Beyond Being Quiet

By: Kerigan

Dedicated: Kigame36

(I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh)

Chapter One

Yugi; The Prince of Light

The stars twinkled down on Domino City as the New Year slowly began to come forth. It was December 26, the day after Christmas. It was bitter cold, with small white fluffy puffs falling like white feathers and touching the ground. The sakura trees were now out of blossom, so what remained was a strong thick trunk. It's brown branches in alabyrinth of tangles.This is the only time you will ever seen something magical, as Yugi Mouto found out. His big purple eyes looking up at the blue, sparkling sky from a wooden park bench. Thick patches of rich green grass surrounded this small boy with hundreds of trees shooting up in multiple places. This boy's red, spiky hair was a bit droopy from the humidity, and his golden bangs hung by his beautiful eyes. This was the only time in Japan, where nothing but the people moved. No vehicles, bicycles; just late night people walking happily around. No need to fear criminals in this happy time of the day after Christmas. Mistletoe was hung everywhere, with big green reefs marking all the shop doors. Billions of lights were wrapped around all the trees around him. Nothing was dark in this park tonight. It was just simply beautiful. Looking up at the biggest star in the sky, Yugi closed his eyes.

"Star bright, star light, first star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, Have the wish, I wish tonight. I wish..." he trailed off, feeling a little embarrassed at saying such a silly rhyme. "I wish... I find something this year important to me." He smiled a small smile. Making his wish broad made it more eligible to come true.

Stretching, the small boy stood up to go home. His grandfather was an archaeologist and had to go back to the dig site a few hours ago. At least he could come home for Christmas to see his only nephew. That night, Yugi couldn't sleep so he decided to go get the mail he had forgotten the day before. As soon as he reached the wooden mail box with the little red flag, he noticed the illuminated park a block from his homes. So he walked there. Now it was getting really late so he stuck his hands in his black trench coat with the fuzzy ends and began to walk back to his nice cozy bed. The wind was freezing as he stepped out of the protection of trees.

Without really noticing how fast he had gotten to his drive way, he raced to the door, cutting across his lawn. Unlocking it, he stepped inside the back of a game shop . He lived in the Domino Card Shop. One summer, when his grandfather had taken a few months away from digging in the desert, he made a shop. When the Yu-Gi-Oh card came out from Kiaba Corporation, that was enough to intrigue the elder man to buy all he could to sell in the brand new store. In the back of the store, a door lead into their living corridors. There was a big living room with a television, and a big white couch. If you headed farther towards the back and up two steps you came inot the small kitchen that was placed into the corner. Beside the door were you could enter from the game shop, a set of stairs lead up to the second floor. It wasn't much but if you went straight down the hall you would find the bathroom. The first door way was Yugi's room, the second was the grandfathers. The whole house had a wooden floor. The walls were a creamy white color that made the house look extra clean. Everything was always in order because Yugi barely lived in the house. He would go to his high school, then with his friend, and when he got tired, he'd come home to sleep or bathe.

Entering through the back door, which was right next to the garage, he slipped off his shoes quietly. The whole house glowed warmly with the Christmas lights they had put in the house to liven up te holidays. The mixed colors of green, blue, red and yellow made him smile as he padded up the stairs towards his room. His room was the best room in the house to him. (Besides the kitchen) It had blue painted walls with a huge bunk bed in the corner. His window was a foot high, and stretched all down the wall. The only problem was, is that it was on the top part of the wall, where it touched the ceiling. Yugi had figured since they lived over a game shop, the window was high because his room wasn't all the way on top of the main room. Putting the window lower would have him facing a wall. Anyway, he didn't really mind it because every night, the moon would shine through his own window. The silver colors slowly mixing in with the pale blue on his walls. Climbing on the top bunk, the 18 year old boy sunk into his thick winter comforter.

His life was very unusual. It wasn't everyday a teenager kept up a card shop everyday after school with his house behind it. Also, something deep within him kept him different then everyone else. Sighing, he stretched his hand under a pillow. After searching for a minute, he pulled out a picture of a boy who looked just like him. They were not brothers, nor siblings, but they were almost exactly identical. Same hair, same colors, but the only difference was his eyes. This man had dark, crimson eyes that were sharp but loving. Oh how they sparkled with the admiration of being a leader. His name was Yami, and he went to school Yugi. No one in the entire world knew Yugi preferred guys over women. Not that there was anything wrong with female appearances, but he felt different with them.

"Good night Yami." the boy whispered, placing the picture back as careful as a feather. It was his own fault for staying bottled up as he was. Sure he did have friends, but none of them could realize the trouble he could be in if anyone found out his problem. He had never heard of a guy liking a guy before. Every second he thought about himself as he was, he couldn't understand why it was the reason his feelings fought back towards men. The strong, muscular men... Suddenly the boy slapped himself lightly on the forehead before finally closing his eyes. With a small yawn, he snuggled up once more for warmth and fell asleep slowly. His soft pale skin glistened in the star's light making him look like the prince of the sky.

The innocent,

The strong,

The beautiful,

The Price of the Light

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I'm back. I just had to write something for everyone all over again. After I saw how many people had actually put me on Author Alert, or Favorite Author I almost cried. I love you all very much and I really want to thank my best friend AG for getting me through this shit I had done. Kerigan is back, and she's not leaving her friends anymore. Thank you for waiting for me to get out of my fog of despair. My life is writing, so writing I will do.

Kerigan