Our Farewell
By Ayato Kamina
Note: I couldn't get this scene out of my mind so I'm doing it story mode! Enjoy!
Chapter 1:
Goodnight, Sweet Prince
The once Pharaoh closed his eyes with a knowing smile. He knew that his defeat would be a moment to remember. This was the greatest duel of my life, he thought. It's been an honor, Yugi. He slowly opened his eyes, his determined face gazing at Yugi. "Go on. Your move," he said.
The boy's body only shook with sobs, almost hesitating to attack. The Pharaoh just smiled. It's alright, Yugi, he urged. Proceed…
Holding back his tears, Yugi called out his final attack.
"Alright, Silent Magician! Attack his life points directly!"
The magician flew into the air and aimed its staff on its target. A huge blast of energy hit the Pharaoh dead on, causing the whole temple to light up. The light died out with the Pharaoh shielding himself. He stood up with the familiar determination on his face as his life points dropped to zero.
The monsters disappeared from the field as did the Pharaoh's duel disk. Yugi fell to his knees, his body racking with sobs as tears rolled down from his priceless orbs. His body continued to shudder as Atem walked to him, a proud smile on his face.
"Congratulations. Well done," he said. Yugi didn't meet his friend's eyes as he continued to cry harder. Atem knelt down to him, placing a hand on his shoulder and still smiling. "Yugi, a champion doesn't belong on his knees," he said gently. He leaned closer to Yugi, still smiling at him. "You achieved a great victory for us both."
Yugi still didn't meet the Pharaoh's gaze as he gave a soft sob. "I was focusing so hard on playing the game…that I forgot…what winning this duel would actually mean," he said with a small hiccup. "By defeating you I sent you away…for good…"
"No, you have opened the door for me," Atem consolingly. "Thanks to you, my spirit can finally rest once again. I'll be back where I belong. Fate brought the two of us together for a reason, and we fulfilled our destiny." Yugi looked up at his friend, tears still rolling down from his orb like eyes. Atem placed another hand on Yugi's shoulder smiling. "We protected mankind from the return of the Shadow Games," he said as he lifted Yugi to his feet. "And we've grown tremendously along the way."
"I'm gonna miss you," Yugi said, feeling the need to cry again. "You do realize that we'll never truly be apart, right?" Atem said, releasing the grip on Yugi's shoulders. The boy looked at him with confusion in his eyes as the tears still ran down from them. "The gift of kindness you've given me, the courage I've given you will remain with us," Atem continued. "And that will forever bind us together.
Yugi could only nod trying not to cry again. "Right."
Then the Eye of Wdjat on the door began to glow. Atem looked back towards the doors and sighed. "I…I guess this is goodbye, Yugi," he said softly. Yugi nodded. He picked up his cards and searched through his deck. "Here," he said handing him his Dark Magician. "Yugi…I…I can't acept this…it's your card," Atem said in awe.
"No. You keep it, Pharaoh. You need it more than I do," Yugi said with a smile. Atem took the card staring at it. "Thank you, Yugi," he said putting it in his pocket. He turned to walk to the gates of the Spirit World.
"The time has arrived," Ishizu said. "Tell the Eye of Wdjat your name."
"I am the son of King Aknamkanon. My name is…Atem!"
The doors slowly opened reveling the path to the Spirit World. He started to walk through the doors, willing to be free himself from his prison.
"PHARAOH!"
Atem stopped hearing Yugi's friends call to him, a look of shock in his eyes. "Don't go!" Tea' cried. "So that's how it is, huh!" Tristan barked. "Nice! You think you can just show up and change everybody's life… and then just leave!"
Everyone started to cry and Yugi wiped away his tears. "What Tristan means is we don't want to say goodbye," he choked.
Atem sighed to himself. He knew he would miss his friends in this realm but he knew that it was his time to leave them behind.
"I know that true friends maybe hard to leave," Joey said, tears in his eyes. "But they're impossible to forget! And although his stay wasn't as long as we would've liked, we're lucky we knew him at all."
Thank you, Joey…Atem thought sadly.
Goodbye, Atem, Tea' thought. And good luck…
"Hey, Pharaoh!" Joey called. "I hate to break the terrible news to ya, but you're not goin' anywhere, 'cause everything you've given us stays right here in our hearts!"
Atem turned to them with the knowing smile he always had and nodded. "Right!"
"Like we always say, it's your move!" Yugi said with a smile. Atem gave them all a thumbs up as he walked thorough the doors to the realm of the dead. As he did, his clothes changed from his modern day ones to the Pharaoh's. His spirit was now sealed away forever.
(I know its from the final ep, but enjoy!)