Note To Readers: Hey guys! Hope most of you are caught up by now. I know I'm posting pretty much daily now. I have a job coming up so I'm going to be busy. I work as a secret shopper XD So I set my own hours for the most part. I'll still try to post in the evenings though! As for the romance try to be patient. I promise I'll squeeze some in small doses lol. Ok Onto Chapter 42! Do you like Raeger so far? He's one of my favorite Characters 3
Chapter 42: What Went Unsaid
Everyone watched in silence as Yugi ate at the Gumbo aggressively. Roxy made a face. "Ok...what's going on with Yugi? I've NEVER seen him angry before..." Roxy questioned perplexed. "It's certainly not often he gets like that..." Joey began. "Atem must've done somethin ta make Yugi mad." the blonde concluded. "...Well, he WAS staring Marik down pretty hard before." Duke spoke up. "Oh, I know what will help!" Flora snapped her fingers as she summoned her cheerful gladiolus before Loore cringed from the pollen. It wasn't long before everyone started to sneeze. "I-I ACHOO! Don't think tha-that's a good ideACHOO!"Bloom sneezed.
"Well, it was worth a try at least." Flora murmured and sent her flowers away. "So much for THAT idea." Layla sighed. "At least Flora was tryin." Joey defended her as the faerie of nature offered a smile in appreciation. "There's no real mystery behind it," Marik muttered. "Yugi and the Pharoah were forming an agreement in which in return had rather nasty side effects, so to protect little Yugi the Pharoah took on half of the burden upon himself." the tomb keeper told the party. "I KNEW! IT! I THOUGHT SOMETHIN WEIRD WAS GOIN ON!" Joey cried. {...Yugi let me explain...} Atem pleaded before Yugi only scoffed and ignored the pharaoh. "Hmph!" the scarlet-eyed male turned his back.
"Guys I think we just need to let the two work it out by themselves. Us getting involved isn't going to do any good. This is between Yugi and Atem." Bloom spoke up. "I couldn't have said it better myself..." Kaiba muttered in agreement. "The beds are ready," Raeger told the party. "Good thing too I'm beat after eating a meal like that!" Layla exclaimed. "Sounds good to me." Roxy smiled. "Thanks." "Night guys." Duke waved off. "Pleasant dreams." Raeger offered a smile before everyone made their way to bed.
Yugi made his way to the previous room and stared up at the ceiling. Letting out a heavy sigh the blonde tossed and turned before he left the room and went outside in the snow. "Ugh...it's even colder out here at night..." Yugi murmured before he sat down against the house. He hadn't any idea that his best friend had followed him jumping as another crunch through the snow echoed through his ears. Soon Yugi found himself beside Joey. "Mind if I sit next ta ya pal?" the blonde questioned. Softly Yugi shook his head in silence. Joey took a seat next to the scarlet-eyed male rubbing at his arms.
"Yikes! It's really freezin out here!" Joey cried seeing his breath right out in front of him. "Yeah..." Yugi murmured softly before the blonde turned his head towards Yugi. "So what's goin on Yug? Dis isn't like ya...I mean hell I'm da one who should be upset with both ya and Atem for pulling dat bondage stuff from right out under meh nose. Accordin ta Kaiba you're mad cuz da Pharoah transferred all of your pain ta his...old Joey can get dat...howeva dare just seems like somethin else is eatin at ya." Joey muttered.
"WELL OF COURSE I'M MAD!" Yugi cried out. "I agreed with the pact with Atem so that I could use his power to fight along with everyone else...to prove to MYSELF that I had what it took...that I could endure the pain that came with it...but...BUT ATEM STEPPED IN AND PROTECTED ME! EVEN THOUGH IT WAS HIM WHO DECIDED BEFORE HE LEFT ME THAT I WAS CAPABLE TO STANDING ON MY OWN!" Yugi exploded as he trembled listening to his own words. Silence echoed through the air before Joey finally broke it. "...Ah...I get it now...dis isn't about Atem helpin ya out...dis is about Atem leavin in da first place so suddenly...and den commin back...you haven't quite processed Atem's return...have ya Yug...?" Joey asked softly as Yugi closed his eyes tightly. {...This that true Yugi...?} the Pharoah asked. But no answer came. Only tears to those scarlet eyes of his.
"So that's it..." Kaiba muttered as he listened to Yugi and Joey below while he laid on the room. "Hey, you." Bloom smiled as he found the CEO and joined him on top of the snow-covered roof. "I guess I wasn't the only one worried about Yugi..." "Who's worried? It'll just be irritating if Yugi continues getting into fights with the Pharoah..." Kaiba scoffed. "Yeah can't really argue on that one...what IS the story between those two anyways? Do you know Kaiba?" Bloom questioned softly.
"Yugi's grandfather used to be an archeologist. During one of his excavations in Egypt, he found a box which contained the millennium puzzle. My guess is he gave it to Yugi hoping it would give him something to do. Though when Yugi put the puzzle together, that's when everything changed. Within that puzzle was the spirit a 5,000-year-old Pharoah. However, he had no memory of his former life. Since then Yugi and Atem became bonded. They fought countless foes and had to face several challenges...most of the time they found ways to get my involved as well...I honestly didn't believe a word of it...thought eventually I came to terms with my OWN past...but that's a story for another day..." Kaiba muttered.
"It sounds like Atem and Yugi became really close then. Kinda like when I met my sister Daphne. She wasn't alive but we were still able to be there for one another in case we needed each other." Bloom smiled. "The Pharoah and Yugi were inseparable...however Atem was a spirit and Yugi was not...inevitably Atem eventually had to return to the world of the dead...for both I and Yugi it was a cruel reality we had to face...though I thought it couldn't possibly come to pass I'd imagine for Yugi it was probably a thousand times harder," Kaiba told Bloom. Bloom frowned. "I'd imagine it was...to have someone by your side for so long...they almost become a part of you..." Kaiba nodded.
"Yugi and Atem had one last final duel to determine whether Yugi was ready to stand on his own. Yugi won and Atem finally returned to The AfterLife." the CEO muttered. "The puzzle shattered and was plunged into the darkness of the earth...but while Yugi seemed to accept the outcome...I couldn't bring myself to..." Kaiba narrowed his eyes. "Atem was MY rival. He was the one above all who challenged me and pushed me to my limits. I always had resented the very fact that Yugi was the one to duel again the Pharoah and not me...no I loathed it...like it or not Atem became both apart of Yugi's life and mine. Yugi probably thought that Atem would always be with him...just as I did..." the blue eyed male sighed as he closed his eyes.
"...Is that why you had the millennium puzzle with you?" Bloom questioned as she recalled seeing the object as she went to duel Kaiba back when she first met him. "Yeah..." Kaiba muttered. "I dug up all of the pieces and placed them back together with all my the technology at my disposal...but Atem wasn't within it anymore. I was convinced Yugi was the key to the Pharoah's return...but Yugi insisted he was no more...it wasn't me he was trying to convince though..." Bloom frowned softly as she listened. "But Atem's back right? Shouldn't he be happy instead of being mad? He wasn't acting like this before...I mean Atem really seems to care about him...enough that he'd shield Yugi from all of that pain..." the redhead tried to comprehend.
"It's not the situation at hand that Yugi is upset with," Kaiba told Bloom as he turned towards her. "It's that Atem's come back." "...Ok now I'm REALLY confused...this doesn't make ANY sense!" Bloom cried as she held her head. Kaiba let out a soft sigh. "Yugi had come to terms with Atem leaving...so now that he's returned...Yugi is conflicted within..." the CEO attempted to explain more clearly. "Yugi himself is not certain of what this means...he's questioning why Atem has returned...and since so much has happened within these past several weeks Yugi hasn't had the chance to take it all in..." Kaiba told Bloom. Bloom frowned as she thought about it.
"Wow...Poor Yugi...you know when I freed my birth parents from Obsidian...it felt like a dream...living together...laughing together...I was always afraid that one day I'd wake up and they'd STILL be trapped in the darkness...but once I realized just how REAL my parents love for me was...and mine for them...I thought to myself that even though I had to wait a LONG time...it was worth every moment..." Bloom told Kaiba with a smile. "I think Yugi has to discover that for himself...even though Atem left him back then...he's with him now...and nothing is going to change that...and who knows...maybe it was Atem's own desire to be with him...that brought him back into Yugi's life...you know?" the redhead tilted her head. Kaiba only stared at her before a small chuckle escaped through his lips.
"What?! What did I say!?" Bloom cried before Kaiba shook his head. "I think you're exactly right. Yugi doesn't understand that the answer to his question...is the most simple one. Like Yugi, Kaiba had to discover HIS own answers. Who was that woman he saw? All he knew was one answer led to a thousand more questions. "Well I hope that Yugi can figure things out, Tomorrow I'm going to see if Raeger can take me to the Ruins. I'm certain that the Trial of The Gems Of Destiny lays within it!" Bloom exclaimed. "Yeah I've got my own questions for him," Kaiba admitted. "I need to learn about this power inside of me..." "And figure out what The Wizards Of The Black Circle are after!" Bloom exclaimed before they both laughed.
"Loore did mention that they're already here...we need to be ready on a moments notice." the CEO muttered. "Yeah." Bloom agreed with a nod before she shivered. "You know it's a beautiful place but it sure is cold..." the faerie admitted before she paused as Kaiba gently pulled Bloom close to him and tucked her away in his jacket. Quietly they snuggled together watching the snow fall. "...You know...when I gaze out at the snow like this...it makes me feel as if I've been here before..." Kaiba murmured softly. "Unfortunately I'm not entirely sure myself..." "...Hmm well rather than trying to make sense of it maybe you should just close your eyes and listen to your heart." the redhead suggested. "...You're kidding right?" "Come on try it!" Bloom urged as she took Kaiba's hands in hers.
"This is utterly ridiculous..." Kaiba muttered before he closed his eyes. Bloom opened one of her eyes just to check on him. "Fine but you better not be expecting anything out of this..." the CEO huffed. "Now just look inside yourself and feel the magical energy all around you..." Bloom instructed. Kaiba groaned as he tried but felt nothing. "Like I said pointless..." the blue eyed male muttered. The redhead frowned softly. "Well sometimes these things take time...anyways we've got a BIG day ahead of us tomorrow. We should get some rest." Bloom murmured before she kissed his cheek. "Goodnight." the redhead murmured before Kaiba followed shortly after. Yugi and Joey were also getting fatigued themselves.
"Well, i'm going to bed Joey...night..." Yugi murmured softly as he walked inside the house. "Night Yug!" Joey called after before he sighed heavily and leaned against the cabin as he stood up. His mind went back to the bridge with Tea, Yugi and him all walking together in the sunset. Yugi had pulled out his deck gazing at his dark magician.
Hey! What ya got yer deck out fer Yug!? Ya gonna wanna take meh on in a duel?" "No..." Yugi responded to Joey softly. "Just...thinking back..." "About wat?" the blonde questioned. "...About...him..." Suddenly Tea had stopped along with him. "You mean Atem?" Tea asked with a softness. Yugi smiled and tried to dispell the awkwardness. "Ah! Sorry Just forget I even brought it up." the scarlet-eyed male murmured. Joey looked at his best friend and offered a comforting smile as he recalled his own words to Yugi that day. "Yug...it's ok...you guys...you shared a connection...It totally makes sense ya miss um sometimes..." Joey murmured before he recalled the depressed expression upon Yugi's face as he placed his deck over his heart.
{...It was more dan a connection though...wasn't it Yug...?}
The blonde thought to himself silently before he went inside and closed the door behind him. He noticed Yugi's door was slightly open before he made his way to the last empty room. He had to figure out what he was going to do also. Yugi too was also taking himself back to that same day. Recalling Joey's words and the feelings that went unsaid.
{"Not just sometimes...all of the time...it's just that...things ended so suddenly between us...you used to be a part of me...but then you weren't...and we had to face each other in a duel...a duel to determine whether I was ready to stand on my own...and when I defeat you...you left us...you left me...forever...I know it was for the best...I wish I just had ONE more chance...to let him know what HE meant to me..."} Tears fell down Yugi's cheeks as he slept.
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