Light Dark
by Kurohi Tatsaki
Chapter Five: RHA: The Opposite of Hope
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! You can't sue me cuz I have no money!
Summary: A boy who is hated by his parents, and hunted by Rare Hunters on a nightly basis, flees to Domino City, which he has spent unsuccessful time with Battle City Tournament. Two people he meets changes his life, how he views it, and learns the full meanings of friendship and... love...?
Pairings: OC's yami/OC, Seto/Jonouchi, Yami/Yugi, Bakura/Ryou, Marik/Malik, & Anzu bashing!
"speech" [thoughts] /Hikari to Yami/ //Yami to Hikari// (author notes)
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Yugi flung open the door, followed by Yami, Shirokoori and Kurohi. "Grandpa! I'm home!"
Sugoroku Motou grinned. "Ah, you're back! Oh? Who's this with you and Yami?"
"Y'know that boy, Kurohi, from school I was talking to you about? The shorter one's him!"
He eyed the lad. "You certainly are kind of short. How tall are you?"
"Ah, Five-foot-five." His tail rested against his right shoulder like a boa.
"But, ah, what's that thing on your shoulder? May I see it?"
The boy frowned. "Ahhh..." He didn't seem too keen on the idea.
Sugoroku Motou left it alone and walked into the kitchen. "Dinner's almost ready. I'll call you all when it is done!"
"Okay! C'mon and see my room, Kurohi!" The taller hikari felt himself being tugged upstairs and into a small room. A bed rested to the right of the door, and a desk off to the middle of the opposite wall, below a window. Shelves and a closet decorated the right and left of the room.
"Hey, Yugi?"
"Mm?"
"Wanna duel?"
Yugi nodded, amethyst eyes beaming. "Sure! Yami! You want to duel?"
"No-no! Just us lights, Yugi..." said Kurohi. "I just wanna duel *you*.. Our yamis can stick around if they like. It's not like I'm gonna steal your soul. I'm not Pegasus, y'know." His cold eyes shown with a warm sincerity, which was very possible for dark blue eyes, which SEEM cold could be warm.
He opened the wooden chest and pulled out his deck. He shuffled the cards with delicate fingers and placed it on the ground where they dueled. Yugi started shuffling his deck.
"When it comes to cards, Yugi, what do you believe in?" he asked suddenly.
Yugi looked up. "Eh? Why do you ask such a question?"
"I ask it to all my opponents. I believe in similar, if not same, things as you do... but somehow, it never works. Perhaps my deck is tainted... Yugi, if you win, I'll let you have one of my rarest cards. You do not have to forfeit anything if I win. Besides, it might help you in Battle City."
Yami's amethyst gaze flicked over to the hikari, but he said nothing.
"But it... it doesn't feel right... Taking a card that built a part of your deck... A key piece that'll get you out of a tight spot... But to answer your question, I believe in the Heart of The Cards. Every card plays a role, whether it is first or last. They have a heart, a soul. And in your deck, to take one soul away from that..."
Kurohi smiled lightly. "Don't worry. I had to give up a card in Battle City, but I never lost hope.-" [...Hope... a thing that I have been lacking lately...] "However, I was foolish to leave my deck without my card...... The one card that could have saved my stupid butt. It could have turned the tables to my favor... Lady luck was cruel that time. I lost Seiyaryu, a holy dragon... Even without that card, I had faith I'd come through... until the last blow was dealt. Wait, can I tell you the whole story before we duel?"
"Sure."
"All right. He was in a black cloak; I couldn't see his face. He had the Eye of Horus on the hood. He demanded my Seiyaryu card, and I told him he'd have to duel me for it. To be honest, I was scared outta my wits. Shirokoori had decided to sleep in his Seikinen Armlet, and I couldn't wake him up. Gosh, he is SUCH a sound sleeper!
"Anyway, after eight turns, he said he had drawn one card, when summoned onto the field, was very, very powerful. I asked him what it was, and he summoned it. Some sort of divine dragon card..."
Yami blinked. "The Slifer the Sky Dragon card?"
Kurohi nodded. "Yes! He beat me with THAT card!"
"I beat it. It's in Yugi's... *our* deck."
The boy snorted. "I wouldn't have been so tough against my one card. Alone, without being fused, could have beaten it at the time. It's a god card from where I got the Seikinen Armlet. The Blue-Eyes Black Dragon. It also has a nice effect. 'When summoned, other Blue-Eyes Black Dragons may be placed on the field that turn in exchange for the Battle Phase."
"An unreal trade-off. May I see it?"
He pulled a spare from his card chest. It had ten stars and 4000 attack points. It also had 4050 defense points. "A rather powerful card, isn't it? You should see its fusions. Blue-Eyes Hydra, which consists of three Blue- Eyes Black Dragons, and Blue-Eyes Twin-Headed Black Dragon, which consists of two Blue-Eyes Black Dragons."
Kurohi lifted his fusion deck from the board and handed it to Yami. He flipped through the cards and didn't bother concealing his shock. "Yugi... These cards..."
Blue-Eyes Twin-Headed Black Dragon: Attack Points: 5100 Defense Points: X000. Effect: Defense points increased by 1000 points for all Dragon cards on the Field and in both players' Hands.
Blue-Eyes Hydra: Attack Points: X500 Defense Points X000 Effect: Attack and Defense Points increased by 2000 points for every Dragon card on the Field and in both players' Hands.
"..are very powerful cards..."
Four violet orbs flicked to one set of blue ones. The owner crouched by his deck, a sort of determined glare in them. They flicked to his right, then to his left, and frowned in confusion. He closed his eyes and shook it off.
"Boys! Dinner!"
Yugi jumped up, seemingly unfazed by the other hikari's claims, and bounded down the stairs. "Hey, grandpa! I don't think Kurohi has a place to stay!"
The other boy tuned the shorter one out. He strode to the open window and leaned his palms against the windowsill, staring out into that darkening sky. Acute eyes spotted a figure in black nearby, and he couldn't help but curse softly.
He sensed a dark, warm presence at his back and uttered, "R. H. A."
"Nani?"
"Rare Hunter Attack. One's here, outside, a few houses away on this side of the sidewalk. I'm gonna take Shirokoori with me to take care of the little fat prick."
"Hmm."
Kurohi sniffed the air, and his head twisted to the downstairs. He blinked once, and visibly dashed down the stairs.
"So, you finally came down. Yugi says you haven't a place to stay?"
Kurohi nodded toward the man and shrugged. "No place that wants me. Parents hate me. What can I say? Anyway, I'm gonna take a breather." /Shirokoori, R. H. A./
"Um! Wait for me, hikari!" he chirped, dashing out the door with his light. The door closed softly behind them.
Yugi blinked. Yami came down the stairs and sat by his light. //Don't worry aibou. Shirokoori and Kurohi are only going to take care of a problem outside.//
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aahhhhhhhhhhh..."
"What a record! Seven blocks, four houses and a tile! Aibou, I think I'm getting stronger!"
...
" Oi, oi, oi! Aibou? Daijobu?!"
Yugi peeked through the curtains, and saw Shirokoori cradling the limp form of his light against his chest.
Shirokoori cursed and shook his head. What in blazes was wrong with his light?!
Knowing he would end up going back inside, he brought the both of them inside. "Mr. Motou-"
"I heard you swearing. What's..." He turned his head and noticed the burden against the tall darkness. He stifled a curse, and the yami realized what the old man was going to do as he moved toward the phone.
Quicker than light, he held the phone to the receiver.
"No."
"W-what? But he needs a doctor!"
"No." His golden gaze fell to his light. "This has happened before. He will recover in a few hours." He hoisted the backs of his hikari's knees upward and supported them with his left forearm. The backs of the other's shoulders rested in the forearms of the right arm, his yami being careful about the chains and armlet. [Light, what is happening to you? Why is it, whenever I protect you, you fall asleep and don't wake until morning, no matter HOW early it is when you fall? Hikari... please tell me soon.]
"Yugi, may I let my hikari rest in your bed?"
Yugi nodded. "Sure. I can always take the floor or the couch."
Shirokoori smiled lightly. "I am in your debt, Yugi-chan. Doumou arigatou gozaimasu." With his burden, he marched upstairs. Kneeling slightly, he rested his fallen light onto the bed and tucked him in. Had Kurohi been awake, he would have had his head bitten off by his light's harsh words. He behaved like a rabid cat, spitting and hissing at even the tiniest forms of "light" he offered his hikari.
(A/N: doumou arigatou gozaimasu. Spelt "domo arigato gozaimasu". Means "thank you very much". Pronounced: Dohh-mohh ah-ree-gah-tohh goh-zah-ee-mah- s'.)
Lately, he now believed HE was the light, and his aibou was the dark.
But, was it really, truly that way?
He hissed at his uncertainties and jumped when he felt a presence beside him. He turned his slightly glowing eyes and blinked three of them at Yami.
Wait... three?
"Yes, Yami?"
"I know you protect him, but must you drain his energy reserves as well?"
He blinked. "Na..nani? I'm.. *draining* him?" Again, his gold orbs flickered. The extra eyes disappeared into oblivion. He cursed. "Had I known EARLIER, I...... Che!" He grit his teeth and stormed rather quietly to the window. "Damn it... Yami, do you know how to NOT drain from your hikari?"
(A/N: nani. Means "what". Pronounced: nah-nee)
(A/N: che. Means "Shucks!" or "Damn!")
"Known for a while."
"Then... how?!"
"Form a bond that could never be tainted."
Shirokoori blinked yet again and turned his head to the darkness. "Well, I know I love him, but, I'm pretty sure he don't love me."
"Can you BE sure? That's what's screwing this up."
"...Hn. I guess I'll chat with him, tonight, in his soul room."
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Ha! Finished! What words will be exchanged next chappie?
Finished: 6/16/03
Translations: 7/6/03
by Kurohi Tatsaki
Chapter Five: RHA: The Opposite of Hope
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! You can't sue me cuz I have no money!
Summary: A boy who is hated by his parents, and hunted by Rare Hunters on a nightly basis, flees to Domino City, which he has spent unsuccessful time with Battle City Tournament. Two people he meets changes his life, how he views it, and learns the full meanings of friendship and... love...?
Pairings: OC's yami/OC, Seto/Jonouchi, Yami/Yugi, Bakura/Ryou, Marik/Malik, & Anzu bashing!
"speech" [thoughts] /Hikari to Yami/ //Yami to Hikari// (author notes)
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Yugi flung open the door, followed by Yami, Shirokoori and Kurohi. "Grandpa! I'm home!"
Sugoroku Motou grinned. "Ah, you're back! Oh? Who's this with you and Yami?"
"Y'know that boy, Kurohi, from school I was talking to you about? The shorter one's him!"
He eyed the lad. "You certainly are kind of short. How tall are you?"
"Ah, Five-foot-five." His tail rested against his right shoulder like a boa.
"But, ah, what's that thing on your shoulder? May I see it?"
The boy frowned. "Ahhh..." He didn't seem too keen on the idea.
Sugoroku Motou left it alone and walked into the kitchen. "Dinner's almost ready. I'll call you all when it is done!"
"Okay! C'mon and see my room, Kurohi!" The taller hikari felt himself being tugged upstairs and into a small room. A bed rested to the right of the door, and a desk off to the middle of the opposite wall, below a window. Shelves and a closet decorated the right and left of the room.
"Hey, Yugi?"
"Mm?"
"Wanna duel?"
Yugi nodded, amethyst eyes beaming. "Sure! Yami! You want to duel?"
"No-no! Just us lights, Yugi..." said Kurohi. "I just wanna duel *you*.. Our yamis can stick around if they like. It's not like I'm gonna steal your soul. I'm not Pegasus, y'know." His cold eyes shown with a warm sincerity, which was very possible for dark blue eyes, which SEEM cold could be warm.
He opened the wooden chest and pulled out his deck. He shuffled the cards with delicate fingers and placed it on the ground where they dueled. Yugi started shuffling his deck.
"When it comes to cards, Yugi, what do you believe in?" he asked suddenly.
Yugi looked up. "Eh? Why do you ask such a question?"
"I ask it to all my opponents. I believe in similar, if not same, things as you do... but somehow, it never works. Perhaps my deck is tainted... Yugi, if you win, I'll let you have one of my rarest cards. You do not have to forfeit anything if I win. Besides, it might help you in Battle City."
Yami's amethyst gaze flicked over to the hikari, but he said nothing.
"But it... it doesn't feel right... Taking a card that built a part of your deck... A key piece that'll get you out of a tight spot... But to answer your question, I believe in the Heart of The Cards. Every card plays a role, whether it is first or last. They have a heart, a soul. And in your deck, to take one soul away from that..."
Kurohi smiled lightly. "Don't worry. I had to give up a card in Battle City, but I never lost hope.-" [...Hope... a thing that I have been lacking lately...] "However, I was foolish to leave my deck without my card...... The one card that could have saved my stupid butt. It could have turned the tables to my favor... Lady luck was cruel that time. I lost Seiyaryu, a holy dragon... Even without that card, I had faith I'd come through... until the last blow was dealt. Wait, can I tell you the whole story before we duel?"
"Sure."
"All right. He was in a black cloak; I couldn't see his face. He had the Eye of Horus on the hood. He demanded my Seiyaryu card, and I told him he'd have to duel me for it. To be honest, I was scared outta my wits. Shirokoori had decided to sleep in his Seikinen Armlet, and I couldn't wake him up. Gosh, he is SUCH a sound sleeper!
"Anyway, after eight turns, he said he had drawn one card, when summoned onto the field, was very, very powerful. I asked him what it was, and he summoned it. Some sort of divine dragon card..."
Yami blinked. "The Slifer the Sky Dragon card?"
Kurohi nodded. "Yes! He beat me with THAT card!"
"I beat it. It's in Yugi's... *our* deck."
The boy snorted. "I wouldn't have been so tough against my one card. Alone, without being fused, could have beaten it at the time. It's a god card from where I got the Seikinen Armlet. The Blue-Eyes Black Dragon. It also has a nice effect. 'When summoned, other Blue-Eyes Black Dragons may be placed on the field that turn in exchange for the Battle Phase."
"An unreal trade-off. May I see it?"
He pulled a spare from his card chest. It had ten stars and 4000 attack points. It also had 4050 defense points. "A rather powerful card, isn't it? You should see its fusions. Blue-Eyes Hydra, which consists of three Blue- Eyes Black Dragons, and Blue-Eyes Twin-Headed Black Dragon, which consists of two Blue-Eyes Black Dragons."
Kurohi lifted his fusion deck from the board and handed it to Yami. He flipped through the cards and didn't bother concealing his shock. "Yugi... These cards..."
Blue-Eyes Twin-Headed Black Dragon: Attack Points: 5100 Defense Points: X000. Effect: Defense points increased by 1000 points for all Dragon cards on the Field and in both players' Hands.
Blue-Eyes Hydra: Attack Points: X500 Defense Points X000 Effect: Attack and Defense Points increased by 2000 points for every Dragon card on the Field and in both players' Hands.
"..are very powerful cards..."
Four violet orbs flicked to one set of blue ones. The owner crouched by his deck, a sort of determined glare in them. They flicked to his right, then to his left, and frowned in confusion. He closed his eyes and shook it off.
"Boys! Dinner!"
Yugi jumped up, seemingly unfazed by the other hikari's claims, and bounded down the stairs. "Hey, grandpa! I don't think Kurohi has a place to stay!"
The other boy tuned the shorter one out. He strode to the open window and leaned his palms against the windowsill, staring out into that darkening sky. Acute eyes spotted a figure in black nearby, and he couldn't help but curse softly.
He sensed a dark, warm presence at his back and uttered, "R. H. A."
"Nani?"
"Rare Hunter Attack. One's here, outside, a few houses away on this side of the sidewalk. I'm gonna take Shirokoori with me to take care of the little fat prick."
"Hmm."
Kurohi sniffed the air, and his head twisted to the downstairs. He blinked once, and visibly dashed down the stairs.
"So, you finally came down. Yugi says you haven't a place to stay?"
Kurohi nodded toward the man and shrugged. "No place that wants me. Parents hate me. What can I say? Anyway, I'm gonna take a breather." /Shirokoori, R. H. A./
"Um! Wait for me, hikari!" he chirped, dashing out the door with his light. The door closed softly behind them.
Yugi blinked. Yami came down the stairs and sat by his light. //Don't worry aibou. Shirokoori and Kurohi are only going to take care of a problem outside.//
"YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aahhhhhhhhhhh..."
"What a record! Seven blocks, four houses and a tile! Aibou, I think I'm getting stronger!"
...
" Oi, oi, oi! Aibou? Daijobu?!"
Yugi peeked through the curtains, and saw Shirokoori cradling the limp form of his light against his chest.
Shirokoori cursed and shook his head. What in blazes was wrong with his light?!
Knowing he would end up going back inside, he brought the both of them inside. "Mr. Motou-"
"I heard you swearing. What's..." He turned his head and noticed the burden against the tall darkness. He stifled a curse, and the yami realized what the old man was going to do as he moved toward the phone.
Quicker than light, he held the phone to the receiver.
"No."
"W-what? But he needs a doctor!"
"No." His golden gaze fell to his light. "This has happened before. He will recover in a few hours." He hoisted the backs of his hikari's knees upward and supported them with his left forearm. The backs of the other's shoulders rested in the forearms of the right arm, his yami being careful about the chains and armlet. [Light, what is happening to you? Why is it, whenever I protect you, you fall asleep and don't wake until morning, no matter HOW early it is when you fall? Hikari... please tell me soon.]
"Yugi, may I let my hikari rest in your bed?"
Yugi nodded. "Sure. I can always take the floor or the couch."
Shirokoori smiled lightly. "I am in your debt, Yugi-chan. Doumou arigatou gozaimasu." With his burden, he marched upstairs. Kneeling slightly, he rested his fallen light onto the bed and tucked him in. Had Kurohi been awake, he would have had his head bitten off by his light's harsh words. He behaved like a rabid cat, spitting and hissing at even the tiniest forms of "light" he offered his hikari.
(A/N: doumou arigatou gozaimasu. Spelt "domo arigato gozaimasu". Means "thank you very much". Pronounced: Dohh-mohh ah-ree-gah-tohh goh-zah-ee-mah- s'.)
Lately, he now believed HE was the light, and his aibou was the dark.
But, was it really, truly that way?
He hissed at his uncertainties and jumped when he felt a presence beside him. He turned his slightly glowing eyes and blinked three of them at Yami.
Wait... three?
"Yes, Yami?"
"I know you protect him, but must you drain his energy reserves as well?"
He blinked. "Na..nani? I'm.. *draining* him?" Again, his gold orbs flickered. The extra eyes disappeared into oblivion. He cursed. "Had I known EARLIER, I...... Che!" He grit his teeth and stormed rather quietly to the window. "Damn it... Yami, do you know how to NOT drain from your hikari?"
(A/N: nani. Means "what". Pronounced: nah-nee)
(A/N: che. Means "Shucks!" or "Damn!")
"Known for a while."
"Then... how?!"
"Form a bond that could never be tainted."
Shirokoori blinked yet again and turned his head to the darkness. "Well, I know I love him, but, I'm pretty sure he don't love me."
"Can you BE sure? That's what's screwing this up."
"...Hn. I guess I'll chat with him, tonight, in his soul room."
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Ha! Finished! What words will be exchanged next chappie?
Finished: 6/16/03
Translations: 7/6/03