Never-ending Escape

Yugi looked down at the gun in his hand, it felt heavy and cold in his small hands. He began to wonder if someone like him should be saved but He didn't have much time to dwell on his thoughts. The sound of a ship's horn caught his attention and he stood up, the gun fell to the dirt beneath his feet. "a ship!" Yugi smiled and waved both of his arms, he knew they couldn't see him but it felt good.

"Yami!" Yugi ran back toward the house. His legs were on fire when he reached the door and he yanked it open. He heard a small electronic voice, a phone? "Yami?" Yugi walked in further.

"Yugi will never love a killer!" it was Jounouchi. Yugi's heart skipped a beat and he was frozen. The last thing Yugi heard was Jou's soft breath hitch. Yugi shook away his fear and stepped into the hall. Yami was there, placing Jou's hand in Seto's.

Yugi felt his body shiver as a cold washed over him, why had he left the gun back by the fire? Yami turned and stopped at the entrance to the secret room. "Yugi." His name fell from Yami's lips like a bomb. "My, Angel."

"Angel?" Yugi backed up. "You…"

"Yugi don't be afraid of me."

"Killer…." Yugi turned, he knew he didn't have a chance to fight Yami off but he had to try anyway.

"Yugi, Come back! Let me explain!" Yami was after him.

Yugi ignored him and kept running until he reached the fire and ran faster toward the edge of cliff. Suddenly he was yanked back into a powerful embrace. "Let go! You Monster!" Yami winced at that comment but continued to hold his lover tightly.

"Call me what you want, My angel. I never intended on killing you."

"Then why did you?"

"No, you misunderstand, I had every intention of killing the others, but it is you I wanted to keep." Yami whispered and kissed Yugi's neck softly.

"Stop! You are a murderer."

"They all deserved it." Yami said. "You don't remember, Five-thousand years is a long time, but Yugi I want you to remember. What they did to us, what they did to you." They all needed to pay for what they did. And it is a deal I made with the gods."

"Wh-What are you talking about, with the gods? Five-thousand years…" Yugi shook his head, something was making his vision blur.

"Listen to me then, and remember." Yugi fell limp in his arms. "In the time of the great pharaohs, there was a young prince. This prince was the hope in a time of terrible darkness. The prince was lost in the desert one day and saw a beautiful light, a flower that was never meant to be anyone's. The Prince was greedy and wanted this light for himself.

This light was a young dancer, his movements were of water and air, his voice was beautiful and he was free, he had no family, no friends, he was just as the earth, free to live and grow. The Prince was warned never to go near such beauty, warned not to take what the gods had given. The prince ignored all of the warnings and became friends with the light, he had fallen in love with the warmth and the light had fallen for the young prince.

Soon after the prince and his light were to be married, secretly, only the people of the royal court knew. Before the marriage could take place, a series of events happened, worse than those of the great plagues. The Nile went dry, the sky became black and rains fell, rains that ate away at everything: houses, animals, and people. The ground shook and great winds circled. The people of the court were convince, that it was because the Pharaoh had taken the light, they were being punished."

"Stop." Yugi whispered, tears rolled down his cheek. "Please, I don't want to hear this…" Yami nodded, this happened every time.

"The people of the court grabbed the Prince and made him watch as the remaining members of his royal court murdered his light in an attempt to give the light back to the gods. They wanted to save Egypt. I had to watch them take the light away, I was that Prince. You are that light and the people I killed were the people in my royal court."

"Yami…"

"I made a deal with the gods, I wanted to keep you. I wished you back to life. Because of the cruel way you were taken from me they decided to let me have you. But I have a curse on my head, I was warned not to take you and they needed to punish me. So every life cycle for the rest of eternity I have to seek out those who killed you in Egypt and kill them. This is what keeps you alive."

"But… so the others…. But they were alive, why was I?"

"Because I killed them last life cycle, now because I killed them you will be born again. If I didn't kill them then I would lose you, you are allowed to go back to heaven if I fail. I am doomed to run this earth for eternity. My soul is forever trapped here."

Yugi turned around in his arms. "Why did you do that for me? If you would have just gone on living then the two of us could have the afterlife. Be together forever. I never want to be separated from you."

"Then I must continue to kill. You must continue to forget me."

"It isn't right for you to have to commit such terrible crimes just to keep me alive."

"My Angel, I would do this even if you didn't want me to, this is a curse and I willingly chose it because I love you."

"I love you too. But what do we do now?" Yugi looked down as the ship docked, cops filed out like ants. "They will take you to prison."

"No they won't." Yami kissed Yugi's forehead and took his hand. "There is a hidden cave on the other side of the island, there is a boat, and I can get us away from here. Only question is, will you come with me?"

Yugi looked back toward the house and then back at Yami. His heart and soul were still irrevocably bonded to Yami's forever, "Yes."

The End