Here's the next chapter.
I decided to update this one early since I have written ahead a little.
Enjoy!
Chapter 4- Enemies
The rest of the week had been without incident.
Having learned their lesson, everyone at the Kaiba mansion had remained there, knowing that leaving had to be the stupidest thing that they could have ever done.
Atemu, Bakura, Marik, Ryou, and Malik were all staying at the Game Shop, staying on guard in case Yugi made an appearance, which he never did.
The five were also trying to figure how to explain the whole truth to the others, if they told them.
Yugi had not shown up in all that time. He hadn't tried anything. He hadn't appeared to anyone. There had been no word from Yugi at all.
It couldn't last forever, though.
"I know that Yugi hasn't shown up yet. Do you think he gave up?" Joey asked.
"Maybe." Tristan said.
"No. Yugi knows that he can't get to us inside the mansion. He probably has figured out that we're not giving him the chance to anything." Yami said.
"So, what do we do in the meantime?" Tristan asked.
"We do what Atemu says." Yami said.
"Why if Yugi's not pulling anything now?" Tea asked.
"Because if we're caught outside the mansion, we're all dead." Yami said.
"Come on. What's the harm in trying?" Mokuba asked.
"Trust me. None of you want to face a fully enraged Atemu. I have never been on the receiving end of that kind of anger, but I have seen others who have been." Yami said.
"What happened?" Joey asked.
"Besides the fact that Atemu nearly lost complete control of himself and killed the guy? A whole lot of yelling. I was literally hiding behind the throne, and everyone else was backing away." Yami said.
"Hold it. This happened when you were Pharaoh?" Seto asked.
Yami nodded.
"That must have been pretty scary then." Tea said.
"It was. I never want to see Atemu that angry, and I definitely don't want that anger unleashed on me. He's angry enough with me as it is." Yami said.
"I still wish they'd tell us what is going on." Tristan said.
"I don't know what is going on, but it must be pretty bad." Yami said.
Deciding not to take a chance, the group had Seto use his own Shadow magic to teleport them to the mansion.
"At least they haven't done anything stupid, yet." Ryou said.
"Give them time." Bakura said.
"Meaning?" Malik asked.
"Meaning that they are going to do something stupid." Bakura said.
"As long as they stay in the mansion, I don't give a damn what they do." Atemu said.
The five were back in the Game Shop.
"So, we have three weeks to focus solely on this. What do we do?" Bakura asked.
"I don't know. The first thing we need to do is find Yugi." Atemu said.
"That's going to be hard. We haven't even sensed the Shadow magic now." Ryou said.
"He won't stay quiet for long." Atemu said.
"Do you think he'll come after us?" Marik asked.
"He might. I don't think he sees us as friends or enemies. He sees us as an obstacle that he has to overcome to get to Yami." Atemu said.
"Why not let him have Yami?" Bakura asked.
"Bakura!" Atemu growled.
"Look. I know that he's your brother and that the sweet, innocent Yugi would want us to protect him, but the guy has done nothing to deserve saving. Maybe he was a good Pharaoh, but now, he isn't. Now with what he has caused. I'm sorry, but we have to look at all the damage that hasbeen caused because of his reckless arrogance and ignorance." Bakura said.
"Sorry, Atemu, but I have to agree with Bakura on that one. Yami brought all this on himself." Marik said.
Atemu sighed. "I know he did." Atemu said.
"So, why are we protecting them?" Bakura asked.
"Because it's what Yugi would want." Atemu said, getting up.
"Atemu." Ryou said quietly.
Atemu ran a hand through his hair. "Look. I'm not happy with Yami, either. I'm borderline hate." Atemu said. At their surprised expressions, he continued. "Yes, I am close to hating my own brother." Atemu said. He was quiet. "No. I do hate him. I hate what he has done. What is done is low and despicable. There is no excuse for it, and if he tries to excuse it, then he is truly selfish. I can't stand him. I want to wrap my hands around his throat and strangle him. Better yet, let Yugi do it himself. It would be perfect to let Yugi get the revenge he so desperately wants." Atemu said.
Bakura, Ryou, Marik, and Malik were shocked at this.
Atemu sighed. "But I can't let that happen. Yugi would want this. I am doing this solely for Yugi's sake. Yugi needs him alive. Light cannot live without darkness. Hikari cannot live without Yami. Yugi cannot live with Yami. No matter how you look at it, Yugi needs him alive. That's why I protect him. For Yugi. No other reason. I want to kill Yami, but I'm not going to." Atemu said.
"Wow. I didn't know you felt like that." Bakura said.
Atemu sighed. "After all these months, especially the last five, those feelings have increased. I hate that I feel that way, but with what has happened, I can't help it. My parents would probably be disappointed in me for feeling this way, but with what I have seen and had to deal with, I have no choice, but to feel that way." Atemu said.
"I don't think they would blame you." Ryou said.
"I don't know, but I can't care right now." Atemu said.
"We get that." Bakura said.
"Maybe we should try and find Yugi the old fashioned way." Marik said.
"Search." Malik said.
Marik nodded.
"What do we have to lose?" Atemu asked.
"How do we find him?" Malik asked.
"Just look around. If you see him, get in touch with the rest of us. Don't try to talk to him alone." Atemu said.
The group agreed before they headed out.
Yugi stood on the tower, overlooking the city.
'I can't attack those people in school, and I can't get to them in the shield.' Yugi thought.
Yugi gripped his fist tightly.
'I have it find a way to get in that place! I have to find a way to get to them! I have to get my revenge!' Yugi thought angrily.
Shadow magic started to swirl at Yugi's hands.
Yes, master. Revenge is all that you need. We will find a way to help you get in and kill them all. The Pharaoh needs to learn his lesson. He needs to know that he is the one in the wrong. He needs to see what he ahs done.
Yugi only grew angrier.
'I won't let Yami get away with this. I won't let him live happy and healthy while I'm suffering like this. He doesn't deserve it.' Yugi thought.
Yami was in his room in the Kaiba mansion. He was sitting on the bed with a picture in his hands.
The picture was one of him and Yugi. It was taken shortly after Yami had gained his own body. Yami had an arm around Yugi's shoulder, and they were both smiling.
'Things were so easy then. We were fine. We were just the way it needed to be. Yami and Hikari.' Yami thought.
Yami set the picture down, stood up, and walked to the window.
'What is it, Yugi? What am I missing? What happened to make you so angry at me? Why did Atemu ask me those questions?' Yami asked himself.
Yami had been extremely surprised and confused by the questions Atemu asked. He had gone over them, but he couldn't figure out why Atemu asked them. Yugi was his Hikari, so he was always there for Yugi.
What Yami didn't do was bother to think back over that time period to try and figure that out.
Bakura and Ryou were walking trough the streets down from the Game Shop.
"There has to be a way to find Yugi. We need to try and reason with him." Ryou said.
"Reasoning with him won't be easy. He's under the influence of Shadow magic and it won't be easy to convince him to listen to us." Bakura said.
Ryou looked over at him, "Do you really think that it will be that hard?" Ryou asked.
"It'll be more than that hard." Bakura answered.
The two took a shortcut through the park that was nearby. They walked on down.
Suddenly, Bakura stopped.
Ryou noticed and stopped as well. "Kura?" Ryou asked.
Bakura was starring at a bunch of bushes. His hands clenched tightly into fists. 'Damn it!' Bakura growled.
Ryou walked over to him and laid a hand on Bakura's shoulder. "Kura." Ryou said.
Bakura looked over at his Hikari. "Sorry. I just got upset again." Bakura said.
Ryou nodded. "I understand, Bakura, but we need to keep looking for Yugi. Even if reasoning with him will be hard, we have to try. We can't just give up on Yugi." Ryou said.
"We won't. I just don't want you to think that it will be easy to save Yugi." Bakura said.
Ryou nodded. "I understand, Bakura." Ryou assured him.
Marik and Malik were also searching for him.
"Damn. We have to find Yugi before he does something else." Marik said.
"What do you think he'll do?" Malik asked.
"I don't know. I don't want to think the worst of Yugi, but I don't have a choice at the moment. Yugi is under the influence of Shadow magic, so there's no way to know what he might do." Marik answered.
Malik sighed. "We should have seen something like this coming. We should have known that something bad might happen." Malik said.
"We couldn't have seen this one coming, Malik. I know that." Marik said.
Malik looked over at Marik. "You think?" Malik asked.
Marik nodded. "We don't know how this happened, so we couldn't have seen it coming. Honestly, this is not something that I think we would have anticipated." Marik said.
"Still, if we find Yugi, maybe we can reason with him." Malik said.
"Malik, I will tell you this. Reasoning with Yugi won't be easy. He may not even listen to us." Marik said.
"Why not? Yugi has always been sensible." Malik said.
"I know that, but while under the influence of Shadow magic, Yugi isn't going to act like himself." Marik said.
"Well, we have to try." Malik said.
"I know." Marik said.
Atemu was also looking for Yugi.
'Come on, Yugi. Where are you? I know that you are here.' Atemu thought.
Atemu was very worried. He hadn't seen or heard from Yugi in almost four days, so he was worried. He wanted to make sure that Yugi was okay.
'Yugi may be out of control and trying to kill Yami and the others, but I am still worried about him. There's no way to know what may have happened to him.' Atemu thought.
Atemu kept on looking.
Then, Atemu sensed something. He looked up and was surprised to see that Yugi was standing on top of a tower.
'No wonder we haven't found him. We've been looking on the ground.' Atemu thought.
Atemu started to head up, but remembered what he had said to the others.
'I better let them know first.' Atemu thought.
The moment the others heard from Atemu, they headed over for where Atemu was.
Atemu had kept on eye on the tower and saw that Yugi never once left.
"Atemu!" Bakura said as he and Ryou ran up.
A moment later, Marik and Malik also joined them.
"Glad you guys got here fast." Atemu said.
"I thought you said you found him." Marik said.
"I did." Atemu said.
"Where? I don't' see him." Bakura said, looking around.
"That's because you're looking in the wrong direction." Atemu said, looking up.
The other four followed his gaze and were surprised to see that Yugi was standing on top of the tower far above them.
"Damn. That's a good place to hide." Bakura said.
"Come on. We have to talk to him." Malik said.
All five headed up with Atemu in the lead.
Yugi did nothing, but stand there. He was trying to figure out a way to draw Yami out.
'I have to get him. I have to kill him.' Yugi thought.
"Yugi."
Hearing his name, Yugi turned and wasn't too surprised to find Atemu, Bakura, Ryou, Marik, and Malik behind him.
"What are you doing here?" Yugi asked.
The lack of emotion in his voice worried Atemu and the others.
"Yugi, we didn't come here to fight you. We just came to talk." Atemu said.
"Then talk." Yugi said.
"Yugi, I get why you are doing this. I know that you are angry and upset." Atemu said.
"Stop stating the obvious." Yugi snapped.
"Yugi, we understand your reasons behind this, but this isn't the way. Killing Yami and the others won't change anything that happened." Ryou said.
"It will give me a sense of satisfaction. It will give me the satisfaction of knowing that Yami doesn't live happily." Yugi said.
"Yugi, look. I get what you're going through. I get it, but resorting to this doesn't help. Believe me. I know. I spent years being angry over something that happened years ago. Holding onto anger only makes you bitter. You know that. I sought to kill Yami myself, but I realized that it wasn't worth it." Bakura said.
"You gave up your anger. That doesn't mean I have to give up mine." Yugi said.
"Yugi, please. Yami and the others don't deserve this." Atemu said.
"Don't deserve this?" Yugi shouted, his eyes flashing dangerously. "Have you forgotten what those miscreants did to me? Have you forgotten everything?" Yugi snapped.
"Yugi, I am not saying that they were right, but anger only brings more anger. Violence only brings about more violence. You taught me that." Atemu said.
"Well, I was wrong. I never knew the truth." Yugi said.
"Yugi, this won't solve anything." Atemu said.
"Yes, it will. They are all living happy lives as if nothing bad ever happens! They act like there is nothing wrong! They are happy while I'm sufferings. They are smiling every day while I spend every day crying. They have peaceful dreams while I have terrible nightmares! Nightmares that will never end!" Yugi shouted as tears fell.
"Yugi, I understand, but the fact is that they don't know anything." Atemu said.
"And whose fault it that? They are the ignorant bastards who don't care about anyone but themselves!" Yugi growled.
"Yugi, look! We don't want this to continue. Just come back with us, and we'll figure this out." Malik said.
"No. I have the power to make him pay now, and I am going to make sure that he does. I won't let him get away with what he's done." Yugi said angrily.
"Yugi, revenge will not help." Marik said.
"It will help me." Yugi said.
Shadow magic started to smirk at Yugi's hand for the second time that day. "If you persist in protecting them, then I have no choice except to see you as enemies." Yugi said. He formed a sword out of the Shadow magic. "If that happens, I will come after you as I go after them." Yugi said.
Atemu, Bakura, and Marik had feared that this would be the outcome. They had hoped for a different one.
"Yugi, I-we can't let you do that. We can't let you kill in cold blood." Atemu said.
"Why? You have." Yugi said.
"Yes. I have, but I was wrong, Yugi. Besides, this isn't what you really want. Deep down, you know that." Atemu said.
"No, Atemu, I don't. This is what I want, and I won't let you stop me." Yugi said.
Atemu grimaced. "Then, you leave me with no choice." Atemu said. He formed a sword of his own.
"So be it." Yugi said.
Bakura and Marik knew that it was over, so they formed swords of their own and got ready to fight.
Yugi's eyes turned dark. He flicked his wrist and sent all five backwards.
Atemu managed to use his own Shadow magic to lighten the impact before he went at Yugi.
Yugi used his sword to block Atemu's sword. "I thought you hated your brother for what he has done." Yugi spat.
"I do." Atemu said as he struggled with Yugi.
"Then why save his insignificant life?" Yugi asked.
"Because I have to." Atemu said.
Yugi's Shadow magic then threw Atemu backwards.
Marik and Bakura got up, going at Yugi.
Yugi ducked and kicked Bakura in the stomach before he turned and blocked Marik's sword. He then forced Marik's sword up before he sent a blast of Shadow magic into Marik's chest.
Marik's Shadow magic lightened the blow, but it still hurt.
"Yugi, please! Stop this senseless violence!" Ryou pleaded.
"Senseless violence?" Yugi growled. "You don't know the meaning of it! I do!" Yugi yelled.
Each of them knew what Yugi was talking about, and it killed them that they knew the truth.
"Ryou, there's no choice." Malik said.
"Right." Ryou said.
White light formed at Ryou and Malik's hand, and a pair of Sais appeared in their hands.
Yugi then attacked them.
Malik blocked Yugi's sword before he forced him back and tried to strike Yugi, but Yugi easy blocked the Sai with his sword and kicked Malik in the stomach. Ryou went at Yugi, but Yugi easily moved out of the side, grabbed Ryou by the arm, and flipped Ryou onto his back.
"Ryou!" Bakura shouted. He jumped up and charged at Yugi.
Yugi ducked and rammed his elbow into Bakura's chest, knocking the wind out of Bakura before he used his Shadow magic to blast Bakura in the chest.
Bakura fell backwards onto the ground.
Malik and Marik both tried to attack Yugi.
Yugi turned and his eyes seemed to be alight with Shadow magic. Blasts of Shadow magic went from each of his hands.
Marik and Malik were both thrown down.
Malik groaned and got up. He formed white magic in his hand and threw it at Yugi.
Yugi moved out of the way, and the attack hit the tower. Yugi then sent another attack at Malik, which made contact.
Marik attacked Yugi, but Yugi jumped up and flipped in the air before he came down and kicked Marik in the chest, throwing Marik backwards and into the ground.
Atemu tried to move at Yugi, but Yugi turned and sent a blast at Atemu, sending Atemu crashing into the ground.
Despite being outnumbered, Yugi had taken them all down.
'Damn! Out of control Shadow magic is stronger than controlled Shadow magic! I forgot that!' Atemu thought derisively.
Yugi walked over and stepped down on Atemu's chest.
Atemu winced at the pain. "Yugi, please!" Atemu started.
"Enough!" Yugi said in a hissed, hushed whisper.
Atemu looked up and saw almost nothing, but darkness in Yugi's eyes. What light remained within Yugi was so hidden that it was near impossible to see the real Yugi. In fact, Atemu could not see that light.
Any light that had once made up who Yugi was, was near extinct.
'Yugi has no hope left. He has no light in his soul left. He has doesn't have the strength to fight the darkness that has take control of his heart.' Atemu thought.
"I thought that I could trust you." Yugi said.
"You can." Atemu said.
"No. Not anymore. You choose to protect Yami, and that makes you my enemy. I will go through you if I have to." Yugi said.
"You will." Atemu said.
Yugi growled. "That was a mistake, Atemu." Yugi said.
"Yugi, I am doing what I feel is right." Atemu said.
"Turning on me is right?" Yugi asked.
"Yugi, I have supported you through all this, but I can't support you doing this! Killing Yami is not the answer! I know he is to blame for a great deal of the pain that you are in, but killing him will change nothing!" Atemu said.
"It will change everything! I cannot be happy now, so he shouldn't either!" Yugi spat.
"Yugi." Atemu said. He knew it was over. He knew that they had to stop Yugi at all costs now.
"You can all go this time, but next time, it is over. I'm coming after you, Atemu, and I won't stop next time." Yugi said.
Yugi then vanished in purple smoke.
Atemu leaned back and groaned. 'Now it really is over. We have to stop Yugi at all costs.' Atemu thought. He sat up and covered his eyes. 'Damn you, Yami! This is your fault!' Atemu thought angrily.
"Atemu, you okay?"
Atemu looked over to see Marik helping Malik while Ryou was helping Bakura. "I'll be fine." Atemu said as he got up.
"So, it's official. Yugi really is the enemy." Marik said.
"Yeah. We're on his hit list now." Atemu said.
"We knew this could happen." Bakura said.
"I know. Yugi doesn't have the strength to fight anymore. He's been fighting at the darkness that started to cloud his heart for nearly five months now. We didn't see the struggle he was having." Atemu said.
"Without Yami, it was bound to happen." Ryou said.
"Okay. We know that Yami is at fault here, so why don't we just shout the truth in the bastard's face and make him face up to his failures." Bakura said.
"No. I want to see if he comes across some of them on his own." Atemu said.
"This may drag out that way." Marik said.
"Then so be it. Yami deserves to suffer some, and knowing his Hikari hates him and not knowing why will be the worst way to make Yami suffer." Atemu said, anger flashing in his eyes.
"Man. You really do hate Yami." Bakura said.
"Right now, I do." Atemu admitted.
"Come on. Let's get back to the shop." Ryou said.
The group started back.
"So, how do we stop Yugi?" Bakura asked.
"We've been holding back. We stop holding back' Atemu said.
"All out." Bakura said.
"It's survival. If we fight as hard as we can, we have a chance to live." Atemu said.
Yugi stood in the meadow.
"So, Atemu and the others decided that they would prefer to my enemies." Yugi said.
The thought hurt, and Yugi sank down.
"I don't want to fight them. Atemu has been my stronghold for too long." Yugi said as tears fell.
Yugi's eyes lightened and started to turn back amethyst.
No! He has chosen the Pharaoh over you! His true loyalty lies with his brother! Atemu would have never been completely loyal to you!
"He wouldn't?" Yugi asked.
No! His brother will always mean more! Atemu has to be loyal to his brother! They are family. They are all your enemy now! There is no one you can trust save us!
Yugi's eyes turned back dark.
"Atemu will pay just as they will. I will have my revenge." Yugi said, standing up.
Yugi was determined to get back at them all.
Hope you liked it.
Next: Yugi attacks Yami and the others again.
R&R.