Chapter 3: Attack!

Yugi walked down the hallway as he carried the man's new medication. They figured he might wake sooner if the medicine wasn't so strong. He nodded to the nurses as he walked down the hallway. He grinned as he started to pass the reception desk. 'Three, two, one…'

"Hey Yugi! Goin' ta see yer boyfriend?" Yugi laughed and blushed.

"He's not my boyfriend Joey! And what about you? How's your dragon coming along?" Joe blushed a bright red.

"Dat's none a yer business!" He shouted. Yugi grinned.

"Of course not! But next time, you might want to make the music louder." An undignified squawk was his response. Yugi chuckled. Everyone knew about the relationship between Joey and the most recent patient at Domino Hospital, the extremely wealthy and grumpy CEO of Kaiba corporations. He had come in after he took a hit from an assassination attempt and had taken a liking to one of the nurses. Ever since then he came at least twice a week with inexplicable injuries that he insisted Joey take care of. Yugi smiled. He hadn't been joking about turning the music louder. If anyone found out they were having sex in the public lounge it was very possible that Joey could lose his job. Luckily they hadn't been caught….yet. He walked into the room and looked at the monitors. Still no change in his condition, Sighing, he turned his attention to the actual person.

Yami was utterly gorgeous. With soft, bronze skin that felt like hardened satin under his fingertips. It was almost unbearably warm with fever. Gently, he pried his eyelids open, carefully observing as the pupils involitarily shrunk. Yugi nodded in satisfaction. This meant that he was still alive and subconsciously aware of his surroundings. He smiled. Yami was such a perfect name for him, with his dark skin and hair. He loved the man dearly. He was like a dark version of himself, hence, why he called him Yami. He took a rag and mopped the man's forehead. Yami seemed so strained, as if he were living an eternal nightmare. Yet when he was there he was relaxed and seemed to be content. Yugi caressed his cheek. A small sigh escaped the man's lips. Yugi smiled softly and held his hand. As the weeks had gone by, and Yugi had still been unable to leave him, Yugi had realized that he loved this man. Despite the fact that he had never spoken to him, never even seen him before, Yugi couldn't help but love him. Softly he stroked the man's cheek, smiling when a content sigh left his lips. Without warning an arm slipped around his neck and began strangling him.

"So, you're the one Atemu gets strength from. Hm… Pity. You're very handsome. I can see why he's attracted to you. No matter. Atemu's love is mine and no one else's! You'll have to go." Yugi clawed at the arm that crushed his windpipe. He tried to call for help, but the hand covered his mouth. He elbowed her in the stomach as hard as he could and bit down on her hand. She screeched and let go. He fell to the ground and choked. His vision was blurry, still he managed to see what his attacker looked like. She had shiny brown hair cut at her chin and a finely sculpted face. Her body was very curvy with long legs and small hands with long, delicate fingers. Her eyes were an icy blue. She would have been very beautiful, If it hadn't been for the expression of anger and contempt in her face. Coughing some more he made for the wall where he knew an alarm button was set. The woman was still nursing her injuries. When she saw him reaching up she dashed at him, but before she could grip him he hit the button. The alarm went off and she let him go. A nurse ran in.

"What's going on? Who pushed the emergency button?!" She screamed. "Sir! Are you all right?!" Before Yugi could answer he fell unconscious. "Get a doctor!" She shouted. She tuned Yugi onto his side and tilted his head so that he could breathe easier. "Don't worry, your going to be okay." Yugi didn't reply, only laid there, lost in the darkness of his dreams.

'At least I know his name.

Atemu

Beautiful…'

I tried to hold back my tears of frustration as I failed to move again. I felt so helpless! I was stuck in this comatic state because I still didn't have enough energy to get up after the purging of my shadows. I had been pondering why I had purged them now, and not earlier or later. Why now? What triggered it? I knew it had something to do with Yugi. I just didn't know what. 'I'll figure it out.' I thought. 'Whatever caused it I'll figure it out.' Futilely, I tried moving again, wanting to scream in frustration as I still couldn't move a muscle, no matter how much I struggled I still couldn't move. Curse Anzu for trying to kill my angel! But it made me realize something. I was a half-demon. Yugi was a human. One day Yugi would die and I would be alone again. The very thought made me shiver. I didn't want to be alone, not after so long. I shrank in on myself. Alone…I didn't want to be alone…I wanted my angel by my side forever. I wanted to be protected from the darkness that always reached for me with clinging fingers. Wild shadows. My own were young and still trying to settle within me. To them I was a perfect target, weak and vulnerable. Not to mention that they considered me their child. No one had ever controlled shadows like I could. I could even tame wild shadows and add them to my own, an ability that hadn't been seen in over ten thousand years. I shivered. Anzu's shadows had clung to me, still clinged to me. They were her spies, the things that told her if I had left or not, if I was strong enough, if my new shadows had settled within me. They were constantly by my ear, whispering dark, twisted words into my ear. Telling me to give up, to leave, to submit to my 'mate' and let her have me. I shuddered. Five thousand years of listening to nothing but insults and discouragements was not good for the sanity. I smiled. But Yugi made me better. Just watching him pulled my mind out of the black fog that they had created. I couldn't imagine losing that. Determination filled me as I made my choice. I didn't want to be alone….

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