Mimi: Hello everyone, Mimi here to deliver you another chapter. Lexi is...how do I put it?
Lexi: Dead.
Mimi: Haha...yeah. -Nervous laugh- You really shouldn't have changed the whole chapter or storyline at the last minute.
Lexi: I already know that...I'll just be over here contemplating my life choices -flops onto the table-
Mimi: We haven't checked the story over since we we're so concerned about bringing it out on time. Another thing to add was the discussion of bringing the rating down to a T because of only one chapter being graphic but we can just insinuate what is happening to the character in the specific chapter.
Don't worry though there will be extras that Lexi will write that may be more M rated. This means that those who want to read smut of this can but those that don't can just ignore them, as far as I am aware the extras will not further the plot ahead of anyone else. They are just extras put in there for a laugh.
So without further ado let's begin
Disclaimer: None of us own Yu-Gi-Oh or any other material used in this work of fiction
A couple of days later and we continued to eat in silence, on the first night Ryou had tried to get us all to have a normal conversation only for it to be as awkward as standing stark naked in front of a complete stranger. Tonight was especially silent since they were to announce where we were to continue our lives working. Whether that be together or separated.
The announcements were read out in order of region from closest - the regions who held high ranking officials and people - to those regions further away which were mainly farmers and miners but they rarely took part in this "tradition". The logic behind that being the high demand for them, more workers means more resources being pumped into the economy.
I and the other 9 top ranked however would all have ours after the last region had been read out, a blessing for some while for others a curse in disguise. It would give other people time to morn but at the same time it killed the souls of those that had to wait their turn.
I looked over at Ryou, his face shining from the TV screen and the light in the middle of the room. It was quite a small house that had seen better days, kitchen cupboards were mostly filled with herbs, medicinal ingredients, vials of liquids and God knows what else. There was a small sink that stood near the back door, the table that we were all sitting at was in the middle of the mixed room.
The TV was on a small wooden table, currently playing one of Ryou's favourite cartoons "The Angel And The Devil", and was our main source of entertainment in this part of town. There were kids here but they never played in the streets if they saw me, it wasn't as if they were afraid of me. Instead it was always because of my attitude towards playing with them.
Playing pretend...that was the last game I played with them and the last time Malik ever let me out of the house without Ryou's supervision. Inside the house it was a different matter, always trying to keep us away from each other.
Our rooms were upstairs but there were only two, obviously it made sense for Malik and Ryou to sleep together but that didn't stop the white haired boy from sneaking in - Malik's fault for being loud - to my room every now and again.
Malik always told us off, saying how he would have to put a lock on my room. Sometimes I wish he had, then I wouldn't have to stay awake all night to make sure Ryou was okay and that he didn't hear me waking up from my nightmares.
The pair shuffled about on the one seat to try to get comfortable, wanting to be close to each other Malik had put Ryou on his lap and had rested his head on top the fluffy white hair. Lazy lilac eyes blankly staring at the TV, all that was on his mind was last year and I didn't blame him.
Though I hate his guts it was difficult for all of us when they took him away, Ryou cried the most even if when he went out in public he seemed fine. He never stepped a foot in my room throughout that whole experience, staying in Malik's bed so that he could still imagine he was here.
Then there was me, I stayed in the house all day and retreated to my room whenever Ryou had come home. I didn't want to see his face...I didn't want to admit to myself that I was the cause of this all. Couldn't bear to see that fake smile of his as he told me it was okay.
Reaching into my pocket I took out the small vial that Ryou had given to me, I hadn't took it though. Keeping it out of there line of sight I twirled it around my slender fingers, how long had it been since Ryou started to give me this? A month...a couple of months...a year...maybe even longer than a year.
It seemed like it was yesterday but the truth was that he started to make them after my accident.
Ryou couldn't rely on the medicine being snuck from across multiple borders, after the accident he was set upon learning how to make medicines. Having basic knowledge from patching me up he ended up wanting to learn more and more about the medical department.
"You're mind is on cloud 9 brat." Malik's voice yawned as he snuggled more into Ryou who was too engrossed to even pay attention to the conversation.
"Stop calling the kettle black, I'm just trying to distract myself from the silence."
He smiled as he looked over at me, of course he knew he was Malik after all...he knew all too well what I was trying to distract myself from. "Throwing a tantrum are we Mr. Pot? All because they discontinued your favourite programme."
"Yeah.." I muttered while looking at the peeling wallpaper, a cream colour being disturbed by an off yellow that looked as if someone was sick on the walls "Now I'll never find out how I can be a king."
"You can be the King of Brats" before I could open my mouth he continued in a mocking fashion "and Pots."
"Will you two just shut up, I'm trying to watch this."
Both of us stayed silent and stared at Ryou who didn't even look away from the TV as he told us off, nothing on his mind apart from his programme. A digital clock that was sneakily placed on top of the TV read 21:36 and I almost groaned in defeat.
There was no way it was still this early in the night until the announcements began, in fact there were still 2 hours to waste until it started.
Glancing back at the TV I tilted my head slightly, watching as the picture faintly became distorted. Pushing myself up from the chair I slowly tiptoed over to the window, there was nothing that I could see out there but my gut said otherwise.
Going over to the TV I pushed the power button and saw the screen turn black.
"Hey I was watching that!"
"Ryou...this is important." He continued to pout and even folded his arms in annoyance, Malik rolled his eyes while lifting his little brother off his lap. "Something is definitely wrong, I don't know what it is though."
"Ryou we have to believe him. Not like we can stop him once he's determined, so let's just play along." Malik ruffled white hair and slowly smiled only for it to falter at the sudden change of tension. Lilac, doe brown and amethyst eyes settled upon the screen that was slowly turning itself on.
At first it seemed to flicker between static and a black screen, only when Malik's phone buzzed did the TV sort itself out. The glitchy screen showed a picture of me smiling happily just like the others around me. It was a hot day in June when the picture was taken, seconds before a misfire of a water gun drenched me. Ryou was being hounded by girls while Malik tried his best to diffuse the situation.
My girlfriend...she was no where to be seen in the picture and it wasn't until later on that I found her kissing a student in the same year as Malik. I just looked too childish to ever be considered a boyfriend. Also just a baby brother.
That's all I ever was.
When I looked at the inky black letters with red tips I almost forgot to breathe. Was this a death sentence or some sort of practical joke someone was playing on me?
No there had to be some mistake, how could injecting me with liquid and then vomiting put me into this category? The TV cut to static and soon after that, trucks began pulling up in the street. Malik must have seen the screen before it cut out because now he pulled me by the hand and hid both me and Ryou inside the broom cupboard before telling us to be quiet as he turned off the lights and opened the shutters slightly before returning.
Silence…that's what surrounded us as we stared at the stationary truck. When Malik's phone buzzed all of us seemed to jump out of our skin. The glow lit up the cramped cupboard and in the light I could see Malik's brows furrowing as he read what was on the screen.
"Yugi...I need you to tell the truth here; did anything abnormal happen in the testing area?"
"Not that I know of, it all seemed pretty normal if you count being sick on the floor." Ryou looked concerned but Malik's attention remained on the phone, his fingers furiously tapping on the screen. "What's happening?"
"Something that is so much bigger than us." Putting his phone in his pocket Malik placed two hands on my shoulders and forced me to look at him. "Listen Yugi, there isn't much time before they begin looking for you again. They never planned on putting you on the programme, instead the plan was to hold you up in a security facility."
"That makes no sense..Why?"
He put a hand on my lips, his eyes trying to hide everything but not doing a very good job of it. Malik hated me that was always a certainty but he was sad and blamed himself for weekday was happening. "I can't tell you much else but you will be safe the further away you get from here. Almost impossible on your own and even more so with me and Ryou holding you back."
"Malik he's our brother, we stick together no matter what."
"Ryou if he stays he will be experimented on, if you and me go with him he will just keep trying to protect everyone but himself. I knew this would happen at some point but I didn't realise how forward they would be, that's why I didn't want you to get too close to him."
I pushed his hand away, trying to process what was going on here. "You knew I would be taken away again...knew that I wouldn't be around so you wanted to wipe my existence from your family. I understand." I stood up, opening the cupboard door I tried to fight back the tears. I was a nuisance to him and an annoying blot that he couldn't get rid of, this was the perfect situation for him.
"Honestly the amount of drama you cause is unbelievable, it's surprising your aren't labelled Mr. Drama." In front of me stood a slender man who towered over me with sandy blonde hair and dark purple eyes that could just be seen in the pitch black darkness.
Malik stood up and pulled off a thick winter coat off a hanger that I had never seen before, it's thick black material blending into the darkness. "It's about time you came, thought he was going to run out on me before I properly explained the plan."
"You heard of what your initiation is right?" I shook my head slightly, it wasn't as if I had any particular interest in that department. "Well we basically get to choose a 1st year who we will train, unlike other department initiations yours will be done later on through the year once you've got the basics."
"What my friend here is trying to say is that you'll be living with them as their apprentice until we find a way to sneak you out all together. As long as you are with them no government official can touch you, meaning you won't be experimented on."
I looked at the person in front of me and then back at Malik, their features seeming undistinguished in the shadows. Even if Malik trusted this so called friend it didn't necessarily mean he was a good guy, people pretend to be something they aren't all the time.
Even Ryou was having a hard time believing what was happening, going so far as to attempt to cling around my arm only for Malik to block his path.
"What if I want to refuse?" I questioned as I turned my full attention to the stranger, his purple eyes taking every aspect of me in until they met my eye's. A cold chill ran up my spine as those eyes tried to pin me in place, I was like a dear in the headlights.
"If you refuse I will have to take you by force, Malik asked me to take care of you so that is what I must do." He stepped closer, wrapping a hand around my neck to stop me from moving back. With his other hand he cautiously put it on top of my spiky star shaped hair, then ever so slowly he began to twirl my hair in his fingers.
A gentle smile crept up on his face as he closed his eyes, what exactly was he doing? I yawned and found myself getting really sleepy in his arms, his arms that seemed so warm and fuzzy like a blanket.
I heard a growl somewhere behind me but I couldn't move my limb body, my eye's grew heavy and everything blurred into one. As for my hearing it slowly felt as if I was losing it, as if I was underwater.
When light flooded into the room that's when I noticed all of this, the smell of toxins spiralling up.
Shouting, why must there always be shouting? It's way too loud and all I want to do is go sleep, maybe if I go sleep now I will never wake up. That was Malik won't look at me like that, or Ryou when he thought I wasn't looking.
For once I just wish I didn't have to see their faces. That I didn't remind them every day that they no longer have a mother.
How long have I been out cold? When did I realise I had woken up and that it wasn't in my own bed?
I could hear the soft beep of a machine and the ache of something sticking out of my arm, the gentle sounds of someone breathing next to me.
You like to play pretend don't you?
I ignored whatever voice had said that and just concentrated on the the little bleeps and footsteps that were on the other side of the door. They seemed to get louder then softer, sometimes there were multiple footsteps that clattered in a distorted fashion.
Let's pretend...
Disinfectant tickled my nose as I finally let my eye's flutter open, it was still dark but light crept through the door. I tried not to move as I looked ahead of me to a large glass mirror, even I knew it wasn't a proper mirror.
Staying calm I let my eye's close again, whatever had happened obviously wasn't good. Letting my senses get used to my surroundings I deducted that there were metal clamps around my wrists, stomach and legs.
As far as I was aware the beeping noise must have been coming from a heart monitor and the thing sitting uncomfortably in my arm was a cannula. Meaning this place was a hospital.
Now only a few questions remained, one being where Ryou and Malik were - while also asking what the hell happened for me to be admitted to hospital.
Peaking out of my eye's I looked to my left to see a person lounging about on a sofa, his attention focused on to a tablet in his hands. If I listened closely I could hear the tune often played during official announcements.
"Don't worry they've all been fooled into thinking you won't wake up until the morning, I made sure they won't record you either."
"Who are you exactly." I let my eye's open fully to get a better look at the person only for my eye's to roll at the realisation of who it was.
Wild sandy blonde hair spiked in all different directions while his dark purple eyes shone in the dim light. "I'm named Melvin, one of your new babysitters."
He flicked a button on a remote control and suddenly the mirror lit up light a TV. I saw names and pictures flash by, each having a number that was between 10-1.
When I saw my name and face again I had to swallow down a lump that had formed in my throat.
"It was a pain to get you in but from now on you are a fighter, good luck."
Fighter category. Where only the ruthless, the brave and the mentally insane go just for the sake of security. Yes we got many good police officers from there but the process was way too difficult just to pass the first initiation phase.
To actually pass the first year was suicide.
Mimi: So...there it was. The start of a meeting that may end in tragedy. I have to say Lex, you really pull through at the last second.
-no response -
Lexi? Hello Lexi?
-no response again -
Yami Lexi? Oh great and powerful Lex?
Umm this may have killed her doing the chapter at the last minute. Wait I know.
-Puts on a sweet voice- Lexi you're Hikari is coming home in a few days ~
Lexi: WHERE IS MY HIKARI?!
Mimi: There we go, works every time
Lexi: Go f...fry a lamp Mimi! I was dreaming.
Mimi: Language.
Lexi: Hey I saved it by not swearing, even though people will probably guess what it was meant to say.
Mimi: Can't believe Lou is coming home, maybe then I won't have to worry about you bullying me.
Lexi: Lou's only coming home so that I don't destroy everything. Lou is my Hikari after all, the only one who can get me to stop...he's also coming home because his holiday ended but forget those little details
I actually based Yugi and Atem off us.
Mimi: But that doesn't make any sense because of their...oh I understand now. Lou isn't like that though Lex.
Lexi: Yeah, yeah save it for the next chapter...that I have to write again.
Lexi and Mimi: Don't forget to Favorite, Follow and Review. It motivates us
Mimi: Especially Miss Lazy-So-I-Will-Leave-It-To-The-Last-Second
Lexi: Do you want me to chain you up and whip you Slave?
