"Soul Mate"
Prologue
"Dreams"
Yami: NOT AGAIN!!
Yugi: LET US GO ALREADY!!!
Cherry: Now why would I do that? I am the author of this story, that I am, and as the author I require company, that I do.
Yugi: (cute puppy dog look) Please? Please let us out?
Cherry: (visibly wavers) No. And stop that!!
Yami: Keep going Aibou!
Yugi: (turns up the charm) Pweeze?
Cherry: (near cracking) Damn you for being so cute!! I better start the chapter before I shatter!
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She ran as fast as her feet would take her, hurrying across the now-burning Egyptian kingdom. She had to find the pharaoh, and quickly. It was imperative that she find him before . . .
She didn't want to think about what he'd said he was going to do.
She ran past the now-dead innocents who had been caught in the cross-fire of the battle with the high priest Set. Sighing sadly, she hurried on. She had no idea how long she had left to find him.
And then, she ran headfirst into the one person who could help her.
"Ouch! You should learn to watch where you're going!" grumbled the irritated honey-eyed blonde.
"Jono! Oh, please, you must help me find Pharaoh!" she said.
Jono hesitated. "He told me not to let anyone know where he was going," he said slowly.
"But please, you must tell me! I must see him one more time before . . ." She trailed off, a look of such agony in her eyes that Jono caved in.
"Okay. I'll take you to him, but he ain't gonna be happy with either one of us," Jono told the distraught young lady, who gave him a grateful smile.
The pair stood and Jono lead her to the sacred temple where only high priests, the highest guards, and the pharaoh himself were allowed. For Jono and the girl to be there was a great dishonor to the gods, but she had to see him. She had to.
"I'm going no further than this," Jono said.
"That's alright, my dear old friend," she said, hugging him.
"Is there something else?" he asked.
"Yes. I will not be coming back out." When Jono opened his mouth to speak, she forestalled him by holding up her hand. "I must see him one more time, and I want him to be the last thing I see. I can't live with him, and I refuse to do so. When he goes, so do I." She smiled at him. "Just know this Jono. The friendship that we share is one that I am sure will transcend this lifetime. It is one that will go on to the next, because I feel that though we're not soul mates, we are truly bonded deep in our souls, so don't feel sad when I am gone. I know that we will meet again."
Jono smiled down at his best friend. "I know we will too. May you find true happiness." He turned and left.
She smiled fondly after him, then hurried up into the temple. He was there. Yami. She could sense his presence. Her only goal was to see him alive once more.
Then she reached the center of the temple, and there he was. Her love and soul mate. She ran to him.
"Yami!"
The pharaoh turned sharply, shocked that there was anyone there at all, let alone someone who dared to call him by his given name. His shock dissipated, however, when he saw who it was.
"You found me after all, then," he said quietly, smiling sadly at her.
"I swore to you that we would be together to our very last breaths, and that is not an oath I mean to break," she told him, rushing into his arms.
"You know what I am about to do," Yami whispered. "I don't want you here to see this."
"I want to be here though," she replied just as softly. "I want to be with you until our last breaths, just as I swore. I love you so very much, and even if this is how our love is to end in this lifetime, we can savor every second that remains to us."
Yami leant down and kissed her softly. "But only one of us shall die this night, my love."
"Not so, my pharaoh," she murmured against his lips. "Once you die, so shall I. I will not live without you."
"What!" Yami exclaimed. "You shall do no such thing! You still have a life ahead of you!"
She smiled grimly at him. "All of my family was caught in the crossfire when Set attacked. I have no other reason to live except for you, but without you, I have nothing, I am nothing." She caressed his face lovingly. "Don't grieve. I merely wish to speed along the time until our next lives together. If we die together, we shall be reunited faster in our next lives. We shall be together then as we cannot be now."
He smiled. "You know, you're truly long-winded."
She punched him playfully on the arm.
Then they felt a cold darkness surround them. She didn't know why she felt the dark, but she did. Tears rolled down her face.
"It's time, isn't it?"
"Yes. The Shadows are here for me. They will take my life to seal away the evil that Set has unleashed." Yami looked at her sadly as she pulled a dagger from within her cloak. That was obviously what she was going to use to kill herself.
Kissing him one final time, she whispered a last, "I love you." She then plunged the dagger into her heart, fell to the floor, and died, her soul departing to it's next incarnation.
"I love you as well, and I shall forever," Yami whispered back as the Shadows claimed his soul. They surprised him by not allowing him to pass into the next life, but instead sealed him into the Millennium Puzzle.
"No! You cannot do this! I promised her that we would meet again in our next lives! I PROMISED HER!!!"
^You shall, Pharaoh. You shall be reunited with your love again, just not in the way you expect.^
Then the Shadows left Yami alone in the eternal darkness, allowing him to slowly forget his life as pharaoh, knowing that he would need to begin anew if his fate was to be played out properly.
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Yugi woke up with a start. It was that dream again, the same one he'd been having for nearly two weeks now. He had no idea why these dreams were coming to him and not Yami, but he knew that this was something desperately important from Yami's past. Thus far, he hadn't had the heart to mention the dream to Yami yet, knowing that it might cause him pain, but he was beginning to wonder if maybe he should. After all, the dream was about Yami and the woman he loved.
Yugi felt a deep pain. He'd always felt that Yami would forever be beyond him, that no one such as him would care that deeply for someone like Yugi, but that didn't change how Yugi felt about his darker half.
Yugi sighed. He loved Yami, and he wanted to make him happy, so if that meant finding the reincarnation of the girl in his dream, then he would do just that.
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Cherry: Ah, peace and quiet! Now, people, please bear in mind that it may take me a while to update this story, since this is really little more than getting an idea down before I forgot, so be patient. Now, please, review for me!
Yugi and Yami: (are bound and gagged)
Cherry: What? I still need company, but Yugi almost cutesied his way out of here and Yami's just irritating!
Prologue
"Dreams"
Yami: NOT AGAIN!!
Yugi: LET US GO ALREADY!!!
Cherry: Now why would I do that? I am the author of this story, that I am, and as the author I require company, that I do.
Yugi: (cute puppy dog look) Please? Please let us out?
Cherry: (visibly wavers) No. And stop that!!
Yami: Keep going Aibou!
Yugi: (turns up the charm) Pweeze?
Cherry: (near cracking) Damn you for being so cute!! I better start the chapter before I shatter!
^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^
She ran as fast as her feet would take her, hurrying across the now-burning Egyptian kingdom. She had to find the pharaoh, and quickly. It was imperative that she find him before . . .
She didn't want to think about what he'd said he was going to do.
She ran past the now-dead innocents who had been caught in the cross-fire of the battle with the high priest Set. Sighing sadly, she hurried on. She had no idea how long she had left to find him.
And then, she ran headfirst into the one person who could help her.
"Ouch! You should learn to watch where you're going!" grumbled the irritated honey-eyed blonde.
"Jono! Oh, please, you must help me find Pharaoh!" she said.
Jono hesitated. "He told me not to let anyone know where he was going," he said slowly.
"But please, you must tell me! I must see him one more time before . . ." She trailed off, a look of such agony in her eyes that Jono caved in.
"Okay. I'll take you to him, but he ain't gonna be happy with either one of us," Jono told the distraught young lady, who gave him a grateful smile.
The pair stood and Jono lead her to the sacred temple where only high priests, the highest guards, and the pharaoh himself were allowed. For Jono and the girl to be there was a great dishonor to the gods, but she had to see him. She had to.
"I'm going no further than this," Jono said.
"That's alright, my dear old friend," she said, hugging him.
"Is there something else?" he asked.
"Yes. I will not be coming back out." When Jono opened his mouth to speak, she forestalled him by holding up her hand. "I must see him one more time, and I want him to be the last thing I see. I can't live with him, and I refuse to do so. When he goes, so do I." She smiled at him. "Just know this Jono. The friendship that we share is one that I am sure will transcend this lifetime. It is one that will go on to the next, because I feel that though we're not soul mates, we are truly bonded deep in our souls, so don't feel sad when I am gone. I know that we will meet again."
Jono smiled down at his best friend. "I know we will too. May you find true happiness." He turned and left.
She smiled fondly after him, then hurried up into the temple. He was there. Yami. She could sense his presence. Her only goal was to see him alive once more.
Then she reached the center of the temple, and there he was. Her love and soul mate. She ran to him.
"Yami!"
The pharaoh turned sharply, shocked that there was anyone there at all, let alone someone who dared to call him by his given name. His shock dissipated, however, when he saw who it was.
"You found me after all, then," he said quietly, smiling sadly at her.
"I swore to you that we would be together to our very last breaths, and that is not an oath I mean to break," she told him, rushing into his arms.
"You know what I am about to do," Yami whispered. "I don't want you here to see this."
"I want to be here though," she replied just as softly. "I want to be with you until our last breaths, just as I swore. I love you so very much, and even if this is how our love is to end in this lifetime, we can savor every second that remains to us."
Yami leant down and kissed her softly. "But only one of us shall die this night, my love."
"Not so, my pharaoh," she murmured against his lips. "Once you die, so shall I. I will not live without you."
"What!" Yami exclaimed. "You shall do no such thing! You still have a life ahead of you!"
She smiled grimly at him. "All of my family was caught in the crossfire when Set attacked. I have no other reason to live except for you, but without you, I have nothing, I am nothing." She caressed his face lovingly. "Don't grieve. I merely wish to speed along the time until our next lives together. If we die together, we shall be reunited faster in our next lives. We shall be together then as we cannot be now."
He smiled. "You know, you're truly long-winded."
She punched him playfully on the arm.
Then they felt a cold darkness surround them. She didn't know why she felt the dark, but she did. Tears rolled down her face.
"It's time, isn't it?"
"Yes. The Shadows are here for me. They will take my life to seal away the evil that Set has unleashed." Yami looked at her sadly as she pulled a dagger from within her cloak. That was obviously what she was going to use to kill herself.
Kissing him one final time, she whispered a last, "I love you." She then plunged the dagger into her heart, fell to the floor, and died, her soul departing to it's next incarnation.
"I love you as well, and I shall forever," Yami whispered back as the Shadows claimed his soul. They surprised him by not allowing him to pass into the next life, but instead sealed him into the Millennium Puzzle.
"No! You cannot do this! I promised her that we would meet again in our next lives! I PROMISED HER!!!"
^You shall, Pharaoh. You shall be reunited with your love again, just not in the way you expect.^
Then the Shadows left Yami alone in the eternal darkness, allowing him to slowly forget his life as pharaoh, knowing that he would need to begin anew if his fate was to be played out properly.
~*~*~
Yugi woke up with a start. It was that dream again, the same one he'd been having for nearly two weeks now. He had no idea why these dreams were coming to him and not Yami, but he knew that this was something desperately important from Yami's past. Thus far, he hadn't had the heart to mention the dream to Yami yet, knowing that it might cause him pain, but he was beginning to wonder if maybe he should. After all, the dream was about Yami and the woman he loved.
Yugi felt a deep pain. He'd always felt that Yami would forever be beyond him, that no one such as him would care that deeply for someone like Yugi, but that didn't change how Yugi felt about his darker half.
Yugi sighed. He loved Yami, and he wanted to make him happy, so if that meant finding the reincarnation of the girl in his dream, then he would do just that.
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Cherry: Ah, peace and quiet! Now, people, please bear in mind that it may take me a while to update this story, since this is really little more than getting an idea down before I forgot, so be patient. Now, please, review for me!
Yugi and Yami: (are bound and gagged)
Cherry: What? I still need company, but Yugi almost cutesied his way out of here and Yami's just irritating!