Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Tears, Blood, and a Little Bit of Chocolate ❯ Part I of III: Footsteps ( Chapter 1 )

Tears, Blood, and a Little Bit of Chocolate

Part I of III: Footsteps
Author's Notes: Welcome to a brand new fic from yours truly, me!
Split Personality-1: That tells them a lot.
Shush, you. Anyways, a few notes: First off, in this fic, Yami and Yugi aren't as connected as they're supposed to be. Yami can't feel Yugi's emotions or whatever. It just fits better, sorry to those who don't like that. Also, I'm going to be referring to a bunch of songs that I find related to this fic in here, none of which I own. One song that I will refer to a lot, I have no clue what its name is. I found it at the following website:
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Milkyway-Lynx/9043/c-song.swf
Y ou should go look at it! It's an adorable video clip of a cat singing the song. I don't know who made the thing, either, so I'm just going to refer to it as the "Cute Cat Song". The clip gave me the impression that "star" refers to something along the lines to the "knight in shining armor" that you hear so much about in fairy tales, or just a lover. That's the way I'm going to use it, just so you know. And I'm going to be referring to the Japanese names in this fic… I feel so… professional… LOL… um… if I get anything wrong, I'm sorry! I just wanted to be like all the rest of the best authors … Eh… those ending things after the names confuse me. What I mean is, the san, kun, etc. I don't have to use it apart from the people's speaking, right? And I don't have to use it when they're not speaking to each other, right? That's probably wrong… -_-" The last thing is that I think that this is going to be a better fic than usual…
Split Personality-1: Which isn't saying much
…because some things are actually going to make sense! The events will be kind of connected, unlike my usual attempts at writing. For example, instead of saying "Yugi was late, judging by the watch he'd pulled out of his pocket", when there had been no watch earlier, I might do something where Yugi gets a watch, and later, have him realize that he's late. Well, that'll happen in like one part, and then I'll go back to my random unrelated-ness.
Split Personality-1: Baka.
Wait a minute… O_O
Split Personality-1: You finally realized that you have split personalities?
No… I just realized that you spoke Japanese. Could you teach me?
Chibizoo: *Thud*

Um… O.O;;
Split Personality-2: We do not own Yugioh or any of its characters. Do not sue us.
And yes, in case you're wondering, I am insane. ^^"

~~~Dream Sequence~~~

Yugi treaded slowly along the shoreline, giggling as a mixture of sand and salt-water trickled between his bare toes. The water lapped softly at his feet, its soft gurgle the only audible sound Yugi's ears could pick up. The beach was unusually deserted that day, or maybe it was night, the difference indistinguishable by the darkening sky.

Yugi turned his head abruptly, and smiled as he saw the neat row of footsteps following him. He had made those footsteps, and from them, it was obvious that he'd come a long way. Somehow, those simple indents in the earth gave him a sense of pride and accomplishment, and he nodded to himself with satisfaction.

Then, suddenly, his Yami was beside him, his own set of deeper, larger footprints beside Yugi's own. With his arrival, Yugi didn't feel as satisfied as before. The tide came in, stronger than the gentle, calm waves of before, and completely covered the beach until the two boys were left up to their ankles in seawater. When the tide receded, there was only one set of footprints left: Yami's. It was like Yugi had never walked along the beach; it was like he'd never existed.

~~~End Dream Sequence~~~

Yugi woke with a start. There had been nothing remarkably frightening about the dream, but all the same, it struck him as a nightmare, and brought tears to his eyes. He lay there silently, waiting for the tears to stop rolling down his cheeks.

When they finally did, he brought himself to a sitting position, and let his eyes wander out to the slice of nighttime sky visible between his partially shut curtains.

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"Into the starlit night,

Foolish dreamers turn their gaze,

Waiting on a shooting star…"

-Cute Cat Song
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He strode over to the window, and flung the curtains open, giving himself a much better view. Involuntarily, Yugi's gaze traveled down to his back yard, where Anzu was sitting…

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"But…

What if that star is not to come?

Will those dreams fade to nothing…?"

-Cute Cat Song
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…with Yami. Yugi felt the tears begin flowing again, more heavily than before. Anzu would never know how he felt… she couldn't, because she was dating Yami. Yami: the better Yugi. Yami was smooth, confident, strong, everything that Yugi was not. What did he have to compare with that? (Uh… those are not my opinions! I'm just trying to get into the character… those are _his_ thoughts! I swear!)

Yugi sat back on his bed, _hard_, the springs buried somewhere in the mattress squeaking in protest. Ignoring the squeals, Yugi closed his eyes as if shutting out the thoughts of jealousy. If Anzu wanted to be with Yami, then Yami deserved her. It wasn't Yugi's place to interfere with the two of them.

"I should be happy for the two of them." He whispered to the air, noting, not for the first time, how alone he felt… and was.

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"Just like tears in the rain,

Nobody can tell I'm crying,

But my heart cries inside."

-"I Want To Go Where Lovers Meet", Meredith Brooks
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He forced the cheery smile onto his face: the cheery smile that he had often put on in the past for the benefit of others, so that they couldn't tell how miserable he was inside. "I _am_ happy for them." He whispered forcefully to himself, and then, in a normal, if a bit strangled voice, repeated, "I am happy for Yami and Anzu."

Sighing softly, Yugi willed himself to believe it, and then laid back down again to once more return to sleep, sinking his head heavily into the tear-stained pillow.