Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Without My Wings ❯ Chapter One ( Chapter 1 )

Without My Wings

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN YU-GI-OH!

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Yami stared down at the ground. His hands were still a bit bloody but he couldn't tell whether it was from his vomit or something else. His eyes wandered over the ground and he glanced up. Young Yugi was slowly sitting up, unsteady and from the looks of it, weak.

"Yugi!" Yami said out loud, sitting up, rocking on his heels. Yugi looked up and Yami stood up slowly.

"Where are we?" Yugi asked slowly, rubbing his forehead now. Yami looked around him this time. Nothing seemed familiar in the place. Doors stood everywhere and it was dark.

"I don't know Yugi," Yami admitted, squatting down next to the smaller boy. Yugi reached up and clutched Yami's shirt tightly.

"Yami.." Yugi whispered, sitting up a bit and burying his head into Yami's shoulder.

'Damn, he's fallen asleep!' Yami thought as he sat back down. He didn't think Yugi was that exhausted but he was proven wrong. He shifted once and lay back on the ground. Then he placed Yugi gently on his chest. Then he shut his own eyes to clear his mind.

'Yugi and I had been given our own bodies so we don't share one anymore,' he thought carefully, trying to remember every detail. 'We still are in tune with each other. I know when he's hurt and the same goes for me on him.' Yami licked his dry lips and stared down at the sleeping boy. His and Yugi's chest rose in time and he smiled.

Having his own body was much more stranger than Yami thought. He missed the younger boy's warmth and every thought. Yami could still hear Yugi's thoughts but not as well. And he missed being right there inside the boy's mind.

Yami ran his fingers through Yugi's hair and Yugi stirred. Yami placed a cool hand on the younger boy's warm forehead and slowly stroked the soft flesh there. Yami opened one eye and found that it had grown darker in the room.

He sighed and turned his head the other way. He was becoming tired as well but he didn't feel right drifting off to sleep in such a strange place like this. Yugi sighed and stirred in his fitful sleep. Yami pulled him close and laid Yugi's head on his shoulder.

"It'll be all right," he whispered to younger boy when he felt tears drip off Yugi's face and onto his shirt.

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Bright sunlight shone through the window. Yami struggled against the piles of blankets that lay draped over his naked body. He opened both eyes and glanced around him. He and Yugi weren't in that dark chamber but in Yugi's tiny room. Yami's eyes stopped just at Yugi.

Yugi lay on the floor, stirring in his sleep, mumbling things. Yami sat up slowly and blinked his eyes. "Yugi?" Yami asked softly, swinging his legs over the side of the bed. He gathered up a few thin sheets and wrapped them up and around his lower half and draped a part of it on his shoulder. Then he slowly made his way over to Yugi.

"Yugi?" Yami asked again, squatting down and touching him gently on the shoulder. Yugi opened his eyes slowly and blinked back tears. A single tear ran down Yugi's cheek and he stared up at Yami.

"You're bleeding again," Yugi whispered softly, pointing to Yami's hand. Yami nodded and sat on his knees. "Are you ok?" Yugi asked, pushing his covers off. Yami blushed at the sight of Yugi's also naked body. Even though he stared into the mirror with Yugi when he was a part of him, he still couldn't get used to the idea of seeing Yugi from this point of view.

A blush crept across Yami's cheeks and he quickly turned away from Yugi. Yugi snickered and hit Yami in the shoulder with his pillow.

"Hey!" Yami said, turning around and grabbing the pillow as well. Yugi laughed and shoved the pillow forward, which sent Yami backwards. Yami laughed out loud and struggled back up on his knees.

"I had a dream," Yugi said softly and Yami stopped moving. "I had a dream where we were trapped in a strange room. A room with doors everywhere and no way to get out. You were bleeding.. I was too weak to do anything at all." Yugi struggled to say. Yami placed his hand on Yugi's cheek and shushed him.

"I know aibou," he said softly, "I had the same dream." Yugi looked up at Yami and gave a shaky smile. "Now, why don't we try to get some sleep..."

"No, I'm not tired anymore and my body hurts a little bit," Yugi said, putting his hand on Yami's shoulder and sitting up on his heels. Yami wrapped his arms around Yugi's small body and helped him stand up. Yugi clutched the sheets around his body and grinned up at Yami.

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