Shadows of Demons

Pan: If enough people review and say they like this, I'll continue ^-^

Darkness... swirling, misty shadows creeping under the door... blotting out
all the light... coming for you, coming to take you away... to kill the
light... you will succumb to the darkness, demon...

Yami sat bolt upright, ruby eyes wide. He breathed heavily as he looked around the room nervously. Silvery moonlight filtered through the window. It was indeed dark, but not as dark as the darkness Yami had dreamed of. Laying back down, he stared at the ceiling. His senses flared to life as he
felt the presence of those around him.

It had been a month since he had been given his own room. He could sense
Yugi sleeping in the next room. He could sense Ryou at his house, but disturbingly, not Bakura. A little more distant, the dormant powers of Seto
Kaiba, and Ishizu, still located somewhere in Japan.

Then something else.

A portal to the Shadow Realm.

Not a very big one, but it was there. And no-one had opened it, according
to Yami's senses.

He frowned as small stones began to rap on his window. Shaking the last of sleep away, he got up to investigate. Quietly, so as not to wake Yugi, he
crept down the stairs, and opened the door. Bakura stood there with a handful of gravel. "Ok..." he said, looking at Yami and smirking. "That's a bit more than I'd like to see of you, especially at this time of night."
Yami had slept in his boxers.

"Look, just shut up and tell me what you want." Yami said irritably. "Did
you sense it too?" Bakura asked quickly. Yami's eyes widened, and he
nodded. "It's happened twice before. You might not have noticed, if you
were asleep, but it's getting closer to us each time. We're not safe."
Bakura said, a note of panic in his voice. Yami remembered his dream. "Something is coming for us. Get Ryou now, bring him here. I can protect this house with my magic, lock anything dark out, but if we're in danger, it's best we do it now." he told Bakura. The Tomb Robber darted off towards
his house. Yami shut the door, and made the decision to wake Yugi.

He went into his aibou's room, and crept over to the bed. Yami smiled, as the little light looked like a sleeping angel in his eyes. "Yugi..." Yami said, crouching down. "Yugi, wake up." The boy, who had been lying on his back, merely rolled onto his side facing away from Yami. Yami got up, and
walked around to the other side of the bed, and sat on the floor. Yami smiled; his face was only inches from Yugi's. "I know what will wake him
up..." He lent forward, and kissed Yugi on the lips. He ran his tongue
along Yugi's lower lip, and waited for the boy to return the kiss. Yugi slowly opened his mouth, allowing Yami entrance, and opened his eyes at the same time. Yami's eyes were closed; he wasn't really aware that his light had awoken. He leaned into the kiss more deeply, and put his arm over Yugi
to pull the smaller boy towards him. Yugi smiled inwardly.

/Yami?/

//Mmm?//

/I'm awake now./

//Oh!//

Yami opened his eyes, and pulled away. "Not that I wasn't enjoying it." Yugi smiled. "But what do you want? It's nearly one in the morning." Yami stood up. "Get dressed, we're having visitors to stay. Both me and Bakura have sensed something, something dark, coming towards us. It's something
from the Shadow Realm, and we think it's dangerous. Bakura and Ryou are coming here so that I can seal off the house to anything evil." he said.
Yugi rubbed his eyes, and sat up on his bed, looking at Yami. "OK. But first... can I have another one?" he said, smiling, and blushing cutely.
Yami nodded, and sat down next to him.

~~

Bakura walked towards Yami and Yugi's house, practically pulling his half- asleep light behind him. He stopped abruptly as he sensed something evil nearby. He hurried on to his destination, ringing the doorbell quickly when
he got there. Yugi answered the door, grinning. He was dressed in blue jeans, and a white T-shirt. Not his normal look, but good enough at this
early hour. "Come in, Yami's just getting out of the shower. Bakura
shuddered. "More images..." he muttered. He walked through the door, pulling Ryou. "You'll have to excuse him." Bakura said. "He's very tired out. Had a busy night." Yugi didn't think he needed to ask what his fellow light had been doing. "That's OK. Just lay him down on the sofa." he said
instead. Bakura picked his light up, and walked into the living room.

Yami came down the stairs, wearing virtually the same as Yugi, except his
jeans were darker, and his shirt was black. "Both here?" he asked. Yugi smiled and nodded. "Good. Come on, we want this house to be safe as soon as possible." He walked down to Yugi, and kissed him quickly. Yugi shut the
front door, and followed his darker into the living room.

Bakura was sitting there with Ryou's head in his lap, while the albino light slept on. "Silly boy." he commented. "Wake up, Ryou!" Yami smiled,
sitting down in a chair, with Yugi happily sitting on the arm of it. "I know a good way of waking him up." Yami said thoughtfully. "But Yugi would kill me if I showed you how." Yugi giggled. "Ryou!" Bakura said sharply.
"Why the hell won't you wake up?!" "Kiss him." Yami told Bakura. "Works
charms." Yugi hit the Pharaoh playfully. Bakura almost looked too disbelieving. "You two close your eyes then." Yami closed his eyes. Yugi
closed his too, but opened them as soon as he was sure Bakura wouldn't
notice.

Bakura lifted Ryou's head up, and nervously bent over to kiss him. When his
lips touched those of his hikari, the boy awoke almost immediately, and returned it. When pulled away, he said, "OK, done, I'm awake, what do you want?" And after observation of his surroundings, "And why are we in Yugi's
house?"