J.G: I had a brake from school and decided to update, since there was a demand for me to do so.
Yami: I still can't believe what you did to me in the last chapter…*shudders*
J.G.: Quit whining baby. *smirks*
Yami: I am no Baby!
J.G.: I begged a differ.
kenshin8923: Thank you so much for your review. Yes I'm pretty sure Yugi is very glad that Yami saved her in time too.
SRRH: Alas, your right. It was Dartz, how'd you guess? Anyway yes you can be sure that he will freak out. *chuckles*
Yugixyamixyaoilover: How on earth did you guess? Eh. It needed to be done for the plot. Now Yugi will have to take care of him…oh how dreadful.
Happyfish: Thankers for the review(s) and you are correct, it was indeed Dartz.
yaoiluver4life: Ask and ye shall receive.
Ivorywinterdemon: …you were...right…and yes I am updating…feel privileged mortal.
Disclamer: JelloGirl323 does not own Yu-Gi-Oh!
Chapter Eight: Search Party part 1
Yami groaned his shoulder was killing, so was his chest. He tried to get up but laid back down quickly, it seams that being thrown into a tree didn't agree with him, clearly. He was thankful for the softness of the couch….wait couch? What the? He thought and opened his eyes he looked around with bleary eyes. The first thing he saw was…Yugi. He smiled, now this is what I call a wake up call. He blinked when he saw the girl right next to her; she had long platinum blond hair and looked surprisingly like Malik. But that couldn't be him; Malik was on the hunt, with the rest of the pack…wasn't he? Man this was confusing.
"Yami are you okay?" Yugi asked looking him with obvious concern.
"Yes." He could tell that she didn't believe him, and when she still looked skeptical he added "I'm fine Yugi." he looked around thinking of how he got there, and then it came back to him. Dartz, the fight, then conferable blackness. She was looking at him curiously, "What?"
"Oh nothing, except well…"
"What?"
"How can you change into a wolf?" Yugi asked
"Yo-you saw that?" he asked eyes wide; it was against the rules of his pack to let anyone see you change form. Shit, I am in so much trouble. I hope Atem doesn't find out…shit Atem! He doesn't know that I went out! Man I'm screwed. He thought frantically.
"Yeah I saw it…it was kind of hard to miss." Yugi said, and Marik snorted. Just then there was a loud ringing noise that made everyone jump.
"Oh! It's just the phone…I'll go get it." Marik said walking out of the room.
"Yami? Are you sure you're okay?" Yugi asked tentatively. Yami was still freaking out because of the fact that she saw him transform so he naturally didn't hear her. Yugi frowned; not liking being ignored, she went up to him and tried again. "Yami…"
"Yeah?" he blinked, looking at her surprised that she was in front of him. He looked up into her soft amethyst eyes; worry, curiosity, and concern were swirling in them.
"I said are you okay? You were acting strange…is your shoulder still hurting?" He shook his head and she visibly relaxed. "So…are you going to tell me how you um…changed into a wolf?"
"Well…" but he was cut off when Marik came running in the room looking frantic.
"Yugi! Ryou's in trouble!"
"Yami? This isn't funny man, where are you?" Bakura growled, but he was answered with silence. He growled Yami went out when he was already in trouble. If Atem blames me for this I'll kill him. I swear! He thought as he rushed out the door. He went out side and fazed into his wolf form, and ran into the forest. He was walking around in the deepest part of the forest, when he heard a chuckle from off to the side. He stopped up short; he recognized that particular chuckle anywhere. "Where are you?" Bakura growled, he quickly fazed back into his human form and was glaring around at the trees.
"My, my you must learn to control that temper of yours mutt." He growled and looked for the source of the voice, and found a man dressed in red velvet. He was tall and had silver hair that covered part of his face, including his eye. The eye that was visible was a dark brown, he was smirking at Bakura.
"Pegasus," Bakura spat, glaring at the man, he was in league with Dartz and where Atem and Yami's sworn enemies. "You're out of your territory."
"Calm down mutt," he smirked when Bakura bristled again. "I was just on a walk, enjoying the scenery you know…when I heard the sounds of a fight."
"What are you talking about?" Bakura didn't know what he was talking about and how it connects to why he was out of his territory.
"A Fight, I investigated, and was surprised with what I found…" Pegasus trailed off smirking evilly.
"Why would it matter to me?" Bakura said turning to walk away, this guy was seriously wasting his time.
"Oh, I think it would matter a great deal to you, unless you don't care about your friend Yami anymore…" Bakura flipped around quickly.
"Yami, what about Yami? What are you talking about?" Pegasus just smirked and started to walk away.
"Oh well, I'm sure you'll find some part of him. That is if Dartz is feeling generous." Bakura's eyes widened. What was Yami doing fighting with Dartz? Bakura thought, and then he ran up and grabbed Pegasus flipping him around.
"Where is he? Tell me now, if you value your life." Pegasus just smirked at down at him, since he was like a foot taller then Bakura.
"I thought you said that it wouldn't matter to you, mutt." Bakura growled at him warningly, "Fine I'll tell you he's…."
"What are you talking about Marik? What do you mean Ryou's in trouble?" Yugi asked starting at her friend with wide eyes.
"Joey called, and she said that Ryou was supposed to go to her house today, and that she didn't show." Yugi looked at her friend trying to stay calm.
"Marik lets think about this logically. I mean maybe she was just late, or got stuck in the rain?" Marik shook her head vigorously.
"No, she couldn't have been late, because you know her, always punctual. And Joey has already called her house and her dad said that she didn't come home from school…at all! And we left her hours ago! Hours!" Marik said her voice rising with every word.
"Calm down Marik, we have to stay calm and go look for her." Yugi said in a forced calm voice. By now Yami was confused, who was Joey? And why was Ryou in trouble? Questions buzzed around in his head like angry bees, he groaned and held his head, this was all so confusing, and it gave him a headache. "Yami?" yugi asked and he looked up.
"Yeah Yugi?" he looked up into her eyes.
"Are you sure you're okay?" she asked putting a hand on his head, making him blush lightly. He nodded and she let her hand drop.
"As romantic as this is…what are we going to about Ryou?" Marik asked with a bemused expression. This caused both of them to blush and look away, then Yugi got serious again.
"Okay, let's split up, Marik you take the park while I'll take the strip…" she trailed off at Marik's face, "What?"
"The strip?!? Are you nuts? You can't go there alone! I forbid it!" Marik said, and yami stood up, looking at yugi with wide eyes.
"It has to be searched," Yugi said simply.
~Yami Pov~
"What are you talking about Marik? What do you meant Ryou's in trouble?" Yugi asked she looked frightened; I wanted to get up and hug her, tell her everything was okay. But I couldn't, for one I had no idea of what was happening all I knew was that some girl named Ryou was in trouble.
"Joey called, and she said that Ryou was supposed to go to her house today, and that she didn't show." Marik said and yugi looked like she was trying to stay calm.
"Marik lets think about this logically. I mean maybe she was just late, or got stuck in the snow?" Yugi asked and Marik shook her head vigorously.
"No, she couldn't have been late, because you know her, always punctual. And Joey has already called her house and her dad said that she didn't come home from school…at all! And we left her hours ago! Hours!" Marik said her voice rising with every word.
"Calm down Marik, we have to stay calm and go look for her." Yugi said in a forced calm voice, Okay by now I was confused as hell. Who was Joey? And why was Ryou in trouble? I thought my mind going into overdrive. I winced, and put my head in my hands. This was giving me a headache. "Yami?" I heard yugi's soft voice ask and looked up.
"Yeah Yugi?" I asked looking into her beautiful face.
"Are you sure you're okay?" she asked putting a hand on my head, making me blush lightly. I nodded and she let her hand drop….though it seamed a little reluctantly.
"As romantic as this is…what are we going to about Ryou?" Marik asked with a bemused expression, making me return to reality. I turned away blushing, while noticing that yugi blushed also. Then she got serious again.
"Okay, let's split up, Marik you take the park while I'll take the strip…" she trailed off at Marik's face, "What?" I looked at marik also, she was looking at yugi with a shocked, and mad face.
"The strip?!? Are you nuts? You can't go there alone! I forbid it!" Marik said, and I stood up, looking at yugi with wide eyes, I had no clue what 'the strip' was but from the sound of it…well it didn't sound good.
"It has to be searched," Yugi said simply, I growled low in my throat, this didn't sound good at all.
"What's the strip? And why wouldn't you allow Yugi to go there?" I asked, looking at Marik seriously then over at yugi, she fidgeted under my gaze.
"The strip is the south side of town, most people avoid it because…well because it's a dump. Bad people live there, and a girl even died." My eyes widened, and I looked at yugi.
"You are not going there." I growled looking at her, she just glared at me.
"Yami it has to be searched." She said again as if daring me to contradict her. I shook my head, then noticing that she wasn't going to give up anytime soon I sighed.
"Fine, then I'll just have to come with you."
"No, you're already hurt, and you need to rest." She said and I shook my head, stubborn as hell she may be, but I'm more stubborn.
"Yugi I'm coming with you, end of discussion."
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"The old forest path? " Bakura asked looking at Pegasus skeptically. The silver haired man nodded. "And you aren't pulling my leg?"
"Not this time Mutt." Bakura growled he really hated this guy. He left without saying goodbye. He fazed again and headed for the old forest path, which used to be populated for nature lovers, and even was part of a tour, until the wolf attacks. Curtsey of Dartz and his followers, now it was just a forgotten path that no one went on, and Atem told the pack not to go there unless it was unavoidable; he still believed that humans would use it. He was halfway there when he heard a voice.
"Bakura! What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at camp, cleaning my room?" I stopped up short, if malik was here then that must mean…
"Yes Bakura what are you doing here? I thought I told you to stay home?" Bakura froze at Atem's voice. Yep, he was screwed.
JG: Bwahahahaha! I am sooo Evil!
Ryou: Oh I do hope I'm not hurt.
Bakura: You better not have hurt her.
JG: You'll just have to wait and see now won't you? End of Chapter Poll....Should Pegasus be either:
A) A Vampire
B) A Warewolf
C) A Human
D) A Shape shifter
