Finding Family
Chapter - Death and Reserection
The battle was over. Everyone was scared, sad and horrified. Amber had given her life to save all of them. She didn't want to say goodbye to them forever and she didn't have enough energy in her body to control her power anymore. Yugi held Amber, her once white rob soaked red from her own blood. Her hair had chunks of dirt in it along with dried blood. Her pale face had blood running down her face and mouth.
Yugi's own hands were covered in blood, a mix of his and hers. Kaiba had a deep gash in his shoulder but at the moment he didn't care. He was still lost in the image of Amber running into Eriks sword as she thrust her own magic staff into his heart to end his evil. Aroga's clothes lay empty on the floor with Sakura by them. She cleansed them with difficulty and walked over to the rest. Erik lay near Amber but not too close.
As Amber lay there she remembered his last dying words. "You killed your own father." Amber felt the sting of her tears, tears of joy, pain, happiness and sadness.
Amber lay in Yugi's arm. The battle over, her body leaking out blood. "Yugi I have to thank you. Thank you for everything you have given me. Seto too. All of you. You made me feel like I belonged, I wasn't ignored. Yugi, I'll always love you, even when my body is rotting away and my soul has left this world and ascended to a place beyond here. I will always love you." Yugi had tears falling freely from his eyes. Amber raised a shaky hand. Yugi grasped it.
"We can save you!" Yugi exclaimed. "Joey please!"
"I can't Yug..." Joey choked, "It's gone. The daggers gone, it's power was used to kill Aroga and Erik. I'm sorry."
"Why can't you help her!" Yugi cried. "Harmony! DO SOMETHING!" Yami watched his light, the way he held Amber in his arms. "I can't lose her."
"Harmony...Harmony's realm has been closed to us...forever Yugi. I closed it myself." Amber coughed. Everyone gathered around her. Even a weak Sakura who was changing slowly into her guardian form.
"Why? Why do you have to go! I love you! Please! I need you!" Yugi sobbed.
"Be strong..."
"Amber..." Kaiba knelt beside Amber, "You...you have to be okay."
"S-Seto?"
"Yes?" Kaiba took her other hand.
"Promise me...promise me that you'll-" Amber coughed again, blood ran down the side of her face.
"Promise what? I'll do it. No matter what." Kaiba was shaking badly.
"Promise me...that you'll take care of Joey..."
"I promise."
"Not done yet." Amber managed a weak glare, "Promise me you'll stay friends with Yugi a-and that you'll love and cherish Joey and Mokuba for the rest of your life. C-c-cherish each other." Kaiba nodded, "I love you big brother."
"I promise." Kaiba had Mokuba in a hug. "We promise."
"Amber wait!" Yugi pleaded, "We can get you help."
"Yugi...I'm beyond help. I'm too...too badly wounded. I won't make...it. Promise me something."
"What?" Yugi had tears in his eyes.
"Promise me you'll fall in love again. Promise me that you'll live a rich life. I...don't want yo-you to be sad for me. B-Be happy for m-me." Yugi nodded, "Say it. Say it."
"I promise, and I love you. I always will."
"Amber..." Sakura had tears in her eyes as she faught the pain of her changing. "We'll all miss you."
"Amber please?" Yugi was begging for something that he knew no miricle would fix. He knew, just like the others, that nothing could be done but he felt he had to try. "Don't go. I love you...too much to let you go."
"Yugi..." Amber smiled.
"Amber...don't leave us...don't leave me..." Kaiba watched as Yugi poured his heart out. Finally he pulled Amber from Yugi's arms.
"Listen M-Yugi. I know you don't like this as much as we do, and it hurts. You have to let her go, with your blessings. We have already done the same."
"So you're just giving up! Just like that!" Yami rushed over to stop Yugi from punching Kaiba.
"Yugi..." Yami held a squirming Yugi, "Listen to me! She knows she's going to die, we do, you do! Let her go...like Kaiba said, with your blessings." Yugi stopped squirming.
"Please...Yugi?" Amber was getting weaker by the minute. Her body almost lifeless.
"I...can't. But I will if you can be free." Amber smiled, tears ran down her face.
"Thank you."
"Amber...big sister," Mokuba hugged her, "I love you and will miss you!" Mokuba was in tears. It took all his will not to run and hide to fight his sorrow.
"Bye...I love you all." Amber closed her eyes, her soul left her body and her hand fell lifeless to her side.
"Amber!" Yugi burried his head into Yami's shoulder. Amara lay on the ground, lifeless as well. Yami cried for his wife, who could finally rest in peace.
Amber's body and Amara's disappeared in a haze of golden light. The sun disappearing and turning into the night. Kaiba looked up and stood up. Everyone went over to Sakura who was slowly becoming a shadow.
"Sakura...not you too," Mokuba pleaded.
"I have to Mokuba. It is my duty. Goodbye." The shadows disappeared, Seth and Yami returned to their lighter halfs bodies. Yugi looked through a cracked window which was filirtiring light through it.
"Amber..." Yugi fell foreward but Yami caught him taking over.
"Lets go..." They all exited the wharehouse saddened.
Three days later there was a memorial service, Kaiba, Yugi, Joey, Mokuba, even Tea and Mai were there. Duke was there also mourning Sakura. Kaiba stepped up to the podium and looked at the crowd.
"As you all know...we have lost two dear friends, siblings and lovers two days ago. Amber Kaiba and Sakura Kodasawa were both very close to our hearts." Kaiba stepped down, unable to continue. Yugi stepped up and took the podium continuing where Kaiba left off.
"Even though I had only known Amber for a short time I still wanted to help her. She was so lost and confused but stayed cheerful. I remember when she first came here. Rebecca and Amber did not get along. It was funny." Yugi laughed sorrowful. "I know I shouldn't laugh but is that not what she would want? Amber was a great person, she had big dreams and she spoke her mind. She was a wonderful woman who loved life. She took each step with grace and beauty. She chose to give up her life to save ours. To save the world. To save a world where she hoped people would soon be like her, enjoy it. She wanted the world to be happy. She told me this when she was at my house one night." Yugi gulped, "We will miss her terribly and I for one will live life in memory of her."
"I'm sure we all miss her. I'm sure we all just want to shirval up under our covers and just let it out. But Amber is dead and-"
"Hey!" A girl with a long white rob walked into the room. She wore a hood that hit her face but you could see her lips. They were rose red. She wore gloves with no fingers, white and she had on a long skirt that was white. Her shoes were sandels, that too were white.
"Who are you?" Kaiba asked standing up. Yugi walked over to her.
"Yes...we are in the middle of honoring two people's lives."
"Or lack there of," Bakura walked up.
"That was rude," the girl dressed in white nudged him hard in the chest. The girl smiled at the teens in front of her. "Don't you know who I am?"
"No. Tell us."
"Seto...really! How could you forget me?" the girl laughed, "I'm shocked."
"It couldn't-could it?" Kaiba was stunned.
"Kaiba what are you talking about?" Yugi asked looking at the teen, "You don't think-" Yugi looked at the girl, "Sakura?"
"Close." The girl pulled down her hood. Long strawberry pink hair fell out of the hood and her face showed. The girl wore silver eyeshadow with a touch of red and her golden eyes could be seen. She laughed at their faces.
"AMBER!" Everyone ran toward her. "You're okay!"
"How did you survive? We thought you were-"
"Dead Yugi?" Yugi nodded, "No...Harmony saved me. She stripped me of a lot of my power but I still am pretty powerful. She has the power to live for eternity now thanks to the added power. I just needed to reach my limit I guess. I can grow in power but I can't go insainly powerful anymore. Good thing huh?"
"Yeah," Mokuba came up and hugged Amber. "This is great!" Amber hugged Mokuba tightly. She let go of Mokuba and walked over to Yugi.
"Find anyone yet? As far as I know..."
"No." Yugi smiled and hugged her.
"That's great. Cause I'm looking for someone." She smiled at Yugi and kissed him. Kaiba was planning on killing Yugi but thought about it and decided against it. After Amber and Yugi broke apart from their kiss she walked over to Duke who still looked depressed. "Hey Duke."
"Yeah...welcome back. Sakura's not back though."
"I got a surprise for you."
"What is it Amber, a new car? A picture of her?" Amber smacked him upside the head.
"Something even better." The doors opened and in walked a familure sight. Duke didn't look up though.
"It's just a lie. Just like everything else." Duke moaned. Amber motioned for everyone to be quiet.
"Are you sure it's a lie Duke?"
"That sounds like...Sakura!" Duke looked up. "Sakura!" Duke stood up but tripped over his chair. She helped him up and their faces were inches apart.
"Well...this is oddly nerve racking and familure." Sakura smiled at Duke. Sakura's hair was pure brown this time.
"Did you do something to your hair?"
"You noticed." Sakura kissed Duke. All the while Joey was in Kaiba's arms and Amber was in Yugi's.
After everybody got their romance out in the open Amber told them all about how Harmony stripped Amber of some her of her powers but left her the staff and how she freed Sakura of her duties and put a strong barrier on the shadows so no one but Sakura, Amber or Harmony could enter or exit. Sakura told of how Harmony came to see her with Amber and how Harmony taught Amber much more white magic to balance out the shadow magic. She also gave Amber and Sakura a blessing so they could have a normal life on earth. By the end of the tale each couple held each other close.
"A Happy ending." Amara smiled at Yami who smiled back.
"Yes Amara. A happy ending."
Authors Note: In this story Yugi is taller then he used to be so Amber and Yugi are taller then Mokuba but not by much. I hope you liked the ending and yes there is a sequil to this.
