Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Could I be you? ❯ Could I be you? ( Prologue )

Could I be you?

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Rating: PG

A/N: The song is 'Could I be you?' by Matchbox twenty, (Yes, it's off of 'More than you think you are'XD)

Could I be you?

*Something is wrong

With the sum of us

That I can't seem to erase*

Perhaps this is my punishment for being a tomb robber in my last life, Getting the body of a weakling, as my vessel. They say 'if you live a bad life the next will be worse' I guess I've been pretty bad. He fears me, I know that to be true, he almost acts like I hurt him. Ha! I've never even touched him, yes, I did put him in that card, But only to quiet his whining, "Nooo, don't kill him, pleeeeasseee don't hurt her," Sheesh, that kid is pathetic.

Besides, it was his favorite card, what more could he want?

*How can I be

The only one

Without a smile on my face*

I guess it bugs me how much he smiles since he met Yuugi and the other pathetic mortals, For some reason he enjoys their company.

All you have to do is yell at him and he freaks out and curls up in a ball and tries to shut out the world.

From what I've gathered, it had something to do with an abusive mother, or something like that.

Come to think of it, he hasn't smiled so much since his grandfather was alive.

*Now you're laughing out loud

At just the thought of being alive

And I was wondering

if I could be you tonight*

He's so happy, I couldn't even begin to tell you why, but for some reason he is....

Maybe I'd like to be happy like he is...

*You show your pain

Like it really hurts

And I can't even start to feel mine*

Maybe one reason why I dislike him so much is his emotions.

The boy practically wears his heart on his sleeve!

Almost anything makes him burst into tears, at least he has the decency to let it out in private... ...mostly....

I never let my pain slip through the cracks, it's always been one of my better traits.<BR> Even when they killed my family in front of me, I didn't cry. As the whip touched my bare flesh, as it tore my back in two, I didn't cry. I wouldn't give them the pleasure. Maybe it would do him good to learn from me.

*And I'm standin' in place

With my head first

I shake, I shake, I shake,

And I see your progress

stretched out for miles and miles*

I guess he's not such a bad kid. He's know quite a bit about the shadow games, And he is getting stronger.The report cards he brings home are filled with A's, Well, He is quite smart.... I hate to admit it, but, He certainly outdoes what I did when I was a kid....

*You're laughing out loud

at just the thought of being alive

And I was wondering

could I just be you tonight*

The boy's getting really good at being happy for no reason at all... I will never understand him.<BR>

*This is the sound that I make

These are the words I chose

But somehow the right thing to say

just won't come out*

It's hard to explain to him what I'm saying, I guess asking to 'borrow' his body for a while is kind of hard to say.

He wonders why all the sudden I'm askingI tell him he'd better shut up if he knows what's good for him.

He flinches.

I tell him that I... I want to smile too... He smiles?!

And tells me he understands.

I swear that boy has lost it

*And you're laughing out loud

At just the thought of being alive

And I was wondering could I just be you tonight*

He's laughing in the soul room now, I don't think I'll ever figure him out,

Usually he's so solemn.

Whatever.

He says that he figured me out, that I only act gruff because I was hurt and I'm afraid to love again. .....He's even smarter than I thought.....

When I was young in Egypt, I was like him, more than I care to admit, Perhaps we can learn from each other.

And, maybe I could learn a lesson from him and finally enjoy life.

Maybe.

A/N: what do you think?

Should I continue?

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Thank you.

LadyDanika