Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Ghost of You ❯ Chapter 12

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Chapter Twelve

Yugi woke up and went downstairs to find Yami since he wasn't in the room.

“Yami!” Yugi yelled as he heard his voice echo through the house. When no answer came he made his way through the living room and into the kitchen.

`This place is huge it will take me forever to search.' He thought as he walked into the dining room.

Yugi searched the whole mansion and still no sign of Yami. He started to panic as he picked up the phone to call the only person who could help.

“Kaiba”

“Hey its Yugi is Yami there with you?”

“No” Kaiba wondered where the spirit could be since he had said that he was going to spend the day with Yugi.

“I looked all over the mansion and he's not here.” Yugi rushed out as he paced around the living room.

“Yugi calm down, maybe Yami went for a walk.” Seto calmly spoke.

“Maybe, but why? Why wouldn't he want to stay around here?”

Seto thought for a moment and Yugi did make a good point. Yami would never just leave especially since him and Yugi were just reunited. Then something in Seto's brain clicked.

“Yugi be ready when I get there I should be there in about ten minutes.”

“Why, where are we going?”

“To the museum.” Seto hung up before Yugi could say another word. He grabbed his coat and ran out of his office.

`Yami why didn't you tell us' He thought as he ran to the elevator avoiding all the stares from employees.

At the museum Ishizu and Marik got everything they needed to begin the ritual. Yami looked at the two Egyptians then turned to the woman with long black hair and beautiful blue eyes.

“Ishizu…do you think this will work?”

“I hope so my Pharaoh.” She spoke in a soft low voice.

Yami lowered his eyes.

“Yeah for everyone's sake I hope so too.” He whispered as he watched Marik light the many torches.

Seto and Yugi were heading to the museum in an alarming speed as Seto maneuvered his car around other cars at a dangerous speed.

Seto spoke as he kept both hands on the wheel and eyes on the road. “I hope we are not too late.”

Yugi turned quickly to look at Seto. “What do you mean? To late for what?”

“He wants to live again and he said Ishizu may have a way to make that happen.”

Yugi gasped as he stared at Seto. “How…how do you know?”

“He…Yami came to me in a dream and told me.” Seto glanced at Yugi then back to the road.

“He has visited with me in my dreams many times.”

Yugi just stared at Seto at a loss of what to say. He turned and looked out the window.

“Please wait for us we are on our way Yami.”

They pulled up to the museum and Seto parking illegally as he always seemed to do. They got out and ran toward the entrance hoping that Yami hadn't already gone ahead with the ritual.

Once inside they made their way through many of the visitors and headed downstairs where a sign hung that stated employees only. Seto walked so fast that Yugi had to sprint to keep up with him. As they walked through the hall they noticed all of the sarcophagus that lined the walls and stone tablets depicting some of the graphic battle and life stories.

They entered one of the many rooms when thy saw a faint glimmer of light. There standing in front of the sarcophagus was Ishizu and Marik.

“Hey!” Yugi shouted to get their attention.

Ishizu and Marik turned around as Seto and Yugi ran up to them. They stopped their tracks as they took notice of the familiar face on the sarcophagus.

“Yami” They both breathed.

“Welcome Seto and Yugi.” Ishizu bowed slightly.

Seto stepped up within inches of her face.

“Where's Yami?” He demanded.

“I am here.” Yami who was standing in the shadows appeared before them.

Yugi looked at his dark and looked between him and the tomb. “Why?” He asked simply.

Yami placed a transparent hand on his shoulder. Yugi flinched at the cold touch. “Aibou I just wanted to be among the living again and since my first body was much like a replica of yours.”

He looked from Yugi toward his sarcophagus. “I thought we could try my old body and breathe life back into it.”

Seto looked from Yami and Yugi to the two siblings standing in front of the tomb.

Ishizu finally spoke. “The Egyptians did preserve the bodies very well unlike today where they turn to dust.”

Marik spoke up as his sister finished.

“There is a ritual that is in one of the ancient scrolls that may work, but it was forbidden then and not to trustworthy now.”

Yugi turned to Yami. “Will it work?”

“I am not sure aibou, but I will try anything to come back to you and Seto.”

Ishizu stepped up to Yami. “My Pharaoh it is time.”

Yami slid his hand from Yugi's shoulder and made his way toward his sarcophagus. He looked back at Seto and Yugi and gave a small smile.

Ishizu and Marik began to chant some sort of spell in Egyptian as the millennium puzzle began to glow that was placed in the slot of the sarcophagus at the chest of the Pharaoh.

Yami's crimson eyes widened as he opened his mouth to scream but nothing came out.

Seto and Yugi stood in horror as they watched Yami collapse to the ground holding his throat with one hand as if some unseen force was choking him. Yami had tears running down his face as he stared at Seto and Yugi with fear evident in his crimson eyes.

“Stop this please!” Yugi screamed as Seto grabbed his arm. “Kaiba what…?”

“Shhh Yugi if we stop them now something worse could happen.” Seto whispered looking into Yugi's wide amethyst eyes.

“Look at him Kaiba!” Yugi exclaimed as he pointed in Yami's direction.

“What could be worse than seeing him like this?”

Seto turned to see Yami laying face down on the ground. Ishizu and Marik had stopped chanting and were watching as a light was coming from inside the sarcophagus. Yami had still not moved since he fully collapsed on the ground.

Seto and Yugi ran to Yami's side as the light faded away. Ishizu and Marik watched as they tried to wake the Pharaoh but to no avail.

“Come on Yami please wake up.” Yugi cried as he knelt beside his fallen dark.

“Yami don't do this.” Seto said between clenched teeth. Neither noticed as Marik walked up behind the two and spoke.

“He knew the risks of the ritual, but he loved both of you so much he wanted to try no matter what the cost.”

Yugi had tears in his eyes as he looked at the tan blonde. “I just w…want him back. Bring him back.”

Ishizu looked at the broken hikari and bowed her head. “I am sorry Yugi but we can not.”

“NO! You have too there must be some spell or something to bring him back!” Yugi wailed as he stood up.

“We are truly sorry.” Marik spoke softly as he too bowed his head.

Seto noticed Yami move slightly and moaned as he sat up on his knees. He opened his eyes and looked at his hand. It was still transparent. It didn't work he was still a spirit.

He sighed as he looked at the floor then up at Seto.

“Yami!” Yugi jumped up and ran toward him. “You're okay!” Yami just sat there looking at the two of them with tears in his eyes.

“Yami please don't cry.” Seto spoke softly looking into tear filled crimson eyes.

“I am sorry.” Yami stood and walked over to his tomb. Yugi and Seto looked at each other then at Yami.

Yugi walked closer to Yami.

“Yami we still have you here with us and that's all that matters.”

“No aibou you do not understand. I can not stay here any longer.” Yami turned to look at the two he loved.

“Yami w…what do you mean?” Seto whispered as he moved to stand beside Yugi.

Yami turned to look at the old mummy, his to be exact. Suddenly he slammed his fists on the edge of his sarcophagus and screamed.

“It's not fair! I should have died and went to the after life 3,000 years ago not now!” He wailed as he slid to the floor.

“No I had to be locked away in a Ra damn puzzle!”

“Yami” Yugi breathed as he and Seto just stared at the broken spirit.

Yami covered his face with his hands and began to cry. “Why now when I am happy and finally back with my beloved priest!”

Seto looked at Ishizu and Marik who still had their heads bowed. “Tell me there is something that we can do?” He pleaded.

Ishizu shook her head and looked up. “I am sorry Kaiba but nothing can change this now. He must move on.”

“Why?” Yugi looked up at the three with tears in his eyes.

Marik walked closer to Seto and Yugi. “Yugi he was able to tell you good bye and Seto he was able to tell you he loved you. He wanted to see you all one last time.”

In that moment when those words were spoken both Seto and Yugi felt their hearts shatter.

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