Blood Lust
Chapter_04: Bounty
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"What do you mean?" Yami hissed, his power flaring, making Seto flinch.
"I mean," The brown haired man said cooly,"that after the little witch killed off Kaitos, Pegasus got mad." Seto smirked.
"What does that freaky haired bastard have to do with Yugi?" Yami growled.
"Pegasus had a certain relationship with Kaitos. (Not yaoi! Think business! ) After he was killed off, Pegasus was pissed at having lost such a valuable partner. Now he's offering a bounty for little Yugi, dead or alive." Seto grinned darkly.
"How much?" Yami said coldly.
"Power. Immense amounts of power." Seto said, fully enjoying the look of slight horror on Yami's face.
"You don't mean - "
"Yes. Shadow Powers. Pegasus has somehow tapped into the Shadow Realm, drawing its powers into himself."
"That's impossible! The Shadow Realm was sealed when I gave up my life! When I became one of the damned...." Yami's voice trailed off.
"Even if you were thinking about having a Blood Claim, it wouldn't help." Seto said, reading Yami's mind. "You know that there are some out there willing to do anything for power."
"But would it protect him?" Yami retorted.
"A little" Seto said slyly, " Are you planning to join the hunt?"
"NO! You actually think that I will help that evil bastard get what he wants?" Yami spat "You're crazy."
"Hmmm....that rivalry between you two hasn't lessened over the years, has it?"
"No fucking way." Yami snarled.
"Well Yami, that's all. I'll be leaving you now to your thoughts on your new
love toy." Seto winked. Yami growled.
"Wait! Seto! Are you going after the boy?"
All Yami got in response was a telepathic
I wouldn't dream of it..........
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¤Yugi's POV¤
Eurgh.... What happened? The last thing I can remember was yelling at Yami to get out of my room, and then I felt pain. That is still here. I moaned, the pain still there. But yet, through the slowly going away pain, I felt happy. I'm not sure why, though. The last time I was with Yami, well, after he abandoned me in the ally, I had felt the same way. Why? That was the main question on my mind.
Wait.
Oh Ra.
He didn't.
He wouldn't.
AND I LIKED IT?!?!?!?!??!?!?!
Gagging, I could feel the bile rise in my throat. I rushed to the bathroom as fast as the pain would let me. As I reached to sink, I emptied the acid accumulating in my mouth. Quickly, I drank half of the bottle of family-sized mouthwash, gurgling thoroughly until the mintyness began to burn my mouth.
Peering at the full-length mirror attached to the bathroom door, I gazed at myself. My right, the pain still fresh, was cradling my left arm. My black clothing was disheveled and my eyes bloodshot. Groaning, I remembered that my friends wouldn't wake up for at least a day, and that meant no healing by Shizuka.
Ra, my life sucks.
Why would Yami, KISS *shudder* me?
Eurgh.
Why hadn't he just killed me? Yami is stronger than me, why didn't he take that chance? Why?
It seems that all of my questions now are ' Why?'.
Why did he spare me? Why did he do what he did? Why is he doing this to me?
I headed back to my bed, head reeling with unanswered questions. Collapsing onto the soft mattress, I fell into a blissful sleep numbing the confusion and pain into nothingness.
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The Next Morning....
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Yugi awoke groggily, his pain still there, but only when he moved. Groaning, he made his way down the stairs only to find his friends asleep in the exact same place where they had been before Yami appeared. Yugi walked into the living room wondering when they were going to wake.
After thirty minutes, Yugi sighed as he sat down on the over-stuffed couch next to Jou. He nearly jumped out of his skin when Jou rolled over onto his lap, drooling and muttering sleepily about lemon meringue pies.
'That's it!' Yugi thought firmly. 'If they aren't going to wake up anytime soon, then I will have to try to heal this myself, or get a cast.' Yugi shuddered. Usually he healed quickly with minor injuries, not as fast as a vampire of course, but not with injuries that were to severe. Then only Shizuka could heal him; she was the best healer in the country right now. But that option was out of the question.
"Well, if she isn't able to do it, and I don't have the power to heal myself, the I guess it's to the doctors." Yugi grimaced, speaking to no one in particular.
Witches hated doctors. Doctors have abandoned the natural remedies and magic for high tech devices and alien substances that only worked half the time. And slowly.
Sighing, Yugi opened the door to the game shop, switched the sign to closed, and left for the hospital.
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I won't write about the doctors, in geometry I learned that you are 9,000 timesmore likely to get killed by a doctor than a gun owner. *shudder*
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Yugi walked out of the hospital, with a cast, but a small hole in his pride.
He made his way to the park, not eager to go home. Yugi sighed as he looked at his surroundings. The park was gigantic, almost 5 square acres. Right now he was in a secluded spot, surrounded by bracken and various trees. A brook was babbling nearby, its cool water running deep. That was where Yugi headed.
There was a gigantic rock in the middle of the stream, with a flat top. It was virtually impossible to reach it without jumping on the moss-covered stones leading up to it. That was where Yugi headed.
He laid down on the flat surface, one arm behind his head, the other with his cast on top of his stomach. Yugi glanced up, the willow tree's branches swaying gently in the wind. The gentle zephyr carried the songs of the birds nesting in the trees. Small beams of sunlight played off of Yugi's skin.
He let his mind go and body draw power from the earth, as he lay there, unmoving.
He was at a protected haven, no one but him was allowed without his consent, so was the will of the Powers.
Yugi was finally at peace.
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Another old chappie, I know, but only one more and from then on they are new!
Well, actually, I'm changing the ending to the next chappie, so you just have to wait!