Wilderness


It took a while for Yami to get his bearings, and even longer for him to calm down enough to think straight.

Well, as straight as he could manage with the constant babbling in the back of his mind. He was sure that was Yugi. Maybe he should have been much more concerned about not being able to hear real words from his brother, but he was too relieved.

He had seen Yugi fall from the edge of that building. Had yelled and fought but been unable to get back. So much time had passed- Yugi would have hit the ground by now.

But he wasn't dead.

Yami knew this- mind links didn't reach the dead.

So as scared and lost as he may have been, he still had a reason to keep going.

That in mind, Yami dragged himself to his feet and began looking around. His initial decision that he was in a basement, it seemed, was slightly off. It was small and dirty- no, not dirty, actually it was made of dirt. A root cellar of some sort, then.

He figured it wouldn't be so hard to get out, if that were the case. The place didn't even have proper walls, why would it have good locks?

He was right. It took only a moment to find the exit, and when he did the hatch came open with only minor trouble. It was latched closed on the other side, but not locked in any way.

When he pulled himself up onto the floor of a hut he only took a moment to look around. The place was small, grubby, and generally not well cared for. He only saw these in passing before he was up and heading out of the building- Getting back to Yugi as quickly as possible, finding out if he was okay, was the highest priority.

But as soon as Yami had exited the building, he stopped in shock.

Trees.

He was surrounded, completely, by trees.

There… wasn't a forest near Domino.

Oh dear.


AN: So… Yami was gonna be in some building in domino… and he actually wasn't even going to be able to exit the place yet... but then… wilderness.