Nix: -sighs- I know, I know…LATE AGAIN!
Yami: That's right you should be ashamed! Think of all the poor readers who thought they were going to get to read more of this over the break and now look! It's MLK Day weekend and you're just NOW getting it up.
Yugi: Yamiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Please don't be mean today! She has to deal with some pretty hard teachers this semester not to mention the icy weather.
Nix: Really! The weather's going to be the death of me!
Yami: Well get on with the story then so at least the readers will get to read it before you die!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! And never will! This story has been written by both Masami Mistress of Fire and I so I don't own it fully either. The plot was our own original idea.
---------Chapter 4: Licentia Staccato---------Yuugi awoke to the sound of children playing nearby. He stiffened before remembering that no one knew about them as long as they stayed there.
He hadn't experimented with the old vampire myth of going into the sunlight, but something told him that he could but Yami couldn't. Could it be some kind of vampire sense? He wasn't sure. There was a lot he and Yami didn't know yet and it worried him.
How could they prepare for Alcimar if they couldn't even protect themselves? Yuugi turned toward Yami to see the peaceful expression in place. Nothing had ever made Yuugi feel this safe until Yami had came into his life.
As he continued watching Yami sleep, Yuugi didn't notice the pair of eyes that peeked underneath the tarp. The eyes disappeared and there was movement followed by quiet talking. Then two pairs of eyes were looking under the tarp.
"What is it?" the blue-eyed one asked.
"I don't know," the gray-eyed one replied before lifting the tarp a bit more.
Yuugi noticed the change in lighting immediately. Acting quickly, he shielded Yami's body from the exposure of the deadly sunlight. As he moved he heard a gasp and scream coming from behind him. Looking around, he saw two girls, one looking about ten with blue eyes, the other seven or eight with gray eyes.
"Please drop the tarp. My friend can't last in the light," Yuugi said, trying to keep Yami protected from the sun's harmful rays.
The girls nodded before coming under the tarp. They watched as Yuugi quickly checked Yami over for wounds. He sighed as he turned towards the girls noticing their semi-afraid glances. Smiling, Yuugi turned towards them. His vampire instinct was telling him to go ahead and feed on these pathetic mortals, but the newly acquired light power, if that's what it was, as well as what was left of his mortal side told him that he shouldn't let the power consume.
"W-what are you doing under here?" the youngest girl finally asked.
"My friend and I are going to America to...uhh... meet some friends of ours. Sorry if I scared you a minute ago. I didn't mean to," Yuugi explained.
"That's ok." She smiled. "I'm Amanda and this is Kayla. We're the captain's daughters."
Yuugi smiled back. "Nice to meet you. I'm... err... Heba and that's Atem."
Kayla (the one with blue eyes) looked at Yuugi questionably. "Why are you and your friend on this ship? Why not on a cruise liner?
"We got on this ship by accident and decided it would be best to stay hidden so we wouldn't be counted as stowaways," Yuugi lied.
A groan made the two girls jump while Yuugi smiled softly. Yami's eyes snapped open as the smell of humans reached his nose. Worried, he grabbed where he thought his beloved was, only to find that he wasn't there. Now frightened beyond belief, Yami sat up completely. Looking around he exhaled in relief that Yuugi was in front of him, but tensed as he saw two girls.
"Ra! Don't scare me like that! I thought humans had got you" Yami exclaimed, pulling Yuugi into a hug.
"It's okay 'Atem'. Nothing bad happened. I'm all right. Plus I think you're scaring Amanda and Kayla," Yuugi replied, pulling out of the embrace.
"Oh... Sorry about my actions girls," Yami calmly stated.
"It's all right. We're okay, but-" Kayla started.
"Kayla, Amanda, where are you two girls? You better not be under the tarp again. Remember last time?" A male voice called.
The girls seemed to blanch at this statement. Both scrambled to get up while Yuugi moved to shield Yami again.
"We were, but not anymore, Daddy!" Amanda yelled, coming out of the tarp first.
"We'll be back later with food. According to Dad, we should reach port around noon two days from now," Kayla explained before leaving.
"What was that all about?" Yami inquired.
"They discovered us when they were playing hide and seek. Hey Yami, will you promise me that you'll never go out into sunlight?" Yuugi asked, worried for his koibito's health.
"All right. Why? Did you learn anything more about our powers?" Yami responded.
Yuugi was quiet awhile before he looked at Yami "Not really. I only know that I'm able to live in sunlight, but as it is, you aren't."
Yami seemed indignant at being told this tidbit of information, but knew it to be completely true. Sighing in frustration, Yami placed his head on Yuugi's shoulder trying to find some condolence.
Yuugi knew his dark's inner turmoil and knew there wasn't anything to do about it. Slowly he pushed Yami's head up to where they were eye to eye. Yuugi timidly closed the space between the two and placed a kiss on Yami's lips. As he went to draw back Yami pulled him back in for a soul-searing kiss.
Yami ran his tongue along Yuugi's lip getting the effect he wanted as Yuugi opened his mouth invitingly. He started to map out his love's mouth when Yuugi's own tongue joined in. They dueled back in forth both thinking the same though 'maybe this trip won't be to boring after all.' After a minute had passed the broke the intimate kiss, panting heavily.
Yuugi looked sleepily at Yami before crawling into his lap and falling asleep. Yami smiled at how incredibly angelic his light looked then. He watched him sleep awhile longer before feeling the effects of drowsiness on himself. Yami shifted ever so slightly Yuugi was lying on his chest, his arms snaked about his light's waist. He kissed him lightly one the forehead before falling asleep himself.
XxX
The two lovers had been on the ship for three days now. It had been fun for a little while, especially when Amanda and Kayla managed to sneak under the tarp. They had their fill of rats due to the fact the girls were adapted at catching things (claiming to have had a gerbil that had always escaped in the past) and human food as well. Yami and Yuugi couldn't help but grow attached to the two as they were just too friendly toward them even knowing about the whole vampire thing. Somehow the girls had manage to get the crew to steer clear of the area Yami and Yuugi were occupying at the moment making their life a whole lot easier.
The two had been sleeping peacefully in each others embrace once again when they were awaken by shouting near by. Sitting up, they noticed right off the bat that the tarp had shifted and it was now nightfall. They guessed the only reason they were still hidden was the fact that the girls were getting lectured once again from what they could here. They both stretched their stiff muscles before noticing the small amount of food lying by them and a note. Taking the note, Yuugi read aloud:
"Dear Heba and Atem,
Thanks for becoming our friends. We couldn't be happier to have been able to hang out on the ship ride! It's normally boring especially since dad's always busy. Although we probably won't see each other again, Kayla and I have decided to leave you our address in case you're in town again and need a place to stay.
Amanda and Kayla Ballard
816 Cherry Blvd.
San Francisco, California 91734
We left you some more food. By the way you two look cute sleeping! Well, we've almost reached port so it's goodbye for now.
Love,
Kayla and Amanda"
"Aww! They're sweet girls. I just hope Alcimar doesn't get to them," Yuugi whispered.
Yami nodded as he noticed there were people coming their way. Grabbing Yuugi's hand, he led him behind a crate as the tarp was moved yet again. There were two men in uniform inspecting a crate with what appeared to be a business logo called Kaiba Corp.
"Kaiba... why does that name sound familiar?" Yuugi asked himself as they watched the suits pick up the crates and walk off with them.
"Hey! Isn't that the Seto Kaiba who sets up our dual tournaments?" Yami asked as if they should have known this all along.
Yuugi's eyes widened as it hit him. Grabbing Yami's hand, Yuugi quickly pulled them along. Looking around Yuugi saw no one as he told Yami to follow him while hopping over the side of the ship and landing behind another crate. Yami went to go when he heard a sound. Staring at the man Yami noticed he was drunk and used his speed to follow Yuugi as well. Catching their breaths and looking around the side of the crate, Yuugi and Yami spotted thee U-haul that was getting loaded with the Kaiba Corp boxes.
"Okay so what's the plan?" Yami asked, eyeing the truck.
Yuugi's bright red face came into Yami's view. "I-I dunno. I thought we could just wing it…."
"You got to be kidding me! So you drug me across the ship, risked us getting caught, only to tell me you don't even have a plan?" at Yuugi's head shake, Yami sighed before continuing, "Okay... how about we go to New York, pay Kaiba a visit, and see what we can do and go from there?"
"Great! Let's hurry while there's no one around." Yuugi whispered quickly as they both ran and got into the U-haul.
Sighing contently, they both snuggled in their embrace. They were hidden in the back. Thankfully a smaller crate was in front of them and it helped block out most of the moonlight and streetlights meaning it would be a good sun block. They both were going to be able to spend quality time with each other once more.
---------End Chapter 4---------
Nix: I know there wasn't much action this chapter but I promise next chapter will be amazing! Especially since Masami's writing it!
Yami: -sighs- Joy…two crazy writers…
Nix: -glares- You're pushing it.
Yugi: - sweatdrops and smiles slightly- YAY! FLUFF! Oh and…-puppy dog eyes of doom- Review please…it's not nice to just read the story and leave.