Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Stars ❯ Chapter One ( Chapter 1 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Just a little shorty. I've always personally liked the Ryou/Yami pair. Again…I've had no time to write and finals are coming up. In fact…I should be studying for them. Oh well, don't care really. Review if you wish.

DISCLAIMER: Don't own Yu-Gi-Oh. If I did, there'd be a lot more of Yami and a lot less duel monsters. I don't own the song "Hallelujah" from the Shrek movies.

I was sitting on the roof, the door open behind me. I heard soft footsteps, bare feet padding up the wood stairs. I heard you sigh and you sat behind me, pulling me in between your legs.

"Dear God, I miss him," tears rolled down my cheeks. "God…why? Why?" I turned and sobbed into your chest, that was so much like his. But you're too small, too petite and bending to be the force that he was.

"Ryou, he's home…he's happy."

"How do you know that?! How? He said to me once that he thought that this must be his afterlife. With you and me in it! How can he be happy?! HOW?" I screamed at you, my hands curled into fist and I beat your chest. You stopped my hands too quickly. He would have let me pound but I can't. Not to you. I'd hurt you, you're so small.

"Maybe he doesn't even remember us. He didn't remember Egypt when he got here. Maybe he…doesn't even remember," my lips quivered and I looked up into your violet eyes, which were also misting over with tears.

"How could he forget? We were the ones that found his name. You shared a body with him, Yugi! How could he just…forget us?"

"Maybe some god was merciful on him,"

"Yeah, well…they sure as hell fucked us over, didn't they?" I drew away from you and stood, walking over to the edge of the roof. I wrapped my arms around myself and looked up at the night sky.

"Each star is a friend, a family member, an ancestor. They twinkle because they're laughing. They're laughing because they know that one day, we'll be stars too. And we can all be together again and be happy. And laugh together…" my tears renewed as I remember your smile. How it was so rare but somehow you always found a time to give me one.

"Well, are you up there laughing Yami? Atemu…who ever the hell you are now…are you laughing at me? Huh?! Are you laughing now?! Well, I'm not! I'm not laughing. Because I know…there's no way that I'll ever see you again…never. I miss you. I want you back. Please, please come back…

I've heard there was a secret chord

That David played, and it pleased the Lord

But you don't really care for music, do you?

It goes like this

The fourth, the fifth

The minor fall, the major lift

The baffled king composing Hallelujah

At first I thought it was Yugi singing, but I then I realized it was me. The softest voice I could sing in was coming from my mouth. I swayed in time and closed my eyes, imagining I was sinking back into your arms.

Hallelujah

I could smell the warm smell of your body, that aloe and lavender smell. I knew if I kissed you, I would taste cinnamon. Sweet, soft, tangy cinnamon. Mixed with the salt from my tears, God, I could almost taste it.

There was a time you'd let me know

What's real and going on below

But now you never show it to me, do you?

And remember when you moved in me?

The holy dark was moving too

And every breath we drew was Hallelujah

A hot summer night, right after you beat Marik…you had your own body for one night… My breath caught in my throat thinking about the gentle way you laid me down on my bed, the heat of your skin against mine, the peaceful look you had on your face when you came… I fell to my knees, leaning back into a warmth that had moved behind me.

"I'm back."

Hallelujah

"I'm not ever leaving again."

Hallelujah

A deep tenor voice joined in with my own. I tasted salt and sand, I smelled the aloe, and I could taste the cinnamon as you kissed me. I didn't dare to open my eyes…it was a dream, a delusion caused by my longing, my cravings, my desire to see you again. A soft brush of skin against my belly drew my eyes open and all I could see was starlight. I gasped as the radiant star fell from the sky to land on my cheek, with a soft golden kiss.

Maybe there's a God above

And it's not a cry you can hear at night

It's not somebody who's seen the light

It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

A deep sob wrenched from my chest came and I wrapped my arms around your frame, which was neither too small nor too big. You were tan and warm, my skin a sickly, pale white next to your cocoa colored skin. My white hair reflecting the starlight.

"Oh God, thank you…thank you, thank you…"

"Hallelujah…hallelujah," you whispered and I cried again at the sound of your voice. It rumbled against me and shook me to the core. I held on to you as if my life depended on it…and it did. If you let go, I would shatter, shatter into a million pieces of starlight, floating up to the sky to watch over you for all eternity.

"How? How? How are you here? With me?" my voice failed me and I nuzzled into your neck, licking the warm skin I found there.

"I was right. This is my afterlife…this is my paradise…with you. With you and the stars…," you picked me up and, cradling me against your chest, you carried me to the bedroom.

As you made love to me, I could see the starlight reflected in your eyes. You shivered once and that peaceful look came over you as you laid your head down on my chest. I stroked your hair and looked out the window, at the twinkling stars.

Love is not a victory march

It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah

"Hallelujah," you whispered into my chest.

"Hallelujah," I whispered back. And outside the stars twinkled, `Hallelujah'.

~fin~