Sage: DarkHeart, what's my purpose?

DarkHeart: You're my muse.

Sage: *slaps* I am not a moose!

Yugi: Sage, she said muse, not moose. Muse is, like, the tiny voice inside your head that tells you what's good and what's crap.

Sage: Oh. I'm your muse. Want to know what I think about this story?

DarkHeart: No.

Yugi's POV

Six months later

It's raining outside but I don't care. I grab my jacket of the coat rack, slip it on, and walk outside. My feet splash in the puddles, bringing mud up to the calf on my pants but I keep on walking. I want to see it one last time. The Millennium Puzzle was gone when I woke up that day. Atem took it with him. We, me, Joey, and well, everyone, held a funeral for Ryou. I wasn't sure what ever happened to Bakura but Atem must've taken him as well. I sit at a bus stop and wait for only a few moments before it pulls up. It's crowded so I take a seat at the very back.

I live with Joey and Mai for now. I must say, I wasn't to thrilled about the idea when they first proposed it. But when Joey found out that Atem left, he said he couldn't trust me not to go back to my old ways. I guess I can't blame him. But I have to see it one last time. It isn't easy living with them. Especially since I found out they named their baby after him. Yami Wheeler is her name.

He went by many names over the time I knew him. From spirit, to Yami, Pharaoh to Atem. He was many different names to many different people over many different times. But to me, he'll always be Mou hitori no boku. The other me. Even when he was gone he still looked out for me, protecting me like he promised.

It's rather ironic. For years I battled the darkness in other's hearts. You'd think I know better than to let it happen to myself. But, you don't know how painful it is to lose someone very important to you until it happens. Nothing can prepare you for that kind of pain. That emptiness. The feeling that you lost when you actually won. Before, I was mad at Atem because he didn't bother to look back when he left. Now, I think about it in a different light. Maybe he didn't look back because he knew if he did, he wouldn't be able to leave.

The bus comes to my stop and I get off. The rain has stopped now and a ray of light shines through the dark clouds landing on my location. The Game Shop. The place that was home to me and ever since I was little. My father may have killed my mother, his memory may still haunt me forever, but I could care less. It may sound sadistic, but he gave me all that I had. If it weren't for him, I'd never live with grandpa and I'd never get the Millennium Puzzle. Who knows where I'd be if I never solved it?

I walked up to the door and place my hand on it. The ray of light shines on top of me and I smile in its warmth. I thought I was alone, forgotten. I thought that Atem had left me, but he actually just went away for a while. It may be a while before I'm reunited with him again, but I feel comfort in the thought that he's not gone forever.

James and I made up too. We both got the help we needed and have both been sober for about five months now. I turn around, back to the road. I think I might walk back to Joey's. After all, I still have someone watching out for me.

END.

DH: I want to thank everyone for supporting me during this story. I know it's not the best story out there, but I'm glad you still choose to read it. Out of all the stories I've written so far, this is by far my favorite.

Early I asked you what story you would like to see when this is over. The winning story is Missing and I am currently working on that. Expect to see that up soon. If the story you voted for didn't win, don't worry. I will eventually, eventually, post all of those stories.

Once again, I want to thank everyone who reviewed and voted. You guys have no idea how much your words of kindness mean to me! May you all be blessed!

-DarkHeartInTheSky