Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Secrets Can Kill ❯ Where Will You Go ( Chapter 2 )

M: Hey chicca's! Well as you guys seemed to like the first chappy Pre's decided to continue on here

Yugi: But only if you guys review

Yami: Where is that baka authoress anyway?

M: *Glaring at Yami* Don't you call her that!

Yugi: *Stepping between his Yami and Pre's muse hurriedly* Actually where is Pre?

M: *Sighing* She can't be here so she asked me to do this for her.

Yugi: *Frowning and tilting his head* Why?

M: Can we just get on with the fic?

Yugi: *Mutters to Yami* What about the disclaimer?

M: *Eyes twitching* See chapter one I refuse to repeat it again!

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The long white haired boy grinned over at his fellow Hikari and friend as they talked leaning back to rest against the desk behind him he slowly let his eyes drift shut. An image popping unbidden into his head…Kur…

"Oh Ra!" The strangled gasp beside him snapped his eyes open his gaze automatically springing to the open classroom door and to the figure leaning heavily against it

"Yugi!" The white haired boy shared a horrified glance with his friend before both of them practically flew across the room.

The small boy looked up at the sound of his name and smiled weakly from beneath his bangs as two of his friends came hurrying towards him.

"Hey Ryou." Yugi said smiling and returning the white haired boys gentle hug.

"Yugi! What happened? Are you alright?" The blond egyptian called, not far behind.

"I'm fine Malik." Yugi replied straightening up from the door and allowing himself to be led across the room to his desk. "Just had a little disagreement with the stairs, you know how clumsy I can be!"

"Yugi…" Ryou mumbled staring at the back of his friend's head and letting his hands fall to his sides.

"I'm fine guys, really, it's nothing to worry about." Yugi said laying his head in his arms and turning to stare out the window. "Nothing at all."

Ryou and Malik exchanged a glance before moving away.

"I think that maybe its time to reopen the past." Ryou whispered as they took their own seats.

Malik's eyes widened in surprise as he darted a quick look to the small boy staring out the window. "You mean…?"

Ryou nodded once mouthing the word 'Yes' as the teacher called the class to order.

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You're too important for anyone
You play the roll of all you want to be
But I, I know who you really are
You're the one who cries if you're alone

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"So this kid looked like you?"

Yami nodded in response tapping his foot impatiently as he waited for the other boy to finish putting his books in his locker. "Yeah. I've never seen him before but he was wearing the same uniform as us."

"He didn't look older enough to go to our school though." Jay muttered, frowning slightly as she twiddled a piece of red hair round her finger.

Yami nodded again. "I thought that too."

"Hmm."

Yami and Jay glanced over at the other boy to find him closing his locker a thoughtful look on his face.

"What is it Bakura?" Jay asked as she linked arms with the two boys.

Bakura sighed, a strange look coming over his face. "I think I know who you're talking about."

Yami and Jay looked over at him expectantly as they continued to make their way down the corridor.

"His name is Yugi, right? Yugi Mouto he hangs around with…what's his name? Jounochi? Something like that. You know the blondie." Bakura said reaching up to rub his head with his hand.

"Are you ok?" Jay asked.

"Yeah." Bakura nodded forcing a smile onto his face. "Just a little headache."

Jay looked at him closely for a moment before glancing slyly over to Yami. "Maybe I should go and have a word with this Jounochi then."

Yami started slightly and smirked. "You wouldn't dare."

"Do ya wanna bet?" Jay grinned impishly.

"I'll introduce you if you like…" Bakura cut in his headache forgotten.

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But where will you go
With no one left to save you from yourself
You can't escape
You can't escape

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"You can't be serious!" The usually quiet and serene boy shouted glaring up at his friends from his seat at the base of the big willow tree.

Ryou and Malik glanced at each other shuffling uncomfortably on the branches they were sitting on.

'I knew he'd react like this.' Malik's look seemed to say while Ryou just shrugged hopelessly.

"What about you Jou? Do you think the same as them?" Yugi demanded turning to glare at the older, blond haired teen beside him.

The boy in question shrugged, his hair shielding his eyes from view, as he seemed to think for a moment.

"It's been over a lifetime Yug." The blond finally replied. "How many more do you want to go through? How much more pain are you willing to put yourself through for them?"

Yugi paled opening his mouth and then shutting it again as he stared over to Jou before turning to look up at his other two friends.

"Yugi…" Ryou said gently.

"No!" Yugi cried, tearing his gaze away. "What if…what if he doesn't remember? What if he doesn't want to love me like that again?"

"Oh Yugi no, don't think that!" Ryou whispered horrified.

Yugi sniffed a single tear making it's way down his face. "I can't help it." Yugi whispered his words seeming to echo in the sudden quiet of the schoolyard. "I couldn't bear it if…"

"No! Yugi wait!" Malik called scrambling down from the tree as Yugi turned and took off his last sentence hanging in the air around them.

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You think that I can't see right through your eyes
Scared to death to face reality
No one seems to hear your hidden cries
You're left to face yourself alone

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"Go Marik!" Yami called as he watched his friend chase Bakura with a water bottle.

Seto rolled his eyes at their familiar banter. "Stupid idiots." He muttered.

Jay stifled a giggle as Bakura began to walk backwards pleading with Marik to put the bottle down.

"Bakura look out!" Yami called as the white haired fiend collided into the small figure running round the corner sending them both hurtling to the ground.

"Owww." Bakura said as he sat up rubbing the back of his head.

"Are you ok?" Marik asked bending down to help him up.

Bakura nodded his eyes still on the small figure that lay unmoving on the ground.

"Yugi!" Yami gasped hurrying forward.

Yugi opened one eye carefully. "Did anyone get the number of the bus?" He groaned, sitting up and rubbing his back.

Yami stopped and stared at Yugi before breaking into a grin. "Nope it was to fast." He replied as he offered Yugi his hand.

Yugi looked up at him through his bangs hesitating slightly before taking the offered hand and letting Yami hurl him to his feet.

"Yugi!" A voice called from behind them as Jou hurried up to them followed closely by Ryou and Malik.

"Are you ok?" Ryou asked as they reached him.

Yugi nodded blushing slightly as he saw them staring at his hand which was still held in Yami's firm grip.

"Yeah I'm ok." He replied, laughing nervously as he let go of Yami's hand.

Ryou and Malik grinned glancing at each other then back to their friend. Even Jou couldn't help the slight twitch of his lips as he watched the blush spread across his small friends' face.

"Woah." Jay said as she began to fan her face. "Is it me or did the temperature just rise?"

Ryou broke into laughter before stepping forward. "I'm Ryou." He said holding out his hand.

Jay grinned. "Jay." She replied. "And that there's Seto, Marik, Bakura and of course Yami."

The four boys mumbled their hello's as Malik stepped forward. "I'm Malik and that there's Jounochi. I guess you've already met Yugi."

Yami laughed. "Yeah we have got to stop meeting like this little one!"

Yugi smiled shyly up at Yami amethyst meeting crimson for the second time and neither wanting to look away.

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But where will you go
With no one left to save you from yourself
You can't escape the truth
I realise you're afraid
But you can't abandon everyone
You can't escape
You don't want to escape

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'Oh gods Yugi can't you see that we just can't bear to see you paying the price anymore?' Ryou thought, as he looked over to Bakura the darker boy staring back at him intently.

'Why couldn't it have been me? Oh why did you have to be so selfless Yugi?' Malik thought as his eyes locked with Marik a thousand words seeming to be said with that one look.

'Why did you have to give into the dark? It's your faults that Yugi had to suffer you know.' Jou thought as he glanced at Seto amber fire meeting icy blue. 'If only I could turn back time, if only.'

"Ahum." Jay cleared her throat softly. "I'm sorry to spoil the moment and all boys but we have to get going remember?"

The 'boys' flushed and quickly looked away from each other.

Jay looked at them in confusion before turning around and beginning to walk off. "I'll see you around boys."

"Hey!" Yami called smiling once more at Yugi before scrambling after her the others following suit.

Yugi stepped back taking hold of Ryou and Maliks' sleeves.

"We have something to do as well." He said meaningfully.

Ryou and Malik's eyes widened in shook.

"What?" Ryou gasps.

"I knew you'd come round Yug!" Jou grins.

Yugi looks up his eyes lingering on Yami's disappearing form. "You guys are right." He whispered. "It's time."

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I'm so sick of speaking words that no one understands
Is it clear enough that you can't live your whole life all alone
I can hear you in a whisper
But you can't even hear me screaming

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Ryou, Malik, Jou and Yugi sat in front of an old unlit fireplace the only light coming from the golden box on the floor between them. The box was old and was covered in what looked like ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. They were in what appeared to be an old fishing hut the waves from the river outside the only sound in the stillness of the small room.

"It hurts." Yugi whispered, shivering slightly as he reached forward to place a hand over the box.

Ryou and Malik look at each other, understanding filling their eyes, before they too reach out to place their hands next to Yugi's.

Jou looked at the three hands on the box in front of him. "Oh what the heck?" He whispered as he reached forward to place his hand next to theirs.

"You guys…" Yugi whispered his voice tight with tears.

Ryou smiled over to him. "We closed the box together…" He started.

"…We should open it together." Malik finished.

"We'll always be by your side Yug, even if you can't see us we'll still be there." Jou whispered.

Together the three Hikari's and their friend begin to lift the ancient lid. The box began to shine brighter as the lid was slowly lifted seeming to fill the room with an ethereal light.

It was finally time for the past to catch up to the present…

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Where will you go
No one left to save you from yourself
You can't escape the truth
I realise you're afraid
But you can't reject the whole world
You can't escape
You won't escape
You can't escape
You don't want to escape

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M: That's it this time chicca's hope you liked it!

Yugi: You can't leave it there!

M: *Grins shamelessly* It's Pre's attempt at getting more reviews.

Yami: So where is Pre?

M: *Scratching her head* I'm not exactly sure…

Y 'n' Y: WHAT?!?

M: *Holding up a piece of paper* She just asked me to do this for her she didn't say where she was.

Yami: *Growling* Let me see that! *Snatches paper out of M's hands*

M: While those two try to fathom out Pre's handwriting I'll give you a quick piece of advice - Review and Pre'll have the next chappy out tomorrow!

Yami: Is that supposed to make them review?

M: *Glaring* Shut up you baka, I don't see you doing anything!

Yugi: *Giggling and turning to readers* Please review! *Waves and disappears in a puff of smoke leaving his yami and Pre's muse to argue by themselves*