Mou Hitori no Boku: True Darkness
Yami woke up late the next morning. He sat up, yawning, and looking around. A candle by the door lit the room (they're inside a cave). As his eyes adjusted to the dim light, he suddenly noticed that Yugi had disappeared.
//Aibou... doko?// he said slowly through his sleepy mind. (doko = where)
As if in answer, the door opened as Yugi came through it, shutting it behind him. "Morning!" he bounded towards Yami, and hugged his darker. "The others have been up for a couple of hours, but Amiy said that her friend in the next Realm, Yima, always sleeps late anyway." He beamed up at Yami. "That's alright then..." Yami said. "We'd better get going soon anyway." He moved to get out of bed. "You'd better get dressed first then." Yugi commented. Yami shook his head; neither of them had bothered to get dressed before they went to sleep last night, but Yugi was perfectly dressed already, having got up before Yami.
The Pharaoh dragged himself away from the bed, picking up pieces of clothing and putting them on. His pants, socks, and everything else on him lower half went on fine, but Yugi ended up helping him with the tight leather shirt, and it's various buckles. (*drool*) Yugi glanced up into Yami's eyes, but they were half-closed like he was falling asleep again. The light boy poked Yami in the side (at the point where it feels like you've been shocked. I hate that.) attempting to get him to wake up more. Yami jumped, looking around alert. "Nani?" he asked. "Yami, are you OK?" Yugi sounded concerned. "I've never had to help you get dressed before." Yami smiled. "Well, that happens to be because most of the time I'm dressed the same as you; when I appear from the Puzzle. Doesn't work here though." he pointed out. "You've never had to dress yourself before?" Yugi asked, surprised. "Of course I have! If I happen to be in my own body overnight, I have to get dressed. Ever noticed that I don't wear your little starry pyjamas?" Yami retorted indignantly. Yugi laughed. "I've never seen you in bed WITH pyjamas on! The only time I go in your room at home at night is when..." he said.
Yami narrowed his eyes, and started chasing Yugi around the room. "You... don't need... to... point that... out..." Yami said between his steps, finally cornering Yugi against one of the beds. "Now, apologise." he said, smirking. "Sure!" Yugi jumped up onto the bed to be at the same height as Yami, then leant over and kissed him. "Apology accepted..." Yami said when they parted. He picked up his belt from the floor, and put it on, followed by his choker. "Why do you wear so many belts?" Yugi asked sweetly, sitting down on the bed. "Because you do." Yami replied, distracted with making sure his hair looked alright. "Yeah; but I don't wear leather! My shirt's cotton!" Yugi said. Yami looked thoughtful, then said "That's just one of the nicer things that the Puzzle has done for me." He tugged on the Puzzle's chain. "We'd better get a move on." he added, walking towards the door, rather, hopping, still trying to put one of his boots on. Yugi laughed as he got up, leaving the room first.
~
"Good morning, Yami!" Ryou said politely. Yami returned the greeting. "Where's Seto?" he asked, unable to see the older boy. "He just... stepped outside." Ryou smiled. "No plumbing in caves." Amiy said from a chair by the wall, with a piece of toast in her hand. "Hungry, Pharaoh?" Yami shook his head. "No; I'm alright." he said. "But when Seto gets back, we'll need to go." Amiy glanced at a clock on the wall. "Too right." she said. "It's nearly eleven o'clock! Yima'll wake up soon." "Someone else who likes their sleep undisturbed." Seto commented, re-entering the cave. He walked right up to Yami, and spoke very quietly. "Remind me NEVER to sleep in a room next to yours AGAIN!" Yami blushed. "Honestly, I don't know how Amiy, Ryou and Yugi put up with you." the CEO added. "Amiy; I really don't know. Ryou; Bakura lives with him, he's used to it. Yugi..." Yami just tailed off.
But he was laughing mentally.
/What's so funny?/
//We didn't physically speak AT ALL last night!// Yami laughed.
/So?/
//Seto heard movement, but didn't hear voices, so he presumed it was me alone!//
/Not as smart as he thinks, ne?/
Yami blinked, suddenly realising that Seto's hand was waving in front of his eyes. "Hey, Pharaoh, are you going to finish your sentence?" he was saying. "No." Yami said shortly, and turned to Amiy. "Thank you very much for letting us stay with you." he said. Amiy stood up, and bowed. "My pleasure, Pharaoh."
/Not hers./
//Shhh!//
"Now, we'd better leave." Yami smiled. "Hold on; the Realms ahead are more dangerous. In many of them, you can't summon Duel Monsters, so I'll have to equip you." Amiy said, trotting towards a large chest in the corner. "Equip?" Seto sounded doubtful. "It's OK; just some weapons to protect yourselves." Amiy pulled four items from the chest. "There's a bow, two swords and a hookshot." Yugi smiled, jumping forwards. "I'll take the bow; I was quite good at archery in PE class." He picked up the wooden bow, and slung the quiver of arrows that Amiy gave him over his back. "I'll use this smaller sword." Ryou said, picking up the shorter blade in its scabbard, and looping the belt over him.
Yami looked at Seto. "And your choice?" he said. Seto shrugged. "I don't know what a hookshot is, so I'll take the other sword." he picked up the weapon. "That leaves me and the hookshot!" Yami quite happily picked up the final item. "Going for power once again, ne, Seto?" he said, smirking. "What?" Seto was already tired of Yami's smart-ass attitude. "A sword is a straight out weapon; it's for attacking, and that's power. A hookshot, on the other hand, is a tactical weapon. It has a point, a bit like an arrowhead, on the end of an extendable chain; you can use it to pull things towards you, swing across things, etcetera." Yami explained. "You know this because...?" Seto said, putting on the sword belt. "Yugi plays too many Legend of Zelda games." Yami replied.
"Do come back and see me sometime, Pharaoh." Amiy said. "I'm always here! Now, shall I show you the way to the next Realm?" They all nodded. Amiy led them out of her cave, and back up to the top of the mountain where they had first entered the Third Realm.
"Where from here?" Ryou asked, looking around. "Down there." Amiy pointed to the volcano's smouldering crater. "You have to jump into the lava." "WHAT!?" Seto yelled. "I'm not going down there!" "I am." said Yami. "You're stupider than I thought!" Seto said to him. "No, I'm not. Look; you have a Millennium Item, so does Ryou, so do Yugi and I. We can make a magical shield if you're nervous." Yami explained. "Not nervous!" Seto said loudly. "Of course not." Yami said. "Now, me and Yugi are going ahead. We'll go in pairs, so you go with Ryou. See ya!"
The two spiky-haired boys walked to the edge of the crater. Yami subconsciously felt for Yugi's hand, before they jumped away from the ledge. Ryou walked to the edge, and looked down. "They're gone." he reported back. "Good luck, High Priest!" Amiy pushed Seto forward. "I have to go. The Flame Cerebus needs feeding." She jumped back down the volcano side.
Seto looked down into the red-hot depths of the volcano's crater. "Are you ready, Seto?" Ryou asked quietly. "O-of course." Seto said. "Alright! One - two - three; GO!" Ryou jumped, closely followed by Seto.
~
Yugi looked around. All he could see was green, for they were in the middle of a wide expanse of meadow. "This is the Eye Realm, isn't it?" he asked, turning to face Yami. His eyes widened; the ex-Pharaoh's crimson eyes were fixated on him. "Yami?" Yugi said unsurely, stepping backwards, away from Yami. "Are you alright?" His darker's eyes never left him, as Yami said very quietly "Of course I'm alright... I'm with you..." He walked towards Yugi.
The smaller boy, however, looked very afraid. So afraid that he went as far as to draw an arrow from his quiver and put it to his bowstring. Yami paused only momentarily, before he pulled the arrow away from his light, and threw it aside. "Yugi..." Swiftly, he closed the space between them, and snatched the boy up into his arms, crushing his lips in a deep kiss. Yugi's eyes widened; over Yami's shoulder, he had seen two figures appear on the horizon. Desperately, he tried to pull away from the dark spirit, but alas, his body was held tight, and struggling only made Yami hold him firmer. "Yami, stop!" he tried to say to the other, physically and mentally, gaining no response, other than the kiss becoming rougher.
With no thought, other than that of escape, Yugi summoned up all of his strength, and tore himself away from Yami, shouting words that he had always said when afraid.
"YU-GI-OHHHHH!"
A sudden light flew from Yugi's Puzzle, blasting the Pharaoh, causing him fly backwards, and hit the ground, unconscious.
~
Ryou looked around. He thought he could see someone distantly, but wasn't sure who it was.
"Remind me NEVER to do that again!" Seto said, brushing a bit of volcanic ash from his coat.
~
Yugi panted, catching his breath after his almost painful encounter. It took him a few secinds to realise that a dark form was appearing from Yami's unconscious body. "Dear oh dear..." Yugiou said mockingly. "What DID you do to him?" Yugi looked up at the evil spirit angrily. "Just go away," he said. Yugiou shook his head. "No, no, no," he said. "You made a little mistake; your words, 'Yu-Gi-Oh' are pronounced exactly the same as my name. Couldn't you figure out that that would call me? Tsk tsk." He steadily walked towards the light boy.
Yugi pulled out an arrow, and aimed it at Yugiou. His hands were shaking as he held it to the taut string. Yugiou paused, sighing, and raised his hand. The arrow flew away from Yugi's bow, and into Yugiou's awaiting hand, where he snapped it in half. "Don't bother." he said, sounding fed-up. "You're going to help me torture Yami's soul..." "No!" Yugi turned to run, but found his feet and hands magically chained up so that he couldn't go anywhere.
"Sorry to put you through this again..." Yugiou said sarcastically. He grabbed the chains which held Yugi's hands, and yanked the boy towards him. With his other hand, he cast a spell towards Yami. Almost instantly, Yami woke, and was on his feet. Seeing Yugi at the mercy of his own darker side, he ran towards them, only to bounce off of an energy shield. Running forward again, he beat his fists against the forcefield, ignoring the shocks he got everytime he touched it. "LET HIM GO!" he yelled repeatedly.
~
A voice floated towards them. "That was Yami!" Ryou exclaimed. "Let's go!" He and Seto raced towards the direction of the voice, covering the vast distance very quickly, and arriving to see Yami hitting an invisible forcefield, with tears streaming down his cheeks. Inside the shield, Yugi chained up, desperately trying to get away from the evil spirit, who was slowly moving closer...
Pan: HA! Cliffhanger!
This chappie's longer than normal, coz I needed quite a bit to be done soon. Only three Realms left after this one... that's a chapter for each Realm, one for each Challenge, an extra one for the Ring and Rod realms, two (at least) to come after the last Realm, and an epilogue. That's about... eleven more chapters ?!?! Ah nuts. Does anyone actually remember that this started out as the sequel to Yami: Unseeing Eyes? Heh. Anyway, once I'm finished, you'll have to tell me if you want a sequel! It will probably be out after I finish 'Double Zero Wing' (which will take me a while), 'Shadows of Demons' (about one-third through) If you want one, that is. If so, I'll let you know in the epilogue, so keep an eye on this fic! I'm so busy - finishing three fics, I've got another one in the pipeline (It's called 'Denial of Darkness', and I'm working on the first chapter right now - and it's another shonen-ai, purely because Yami x Yugi is so cute!)
Yami woke up late the next morning. He sat up, yawning, and looking around. A candle by the door lit the room (they're inside a cave). As his eyes adjusted to the dim light, he suddenly noticed that Yugi had disappeared.
//Aibou... doko?// he said slowly through his sleepy mind. (doko = where)
As if in answer, the door opened as Yugi came through it, shutting it behind him. "Morning!" he bounded towards Yami, and hugged his darker. "The others have been up for a couple of hours, but Amiy said that her friend in the next Realm, Yima, always sleeps late anyway." He beamed up at Yami. "That's alright then..." Yami said. "We'd better get going soon anyway." He moved to get out of bed. "You'd better get dressed first then." Yugi commented. Yami shook his head; neither of them had bothered to get dressed before they went to sleep last night, but Yugi was perfectly dressed already, having got up before Yami.
The Pharaoh dragged himself away from the bed, picking up pieces of clothing and putting them on. His pants, socks, and everything else on him lower half went on fine, but Yugi ended up helping him with the tight leather shirt, and it's various buckles. (*drool*) Yugi glanced up into Yami's eyes, but they were half-closed like he was falling asleep again. The light boy poked Yami in the side (at the point where it feels like you've been shocked. I hate that.) attempting to get him to wake up more. Yami jumped, looking around alert. "Nani?" he asked. "Yami, are you OK?" Yugi sounded concerned. "I've never had to help you get dressed before." Yami smiled. "Well, that happens to be because most of the time I'm dressed the same as you; when I appear from the Puzzle. Doesn't work here though." he pointed out. "You've never had to dress yourself before?" Yugi asked, surprised. "Of course I have! If I happen to be in my own body overnight, I have to get dressed. Ever noticed that I don't wear your little starry pyjamas?" Yami retorted indignantly. Yugi laughed. "I've never seen you in bed WITH pyjamas on! The only time I go in your room at home at night is when..." he said.
Yami narrowed his eyes, and started chasing Yugi around the room. "You... don't need... to... point that... out..." Yami said between his steps, finally cornering Yugi against one of the beds. "Now, apologise." he said, smirking. "Sure!" Yugi jumped up onto the bed to be at the same height as Yami, then leant over and kissed him. "Apology accepted..." Yami said when they parted. He picked up his belt from the floor, and put it on, followed by his choker. "Why do you wear so many belts?" Yugi asked sweetly, sitting down on the bed. "Because you do." Yami replied, distracted with making sure his hair looked alright. "Yeah; but I don't wear leather! My shirt's cotton!" Yugi said. Yami looked thoughtful, then said "That's just one of the nicer things that the Puzzle has done for me." He tugged on the Puzzle's chain. "We'd better get a move on." he added, walking towards the door, rather, hopping, still trying to put one of his boots on. Yugi laughed as he got up, leaving the room first.
~
"Good morning, Yami!" Ryou said politely. Yami returned the greeting. "Where's Seto?" he asked, unable to see the older boy. "He just... stepped outside." Ryou smiled. "No plumbing in caves." Amiy said from a chair by the wall, with a piece of toast in her hand. "Hungry, Pharaoh?" Yami shook his head. "No; I'm alright." he said. "But when Seto gets back, we'll need to go." Amiy glanced at a clock on the wall. "Too right." she said. "It's nearly eleven o'clock! Yima'll wake up soon." "Someone else who likes their sleep undisturbed." Seto commented, re-entering the cave. He walked right up to Yami, and spoke very quietly. "Remind me NEVER to sleep in a room next to yours AGAIN!" Yami blushed. "Honestly, I don't know how Amiy, Ryou and Yugi put up with you." the CEO added. "Amiy; I really don't know. Ryou; Bakura lives with him, he's used to it. Yugi..." Yami just tailed off.
But he was laughing mentally.
/What's so funny?/
//We didn't physically speak AT ALL last night!// Yami laughed.
/So?/
//Seto heard movement, but didn't hear voices, so he presumed it was me alone!//
/Not as smart as he thinks, ne?/
Yami blinked, suddenly realising that Seto's hand was waving in front of his eyes. "Hey, Pharaoh, are you going to finish your sentence?" he was saying. "No." Yami said shortly, and turned to Amiy. "Thank you very much for letting us stay with you." he said. Amiy stood up, and bowed. "My pleasure, Pharaoh."
/Not hers./
//Shhh!//
"Now, we'd better leave." Yami smiled. "Hold on; the Realms ahead are more dangerous. In many of them, you can't summon Duel Monsters, so I'll have to equip you." Amiy said, trotting towards a large chest in the corner. "Equip?" Seto sounded doubtful. "It's OK; just some weapons to protect yourselves." Amiy pulled four items from the chest. "There's a bow, two swords and a hookshot." Yugi smiled, jumping forwards. "I'll take the bow; I was quite good at archery in PE class." He picked up the wooden bow, and slung the quiver of arrows that Amiy gave him over his back. "I'll use this smaller sword." Ryou said, picking up the shorter blade in its scabbard, and looping the belt over him.
Yami looked at Seto. "And your choice?" he said. Seto shrugged. "I don't know what a hookshot is, so I'll take the other sword." he picked up the weapon. "That leaves me and the hookshot!" Yami quite happily picked up the final item. "Going for power once again, ne, Seto?" he said, smirking. "What?" Seto was already tired of Yami's smart-ass attitude. "A sword is a straight out weapon; it's for attacking, and that's power. A hookshot, on the other hand, is a tactical weapon. It has a point, a bit like an arrowhead, on the end of an extendable chain; you can use it to pull things towards you, swing across things, etcetera." Yami explained. "You know this because...?" Seto said, putting on the sword belt. "Yugi plays too many Legend of Zelda games." Yami replied.
"Do come back and see me sometime, Pharaoh." Amiy said. "I'm always here! Now, shall I show you the way to the next Realm?" They all nodded. Amiy led them out of her cave, and back up to the top of the mountain where they had first entered the Third Realm.
"Where from here?" Ryou asked, looking around. "Down there." Amiy pointed to the volcano's smouldering crater. "You have to jump into the lava." "WHAT!?" Seto yelled. "I'm not going down there!" "I am." said Yami. "You're stupider than I thought!" Seto said to him. "No, I'm not. Look; you have a Millennium Item, so does Ryou, so do Yugi and I. We can make a magical shield if you're nervous." Yami explained. "Not nervous!" Seto said loudly. "Of course not." Yami said. "Now, me and Yugi are going ahead. We'll go in pairs, so you go with Ryou. See ya!"
The two spiky-haired boys walked to the edge of the crater. Yami subconsciously felt for Yugi's hand, before they jumped away from the ledge. Ryou walked to the edge, and looked down. "They're gone." he reported back. "Good luck, High Priest!" Amiy pushed Seto forward. "I have to go. The Flame Cerebus needs feeding." She jumped back down the volcano side.
Seto looked down into the red-hot depths of the volcano's crater. "Are you ready, Seto?" Ryou asked quietly. "O-of course." Seto said. "Alright! One - two - three; GO!" Ryou jumped, closely followed by Seto.
~
Yugi looked around. All he could see was green, for they were in the middle of a wide expanse of meadow. "This is the Eye Realm, isn't it?" he asked, turning to face Yami. His eyes widened; the ex-Pharaoh's crimson eyes were fixated on him. "Yami?" Yugi said unsurely, stepping backwards, away from Yami. "Are you alright?" His darker's eyes never left him, as Yami said very quietly "Of course I'm alright... I'm with you..." He walked towards Yugi.
The smaller boy, however, looked very afraid. So afraid that he went as far as to draw an arrow from his quiver and put it to his bowstring. Yami paused only momentarily, before he pulled the arrow away from his light, and threw it aside. "Yugi..." Swiftly, he closed the space between them, and snatched the boy up into his arms, crushing his lips in a deep kiss. Yugi's eyes widened; over Yami's shoulder, he had seen two figures appear on the horizon. Desperately, he tried to pull away from the dark spirit, but alas, his body was held tight, and struggling only made Yami hold him firmer. "Yami, stop!" he tried to say to the other, physically and mentally, gaining no response, other than the kiss becoming rougher.
With no thought, other than that of escape, Yugi summoned up all of his strength, and tore himself away from Yami, shouting words that he had always said when afraid.
"YU-GI-OHHHHH!"
A sudden light flew from Yugi's Puzzle, blasting the Pharaoh, causing him fly backwards, and hit the ground, unconscious.
~
Ryou looked around. He thought he could see someone distantly, but wasn't sure who it was.
"Remind me NEVER to do that again!" Seto said, brushing a bit of volcanic ash from his coat.
~
Yugi panted, catching his breath after his almost painful encounter. It took him a few secinds to realise that a dark form was appearing from Yami's unconscious body. "Dear oh dear..." Yugiou said mockingly. "What DID you do to him?" Yugi looked up at the evil spirit angrily. "Just go away," he said. Yugiou shook his head. "No, no, no," he said. "You made a little mistake; your words, 'Yu-Gi-Oh' are pronounced exactly the same as my name. Couldn't you figure out that that would call me? Tsk tsk." He steadily walked towards the light boy.
Yugi pulled out an arrow, and aimed it at Yugiou. His hands were shaking as he held it to the taut string. Yugiou paused, sighing, and raised his hand. The arrow flew away from Yugi's bow, and into Yugiou's awaiting hand, where he snapped it in half. "Don't bother." he said, sounding fed-up. "You're going to help me torture Yami's soul..." "No!" Yugi turned to run, but found his feet and hands magically chained up so that he couldn't go anywhere.
"Sorry to put you through this again..." Yugiou said sarcastically. He grabbed the chains which held Yugi's hands, and yanked the boy towards him. With his other hand, he cast a spell towards Yami. Almost instantly, Yami woke, and was on his feet. Seeing Yugi at the mercy of his own darker side, he ran towards them, only to bounce off of an energy shield. Running forward again, he beat his fists against the forcefield, ignoring the shocks he got everytime he touched it. "LET HIM GO!" he yelled repeatedly.
~
A voice floated towards them. "That was Yami!" Ryou exclaimed. "Let's go!" He and Seto raced towards the direction of the voice, covering the vast distance very quickly, and arriving to see Yami hitting an invisible forcefield, with tears streaming down his cheeks. Inside the shield, Yugi chained up, desperately trying to get away from the evil spirit, who was slowly moving closer...
Pan: HA! Cliffhanger!
This chappie's longer than normal, coz I needed quite a bit to be done soon. Only three Realms left after this one... that's a chapter for each Realm, one for each Challenge, an extra one for the Ring and Rod realms, two (at least) to come after the last Realm, and an epilogue. That's about... eleven more chapters ?!?! Ah nuts. Does anyone actually remember that this started out as the sequel to Yami: Unseeing Eyes? Heh. Anyway, once I'm finished, you'll have to tell me if you want a sequel! It will probably be out after I finish 'Double Zero Wing' (which will take me a while), 'Shadows of Demons' (about one-third through) If you want one, that is. If so, I'll let you know in the epilogue, so keep an eye on this fic! I'm so busy - finishing three fics, I've got another one in the pipeline (It's called 'Denial of Darkness', and I'm working on the first chapter right now - and it's another shonen-ai, purely because Yami x Yugi is so cute!)