Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh

A/N: I know, I know a new story. This is one I've been toying with for awhile so I figured why not. Let me know what you think.

Chapter 1

Yami sighed as he glanced at the clock which was slowly, ticking away the seconds before the bell would sound releasing him and his friends from school for the day.

He glanced to the left to see his best friend Yugi also staring anxiously at the clock while he subtly tried to pack up his belongings without the teacher noticing. Yami had to bite his cheek to keep from chuckling.

He glanced back up at the clock once again before he too began to subtly pack his things since the bell would be ringing in about 20 seconds. Make that 15.

The teacher's ramblings were cut up with the telltale ringing of the school bell, which prompted both Yami and Yugi to jump out of their seats and head for the door. Once they were out in the hallway and heading towards their lockers they began to talk about plans once they finally left school for the day.

"So, you have any plans after school today Yami?" Yugi asked.

Yami sighed, "Not sure Yugi, I'll probably hang out with Atemu. Or if he has plans for later I'll just make sure I get my homework done once I get home." Yami said.

Yugi nodded, that was about what he had expected Yami to say, after all Yami was an Anku and as such his social life pretty much revolved around that of his Kkwy. Not that Yami minded that fact, but that was just the way things were.

"So, what about you Yugi? What are your plans after school?" Yami asked once he had closed his locker and the duo began to head towards the front doors.

Yugi shrugged, "Don't know, I was thinking of heading to the arcade and trying to beat my last all time high score. Other than that I'll probably raid Grandpa's shipment to see if he has any new games that came in that I want to try." Yugi said.

By this point they had reached the front door, "You'll have to let me know if you find anything good. Maybe I'll convince Atemu to go and take a look." Yami replied.

Yugi smiled, however that smile slid off his face when he looked ahead and saw Ushio leaning against the front wall his arms crossed as he observed the students as they trickled out of the building.

Ushio was a very well known bully at Domino High and Yugi was his absolute favorite punching bag.

Yami noticed that his friend had gotten quiet and looked up ahead at Ushio and then back at Yugi before he put two and two together. "Its Ushio that picks on you isn't it?" Yami asked.

Yugi sighed but nodded, "Yes, Yami but it doesn't matter."

Yami's eyes narrowed, "Yugi, it does matter and this is going to come to a stop. I'm not going to stand by and let him get away with hurting you." Yami said firmly.

Yugi gaped at Yami, "What are you going to do? You're an…" Yugi trailed off before glancing left and right before he whispered, "Anku."

Yami sighed. Yugi was the only person at Domino High who knew he was an Anku since Yami didn't want people to know and treat him differently because of it. And it was the fact that no one knew that he was going to use to his advantage.

"Trust me Yugi, I'll handle this, now just follow my lead." Yami said. And if things go south I always have Atemu to back me up. Yami thought, though he made sure that Atemu didn't hear that particular thought.

Yami then marched purposely up to Ushio, "Ushio." Yami growled, doing his best to imitate how Atemu acted when he was angry, it wasn't the best imitation but it would hopefully be enough, "My Anku tells me that you're the one whose been bullying him." Yami said again his voice firm.

Yugi had to fight to keep from gaping. Not only had Yami just referred to Yugi as an Anku, which he wasn't, but he had implied that he himself was a Kkwy. Yugi just hoped Ushio would take Yami at his word and not push things because when push came to shove Yami wasn't a Kkwy and therefore wasn't the aggressive, dark magic wielding one of the duo. Yami by nature was a pacifist and had no active magic that he could use in a fight if they actually fought so Yami was taking a big risk.

Ushio narrowed his eyes as he glared at Yami then glanced back at Yugi. The two did look alike, which was one trait that marked Anku Kkwy pairs. But Ushio liked to think he was smart and little Yugi would have told his 'big bad kkwy' if he had one, a long time ago about Ushio bullying him. He wouldn't have waited until today. Therefore Yami was just bluffing. Ushio would call his bluff.

"So what if I have been? You gonna do something about it?" Ushio asked, cracking his knuckles threateningly as he spoke.

Yami sighed before he dropped his back onto the pavement, "Clearly you've left me with no other choice in the matter." Yami said as he brought his hands up in a fighting ready stance. He may have never gotten into a fight before but he would do the best he could.

"Bring it punk." Ushio said before he swung out, striking at Yami's face, though Yami ducked that one. And he took the opportunity to drive a fist into Ushio's stomach.

Ushio chuckled, "That all you got punk?" Ushio taunted before he grabbed Yami by his shoulder and picked him up before he slammed him against the brick wall with a resounding CRACK.

Ushio then dropped Yami who was quite dazed from the blow and brought his leg back before he kicked Yami, his foot connecting with the side of Yami's chin knocking Yami away from the wall and onto the ground.

/Anku, are you alright? What's happening?/

/I'm…fine Atemu./

/Bullshit Yami. Tell me what's going on./

/Nothing is…Ow that hurt./

Atemu growled at the fact that his Anku was clearly lying to him on top of that fact he was in a lot of pain. So much so that Atemu could feel it and he had a strong feeling Yami was blocking the majority of it.

Atemu the pushed forth his magic forcing his connection with Yami open even farther allowing him to partially 'possess' his light something he would only ever do in an emergency which Atemu was guessing this was.

'Yami's' eyes snapped open to see Ushio bringing his leg back for another kick. Atemu made Yami's body roll to the side despite the pain it was in before he quickly got to his feet his eyes narrowed on Ushio. How dare he lay so much as a finger upon my Anku. Atemu thought.

"You will pay for that." Atemu growled which made Ushio laugh Atemu focused hard upon his connection with Yami and allowed some of his magic to trickle down the bond he had to be very careful when he did this because Yami's body wasn't intended to be using Atemu's magic so if Atemu called forth too much he could end up hurting Yami. Fortunately, Atemu wasn't going to need much to deal with this bully.

Then he and Yami were going to have a long chat.

Atemu focused on the magic he could now feel trickling through the bond and carefully guided the magic to Yami's hands until they glowed purple almost black in color. He then turned and threw the magic towards his assailant. The magic struck true and Ushio froze before he dropped and began to writhe in pain on the floor. However, Atemu didn't care and instead bent down and picked up Yami's bag before he began to walk out the gate and towards home.

His first priority was getting his Anku home and he wasn't going to make his Anku walk with his body in this much pain. He'd get him home then allow Yami back control of his body.

"Hey, hey Yami wait up." Yugi shouted and he sprinted after Yami.

Atemu didn't even pause however, given the fact he was walking instead of running Yugi soon caught up with Atemu, "Yami, how did you do that?" Yugi asked.

Atemu turned and glared at Yugi, "What are you talking about?" Atemu snapped.

"You are an Anku, so how were you able to use dark magic? I know you told Ushio you were a kkwy but we both know that was a lie. So, how'd you do it?" Yugi asked.

So that's what happened? Interesting. Atemu thought, "Yami didn't do anything. I have partially possessed him and I channeled my magic through him to deal with his attacker. And right now I am going to take his body home so he doesn't have to walk and deal with the pain. Then he and I are going to have a very long chat.

/Atemu, look I can expla…/

/Don't want to hear it right now Yami. Once I get you home we will talk, not before then./

Yami sighed but knew better than to push Atemu when he was angry. He knew that what he did wasn't the best idea but he didn't have any other ideas to get Yugi out of Ushio's crosshairs. He had been counting on Ushio taking his statement at face value.

"Wait, your Atemu?" Yugi asked, shocked.

"I am. Now, if you don't mind I would like to get my Anku home." Atemu said.

Yugi nodded, "Well, tell Yami that I hope he feels better and I appreciate what he tried to do for me." Yugi said.

"He can still hear you." Atemu said before he lengthened his stride and walked away from Yugi, who did not continue to run after him. Atemu continued his trek home and after Yugi's statement Atemu wanted to know what happened and now. Not Yami's explanation of what had happened but the actual event he wanted to see it and he wanted to see it right now.

/Show me what happened. Don't explain it to me just show me./

/Fine./

About five minutes later Atemu walked into his and Yami's home before he deposited Yami's body on the couch before he released Yami from his control and resumed control of his own body, which had been in the bedroom and headed into the bathroom to grab the first aide kit.

Yami blinked a few times to get used to the fact that he was now back in control of his body, he also bit back a groan when his mind was assaulted with the pain his body was in.

"Not my most brilliant idea." Yami mumbled.

"Ya think?" Atemu asked as he walked back into the living room bringing the first aide kit with him.

"Atemu, you can relax I'm fine." Yami said.

"No you aren't Yami. I possessed that body I know very well that you are far from 'fine' as you put it. Now hold still while I patch you up." Atemu said as he knelt down beside Yami and opened the first aide kit.

Yami rolled his eyes, "Hey! It was only a few bruises. It's not the end of the world." Yami mumbled.

Atemu glared pointedly at Yami who promptly shut his mouth and let Atemu fuss over him.

Atemu carefully pulled off Yami's jacket before he lifted Yami's shirt up and slid it over his head. "Turn around." Atemu said firmly.

Yami sighed and rotated slightly so he was sitting perpendicular with Atemu while Atemu carefully poked and prodded and slid his hands along Yami's spine and each of his ribs. Taking note of every time Yami so much as twitched.

Once Atemu had finished the examination of Yami's back his slid his hand up to Yami's neck and began to carefully examine Yami's neck sliding his hands carefully around the back of Yami's neck and up to his scalp lightly poking and prodding as he did so.

His biggest concern was a broken vertebra from where Yami's body had collided with the wall. However, Yami apparently was fortunate that nothing felt broken and Yami was just going to be very sore for awhile.

"Yami lay down on your stomach." Atemu said.

Yami sighed before he plopped down on his stomach and Atemu crawled off the couch and instead knelt beside Yami's head, his hand resting on the edge of the couch, "I believe you have a concussion Yami."

"Okay, so what does that mean? And why the hell did you grab the first aide kit if all you are going to do is poke and prod me with your fingers?" Yami asked.

Atemu sighed, "I grabbed the first aide kit incase you had any open wounds, which fortunately you did not so I did not need it. As far as your concussion, you have bleeding within your brain. I'm going to heal it with magic, which is going to hurt. A lot. So I'm going to need you to hold still and let me do this." Atemu said.

"Fine, whatever." Yami said with a sigh as he rested his head on his folded arms mentally bracing himself for the pain that was going to come.

/How long will this take Até?/

/I'll make it as quick as I can Yami I can't promise you any more than that. The amount of time it will take will depend on how severe the bleeding in your brain is./

/Okay./

Atemu nodded once before he allowed his hand to rest lightly on the back of Yami's head before he concentrated on releasing a small amount of his magic into Yami's head, he felt Yami tense up with the magic entered his brain, though sadly that was only the beginning of the process the actual healing of the concussion was going to be a lot more painful than that.

Atemu then focused on guiding the magic to the injured portion of Yami's brain which he thankfully found relatively quickly luckily for Yami there wasn't a lot of bleeding. He began to release more magic along the stream that the initial trickle had followed and allowed his magic to completely envelope the wound. He made sure to stop the blood from continuing to flow. Once it was completely covered he allowed just another burst to enter Yami's body.

He felt Yami's hand grab onto his shirt tightly to apparently deal with the pain. Atemu forced himself to ignore Yami's grip on him and instead continue to focus on the magic he had within Yami's body.

He held the magic there for several more seconds before he felt Yami's magical immune system react to the intrusion and his own magic lash out towards the dark foreign magic within his body. Yami's white magic flew to where Atemu's dark magic was clinging to the wound and completely surrounded it before it began to burn.

Yami actually cried out in pain at the burning sensation that continued to intensify in his head.

Atemu kept his concentration focused until Yami's magic had burned through the outermost layer of Atemu's magic. That was the point when Atemu began to slowly withdraw his magic from Yami's body he did it so slowly that Yami's magic failed to notice that the 'intruder' was 'retreating'. And soon, Yami's magic wasn't attacking Atemu's magic as it had intended but rather the wound itself. Yami's magic cauterized it, which stopped it from bleeding further before it completely healed the damage done. It was then that the magic recognized that the intruder was gone and then retreated.

Once Atemu was satisfied with Yami's concussion being taken care of he removed the last faint traces of his magic from Yami's body.

"Alright Yami, I'm done." Atemu said.

"Great." Yami mumbled, "And now my head is killing me."

"And that's your own fault." Atemu said sharply.

Yami groaned, "Do we have to talk about this right now Atemu? I have a headache."

"Which you wouldn't have if you hadn't have provoked a fight in the first place. Now is the time for you to explain what the hell were you thinking?" Atemu asked.

Yami sighed, "Yugi, my friend from school. You remember him right."

"I've met him. He was the one who chased after me after I dealt with your assailant. What about him?" Atemu asked.

"Well, he has had a problem with bullies this year. And Ushio was the absolute worst. He'd kick the crap out of Yugi, then charge Yugi an outrageous amount of money for 'bodyguard services' and if Yugi doesn't pay which he couldn't because he couldn't afford to pay Ushio even if he wanted to, Ushio would beat him up again and then the cycle would continue. I just wanted him to leave Yugi alone, so I thought if I told Ushio I was Yugi's kkwy then he'd get scared and back off. I didn't think he'd call my bluff."

Yami paused for moment before he quietly added, "I just didn't want Yugi to get hurt anymore. That's all."

Atemu was silent during Yami's entire explanation and once Yami had finished talking Atemu nodded once and said, "Well, that won't be a problem anymore now will it?" And then he got up and headed back upstairs leaving Yami alone on the couch.

Yami groaned. Atemu was mad. Yami absolutely hated when he made Atemu mad, especially when he was mad like he is right now. Where he was so mad that he just gives a simple clipped response and walks off without anything being resolved. That was the worst.

/Atemu I'm sorry./

There was no response. Then again Yami wasn't expecting Atemu to respond. But that didn't mean he hadn't been hoping that he would.