Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Coming Together ❯ It's Over ( Chapter 11 )

Ok people I decided to give you wonderful readers another chance and continue the fic. Yeah, go me. That's a good thing then because I wouldn't be able to get the rest of it out of my head until I did write it and then when I did I wouldn't have anybody to read it except for like one person. Hehe, enough with my talking. ON WITH THE FIC!! (oh and don't get to upset about what happens, please! I already got hurt enough today while I was practicing with my new dirt bike I got today. Thankies)

Yami awoke with the start, gasping loudly into the quiet night. `That dream? It was of Yugi and me when we were together in the past. But why? Is it to prove he still loves me somehow?'

He looked out the window. It was cold outside, signs of winter coming around the corner and soon.

`I'll go for a quick walk to cool down.' He got out of bed and dressed into warmer clothes. He picked up the puzzle and placed it around his neck. He wasn't sure why though since it was only useful when placed around Yugi's neck.

He stepped outside and immediately shivered. `It's colder than it looked. Winter can't be that far away then.' He took a look back inside the house and checked the time. `3am, that means it's the 21st today and that means that winter starts today. That figures.' He thought as he walked down the street.

Before he knew where he was going though he stopped in front of a large gate. Looking up he found out that it was none other than Seto Kaiba's house.

`That figures just as well. Where else would my feet lead me but to Yugi himself.'

He turned around and stopped.

`Am I seeing things?' He rubbed his eyes and sure enough what he saw was there.

A transparent Yugi was standing a few feet away, staring at him with broken eyes. His clothes were torn and beyond repair and he looked to be very sick.

Crimson eyes widened as he looked at Yugi's attire more closely. `This Yugi is wearing the same clothes he had on when he went on that trip, but the other Yugi always has different clothes on. What's going on? Who is this?'

/Yami, I miss you; I love you so much./ A voice rang through the ex-Pharaoh's mind. It was clearer that it has been since he started hearing it.

`It must be coming from him!' Yami thought, bewildered. Tears clouded his vision but he willed them away so he could speak instead of break down in more fits of tears. "Yugi?"

/Yami…/ The voice sounded more broken now that it was clearer as well. Like something was ripped away from his soul and this was what was left, or what was torn out.

"Is it really you, Yugi?"

The figure nodded. More tears edged up into his eyes but once more Yami forced them away, daring them to fall in front of the figure.

"But how? You can't be!"

The figure straightened up more and tried stepping closer to Yami but stopped when the other took two steps away from him, running into the gate behind him.

/Yami, don't you believe it's me? I love you; I'd never hurt you./

"Just leave me alone! You aren't Yugi, you can't be! Yugi's gone forever with Shidosha!" Yami shouted, running past the transparent Yugi as fast he could, tears sliding painfully down his cheeks. Unknown to him, the puzzle's thin chain unsnapped and fell into the grass to the side of the street.

Tears flowed down the vision of Yugi's dull eyes as well. He turned and disappeared as he heard another figure approach.

The solid Yugi walked out of the gate and into the street. He felt something while getting something to drink and walked out to the gate to see if anything was out there. He was about to turn when he saw something glitter in the dark, reflecting of the half moon. He pushed open the gate and picked up the object, tracing his fingers over the sennen eye in the center.

"The puzzle?" The boy whispered. Suddenly, a flash crossed through his mind and one name was torn from his lips as he looked up. "Yami."

He clutched the puzzle to his chest and ran, knowing somehow where to go and where it would bring him.

Yami had had enough. His heart was broken in more pieces than he knew how to count, the tears would never stop, and what hurt the most was the fact things could and would never change.

He ran as fast as he could to the game shop, throwing open the front door. He went into the bathroom and looked at his pitiful reflection in the mirror. He hadn't eaten for days and the image staring back into bloodshot eyes showed it, his eyes also betraying that he'd been crying nonstop as well. Hating what he saw he knew what he had to do.

"I have nothing to live for anymore. My last wish to be with Yugi turned out like this then it clears up that we were never supposed to be together.

Yugi ran down the street and stopped in front of the shop with the doors wide open. He took a step forward before a different voice rang through his head.

"Remember, little love, to never go to that shop. It's a terrible place and I don't want you to get hurt by whatever lies inside. Understand?"

Yugi shook his head to clear it of Shidosha's orders. For once he was going to listen to something that he hadn't remembered feeling in a long time: his heart.

He ran inside the game shop and followed his heart down the halls, a large crash coming from upstairs as he followed it up the steps slowly, gasping at what he saw. Everything came in a rush back to Yugi and everything happened so fast. His memories were back and he remembered everything that had happened. Looking back down at the bathroom floor tears stung his eyes and he let them fall for the first time in weeks. "YAMI!"

Yami looked back up to the mirror and glowered at it sourly. Raising his hand up he made a fist and broke the mirror with a loud crash. Blood dripped down his knuckles as he pulled his arm back, small pieces of glass ground deeply within his hand.

No caring he picked up a bottle he took down a second ago and opened the cap. He tipped the bottle into him mouth before he dropped the bottle to the floor. Picking up a large, bloodied piece of mirror off the counter he swallowed the pills in his mouth and dragged the shard piece down his arm viciously, ignoring the pain that immediately followed after his skin was opened more.

He vision quickly went fuzzy and he fell to his knees. Closing his eyes he heard a gasp come from the door. Unable to open his eyes from weakness now as he felt his life being drained from him, his eyes feeling heavier with each passing second as the pills came into effect.

Falling completely onto the ground and just before he went unconscious he heard a voice call out to him that sounded like angels singing in the heavens. "YAMI!"

Tears flowed down his cheeks as Yugi stood there, too stunned to move. He felt a pair of arms wrapped around his shoulders and he looked up. Quickly he turned and cried everything he had in him to cry into Celtic's chest.

The two had awoken with the crash and came running as soon as they heard Yugi's scream.

"Celtic, take Yugi into the next room and keep him as calm as can. Don't let him get too far into the shock." The elfin warrior nodded, trying to keep his own tears down for the sake of his young master. "I'm going to call for an ambulance." Dark told him as he tied a towel tightly around Yami's arms before picking him up and rushing him downstairs to call 911.

Celtic picked up Yugi into his arms as the boy continued to cry his heart out. He brought him to his and Yami's rooms and sat down on the bed with the boy in his lap.

"Everything will be fine Yugi. Yami's been having a hard time since Shidosha kidnapped you and he probably thought this was the best way out."

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't asked him not to come than none of this would have happened! He would've stopped Shidosha from doing anything and then I wouldn't have been a mindless slave and hurt Yami like I did! I promised myself I wouldn't do that and I did!"

"That's not true Yugi, please don't say that. Yami would never want you to say that."

"Say the truth!" Yugi screamed, hearing the sirens coming down the street at a rapid speed.

Dark opened the door quickly at the first knock and pointed to the couch where he placed Yami. Blood was covered down his front from when he tied the towel around Yami's wrist.

He saw as Yugi ran downstairs and watched with wide, terrified eyes. Celtic was holding onto Yugi's shoulders to keep the boy from running to Yami and get in the way. He watched his little master more carefully and noticed the boy clutching something in his other hand. He walked over to him and hugged him closer and whispered, "What's in your hand, little master Yugi?"

Yugi pulled open his hand and looked pleadingly at Dark. There in his hand was the empty bottle of pills that was lying next to Yami. He picked it up before Celtic had taken him to his room.

"Thank you, Yugi. I'll give this to them for you. Just stay with Celtic ok?" Yugi nodded as he watched the medics take Yami outside, more tears flowed from his eyes and he hid his face in Celtic's side. The swords-elf wrapped his arms around his little master as he watched his own lover follow the medics outside to give them the bottle.

Celtic picked up his master and brought him to the couch, picking the phone up on the way. He sat down and let Yugi lie in his lap. He caressed the young boy's hair and waited patiently, even after a couple house after Dark came back in and the medics had long left.

After he finally fell asleep Celtic handed the phone to Dark and told him to call Marik and the others to let them know what happened. Dark nodded and left the room so he wouldn't wake Yugi from his much needed sleep.

Yugi woke up once, just before the two monsters were going to fall asleep and looked up to Celtic. "Are we going to visit Yami later, please?" He whispered in a strained voice.

"Of course, Yugi. We'll stay as long as you wish." Celtic told him, falling asleep soon after and Dark followed as well.

Unable to fall asleep Yugi carefully stood and walked up to his and Yami's room. He looked out the window and turned around when he saw a double reflection of himself in the image.

He saw the transparent image of himself, the part of himself he lost when Shidosha attacked him and took him away, stealing his memories from him as well as Yami and possibly Yami's own life because of his actions.

/Yugi./ The voice echoed in his head.

Yugi nodded slightly as did his double. The form stepped closer and fused himself with Yugi.

Immediately, Yugi's emotions rushed through him and felt double the pain at the realization of everything. He fell to the bed and clutched his head with one hand as a raging headache pounded through him and the other hand flew to his chest where his heart felt heavier than it ever felt before. He knew he was going to be sick with the memories of what he saw burning his mind's eyes. Now that he was whole again he never felt emptier knowing he was the cause of Yami's actions.

He fell into an exhausted sleep unwillingly.

Celtic and Dark awake at nine. Both were surprised to see Yugi wasn't in their laps like he had fallen asleep. They turned their heads to see Yugi coming downstairs, fully dressed in new clothes and showered as well; her still had the necklace around his neck.

"Are we going to go now?" He asked at seeing them awake on the couch.

"Of course, Yugi. As soon as you want." Dark nodded, agreeing with Celtic's answer.

"Now?" He asked hopefully.

Dark glanced at the clock on the VCR and noted the time. Turning back to Yugi he smiled. "The visiting hours don't start until 10 I'm afraid, Yugi. But I'm sure by the time Celtic and I shower and dressed Malik and the others will be here since they're going to come with us too, if that's fine with you?"

Yugi nodded and walked into the kitchen to sit at the table and wait. The other two stood and headed for the bathroom.

Half an hour later all three were climbing into Marik's car, some people having to sit on other's laps. Dark sat on Celtic's lap, Marik drove, Malik sat on the front and held Yugi in his lap so he could get out first, Witty took the seat on the right of Celtic and Dark by himself while Heart took the other side of the couple.

It was another half hour later when the car parked and the group made their way inside the hospital.

Dark stepped up to the desk while the others sat in the uncomfortable orange chairs to wait until they could see Yami. Dark came back over and sat next to Celtic who had Yugi sitting in his lap, hiding his face in Celtic's shoulder as he obviously tried not to cry.

A few minutes later a doctor came out and walked over to the group. Celtic whispered something in Yugi's ear and the boy looked up to show he was paying attention.

"Hello, I'm Dr. Hakase. You must be friends of Mr. Yami Motou who came in early this morning."

Everybody nodded and Yugi clutched onto Celtic's shirt to keep from bursting into more tears at having to be reminded.

"Yes, and who was it that found that empty bottle?"

Dark nodded to Yugi and the doctor smiled. "Well thanks to you, I believe your friend might just live to see another day. If you hadn't found it then he surely would've have been lost." He turned back to the rest of the group. "Unfortunately though, because of those pills he took as well as slitting his wrist, he's been getting his stomach pumped as soon as we got the stitches in to stop the bleeding and got the cut cleaned out. It's going to be a little while longer before you can see him, I'm afraid."

"How much longer do you think?" Malik asked, eyeing Yugi.

"Not much. Probably an hour so we can finish the pumping, getting him cleaned up from the dried blood a little, and then get him stabilized with some painkillers." Hakase explained. "You're welcome to wait here if you wish to though."

Everybody silently agreed and everyone but Yugi nodded to the doctor that they would, not trusting himself.

The doctor's pager beeped and he quickly shut it off. "I'm needed now. I'll come fetch you as soon as everything's ready. But not too many visitors today, I'm sorry. We don't want to wear him out if he happens to wake up. He did lose a lot of blood but not so much he'd stay unconscious for long. So while you're waiting I suggest you decide whose going to be going in today, only two people for now." He told them before quickly disappeared once more.

Everybody looked to Yugi silently. Dark raised Yugi's face up to meet his eyes and saw that Yugi was trying as hard as possible not to break down. "It's okay, master Yugi. Everything will turn out fine, you'll see. Now, would you like to visit Yami first today?"

Yugi nodded, moving in to the warm and comforting hand more.

"That's what I thought. You look a little tired though. Why don't you try to take a nap and as soon as Hakase comes back to let us know when you can go in we'll wake you up?"

Yugi nodded and closed his eyes, resting his head on Celtic's shoulders and quickly falling asleep.

The others looked from Yugi's now sleeping, but tensed, form to Dark. Celtic smiled at his lover and used his free hand to caress his check. "Why don't you go second, love. He's your master after all."

"He's yours too."

"Yes, but he's your real master, he's only my second."

"If everyone's fine with it?" Everyone quickly nodded. "Than I'll go as soon as Yugi's done."

Another chappy done! Go me! Please keep those reviews coming and I love getting suggestions from my readers so I know what they want to happen (and don't just say get Yami and Yugi back together again cuz I'm already going to let that happen. I ain't that cruel you know.) Hope you enjoyed the chappy and until the next one… ja ne