Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Her Promise, My Sorrow ❯ Memories ( Prologue )

My fanific, 'Human', is finished. This is my hew fanfic, and hopefully, it will turn out better than the last.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or the Takamura clan. Like my other fics, I'm not going to keep writing a disclaimer for each chapter, so this one goes for all of them.

"Blah" =Speech 'Blah' =Thoughts (Blah) =Me Interrupting ~~~~~ =Time Change

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In a perfect field that swayed with perfect wildflowers and grass was a perfect hill. On that perfect hill was a perfect tree. Under that perfect tree lay 3 children, 2 girls and a boy, each one having a physical appearance quite different from the next.

One girl had long golden hair and a sweet angelic face with azure eyes. Her skin was the color of a Georgia peach. The girl wore a pretty white sundress. She talked with a sadness that otherwise would not be in her voice, and it certainly did not match her animated personality. Next was the boy. He had unusual silver hair that went a few inches past his shoulders and he was a bit pale. He wore a simple pair of denim jeans and a long sleeved button up shirt to match. He had a handsome face and his eyes had a golden orange brilliance. They held the misty look of an artist that had yet to be tainted by society. His eyes also held the same sadness, but his pain seemed to run deeper than the girl's did.

The two were like the Sun and the Moon. And indeed, their personalities were quite like the heavenly bodies.

The girl was quite outgoing and her brilliant smile couldn't help but make you feel good, like a bright and sunny day. Though often, she talked too much. The boy was a bit quiet, yet mischievous. He was also quite charming. Though the girl was more noticeable, you couldn't help but be drawn to him.

The last figure looked out of place among the other two, both who looked about 12-14 years old. The girl still had the adorable face of a child with large eyes, and her lips were still red with the youth of a small child. She had black hair that reached her shoulders and she was as pale as milk. She wore a pair of black-buckled shoes, polished to show ones reflection. Her dress was the kind you would imagine a little girl of good upbringing would be. It was of silk and it's lace hem came to her knees. Several silk ribbons and much lace adorned the rest of the frock as well. Wrapped from under her head was a red ribbon tied into a bow. On each little hand was an immaculate white glove. From the lace to the actual dress, it was all black. She looked exactly like a porcelain doll made up for a little girl's funeral.

Even with the body of a child, she had wisdom beyond her years. The girl would be very mature, even if she were the same age as her two friends. She sat quietly on her knees with her hands in her lap and listened to her older acquaintance. A serious look was placed upon her young face. One can imagine how out of place it looked.

"I still can't believe you have to leave us." The blonde looked at her young companion. The silver headed boy also turned to face the child; a weak and strained smile was now placed upon his features, making him look as if he were ill.

"Yeah, now whose gonna' nag us when we want to do something stupid?" A small smile appeared on the child's face. She appreciated the older boy's attempt to lighten the mood. "I'm afraid until my training is completely finished, that you will have to look after yourself, as well as Megumi-sama." Megumi frowned even more. "'Megumi-sama'? Where did that come from? You've called me 'Big Sister' up until now." The other girl's smile became an apologetic one. "Forgive me, but I feel that I have betrayed you and I no longer have the right to address you with such familiarity. I think-" she paused for just a moment, "that it would be easier this way." "Ke-" Megumi faltered. "Takamura, I wish you luck during your training." Megumi hugged the girl. When she let go the girl, the young Takamura turned to face the silver hared boy. "I will miss you, Crawford-sama."

Pegasus' head was cast down and he did not respond. Then his hand move upward and he did something that even the young Takamura did not expect. His hand came rushing down and slapped the girl with such force and surprise that her head whipped around and she stumbled a bit back. Megumi half rose as she stared at Pegasus with shock at his radical actions. "Pegasus!"

The child turned her head back around and tentatively placed a hand on her cheek, as if trying to believe what had just happened. Pegasus grabbed the small girl into a crushing embrace. He sobbed into the small crook of her neck. "How could you leave us? How could you leave me?" You might find Pegasus' attachment to the little girl a bit disturbing, but it wasn't, not really. After all, she was also the one who comforted him when his mother had died, and all those other sad occasions Megumi was not present at. Including when his father would hit him.

She was the one who kept him company on those lonely days inside his large, and empty, home. She would listen to him in the home where his father would pay the barest of attentions to him. She lived close enough that they could visit each other everyday, but no longer. This little girl had given him much advice, and shown him much care. His only source of comfort was leaving, and he couldn't stop it.

"Kei-chan, please don't leave me all alone."

Kei smiled a bit as she gently took Pegasus' face between her small hands. He looked so lost and lonely. He gently started to stroke the now red cheek, as if trying to soothe the stinging pain. "But you wont be alone, Big Brother." She used the term to comfort him. "You have Megumi, and besides, you two would probably fall in love, and I would just be a bother." "No!" Pegasus grabbed Kei's hands so that his larger ones almost completely engulfed them. His eyes pleaded with her. "You could never be a bother! You're my best friend, and you're leaving me like I'm nothing." He let go of her and sank to the ground on all fours.

It may seem like Pegasus was over reacting, but he wasn't. Kei and Megumi were the only friends he had. His mother, may she rest in peace, had often been too sick to have him visit her, and his father always ignored him. The two girls were the only ones that ever paid much attention to him. Kei was almost a constant companion. If she wasn't training, she was with him.

Kei helped him to his knees. "I wish I didn't have to leave, but like both you and Megumi-sama, I have obligations and duties. I have to leave to further my development in both education and martial arts. And I can't even visit because I'll be traveling so much, I won't have time. But, I will leave you with a gift." She took Pegasus' right hand.

There was a flash of silver, and Pegasus felt a searing pain run across the palm of his hand. He watched as a crimson red liquid now bubbled up from the gash that his darling Kei-chan had created. He looked at Kei, only to see her flinch as she ran the same blade across the palm of her own right hand.

She then grabbed his hand with her own so that their blood mingled together. Megumi spoke up in both horror and confusion. "Kei-chan, what are you doing?!" Pegasus was wondering the same thing. She turned to Megumi. "I'm making a blood pact with Big Brother." She turned back to face Pegasus. "That means, that no matter what, I cannot break the promise I make now. I promise, on my word as a ninja, that once my training is over, that I will come return to you and be your protector." She then let go of the older boy's hand and removed a hanker chief that was tucked into one of the puffs on her shoulder and wrapped the lesion.

As the girl of about 8 years old hugged her 'older sister' good bye, Pegasus just stared at his hand. Kei came to him, took his hand, and kissed it, like one would see someone doing to royalty. "Do not fret, my King," She smiled a bit at the joke. When they were all younger, they would pretend that Pegasus and Megumi were the king and queen, and Kei would be there loyal protector or sometimes, she would be a traitor and have a glorious battle with the king for the right to rule their island kingdom. "As I have told you before, I will return." Then she started back home, or soon to be former home. He and Megumi just sat in silence for a while, and even when she left, or when the first stars appeared, he stayed under that now almost perfect tree on that almost perfect hill in that almost perfect field.

It wasn't quite perfect anymore, because one of the children that had made it seem so perfect was gone.

The sun and moon remained, but where were the stars?

Megumi would still be there, but she wouldn't be there as often as Kei had. She wouldn't understand as well as his best friend had. She was still his friend though, and perhaps Kei was right. Perhaps, he and her could become something more.

But still; now each day when the sun rose to greet the East and dawn broke into morning, there would no longer be a friendly face waiting on that hill to greet him. No longer would there be a caring soul under that tree waiting to hold him and give him comforting words as he wept.

That cut meant she wasn't leaving him forever though. She was coming back, right?

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Many years passed since that day, and the now silver hared man and the angel faced women never heard from their raven hared friend. Soon after they were wed, Megumi died, and Pegasus J. Crawford was once again plagued with loneliness. Pegasus was so estranged from remembering the emotion of love, he was convinced he loved Megumi. They entered into an awkward marriage, but alas, his heart was broken for the fourth time in his life when she died. The first time he was heart broken was when his mother had died; the second had been when Kei had left him and Megumi. The third had been when his father had beaten him black and blue, telling him he was a worthless piece of shit just because he wanted to pursue a career as an artist. When he married Megumi, it seemed like he would finally be happy, but illness had struck her down.

Then he turned to darker methods to find happiness. He felt the Sennen Items were his chance at bringing his beloved back to him. It was more of an attachment to her than love. He didn't want to be left alone again, especially by the person he supposedly fell in love with. The last person on earth that he cared for had died, and he needed her back. Of course, heart break and sorrow found him for the fifth time, when his Sennen Eye was taken from him, along with the one chance at bringing back the one person that wasn't supposed to leave him. Memories of his once best friend had been sealed away at that time, to help lessen the pain. Those memories were the most logical ones to seal away. His mother and Megumi were dead and weren't around so he couldn't say they were alive. He couldn't ignore the fact that his father had forced him into a career that he didn't want, or he would be an artist at the moment. So, since Kei wasn't around, and hadn't been for quite some time, he could simply assume she had never existed, so he didn't have to deal with the painful fact that she had left.

Pegasus J. Crawford, age 28, might as well have been a soulless shell.

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Somewhere in the waters around Japan, was a beautiful, privately owned island. On this island, there were sea cliffs, beaches (Duh!), and a giant forest. In the center of this island, was a beautiful castle! But the beauty of the island and castle hid the emptiness that lay beneath. Few people lived at the castle except the staff. There were bodyguards for the man who lived there. The man who lived there never went out, though.

He lay in his bed all day, getting out only to use the bathroom, and he hardly ever ate, and since he hardly ever ate, he was exceedingly thin. His face was gaunt and his eyes were glazed with sorrow. They no longer held that once golden gleam. He sat there thinking of his wife, and how he could never bring her back. He thought of his childhood, about how he used to sit under a tree with her, and they would simply talk about anything. Strange, he seemed to recall another person with them constantly. A young girl if he remembered correctly. Then a glimmer of pain ran through his proverbial heart. It hurt him to remember the little girl. Then another memory flashed across his mind. The girl cut his hand. He remembered the pain. She was telling him something. It sounded like a promise. More pain hit his heart, but he was still in his flashback. She kissed his hand and said something that made him fell a little better, then she left, and he felt more pain. A lot of pain. It was like when Megumi died. Then all of a sudden he was back in his dark room, sitting in his bed. He looked at his right hand. It was near skeletal, making his fingers look extremely long and ghostly. Running across the middle of his hand was a faint, white scar. Tears ran down his ashen face. He formed his first real thought in quite a while. 'What is this pain? Who was that girl?'

Little did know, flying in on his own company helicopter, was his new assistant, hired by the other board members of Industrial Illusions to help get Pegasus back to business.

A young woman of about 23 sat still, hands in her lap, looking out the window. Her waist length black hair was pulled back into a braid, tossed over to one side of her neck, touching her light skin. Her ice blue eyes were staring at the water, but her minds eye was far away somewhere else, looking upon a perfect field of wildflowers, and in that perfect field was a perfect hill, perfectly sloped for rolling down on. On that perfect hill was a perfect tree, and sitting under that perfect tree was a boy with silver hair, waiting for her.

'Wait just a little longer. I'll keep my promise.'

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Well there's the first chapter for you. I hoped you all liked it. Could someone please answer the following questions?

1. What is the Japanese word for 'Older Sister'?

2. What is the Japanese word for 'Older Brother'?

3. Is it 'Maximillion Pegasus' or 'Pegasus J. Crawford'?

And this one is for all the readers:

4. Do you want a romance to develop?

Well, READ AND REVIEW!