Holy Faith
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-Italics for Yugi and Yami talking in thoughts between each other-
"Bold is for talking in English"
{Week 2 Day 7 Part 2 - Dinner Date}
Yugi walked up to C-3 and knocked on the door.
"Hello?" He got no answer the first time but, Yugi waited and waited until once more he knocked, "Hello? Blackmore? Are you in there?" Yugi took a half step back when Blackmore opened the door, he welcomed Yugi with a smile as Blackmore let him in.
"Your on time, sorry, I thought you would have been a few more minutes late."
"Oh, I was excited, I really didn't want to be late, wouldn't that be rude?" Blackmore laughed a bit,
"No, no, I don't think so. I had people be very late when I would hold dinners in my youth. So would you like noodles or rice to start out with?"
"I'll have a bit of both if you don't mind." Yugi sat down as Yami appeared next to him looking around a bit,
- You seem a bit curious,- Yami looked over and smiled.
- Just a bit, this place is nothing like ours... it has... history...-
-And we don't?- Yami let out a small laugh, yet it was a bit dry he wasn't really sure what Yugi ment by that, yet he didn't think anything of it...
- That's not what I meant...- Yami crossed his arms and looked away, yet out of the corner of his eye he saw Yugi grinning like he was in on some private joke and he wasn't. Yami secretly wanted to ask why was on his lighter's one mind but he left it alone... though no matter what conclusion Yami came up with, his mind was always brought back on he kiss and Yugi's weird behavior after he would recover from his illness which Yugi was fighting everyday. It has been getting better, yet there are moments when Yugi looking paler then snow.
- Well then what did you mean?-
- I'll I'm saying is, Blackmore has been in this war before. He easily handles the ropes and within his room shows how much work he's been put into it. Even though Blackmore is proven to be strong, let's not be too friendly... I don't know if I can trust him, but I know for sure I can't trust his servant...-
-Yami...- Was Yugi's only thought as Caster voice popped in whispering in both ears,
"Hey, Yugi, Yami does has the right to be worried but then again he worries to much!"
- HEY!-
"With that said, keep on your guard and I'm here to fight whenever you need me. That's a promise as a servant to master, no... to friend to friend."
- Thank you very much Caster, that means a lot.-
Blackmore came in with the food then and sat it in front of Yugi,
"Thank you so much."
"No problem, please enjoy as much as you want, but don't get to full we still have the main event plus desert."
"Great!" Caster and Yami had to admit, Yugi hasn't look this excited in a long time, this war has been rough, not on them but everyone. As Yugi and Blackmore continued to eat and have a rather conversation about both past, when Blackmore served Yugi his cooked duck, Yugi took a large pulp of water that Blackmore put out earlier.
"Don't eat with your mouth open! It's rude!"
- Sorry!- Yugi said after Caster's scolding and Yami couldn't help but to laugh at the site, for some reason they reminded Yami of a married couple, cute... yet funny. Something Yami never could get enough from Yugi. Yami has always thought of Caster as a perfect partner for Yugi if he wasn't here... yet Yami couldn't pray for him to have her for his life will always be a war... which Yugi doesn't need, he didn't, shouldn't receive.
About half way into dinner Yugi started coughing which set off big alarms for both spirit of the puzzle and servant.
"I told you not to eat so fast." Blackmore joke as all of them knew he had never said that Yugi, but he smiled threw the coughing and said,
"Sorry, but the food is so good! Let me drink more water I probably swallowed and the some of the food went down the wrong path way." Upon taking a few big gulps, Yugi spat it back up and dropped the glass as it broke, water pouring all over the table as Yugi and Blackmore staggered back. Caster caught Yugi before he could fall, luckily Caster was still hidden from Blackmore, and probably his now servant appeared in secret. The gang probably couldn't see him, but they knew Blackmore could.
"Yugi! Are you alright? Pull down your hand, let me see if you're alright..." Blackmore came over, Caster held herself still even though Yami could tell that she wanted to pull Yugi away. When Yugi pulled his hand down, black blood covered his hand and a thick puddle was sitting within his palm, it slowly overflow, passing his pale, colorless fingers and to the floor. If like a flood it covered his feet.
Yami knew he was hyperventilating but he kept himself and the darkness that started to cover the room in check. His hand started to burn feriously. It was squeezing and pulling, nearly ripping back his skin if to get his attention. Looking down he saw a red seal that he couldn't understand, but his mind became slightly dizzy,
"DON'T YOU START THIS TOO! I NEED YOU!" Caster roared on the break of tears though Yami knew she was trying to be strong Yami took the biggest, deepest breath he could mange, let it out then which sounded like a sigh. Following that up with shaking his head and getting his footing back for he found his self falling a bit, he turned to Caster. Giving her a smile, wink followed by a thumbs up that moment was cut short but a surprising,
"ARCHER! WHAT DID YOU DO!?" The words were icy, his green eyes burning like someone put salt into fire. There was a moment of silent, as Blackmore gasped, taking a step back but his the passion within his eyes didn't... no wouldn't back down to his servant. "COME OUT ARCHER! RIGTH NOW!" There was a 'tsk', sound before his servant appeared.
His servant was as tall or a inch taller then Joey, shorter then Blackmore, with pale skin, orange hair and matching green eyes, Archer could have been easier Blackmore's younger self. That was the moment that shocked Yugi the most. Archer looks like a out of date human being, yet even he didn't have much room to talk. He wears leather and has an Egyptian puzzle, necklace hanging from his neck.
"Why are you so mad? I'm just making this war move a whole lot faster... beside did you feel that dark power raining from him, if we defeat him, then maybe we'll get that too."
"You fool! I told you not to interfere! This was going to be a peaceful night! Why will you not listen to me!"
"Because!" His servant Archer snapped, "We'll never win this war if you don't cheat! YOU WILL NOT BRING YOUR WIFE BACK FROM THE GRAVE THAT'S FOR SURE! WE LOST LAST TIME BUT I WILL NOT LOSE AGAIN!" Blackmore was going to say something but Yugi quickly cut him off,
"You poisoned my water didn't you... but how...? Water is clear you can practicably see anything water..."
"My Noble Phantasm helped me with. It can poison anything any enemy I see fit and I choose you Yugi because I know you would never put your own servant in danger." With a dark laugh Yami stepped up but Yugi held him back but not for long for Yami stepped down,
- Yami, this is my fight, I know it's your job to protect me in danger or even my emotions get out of control, but please trust me, he doesn't know who's he's dealing with.- Yami's eyes widen but nodded,
- Alright partner, I'm with you all the way.- He gave Yugi a thumps up as Caster and Yugi gave him slightly nodded hoping that Archer didn't see but he did.
"Are you and servant agreeing on something, enough with the silent planning, let's battle!"
"ARCHER!"
"YUGI LET DO IT!" Caster bellowed out right after Blackmore as Yugi saw how pumped she was as Yugi nodded,
"Alright, let's do it! But listen to this Archer, we play my way!"
"OH? How so? You want to play a little game?"
"You know it, let's call it Yami No Games alright."
"Fair enough, what shall we do in this Yami No Games?"
- Yugi, try a guessing game, the Servant's have to guess the other's master moves, if they get it right, the servant attacks the other servant, visa versa, the person who guess in five attack wins.-
-Sounds good, let's do this!- From the shadows Yami worked the dark string on each of them like puppets, invisible sting wrapped around each one of them as Yugi explained the rules.
"Ugh... I can't move." Blackmore muttered as Yugi heard him and told him with a small smile to help Blackmore not only relax but to calm down.
"It's a Yami No Game, it's to keep things fair, the master's don't move, the servants only move when they the guess of the master right." Moments later Blackmore appeared behind Caster, who appeared upon the game setting up, and Yugi behind Archer who gave him slight glares. "The puppeteer will know the master's move so he'll be able to move each servant upon the right guess."
"What happen if you lose?"
"It all depends on what you want."
"I want you to disappear from this war all together!"
"Fine, and if I win then you can't attack, plan, poison or anything else along that lines to us and the only time we'll get to battle is on Sunday... our real battle."
"Deal!" Blackmore said before his servant could decline the offer but it was to late.
"You ready?"
"Always." Archer sneered as Yugi placed on a sly smile as he said,
"Game start!"
"I'll go first Yugi, if that's okay." That's fine with me Caster, her eyes lit up as she gave him a determined nod.
"I guess that your master for you first turn will want to guard!" Like a blur Archer was hit as he fell to one knee, Caster gave a cheer as she return to Blackmore's side.
"One point for us, four more to go..."
- Don't be too cocky.- Yami purred softly within Yugi's thoughts as Yugi replied with,
- I'm only learning from the best...-
-Sometimes I'm wondering if that's a good or bad thing.-
"I guess a skill!" Archer moved quickly as Caster was struck down.
"Caster!"
"It's okay, I forgive you, tell that big worried-wort shadow to not distract you!" Caster could hear Yami snort within her eyes as Archer became fed up with the weird jokes, before he could make a rude comment Caster yelled out,
"He's going to attack!" Once again Archer fell to down to his second knee, but he stood slowly,
"You're going to use guard " Archer got in another blow, but Caster held her ground during the attack, not because she couldn't move away from it but Archer never hit Blackmore in the process.
"Break!" Caster yelled but she didn't move.
"Attack." Caster cried out from the attack as Archer laughter filled the dark room, "Two more, then I'll win this!"
"Over. My. Dead. Body!" Caster snarled out, then she called out, "Skill!" But, once again she didn't move as Archer got in another attack got in as Caster fell to her knee, her breathing all over, wild.
-Don't give up Caster! Don't attack wildly, that might be good for him but you have something better!- Caster blinded then took a breath and gave a nod more to herself then anyone self understanding Yami's words. Her and Yugi are on the same wave-link. Only together can they win, they can't win without each other... Yugi attacks are good at chains, so from then on Caster would wait for the full attack plan.
"You would use break." To Archer's surprise he found himself on his knees from Caster's attack.
"Guard!" Archer didn't move a inch, that when Caster said, smiling,
"You would use your Noble Phantasm... wouldn't you?"
"NO-" Archer's words were cut short as he fell face first two the ground as Caster pulled off the finishing attack. Yugi hugged Caster as she knew Yugi was better, the full strength from the hug, yet he still wasn't better... yet.
As everything returned to normal, Blackmore dismissed his servant with just a wave of his hand, he didn't even look towards Archer. What surprised everyone was when Blackmore bowed,
"I'm sorry for my servant's behavior. I hope you can forgive me for not stopping him sooner."
"It's quite alright. The dinner was good up until then." Yugi took him as they shook hand, and as Yugi left Blackmore said,
"And, oh, don't worry... I'll make sure we keep the bet of ours." Yugi gave him a small smile as he told Blackmore,
"I know you will..."
At first I was planning to a Yami No Game from the original Yu-Gi-Oh manga like Mokuba did to defeat Yugi before the event's of T-Death, but this turned out to be a little better, even if it's not by a lot.
Well come back for the next chapter! See you then!
