Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Lost Identity ❯ A New Horizon ( Prologue )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
<p>az: Okay... I admit, writing
fanfiction was a lot easier than really dueling with people. I can think wisely
while dueling my sister, but I was unprepared to dueling others... If only there
are other people who can duel with me... I felt a lot like Yugi...</p><p>Yugi: And a lot of thanks to you guys who
kept supporting us all through this 22 chapters. Even though some only managed
to keep in touch until to some chapters only... we appreciated the support. And
we hoped that you guys liked the final chapter... Spread the love...</p><p>Seto: And I thank you guys too for
keeping Azzie&#039;s motivation up all through the progress of this chapters... It
meant a lot to her since she had almost lost her cards yesterday... Some wind
practically blew the cards into the water! Thankfully, all her dragon cards and
Blue Eyes are still intact.</p><hr size=1 width=100%><P ALIGN=CENTER>Disclaimer:
I don&#039;t own Yugioh manga nor did I own the anime spare the DVDs and my DM deck
that I so much treasure until the end of time. If I OWNED Yugioh... I&#039;ll be
owning my own house. And that wasn&#039;t going to happen soon.. Characters
and original excerpts from the fic are copyrights of Kazuki Takahashi ;p</p><hr size=1 width=100%><P ALIGN=CENTER><u>Chapter
23: A New Horizon</u></p><P ALIGN=CENTER>Written
by Azzie/Az Alienna Azuani YamiAzzie</p><p>&#039;Yugi--?!&#039;, said Anzu
as she approached the young lad who had been staring over the scenery from the
top of the building. Well, the restaurant was under the hotel building, no
surprise over that. But it intrigues her to find that Yugi felt at peace, being
on the top of the building.</p><p>&#039;Isn&#039;t it beautiful?&#039;,
said Yugi as he turned his glance towards her. Yugi smiled. &#039;And to think that
all of this trouble started when I was wondering about the real existence of me
and Atemu...&#039;, he said as Anzu shook her head. &#039;It&#039;s not your fault... you
wouldn&#039;t have known..&#039;</p>
<p>Yugi chuckled as he wondered about everything. &#039;It&#039;s over now. Long
time ago Atemu had faced his darkness during his battle with Dartz. And now
I too had faced my own darkness that I have created in my own heart; successfully.
It was time for a new Yugi living out there...&#039;, sighed Yugi as Anzu frowned
at the words.</p>
<p>&#039;Does that mean... it was also over between us? Is that what you wanted
to say?&#039;, gasped Anzu as Yugi looked at her with pity. &#039;I guess...
To tell you the truth, I&#039;ve already forgotten what it felt like... liking
you. The more I think about it, the more I regard it as a silly crush... nothing
more than that. And I had already knew your feelings for Atemu. So Anzu... can&#039;t
we just remain as friends like we&#039;ve always do? I know that someday you&#039;ll
find the one who will be your match. I&#039;ll pray for you...&#039;, said Yugi
as he smiled gently. Anzu gasped as she grabbed Yugi&#039;s shoulder. &#039;It&#039;s
not... It can&#039;t be true!! Yugi-- You can&#039;t.. you can&#039;t!!&#039;,
cried Anzu as she hugged Yugi tightly. &#039;You must be lying...&#039;, she
said as tears slowly fell to her cheeks.</p>
<p>&#039;It&#039;s true... but that
doesn&#039;t mean that it was the end of the world, isn&#039;t it?&#039;, said Yugi as he pulled
her away from himself. &#039;So... I heard that you have been applying for that
dancing course in New York. How did it go?&#039;, asked Yugi as Anzu shrugged, trying
to stifle her sobs. &#039;Okay, I guess... it so happens that there was another
branch of that school situated near Domino. I had just started the class..&#039;</p>
<p>Yugi whistled with amusement as Anzu looked intently at him. &#039;Rebecca...
were you two... together now?&#039;, said Anzu as Yugi scratched his head. &#039;Rebecca?!',
muttered Yugi as he started blushing. '--err well, ever since that first meeting...
she had been calling me her boyfriend, wasn't it? Hnnh, well I forgot when...
but I had started liking her more than just friends since the grand prix. And
Becky had liked me as I am, that's why--'</p>
<p>Anzu looked away towards the horizon as she watched the evening sun cast a
reddish glow to the surroundings. Yugi smiled at her silent answer. &#039;Come
on... Let&#039;s get down again. It&#039;s time to set the tables straight for
Honda. I believe that the guy was still angry with me. <i>But I don&#039;t think
it will just end there, is it? I wonder what Seto would do</i>...&#039;</p>
<p>&#039;You have grown matured, Yugi...&#039;, said the voice as Yugi turned around suddenly to find that
his grandpa standing not far behind him.</p>
<p>Yugi gasped as he had not expected his grandpa to be here. &#039;Jii-chan!!
When.. did you come here? Where&#039;s ma--?&#039;, he said as Sugoroku shrugged.
&#039;She had left with your dad after sending me here. Yugi, are you sure that
you were fine now?&#039;, said the old man as Yugi nodded at him.</p>
<p>The lad smiled as Anzu stared at Yugi with wonder. &#039;I&#039;m okay, jii-chan,
daijoubu... Frankly, if I wasn&#039;t, my other self would have told me off
with every curse words in Egyptian or Japanese from the other side!! Jii-chan...
you don&#039;t think that I hadn&#039;t the same strength as Atemu had? Anyway,
I had realized that my life doesn&#039;t have to be always trapped in the shadows.
Like Atemu did, I too should be always heading towards the light...&#039;</p>
<p>Suddenly someone was clapping his hand for him and an applause was heard from
his other side. Yugi turned away to find that everyone had come to the balcony.
&#039;Good speech!!&#039;, cried Seto as he whistled along with Jyounouchi.
Yugi blushed as the he tried to look seemingly angry at them. &#039;Oh yeah...
you rocked--! <i>Stupid</i>...&#039;, snarled Yugi as venomously as possible.
Rebecca darted out towards him as she embraced him. </p>
<p>'That's my darling!!&#039;, as she snickered at him. 'Darling okay now? A lot
of things had happened when darling left...'</p>
<p>Yugi smiled as he noticed her tone. &#039;I&#039;m okay, no worries!! So...
what happened?&#039;, said Yugi, grinning as he glanced towards the others.
At the same time, Honda revealed himself to him while looking a little beaten
up. Yugi stared in surprise as realization hit him.</p>
<p>&#039;I&#039;m sorry... Yugi. I suppose I was being too harsh on you. I never
thought about your side of the story...&#039;, said Honda as Yugi glanced back
towards Rebecca. &#039;That bad, huh?! Other than Seto and Jyounouchi... who
else pitched in?&#039;, he asked as the girl winked. 'Mokuba and Rishido-san
was the only one beside the girls who did not. Well... I would have joined,
but... He shouldn't have said things like that at darling!' Yugi's eyes widened
as he glanced at his friends.</p>
<p>&#039;You guys are bad!!&#039;, cried Yugi in amusement as he rolled his eyes
at their direction. &#039;I never asked to be loved so intensely!!&#039;, he
chuckled as Jyounouchi and the others laughed nervously. Still laughing, he
called on his grandpa and the others to go back at the restaurant. &#039;Come
on... we were supposed to <i>eat </i>here...&#039;, he said as he caught Seto.
&#039;Because of this, you guys owed me something! Especially you, Kaiba Seto..
my cunning <i>cousin!</i>&#039;, said Yugi as the said lad stared at him blankly,
followed by the fearful faces of Ryou and Malik.</p>
<p>&#039;You ARE to accompany me all day tomorrow as a punishment!!&#039;, cried
Yugi as he frowned at Seto, hands on his hips. Seto countered back with his
icy glare. &#039;What did I do wrong?! I was thinking about your well being!!
And that <em>bunkutsu </em>was also involved--&#039;, he cried as Jyounouchi
shouted at him for calling him things again. Yugi glanced back at him as he
tried to calm Jou-kun. &#039;You forgot?! I thought that you mean it when you
said that you would like us to go fishing together...&#039;, pouted Yugi as
suddenly Ryou and Malik squealed in delight at the suggestion.</p>
<p>Seto sighed as he
realized the situation. &#039;I thought it was only supposed to be between us and
Mokuba--&#039;,
said Seto grumpily as Ryou and Malik started hopping around Yugi and hugging him
for forgiving them so easily.</p>
<p><i>Well, no good refusing</i>..., sighed Seto as he replied. &#039;Okay...
we'll go tomorrow--&#039;, he said as Mokuba joined the excitement with Ryou
and Malik. Jyounouchi took this chance to be polite. &#039;Well, can we join
too...&#039;, he said as Yugi cut Seto off before he could speak. &#039;You
can if you bring Shizuka along!!&#039;, said Yugi as Seto&#039;s face turned
pale. Yugi grinned at him as he skipped towards the now-blushing Shizuka.</p>
<p>&#039;Did you tell him already?&#039;, whispered Yugi to her as Shizuka shyly
shook her head. Seeing this, Seto realized that Yugi had kept another secret
from him.</p>
<p>&#039;Uso... Yugi, say you
didn&#039;t!! Say you didn&#039;t gave her <i>that</i> picture message!!&#039;, cried Seto as
Yugi giggled uncontrollably. Flushing really badly, Seto marched towards Yugi
and immediately scooping the vertically-challenged lad off his feet to head
towards the lift. But before he could do so, Shizuka cried out that she had
really liked him and the lad just stumbled on the floor with Yugi on tow. Having
only a minor bruise and the fact that Yugi had landed on him while sustaining no
injuries, Seto glanced at Shizuka with utmost uncertainty.</p>
<p>&#039;Shi-- Shizuka, you... you really mean it?!&#039;, he gasped in disbelief
as Shizuka nodded feverishly. &#039;I.. had liked you... ever since we&#039;ve
met at the Battle Ship. But I don&#039;t know how to tell!! O-nii-san and you
are not very friendly to each other then and ...&#039;, confessed Shizuka as
Jyounouchi looked at his sister with amusement. He never realized that Shizuka
had taken to liking Seto Kaiba of all people, and to have that person to <i>actually</i>
feeling the same towards her!! Now he understood all that small hints that Yugi
said whenever he mentioned Shizuka in front of Seto...</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Seto had frozen on the spot; still holding Yugi on his lap. When
he finally come to, all the blood on his face flushed up to his cheeks as he
held Yugi tightly. &#039;Yugi... you idiot!! Look at what you have done--!&#039;,
he cried as he glomped the smaller lad. Yugi cried aloud as he couldn&#039;t
free himself from the ticklish sensation that Seto gave him. &#039;Rebecca!!
Anyone... help!!&#039;, cried Yugi underneath his laughter as Becky, Malik and
Ryou joined in to save Yugi. Mokuba also helped out as he stalled his brother
while Ryou started to carry Yugi on his back.</p>
<p>&#039;See you at the next floor!!&#039;, teased Yugi and Bakura as they ran
off with Rebecca towards the stairs. As the three left, Rebecca, Yugi and Bakura
cheered loudly as Malik and Mokuba joined them. At their leave, Seto chased
after them as he left the remaining people on the top of the building to laugh
at their antiques, having a mind to drag Shizuka along.</p>
<p>&#039;It seemed that the <i>pharaoh</i> had regained back his usual cheeriness...
and it was so infectious to the people around him..&#039;, said Ishizu with
amusement as she and Rishido started to head towards the stairs. &#039;Yeah...
It&#039;s good to see him smiling again...&#039;, sighed Sugoroku with a satisfied
smile as he followed the two Egyptians down the stairs.</p>
<p>And finally, only the
threesome friends is all that had remained on top of the building. Anzu sighed
as she watched the setting sun. &#039;It was a pleasant reunion, isn&#039;t it guys?&#039;</p><p>Honda shrugged as he
accepted everything calmly. Even at the fact that Shizuka had confessed her feelings
to Kaiba so openly in front of him. &#039;Yeah, it was a perfect ending...&#039;, he said
as Jyounouchi begged to differ. &#039;No, it was a perfect beginning... We got back
Yugi and the others, and our friendship is reforged again!!&#039;, he said as the
Anzu and Honda agreed with him. And eventually, they too walked down the stairs
to join the others...</p><p>--</p><p><i>Kakusenai
hodo mabayui hikari</i></p><p><i>Seijyaku
yaburi kono youni yomi ageru</i></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><i>Hageshiku kuragu kawaita daichi </i></p>
<p><i>Inochi
o kakete hihana busukeau

</i></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><i>Mou ichido dake de</i><i> Ii </i></p>
<p><i>Kiseki
okite yo

</i></p><p><i>Kakoninakushita
kioku no pechi o torimodosu

</i></p><p><i>Chikara
wo..
</i></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><i>Yami wo tsumonuku shinjiru kokoro </i></p>
<p><i>Tamashii
nemuru basho sagashite

</i></p><p><i>Mahataki
dekinai surudoi kankou o moyasu

</i></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><i>Hikari to kake no </i></p>
<p><i>Futatsu
no kokoro

</i></p><p><i>CRYSTAL
ni utsuru mirai e </i></p><p><i>Ima
ugokidasu...

</i></p><p><i>Akaku
minagiru Eyes..</i></p><p><i>Kasanari
au Eyes...</i></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><i>- Overlap -- Kimeru - </i></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>THE END</p>
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az: Hehehehe... finally finished. So please... review me for one last time. And
I wished for a lot!! Luv you all!! And translations for Overlap can be found on
J-Animes Yugioh Page... hohoho.... hentai Yugi... nice Seto... I never thought
it will get a very good response...!!</p>