Ma-Chi: Eheh... -cringes at all the glaring and hissing aimed at her- Um... I take it that none of ya liked the cliffy, huh? -laughs sheepishly- Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaah.... well, I'm hoping that this chappie will make up for it. I normally don't even try for a cliffy... Haha...
Now to warn you, I've made Yuugi and Atemu very OOC in this chappie. But then again, they've switched roles, haven't they? So that should be expected. -shrugs- A lot of things will be different, yet the same in this game, and there will finally be answers to many questions. I'll admit, this chappie was rather hard to do, and I think in some parts it won't make sense. If so, just ask, and I'll try to explain. But I hope the chappie comes across the way I hope it did.
Just to let you all know, I'm gonna go back and redo the chappies at some point. Not fully, just to tidy them up and fix mistakes. Nothing mager.
Anyway, enjoy!
Shoutpouts next chappie – I'm too lazy to answer them this time. XD;
Disclaimer: I tried to get the rights from Takahashi-San by cosplaying as Yuugi... didn't work, though. -sweatdrops-
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Puzzle Piece 11
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Yuugi ran up the stairs as fast as he could. He couldn't believe it! How... how dare Shadi just up and take Atemu away! And for a game, of all things!
Why the hell would he need Até for my judgment? He thought, anger rising with each step he took. He had tried waking the others up back in the office, but none of them would stir, and Yuugi didn't have time to wait for them. Who knows what danger Atemu was in? Shadi was an enigma to Yuugi, so he didn't know what lengths the Egyptian man would go to to reach whatever goal he had.
Yuugi had been calling to the other teen through the Mindlink, though it wasn't working, since Yuugi got no answer from the other side of it. And since Yuugi was still in "solid" mode, then it was safe to say that Shadi hadn't taken the puzzle off of Atemu. Please be okay...
The smaller reached a door at the very top of the staircase, the word "roof" printed on it. He took a deep breath, readying himself for whatever lies for him behind the door, and lifted up a hand to pull the door the handle. It clicked, and Yuugi pushed open the door slowly. It was quiet, yet dark... very dark. It reminded him of the darkness that tortured him in the puzzle. So much so, that it felt like the same darkness. He took a few steps out into it.
"Welcome, Millennium child." Called a voice.
Yuugi jumped as the door behind his slammed shut, locking. He whipped round to where the voice came from, coming face to face with Shadi. The man, however, no longer had Atemu with him. "Where's Atemu?!" He growled, balling his fists, ready to fight whatever Shadi threw at him. "Why did you take him?! If it's me you want, then let him go!"
"Calm yourself, Ancient one." Shadi said, causing Yuugi to shake in his anger. "He was... necessary, for this game." I must see... He told himself. I must see if this child is the one I have been searching for!
Yuugi gritted his teeth. "Fine, just tell me the rules already!"
Shadi gave a smirked. An empty smirk. "There is no need to be afraid."
Suddenly, the floor around the teen began to crack, before spiked chains arose, wrapping around his wrists and ankles, holding tightly and pulling him down slightly, making Yuugi use a lot of his strength to keep himself standing. The chains had moved so fast that he had no time to react. Yuugi flinched as the spikes tug into his skin. Theses chains were exactly like...
"That's right." Shadi spoke, his empty smirk never wavering. "This game shall involve objects and creatures from... your memories."
Yuugi froze him his struggle. "W-what?"
"The darkness, the chains..." The olther started, walking away. "Are things from your time trapped within the puzzle. These memories, along with the times from then to now, are very fresh in your mind. And they... will be used, in this game."
Yuugi recovered. How... how could Shadi know these things? He didn't really get a chance to see his memories of when he was in the puzzle and after... did he? The teen wiped those thoughts away for now, and seethed at the Egyptian man. "Fine, I'll play your game. But first, you have to tell me were Atemu is!"
"The young Pharaoh is fine." Yuugi blinked. Pharaoh...? "See for yourself." Shadi waved his Key, it being the only item with him at the moment. Some of the darkness lifted, to reveal a wall not too far from the man. It was covered with hieroglyphics, but that wasn't what Yuugi was looking at. His eyes were wide at the body tied to the wall with chains, also spiked. They dug into the teens clothes and flesh, but he was still knocked out from earlier to even notice.
"ATEMU!" Yuugi cried, trying to get the other teen to wake up. At the yell and emotions through the link, Atemu groaned and shifted, opening his eyes slowly. He groaned again at the sudden, dull pain of the spikes in his skin.
"Ngh... Yu..gi...?" What happen? Where was he? And why did his head hurt? Atemu pulled one of his arms slightly, seeing that he was tied up. "What's... going on?"
Yuugi gave a sigh of releif. He was sure shadi had turned him into a doll... "Your okay... thank Ra..."
"The rules are simple." Shadi started, ignoring the exchange and stopping his walk next to a small pillor, no higher than his hip. On top of it, sat the Millennium Scales. "There will be what you could call three rounds, all different." He picked the feather from his hat and sat in on one of the scales. It wobbled slightly, then sat still once again. "And during the whole time, I shall be jugdeing you. Now, let us begin."
All was silent for a moment, until, Atemu heard a rumble from below him. He shifted his crinsom eyes to stare at the floor. The sound rumbled again, and before Atemu knew what hit him, a form of a large beast burst out from the floor beneath and stood growling at him. Atemu wasn't sure what to think of the large, crocodile headed beast with the half lion, half hipo body. Her crocodile tail swayed behind her as she growled.
"Ammit, the heart devourer at judgment." Shadi explained, though noticing Yuugi's surprised, yet thoughtful expression, as if reconising the beast. "Although she, along with everything else, is only an illusion. But... just like all the others, she will feel real too. So if she were to eat you... you'd die."
"Get that Goddess away from him!" Yuugi suddenly yelled, rage and fear flowing through him. He didn't want that beast anywhere near his Atemu! "If it's my heart to be tested, then Ammit shouldn't be interested in Atemu in the least!"
Shadi gave a smirk. "You should not be so afraid, Millennium Child."
Yuugi's eyes widened, and Ammit's growl became louder, as she lunged for Atemu. He gave a yelp of surprise and fear as the beast smashed into the wall, sending crumbles of rock and Atemu, still wrapped tightly in spiked chains, tumbling to the floor. The taller teen hit the floor painfully, gritting his teeth and closing his eyes tightly after the impact with the ground.
"Atemu!"
One crimson eye was opened to look at his little one. "I-I'm okay..."
The Egyptian man watched, as Ammit still growled at the tied up teen. Atemu's eyes got wide at the Goddess being so close to him, sharp teeth showing as she sneered. Shadi looked back at Yuugi. "Ammit will be your mirror, reflecting the fear you will feel during our game. The more you fear... the more she'll want to eat the young Pharaoh."
And before Yuugi could question the whole "pharaoh" thing that Shadi spoke of, even just to try and buy time to figure this whole thing out, the ground under Atemu rumbled again, and shot up, creating a tall pillar with him on the top. Ammit was at the bottom of it, looking up with a toothy grin.
"For the first round, you must answer my riddle." Shadi said, noting that Yuugi was watching his taller counterpart fearfully. "Ready?"
"Just get on with it!" Yuugi all but shouted, feeling Atemu's own fear through the link.
Ammit roared loudly in answer to that, making the teen on the top of the pillar jump a little at the sound. She brought up her tail... and slammed it against the base of the pillar; hard.
"Tell me, Millennium Child..."What always stands, yet becomes shorter the longer it does"? Speak the answer and you'll know how to save your Pharaoh!"
Yuugi just stared at the man in utter confusion, the chains holding him down becoming stronger. He was expected to answer that? While watching Atemu, who had a chance to fall off? What confused Yuugi more was this whole "Pharaoh" business. Why was Shadi calling Atemu that? Sure, there was that one time when the teen thought about a certain Pharaoh while talking to Sugoroku, but then the memory slipped away before he could grasp it...
Nevermind that! Yuugi scowled at himself. You need to answer this riddle to save Atemu, not think about yourself! Now Think! What always stands, yet gets shorter? Ra, I have no idea... He closed his eyes, still hearing Atemu's cries and Ammit's growls, along with the sounds of crumbling rock, yet losing the sight of said Goddess knocking the taller pillar, which was starting get shorter... wait, pillar getting shorter? Yuugi reopened his eyes and... yes! It was getting shorter! And it was due to Ammit slamming her tail against it! Atemu was still on the top, but was safe as long as Ammit didn't get to him!
So think! Yuugi told himself again. Atemu is at the top of the pillar, which is tall. He's there as the penalty if I don't figure out this riddle, so I have to leave him out of the riddle...lets see, if I try it this way, by mirroring what's in front of me... that makes the pillar tall, which is what is standing, while Ammit is the power, which makes the pillar shorter... I see... the pillar is "what stands", while Ammit is "makes shorter"! Answering will make her stop! But... what else stands but gets shorter? There has to be something there that makes whatever it is shorter...
"Yuugi!" Atemu called out in terror, getting ever closer to Ammit, who looked rather happy at the fact that she might be able to eat him soon.
It's standing, and has something making it shorter... and can be stopped... Wait, that's it!
"The answer is a candle!"
Although Atemu was much closer now, Ammit stopped in her pursuit for him and turned round, growling at Yuugi in anger for answering correctly. Since she was actting as Yuugi's mirror, she felt Yuugi's confidence, which in turn makes her stop wanting to eat Atemu. She didn't like that at all.
"Well done." Shadi said, looking impressed. "You figured out that the riddle reflected the stituation."
"Yeah." Yuugi grinned. "The pillar was the candle, which stands, while Ammit was the flame, which made the candle shortle as it stood. The fact that Atemu was on top had nothing to do with it – he would have just been eatten by Ammit had I not answered in time, which in turn would make me panic and not think straight."
"That is correct. But this, was mearly just a test."
Suddenly, Ammit grinned, an expression Yuugi wasn't liking the look of. She, now ignoring Atemu, much to his refleaf, got into a crouch possision, watching Yuugi intently. This made the teen feel uneasy.
"...Why is she looking at me like that?"
"She is starting the second part of our judgement game." Shadi told him, looking at the scales beside him, noting that not only had it tilted, but tilted the feather downwards. That, for Shadi, had never happened before. The man shook his head, clearing that thought for now. The first test Shadi put against Yuugi was to test his fast thinking and the amount of pressure he could go under. This test, would see how far he would go... for his Pharaoh. "In this game... you must take Ammit out."
Yuugi froze. "W-what?!"
"If you don't..." Shadi looked over at the still somewhat chain tangled Atemu. "She will feast on the young Pharaoh's soul."
"Stop calling him that!" Yuugi shouted, annoyed. "Why do you keep calling Atemu-"
"Ari... Pey-i bnr nhy tw...
wi mr ntk."
He stopped in mid sentence, his eyes widdening as a sudden memory, if only the sound of someone's voice, flashed across his mind.
W-who...?
"kni K3...
wi Dua Netjer en ek.
...S-hm..."
Yuugi whimpered. What was the voice meaning? He understood what it was saying, but why...? Why did it sound like-
"A-Atemu...?" He whispered, his voice unheard by the otheres arouns him.
"Now!" Shadi's own voice snapped Yuugi out of his trance. "Choose the monster you shall use!"
A rumble sounded behind him, and the teen turned his head as much as the chains would allow. There, shot up four stone tablets, each with a picture of a monster on it. Small bits of rock crumbled down as Yuugi gazed upon them.
"But choose wisely, for the monster you choose is connected to you. you will feel the pain that is inflicked ipon it."
At this, Yuugi whipped round and glared at the man. "But two of those monsters belong to Atemu!"
"Indeed." Shadi agreed with A nod. The scale beside him tilted the fealther again, ever so slightly more downwards. "You can use them, but their pain will be Atemu's pain."
There's no way in Anubis's realm am I touching them. Yuugi seethed, looking back at the monsters. Two belonged to him, and two belonged to Atemu. One was the beast living in his soul, Marshmellon, and the other was his other, most trusted servent, Winged Kuriboh, who helped him in his and Shadi's last game together. The two that were Atemu's, was Kuriboh and a man who wore strange robes and held a staff; he was known as the Dark Magaician, and Yuugi became confused. That was a duel monster Atemu had shown him, who he classed as his strongest monster in his deck. Why was he there? Was the Dark Magician connected to Atemu and him in some way?
He shook his head. Yuugi knew that no matter what the monster is, he wouldn't use them. They were Atemu's, and Atemu would be the one to get hurt. He won't allow that! The teen stared at the others. His two monsters looked like they held no chance, but looks can be decieving. A glance at Winged Kuriboh, and he frowned. The beast's ability could be helpful... but, though most highly an illustion, he couldn't make the Kuriboh mutiply again – that was Atemu's Kuriboh's ability. Because he was no in his soul, he couldn't twist a beast's power, so in truth... Winged Kuriboh would be useless here. He glanced at Marshmellon.
Suddenly, a thought crossed Yuugi's mind. Wait a minute...
"Have you chosen?" Shadi asked, getting impatient.
Yuugi grinned at him, an action that made the scale, once again, tilt. "Yes, I have."
One stone tablet glowed, and a beast came from it. It was Yuugi's Winged Kuriboh, a beast Shadi himself knew wouldn't last a second with the Goddess. "Kuri!" It growled, flapping it's wings and flying straight at the three-part beast, who grinned in returned. Ammit pounced and opened her long crocodile mouth, snapping it shut when she cought the little furrball. She swallowed it in one gulp, looking very pleased with herself.
Yuugi had cringed in pain and saddness when that happened. Forgive me, Winged Kuriboh...
"Why did you do that?" Shadi asked, baffled. "Even I knew it stood no chance, and yet... you send it to battle anyway. Why?"
The smaller was still cringing, the pain that cut through him now only lifting. He had closed his eyes, so opened one to gaze back at the egyptian. "So I could do this."
Then, the other tablet glowed, and out came Marshmellon, it's sharpe teeth glitering as it smirked knowingly. It glared, and lunged, only to be, like Winged Kuriboh, caught in Ammit's awaiting mouth. She herself grinned, and bit down.
...And still try to.
Shadi seemed even more baffled. "Wat is wrong? Finish it!"
"She can't." Yuugi told him, teeth gritted more through the throb of pain Ammit was inflicting on Marshmellon. "Marshmellon has a specail ability. It can't be destroyed by normal attacks. Even though it hurts me, Ammit can keep bitting my monster till she becomes teethless, and still not wound Marshmellon."
And at that, Marshmellon, still being chomped down my Ammit's jaw, opened it's own, and bit down on Ammit.
Hard.
Ammit, now sensing defeat, even though she wasn't anywhere near hurt, smiled, and slowly vanished, dropping the bounding, giggling marhmellow monster to the floor.
"I see now..." Shadi started. "By sacrificing your first monster, you activated it's special ability. After it is destroyed, any more damage you reseve is none. Though in this game you still feel pain, it didn't become nearly as bad as it would have if you hadn't done so."
Yuugi mearly nodded, trying to not laugh at the sight Marshmellon was making; clasping it's hands, which it had made from it's flabby body, and shacking them in victory. It looked really pleased with itself. "I had to think... I couldn't use strength. My monsters are weak, but strong in other ways. I had to find a way to weaken the pain to survive more of it longer. Marshmellon could survive the attack, and attack bad, meaning Ammit would have weakened. I guess she knew that." He smiled. "I remember... if only slightly, that someone once told me... "It's not just it's strength that makes it strong. Because power can be a fragile thing."."
Shadi's eyes had widened at this, but they narrowed as quickly as they had widened. "Two of three tests are complete..." He began. "Now, for the final test... see that tablet, there?"
He followed Shadi's gaze, and spotted the tablet that had the Dark Magician on it. His eyes locked on it.
"...He shall now judge you."
W-what?
The tablet glowed, and out formed the magician, staff in hand. He made a noise, and shot up into the air, moving so he was not behind Yuugi, but in front now. He took a secand to have a good look at the smaller, until he pointed his staff at him, the end beginning to glow, ready to attack if need be.
"YUUGI!" Atemu, who had been silently watching to till this point, screamed out. His... his most trusted monster was going to attack Yuugi! He was going to kill his little love!
...Love?
Yuugi, though worrying slightly, kept his eyes locked with the puple magician's. He bared his soul, leaving it wide open for the monster to judge.
It still looked like he wqas going to strike, but didn't. His staff stopped glowing and he lowered it, giving a small, knowing smile at him, before he started to desolve. "It is good to see you again, my prince."
And he vanished, leaving a shocked Yuugi behind. "P-prince...?"
And the scale tilted, making the fealther end hit the pillar it sat on. "The game has ended."
The spiked chains that had been holding Yuugi down this whole time finally vanished, the same going for Atemu, and the shadows lifting, leaving the star filled, night sky vishable once again.
At that moment, Yuugi ran quickly over to a very shacken up Atemu. He knelt down and placed his hands on his shoulders. "Até! Are you alright?"
He nodded, clinging to Yuugi instenly. "Y-yes..."
Foot steps were suddenly heard. "I have seen what I needed to see." Yuugi turned his head, and saw Shadi kneeling down before them. "I am sorry that I had to put you through that, but after we first met... I needed to make sure."
"Make sure of what?" Yuugi sighed out, at the end of his rope. He held Atemu tightly, who was watching quietly. What the hell was going on? "I knew you were going to appear again, but why like this? Why put Até in danger when it was me you wanted to judge?"
"It is true, that I wanted to judge you. But, putting the Pharaoh in danger like I did, would trully made sure if you were who I thought you were."
"Okay, this is really starting to annoy me!"
Atemu flintched at Yuugi's tone. He had had enough for the day. "Yuugi...?"
"Look you," The smaller began, now pointing a finger at Shadi. "This whole time, during the game, you've been calling Até Pharaoh! Then me Milennium Child!" His glare deepened. "And just then, the Dark Magician calling me prince. Why? What the hell is going on?!"
"I believe it is time to reviel some things." Shadi told him, standing back up. "My name is Shadi, who holds two Items; the key and scales. You know this, along with what my Items do. But... there is more."
Yuugi raised an eyebrow, standing up himself and pulling Atemu up with him. His arms still were they were; around Atemu. "Go on."
"When I told you I wanted to draw the power of the Puzzle back into my bloodline... that was not true." He sighed, his expression truely showing remorse for having to do such a thing as lie like that. "At that time, I didn't know who you were. But now that I have done my research, and placed you in this Judgement shadow Game... I now know.
You are the milennium Child." Shadi told him, pointing a finger. "A being from Ancient Egypt three thousand years ago. I told you about the story written in Pert em hru, the book of the dead, about the origin of the Items. There is more to the story, and you are part of it."
"M-me?" Yuugi asked, stunned. He himself was pointing a finger at himself, Atemu blinking down at his little look-a-like in confusion.
"I'm sorry to interupt..." The taller began, gaining Shadi's attention. "But are you saying... that Yuugi is indeed 3000 years old, from Ancient Egypt, but is also a creature spoken about in the Dead book? But hasn't anyone spoken about this before? Why just now, by you?"
What kind of being is he?
"The boy you call Yuugi, is not just a Human." Shadi started. "Let us start from the beginning...
Three thousand years ago, there is a dynasty of a Kingdom ruled by a kind and powerful Pharaoh. His court held great mgic that aided them in their times of need. His kingdom was constantly attacked by naboring realms, who wanted to take this magic for themselves, unknowing of what it really was, and what it could do. Years after this contuoined, the Pharaoh's brother offered a solution.
They held within a chamber, locked firmly away, a book. It was called the "Milennium Book of Dark Alchamy". Within this book, held ceremonies and riturals for creating objects and creatures of darkness, creatures much more powerful and eviler than what the Pharaoh and his High Priests controlled from the Realm of the Shadows. But... they were not what the Pharaoh's brother offered. He offered to preform the only one that wasn't as dark, as demeaning, as the others.
The book has a ritural to create the only creature it knew that was of pure light. With reluctence, knowing that is was for his kingdom and people, agreed."
"...What creature was it?" Atemu asked, for some reason feeling deep down, that he knew what.
The older man seemed to notice that Atemu knew too. "The ritual was thus; a thousand people, man, woman, child, was to be slaughtered to create a shapped tablet. Then, a new born child no older than a week, was to be placed upon it. By chanting a spell to release the souls of the dead within the tablet, they would tear the soul of the child into two halfs – light and dark. Within the light half, created as a entirerly new person, would be born with the power of a Goddess, a Goddess created and blessed by the real Gods themselves. This Goddess, though only able to arrise at the child's will, would be able to cleanse any evil, and defeat hundreds to thousands of men with one wave of power." Shadi closed his eyes, as if remembering a painful memory. "The child was trained to hanese that power for years, before placed ammoung the armies that threated them. Because of that child, the kingdom was saved, but at a horriable price..."
Yuugi, who had been calming Atemu, was now the one shacking. Atemu tightened his hold. "That was Yuugi, wasn't it?"
"I'll addmit, the story of this time has been almost lost to us." Shadi opened his eyes. "Many have found small traces of it, gaining different theoris of what could have been. Different sides of the story. Even I, born into a tribe to fulfill a mission, was only told half of it, just to understand what I was to do."
Shadi walked over to the two, placing a gental hand on Yuugi's head, whose face was hidden in Atemu's chest. He seemed so different now, showing emotion and seeming as a friend to them. "Yuugi here, is that child. The one born through a ritual three thousand years ago. But... there was someone there, to stand with him, to complete him."
Atemu noticed Shadi was looking at him now. "Me?!"
He nodded. "Yes. You, are the reicantion of the Forgotten young Pharaoh of three thousand years ago."
"B-but... how..."
But Shadi contuined. "While he was the light half, you were the dark half. You were both born from the young child that the Pharaoh felt he had no choice but to give up, to save his people. While Yuugi here guilterly became the tool, you became the son, who after your father's death, became the new Pharaoh. But by then... you and Yuugi were happilaly together, as two halfs should be."
"But... wouldn't we have been like brothers?"
"No. You two were two halfs of one soul, but two completely different people. To your Counsal and High Priests, it was nartrual for you both to fall in love."
But, something still wasn't explained. "If Yuugi was this powerful creature, or a vassel for a powerful Goddess, how did he become trapped in the Puzzle full of darkness? How were the other items created, being somehow connected to him?"
"It was to do with a sacrifice he made, all those years ago."
Shadi turned round, and walked back over to the scales, that still sat there, fealther end sitting on the pillar, emty end high up in the air. He picked it up, the scales becoming level again. "I had a mission, to travel and search out the Millennium Child, no matter how long it took. I still have much to do, but this... I can complete."
He came back over, scales in hand, and held it out to the smaller, who sensed it nearby. "I cannot answer your question fully, but someone with their own Item shall soon, she shall finish explaining what I have started. Now..." His eyes softened. "I know you have so far obsorbed the Millennium Eye, an Item I gave to a man named Pegagsus J. Crawford years ago, but it is time for you to gain another." A sigh. "At the moment, I still need the Key, but these Scales... shall once again become a part of you." At Yuugi's confused look, said "It is all part of your journey to completeing your destiny, and reaching that place you need to go to someday. You shall receive all seven of the Items, which you need to fully recover to who you once were, but for now, the scales is all I can offer. Please, trust me."
After everything you did? Yuugi scoffed, but... he sensed the truefullness in Shadi's words. But there was so much for him to take in... so much to understand...
"It's okay, Yuugi." Atemu whispered to him. "I'm still here."
And that was all he needed to hear.
Yuugi reached up a hand, and touched the scales.
It began to glow, and burst into millions of tiny pieaces, like golden dust. It floated there, before shooting farward and melting into Yuugi's arm. He gringed at this, before screaming at the agany it was causing. Atemu held him tightly, remembering the other time this happened, with the Eye. It wasn't hurting him... Yuugi was obsorbing it, it was just a painful exsperience. Moments after this happened, Yuugi's screams quieting to stilled silence, his eyelides began to droop. He was having a hard time keeping them open now, his breath coming out in rags, as if he just ran for miles nonestop.
"It's okay... sleep." Atemu told him soothingly. "I'm here, we're safe now."
He needed to be the strong one, now, after all this.
And Yuugi closed his eyes, and slepted.
"It is time I left." Shadi told him, watching Atemu craddle his small loo-a-like in his arms in a bridal style. He was holding him protectively. The Egyptian turned, and started to walk away, towards the outside steps that lead to the bottom of the collage building. "We shall meet agin..."
Atemu watched him go, before moving his gaze to Yuugi, who now finally looked content in his sleep, having gone through a lot this evening. He must be exhsusted... He thought, smiling sadly at him. He too, carrieing Yuugi, walked to the roof door, heading back to where the others were, to see if they were alright. Though, one thought kept crossing his mind...
Yuugi truly was going to leave him one day. He had known this, but Shadi had confirmed it.
Atemu knew now that he was falling in love with Yuugi. After today, the thought of of his trusted Duel Monster attachally killing Yuugi, made his heart throb. At that moment, he finally saw that he loved Yuugi, even more so than a friend. Heck, maybe his heart knew before he did, knew the moment Yuugi first came into his life. but still...
"...I'm going to help you, Yuugi." He vowed to the sleeping one, knowing full well he may not hear. "Even if that means... you'll leave me. I'll help you."
Because I'm fallen in love with you.
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Ma-Chi: Dear Ra, what a chappie to write! Gah. Well, I hope some unasked and asked questions about Yuugi, Atemu and the Items have been answered. It I did the best I could to make it all make sense! More shall be explained soon. But, if I have confused any of you with this bit of info, then let me know! I'll do my best to explain it better.
Sorry for any mistakes in the chapter!
Please review! Even if it is to say "At last! You took long enough!" XD.
Translations:
Ari... Pey-i bnr nhy tw...: Partner... My precious little one...
wi mr ntk: I love you
kni K3...: Brave soul...
wi Dua Netjer en ek: (to a man) Thank you
...S-hm...: ...Forget...