Author's Note: First off I would like to thank you all so much for not giving up on me.
OMG! I'm so… so sorry that this chapter took so freaking long to post! I never expected my computer to crash like that. T.T Then not getting another one till like school started. I'm so sorry! So much stuff has happened. School ended… summer started… summer ended… school started again. Yeah... I'm freaking junior now. Just two more years till I graduate... creepy and scary.
But yeah... you guys aren't here to read about my personal life... that's what my xanga is for! Still... I'm so sorry! So freaking sorry! I finally got my computer. It's a laptop! So beautiful! And it plays DVDs too. Anyways... I pray that my computer never crashes again… stupid viruses. They killed my old computer. T.T Yeah well… without further ado… here's the long awaited chapter five of Kame. Enjoy… God do I hope I didn't lose my touch.
Disclaimer: I don't owe Yu-gi-oh in any way, shape or form.
Chapter 5
Aishiteru
Yuugi's breathe hicked. He felt his throat close up. His vision blurred. A furrowed looked appeared upon his brow… creasing it. Momentarily he would stop and shake his head… trying to rid his mind… or even wake himself up from this unreal dream. No way! No way! There standing before them… was a glorious being… yet strangely identical to himself. A young man, a deep tan ran throughout his skin. A crown of black with sharp untidy shades of red violets along the tips… his bangs were electric yellow shaped like lightning bolts. A pair of glorious crimson eyes… a smirk glazed his lips. His chin was sharp… not smooth and refined like Yuugi's was. He was dressed simply… a white linen cloth was draped around his broad shoulders… most likely concealing an eight pack. A small violet skirt was tied around his waist by what seemed to be a golden chain with a head of a serpent upon it. A long fluttering cape flowed freely down his body… flaring out at the end. Strangely enough… the young man reminded Yuugi vastly of another being… someone whom he just couldn't put his finger on.
The being continued to grin… naive and innocent as 'always'. "Hello," he said once more. Raising his hand, he clasped it around Yuugi's wrist. Yuugi gasped… startled at the warm, smooth, silky skin of the other. The other's skin was soft… unblemished… as if never felt by a mortal. "Wow! I can't believe those stupid gods actually answered my call for once," the boy stated… obviously ecstatic to find Yuugi 'here'. "Come on, let's play a game."
"Play… a game?" Yuugi gasped… chocking on his own words. The first words he managed to say… to speak since finding another in this darkened room. "Err…" Yuugi fumbled… Somehow playing games didn't seem to appeal to him at this moment… especially playing with this strange… yet overly familiar boy.
"You don't want to play with me. That's it isn't it? I'm not good enough for you." The boy pouted… his grin immediately turned into a frown. His eyebrows furrowed… annoyed he dropped Yuugi's wrist.
"Iie! Iie! That's… that's not it. It's…it's just that I… I have to get back. Ji-chan will kill me if he finds me gone." Yuugi quickly countered. He didn't want this other person to leave… no matter how moody the other was… he was the only person he had seen since he woke up in this dark place. And Yuugi surely was not willing to let the other go so soon.
"Excuses… excuses. Nobody wants to play with me." The boy grumbled.
"Iie… iie," Yuugi sighed. It was as clear as day that this boy had a one track mind. He wasn't going to get any valuable information out of him… unless he played with him. "Fine… I'll play a game with you, but…" The other immediately turned around… ecstatic. Yuugi sweat dropped. This could be bad. "But you got to help me in return."
"Sure… sure," the boy nodded… absentmindedly before latching on to Yuugi's arm once again. Immediately he took off… where… Yuugi didn't know. Everything was dark… except for this boy… and himself. It was as if they were carrying an invisible lamp that shown the way. Yuugi didn't know how long he ran… how long he would keep running, but obviously the other knew exactly where he was going. The darkness… the fog closed in. Soon the other slowed down to a stop… there… in front of them Yuugi could barely make out a door. A brown door... it was just a door… there was not frame… no house… no latch… nothing… just a door.
"We're here."
"Here?" Yuugi asked confused as the boy reached out and opened the door. A blinding white light… Yuugi immediately closed his eyes. Confused and disoriented when he opened them… the door had vanished… was there even a door there in the first place? A maze surrounded him… levels and levels of staircases and doors surrounded him… some were upside down… some went left, right, in loops… in curves. It was like one of those fun houses… only this didn't look so fun. Actually it felt like a tomb… a deathtrap. God! Am I going to get out of this alive?
"What is this?" Yuugi asked confused… puzzled.
"This… this is…" the other stopped… and sighed before pulling Yuugi to a staircase. He popped himself down on a step. His face was no longer happy but downcast. Immediately Yuugi felt sorry for this boy… felt sorry that he had been so mean to him… yet deep down he wondered. How long had this boy been here… one day… one year… a hundred years? And why… why was he here? Was Yuugi himself going to end like this boy… suck in this crazy realm for all of eternity. Seeing this boy's slumber looks, Yuugi immediately removed such thoughts from his mind… instead willingly he sat down next to the other… and waited. He waited for the other to continue… yet the other didn't. Instead the other continued to stare down at his feet… now numb… not talkative at all.
"So… err." Yuugi started… trying to initiate conversation. He was never good at that. "What's your name?" Normally when someone asks you what your name is you answer them straight off. Yet… not this strange boy… when asked his name… he immediately froze. Shyly… he looked up.
As sincere and as quiet as could be… the boy mumbled. "I… I don't know."
"What!" Yuugi shouted… horrified as he jumped up. He had read about this before. In textbooks, about waking up in strange… dark places and finding someone there without a name. It was the first signs of insanity. Only… only he had been forgetting stuff… blacking out for months now. "You... you don't know? How… can you not know?"
"I… I just don't. I… I don't know much actually. I can't remember anything really. One day… a long time ago… I guess. You don't really know time… or essence here. There's no time here… not really. I… I woke up… and found myself here. Sometimes… I see light… and buildings. There would always be people… in front of me, and… and for some strange reason… I would always be mad at them. I would challenge them to a game… and I would win. I always win, but you're different. You're the first person I've seen that I'm not mad at…no… not at all. And… and I don't really want to play a game. Not really…" The boy sighed… slowly dozing off.
"Wait! Matte!" Yuugi started… horrified as the boy slowly started… disappearing. "Wait! You can't leave. No! How do I get out of here?" The other slowly opened his eyes… a little startled… slowly his body started to reappear till he was solid once more.
"Yeah… how rude of me," the other sighed. "I… I don't really know how to leave, but maybe they'll show you the way."
"They? Who is 'they'?"
"I don't know… the thing that surrounds us. I guess we can call them the 'shadows'."
"The shadows?" Yuugi sighed… his eyes raised. "Okay… okay… stop playing around. Tell me what's your name? Who set you up to do this?"
"Set me up?" The other asked… confused.
"Y… You don't know? You… you really don't know who you are? Where you are at?" Yuugi asked. The other nodded.
"Yeah."
"But… but… that's … that's not possible. Everybody…" Immediately Yuugi paled… realizing just how stupid he was being. He too had no idea where he was. Wasn't his case the same as this boy? Both lost… no idea where they are at. No clue… nothing. Was he… was he going to forget everything too? His life? His name? His identity? Would people forget about him too? Just like this strange boy who looked like he came out of a history novel? "You really don't know… anything?"
"Well… I know this place. Like this maze we're in. I guess it's like a game. I don't know… maybe I got to solve it… yeah solve it then I'll know everything. Yeah… that's what I always tell myself."
"It must be lonely here." Yuugi stated… absentmindedly.
"No… not really. I hear this voice sometimes… it's really comforting. I've been hearing it since I awoke. It gives me comfort. It's… it's a boy's voice. I don't really know what he's saying… I can't really hear it. But... it keeps me company. You know? A lot like yours… what's your name again?"
"Yuugi… Mutou Yuugi."
The other nodded… "Mind if I call you aibou?"
"Aibou?"
"Partner… I don't know… since we're both suck here and all. I thought it was be… appropriate."
"Alright… then… then I'll call you mou hitori no boku." Without knowing why he said it… he just did. It just seemed right.
And the two kept talking… both boys didn't know how long they talked. Like mou hitori no boku had said… there was and is no time in this place. It was realm without time… a place where people don't grow old… where one can spend a second in a lifetime. Yuugi poured his heart and his soul out to his boy- the one he had christened as his 'other self'. While the other told Yuugi stories… old… legendary, forgotten fairy tales of kings, queens, dragons, witches, sorcerers, monsters, and lands that can only happen in fairy tales and one's imagination. And both boys knew their secrets… their dreams… their hopes… their fears would never be heard by another living soul. A mutual… an untimely bond… one that seemed to have formed a millennium ago, strengthened. And Yuugi forgot about his grandfather, his friends, his problems and his fears as the two baste in the glow of the other. It was a smoothing glow… one that neither ever remembered experiencing before. It wasn't till Yuugi let out a yawn that the other frowned. He knew that he had kept Yuugi too long. That…no matter how much he enjoyed his aibou's company. He would have to leave.
"Aibou, you must go now." Mou hitori no boku mumbled… softly. Lightly into the boy's ear… lightly he creased the other's hair… winding it around his finger before unwinding it.
"Iie… iie," Yuugi muttered. "No… I want to stay with you forever… itsumo."
"Aibou… you can't. You have to go now. Come on… through that door. Go on… your friends… your ji-chan, they are waiting for you." As if he had lost all feeling… all control of his body… Yuugi stood up. With the help of the other, Yuugi was led to the newly appeared door.
"Mou hitori no boku… will… will I ever see you again? Can't you come with me? Come… please."
"No aibou… not now… maybe… someday… someday." The other muttered… their lips touched the other… it was hasty… hurried, sloppy kiss before Yuugi stepped though the door. He knew not to turn back… because if he did… he knew that his other would not be there… no… there would only be a street… a slumber street… and around the corner would be Isis' store.
The END!
A/N: Haha! No… I'm not that cruel. I bet when you saw that… "the end" your eyes must have gotten like super, super big. Yeah… this is actually where this original fic's ending was supposed to have been. But that would have been cruel… really cruel. Not to mention that I never did explain anything really. Yeah… so… ignore that 'the end' and keep reading.
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The sun rose in the town of Domino. The great bell tower rang six times announcing the break of dawn. In a vacant street… a figure draped in a long white robe bent down and picked up a shining gold ankh. The robe fluttered in the wind. The figure pocketed the item before disappearing….
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BEEP! BEEP!
Yuugi groaned as he rolled over in his bed. He had been out of the hospital for a month now. The doctors could find nothing wrong with him… no reason why he had fallen into a sudden coma and awaken as a new man one day later.
It was Sunday… but not any Sunday. It was Sunday that the annual gaming convention was coming to Domino, and this year was going to be the best of them all especially for Yuugi. His dream had come true. Industrial Illusions had teamed up with Kaiba Corporation to make the most popular online game Magic and Wizards into a real 3D card game. The game… now renamed Duel Monsters was already a hit in America from was Rebecca had told him in her latest email.
Luckily for Yuugi, since his ji-chan had so many connections, he was able to secure tickets for him and Jounouchi, Honda and Anzu. His three friends were going to meet him at the train station, so they could go to the convention together.
Hurriedly Yuugi grabbed a set of clothes and his already loaded bag pack. He could hear and smell his ji-chan downstairs making breakfast and his bento. He hesitantly ran his fingers over his long time doll… mou hitori no boku. Things had suddenly gotten a lot awkward between the two. Yuugi didn't really know why… just that… somehow… the doll suddenly looked a lot more life like… as if there was a living counterpart of this doll… who… dare he think it? Loved… adored… cherished… even kissed? Yuugi gulped… his face turning a bright shade of red. He hurriedly placed the doll in his backpack… even though things were awkward… he still took the doll everywhere he went before running downstairs.
In less then five minutes he called a rushed 'ja ne', promised to tell his ji-chan all about the new games especially Duel Monsters, and ran out the door. He was already five minutes late… hopefully his friends hadn't gotten too impatient… no… more like Jounouchi's stomach hadn't gotten impatient which would result in the blond rushing to the first food stand and fill his stomach. That boy had a stomach like a cow's.
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Ten minutes later, an exuberant Yuugi jumped off a Domino metro bus. He easily spied Jounouchi and Honda's lanky forms in the distance. His smile widened as he made his way through the massive crowd. They were all going in the same direction… as if a colossal magnet was drawing them forward. Finally, Yuugi made it. Now out of breath and a little battered… "Hey Jounouchi-kun, Honda-kun!" Yuugi stammered. A little confused, he strained his neck looking around the two teenage boys who returned with their own greeting. Puzzled, Yuugi looked back at his two friends, "where's Anzu?"
"Out with her new boyfriend," Jounouchi said simply… a little disgusted.
"Boyfriend?" Yuugi's eyes widened. "But I thought she wanted to go to the convention with us." He quickly added… hiding his disappointment. He was looking forward to spending more time with Anzu now that they had become friends. He was even hoping… that maybe someday… Anzu would return his feelings for him, and they could possibly "go out". Now, he seemed to have lost his only chance. He knew it was miracle Anzu had stayed single for so long.
"Disappointed?" Jounouchi sniggered… lightly nudging the other's hips playfully.
"Iie! Iie!" Yuugi stammered. Causing both Jounouchi and Honda to snigger, for a long time now, both boys had a feeling that "little" Yuugi was in love with Anzu.
"Or maybe … jealous is more little it," Honda hinted… attempting to keep his face straight.
"No, no. It's just that we're one ticket extra." Yuugi fidgeted… before drawing out the four now overly creased tickets.
"Well you should be. I can't believe it! Anzu knows how much we despise HIM! Now… she's going out with him. Kami!" Jounouchi hissed… his face fuming with anger… a little red.
"Who? Who's she going out with? And know do you guys know about it?"
"Little prissy called us five minutes before you showed up. Seems like she's been keeping it a secret for the last two weeks… and decided finally to let us know." Jounouchi snorted… his face still red. "Went something like this… 'oh… Jounouchi, Honda. I'm soo sorry. Tell Yuugi that I can't come with you guys. I'm going to the convention with Seto… my boyfriend.' Sorry my ass." Jounouchi grumbled, yet Yuugi had stopped listening the moment Jounouchi had said Seto
Seto? Kaiba Seto? Kaiba-kun? She's going out with Kaiba-kun? "Well… did you tell her good luck?" Yuugi strained… his obvious disappointed now hidden from view. "Well… never mind. We can't let her going out with Kaiba-kun ruin our day. Come on. Ji-chan's going to be mad if we don't get to see all the booths."
"Right, exactly… come on 'inu'." Honda snorted before grabbing on to Jounouchi's jacket collar.
A confused Yuugi following behind. Inu? Do I really want to know?
Despite Yuugi's disappointment that Anzu wasn't with them, and Jounouchi's fuming for unknown reasons, the game convention turned out to be extraordinary. Within minutes everything that had happened prior to arriving was forgotten. Somehow Jounouchi had forgotten that his little sister was also coming… upon seeing Shizuka Honda immediately latched onto his girlfriend's arm. After saying a hurried, 'I'll take care of her' to the deeply annoyed Jounouchi. Both Honda and Shizuka disappeared into the crowd.
"Guess it's just you and me, huh Yuugi?"
"Yep. So… what do you want to do first?" Yuugi asked. Jounouchi immediately shook his head… exasperated.
"Yuugi! I know you long enough already. I know you want to see that Duel Monsters exhibition, ne?"
"Hmm… maybe… yeah." Yuugi fumbled… causing Jounouchi to snicker. He loved making fun of Yuugi especially since he never took it very seriously… 'mutual understanding' as some would call it.
The two teen boys… laughing and shouting as their raced each other to the booth… despite Yuugi's short form, he still beat Jounouchi there. Probably due to all the times in his youth when he had to out run the bullies that used to chase him home.
"Welcome! Welcome to the newest… hottest time…" A blaring… quite familiar voice reached both Yuugi and Jounouchi's ears. There… standing behind highly decorative posters of random Duel Monsters, upon a stand was a young teenage girl dressed in a very, very short skirt. It barely covered… well anything. In her hand was a wand. Yuugi immediately started drooling… the girl was beautiful… dressed like the Dark Magician Girl, one of his most favorite cards when he played Magic and Wizards. Only this time, Jounouchi wasn't smiling. His eyes were plate size as he grabbed Yuugi's collar… dragging the now in a daze boy inside the booth.
"So Masaki! This is what your DATE is like!" Jounouchi shouted… startling Yuugi, Anzu and causing a large racket outside.
"Jou… Jounouchi, Yuugi? What… what are you doing here?"
"Anzu?" Yuugi gasped… immediately he wiped his mouth. Still… he couldn't contain his astonishment… Anzu… Anzu was beautiful. She… she looked so sexy. The young brunette…now looked absolutely pissed as she hopped off the stage, but not before declaring to the crowd that she would be back soon after sorting out a bit of "technical problems".
Immediately she shoved both boys into the back room… there… a massive… duel monster stood on the field.
"Waa! That's… that's…" Yuugi stammered.
"Seto's 3D dueling arena… it creates a hologram of the duel monster."
"It… it's stunning."
"Figures moneybags would do something like this," Jounouchi scoffed.
"Anzu…" A voice stated… obviously surprised. Immediately Anzu dropped Yuugi's shirt collar and ran to the voice. She wrapped her soft arms around the other. Sighing as the other lightly stroked her tresses.
"Inu!" Ignoring Jounouchi's protesting and profanity, the other continued. "Yuugi! What a pleasant surprise. I heard from Anzu… here." Lightly she kissed the girl's cheeks. Yuugi… now following in Jounouchi's path… fumed. A tiny… nudging feeling in his stomach... as if a monster that he had been sleeping was slowing starting to awaken… and boy did it want Kaiba to die. "That you love Duel Monsters. How about we duel? I wasn't planning on starting the exhibition battles till later," Kaiba sighed… smirking as he watched both Jounouchi and Yuugi's expressions. Kami is love a petty thing to have. Makes even the strongest weak. "But… I've heard you're one of best at Magic and Wizards. So…what do you say Yuugi? I have thousands of cards here. Chose some… make your own deck. Ne?" Kaiba's smile widened as he watched Yuugi's expression immediately become serious. Jealously is so fun to play with. Kaiba sighed… lightly peeling Anzu from his body. "Want to see me bea… I mean duel Yuugi… dear?"
"Oh yes," Anzu swooned… now fully intoxicated by Kaiba's being.
Yuugi's brow creased. Jounouchi continued to fume. "Fine… I'll accept your challenge."
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Twenty minutes later… much to Jounouchi's horror, Anzu and Kaiba's delight, and Yuugi's amazement, the dueling arena rose into the air… high, high above the air for everyone to witness. For Kaiba, it would the feeling of revenge… revenge for Yuugi actually beating him at chess which nobody… not knew his now decreased adopted father had ever managed, and for the horrors he had inflicted on Mokuba. His dear little brother had never been the same since. 'Demon eyes… blood eyes' Mokuba had been rambling on and on for a month now.
"I'll start…" Kaiba declared… smirking as he set his cards down. The duel progressed. Slowly… and surely… bits and chips of life points from both players started to disappear. Neither duelist could proclaim that the other wasn't worthy. Both had years of knowledge… decades of strategies.
The feeling of cards… the familiarity of the roar of the monsters, they tugged at Yuugi's heart. At his chest… his own body burned… burned in a blaze of gold. His eyes dulled over… slowly and surely he felt his mind… his spirit… his soul leave his body. It was suffocating feeling as he watched… dazed over as another soul entered his body… another spirit pick up his duel with Kaiba. Slowly… and surely he didn't know when or how… but his spirit like body landed in a darkened abyss. And suddenly… he knew… he knew he had indeed been here before… many times. Only… only this time he didn't fall asleep instead he saw… his eyes widened as he saw the all too familiar maze. It wasn't a dream… that night…that night with that other boy wasn't a dream. It really had happened. Immediately a red flush tinted his cheeks as he remembered… he remembered everything… the kiss… the touch… everything… the other's rich aromatic smell.
Suddenly… all too soon… it felt as a cold knife had sunk into his heart… shredding it into a thousand pieces. "Sometimes… I see light… and buildings. There would always be people… in front of me, and… and for some strange reason… I would always be mad at them. I would challenge them to a game… and I would win. I hear this voice sometimes… it's really comforting. I've been hearing it since I awoke. It keeps me comfort. It's… it's a boy's voice. I don't really know what he's saying… I can't really hear it. But... it keeps me company. You know? A lot like yours…" Of course it's a lot of mine… cause… cause it is mine. It… it was… iie… it was him. I'm the one… the voice he's been hearing. Those fights… those challenges… they were all games he fought for me. All those people… who've gone insane? All those people… he… he… he… "NOO!" Yuugi screamed and on and on he screamed in the dark abyss. Crying… crying… only the tears never fell. If sorrow could be measured with gold, Yuugi would be unbelievably rich.
And all too soon… the other had returned. A smirk on his face… yet it slowly… slowly disappeared as he saw his aibou's sobbing form. Slowly… slowly he walked over to the boy. He reached out his hand… and lightly… ran it across his aibou's body. Yuugi immediately flinched. The other's hand fell as Yuugi looked up. His eyes were swollen and red. "Why… why?" He muttered. "Why! Why did you KILL them!" Yuugi screamed… his voice nearly gone… but the other knew… knew as he sunk down onto the ground. The other sighed.
"I didn't… kill… them as you put it," the other stated simply.
"No," Yuugi shrieked. "Of course not, that's not enough for you. Death… what is death to you? Here… in this dark abyss… as you put it. There is no time here… time is not an essence. No! You couldn't even give those people DEATH! Iie… you had to take away their souls… their minds… so… so they can never die. You're worse then a murderer… WORSE! You're… not human… iie… you're not human."
"I knew… I knew that someday you would ask me this question. I knew it would be soon after we met that day. That day you came here and was awake. I thought about an answer to your question for a long time. A very long time… in my maze… I would think. I would think of a way to answer your question. Why did I do what I did? Why did I 'mind crush' all those people?"
"Well?" Yuugi asked simply… disgusted and hurt that even now. Even though he was accusing this boy of murder… deep down in the bottom of his heart… an undying fire of love continue to burn… to rage for this boy.
"And… I don't know. I don't know why I killed them. It's… it's too deep to describe… much too deep. But… but someday I think you will understand why I did what I did. Someday you will know. And… and you are right. I am… inhumane." The other sighed. "And that is probably why I've been caste here for so long. The outside world is not a place for me… see what I have done." The other sighed… as slowly… slowly he merged with the darkness surrounding them both.
"Pff… murderer! MURDERER! You're a murderer… and… and I hate you! I don't want to be your aibou! NEVER!" Yuugi shouted… he screamed his heart out… before collapsing into a pile of mush. Somewhere… somewhere in the darkness… the other watched on. His heart throbbed with pain. He knew that Yuugi would react this way. His dear… precious aibou. Yuugi didn't know how long he was in this dark abyss… crying… screaming… before awaking.
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The golden sun beams were starting to disappear for the day, so that the moon beams could take their place. A light, warm hand creased his cheeks as he awoke. His amethyst eyes flittered in the fluorescent lighted room. "A…Anzu." Yuugi moaned.
"Shh…don't speak Yuugi." The girl muttered. Clearly she had been crying from the way that her eyes were red… actually her whole body looked like a mess.
"Wh… what happened?" Yuugi asked… not following Anzu's warnings.
"You scared us Yuugi. You really did. You've been out for nearly two weeks now… in coma. The doctors were afraid you were never going to w… wake up." Tears splashed out of Anzu's face… slowly Yuugi's raised his left hand… and wiped the girl's tears away. "W… we thought you were going to leave us. Leave us… forever." She muttered.
"Iie… iie… never." Yuugi muttered.
"One minute you had just won your duel against that disgusting Kaiba."
"Kaiba-kun?" Yuugi asked… before letting out a small oh. "Your boyfriend."
"Boyfriend," Anzu spat. "That's jerk! He obviously only wanted to go out with me to get to duel you. Something about revenge on some chess match! The nerve of that guy… should have seen Kaiba's face when you fainted. The whole gaming convention became a fiasco… everybody running… shouting. Thought there was something in the air when you didn't wake up." Anzu voice slowly calmed her… before it was once more her normal cheerful self, yet Yuugi knew she wasn't cheerful.
His 'fainting' as she put it… as everyone put it seconds later. His ji-chan, Jounouchi and Honda soon crowded into the room… followed closely by a reluctant Kaiba. His arms were crossed… his lips were pursed.
As he advanced up to Yuugi's bed, Anzu gave the other a death stare. Kaiba coughed before dropping something on Yuugi's bed. "Hope you feel better," he muttered before immediately rushing out the room… before anybody could comment. A small… smile slowly advanced on Yuugi's face. He's not really all that bad. A little conceited maybe… then again everybody is a little conceited… mixed… hidden intentions… even… Yuugi couldn't bring himself to finish his thoughts. He was still too mad… still too mad.
"Well… what did o' money bags give you?" Jounouchi immediately questioned. A grin radiated on his lips.
"Why does it matter?" Anzu snapped… still very sour about her discovery of Kaiba… that he really wasn't all that grand.
Jounouchi simply gave Anzu an annoyed stare before turning his attention back at Yuugi. "Come on… open it."
"Yeah Yuugi, open it." Honda added… he too was interested in what a millionaire could possibly give his "little" buddy.
"Alright," Yuugi nodded hasty tearing open the gift. There… lying on the bed… now devoid of the wrappings was a black leather belt… attached to it was a small carrying case. Anzu's eye brow's rose.
"That's it?" She asked… a little annoyed. Yuugi shrugged his shoulders as he picked up the belt… and opened the small case. There… a stack of about 40 cards was neatly tucked within. Confused Yuugi pulled out the stack… his eyes along with that of his friends and grandfather widened. It was a stack of Duel Monsters cards.
"Guess Kaiba not all that bad… ne Anzu?" Sugoruku chuckled.
"Yeah," Jounouchi nodded… before slightly turning red as his stomach gave off a small growl. Once more… he turned to look at Anzu… her face covered in tears, yet sparking as she watched Yuugi flip through the dueling cards. A small smirk ran over his face. It couldn't be… could it? "Come on Honda. Let's go find something to eat."
"You go." Honda said simply.
"No, let's go," Sugoruku added… he too noticed the signs of budding love as with Jounouchi the two managed to cart Honda out of Yuugi's room leaving a very embarrassed Anzu and an oblivious Yuugi.
"You like Duel Monsters that much?" Anzu asked simply… trying to start conversation. It had been a long time since the two of them had been alone together. Suddenly it appeared terribly hot to her as Yuugi set the deck back into the case.
"Uh huh! I use to play the game online."
"Well… you're really good at it." Anzu added… her face growing more and more red.
"Nah… I'm just mediocre. There are thousands of people better than me."
"Okay… then name one."
"Err…"
"See… you can't think of any." Anzu smirked… triumphant. She didn't know why she felt so good proving to Yuugi that he really was good at something.
"That doesn't mean there aren't any. Besides… I haven't played against that many people."
"Well… you're obviously better than Kaiba. That jerk!"
"He's not that bad Anzu."
"Yeah right!" The girl scoffed. "He made a fool out of me! I… I really thought he cared. Really… not… not many people in the world care about me. I… I wanted to seem special to someone. I wanted to feel protected. I wanted to feel loved. . I wanted to feel… special."
Loved…special… protected.
"And… and he played with that. He probably knew that my parents never have time with me. Masaki… the class president… the popular one! Hmph!"
"Y… you are special, Anzu. Real special." Yuugi added… softly. Slowly… scared as he was… he began to understand.
"Aww… you're so nice Yuugi."
"No… I'm telling the truth. You are special, and… and the guy who will have you… he'll be the luckiest guy in the whole world." Yuugi quickly added. Anzu blushed.
"Stop it Yuugi! You're embarrassing me." The girl quickly added. She felt her heart flutter… as if the cocoon within her finally… slowly burst… and out from it… a beautiful butterfly appeared. "I… I better go," she added quickly before getting up. She said a quick 'good-bye' before leaving. Leaving a very confused Yuugi… Anzu… or… or… dare he speak the name… mou hitori no boku. He loved them both so deeply. He wished… he longed for them both. Slowly his heart shattered knowing…that he could have only one. Long ago… maybe just… Yuugi scoffed… two weeks earlier he would have been ecstatic to know that Anzu really did care for him. Now, now there was somebody else in his heart. Somebody… who he just couldn't keep hating.
"I… I have to see him again… tell him I'm sorry." Yuugi muttered as he gently pulled out the dueling deck… this time… a thin sheet of white paper came out with it. Wondering how he could have missed it the first time… Yuugi opened it. There… in slanted, sophisticated handwriting… were the words: you better get well soon. Here's your deck… I challenge you to a rematch. – Kaiba.
"Kaiba-kun…" Yuugi smiled… tucking the deck back in his deck. Jounouchi was right. Kaiba really isn't that bad… just maybe a little too obsessive.
Slowly Yuugi's eyes closed… and he knew… he didn't how but he knew… when he opened them again… he would be in that strange dark realm. And he knew… now… just what he was going to say to his other self.
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"Mou hitori no boku," Yuugi muttered. The young boy stood up…lightly patting his legs. He had already gotten use to the darkness… that suffocating fog. Now… this time he was only concerned about one thing… finding his other self. "Mou hitori no boku! Where are you? I… I've come to ask for your apology. Y… you're right. You don't know… and I don't know… how to explain it… why you did what you did. But… I think… deep down… I know…"
"Shh," a deep baritone muttered. Lightly the other wrapped his arms around Yuugi… cradling him in his arms. "Shh… you have nothing to apology for. No… no… my beautiful aibou."
"Mou hitori no boku… come… come back with me. Onegai."
The other simply nodded, and Yuugi knew as he flowed into the other's arms… when he awoke… his other self would be with him… forever…
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One month later, a very late Yuugi hurried into Domino High. He was fuming as was his transparent 'other self'. As luck would have it, even though mou hitori no boku did appear in his world now. It seemed that he was the only person in the physical world who could see, hear or talk to his other self. The first day, upon awaking at the hospital he was very startled and pleased to find his other self hovering over him. Before the other could warn the boy, Yuugi had already tried introducing him to his friends… who by the way were now overly worried that the multi black outs were causing the boy to become disillusioned. Once they had left, Yuugi couldn't help but fume at his other self who was pleasantly grinning at his aibou. "I tried warning you, Aibou." Yuugi sealed his lips and refused to talk until… quite evilly the other started tickling him.
"God! The next time that Kaiba challenges you to a duel… I'm going to mind crush him!" Mou hitori no boku hissed… overly annoyed that quite possibly his aibou was going to be late.
"Now, now mou hitori no boku. You promised. No more mind crushing everybody that you hate or get on your nerves. Besides… you know Kaiba-kun. He'll keep challenging me till he wins."
"You know he'll never win."
"Yeah," Yuugi giggled as he exchanged his shoes before entering his classroom to find his friends already there. Without even asking Anzu coughed out a word that distinctly sounded an awful a lot like 'Kaiba'. Before Yuugi could comment, the sensei entered the room. The class immediately became quiet as all the students found their seats. Unlike a normal day, they didn't start with the normal routine… instead the teacher started writing on the board. Immediately the class became restless… knowing that meant only one thing… a new student. Everyone's neck seemed to have grown an extra foot as they craned to be the first to see this new student.
"Everyone!" The teacher began… the class immediately sat back down… as the sliding door opened. There… a young boy with snowy white hair and chocolate brown eyes appeared. He was already wearing the normal school uniform… but it was quite apparent that he was very uncomfortable in it. "Everybody… this is Bakura Ryou. He's a transfer student from Tokyo." The girls immediately giggled. They had found their new 'subject'. Not only was Bakura from Tokyo, a city much more interesting than Domino could ever be, but he incredibly cute. "Now… where to seat you? Ahh… there by Mutou. Mutou raise your hand." Yuugi immediately obliged This new transfer student did look nice… maybe they could even be friends. As Ryou walked over, Yuugi grinned.
"Hi!"
The other made no comment. No smile... he seemed not to have recognized Yuugi at all. Yuugi bit his lips… a little annoyed. "He's not very polite," Yuugi commented.
"He's very peculiar. I sense something… different about him." Mou hitori no boku remarked, yet Yuugi had no time to question his other self as class began. He quickly found his notebook and a pen and started copying the day's notes, and mou hitori no boku knew not to talk to Yuugi during class. The last time they did, Yuugi ended up with detention for three days.
As the day dragged on, mou hitori no boku returned to his dark realm and thought. He thought about the strange transfer student… how the boy's aura reminded him faintly of that of another… someone… someone in his distant… now lost memory. And that was what mou hitori no boku did while Yuugi was learning. He would try to solve the mystery of his past… find his name… his memory and solve the maze that stump both he and Yuugi. At least now, he wasn't lonely any more. He had his aibou.
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One month later, Yuugi trudged dejectedly out of Domino High. An exasperated sigh left his lips… another long day. A wrinkled sheet of paper was clinched in his fist… his grade from his latest chemistry test… like always a prefect score.
"Yuugi!" An overly excited voice shouted. The teen immediately skid to a stop… waiting to let his friend catch up.
"Jounouchi-kun, I thought you had to get to work." Yuugi exclaimed… his brow furrowed as he watched Jounouchi sheepishly rub the back of his neck.
"Err… yeah about that… yeah… I…"
"You got fired again! Jounouchi-kun! Your otousan won't like it."
"That old man… pff… yeah probably. Pissed that he wouldn't get his daily dose of alcohol," the blond sighed… as Yuugi couldn't help but giggle.
"So… tell me. What did you do this time?"
"It wasn't my fault I set that guy's hair piece on fire." Jounouchi teased. Yuugi pursed his lips… trying to keep a straight face. It was a running gag that the two had. Jounouchi losing his job, and Yuugi and him would laugh and joke about it.
"You always do find the most "unique" ways to lose your job."
"Arigotou. Arigotou. I do try my best." Jounouchi smirked. "So… Yuugi. What are your plans for the weekend?"
"I don't know. I was thinking about marching up to Kaiba Corp and demanding Kaiba a rematch." Yuugi teased watching Jounouchi's brow furrow. The other either seemed immensely disturbed at Yuugi spending time with Kaiba or immensely annoyed.
"Why?"
"I don't know. I thought it would only be fair. I mean… I can't let Kaiba-kun have all the fun now can I Jounouchi-kun? Nah… I was thinking about breaking into one of his board meetings or something." Yuugi continued… suddenly liking this idea more and more as he continued to divulge on this elaborate plan that ended with him actually kidnapping Kaiba and taking the brunette to some exotic island to be harassed by a band of insane monkeys.
"Aibou," Mou hitori no boku spoke… a little annoyed.
"Gomen mou hitori no boku."
"I don't know Yuugi. I don't know if I should feel sorrier for Kaiba or the monkeys. Once they discover he's so cold and hard…"
"Inu… sigh. I was right… you have absolutely no style," a deep baritone voice sighed. Jounouchi's eyes immediately narrowed as he met the young CEO's glaze.
"Grr."
"Now, now inu. It shouldn't be grr… more like woof woof. A pup's bark suits you better inu." Kaiba chuckled. He lightly tossed back a piece of his brown bangs before walking over to Yuugi. Jounouchi who's eyes looked like they couldn't get any more narrow… continued to growl under his breath. "I heard your elaborate story Yuugi." Yuugi immediately blushed… deeply embarrassed. "And I'm impressed… not many people have to courage to say they are going to storm into one of my conferences. But I seem to have bet you once again… I challenge you to a duel…now."
The tri-haired boy nodded already reaching to grab his deck. "Aibou, let me duel him."
"You promise you won't mind crush him?"
The other 'Yuugi' huffed, obviously deeply annoyed that his aibou would not allow him to rid the world of the annoying brown hair teenage CEO. "I promise." Mou hitori no boku stated… grunting but still relented. Yuugi nodded as he lowered his eyes. Slowly he felt the all too familiar tug at the bottom of his heart as his soul slowly left his body to be replaced by another. Slowly he left himself falling… falling into his other self's maze. Yuugi found himself a comfortable spot on a step… and waited for his other self to return.
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"Kami Aibou! How do you put with that bastard? He… he's so conceited!"
Yuugi smirked before wrapping his arms around his other self. The younger sighed… feeling the other's bare skin upon his skin. The never dispersing purple gas surrounded their forms… now so ordinary that it had become even friendly. A smile played upon his strawberry scented lips. He lightly tugged at his other's golden bangs. "Easy, mou hitori no boku, I have you."
The other's eyes immediately narrowed. He pursed his lips. "Aibou! I am not conceited!"
Yuugi giggled. "Denial is not healthy mou hitori no boku."
"I am not in denial!"
"Saying you're not means you are." Yuugi grinned. The other groaned. He loved it when he won against his other self in language battles.
"I don't even know why I bother."
"Cause… I think Kaiba-kun's starting to grow on you." Mou hitori no boku's eyes immediately widened. Yuugi giggled… his other self looked so cute and cuddy when his blazing crimson red eyes widened to twice its capability.
"Err… iie Aibou. So… when you asking Masaki out?" The other asked 'innocently'. Yuugi momentarily stiffened… pulling slightly away from his other self's body. He gave the other a perplexed stare, and his heart beat dropped. Times like these really caused Yuugi to wonder where he and his other self stood in terms of their relationship. Were they just friends… only good friends… or dare he dream… something more?
"I wish you would stop calling Anzu that." Yuugi snapped… a little too harshly.
"Why not? Still… that's not the point. So… Aibou… you going to ask her out soon? She's single and looking young. If you don't take this perfect opportunity… you may lose it." Mou hitori no boku teased… grinning at Yuugi's expression.
"Watashi…I don't know."
Mou hitori no boku's eyes narrowed. Lightly he stroked Yuugi's neck… the young immediately felt his skin prick up… the fine thin hair around his neck region stood up on ends. The other grinned.
"You should probably get back to your studies."
Yuugi nodded… sighing as he closed his eyes. Slowly he felt his spirit being transported back into his mind and body, and he knew when he opened his eyes he would back in his room… surrounded by his homework… piles of it.
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Maybe mou hitori no boku is right... I mean... I've loved Anzu for so long. And... and I mean... Yuugi groaned in frustration... a book was propped up on his chest... one of those annoying historical fiction books he had to read for class. He was tempted to go outside and pick one of those flowers with petals to determine his fate... before he realized there wouldn't be a single flower within walking distance of his house. His ji-san didn't want a lawn in front of his shop... said he was too old to mow the lawn... more like too lazy. And it seemed like everyone else who owned a shop near his house felt the same way.
Yuugi sighed... grumbling once more... as he reached over for his age old doll. Lightly he ran his fingers through the doll's long blong bangs... even now... after so many years... the doll still smelled like rich Egyptian spices. It always cleared his mind. "What do you think? Should I go for Anzu?"
The doll... like always never responded... its stitched on smile grinned on. A sunbeam caught its ruby stoned eyes... twinkling merrily. Like always... Yuugi took it as a sign. "Kami... you and mou hitori no boku are the same! Both want me to go after Anzu. Blah." Yuugi grumbled... a little annoyed.
"RING! Ring!"
"Damn," Yuugi muttered fumbling with his book and doll as he reached over to grab his cordless phone. "Moshi. Moshi. Oh Anzu! What's up?" Yuugi's nodded... slowly his eyes widened. "NANI! Jounouchi-kun did what! He went to challenge Kaiba-kun to prove he's not a inu five hours ago!" Silence once more... "Okay... okay Anzu. I'll go to Kaiba Corp. I'm sure its nothing." Silence... Yuugi nodded as he jumped out of his bed. He fumbled with the phone as he attempted to pull on a pair of slacks and overcoat. His jeans were all dirty, and he currently too lazy to go wash them. "Don't worry Anzu. I'll go. Sayonara." Yuugi added... lightly breathing in a sigh of relief as he set the phone down ten minutes later. Kami could Anzu talk! He hastily grabbed his dueling deck... before passing a glance at his doll... who was staring back at him... who looked deeply annoyed.
"Okay... okay. I'll call Anzu back after I sort out this problem with Jounouchi," Yuugi added grumbling as he picked up the doll.
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A hour later, after four buses and a horrid traffic even for Japan, Yuugi finally managed to arrive at Kaiba Corp. His patience was already waning... as other self could easily tell. His aibou was actually fuming as he pushed his way into the gigantic Kaiba Corp office building. Nobody asked him who was he here to see; nobody stopped him. Everybody knew. They all knew why Yuugi was here. After all, they had seen their CEO drag this boy here many times a week. His face was masked with annoyance as he watched Kaiba's elevator... slowly ascend to the roof. It somehow seemed to take longer today then it normally did.
"Aibou... seriously... if you stare at that number anymore you might blow it up." Mou hitori no boku teased... deeply amused at his aibou's expression. It wasn't everyday that he saw Yuugi annoyed; actually there were very few things in this world that actually annoyed Yuugi.
"Haha, mou hitori no boku. I can see what you mean. Kaiba-kun is... soo..." The elevator door slid open... before Yuugi and his other... a gigantic 3D dueling stadium came into view. Both boys' eyes widened... there... standing... mere centimeters from them was...
"Jou... Jounouchi-kun... Kaiba-kun. Kami!" Hearing his friend's cries... Jounouchi immediately turned around... Kaiba's arms still latched around his waist. "You... you... you and Kaiba-kun? I think I'm going to faint!" The young CEO's face was masked with amusement as he watched Jounouchi's best friend.. his rival's eyes widen.
"Oh Aibou... Aibou. Didn't I tell you Kaiba was conceited... or is wicked a better word? But then again Jounouchi isn't any better." The other sighed... teasing his aibou playfully.
"You... you knew?" Yuugi's asked... his mouth opening and closing like a fish.
"Of course I knew. It was as plain as daylight." The other shrugged... smirking.
"Yeah... Seto and I..." Jounouchi said sheepishly.
"Seto?"
"Yeah... Yuugi... Seto, seems like we have more in common then expected."
"Haha.. that's a understatement... only your mouths have stuff in common." Mou hitori no boku scoffed since only Yuugi could hear. Yuugi merely glared at his other self.
"What inu here means is... we're together." Kaiba grinned... smirking... ruffing his love's hair causing Jounouchi to glare at his very recently acquired boyfriend. The young CEO couldn't help but grin at Yuugi's expression. If he hadn't long fallen in love for Jounouchi, at this very moment he felt very tempted to screw Yuugi over.
"Graduations! I... I better go," Yuugi fumbled... retreating back to the elevator and hurriedly pushed a random button.
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It wasn't till ten o'clock that night when Yuugi finally managed to make it home. He decided to bypass another bus ride and decided to walk home. A very bad idea since he kept getting side tracked at all the new shops that had just recently opened that were directed towards Duel Monsters.
Absentmindedly Yuugi tossed his set of keys on the kitchen counter before rummaging through his fridge for a bite to eat... maybe even last night's leftovers that he had cooked. As he pulled his dinner out, he felt his other self retreating back into that dark realm... that place that he couldn't describe.
He haphazardly twirled his chopsticks around his noodles. It was a bad habit that he had when he had a lot on his mind. He started without meaning to... begin to play with his food. Discovering Jounouchi and Kaiba were going out had been a very big initial shock for him, but after walking around Domino for so many hours the shock had worn off. Now he felt positively delighted for his best friend.
Kami was Anzu... Anzu...
"Anzu! Shit!" Yuugi leaped out of his stair and immediately grabbed the closest phone to him. "Shit! Anzu's going to kill me! She probably worried sick right now... thinking that Kaiba abducted both me and Jounuchi-kun! She never did like Kaiba-kun in the first place." Hurriedly Yuugi dialed Anzu's home number, after a couple of rings the young woman's voice appeared through the speaker.
"Hey Anzu. Yeah... I'm so s..." Yuugi's eyes widened. "Oh... Jounouchi-kun called you, and he told you about Kaiba-kun. It's it great Anzu?" Immediately Yuugi cringed... and felt bad. He mentally wanted to slap himself. Of course Anzu wasn't going to be glad. She had secretly liked Kaiba for a long time, now to discover he was going out was Jounouchi was not going to make her ecstatic. "Iie Anzu. You're wrong. Come on. You know isn't not true. People in this world do care about you." Yuugi mentally wanted to kick himself as he heard Anzu's sobbing form over the receiver... her hiccups... her crying that nobody cared. Even her parents who were never home didn't care... and once again that old throbbing wound in Yuugi's heart tore open. He had never told his friends about his parents. He always let them assume that his parents were away on a very long business trip thus was why he lived with his grandfather. They never knew... they never knew they had died in a cave in... suffocating to death.
"Anzu... I..." Taking a deep breath... Yuugi decided... mou hitori no boku is a friend... just a friend... only a friend. He couldn't remember the rest of his phone conversation with Anzu... only that he had invited her to the coffee shop next friday.
Absentmindedly after muttering a sincere good bye, he hung up the phone. As he walked back to the kitchen... suddenly... his heart felt heavy... not the light, floating on clouds feeling that he thought he would feel when he finally asked Anzu out. As he picked up his chopsticks... his other self slow materialized before him. "Aibou... you okay?" The other asked... as innocent... as naive as possible... for... without Yuugi knowing... his other self had heard everything... everything... his words and his thoughts.
"I... did it mou hitori no boku. I... I asked Anzu out..." And Yuugi felt himself shake as he spoke... the words burned his lips as they left his mouth.
"Oh... that's... good." Mou hitori no boku replied... he couldn't say anything else. Slowly... he disappeared once more... leaving Yuugi feeling more and more alone. And slowly Yuugi felt his mind shut down...
His dinner lay forgotten as he climbed into bed. He felt his tears threaten to fall... yet he kept them back. His... his childhood wish was finally coming true... by next friday he would have Anzu... so... so why did it hurt so much. Why did it hurt like a thousand swords had slabbed him over and over again.
As Yuugi slept... Mou hitori no boku sat on a step in his maze... for once in a very long time he felt the same suffocation that Yuugi felt that day he awoke in the dark realm. His body hurt all over, and suddenly for the first time... since he could remember... he discovered what heart break was...
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A deeply red faced Yuugi fumbled with his wrist band. He had been adjusting its position for the last twenty minutes. Yet... no matter how hard he moved it up and down his wrist... he never seemed satisfied... or was it because he had long stopped paying attention to his attention. Under his breathe... in a mere whisper he continued to recite his long awaited speech.
On his left, his other watched on... absolutely silent. He hadn't said anything to his aibou since Yuugi told him about his date with Anzu. Instead... till this very moment, he had refused to leave his dark haven... refusing to answer Yuugi's pleading. Now... he stood regal as ever... his arms were crossed. His lips deeply pursed... and his ruby red eyes looked ready to kill. Though Yuugi noticed none of the signs. His 'date' with Anzu was going to start in a hour.
The deep silence dragged on in the room... a fly buzzed into the room before flying out the open window. A light breeze blew through the air. Yuugi let out a sigh... finally removing his hand from his wristband. He cocked his head... only then did he notice mou hitori no boku leaning against his mirror.
"You finally decided to come out I see." Yuugi teased... his mood had deeply reverted back to its normal brightness since Sunday. "Come to give me pointers... or are you still giving me the silent treatment?"
"Jounouchi and Kaiba seem happy." Mou hitori no boku finally stated... avoiding Yuugi's question.
"Yeah... I've noticed. I've never seen him that happy before. I think they are the best for each other... as long as they don't kill each other." Yuugi giggled. Mou hitori no boku felt himself melting... falling as Yuugi reached for his coat.
"Yeah... they really do seem to love each other a lot."
"Yep. Everyone seemed a lot brighter today. Even Bakura-kun... he even smiled at me today. I wish Bakura-kun would smile more. He seems so sad all the time."
"Yeah... yeah."
"What do you think? Red or white?"
"Huh?" Mou hitori no boku asked a little disorientated as he turned to fully face his aibou. The younger seemed to have magically produced two bundles of flowers with disgusting thrones... one bundle was red... the other white. "What are these disgusting things?"
"Things? You really are behind times mou hitori no boku. These... things as you call it are roses. Girls love them."
"Well... then I say that girls these days have no taste. I mean who likes flowers with thrones?"
"You're a riot mou hitori no boku." Yuugi grinned... delicately he rubbed the petals of the flowers... slowly combining the two into one bouquet. Mou hitori no boku sighed once more... slowly... painfully... though he knew it was wrong. Though he knew... deep down... though he didn't know how he knew... he felt himself falling... falling into a deep curse that he swore to himself he would not fall into.
"Aibou," mou hitori no boku whispered... his voice was low and soft. Yuugi barely caught it. His breath hicked as the baritone voice reached his ears. Once again... no matter how much he wished it didn't happen... he felt it once more. He was falling... falling once more.
"Hai, mou hitori no boku." Yuugi breathed... fearing he would collapse under the pressure of his beating heart.
"Would... would you mind terribly if I wished... begged... you wouldn't go see Anzu tonight. No... not tonight...not ever."
"Never? You are terribly evil mou hitori no boku." Yuugi added... slowly regaining his composition as his other followed in suit.
"No... not evil aibou just..." A grin appeared on the other's lips... slowly he walked over to Yuugi. He reached over... and slowly... tendering... reach for his other's hands. Lightly... he brushed them over Yuugi's pale skin... the bouquet of flowers slipped out of Yuugi's grasp. The petals shattered... the 'ugly' flowers snapped as they hit the floor, yet neither boy cared. Yuugi gasped... a little startled... a little excited as his other ran his strong... smooth tanned hand over his skin... over his cheeks... leaving not one inch of skin bare.
Neither knew how it happened... or for how long... but as they finally pulled apart from their long... intense kiss they were no longer in Yuugi's room... long been transported into the dark realm. For Yuugi it was ecstasy... complete bewildering ecstasy. His other's lips tasted like a wild... exotic blend of spices... spices from Egypt. For mou hitori no boku... it was everything he had dreamt of and more. His aibou was delicious; his lips were those of a sweet strawberry blend... a refreshing splash of fruit.
Yuugi looked like he had melted in his other's arms... slowly... breaking the silence... mou hitori no boku muttered, "aishiteru Aibou, aishiteru."
Author's Note: Wow! Kami was this long! O.o I never expected this chapter to be so freaking long! O.o Yeah... a quarter of it... wasn't even in the original plans... but blah... whatever. At least I'm still on track. That's the important part.
Those who like Anzu… I'm so sorry I turned her into a… a … you-know-what. Yeah… I wasn't even going to have her fall in love with Kaiba to begin with. Not really… I don't know. I just kind of happened, and she was best character to use. I thought it would help push along Yuugi's feelings for Anzu, discover it's not really love, and finally love for mou hitori no boku. And, get mou hitori no boku to finally admit to Yuugi that he loves him... jealousy is a such a grand weakness that plays with the human mind. Plus… it helped Jounouchi and Seto out too.
I know Seto doesn't actually call Jounouchi 'inu' ever. It just kind of happened. I thought dog: inu dog: was much cuter than mediocre fool. Then again it might just be me. :shrug:
Also… I did make Seto act like a complete 'jackass'. Excuse my language… but that's what he turned into. And no… I do not hate Seto, and I know he's not really like that either. He had ulterior motives usually involving Mokuba. Besides he hadn't been 'mind crashed' yet either. I actually love the Japanese version of Seto, so that definitely shows I did not do it to flame him. Definitely not!
Oh yeah... when Yuugi and mou hitori no boku 'talk' to each other, Yuugi doesn't actually speak. Blah... not good... shouldn't have wrote that. Okay... before I give anything away... nobody can actually hear their conversation between each other. Yeah... that's all I'm going to say.
And just before I feel like admitting this... a lot of the conversation between Yuugi and mou hitori no boku I stole from bits and pieces of conversation I have had with my friends. Yeah... I'll let your minds wander where and which parts my friends and I actually said.
Well... two more couples have been revealed in this fic. Not to mention... this chapters makes it clear as day... this fic will be shonen-ai, and Yuugi and mou hitori no boku do get together.
So... what did you think? Good, bad, average? Leave me a review please... even if it is criticism... I need it. Not only does it make my writing better, ap English sucks might I add, but it makes it a better read.