Thanks to the two people who gave me Duke's Japanese name…which I recognized as soon as they told me -.-

"Yuugi, what am I supposed to do now?" Yami whispered softly to the invisibly sleeping angel on his bed. "What am I supposed to do?" he choked.

He was interrupted by a soft knock at the door. He opened it to find a tall man with brown hair. "Yami?" the man questioned.

"Kaiba-san?"

"Where is he?" Kaiba asked as he stepped through the door.

Yami closed the door behind him. "He's on the bed."

"Still invisible?"

Yami nodded.

"I see." Kaiba walked over to the bed and waved his hand over it. To Yami's surprise, a wingless Yuugi appeared on the bed. "He retracted his wings?"

"Yeah…" Yami replied after a moment's hesitation. "What are you?"

"I'm something of a Halfling."

"How?"

"He never marked you, did he?"

"Marked?"

"It's the innocent's way; they mark the one they choose. They've never marked a human of his own free will though, not until now. Those who truly fall in love with a human don't mark that human because they don't want them to become turned. Those who are turned are scorned b everyone."

"So that's why…"

"He didn't mark you, yes."

"But we haven't even…"

Kaiba stopped his probing of Yuugi's back to look at Yami. "You haven't?"

Yami shook his head and blushed, averting his eyes.

Kaiba mad an indistinguishable noise before returning to his task. After a few moments, he made a small noise of accomplishment before placing his hand over the spot on Yuugi's upper-back. When he drew his hand up, Yuugi's wings came with it; dark red at the base, fading through blood-red in the middle, and the old pure-white at the tips. Gasps were heard from the direction of the door, and Yami turned to face the three men in his doorway.

"Jonuichi-san?" Kaiba questioned when he looked up.

"Yug…" he whispered, and would have fallen to the floor if Kaiba hadn't caught him.

"Jonuichi-san, please."

"It's okay Seto, they won't care" he mumbled as he curled in closer to the comfort of Kaiba's arms.

"Katsuya" Kaiba whispered softly, holding him tighter as he closed his eyes.

"Yami." Came the quiet whisper from the boy on the bed.

"I'm here Yuugi." Yami answered, taking Yuugi's hand in his and stroking the small back with his other. "I'm right here."

"Yami it hurts" Yuugi said as he opened eyes hazed over with pain.

"Yugi, your friends are here."

"Ryou?"

"I'm here."

"Mariku?"

"Over here."

"Jonuichi?"

"He's here too." Yami answered for him. "With Kaiba."

"What about Otogi?"

"He's with Anzu, the baby's due soon."

"Baby? Anzu?"

"A human girl."

"Oh no…"

"I know, the first three are already-"

"And the fourth will soon."

"So that only leaves…"

"Me."

"Jonuichi you can't."

"I can't leave Seto now that I've… and I can't leave Yugi now that he's…"

"That's no reason to kill us all." Yugi yelled. "Go home Jonuichi."

"But you can't come home anymore."

"It's alright, I'll get by. I'll survive. But none of us will if you abandon your throne. We will all die, you know that, you've studied the prophecy just as much as I have."

"I know but-"

"Katsuya, come." Kaiba led him out of the room, most likely to his home.

"We should probably go too, we've got deamons waiting for us."

"You two…"

"Yes Yuugi?"

"Be happy."

We will." And they were gone.

"Our time is ending Yami." Yuugi sighed "All of us. Deamons, angels, innocents, turned. I just wish I could see home once more before it does."

"Sleep Yuugi." Yami ran his hands through Yugi's hair. "Sleep. For in dreams, you can go anywhere."

And so Yugi slept, and dreamt of many things. Of bringing Yami home, of seeing his grandfather, of not having to suffer the pain sure to come. He dreamt of living his life out with Yami, of not dieing, and of going home. Yami knew that when Yuugi woke up, he would know that what he dreamt was truly a dream, but Yuugi wouldn't care. Because in dreams you can do anything, go anywhere. That's what Yami told him. That's what Yami said.