Shadows of Demons
Pan: You lot better read this carefully, it's important. VERY important. Saying no more now.
And sorry this is taking me so long. Schoolwork is a nightmare at the moment.
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"Bakura, you idiot!" Malik shouted. "You can't even translate your own language!" The group sat in Yugi's lounge. Malik had agreed to help Yami out, and Bakura was showing him what he had come up with. "What?" Yami asked exasperated. Malik sighed. "Bakura translated something wrong. What he read doesn't say 'consume the blood of a mortal', it says 'take the heart of an innocent'. Heart as in affection, not the organ." he explained. "Ah." Yami said shortly.
"So why did Youkai go for Anzu then?" Yugi asked. Malik rolled his eyes. "Think about it. Would Youkai really want to free Yami? He went for Anzu purely because that's what he does - kills and hurts people." he said. Yami nodded. "Makes sense." Yugi sighed. "We told Anzu's parents that she went out one day while she was with us, and didn't come back. I hate lying." he said slowly and sadly. "Would you rather tell them the truth, Yugi?" Bakura asked. Yugi shook his head. "No! Of course not, but I still don't like it." Yami closed his eyes. "She's in a better place now; I have no doubts that her heart balanced the Feather of Truth and she entered the true Afterlife." he said, resorting to his beliefs of the long-gone past. "I do..." Bakura muttered.
"Well, we should return our thoughts to what we can do to prevent it happening again." Malik said calmly. "We cannot allow anyone else to die." "And I won't!" Yami said sharply. Malik sighed. "Yami, please think about what you need to do. 'Take the heart of an innocent' - it's not that simple. The only one who classifies as innocent is Yugi." he pointed out. "What about Ryou?" Bakura asked. Malik gave him a withering look. "Think before you speak, Bakura. You wouldn't let Ryou do such a thing, and I doubt Ryou's innocence anyway." he said. "What are you implying?!" Bakura exclaimed, growing red. "If 'virginity' is what you mean by 'innocent', I don't qualify either." Yugi said quietly. Malik rolled his eyes. "Not that kind of innocence." he said. "What I meant was that Ryou has never really tried to stop Bakura from doing any of the terrible things he's done in the past, making him just as guilty as Bakura. Yugi, on the other hand, has done things, for example, stopping Yami from killing Seto at Duelist Kingdom (and yes, I do know about that!)" "Oh." Bakura said silently.
"But I wouldn't put Yugi in that danger either!" Yami objected. Yugi wrapped his arms around the older boy. "You've got no choice." Yugi said simply. "I-I do!" Yami said, eyes wide. "I can choose to live with it." "And I wouldn't let you do that either." Yugi replied. He rubbed his cheek against the black marks that tainted Yami's bare arm. "But... but..." Yami stuttered.
"I think Yugi's made his descicion." Bakura remarked quietly. "We have a month to plan; best to use that time wisely." Yami pouted slightly, upset at having to put his koi in danger. Yugi hugged him tighter. "Everything will be OK. Kanpeki ni OK."
~
"Yuu-chan, you don't have to do this for me!" Yami said as soon as Bakura and Malik had left. Yugi sighed. "We've been over this; YES I DO!" he said. "I love you, Yami, I don't want you to suffer." Yami's tense frame relaxed, giving in. "Alright..." he said softly. "But... if anything should go wrong... just remember that I love you too. Forever. Longer than forever." Yugi smiled, holding his koibito closer.
"I am getting way too soft..." Yami murmured. "You're not soft. You're just as stubborn as before, it's just I can persuade you better than other people." Yugi said. Yami rolled his eyes. "That's because you have the advantage of being able to see into my mind." he pointed out.
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A month passed all too fast for Yami to bear. No matter what he did, he couldn't shake the terrible feeling that something bad was to happen - and this feeling made him grow quieter, and more distant. He spent prolonged amounts of time staring at the ceiling in his room, much to Yugi's concern.
"Yami, dinner time!" Yugi called up the stairs. The was a short pause. "I'm not hungry." Yami answered. "Yes you damn well are..." Yugi muttered, punctuating each word with a heavy footstepas he walked up to Yami's room. Once again, the ancient Pharaoh was staring at the ceiling. "Yami, get up, and get downstairs NOW!" Yugi shouted. Yami sat up to look at him. "Just leave me alone..." "NO!" Yugi marched over to him, and tugged on his arm. "You are getting up, whether you like it or not!" "Ohhhh..." Yami whined, reluctantly getting to his feet, and being dragged down the stairs by Yugi, and into the lounge.
"SURPRISE!"
Yami nearly fell over in shock. "Wh-what are you all doing here?" he asked, with wide eyes. Jonouchi walked over to him. "Well, Yugi told us you were feeling down, so we all got together to have a party for you!" he said happily. Yami glared down at Yugi. "'Specially after what happened to Anzu..." Honda commented. "They never found out what happened to her, did they?" "N-no..." Yami said quietly.
Yugi broke the ensuing silence by putting a CD on. "Come on! All this food and stuff took me forever!" he said, smiling.
//You didn't need to do this, Yugi...//
/Yes I did! You've been so depressed lately./
There was a knock at the door. When Yugi answered it, Ishizu entered, with an extremely put-out Seto Kaiba in tow. "Nice one, Ishizu!" Yugi chirped. 'Now what?' Yami thought wearily.
"Can we just get this over with? I'm a very busy man!" Seto protested. "Yes, yes..." Yugi said. "Right, Yami, since a duel tends to be the only thing - apart from things that will not be mentioned here - that cheers you up, me and Ishizu have got Kaiba here to duel you. Up for it?" Yami smirked, he was most certainly cheering up. "Anytime..." he said. Kaiba rolled his eyes. "Come on, then, if losing cheers you up..."
"Kaiba, you and I have dueled three times in this lifetime. I have won twice, and would have won a third if Yugi hadn't stopped me." Yami said, taking his deck out from its permanent place in a pouch on his belt. He sat down, cross-legged behind the coffee table, due to the lack of space, and Duel Disks at that point in time. Still, it was amusing to see Kaiba actually sit down in a similar manner.
(Pan: Please note, I only own a Yugi Starter Deck, and a couple of boosters (effectively combined into a Yami deck!) I don't know the full stats of Kaiba's card, so I'm more than likely to mess up some points.)
Yami: 4000
Kaiba: 4000
"My turn first!" Yami said. "And I'll summon Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress, sign of attack!" He laid the card down before him. To add to the fun, the puzzle glowed a little, and a miniature Winged Dragon appeared, standing atop its card. "And I'll add this card, face down." Yami laid another card down, behind the Dragon.
"Fine. I summon the Hitotsu-Me Giant, sign of attack." Kaiba said, smirking as Yami made the monster appear. "And I'll attack your Dragon!" The small blue dragon disappeared as Yami placed the card in the Graveyard. "Then I can play this card - Last Will!" He flipped up the green Magic Card he had laid earlier. "When a monster of mine is destroyed, I can Special Summon a monster of 1500 attack points or less from my deck!" Yami sorted through his deck, searching for the card he wanted. "This one." He laid the card on the field, face down, in defensive mode.
Yami: 3900
Kaiba: 4000
"And it's now my turn." Yami added, drawing from his deck. "I'll put these two cards face down." He said. "And summon another monster, sign of defence." He looked up. "Your turn."
Kaiba frowned. "I'll summon this, sign of defence..." he said, laying a card down. "And Hitotsu-Me Giant, attack that card!" Yami flipped the card as Kaiba attacked. "Sorry, Kaiba." A blue figure in a green dress appeared. "Mystical Elf. You lose 500 life points."
Yami: 3900
Kaiba: 3500
"I'll sacrifice my other defence card - Doma the Angel of Silence - to summon Summoned Skull, sign of attack! And I'll destroy your Hitotsu-Me Giant!"
Yami: 3900
Kaiba: 2500
Kaiba smirked. "I play Fissure! This destroys your weakest monster in attack mode!" Yami tossed his Summoned Skull to the Graveyard. "And I play Monster Reborn, to bring back my Hitotsu-Me Giant." Kaiba laughed. "You've had it, Yami! I sacrifice BOTH monsters to summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon, sign of attack! And I'll destroy your Mystical Elf!" Yami silently placed his Elf in the Graveyard.
"Kaiba, Kaiba, Kaiba." Yami said slowly. "I will concede the right to draw a single card each turn, as all I need is on the playing field before me." He gestured to his cards. "First, I will use Card Destruction to draw a new hand." He discarded the pair of cards in his hand for two new ones.
"Now, for my finishing move! I play Change of Heart, and I'll take over your Dragon!" Yami smirked. "Then, adding Sword of Deep-Seated, to raise it's attack to 3500. And, as you have no other cards on the field, I'll attack!"
Yami: 3900
Kaiba: 0
"That was a good duel." Yami commented. "I definately feel better. Thanks for that, Kaiba!" He got to his feet, leaving Kaiba to try and figure out how the Pharaoh had won so quickly.
Pan: You lot better read this carefully, it's important. VERY important. Saying no more now.
And sorry this is taking me so long. Schoolwork is a nightmare at the moment.
~
"Bakura, you idiot!" Malik shouted. "You can't even translate your own language!" The group sat in Yugi's lounge. Malik had agreed to help Yami out, and Bakura was showing him what he had come up with. "What?" Yami asked exasperated. Malik sighed. "Bakura translated something wrong. What he read doesn't say 'consume the blood of a mortal', it says 'take the heart of an innocent'. Heart as in affection, not the organ." he explained. "Ah." Yami said shortly.
"So why did Youkai go for Anzu then?" Yugi asked. Malik rolled his eyes. "Think about it. Would Youkai really want to free Yami? He went for Anzu purely because that's what he does - kills and hurts people." he said. Yami nodded. "Makes sense." Yugi sighed. "We told Anzu's parents that she went out one day while she was with us, and didn't come back. I hate lying." he said slowly and sadly. "Would you rather tell them the truth, Yugi?" Bakura asked. Yugi shook his head. "No! Of course not, but I still don't like it." Yami closed his eyes. "She's in a better place now; I have no doubts that her heart balanced the Feather of Truth and she entered the true Afterlife." he said, resorting to his beliefs of the long-gone past. "I do..." Bakura muttered.
"Well, we should return our thoughts to what we can do to prevent it happening again." Malik said calmly. "We cannot allow anyone else to die." "And I won't!" Yami said sharply. Malik sighed. "Yami, please think about what you need to do. 'Take the heart of an innocent' - it's not that simple. The only one who classifies as innocent is Yugi." he pointed out. "What about Ryou?" Bakura asked. Malik gave him a withering look. "Think before you speak, Bakura. You wouldn't let Ryou do such a thing, and I doubt Ryou's innocence anyway." he said. "What are you implying?!" Bakura exclaimed, growing red. "If 'virginity' is what you mean by 'innocent', I don't qualify either." Yugi said quietly. Malik rolled his eyes. "Not that kind of innocence." he said. "What I meant was that Ryou has never really tried to stop Bakura from doing any of the terrible things he's done in the past, making him just as guilty as Bakura. Yugi, on the other hand, has done things, for example, stopping Yami from killing Seto at Duelist Kingdom (and yes, I do know about that!)" "Oh." Bakura said silently.
"But I wouldn't put Yugi in that danger either!" Yami objected. Yugi wrapped his arms around the older boy. "You've got no choice." Yugi said simply. "I-I do!" Yami said, eyes wide. "I can choose to live with it." "And I wouldn't let you do that either." Yugi replied. He rubbed his cheek against the black marks that tainted Yami's bare arm. "But... but..." Yami stuttered.
"I think Yugi's made his descicion." Bakura remarked quietly. "We have a month to plan; best to use that time wisely." Yami pouted slightly, upset at having to put his koi in danger. Yugi hugged him tighter. "Everything will be OK. Kanpeki ni OK."
~
"Yuu-chan, you don't have to do this for me!" Yami said as soon as Bakura and Malik had left. Yugi sighed. "We've been over this; YES I DO!" he said. "I love you, Yami, I don't want you to suffer." Yami's tense frame relaxed, giving in. "Alright..." he said softly. "But... if anything should go wrong... just remember that I love you too. Forever. Longer than forever." Yugi smiled, holding his koibito closer.
"I am getting way too soft..." Yami murmured. "You're not soft. You're just as stubborn as before, it's just I can persuade you better than other people." Yugi said. Yami rolled his eyes. "That's because you have the advantage of being able to see into my mind." he pointed out.
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A month passed all too fast for Yami to bear. No matter what he did, he couldn't shake the terrible feeling that something bad was to happen - and this feeling made him grow quieter, and more distant. He spent prolonged amounts of time staring at the ceiling in his room, much to Yugi's concern.
"Yami, dinner time!" Yugi called up the stairs. The was a short pause. "I'm not hungry." Yami answered. "Yes you damn well are..." Yugi muttered, punctuating each word with a heavy footstepas he walked up to Yami's room. Once again, the ancient Pharaoh was staring at the ceiling. "Yami, get up, and get downstairs NOW!" Yugi shouted. Yami sat up to look at him. "Just leave me alone..." "NO!" Yugi marched over to him, and tugged on his arm. "You are getting up, whether you like it or not!" "Ohhhh..." Yami whined, reluctantly getting to his feet, and being dragged down the stairs by Yugi, and into the lounge.
"SURPRISE!"
Yami nearly fell over in shock. "Wh-what are you all doing here?" he asked, with wide eyes. Jonouchi walked over to him. "Well, Yugi told us you were feeling down, so we all got together to have a party for you!" he said happily. Yami glared down at Yugi. "'Specially after what happened to Anzu..." Honda commented. "They never found out what happened to her, did they?" "N-no..." Yami said quietly.
Yugi broke the ensuing silence by putting a CD on. "Come on! All this food and stuff took me forever!" he said, smiling.
//You didn't need to do this, Yugi...//
/Yes I did! You've been so depressed lately./
There was a knock at the door. When Yugi answered it, Ishizu entered, with an extremely put-out Seto Kaiba in tow. "Nice one, Ishizu!" Yugi chirped. 'Now what?' Yami thought wearily.
"Can we just get this over with? I'm a very busy man!" Seto protested. "Yes, yes..." Yugi said. "Right, Yami, since a duel tends to be the only thing - apart from things that will not be mentioned here - that cheers you up, me and Ishizu have got Kaiba here to duel you. Up for it?" Yami smirked, he was most certainly cheering up. "Anytime..." he said. Kaiba rolled his eyes. "Come on, then, if losing cheers you up..."
"Kaiba, you and I have dueled three times in this lifetime. I have won twice, and would have won a third if Yugi hadn't stopped me." Yami said, taking his deck out from its permanent place in a pouch on his belt. He sat down, cross-legged behind the coffee table, due to the lack of space, and Duel Disks at that point in time. Still, it was amusing to see Kaiba actually sit down in a similar manner.
(Pan: Please note, I only own a Yugi Starter Deck, and a couple of boosters (effectively combined into a Yami deck!) I don't know the full stats of Kaiba's card, so I'm more than likely to mess up some points.)
Yami: 4000
Kaiba: 4000
"My turn first!" Yami said. "And I'll summon Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress, sign of attack!" He laid the card down before him. To add to the fun, the puzzle glowed a little, and a miniature Winged Dragon appeared, standing atop its card. "And I'll add this card, face down." Yami laid another card down, behind the Dragon.
"Fine. I summon the Hitotsu-Me Giant, sign of attack." Kaiba said, smirking as Yami made the monster appear. "And I'll attack your Dragon!" The small blue dragon disappeared as Yami placed the card in the Graveyard. "Then I can play this card - Last Will!" He flipped up the green Magic Card he had laid earlier. "When a monster of mine is destroyed, I can Special Summon a monster of 1500 attack points or less from my deck!" Yami sorted through his deck, searching for the card he wanted. "This one." He laid the card on the field, face down, in defensive mode.
Yami: 3900
Kaiba: 4000
"And it's now my turn." Yami added, drawing from his deck. "I'll put these two cards face down." He said. "And summon another monster, sign of defence." He looked up. "Your turn."
Kaiba frowned. "I'll summon this, sign of defence..." he said, laying a card down. "And Hitotsu-Me Giant, attack that card!" Yami flipped the card as Kaiba attacked. "Sorry, Kaiba." A blue figure in a green dress appeared. "Mystical Elf. You lose 500 life points."
Yami: 3900
Kaiba: 3500
"I'll sacrifice my other defence card - Doma the Angel of Silence - to summon Summoned Skull, sign of attack! And I'll destroy your Hitotsu-Me Giant!"
Yami: 3900
Kaiba: 2500
Kaiba smirked. "I play Fissure! This destroys your weakest monster in attack mode!" Yami tossed his Summoned Skull to the Graveyard. "And I play Monster Reborn, to bring back my Hitotsu-Me Giant." Kaiba laughed. "You've had it, Yami! I sacrifice BOTH monsters to summon my Blue-Eyes White Dragon, sign of attack! And I'll destroy your Mystical Elf!" Yami silently placed his Elf in the Graveyard.
"Kaiba, Kaiba, Kaiba." Yami said slowly. "I will concede the right to draw a single card each turn, as all I need is on the playing field before me." He gestured to his cards. "First, I will use Card Destruction to draw a new hand." He discarded the pair of cards in his hand for two new ones.
"Now, for my finishing move! I play Change of Heart, and I'll take over your Dragon!" Yami smirked. "Then, adding Sword of Deep-Seated, to raise it's attack to 3500. And, as you have no other cards on the field, I'll attack!"
Yami: 3900
Kaiba: 0
"That was a good duel." Yami commented. "I definately feel better. Thanks for that, Kaiba!" He got to his feet, leaving Kaiba to try and figure out how the Pharaoh had won so quickly.
