Shadows of Demons

Pan: Sorry this took me SO long to do! Somebody commented on putting yaoi in, so I had a go at it - this was a good chapter to do so in anyway, coz
not that much really happens for another month. ^-^ But I will warn you now, this fic isn't going to be terribly 'Anzu-friendly', though it won't be bashing her. I'm trying to decide whether she dies or not... Oh well.
Let me know what you think of my yaoi; it's only my second attempt at
writing something like this, and I find it hard.

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"You didn't tell him, did you?" Bakura asked. Yugi and Ryou had left for
school, Yugi more reluctantly than usual. "Of course not!" Yami said quickly. "How can I say that to him?! It's not exactly normal..." Bakura
shrugged. "Our lives have been as un-normal as it gets. Anyway, isn't honesty a big part of a relationship like yours?" he pointed out. "So!?" Yami jumped up angrily and walked towards the window. "You're not in this situation... you can't imagine how it feels to know that there's a demon
inside you... waiting to hurt your friends, and you can't do anything about it!" His shouts broke down into sobs as he covered his face. "I-I can feel him... I can feel Youkai... he's always fighting me, I'm just weaker
on a new moon..."

"Yami, it's going to be alright..." Bakura said, trying to console the ex- Pharaoh. "I'm going to try really hard; there's a way to break all curses! I wish Malik was around to help, he knows about ancient magic and that..." Yami nodded softly. "Until such a time as I am free from this, you're going to have to stay with me over a new moon... if Yugi doesn't know, you're the
only one who can prevent it." he said calmly. "That's going to be
difficult; I'll need an excuse to stay." Bakura said.

Yami bit his lip. "Y-You're a r-really good friend, Bakura..." he said nervously. Bakura smiled softly. "You're not so bad yourself, Pharaoh. I'm not sure what we've ever had against each other." he said. Yami shrugged. "Whatever is was, it occurred five-thousand years ago; I think we can start again." he smiled back. Subconsciously, he rubbed the top half of his left
arm, currently covered by his dark blue jacket. Bakura noticed a slight wince on Yami's face as his hand brushed over it. "You alright, Yami?" he asked. Yami sighed, and nodded. "Yes. Just someone decided to make it so that I can't just forget about it." he said, sounding tired. "What do you mean?" Bakura asked, frowning. "You didn't notice?" Yami sounded surprised. He pulled off his jacket, revealing the three black marks etched into his
skin. Bakura blinked, jumping up and seizing Yami's arm. "Why does this look so familiar..." he asked quietly. "Don't know." Yami pulled his arm out of Bakura's tight grasp. "But I can't let Yugi see it." He pulled his
jacket back over his shoulders.

~

Yugi spent most of his day staring out of the window. 'How could he come back...?" he thought. 'Not that I'm complaining...' He jumped, noticing a hand waving before his eyes. "Jonouchi?" he said, surprised. "Yeah, it's me. What's up; the bell went ten minutes ago!" the tall blonde smiled. Yugi
shrugged. "Just thinking." he replied simply. "About...?" Jonouchi prompted. Yugi blushed a deep red. "OH." Jonouchi said, grinning. "Alright
then." Yugi smiled inwardly, knowing that Jonouchi was the only other
person he trusted enough to tell about him and Yami.

"Hey! Jonouchi, where are you?" Anzu bounded in. "The others are looking
for you; they want to play basketball, but need someone else." Jonouchi stood up straight. "OK. You coming, Yuug?" he asked. Yugi shook his head. "No; I'm not tall enough. Neither is Yami for that matter, though I doubt he'd lose." he said cheerfully. Jonouchi nodded. "I'll see you later then."
He left for the basketball courts.

Anzu sat down next to Yugi. "Hey, I have a favour to ask you..." she said nervously. "You see, my parents are going on a second honeymoon in a month,
and I need somewhere to stay. Could I...?" Yugi smiled. "Sure. I'll ask
Yami, but I'm positive he won't mind at all." he replied. "I'll ask him when I get home; he's been a bit strange lately, so he might be asleep."
Anzu nodded. "Great!" She stood up to go.

'At least I can get closer to Yami...' she thought. 'He's so hot...'

~

"Hi Yami!" Yugi bounded in through the front door. "Hello aibou! How was school?" Yami said from his place in a comfortable chair. He was holding a book on Ancient Egypt and a pen; he loved writing to authors and pointing
out their mistakes on the subject. "Boring as ever." Yugi said, sitting
down on the arm of Yami's chair. "Oh, and Anzu needs somewhere to stay
soon; her parents are going on holiday. I said she could stay here, you don't mind, do you?" he asked. "Of course not!" Yami put down his book and pen. "When does she need to stay over?" He smiled up at Yugi. "In about a month." Yugi grinned. Yami's crimson eyes widened. "A m-month?" he said. "Yes." Yugi said. "I'll go call Anzu." He trotted off towards the phone.

Yami gripped the arms of the chair. 'But in a month all the phases of the moon will be complete; it'll be a new moon again!' he thought rapidly. Yugi reappeared. "Busy signal." he explained, sitting down on Yami's lap. "You OK?" he asked, seeing the strange look on his darker's face. "O-Of course." Yami smiled weakly. "That's alright then." Yugi leaned over and kissed Yami lightly on the lips. Yami blinked in surprise. "Race you upstairs!" Yugi
said playfully, darting off up the stairs.

"No fair, you got a head start!" Yami complained, running after him. He saw Yugi disappear into his [Yami's] room. "Yugi, get out of there!" he said, walking towards the door and opening it. The room was filled with a very dim light, gently showing the sandy colour of the painted walls. The bed
was over-large for a single, but not quite big enough to be double. "I
win!" a cheery voice said from the bed. Yugi was sitting there sweetly. "Now I get my prize!" "Prize?" Yami looked confused. Yugi giggled. "Come
here!" he said, beckoning the dark spirit towards him.

As soon as Yami was close enough, Yugi pulled him down into a deep, soul- searching kiss. It took a few seconds for Yami to relax into it properly,
with his eyes closed, and his hands on the bed either side of Yugi to steady himself. Yugi's own arms were wrapped loosely around Yami's neck,
gently pulling him down.

Yugi carefully pulled away to breathe. Yami grinned at him, deep red eyes sparkling. "You know..." he said coyly. "Second place usually gets a prize
too..." Yugi nodded. "And it can be whatever you want." he said. Yami's
face lit up as he stood up straight. "Good... because there's only one
thing I want." he said. "What would that be?" Yugi asked innocently,
sitting up. Yami narrowed his eyes slightly. "You..."

~Yaoi warning ^-^~

Yami virtually tackled the boy back onto the bed, ending up half on top of his smaller aibou. Yugi resisted in no way at all, just let himself succumb
to the ex-Pharaoh; it was Yami's prize after all.

Yami paused. "You don't mind, do you?" he asked, concerned. Yugi shook his head. Yami smiled gently. "Alright then; this is our first time, I wanted to make sure you were ready for it. I want you to enjoy this too." he said
lovingly, lingering only a second before capturing Yugi's soft lips in another kiss. His slender fingers worked to remove Yugi's uniform jacket and white shirt, leaving him in a tight black sleeveless shirt like Yami's own. As he broke their kiss for a moment, he threw off his own jacket, not caring about the marks on his arm. "I'm glad you made the first move..." Yugi whispered. "I was too nervous to." Yami smiled, slipping the Puzzle off from around his neck and Yugi's. "No need to be nervous now..." Yami replied, kissing him lightly on the lips, before making his way down Yugi neck, each kiss like a little step. "I love you..." "So do I..." said Yugi,
pulling off his black shirt, and then Yami's.

For a while, Yami just looked at Yugi's ivory skin, the way his chest rose and fell with each breath. Then, he wrapped his arms about Yugi's body, and kissed him intensely, his fingers tracing mysterious patterns on the boy's back. Yugi revelled in the feeling of their closeness, their skin rubbing on each other, sharing each other's warmth. He began to become annoyed by the growing tightness of his pants on his growning member. Yami looked into his eyes, and as if reading Yugi's mind (who said he didn't?), pulled the
boy's pants and boxers off, whispering "Better?" as he returned to his mission. His hands stroked up and down Yugi's chest, pausing to play with
his nipples carefully so as not to hurt the boy in any way. He began to
feel uncomfortable, as leather doesn't stretch much. He growled in his
throat in annoyance, as he had to stand up to pull his tight pants off.

Yugi didn't mind so much though. It gave him a chance to peruse every inch
of Yami's perfect body, frowning slightly as he caught a glimpse of the dark marks on his left arm, until the older boy crawled back into bed with him. "You're perfect, you know that?" he asked Yami quietly. "No..." said Yami, hands wandering across Yugi's soft skin. "But that might be because I've been spending my time thinking about how perfect you are." Yugi smiled sweetly, wrapping his arms around Yami, fingers dancing across the tanned
skin.

Gently, Yami pushed his knee up between Yugi's thighs, parting them. "Just relax, OK?" he said, seeing that Yugi's face showed a little fear. "If you relax, it won't hurt. If you tense up, it'll just be painful, and I don't
want to hurt you!" Yugi nodded, trying to relax, though not succeeding much. After all, this was the moment he had dreamed of; sharing his body
with Yami, making love for the first time.

Yami positioned himself carefully at Yugi's entrance, making one last check
to see if his aibou was really ready for it. Yugi was smiling gently at him, assuring him one last time that he was truly ready. Yami pushed his hips forward gently, felling Yugi wince slightly as he entered the younger
boy. "Relax, Yugi..." Yami said softly, stroking his aibou's face. He
continued slowly and gently, until Yugi truly let up his fear, at which point he started going faster, and faster, closing his eyes and giving into the heat of their passion, until both of them fell back on the bed panting.

Yugi snuggled up against Yami, sighing. "Are you alright, aibou?" the exhausted Pharaoh asked. "Yeah... I wasn't too bad, was I?" Yugi replied,
looking up into Yami's deep crimson eyes. "No! You were... you were..." Yami struggled to find a good word. "Fantastic." he said in the end. "And
I'll always love you."

"Me too..." Yugi closed his eyes contentedly, and fell asleep.

~ ^-^ over now... ^-^ the little kiddies, who shouldn't be reading this
because it is a PG-13 that I may put up to R, can come out now. ^-^ ~

Yugi yawned, awakening late at night. "Shouldn't have gone to sleep so early..." he thought, remembering happily back to the day before. He felt a strange lack of warmth next to him, so he sat up, discovering that Yami was not in the room. "Yami-chan?" He quickly pulled some clothes on and left the room. The house was quiet. Yugi's feet made soft padding sounds on the
carpet as he searched for his koi.

~

Yami leaned on the windowsill in the lounge, grateful that he had only suffered one night this time before the cresent sliver of silver had lit up the night sky. "A new moon every twenty-eight days..." he muttered. "That's about two days a month. Only two... and only under the darkness of a new moon... that's about twenty-four hours, twelve a night." he did the math
quietly in his head, furrowing his brow. "It's just twenty-four hours. Can't be that hard!" He stood up properly. He turned quickly, hearing soft footsteps behind him. "Yami, what are you doing up?" Yugi asked, rubbing his eyes and smiling. Yami shook his head. "Nothing. I woke up and couldn't
get back to sleep." "Oh."

~

Pan: O...k... I can't think of anything to write in this chapter now... um... well, nothing more really happens for about a month, so I'll start that next chapter. Goody! At the moment, I've got a lot of GCSE coursework to do, so my updates are getting slower. But today I'm out of school sick.
Anyways, for my English work, I have to produce a four-page fictional
story, which uses tension as a narrative device, shows development of
character AND is well written. In four pages. Crap.