Here's the next chapter.
I will be leaving later today, Thursday 5/13, to go to see some family for a long weekend. I'll be out of town until either late Sunday 5/16 pr MOnday 5/17. I'm not sure what day I'll get back. I won't be able to update again until Monday 5/17, though. I'm planning to take my laptop. I hope to get some writing done, but I'll update again on Monday, 5/17.
Enjoy!
Chapter 2- Defeat
Seto groaned. "Okay. Of all the things I expected to happen, that wasn't one of them." Seto said.
"What was that?" Serenity asked, sitting up.
"Magic of some sort." Seto answered.
Yami sat up, wincing. He had slammed into a tree, so his back was hurting him. "That was no ordinary magic, Seto." Yami said.
All eyes turned to Yami.
"Then what kind of magic was it, Yami?" Tea asked.
"Shadow magic. That was without a doubt Shadow magic." Yami said.
"Very good, Yami. You actually figured something out. I thought that someone else would have had to figure it out. You were Pharaoh, so you were just told everything. You never had to think on your own." Yugi said sardonically.
This surprised them all.
"Okay. I really don't like this new Yugi." Joey said.
"Like I give a damn if you like me or not." Yugi said.
Seto and Yami stood up.
"Okay. He has Shadow magic. I thought that as a Hikari, he had Light magic, not Shadow magic." Seto said.
"He does. I have no idea how this Shadow magic came about." Yami said.
"Really? Well, that's very interesting, Yami." Yugi said.
"Okay. Could someone please shut him up?" Tristan asked.
"Why? Because you don't want to hear what I've had to say. That's all you've done." Yugi said angrily.
"What is he talking about?" Mokuba asked.
"Well, I've-" Joey started.
"Tristan! Joey! Stop talking!" Yami barked. He knew that the more they talked the angrier Yugi would become.
Both stopped talking because of the force behind Yami's voice.
"So, still the lapdogs of the crew." Yugi said.
Joey started to say something, but one sharp glare from Yami caused him to keep his mouth shut.
"Enough talk. Time for the fun." Yugi said.
Quick as a flash, Yugi had formed a ball of Shadow magic and thrown it at Yami.
Yami tried to use his own Shadow magic to block the attack and was horrified when he realized that he didn't have his Shadow magic.
The attack Yugi had unleashed slammed right into Yami's chest and slammed him into the ground.
"Yami!" Tea and Serenity exclaimed at the same time. The two girls ran over to where he was.
"Yami, are you okay?" Tea asked.
Yami coughed as he sat up, wincing at the pain.
"Yami, what happened?" Seto asked, never taking his eyes off of Yugi. He was worried now, especially since Yugi wore a satisfied smirk on his face.
"I-I don't know." Yami said.
"I thought you had Shadow magic, Yams." Joey said as he and Tristan helped Yami up.
Yami was on shaky legs, so Joey and Tristan both kept their arms around Yami to keep him from falling.
"I do, or I did." Yami said.
"Did?" Mokuba asked, not liking the sound of that.
"I don't have my Shadow magic. It's gone." Yami said.
"And where do you think it went, Pharaoh?" Yugi asked. His hands were glowing purple.
Suddenly, the answer struck Seto. "Damn it! Yugi has your Shadow magic!" Seto said.
"Very good thinking, Seto. It won't help you, though." Yugi said.
"I think we'd better run." Tea said.
"We'll never outrun him." Joey said.
"So true." Yugi said. He formed another ball of Shadow magic.
Everyone tensed, wondering what he would do.
"I think running would be a good idea." Yami said.
"I don't think so." Yugi said. The ball of shadow magic then shifted to form a sword. "I have a bone to pick." Yugi said.
"With who?" Seto demanded.
"With the Pharaoh." Yugi said.
And for the first time, they all saw the look of murder in Yugi's eyes.
Instantly, Yami knew. He knew that Yugi intended to kill him.
Yugi prepared to attack.
"Yugi! Stop!"
Yugi whirled around to find himself facing Atemu, Bakura, Marik, Ryou, and Malik.
"Yugi, don't do this." Atemu said.
"Stay out of this, Atemu! This is none of your concern!" Yugi spat angrily.
"I'm sorry, Yugi, but this is my concern. I can't let you do this." Atemu said.
Yugi's eyes flashed angrily. "If you choose to protect them, then you're my enemy as well." Yugi said.
Atemu visibly flinched at that, but he knew he had no choice. He used his Shadow magic to form a sword of his own. "I can't let you harm innocent people, Yugi." Atemu said.
"Innocent? These lowlifes are far from innocent!" Yugi spat.
Those words both scared and angered the ones the remark was thrown at.
Almost all of them.
For Yami, it sent a chill down his spine as well as tore at his heart.
"Yugi, none of us want to fight with you, but we will if we have to." Bakura said, forming his own sword form his Shadow magic.
"Yeah." Marik agreed, forming a sword as well.
"Then so be it." Yugi said angrily.
"Ryou, Malik. Get them and get out of here. I don't care where you go. Just go and get them as far away from here as you can." Atemu said.
"Right." Ryou said.
Ryou and Malik slowly moved away from them.
Yugi's eyes turned even darker before he attacked.
Atemu was the first target.
Atemu managed to black Yugi's sword with his own only to find a knee in his stomach.
Bakura moved behind and tried to attack Yugi, but Yugi ducked and kicked Bakura in the stomach, throwing Bakura down to the ground.
Marik reached out to grab Yugi, but Yugi grabbed a hold of his wrist and easily flipped Marik onto the ground.
Atemu moved forward, but Yugi flicked his wrist and sent Atemu crashing right through a tree, causing a cry of pain to escape from Atemu.
Meanwhile, Ryou and Malik managed to reach the others.
"Come on! We have to get you out of here!" Ryou said.
"What about them?" Seto asked, seeing all three go down.
"They'll be fine. We have to get you out of here." Malik said.
"We can't just-" Yami started.
"Yami, look at yourself!" Ryou said angrily, losing patience.
This startled them since it was coming from Ryou, who was always soft-spoken and gentle.
"You can't even stand on your own! You don't have a shred of Shadow magic to use! And Yugi wants to kill you! If you stay here, you are only going to get yourself killed along with everyone else!" Ryou snapped.
"Come on! We need to get away from here." Malik said urgently, just as upset and angered as Ryou was at the moment.
"Where do we go?" Serenity asked.
Atemu's cry of pain got all their attention.
This startled them to see Atemu, one of the strongest in Shadow magic, go down.
"Anywhere but here." Ryou said.
"But-" Yami started, not wanting to leave Atemu like this.
"Yami, if we don't leave now, then Atemu will get killed. If you leave now, he has a chance to survive." Ryou said.
"We'll go to my mansion." Seto said.
The group quickly left the park, hoping to get as far away from the area as possible.
Yugi, sensing the disappearance of the others, turned back. "Well, you let my prey get away." Yugi said. He then turned his attention to Bakura. "I guess I'll have to deal with you first." Yugi said.
"Yugi, stop this madness! We are your friends, not your enemies! We don't want to fight with you!" Bakura said.
"Well, that's too bad." Yugi said. He brought his sword up and brought it down at Bakura.
Bakura used his sword to block it.
Yugi's eyes darkened, and his sword started glowing.
Bakura was horrified when his sword shattered.
Yugi then flicked his wrist and sent Bakura slamming into the ground, causing a groan of pain to escape from Bakura.
"Yugi, stop!" Marik shouted, going at him.
Yugi easily ducked out of the way of Marik's attack, grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, and then threw Marik forward into a tree.
Marik wasn't able to get up.
"You three are pathetic." Yugi said.
Atemu managed to get on his feet. "Yugi, please! Don't do this!" Atemu said, not wanting to fight with his friend.
Yugi turned his dark, almost black eyes, onto Atemu. "You brought this on yourself, Atemu. If you hadn't stated to protect your worthless brother, I wouldn't have to do this." Yugi said.
"What choice do I have? This isn't what you really want! Yami doesn't deserve this!" Atemu said, becoming desperate.
"Didn't deserve this? He is the cause of all that happened to me!" Yugi shouted, tears coming.
"Yugi, please. Don't." Atemu said.
Yugi grew angry. He threw out his hand and sent Atemu flying backwards, crashing to the ground painfully.
"Atemu!" Bakura and Marik shouted in shock and horror.
"This isn't over." Yugi hissed angrily before he disappeared in purple smoke.
"Damn!" Bakura said, getting up shakily.
"I can't believe Yugi was able to do this. When did he learn to fight?" Marik asked.
"Never mind!" Bakura snapped before he ran over to Atemu.
Atemu groaned in pain.
"Atemu, you going to be okay?" Bakura asked.
"I have no idea." Atemu said.
Marik and Bakura helped Atemu up. Each one had one of Atemu's arms around their shoulder, keeping him on his feet.
Atemu winced painfully. "Bakura, I am so glad that Ryou has the ability to heal injuries because if he didn't, I think that I would be in the hospital." Atemu said.
"Trust me. We're all going to need Ryou's healing ability. Marik, call them. See where they are." Bakura said.
Marik nodded and pulled out his cell phone.
The others had arrived at the Kaiba mansion.
Not one of them were okay. They were all too upset after what had just happened.
"Okay. How did Yugi get Yams' Shadow magic, and why the hell did he attack us?" Joey demanded.
"How? Don't have a clue." Malik said.
"What about why?" Seto asked.
"We don't know." Ryou said, quickly. His look clearly told Malik to keep quiet.
None of them noticed the silent exchange between the two Hikaris.
"What about Atemu? And Marik and Bakura? We don't have a way to know what happened to them." Yami said.
"They're fine. They're stronger than you think." Ryou said.
"How can you say that after what you saw? Yugi was crazy and attacking anyone for any reason!" Tea exclaimed.
"I know that, Tea!" Ryou snapped angrily. "I'm saying that because I don't want to think of the alternative if they're not all right!" Ryou shouted.
Tea stepped back, startled by this.
None of them understood the change that had happened in Ryou.
"What?" Ryou snapped, tired of the stares.
"Well, when did you change? I mean, you were never this authoritative, this loud, or this snappy." Joey said.
"Bakura is my Yami and my boyfriend. What did you expect?" Ryou asked.
"He makes a good point." Mokuba said.
Malik's cell phone rang. He took it out and answered.
"He's answering his phone now?" Tristan asked.
"Hello?" Malik said, ignoring the comment from Tristan.
"Malik." Marik said.
"Marik! Thank Ra! Are you all right? What about Bakura and Atemu?" Malik asked.
"We'll be fine. We're banged up, but it's nothing that a little of Ryou's healing magic won't fix." Marik said.
"That's good." Malik said.
"Listen. We need to know here you are so we'll know where to come." Marik said.
"We're at the Kaiba mansion." Malik said.
"Okay. We're on the way." Marik said.
"Okay." Malik said and hung up.
"Well?" Ryou asked, wanting to know about his boyfriend and friends.
"They're okay. They'll need some of your healing magic, but I don't think it's too serious. They're on their way." Malik said.
Ryou nodded. He had already healed Yami, so he would be prepared to heal Atemu, Marik, and Bakura.
"What about Yugi?" Joey asked.
"I don't know. He didn't say." Malik said.
Ryou knew what that meant. Marik didn't say anything about Yugi, which couldn't have been a good thing.
Yugi was angry.
"I can't believe that they all turned their backs on me! I can't believe that they would protect those lowlifes after all they put me through!" Yugi said angrily.
Yugi slammed his fist into the ground of the meadow area he was in.
"I won't let this go on! I won't let Yami get away with all he did to me!" Yugi said angrily.
Yugi pressed his back against a tree and slid down to the ground. He covered his face with his hands as tears started falling. Sobs started to wrack his body.
Unwelcome, painful memories came flowing back.
Yugi felt as if what had happened in the past was happening all over again.
'Why? Why did Yami do this to me?' Yugi asked himself, not feeling vengeful. He felt broken.
Ryou and Malik were both shocked and horrified to see that Atemu was being helped into the mansion by their boyfriends.
"Atemu, what the hell happened?" Ryou asked.
"I think our dear friend here really pissed Yugi off. He sent him flying so hard that he's having trouble moving." Bakura said.
"Bakura." Atemu said.
"Yeah." Bakura said, looking over at his friend.
"Shut the hell up!" Atemu snapped.
Bakura smirked. "Given the fact that you're having trouble moving and you're needing my Hikari to heal your ass, I don't think your at liberty to tell me something like that." Bakura said.
Atemu just glared at him.
"Bakura, stop it." Ryou ordered.
"But Ry-"Bakura started.
"Don't! Can you two set Atemu on the couch?" Ryou asked.
"Sure thing." Marik said.
The couch cleared, and the two helped Atemu sit down.
Atemu winced at the pain that jolted through him at the action.
"You really are in pain." Ryou said, sitting beside Atemu.
"You could say that. I'm just glad Bakura decided to teleport us here using Shadow magic instead of walking. That would have been hard." Atemu said.
"I agree." Ryou said. He placed a hand on Atemu's shoulder and his body started to glow white.
A moment later, Atemu was completely healed.
"Thanks, Ryou." Atemu said.
"No problem." Ryou said. He looked over at Bakura and Marik. "Do you two need to be healed?" Ryou asked.
"Couldn't hurt." Marik admitted.
Ryou went ahead and healed the two just to be safe.
"How bad was it?" Malik asked.
"Fighting Yugi?" Bakura asked.
Malik nodded.
"Painful." Marik said.
"How can Yugi defeat you three when you have full control and excellent knowledge of your Shadow magic when Yugi has no control and little knowledge of it?" Malik asked.
"No idea. What I would like to know is when Yugi learned how to fight? He kicked our asses! Without the Shadow magic!" Marik exclaimed.
"I think that has more to do with the Shadow magic than Yugi." Atemu said, leaning back into the couch.
"What do you mean?" Tea asked.
Yami sighed. "Shadow magic is unpredictable. That's why it's so dangerous. The fact is that Shadow magic is actually a living force. My bet is that the Shadow magic has given Yugi the knowledge and power to fight like an expert as well as have such good control." Yami said.
"So, it's more the Shadow magic that is fighting than Yugi?" Tristan asked.
"Yeah." Yami said.
"So, how do we stop it?" Tea asked.
"We don't. None of you can help us in this situation." Bakura spat angrily.
"Yugi's trying to kill us. We have to do something to protect ourselves." Joey retorted.
"What are you going to do? We have Shadow magic, and we were defeated by him. You don't have magic to protect you. You'd be a sitting duck out on the battle field!" Bakura snapped back.
"Bakura, cool it!" Atemu snapped.
Bakura looked at Atemu.
"Fighting won't solve the problem we have." Atemu said. He then looked over at Joey. "Bakura is right, though. Yugi is dangerous, and right now, he's planning to kill Yami." Atemu said.
This words had Yami wincing.
Atemu noticed this, but he felt no sympathy for his brother.
"So, what now? I mean, he could come after us at any time." Serenity said.
"Well, the five of us can combine our powers and create a shield around all of the grounds of the mansion. The mansion and the grounds. The combination of Shadow magic and Light magic would be strong enough to keep Yugi from getting in." Atemu said.
"Then do it." Seto said.
"However, it means that all seven of you will have to live in the mansion until further notice." Bakura said.
"What?"
"There's no choice. We only have enough power to d this to one place. This is the largest place, and you could all stay here." Atemu said.
"Seto, I don't think we have a choice." Joey said.
Seto groaned. "Fine." Seto said.
"What am I supposed to tell my parents?" Tea demanded.
"Yeah." Tristan said.
"Lie. Make an excuse, any excuse. Quite frankly, I don't give a damn how you do it!" Atemu snapped.
This startled them.
"Come on. Let's put the damned shield up." Bakura said.
The five then combined their magic to put a shield around the entire grounds.
"I don't see anything." Joey said.
"The shield is invisible. It's designed to keep anyone with Shadow magic out unless invited. Since we put the shield up, we can come and go as we please. Yugi will be forced out." Atemu said.
"Well, might as well start figuring this out." Tea said.
"Yeah." Tristan said.
"Yami, you're staying here as well." Atemu said.
"What? Why?" Yami asked.
"Yeah. You two live in the same house. He'd be safe there." Mokuba said.
"Because he'll be safer somewhere that Yugi can't get to." Atemu retorted.
'Besides, Atemu's not so sure that he would be able to protect Yami given the fact that Atemu is pissed at Yami.' Ryou thought, knowing the real reason.
"You'll all get your stuff, and we'll bring you back. We can use the power of our Shadow magic to teleport you all the different homes. It'll be faster." Atemu said.
"Hey, Atemu. What are we doing?" Bakura asked.
Atemu looked at him. "What?" Atemu asked.
"When Yugi lost control due to the Shadow magic, he destroyed our house. The four of us don't have a place to stay." Bakura said.
Bakura, Ryou, Marik, and Malik had shared the house.
"Hmm. That's true." Atemu said.
"Well, as you pointed out, the mansion has plenty of room." Seto said.
"No. They can stay at the Game Shop with me. No telling how much longer Grandpa will be at that archeological dig." Atemu said.
"But-" Seto started.
"It's fine." Marik interrupted.
"What if he attacks you?" Tea asked.
"We have the power to defend ourselves." Malik retorted.
"Let's just go." Atemu said. His real reason for getting Bakura and Marik to stay with him was because he was afraid that they would end up kill Yami, which was what he feared he would do.
Using the Shadow magic, Atemu took Yami to the Game Shop, Marik took Tea to her house, and Bakura took Tristan to his house.
"How do you think this will end?" Malik asked Ryou quietly.
"I don't know." Ryou replied.
Yugi growled.
"Atemu thinks he can protect them. I'll find a way to break through that shield. I'll kill them all when I do." Yugi said.
Yugi paced back and forth across the meadow.
"I won't be deterred. I will get my revenge somehow." Yugi said.
Yugi's eyes flashed angrily.
"I won't let you get away with this, Yami!" Yugi spat, though no one could hear him.
Once done, Atemu, Marik, and Bakura took the three back to the Kaiba mansion.
"So, how did it go?" Seto asked.
"My parents are leaving on a trip for the next two months. They're taking my little brother with them. I would have had to go, but since you "offered" to let me stay with you, my parents are letting me stay." Tea said.
"My parents didn't mind that much. My dad has business trip. This way, my mom can go." Tristan said
"Good. Now, if you'll excuse us, we're all leaving." Bakura said.
"Hold it. You're not going to tell us anything." Joey said.
"What do you want us to tell you?" Atemu asked.
"I don't know. Maybe why Yugi's doing this." Joey said.
Ryou and Malik looked at each other nervously.
"Now why would we give you any answers? You're the problem!" Bakura spat.
"We were the ones who wee attacked! We didn't do anything!" Tristan retorted.
"Yeah. Keep telling yourself that." Marik said.
Seto got angry. "We didn't do anything. Yugi's the one who went out of control and attacked us. He's the one that started all this." Seto said.
Atemu turned, not wanting to deal with this anymore.
"Atemu." Yami said.
Atemu turned to him. "What?" Atemu growled.
Yami had never bee spoken to by his brother like that. It startled him.
"Why are you mad at Yami?" Tea asked, getting defensive of her friend.
"What did you want, Yami?" Atemu asked.
Yami could tell by the look in Atemu's eyes that he was angry. He could also tell that this was the type of anger that Atemu barely had control of, which meant that Atemu could explode at any time. What bothered Yami the most was the fact that the anger in Atemu's eyes was directed at him "Atemu, we need to know what is going on." Yami said.
Atemu looked away.
"We deserve something." Yami said.
Atemu looked at his brother. "Fine. I might tell you everything if you can tell me the last time you saw Yugi." Atemu said.
Yami started to answer.
"Not today. Before today. When was the last time you spent time with Yugi? When was the last time you had an actual conversation with Yugi? When was the last time you talked to Yugi through your link? When was the last time you actually paid any attention to Yugi? When was the last time you spent any time alone with Yugi?" Atemu said.
Yami was startled by this list of questions.
"Other than the mind link question, all of you think about them. When you can answer me that, we might tell you what is going on. Until then, you're just going to have to live with wondering." Atemu said.
Yami didn't know what to make of that statement. He always spent time with Yugi. Yugi was his Hikari, after all.
"Think about it for a few days." Atemu said.
Atemu, Marik, and Bakura then used their Shadow magic to transport themselves plus Ryou and Malik out of the Kaiba mansion and to the Game Shop.
The seven were left in shock.
"What the hell was that about?" Joey asked.
"I'm not sure." Yami said.
"I say that the next time we see them, we force them to tell us what the hell is going on." Tristan said.
"Yeah." Mokuba agreed.
"No." Yami said.
"Why not?" Seto asked.
"I know that look in Atemu's eyes. His anger was barely controlled. One wrong word and he would have snapped. Believe me. I have seen Atemu in absolute rage, and you don't want to see that." Yami said.
"What do we do?" Tea asked.
"Think about what Atemu said. Maybe it'll give us some answers." Yami said.
The five arrived in the Game Shop.
"Of all the low things to do! I can't believe that those people think they deserve to know the truth!" Bakura said.
"Maybe they do." Ryou said.
"Not a chance! They are the problem!" Marik said.
"We're not dealing with this now. I told them to think about that for a reason. I want them to realize on their own how long it has truly been since the last time they paid Yugi any attention." Atemu said.
"If they realize that, will you tell them?" Ryou asked.
"Maybe. I don't know yet. It depends on their reaction to what they realize." Atemu said.
"What now?" Marik asked.
"We go to bed and go to school tomorrow. We'll have to be ready for whatever Yugi pulls." Atemu said.
The other knew that Atemu was right.
They all headed upstairs.
Atemu showed them the rooms they could stay in.
All five then went to bed, preparing themselves for a long struggle with Yugi to come. They knew saving Yugi wouldn't be easy. They also knew telling the others the truth behind all this would also be hard.
Hope you liked it.
Note: It will be quite a few chapters before you find out what casued Yugi to get the Shadow magic and go out of control as well as why he wnats to kill Yami.
Next: Stupidity results in another confrontation with Yugi.
R&R.
