Ch. 4: The Truth

"Yugi," Yami said in a quiet soothing voice.

Yugi pressed his body against the back of the trunk.

"Yugi, please, let me talk to you," Yami coaxed.

Yugi looked up at Jamie. She looked at him, asking him with her eyes whether he wanted to talk to Yami alone. Yugi, his eyes full of dread, did not want to be left alone with Yami, but he did know they had to straighten things out.

"Stay close by, please," Yugi whispered into her ear.

She nodded and exited, giving Yami a warning look as she passed. Yami walked in and Yugi again squashed himself against the back of the trunk. He was in fear again. Yami could see it. And it hurt him to see such fear directed towards him.

"Yugi, listen, hear me out," Yami pleaded. "I was wrong. I, I didn't know."

"Know?" Yugi asked, pulling his back from the wall just a little. "Know what?"

"That we weren't from this pack," Yami hung his head a little.

"Oh, you just now found out?" Yugi asked, a little puzzled.

"What, you mean you knew??" Yami looked at Yugi.

"Yes, I told him years ago," Solomon stated, making both Yugi and Yami jump and whip around to look at him.

"But, why? Why didn't you tell me too?" Yami asked, a little hurt.

"He came to me, said he needed to talk to me about something delicate," Grandpa nodded.

"Yugi, why didn't you talk to me?" Yami asked, looking back at Yugi with a pained expression.

"Well, I, uh," Yugi looked down at the ground.

"Yami, it would be best if we just showed you what we meant," Grandpa stated as he looked at Yugi.

Yugi, looking relieved, nodded and followed Yami who followed Grandpa to a clearing not too far from where the pack was camped for the time being.

"Alright Yugi," Grandpa nodded to Yugi.

Yugi sat in the middle and closed his eyes. A magic aurora began to show itself to the others and the wind started to whip around them. Yami was a little unnerved. He had never seen anything like this, nor did he expect anything like this from his little brother.

Yugi raised his head and let out a howl as a huge dragon rushed out of the trees. It let out a roar and flew around a couple times, making the winds gust in the small area. Then, it slowly started to disappear. Soon, the dragon was gone, and the winds had vanished too. Yugi opened his eyes and looked at Yami and Grandpa. Grandpa shone with pride while Yami wore an expression of shock, his mouth hanging wide open.

"You've gotten better Yugi," Grandpa stated, walking over to Yugi. "It felt as if it were actually right there this time."

Yugi smiled. Yami didn't move, his mouth still hanging open. Yugi chuckled a little and walked over to Yami.

"Hey Yami, you're drooling," Yugi whispered to his big brother.

Yami suddenly came to and whipped his mouth with his paw.

"I am not!" Yami growled.

Yugi just chuckled harder.

Then, Yami's eyes fell on the cuts he had inflicted on his brother. He sure did feel bad about it now. Especially since he knew that his brother was the one thing he loathed, a magician. But if Yugi was one, was he one too?

"Let's go back Yami," Yugi said, looking down at the ground.

They all walked away, unaware of the danger lurking in the bushes.

"So, you were right," an evil voice cackled to the other beside him. "He does have the power of the mountains of the South. Now, let's claim them, for ourselves."

Shadu: It's just now getting into the plotline I had intended. I know this was short, but.....

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