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A/N: To finish what I began I write this tale… And this has no connection to Duel of Love.

Reality Twist

Chapter 5

"Is she sleeping?" Yugi asked as Yami arrived in the door frame of Yugi's room.

"Yes, she's asleep on the couch," Yami replied with a small smile. "Are you okay?"

"I'm a little jealous," Yugi stated, "I mean, now you have your one true love back and she still loves you…and I don't have anyone."
"You have me," Yami stated firmly.

"But not in that way that you and Katiana are," Yugi said.

"Oh." Yami turned towards his room.

"You're not going to disturb her later, are you?" Yugi asked.

"I wasn't planning on it," he replied.

"I think I might, she might be able to tell me a little more about you," Yugi responded.

"She is a good storyteller. You might be able to find out some interesting and embarrassing things about me from her, or maybe just some things you'd wish you never knew," Yami said as he opened his door. "You know…how would she put it? Uber disturbing." Yugi laughed sadly as Yami stepped into his room and shut the door. Yugi crept out into the living room and knelt by Katiana.

"Yami's so lucky," he murmured as he looked over her sleeping form. She was so cute; although he thought it must only be like that as she slept.

"So are you," a voice murmured and Yugi looked to see Katiana had her eyes open and she was aware of his presence. "You're lucky too."

"How am I lucky?" Yugi asked.

"Don't you have someone?" she asked and Yugi frowned, thinking of how to answer that.

"No…well…I used to have a crush on Tea. You met her, but she's become clingy and I've sort of lost my interest," Yugi explained and Katiana laughed sadly.

"You don't just loose interest in someone overnight," she said.

"It wasn't just over one night," Yugi said defensively, "I just feel like there's someone else for me and she wasn't the one." Katiana smiled at him kindly.

"You know that deal with Seto?" she asked. "That was part of the reason the power had to be sealed. The relationships got complicated because both Seto, who was Set back then and Yami wanted me."

"Say what?" Yugi asked.

"I was a priestess and one time, I caught the pharaoh battling at night. He was completely naked!" she said and then giggled. "He caught me watching and cornered me. When Priest Seto heard about how I agreed to go on one date with the pharaoh in payment for me seeing him, he was furious. Seto made me promise to never see the pharaoh again, because I had been promised to Seto, but I did go when he invited me and then he asked me… He asked me to go out with him again, be a steady lover, girlfriend of sorts. Seto found out, and he put me into a coma. It was a deep one, but Yami, he was able to wake me up and as more time passed we did fall in love. Seto wanted to murder Yami. I…we had years of battle and in the midst of it Yami proposed, but then, a year before we were to be married, the power had to be sealed away. I gave my life for him so he could live once again." Yugi chose to disregard even thinking he heard the naked part.

"Can I ask you something then?" he asked her and she nodded. "Do you know who the shadow realm then?"
"It's the darkness in people's hearts…but also the light…the monsters in it represents the people's hearts," she said. "And I keep it, I am it's keeper."

…

"She did what?" Joey asked the next morning, "She's the shadow realm's keeper?"
"I though Yami said it was created before even his time," Tea said.

"I know…but she said it was created out of people's hearts, and that could take any amount of time. She told me she maintained it…a delicate balance," Yugi said. "It's difficult to say, I guess I don't know."

"So where are the two lovebirds?" Joey asked in a lovey-dovey voice.

"I think they're taking a walk," Yugi said.

…

"It's such a lovely day!" Katiana sighed as Yami and she walked down the path.

"It is for me," Yami said, sort of in a matter-of-fact tone. "At least it's better now that you're back here with me." Yami nuzzled close and kissed her neck. Katiana giggled and kissed his hair.

"You…You don't seem so different," she stated. "I mean, you weren't reborn, I was."

"Did your age comparison to me now change much?" Yami asked, sitting her down on a bench. She leaned back against the wood of the bench and glanced up at the sky, reveling in how blue it was and how much she had missed seeing it all the years she had been dead. She had really missed seeing it with Yami, and now here she was, seeing it with him again.

"Kinda, I'm really younger than you now and I'm two years younger than Yugi is now," she replied.

"I don't care. You're here, you're alive and it just doesn't matter. It never did. I love you," Yami whispered, pulling her into his embrace. Katiana snuggled closer. "I'll never let you out of my sight anymore love, not if I can help it."

"I love you too," she returned and smiled. As the two sat there, Katiana heard upon the wind once more.

"He hates you…He is using you…"

…

Bakura knew his chance to take the pharaoh's power grew near. After all his failed attempts he realized with Katiana alive again he could still obtain the power he desired, all it would take would be a little manipulation and quickness of speech. Thankfully, Bakura was blessed with both. It was time for him to go to work.

TBC

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