Okay, here it is. It's kind of short, but we now only have two chapters left. As promised you all shall know by the end of this chapter who it is. I do not own Yugioh, or Try by Pink. Oh, and I have a poll on my profile page, vote for which story you want me to work on next. Enjoy!
Chapter 36
"Yugi I'm home!"
Yami's eyes snapped open. Now, now his Grandpa decided to come home? He'd been gone for a little over two weeks, and he decides now to come home? That man had the worst or best timing depending on the angle you looked at it from.
"Yugi? Are you here?" Grandpa called up the stairs.
"Ah, yeah Grandpa!" Yami called out frantically.
"Are all right Yugi? You sound different." Grandpa called out walking up the stairs.
"Ah, p-puberty finally kicked in whilst you were gone!" Yami stuttered nervously.
"What are you talking about Yugi? You already hit puberty when you were 14." Grandpa said walking down the hallway.
"Ah, don't come in! I'm sick!" Yami grappled for an excuse.
"Yugi, what are you-?" Grandpa started to ask opening Yugi's bedroom door to see Yami sitting on the bed looking completely frazzled.
There was a deadly silence as the two took each other in. Yugi had gotten his shortness from his Grandfather's side obviously, as well as his amethyst eyes. Grandpa could see that while this man sitting on his Grandson's bed bore a remarkable resemblance to him, it wasn't his Grandson. His grandson didn't have crimson eyes, sharp features, extra blonde bangs, and when the youth were to stand up, Yugi wasn't that tall either. Yami broke the awkward and stiff silence first.
"Uh, hi." Yami said laughing nervously.
"I see my Grandson finished the puzzle." Grandpa said his eyes trailing to the object in Yami's hands. Yami looked down at it.
"Yeah he did, and I was dubbed Yami Sennen, it's nice to meet you." Yami said fiddling with the object before looking back up, and stretching his hand out.
"It's nice to meet you too, Yami. Where is my Grandson?" Grandpa said looking around for a moment before looking directly into Yami's eyes when he formed the question.
"We had a fight and he left." Yami responded pointing up to the open skylight.
"Then why aren't you looking for him?" Grandpa asked his voice instantly becoming as cold as water that sat under ice.
"He'll come back." Yami said.
"Are you sure? Because coming in I saw tire skid marks outside the house." Grandpa asked his voice still cold.
That was the only words Yami needed to bolt out of the room pushing past Yugi's Grandfather, and running down the stairs. Yami rushed through the living room and Game Shop and came to a screeching halt by the road outside of the Game Shop. There they were, just as Grandpa had said, big black tire tracks. Looking around, Yami also found drops of fresh blood on sidewalk.
Why? Why did Yugi always have to go missing or get hurt on his watch? He couldn't leave him alone for a second without something happening to him. It wasn't fair, why did Yugi have to suffer to such a maximum? Why couldn't Yami do a single thing right for once? Why?!
With heavy feet and heart Yami walked back into the house to see Grandpa talking on the phone with someone. He heard him give the person on the phone a description of Yugi's appearance, and looked over to Yami when he came back in the room. Grandpa left Yami alone in the Game Shop as he went upstairs to talk away from him. Yami wouldn't want to be around him either if he lost his only family. Yami flicked on the radio, and listened to the song playing.
Oh oh
Ever wonder about what he's doing?
How it all turned to lies?
Sometimes I think that it's better to never ask why
Where there is desire
There is gonna be a flame
Where there is a flame
Someone's bound to get burned
But just because it burns
Doesn't mean you're gonna die
You've gotta get up and try, and try, and try
Gotta get up and try, and try, and try
You gotta get up and try, and try, and try
Yami stood up from the stool, this song was right, he couldn't sit around doing nothing, he had to try. He had to try to find Yugi. Yugi had been put under his care for a reason, and now he needed to own up to his mistakes.
Eh, eh, eh
Funny how the heart can be deceiving
More than just a couple times
Why do we fall in love so easy?
Even when it's not right
Where there is desire
There is gonna be a flame
Where there is a flame
Someone's bound to get burned
But just because it burns
Doesn't mean you're gonna die
You've gotta get up and try, and try, and try
Gotta get up and try, and try, and try
You gotta get up and try, and try, and try
Flame, that was how he was going to put an end to all of this, he was going to create a flame. How, Yami didn't quite yet know, but that was what he was going to do. He was going to end all this suffering and fear with an open flame.
Ever worry that it might be ruined
And does it make you wanna cry?
When you're out there doing what you're doing
Are you just getting by?
Tell me are you just getting by, by, by?
Where there is desire
There is gonna be a flame
Where there is a flame
Someone's bound to get burned
But just because it burns
Doesn't mean you're gonna die
You've gotta get up and try, and try, and try
Gotta get up and try, and try, and try
You gotta get up and try, and try, and try
Gotta get up and try, and try, and try
Gotta get up and try, and try, and try
You gotta get up and try, and try, and try
Gotta get up and try, and try, and try
Yami walked out of the front door, and started to try to contact Yugi through the mind link. It didn't matter that Yugi didn't have the puzzle on. They were connected through their minds and souls. All Yami had to do was find Yugi, and then figure out how to create an open flame with what was around him.
You gotta get up and try, and try, and try
Gotta get up and try, and try, and try
[With Yugi]
Yugi woke up to lying on a cold cement floor, with chains wrapped around his body. Blinking to take in his surroundings, Yugi noticed that he was in the old car warehouse in the slums of Domino. Yugi tried to move, this was a mistake as something started to whir over his head. It didn't take Yugi long to discover what that noise was for as he was lifted into the air by the chains wrapped around his entire torso. His feet dangling beneath him as he was held in the air at an uncomfortable angle, like you saw in the movies with the villain dangling their victim over a pot of some boiling substance. It was lucky for Yugi that there actually wasn't a pot beneath him, just cement.
While Yugi was dangling there he felt slight pain and pressure on and in his head. Like he had missed a lot of phone calls on his cell phone and he was only just now getting them. Yugi shook his head as he tried to concentrate on the slight poking feeling he was experiencing.
Gi…
"Looks as if our sleeping beauty is finally awake. It only took you two hours to waste my time by doing so Yugi." A sharp familiar voice rang out in the silence of the warehouse.
Yugi's head snapped up, causing his neck to protest in pain, if that slight crack he heard was anything to go by. Yugi's eyes fell on a pair of slim legs, with purple heels. Following those legs up Yugi came across a curvy body, wavy blonde hair, and cruel violet eyes. He should have really listened to Yami.
Yugi…
I'm sorry Yami. I was wrong, you were right, it is…
"Hello…Mai Valentine." Yugi said sorrowfully.
Yep! It was Mai, the witch! Again I have a poll up on my profile page, so take a look at it please. Thanks to everyone who reviewed Guest and User alike. Also, thanks to everyone who are/have following/favorited this story. Please review! Midnight ;p