Project Shadow
Yami was the first to awake the next morning; in all truth, he had hardly been asleep. He looked over Yuugi, his innocent aibou sleeping soundly curled up nearby. Bakura and Ryou were laying near the door. With a quick glance at the clock, Yami saw that it was only 4:30 am. Sighing, he slumped back against the sofa.
'Why are you changing, little one?' Yami thought, gazing over Yuugi. 'Do you want to change?' He smiled softly. 'Just don't change too much. I still love you.' He fell into a light doze, eyes half closed in a dreamy sort of fashion.
There was a sharp tap on the door, causing Yami to snap out of his daydream, while the two Ring owners woke up, Yuugi stirring, but sleeping on.
"Stay there, Yami. We'll check it out." Bakura said, when Yami made to move towards the door. Ryou withdrew a gun from his back pocket, and kept it hidden in his left hand as he opened the door just enough for him to see who was there.
"Ring Agent 02? I am Dice Agent. I was ordered to arrive here with back- up." the person outside said, holding up a Project Shadow ID. "Excellent! Come in." Ryou opened the door wide enough for Dice Agent to get in.
"You must the Puzzle Agents!" he said as he saw Yami and Yuugi. "I've heard a lot about you, but I don't believe we've had the pleasure of meeting." By this time, Yuugi was just waking up. "What's your name? I'm Yuugi." he said, rubbing his eyes. "I'm Ryuji Otogi." Dice Agent replied. Yami smiled at the disregard for the rule of 'nobody knowing a higher agent's name'. "Yami." he said briefly.
A few minutes later, a group of four agents turned up, followed by another four five minutes later. "This is your back-up." Otogi said. "Do you have a plan?" "No. I suppose we need one." Ryou said. "This is a perfect opportunity to go after Kaiba as well as rescue the others..."
~*~
"These two first." Kaiba said, pointing to Malik and Marik. "Take them to the labs."
"Iie!" Ishizu yelled. "Please, not my brothers!"
"Sorry." Kaiba said sarcastically. "Come along boys." Malik and Marik stared at him blankly. "I said COME ALONG." Kaiba said irritably. Malik bowed apologetically. Ishizu caught on to what they were doing. "I am very sorry, sir. They are both deaf. See the hearing aids? Well, they don't work, some idiot broke them on the way here..." she said quickly, indicating the earpieces. Kaiba growled quietly.
"Fine. I'll be back later, once the genetic tests for the rest of you morons come in." He stalked off.
"Nice thinking, Malik." Ishizu said. "Not so bad yourself, sis." Malik replied, smirking. They watched as the laser beams were turned back on, glowing red for a second, then disappearing from view.
~*~
"Yami and Yuugi are to go after Kaiba. Ryou and I will get to the others; accompanied by Otogi and the others. Everyone clear on that?" Bakura announced. There were nods of agreement all around. "Good. We'll go tonight. Until then..." His stomach growled loudly. "Can someone get something to eat?" Yami and Yuugi did a facefault. "But, I also think we need to rest up." Ryou added. Yami nodded. "Otogi, send one of your agents out for food; we can't go, we'd be recognised. Ryou, Bakura, fetch what remains of the weaponry and equipment. Yuugi has some stashed upstairs too; but, we want everyone to be as fully equipped as possible. Everyone else, rest up."
Otogi sent out two agents, with money for food. Ryou and Bakura set back off into the deserted tunnels of Project Shadow HQ, and Yami and Yuugi went upstairs to retrieve various pieces of gear.
"Yuugi, you do the attic, I'll do our rooms and the bathroom." Yami said, tail flicking about behind him. Yuugi climbed up a ladder in his bedroom to reach the attic; it was where he kept all his games and books, converted long ago for his use. Of course, the boxes containing board games, and fake books made excellent hiding places.
Yami dove under his bed, pulling out random books, boxes, minidiscs, playing cards, and a sock or two. Very soon, there was a pile of junk behind him, ready for him to search through. Shaking his head in disbelief over how messy he was, he began opening boxes to look for things. Surprisingly, it didn't take too long to find eight communicators, three key-cards (credit-card sized items, only a little thicker, from which could be taken several small items, including a hot key and a skeleton key), one pair of infra-red sunglasses, two mini-computers (like Ryou's, one for each Yami and Yuugi) two stun-guns and for some reason, eleven laser guns. The remaining un-important items were shoved back under the bed, with a vow to tidy his room some time. (Pan: Like I'm supposed to be)
Leaving Yuugi's room for last, he moved onto the bathroom. An unusual place to store equipment you think? That's exactly the reason they did put stuff here. His eyes wandered from Anzu's abandoned bag, to a used-up lipstick, to the mirror. Scrawled over it in lipsticky pink writing was;
'YaMI YuUgI, tO ThInK I aCCTUaLLY CarEd For YOU OnCe dISgUSTS Me. I haTe YOU and ThaT LITTLe rUnT, YUUgI. I hOPe YOU bUrn and dIe, deMOn-FreaK.'
Yami bit his lip, containing his anger. "Anzu... that... that... bitch..." he growled. Yuugi wandered past the door, arms full of bits and pieces, dropping several things on the way. He caught sight of Yami staring angrily at the mirror. He carefully placed his load on the ground, and went to Yami's side, reading the smeared pink writing.
His light amethyst-coloured eyes narrowed considerably; so much so that he looked exactly like Yami, only smaller. Yami turned his own ruby eyes towards Yuugi, almost surprised to see him there.
He heard Yuugi mutter 'bitch' under his breath, watched him bend down, and pick up Anzu's cell phone, which had been lying by her bag. Watched him throw the hard object towards the tarnished mirror, heard the shatter, and watched sharp, pointed shards of glass fall into the wash basin below. He looked down into the mass of fractured glass, saw his eyes reflected hundreds of times in distorted images. The remains of Anzu's phone fell to the floor, where Yuugi ground it under his foot, before marching out the door, taking with him the stack of technological items.
Yami ran cold water over the glass, watching the image become more and more contorted.
"Yuugi..." he murmured, sitting down on the floor. "Yuugi, what's happening to you? Why aren't you the sweet, innocent boy I love anymore?" he asked, as if he expected a reply.
Tired from a night of no sleep, he closed his eyes, and drifted off.
~*~
"Ooh, look, the Oni-Pharaoh's back!" the sarcastic voice rang around him. "And he wonders what's wrong with his aibou!" another voice said. "Tut tut, he can't figure it out?" the first voice said. "How much do we have to explain?"
Yami felt like shouting at them, telling them to shut up about Yuugi, but he was too curious to let the words escape his lips.
"It's simple, Oni-Pharaoh. The Chiisai Pharaoh is the same as you!" a third voice announced, before the voices fell silent, and Yami awoke.
~*~
"The Chiisai Pharaoh is the same as me?" he said, getting to his feet. "How is Yuugi the same as me?"
One word summed it all up; one word explained everything; one word was Yami and Yuugi's entire future; one simple word that neither had taken into account as to how it may affect Yuugi.
Oni.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ah, another chapter complete. I'm sorry about that up there; I had a temporary obsession with pressing the return key.
I'm afraid you'll be waiting a little while for chapter 8. Knowing me, it won't even be a proper chapter. I've done it with most of my fics; a small chapter which doesn't progress the story, just lets the characters explain their feelings a bit. Usually accompanied by a Japanese song.
Anyways, you'll have to be patient. Chapter 9 will hopefully have their final preparation stages, and probably a bit more background on why Kaiba's being so mean, so I'll actually need to plan that chapter. In theory, that gives me about twelve chapters in total for this fic. I might try and write more chapters; I may do a sequel. Let me know what you think.
Updates will become less frequent, I'm afraid. In a week's time, I go back to school. Why does school get in the way of important things like a deranged imagination. :P
Review please!
Yami was the first to awake the next morning; in all truth, he had hardly been asleep. He looked over Yuugi, his innocent aibou sleeping soundly curled up nearby. Bakura and Ryou were laying near the door. With a quick glance at the clock, Yami saw that it was only 4:30 am. Sighing, he slumped back against the sofa.
'Why are you changing, little one?' Yami thought, gazing over Yuugi. 'Do you want to change?' He smiled softly. 'Just don't change too much. I still love you.' He fell into a light doze, eyes half closed in a dreamy sort of fashion.
There was a sharp tap on the door, causing Yami to snap out of his daydream, while the two Ring owners woke up, Yuugi stirring, but sleeping on.
"Stay there, Yami. We'll check it out." Bakura said, when Yami made to move towards the door. Ryou withdrew a gun from his back pocket, and kept it hidden in his left hand as he opened the door just enough for him to see who was there.
"Ring Agent 02? I am Dice Agent. I was ordered to arrive here with back- up." the person outside said, holding up a Project Shadow ID. "Excellent! Come in." Ryou opened the door wide enough for Dice Agent to get in.
"You must the Puzzle Agents!" he said as he saw Yami and Yuugi. "I've heard a lot about you, but I don't believe we've had the pleasure of meeting." By this time, Yuugi was just waking up. "What's your name? I'm Yuugi." he said, rubbing his eyes. "I'm Ryuji Otogi." Dice Agent replied. Yami smiled at the disregard for the rule of 'nobody knowing a higher agent's name'. "Yami." he said briefly.
A few minutes later, a group of four agents turned up, followed by another four five minutes later. "This is your back-up." Otogi said. "Do you have a plan?" "No. I suppose we need one." Ryou said. "This is a perfect opportunity to go after Kaiba as well as rescue the others..."
~*~
"These two first." Kaiba said, pointing to Malik and Marik. "Take them to the labs."
"Iie!" Ishizu yelled. "Please, not my brothers!"
"Sorry." Kaiba said sarcastically. "Come along boys." Malik and Marik stared at him blankly. "I said COME ALONG." Kaiba said irritably. Malik bowed apologetically. Ishizu caught on to what they were doing. "I am very sorry, sir. They are both deaf. See the hearing aids? Well, they don't work, some idiot broke them on the way here..." she said quickly, indicating the earpieces. Kaiba growled quietly.
"Fine. I'll be back later, once the genetic tests for the rest of you morons come in." He stalked off.
"Nice thinking, Malik." Ishizu said. "Not so bad yourself, sis." Malik replied, smirking. They watched as the laser beams were turned back on, glowing red for a second, then disappearing from view.
~*~
"Yami and Yuugi are to go after Kaiba. Ryou and I will get to the others; accompanied by Otogi and the others. Everyone clear on that?" Bakura announced. There were nods of agreement all around. "Good. We'll go tonight. Until then..." His stomach growled loudly. "Can someone get something to eat?" Yami and Yuugi did a facefault. "But, I also think we need to rest up." Ryou added. Yami nodded. "Otogi, send one of your agents out for food; we can't go, we'd be recognised. Ryou, Bakura, fetch what remains of the weaponry and equipment. Yuugi has some stashed upstairs too; but, we want everyone to be as fully equipped as possible. Everyone else, rest up."
Otogi sent out two agents, with money for food. Ryou and Bakura set back off into the deserted tunnels of Project Shadow HQ, and Yami and Yuugi went upstairs to retrieve various pieces of gear.
"Yuugi, you do the attic, I'll do our rooms and the bathroom." Yami said, tail flicking about behind him. Yuugi climbed up a ladder in his bedroom to reach the attic; it was where he kept all his games and books, converted long ago for his use. Of course, the boxes containing board games, and fake books made excellent hiding places.
Yami dove under his bed, pulling out random books, boxes, minidiscs, playing cards, and a sock or two. Very soon, there was a pile of junk behind him, ready for him to search through. Shaking his head in disbelief over how messy he was, he began opening boxes to look for things. Surprisingly, it didn't take too long to find eight communicators, three key-cards (credit-card sized items, only a little thicker, from which could be taken several small items, including a hot key and a skeleton key), one pair of infra-red sunglasses, two mini-computers (like Ryou's, one for each Yami and Yuugi) two stun-guns and for some reason, eleven laser guns. The remaining un-important items were shoved back under the bed, with a vow to tidy his room some time. (Pan: Like I'm supposed to be)
Leaving Yuugi's room for last, he moved onto the bathroom. An unusual place to store equipment you think? That's exactly the reason they did put stuff here. His eyes wandered from Anzu's abandoned bag, to a used-up lipstick, to the mirror. Scrawled over it in lipsticky pink writing was;
'YaMI YuUgI, tO ThInK I aCCTUaLLY CarEd For YOU OnCe dISgUSTS Me. I haTe YOU and ThaT LITTLe rUnT, YUUgI. I hOPe YOU bUrn and dIe, deMOn-FreaK.'
Yami bit his lip, containing his anger. "Anzu... that... that... bitch..." he growled. Yuugi wandered past the door, arms full of bits and pieces, dropping several things on the way. He caught sight of Yami staring angrily at the mirror. He carefully placed his load on the ground, and went to Yami's side, reading the smeared pink writing.
His light amethyst-coloured eyes narrowed considerably; so much so that he looked exactly like Yami, only smaller. Yami turned his own ruby eyes towards Yuugi, almost surprised to see him there.
He heard Yuugi mutter 'bitch' under his breath, watched him bend down, and pick up Anzu's cell phone, which had been lying by her bag. Watched him throw the hard object towards the tarnished mirror, heard the shatter, and watched sharp, pointed shards of glass fall into the wash basin below. He looked down into the mass of fractured glass, saw his eyes reflected hundreds of times in distorted images. The remains of Anzu's phone fell to the floor, where Yuugi ground it under his foot, before marching out the door, taking with him the stack of technological items.
Yami ran cold water over the glass, watching the image become more and more contorted.
"Yuugi..." he murmured, sitting down on the floor. "Yuugi, what's happening to you? Why aren't you the sweet, innocent boy I love anymore?" he asked, as if he expected a reply.
Tired from a night of no sleep, he closed his eyes, and drifted off.
~*~
"Ooh, look, the Oni-Pharaoh's back!" the sarcastic voice rang around him. "And he wonders what's wrong with his aibou!" another voice said. "Tut tut, he can't figure it out?" the first voice said. "How much do we have to explain?"
Yami felt like shouting at them, telling them to shut up about Yuugi, but he was too curious to let the words escape his lips.
"It's simple, Oni-Pharaoh. The Chiisai Pharaoh is the same as you!" a third voice announced, before the voices fell silent, and Yami awoke.
~*~
"The Chiisai Pharaoh is the same as me?" he said, getting to his feet. "How is Yuugi the same as me?"
One word summed it all up; one word explained everything; one word was Yami and Yuugi's entire future; one simple word that neither had taken into account as to how it may affect Yuugi.
Oni.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ah, another chapter complete. I'm sorry about that up there; I had a temporary obsession with pressing the return key.
I'm afraid you'll be waiting a little while for chapter 8. Knowing me, it won't even be a proper chapter. I've done it with most of my fics; a small chapter which doesn't progress the story, just lets the characters explain their feelings a bit. Usually accompanied by a Japanese song.
Anyways, you'll have to be patient. Chapter 9 will hopefully have their final preparation stages, and probably a bit more background on why Kaiba's being so mean, so I'll actually need to plan that chapter. In theory, that gives me about twelve chapters in total for this fic. I might try and write more chapters; I may do a sequel. Let me know what you think.
Updates will become less frequent, I'm afraid. In a week's time, I go back to school. Why does school get in the way of important things like a deranged imagination. :P
Review please!