Zypher: Well, I do believe it's time for me to start working of Love Can Have a Blind Eye again. This may turn out to be an angsty chapter but it will get better in the end.

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Love Can Have a Blind Eye

Chapter 12

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As the moonlit sun shined through their bedroom window, Yugi quietly woke up to the morning. He yawned lightly before he remembered what they were going to do today and gently shook Yami awake. He woke up as well and looked to Yugi. "Yes Yugi, what is it?" he asked. "Remember, we were going to see Aqua today before you teach me how to fly." Yugi said and he nodded as he got up. "Come on then, let's go see if he's awake." Yami said and Yugi got off the bed as well, both leaving out the room and heading down to Aqua's. When they got there, Yami felt crushing despair coming from the room and opened the door to see that the room was dark and Aqua wasn't on the bed. He looked around as Yugi came inside. "Aqua, where are you?" he called as he went farther into the room. "Please...go away. I don't want to be seen anymore." Aqua whispered.

Yugi looked to where he heard him and saw he was curled up in the dark corner, his wings covering him. Yugi walked over and knelt down beside him. "Aqua, what's wrong?" Yugi asked. "I don't want to be seen by no one. My condition just gotten worse and if I can't see, what the point of having others to see me." he whispered. "No, don't think like that Aqua. Just because you are even closer to being blind, we will still care for you." Yugi begged. "No, I can't take the pressure anymore. Yugi, please...leave me." he whispered. "No, I'm not going to leave you, Aqua. I love you and I'm not going to let you fall into misery." Yugi urged as he tried to get Aqua's wing out of the way. "But what's the point? Why should you love me when I won't be able to see you caring, loving face. I don't want you to love me when I can't even see you to return your feelings." Aqua murmured, wrapping his wings tighter around him.

Tears start to come to his eyes as he listened to him. "Aqua, whether you're blind or not, I still love you. Please...don't shut yourself away from me." Yugi said quietly but Aqua didn't say anything in return for a moment before speaking. "Please...just go, Yugi." Was the soft reply. Yugi didn't have a response, just started to cry as he leaned against him. "Please Aqua, don't shut yourself away from me. Please..." Yugi cried by Aqua didn't say nothing. Yami walked over and knelt beside him. He place a hand on his shoulder and brought him over, embracing him in a hug. Yugi cried into his chest as Yami picked him up and left out the room. "Yami, why would Aqua lock himself away from us?" Yugi asked, not lifting his head. "I don't know, he must be extremely upset that after he was starting to get better, Dartz goes and makes his condition worse. I know that he really wanted to see you with clear eyes and not be half or permanently blind." Yami explained.

Yugi nodded as he lifted his head, resting it on Yami's shoulder as he looked back to Aqua's room. 'Please Aqua, don't shut yourself away from us forever. We want to help you.' Yugi thought.

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Later that day, Yami was called in by the council and left Yugi in the room so he could rest a bit and calm down. When he reached the council room with Veeshan, she wanted to come just in case something was to happen, they both went inside, Veeshan standing beside him. "Ok, what is it you want?" Yami asked. "We wanted to discuss with you about the humans. Since Pegasus and Dartz were defeated, as you said, the humans are to return to their realm and never come back to the Shadow Kingdom." One of the councilmen named Sharif said. "Yes, I did say that but I have changed my mind. I refuse to let them leave." Yami spoke and they started to complain but he raise a hand to stop them. "I know the law but I am the king in this kingdom now and I overrule that law and letting Yugi and his friends stay. Other humans are not permitted to these lands but they are the only ones to be living here in the palace with us." Yami announced.

"But your highness, they are human, a soul trapped in a mortal body. They surely will not last long here." Another by the name of Nabil said. "I know that but we have found love in them ever since their stay. I know Seto and the others will let them become soul demons and their mate so they can live here without any other soul demons trying to come after them. I have already done so and I will not let you try and make them leave the palace because of one ancient law." Yami said and they started to argue again until Veeshan let out a deafening roar. -I heard enough! They will stay here under the law of the Ring of Scales, me being at the head! The king has found love in one mortal child and you dare try to come between them! You should all be denounced from your role as council members for daring to think such a thought! If you dare try to do anything to harm one of them, you will have to deal with me, the Goddess of Dragons.- she snapped with anger and they nodded with fear. Yami looked up to her with a smile.

"Thank you, Veeshan." he said and she nodded. -It was nothing, they should learn their place as long as I'm here.- she said before turning back to them. -And as for you, I do not want to hear a thing about you trying to devise a plan to hurt Yugi and his friends. If you do, I will make sure your death is painful.- she hissed. They nodded once more before she and Yami left. "Well, that should shut them up for a while but I know they will try something anyway. Do you mind if you let your dragons guard the rooms for now on?" Yami asked. -But of course. I will make sure nothing will come to harm them. And as another gift, to keep humans from ever finding out about the Shadow Kingdom, I will ask for your permission to create this kingdom into a new plane. The Plane of Shadows sounds good enough. Don't you agree?- she asked and he nodded.

"Yes, that does sound like a good idea. With the Shadow Kingdom becoming the Plane of Shadows will keep humans from accidentally coming upon our world and finding out about our kind. I shall go and tell all the people of the new change." Yami agreed. Veeshan nodded. -And I shall go and ask aid from the gods of Norrath to come and help me forge this plane. I shall be back soon.- Veeshan said as she left Yami to his own devices. After she left, he headed to another set of halls that led to his trustworthy messenger's room. When he came upon the room, he knocked on the door and a small child no older than twelve came from the room. "Yes my king, what is it that you need?" he asked.

"Rasool, my young messenger, I need you to go and gather up all the people, I have some news I wish to tell them." Yami spoke and the small boy nodded as he left the room to go and do said task. Once that was done, he started to head for the balcony that faced the village.

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Yugi woke up later in the day and seeing as Yami wasn't in the room, he got up and went to go look for him. He stopped short of his search when he heard the soft sounds of the piano playing and he looked to Aqua's room. He was still distraught that Aqua didn't want him by his side after everything that happened and stayed by the door, listening to the quiet song he sang.

I open my eyes
I try to see but I'm blinded by the white light
I can't remember how
I can't remember why
I'm lying here tonight
And I can't stand the pain
And I can't make it go away
No I can't stand the pain

How could this happen to me
I've made my mistakes
Got nowhere to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

Everybody's screaming
I try to make a sound but no one hears me
I'm slipping off the edge
I'm hanging by a thread
I wanna start this over again
So I try to hold
Onto a time when nothing mattered
And I can't explain what happened
And I can't erase the things that I've done
No I can't

How could this happen to me
I've made my mistakes
Got nowhere to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

I've made my mistakes
Got nowhere to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away
I'm sick of this life
I just wanna scream
How could this happen to me

He heard Aqua starting to sob bitter tears and started to cry as well as he heard him sang. He was tempted to go into the room and comfort him but he knew that Aqua would just tell him to leave him alone again. He wiped his eyes as he walked away from Aqua's room, hoping that Aqua would come out of his room soon. 'You always have somewhere to run to Aqua. You just have to do so and not worry about the consequences.' Yugi thought as he started to head down the hall, meeting up with Timaeus on the way and he led him to where Yami was.

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Yami stood on the balcony, facing the many soul demons that lived here in the Shadow Kingdom. "My people, I have come to you with great news! Pegasus and Dartz has been defeated with the help of the Dragon Goddess and the Legendary Dragons! Our kingdom is now safe!" he announced and the people cheered. "And she has also granted us more protection by bringing the Gods of Norrath to our kingdom and forge it into the Plane of Shadows so it shall be unseen by humans but it will still be on this world." he continued and they cheered even more at the thought. Yugi and Timaeus watched from behind the drapes as Yami made the announcement. He looked behind them to see him and held out his hand to Yugi. Timaeus nudged him to walk over and Yugi did so, grasping his hand as he brought him to stand in front of him.

"And here's is Aqua's and my soul mate, Yugi. He was brought to us under circumstances that Pegasus was going to use him in order to make me surrender the kingdom but we have made it through and he has agreed to become the new ruler beside us so I present to you, your new Lord for eternity!" Yami said and they applauded that the two kings were finally able to find someone.

Yugi smiled up to Yami and he smiled back as he ran a hand through his hair lightly.

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After Veeshan, with the other gods' help, the kingdom soon became the new Plane of Shadows and had let the Shissar race and all other reptilian creature to come and live in the Plane of Shadows with the demons. She has also made her own announcement to the people that she has let Yami, Yugi and Aqua become the gods of the new plane which they agreed to wholeheartedly, especially with the arrival of the reptilian creatures but when the councilmen found out, they weren't at all please with the result of their new kingdom. "Zaim, what should we do?" Nabil asked as he looked to the head councilman. "We have to do something. We must get rid of the boy and his friends but we can't do anything with the Dragon Goddess, her dragon and the Legendary Dragons watching us." Zaim muttered.

"But what if we sent someone else to do something? She may suspect that it would've been us but that doesn't mean we can't lie our way through her wrath." Taleb said. "Yes, he is right about that but who could we possibly call to do such an act of removing those wretched humans without catching Yami's or Veeshan's attention?" Majeed asked. "There is only one group that may be able to succeed and that is Eblis and his band of raiders." Zaim said. They nodded with their plan and later that night, Taleb left out to find them.

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Yugi sat in the room once more, Yami sitting beside him as he rubbed Yugi's back. "Yami, what are we going to do about Aqua? He so sad and miserable that I think he could do something to hurt himself." Yugi said. "We will do something to help him but I don't know what would help him. But I have a feeling that you can do something to help, Yugi." Yami said. "But what can I do, he doesn't even want to be near me." he whispered as he looked up to Yami. "Don't let that get to you. You were the first mortal being that wasn't afraid of him when he came to you and I know for a fact that deep inside, he still loves you and you will have to show him that no matter what, you still love him back." Yami said and Yugi nodded as he got up from the bed.

"Ok, I'm going to see him again." Yugi said as he left out the room. Yami watched him before he lied back down on the bed, hoping to himself that Yugi can help Aqua.

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Yugi stood in front of Aqua's room, his mind starting to make him have second thoughts about this. 'But I don't want Aqua to be this way forever.' Yugi thought as he opened the door quietly and slipped inside. Aqua was back in his place in the corner and Yugi could hear clearly that he was still crying. He walked over and sat down beside him, placing a hand on his wing. "Aqua, stop crying. I'm always going to be here for you."

"Yugi, why did you come back? I told you that I don't want you to see me like this."

"I don't care. Aqua, I fell in love with you not because you were half blind but because you were you. I said I was going to help you find a way to cure you sight no matter what but I don't want you to lock yourself away because you won't be able to see me." Yugi spoke and his comforting words brought Aqua away from behind his wings. He looked to him and even thought he was half blind, he could still see Yugi's smiling face and smiled as well. Yugi wrapped his arms around him, rubbing his back. "Aqua, you will always have somewhere to run to, no matter what the consequences are. I'm always here for you and so is Yami and the others. I changed so that I can keep to that promise. Not just for Yami but you too." Yugi said and he nodded.

Yugi hummed softly, still rubbing Aqua's back, lulling him to sleep. When he was, Yugi climbed onto his lap and lied on his chest, wrapping one of Aqua's wings around them both and fell into a comforting sleep.

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When Taleb found Eblis' hideout, he told them of what he and the other councilmen wanted them to do. "And what's in it for us?" he asked as he looked to him. "We'll pay whatever price you want as long as you get the job done." Taleb spoke. Eblis thought this over before nodding. "Alright, we shall do as you ask as long as you give us the money. Come by tomorrow night with the money and we'll take care of the boys." Eblis said. He nodded and left once more. "Are we really going to do this boss?" Fajer asked. "No, Yami was willing to take care of Rasool for us and we respect that. We will not harm him or the others but we will go and tell him of what his councilmen are trying to do." Eblis murmured.

They nodded before Sayad spoke up. "So, what are we going to do to fool those councilmen?" he asked. "Simple, we'll go into the palace, warn Yami about what they're planning to do and leave. They won't suspect a thing until the last minute and that will be our debt for him taking care of Rasool and letting him live in the palace." Eblis answered.

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Zypher: Hah! I bet you guys were thinking I was truly going to hurt Yugi and his friends with a band of raiders, didn't you? Well, I decided to make them good companions with Yami but they're still raiders so they will steal something sooner or later, from the councilmembers of course. Well, I hoped you enjoyed this chapter and here are the translations for their names. I couldn't think of any good ones so I used some Arabian male names.

Rasool- Messenger

Taleb- Seeker

Zaim- Leader

Eblis- Devil

Sayad- Hunter

Fajer- Wicked One

Majeed- Noble

Nabil- Highly Intelligent

Sharif- Noble

-Song used for this chapter: Untitled by Simple Plan-