Shinshipping (Possessed Jonouchi x Yugi)
He was the first person I really made a connection with when I woke up for the first time. Besides Yugi, of course, but back then, I thought I was Yugi. I was so confused by the fragments of half-remembered memories, nothing more than snippets of myself that were overwhelmed with the mass of Yugi's being, that I could not differentiate myself from Yugi. But he was different. Katsuya Jonouchi was different.
One of the first things I remember clearly when I woke up for the first time was feeling him shove a cold piece of metal into my palm – the last piece of the puzzle – which I then slid into place and finally, truly awoke. I remember that he was the reason that I emerged for the first time. Because Ushio had hurt him badly for standing up for me, or rather, Yugi, and in my confusion as to who I was, all I knew was that this boy was my friend, and I had to stand up for him now.
Even as I started to pull apart from Yugi's being, and started to understand that I was not the same person, Jonouchi was still there, a constant. I could always count on Jonouchi to act the same way in any given situation. I could count on him to have my back, all the time – during the fight with his old gang, during the yo-yo incident, in Monster World...Jonouchi's strong, unwavering spirit and sense of conviction never failed. Never.
Until...
I could hardly understand what my eyes – or rather, Yugi's eyes – were telling me. Those flat, sadistic eyes could not be Jonouchi's. That terrible, twisted grin could not belong to Jonouchi. The dark, senseless joy in inflicting violence could not be Jonouchi.
I wanted to hit him. To shake him. To shout at him. Anything, anything at all that would snap Jonouchi back to his normal, brash, reckless, stupidly loyal self. But I couldn't do anything. Yugi wouldn't let me. I knew that this was Yugi's battle. I knew Yugi had to do this.
But I wanted to bring Jonouchi back. I wanted to be there, awake and alert, when he opened his eyes again, and those confused brown eyes looked up at me and asked, "what the heck just happened?"
I knew it was Yugi's battle. But I also knew it was my battle, too. Because friends become a part of you, and despite not being Yugi, like I had thought before, I was friends with Jonouchi, too. And so he was a part of me, and I was a part of him – and when he was lost in darkness, so was I. Because I knew what that felt like. I knew what it was like to be overwhelmed by the massive presence of someone else until you weren't sure who you were anymore.
So, even for my own sake, I had to be with him when he opened his eyes and was himself again. Because I had taken that same journey through my own mind, and I wanted to know that I wasn't a fluke. That Jonouchi could wake up too.
A/N: Meh. Possessed Jonouchi is too annoying to write about. I hate people insisting that he's a character. Next is Shinkanshipping (Priest Akenaden x Priest Karim x Priest Mahad x Priest Set x Priest Shada x Priestess Isis). Geez, a sixsome? Almost as bad as Yuumeishipping...
