Chibi: Ok, here it takes place with Atemu in the horse ranch place...O.O

Well, anyway, he needed to calm down, so he sat under a tree and watched the horses grazing and there happens to be a 'special' horse there. Guess what it is....Oh, fine read.

{....} : me interrupting

(....) Yami mind talking

/..../ Yugi mind talking

'....' Private thoughts

Chapter Five: Learning to Survive

"Yuugi..." Yami whispered.

The white stallion next to him seemed to respond to the name Yami had said. It came and nuzzled him as if saddened to see him cry.

"Thank you, but you are not Yugi..."

The stallion seemed to be displeased by this and insisted that he was.

"What? Yugi? Is that you? Did you turn into a horse?!" He screamed.

The horse continued to nuzzle Yami's cheek and it whinnied a bit.

"Wait a minute...You look exactly like...My horse....the one my father gave me 3,000 years ago...! I was saddened when you died...Well, it was all because of Bakura...The tomb robber was hurting civilians and I went up on the hill to stop him but I was weak from using Osiris as a shield for my people....Then Bakura made the ground split and you fell down the endless abyss while I clung to the edge...I heard you neighing and whinnying till I couldn't hear you anymore...."

The horse seemed to acknowledge the event and began to make a whimpering noise. Yami wrapped his arms around the horse's snout and pet its forehead.

"You ARE the reincarnation of my horse...Maybe not even a reincarnation...You are truly alive again my old friend...Yuugi...That was your name...Game...Just like my love...No wonder...Yugi is destined to be mine if I named my own horse his name 3,000 years ago. The first thing that came out of my mouth...Yuugi..."

{Ok, I made up the name for Atemu's horse. It's just for the story. I never found out what Atemu's white stallion's name was...sadly...}

Yugi ran up just enough to hear Yami say his name.

'What's that? That looks like Yami's old horse he told me about...I have never seen it around here before...'

Yugi became confused.

'When did they bring in a white stallion? No, they couldn't have...Oh my God...His horse...'

Yugi ran up to Yami and poked him. He began to stir and he looked up at Yugi.

'My love....He's here...Please...Cure me of this pain...aibou...'

"Yami, here. It must have fallen out of your pocket. I found it on the floor...It seems my grandfather got to it huh? That was one of the main reasons you were crying when I passed by your door. Wasn't it...?"

'He is right...As soon as I went to the cabin room to write in my diary, I found it was gone from my drawer. Since I wasn't able to watch T.V. I might as well write about Yugi. But then I found it on the bed face up and a couple of ripped out pages next to it. Then when I read what he wrote....'

Yami began to cry once again. The horse, Yuugi, began to nuzzle his master trying to comfort him. The boy, Yugi, held his hand and looked at him.

'It's ok if Atemu-chan loves someone...It's perfectly ok with me...'

"Let's go back to the cabin. C'mon. You can bring your horse too--"

"No." Yami interrupted.

"What?"

"You heard me...No. I don't want to go back...Not with him around....I'll just stay here with Yuugi..." Yami said.

"What do you mean Yami? I am right here..."

"No, not you Yugi, I mean this Yuugi...My horse..."

"You named your horse after me...?" Yugi asked.

"Yes..." 'Well, kind of anyway...'

"But how did you—Three thousand years ago—How?" Yugi asked confused.

"I don't know Yugi...." 'It's destiny Yugi...'

Then there was rustling in the bushes next to them. It happened to be the same squirrel that Yami despised. Yugi and his other self sighed but as soon as they turned around, there stood...Sugoroku....

Yami/Atemu's POV

Oh my Gods....He's back...Please...Don't tell Yugi...No, anything but that...Just leave me alone...

"What do you want?! I left just like you asked! If you don't want me around then why are YOU following ME?!"

"I want Yugi back, bastard!" Sugoroku yelled at me as he punched me in the stomach.

I got the wind knocked out of me momentarily. I held my chest and tried to breathe. Oh my God...It hurts...My breaths were labored and shuddered as I forcefully tried to make my body breathe. I got on my hands and knees and started coughing. I then threw up some bile and blood.

I began to whimper as I looked at the liquids that escaped me. I then curled myself into a ball to shield against his oncoming attacks. I felt Yugi get in front of me and rub my back. He then stood up and brought out both of his arms on either side of his body.

He's protecting me...Oh Yugi...I love you...

"JII-CHAN!!!! Stop now!! Don't hurt Atemu anymore!" Yugi screamed.

"NO! Look at him Yugi! His face literally says that he wants you! He wants you under him, gasping, pleading to stop...He wants you to beg you not to hurt him! He is a sadist! He wants to LAY you! That perverted freak!"

"So what if he does! So what if he does jii-chan!!!" Yugi screamed back.

(Yugi! Wh-What...?)

/Atemu...It's ok...I'll protect you.../

My eyes became half-lidded. (Yugi......)

He turned around and nodded his assurance to me. My horse tried to push me on my feet by using his nose. I took the hint and stood up very slowly. I leaned against Yuugi and watched as my aibou took on his raging grandfather...

{Ok, the horse's name= Yuugi; and Atemu's aibou is= Yugi; the difference is one U. Ok! Back to the fic!}

"Grandpa! Leave him be!" Yugi screamed.

"No!!"

I would've used mind crush like I did to Kaiba to rid him of evil...But it was too dangerous...I could've got Yugi too. I couldn't take that risk.

Everything was blurry; I couldn't see. But then I heard their voices again.

"Jii-chan! No!" I heard someone being pushed to the ground and footsteps getting closer to me. I began to run but he grabbed me by the collar and said in a husky voice: If you ever thought you were going to get away from me, you thought wrong!

Sugoroku began to choke me. NO! STOP! I just want to be left alone!! I want to be able to confess my love for Yugi before he kills me...but...I am so weak...So tired.......I can't even lift my hands up to grab his wrists. I'll just let time tell...

"Yugi....I............." I choked out.

"DIE ALREADY!" He screamed as he began to shake my neck. Now he was trying to snap it...

"ATEMU-CHAN!!!!" Yugi yelled. I heard him running over and smacking his grandfather's head. His grip loosened on me and as soon as it did, the only sound was me inhaling a HUGE intake of breath and my coughing soon after.

His grandfather looked pissed and I mean pissed. He looked like he was about to punch Yugi when my horse got in his face. Sugoroku was frightened at first but then slapped him across the snout. I looked in horror. Yuugi...My precious horse...He was about to hurt him again when I jumped on Sugoroku and put my hands over his eyes.

"Yuugi! Take Yugi away from here! Please!"

My horse nodded and turned to my aibou. Yugi didn't want to leave me. My horse knew that I loved Yugi and that I wanted him away from here. Yuugi insisted my aibou to move on his back but Yugi walked toward me. He reached out his hand to stroke my face when jii-chan broke free and caught one of my wrists in one hand and one of Yugi's wrists in the other.

"Ha! Now you can't escape! I will tie you up Yami and tape your eyes open as you watch in horror as your 'beautiful' white stallion dies by my hands!! HAHAHA!"

"YUUGI! Nigeru! RUN!"

My horse didn't listen to me. Instead, it pretended to be a stupid, curious horse not understanding the situation. He walked over to Sugoroku on purpose to trick him. What a good boy! I just better play along. Fortunately, Yugi didn't know it was a ploy because he was screaming for him to get away.

"No! Yuugi! Stay away! He is trying to kill you!" I screamed. It took all that I had not to start laughing right then.

Sugoroku was about to attack him when he head butted the old man to the ground. Sugoroku fell unconscious immediately. I was laughing hysterically.

"Atemu! Why are you laughing?! You and your horse could've both been dead by now!"

"No aibou. He tricked him all along! Huh boy?" I said cutely to the stallion.

Yugi sweat dropped as I began to dance around with my stallion who was trotting around in a circle whinnying, his own little victory dance. I would use mind crush on the old man later. It only works when the victims are awake. {I am just making it that way. I don't know if Atemu can mind crush a sleeping victim}

I put Sugoroku on the back of my stallion and I began to walk forward. I made a clicking noise indicating I wanted him to follow me. Yugi followed soon after. When we made it back to the cabin, I let Yuugi stay outside in front of the door and my aibou and I went to our bedroom. {naughty...Oh, and they already put Sugoroku in his bed too} I took out my diary when Yugi went to sleep. I then went through my bag and found my old diary. Both diaries next to each other....I began to skim through some of my old entries in the first one.

Entry 37:

'I just want to be held; to feel that feeling course through me. I want to be brought up from the darkness, but only by you...aibou, the only one to capture my mysterious, fragile heart...To feel the heat emanating from your beautiful body...To keep me warm forever. The feeling of the rapture between us...I want to be loved...But only by you....'

I added a new entry to my diary.

Entry 48:

My tears of sorrow and cold, why won't they go away? What scares me the most is that the pain is caused by the one I love. Yugi....Yugi Muto...I...Love you...I will do anything for you...The past is much that deeper, the future that more bleak, but I shall not give up on you...For that I much love you...

{Sorry, I wanted Atemu to write in like 'old-fashioned' English to make it more romantic or something...}

I put my pen down, satisfied with my work.

I read the rest of the entries in my first diary. I went to the first entry of me writing down my feelings for Yugi; it read:

I am starting to get weird feelings toward you aibou...I can't explain it...I just, feel so attracted to you. You are more than just a friend to me now, more than a brother...You, are mine....

I then closed it and put it back in the drawer I had it in. I did the same with my new one; even though it wasn't really new anymore...Yugi's grandpa had torn it to ribbons...I am just glad he didn't tear out my poem...it was one of my best ones....

I was thinking about kissing Yugi on the forehead and wishing him good dreams but...I had a feeling I would probably do more...I went to sleep on the floor—the cold cabin floor—without a blanket or pillow. I was surely going to catch a draft but, who cared right? I went to sleep but not without dreaming of Yugi....

Yugi's POV

The next day was fabulous! When I woke up though, Atemu was on the floor shivering. He wasn't even wearing our blazer. Just his leather tank top and pants...Poor Atemu-chan...Since I couldn't carry him onto the bed, I just got a blanket and wrapped it around him. He smiled in his sleep and pulled it tighter against his shivering body. I then picked up a pillow from my bed and softly placed it under his head.

I sensually stroked his locks of hair. I hoped he wasn't sick. I went downstairs to make breakfast. I made our jalapeño and cheese omelet special. It must have worked because I saw Atemu come in rubbing his eye with his hand. He looked so kawaii doing that! After we ate, I let him watch T.V. because jii-chan still wasn't out of unconsciousness. I began to worry...I just hope he isn't dying; even if he is a mean, evil, old man...

"Yami! Will you give me a piggy back ride?" I asked. Atemu immediately picked me up and walked around, no emotion within him. Atemu always gave me a tickle fight if I asked him that...Atemu...What has happened to you...?

Atemu's/ Yami's POV

'I will do anything for you my aibou. Even if it cost me our happiness...'

Chibi: once again...sorry about the angst...don't worry! Next chapter is good! I swear!

Atemu: it better be or you're going down! (makes shotgun clicky sound)

Chibi: O.O Don't kill me!