Alternative Life

Author's Note: Hey everybody!! Sorry I didn't update for a while, but I had a lot of things to do, and I got sick, so yeah.

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Disclaimer: I own Katari. 'blah'=thoughts "blah"=speaking

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Chapter 3: Plan starts now

Morning came, and Yugi was feeling a little better about what happened yesterday. Yugi looked over to see Yami, but he wasn't there. Yugi got up and went to the kitchen. He saw Yami there, cooking breakfast. Yami looked over at his aibou.

"Good morning." he greeted. Yugi smiled. "Good morning." he replied. Yami went back to cooking breakfast. "How was your sleep?" asked Yami. "It was fine." Yami heard uncertainty in his aibou's voice.

"Something wrong, aibou?" he asked, putting fried eggs and toast on a plate. Yugi looked at Yami with sad eyes. "I'm just worried about you. Katari is a vampire Yami, and you're human again. That puts you in a vulnerable spot. What if she tries to kill you? How am I going to live without you?" Yami put the plate of food in front of Yugi and another on his side of the table, then sat down and looked at Yugi.

"Katari won't be after me, Yugi. She'll need me alive to change me into a vampire again. Be concerned about your own well-being, aibou. Don't worry about me." he said, looking straight at Yugi. Yugi knew that what he said was true, but he just couldn't stop worrying about Yami. Yami sighed, then walked over to Yugi.

Yami pulled over a chair, and sat down next to Yugi. Yugi looked at Yami, and Yami took Yugi's hand. "Whatever Katari does to either me or you, there will be a way to overcome it. So just believe, Yugi, and Katari will be defeated. Do you feel better?" Yugi nodded, then started eating, to show Yami that he's feeling better. Yami smiled, then went to start on his breakfast.

After breakfast, both Yugi and Yami got dressed in their uniforms, and were walking to school. "So, did we have any homework last night, aibou?" asked Yami. Yugi shook his head. "I don't think so. But if we did, it probably wasn't due for another day or so." Yami sighed of relief. "I don't think I'm in for another homework night." Yugi chuckled. Soon they were at school, meeting up with Joey, Tristan, Tea, and Bakura.

Class that day was a little different. It started out as usual. Joey, Yugi and Yami were talking about Duel Monsters, the bell rang, and everyone sat down. The teacher came in, took attendance, then began the lesson. "Today, we'll be talking about something entirely different." said the teacher. "We'll be talking about amnesia and brainwash. Why? Because it's time for a little change of pace." Everyone tuned in on what the teacher had to say.

"Amnesia is a very difficult thing to work with. It takes a long time for the persont o retaint heir memory, even with the help of their loved ones. But I'm sure you already knew that. Brainwashing, however, is a very tough thing. usually when someone is brainwashed, it is hard for them to retain their own selves back. But if you do something dramatic in their very eyes, they will get their own sleves back."

Everyone looked at the teacher with confused looks. Why is the teacher talking about this now? The teacher smiled, then went back to the chalkboard. Class was back to normal after that.

Lunch came, and Yugi was hungry. Everyone went to the usual table and pulled out their lunches. "Class was weird, man. I think the teacher probably got brainwashed." said Joey, munching on his sandwich. Yugi laughed. "I think the teacher probably just wanted a little change of pace." he replied. Tea laughed. "More like to creep us out." she retorted. Tristan looked at her. "Actually it made class more fun. I kinda liked it." Yami smirked. "True, and it did give us a break from all the homework we've been getting." he added. Everyone then started eating and talking.

Soon, school was over and Yugi and Yami were ready to go home. "Yami, are you ready?" asked Yugi. Yami came running over to Yugi. "Ready to go, aibou." he confirmed. Yugi smiled, then the two started walking home.

The two reached home, and Yugi unlocked the door. As soon as Yugi and Yami got in, Yugi closed the door. Yugi turned to look at Yami. "Since we don't have any homework, what are we going to do now?" he asked. Yami smirked, then wrapped his slender arms around Yugi. "We can start kissing each other." he suggested. Yugi laughed. "Kissing always leads to stripping." he said, smirking. Yami chuckled.

"We won't go that far. Just kissing." he promised. Yugi smiled. Arms were wrapped around the other, and violet met crimson. Suddenly, a black pillar of light appeared. "Aww, how sweet. So sweet it made me want to retch." Yami glared at the pillar, that made Katari appeared, smirking with sinister eyes.

"Yami, you were never this sweet when we went out together." she said. Yami glared. "That's because back then I didn't care about you." he retorted. Katari put a fake disappointed look on her face. "I'm crushed. But that can be made up." she responded. Yami glared, then got into guarding position.

"What do you want, Katari?" he hissed. Katari giggled. "I heard the conversation you and Yugi were having about me. The truth is I'm after both of you, so there's really no point in trying to protect yourselves." Yami glared. "Whatever you do to Yugi, I'll make sure it never happens!" Katari laughed.

"Yami, you're human now. You're nothing but a low human who'll do anything to protect another low human." she stated. Yami growled. "That's enough! I'll guard Yugi from anything you do!" he vowed. Katari raised her hand. "Really? Guard him from this!" Katari snapped her fingers. Yugi was surrounded with black light.

"Yami help!" he cried. Yami tried to hang onto his hand, but Yugi disappeared, with the black light. Yami lowered his head in defeat, then he glared at Katari. "Where's Yugi? What have you done with him, you bitch?!" he demanded. Katari narrowed her eyes in amusement.

"Follow the directions on this note, and you'll find out." she said, disappearing in a pillar of light. Yami ran over to the place she stood, and picked up a tiny piece of paper with a message on it.

FOLLOW THE DARK ROAD, AND YOU'LL FIND YOUR PRECIOUS HIKARI

'Yugi, please be safe' he prayed.

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Sorry that the cahpter was a little shorter, but I had to do a lot of things and no a lot is supposed to happen in this chapter anyway, so please review, and I'll update as soon as I can. ^_^