Chapter 1: The Meeting

A/N: Hey I decided to keep this all in one. I just don't really feel like deleting work that shows why I ended up changing some things. So I will continue to write this story here but on Wattpad and AO3 it will just be the new version. Thank you all for your messages and I hope you enjoy!

The Yami's and their animal form
Bakura Tozokuo: snake
Zara Kokinos: wolf
Kronos Kokinos: wolf
Malik Blishtar: lion
Yami Sennen: eagle
Seto Kaiba: cheetah

The Hikari's and their animal form
Ryou Bakura: kitten
Emiko Himura: bunny
Youta Himura: bunny
Marik Ishtar: fox
Yugi Muto: panda
Jonouchi Katsuya: dog

"This is talking."

'This is thinking.'

This is talking in the link

Back at the house in the diner, the Hikari's are eating breakfast.

"Mmm~ you two really are the best cooks in the world!" Jonouchi said as he chowed down on his food.

"Thank you and slow down. The food isn't going anywhere." Ryou smiled as he ate slowly.

"Oh leave him be Ry. You know he loves food." Marik said as he gobbled down his food.

"Come on Yugi we said we were sorry." Youta laughed as he nudged Yugi while he ate.

"And we won't do it again." Emiko giggled as she took a bite of her food while nudging Yugi.

"Nope! I'm not forgiving you two this time!" Yugi crosses his arms trying to ignore the two bunnies nudging him on his sides.

"What did you two do to Yug' this time?" Jonouchi asked with food in his mouth.

"We so did not jump on him so he can wake up." The twins smiled innocently as they drank their milk.

"Sheesh and I thought I had it bad when Ryou wakes me up." Marik snickered as Yugi glared at him.

"I would rather have Ryou wake me up than these two!" Yugi yelled as the two bunnies smiled cutely.

"Now now Yugi don't be mad. Emiko and Youta say sorry to Yugi and actually mean it." Ryou lectured.

"But we do mean it!" The twins said as they hugged Yugi, giving him a kiss on the cheek. "We really are sorry Yugi, please forgive us." They give Yugi a very sad hurt bunny look.

"Oh no! Not this ti- ugh fine you two win." Yugi sighed as the two made a very very happy expression. They knew Yugi always gave in to their cute expressions.

"Really you forgive us?!" Etsuko asked.

"Yes I forgive you two." Yugi smiled at the them.

"Yeah! We love you Yugi." They both say as they smother him with hugs and kisses.

"Well that worked itself out." Jonouchi chuckled.

"Look at the little ones Jou Ry. They're all grown up." Marik gives the two a wink.

"Ahhh yes but they're still short." Jounouchi snickered.

"Hey I'm taller than Ryou!" Youta pointed at the kitten.

"I am not short!" Both Yugi and Etsuko screamed a bit.

They argued loudly before they heard a thump at the door. The Hikari's go quiet as they look at each other.

Jonouchi stood up. "I'll go see what it is." He whispered.

"I'll go too." Marik stood up.

Youta stood up as Jonouchi nodded as they tiptoed into the living room. They looked to see the door open and a bruised hand sticking out. Marik looked at them confused and shocked. Jonouchi went to the door before gasping a bit.

"Marik get the first aid kit!" Jonouchi yelled as he saw six beat up people laying on the floor groaning. Jonouchi leaned down to the one that had his hand sticking out of the door. "Hey what happened man?" He shook the brunette haired guy.

The brunette slowly opens his eyes and groans. "M-man-maniacs. Attacked. K-killed everyone. Ra-ran away." He started to close his eyes again.

"No wait hey wake up!" Jonouchi lifted him a bit and took him inside. Youta started to help bring in the rest of them as Marik, Ryou, Yugi, and Emiko started to clean their wounds and patch them up. They laid them down next to each other as Emiko began to put pillows under their heads to make them more comfortable.

"Do you know what happened?" Ryou asked Jonouchi.

Jonouchi nodded. "Sorta. The brown haired guy said maniacs attacked them and people were killed as well as them running. I can only guess that they're from a village or maybe hunters from one of the forest clans or from one of the villages near the river. Maniacs must have surprised attacked them and killed everyone while they ran away. Their wounds suggest they fought back though so it's more likely that they were in a hunting group that got ambushed. But who knows."

"What if the maniacs followed them?" Yugi asked.

"If they did they would have been here already." Youta said.

"We lost them." They heard a deep voice say. The Hikari's turn to see the brunette awake and slowly starting to sit up.

"Woah, slow down. Stay laying down man. You're still hurt." Jonouchi said.

The brunette nodded and laid. "We lost them in the forest. Only two or three were following us."

"Where are you guys from?" Marik asked.
"We are from a small forest clan." He said moving his hand to cover his eyes. "Our hunters came back from their hunt when the maniacs attacked. It seemed that they were following our hunters. They're getting smart."

"We're sorry." Emiko said gently.
"It's okay. We're glad we found this place. Our blood would have probably attracted wild animals or maybe even more maniacs. We probably would have died." The brunette said softly.

"Would there be any survivors?" Youta asked.

"I don't know. I wouldn't think so. There were so many of them." They see a tear roll down his cheek.

"Hey it will be okay. You guys are safe now." Jonouchi said as he went to him. "What's your name?"

"Seto." Seto said, looking at him sadly.
"I'm Jonouchi. Are ya hungry?" Jonouchi asked. "Ryou and Emiko are great cooks."

"I rather wait." Seto turned his head to the other five. "They have to wake up."

"Want us to try?" Jonouchi asked as he saw Seto nod his head. Jonouchi looked at the rest of the Hikari's and nodded. They nodded back. Marik went to the sandy blonde one, that was laying next to Seto, and sat behind his head. Yugi went to the tri-colored hair one, who was lying next to the sandy blonde one, and sat next to him. Ryou went to the one with white hair, who was lying next to the tri-colored one, and sat next to him as well. Youta went to the blue haired one, who was lying next to white haired one, and sat behind his head. Emiko went to the last one who had purple hair, who laid next to the blue haired one, and sat behind her head. They all shake them trying to wake them up. Soon one by one they all wake up.

The one with blue hair looked up at Youta. "Uh who are you? Where am I?"

Youta looks at him. "Um I'm Youta and you're in my home. Your friends are over there?" He pointed.

The blue haired boy looked and saw his friends. He turned to the other side and looked at the girl who looked back at him and nodded.

"Kronos she's okay." Seto said.

Kronos nodded and sat up.

The tri haired color one also sat up and looked at Yugi before turning to Seto. "Are we all okay? Are you sure we're not dead?"

Seto nodded. "We're not Yami. We have bruises and all but we're not dead."

"So did they find us?" The white haired one asked as he stayed laying down.

"Don't you remember we ran in here?" The purple haired girl says. "Or well tried to." She looked up at Emiko who smiled shyly at her.

The sandy blonde one looked up at Marik and smiled. "Thanks for healing us cutie."

"Can you for once not flirt." Yami sighed.

"Shut up birdbrain." The sandy blonde glares at him.

"Who you calling birdbrain kitty cat." Yami glared before he felt the blonde pounce on him. Kronos, the purple haired girl, and the white haired boy quickly moved out of the way.

Yugi noticed how quickly and effortlessly they moved out of the way. 'Something doesn't feel right.'

"Yami Malik enough." Seto said.

Yami quickly turned into an eagle and flew up so Malik couldn't reach him.

"You know for someone who is hurt you guys move quickly." Yugi says.

"Don't you know idiots can't feel pain?" Kronos said as the purple haired girl snickers.

"Watch it Kronos." Malik growls as Yami lands next to him and turns human again. "You too Zara."

"All I did was laugh. Don't blame me for your stupidity." Zara snickered as Kronos joined her.

"Enough all of you." Seto growled.

"I didn't do shit!" The white one pointed out.

"Quiet Bakura. Is this any way to thank the people who saved us? By destroying their house? And by being rude in front of them?" Seto asked.

"No." They grumbled.

"Apologize." Seto ordered.

"Sorry." They bowed at the Hikari.

"Umm that's okay. We kinda figured you'd guys be strange. And probably handle the situation your own way." Marik says.

"Now how about we fix you all some food. You must be hungry and tired." Ryou said gently.

"Thanks." Bakura looked at Ryou and gave him a sly smirk.

Ryou looked away and took Emiko to the kitchen.

Zara watched Emiko being taken away. Well at least we get to try their cooking. We can probably make them cook for us all the time. She said in their link.

Hope they're good cooks. Bakura said in the link.

Okay we have to play this right. Right now they think we are injured except for Yami's bitch. Kronos said earning a secret glare from Yami.

What we'll do is gain their trust today and ask to spend the night. Seto continue to be the leader. It looks like your pup is the leader of them. Gain his trust. Yami said.

And what will we do? Malik asked as he watched Marik who was talking to Youta.

You guys will also try to gain their trust but most importantly you all need to behave. Don't let your maniac sides out. We only have a month and we need to make sure we stay this whole month. Seto said as he stood. "Jonouchi would you mind showing me the bathroom?"

Jonouchi looked at him and nodded. "Sure. Come on." He stood up and took him down the hall.

Smooth move Seto. They think before they all stood. Bakura and Zara headed to the kitchen, Yami goes to Yugi, and Malik and Kronos go to Marik and Youta.

Malik taps Marik's shoulder and gives an awkward smile. "Hey I didn't mean to creep you out on what I said. I really am thankful you helped us. I'm sure many wouldn't help people from the forest clan."

"Oh hey don't worry about it." Marik smiled.

"So how long have you guys been here?" Kronos asks.

"About a year. We built it ourselves." Youta said.

"Really? By the looks of it, I thought you lived here for years." Kronos said.

"Were you guys nomadic? From a forest clan too?" Malik asked.

"Umm well no we were from a river village but things happened and us six came here." Marik said not wanting to give more information.

"Ahh I see." Malik said. "It must be nice living here without maniacs to come get you."

"We're surprised maniacs haven't found us yet." Youta said.

"I doubt they will. This place is very well hidden. We found it by chance." Kronos said. "Maniacs are getting smarter but not that smart."

"Yeah I doubt even if they were smart they'd never find this place." Malik says. That's what they think at least.

"Yeah you're probably right. We haven't really gone out of the place really. The waterfall brings in lots of fish and freshwater. The only time we went out was when we're barely making our home." Youta says.

"Yeah we had to gather materials and plants. Luckily we had found an abandoned forest clan. It looked like no one lived there for years." Marik said.

"Ahh so you guys got everything you needed. That was lucky. It seems like fate was leading you to it all." Malik said.

"Emiko thinks the gods did this." Youta chuckled.

"Are you all related?" Malik asked.

"By blood only Youta and Emiko. But we are all family. We are siblings." Marik said.

"Yeah we are like that too. Me and Zara are the only ones related but we are all like siblings." Kronos said.

Aww do you really feel like that about us. Bakura teased in the link.

Fuck off snake. Kronos growled in the link.

"Amazing." Youta said.

Yami stood in front of Yugi. "So what are you?"

"What do you mean what am I?" Yugi asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"Well you saw that I am an eagle. What animal are you?" Yami asked.

"Bear." Yugi said quickly.

"Oh? What kind of bear?" Yami asked.

"What kind of eagle?" Yugi snapped at him a bit.

"Woah hey I don't mean to offend you or anything." Yami said gently. 'Sharp tongue. I'll need to fix that once I have him. Can't have his pretty little mouth say what he wants.' He thought to himself.

"Sorry." Yugi sighed. "I'm just a rare breed."

"I won't make fun of you or think you're bad." Yami said taking his hand gently. "So what kind of bear are you?"

Yugi looked at his hand and blushed a bit. "P-panda." 'Yūgi why the hell did you stutter?! He's just someone you met. Why are you blushing?! Stop it!' Yugi yelled to himself.

"Woah what a very rare breed it is." Yami said in amazement.

"You're not disgusted?" Yugi asked. "Pandas are apparently the weakest of all other bears."

"Really? Well I don't think you're weak." Yami said.

Yugi gulped. "Uh I think I'm going to go help Ryou and Emiko." He quickly walked to the kitchen.