I'll probably regret this for the rest of my existanse, but here is my update (though I had not enough of reviews). I'm just fed up of having it just lying at my documents for so long. You better appreciate it.
Scarlet eyes
Last chapter
written by
Mjus
Jono jolted awake in the morning clod sweating. It was early, just the break of dawn. He had had a dream, no a nightmare of his little friend, disappearing in the darkness while crying for him and the others to save him, but none of them had been able to move a muscle. The last thing he saw was Yugi's eyes filled with despair, his tears as he gave in, losing to the darkness that ate at him.
As Jono turned to check on the shorter one all he found was Yugi's empty bed.
"Yugi?"
Something didn't feel right. Yugi's bed seemed so long abandoned. The room felt so huge when his little friend wasn't there and the former cosy feeling seemed to never have been there.
Chills ran down Jono's spine and he couldn't stay in the room for another second. He dressed quickly and half ran out of the room.
In the corridor he met Anzu, fully dressed and with worry in her eyes and her face streaked by tears.
"Is Yugi still sleeping?" she asked worried.
"No, he must be downstairs or something," Jono said, trying to sound natural, but his eyes gave him away. Something had definitely happened during the night.
The two knocked once on Honda's door, not having time to knock any longer since Honda threw the door open in a rush to get out.
"Where's Yugi?" was the first thing he asked when he focused on them.
The three stared at each other. They instantly knew they had all jolted awake from the same nightmare.
They walked down the stairs, slowly, with their hearts beating hard in their chests. A beautiful melody reached their ears. It sounded like a music box.
Walking out on the veranda at the backside they found Yugi sitting on a bench under the railing, the fast raising morning sun falling gently on his form. He had his back facing them so they couldn't see his face. The white painted veranda was v-shaped as it followed the shape of the house, and the bench stood against the north side. The three sighed in pure relief when they saw him.
"Good morning Yugi, how long have you been out here?" Jono asked, his natural grin back on his face instantly.
"Long enough, Jono," Yugi said softly, with a voice that wasn't really his.
Something stuck them all. Yugi had changed. Their relief of seeing him unharmed had made them blind for the moment. His voice wasn't the usual, cheery one he was known for, and his hair had changed colour. The blonde bangs were softer yellow and sharper flash shaped than before, and his former red/violet tops now were blue, melting together with the black where they met, making it impossible to decide where blue and black started or ended.
Anzu noticed the music box at Yugi's side, which he gently stared at as it continued to play rather fast, as it had recently been wound up. It had the shape of a bridal couple joyfully smiling, but the music made her think of someone losing a loved one.
"Yugi, are you all right?" she asked concerned.
"Why should anything be wrong Anzu?" Yugi asked with that same voice that wasn't his, still without looking up.
"You don't look like you did yesterday," Honda pointed out.
A sound, like a sigh, escaped Yugi's being. Something was defiantly wrong. Yugi never avoided eye contact when theywere talking to him, and now his gaze was locked at the music box.
"You worry too much," Yugi said and tilted his head to the side as the music slowed down by the seconds.
"No, we worry just as much as we need," Jono said and his face was a mix of worry, hurt and something that looked like fear. "Something's wrong with you Yugi, tell us what it is and we'll help you, like we've always done."
"Would you have helped me even if you couldn't?" Yugi asked and raised his head enough for the friends to see his gentle smile. "Even if I didn't want for you to help, would you anyway?"
Yugi's sweet face looked up at them, framed with the soft locks of pale blonde bangs that marked his eyes. His mouth smiled a natural, calm smile, but the eyes that stared gently at them weren't close to Yugi's. The scarlet colour and tiny slits of bottomless pupils made them all freeze and their blood run cold in their veins.
The music box's music slowed down into a pace that gave it a heartbreaking tone. When it finally stopped the bridegroom was destroyed, leaving only the parts closest to the bride and box itself. The bride's smile was no longer filled with joy, but despair and her dress was stained with warm blood and her eyes cried.
Blood covered the place at the bench where Yugi's body had been moments ago, and also the veranda was drenched in the warm blood of three youths.
The end