugi and Atemu's POV, and it will say before the paragraph starts who is thinking. Gosh...first songfic. I finally took a break from my YGO/HP crossover, haven't I? Lol.
Basically what I think would happen if Yugi and Atemu were ever to reunite after Atemu returns to the memory world. Coincidently, the Yu-Gi-Oh show finishes today, with Atemu leaving for the Memory World. So I guess this could be commemorative. (shrugs) Based on a song called "Taking Over Me" by Evanescence. Cool song. Really.
Don't own YGO, or the Evanescence song lyrics. Don't have that much talent. XD
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Yugi
Finally. After so long...I can see him again! My me...my other me....again...after so long!
Thick dunes of sand drench my leather pants...I'm still so short, and walking around in the deepest dunes of Egypt is quite difficult. Sigh. But it's no matter. I know I'm going to be able to see the other me again. The one that's always been there for me, the one that I've missed so terribly since he left for his memory world.
Am I in his memory world? I tried to come back, to see him....is this it? Could it be? Can I have another chance again to see my own aibou?
That's what he always called me. Aibou. It means partner, but to me, it meant more than that. And even though I never said so, because I always called him "Hitori no boku Yugi," which means "other me" or "yami" which means "dark", I've always called him "aibou" in my heart.
He always took over when I couldn't. When I was too weak, when I was too small, he was always there to help me up. He would take over, and then when I awoke, everything would be all better again.
Ugh. The dunes are so thick to go through! Sigh. At least I know this is ancient Egypt. In fact...yes! I can see the palace not far off! Oh, Yami, my own aibou, I can't wait to see you again! After so long, after I've missed you so! Why did you have to leave?
There's a snowstorm coming. Oh nuts. But it doesn't matter,because I'm almost there. This is the driving determination in me, this is my goal, and I'm almost there! He has no idea how much I've missed him, and I know he'll be glad to see me again too.
Thick, gritty wind encircles around my frail body, stinging my wide eyes. I hold up my hand to block the sandstorm, but I think it's best if I can just duck and lie low. I do so. I dive deep into the sand and hold my breath, covering my face with my silver-adorned and leather-decked arms. Maybe I should've brought a coat.
There's a loud screaming in my ear, and golden sands start shooting through my spikey hair. This will be over soon. There's no worry.
Finally, the sandstorm has subsided! How wonderful. Oh my. So much more sand...
There. I'm finally at the palace. I wonder how he's going to act when he sees me. Tea was so upset...I liked her ever since grade school, and in return she liked me back. But I wanted to see my other me so much, I had to go. I don't know how long I'm going to be gone. But I'm sure I didn't leave anything back home. It's possible, but Tea would never abandon me, or Joey, or Tristan. Not even Duke. So technically, I didn't loose anything. Did I?
I suppose I had been a bit ... obsessive about seeing my Yami again. Ever since he left, I kept on dreaming about him. I spent all my spare time trying to find him again. Did I ignore everyone while I did that? Did I? I don't know.
The guards are wide-eyed as they see me. Of course. This is funny though. I walk past, smiling, knowing that they won't harm me. I enter the main enterance to the palace, where it's large and beautiful, decorated with so many ancient heiroglyphics. And a grand throne in the end...wow....!
And there he is!! My other me! My yami! My heart-kept aibou!!
"YAMI!"
The man who looked like me...my own mirror reflection..I know he saw me, and I know he was happy to see me, or even surprised. Of course surprised. But then...he turned away.
What?
How could he have turned away? Maybe he didn't see me?
"YAMI!" I cry out again, smiling, tears in my eyes, overflowing with joy. There he is...flesh adn blood, he stared at me, his crown shining, his royal purple cloak flashing as all the Priests gathers around him, laughing and looking joyful, as though a couple of happy school friends. He looks just as happy. Has he forgotten me? No! Of course not...
So why is he ignoring me?
He deliberately turns away, laughing. No..this can't be, I know he saw me...why hasn't he waved back? Replied? To his own aibou?
No....
You don't remember me...
No..this can't be! I've missed you so!
But I remember you...
I truly do!! I've missed you so much...
No. This is not possible. It must be for some important reason. Because I know my own me will never betray me so. After I worked so hard, every night, dreaming of him, working to find him again...
I lie awake and try so hard not to think of you...
Tea told me to forget. But I know in her heart, she didn't, either. So how could I?
But who can decide what they dream?
Yami....
And dream I do.....
Yami...have you really...forgotten me?
Atemu
My Aibou...!
Can it really be him? But...This is not possible...after all those times I've tried myself (and being stopped by Priest Seto-sama and Isis), he managed? So he hadn't forgotten me!!
But....Priestress Isis had forbidden me to allow him here, or for me go to back. There could never be two Yugis, so our contact with each other was forbidden. Ishizu advised me that before I came here, returned here, to my memory world. But....
...here he is, flesh and blood, where I can see him, and so can everyone else! Oh, my Aibou...how I've missed you!
A wide grin flashes across my face as I rejoice to see him again. However, it wasn't just me who saw Yugi, obviously, as my many priests gathers around me and shifts me off to the side, blocking me from seeing Yugi. I shall keep this to myself, but stupid Priest Seto-sama. He's just as bad as he is in the future, but at least he has more moral in Egypt than in Domino.
Everyone gathers around me. Perhaps Seto and Isis has warned everyone that if Yugi came back, I shouldn't be allowed to see him. Ra-dammit. But nothing can stop my heart from flying, from soaring, at the sight of my own other me. Yugi always called me that. I always called him "Aibou."
"Take him away!" I hear Priest Seto call out to the guards. "Take him to the guest chambers!"
How annoying. I try my best to fight off the crowd, but Isis pulls me back and whispers,
"Remember what I warned you, my pharoah? There can never be two Yugis. I'm afraid you can't see him."
I had never understood this logic, in all my years and reputation of strategic supriority. We have already accepted that there will be no two Yugis. I am Atemu. He is Yugi. If that is cleared, then obviously there is no harm to see him. What can be morre at risk if the most important understanding is that we can't be the same person?
Yet, I am still a pharoah, and while in the beginning took some getting used to, I commanded sternly, "Fall back." Reluctantly, my six advisors fall away, retreating into a straight line. But by that time, Yugi was no where in sight. I sigh.
"Leave me," I say, directing my hand towards the door. "I wish to be alone."
"You know you can't.." begins Priest Seto.
"I know," I reply shortly. "Leave me, please."
Yugi
Two guards lay a hand on my shoulder, turning me around. I'm heartbroken. This can't be happening. There he is...all of them, singing, "Long live Pharaoh Atemu!" and there he is, looking happy, forgetting me.
I believe in you...
After all he said about us never apart, he forgot me? No...that's not the Other Me that I know. My Other Me will never leave or forget me.
But if he had?
After I tried so hard to find him...
I'll give up everything just to find you
The guards bring me to a big chamber, with cushions and beds, but even though it was meant to look friendly, the room was unbearably empty. Not in the sense that there's nothing there, but rather, there's no presence. No feeling. So alone.
The guards close the door behind me. So here I am, in a chamber, wearing my tight leather attire, silver belts, and punk-ish clothing. It seems so awkward to be here.
I sit down on one of the beds. Very soft. But nothing can distract me from what's truly weighing down my heart.
My Yami...he had always been there for me. He coudln't live without me.
But I realize now...nor can I. His need was physical, while mine is just...emotional. I now realize that he was my first friend. I had wished for friends when I completed the Millennium Puzzle, and I had always thought that Joey was my first friend after that. But it wasn't true. Yami was.
I have to be with you
Can I live without my yami? He can't live without me, but that's like every yami. But, who's ever heard of a hikari can't living without his yami?
To live, to breathe
You're taking over me...
He always did. Always. In more ways than one.
Atemu
Once again, they reluctantly leave, as though suspecting that I might disobey and run to Yugi, but they know me well enough to not have another second thought like that occur. They leave, and I sit back down on my throne, my head hurting, confused, joyful, and melancholic. Now that the entire chamber is empty, I am free to sit any way I please, without any restrictions on a pharaoh's manners. I pull my legs onto the throne with me, and I can simply imagine myself looking very childish and boyish in this position, but it's best when I start considering sentimental issues. It has been very odd. Ever since I've retreived my memory, I've been smiling a lot more, and feeling a lot more relaxed. Perhaps that's what I always was, but never knew it. I can remember, while I lay, sleeping in my puzzle, I would brood about how nothing connects to me. It was almost like suffering from enternal amnesia. I felt so unsure about myself, which, even though I didn't know of my reputation, obviously did not feel very right, as I'm usually very firm and sure of my actions.
But Yugi changed all that. It was he, during our ceremonial duel, who subliminally sent me a message claiming there could not be two Yugis. Though he wouldn't admit it, I knew, and I insisted that I had to leave. Once I came back, though I rejoiced that I was where I belonged, a part of me was left and abandoned behind, with my aibou.
I remember when Yugi first saw me in my soul room. It wasn't the first time we met, it was the first time he came in. He had noticed that I was feelind dark and silent, and disturbed. When I was sitting on the walls among my maze, in this very position, he had found me, through that difficult maze. He saw me, and climbed up silently, without my knowledge.
Have you forgotten all that I know
And all we had?
I thought, that since it was he who radiated that message of indenity claim, he would've moved on. Not forgotten me, but moved on.
You saw me mourning my love for you
and touched my hand.....
And then...he had sat up next to me, on that wall, and reached for me...
His palm closed over my own hand, holding it assuringly, and when I looked at him, surprise leaping in my heart, I saw a smile on his face. A small, sweet smile, his innocent eyes wide and concerned. Had anyone ever looked at me like that so?
...I knew you loved me then.
I close my eyes temorarily, but I have come to my decision. Just as Yugi had touched my hand and reached for me, I will do that now. Nothing can stop me. Isis's logic is nothing but blubber right now. He is my friend, my aibou, a part of me. And no logic can justify that.
I hurry out of of another door. Of course, while being Pharaoh, I've realized that sometimes, you cannot always be bold and true. To proceed and conquer those that are important to you, sometimes you may have to be a little, (what's the best euphemism to use here?)...sneaky. And I know precisely how I'm going to see Yugi.
He reached out to me. Now, I will reach out to him.
I am not sure where the guards have put him. Obviously, he would not be in the dungeons, as any guest that comes to the palace cannot be placed under such punishment unless I give it. Even the priests cannot command such a thing without my authority. So Yugi can't be there.
I head towards the guest chambers. The corridors are long and dark, and I grab for a torchlight.Amazingly enough, during the time that I searched for him in this large palace, night had fallen. And in Egypt, when night falls, so does the temperature very dramatically. I hope they placed him in a warm room.
Many people believe that I always control Yugi. They call it "taking over" everytime I gain control. This may be inaccurately titled. True, it may had been "taking over" but it depends what was being taken over. I simply needed a body. But in time, I had a found a friend. A brother, almost. One that I could protect with my life.
I believe in you....
It's ironic. After so long, after so many attempts of penetrating the future world, Yugi has found an entrance here.
I'll give up everything just to find you...
There's so many things at risk everytime I tried to find him. Ironically, my attempts never succeeded.
I have to be with you...
Without Yugi, I could never live. Without a body, of course, I would've never survived. But as I thought before, I could never live without Yugi, even with a body.
to live, to breathe...
It's ironic. No matter how many times people say that I control Yugi, it is actually Yugi that controls me. In a small way, in that only way, does Yugi control me. He does not possess my body, or my mind, or my soul, but there's that one thing he does possess, that changes everything.
you're taking over me....
I finally look into one last room. I open the door very quietly. And there he is.
He is obviously very cold. I quietly walk towards him, not making a sound. He doesn't notice me, but looks very sad. It looks as though he's very cold...he must be, with that trademark sleeveless leather shirt he wore and those tight pants. I quietly slip off my royal cloak and drape it across my aibou's shoulders.
My aibou.
The one that took over the one thing that makes the true difference. Not a body, not a mind, not a soul.
My heart.
Yugi
It's so cold here. I feel so cold. I shiver. I had never knew Egypt could be so cold. There's nothing to cover me up with. Nothing warm enough, anyways. Anyways, I can't bring myself to look away from the stars above, from the balcony. The dark sky reminds me of how dark Yami's soul room was. And thinking about him just brings me mesmerizing pain, and sadness. I thought he would always remember me. After what we've been though.
There's a small mirror next to me. I pick it up gently, remembering the first time my darker side had met me in spiritual form, when I was dressing in front of the mirror before school.
I look in the mirror and see your face
The mirror is quite beautiful, made of ivory, or alabaster. I can't tell which.
If I look deep enough
So many things inside that are just like you...
Seeing my reflection it reminds me of Yami. He looked a lot like me, except with slightly different features, if you looked hard enough.
...are taking over.
Wait...is that me? Is that reflection me?
As I peer more inquiringly at the mirror, I feel something brush against my shoulders and over my head. A flurry of royal purple flashes in front of me before I manage to wake and feel the soft, thick fabric, covering my arms, keeping me warm. I blink at the reflection and look up.
YAMI!
He's here! He hasn't forgotten me! I knew it! I just knew it! I'm so happy that I uncontrollably begin to cry. It's one thing I haven't managed to fully control yet, but at least it's not out of sadness. I knew he would always remember me. There he stands, in his linen, pinched at the waist with an elegant gold belt, his arms covered with gold bracelets while in contrast, mine with leather. That mildly-arrogant smile...those dark, red eyes! I thought I could never see them again. However, his smile isn't all that proud and arrogant anymore. It's ....happy? Sad? He looks as though he's trying to prevent himself from showing truly how he feels.
Well, I can't control myself as well as he can. I leap into him, my arms wide open, laughing at his surprised and perhaps shocked expression as I clutched him to me. The linen's so soft. Laughing, small tears running down my cheeks as I laugh, I hug him close to me, never wanting to let go.
"Aibou...!"
"Yami!" I cry. "I've missed you so much!"
Gently, his hands guide me to release my tight embrace. He stares at me, his face and eyes of an expression that's lost for words. He looks quite speechless, but after a long moment, draws me into a tight hug, tighter than my own. Before I buried my face into his shoulder, I caught a glimpse of tears in his eyes. A very small amount. Very small. You could never notice it, unless you were as close as I was. I knew it. He missed me just as much as I missed him.
Atemu
I couldn't tell Yugi how sorry I was that I didn't have the chance to greet him properly when he first came into my entrance chamber. All I can do, withot losing control and possibly begin stuttering or blubbering, (which Pharoahs DO NOT do.), is simply hug him. We stand there, near the balcony, for the entire land of Egypt to see, two silouhettes of spiky-haired teens, hugging, and never letting go. I can almost swear that I have a tear in my eye. No matter. Finally seeing my dear Aibou after so long is the only thing that matters to me. Nothing can break this one embrace. Nothing.
There will never be two Yugis. There will never be the yami and the hikari controlling one another. Instead, now, there will always simply be Atemu and Yugi, free to be as we are... He has taken over my heart.
I believe in you.
I'll give up everything just to find you.
I have to be with you
to live, to breathe.
You're taking over me...
I believe in you.
I'll give up everything just to find you.
I have to be with you
to live, to breathe
You're taking over me.
You're taking over me....
"Aibou...." I hear him whisper. I whisper it back.
...taking over me.