This is my first Yu-Gi-Oh yaoi story without any dueling. It wasn't my idea to write it. I asked The Ancient Shadow Wolf Master to help with another one of my Yu-Gi-Oh stories. Instead we worked on a different story. I don't know what his reaction will be for me posting the story because he has told me he wants to post the story but he hasn't replied or posted anything we sent to each other. I finished with the help of DDLDarkHeartofWater. I thought of writing the entire story in one chapter but I thought to see if Ancient Shadow Wolf Master was okay with this first.
Tainted City
CHAPTER ONE
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Kaiba had been working on his projects. He hadn't known someone had snooped into his personal life. He was oblivious to the fact another person knew of his affairs. It irked him to the point he pinched the bridge of his nose. He was interrupted when he heard the phone go off. He wondered who it could be. He didn't allow just anyone his number. He looked at the caller ID, and was surprised to see it wasn't someone he knew. He was tempted to ignore it. He stiffened when hearing the voicemail. He recognized the voice. It caused a shiver to race down his spine. he shook it off. He couldn't allow his past to haunt him. He listened closely to the message.
"Hello, Kaiba-boy," the voice of Pegasus says from the message. "I have something you might be interested in. Come to my island, and I'll show you what it is."
He raised a brow when it finished. He wondered why the man wanted him there. A part of him was telling him not to go while the other part was curious of what Pegasus had to offer. He knew he shouldn't be reckless. He was tempted to ignore it. Though something told him he should at least take a look. He decided to finish the last bit of work. Once he was ready, he powered up the Blue Eyes jet. He hadn't told anyone where he would be going. He didn't tell his lover or his rival. He didn't even tell little brother. He knew it would bite him in the a** later. It took a while before the island came into view. The jet landed on an open space. He stepped out, and was directed to where he was supposed to meet Pegasus. He strode through the path with purpose. He opened the front door, and came inside. He had to ravel down the carpeted hallway until he reached another door. This opened up into the chamber where he found the man. He took a seat across from him. he was waiting to hear what this was about.
"Why did you want me here?" Kaiba asked in a cold manner with an impassive stare.
"Oh, you'll see," he says with a smirk as he brings out a thick folder which he passed over to him. "A friend of mine took these for me. Do they look familiar to you?"
Kaiba opened the folder. His eyes widened in shock. He hadn't thought anyone would find out. The pictures were of his experiences with his lover Jonouchi, and with his rival Atem. He was speechless. he had the feeling Pegasus wanted something if he wanted to make sure these didn't leak out to the media. His reputation would be ruined if they found out. He glanced up at him once he finished. he closed the folder. He slid it back over to him. There was a brief silence hanging between them. It was broken when the CEO decided to speak.
"What will it take to keep you silent?" Kaiba asked briskly.
" Ooh, Kaiba-boy. And what makes you think I want any of your money. I have more in my right pocket than you have in your trust fund." Pegasus was bragging while Kaiba growled his teeth at him. " I want something from you that's a little more precious than money."
" You are not going to ask me to cosplay in your ridiculous Toon outfits, are you?" The only thing Kaiba hated more than Pegasus was the monsters in his deck. They were annoying cartoon characters both whimsical and based on every form of movie, comic book, cartoon, and riveting manga characters. " That will never happen in your life."
" Ooh, that would be lots of fun Kaiba-boy. But what I want you to do is tape a video for me."
" A video? Are you telling me you are black mailing me by giving you a tape? I know you're some big creator, but why don't you ask your bodyguards to buy your favorite cartoons at the video store."
" Not that kind of video. This video is much more precious to me. I want you to find your rival Yugi Motou and..."
" Duel him? You don't even have to ask. All it takes is a new strategy and Yugi will walk right up to me."
" That's not what I want you two gay lovebirds to do. Invite him to your bed and have sex with him."
Seto stared at Pegasus in shock. "... What?" He asked. He had to have misheard the man; it was the only explanation.
Pegasus smirked. "You heard me. I want you to film yourself and Yugi Mutou having sex and give me the tape."
" I'm leaving." Seto turned around and walked towards the exit. Two of Pegasus's guards was standing in the way. One was bald and the other had fuzzy brown hair.
" Is that anyway to treat our guest?" Pegasus asked like he planned the whole thing. " Your free to leave. Just know that no amount of money you use can change this predicament. You'll never be able to host another Duel Monsters tournament ever again."
Seto glared at him over his shoulder. Pegasus smirked and continued. "And imagine what would happen to your company if these photos were leaked."
XXX
Kaiba was inside a hotel kissing the nape of someone. His white blazer and duel disk were on a chair. The hotel was half the hotel he could stay at but he chose to stay somewhere where no one knew where he was. Kaiba was wearing a condom even though he was thrusting his (I don't want to say it) into his lover's butt.
There was a tape recorder in one corner, videoing the entire thing.
Mokuba thought his brother was at a conference. He looked up to his big brother and probably wouldn't like it if he told him he was having a gay relationship with someone he made fun of since the first day they met. Kaiba could feel Jounochi's bones against his arms when he moved inside him. Kaiba could feel the ecstasy moving inside his veins.
XXX
Kaiba didn't want that video going out to the public. It wasn't just for his sake but for Jounochi's as well. Kaiba knew he had to say yes. That's when he turned around and talked to Pegasus.
" I'll do it."
Pegasus smirked, a dark glint in his eyes. "I thought you'd see it my way, Kaiba-boy."
Pegasus snapped his fingers. A guard rushed in carrying a pillow with yellow trimmings around it. On that pillow was a deck box. A gold deck box with a Blue Eyes on the front.
" What's this?"
" This is what you'll use to record your intimate moment. It will record what you do to Yugi and send it to me. To turn it on all you have to do is put a deck of forty cards inside it. These won't be ordinary cards of course. They'll actually be parts like a battery and a recorder to turn it on. Have fun, Kaiba-boy."
Seto ground his teeth together but took the deck and left.
XXX
" Hey Seto," Mokuba spoke over the Blue Eyes Jet screen. " How was your meeting?" Kaiba had to lie to Mokuba about where he was going. He picked a meeting. " Do you want me to order something for when you get back or are you still busy?"
" Not today, Mokuba. I have something else I have to do."
" But you just got out of a meeting, Seto. When are you going to come home?"
Seto hesitated. "I'll be home later, Mokuba. You can order pizza if you want to."
Seto turned off his communication with Mokuba. Whenever Seto Kaiba did anything he told Mokuba about it. Keeping it from him was the hardest thing he had to do. But it had to be done. No one except himself, Pegasus and Yugi could know about this. Preferably, Yugi wouldn't even know.
The Blue Eyes jet went into overdrive. It speed faster back to Domino City.
XXX
Yugi was in his grandfather's store. He was trying to hide from all the crazy fans of his. They all wanted to duel him. It was fun the first and second time but it was getting old. It wasn't like he was saving the world with Pharaoh. Speaking of Pharaoh, he was deciding on what day he would follow Marik's orders and go to Egypt.
He hummed in thought. Maybe next week as he would be off from.
" Yugi, can you help me sweep the dust away?" Yugi's Grandpa Solomon Muto asked him.
" I'm coming, Grandpa," Yugi said.
Yugi walked to the front entrance to help his grandfather. No matter how old Solomon Muto got he was always working. Yugi had to handle new products but most of the products his grandfather had was Duel Monster cards. Yugi wish he would take it easy so he wouldn't be hurting his back all day.
Yugi stepped outside…
The cool evening breeze caressed his cheeks and he closed his eyes with a soft, content sigh. Then he opened them again when he heard footsteps.
" Hello Yugi."
Yugi Muto was visited by Seto Kaiba. Normally when Seto Kaiba was around people would be silent and watch him. There was no one around to do that. Solomon Muto was still sweeping the dust away as if Kaiba wasn't there.
Yugi looked up at Seto in surprise before smiling. "Hi Kaiba. Can I do anything for you?"
" Muto, you know your one of my greatest rivals, yes?" Yugi nodded his head.
" I don't really have time to duel you now, Kaiba. I have to help Grandpa clean the store."
Kaiba answered Yugi's problem taking out his phone and pressing nine buttons. After pressing nine buttons men in black suits with black sunglasses that looked like Pegasus men but really worked at KaibaCorp appeared.
" Clean this house and sweep away all the dust.
The man nodded and went to work. Yugi sighed. "So you want to duel then?" Seto shook his head. "Then what?"
"Follow me." He climbed into his limo.
The limo was driving away from Yugi's house and even went past the KaibaCorp building. Yugi has never seen Seto Kaiba act so incomprehensible. Yugi saw a glass of wine in his limo's cup holder.
" Why don't you have a drink, Yugi," said Kaiba who picked up his glass having a small sip.
"No thanks; I don't drink."
Seto Kaiba put his glass of wine down. He put his arms together to press his thumbs together. " Yugi, what I'm about to tell you is very humiliating. I don't want you to get the wrong idea from me. But by doing this I will be saving one of your friends life."
" One of my friends?" Yugi never thought he'd hear Seto Kaiba worry about one of his friends. " What one of my friends is in danger."
" I can't tell you. By telling you they might be in danger," said Kaiba.
"But-"
"Yugi, just let me explain," Seto sighed. "Please."
Yugi couldn't deal with this by himself. He needed someone to help him. The pharaoh appeared next to Yugi in his invisible ghost form. Kaiba couldn't see him and Yugi couldn't talk to him because Kaiba would think he was crazy.
" I think we should listen to Kaiba," the pharaoh told him.
Yugi hesitated before sighing and nodding. "Alright, Kaiba, I'll listen."
Kaiba barely smiled, but Yugi was sure he saw him smiling when he agreed to listen. That smile vanished from his face.
" Pegasus wants me to do something with you. Something you would do if you were with a lover...I don't suppose you know what I'm referring to."
Yugi tilted his head in confusion. Yami glared at Kaiba, knowing what he was getting at. "Not really...sorry..."
" This limo is driving to a hotel as we speak. Once we step out Pegasus's guards will be watching us. Pegasus expects us to be making love on a bed while recording the whole thing. Pegasus wants me to do this because he knows...I have feelings for you."
Yugi stared at the CEO in shock. "B-But what about Jounouchi?"
" It's complicated, Yugi. But Jounouchi knows by doing this I will be helping someone he cares about."
"Don't do it, aibou," Yami growled, still glaring at Seto.
Yugi ignored him and chewed his lip. "And if I do this, I'll save one of my friends?"
Kaiba nodded. " I promise it will be over quickly, Yugi. We're about to park so please just follow my lead."
Yugi hesitated. "You don't have to do this if you don't want to,"Yami told him.
The limo stopped. All of a sudden the door opened and someone's hand pulled Yugi out. Yugi and Seto were standing in front of the biggest hotel in Domino City. Seto silently began walking towards the hotel.
Yugi was dragged against his will into the hotel. Yams could do nothing to help him. He heard the sound of classical music inside the hotel.
"If you want me to take over, I will," Yami told him.
Yugi allowed the Pharaoh to transform. A family with a five year old boy holding his mother's hand walked in. The boy saw Yugi change from a small high school boy to the Pharaoh, smiled.
Yami smiled back at the boy before following Kaiba, a scowl forming on his face directed at the CEO's back.
" Kaiba, leave Yugi out of this. If you want to use someone to save our friends use me."
Kaiba turned around and looked at Yugi. He smiled because Yugi was taller. " I'm suppose to believe your that Pharoah? Come on, Yugi, it's all just a means of helping each other."
"I'm not Yugi, and I think you know that at this stage, Kaiba." Yami narrowed his eyes.
" Right," Kaiba laughed. " Your some kind of Egyptian Pharaoh and I'm some kind of priest that's suppose to battle you for control over your kingdom. Get real. It's geeky things like that is why I stay away from museums."
"So why did you go to Isis in the first place? Why did you host the tournament, just like she told you too, just to defeat a sixteen year old who was looking for revenge in all the wrong places?"
"Simple; he had a god card."
"So what happened to Ryou and Marik when their darker halves took over?" Yami pressed. "You yourself know that Ryou would never hurt someone. So what happened in that tournament?"
" Enough about this whole destiny, other selves, and future cr ap! All I know is there's real problems and I need you to help stop it!"
" Your not getting any help from Yugi or me. I'm leaving."
Seto caught his shoulder roughly as he turned to leave and shoved him against the wall. "I don't care who you think you are, who you are or what you think of me," he growled. "All I care is that if you don't do this, not only will my company go to ruins and I'll be ridiculed, but one of your friends is likely to get hurt if not killed because of Pegasus! So either you do it by choice or I will find a way to make you do it if it means saving him."
The Pharaoh didn't like how forceful Kaiba was being. But when Yugi looked at the exit he saw two guards on the other side of the window. There was no escaping. Kaiba walked up to the front desk to order his room.
" Hello Mr. Kaiba," he said. " What room would you like."
" The one that is at the top floor."
The man nodded with a pleasant - although shaky - smile and handed him the key. "Of course, Mr. Kaiba. Will you be needing room service or house keeping before tomorrow morning?"
"No." Seto simply turned and walked towards the elevator. Yami narrowed his eyes into a glare.
"Mou hitori no boku, if one of our friends is in danger and this will help, we should at least consider it," Yugi said, appearing in his spirit form beside Yami.
" Maybe. But how can we trust it's for one of our friends if Kaiba hasn't even told us which one?" The Pharaoh asked.
" Yugi," Kaiba said. He was at the elevator and pressing a button. The elevator door opened. " Step on the elevator."
"I'm not Yugi," Yami repeated. He glanced at Yugi.
"I still think we should trust him. He hasn't given us any more reason than Malik has, but we all trust him now... unless Marik is taking over his body," Yugi pointed out. "And we all trust Ryou when Bakura isn't taking over his body too. And even then, even you seem to trust them more now that Zork's been defeated."
Yami walked into the elevator with Kaiba. When he entered the elevator a man and a woman ran hand to hand in the elevator. The man looked like a rich brat using his parents money and the girl he was with was a brown haired girl with pigtails in a tennis outfit. The man put his mouth to her neck like he was trying to devour her.
When they reached the fifth floor they ran out giggling towards their room. The doors closed with Yugi and Kaiba standing in silent. They couldn't be like those two, the mood to them was something completely different like two enemy sides of World War 2 trying to figure out whether they should fight or talk.
Eventually, Yami chose to do the latter. "If you can't tell me who it is, you can at least tell me how they'll be put in danger," he growled.
Kaiba couldn't tell him that either. Telling him would reveal the identity of who was in trouble. Kaiba had to tell him something or he would get suspicious. " I've been sending threatening letters to Pegasus after what he did in Duelist Kingdom. He says if I don't do this he'll come after your friends. He will start with your dumb friend Tristan."
Yami narrowed his eyes. "Don't call Tristan dumb. He's smarter than most of the people who work for you and he's got a lot more heart than you or any of your co-workers."
The elevator stopped. It opened on the top floor which was a room designed for Seto Kaiba. It was big with glass windows showing the sky and a big bed. There was a table with wine in a bucket of ice. Seto Kaiba stepped out of the elevator, but Yami didn't. The elevator would've closed if Kaiba didn't put his hand on the door.
" What are you waiting for? Come out, Yugi."
"At the very least, call me by my name, Kaiba."
Seto snorted. "Are you still playing this game of make-belief, Yugi? You still want to pretend that the spirit of an ancient Pharaoh lives in your little puzzle, and that I'm a priest?"
Yami narrowed his eyes. "If you're not a priest from ancient Egypt, then how can you read Ancient Egyptian?" Without giving Seto a chance to respond, he switched to said language. "You, Marik, Malik, Ryou, Bakura and I were the only ones able to read it."
"That means nothing! It was a hoax!" Seto snapped.
Yami smirked. "Then how did you understand me when I spoke Ancient Egyptian a minute ago?"
Seto was angry. All these mind games Yugi was playing on him, all these so called prophecies he had to care about, all of it made him want to explode. In his moment of anger Seto grabbed Yugi's hands and kneeled down to kiss his lips. Yugi could feel Seto's tongue touching his mouth. Why...because Seto wanted to shut Yugi up, but not anymore. Now he just wanted to take Yugi to his bed and do everything Pegasus told him...only he wasn't doing it because of Pegasus.
Yami's eyes widened in shock at the CEO's actions.
XXX
The hotel clerk had no more customers coming in so he decided to play on his computer. The program was said to improve his memory and his brain power. Suddenly, the elevator door opened and Seto Kaiba walked out. He was alone, the short guy with the spiky hair wasn't with him. He was holding a deck case in his hand. Where was he going?
" Going out, Mr. Kaiba?" He asked.
" Sign me out of my hotel room," Seto said. " And I you see a man in that room kindly tell him to leave."
"O-of course, Mr. Kaiba. I'll have it checked...right away..." The hotel clerk stared after him as Seto left. "Well that was...odd..." He sighed and summoned one of the cleaning ladies. "Clean the room Mr. Seto Kaiba was in; he's finished. If you see someone in there, kindly escort him out."
They nodded and went up to the top floor. Kaiba didn't wait for Yugi to walk back down. He had to met with Pegasus and show him the video tape. Waiting for him outside was his limo. Two of his private security were waiting and bowed upon his arrival. Seto just looked at them with his faceless expression.
" When Yugi Mutou steps out of that hotel call a cab for him. And if he asks where I went tell him I had to do business and he wasn't important to me."
The two nodded in unison. "Of course, Mr. Kaiba." Seto didn't bother to respond, instead climbing into his limo before driving away. It was a few minutes later that Yami stepped out of the hotel.
The guards went up to him. "Yugi Mutou?" One asked.
" Yes." Yami wasn't really Yugi but if he couldn't explain it to Kaiba there was no way these two would believe him.
" Seto Kaiba has asked us to make you wait here while we get you a taxi."
" That's perfectly fine. I can walk home by myself. Where is Seto Kaiba heading to?"
"He said he had to do business and that you weren't important to him," one of the guards relayed.
Despite having expected it, Yami felt a slight pang in his chest. He nodded in understanding and began to walk away.
" Yugi."
Yami froze. He recognized that voice. It belonged to Anzu Mazaki. She was one of Yugi's best friends in fact she was his first friend. If she knew Yami in Yugi's body walked out of hotel with Kaiba she would get upset.
"I'll take over for now," Yugi assured him before taking control. He turned and smiled at Anzu. "Hi Anzu!"
" Yugi..." Anzu blinked her eyes. " It is the real you, right? Your not the Pharaoh are you?"
" It's me, Anzu," Yugi laughed. " Look into my eyes and you can tell it's me."
Anzu hesitated, meeting his gaze. Her eyes were hesitant and calculating. Then she smiled slightly. "Good."
Anzu looked up. She saw a hotel behind him. She once walked in there to see what it was like and it smelled like fifty different teas. Yugi had the same smell on him.
" Yugi, did you go into that hotel?"
" No, Anzu. I was picking up milk for my grandfather."
"Then why do you smell like the tea they sell there?" Anzu tilted her head.
Yugi hesitated. "I...may or may not have stopped in there to see if their kids area had a gaming station. Turns out that it does; it's a really good one too!" He grinned before drooping. "Too bad I can't use it..."
Yugi was acting very weird around Anzu. She wanted to ask him more but she didn't have the time for it. She instead grabbed his hand.
" I'm buying flowers for my mom. Her birthday is today. Want to come along?"
" Anzu I...I..."
" Terrific. Let's go."
She grinned and grabbed his hand, pulling him along. "But I still need to get milk for Grandpa!" He protested.
"You can get it on the way back."
Yami in spirit form smiled seeing Anzu pulling Yugi. It wasn't how Yugi resisted that was making him smile. After having his body taken by Kaiba it was good to see him spending time with Anzu. Yugi liked Anzu and she liked him, but Yugi often wondered if she liked him more than just a friend.
Y ami looked in the sky. He saw something flying in the sky making the same sound as a jet. It wasn't a normal jet. In just half an hour since Kaiba left the hotel he was flying somewhere.
' Where are you going, Kaiba?'
He narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze fixed on the jet until he felt a small tug at his subconsciousness, alerting him that he was getting too far away from the Puzzle. He quickly caught up to Yugi and Anzu, watching as they chatted.
XXX
Seto Kaiba was flying back to Pegasus's castle to deliver the recorded video. On his way there he felt like he was being watched. There were a few helicopters he passed on the way there, but he passed them with his jets speed.
He frowned at the box. If it was still recording, he was not going to be happy. And when he wasn't happy; people lost their jobs per ten minutes.
" Hello, Kaiba-boy."
That was Pegasus's voice. Where was it coming from? Kaiba only had one communication device. Pegasus's face was on it.
" What are you doing? I brought the recording you asked for and I'm coming to your castle."
Pegasus smirked and clapped. "Marvelous, Kaiba-boy! But I'm afraid my terms haven't quite been satisfied just yet. There's one more thing I want you to do."
" One more thing? I went through so much trouble to get this stupid tape. Do you think I just walked into Yugi's house, asked him, and he went with me? He tried to resist so much I had to go to the biggest hotel in the city and then I had to take him to my private room."
"Well, if you don't want to, you don't have to. But remember what will happen to Jounouchi Katsuya if you refuse." Pegasus smirked darkly.
"Well, if you don't want to, you don't have to. But remember what will happen to Jounouchi Katsuya if you refuse." Pegasus smirked darkly.
Seto growled and his fists clenched. "What do you want?"
" I want you to make a press conference and tell everyone how you enjoy sneaking into hotels with men."
Seto's glare became lethal. (No offence to Bakura or Marik, but Seto's death glare put them all to shame.)
"You little-"
"Ah ah ah," Pegasus sang with a smirk.
A guard walked into the screen with a device that looked like a video recorder. Kaiba flinched when he saw that recorder.
" You don't to tell them who you are in a relationship with, but when they find our your gay the whole paparazzi will never leave you alone."
"What's the point of all this?" Seto snapped.
It's a game Kaiba-boy. After I stopped making Duel Monsters I get bored very easily. And you are my favorite person to play with."
Seto ground his teeth together and turned to leave. Seto was blocked. When he turned around he saw twenty helicopters blocking his path. There were men sticking out of the door with rocket launchers. Was Pegasus so obsessed over Kaiba he was willing to kill him?
" How about we discuss what you are going to say over dinner."
"How about you let me leave and go back to my little brother?" Seto hissed in response. "I'm not really in the mood to chat about this over caviar and juice, Pegasus."
Pegasus put a hand on his shoulder. "You're staying for dinner."
" If you think pretending to touch me over a virtual screen is going to change my plans your sorely mistaken. Now let me go back to my little brother."
"You're going to regret this decision, Kaiba-boy."
The screen turned off. Pegasus ended his communication with Kaiba. Behind him the helicopters moved away to let Kaiba through. Pegasus said he would regret this but so far things were looking better than when he had to videotape him and Yugi in that hotel. His Blue Eyes jet went as fast as it could back to Domino City.
XXX
"Yugi!" Solomon Mutou called. "Kaiba is here to see you!"
" Again?" Yugi asked. " I just got home from the flower shop with Anzu."
"I'll take over if you want, aibou," Yami said, not wanting Yugi to have to deal with Seto.
" No. I'll deal with Kaiba."
Yugi walked downstairs to see Seto Kaiba. He didn't look happy, but it,could have just been Seto's normal look.
"Yugi, I..." Seto hesitated and sighed. "Can I talk to you privately for a minute?"
Yugi walked down the stairs and walked outside with Kaiba. It was surprising to see that Kaiba didn't have any limo's or security around.
Seto sighed. "I am never going to say that I acknowledge the existence of him again, but... I need to talk to Yami."
Yugi didn't understand what made Kaiba change his mind about Yami but when he saw how serious he was he changed from Yugi to Yami. Yami wasn't very happy to see Kaiba. He did something he never did to anything, he slapped Kaiba across the face.
Seto flinched slightly. "I suppose I deserved that."
" I didn't care what you did to me, but don't you dare try to come back and talk to Yugi like you didn't do it," Yami replied.
Seto regarded Yami's enraged reaction with his usual calm demeanor. This only angered Yami further. "Say something you ignorant-"
Yami grabbed Kaiba's shoulders. He got close to Kaiba's face and then he returned the kiss he gave him when he was in the elevator. Kaiba just stood there looking at him and wondering why he would do such a thing.
After a moment, he found himself returning the kiss.
" Yugi. Is Kaiba done talking to you..." Yugi's Grandpa Solomon Muto stepped outside and saw something he didn't expect.
He quickly closed the door, knowing that it was Yami by the height difference.
" What do you want this time, Kaiba?" Yami asked.
" What?" Kaiba said.
" I know your not here to say hello to me or Yugi. Why are you here?"
Seto sighed. "You'll never hear me say this again, but I'm sorry."
Yami expected him to say something else, but Kaiba turned around and walked away from Yugi's house. He wasn't going to get away from Yami that easily.
Yami quickly caught the boy's wrist. "What do you mean?"
Kaiba pulled his hand out of Yami's arm. " I'm sorry for what I did. What more do you want from me?"
"Why are you saying this now?" Yami asked, narrowing his eyes suspiciously.
"Wait, what did you want?" Yami asked in confusion.
" I wanted to apologize for the way I dragged you into that hotel and had my way with you. I wanted there to be no hard feelings before my big announcement."
"I understand, but you could've told me this earlier," Yami says in concern. "I know you're sorry, but I can't forgive you for what happened."
Kaiba looked at Yami but then he turned around and walked away. He almost got away but he was stopped by Yami. " Whatever your going through I want to come with you."
"I'm not sure what your plan is, Seto, but I will try to help you," he says with concern in his crimson flecked amethyst eyes.
Kaiba wasn't in any condition to say no to Yami. He stared into his eyes and figured there was no way he could say no to him. " Yeah, I need you."
"What do you need me for?" Yami inquired.
" I need you to see what I'm going to do. Only by seeing me do this will you understand-"
" Yugi."
It was Anzu. She was walking by Soloman's card shop but then she waved to Yugi.
Yami nodded, and waved to Anzu. He hadn't given Yugi control again. it was still the Pharaoh for now. "Where will you want to meet?" the man inquired the brunette.
" Want to get him ice cream?" She asked.
" Want to get ice cream together?" She asked.
"Sure," Yugi says softly when he was given control again.
He wasn't sure why Kaiba was here. He shrugged, and walked off with Anzu. He wasn't sure how to admit to her that he loved the Pharaoh instead of her.
XXX
Kaiba invited no one he knew to his conference. He wanted to make it strictly business and friends were not business. He wanted to bring Yugi along but he'd rather spend time with his girlfriend Anzu than him.
Yugi sighed. He had just told Anzu the truth. He had told her what had happened. He didn't want to hurt her. He had let her go gently. He wondered whath e should do now. He turned to Yami who told him to find Kaiba. He didn't know what the brunette could do for him. He just knew it was the Pharaoh's business whatever went on between them.
Kaiba was out in the open. A man with a big company and lots of money was standing on a small table. He didn't have to worry about snipers, he anticipated where a sniper would fire and he set up bodyguards there. Like all Seto Kaiba conversations there was a big crowd.
"What do you want, Kaiba/" Yami asked. "You wanted me to meet you here. It must be important."
" Wait in the crowd, Yugi," Kaiba said. " I'm about to explain everything."
" You don't have to explain it to all of these people...just let me know what's going on and trust me."
"What are you talking about?" the Pharaoh inquired in confusion. "What must I explain to you, Priest?"
Kaia's guards grabbed Tami's arms to drag him away from Seto Kaiba. Yami used his superior strength to break out of their grip and punch them in their faces. They fell down really hard. One of them even broke his arm.
" Someone call a doctor!" A woman yelled.
" Their fine the way they are," Kaiba said.
"Now tell me what this is about Seto," Yami demanded with a stern expression after he had handled the guards.
" Pegasus is still black mailing me, Yugi!" Kaiba shouted. " If I don't do this my lover is going to be publicized on TV."
"I understand," Yami says although he didn't like the options here. "Is there any other way out of this aside from having sex with me? You know Yugi isn't here anymore."
" Grrrr!" Kaiba turned on his intercom and talked to the megaphone. " People of Domino City...I Seto Kaiba have had relationships with-"
Seto was pushed down by Yugi away from the camera. Everyone watching the blimp in the town couldn't see Seto Kaiba anymore.
Yami pressed his lips hotly against his, "Don't you dare reveal yourself, Seto."
Kaiba was stunned. He had no idea what to think. He was going to sacrifice his privacy to save him and Jounchi but his rival stopped him. Suddenly, they heard the sound of Pegasus's voice through the building.
" Hello, Kaiba-boy."
Seto mentally cursed. "I see you're failing to uphold your end of the bargain. Did I mention there's a time limit? You only have five more minutes. Tick tock, tick tock."
"Yugi, I have to do this." Seto said firmly.
"What is this about then?" the Pharaoh asked Pegasus as he hadn't know the bastard had appeared while Seto probably vanished to go save Jonouchi.
" Remember duelist kingdom? After losing to you I felt like my whole life was taken from me. No doubt you read my journal and know why I was doing it. But after being saved and having my life back I decided to pry into the elicit lives of you and Kaiba-boy. And I must say your lives are quite juicy."
"That doesn't explain what this is about," he pointed out as he was growing frustrated with this man not getting to the matter at hand.
" Tell me. Does being around me make your skin crawl? That's because I can make people do anything I want. In our duel I saw how Yugi kept playing that mind shuffle game even when it was hurting him. I didn't know why he would do that for you, but I do now."
The Pharaoh glared daggers at him, "Leave him out of this. Yugi has nothing to do with this situation. What do you mean? Are you saying with the Millennium Eye you were able to do more than see into our minds?"
" Oh it wasn't just the eye that helped me see into you two. I could see you two were just so truely in love with each other. I thought if Kaiba slept with one of you it would destroy your love for each other."
"Well, your plan hasn't worked," he says with a smirk.
" Well we are only at stage three. Stage one was making you and you know who send a videotape. Stage two was making Kaiba making a video conference. And depending on what his decision would be he has triggered Stage three."
"And what is stage three?" he asked as he already had a bad feeling about this.
" Well if Kaiba-boy had the conference like I told him too I would have spread the videos of his relationship with men. But now that he's escaped I'm going to frame him for murder. And trust me...it can be done so easily."
" You're not really Pegasus. Pegasus would never do something like this. Your someone who is controlling him."
"The question is, who is controlling him?" the Pharaoh mused aloud. "Pegasus isn't one for revenge. Against Kaiba, maybe, but not against us."
The Pharaoh had to warn Kaiba. If anyone deserves to know it would be Kaiba because he was the one being blackmailed. The Pharaoh ran out the door and into the streets of New Domino City. The tricky part was finding Seto.
Although the Pharaoh hadn't realized he left something precious behind. Yugi had been forgotten as the Pharaoh's mind was focused on warning Seto.
Yugi was hurt that Yami had forgotten him. He wondered why this had to happen now. He knew he had to warn Seto, but he could've given him a warning.
XXX
Poor little Yugi was alone without the Pharaoh to help him. Long chains sticking out of the wall were holding his hands. Whether he was in the real world or still in the puzzle was the question. Yugi's brain was rapidly trying to think of a way out of the chains...the will to survive.
He did He was alone. Or so he thought. n't know who was doing this. He shivered from the cold. His hands chaffed, and bled from struggling against the chains. He had tried seeing through the dark, but to no avail.
" I wonder if I should have put you more to the right or move you to that window on your right," a voice said in the darkness. Yugi couldn't see him but he sounded nothing like Pegasus. " You can call me Savage. Not savage like an animal, Savage like I kill when I want and take what I want."
"W-What do you want with me?" Yugi asked, trying not to appear weak before whatever it was.
" What I want...what I want...what do I want? The answer is simple, to avenge someone bear to me. That person's last words were to ruin Seto and to kill the Pharoah."
"You won't get away with this," Yugi says even though he knows deep inside that he was screwed whether he liked it or not.
Yugi felt a hand touching his stomach. He twisted his arm on Yugi's chest like he was trying to pull out his heart like in Indiana Jone's and the Temple of Doom. Yugi felt another hand moving around his stomach.
" Did you know when you two are separated you share the same hikari? I can take this from you and have complete control over the pharaoh."
"I-I did not know," he whimpered as he shivered from the touch gracing across his flesh.
" I despise violence. Hurting you is painful. Tell you what, after I'm done I'll let you live. I like cute little things, and you are the cutest and littlest human I've ever seen."
Yugi was frightened by this, "Where will I go when this is over? I will lose meaning if Yami is gone."
I can hear the rhythmic movement of your heartbeat. I know how much you love the Pharaoh, but he has to go. I know I can't replace him but no one is stuck for a single person forever."
Yugi tried to hold back the tears that threatened to fall. He didn't want to lose the Pharaoh, but it seemed there was no hope. he wouldn't give up. Even when things looked so bleak, he knew there was light at the end of the tunnel. He knew the tears were falling, but he was unable to help it.
" The pharaoh and I have a friendship you will never stop. We have fought mean foes much tougher than you. The pharaoh will..."
" He will what? I may have separated your bodies but you can never get close to each other. That's my magical powers."
"H-He can't die," he says somberly.
Yugi heard Savage snap his fingers. A window appeared showing the Pharaoh trying to find Seto Kaiba. It made Savage laugh that he was still trying to find him.
Yugi was hurt that the Pharaoh was more concerned with Kaiba than him. It showed him where his priorities were. He didn't think he could ever love someone else like he did the Pharaoh. He had seen the contents of the window.
" It was his decision to find you and he chose Kaiba. I was surprised because your his favorite cherry boy. You have been cheated by him. I don't think, I know."
" Am I supposed to be trapped here then/" he asked as he was trying in vain to cope with this news.
" I'm sorry my little friend. It has been love since first hikari. But I can't have you getting out and running to find your friend the pharaoh. I'm not saying you can find him before me, but I can't have you run in and see his body mauled on the floor."
Yugi was afraid at hearing those words. He didn't know what he should do now. He felth urt, and alone. He was probably vulnerable towards whatever this thing was. He didn't even know what he looked like.
XXX
Kaiba and Jounichi had the whole apartment to themselves. Jounichi hasn't seen his father in a few days but he has called for someone to find out where he was taken. He called the police and they haven't found any sign of him either. They looked from beer stores to strip clubs but no one has seen him. Jounichi would be worried if he didn't know what kind of man his father was—why his mother took his sister and left him—and why he only reminded him he was lucky to have a roof over his head.
Savage made Yugi eat some kind of green plant. It had no taste and no flavor. After Yugi ate the planet Savage pulled out a small knife and jabbed it into Yugi's stomach. At least that's what Yugi thought happened, but Savage only pressed a banana against it. Savage lust at the sight of seeing Yugi scream.
" I only hit you with what you thought I was going to jab you with."
"What do you mean?" Yugi asked shakily as he didn't know what this creature was up to.
" You reek of fear. You are afraid I will kill you here, that after saving the world from giant monsters you die dripping blood out of your body. I have to tell you good people are such scared little cats."
"It's what we feel," he says. "The fear keeps us alive."
" I do agree with you. Fear does keep people alive." Savage moved his hand a little. That was a signal to his men for them to bring something in. A chair on wheels rolled into the light with a man tied up and bleeding from his mouth. That person was Maximillion Pegasus, the real one. Savage walked over the Pegasus and put his hands on Pegasus's elbows. " Fear is what has been keeping him alive. At first he had quite the mouth, but I made him more quiet than my pet turtle."
Yugi shivered at the way he spoke. He was disguested with the sight before him. He was speechless. He didn't know what to say in response to the scene before him. He knew he would need to figure a way out of here.
"What are you trying to prove?" he eventually asked after a few moments of silence.
Savage gave Pegasus a pat on his back. Savage soon pet Pegasus so hard it felt like his bones were broken and he was vomiting blood. Yugi cringed at the sight of Pegasus bleeding blood.
" You just don't get it, kid. I'm not some villain who uses Duel Monster cards to rule the world. I don't care that your the King of Games, but I know everything about your friends past as a pharaoh and I know about the Egyptian God Cards. I want everything from you. And to get what I want I will hurt anyone you love and care about. After they are dead I will let you go free to see your Domino City."
"So what you're saying is that you will destroy everyone I love for me to be with you?" Yugi asked in replusion at the idea of being with someone aside from the Pharaoh.
" Not exactly. This isn't about your cute face or those big eyes of yours that would make anyone feel sorry for you. I'm married to a woman. I want to make people remember who the pharaoh is so he can get power...after he is dead leadership will fall to me."
Yugi was confused. He didn't understand what this man's plan was. He understood he wanted to destroy his lover, but there was nothing he could do to stop it.
" As fun as our chat has been I'm afraid it's gotten rather tedious. I simply love to see the anguish and fear on people's faces but just torturing them isn't enough. That's why I must leave now. My wife will keep you company in five minutes."
"I think it will be less than five minutes, my dear," the feminie voice of Yuuichi says with a smirk on her lips.
Yugi trembled hearing the voice of Mrs. Savage's voice. She sounded just as evil as Savage himself. When she stepped into the light he saw a woman with black hair tied to look like the Devil's hair with the strangest toned skin that was halfway from black to Yugi's and her lips were red with little crumbs of some cheese pastry. She was holding a plate with something that looked like a cake with meat inside.
" Have you ever tried a Quiche you flew all the way to Scotland? Delicious it is and it's from my husbands money."
"It is rather delicious. Especially when the meat inside comes from one of his victims," she murmured. "It has eben a while, hasn't it my dear?"
" Can you let me go?" Yugi was certain she was saying no to him when she moved her fingers and made clock ticking noise. " Please."
"Well, since you said please...no," Yuuichi says bluntly with a smirk as she draws closer to examine the boy. "I must say, my husband picks such adorable pets. I wonder how he must be doing playing with the other moronic humans."
" You can't say that about humans." Yuuichi backed away from him. Yugi was starting to look more manly than ever. "My friends are humans. None of them are moronic. They will save me. They will find me."
She hadn't backed away from him. She cupped one of his cheeks. "So pitiful you are in thinking your friends will coem to save you. How will it feel once everyone you know and loved is gone? You will be alone forever."
Yugi knew they weren't going to get away with this, but a life alone without them would be a horrible life. He would probably just go on dueling for his friend the pharaoh until he or duel monsters dies. No pharaoh, no friends, and no love in his life. The only person they would not hurt was their grandpa.
Yuuichi smirked, "It's amusing you think dueling will solve all your problems. Listen sweeheart, this isn't a game where you can win with duel monsters. This is life or death. This is where either everyone dies or lives depending on if your friends or lover figures out what's really going on here."
" Your trying to make me feel scared of you and your husband it's never going to happen. I know the pharaoh will save me somehow and you will leave Domino City."
"You fail to realize the city is already tainted by us. There's already cheating, gang bangs, rapes, whatever you can think of. It's already becoming a Tainted City instead of your precious Domino."
The wife stepped into the darkness. Why did she do that? It was at that moment the door was pulled open and policemen in uniforms strout in carrying guns in their hands.
"Now, little boys, there is no need for that," she purred seductively while she crushed their weapons to dust.
The men were angered by this. One of the police officers pulled out a gun and fired at her. The nose was so loud it almost broke Yugi's eardrums. The bullets however didn't faze Yuuichi."That tickles. You should try something that will actually harm me," she taunted.
The men's anxiety levels were off the chart. They felt like there was nothing they could do. Yuuichi was going to bring them down. The men did the last thing they could do and attack her up close.
She smirked. She knew they would do this. She wasn't fazed by their attacks. "Now, now, is that any way to treat a lady?" she asked with a pout.
" Run away from her!" Yugi screamed trying to warn the men to run.
Yugi watched as all the men had their arms broken. Yuuichi was both strong and fast. She moved so fast the men just stood still doing nothing until she snapped her fingers, and then they fell down crying from broken fingers. One had a finger broken and another had two fingers broken. There were many fingers broken.
" Do you hear the symphony, Yugi?" She asked him while twisting her fingers on one man's entire hand. " Bones can grow and heal. But like everything creative it takes time to do."
Yugi didn't want to watch Yuuichi break anymore fingers. He closed his eyes hearing the sound of screaming of running. He heard one of the men call for a pickup truck. Yugi's world shattered when police officers couldn't handle a woman...no, a monster.
XXX
It had been an hour and Yami still hadn't found Seto yet. He was beginning to panic. What if Pegasus' plan had already been put into action?
" Yugi!"
It was Yugi's friend Tristan Honda. He waved to Yami and crossed the street for him.
"Hi Honda," Yami mumbled, still glancing around, trying to find Seto.
" I got a call from Jonouchi saying Kaiba is trying at his house. I wonder if it's for another all night love scene."
"Thanks Honda; I need to go!" Without waiting for a response, Yami began running to Jou's house.
Yami had a hard time remembering where Jou's house was. Other than Kaiba no one was really allowed inside. On the way he saw three duelists who took part in Duelist Kingdom and Battle City Tournament. First he saw the only boy smaller than Yugi with the scary face Ghost Kozuka. He passed by Ryota Kajiki selling fish he found in the sea. The last one he saw was Dinosaur Ryuzaki who threw rocks at him, but none of the rocks hit Yami.
Eventually, he managed to pinpoint Jou's house and ran up to it, knocking on the door.
" Jounochi, it's me! Please open up." Yami was afraid he was too late to save Jounochi, but he opened the door.