Summary: I got bored, so I decided to do some character sketches. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: ...What do you think, genius? I wish!

Be Warned: I am in a very confusing set of mood swings. Some of these will be very humorous; others very dark. This is one of the darker ones. I hope you all enjoy it anyway!

Character Sketch: Yami

Shadow of Light

What am I?

What am I?

I am but a spirit. A reflection. A dream.

Truly, I owe my very existence in this time to my other.

I am nothing but his reflection.

He is the light; I am his darkness.

My very name means 'darkness'.

Yami.

I had another name, once. Atemu. But it is mine—no longer.

I imprisoned myself, along with the Shadow Games, in the Millennium Items for five thousand years. I gave up my life as Atemu, Pharaoh of Egypt, and have now forgotten almost everything about my past.

In a strange way, it's as if my aibou helps me see it.

But—it matters not. I owe everything to him.

If Yugi had never put the Puzzle together, I wouldn't be here.

Yugi…I owe my existence to him. Yet there's no way I can possibly repay him. The best I can do is to continue to be his friend, to help him through his duels, to provide another mind in solving his problems.

You will ask; Why do you not lust to be rid of him? Light is, after all, the enemy of darkness.

You are right, my friend—on most occasions.

There are two faces to darkness—that which lives in harmony with the light, and that which devours and destroys it.

I believe that I used to be the second.

Without little Yugi to keep me pure, I fear that I would become it again.

If ever I tried to rid myself of my aibou…forget about him or his friends never forgiving me. I'd never forgive myself.

I am but a silhouette of him; a pale reflection; a faded dream.

He walks in the glory of the light, while I trail behind in his shadow.

I can never be like him; too much darkness resides in my heart.

I can but try.