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Memories – part two – Yami and Jean

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Yami sighed and went to the window. His thoughts were far behind on the night he decided to leave forever. He could still feel the pain he felt that night…

Flashback

He walked silently to the game shop. His cell phone vibrated few times and he knew Yugi called him for something but he didn't have the strength to answer. It was too painful. He walked not noticing his way. His eyes were blank. He didn't even notice a black limo pass beside him. The rain started to fall and soon he was soaking wet. He came to the game shop and noticed the light in the living room. He came in and walked soundlessly. Soon he heard voices…

"Come on guys! Speak up!"

"I wanted to wait for Yami to arrive but it seams he won't be here so…" He heard Tea speak. She sounded exited.

"What!" Joey yelled.

"We're getting married!" In that moment Yami didn't hear anything. He fatly recognized sounds coming from the living room but nothing made sense. His heart broke into million peaces. It broke never to be gathered again. He wanted to get to his room, pack his bags, take his money and go as fare away as he could. He didn't know when he opened the doors or when everyone fell silent.

"Hey, Yami! We didn't hear you enter!" Said Yugi.

"I just came in." He said. He couldn't believe he managed to say that.

"I suppose you don't know the good news?" Asked Seto. 'Is it just me or is his smile somehow… mocking me…' He thought.

"Seto and I are getting married!" Said Tea and showed her left hand. There on her ring finger was a diamond ring. In that moment the pain disappeared. In that moment Yami as everyone knew him died. He has lost the only woman he ever loved… the only woman he ever wanted…

"I'm happy for you. Now excuse me. I have to go and change. Good night." he just went to his room. Someone would think he was crying… he wasn't. Someone would think he felt pain… he wasn't. They would think he would fight for the woman he loved… he didn't. He packed his bags and late in the night when grandpa and Yugi were asleep he left leaving the doors unlocked and only one card on his desk. The card of the Changing Heart…

End flashback

He woke up from his daydreaming when he saw Jean waving to him from the backyard. A small, barely noticeable smile appeared on his face. He remembered how he met Jean and how for the first time in long time he smiled…

Flashback

His daily shift at the museum ended and he was about to lock the doors when he noticed a girl standing before an artifact.

"I'm sorry miss! The museum is closing." He said walking to her. She jumped and looked at him. Her long red hair matched her almost red eyes.

"I'm sorry. I lost track of time." There was a moment of silence. "Hay… Are you the new tourist guide? I listened to your teaching today. It was marvelous. I always thought I new everything about all these artifacts but when I heard you I was… wow…" Yami had to chuckle.

"I'm glad you liked it. What is it that you're looking at?" He looked at the artifact and smiled to himself. It was the coffin of Tuttankhamon.

"You are interested in Ancient Egypt?" He asked.

"I'm a student of Ancient cultures. Ancient Egypt is fascinating. But I hate deserts." Again he had to chuckle. He hadn't done that in almost two years now.

"Listen…"She bit her lip. "Would you… Would you like to go on a coffee with me?" She asked. Yami stood there for a second. 'What could go wrong?' He asked himself.

"Why not. I could use some company. The name is Yami, Yami Motou." He said.

"I'm Jean. Jean Thomas."

End flashback

He woke up again when he heard a silent knock on the doors.

"Enter!" He said. Jean walked in with a small smile on her face.

"What is wrong, Yami? When I saw you, you looked so distant?" She came to him and hugged him.

"I was just thinking. All those memories coming back… So many bad and so few of them happy…" He looked out the window. Jean got scared. Yami was very melancholic at same times it even crosses the bounders of depression. He laughed almost never and she loved his laughter. So husky and deep. Shivers ran down her spine.

"Are you all right?" He asked, went to her and hugged her.

"I remembered that time you got sick. I was so scared you wouldn't make it. I even forgot about that little…incident that happened…"

"We agreed we would never talk about that again."

"I thought it would tear us apart.."

"But in the end it only made us even closer them before." Jean nodded her head, but no matter how much she wanted she could never forget the horror of that day.

Flashback

Jean ran threw the streets on the verge of going hysterical. The moment Yami's friend Scot Gray called her from the hospital and said Yami was very sick and in a coma she ran out of her house and made her way to the hospital. So many thoughts flew threw her mind.

"Please, Lord! Let him be all right!" She whispered to herself. They haven't talked since the day they… 'Please, Lord. I will never forgive myself if something happens to him.' She thought. She arrived in front of the hospital and rushed in. one of the sisters stopped her.

"I'm sorry. Can you tell me where is the room of Yami Motou?" Hs asked her voice cracking in tears. The sisters didn't have the chance to say when a deep voice spoke from behind.

"Jean?" She turned and saw a very tired looking Scot standing behind her. His face was enough for her. Tears stared to fall freely and she fell in his arms. She didn't see him nodding to the sister. He slowly took her to Yami's room. It was an awful sight.

"He can't breath on his own. It is a very difficult pneumonia and he has a dieses we can't cure. Even if he makes it out of this he will have problems with it for the rest of his life." Jean let go of him and went to Yami's side. The respirator, all those machines and the loud beeping sound that came with every beet of his heart… She fell on her knees beside his bed. She caressed his forehead gently. Cold sweat covered his brows and his slightly tanned skin was pail.

"Please, Yami… I know you can hear me… Please be all right…" She whispered. Scot sighed behind her and came to her placing his hand on her shoulder.

"We're doing our best…"

End flashback

Another shiver went down her spine.

"It was the worst time of my life." She whispered. "I didn't even know will you survive. I wanted so much to say I'm sorry." They sat on a chair and she placed her head on Yami's shoulder. Yami hugged her protectively and kissed her forehead.

"It ended pretty well. I got well and you got married." She had to laugh. Yami always knew how to make her laugh. She remembered how she was sad that time they didn't speak to each other. Somehow they ended together and after that night everything was awkward. He was her first, and she was his. They never regretted it and after Yami's sickness and their talk, they became even closer then before.

"I'm glad Scot was there all the time. If he weren't there encouraging me every day I think I would have broken then. It was so painful watching you suffer and knowing I could do nothing more but to sit there and be by your side."

"And that is all I needed, especially when I learned that grandfather died. I can't believe you came from your honeymoon trip just to go on the funeral with me." He whispered.

"And when I think you thought I wouldn't find out. When I red it in the newspapers Scot and I decided instantly we should quit the honeymoon and come to you. You did so much for the both of us we didn't know how else to pay you back." She looked up and saw Yami looking at the sealing.

"Remember how you got the two of us together?" She asked.

"Yes, I do. I got really bored of watching you two dance around each other for almost two full years and I had to do something. So I did the first thing that got on my mind."

"Please don't remind me!"

Flashback

Yami sat in his room working on some new discovery but at the same time he couldn't concentrate. He couldn't get his mind of Jean and Scot. The two of them just wouldn't confess their love to each other. It was time he did something. Just what… The doors opened and he heard Jean walk in laughing.

"Thank you for a wonderful evening, Scot. I just can't stop laughing…" Laughter filed the room. This time Scot joined her.

"I know. Say hello to Yami and tell him that I'm mad at him for not joining us." At that time Yami stood on the doors watching them.

"If I did join you I would probably end up going nuts." He said.

"Why is that?" In that moment Yami got an idea.

"Nothing. I wanted to go for a walk but I couldn't find my keys. Can I borrow yours until I find mine?" Jean nodded her head.

"Here take those. Scot has to go home already although I invited him for a coffee." She said. 'He'll be staying a lot more.' Thought Yami.

"I'll just get dressed." He was back in a minute. Jean and Scot sat in the living room talking. He smirked to him self and from his car keys he took of the keys from the apartment and left the car keys on the kitchen table. He sneaked out and locked the doors from the outside. He went out and heard Jean shout something from their balcony but he just smirked for himself and went to the movies.

He came back maybe four hours later and when he got in he just peaked in Jeans room and saw what he wanted to see. A small smile played on his lips and he closed the doors going to is room…

End flashback

Yami smiled for himself.

"I'm glad I did what I did."

"And we will never be able to thank you enough." She said. His eyes went dark again.

"You're thinking about grandpa, aren't you?"

"Yes. I wish I was there when he died…"

"You were on his funeral and that's all that matters."

"I know. But still…"

Flashback

The rain was falling. On a small hill on the Domino graveyard white flowers represented the falling snow. It wasn't actually snowing but in the hearts of people who were there… was nothing but a cold sorrow. Fare away from them stood a man. His black coat flew with the wind. Behind him stood a woman with red hair in the hands of a taller man. He held her close. The man before them watched the people on the hill. One of them, Yugi Motou, threw one last peace of the earth as a goodbye to his only family. Behind him stood his friends. Joseph Wheeler, Tristen Taylor, Duke Devlin and Rayou Bakura. On the side stood Tea Gardner-Kaiba, in the hands of her husband, Seto Kaiba and beside her brother-in-law Mokuba Kaiba. Someone would think his heart would have ached to see her in his arms but he felt nothing but coldness and sorrow. When they left he climbed up the hill. He kneeled by the grave and placed a bucket of white roses on the cold ground.

"Things will never be as you wanted. I will never find peace as you did. God bless and curse you soul, Simon Motou. Bless because of your good soul and honorable life, and curse because you are the one who freed me, Simon. You found the box and took it to Yugi. If you didn't give it to him, he would have never solved it and I would have never tasted the pain of a braking heart so many times..." He said, turned to Jean and Scot, and left...

End flashback

"It must have been so painful to see her in the arms of another man." Jean said seeing Yami's face. He said nothing just nodded his head.

"It isn't difficult to see her. It hurts me more to see Annie and know she could have been my daughter." There was silence between them. Yami suddenly cheered up.

"So… when is the baby coming?" Jean smiled.

"Sometime around Christmas." She said.

"What will be the baby's name?"

"If we get a girl her name will be Jasmine, and if we get a boy his name will be Yami." Yami went silent for a second just staring in her eyes.

"Thank you." he said.

"You're welcome." He went silent again. After a moment of silence she spoke up.

"I never thanked you actually." She said. Yami looked at her.

"For what?"

"For everything. For loving me, for giving me an opportunity to live a happy life. For being what you are... If there weren't for you I would never have the courage to do all that I didn't. I can't wait for the baby to be born." She said. He laughed.

"Scot and I are happy. I wish you could be happy with someone like the two of us." It was Yami's turn to sigh.

"I know. Maybe one day I will be happy. Maybe one day I will be able to forget..."

"But you still love her, don't you?" There was silence for a moment.

"Yes... Yes I do."

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Dear reader,

I must apologize for not posting up for a long time but I have a good reason. My computer has … been in a very dificoult condition. I'm sorry if I ddin't replay to any of your review but I simply don't have time to breath . TT I hope you all liked the new part and I promise I will try and hurry up with the next one. Thank you all who reviewed, you are all great. Tell me what you think of this part and don't be lazy and stop reviewing.

Love,

Izida