Hey! I'm back with another Yu-Gi-Oh fic. Who would have guessed?? gasp Anyway, this is the start of a story that I thought up of when I was sitting bored out of my wits in the car. Had trouble thinking of a title for it and eventually decided with this one. Yeah I know the title may suck to some people but meh… that happens sometimes P Please read and review. Hope you like )
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! Or any of the characters in this story… (I can only wish sigh LOL)
The Key of Hope
Chapter 1
After several minutes, the phone reached the answering machine. Yugi sighed slightly as he continued walking down the street. "Hey Yami… just to say that I'm on my way home from Joey's house. Just in case you were worried. And… I'm sorry about that argument we had earlier on, I've just been worried that you've been hiding something from me. See you when I get in. Bye." He pressed the hang up button and pocketed his phone before carrying on down the street. Every now and then he looked over his shoulder and noticed a black van coming slowly up behind him. The thought of being followed made him shiver. "Don't be silly Yugi… they're not following you…" he laughed nervously, his pace speeding up. Every so often he couldn't help looking over his shoulder. The van was still there. He swallowed nervously as he entered his street.
"Psst… Yugi! Quick in here. Hurry!" he heard someone whisper making him jump. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Bakura signalling to him from the side of a house. Yugi frowned slightly.
"Bakura? What the hell…"
"Quickly before they come into the street…" he hushed, waving more frantically. Yugi quickly ran over and stood next to him.
"Bakura what's going on…"
"Shhh!" he breathed, pulling Yugi down to crouch next to him. They both sat in silence as they watched the black van appear round the corner and stop at the end of the street. A man got out of the car from the front passenger seat and looked around.
"We've lost him. He must have gone the other way…" he said to the driver before getting back into the van. It carried on down the street before turning at the bottom and disappearing. Bakura sighed and slid down the wall.
"Thank god I found you Yugi!" he breathed bringing out a cigarette and lighter. Yugi tilted his head in confusion.
"I still don't understand… Why are those guys looking for me??" Bakura looked at him and looked away again.
"Well… something has happened. Something you would never have thought about…" he said, putting the cigarette in his mouth.
"You've still not told me anything…" mumbled Yugi exasperated. Bakura lit his cigarette and exhaled the smoke.
"Has Yami still not told you?" Yugi's heart sank. He thought that Yami could tell him anything-everything!
"No…" he sighed. Bakura breathed in more smoke and breathed out again, looking at him more closely.
"That's just like him…" he chuckled. "Too busy thinking about others before his job…"
"Wait! That's not caring! If he cared then he would have told me about whatever you're talking about!" he growled crossing his arms. Bakura sighed and stood up.
"Yugi. You have no idea what Yami has been…"
"Don't you dare say that! I know everything about Yami! I know about his past. I know everything!" he yelled, becoming teary eyed. Bakura dropped the cigarette end on the ground and stomped it out.
"I know fine well you do Yugi! But he's been through more in the past few weeks than someone like you could imagine."
"Try me!" hissed Yugi.
"Stop being so obnoxious Yugi! Have you had someone die in your arms? Have you watched a group of close friends die before your very eyes!? No! That's why Yami cant tell you about things! He doesn't want you to be the one he cries over. He wants you to be safe Yugi." Yugi looked at him gob smacked. He was completely lost for words. "I…I'm sorry Yugi. It wasn't meant to come out that way… I didn't mean to sound so harsh…" Yugi sat in silence as Bakura sighed and looked at his watch. "Look I didn't want you to find out like this but you have to come with me."
"Why?…" whispered Yugi. "Yami doesn't want me to know any of this…" he added sadly.
"He wouldn't want you to get hurt. And his wish was that if he ever got into trouble you were to be safe…" Yugi looked up at him concerned.
"Yami's in trouble??" he breathed, quickly getting to his feet. Bakura smacked his forehead.
'Dammit!!'
"Th-that doesn't matter right now. What's more important is that we keep you safe." He smiled half heartedly at Yugi helping him up off the ground. "For Yami's sake…" he added under his breath. They both walked quietly through the street, both on edge in case the men came back in the van. "We'll have to go back to my place. They've probably got the house under surveillance." Yugi frowned again.
"But you still haven't told me anything!" Bakura shook his head.
"You're expecting me to just casually tell you while we're walking down a street?" Yugi nodded slightly. "Look I'll tell you when we get to my place. Call your house…"
"What? I just called and left a message…"
"Don't you think that they'll wonder why you haven't come home. Say you forgot something and headed back to Joey's and he offered for you to stay over…" He interrupted harshly. Yugi scowled and brought out his mobile to make the call.
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Bakura slouched down on the couch and brought out his pack of cigarettes as Yugi hovered in the living room doorway.
"No point just standing there Yugi…." he mumbled, lighting a cigarette. Yugi put down his bag on the floor and twiddled his thumbs nervously. Bakura rolled his eyes -setting aside his lighter and chucking his box of fags onto the coffee table. He put his feet up. "Yami and I work for the 'WPS.' It's a secret service who helps the Government." He looked over his shoulder and saw Yugi's puzzled face. "Just think of it as your James Bond 007, but only much more dangerous…not to mention serious. None of this repeating our first name nonsense." This made Yugi snigger slightly.
"But how come I've never seen anything… heard anything…"
"Secret organisation Yugi. He's not exactly going to be jumping through an open window into a car or something… well not in front of you anyway…" he laughed, puffing out more smoke. Yugi shook his head.
"Hold on… what's happened to Yami?! Why is he in trouble!!" Bakura put out his cigarette in the ash tray next to him and brought his feet off of the table and rested his head in his hands.
"He was trying to protect something from being taken. Something that would be of great use to 'them' if they got their hands on it," he sighed, "And it was meant to be me who had the task of keeping it safe… but he didn't want to put me in any more danger…"
"Why? What do you mean?" asked Yugi, biting his lip slightly. Bakura lifted up his top and revealed four bullet wound scars on his chest. Yugi gasped.
"That's what I mean… and now Yami is on one of the most dangerous cases in the business." Feeling light headed, Yugi sat down in the seat opposite Bakura who pulled his top back down. He looked over at Yugi. "I didn't want to get you worried, but Yami did want you to know. He would say to me everyday that he felt bad keeping these secrets from you. But he loves you too much…" Yugi nodded.
"I understand…" he whispered, tears forming in his eyes. "But now he's gone. They can do anything to him…"
"He still has a chance… as long as he doesn't give away the whereabouts of the device then they can't afford to kill him…"
"Kill him!! But Bakura can't you do something!? Why doesn't anyone help him!!" he shouted shakily. But Bakura stayed surprisingly calm.
"As long as no one does anything drastic he wont be hurt too badly…"
"You say it as if he'll just be given a slap on the wrists. Look what happened to you! They're more than capable of doing that to him!!" he sobbed.
"I know they're capable Yugi! And Yami knew this when he took on the task… But I don't know how they could have found out where he was…" he added quizzically. He looked back at Yugi. "Even I don't know where he hid the thing and I'm one of his closest friends." Yugi shrugged.
"Well it doesn't matter about me… he's never mentioned anything that important to me… He could never even let me know about something so precious and valuable…" he murmured.
"All he told me was that it was extremely small and delicate. A charm like object that's in the shape of a small key… About half the length of my pinkie and is a silvery blue colour… He said it was in the safest place that's ever imaginable." He looked at Yugi, "Even they don't know what it looks like…" he frowned when he saw the stunned look on Yugi's face. "You alright Yugi?"
/"I want you to have this Yugi. Others say that it's the key to ultimate power. But it isn't to me." He put the charm round his neck and smiled at him, took Yugi's hand and placed it over his heart. "Feel this? It belongs to you. My heart will always belong to you. And you're the only one with the key to open it up to see its full potential." Yugi took the charm in his hand and looked at it.
"Yami it's… it's beautiful…" he whispered. Yami kissed his forehead.
"Only my angel has the key to my heart, no one else…" he murmured., stroking the sides of his face. Yugi giggled slightly.
"How long did it take you to think of the cheesy chat up lines?" Yami grinned and kissed him tenderly on the lips. Yugi wrapped his arms round Yam's neck as he was lifted off his feet. Yami gently placed him down onto the bed and planted kisses down his neck. He made his way back up and passionately kissed Yugi, while he slowly unbuttoned his shirt. Yami stroked Yugi's soft chest and ran his fingers up and down his sides. Yugi moaned slightly making him smirk. They broke the kiss and stared lovingly into one another's eyes.
"Did it really sound that cheesy?" he chuckled. Yugi pouted slightly and began pulling Yami's tank top off over his head. He pulled Yami's face towards him and kissed him fully on the lips.
"It was beautiful Yami. And don't think that I don't appreciate it…" he smiled. Yami placed his arms either side of Yugi and lay on top of him slightly. He gently took the charm in his hands and looked up at Yugi and smiled lovingly back at him.
"I would never have thought of it…" he murmured, playing with the charm in his hands before frowning slightly. "Yugi… this is extremely important and precious. One day I'll be able to fully explain to you why I'm trusting you… I mean… giving it to you." Yugi tilted his head slightly.
"Uhhh… Yami…" Yami shook his head and placed a finger over his lips.
"It doesn't matter Yugi…" he hushed. Yugi caressed his cheek and ran his fingers through his hair as Yami rested his head on his chest. "Does this belong to me?" he whispered, listening to the beat of Yugi's heart. Yugi smiled.
"Why wouldn't it? Yami shook his head dismissively and kissed him cutely on the lips, before rubbing noses
"I want you to treasure this always…" he whispered as Yugi hugged him tightly..
"I'll never take it off…" he breathed…/
"Yugi? Are you alright?" asked Bakura, sounding a little more urgent. Yugi shook his head out of the daze and quickly brought out the charm from under his top.
"This is the key?" he breathed. Bakura's eyes widened.
"You had the key all this time!?" he said practically in a whisper. Yugi unfastened the chain and clasped the key charm in his hand.
"I guess I did," he replied, holding out the charm for Bakura to see. He took it from him carefully and examined it.
"This certainly doesn't seem like anything you'd be expecting for the device…" he chuckled slightly, running his fingers over the key. He handed it back to Yugi who stared at it.
"So this is it then? The key?" Bakura nodded.
"Yeah…" he breathed. Yugi put the charm back round his neck and tucked it safely underneath his top. "Just keep it on you at all times… and don't take it off." Yugi touched the charm underneath his top and smiled slightly.
"I never do… I guess he felt that if I knew then he could trust me." Bakura nodded.
"Yeah he always wanted you to know Yugi. And don't doubt that for a second…" The phone began to ring and Bakura swiftly answered it. He remained silent and glanced over at Yugi before walking into the kitchen and closing the door. Yugi sighed and walked over to the living room window and peered out from behind the curtain. He stared up at the moon which shone bright in the dark sky. What had they done with Yami? Was he hurt? He walked to the armchair and slumped back down again releasing a long sigh.
"If only I could help…" he whispered staring up at the ceiling. He hugged his knees, "But if it's so dangerous… then why give it to me? Am I going to be more trouble being trusted with this 'gift?'…"
TBC…?
I've had this story buzzing around in my head for a while now and I wanted to see how people would react to the first chapter. If you liked it please review so I can get an idea if people want more to the story… Please leave your comments and opinions so I know if I'm heading down the right track or to have the next chapters. Thanks ) xx
