:Hi everyone! I'm feeling a lot better then before so I'm happy about that, sadly though the day that I typed this I only had 3 hours of sleep and had to run on that for the whole school day but I wasn't drowsy! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and please review!:
The girl, Anzu, slumped down and landed onto Yami's chest, her knees bending and her body beginning to fall due to being unconscious. Yami grimaced in disgust as he grabbed her shoulders, she was too skinny and just the sight of her made his blood boil in rage. The sight of her brought back too many memories and knowing what she did to Yugi made him want to do the worst things possible to the woman. He picked her up harshly and tossed her over his shoulder, carrying her as if she was a sack of potatoes, and snapped his fingers once more, causing the door to close behind him.
Yami looked to the inside of his house, looking around for the others. Thankfully, he didn't have to wait long until he saw four figures walking toward him from the hallway that contained the game rooms. Seto and Joey walked side by side, whispering to each other along the way. Bakura and Malik were walking side by side as well, only Malik was trying to talk to the person next to him, and Bakura didn't really feel like talking. Malik looked to Yami when the four stepped fully into the living room and tilted his head in confusion as his eyes laid upon the figure on his shoulder.
"What's that?" Malik questioned, raising a finger up to point at Anzu. Yami rolled his eyes and walked over to a nearby couch, tossing her body down onto it. He didn't care if she woke up, if she did he would just make her faint again. The four other Shadows looked over to the couch, Malik cringed.
"A girl?" Malik asked. "Why did you bring a girl here?" Yami crossed his arms and glared at him.
"I didn't bring her here, she brought herself." Yami hissed, hating how Malik would think that he, out of all people, would bring a human girl to the house. Seto walked over to the couch and examined Anzu from afar, her hair now disordered from the way she had been tossed around.
"Who is she?" Seto asked, his eyes leaving the girl to go to Yami's face. Yami opened his mouth for a moment and uttered out a sound, before he corrected himself and shook his head. He had almost voiced Tea's name again...
"A girl by the name of Anzu..." Yami answered, feeling his heart sting at the name of Yugi's wife. Yugi...Why must he be married to this woman? Why couldn't he have been single and out of harms way? Yami sighed to himself and turned his head.
"The girl is Yugi's wife." Yami voiced to everyone. The four looked at him, their eyes wide in surprise, even Seto had a surprised expression for once and that was a rare occasion on it's own.
"You kidnapped your crush's wife?" Joey spoke, slight amusement creeping it's way into his voice. Yami snapped his head around to him, shooting a sharp glare at the blond. Joey flinched at the glare and put up his hands defensively.
"I didn't kidnap her!" Yami spat out. "I told you, she brought herself here." Bakura coughed and turned his head away.
"Well, why did you let her in?" Bakura asked before he shook his head at himself. "No, No. The better question would be; Why did you knock her out and then let her in?" Yami grit his teeth together and looked away. It had been a spur of the moment, once she had picked up the keys, he had hurt her because she had yelled at Yugi and locked him in a room. She had tried to make Yugi choose and Yugi didn't answer her, so she went crazy. Anzu really does act like her...Yami sighed to himself and put his hand up to his face, pinching the bridge of his nose. He had the girl that was married to the one person Yami found he could enjoy being with, the one person he knew he could probably trust with his life, the one person who called to him as soon as he saw him. Yugi had called to him in so many ways that Yami had to contain himself from tackling the boy when he first saw him. But now he had the person that Yugi claimed to have loved, now what would he do? Yami looked to Bakura, resting his hand back at his side.
"Because," Yami spoke. "I'm going to use her." That would be the best option, Yami thought. I could make him choose with her, but how? Yami wanted nothing more then to hurt Anzu, to kill Anzu, but he decided against it. Yugi wouldn't want Anzu dead, even if she did lock him in a closet and make his life uncomfortable.
"How?" Malik asked. Yami smiled at him, his idea now coursing through his head. Oh, he had an idea, and thankfully it didn't involve hurting Anzu at all. He just had to trap her for a couple of hours, that's all.
"Simple," Yami rose a hand and snapped his fingers, in the center of the room appeared a large silver bird cage, big enough to fit a human body. "We place her in here, and then I..." Yami trailed off, pain striking his heart as he thought of what Yugi might think, would Yugi hate him for doing this? Making him do something like this, but what else could he do? Yugi wouldn't come to him willingly, Yami had thought he would...Yugi had said himself to give him time, and Yami was willing to give him all the time in the world to choose, but Anzu had cut that time short and a choice had to made soon, and he would be damned if he let Yugi choose the woman who would make his life a living hell. But how could he convince him to choose him?
"You're going to make Yugi choose between you and her." Seto voiced, his eyes narrowing at Yami. "Aren't you?" Yami looked at him and nodded, a sad smile now on his face. It was obvious, but this needed to be done.
"I am, Anzu was going to make him choose anyway," Yami said, "I'll just make it easier for him." Malik reached for Anzu and grabbed her, placing her on his back like a lumpy rag doll.
"God, she's heavier then she looks..." Malik groaned as he tried to straighten his back a little. Bakura rose an eyebrow at his actions.
"What the hell are you doing?" Bakura questioned as Malik walked toward the bird cage, Malik rolled his eyes at him.
"Placing her in the cage, that's what we're supposed to do," Malik let out a groan and tossed Anzu in the cage, hearing a loud Thump sound as she landed on her side. Yami was amused to see that she hadn't woken up from that. Malik pointed at the cage with a smile. "Right?" Yami nodded at him and looked to Joey.
"Lock it." Yami ordered. Joey tilted his head and pointed at himself.
"Do I look like I'm a key?"
"You're a Shadow, so of course you do."
"That makes no sense..."
"Joey."
"Okay, Okay!" Joey made a quick gesture with his hand toward the birdcage, causing the door of it to slam shut and the lock close it in. Seto walked over to the cage, standing next to Malik as he just observed the girl from outside of the cage.
"Do you want me to tear up some bread and put it in a bowl next to her?" Malik asked as he turned around to face Yami. Seto rose an eyebrow and looked at Malik.
"She's a human, not an animal." Seto spoke blankly. Malik waved a dismissive hand at the statement.
"Animal, Human, same thing isn't it?" Malik spoke as he smirked at Yami. Yami chuckled and nodded, that was true. Yugi flashed in Yami's mind and his face flushed for a moment, Yugi's human, remember? Yami shook his head, he knew that! But Yugi was different, Yugi had called out to Yami, not verbally but physically and emotionally he did. All of Yugi's actions and gestures looked to be some form of way to get closer to Yami, to be friends, to get to know him. He didn't act scared, Yami was sure he was, but he never showed it. Yami couldn't deny the feelings he held for Yugi, it hadn't taken long at all for the feelings to appear for him. Just one look, one word, that's all it took and Yami was falling for him. No one had ever had so much interest in the house before, and actually had the desire to explore it for the knowledge within it, Yugi had been interested, so Yami was glad to show him around. Yami had always thought that he would never love again, he had only allowed one person to claim his heart and they broke it. He hated humans for that, he thought they would all be like. But Yugi was different, he seemed to be honest, he seemed to be...Pure.
"So, now what?" Joey questioned, flicking at one of bars of the cage. Yami smiled at Joey. Yugi was a human, Yami was a shadow, but he didn't care. Yugi obviously showed some form of attraction when he looked or even thought of Yami, and he didn't hide it at all when Yami had touched him. Just the slightest touch or breath from him would cause Yugi to blush, to light up like a red lamp. It was adorable...
"Joey" Yami said. "Go fetch Yugi." Joey's eyes widened at this, what? Seto took a step toward Yami.
"Yami," Seto whispered. "Are you letting him...?" Yami turned his head and nodded.
"Yes, I'm allowing Joey to leave the house." Yami spoke with a smile. "He is required to bring Yugi here, I would bring him before the day is over though, I don't think his wife will be knocked out for that long, no matter how much tossing around she can withstand." Joey just stared at Yami, amazed by what he was telling him. Yami just kept smiling. This is all for Yugi, Yami thought. But Joey looks like he could use some time out of the house, after all, he had been cooped up in the place for 3 years, why not let him go out for a little bit? Yami made a gesture with his hand, and the front door opened slowly.
"Anzu's car is there, and her key's should be-" Yami stopped in mid sentence as he saw a pair of keys fly past his face. Joey caught the keys before they hit the floor and smiled triumphantly, Yami turned his head and tilted it when he saw Malik looking the other way as if he didn't do anything.
"Anyway..." Yami said before he cleared his throat. "Yugi's house is the one that was put up for sale around the same time that you decided to come visit us." Joey's eyes widened in amazement, it took that long for the house to be sold? Joey was surprised he even remembered where that house was!
"Do be careful," Yami spoke, his voice sounding concerned for Joey. "It's been a while since you drove a vehicle, so..." Joey shrugged and tossed the keys into the air, just to catch them in mid drop.
"Are you only telling me to be careful because you know I'll be driving Yugi back?" Joey smirked and Yami chuckled.
"No, I am being genuinely serious." Yami answered. "I don't believe Seto would be happy if he heard that there was a car wreck made by his servant." Seto shot a glare at Joey, telling him with his eyes that he really wouldn't be happy. Joey nodded.
"Alright..." Joey smiled and waved at the group before he grabbed the knob behind him, walked out of the house, and closed the door. Yami walked to the window, watching Joey enter the car and leave. For not driving for over 3 years, he left the parking spot quite smoothly. Now all Yami had to do was wait. He turned his head back around and looked at the birdcage. Anzu was still in it, sleeping on her side peacefully. Why did she look so similar to her? Why did she act so similar to her? Were they the same person? Yami had heard of reincarnation so he wouldn't be surprised, after all it had been over a thousand years...
"Would you like us to leave you alone until this is all over?" Seto asked, his arms crossed. Yami looked to him and smiled sadly, he nodded and looked back to the window.
"I would appreciate that..."
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Yugi couldn't open the door no matter how hard he tried. He had kicked it, he had slammed one of his lamps into the knob to see if he could try to knock it off. Nothing worked, he was completely locked in with no way out. Yugi looked to the window, that would be suicide if he tried to jump...He walked over to his loveseat and sat down on it, resting his head in his hands. Why did Anzu do this? She loves him? If this was her love, Yugi didn't really want it anymore! She had never acted like this, why did it suddenly change? Because she's never been jealous of anyone or anything before, she had always had you to herself. Yugi's eyes widened, did Anzu think that she was having to share Yugi with the house? Well, she is sharing you...Yugi blushed as he suddenly thought of what happened with Yami.
God even now, he pops up. Yugi shook his head. Why deny it any longer? You've fallen for the Shadow...All of Yugi's life, he had thought he had had the perfect life with Anzu, but no, he had been blind by love and now he had fallen for someone else. And it had to be a guy! He had yelled at himself and gotten mad at himself for complaining about how he was the man but did it matter now? There would be two guys if he got together with Yami, he couldn't get mad at himself for that! Well, now you know who you want, Yugi thought. He looked to the door. Now how the hell are you going to get out?
In the blink of an eye, the door was busted open and it fell down to the floor, scattering dust particles amongst the room. Yugi jumped up and out of the loveseat, getting up on his feet and backing up. His heart pounded in fear as he looked to the empty door frame, and saw Joey standing there, staring at what he had just did to the door. Yugi stared at him, his eyes wide. Joey looked up and met his eyes, staring back at him.
"What?" Joey questioned, tilting his head. "It was locked." He stepped into the room, on top of the dislocated door. Yugi blinked at him, no way, he thought that Yami wouldn't let Joey leave the house.
"J-Joey?" Yugi uttered out, his heart now suddenly beginning to pound in excitement. Joey smiled at him and nodded, taking a small bow.
"The one and only." Joey said with a wink as he stood straight back up. Yugi's heart exploded with happiness, as if he was being reunited with an old friend. He jumped forward and wrapped his arms around Joey's neck, holding him to him as if he was scared to let go.
"Joey!" Yugi cried out. "I thought I'd never see you again!" Joey let out an awkward chuckle and wrapped an arm around Yugi's shoulder.
"Come on little guy," Joey pulled back and smiled. "Stop being so dramatic." Yugi nodded but couldn't help feeling overjoyed by seeing him, he had missed the Shadow so much.
"Wait," Yugi narrowed his eyes, now thinking about something. "How did you find me?" Joey tilted his head.
"You live here."
"No, I mean as in, how did you find me in here?"
"What do you mean how? I checked the other rooms and this one was the only one left!"
"No, I mean..." Yugi sighed. "How did you find me without being found out by my wife?" Joey's eyes widened and looked away.
"Oh..." Joey smiled awkwardly. "You mean Anzu?"
"You know her name?" Yugi rose an eyebrow suspiciously. Joey let out an awkward chuckle.
"Y-Yeah," Joey licked his lips. "You see, uh, that's kinda why I came here..." Yugi tilted his head.
"For Anzu?"
"No, for you."
"But you just-"
"No, I mean as in, to bring you to Anzu." Joey said. Yugi was getting confused, bring him to Anzu?
"Where is she?" Yugi asked, if she wasn't at the house and she wasn't at a bar, and Joey knew her, where would she be?
"She's uh..." Joey looked down. "At the house..." Yugi's eyes widened, she went to the house?! Why the hell would she do that?!
"Why?" Yugi questioned, his voice now louder with confusion. "Did she break in it? Did something happen? Is everything okay? Is-" Joey placed his hand over Yugi's mouth, Yugi glared at him.
"I don't know why she's at the house," Joey answered. "No, she didn't break in. She was let in, You can say something has happened and No, I don't think everything is okay." Joey sighed and gestured to the window. Yugi looked to the window, he knew he was gesturing at the house...
"Yami told me to come get you..." Joey whispered. Yugi walked to the window, placing a hand on it next to the house. Yami told Joey to come get him? For what? Why was Anzu there? Why- Yugi's eyes widened, why else would he take her? Yugi would be his no matter what, and Yugi... He let out a sigh and turned around, his hand still on the window. Yugi gave Joey a small smile.
"Well, Let's not waste time then."
:And chapter 14 is done! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, it was a little hard to write (due to no sleep pretty much) but hey! Please review!:
