HELLO READERS!
How's everybody doing? Good? Good. Better than Yugi is going to be soon, I hope. Oh yeah, I'm patting myself on the back for this twist. 10 chapters already, I can't believe it.
Alright reviewers! Where you at?
WingedVampireGirl – I'm glad you like the last chapter. If you think I left you hanging on a cliff, just wait on what's going to happen next. ;)
Crazy-Queen-of-Games-In-Secret – Marik will definitely play the role of antagonist in the future chapters. I don't see Bakura being as evil as Marik though. He's more of a wild card. Someone who will do anything for anyone as long as there is a reward.
ALL OTHER REVIEWERS – Thank you for reviewing! I really appreciate it! I'll try and hurry with the next chapter as soon as I can! I promise! :)
What's gonna happen next? Let's find out!
This chapter is brought to you by "Ice Queen" – Within Temptation (Disclaimer: THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M ALTERING A LYRIC TO FIT THE TITLE OF A CHAPTER. MARIK IS A GUY, NOT A GIRL AND I NEED TO ADJUST IT ACCORDINGLY.)
Chapter 10: On Cold Wings, He's Coming
Yami opened the door and stepped inside, followed by Ryou and Malik. They were all carrying massive grocery bags and with a lot of effort, they hauled them onto the table. Yami looked around the kitchen. There was no remainder of the mess he had made earlier. He half expected Yugi to leave it the way it was to go and spend time with the Duel Monsters upstairs.
"Okay, Yami," Ryou said, "Where does this stuff go?" He started pulling things out of his grocery bag and placing them on the counter.
The sound of footsteps came from upstairs. A few seconds later, Yugi appeared in the kitchen.
"Hi Yam-Oh," Yugi saw Ryou and Malik in the kitchen with his darkness, who had just turned to face him. His eyes widened. He instantly tried to cover the bandages on his arm seeing as he wasn't wearing the hoodie. Yami saw the distress on his light's face and put a hand up.
"It's okay Yugi," Yami said, "They know."
"They do?" Yugi asked, looking from Yami to Ryou and Malik. Ryou stepped forward and surprised Yugi with a hug, "Ryou!" He squeaked.
"Yugi," Ryou said softly "If I knew that any of this was going on, I would have never left the country. I would never have left you. I'm sorry."
Malik joined Ryou and Yugi and wrapped his arms around the two.
"I feel the same way." He said, "I should have been there. I should have been paying more attention. I should have stayed too."
Yami stood back to let the three of them have their moment. A sniffle broke the silence and Ryou and Malik broke away. Yugi had started to cry and brought a hand up to wipe away the tears.
"Yugi, I-We –" Ryou started, but Yugi put up his other hand to stop him.
"It's okay." Yugi sniffed, trying to steady his breathing back to a normal rate, "That meant so much you guys. You have no idea. And please don't think I'm angry at you for going away to study abroad. How would you have been able to help from another country? Please don't blame yourself for anything. I'm just glad you're back."
"We're glad to be back too," Malik said, "And remember, if you need anything at all, you know who to ask?"
"You guys?"
"Bingo."
"Alright," Ryou smiled, "Now that that's out of the way–"
Ryou was interrupted from a ringing in his pocket. He took out his cell phone and checked the ID. He rolled his eyes and turned to Malik before answering.
"Hello?" Ryou called into the phone, "Yes-Yes, I know we–Look, something came up. Okay?–No, I never–Yes, we're still serious about-Fine. Give us half an hour okay? Okay. Bye."
"Sometimes," He closed his phone and turned back to Malik, "I wonder if this was a good idea after all."
"What are you talking about?" Malik asked, "It was the only way it was going to happen. Ever. And now it's happening."
"Hi. We're still standing here," Yami cut in, gesturing to Yugi.
Ryou and Malik snapped out of their conversation and turned to Yugi and Yami with smirks on their faces.
"Well," Ryou began, "Before we found out about Yugi, we were going to tell everybody about it."
"It's the whole reason we went away," Malik continued "We took a special business exchange course. We were able to try our hands at running a business. I went to Egypt and Ryou went to England."
"We were both really successful and earned a little bit of money," Ryou went on, "We thought we'd go a step further when we were away and setup here in Domino. We ended up pitching our idea to Kaiba."
"Kaiba?" Yugi blinked.
"Yep." Malik said, "We sent him a proposal and weekly reports on how we were doing. He agreed and started building so it would be ready for when we got back to Domino."
"So, you're business partners with Kaiba now?" Yami asked, piecing everything together in his head.
"Yep." Malik nodded.
"So what kind of business are you guys going to be running?" Yugi asked.
Ryou and Malik turned back to each other with bigger smirks on their faces than before. They turned back to Yami and Yugi.
"A nightclub," Ryou said.
Yami and Yugi's faces went blank. Yugi blinked a few times trying to wrap his head around it all.
"A nightclub?" Yami asked, dumbfounded, "You two got Seto Kaiba to agree to go into business with you running a nightclub? How? How did you do it? This is way too out there for him to agree to it!"
"Yami, you gotta understand. We're entrepreneurs," Malik explained, playfully jabbing Ryou in the arm with his elbow, "We went to different places in the world and opened up smaller venues. They did really well too. We both knew this could work in Domino because there's nothing like it here. Kaiba thought about everything and said that he would give us a shot. If it does well, it can become an asset of Kaiba Corp!"
"And tonight's the opening night!" Ryou exclaimed, "He's already hired all the staff while we were gone!" He turned to Malik, "He wants us there ASAP. We need to go!"
"Okay!" Malik exclaimed. He turned back to Yugi and Yami, "Will we see you guys there tonight?"
"Umm," Yugi said, looking down. Yami took a step closer to Yugi and wrapped an arm around him.
"Now's not the best time," He said, "When Yugi's feeling better, we'll definitely go."
"We totally understand," Ryou said, shooting Malik a look that read 'DO YOU NOT THINK AT ALL?' "Anyway, we need to go before Kaiba kills us."
"Yeah," Malik said, cringing at the look he got from Ryou. They opened the door and started to leave. Malik waved to Yami and Yugi,"Feel better, Yugi!"
"Thanks guys. Good luck!" Yugi called as the door shut. He and Yami exchanged looks of amazement.
"They got Mokuba involved," Yugi said.
"Oh yeah," Yami replied laughing. He took his gaze off Yugi and stared into space, "But still, a nightclub in Domino. I've never been to anything like that. And it's opening tonight too."
"Yami?" Yugi got back into Yami's line of vision and snapped his fingers in front of his darkness, "Hello?"
"Oh!" Yami blinked back to reality and locked eyes with his light, "Yes, Yugi?"
"Could you do me a favor please?"
"Certainly. Anything at all Yugi."
"Could you go to the opening tonight?"
"What?" Yami blinked, "Why would I do something like that when you're still like this?"
"That's exactly why I want you to do this." Yugi explained, "You've been looking after me this whole time and you haven't had a break at all. You've had no time to anything for yourself. So please, go do something for you."
"But I– " Yami started, but Yugi cut him off.
"It will make feel so much better knowing you're out having fun. So please, do it for me?"
"Alright," Yami sighed, "Fine, I'll go. But I'm only going because it's going to make you feel better."
"Thank you, Yami. Now, you better go and get ready. Give everyone a call and tell them you're going so they'll expect you."
"Okay, okay!" Yami smield as they finished putting away all the groceries "By the way, thanks for cleaning up my mess. I thought you may be a little to occupied with your guests upstairs."
"I was." Yugi admitted, "But in the end, I thought I should come down and clean up. You had gone to get groceries and this was a way I could help."
After they had finished with the groceries, they made their way upstairs. Yami explained to Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl that he would be leaving for a while tonight and to watch over Yugi until he came back. They nodded and made their exit back to the deck. Yugi helped Yami pick out something appropriate to wear to a nightclub while Yami told everyone he was going.
The clock read 8:00PM and Honda had just pulled in the driveway with Anzu and Jou. Yami was at the door with Yugi. He was dressed in a skintight, black tank top, black skinny jeans and black kicks. He turned to his light.
"So, how do I look?" Yami asked, a little out of place in his new clothes.
"You look fine, for the thousandth time." Yugi said with a giggle.
"Now, I'll be back at midnight okay? Please, don't wait up for me."
"Yeah, because that's gonna happen." Yugi said sarcastically, "I'm going to wait up. And when you come back, you're going to tell me all about it."
"Okay, fine," Yami said. They heard the car horn go off, "I better get going. I'll see you tonight."
"Bye, Yami!" Yugi called as his darkness stepped out of the house, got into the car and drove off. Yugi locked the door and sighed. He made his way back upstairs to his room. where the two duel monsters were waiting.
"Is he gone?" Dark Magician asked.
"Yep," Yugi said with a smile.
"Cool!" Dark Magician Girl exclaimed "So, what do you wanna do first? This is gonna be so much fun! A lot more fun then earlier today!"
"You do realize we are doing a job for our Master?" Dark Magician rolled his eyes, "We're protecting his light. It's a very serious matter."
"And what kind of harm will it do to have a little fun?" She tapped her fingers on her staff, "If we just stood outside his door 'protecting' him, it would be awkward and weird for all of us. And besides, you heard them downstairs. He's waiting up while until Yami gets back! So why not do something fun for now?"
"Fine. We'll do something fun," He turned to Yugi, "What would you like to do tonight?"
"Well," Yugi smiled, "We could play a board game. Just let me use the washroom and we'll decide which one to play."
He stepped outside of his room just in time to hear Dark Magician Girl say, "See? Why can't you be like him?" He laughed quietly so they wouldn't hear him and made his way to the washroom. He opened the mirror and took out the razor he had used so many times. He glared at it and threw it in the trashcan.
"Getting rid of it so soon? Who knows? You may want it again after tonight," A cold voice echoed in the room. Someone was in the washroom with him, the open mirror hiding his face.
Yugi slammed the mirror shut to see Marik glaring at him with a huge smirk on his face.
"Marik!?" Yugi screamed, "What? How did you get in here?"
"I was able to take over bodies in the past. Believe me, Yugi, breaking into a house undetected is no problem."
Upon hearing Yugi's scream, his two guardians rushed in, pushed him behind them and pointed their staff's at Marik.
"What are you doing here?" Dark Magician demanded, "Explain yourself!"
"You can put those down," Marik chuckled, "I'm not here to start a fight. I'm here to check in on my favorite hikari. After everything he's been through, who wouldn't want to make sure he's okay?"
"What?" Yugi asked, stepping into the middle of the monsters, clutching his bandages "How did you know about that?"
"It's me remember?" One way or another, I find everything out," He took a step closer to Yugi, "How could they?" He asked, his tone oozing with false sincerity, "How could they be so cruel to you? Look what they made you do. Look at the pain and the suffering that they caused you. That he caused you"
He reached out a hand to trace the bandages only to have it swapped away by Dark Magician Girl's staff.
"Hands off!" She warned.
"Watch it, Blondie!" Marik replied angrily before turning to Yugi, his voice reverting to a more heartfelt tone, "I'm genuinely sorry for what he put you through and I'd like to help you."
"Help me?" Yugi asked, "How can you help me?"
"Why, isn't it obvious?" Marik replied, "You tried to rid yourself of pain and anguish he and everyone else caused you. I could help you achieve a more permanent effect the next time."
"Thanks, but no thanks. Yami understands why I did what I did. Now, I'll never have to do it again."
"Really, Yugi? You think it's never going to happen again? I can guarantee he's going to forget about you again. He's going to realize that he won't have to look after you anymore of he just abandons you."
"Enough!" Dark Magician declared, "Our Master realizes the error of his ways. He would never make that kind of mistake again."
"Oh, but he will," Marik snapped, "And it will happen tonight. He will not return to you tonight. He will stay with the others because he is the happiest with them. He will not be here when you wake up the next day. He will be with them because that's what he wants."
"No…" Yugi whispered.
"But I will come back," Marik told them "At midnight, when he is supposed to return to you, I will return. And when I do, I will help you achieve the bliss you longed for the last time. I will help you wipe all feeling from yourself so it will never hurt again. That's all I had to say," He turned to the door, glaring at the monsters. He looked back at Yugi, "I'll see you tonight," And with that, he vanished.
Dark Magician and Dark Magician Girl turned to Yugi, who was shaking. He looked up at them.
"You don't think he's right, do you?" Yugi asked them anxiously "You don't think he's going to forget about me, do you?"
"He would never do that again," Dark Magician Girl took Yugi's hands in her own, "Not in a millennium."
"She's right," Dark Magician placed a hand on Yugi's shoulder, "Trust in him. He will come back to you tonight."
"I hope so," Yugi looked down as tears started to fall from his face "I hope so..."