Yay, I finally figured out what to write! Sorry for getting a bit slower on the whole, updating thing. I've started writing up a new story, trying to think of ideas for other stories, and prolonging the day when I start my summer homework. Definitely not looking forward to that! Anyways, I don't own Yugioh.
"AHH!" Yugi screamed.
Malik wasn't kidding when he said the pain would be almost unbearable.
He watched as the scaled sank into his skin, and turned into a pale color of skin. His once stunning tail was splitting evenly in to, turning the water around him into a light color of crimson. The process was slow, and didn't let up on any of the pain.
'It's all worth it,' he thought starting to swim up to shore warily. 'It's all gonna be worth the pain and suffering.'
Slowly, his mind became a haze of the events that occurred.
The warlocks' voices were becoming a faint and distance echo in his mind.
When he finally got to the shore, he had forgotten all the events that happened earlier, and just stared up at the sky dazed.
'I'm a human,' he thought with a smile. 'But for what purpose?'
He let out a small groan, as the stinging sensation in his new legs continue to torture him.
That's when he heard footsteps and concerned, deep voice talk to him.
"Oh Ra! Are you alright?" the booming voice asked.
'Such a familiar voice,' Yugi thought. 'Where have I heard it before.'
By now his eyelids feel shut, and he only listened to the voice.
"Hold on!" the voice told him. "I'll help you over to my place."
Yugi feel into a deep sleep after feeling a cloth being draped over him.
Yami had place his jacket over the strange boy and gently picked him up in his arms.
'He's so light,' Yami thought amazed. 'I hope I can nurse him back to health. Then I can learn more about this strangely familiar child.'
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Opening his eyes slowly, Yugi stayed dazed in the soft, warm bed.
'Was it all a dream?' he asked himself.
To check, he began to wiggly his toes, causing a smile to appear on his face.
'I'm finally a human!' his mind shouted in pure joy. 'Wait until I show Ryou, Sonya, and... Anzu.'
His excitement died, realizing he could never show his face around there.
'I would put them in danger,'he thought. 'Besides, they must think I have abandoned them.'
Yugi sunk deeper into the pillow and sighed.
'Sonya probably still hates my guts,' Yugi told himself. 'Too bad I don't remember why.'
Suddenly, Yugi heard the door open, and his savior appeared before him.
The tan man had a worried look upon his face, until he saw Yugi was awake.
"You're up!" he exclaimed going to Yugi's side. "I knew you'd wake up. Just a little exhausted, huh?"
Yugi stared deep into those caring, crimson eyes.
'Those exotic jewels,' he thought. 'I've them before... as though it was in a dream.'
While Yugi stared into his eyes, Yami examined Yugi as well.
'Something about this boy just seems to be... familiar,' he thought. 'Those innocent, amethyst jewels just hold a memory to me.'
He broke the silence though, saying, "My name is Yami, by the way."
Yugi stared at the hand Yami presented to him. 'Yami,' he thought in puzzlement.
That's when a click went off. 'YAMI!'
It was like a slap in the face. 'His name is... and he's taught me... and I love him!'
Yugi's attention went back on the hand in front of him. 'Oh no, I forgot all those things Yami taught me!'
So Yugi took Yami's hand, with his two hands and examined it to see if anything was there.
"Uhh, it's a hand shake," Yami told him.
Yugi just stared at him blankly and asked, "Hand... shake?"
'What an angelic voice,' Yami thought. 'I need him to tell me his name.'
"Yeah, we greet each other like this," he explained taking the boy's small hand in his own and shaking it up and down.
"Hi, I'm Yami," he said with a smile. "Now tell me your name."
"Yugi," the boy replied shaking his hand much more faster and enthusiastically.
'Yugi...'
"So what happened to you, Yugi?" Yami asked. "What were you doing on the shore wet... and naked?"
'Should I explain everything?' Yugi thought bitting his bottom lip in a cute fashion. 'No, it might endanger the others.'
"I-I don't... remember," Yugi replied. "I'm sorry."
He wasn't completely lying. He wasn't exactly sure how he became a human, but the fuzziness of his mind grew more and more clear around Yami.
"That's horrible!" Yami exclaimed. "Do you have a home around here."
Yugi shook his head frowning. "I don't really have a home at all."
Yami gasped and said sternly, "Then you can live here with me. I won't mind a bit. How old are you?"
'119 years old,' Yugi thought knowing that would be surreal for Yami.
"19," Yugi replied.
'Whoa, he looks way younger than that!' Yami exclaimed.
"How weird," Yami chuckled. "I'm twenty!"
Yugi smiled at him, and then asked, "You would really let me into your home?"
"Of course," Yami assured. "Mana and I wouldn't mind a bit!"
"Who's Mana?" Yugi asked.
Before Yami could answer, the phone began to ring, and Yami excused himself.
While he was alone, Yugi noticed a note on the desk next to him.
He picked it up and opened it.
'Oh great,' Yugi groaned. 'I can't read human.'
He placed the note back where he found it, which was in front of a picture.
Yugi picked it up and examined it closely.
Joey was in it, kissing a blushing blond girl on the cheek. Then there were three people he didn't recognize. One brunette with a spike on his head, and an Egyptian brunette hugging another Egyptian girl. Yami was in there, too. He was standing next to Ryou's evil twin, Bakura.
'I wonder how Ryou is doing now,' Yugi thought worried about his friend.
"That's at Jou's, the blond guy, wedding," a deep voice said.
Yugi continued to look at the picture, and saw everyone was dressed up nicely. The blond girl was wearing a white dress and veil on her head.
"Wedding?" Yugi repeated.
"It's a ceremony for two people to get married," he explained. "It holds a special bond after words. Some last throughout the years, but some sort of never work out."
"Who are they?" Yugi asked pointing to the strange people.
"The girl Jou married is Mai," Yami told him. "That guy is called Honda, and the two Egyptians are Mahad and Mana."
"Mana?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah, they're siblings," Yami told him. "They've got one strong bond, too. They'd do anything for each other."
Yugi eyes grew depressed and fell towards the floor.
"What's wrong?" Yami asked with concern.
"I used to have a loving sister, too," Yugi explained. "Until we got into a fight."
"I'm sorry to hear that," Yami said taking Yugi's hand in his. "I'm sure it'll work out, though."
'Where have I heard this sibling trouble before?' he thought sarcastically. 'Hmm, maybe there's a connection.'
Yugi smiled at him, before asking, "Can you help me work these things?"
He pointed down to his legs.
"You ready to walk?" Yami asked.
Yugi nodded his head eagerly, and Yami began help out the younger.
"First, try to stand up," he advised.
When Yugi's feet touched the floor, his excitement grew. 'At last, I'll know the joy of walking!'
Once he got up, though, it wasn't so glamorous.
It felt like he just stepped onto a thousand sharp pieces of glass.
He hissed a bit in pain, but quiet enough so Yami didn't hear. 'I don't want him to worry, or ask too many questions.'
Walking was worse. With each step, his feet became even more sore and had a pain which could only be described as if you were walking on fire.
He saw the blood he was beginning to lose, but Yami didn't.
'That's right,' Yugi thought. 'Malik told me only I could see the truth, but all he sees is a graceful being.'
Yami smiled, as he watched Yugi get the hang of walking. Pretty soon, it was hard to imagine him never being able to walk in his life.
Yugi also noticed that he had a pair of overgrown pants and shirt on him.
'I even look like a human!' he thought excitedly.
"Sorry about how big it is on you," Yami apologized. "We're a little different in clothes size."
'Even if it does make you look cuter,' Yami thought.
"Where can we get more... clothes?" Yugi asked struggling to remember words.
"Ever been out shopping in the city?" Yami asked with a smirk.
Hizzah for being close to finishing this story! Then I'll focus on Mending a Broken Heart and THEN I'll finish Blinded by Hate (hopefully). After that, my newes story shall make it's entrance. Boy is that a long time from now! If you wanna know what it's about, it's on my profile. Enough about that, please review!