Ok here's Taken but loved chapter two! Hope you enjoy it!
I do NOT own Yugioh or the characters.
Yugi was sitting in his room at the palace. He hated being here. His friends had warmed up to it pretty fast but even after being here for a month he still hated it. He didn't really talk to Atem or Yami and he didn't try to.
"What's the point in trying to get along with them? They don't understand. They probably never will." He said pulling his knees to his chest and putting his head in them. "I really miss you grandpa."
Yugi sat like this until he heard a knock on his door. He wiped the tears away and pulled himself together. "Come in." he said.
Atem peeked through the door. "Yugi can we talk?" Yugi stiffened and sat up straight.
"What's there to talk about?" Yugi asked looking away from him.
"Well us. All three of us. Look we get that you don't like that we had to take you away but you can't dislike us this much when you don't even know us."
"Sure I can." Yugi lied. 'Ok, so maybe technically I can't. But what else am I supposed to feel towards the vampires that took me from my family and home?'
"No you can't and you know you can't." Atem said walking in with Yami right behind him. They sat on Yugi's bed and looked at him with those crimson eyes burning through him. "Please Yugi we can't continue living like this. Just please talk to us."
Yugi felt the urge to just spill everything out to them. Why he lived with his grandfather in the first place. What it was like growing up as the smallest student in his entire school class. But would they really understand or would they just pity him like so many already do?
"I don't know if I can." Yugi said looking down at his hands. "It's just so much."
"Just start from the beginning but only tell us what you are comfortable with." Yami said.
Yugi thought for a moment then sighed in defeat. 'I guess I don't really have a choice now they've started prying they probably won't stop.'
"Well I guess I'll start with why I was living with my grandfather. You see, I lived with my mother and father up until I was 7. We were this little happy family. My mother loved my father and my father loved her. And of course they both loved me. We were living in a medium sized house and I was 5 when my mother told me she was pregnant. Nine months later she had a baby boy and named him Heba. I was so excited to be a big brother. I couldn't wait to teach him how to play all the games I had." Yugi started feel tears come to his eyes and knew they had noticed but he just continued. "Well Heba started to grow. We were as happy as possible but then when Heba was just two and I 7, something happened. Our house was broken into. But these weren't your usual everyday robbers. No, these guys were murderers. They had to be crazy. They broke in while we were all sleeping. I was sound asleep when I was ripped from my bed and dragged to my brother's room. There Heba was in his crib crying for mom. When I looked around I found mom and dad tied up but separated across the room from each other."
(flashback starts)
Yugi was pushed into his brother's room and found where his mom and dad were. "Mommy? Daddy? What's going on?" Yugi was scared. He tried to run to his crying brother to comfort him but just he was pushed to the ground.
"Looky here! There's another one! Look how small he is! So weak!" Yugi heard a deep voice say. "He isn't even worth a snack!" suddenly Yugi felt a heavy object on his back pushing down on him. He couldn't breathe!
"Please leave him alone! Leave them both alone you can have us!" He heard his mother scream. "Just please leave them alone." He could hear his mother crying.
"You hear that boys? She us to leave her darling little boys alone and take the parents instead!" Yugi felt the weight lift off of him and gasped for air. He turned to see the man with the deep voice stalk towards his mother. "Well then maybe I could do that." He could see the relief in her eyes. "Or maybe I can drain you two then drain them for dessert. Yeah that sounds good."
"No please!" that was all his mother could get out before she was lifted by her throat and the man dove his fangs into her. Yugi could see the blood coming down her neck.
"Mommy!" Yugi tried to get up but couldn't. The man then dropped her like she was trash. She looked so pale and her eyes held almost no life in them. The man then did the same to Yugi's father. Yugi couldn't believe it in just 40 seconds he lost his mother and father and soon he and his brother were next.
"Yugi, I want you to remember that your father and I love you and Heba. We love you more than anything in the world." Yugi's mother said then her eyes fluttered closed.
"Mommy? Mommy! Please come back!" Yugi screamed tears rushing down his face.
"Ok now time for dessert. Now do I want the twerp on the floor in the crib first?" The man seemed to think for a moment then a smirk grew on his face and he looked down at Yugi. "I'll drain the twerp in the crib first and make you watch." Yugi's eye widened.
The man walked over to Heba and grabbed him Heba didn't even have time to react before he went completely limp. Yugi broke at that moment. His whole family was gone and he was next but what's the point in fighting he knew we wouldn't win and would die just as his family did.
But just as the man was about to grab him there were loud bangs coming from down stairs then you could hear heavy footsteps coming up the stairs. The man hissed and before Yugi knew it he was alone.
(end of Flashback)
"That's when the police came and found me on the ground in shock. When they tried to take me out I squirmed out of their hold and ran to my brother. I held him. I cried and told him how sorry I was that I couldn't protect him. How sorry I was that I couldn't do anything to save mom dad or him. By the time the police pulled him away from me, I was covered in blood and shaking. After that it's all a blur until I got to my grandfather's. It took me months to talk to him and years to get over all the fear and nightmares." By this time Yugi was shaking and tears were rushing down his face uncontrollably.
Atem and Yami stayed silent for a while then Yami broke the silence. "No wonder you hate us. We're vampires and vampires killed your family. I would probably hate us too."
Yugi shook his head. "No. I don't hate you because you're vampires. I don't hate you at all. But if I did it's not because you are vampires. you see I view vampires and werewolves just the same as I view humans. Everybody is different. It isn't your fault what happened to my family nor am I going to hold you responsible for it. Just like there are good and bad humans, I know there are good and bad vampires."
This took the vampires by shock. "A-and which one do you think we are?" Atem spoke nervous to hear the answer.
"I believe you are good. You may have taken me from my home and remaining family member but I know it wasn't any of our choices. And I know I've been very difficult. I'm sorry, but after losing my immediate family already and now losing my grandfather it's been hard on me."
Yugi was suddenly pulled into a tight but gentle hug "Yugi, I'm sorry. We had no idea what happened. And I know we can't go back and change anything but I hope you can let us help you." Atem said.
Without realizing what he was doing Yugi leaned into the hug. 'Maybe I can trust them. Maybe now they understand.' Soon Yugi stopped crying and soon after that he stopped shaking. Atem just held him. Yugi soon fell asleep in Atem's arms and that's when Yami and Atem both knew that he would start to trust them.
~time lapse~
Yugi woke up to find that he was alone in his room. He decided to go look for the two vampires. He got up from his bed and headed out of the room. By now he had learned his way around the palace and could move about the halls easily. He was halfway to the garden that circles the palace when he was shoved against the wall. His eyes slamming shut from the impact to the wall.
"Well looky here. It's the twerp from 10 years ago." Yugi froze when he heard the voice. He remembered the voice instantly knowing who it was. He opened his eyes and they widened when he saw the man. The man had long black hair, was wearing and black suit and he had a scar on his left eye. "So you actually lived all these years. You know I've been wondering how you taste. Maybe spicy like your father or fruity like your mother or maybe even sweet like your dear baby brother." He began to lower himself to Yugi's neck as if he were going to drink from him. Yugi needed to scream for help, he knew that. They would hear him and come to save him right? They would save him. He needed to takes his chances.
"Yami! Atem! Help!" Yugi closed his eyes and screamed at the top of his lungs.
Suddenly the man was off of him. Yugi opened his eyes to see what got him off but no one was there. 'He must have ran off.' Yugi fell to his knees and hugged himself. Tears came down his face. He saw through blurry eyes, feet in front of him. He looked up to see the two freaked out vampires. Atem kneeled down in front of him.
"Yugi what happened?" Atem asked pulling him into a hug.
"T-the m-man. H-he was h-here." Yugi stuttered out.
"What man Yugi?" Yami asked.
"T-the man t-that t-took my family." Yugi managed to get out before he passed out.
"We need to get him! We have to get the man who did this to Yugi! Not only did he take his family from him but he went after Yugi yesterday!" Yugi woke to Yami screaming.
"I understand that Yami and I want to get him just as badly as you do but we don't know who the guy is or what he even looks like. How can we go after someone we don't know anything about?" Atem asked in a calm and stern voice. "And keep your voice down you're going to wake Yugi."
"Sorry. I'm just so aggravated. Here we were just starting to gain Yugi's trust and this man shows up and tries to hurt him. I know it's only been a month but I feel drawn to him. Even though he's been cold to us since the day he came with us I feel as though I'm starting to fall for him."
"I feel the same way Yami. Just please think things through I can't stand to lose you or Yugi." Atem said. Yugi decided now would be a good time to show them he was awake. He slowly stretched and yawned which got two surprised gasps.
"Hey Yugi. How are you feeling?" Yami asked instantly at his side.
"Well I'm alive so I suppose pretty good." Yugi said.
"Look, we have some questions for you but we want you to eat and relax first ok?" Yami asked.
Yugi nodded his head "Sure ok."
Soon he had eaten two pork chops and some veggies along with some pasta. He felt rested enough and just wanted to spread his legs. He wanted to go walk through the garden.
"Ok I'm tired of being in bed I want to go walk through the garden. May I please go do that?" Yugi asked the vampires.
"Yes but only with us. I know you know your way and its not that we don't trust you or anything like that. It's that we don't know if that guy is still close by. We couldn't find him when he ran off before but that doesn't mean he won't come back." Atem said getting up from where he was sitting.
Yugi looked at his hands. 'he's still out there. He could come back at any moment I'm alone and finish what he started not just ten years ago but yesterday as well.'
"Yami, Atem?" Yugi said barely above a whisper.
They looked at him. "What is it Yugi?" Yami asked
"Well if he's still out there and can come back at any time does that mean I'm never going to left alone?"
"Yes Yugi it does." Atem said sternly. "I know you are going to hate it but right now it's the only way to keep you safe. So from now on you stay with us, Marik, Bakura, or Akefia. I don't even want you alone with your friends."
"oh, ok." Yugi said getting up and walking with them to the garden. Soon they stopped at the flower bed that surrounds the fountain. Yugi sat on the edge of the fountain and ran his hand through the water. "I'm ready to answer your questions." He said not looking at the vampires now sitting on the grass.
"Are you sure? We can wait a bit more if you want." Yami said.
"Yes. I better do it now while I still have the nerve." Yugi answered.
"Ok. Well can you start by telling us exactly what happened?" Atem asked.
Yugi then explained everything. He hated reliving it but as Atem said earlier they needed to know these things in order for them to find him. "As soon as I heard the voice I knew it was him. You don't forget the voice of a man who kills your whole family. Soon I screamed for you, he was gone."
"I'm sorry you had to go through that. Can you tell us what he looked like?" Atem asked nervously.
"Yes. He had long black hair and he was wearing a black suit. He had a scar on his left eye."
"It's Arashi." Yami growled out.
"Yes I'm sure of that as well. And him being such a powerful vampire will make it hard for us to track him down." At this comment Atem noticed Yugi stiffen. "But we will track him down and he will pay for what he did Yugi. Not just for yesterday but for what he did to your family. Hunting and drinking from humans is against our law. Each vampire has a perfect blood match so there is no need to and if you go against this law the penalty is death."
Yugi nodded. He was still scared. He was in danger. Before knew what to do Yami pulled him into a hug. "Please relax Yugi. Yes he is still out there, and yes you are still in danger. But we won't let anything happen to you. We will protect you no matter what." Yugi leaned into the hug finding comfort in what he said. 'He's right. Somehow I know they won't let me get hurt.' He thought.
"Ok let's go find your friends they were extremely worried when they heard what had happened." They all got up and went into the palace. They Ryou and Malik sitting in the dining hall. Ryou ran to Yugi and gave him a huge hug. Malik followed his lead.
"Yes, I'm ok. Thanks to Atem and Yami." Yugi practically choked out. They finally let him go.
"We were so worried! Did he hurt you? He didn't bite you did he?" Malik said looking over Yugi's body like he was the mother of a small child.
"No Malik. I called for Atem and Yami before he could do anything but push me into a wall. I promise I'm ok."
Ryou and Malik sighed in relief. Ryou then turned to Atem. "Please tell me you can find this man. I want him found and killed." A shocked look came across Atem's face.
"You have been around Bakura and Akefia way too much. Yes we will find him. Thanks to Yugi's description, we know exactly who it is." Atem said nodding his head once.
"Enough with the killing talk and stuff. Let's have some fun! Gotta cheer up Yugi! It's our job!" Malik said grabbing Yugi's hand along with Ryou's and running out of the room. They were followed by Atem and Yami. They pulled Yugi to a room he instantly recognized it as an arcade. He let go of Malik's hand and rushed around looking at all the games.
"Play what you want Yugi. This room is for you and your friends. Come at any time as long as one of the people we named is with you. At least until we get Kami." Atem said sitting at a table for playing cards.
"So I can play any of them? Without money?" Yugi asked not entirely believing it.
"Yes." Yami said sitting on Atem's lap. "Go ahead."
Yugi went to play air hockey with Malik while Ryou kept score. Yugi also kept an eye on Atem and Yami. He wasn't sure why but he felt a pull towards them. He noticed Yami leaning back onto Atem and then he felt it. The urge to walk over and sit on Yami's lap and just cuddle with them. He blushed and turned his attention back to the game. He hoped they didn't notice.
After a couple games Yugi's legs started to get tired. So he sat at the chair across the table from Atem and Yami. He laid his head down on his arms. He heard snickering come from Yami and looked up. "What's so funny?" he asked trying not to blush.
"Just something Atem said about you from earlier." Yami said off handedly.
"I didn't hear him say anything." Yugi said now totally confused.
"Oh he said it through the mind link." Yami said as if Yugi new exactly what he was talking about.
"The what?"
"Oh that's right you've ignored us for the past month so you weren't there when we explained to your friends what the mind link is." Yami said.
Yugi looked down trying to hide his blush. "Sorry."
"Don't be Yugi. You had a perfectly good reason to." Atem said.
"The mind link is a way for me and Atem to talk each other through our minds. No one else can hear what we say. It's a lover thing. We can also feel the emotions of each other. It's quite handy actually." Yami explained.
"So if Atem thinks something you can hear him and if you think something he can hear you. Well what if you don't want him to hear something you are thinking?"
"We have control over what we want the other to hear. Not that I hide anything from him or hides anything from me. We've been lovers for almost 5000 years so we fully trust and love each other."
"Wow. I'm only 17. I feel so young now."
"Well to be honest Atem is older than me. He's 5438. You see I came to Atem when I was 16 as well. Though I was a lowly peasant while he was the pharaoh of Egypt. He was 1207 at the time. We ended up falling in love."
"But if you were human then he must have changed you so how old are you now? And how old were you when he turned you?"
"Let's see I was about 19 when he turned me. So that makes me 4231 in vampire years and 4250 altogether."
"Did-did you want to be turned?"
"Of course. I had fallen in love with him and wanted to spend the rest of eternity with him."
"Oh. I guess that makes sense. Will you turn me if I asked?"
"Only if you thought about it for a very long time and it's really what you want. Yugi living this long does not come without a price. You will have to watch so many others grow old while you stayed at the age you were turned." Atem said seriously.
"I understand." Yugi said. He didn't want to be turned. He didn't know what he would do if he stayed 17 or whatever age and had to watch his grandfather die while he stayed young forever.
"Yugi you not have to worry about being turned right now. All I want you to worry about is school and living as a kid. If you want to be turned after a very long time of thinking about it we will but not now." Atem said.
Yugi nodded "Ok."
Hey im so sorry im late on this update. You see its been a very rough time and I am no longer caring for just myself. Just bear with me. I'll update everything as often as I can. I'm sorry.