I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh, or any other show, brand name, song, or anything else in that nature (if used). Constructive criticism is accepted and very much appreciated! This is not recommended for children under the age of 13. WARNING: Yami x Yugi yaoi/shonen-ai in this chapter. People of the internet, you have been warned. Enjoy!

Chapter 2: The Long Walk Home

"Thanks, Yami," Yugi thanked, "it was nice of you to walk me back to the game shop!" The yami smiled in return, and put his hand the little hikari's shoulder.

"I'd do anything for you," Yami responded, "after all, you just don't know what's running around at night anymore!" Yugi laughed at Yami's little joke. However, the hikari's smile disappeared when he thought he saw a shadow creep into an alley as they passed by. His hair began to stand up, and he yanked on Yami's black, sleeveless leather jacket. Yami looked down at his frightened hikari, and Yugi looked up with his scared purple eyes. Yami looked around, but when he didn't see anything, he slanted his eyes and pulled Yugi closer.

"Let's keep walking," he whispered to Yugi, "it was probably just a trick of the light." Yugi nodded, and they continued on. A pair of glowing, hot ember eyes peeked from the shadows. They blinked, and they started trailing after Yami and Yugi, the black furry body connected to them slipped, but then continued on…


"Look, Yugi," Yami pointed out, "there's the game shop!" Yami pointed his finger over towards the oddly-shaped familiar building. Yugi looked up and smiled.

"Will," the hikari mumbled, "will you walk me up to the door, Yami?" Yami nodded happily.

As they walked up to the door, Yugi saw a huge four-legged animal sneaking up on their left side.

"Yami," he whispered in fright, "it's back!" Yami turned around, and saw the ember eyes again. He pulled the hikari closer to his body.

"Come out!" he challenged. As they looked into the darkness, a wet, black nose and shining eyes appeared in the light beaming from a streetlight. It was a solid-black German shepherd, but it had a brown patches of dirt and all of it ribs were sticking out. Its tail was tucked in between its hind legs and its body was shivering. Yugi felt a pang of sympathy for the poor creature. It was probably following them for food… or maybe just for a friend.

Yugi let go of Yami's jacket kneeled down. He stuck out his and began calling the abandoned dog over. Yami shot the hikari a warning glance, but Yugi ignored him and kept encouraging the dog forward. The Shepherd's ears pricked as he looked at Yugi. Slowly, the black creature began walking over towards the yami and the hikari.

When it finally reached them, Yugi pet the animal, attempting to remove some of the excess fur and dirt.

"Yami," the hikari mumbled as he looked up, "he needs help."

Yami turned away so he didn't meet Yugi's gaze.

"Yugi," he explained, "there's no way that your grandfather is going to let you keep that heap of fur and bones, and I most certainly do not want it!" The Shepherd seemed like it was insulted, and looked up at Yami with sad, pitiful eyes. Soon it began wining, and just then Yugi's face brightened.

"I know," he said excitedly, "let's take the dog over to Chihiro's place! She works part-time at the Domino Animal Shelter, so maybe she can fix him up and find him a good home!" Yami looked at his hikari with interest, and then nodded.

"Yes," he agreed, "this thing is right up her alley, and I'm sure that she would be more then happy to take the dog in. She is a sucker for animals after all!"

"Yami," Yugi sarcastically scolded, "it's not nice to bring people down behind their backs!"

When Yugi stood up, the dog looked at him and began wagging his pushy black tail back and forth.

"Come on," Yugi encouraged the dog, "you're going to like Chihiro, and she knows how to really take care of animals!" Yami began walking back over towards the harbor where the black-haired hikari's apartment building is, with Yugi and their new friend right on his heels.


"Are we almost there?" Yugi complained. It was very late at night, and he didn't like the shadows creeping around him. He was somewhat comforted by the fact that Yami was there with him, as well as the stray dog they found on their way home.

"Don't worry, Yugi," Yami assured, "if we take the short cut through the park, then we'll get there much faster." When they approached the harbor park, the lamps were glowing with dim yellow and orange lights, and the dew-covered grass shone silver in the moonlight.

"It's so pretty," Yugi mumbled half to himself. He heard growling, and when he looked down at the dog, its fur was all stood up, making him look almost half his original size. He continued growling, and soon he started barking into the darkness.

"It is, isn't it?" A familiar voice chuckled. Yami's body stiffened, and when Yugi tried to turn around to see where the voice was coming from, his yami pushed him forward.

"Go," Yami ordered, "take the dog and go find Chihiro."

"But what about you?" Yugi cried pitifully. Yami just looked at Yugi, and pointed towards the apartment building.

"Go," Yami yowled, "Run! And don't look back!" Reluctantly, Yugi urged the German shepherd forward by its scruff, and they started running with teary eyes. Yugi tried his hardest not to turn around. His heart pounded, and his legs screamed as he ran through the once-peaceful and safe park. His heart skipped a beat when he heard his love yowl in pain. Yugi turned around, and the sight filled his heart with shock and sorrow.

His beloved yami was bitten by some being at the neck. Yugi could see his blood, the color black in the dimness of the moon, ooze out of two puncture wounds at the neck, with the fangs still inside.

"No," Yugi screamed, "No, Yami!"

"GO," Yami wailed. Yugi nodded and he ran as fast as his short little legs could carry him, with the black dog hard on his heels.


"Chihiro," Yugi yelled as he burst through the apartment's entrance. The employee looked up from the desk, and she was about to scorn Yugi for being so loud, but he was already halfway up the stairs before she could even make eye-contact with him.

Damn it, Chihiro! Why the hell did you have to get a room on the top floor?!

He finally reached the floor he wanted, and he ran over and started banging on the Blue-eyed girl's door, screaming her name. His lungs felt as if they were going to burst, and all of his muscles were thumping from being over-worked. The door eventually opened, and Yugi burst through into the room, and he dragged in the dog by the scruff as Chihiro closed her door.

"Yugi," she scorned in a whisper, "the hell?! You almost woke half the building?" Yugi was panting on the floor when she saw the dog.

"Who's you friend?" she asked a little nicer this time. At that moment, her own cat, Pikako, came stalking out of the shadows, stretched, and walked over to examine Yugi and the dog.

"Y-Yami and I," Yugi huffed out, "f-found him on our way home. W-we couldn't k-keep him, s-so we decided th-that you could h-help him out." He started crying, and he hugged the Shepherd dog for comfort. Chihiro kneeled down so she was facing Yugi face-to-face.

"Yugi," she asked calmly, "where is Yami?" Yugi looked at her with tear-filled eyes.

"He's been attacked," he choked out. Chihiro scooted closer.

"By what?" she asked hastily. Yugi shook his head.

"I-I don't know," he continued, "I-I didn't get a good look at his face. B-but…" Chihiro looked at him as she waited for him to finish.

"It," he whispered, "whatever it was, it bit Yami in the neck, and it had a huge pair of fangs."


A/N: UPSET! T_T No one commented on chapter one! Your comments encourage me to keep going! I know the first chapter wasn't very good, but I promise that it'll get better in future chapters! So please, please, PLEASE leave a comment. It doesn't have to be a huge one. I'll even accept it even if it just says "lol" or "^_^" or something like that. It makes me think that my work is actually good and people actually enjoy reading it. -_-'