Chapter 3 – Shadows and Stars
Around noon, Yami woke up with a massive headache. He mumbled, "What happened to me?" He looked around in despair. "Why I can't I remember what happens to me when everything goes black?"
Flashback:
It was a little past midnight when Yami slowly opens his eyes to see the world before him. The darkness covered the entire room while the bright starlight lit up a single part of the bedroom. He stood to his feet and walked over to his desk by the window. He gazed at the stars in the night sky wondering why he was someone who suffered night after night.
"It's so sad that my host has no idea I exist. How long will it be until I become known to his broken soul?" He looked at the tarot cards on the desk. "I guess I can read the future for now."
The crimson-eyed teen picked up the deck and shuffled it countless times. When he finished, he drew a card from the top, a card from the bottom, and a card from the middle. He set them side-by-side and closed his eyes for a moment. When he opened them, he flipped the first card over. It was the Death card. It was nothing surprising to him. Someone died every month. He flipped over the next card. It was the Wheel of fortune card. Yami stared at it for a moment before turning over the last card. It was The Lovers card.
"Uncertain love, yet certain death. Why aren't these easier to read?" He wrote down the cards on a sheet of paper and left it on the desk.
After a final glance at the stars, he slipped into bed and fell into blissful dreams at 2:00 am.
Present Time:
Yami stood to his feet and stretched his arms, yawning, "Ra, I didn't expect the sleeping pills to knock me out for so long." Yami can't sleep at night. That's why he takes sleeping pills every night. He walked over to his desk and found a sheet a paper with a tarot card reading written on it… in his own handwriting.
He stared at it, saying, "I don't remember getting up last night. Where did this come from?" He set it down and pulled out a book that teaches him to read tarot cards. He searched for the card description of the cards. He found the Death card description.
"Death? I wonder who it's going to be this time. Someone I know dies practically every month these days." He located The Wheel of Fortune card in the book.
"Oh, great. That's just what I need." He glanced at The Lovers description before putting down the book.
"How is someone supposed to read something like this?" He tossed the book towards a massive pile of books left in front of his bookshelf.
He suddenly felt a burning sensation in his chest and began coughing. Yami had gotten himself sick lately and he doesn't know how or why. His cell began ringing. It was Joey…again. He picked it up answered hoarsely,
"Joey? *cough cough* Is…Is that you? *cough cough*" The voice on the other line wasn't Joey. It was the brunette that he was recently avoiding.
"Yami? It's Seto. Are you alright? You sound horrible." Yami set the phone down and put it on speaker.
"Why are you *cough* calling me, Seto? *cough*" Before the brunette could reply, Yami had gone into some sort of coughing fit and couldn't stop.
The brunette heard him and started shouting frantically, "Yami? Yami, are you okay? Say something!"
The crimson-eyed male attempted to speak, but it resulted in another bout of coughing. He heard the boy saying something, but he couldn't focus. All of his senses were pretty much fucked up. He headed downstairs to clear his head. He held onto the railing for balance. About halfway down, he heard someone knocking on the door. "Yami?"
The brunette at his front door. Now that was something. He quickly made his way to the door to unlock it. Once he did, he fell onto the couch nearby. The door was swung open with a worried Seto Kaiba coming inside. His vision started going black as the brunette was calling his name. Soon, everything in sight fell into darkness.
A couple of days later, Yami came around with a raven-haired child at his side. As his eyes refocused, he saw Ryou come into the picture as well.
The albino noticed him waking. "Yami? Are you alright?"
Crimson eyes stared into brown before the male blinked a few times. His friend sighed, "Thank goodness. You gave everyone quite a scare. Seto was absolutely terrified when you had collapsed without warning."
Yami stared at him in confusion. "Whatever do you mean?"
Both of the males stared at him. The raven-haired boy (what was his name…Mokuba? Yes, that's his name) asked, "You…don't remember what happened?"
The tri-color haired teen shook his head. "No, I remember what happened. But he doesn't. I'm a little shocked though. He doesn't usually get sick." The brunette walked in without notice.
Mokuba couldn't stop staring at Yami. His brother mentioned that this boy was an enigma at times. But this was a little much even for him. Ryou gazed at the otherwise oblivious Yami.
"Whatever sickness you had caught, it's gone now. Honestly, you frightened us half to death! You could've died from this random-" Yami suddenly started giggling for no reason and pounce on the somewhat invisible brunette in front of him.
"Seto!" Shocked at the unexpected outburst, he was almost knocked over by the odd teen.
"Yami? What has gotten into you lately?" he demanded as the albino approached them.
The tri-color haired teen stared happily into the taller male's warm blue eyes. "Nothing! Nothing at all!" he cried as he released Seto and started spinning in circles. Ryou watched him in disbelief.
He focused long enough to say, "You've been acting very peculiar as of late. What's happened to make you act this way?"
Yami stopped spinning to face the three. "That's just it, Ryou! Nothing has happened! It's just me!" He once again began giggling uncontrollably. He quickly calmed himself before addressing them again.
"I apologize. It's just been so long since I've roamed for a while. I think it's about time I introduce myself. I'd rather not be confused with my host."
"Host?" The brunette asked in bewilderment. Yami (?) made a simple bow.
"My name is Aedrian Étoile. It's so nice to finally meet you all." Ryou, Mokuba, and Seto exchanged confused glances as Yami (or "Aedrian", as he is calling himself) remains standing with a grin, quietly laughing at their stunned silence.
~A/N: So, what do you think? I need help from you guys. Here's the deal: I'm planning on making a Yu-Gi-Oh! version of Alice in Wonderland, but I don't have a solid plan of who will play what character. You can take any character and fit them into these roles: Absolem, Alice, Bayard, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Mally, March Hare, McTwisp, Red Queen, Stayne, and White Queen. If there are any major roles I'm missing (which I most likely am), alert me and please give a suggestion. I would love it if you guys could send a review with your ideas. I will give the results when I make up my mind. Thank you all for your time and I'll see you in the next chapter! Please Review!