This is where everything comes together... It's the final chapter! The next one is a epilouge (sp?) so I'm not sure it counts.
Not as much fluff as it's a solomn time of final realisation... WHATEVER!
Let's just read... I don't own the characters of Yugioh!
The Doctor bowed as Yami left, smiling after him, knowing that the two were in love and he was very happy for them. He tucked Yugi in and drew his curtains, thinking that Yugi would heal a lot faster because he had his boyfriend with him. After checking that Yugi's equipment and drip was working fine he closed the curtains and door and left the sleeping boy to his healing.
Joey sat with Miho and Tristan as they looked over the lake. "Today's a scorcher" Joey complained as he pulled his cap lower over his face in an attempt to shield his face from the sun.
Miho sighed and fanned herself with a hazy face as normal, Tristan smiled at her, he was used to her zoning out often and was one of the few who didn't find it completely annoying, she could be so into her school work she could have achieved and A* but then she'd go off daydreaming about frogs and princes in less then two seconds and her dreamy state was back.
"Miho's not bothered about the heat" she said dreamily then snapped out of her state "Is that Anzu?" she pointed.
Joey looked up. Anzu and Serenity were running towards them, waving their hands over their heads and looking completely stupid but they were smiling and they looked… excited. "Joey!" Serenity shouted "Yugi's home!"
Tristan and Miho gasped in delight "He's out of the hospital?" Tristan asked, gripping their arms as they plonked down on the bench.
Anzu nodded, red in the face, fanning herself with a hand. "Mother Mary it's hot!" she complained. Serenity poked her in the side, Anzu waved her off "I know, I know, don't take the Mother's name in vain"
Joey gave her his coke. "Cheers" she muttered before bulleting down the cool liquid. "Gods that's good stuff, here Seren" the red head drained the can in three large gulps then burped loudly.
"Oh! Excuse me" she said in shock.
Miho giggled "I've heard worse" she assured the red head "So what about Yugi? He's back in his game shop?" she leaned down so her blond hair was falling over her shoulders.
Anzu pushed her back gently "Hey hey hey! Back off, my Girlfriend" she complained, smothering Serenity as usual.
Joey batted her on the head with his cap "Shut it! What about Yugi?"
Anzu rolled her eyes "He's came home last night, on crutches because he's little legs are covered in another few knife slashes" everyone shuddered. "Yami's over the moon, we saw him practically turning Yugi into his new personal teddy bear at the shop an hour ago, we rushed over here to tell you"
Tristan and Miho smiled at the thought of Yugi back home, Joey snickered at Yugi being used as a teddy bear then jumped up "Let's go see da littl' guy!" he pulled Serenity to her feet and started running with her.
Serenity laughed "Joey! I can't keep up!"
Joey laughed "Dat's why I'm driving!" he pulled out the keys and pulled his sister onto the back of his Motorcycle. "I still can't believe Seto let me have dis"
Serenity pulled Anzu on behind her, there was more than enough room. Anzu snorted as Tristan came out with his own bike, Miho hanging on for dear life "I can't believe you're going to afford the tickets on this thing if we get caught doing a threeway!"
Joey ignored her and kicked the bike into gear "Hey! If ya wanna walk, der's da sidewalk!"
"Joey!"
"What?"
"Red light!"
"Shit!"
Yugi limped downstairs and lowered himself onto the sofa "Ouch…" he complained.
Yami sat down beside him with a worried expression "You should have let me carry you"
Yugi pouted "But I want my legs to work again" he kicked them out in annoyance "There not good for running or jumping, at the very least they should be walk-able"
Yami chuckled and kissed his temple. You're so funny, I love you.
Yugi nudged his chin with his nose. Stop teasing me and kiss me properly!
Yami laughed "With pleasure" and he did just that. Yugi laughed before moaning, damn… he's such a good kisser… Yugi's mouth curled into a smile while they kissed then Yami decided to me mean and tickled him. Yugi yelped, Yami just laughed and pulled Yugi into his lap. "Feeling better?"
Yugi nodded, very dazed "Yeah… what you say?" he snapped back into focus as soon as Yami pinched him lightly.
Yami rolled his eyes "I lost you there"
Yugi lowered his head shyly. Sorry about that…
Yami laughed and played with Yugi's hair again, it was soft than should have been possible. Forgiven, tell me you love me…
Yugi smiled "I love you"
"Aww!"
The two jumped as Anzu squealed "That's so cute!" she yelled again then had to be held back by Joey and Serenity as she tried to hug-bomb them to death for being too cute.
Miho looked dreamily around the room. "It feels so much more complete now you're home… oh! Sorry I dozed off there, hi Yugi. How's it feel to be back home?" she asked, stepping around the struggling threesome and perching self on a chair.
Yugi smiled at her, shooting a look at Yami. She's still weird even if she's a friend. "I'm feeling great Miho, thanks for asking"
Tristan stood by her and grinned "Still talking, that's good. So Anzu wasn't kidding about the crutches?"
Yugi looked down at the things and glared at them "Yeah… I hate them" he crossed his arms. I really do.
Yami tickled him lightly. Don't waste your energy hating those things, they're not worth it. Yugi bumped his head and smiled.
Serenity broke off her kiss with Anzu, the only thing that would stop her at that moment, and smiled over at him. "At least you won't be stuck in a wheelchair, Anzu wouldn't leave you alone"
Anzu held Serenity back, looking as dazed as Miho often did "Sure would, aww… they're cuddling again" she cooed.
Joey rolled his eyes at her "I think she's one of 'em Shonan-ai fans or somet'ing. So… when's da trial of da bastards?"
Yugi looked at the calendar "Next month, when I'm strong enough to stand without fainting or falling over… I hope we can put them away"
Yami leaned his head against Yugi's, the both of them praying that what they had would be enough. If Dartz was to walk free he would at once make sure that the two who apposed him would die. The star heads didn't care about their own deaths, but didn't want the death of the other. That would be too much.
Yugi knew that Dartz wanted him dead now, Charlie's family would be gone forever as would be any knowledge of those documents…
As if reading his mind Miho said "I wonder what was so important about those documents?"
Tristan shrugged with Yami. "Maybe there was some photos in it too" Tristan offered "Blackmail letters, fraud evidence, other murder evidence… who knows what Dartz has done alone…"
Everyone was grimly silent at that thought. How many others had Dartz hurt? If he was as ruthless with others as he was with Yugi's family, then the numbers could be in more than double digits.
"I don't ever want to find out" Serenity said at last. Anzu rubbed her shoulders. The red head sighed and got up "I'll get some drinks for us, it's the hottest day of the year" she smiled and wandered into the small kitchen.
Anzu followed after a beat, then there was a crash "Fuck!" the older swore.
Yugi looked up alarmed "What broke?"
Anzu hopped back in with a bleeding foot, tissue pressed to the big toe "Karma hates me!" she cursed. "The flowerpot" she answered at last.
Serenity cleaned it up with Joey's help and sighed "Yugi? Do you have another flower holder?"
Yugi nodded "Yeah, in the cupboard behind the…" his eyes widened as he trailed off. Oh god… could it be?
Yami shook him lightly "Yugi?"
Yugi jumped up, one crutch in hand "It couldn't be" he whispered and nearly ran to his room.
Yami gasped, everyone following him as he was right behind the boy, Yugi was as white as a sheet, fumbling with his bedroom door. Yami pulled him around "Yugi? What's going on?"
"Yeah! Ya just ran like ya remembered da kettle was on" Joey said just behind them.
Yugi turned back to his door. "I figured it out!" he panted, kicking the door open when the knob refused to turn properly. Yugi knelt by his bed and put a hand under to search for something. "Holder of the puzzle, but not a person" Yugi said to the bewildered teens that piled into his room.
Yugi pulled out a golden box. "Maybe, Dad meant this…" he opened it and looked inside. Everyone looked over his shoulders. Yugi saw that it was empty, as it was going to remain as the puzzle was solved and around Yami's neck at the moment, but his eyes weren't blinded by the golden pieces anymore, he saw at once the crack in the bottom right corner.
Joey scratched his head "But Yug'. You've looked in dere a hundred times"
Yugi nodded, pulling a pencil down from his desk "Yeah, but I was looking at the puzzle pieces, not the box itself, I always did have a problem packing it away because the box space was too small…so…" he fit the sharp lead into the crack and pressed.
The other side of the bottom lifted as the false bottom was revealed. Everyone drew in a breath together. Yugi shakily lifted out the false bottom and sagged back with closed eyes. "I had them all along…"
Yami looked into the box, at the bottom were several rolls of film, all wrapped around needles there was so many, about twenty tiny memory sticks and drives, a magnifying glass that was small but powerful and… a booklet of tiny print text… the documents that Dartz wanted.
Everyone was too shocked to say or do anything. Yugi stared into the bottom of the box and closed his eyes. "Dad…"
Yami hugged him "He chose a good place to hide them… sooner or later someone would find out about the secret inside it"
Yugi nodded "I don't believe it…"
Serenity kneeled in front of him "How did you figure it out?"
Yugi smiled and laughed a little "It was you that said the phrase that made everything click" Serenity blinked, Yugi continued "Before we left the hospital I was thinking about what my Dad said to Dartz; The holder of the Millennium puzzle has the documents. At first I thought he meant a person like Dartz did, I thought Mum had them. But after a while I got the feeling that Dad wouldn't direct it at another person because it would put them in danger" Yami knew that Yugi wouldn't say that Charlie told Yugi himself, it was more than the others could handle.
Yugi continued through Yami's thoughts "Serenity said 'flower holder' and I was searching for a 'Puzzle holder'… it just clicked" he put the box on the floor and curled up into a ball staring at it fearfully. "If each of those memory sticks if full…"
Everyone looked at each other worriedly; How many crimes? How many people? What had been worth dying for?
Tristan pulled Miho into a hug and said "We should call the police…" he said. Joey nodded and Anzu quietly agreed after standing up. She nodded her head at the door, knowing that Yugi would need some air at least after finding this.
Serenity nodded "We need to clean up the kitchen anyway" she murmured softly and ushered everyone out, nodding at Yami who was worrying about Yugi.
Yugi was hyperventilating, hands in his hair by his temples, breathing harshly and staring at the floor, resting his elbows on his knees "Oh god!" he gasped out.
Yami put his arms around him, pulling him into his lap "Shh, it's alright, calm down…"
"Oh god! My Dad… it was right… I held it every time… oh god…" Yugi gasped out, still holding his hair and breathing funny. Yami was worried, he didn't want Yugi to go have an emotional breakdown so soon out of hospital. But he was helpless, he could only rub Yugi's back and convince him to talk it out.
After Yugi had babbled himself into silence Yami decided to speak "We can end it Yugi. Anzu can see Teá again, your Father won't have died in vain, Dartz won't be able to hurt you again…"
Yugi breathed quietly as he listened to Yami talk. Painting him a picture of what he had to do, what he could do for his parents and for hundreds of others. Yami kept gently talking to him until Yugi stopped shaking. He couldn't blame his boyfriend for almost falling apart; he had just found the thing that he had almost been tortured to death over. It was more than a little shock.
Yugi cuddled into Yami's arms further but wouldn't talk. He just wanted comfort at the moment.
Yami felt a slight fear in his heart that he'd never hear that angelic voice again. "Yugi?"
"Hmm?"
"Talk to me"
Yugi looked up with wide amethyst eyes "About what?"
Yami sighed, relief flooding him, his crimson eyes closed in contentment. "Promise me that you'll never fall silent again, hikari-mine… please?"
Yugi stroked Yami's cheek until he opened his eyes, Yugi smiled, the smile said; I promise. But his voice sealed it "I promise… I'll never fall silent again" Yami smiled and they lip locked briefly before they stood up, the outside world beckoning to them both again. "Please don't leave me?" Yugi half asked and half ordered.
Yami saw the flickering gaze to his parent's shrine, he knew that was what Yugi feared the most, Yami leaving him like the rest of his family did. "Never" Yami promised.
Then the two walked down to meet the police, the evidence in hand, this was the beginning of the end, soon everything would be right.
Ta-Da!
This is very almost the end. I couldn't bring myself to leave it just like that so I've got a finishing chapter that's next. Please review here as well as in the next chapter, I want to know if ending here was good or if the next chapter was needed.
This chapter inspired the story and I read Sassybrat's story and that influenced it a lot. I'll most likely have another Yugioh Story out soon, until next time.
Ja ne!
