Hi, soz for not updating the story for what seems like a VERY long time. I've been dealing with school related stuff that I DO NOT want to go into right now. O.K, things are not looking up for Yami, Yugi's not talking to him and he's just been kicked out of his family. Great. In his situation, I would probably just sit down and cry. Lol. Try to keep things on a positive side Yami. Things will look up, I promise.
Yami: Says you. You're not in my situation.
Me: I know, I was trying to make you feel better...
Yami: Oh. Sorry.
Me: That's better!
Yami: *Rolls eyes*
Anyway, enjoy the chapter!
EgyptianShadowWolf xXx
Yami wondered aimlessly to the spot where he had first met Yugi.
His home had gone. His mother had gone. The person whom he loved...was gone.
It had been a few days since his father had outcast him, and a few days since he had last seen Yugi. Yami couldn't concentrate. His nights had been restless and his days long and empty.
He could only just handle being kicked out of his home. But when Yugi left...
He didn't realize he felt so strongly about Yugi. After Yami had come out the forest, he had tried to find Yugi, but he wasn't at his home. Yami had searched everywhere but couldn't find him.
And a few days later, Yami still hadn't found him. He stared down the alley way that Yami had first gone down the first day he was here (You know, the one with Crazy Ben!). He remembered how Yugi laughed at him and wished he could hear his laughter again, see him smile...
A car horn brought him back to reality. Yami hadn't realized he had been standing in the middle of the road. He stepped on the path and let the car by. He watched the car pass and stared long after it. It was like his mind wasn't functioning properly, and he didn't do things at normal pace. Everything was slow. Much too slow.
Yami began to walk. He wasn't paying attention to where he was walking to, he just walked. He was lost in his own thoughts.
Yugi had trusted him, so why hadn't he trusted Yugi enough to tell him, why let him find out this way? Why? Why Why Why Why Why?
The question spun round his head, like an out of control roundabout, it was useless trying to stop it.
His eyes then focused around him. He was an inch away from smacking into a lamppost. He also realized that he was very near the forest, next to the park. The look of the forest, it called to him...
That's when he noticed a slim grey shape on the outskirts of the forest, still under the shade of the trees and higher up, on a bank. He watched as the grey shape turned toward him and freeze. Yami stared back.
The shape seemed to lay down and give a bark. At that instant, he knew it was a wolf. He took the bark into consideration. It was powerful, in terms of rank, it was powerful, but in terms of strength, it wasn't all that strong.
It then occurred to Yami. There were only two grey wolves left in the pack. Karu and his daughter...
Destiny!
He smiled to himself for the first time in ages and ran to greet her. When he approached the forest, he saw Destiny seem to smile, in a way that wolves do of course.
He was about to run across the border, when he stopped. He had been banned. He couldn't enter. He could just see Destiny in the shade. She seemed to have backed away from the edge.
'I was hoping I could find you'
"What do you mean?" Yami asked.
Destiny looked behind her. It was obvious that Karu had forbidden her to talk to him.
"If you're not aloud to do this, go back. You don't want to lose your place in the pack"
Destiny seemed to snort.
'Ha! I'm not worried about that! You've always been raised as my brother, and just because you've been banned from the forest, doesn't mean I won't see you.'
Yami sighed and pulled a desperate face. You couldn't really tell Destiny what to do. She was stubborn.
'Actually, there is something I wanted to tell you about. Something you should be wary of.'
"Wary of?" Yami questioned
'Let me finish. The neighbouring packs to us have been having pack members...disappear. They just vanish, just like that. There are loads of reasons that could be why. Bigger predators seem to be the bigger option. But we would know, we would be able to scent the animal if it was on our lands. Maybe you would be able to find out or something. Being wolves, we can't do much. Only watch our backs. But you can do so much more. You must stay safe however'
Yami listened carefully. It didn't make sense. But then again, nothing did at the moment.
He watched as Destiny looked around her again and then leapt deeper into the shadows. Then she was gone.
'Stay safe...' her howl suddenly broke the air and was carried in the wind.
Yami walked away slowly. Disappearing wolves? How did that work? Yami's head was now full of questions. He walked slowly toward the hotel in which he stayed. The journey seemed to flash by, even though he was walking slow. Before he knew it, he was at his room door.
He fumbled in his pockets for his keys, brought them out and turned them in the lock. He pressed the handle down. But it refused to budge. That meant that the door was still locked. But he had just turned the key. Does that mean that the door was already unlocked?
Confusion swept over Yami's face as he turned the key again and the door opened. The strange thing was, he remembered locking it this morning. Never the less, he walked in his room and collapsed on his bed. He knew it was pointless going to bed, he wouldn't be able to sleep anyway. He sat back up and stared out the window.
His top window was open and a soft cold breeze was blowing through. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw a piece of paper shift from the breeze on his dresser. He quickly turned his head, startled at the movement. He hadn't remembered putting anything on the dresser.
He got up and walked to the dresser, taking up the paper in his hands. On the paper was scruffy hand writing, not belonging to anyone he knew. He read the note, and his eyes widened in shock and panic.
Hey, it's me the hunter that shot down that wolf that seemed to mean so much to you. Those wolves you were with, they killed my friends. They were killed by bloodthirsty monsters in that damned forest. I could have protected them, but you wouldn't let me do my job, stalling me, so they were killed. Well no it's your turn. Your friends are gonna die. Starting with the pipsqueak I often see you with. Either that or you die. You come and get your little friend. I'll set him free if you stay. Then you'll pay. You'll wish you were never born. Meet me in the building farthest north from the town. You'll know it. It's a building all on its own, all made of metal. Meet me there at midnight. Or else.
Yami read the letter again and again. He was panicking majorly now. The letter slipped from his hand and he sat back on the bed. He put his head in his hands. They had Yugi. They had him captive. They were going to...kill him.
Yami thought of his innocent face. NO! He wouldn't let that happen. He jumped up and grabbed his jacket. He locked his door and went out the hotel. He started to run to run toward the forest. Ban or no ban, he was going to need some help...
