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Here is the prehistory to "Towards Fate"
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Bye Ki-chan

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Goodbye

The seven people stood side by side in a circle in silence. Well, now it was time. Now was the time to say goodbye. Maybe forever. Everyone was lost in thought. Thought of the past time. They had seen a lot together. But you always have to say goodbye at some point. That time was now. There was an oppressive silence in the small paved square. Nobody knew what to say. The sun burned down on them. Sometimes small gusts of wind gave brief refreshment, but quickly disappeared again. Small white clouds darken the sun for a short time before releasing it again. How long should this go on? They wouldn't have much time left. Tea looked up from the floor. Her gaze wandered around once. Everyone stared at the floor. She had to keep from laughing.It just looked too funny. If you didn't know the background, you'd think they were watching the World Cup on the ground, so they looked at the ground in awe. “What's wrong, Tea?” Joey stepped up to her. "Nothing." "And why did you have to laugh then ?!" "Uh ... I ... uh ..." The others were now looking at her too. What should she say now. “I had to think of something funny.” Inwardly, she breathed a sigh of relief, but the blond boy in front of her persisted. “Are you telling us what?” She nodded hesitantly, but then gave herself a jerk and told the real reason. “You were all staring at the floor like that. It looked like you were watching the World Cup.” “On the floor?” Tristan looked at her skeptically. "I know that's a little illogical," she admitted meekly. Then she continued louder. "But your eyes were so fixed on one point, just like at the World Cup." She grinned at Tristan. Jeoy had to laugh. Infected by Joey's laughter, so did the rest.After a few minutes the last laugh stopped. Again they all fell silent. Tea had pushed this silence, the oppressive atmosphere, into the background for a brief moment. Yugi and his old ego had saved the earth and revealed Yami's secret. Nunh Yami also had his own body, but had to go back to his time. They had been standing here for two hours soon. They went here immediately after the tournament. Seto Kaiba had simply been left standing. Mai walked over to them, stood in front of Joey, and began to speak. She stuttered unusually often and you could see that she was trembling. The others had positioned themselves a little apart from the two. Jeoy looked down at Mai. He would never have thought that he would see her embarrassed. Inwardly he had to smile. She just looked too cute at the moment. A big tingling in the stomach made itself felt, the one he always had, she was near him. Like any of his friends, he had long since noticed.But now it became really clear to him. He loved this woman. He loved her with all his heart. He wondered what she was going to say to him. He tried to concentrate on her words. But they threw him straight away again. "I ... have to ... tell you something, Joey .." She paused for a moment, sucked in air. "I ... I ... love you, Joey Wheeler ..." She breathed a sigh of relief. Now it was finally out. He had saved her from the Realm of Shadows, risking his own life for her. Before they parted ways, he should know what he meant to her. No matter what the others would think now. She looked up at him. His eyes showed no emotion. Neither the confirmation that she wanted, nor the aversion. Just nothing, emptiness. Before she could add anything, he clutched her and pressed his lips to hers. She opened her eyes, startled, but quickly calmed down again. That was better than any word he'd said. Now she finally knew what he was feeling.Who would have thought that the two fighters would get together ?! Mai grinned inwardly. The rest of the friends also looked happily at the new couple, except for one. Yami. He looked sad. Tea and Yugi had hugged each other happily, as friends do when everything has turned out well, bad has just turned into good. Yami turned away, walked towards the river, but then stopped and turned to his friends. "Goodbye ..." His gaze was on Tea, who was also looking at him. He broke eye contact and disappeared behind a group of trees. The wind got stronger, but stayed constant. A word seemed to float over the square. ..... Goodbye .....