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A Golden Heart

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CHAPTER 17:

-"It's amazing how those two are fighting"-said Duke while the others continued looking at the fight.

Seto threw his sword aiming at Yami's heart but he was able to stop it with his own sword and pushed him backwards with the force of all his body. Seto tripped but maintained his balance, and run again throwing his sword for all the possible angles. Yami was very skilled in dodging all his attacks and resist with his sword the direct attacks at his vital points. Sweat covered his expression as well as Seto's. Yami's red eyes were starting to succeed into tiredness but he fought to maintain them in alert. He analyzed Seto's actions and could see he was as tired as him, or maybe more tired than him. He had to end that fight soon.

Yami charged at him and Seto barely could answer the attack and in that brief minute, Yami spotted an opening and tried to cut him… and he did it. Seto took several steps backwards and with a hand touched his cheek. He could feel the blood freely traveling his face towards his neck. He saw his hand covered by his blood. How he wished the blood he was seeing in his hand was Yami's blood…

-"Bastard"-he growled

-"After all that, finally he managed to make a cut in him… Seto really is tough…"-whispered Isis quietly

-"But Yami is tougher, he isn't hurt"-said Joey without taking his eyes off theses two.

Yami wasn't hurt, but at the moment, he was panting heavily and was already feeling the bill his body was passing him right in the moment for the abuse he had giving to it. Also, he had lost all sense of the time; he didn't know how long they had been fighting. He could deduce that maybe two hours had passed.

-"I feel tired already… but I can't let him win this…"

He was giving Seto a hard time. Since Yami recovered part of his memory, his knowledge of fighting skills had emerged completely. Seto, on the other side, was as well panting slightly. He would not let Yami know he was more tired than him, for all the energy he had been using to keep at Yami's pace; so he charged once more towards him. His action was so abrupt and Yami was a little absorbed thinking in the tiredness that he didn't see it coming. Seto stabbed him on his left side and Yami let out a silent gasp as well as a little blood out of his mouth.

-"Yami!!!"-all his friends exclaimed and tried to break free of these men but they couldn't.

They stayed there a minute and drops of blood could be seen falling in the floor and the sword incrusted inside his body. Seto smirked. Yami took slowly Seto's sword and pushed it out of his body at the same time he formed with his hands a ball of light energy which he threw towards Seto so he fell backwards a few feet away from him.

-"Seto is a fucking cheater!!"-exclaimed Joey lifting a fist trying to punch to who was grabbing him but he only received a cut on his face by the dagger. It burned a lot. – "Shit…"

-"You are right; he has been using magic during the entire fight!"-exclaimed Bakura wanting to get into the fight to help Yami.

-"He has been using it because HE IS JUST A LOW LOSER!!!"-Screamed Anzu at the top of her lungs so Seto could hear her –"He NEVER would be at Yami's height!!"

-"Pharaoh…"-whispered Isis eyeing him with concern.

Yami put one hand on the wound that was letting out a lot of blood and with the other supported his body in a kneel position on the floor. Sweat traveled all over his face and he raised his head to see Seto who was laying still on the floor. His vision blurred a little and he shut tight his eyes.

Seto's men were staring with wide eye at his master laying emotionless on the floor.

-"Master Seto, are you okay?"-one of the cloaked figures asked

Seto stirred and slowly got up with the help of his sword like support. He let out an evil laugh.

-"That… was fun!"-he continued laughing like a madman.

-"Yami! Are you okay?! Tell me you are okay!!"-screamed desperately Anzu kicking and trying to break free of the grip of these men. Her friends doing the same.

-"This…is the end…and it's not going to like you. My love…"-Yami thought hard and sent the message at Anzu with the little energy he had left.

Anzu widened her eyes a little startled of hear Yami's voice inside her head. She processed what he had said and then she understood letting out a terrified scream.

-"No!! You can't do it!! Please, don't!!" –tears started to make its way out of her eyes

-"Anzu, what? Tell us!"-demanded Joey and the others just stared at her in awe.

:: Flashback::

-"I had a vision today in the morning… and I saw myself… dying"

-"What?" –exclaimed Anzu with disbelief

-"Explain yourself please" –asked Duke with concern.

-"I was standing in the middle of a chamber and I could see myself holding the puzzle. And a woman that was fighting to get by my side but there were cloaked figures that surrounded me by all the angles with daggers" – He stopped for a moment.

-"Take your time" –said Duke reassuring him

- "I couldn't see well the woman but she was willing to stop me of doing that"

-"Of doing what?" –asked Anzu

He looked at her and answered.

-"I killed myself… with the energy of the item"

:: End of Flashback::

They saw Yami got up still holding his wound and with his sword still in his hand.

-"He had just said to me that this was the end… and it was not going to like me…"-Anzu said with shaky tone-"I suspect he… he…"-her voice broke

-"He wouldn't dare…."-whispered Bakura returning his attention towards Yami

-"He wouldn't dare what?"-Joey was lost

-"Joey, you remember the vision Yami told us?"-asked Duke and Joey widened his eyes nodding.

-"He can't…"-Joey whispered and screamed–"Yami! Are you losing it?? What the hell are you going to do!! You wouldn't dare to…."-Joey was interrupted when they heard the clatter sound made for the sword when Yami dropped it on the floor.

-"Oh, so you are surrendering? I never expected that from you. JaJaJa"-Seto exclaimed laughing maniacally.

Yami's side was silent; a little stream of blood could be seen running out of his closed mouth. His bangs covering all his face so his expression was solemn and dark.

-"What is he planning? Does he really want to die?"-Thought Joey confused and waiting for what was going to happen.

-"It seems he is determined"-said Marik

-"But, what is he going to do?"-asked Isis

-"We only know the result of what he is going to do…"-answered Bakura quietly

Yami waited until Seto's laugh died and then he decided to speak slowly and quietly.

-"All. Ends. Here."

-"You lost your mind by the lack of blood that you are talking nonsense!! How pitiful…"-he said and dropped his sword as well at the same time he grabbed his rod and aimed it at Yami. –"Now that you are weak, I will suck up all your inner power, just watch me…"-he said and was going to start the spell when he noticed something weird.

Yami was not moving an inch and his aura started to increase greatly. His voice was quietly murmuring something no one could hear.

-"What is he…"-Duke couldn't finish his sentence when he felt his millennium scale shake vigorously in his hand. He turned to look at his friends and saw Joey staring at his key and Anzu staring at his necklace which was as well shaking strangely. He stared at Bakura and saw his ring going nuts on his chest, its points signaling everywhere and Marik, he was grabbing his eye in pain.

-"The eye… is trying to get out of me…"-Marik said feeling the pain that it caused.

-"All the items… look at Seto's rod"-said Isis signaling at Seto

Indeed, the rod was shaking as well and Seto was holding it with both hands trying to maintain it in his side.

-"WTF!!!"-he raised his eyes to see Yami –"what the hell are you doing??!!"-he demanded desperately trying to hold his item

Yami remained in his position, still murmuring, and holding his wound with his hand. Like a shot, all the items left the hands of their holders and flied towards Yami making a circle around him.

-"Amazing…"-said Joey with open mouth and wide eyes. His friends looked the same. Seto just stared shocked at him.

-"Ouchh"-Marik complained grabbing his eye that was letting out blood for the abrupt movement of the millennium eye.

-"Brother!"-Isis exclaimed and went at his side, ripped a little cloth of her dress and made an improvised bandage around his eye.

-"Are you okay Marik?"-Bakura asked and the others looked at him worriedly

-"Yeah don't worry. Now we must worry for the man over there"-he said pointing at Yami with the six items encircling him.

-"But I thought you didn't have any energy left!! Were you pretending?! "-Seto was starting to feel fear, he had a barely idea of what was Yami doing.

Seto's followers took a step backwards releasing Yami's friends and running out of the cave fearing for their lives.

-"What a losers"- murmured Seto still in his spot

The gang didn't pay any attention to the men which were running away; instead they were staring at Yami's actions.

The items were dancing in circles around his body and he was still murmuring. Suddenly the items stopped moving and stood in the following position: The eye was at his back and to its right was the necklace. In front of the necklace was the scale and at Yami's front was the rod. At the left side of the eye was the key and in front of it was the ring with his points signaling at Seto. All the items were forming a hexagon around Yami's body, all of them shining brightly. Yami lifted his millennium puzzle above his head with one hand, while the other still was pressing the blood coming out of the wound. It seemed the wound was deep and maybe it had gone through a vital organ.

Yami spoke for the second time.

-"Seto, prepare to live... without any kind of... evilness in your heart… You… were my beloved cousin back there and… in this time… Besides all that had happened… all that you had done... to me and my friends… I still have affection to you"-he paused panting and breathing heavily while the puzzle started shining –"That is why I'm going to... give my life so you can… live a normal one…"-a single tear ran away from his darkened expression.

-"Yami don't do it! There is always another way!! You are hurt; you can't contain all of that dark energy! I don't want you dead!!! Please, stop!!!"-screamed Anzu and was going to run at his side but Bakura stopped her.

-"It's dangerous! Right now, he is like a charged weapon! You can't come any closer!"-he said and she continued to struggle.

-"I thought you were doing this for the world and for your little friends here…not for me…" –Seto whispered sadly but then his expression changed at a mock one and he smirked –"Don't make me cry with your little scene, 'dear cousin', I'm perfect in this way!"-he screamed laughing and then his laugh died when he realized Yami's expression.

Yami was staring directly at his cold icy blue eyes, with cloudy red eyes and with a warm smile on his face.

-"The mainly world I was talking to save… was you"-he closed his eyes and said –"You will thank me…even if I can't hear your words... right now, I would have said 'That's what friends do'"-that seemed to hit a nerve on Seto's brain because he started to feel a headache and involuntary grabbed his head for the pain.

Memories shot like a flash, of the past when they used to play and mock each other, of when Yami was pharaoh and he was always at his side supporting him and helping with the decisions… he let out a silent gasp and kneeled on the floor.

-"He had started… to absorb the dark energy"-said Bakura

-"Yami… please survive this…"-Anzu prayed with all her heart with tears wetting all of her face.

A few minutes passed and Seto was laying on the floor breathing heavily and coughing. Yami at this time was starting to scream.

-"He can't contain anymore!!"-said Bakura worriedly

-"We have to stop him!"-said Duke and was going to run as well as Joey when suddenly all the items stopped shining and fell with a loud clatter on the floor.

They stopped in mid step and saw that Seto was rising off the floor. All were cautious and stared at him in awe.

Seto rose completely and lifted his face to see his surroundings. The gang saw his eyes showed warmness. They were no longer cold icy blue eyes.

Seto stared at his shaky hands remembering all he had done and was going to… he felt like a shit.

-"Yami… you are a true friend… cousin…"-he whispered and lifted his eyes to see Yami

The gang ran towards Yami and all, including Seto, widened their eyes when they saw him fall backwards into the floor with a loud thud and the millennium item out of his neck still floating in thin air and shining.

-"Yami!!"-screams of agony could be heard among the cave by all his friends including a certain blue eyes.

All ran towards him, Seto included, and Anzu kneel besides him, lifted his head and put it on her lap. Joey, Duke, Marik, Bakura and Seto were standing around him, while Isis was knelt besides Anzu checking his pulse and wound.

-"It's deep… and he has lost so much blood"-she said and checked the pulse

-"It's weak, if we don't do something fast…"-her voice broke and tears were coming out of her eyes again. Anzu was desperate.

-"Yami, you can't leave me here! Now that we were fine together! Why all of this had to happen?! Why??!!"-she was screaming with desperation.

-"Ask at this fucking madman!!"-Joey exclaimed with rage charging towards Seto so he could download all the mixed expressions he felt inside his body. He punched Seto hard on his jaw and he fell backwards a few feet away.

-"I know I deserve that and more, but I was been manipulate by that dark magic… I couldn't control it in time…"-Seto said quietly feeling extremely bad and rubbing his jaw while wiping a little blood out of his mouth.

-"Joey, all the fault is of the dark magic… Seto was just an instrument of its intelligence…" –Joey heard Yami's voice inside his head and turned to look at him laying on the floor supported by Anzu with his eyes closed.

-"All of you heard him?"-Joey asked a little confused. They nodded.

-"Thanks for being there for me guys, I don't have much life energy left… so, take care of yourself and remember I will be forever you friend, now I must finish and move on…"

-"Yami, you are not going to go anywhere, you are staying here with us!!"-Joey exclaimed and grabbed Yami by the shirt and shook him a little.

Yami coughed and let out a lot of blood staining Joey's clothes. Joey widened his eyes in fear as well as the others, they saw Yami open his eyes a little and smile at him.

-"Sorry... for that…"-he said staring at his clothes – "Now, I must…seal…it…"-he whispered and his gaze broke from Joey's eyes to the puzzle shining still hanging in thin air.

-"Anzu, my love I always loved you and I will always love you…don't be sad for what is going to happen, our love will still transcend time… we will meet again, I know it…"-he sent his message at Anzu with his mind staring at her with his red eyes while some tears made its way down his cheek. Her blue eyes were so opaque and cloudy by all the tears she had let out, and was still able to let out more.

-"I love you too and I believe you…"-she said and gave him one last sweet kiss on his lips tasting a little of his blood. He closed his eyes.

-"Thank you"

The puzzle started to whirl at a great speed shining brighter than before. All of them turned to look at it and saw the instant when the puzzle broke in tiny pieces and they transformed in a little golden box with the eye of wedjat on his center and some inscriptions on it. The box stayed in mid air and stopped shining. All was left in silence.

They turned to look at Yami and noted that his constant raising chest had stopped.

-"Y-Yam…"-Anzu's voice broke and she shook him gently first. None respond.

Isis went and checked his pulse again, tears automatically went out of her eyes without previous advice and she covered her mouth with both hands and went towards Marik for comfort. Marik hugged her and closed his eyes in resignation, tears starting to run away from his eyes too.

Anzu shook him violently, inside her expecting to make him move or talk in her mind, but she knew it was too late and he was no more with her. She cried so loudly that all the cave seemed to crumble.

-"Damn bastard! How you dare to leave us like this…!! You… stupid…!"-Joey started to cry too and leaned on Yami's chest and cried more loudly.

Bakura made some signals and with tears in his eyes too, murmured a prayer to the gods for his soul. Duke was crying quietly and Seto was sitting on the floor with tears making his way down his cheek.

-"I'm the one that had to be dead… I don't deserve what you did…"

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After several minutes of lamentations and cries, a bright light came from the altar that was in the cave and the golden box hanging in mid air went flying towards the blinding light and was lost into it. The six remained items lifted as well and went flying towards the blinding light too. Then, a commanding voice spoke.

-"It's great what you mortals did to help the pharaoh, now finally all is over and the world can rest again for an eternity"

-"That's it?! That's all 'wherever you are' is going to say!!!"-screamed Anzu feeling all the rage and sadness mix together in the bottom of her stomach.

-"Anzu, I think you are talking at god Ra"-Bakura murmured kneeling as well as Marik and Isis. Duke just stood there trying to distinguish any form from the blinding light, and Joey just was much occupied crying on Yami's chest.

-"I don't care! I just want Yami back!! I love him with all my heart and I want him here with me!! With all of us!!"-she broke in cries again caressing with her hand Yami's still warm face.

-"I see"-Ra said and continued, not changing a bit his neutral voice–"Pharaoh Yami was of great help in the earth, he was a warrior with a golden heart, the best representative of the gods down here… that's why I will propose you mortals something"-he paused and Joey lifted his head and waited for what Ra was going to say.

-"I can make Yami be alive again…"-Ra was interrupted by shouts of joy

-"Yes, that's what we want sir!!!"-exclaimed Joey smiling

-"But, he will have no memories of all of you and any of this" –they went silent –"Also, your memories will be erased as well, we can't risk he remember all of this again, because the events will repeat itself, so we can't let that happen"- They went sad again - "I will give back all of your normal lives without the memories bound to this situation. Now, decide. Yami's life or your memories…"

There was a thick silence. No one knew what to do, what to choose. Either way, it was painful for them. If they were to choose Yami's life, all of them will forget who knows what things of Yami… and if they choose memories, Yami will remain dead. Bakura, Marik and Isis glanced at Joey, Duke and Anzu. They knew, Joey, Duke and Anzu shared with the pharaoh stronger bounds they never reached to share, so they could feel and understand this hard situation, especially for Anzu…

-"Anzu… whatever you choose we will understand and support you"-said Joey quietly. He trusted she will made the right decision. Duke nodded behind Joey.

Anzu turned to look at Yami, still caressing his face now becoming cold as ice.

-"If I choose memories, I will be suffering the rest of my life without you at my side… if I choose your life, I will forget you… I don't want to forget you; you are my life, my love… what to do… I don't know!!!"-she closed her eyes tears coming down again.

:: Flashback::

-"Anzu, my love I always loved you and I will always love you…don't be sad for what is going to happen, our love will still transcend time… we will meet again, I know it…"-he sent his message at Anzu with his mind. Her blue eyes were so opaque and cloudy by all the tears she had let out, and was able to let out more.

-"I love you too and I believe you…"-she said and gave him one last sweet kiss on his lips tasting a little of his blood. He closed his eyes.

-"Thank you"

:: End of Flashback::

-"I believe you my love, we will meet again…"-she thought and lifted her teary eyes at the blinding light -"I choose… his life…"

-"So be it"-Ra stated and immediately all was covered by extremely blinding light and then all was darkness.

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RING!!!!!!!

The alarm clock of her bedroom started to ring and she turned it off in an instant. Anzu rose of the bed stretching her arms and yawning. She opened her brilliant blue eyes and stared at the sky through her window.

-"What a beautiful morning!! Ok, it's a new day to work!"-she got up and went to get prepared for his job.

Thirty minutes later, Anzu was running through the streets to get at Weekend's, the review were she worked as a make-up girl. Finally, she arrived and found her best friend, Serenity saying hello at her with a hand.

-"Hi, Serenity, how are you today?"-she asked approaching and giving her a hug.

-"I'm great! I met a nice guy yesterday, is so cute. He is tall, has silver hair and brown sharp eyes. He is so gorgeous!!"-Serenity said drooling all over

-"That sounds beautiful!"-Anzu said laughing –"You have to present him to me, okay?"-she said

-"Of course darling, you will be the first one to know! Even my brother doesn't know yet! JeJeJe"-she laughed innocently.

Suddenly out of the boss's office came out a boy, accompany by the boss himself Richard. The boy had tanned skin, short blonde hair and dark green eyes.

-"Ok, Marik starts working today"-said Richard

-"Thanks sir"-he answered

-"Tell your sister we have to meet so we can talk about that event coming soon, she knows which one, ok?"

-"Ok sir, I will tell her"-he said and took of walking towards the photo section

-"Who was that?"-asked Anzu at Serenity

-"I think he is the new photograph, he is good looking too…"-said Serenity still staring at him

-"I though you liked that silver haired man, what was his name?"-asked Anzu making Serenity snap out of her daydreaming.

-"Yes of course, he's name is Ryou. But Anzu, what do I do if there are a lot of good looking guys around? I can't help myself!"-she laughed again. Anzu laughed as well.

-"Hey, and your brother Joey?"-she asked

-"Oh, he is around here, I think that in the dressing rooms. He is with a new friend that is a model too. Maybe he will start working here as well because Duke, you know, the green eyes, black hair, other friend of Joey?"-Serenity asked to see if Anzu remembered him and she nodded.

-"Well, he said he had talent and was very famous in other countries"-she finished

-"Ahh, I see, and he is gorgeous too?"-Anzu asked in a mock way at her friend predicting what she was going to say.

-"Are you kidding me? He is hot!! Wait when you meet him… and actually here they come! Come on, I will present you!"-Serenity said grabbing her friend by the arm.

-"Serenity, wait, hold on, you little, wait damn!"-Anzu protested trying to get free of the hold Serenity had in her wrist.

-"Hi Serenity, we are going to start work. Oh, Hi Anzu!"-a voice Anzu could deduce was Joey had said and she immediately lifted her blue eyes to see him, but her attention was caught by the man besides him.

-"Hi…"-she murmured still staring at the man besides Joey. He was tall, spiky tri-colored hair, golden bangs framing his face, dark clothes and dark glasses.

Joey noted that and immediately understood.

-"Oh, Anzu, I want to introduce you to Yami. Yami this is Anzu, my little sister best friend and also my friend"–Joey smiled

Yami took off his dark glasses revealing his intense red sharp eyes and he smiled extending his hand for her to shake.

-"Nice to meet you Anzu, I hope we can be friends too –he said and waited for her reaction"

Anzu slowly raised her hand and shook his gently.

-"Nice to meet you too, Yami"-she said.

In the moment Anzu shook his hand, he felt a strange sensation inside him, also she felt a rare sensation too.

-"We will meet again; I know it…" –he frowned a little –"What was that? I must be hearing things…"

Without releasing her hand, he asked.

-"Do we know each other from other place? You seem vaguely familiar"-he asked searching inside his entire memory for that face, but he couldn't came out with nothing.

-"I don't think so, although I feel like we know each other from somewhere else…"-she replied

-"Maybe, from other life…"-he smiled gently and let go of her hand still staring intensely at her blue eyes.

- "Yeah, maybe"-she laughed softly still staring at his red eyes.

-"I like her laugh, she seems to be a sweet girl…and very beautiful too"-he thought

-"He is so handsome and interesting, I like him…"

-"Well, ladies, we have to work, maybe when the work is over we can hang around a little, what do you think?"-asked Joey staring at all of them

-"Ok, it's fine with me, Anzu?"-Serenity asked at her friend who broke for a minute her stare with Yami

-"I think it's great"-she said smiling and turned to look again at Yami when Joey asked him if he agreed.

-"Well… hmm"-he put a thoughtful expression staring at the ceiling but then he looked at Anzu for the tenth time –"I'd love to"-he said directly at her and she blushed.

-"Hmm, I think someone has a crush…"-Serenity murmured in Anzu's ear and she reacted immediately

-"I don't Serenity!"

-"Well, ladies until then, come on Yami, we have to work"-Joey said grabbing his friend by the arm and making him walk.

Yami turned and say bye with his hand at Anzu and Serenity, well, mainly at Anzu.

-"See you"-she replied staring at her now two friends walk away. She walked too to start her job -"See you Serenity" -She waved at her friend who nodded.

- "I believe in you… my love…"-Anzu stopped making up a model and frowned –"Uh… I must be hearing things…JeJe, better if I concentrate in work"-she said and continue what she was doing.

The End

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