Author's Note : This is it. The climax for the story (sort of.). This is where Heba will unleash all he's got. Be careful. Heba is WAY OOC here. EXTREMELY OOC. And, a sadist Zorc.
Disclaimer : Would 4kids ever show the part where Joey punched Yami in season 4? No. Would 4kids ever allow Yugi and Yami get together? No. Do i own this? No. xP
Heba smirked. He had just watched Ryou and Malik leave the hospital along with Bakura and Marik, sadly, to get some lunches. Yugi decided to stay mainly because the doctor, and Yami, prevented him from leaving. Perfect.
Things were going exactly as he planned. Before this day ends, the four of them will be back at Hell, life returning to what is was before. And, how convenient for him that Marik and Bakura had to lie? That lie will just push Yami away from Yugi even more.
"Hey Yami, mind if i go to Ryou's and Malik's room for a bit? I need to find something." Yugi said with a smile.
"Okay. I'll go help you." Yami said, rising from his seat. Yugi looked at him awkwardly. He was still finding it hard to believe that Yami was once his boyfriend. Though, he was happy with it. The thought of the gorgeous being such as Yami being his was purely wonderful.
"No.. i'll do it myself. I'll be fine. Really. No zombies will appear out of nowhere and attack me. Promise. Now, just stay there and I'll be back. Asap." With that, Yugi left the room. Yami chuckled softly. Whatever Yugi was looking for surely had to be something about him.
'He's so cute when he's shy.' Yami thought. But his thoughts were quickly reverted as he felt a sudden rush of shadow energy enter the room. And there was only one person who has that huge amount of shadow energy. "Heba." He whispered as Heba landed on his feet. The opened window let in a cold breeze.
"Yami. Why am i not surprised to find you in my brother's room?" Heba asked, walking across Yami.
"I am here to protect him. From you." Yami growled.
"My! Is that anyway to treat your future brother-in-law? If you want my blessing for you and Yugi to get married, you have to be nicer than that!" Heba said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
"Like you would ever allow us to be together. Drop the nice and goody-good act, Heba. And tell me why you're here." Yami said.
"Can't Yugi's brother visit him in the hospital?" Heba asked mockingly.
"Considering all the things you made Yugi went through, you no longer deserved the title to be his brother." Yami spat. Heba managed to stop him from growling, but only by a smidge.
Patience Heba, your efforts will be paid soon enough. Zorc whispered in Heba's brain. Heba growled, but his facade returned.
"And you don't deserve Yugi. Not after what you put him through." Heba hissed.
"I think all your actions have canceled all mine out. I'm now a clean slate." Yami said. Even though he now was with Yugi, the memories of the past still haunted him. The memory of seeing Yugi's corpse in the morgue, was the one he loathed the most. He hated the fact that his little aibou, his precious aibou, lying on the cold flat tray, dead. He hated that he was the one who caused him to end his life.
"Really? I think not. What about your lie about you and Yugi being together? Doesn't that ruin your clean slate?" Heba said, taking a bite from an apple. Yami tensed. Heba heard them talking?
"I didn't lie. Bakura and Marik did." Yami said.
"Ah, but you didn't tell the truth either." Heba said, smiling sickeningly at Yami. "Which is just like lying."
"What are you really here for, Heba? To try and kill your brother again?" Yami grunted.
"Actually, no. I am here to make a truce with you. You and the rest of your despicable group." Heba said.
"You should really learn manners, Heba. If you want a truce, you must show some respect to the other party." Yami said. "But, i guess being born dead, and having Zorc as a father, you never got the chance to be nice, eh?" Yami said. That did it. Heba ran up to Yami, in a surprising speed as he grabbed Yami's collar and slammed him against the wall.
"Listen here, Yami. I am only offering you this truce, once only because Zorc told me to. I don't want this, but it is his orders. Now, do you want the truce or not?" Heba asked, annoyed.
"Before i accept, what is the price for it? I know Zorc never makes deals like this without a price." Yami said.
"Why it's so simple. Though i hate the mere thought of it." Heba said with disgust.
"What is it?" Yami asked.
"You. Kiss. Me." Heba said, trying to hold himself from gagging.
"WHAT? !" Yami finally choked out after recovering from the initial shock. Did Heba just say he has to kiss him? ! NO WAY! NO WAY IN HELL! NO!
"So Marik, what do you think we should get for Yugi?" Malik asked as he looked over the broad range of fast food chains in sight.
"McDonalds?" Marik offered.
"Nah. Yugi doesn't like their food. Even if we tell them they have a weight-watcher's program now." Malik said, looking over a street.
"Thai food?" Bakura offered.
"Nope. Yugi thinks they're too spicy." Ryou supplied.
"Well what does Yugi like? !" Bakura shouted. Seriously. What kind of kid is this picky? No fast food? No thai food? What's next? He hates rice?
"Calm down. I found the perfect place." Malik said, leading Marik to a store. Marik's and Bakura's face dropped.
"You've got to be kidding me." They both said. Up on top of them was a sign saying:
The Vege Burger Palace! Where Vegetarians can eat burger without the meat!
"Nope. Now come on." Ryou said, opening the door.
"Why am i going to suffer through this too?" Bakura whined as they entered the shop.
"We're just here for Yugi's food. Now, you and the others can go to the other shops while i buy him a burger." Ryou said, falling in line.
"There's actually a line? What's next? Glutton-free spaghetti?" Bakura asked sarcastically. A passing woman then said.
"They're not half bad. You should try it sometime." She said as walked past him.
"I'm leaving. I spotted a KFC down there and I'm hungry for some dead birdies." Marik said, opening the door, as he was followed by Malik.
"Why don't you go ahead, Bakura? I'll meet you guys there in a few." Ryou said, staring at the menu list. Although reluctant, Bakura could only stand the smell of vegetables in small amounts. He left. Zorc smirked. Ryou was there, standing all alone. Vulnerable. It would be a shame if anything happened to him. Just like what he had in plans.
"So, what will you have?" Malik asked Marik.
"You mean, other than you? Well, a bucket of wings, please." Marik said, causing Malik to giggle lightly. Malik felt weird around Marik. Not in a bad way, but in a good way. Being with him, he felt.. whole. He felt perfect. Malik now believed that he and Marik were meant to be. They were just perfect in each other's presence.
"Hey guys, what you orderin'?" Bakura asked as he entered.
"Marik's having a whole bucket of wings, i'm having some good ol' popcorn. You?" Malik asked.
"Bakura, shouldn't you be with Ryou right now?" Marik asked, panic suddenly filling him.
"I had to get some fresh air. The smell of vegetables irks me off." Bakura said, flipping his hair while grinning maliciously at a passing kid with a balloon. Oh the temptation to burst the balloon was nerve wracking.
"But, shouldn't you be going there now?" Marik said, gritting his teeth. What was Bakura up to? Leaving Ryou all alone and vulnerable?
"Oh I-" Bakura stopped. "Oh no." He said, dashing out the store and off to stay next to Ryou's side. Not before long that Bakura left, a group of ten men, in black suits and black ski masks over their faces. One man, who appeared to be the leader, raised up his arm, the same time, raising up a gun behind Malik's head.
"ALL OF YOU DROP TO THE FLOOR AND NOBODY MOVE!" The man shouted, and they instantly dropped to the ground. One man stepped in Malk's back causing him to wince in pain. Marik had to resist every urge to rip that man's throat. He inwardly swore. He knew something like this was going to happen. But, he didn't expect for them to have a crowd! How was he going to save him now?
They were doomed.
"What? Kiss you? Are you insane?" Yami practically shouted.
"Shut up. You're lucky you're even being offered the chance." Heba growled. Clearly, he hated this the same as Yami did.
"I'm not sure. How do i know that once i kiss you, you won't kill me or poison me?" Yami said. "And why a kiss?" He asked.
"I won't do any more of those things. I promise. And for your question, i don't know. Maybe it's because of Zorc's evil and twisted mind." Heba said in disgust. Yami hesitated. But, after thinking it through, he grabbed Heba roughly and pulled him into a kiss.
'For Yugi.. i have to make this sacrifice.' Yami thought as he kissed Heba. Yami inadvertently closed his eyes so when he opened them, he found Heba.. smiling? No. Smirking. Grinning even. Then, it all made sense.
"Yami! How dare you!" Yami heard Yugi shout from behind him! Yami immediately pulled out of the kiss to be punched by Atem on his cheek. Yami rubbed his cheek, which was now sore.
"Yugi! I-i didn't mean to!" Yami protested. He looked over to see where Heba was, and to his surprise, he was at Yugi's shoulder, and he was.. crying? Faking. "YOU TRICKED ME!" Yami shouted, grabbing Heba and pushing him into a wall.
"YAMI! LET GO!" Yugi shouted, trying to pry Heba off Yami's grip. Yugi's eyes were beginning to tear up now. Atem, too, was trying to budge Heba out of Yami. Finally, Yami let go of a (fake) crying Heba, who ran off. Yugi turned and stared at Yami before running after Heba. Yami turned to face a furious Atem.
"How dare you kiss Heba? You know how i felt about him and you kissed him?" Atem shouted. Yami visibly flinched. Atem's anger was legendary. And he's not even at full force right now..
"Atem I- didn't mean to!" Yami protested.
"Oh you didn't mean to? Well how can you explain when you roughly pulled him into that kiss? Face it Yami, you wanted him! You wanted them both to yourself!" Atem shouted. His eyes shown a grave expression. MURDER HIM! A sudden thought flashed into his mind.
"YUGI! He's alone with Heba!" Atem shouted, releasing his gaze on Yami.
"Where would he be now?" Yami asked. And they instantly knew. "THE ROOFTOP! He's going to commit suicide!" Yami shouted as he and Atem ran.
Ryou laid still on the ground. A group of armor-clad men just appeared out of nowhere and were instantly barking orders. They shouted at all the customers to get down and lay low. A robbery. Just his luck.
"Empty the cash registers, NOW!" The man shouted. Bakura instantly appeared in the door. A man grabbed him by his shirt and tried to pin him down, but Bakura was much smarter, and a lot stronger. The man threw a punch at Bakura.
"Bakura!" Ryou shouted. The leader set his gaze on Ryou. He then pulled Ryou by his hair, causing him to wince.
"Stop. Release my men or your friend dies." The leader said, pointing the gun at Ryou's heart. Bakura immediately froze. The leader smirked. "You know, you're kinda cute. I'll keep you." The man said, grabbing the wad of cash from the cash registrars. Bakura tried to stop him, but the remaining guards stopped him.
"The others have finished in the other store, master. Let's go." One man said.
"Let's shall." The master said, flipping a now gagged Ryou to his shoulder. Bakura hissed. They were taking Ryou away! Oh well, no choice. Bakura stood up, punched the nearing men and stared at the leader. The two made eye to eye contact. Bakura then unleashed all his might.
Shadows from the customers began to leave their owners and rushed over to the man.
"W-what's h-happening? !" The man shouted. Ryou's eyes widened. "Ah! What's happening?" He growled.
"You're being consumed by the shadows." Bakura said, lifting Ryou off the man. Bakura then took the gag off and placed a small kiss on Ryou's lips.
"No! Please no! I'll give you anything you want! Just save me!" The man pleaded as more shadows approached him.
"No." Bakura said.
"B-Ba-Bakura.." Ryou stuttered, looking at the poor man before he crumbled to dust. Ryou shook with fear. Not because of the man, but fear of what Bakura just did. And fear of what Bakura could do to him. Bakura was now a different man to Ryou's eyes. Gone was the man he had a liking to. Gone were the soft and gentle Bakura. Instead, he was replaced by a dark, sinister and deadly Bakura. The one that inflicted fear into Ryou's heart.
The two met up with Marik and Malik at the corner. Malik too, was shaking with fear. Malik looked at Ryou and Ryou stared back. The two interconnected with each other. Ryou had just seen what Malik had witnessed and vice versa. In conclusion, the two were now scared of their so-called 'boyfriends'.
Just what Zorc wanted..
Yes.. Jump.. Yugi.. Jump.. Zorc chanted in Yugi's head. Yugi was crying now.
'I thought i could trust him. He said he was mine.. and i was his.. clearly i was wrong..' Yugi thought scornfully.
The only way to end the pain.. is to die.. Zorc whispered. Yugi's head perked up.
'Die.. die.. death.. will heal the pain..' Yugi thought, in an almost Zombie-like way. Yugi saw Heba walking over the side.
"Come, brother." Heba said, reaching out his hands to Yugi. Yugi stared at him. Should he go? Or stay?
Go with your brother.. die.. end the pain.. soothe your heart.. Zorc whispered once more. As if in a trance, Yugi stood up from where he was sitting at. His leg moved unconsciously. And another step.
'The pain.. it hurts..' Yugi thought.
Then jump.. the pain will be gone soon enough.. now jump.. Zorc commanded.
'I.. i.. i'll jump..' Yugi thought taking three more steps before the door flew open. Heba's grin subsided. Instead, it turned to a scowl.
"What are you two doing here?" He hissed. He wasn't expecting them to appear so soon. Sure, he expected them to appear, but only when Yugi had landed and they died.
"We're here to save Yugi!" Yami shouted, quickly noticing Yugi walking towards Heba.
"He is not interested. Now go away." Heba growled.
Run now.. jump... run and jump.. quickly.. run! Zorc shouted.
"Yugi! Snap out of it! You're in a trance! SNAP OUT OF IT!" Yami growled. But Yugi didn't hear him. It was like as if he was somewhere far away.. so distant.. he was just like a blur..
Jump now.. and end the pain.. now.. now.. Zorc whispered. Yugi was almost there. Five more steps and he's at the edge. Then, with a jump, all of it will be gone.
"Yugi! Step back! YUGI!" Yami shouted, running over to him, to be blocked by Heba.
"Can't have you ruining my plans, Yams." Heba said with a grin. Atem tried to run to Yugi, but was blocked by Heba too. "Where do you think you're going?" He said, pushing Yami and Atem off.
Yugi was there. He could now see the bottom of the hospital. Yugi felt as if he was here not too long ago. It felt.. familiar. déjà vu?
Jump.. Yugi.. JUMP! Zorc shouted, filling Yugi's ear with his voice.
"STOP SHOUTING!" Yugi shouted, flailing.
Then, the sky ripped open. Out came Ra, Anubis and Osiris. Heba inwardly hissed. He wasn't expecting THEM to show up.
'I thought Zorc blocked the passage!' He thought. 'Obviously not.'
"Ah, I see we hadn't failed yet." Osiris said, noticing the scene. Yugi stepped down the aisle and stared at the three beings.
"Heba, before you make your decision, let us tell you one thing." Anubis said.
"What is it?" He hissed.
"That Zorc was the one who implemented the thirst of blood to your mother." Ra said. Heba's eyes widened. WHAT?
"What?" Heba croaked.
"Zorc caused your mother to thirst for blood." Ra said once again. Heba dropped to his knees. Zorc? Did what? How?
"I don't believe you." Heba said, standing up.
"You don't have to. We're just telling you the truth. You can choose to believe it or live in your own personal world ignoring the truth." Osiris said.
"I-i.." Heba stuttered.
What are you doing, you fool? Don't let them get to you! Now hurry up and finish the mission! Zorc shouted in Heba's head.
"Heba, please, don't do this." Atem pleaded. Heba was getting more and more confused.
"N-no! Stop it! NO! I don't believe you! Zorc would never do anything like that!" Heba wailed.
"Do you trust him?" Ra asked.
"What?" Heba asked.
"I asked, do you trust Zorc with your life?" Ra asked.
"I.. i.." Heba hesitated. Why couldn't he say it?
"Clearly, your hesitation shows you are unsure. You do not know where your alliances lay. And now, we leave. But remember, young one. Zorc cannot be trusted. He will deceive you, betray you to get what he wants. Remember that." Anubis said, before vanishing.
"I.. i.." Heba continued to stutter.
What are you waiting for? Tell him to jump! Zorc shouted in Heba's brain.
"No.. no.. NO!" Heba shouted, flailing around. "NO! I don't trust you!" Heba shouted.
Obey me, boy! I am the one who raised you! Zorc shouted.
"NO! Yami! Atem! Save Yugi!" Heba shouted. The two instantly bolted into action and saved Yugi off. Heba, however, continued on flailing. In fact, he continued flailing until he touched the railings. Unfortunately, Heba slipped. And fell. Atem saw this and without thinking, jumped in to save Heba.
The two continued on falling..
And falling..
falling..
Am i really that mean? To end it like that? Of course I am. xDD
What do you think happens now?
Who dies and who survives? None or both? Heba or Atem?
Only time will tell..
And that is, If i get 8+ Reviews ;]