A/N: *hitting head on a wall*

Iris: -.-;; She'll stop... eventually.... in 3... 2... 1...

Lily: *bows down* GOMEN NASAI!! T-T I should have update this AGES ago, I know, but PLEASE, don't kill me!! *hides* I had some stuff to take care of, so you guys MUST forgive me!! ;_; The last chapter is here, and I hope you guys enjoy... erm... yeah... ^^U

Iris: *raises an eyebrow* You're scaring the readers, Lily...

Lily: ^^U It's just that now they'll find out what I said about no happy ending...

Iris: Oh...

Disclaimer: I do not own it and NEVER had, if you really want to know... So don't bug me!!!

Warning: This fic contains shounen ai, that meaning boyxboy love, OCs and Teana (Anzu) bashing

Pairings: Yami/Yugi and Bakura/Ryou (last one very, VERY slight...)

Keys: "__" is talking, '__' is thinking, ~^:^:^:^:~ means change of POV (Point of View) and Italic means Words from the book

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Wings of ruby and amethyst

Chapter 16: How the mighty fall

By: Lily Maxwell

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"We'll help." Ryou declared. Everybody went silent, thinking about what he just said. It was a relief, but also a danger. Bakura, the most dangerous Tomb Robber ever, was going to help the High Priests find the Pharaoh?

"You will?" Seto asked, raising one eyebrow. Bakura crossed his arms and looked around, admiring the golden walls with interest. "What makes you think we'll accept your offer so easily? How can we trust you?" he continued, and Bakura chuckled.

"First of all... you don't have a choice. We're your only hope." He smirked, and turned to the High Priest. "We heard you, so don't even try to deny." He started walking around carelessly. "And besides..." he stopped and looked at each one of their faces. "I'll make a deal with you. And I'm sure you'll like." He continued, smirking. Ryou sighed.

"A deal? What kind of deal?" Kris asked, narrowing her eyes. There was no way they were going to make a deal with a criminal.

"You want the Pharaoh. I want Teana." He said, approaching their table. "I'll help you all to get there..." he smirked. "BUT..."

"I knew there was a but in there..." Ellian whispered, closing her eyes.

"... I'll have the pleasure to kill her. AND..." he added, as he saw everybody was about to say something. "... You'll have to let me go away."

Kris and Seto sat up, eyes narrowed. They chuckled.

"Are you delirious, tomb robber?" Kris asked, and hit the table with her closed fist.

"There is no way we are letting a criminal like you getting away. You are a constant danger to Kemet." Seto said, and Bakura laughed.

"A constant danger, huh? Yes right... stealing the old Pharaohs' treasures? That's such a bad thing..." Bakura mocked, and Seto was about to charge at him, were he not stopped. Ellian stared at Bakura.

"We accept your offer, Bakura." She said, and everybody looked at her shocked.

"What?! Are you serious, mistress?" Kris asked, and the girl nodded.

"He is our only chance. It is either we accept his offer, and wait for Yami's death. Which one do you pick?" she asked, and the priests were silent.

"We should leave soon, right, master?" Chris asked, turning to Seto. The Priest narrowed his eyes, his temper pushed to the edge. But he stood straight and nodded, glaring at Bakura.

"Take us to the Pharaoh." He said, and the Tomb Robber smirked, nodding.

Bakura closed his eyes and circled his hands around his Ring. The golden object started glowing, and then its strings pointed to a certain direction. Bakura let his hands fall to his sides and then looked at where his item was pointing. He smirked triumphantly.

"That way." He pointed to the right, and quickly exited the room. Ryou followed him, and the others reluctantly did too. Ellian turned to Seto and Kris before they got near Bakura.

"We got him once. We can get him again." She assured. "Yami won't be happy to know we were helped by him, so he won't give up until he has Bakura in his hands again." She continued, Kris and Seto nodding. Yami was just like that.

And at that moment, all they could try to do was save him.

~^:^~

Yugi couldn't talk. He couldn't move. All he could do was stare at the transparent figure in front of him with shocked eyes, his mind frozen, not able to think of a reason of why the girl could be there.

"You are the Angel of Light, aren't you?" Kyou asked, and Yugi blinked, finally coming back to the present. He shook his head before saying anything.

"How do you know?" he asked. He had heard that Seto, Ellian and Kris knew, aside of his friends, of course. But he didn't know that Teana knew... less Kyou, who was supposed to be dead anyway...

"Oh, it's not such a known fact around... But I found out through 'them'." She said, shrugging occasionally and leaning against the wall. Yugi gulped.

"Who are 'they'?" he asked, and Kyou looked at his eyes, a serious expression on her face. She walked over to Yugi and stopped when she was just in front of him. Then she bent down, her face mere inches from Yugi's.

"The Shadows." She answered, and Yugi widened his eyes.

"You can.. hear the Shadows?" he asked, and Kyou smirked.

"Once you have a special Item like I do, you can easily hear them. But it often depends on the person's power too." she nodded her head in the direction of Yami's motionless body. "Like your dear Pharaoh... He could hear them too." she said, and Yugi blinked.

"He could?" he asked, looking over at Yami's face. So peaceful now... He seemed careless and calm in his sleep. Very differently from what he really was. Always worried about something... His country, his life, the life of his people... and even about the voices of the Shadows in his head...

"Of course he could." Kyou answered, laughing bitterly. "How do you think he could kill so many people? Yell at so many people? Enslave so many people?" she asked, and Yugi could only stare at her. Then she leaned over at him again. "That is... until you came." She said. Yugi blinked.

"What... do you mean?" he asked, and Kyou rolled her eyes, standing up straight.

"Well, you're the Angel of Light, weren't you supposed to know?" she asked, and Yugi sighed.

"I know what it is said about the Angel of Light..." he said, looking over at Yami's face and wiping some of his bangs from his face. "But... what did I actually do to him? What made him change?" he asked, unconsciously asking himself those questions. Kyou crossed her arms.

"He stopped hearing the Shadows." She answered, and Yugi looked up at her with widened eyes. Never did he think... that he was able to do such a thing...

He felt like he had freed the Pharaoh.

"But Teana... What happened to her was even worse..." Kyou began, and Yugi instantly came back from his thoughts.

"What... happened to her? By the way, how are you here? Weren't you supposed to... be..." Yugi couldn't bring himself to continue.

"Dead?" Kyou asked, and Yugi hesitantly nodded. She chuckled. "That was what that worthless slave wanted." She pointed towards Teana. She leaned over Yugi again. "Teana killed me mercilessly, like she had a frozen heart. She saw my blood spill all around the room, enjoying as her monster pinned me against the wall and how the blood felt on her skin. So warm... such a beautiful color... Crimson, like the eyes her beloved Pharaoh...!" Kyou said, and Yugi backed away from her.

"Why... why would she do such... monstrosity... How are you here...??" Yugi asked, completely clueless. Kyou chuckled and walked towards the old Pharaoh's sarcophagus. She sat on it and crossed her legs, looking at Yugi with intensity. She seemed... to enjoy everything...

"I'll tell you, Angel of Light. What you see now isn't human, and isn't alive... I am no ghost, I am not dead. I am merely... a spirit. A soul." She began, and Yugi pulled the Pharaoh's head on his lap, leaning against the wall. He just wanted to be away from that girl. And Kyou just chuckled, not amused. Most people were afraid of her when she was even alive, she was used to it.

"When Teana tried to kill me, I hated her more than everything... Hated her with all my being, for ending up something I haven't fulfilled. She ended my life, and I wanted to end hers. So, before dying, I locked my soul up in the Ring. With the power of the Ring, my soul is able to remain in this world." Her gray eyes shone. "I haunt Teana's days ever since that night." She said, and Yugi remained quiet. Her pleasure in this fact was something freaky.

"Did she... know who you were?" Yugi asked, but Kyou shook her head.

"I read her mind. She thought I was merely one of the Shadows." She smirked. "That is, until I showed myself to her." she said, playing with her long black hair. "Hmph... I found out the reason why she killed me too. It's funny how many people the Pharaoh can kill even though not through his own hands." Yugi blinked.

"What do you mean?" he asked, and Kyou 'hmph'ed again.

"Teana loved the Pharaoh. Apparently, when she was a mere slave in this palace, she killed her master, one of Yami's advisors, for trying to rape her. It was then that her powers were discovered. But instead of being killed, Yami named her the High Priestess' assistant. Because of his acts, Teana began to grow affections towards the Pharaoh. Basically, she would do anything to protect him." Kyou explained, with a hint of disgust in her voice. Yugi looked at Teana with pity in his eyes.

"Then, when I invaded the palace, Teana found me. And killed me, assuming I was here to harm the Pharaoh." She chuckled, a strange glow in her eyes. "But she stole my Ring... that was her mistake. Because then, she had full contact with the Shadows. And since she was weak, they easily controlled her. Shadow powers... When you're born with them, it makes you vulnerable to the Shadows. Only the strong ones are able to resist.

When Teana saw you and the Pharaoh, this morning...Her feelings shocked. Anger, love and betrayal... All of them were at their maximum." She looked at the nothingness. "I presume it was then... It was then that the Shadows began to control her." she turned to Yugi. "Do you know a sign of when you're fully controlled by the Shadows?" she asked. Yugi shook his head, afraid to even imagine.

"You cry tears of blood. Forsaking your humanity. Your soul. And then you are controlled, all your of being, by the Shadows. That's how Teana knew you were the Angel of Light. That's why she tried to kill you both... Her sentiments shocked with the ones of the Shadows. They are one now. And if I were you..." she narrowed her eyes, grinning. "I would pray to the Gods for your soul."

Yugi shivered uncontrollably. Not only was he hated by Teana, but also by the Shadows. And he felt hopeless... Because he had no power. He couldn't defeat them. And Yami... Well, he didn't have the Puzzle anymore. He couldn't help either of them.

It was the end for the both of them.

~^:^~

Seto couldn't believe in what was happening. He was following a criminal to save the life of the Pharaoh. In the desert. During the cold night. Not knowing fully where he was being led to...

Was he doing the right thing?

"Bakura..." he growled. "Are you sure you're leading us the right way?" he asked, and Bakura glared at him.

"Do you doubt my powers?" he barked, and Seto narrowed his eyes.

"We don't." Kris answered for him. "We doubt you." She said, and Bakura mumbled under his breath.

"Stop that." Ellian said, exasperated. She sighed heavily. "We need to save Yami... Who knows what Teana is going to do with him..." she shook her head, trying to avoid bad thoughts.

"Don't be so pessimist, mistress." Elle said, but more to convince herself. Yugi and Yami had to be alright... They just had to.

"How much longer until we find them?" Chris asked, her temper long lost. Bakura rolled his eyes.

"All of you shut up until I stop. Then you'll find out." he said, and Chris, Kris and Seto growled.

Ryou just had one thought.

'I want this all to end...'

And then Bakura stopped. All the others stopped along. Kris, Seto and Ellian stared ahead with wide eyes.

"They are here?"

~^:^~

Yami stirred. For once he didn't wake with a chill, as if something wasn't holding his soul within its grasp. His eyes met darkness, but he didn't feel intimidated. He felt...

Free.

"The Pharaoh, you see, was as weak as Teana. He did not hold enough power to resist the Shadows, and that's the exact reason that is going to lead both you and him to death."

Weak? Him?

"Yami is not weak!"

No... that was wrong... He was weak... If not, why did he feel so much pain right now? Why did he feel... vulnerable?

"Believe in what you want, Angel of Light."

Angel... of Light?

What... was an Angel? Such thing... did not exist...

The Pharaoh slowly opened his eyes. He felt warmth next to him. Familiar warmth, but he didn't recognize it right away. Looking closely to the darkness environment he was within, he noticed two glowing lavender lights. His eyes were locked into the lights, and he smiled.

Angels did not exist, the Pharaoh knew. But Yugi did.

"Yugi?" Yami called, and the teen smiled, already gazing at Yami's face.

"Are you okay, Yami?" Yugi asked, wiping some bangs out of Yami's face. At the touch of Yugi's skin in his, Yami felt more secure than ever.

"I just feel weak..." he answered, not moving from where he was (Yugi's lap). Yugi nodded.

"But are you hurt?" Yugi asked, and Yami shook his head. Yugi sighed in relief, the concern fading from his amethyst eyes.

"The Shadows found out through the Pharaoh what you were supposed to do, Angel of Light. What your mission is. So, get ready for Teana. You two die tonight. You can't run away from them." Kyou said, standing up, as Teana stirred.

Her eyes opened. Kyou smirked.

"Good luck." She said, her smirk betraying her words. She just hoped they all died at the same time. And then, she disappeared.

Teana sat up, and looked around. Upon seeing Yami and Yugi, her eyes widened, and then, her pupils vanished. The Shadows were back.

"Get AWAY from him!!" she yelled, standing up and fuming. Yami sat up and stayed in front of Yugi.

"You are not hurting him." He declared, his eyes noticing how Teana's eyes changed. He knew what it meant, and knew who he was dealing with. "You can't touch him. Not before killing me first." he assured, and Teana narrowed her eyes.

"Are you willing in giving up your life for him?" she asked. Then she laughed. "I shall not harm your body, Yami. But both your souls will belong to me at the end of this. And I shall see the blood of the Angel of Light washing my pores." She claimed, and raised her hand.

At the same time the entrance was blown up.

Ellian bolted inside, at the exact time a portal to the Shadow Realm was opened. She widened her eyes, seeing Kanan, The Swordmistress, stepping out of the portal. She ran forward, stepping between the monster and Yami. The monster aimed at Yugi, going to kick Yami out of the way in the process. But wasn't fast enough.

Ellian gasped. Slowly, she eyed down, seeing the sword pierced through her stomach. Blood fell from the corners of her mouth, tears falling down her cheeks. The monster withdrew the weapon. Ellian fell forward, motionless.

"Mistress..." Elle whispered, and then hid behind Chris. The girl and the High Priests were speechless. Yami and Yugi only stared in shock. Teana was momentarily confused. Ryou hid his face on Bakura's chest, and the Tomb Robber stood impassive.

And then the time went back to normal.

Teana turned, angry, towards the newcomers, just to meet the glowing item of Seto. The Rod took over her mind, and the Shadows, unable to control the girl's body, vanished from her. Yami and Yugi approached Ellian's body speechless, and only stared at her. Unconscious tears fell down their faces, but they said nothing. Bakura smirked, and walked towards Teana. His Ring glowed, and then, a mist began to appear in the room.

Teana screamed.

Within seconds, the mist remained. Nobody could see a thing, but when the mist dissipated, they realized what Bakura had done.

Teana's body lied on the floor, her neck broken. Her Ring was missing. And so were Bakura and Ryou.

"That bastard!" Seto growled, and Kris only closed her eyes. She, Chris and Elle walked towards Yami and Yugi.

"It's okay, Pharaoh... Nothing could have been done." The priestess said, and picked up Ellian's body. Her clothes soon were soaked with blood. Yami stood up, and Yugi stood after him.

"It's over now." Chris said, and Yami started to walk away with Seto. Elle turned to Yugi.

"Are you okay?" she asked, a hand on his shoulder. He shook his head.

"I didn't want... she didn't have to..." he whispered, and Elle sighed.

"I know..." she said.

"You think he'll be okay?" Chris asked, nodding towards Yami.

"It's up to Yugi." Elle answered when Yugi started walking away too. The girls sighed, and headed out of the tomb with the others.

~^:^~

Yami threw himself on his bed, his face burying on his pillow. Yugi stood beside the bed, just eyeing the Pharaoh. Outside, the full moon was up, illuminating everything within the reach of its light. They did not speak, and did not move.

"Yami..." Yugi whispered, but he was interrupted as Yami finally spoke.

"I... want to sleep." He said, his eyes closing. Yugi's eyes softened and he nodded, following the Pharaoh under the sheets. Yami immediately hugged Yugi close to him like a child would do with a teddy bear. But Yugi didn't mind it. He leaned on the Pharaoh's chest, enjoying the warmth for a few moments.

And then he saw it.

While looking at his hands placed against Yami's chest, Yugi noticed as he became transparent. He could see right through his hand. He widened his eyes.

'No... What... what's going on??' he asked himself, careful not to let Yami discover his problem. 'I'm... I'm disappearing?!' he buried his face on Yami's chest. 'No!! I don't want to go back!! Not now!!'

And then Yami hugged him tighter. He could still feel Yami, just like seconds ago. He was still there. He did not disappear. He silently sighed in relief.

"She... wasn't my sister..." Yami began to speak, and Yugi opened his eyes, watching the tanned wall move up and down in front of his face. "My mother... found her, one day, while walking near the Nile. And she decided to take her in the palace. My father made no objections, as I was a lonely child and too quiet for my own good. So she became being treated like my sister. When my mother died, father didn't kill her or throw her out of the palace... I think... she was the only thing that kept him from becoming insane... The only link he had with mother..."

"I'm sorry..." Yugi said, wrapping his arms around Yami's middle. Yami kissed his forehead.

"She... she didn't have to die... It's... it's all my fault... If only I had killed Teana when I had to... I killed so many people, the shadows manipulated me to kill so many people... Yet the one I should have killed I spared... That's not fair..." he said, his voice becoming weaker by each word he said. It was strange how the mighty had fallen.

"Why didn't you kill her?" Yugi asked, now that the Pharaoh had mentioned it. Maybe he could have been insensible, but he needed to know. Then he could try to comfort Yami.

"The Shadows... they told me... That her powers were useful. That I couldn't waste a power like that, and that I was supposed to find a way to control such power... Then... I told her to stay with Kris..." Yami closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"It was not your fault, Yami... Not your fault that you didn't kill Teana, and for what happened to mistress Ellian... It was the Shadows. And you're not controlled by them anymore." Yugi said, and Yami pushed him away enough to look at his face.

"Because of you." He said. Yugi blushed. "You... you freed me... You made me change. And I..." he raised a hand to Yugi's face. "I fell helplessly in love with you." He finished, and Yugi widened his eyes.

But he didn't have time to be surprised. Yami leaned forward and brushed his lips against Yugi's in a sweet kiss. His hand on Yugi's face pushed the boy towards him in an attempt to deepen the kiss, and Yugi, lost in too many emotions, just let himself drawn in Yami's affection, returning the kiss.

Yugi didn't know the feelings he had for the Pharaoh, but never had he been loved like that. What he felt for Yami was nothing like what he felt for Anzu Mazaki before. He didn't know what he really felt for Yami. But he knew one thing... He knew that he would lose himself in Yami's love, and for that, would try to love him. It was not difficult. The way his heart beat when he felt Yami deepen the kiss was something he just couldn't explain, and Yami's words... They affected him.

Maybe he already loved Yami. But didn't know it.

When they parted, Yami hid his face on Yugi's neck, and closed his eyes, holding the smaller one close to him. He felt that if he didn't hold Yugi, the Shadows would get him... And that was something he wouldn't handle. And wrapped in that embrace, they fell asleep.

~^: The next morning... :^~

Yugi slowly opened his eyes, finding the room illuminated by the sunrays of the late morning, and with Yami's arms still wrapped around him. The Pharaoh seemed sound asleep yet, so Yugi refrained his movements, afraid of waking up the Pharaoh. He looked so beautiful sleeping... He was so sad, but when sleeping, he seemed peaceful... And the way the sun reflected on his tanned skin, he seemed just gorgeous...

Yugi blushed. Never had he had those thoughts about the Pharaoh. But after he heard about what Yami really felt for him... After Yami kissed him and showed how deep went his affection... He felt that things changed. And a lot. Not just his image about Yami, but what his feelings for him as well.

Yugi started to love everything about the Pharaoh through his love for him. The way he protected him, the way he cared about him, the way he acted around him... The way he smiled at him, the way his eyes shone when he did so, the way he was, just when he was around Yugi, more carefree, more like Yami and not like the Pharaoh...

Yugi blushed more. Indeed what he felt for Yami was nothing like what he had felt for Anzu.

Someone carefully and soundlessly started to open the door that led to Yami's chambers. Yugi tried to look at them newcomers with much difficulty.

"Hey... Yugi..." he heard Elle's voice, and could vaguely see her face peeking through the door. Upon seeing how Yami and Yugi were sleeping, Elle blushed and disappeared. Yugi blinked as he heard a sigh, and then, Chris entered the room.

"Yugi, we need to talk. Now." She said, not bothered by the scene on the bed. Yugi blushed at her gaze, and Elle giggled outside. Chris didn't wait his answer as she quickly walked out of the room.

Yugi sighed, and looked at Yami with soft eyes. He hoped he wouldn't wake him up while he tried to take Yami's arms off of him. It took him a few minutes, but he managed to make the Pharaoh hug a pillow instead of him. He giggled as Yami hugged the pillow happily and smiled in his sleep, and felt almost miserable for tricking the King. But it was needed.

Silently, Yugi walked towards the door and opened it as soundless as possible. Once outside, he looked left and right for his friends, but not seeing them, he decided to go find them. It wasn't so difficult... There was only one place in which they could be.

Yugi walked towards Ellian's room, thinking of what his friends could want to talk about. Depending on their questions... Yugi was immensely trying to forget the visions from the day before. He didn't want to remember about Ellian or Teana...

He opened the golden doors that led to Ellian's room, and found his friends there, waiting for him.

This was it.

~^:^:^:^:~ Yugi's POV

"What is it?" I asked, looking from Elle to Chris and from Chris to Elle. Chris seemed completely serious, while Elle giggled uncontrollably. I blushed and hit my head with my hand... She was never going to forget what she saw, that I knew...

"It is time. We have to go back." she said. I widened my eyes.... Go back? Leave Yami?

"I... I..." I couldn't bring myself to speak, but Chris wasn't waiting for my answer.

"Last night, there was a sign that we have soon to leave this book. Did any of you notice?" Chris asked, and Elle nodded. I closed my eyes, trying to deny... But I nodded. "You see? Your mission is fulfilled, Yugi, all we have to do is-"

"NO!" I yelled, placing my hands on my ears, refusing to hear her words any longer. "I WON'T!"

"Yugi, what are you saying?" Elle asked, turning to me and touching my shoulder. "We have to go back..."

"I don't want to!" I told her firmly, looking into her eyes, my own filled with determination. "Yami needs me, and I don't want to leave him!"

"Yugi..." Chris said in a warningly tone. "We have to go back. There's no 'want' in this. It's a fact." I shook my head, and glared at her.

"You're wrong. I'm the Angel of Light, I'm the passport out of this world, but I don't want to go! And I won't!" I said, and was ready to leave when Elle stopped me. She looked at me with pleading eyes.

"Yugi, please think... We don't belong here... This... world, it's nothing more than a book... A world of the past in which only people from the past belong to... We're from the future, Yugi, we can't be here! We're not supposed to be here!" she said, and I shook my head.

"No! I was called here, we all were! There must be a reason for such thing! We can stay here, that's why we're still here!" I said, but Chris sighed.

"Yugi, we can't stay here. Like I said, last night there was a sign. Our body in this world is slowly disappearing. In a matter of hours, or maybe minutes, we'll be fully transported back." she walked towards me, and bent down to be in my eye level. "We do not belong here as you say, Yugi. You see Kris. She and I are the same. She's my past self. And she's the only one who can be in this world, and then I'm predestined to disappear... Or else both of us will. What about Elle? What about Ryou, or even you? Somewhere in this world there must be your past incarnations, and we can't live in this same space that they do. We must go back. All of us."

I hung my head down, unable to look at my friends. As much as I wished otherwise, her words made sense. We couldn't co-exist in the same space as our past selves... We had to go back.... But... I didn't want to. Not now that I had Yami, I refused to let him go. And what I felt for him was so much different than what I felt for Anzu, and I couldn't lost him...

'I can't... I can't lose my love again...'

"Yugi." I turned to Elle, who smiled comfortingly and wiped away the tears that I didn't notice that had fallen. "You love him, don't you?" I looked away, but remained quiet. That maybe was a thing that I couldn't answer to myself. "But Yugi, you can't..."

"I can't love him?!" I turned to her, eyes wide. "What are you saying?! You think this is something I can control?? I'm the stupid Angel of Light. I'm the one who was supposed to make the Pharaoh's heart melt, isn't it?" I sobbed, and closed my eyes. "I was supposed to make him love me... And to love him back... And then, I have to go away? How fair is that?" I asked myself, and not them. They remained quiet for a second.

"I wished it wasn't you, Yugi. Or anyone we knew, so it would be easier that way. But it's not something we can control either." Chris said, looking away. "You have to forget him."

"You think I can?" I asked firmly, and she looked at me. Her eyes were cold...

"You have to try." ...but maybe she was just trying to control her emotions, and in that she was better than any of us. I sighed deeply, and wiped my tears away, then looked at her. I nodded slowly, knowing that we really had no choice...

We had to go away. And I hated myself for it.

Chris smiled, for the first time, a comforting smile, and Elle squeezed my shoulder, nodding. I closed my eyes, trying to accept that better, but gave up, as I didn't seem to see how. How it was fair.

Elle walked towards the bed, and picked up our school uniforms. I blinked, and raised an eyebrow in wonder.

"Ellian kept it safe in here, all this time. It wasn't difficult finding them. And they're all clean." She smiled sadly. "C'mon, let's change into them." She said, and Chris and I nodded, picking our respective clothes.

I couldn't help but smile as I saw Chris look at her clothes with disgust. She never really liked the school uniform, and sometimes, she even didn't come to school in it. She got several detentions for it. Elle giggled.

It was like everything, slowly, was coming back to normal...

Only, I wished, for the first time since I came there, that it wasn't.

~^:^:^:^:~ Kyou's POV ~ Events from after Bakura disappeared from the Tomb

Bakura and I grinned at each other in triumph. Teana was dead. He had both Rings.

And also the Puzzle. Had stolen it before running out of that pyramid.

So, basically, there was nothing that could go wrong.

Or so we thought.

"So you trapped yourself on the Ring, huh? I wished I could see that girl's face when you first came out." Bakura grinned, and I chuckled.

"Well, I am surprised you didn't hear her scream. I could swear all of Kemet did." I said, smirking, still remembering clearly how Teana screamed when she first saw me. There was probably nothing that left me more pleased.

"Ah well... At least she is dead now." Bakura said, and I raised an eyebrow as Ryou shuddered. Bakura, following my gaze, looked at Ryou. Upon seeing his blank gaze, he sighed and kneeled in front of him.

"She wanted to kill your friend. And she killed my friend. She deserved that, Ryou, and maybe even more." He said, and I was surprised he had not snapped at him. He spoke almost... kindly.

'My, My Bakura. Aren't we getting soft?'

And then it happened. While holding Ryou's hand, all of us noticed as his skin went transparent, as if he was a spirit like me. Our eyes widened, and the boy withdrew his hand from Bakura's, leaving my partner startled.

"What was that?" he asked in a whisper. Ryou only kept looking away, and didn't answer Bakura.

Bad mistake.

"Tell me, Ryou, what was that?" Bakura asked more firmly this time, and shook the boy's shoulders. Ryou whimpered.

"I-I don't know." He said, and Bakura frowned. Though he seemed angry, I knew him better than that.

Bakura was scared.

"You two should rest." I told them, and Bakura nodded.

'Whoever you are, boy.' I thought, eyeing Ryou. 'I hope you don't disappear as suddenly as you appeared. I don't know how Bakura is going to take it.'

~^:^:^:^:~ Ra's POV

Yugi walked towards the Pharaoh's chambers, already wearing the blue school uniform. He had asked the girls if he could see the Pharaoh one last time, and they had agreed, not really knowing when they were going back anyway.

He carefully and soundlessly entered Yami's room, and noticed that he was still asleep. Closing the door behind him, he smiled, walking towards the bed. Yami should have been really tired to sleep like that.

'Yami...' he thought, brushing his bangs away from his face tenderly. 'What are you going to do when I leave?'

"What would your nightmare be?"

"Lose you... and get trapped in the shadows."

Yugi could clearly remember about what Yami said in the Tomb, but he didn't believe in what Yami had said. He now didn't have the Puzzle anymore, and since the item was the Pharaoh's, only he could put it together again, so its powers couldn't be used again. The Pharaoh's Shadows were unable to get him.

Or maybe... the shadows he had spoken about were something else. Something like...

'Loneliness...'

Yugi, lost in his thoughts, only caressed Yami's cheek with his fingers and did not notice when the taller one began to open his eyes. He blinked a few times, adjusting to the surroundings and sudden light in his vision before noticing Yugi there, sitting beside him, looking at the nothingness with lost eyes. He smiled, and brought his hand up to Yugi's, then kissed his palm.

Yugi immediately came back from his thoughts.

"Oh Yami, sorry..." he apologized as he watched the Pharaoh sit up. "I didn't want to wake you-" but Yami smiled and placed a finger on his lips.

"Don't worry." He said, and Yugi felt like it had been years since he had last heard that beautiful velvety voice. Leaning over, his lips touched Yugi's and he circled his arm around the boy's waist, pulling his closer. Yugi made no attempt at resisting, and melted in the kiss.

'This... this can be the last time...'

Yugi moved his hands towards Yami's neck and pulled the other even deeper in the kiss, opening his mouth as an invitation which Yami accepted willingly. Because he had never done that before, Yugi let Yami dominate him, and simply drowned in the scent and taste of the Pharaoh. He needed to breathe, but at the same he didn't want to. It seemed that, if they parted, suddenly Yugi could be already gone.

'I can't forget him.' Yugi concluded, when Yami finally let go of his mouth. Yugi took a quick breath before bringing his mouth to Yami's again, and again, just feeling his lips. Yami chuckled, when Yugi finally backed away.

"You do know how to wake me up, don't you?" he asked, nuzzling the other's hair, and Yugi hugged him around the middle, his face buried on his chest. And Yami, lost in his bliss, took a few minutes to realize the clothes Yugi was wearing. When he did notice, he blinked. "Yugi... Why are you wearing those clothes?"

Silence.

"Yugi?" he rubbed Yugi's back, in case he was spacing out again. "Why are you wearing those clothes?" he repeated softly.

"Yami..." Yugi began, still not looking up. "I am sorry..."

"Why, Yugi? What's wrong?" Yami asked.

"They all said... I am the Angel of Light..." Yugi spoke in such a low voice Yami was having troubles hearing. "And that my mission... was wash the shadows away from you... To melt your heart..." Yugi backed up to look at Yami's face. "And now, my mission is over." Yami widened his eyes.

"I... I don't understand, Yugi..." the Pharaoh said, but his eyes betrayed his words.

"I... I can't stay here anymore, Yami..." Yugi said slowly, but Yami shook his head.

"What are you saying? Where are you going??" Yami asked, but at that same moment, Yugi's hand began to disappear. Yami's eyes began to tear, in pure fear, and Yugi looked at his hands with sadness. "Yugi...?"

~^:^~

Chris and Elle watched as their hands began to disappear, and slowly, their feet were becoming transparent and were disappearing too.

"It is now." Chris said, standing up and closing her eyes.

"Do you think Yugi will be okay?" Elle asked, concern on her cerulean eyes.

"I don't know." Chris said emotionlessly, and then went silent. The girls only waited until they were out of that world.

~^:^~

"What is going on?? You're disappearing!!" Bakura yelled, staring at Ryou with wide eyes. The color had completely vanished from his tanned skin as he watched Ryou panicking.

"I don't know, I really don't know!" Ryou said, but then closed his eyes and forced himself to think. There must be a reason why this was happening...

"Your friends... They said you're from another world." Bakura began, his eyes unfocused. "Are you going back?" he asked, and Ryou opened his eyes immediately.

That was it.

"Yes... I'm going back..." he whispered, but he didn't have time to be happy. Bakura was suddenly in front of him, with a scowl.

"Why? Why are you going back?!" he snapped, and Ryou tried to back away from him.

"I-I... think maybe Yugi... Yugi finished his.... mission here..." he tried to explain, but Bakura just seemed unwilling in the idea of him going away.

'Why is he acting this way?'

~^:^~

"I have to come back to where I came, Yami..." Yugi said, but the Pharaoh held his shoulders firmly. His arms and legs were starting to disappear too.

"Why?! Why... are you leaving me?" Yami asked, the tears falling down his cheeks. No... he couldn't be alone... not again!! Not anymore! "I can't be alone!" he yelled, and Yugi sobbed.

"I'm sorry, but I... I have no choice!" He said, crying too. His chest was starting to disappear. "I'm... sorry... so sorry..."

"But Yugi... I..." Yami didn't finish, but Yugi already nodded and smiled. His face was starting to disappear. "wi mr(i) Tw[1]..." Yami said, and it was clear that now the magic of the book was wearing away, and they couldn't understand each other anymore.

"Aishiteru.[2]" Yugi said.

But they knew what each other meant.

And then, Yugi's body disappeared in a wave of bright light, leaving Yami to stare at the empty space where, minutes before, laid the person he had ever loved in his life.

~^:^~

Ryou cried as his vision began to blur and Bakura could only stare as the other vanished from that world. In a matter of seconds, Bakura stood there, alone, in the city.

Completely alone.

"Bakura?" Kyou asked, coming out of the Ring. She looked around and saw no trace of Ryou, so she turned to her old partner. "Are you okay?" she asked, and Bakura chuckled.

"I will." He said, and gathering his things, started to walk away.

"Where are you going?" she asked, raising one eyebrow. Bakura smirked.

"There's said to be an old chamber hidden near the palace which holds uncountable treasures." He looked at her. "I'm going to find out if that's true." He said, and Kyou widened her eyes.

"But Bakura, that place is COMPLETELY full of traps! Only someone who knows where each one of the traps are located can enter! You can die down there! She said, but Bakura chuckled again.

"So?" he asked. Kyou remained silent before...

"You loved him, didn't you?" she asked, and Bakura stopped.

"Maybe I did." He said, and shrugged, his head bent down, his white hair covering his face. It was impossible then to notice a tear rolling down his cheek. "Maybe I did."

~~~

Slowly, Yugi started to open his eyes. He laid on his stomach on something really hard and his back hurt like heck. He tried to move, but found himself unable to. He blinked, and tried again, only to spot an arm lying just beside him.

He blinked.

"GET OFF OF ME!!" Chris yelled, and Yugi winced, realizing she was the one lying on him, and so she practically yelled in his ear. Two other voices were heard as they all tried to get off of poor Yugi.

"Aw man, we could land decently once in a while..." Elle complained.

"What are you saying, Elle?" Ryou asked, rubbing his back. "You were on top of us all!" he said, and the girl sweatdropped and laughed nervously. Chris only growled, and stood up.

"I'm never coming to this library ever again..." she said, and Yugi sat up, rubbing his back.

"I thought I had broken my back..." he said, wincing.

"Ehh??" a voice asked from the entrance, and the four turned to look at the newcomer. Chris growled.

"Jounouchi..." she said, and the blond gulped.

"H-hey Chris... how's it goin'?" he asked, and sweatdropped as she glared hard at him.

"Do you have any idea of how much trouble you caused us closing that book?" she asked, and Jou blinked before sweatdropping again.

"Would ya believe me if I told ya I don't?" he asked, and Elle sweatdropped.

"Well, there's a probability of 99% that he's saying the truth, you know..." she said, but Chris wasn't listening. "Erm... Jou? You might want to run now..." she advised, and didn't have to say twice. Jou ran out of the door like a rocket, Chris just behind him. Elle sighed, and turned to the other two. She blinked upon seeing their faces. "Guys? Will you be alright?"

"Yeah... Eventually..." Ryou said, standing up, and walked out of the door. He stopped and blinked once he looked outside, sweatdropping. Elle then turned to Yugi.

"Yugi?" she asked, and watched as Yugi stood up and continued to look at the ground. She didn't notice him guarding a book inside his shirt.

"I won't be able to forget him..." he said, and Elle smiled apologetically.

"I know, Yugi... but..." she started to say, but Yugi sighed.

"I know, Elle... I know..." he said, and wiped away the wetness that was still on his cheek. Elle smiled and nodded, then hugged him around the shoulders.

"Hey guys... Take a look at this." Ryou said, pointing ahead. Yugi and Elle walked beside him, and blinked. Then sweatdropped, as they watched Jou run like a maniac with Chris just behind him.

"Mrs. Ishtar is so going to kick us out..." Elle mentioned, and the other boys nodded.

And then, Jou bumped on somebody and fall down on his butt.

"Hey!!" he whined, and looked up. He gasped. And the others, upon seeing whom, gasped too.

"Kaiba??" they all exclaimed, and the boy blinked. Kaiba looked at each one of them with an eyebrow raised, and then at Jou on the floor.

"Jounouchi... Watch out the next time, idiot." He said, and Jou growled.

"Look Kaiba..." he stood up and glared at him, before noticing Chris was still just behind him. But, upon seeing the girl in kind of a shocked state, he quickly ran out of the library. Chris took a moment to notice that.

"Uh..? HEY!!" then she stormed out of the library after Jou. Everyone in the library sweatdropped. Kaiba sighed and walked away.

"Since when does Jounouchi knows Seto Kaiba?" Elle asked Yugi and Ryou, who shrugged.

"Let alone someone from the Golden Dawn High School[3]?" Ryou asked. Yugi nodded. They all just stayed at the entrance of the Forbidden Section. Until...

"Hey!! What are you guys doing there?" a voice asked, and they all jumped.

Ryou's jaw fell.

'B-Bakura?!' he thought, but didn't have his voice to actually say that. The boy, with equal looks with the Tomb Robber, blinked upon seeing Ryou. He approached him, and stopped just in front of him. Then stared at his eyes. Ryou gulped, but didn't say anything. He was too shocked anyway.

"Hey boy..." he started, and Ryou just watched him with wide eyes. "That's an exclusive look, you know?" he asked, and the three friends sweatdropped.

"Erm... sorry?" Ryou said, and the boy shrugged. Then...

"AHH!! A CLONE!!" a female voice screamed, and they all jumped again. The boy talking to Ryou growled and walked towards the girl, while the other three were even more shocked.

'E-Ellian?!' they all thought.

"Don't yell like that out of nowhere, you nut!!" the boy said, and the girl sweatdropped.

"Erm... Sorry... It's just that..." she pointed at the group.

"What the hell is going on here?" another voice asked, and the group froze again.

Yugi mainly.

'Y-Yami?!' his mind screamed.

"Look!" the girl said, and pointed at Yugi's group. The newcomer boy looked at them, and his eyes locked with Yugi's.

There was a difference between this boy's eyes and Yami's. This boy's eyes were violet, not crimson.

'Too bad...' Yugi thought, but didn't look away. He just had to keep himself from blushing when the boy smiled to him.

"Aren't you guys alike??" the girl asked, and the Yami-look-alike nodded. He then looked at Ryou and raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah... And that one looks like Bakura." He said. The others gasped at the coincidence, but nothing said. Bakura 'hmph'ed. The girl laughed. "Hey..." he mused, and started to walk towards Yugi's group.

He stopped just near Yugi, who had yet to come out of shock.

"Isn't this the Forbidden Room?" he asked, and they all sweatdropped. Then he looked down at Yugi. "Were you inside?" he asked, and Yugi had to keep himself from blushing.

He was spared from answering when...

"YAMI!!" a voice called, and the boy known as Yami winced, and turned around.

"Oh no... Not her..." he whispered, and only Yugi heard him. He raised an eyebrow, and looked at the source of the voice, and gulped. Seeing the girl he hated the most looking from one side to the other, searching for someone...

"A-Anzu?!" he said, and Yami looked down at him.

"You know her?" he asked, and Yugi nodded. "Poor you, nobody deserves that." he said, and Yugi laughed.

"Yeah... But it's funny how you know her. You're from Golden Dawn High School, aren't you?" Yugi asked, for a moment forgetting whom he was talking to. When the boy smiled, Yugi remembered immediately.

"Yeah, but I know some people from your school." He groaned. "Unfortunately, I know her too..." he said, and gulped as the girl finally ran at his direction. "Oh no..." he said, then grabbed Yugi's shoulder and started to walk away from the door, Elle, Ryou, Bakura and the girl followed them.

Their unluck was whom they found just turning on a corner...

"Mrs. Ishtar!" they all exclaimed. The woman glared hard at them.

"Who were the ones that are making a mess in my library?" she asked, and everybody pointed at Anzu, who was coming running towards them. She glared at her. "You can't yell in my library, lady, out NOW!!" she said, and Anzu blinked.

"But I--" she couldn't continue, as Mrs. Ishtar began to push her out. They all laughed.

"Good for us." The girl said, and Elle nodded.

"Yeah... And good thing Mrs. Ishtar didn't find us near the Forbidden Room, or else we would have been kicked out too..." Elle said. "Thanks to you." She looked at Yami, who chuckled.

"I knew she was coming, so I just acted fast." He winked. "Don't worry about it. By the way, my name's Yami Awaikage. The girl is Ellian, my sister, and the white haired one is Bakura Shinkyou." He introduced them, then looked at Yugi. "What about you?"

"I-I'm Yugi Mutou, the girl is Elle Mayani and the other is Ryou Kyoushi." Yugi introduced them and Yami nodded.

"Anyway, we have to go... We have a project to do. See ya!" Ellian said, and walked away with Yami and Bakura. Yugi, Ryou and Elle just watched as they walked away.

And Yugi finally thought that maybe fate didn't hate him at all.

"AHH!! YUGI!! THE PROJECT!!"

... or maybe he was mistaken.

[ ~:o.w.a.r.i.:~ ]

[1] Supposedly "I love you" in Ancient Egyptian but I can be wrong ^^U
[2] "I love you" in Japanese...
[3] What? I couldn't think of anything else!!

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