A/N: Okay well here's chapter two, I have a perfect plot going now I just have problems getting a good strong middle going on hehe. Anyway, I think I'm going to try to write my chapters in Yugi's point of view from now on.

Stand By Me
Chapter 2: The spirit awakens

"So I ask again, who the hell are you?" I couldn't even believe that came out of my mouth. I don't talk that forcefully, let alone so confident. Where did that come from?

It seemed this odd man realized it too because he retracted a bit and his bright crimson eyes fell to the floor. "..M-my name?" he sounded so hurt, so confused. "…I- I don't know…"

I stared at him in disbelief. First, this man looked somewhat like me only darker. Second, he didn't even know his name? That doesn't seem right. "What do you mean?" I asked in a softer tone, I felt so badly for this man, he looked so lost and so sad. He seemed disappointed when I yelled at him so angrily. Maybe I can make him feel better?

"…I…" he shook his head. "You'll never believe me" his eyes still plastered to my floor, I never felt so strange, I felt like I knew this man, but I've never seen him and I knew that for sure…unless…my black outs…what happened then?

"…are you the source of my black outs?" I asked him softly and he nodded slowly.

"I'm sorry" he muttered softly, sounding ashamed before silence filled my room again.

"…Try to explain your presence please" I mouthed out in only a whisper, my voice got caught in my throat, this was too bizarre.

"…" he hesitated for a moment but nodded. He situated himself on the floor and looked up at me for a moment, he saw the confused look thrown on my facial features and quickly looked away, and his hands folded in his lap. "…I'm just a spirit now…not strong enough" he held out his hand and I fell to my knees beside him, reaching out to touch him. I shivered fiercely and retracted my hand as if hurt. It was so cold, as soon as I touched his skin, my hand plunged through the depths of…whatever a spirit is made of. It was cold and numbing to the touch, he frightened me.

His frown deepened.

Oh dear, he doesn't like being a spirit…but why? I had to persuade him to keep talking, I didn't like to see this guy so sad. It saddened me too…why?

"Do go on" I whispered again

He nodded slowly. "…I am a pharaoh…from Egypt…" I knew he was straining to make this less complicated but he already lost me. "…That puzzle little one" he gestured to it. "I'm from that" I felt his voice shake just by mentioning it. "…I was locked in there many years ago and…tortured…it's all just a painful blur" he put his hand to one temple on his head and looked away. I stared at him for a moment in awe; he looked to be in so much pain now. His face grimaced; he seemed to be lost in thought, not a good one.

"…Y-yami?" What? Where did that come from? Why did I call him darkness? Yes…because he was the true image of darkness then. His face was so dark, so painful. His whole appearance was dark. Dear, I sure hope I didn't hurt him with the name I dubbed him.

Instead, he smirked lowly. "…Yami…" he got a feel for it on his own tongue. "…Darkness…" he repeated again. "…I can only assume how you got that" his eyes glanced up to me, shining curiously. "I just like the feel of having some sort of name again."

"Yami…" I had to say it for myself Yami…Yami…Yami…Yami…Yami…if I didn't say that in my head enough times I'd surely forget. In a way he was darkness…my…darkness. It couldn't be that hard to remember. "Please, continue?" I asked, quite interested in his story.

He nodded and surely enough, his large crimson orbs stared back into my amethyst ones. He felt more comfortable now? Good. "…My memories got locked away and pulled away from me in that puzzle. If it weren't for you, I'd still be trapped…suffering in the puzzle"

For a moment I saw his face change, his eyes glossed over as the pain of his memories took him over. I reached out to him and the cold sensation came over me again. Oh yeah. I heaved out a sigh and my breath condensed in front of me. So cold…I felt pity for him so much pain? Now he can't even feel me…no one.

He must have sensed my feelings because he glanced up and smiled softly. "…No need to try to touch me…I can feel your warmth, but no need to if you can only feel how cold I am."

I smiled back to him. "No…I like your touch…for some reason…I feel more complete by doing so" I said softly, thoughtfully.

He chuckled softly; his laugh was mysterious and fit his name perfectly. It was dark and yet so light hearted and…dare I say happy? "Thank you then young one" he said softly. His baritone voice fascinated me; it was so calm and so smooth. His voice, I was sure, could put even the angriest person at ease. He was like the doctor who told you it would be okay before they knocked the last bit of consciousness out of you.

I listened as he continued with his story. "As I was…my memories were stripped of my soul and tossed away into the puzzle, it resides in my final resting place in Egypt. To get back to it, I need to find my name. I was forced to wait until someone could solve the puzzle and free me. That's where you come in."

I nodded slowly. Wow...I made him suffer for so many years, I felt badly for a moment but he seemed grateful so I smiled again.

"I've been with you for some time now; our alliance just wasn't strong enough for me to speak to you before now. I can only be a spirit out of your body, but I will soon be able to be solid for a bit. That's why before you blacked out, because I couldn't be linked with your mind so I had to force you to sleep when you needed my help."

Oh…it all made sense now. I nodded slowly my eyes staring into his contently.

"Moving on then….The person who I fused with would hold my spirit and help me get to Egypt." His gaze looked away from me again and it became apparent that he was nervous; he was asking a lot of me.

"I'll do it." I said before he could even ask for my assistance. A warm feeling washed over my body as he glanced up and his smile brightened. "…Oh Master Yugi, thank you!" he chuckled almost like a little boy.

"…Yugi will do, thank you Yami" I said pleasantly, I made him happy…it made me feel good too.

"I'll never burden you again as soon as we can get there" he looked away. "Of course not, I'll be gone then"

To break the silence he fell forward and hugged me, I shivered greatly but he could actually touch me…well…sort of. I was pleased to make him feel warm, my temperature was a fair price to pay.

I would be with him for a while and then he would be suddenly gone…

It didn't worry me yet.

Linny: Okay, this chapter is longer than the first. I think it's just because of all the short paragraphs XD Ah well. I realize some of these statements don't work so well but…oh well.

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