Lady Deadly Nightshade: I do not own Yu Gi Oh!! I only wish I did!
Lady Deadly Nightshade: Well here is the new chapter; I believe it is chapter 8! It is a very long, long chapter and I stayed up half the night typing it up. So please read it, enjoy it and please review! Thank you! This chapter is dedicated to my friend, Poisonous Flower, aka. Jen, because today is her b-day. So Jen Happy Birthday, and don't celebrate too hard. ^_~ So on to the chapter, have fun! Enjoy and don't forget to review! ^_^
Chapter 8- Face to Face
The streetlight shone brightly on him as he stood underneath it on the sidewalk. He stood in front of her apartment complex, staring blankly at it. His eyes caught a hint of motion and he focused on it. Someone was coming toward the high black iron gate that closed off the apartment complex from the street. There was a man opening the gate on his way out. The man froze when he noticed him, holding the door open. "Do you know someone inside?" The man asked him politely.
"Yes I do." He replied in the same tone.
"Oh, well, come on in." The man told him and smiled.
"Thanks." He replied and he walked in through the gate. He walked down a long corridor. Somehow he knew exactly where he needed to go. He walked pasted close doors and stopped by the second to the last door. He wanted to knock on the door, but he hesitated. What was he going to say? How was he going to explain? Before he could debate with himself anymore the door opened. Before he looked up at who had opened the door, he caught the strong scent of roses. The scent lingered around him, filling his senses. He looked up and gazed into blue eyes. Blue eyes that looked very familiar to him.
"Yugi!" She exclaimed shocked.
"May I come in?" He asked politely. "I need to explain some things to you." He added quickly when she didn't say anything.
She seemed still shocked to see him and she couldn't seem to find her voice. Almost robotically she moved aside and gestured from him to come in. A quick smile passed over his lips, as he walked past her and into her apartment. They stood a few feet away from each other; an awkward silence fell between them.
Téa seemed to have snapped out of her stupor and closed the door of her apartment behind her. "Have a seat." She gestured to the couch.
"Thanks." He said and he sat down.
"Would you like something to drink?" She offered him.
"Maybe later." He replied vaguely.
Téa sat down on the couch beside him and turned to look at him expectantly.
He released a nervous breath and turned to look at her. He let out a few nervous chuckles as well. Where should he begin? He thought to himself.
Téa broke the silence first. "Yugi, how are you feeling?" She asked concerned. Her voice brought him out of his thoughts. Her voice seemed to calm his nerves as well. Her voice sounded so much like hers.
"I'm fine." He turned and looked at her.
Téa looked at him in awe. "But you were shot!" She said incredulously. "I saw the wound and no one could heal that fast!" She looked at him suspiciously.
"I'm not like most people." He said softly. He turned away from her.
"What do you mean by that?" She asked confused.
"Don't you already know?" He asked her. He turned back to look at her. Confusion crossed on his face momentarily.
"No I don't." She told him. "Are you going to tell me?"
He looked at her, contemplation on his face. "I don't think you really want to know." He replied softly.
Téa gazed at him, still not understanding this game they were playing. "Yugi, what are you talking about?" She asked him.
"Why do you keep calling me that?" He asked her. His amethyst eyes glared coldly at her. There was a hint of anger in his intense eyes.
Téa quickly stood from the couch and backed away from Yugi. "Yugi, what's wrong with you?" She asked panicked. She backed up until her back collided loudly with the wall.
He rose from the couch and walked toward her. He stopped in front of her and placed his hands flat on the wall on either side of her. He had her trapped against the wall.
"Yugi, why are you doing this?" She uttered. She was scared of him. Something inside her told her to be scared.
"That," He said barely moving his lips. "Stop calling me that!" He said angrily to her face.
"Yugi, please, stop." She pleaded with him. "Why are you acting like this?"
His face broke into an evil looking smirk. She was so afraid of him. He could tell and he liked that. "I guess because I'm not Yugi." He told her, the smirk still on his face.
"Who are you?" Her voice wavered on the words. Her heart was beating rapidly in her chest from the fear.
He leaned in closer to her, causing her heart to accelerate more, and he sniffed her. "Roses." He said simply. He leaned back from her to see her face. "She used to smell just like that. You also resemble her so much." His intense amethyst eyes bore into hers. "He was here earlier, but now is scent is very faint." He said absently.
"Who was here?" She asked softly, breathing the words.
"My no good brother." He said spitefully. She flinched, scared at how he said the words. She thought he was going to hit her. "Don't be afraid of me." He said softly. He ran a hand down her cheek and caressed it. The scent of fear she was releasing was suffocating him. "I'm not going to hurt you. I'm just looking for him." He backed completely away from her to show her he wasn't a threat.
"Who are you?" She asked him.
"My name is Yami." He replied. She felt a gust of cold air as he spoke his name to her and it caused her to shiver. "I'm Yugi's twin." His cold intense eyes gazed deeply into her eyes. "I'll see you later." His tone wasn't threatening, but it still sounded like a threat. He dropped his gaze from her and bowed. He walked to the front door and he left.
He walked back down the corridor and opened the black iron gate. He was deep in thought thinking about his brother that he hadn't noticed who stood on the other side of the gate. Yami glanced up and smirked. "Just the man I was looking for." He said through his smirk.
"Yami?" Yugi said his eyes wide in disbelief. "What are you doing here?" He demanded.
"Hmm, I was here having a conversation with your girlfriend." Yami's smirk widened at the look on Yugi's face.
"What did you do to her?" He asked startled and he tried to push past Yami to go inside.
"Whoa there Romeo, first we have to talk." He grabbed onto Yugi's shoulders to slow him down.
"I have nothing to say to you! Let me go!" Yugi replied angrily and he tried to break out of Yami's grasp.
"I don't think so." Yami replied briskly, keeping his hold on him. "You're coming with me whether you want to or not!" Yugi tried to pull free, but Yami was stronger. He always had been. With Yugi still struggling against him, they both vanished.
They reappeared inside the den of Yami's newly acquired house. Yami flung Yugi away from him and Yugi landed roughly on the couch.
"Stay there!" Yami warned Yugi as he tried to stand up. Yugi froze and he felt a heavy pressure holding him down on the couch. "Using your power on me? Afraid you can't keep me here otherwise." Yugi gazed at Yami, pure hatred on his face.
Yami smiled in amusement. "Insurance," Yami explained. "I need to talk to you and I'm going to make sure you stay here." Yami turned to the fireplace and a roaring fire came to life.
"Yami, what did you do to Téa?" Yugi asked, struggling against his brother's power.
Yami turned to look at him and sighed in frustration. "Stop struggling! You'll only weaken yourself more." Yami told him. "You're already too weak that you can't afford to strain yourself anymore. Besides I didn't do anything to her." He told him.
"You better not be lying to me Yami, or I swear I'll-" Yugi was cut off by the sound of Yami laughing.
"Do what? Your threats mean nothing. They are feeble just like you." He laughed again at his words. "I don't know what Anzu ever saw in you. You were always the weaker one of us." Yami said icily.
Yugi grew angry and his eyes flashed red. He threw a wave of power at Yami, causing him to cry out in surprise and stagger on his feet. "Don't ever say her name! You don't have the right too!" Yugi growled.
Yami composed himself. "Oh, seems I struck a nerve." He replied mockingly. He smiled at the look of annoyance on Yugi's face. Then Yami's face turned serious. "I have the right to say her name because I loved her too." He replied matter-of-factly.
"Yeah, you might have loved her, but she loved me, not you." Yugi countered back.
Yami shrugged. "A small technicality," He said unnerved. "But it appears you have forgotten that encounter between Anzu and I. I have no doubt that she loved me too." Yami glared at Yugi.
Yugi's face showed raw pain. He blinked a few times, trying to hold the tears back and he turned away from his brother. Clearly he had not forgotten what Yami had just mentioned. "Fine, Yami, you win. If I listen to you will you let me go?" His voice sounded so small, drained and tired. He didn't want to play games anymore.
Yami scoffed. "Yugi, there I was enjoying my slumber when I'm forced to awaken by your selfishness."
Now Yugi scoffed at him. "Selfishness?" He asked incredulous. In all his life no one had ever called him selfish, well only Yami.
"Yes, always trying to play the hero, no matter what the consequences!" Yugi looked confused but he stayed silent, letting Yami continue his rant. "You're always trying to go against your nature. You're so weak and pathetic!"
Yugi looked into Yami's eyes. Was that worry in Yami's eyes? Worries for him. Yugi doubted that.
Yami sighed and his tone was softer. "I know that you believe if you live like this that it will make up for the failures in your mortal life. I don't think she would have wanted this for you." Yami told him.
Yugi continued to gaze into his brother's eyes, but there was anger in Yugi's eyes. "Well I'll never know what she wanted for me, will I?" Yugi replied bitterly.
"Yugi, that girl is not her." Yami told him logically. "She never will be her either. She's gone and she's never coming back. You just have to accept it." Yami told him, trying to get him to understand.
"Yeah, I know she's gone. You don't have to keep reminding me." Yugi said sadly. He looked defiantly into Yami's eyes. The eyes and face that mirrored his exactly. "You're the one that killed her." Yugi said accusingly.
Yami didn't break the eye contact between them. Yugi felt the power release him and he stood up from the couch without being told.
"Get out of here, Yugi!" Yami said simply. Yami had lowered his gaze from Yugi.
Yugi knew the words had struck Yami in a vulnerable place. Right in his heart and the words had stung.
Yugi gazed solemnly at his brother, wanting to comfort him, but instead he simply vanished.
Yami collapsed down on a chair in front of the fireplace. "For once Yugi, you are right. How I wish you weren't." Yami said sadly.
Lady Deadly Nightshade: Wow, this was a great chapter! It was so tense and wow the emotions just leaked from the screen! It was so emotional, well I think it was. But I doubt my opinion counts for much, since I wrote it! ^_^ Well I hope you enjoyed the chapter and please review! The next update will be on a very special day. That day is March 21st. why is that day special? Because it is my Birthday. So until then, everyone stay safe, and have a great day, weekend. Bye everyone! Oh don't forget to review! LOL, ^_^