Zypher: And again, sorry for the extremely long wait for chapters. Some of the old stories I want to get back to but it's been quite hectic with getting some form of idea set up for them but here we are with another chapter in the making for Darkness Reign. Glad you all enjoyed the last chapter so let's hope you'll enjoy this one. Read on, minna!
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Darkness Reign
Chapter 25
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Yugi snoozed the day away, curled up in Aqua's arms. Yami had woken up earlier to join Ryou and Diamond for breakfast before they left out for school, leaving the house for the three of them. When Yugi woke up later on, he was greeted with breakfast from the other and brought up another plate for Aqua who woke to the smell of toast, eggs and bacon. As they ate, they thought about what to do for the day while his friends were in school.
"You can always show us the town. That would be nice." Yami suggested after taking Aqua's plate from Yugi who brought it back downstairs for him to wash. "Ok then. Let's all get a quick shower and then we can head out." Yami nodded as he washed the plate given to him. "Well, why don't you go ahead and get your shower now. I'll be up there to get one myself in a bit." Yugi agreed to the suggestion and left Yami to his work as he headed back to the room he shared with his two lovers and got a new outfit to wear for the day before heading into the adjoined bathroom to wash up.
Once he was done, Yami was waiting there with his own set of clothes and giving a quick kiss to the smaller, he went in to get his shower as well. Yugi headed into the room once more to tell Aqua what they had planned for the day and he nodded as he got up to get dressed. Yami came out as soon as Aqua was done and making sure to have a little money that Diamond left behind for them, they were gone out the house and heading into the city.
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"So tell me of your life before you came to the Xiaolin temple?" Yami asked as they walked through the city, about to take some time to see a few of Yugi's favorite places that he liked to head to. "Well, I lived with my grandfather in the family game store and worked there to help him out. I went to school and made all the friends you met up with. Of course, before I met them, I had the trouble with Ushio and then Anzu not long after. I trusted her as a friend but then she back-stabbed me when I needed help." Yami huffed, crossing his arms. "Well, at least they're both gone so you'll never have to worry about them again." Yugi nodded with a smile.
"Yeah, I have you two and Keara to thank for that." he said as they reached the park to start their day.
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Jack sighed as he worked to configure another of his Jack-bots that malfunctioned during the day. "Man, why can't I have fun?" he whined. From the shadows, a smirk appeared before Chase appeared. "That's because you tied yourself down to demons that wouldn't want you to do anything reckless." he whispered, making the other jump. "Will you stop doing that?! And why are you here! I don't work for you and I'm keeping my lips sealed to any of Yami and Aqua's secrets!" he said defiantly. Chase chuckled once more as Wuya appeared from behind him.
"But Jack, I thought one of your favorite pastimes was making the Xiaolin warriors' life horrible. You can't truly do that unless you leave the demons." she said.
Jack crossed his arms. "Yeah, and if I leave them and come with you, would you make things any better for me? I'll be nothing but the scapegoat while you two take the glory." Chase smirked. "But if you come with us, you'll be better off. I'll give you everything you need without problems." Chase spoke. "Not gonna happen now get out of here before you get yourself and me along with you!" Jack demanded and Chase chuckled before leaving as quietly as he came.
"Just think over it, Jack and think who you would be better off with."
Jack only huffed as he watched him go before turning back to his work. "What do I look like?! A free info well?! Man!" he whined as he got back to working on his Jack-bot.
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When they returned home, Yami offered to make lunch for them. While he was working on that, Aqua and Yugi sat in the living room to wait for lunch to be done. Yugi smiled as he rested his head upon Aqua's shoulder. "I'm so happy to have you two in my life." he whispered. "We are happy to have you too. It was lonely without the trust of another that could treat us right." Aqua murmured, turning his head enough to nuzzle the other a little. Yugi chuckled softly. "Well that's because the idiots before me just didn't know what they had when they freed you both. I'm sure none of them never learned your story and therefore, don't know anything about you like I do now." Aqua gave a nod to that.
"Yes, we never told anyone our story except you. None of the other fools that were with us deserved even a fraction of what we have given you." he said as he licked Yugi's cheek softly before pulling the other to face him. "We have given you our full trust and we know you won't break that. I think the day you betray us for anything will break us completely." he whispered and Yugi tutted softly as he rested his hands on his face. "I'll never do that and if there ever was a day when I have betrayed you and Yami, I would kill myself to right it." he replied before leaning in to kiss him softly, making the other purr contently. Yami chuckled as he stood in the doorway from the kitchen.
"Now now, little light. Don't bathe him too much in love or you'll make me jealous." he said as he stepped into the room. Yugi laughed lightly as he broke the kiss to look over to Yami. "No need to worry. I love you both equally." he said as he moved from the other's lap and moved over to Yami and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Is lunch done?" Yami nodded and they all headed into the kitchen to eat.
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Back at the temple, with Kalina, Keara and the Sapphire Dragon roaming about, it left the monks little to nothing for an escape route, especially since the barrier was a finicky concept. Before, there was the possibly of escaping but not getting back in but with then as slaves to Yugi within his palace, they highly believed that they could even escape even if they tried. "There has to be something we can do." Raimundo murmured.
"But what? We can't get into their Wu vault since it's locked tight, the dragons will kill us if we even tried to step outside and we're weak with half our dragon power." Kimiko said as she looked over to Raimundo. "Do not worry, my friends, I have a way but it's going to be tricky and requires only one person."
"Who?"
"Jack Spicer."
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Later that night, Jack was dressed in his footie pajamas and ready to head on back to his room when he heard shuffling somewhere in the dark halls. He jumped and looked around. "Who's there? That better not be you, Chase!" he growled as he looked around. Hearing nothing else, he continued walking but soon heard other footsteps other than his own. Freaking out, he started running but he was caught, making him scream like a little girl as he tried to wiggle out from whoever had him.
"Ahh! Let me go! Let me go!" he squealed before a hand clapped over his mouth. "Shut up, already." Raimundo hissed before moving his hand away. "What are you guys doing out here? Get back to your rooms!" Jack tried to demand but it only rewarded him with a chuckle from Raimundo. "Dude, you can't be commanding even if you tried your hardest. But we need you to do something for us."
"Like I would do something for the likes of you!" he huffed as he crossed his arms.
"We'll cut you a deal. You do something for us and we'll do whatever you want." That caught Jack's attention. "Really? You'll do whatever I want, no questions asked?" Raimundo nodded. "No questions asked." Jack pondered over the thought hard. He knew he might get himself in major trouble if he let the monks go but having them owe him a favor was an opportunity he couldn't pass up. Besides, he had the perfect idea in mind. "Alright then, what do you guys want?"
"We need you to get us out of here."
"Pfft, you'll know you'll be captured again before you know it but seeing as you'll be the ones owing me a favor, I guess I'll allow it but back out and I'll squeal to Yami and Aqua." Raimundo huffed before nodding. "Alright, alright. What do you want in exchange?" Jack grinned evilly. "You keep Chase Young off my back. Do whatever you need to but I want him to leave me be." Clay blinked. "You're living with two destructive demons. How can he still be bugging you?"
"That's none of your business! Just do as I tell you!" he said and Clay huffed before he nodded and dropped him. "Now keep your end of the bargain, Jack Spicer." Omi said and he waved them away as he started walking off towards the main entrance. They followed behind him although Kimiko was a little suspicious of Jack's motive. The other could easily rat them out with no problem but he seemed pretty determined to have them do his bidding with keeping Chase away. 'But why is he so interested in Jack now? Could it be because he's with the demons?' she wondered before they reached the barrier that led outside the castle grounds.
"Alright, walk on through. You shouldn't be held back." Jack said as he looked to them. Raimundo was the first to try, charging at the barrier only to have his face meet with a solid, invisible wall. Such an action had Jack bawling in laughter and Raimundo growled. "I had a feeling that would happen. Jack, you'll have to lead us out." he said as he looked to the other.
Once he regained himself, he nodded. "I guess you'll have to hold onto me." he said, holding out a hand. Omi took it and the others grab one another's hand before following behind Jack out through the barrier. Once they were out, they let go. "Alright, you're out. Now don't bother me again and remember your part of the deal. It would be great to be rid of that overgrown lizard from hounding me now since I'm on the winning team but remember the threat to you all should you back out." he said before returning back to the palace. Dojo grew into his full dragon form and the monks climbed on before he flew off.
"Are we really going to keep that promise?" Kimiko questioned. "Of course not!" Raimundo answered and she shrugged. "Should've known that's what you were planning." she murmured and Raimundo grinned. Too bad they couldn't trust Jack so much either for he went straight to Keara, telling her that the monks tricked him into letting them get through the barrier. "Such a shame to see such noble monks use such underhanded tactics. But we'll deal with them soon. You get on to bed. We'll have work to do while the boys are gone for the week." Jack nodded before making his way to his room, almost eager to see what plans Keara had in mind for the cheeseball and his little friends.
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Zypher: And there we have it. After sitting there looking at a half-done chapter, I finally got the juices flowing to get this chapter done and out of the way. Hope you all liked it and I shall [hopefully] be back soon with another chapter for you. -waves- See ya!