There's a War Inside My Head

by JossyRose

This is basically a compilation of short stories and studies about the relationships between the spirits in the Sennen/Milennium Items and their hosts(wow, that makes the spirits sound like parasites but I can't think of a better term). It includes some OCs but probably none of mine.

3. A Dream of Reality

A/N This also takes place during Season 0. Yami is very different in that season than the rest of the show and Yuugi is adorable!

How can someone do such things and not remember? How can a person harbor another consciousness within his mind, and not realize. For Yuugi, there was always a split moment of awareness within him when Yami took over, a feeling of another presence, but that feeling dissipated nearly instantly afterward, and the thought would not occur to him until the next time Yami decided to take over. At night, however, the mind is less guarded, more open to strange thoughts that our consciousness tells us should not be possible.

It was this night, when the boy was asleep in his bed, covers draped over him, that the presence within him was strong, and Yuugi could have sworn he was not alone. Memories flashed within his mind of Anzu, his dear cru-friend in trouble, a gleam of gold that he recognized as the strange Egyptian's ankh from the brief time they met at the museum. A man's hand, finger clutching the trigger of a gun balancing an open lighter over a pool of Russian Vodka.

The boy would not remember these instances in the morning when he awoke, but they would still be there, buried within his mind. When the Sun rose and splashed light across the child's face, he groggily sat up, clutching his head, and whispered, "What is a…Yami no game?" while staring at the puzzle which lay on his desk.