Chapter 3
Do You Want to Make
Fiery Colors?
One year later, Summer has just started as Yugi and his parents return to the palace. After seeing a couple of lit fireplaces, an idea pops into Yugi's head as he rushes to Yami's room. "Yami?" Yugi says as he stands right outside of his room before knocking a couple times.
Do you want to make
fiery colors?
Come on,
let's go and play
For a while, Yugi has missed having Yami beside him. And him suddenly disappearing made Yugi feel lonely.
I never see you anymore
Come out the door
It's like you've
gone away
Entering the ballroom, Yugi sits on the floor as he remembers the times he had spent with Yami before he decided to not be beside him like they used to like pieces of a puzzle while staring up at the ceiling.
We used to be best friends
And now we're not
I wish you would
tell me why
Do you want to make
fiery colors?
They don't have to be
just colors
As much as it pains him, Yami says in a tone that's clearly demanding, "Go away, Yugi."
Okay, bye
And Yugi walks off to find something else to do by himself. In his room, Yami sits by his window, gazing at the sky sadly. Ever since the day he started to avoid Yugi like his father and Pegasus had told him, a smile hasn't formed on his face. Yami will never be happy again if he can't have Yugi with him. But until he can control his fire powers, Yami has to avoid Yugi and everyone else.
Placing a hand on the glass, Yami gasped as he saw embers form and drew his hand back. Having informed him of what had happened, Valon takes Yami to a secluded room and shows him a pair of gloves he had a seamstress prepare. Taking his son's hands, Valon slides them into the gloves. "These will help. See?"
Seeing if even an ember could burn through the glove, Yami let out a small sigh of relief at the fact that the gloves are putting some sort of barrier around his powers. "Conceal it." Valon started the ritual that his son will have to say to keep the fire under control.
"Don't feel it." Yami adds. "Don't let it show." Yami and his father complete the ritual, now believing there is hope.
At the age of ten, Yugi once again appears before Yami's room with a couple of knocks.
Do you want to make
fiery colors?
Or ride our bikes
around the halls?
Yugi tries to come up with something that could get Yami to finally come out of his room.
I think some company
is overdue
I've started talking to
the pictures on the walls
In a room full of many paintings and portraits, Yugi did just that, talking to the paintings and portraits, especially to one of a young woman, dressed in armor, riding a white stallion into battle.
It gets a little lonely
All these empty rooms
Now Yugi is in the library, standing before a grandfather clock as he watches the seconds turn to minutes to hours.
Just watching the hours
tick by
Watching their son from the doorway, James and Emily could only watch him with pity. Yugi is lonely now that his best friend has been shutting him out, knowing that Yami is doing it in order to protect him from himself.
In Yami's room, a couple corners were being covered by embers with Yami trembling in fear and his parents in his room, trying to get him to calm down. "I'm scared. The flames are getting stronger!"
"Yami calm down." said Mai.
"This will only make things worse if you keep getting upset." Valon adds as he steps forward to place his hands on his son's shoulders.
"No, don't touch me!" Yami exclaims as he steps away from them. "I don't want to end up hurting you."
Understanding her son's fear, Mai locks gazes with her husband as they realize they have to come up with something else that'll help Yami.
Now at the age of thirteen, Yugi passes by Yami's room to see his parents off as they prepare to leave with Yami's parents. Hugging their cheerful son, Yugi says, "I'll see you in three weeks."
In the foyer as they wait for James and Emily, Yami faces his parents with a scared expression on his face. "Must you four go?"
"You'll be fine, Yami." Valon says as Mai plants a kiss on her son's forehead. It wasn't long before James and Emily enter the foyer with Yugi right behind them. Seeing each other after a long time, Yami and Yugi glance away so Yami wouldn't see the hurt across Yugi's face and Yugi wouldn't see the sadness in Yami's eyes.
To see their sons both hurt of not being together through the years, the four parents could only look at each other with a sadness that isn't as strong as the emotion going on between Yami and Yugi. So, with their luggage packed, Valon, Mai, James and Emily head for the docks to board the ship that will set sail for their journey.
However by the fifth day of their journey out in sea, there was a terrible storm that made the waves so powerful that they had consumed the entire ship, taking the lives of the kings, queens and the sailors that have joined them on this journey.
When the news of their parents' death had reached Domino, both Yami and Yugi were saddened like everyone else in the kingdom. At their funeral, Yami had left early so he couldn't face anyone. Yugi had been the only one to notice his absence.
After the service had ended, Yugi had returned to the castle and went straight to Yami's room. Knocking sadly on the door, Yugi calls to the boy inside. "Yami?"
Please
I know you're in there
People are asking
where you've been
They say "Have courage"
And I'm trying to
I'm right out here for you
Just let me in
Tears have been forming in his eyes, one a beautiful amethyst and the other a mix of purple, red, orange, yellow, blue and white, for different reasons than just the fact he had lost both his parents. Yugi tries so hard to reach Yami, his best friend and betrothal now that they are at that age to know of what their parents had planned for them since their birth.
We only have each other
It's just you and me
What are we
gonna do?
Yugi leans his forehead against the door with one hand on the door as well.
Do you want to make
fiery colors?
Yugi whispers the last words that have kept the two boys connected since their childhood as the tears finally flow from his eyes. Unknown to him, Yami is in the same position as Yugi with his hand now on the exact same spot as Yugi's hand, also shedding a few tears as the room behind him has embers floating all around him with the room as red as a dangerous flame.
