Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ In The Arms Of An Angel ❯ May you find comfort in my arms ( Chapter 8 )

**At last! The Chapter you all been waiting for! Here is the Final Chapter of "In the Arms of an Angel". I am really sorry it took so long to bring it up but I had writer's block on this and left it till I came up with some ideas. Well, I have and I hope you really enjoy this."

**Translations: Onee-chan (Big Brother) Baka (Idiot)**



Chapter 8 (Final Chapter): May you find comfort in my arms



Seiya opened his eyes and blinked till his vision cleared. He moved his head up and looked around when he noticed that he was standing in a room filled with stuff animals, building blocks, action figures, and many other toys.

"Yugi?!" he called. "Where are you?! And where am I?"

He turned his head side to side till he spotted a small boy lying on his stomach while using coloring markers on his coloring book.

"Yugi?" Seiya approached the boy slowly.

The small boy lifted his head and turned his gaze to Seiya. It was Yugi, but a younger version of him. Seiya knelt down with a puzzled look on his face; little Yugi looked just as puzzled as he did. Little Yugi tilted his head curiously.

"Are you my Onee-chan?" little Yugi asked. "You look exactly like me so you must be."

"No, I-" started Seiya.

He stopped when he saw a sad look in Yugi's innocent eyes. He shook his head and smiled.

"Yes, I am. I am Seiya, your Onee-chan."

Yugi's eyes lit up with happiness.

"I am glad to see you, Onee-chan. Come watch me color."

Yugi giggled as Seiya lay down beside him and looked him over. Yugi turned his head away to go back to coloring. Seiya started to wonder to himself about how Yugi turned into a child and why. Did he fall into one of Yugi's child hood memories?

"Onee-chan, look!" cried little Yugi. "I did this all by myself."

Seiya turned his attentions back to Yugi. He smiled as little Yugi showed him a beautiful coloring job of a park with a small boy, a mother, and father sitting on a blanket having a picnic lunch.

"Very good," he said. "You should be an artist when you grow up."

Little Yugi rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. Seiya chuckled.

"I just love to color," said Yugi.

Yugi placed his coloring book down and turned the page to color a picture of a bird. "My mother and I would color together all the time. She said I would make a good artist."

"Where is your mother and father?" Seiya asked. "I'd like to meet them."

Yugi froze. The blue marker he was holding dropped out of his hand and rolled off his coloring book. Yugi turned his head to Seiya as tears poured down his eyes.

"Yugi?" said Seiya as he blinked his eyes.

"Give them back," demanded little Yugi as his tear filled eyes narrowed at him.

"Give who back?" asked Seiya in a confused tone.

He watched as Yugi stood up with clench fists.

"Give me my parents back!" he screamed. "Give them back! You took them away from me! How could you do that to me, Onee-chan?!"

Seiya watched in horror as little Yugi turned and ran away from him while using his arm to wipe away his tears.

"I hate you!" little Yugi cried.

"Yugi!" cried Seiya. "Come back! I'm not here to harm you. Don't run from me!"

Seiya stood up and gasped as little Yugi's room vanished; all he could see was Yugi running into endless darkness.

"Yugi, wait! I don't understand!" Seiya started after him but when he took his second step, a black hole formed and he fell right into it. His hand reached out to grab something but there was nothing for him to grab on to.

"Yugi!!" he cried as he fell into the darkness of the hole with his hand reaching out.



**



"Yugi..........." Seiya whispered in a tiny voice.

Raziel, Jounouchi, Bakura, Honda, and Anzu turned their heads towards Seiya's direction.

"Raziel, what is going on?" said a fear-full Anzu.

Raziel closed his eyes tightly.

"He found Yugi's childhood self," replied Raziel with a sad look on his face. "The child was in such deep pain......"

"How do you know this?" asked Honda.

"I can see it and-" Raziel suddenly placed a hand against his forehead, in pain. Everyone gasped as Raziel fell to his knees.

"Raziel, what's wrong!?" said a panicked Jounouchi. "What's going on now?"

"Seiya........he is falling into darkness," Raziel gasped out. "I lost contact with him. He must of hit his head or something cause I can feel his pain. I'm afraid he is on his own if I don't get back in touch with him.............. .."

Everyone gasped once again.

"No!" cried Jounouchi. "My buddy is in there and he might not come back if Seiya is unconscious. I won't let either of them die. Jounouchi to the rescue!"

Raziel's eyes widened as Jounouchi ran over to Yugi and Seiya's limp like bodies.

"You fool!" yelled Raziel as he tried to get to his feet. "Don't touch them or you'll be transported into Yugi's mind! JOUNOUCHI N-!"

Raziel was too late, Jounouchi had touched the puzzle around Yugi's neck and became like him and Seiya.

"Damn you, Jou!" Raziel cursed at his now limp like body.

"Jounouchi..........." whimpered Anzu.

Bakura and Honda looked down the floor in thought.

"Don't any of you think about it," yelled Raziel.

He managed to get to his feet and look at the three remaining.

"If anymore people enter his mind it could overload his brain and everyone in there will die. If you care about your friends and want to help, you can help them by praying for their safe return. That is all we can do for them."

Bakura and Honda held onto Anzu as Raziel turned his attentions back to the three bodies. "You can do it Seiya, I believe in you. Jounouchi, you are a brave fool, good luck."

**

Jounouchi appeared in what appeared to be Yugi's room. He fell on the floor with a "thump".

"Ow, talk about rough landing."

He groaned as he sat up and rubbed his behind. He then blinked and looked to see Yugi sitting on his bed with eyes as wide as saucers.

"Who are you?" he asked. "How did you get into my room?"

"Yugi.........don't you remember me?" said a confused Jounouchi. "Its me, Jounouchi."

"How do you know my name?" demanded Yugi.

His eyes widened suddenly. "Don't tell me that Jiro sent you to beat me up."

"Jiro," Jounouchi growled out. "I never do other people's dirty work, especially people like Jiro. He can go to hell for all I care."

Jounouchi stood up and started to walk towards Yugi. A flash of lightening lit up the room and caused Jounouchi to stop when his eye caught something. His eyes narrowed and he could see that Yugi was clutching the handle of a long kitchen knife.

"Yugi............what are you doing with that?"

Yugi looked down at what he was looking to. He clutched the knife closer to his chest and moved so that his back was pressed against the wall. Lightening crashed to the ground outside Yugi's window.

"What does it look like?" he replied. "I am going to kill myself. What is the point on living when all people ever do to me is hurt and torment me."

Jounouchi gasped and realised that this was the day when Yugi killed himself.

"Oh man," he thought to himself. "I can't believe I stumbled onto his memory of his death. Why do I always have the rotten luck?"

He looked sadly at Yugi then shook his head in frustration as his thoughts continued.

"No! I can't allow him to do this. Perhaps if I stopped him then none of this would've happened. Then he would be alive and come back to reality!"

Yugi raised the knife up slowly as he spoke "No more people hurting me, no more having to come home with cuts and bruises."

Jounouchi snapped out of his thoughts and dashed towards Yugi.

"Yugi NO!" he cried. "Don't do it!"

Just as he was about to grab Yugi's wrist something grabbed onto the back of his jacket and restrained him before he could reach Yugi. Jounouchi watched in horror as Yugi plunged the knife into his chest. Yugi hacked mouth fulls of blood as he fell off the bed. Yugi's blood splattered over Jounouchi's face as he fell to his knees. The person behind him released his jacket and he turned to see Seiya towering over him with a sad yet angry expression.

"Why Seiya?!" yelled Jounouchi as tears spilt from his eyes. "Why the hell did you stop me?! I could've saved him, damn you!"

"What are you doing here, Jounouchi?" asked Seiya in a calm voice; he had ignored Jounouchi's questions.

"Damn it, Seiya!" yelled Jounouchi. "Don't change the subject! Why did you just let him die?!"

Seiya closed his pain filled eyes as he heard Yugi say his dying words. He took a deep breath and opened his eyes to look into Jounouchi's.

"This isn't time travel, Jounouchi. These are just his memories. If you tried to stop him you would've just fell right through him and onto the floor. I grabbed you to prevent you from falling on your face. The Yugi you see now is not the real one, it's just his memory."

Jounouchi stood up while wiping tears and blood off his face with his jacket sleeve.

"I wasn't thinking as usual," he said. "I'm sorry, Seiya. I care about my buddy more then you can imagine. The sight of him killing himself was painful even though it's only his memory."

He looked longingly towards Yugi's limp body.

"I know, Jounouchi," Seiya replied. "I've just learned about them not being the real Yugi when I encountered his childhood self. We must be careful about who is the real Yugi; the others will try to trick us."

Seiya could see a figure approaching Yugi's window. He smiled when he saw it was Raziel opening the window and floating inside.

"Good timing as always," he said to himself.

A black hole appeared underneath Jounouchi's feet. Jounouchi yelled as he fell through the hole and feel into darkness. Seiya watched as Raziel knelt over Yugi and shook his head sadly.

"Good luck my friend," whispered Seiya.

He stepped backwards and fell calmly down the hole. Raziel looked up just as the hole disappeared.

Seiya tried to make himself fall faster to catch up to Jounouchi; he was flailing his arms around in panic. He reached out and grasped Jounouchi's arm. Jounouchi stopped flailing and looked up at him.

"Hold on, Jounouchi," commanded Seiya. "We could be falling for hours and its best we hold on to each other so that we don't get separated."

Jounouchi nodded and then remembered something.

"I forgot to mention this. The reason why I am here is because Raziel lost contact with you. He said you were falling and then fell into unconsciousness. I got scared that you two weren't going to come back alive so I touched the puzzle around Yugi's neck and got transported into his mind. I just couldn't take it."

Seiya was surprised that Jounouchi was brave enough to sacrifice his life for Yugi. He then smiled and squeezed his arm gently.

"Jounouchi, I didn't think I could do this alone," he started. "But now that you are here to help me we can both convince Yugi to come back. However, I can't guarantee we will make it out alive since I've lost contact with Raziel. But let's not think negative."

Jounouchi nodded his head and grinned up at Seiya.

"I am sure we'll manage without Raziel's help. We just have to find Yugi. Things wouldn't be the same without him. He has to come back, we need him and he needs us."

Seiya looked over Jounouchi's shoulder to that they were sailing towards a checkered floor.

"Jounouchi, we're coming in for a landing. Brace yourself, its going to be rough."

They both got into landing position as they fell to the floor faster and faster. Seiya landed on one foot and fell gently down on one knee. He turned to his to see Jounouchi fall and land on his butt. Seiya winced and thought to himself 'That must've really hurt.'

Jounouchi rubbed the sore spot on his behind as he got to his feet. "I swear that bad luck seems to follow me whenever I go."

He lifted his head up and noticed that Seiya was staring straight ahead.

"Seiya? What's wrong?"

He looked to where Seiya was looking and gasped. There was the real Yugi sitting on the floor, hugging his knees close to his chest, and rocking himself back and forth.

"Yugi!" cried Seiya and Jounouchi.

Yugi looked up to see them running towards him. Jounouchi leaped on him and bear hugged him. Seiya ruffled his head and then gently pried Jounouchi off him. They looked at Yugi in confusion as he just sat there and looked at them with no look of joy or happiness.

"What are you guys doing here?" he asked. "How did you get through to me? Why didn't you just leave me to die?"

"We came to rescue you," Seiya replied. "We can't let you die Yugi, you are needed. Your friends need you, your Grandpa needs you, I need you."

Yugi's eyes widened and he looked towards Jounouchi.

"He speaks the truth," said Jounouchi with a thumb held up. "It wouldn't be the same without you, buddy."

Seiya and Jounouchi smiled confidently at Yugi. Yugi just looked away and hugged himself tightly. Their smiles faded instantly.

"Your wrong," said Yugi. "No one needs me. It would be a lot better if I didn't live. They'll forget me in a month or two."

"Yugi," whispered Jounouchi.

Seiya's fist clenched and then he crawled to Yugi's side. He slipped his arms around Yugi's waist and held him. Yugi and Jounouchi blinked.

"If your going to die here, I want to die with you," said Seiya. "I am not letting you die alone."

Yugi gasped and Jounouchi gaped at him. He then smiled at Seiya and sat on the opposite side of Yugi.

"That goes double for me," said Jounouchi. "If you go down I go with you, buddy. I've lost Leo already and I couldn't bear the though of losing another good friend of mine. My best friend to be exact."

Seiya looked quite amazed from Jounouchi's courage, which proved that he is indeed a true friend to Yugi, then he smiled a thank you to him. Yugi's eyes were huge; this never happened to him before. No one has ever said they would sacrifice their lives for him. Yugi lowered his head as he felt his eyes begin to water.

"You guys........I don't know what to say. This has never happened to me before; maybe because I never had true friends."

Jounouchi and Seiya looked at each other with smiles on their faces. Yugi lifted his head up to look at them.

"It won't be the last time, Yugi," said Seiya as he lowered his gaze back to Yugi. "You are needed Yugi. The world would lose it's light if you were gone. Your smile brightens up my day even if it was cloudy and rainy."

"Things wouldn't be the same without you, buddy," said Jounouchi. "That is why if you insist on dying I'll die with you."

"That goes for me as well," added Seiya. "So what is the plan Yugi? Either way, we are all going down together."

Yugi bowed his head as he felt rivers of tears trickling down his cheeks. He sniffed then started to smile big.

"Guys, lets go home. Everyone is waiting for us."

"Yes, lets," said Jounouchi and Seiya at the same time with smiles on their faces.



**

Yugi, Seiya, and Jounouchi all opened their eyes at the same time. The others in the room heard them and gasped.

"Yugi!" cried Honda, Anzu, Raziel, and Bakura. "Jounouchi! Seiya!"

Honda, Anzu, and Bakura smothered Yugi with hugs while Raziel grabbed Seiya's hand and pulled him into a brother like hug. Jounouchi sat there for a moment, but was then attacked by Honda's fists pounding against his chest.

"You baka! What were you thinking when you ran over and entered Yugi's mind?! You could've been killed! And if you were killed, who's butt would I kick at the Shooting Gallery next year?"

"Nice to see you too, Honda." growled Jounouchi.

They started to glare at each other, but then grabbed each other in a tight hug. Anzu and Bakura looked over at them with smiles on their faces. While Jounouchi and Honda hugged each other, Seiya had placed his hand on Raziel's shoulder with a smile on his face.

"I did it, Raziel," said Seiya as his chest swelled with pride. "I have finally become a true Yoi Angel. I have completed my mission."

"I am proud of you, Seiya," said Raziel. "The Shinigami gods are going to be very pleased when they hear this."

"Not only that I got the title of being a Yoi Angel, I also found the most precious thing in my life."

Raziel smiled and nodded his head towards Yugi's direction. Seiya grinned up at Raziel, but then stopped when he saw Jounouchi looking slightly sad.

"Raziel, what about Jounouchi?" asked Seiya as he turned his head back to Raziel.

"Jounouchi?" questioned Raziel. "What do you mean?"

"He lost Leo just when they were getting close," explained Seiya. "Poor Jounouchi is going to be alone all over again."

Seiya blinked as Raziel started to smile big; he knews that whenever Raziel had a big smile on his face, he was up to something.

"Ok, what are you up to?" Seiya grinned. "I know that look on your face."

"You'll see, when the time comes," said Raziel. "In the meantime, just don't worry about it and don't remind him about Leo."

Seiya blinked, then nodded his head; he knew that Raziel always knows what he was doing and decided to play along.

"If you say so," said Seiya.

Yugi lifted his head to see Seiya walking over to him. Seiya knelt down in front of him and smiled. He reached out and placed his hand on top of Yugi's head.

"Listen, Yugi," he started. "You have a choice. Since you are a Yoi Angel like me, we can live on Earth peacefully and help out other Yoi Angels whenever needed. The other choice is that we could live with the Shinigami in Upper Earth. What would you like to do?"

Yugi looked up at his friends. They all smiled at him and waited for his answer. He looked thoughtful for a moment, then opened his mouth.

"I want to live on Earth, I want to be with my friends."

Seiya nodded his head and stood.

"If that is your choice, you are required to come to Upper Earth and live there for one year. It is required for a new Yoi Angel to stay in Upper Earth so that they can get trained. You cannot live on Earth unless you pass the entrance exam. I'm sorry, Yugi, it's the only way. This is how it is with the Yoi Angel clan."

Yugi's eyes widened. He looked up at his friends once again. At first they seemed sad, but then smiled to encourage him.

"Its ok, Yugi," said Anzu with a smile. "It's only a year. It will go by fast and we'll be united once again."

Honda placed his hand on Yugi's shoulder and smiled. "I'll miss you, Yugi. If you can, write to us and tell us what's its like to live in Upper Earth."

Yugi smiled and looked over at Bakura. Bakura looked back and returned the smile. "Even though we barely talked, it was still nice to know you. Our paths will cross again in one year."

Finally, Yugi looked over at Jounouchi. Jounouchi had placed his hand over his eyes to hide his tears. Yugi's heart sank to see Jounouchi like this. Jounouchi noticed Yugi was looking at him and quickly wiped away his tears.

"It's ok, Yugi. Don't worry about. Heck, it's only a year and it will fly like seconds. I'm going to miss you big time, buddy and I'll make sure you make up the loss time we were suppose to use to hang out."

"Then it's settled," said Seiya. "I will tell Yugi's grandpa the news so that he will find a way to tell his school Principle about his year absence. I'll give you all a moment to say goodbye."

Everyone exchanged brief goodbye hugs to each other, then headed outside. Seiya, Yugi, and Raziel's wings appeared and gently spread out and the other four watched them.

"I'll miss you guys," said Yugi as happy yet sad tears slide down his cheeks. "Take care of yourselves and I'll come back on the day of next years FireFly Festival. Wait for me."

"Good-bye Yug!" cried Jounouchi.

"Bye Yugi," said Bakura while waving his hand.

"Yugi, good luck!" cried a teary eyed Anzu.

"Goodbye Yugi," said Honda. "Be sure you come back soon so that you can see me beat Jounouchi at the Shooting Gallery, again."

Honda laughed as Jounouchi hit him over the head with his fist. Yugi laughed as Seiya and Raziel took off into the morning air. He turned and jumped into the air after them. Everyone below watched as Yugi, Seiya, and Raziel flew higher up into the air and waved down at them. Yugi was laughing softly as he enjoyed his first moment of flying. Seiya was enjoying watching Yugi's fly.

"They look so beautiful up there," whispered Anzu. "It sure is an amazing sight."

"And me without a camera," joked Jounouchi. "It's a Kodac moment."

Bakura laughed as Anzu and Honda pounced on Jounouchi. Anzu hugged him around the neck while Honda ruffled his hair. Bakura looked up as the three Angel grew smaller and smaller until they disappeared into the clouds.

"See you guys later," said Bakura. "Come back soon."

Bakura continued to watch the spot where they disappeared to while Anzu, Honda, and Jounouchi softly laughed and hugged each other; they knew that there would be no point on making sad faces all year. Soon they will be united with their angel friends Seiya, Yugi, and Raziel. It will make the wait for the next FireFly Festival worth it.

End of Final Chapter.



**Do not fret fellow In the Arms of an Angel fans, there will be an Epilogue with lemony goodness for you. I hope you enjoyed the Final Chapter and will be looking forward to the Epilogue. Be sure to check out the prequel of this fic called "From Falling to Flying (Coming soon!). It is about how Seiya became a Warui Angel. I'm sure it is worth your time to read! Bye for now!**