Chapter 3: The Sad Years, Year 3,000 (Part I)

The very next day was not exactly as it goes for I. I was not at pleased... about my life in year... 3,000 of my past.

Why though, was the ask... at least, from my love sadly as we ate silently together on a clouded day. I rather in a tired mode... and sleepiness in my heart came enclosed to my eyes. I tried to focus why so... as I remained in sorrow about my years.

What got me to be this way was... the friends that were supposed to be was... at visiting hours.

As we turn another page, there was no doubt I was harassed about it all.

Why lie to me, as we said alone to them in shriek. It made my heart sob. They were cruel about my life once again as I... stood there invisibly alone with love. I was sad that my... relationship was futile and dismay. I tried to fight why I'm that way with him, but they... ignored my whereabouts and my plea anger.

Why lie, I exclaimed in anger. You lied to me again, I shouted alone at them one on one.

This was not fair anymore...

I sat down afterwards, talking to love why I was sad about their visit after that harassed treason, but I was sad within my heart about feeling friends for them.

Why bother this, was love's care in talk.

'He seems to believe me...' I realized in upward look towards his eyes. 'He was sad to see me go for years as years kept going by... and I knew that once my life continues after the time I first went missing, there was no going back to the past to take it all back.'

'Why do I bother anyway,' is what I implied to myself in a sigh. 'Why do I bother for such words? Why bother about it all?'

So much for friends though...

In the years of my memories, I was rather sad in my early days when I first... met like to encounter them in Domino High School... but silently, it was not what was said after all. I have them before that, that I admit, and it was not my first time alone.

The first time was only just a mysterious origin that was lost in time in memory... but only due to such ignorance and youth on their behalf.

It was not as it seems:

The first time it was that way was only just mere youth at heart and they... were younger in thought comparison to I. I was born different and even my love as well... that we... were in similar like age from the mystery of life. Yet... Although so, my story was not so much alike like his. We were in separate like life although we lived together with my Hikari. We had similar though in common and... our own issues of what's our future, but even by that, we tried our best to stay together, including Ryo Bakura, without being torn apart in tragedy and sadness in our history.

We tried not to be at split and to stay strong no matter what happens to us individually, but sometimes, there were days we couldn't see each other due to a disturbing case that was long since the first time in the first century in the early year upon the Earth. We couldn't speak about it and at times, we wished no sense it continues the sad pattern of the history that they were hurt. While they were in separate and sense not from I, it was a sad case though why. In between, we wished we had our lives in brighter light and a conclusion that it'll never be the same in a good solve ending.

As I thought this when every time I was told to take at flight leave for assign, I was actually thinking about them and wished to return sooner, but I know better that sometimes my job was not to be abandoned, even if it pains me so. As I traveled the world without them by my side, I was at busy and in need too much. I had much on my plate and even... there things I cannot say where or what happened to me besides the friends that sadly ruined my life and to dispose me of who I am.

'What am I... as a man that has to be treated in trash by the same like friends,' as I thought sadistically as I decided to awake from my foreground about my history of life and got up from the chair to wash some silverware. 'Why must it be this way over and over for my life alone?'

I cannot deny I was getting miserable, hurt, and pressured in a mix overall throughout the lifetime of my years. It was getting worse and darker comparing to my sad and tiny days. It used to be those days when I feel in worriment and in ill like attitude, but I was afterwards in dead eyed in black and not bother about it anymore as the years went older and my heart felt like it died inside forevermore.

Why must it be that my young age was gone and my year in 3,000 was no more?

I dreamt in the dark back of my mind as I relived the days of my life in the time of school. I remembered it clearly and easily that seeing them again after my travel to visit England temporarily for teaching was not surprising to me at all. It was not meaning though I was going to be a transfer student for them in class History 101, although I've returned to Japan.

It wasn't expected to be as such for my case, but they introduce me like an example instead of a student pupil like others among the class that are sitting by desk. I smiled upon them, tried by effort in a polite manner. It was no discomfort as they murmured about me to their closest classmate and yet, I stood by front to give at pride.

As I analyzed the classroom, I caught sight attention to a boy that sat with his hand leaning against his head. He seemed recognizable in my gaze.

That boy...

That same boy that I met...

I met him before when I saw him during my walk through the streets while on my way to the grocery store. He was the same boy I met... along with his friend beside him. I met them in a trance like way in between my way to go there and I encountered them in a detour by a far street in passing by sense detection. The source from my item I wear as a pendent led me to them directly and I was not expecting so. My pendant, the Eighth Key similar to the Millennium Ring that hangs by neck next to Ryo Bakura was acting strange with it and connected a path to detect towards the energy of another item related, the Millennium Puzzle. The puzzle around this boy, he seemed at curiosity as to who I was... before this time I'll be within this school with him.

He must be at wonder as to why and where I was walking my way somewhere he didn't know... but didn't even expect that I'll see him again in Domino High School.

I wonder if he finds me strange of a man when I faced him earlier five days ago. Whatever he seems to ponder me questions me so. I can't hope to contain myself that day and wanted to confront him in a greet like grin. I couldn't help myself, but to talk to him and to be at lost in silence as to why he was earlier searching for something through... his heart inside looking within his treasured puzzle. He was rather in kindness in conversation in the beginning and his heart was welcoming.

For a such a fellow youthful man, he seems to be good at making friends of his own, yet I wonder myself what is him and I together. When I indicated about his pendant, he seemed rather lost as to why I wanted to know what he wears that seems ancient like, an artifact just like my own, a related connection that has the same eye symbol. He doesn't know or even whereabout that I have a pendant like him, but a smaller item at hold.

What even he doesn't know was... that I know too much information about it and the others that were not yet at found.

'Later on, maybe they will,' was what I noted alone in thought. 'Maybe they'll find a way to see forth to connect them and they'll meet each other... soon. But how soon was unknown for now.'

As I continued in conversate to him, I was silent as to what was in my heart that was sense inside. I couldn't reveal anything to him back then about what was within the Millennium Puzzle, making in check to not get him to suspect about my behavior and I tried to straighten my actions while during so. My attempt for years was fully resisted in control to not spill for less harm upon them, but although so, I sadly felt glum that couldn't stand why sometimes I wasn't sooner in hope solve. I know I can't do anything about that line due to the binding of the book, but according to it at the time, I could only hint so. I then started cropping a question about the Millennium Puzzle for I couldn't bottle it anymore due to its plea for help.

From the outside of his heart though, Yugi Moto continued out he was rather opened to mention a part about his puzzle. He seems to find it special in his heart when he spoke about it although it was short and brief.

Was he personal around it, maybe by so... but why he doesn't speak to them and only I was really off tracked, yet a question in why. It was like he doesn't know exactly what's me and even about the Millennium Puzzle I was transfixed in fascination.

It was not like I was after the treasure though, but only wondered more instead in peek as to who was the voice in it saying that I wanted a friend in need that was heard in my head and my ear. The voice convinced me to pick up the puzzle after permission in favor to see the pendant in hand.

I zoned as it was trancing me in blank stare. 'The voice was coaxing me to talk, but why? What does the voice want from... I?'

I let go of the puzzle. I felt a strike lightning to my heart. It was like it stringed out. I twitched in gasp pain.

What was that?

What was that and why it... shocked my heart out?!

Was that a...?

My blackout in thought brought to focus when I heard the concern and worriment from Yugi. He stood there and looked in scarce. He asked what's wrong with me from my struggle.

I worded to him it was nothing, but insisted I'll be fine with my condition. He shouldn't hassle about my body and find out about my pain that shot my heart.

I couldn't tell him about it, the fact about its power enraged about a mystery alone. I was wishing it wasn't the transcend of time itself. Hopefully, it'll be aside, but I'll had to do so by covering it and to push a better subject forward. Probably if so, maybe everything was going to act fine... and things will flipside for the better.

I couldn't refrain anymore, but to say I need breaks in my memories. I need to consider time and later recount more after my bathtime.

For now, I must take myself at ease in the shower. Perhaps my anger of them that occurred earlier and even forward now to years later might subside if I refresh myself. The awaited full steam warm water will settle my doubts and stress.

I fully needed it, at recommend hard.

[To be continued...]