Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Coming Together ❯ The Unexpected ( Chapter 3 )

The next morning Yugi gently shakes awake Yami before going into the kitchen to make both of them some breakfast. Yami yawns and stretches before going into the next room and sat at the table to wait patiently for Yugi to serve them both.

After filling both the plates with a few pancakes and sitting the extras between them along with strawberry jam, butter, and syrup, Yugi also sat down and they ate together in silence.

After they were finished Yugi took the plates to the sink and rinsed them off before joining Yami once more at the table.

"I was thinking, did you want to go to the park with me today?"

Yami looked up from the table and looked at Yugi with his eyes softened only for him. "Why?"

"To get to know each other, you know. Maybe I could answer some questions that you might have about this time. After all, things have changed a lot from Ancient Egypt."

"Well then, I'd love to spend time with you Yugi. When are we going to leave?"

"How bout in a few minutes after I get dressed."

Yami nodded and watched Yugi as he disappeared around the corner and up the stairs to his bedroom. A few minutes later Yugi came back down and led the way to the park after locking up the house.

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Yugi settled down on the grass as soon as they got to the park and after much hesitation, Yami joined him and closed his eyes as he rested his back against one of the many trees around them.

"So what would you like to know?" Yugi asked after a few minutes, quietly though in case his new friend had fallen asleep.

"I don't know, how bout what's with the school thing? Yesterday you went but today you don't have to."

"Oh that, it's because it's the weekend, Saturday and Sunday. During the week I go to school five times, once each day and then during the weekend we get a break to just hang out and loosen up from the stressful week."

"And then you have to go again once the weekend is over?"

"That's right. I don't think two days is long enough time though but it's all they'll give us."

"So is it all right with you if Malik and Bakura come over or I go over there whenever you're gone to school?"

"Of course, I wouldn't want you to be bored all day waiting for me for six hours a week. That's 30 hours of doing completely nothing you know."

"Actually I did. I took studies when I was a child. I just didn't have to go to another building I stayed in the palace in my room or wherever I wanted."

"Oh, that sounds nice. You could probably sleep in and everything. Well I have to get up early everyday just to have enough time to take a shower and eat and get ready and I still barely get there on time but if I wake any earlier I'd fall asleep right when I get home if not in school directly."

"And what about friends? Do you have any others besides some that I met the other day?"

"Not really. I was beaten up before I met them and I feel like I've known Joey for a really long time; and Tristan too. I'm not sure why but…" Yugi stopped and his eyes got a faraway look to them as a memory from Ancient Egypt shown before him.

Flashback

As he ran towards the wall surrounding the palace he accidentally ran into an old man as he walked out of a building. Looking up an old sight met him. He gazed at his grandfather but more like he was a lost stranger now from not seeing him on over a year almost.

Joey and Tristan came out too and nearly squealed like a girl in delight as seeing their friend after so long. They ran to hug him, but before they could near and start jabbering away Yugi ran from them and towards his real goal. Somehow he just didn't seem as happy as he thought he would be it was probably all that's happened and his goal was Yami, not Joey or any of his old friends that still lived in the village.

He finally made it and ran its length to the gate. He cried happily as he ran into the palace and… straight into Malik.

End of Flashback

The sighting would've gone further if it weren't for the insistent shaking that was occurring throughout Yugi's body. He blinked at looked directly at crimson eyes that watched him closely with concern flooding through them.

"Yugi, are you okay? You just stopped talking and got a far away look to your eyes like you were remembering something important. What happened?"

Yugi stares back at Yami unsurely before nodding slightly and added, "I'm fine, Yami. I just have a bit of a headache is all. There's nothing to worry about really. I promise." `It's best if I didn't tell him what just happened, whatever just happened that is. That was really weird. I've never had something like that happen to me before. I wonder what it meant.' Yugi thought to himself as he closed his eyes and tried to remember what he just saw so he could think about it more properly when he wasn't around anybody to worry about him.

Yami reluctantly let is go as he looks out across the lake they were sitting in front of.

**

Meanwhile, back in Yugi's bedroom, Yugi's deck glows a bright white color and blinds out the whole rest of the room.

**

Yami's head jerked up a strange feeling surged through his whole body, like a pull or something from deep within him. "Maybe we should head back now before it gets to late and so you can take something for your headache." Yami suggested.

`Headache? Oh, yeah that's what I told him as an excuse for that weird thing I blanked out on.' "Yeah, I think you're right. Let's get going." Yugi agreed as they walked out of the park and back down the street to the game shop.

**

Yugi immediately heads upstairs for his room quickly, saying he wants to clean his room up before he ends up killing himself tripping over everything on the floor. Yami laughs at and lets him go as he sits down on the couch and closes his eyes to rest before he goes to look in the kitchen for something for the both of them to eat later when Yugi comes back down.

**

Yugi enters his room and easily catches sight of the two extra beings wearing weird clothing and looked vaguely familiar sitting on his bed.

One turns his head and smiles at him and the other actually jumps off the bed and hugs Yugi to him tightly yelling out "Master Yugi!' happily as he continues to hold the small boy to him.

Frightened, Yugi does the only thing that'll come to mind. "YAMI!!!" Yugi screamed as loud as he could.

**

Yami falls off the couch and runs upstairs a second later to see what made Yugi scream for him so loudly.

He bursts through the door and trips over his feet, face landing flat on the floor. A hand leans down to him so he can see it and he mindlessly reaches out to take it gratefully. He looks up to thank Yugi for helping him only to find a surprise at not looking into Yami's violet, innocent eyes, but somebody else's piercing blue eyes.

He stands abruptly on his own and stares disbelievingly at the one who tried helping him up before looking to the bed and notices Yugi's scared look as another creature is hugging him tightly.

Noticing the deck on the desk by the wall, Yami walks over to it and flips it face up to see the first two cards are blank. He smiles and looks back over his shoulder to the door to see the one that helped him up and smile, bowing slightly at him. He smiles even more and looks the monster up and down easily noticing the missing armor that usually clad his friend. "It's good to see you again, Dark Magician, after such a long time. I've missed you dearly my good friend."

Yugi finally breaks free of the other's grasp and runs as fast as he can over to Yami and hides behind him, holding his arms tightly in case he would disappear if he let go.

Yami turned and kneeled to look up at Yugi. "There's no reason to be frightened of these two, Yugi." He points over to the figure on the bed that looked deeply hurt for Yugi having fought against him and ran from him the first chance he got. "Look at him closely Yugi and you'll see who it is. Think hard, he's missing a few things that would make it a bit easier to tell."

Yugi looks at Yami before slowly looking up and studying the figure on the bed. After a minute his large eyes widened immensely and he gasps loudly and holds close to Yami. He looks over Yami's shoulder to the other figure and held on tighter to Yami sleeve. "Th-they're Duel Monster. The Dark Magician and the Celtic Guardian…b-but how?"

Yami stood and pet Yugi's hair affectionately, remembering how that calmed Yugi all the time in the past when he was upset or scared of something. He picked his once lover up in his arms, bringing him back to the bed. "Don't worry Yugi. You get some rest, we've had a long day and you did say you had a headache. I'll figure this out for the both of us and then I'll tell you everything, I promise. Now go to sleep and rest."

Yugi nodded his head let his head fall back to rest against his soft pillow before his eyes slipped closed slowly and he fell into a peaceful sleep. Yami watched sadly for a minute before signaling the other two out the door to follow him.

Downstairs Yami looked at the two monsters before asking, "Now can you two explain exactly how you got here?"

The dark mage stepped up to his friend and looked out the window before explaining. "We sensed your return, Master Yami, and that could only mean that we and Yugi have met up once more so we came to reclaim our duties and introduce ourselves to our friends once more."

Yami looked at them sadly before looking down at the ground and shaking his head. "Yugi doesn't remember me and won't allow me to even kiss his hand slightly, even as a friendly gesture. He wants nothing to do with me in a relationship of lovers and I fear I'm never going to reach his heart again." His shaking voice explained, small tears slip from his eyes and the Dark Magician, being a loyal monster to his long-time master, and wraps his arms around his master and close friend and held him as he felt the small tears splash over Yami's cheeks and soak into his shirt.

Celtic just stared at them before feeling a familiar pain in his chest and realized it hurt even more as he just found out that he could and would no longer hold Yugi like he remembered he used to back in Egypt if Yugi doesn't remember them and won't even allow Yami to hold him like he used to as well. He looked up at the stairs and his eyes visibly saddened as he took a seat on the couch once more and sighed loudly and sadly.

After thinking it over a million time in his mind and more pain reeled itself into his heart he turned back to Yami and his fellow Duel Monster and nods to himself, affirming his thoughts silently. "We're going to stay here. We're going to help you and Yugi so both of you can be happy and together again."

Dark Magician quickly looked at Celtic disbelievingly, knowing Celtic still carried his feelings for his small master that had formed in the past.

Yami, also remembering those feelings since he had found out the same time Yugi had just found out before his monster disappeared from existence.

Flashback

When the smoke cleared though, it wasn't Yugi who was dead but Yugi undone from his bonds and kneeling on the floor with the Celtic Guardian's head in his lap. Yugi was crying as he kept asking the guardian `why?'

"I wasn't… about to let you get anymore hurt… more than… necessary. You've had that enough… with the way you were… taken… unwillingly from your family… and thrown at the Pharaoh. Then Seto took you away …from him and he raped …you endlessly. He hurt you …and scared you… and scarred your… beautiful skin. I just… couldn't take… it; I don't want… you to get hurt anymore… Master Yugi."

As the elfin warrior started to disappear from the cruel world of the Shadow Realm, Celtic took one more shaky breath and looked at Yugi sadly. "I loved you… Master Yugi… I truly did but… I want you to be happy… with Yami now." He then faded and disappeared from Yugi's lap.

Yugi looked horrified by the sight of his friend by giving his life just to save his own. "NO! Celtic, come back!" He cried loudly.

End of Flashback

Yami shook himself from his thoughts and dislodged himself from his monster's warm embrace to walk over to Celtic, hugging him and thanking him with all his heart.

Celtic's heart continued to wrench in his toned chest as he knew Yugi would never he his as long as he Yami was here and willing to try once more for Yugi's heart, but he'd be happy and that's all that mattered so naturally he would help Yami. If his little master was happy with Yami and loved Yami instead of him than he'd be happy with his master's decision. Not because it was his master's wish to do this, but because he wanted his master to be happy at all costs even if that meant he could never have him even for a little while.

Dark Magician watched the two embrace each other and smiled. After the years of waiting to be reunited with both of his friends and his master and little master they were finally together once more like destiny to have it to be. He thought Yugi to be his little master since Yami cared and loved him so much. After he'd been reunited with Yugi and the Celtic Guardian when Yugi received him in his deck he tried to get the Celtic to be his friend as well, but the green-clad monster was just the same as before: withdrawn and unloving towards anybody except Yugi. But acting like that, being so brave and loyal, even at a minimum, and loving towards his master and now all this, where he was trying to get his own and Dark's Magician's master back together even if that meant ruining his own happiness and maybe a chance at a relationship with his master like he's been wanting for a long time, that made his feelings for the sword-using elfin warrior grow. He secretly had a crush forming for the guardian but never acted on his feelings since he knew the elf warrior's heart mainly belonged to Yugi and thought that would never change.