Visitor

By Tara B Amy

I changed the rating to 'R' now, because of the topic and the oncoming... well... sexual content will make it necessary.

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"What did you find out?" Kaiba asked loudly over the noise of the bus – which was a combination of the engine of the bus itself, their classmates talking or singing some stupid song and of course of their teacher explaining the difference between a fish and an octopus to the bus driver, who had headphones on, banging his head slightly to the music. Mrs Izumi might have thought he nodded, agreeing to everything she said, Yugi mused, before tuning her babbling out and concentrating on the question at hand. Kaiba, who sat opposite him already, looked quite impatient.

"Er..." Yugi scratched his cheek absentmindedly. "I worked on a book about the Polarians. It had a varied section concerning their social system and culture. I made notes. Do you want to see them?"

"No," was the quick answer. "Do you know what the mutt did?" The CEO nodded his head in the direction of Jou, who snored away beside Yugi.

"Don't call Jou that!" Yugi narrowed his eyes, but realised that it was hopeless to convince the brunette of stopping to call Jou names. "Anyway, he told me he worked on the second race we have to research on... wait, what was the name...?"

"The Lestarans." Kaiba fell silent after that. For him, it seemed, the conversation was over now. Why was he sitting there anyway, Yugi wondered. He could have easily sat somewhere else. There were lots of free seats in the front of the bus... where Mrs Izumi sat. Understanding Kaiba's motive now, Yugi grinned. So he rather sat together with his two archenemies than with his teacher? That was interesting.

"Children!" Everybody cringed, but listened obediently – having no chance not to. "We're almost at the hotel! Now that our stomachs are full-" Yeah, Yugi thought testily. Full of salad and other vegetarian delicacies. "-and we all learned a lot today, we have time to relax a little bit. Well, after you carried your luggage in and worked on the progress report I want to see first thing tomorrow morning. Then you may relax. But I'll tell you just once more: No alcohol, no cigarettes, no loud music and no sex in the hotel!"

Looks were exchanged. Kaiba snorted. Girls giggled knowingly, hiding bottles labelled as 'Lemonade' under their seats. Jou continued snoring.

"I warn you, there will be havoc if I ever find out you went against the rules!" The girls stopped giggling and sent nervous glances at each other.

Yugi sighed in relief, leaning back against the cheap cushions. He wouldn't need to worry about something like that. Alcohol? Definitely not. Cigarettes? Who would like to breathe tar? That sounded pretty disgusting to him. Loud music? He had his disc man. Sex? He? Never!

After five more minutes of sitting quietly, the bus finally came to its final stop for this day. Yugi woke up Jou and they stretched their tired arms and legs. Then Mrs Izumi shooed them out of the vehicle like a mother-hen her chicks for them to get the luggage. That was disastrous though, all of them wanting to get their bags first, of which most were somewhere behind other bags, which were shoved out of the way roughly, falling to the floor, some snapping open in the process, clothes getting littered in the street. Yugi groaned. Sometimes he believed Mrs Izumi was right when calling them 'children'. Couldn't the idiots behave?

Kaiba strode past him, collecting his bags and swiftly walking out of the crowd of people, waiting somewhere at the entrance of the hotel.

"Now, children, let's make clear one more point!" The teacher announced, her eyebrows sinking dangerously low over her eyes as there still was chaos around her. "Children!!"

The woman growled and upon hearing that, all noise died down. Mrs Izumi's face took on a peaceful expression again.

"Let's make one more point clear," she repeated in a cheerful tone of voice. "If possible you will move into one room with your whole group!" There were some squeals coming from the girls and a shocked cry from Jou at the prospect of having to stay with Kaiba. "But I won't allow girls and boys in one room together! That's strictly prohibited!" No more squeals, only Jou's angry curses. "Now let's get in. You'll get a key at the reception. Don't lose that key, because you'll only get one. Make sure you're in your room at ten o'clock pointedly. I'll come check if all of you are where they are supposed to be then. Write your names down here, so I'll know who's where."

They did as they were told, Kaiba and Jou glaring at each other all the while. Yugi wasn't amused. He would have to sleep in the same room with Seto Kaiba and Katsuya Jounouchi together for a whole week. One week. He couldn't possibly live through their bickering for two days. He hung his head. That didn't sound like fun. How he hated school trips...

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"The Polarians have a complicated social system," Yugi said, looking at his notes. Kaiba sat at the only table they had in their room, appearing to listen. Jou had flopped himself down onto his bed – the upper one, Kaiba having claimed the lower one first – and listened as well, his face propped up on his elbow. "It's divided into two different classes. It's similar to us making a difference between men and women. They don't see the difference in that though, but in dominant and submissive kind of people. It is rooted in their nature to choose a partner who is the opposite to them, so if someone is dominant, their hormones wouldn't allow them to find dominance attractive. After the great war in the times of King Allan, which must have been around 1500 in our timeline, Allan legitimated the Law of Polar, the law that divided the society into two classes with different rights. It is the fundament of their politics today."

Yugi paused for a moment to erase a wrong line, then looked up to the others from his sitting position on the floor. "Is that enough for the evening?"

Jou yawned. "Of course it is!"

"The progress report is ready as well." Kaiba said, still all business-like. "Here, put your names under it."

They did so immediately, then put the work away happily. Well, Yugi and Jou were happy. Kaiba still sat at his laptop, doing work for his corporation. Jou had done a good job ignoring him, perhaps because of his tiredness. Since that was mutual, Kaiba ignoring him as well, it was relatively quiet in the room now, the silence only disrupted by typing.

Yugi climbed onto his own bed and switched on his disk man, thinking over the afternoon in the library again. The Visitors they had met really had been different from all people he had ever met – not only in appearance, but also in behaviour. A chill went through him as he pictured those ruby eyes, holding no respect for privacy or politeness. Yami had been invading his personal space without permission. Why he had done it he didn't know, but it made him angry, now that the other was gone and not able to intimidate him anymore. He should have just told him to look somewhere else, not allowing him to trample on his feelings like that. But it hadn't been possible back then. He had felt like... like some charm kept him in place, electrifying him. Yugi shook his head. That sounded ridiculous even to him.

He decided to forget about that weird meeting instead of playing it back and forth in his mind, trying to find reasons he could accept. The red-eyed stranger had told them they would meet again, but how would they? It was not going to happen, he just knew it.

Somehow calmer now he closed his eyes to listen to the music.

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Another day, another story. Well, Yugi certainly felt like waking up in a different story. There was nothing left of the quiet atmosphere they had sat in together the evening before. Tiredly Yugi turned around in bed and stared unbelievingly at the scene playing before his eyes.

"You won't."

"I will!!"

"No, you won't."

"I so will!!"

"Shut up, stupid mutt, and just go away! Dogs are supposed to pee outside anyway!"

Kaiba and Jou stood in front of the small bathroom, their hair and pyjamas looking pretty jumbled from sleep, fighting over the right to be first in the order to get in.

"I ain't a dog! And I was up first, moneybags!" Jou seethed, stepping closer to the brunette in his rage, pushing him lightly.

"Like that counts." Kaiba smirked, grabbing the hands trying to punch him, controlling their movements easily. "Now look at yourself, helpless like that."

"Ya would like that, right?" Jou spat, kicking him hard in the shin, causing Kaiba to release him, his face a mask of pain.

"Ow... You- you imbecile!!" Now the CEO was angry, fighting back while Jou was laughing.

Yugi sighed, standing up, grabbing his clothes, ducking the two litigants and using the bathroom himself. The moment he stepped out again though, a pillow smacked into his face, catching him by surprise. He yelped and tumbled to the floor. Growling madly he glared at the other boys. They didn't even notice him. Well, yet. With an angry cry he jumped to his feet and threw the pillow back, hitting Jou in the back of his head.

"You two are getting on my nerves, stop the bickering!!" he yelled, only to get another pillow thrown against his head. He sent Kaiba a dark look.

"I told you before, I don't bicker." Kaiba stated, facial expression haughty, which looked somewhat unfitting now with how untidy he was. "This is a serious matter."

"Right, and because of your childish behaviour I have a headache now!" Yugi grumbled. Another pillow came flying his way, but he effectively blocked it with the one in his hands.

"I'm not childish! You'll pay for that, Yugi!" And the pillows flew.

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Yugi couldn't quite remember how they had got through breakfast. The whole drive to the institute he had been sleeping and after waking up he had found Jou and Kaiba sleeping as well... and cuddling... well, leaning on each other's shoulders. How they had ended up sitting together was a miracle to Yugi anyway, but he couldn't help thinking that they had looked quite sweet like that. They had, until they had woken up, realising their positions. And they really could consider themselves lucky, because no one in the bus other than him had noticed it. He had feigned still being asleep, not wanting to embarrass them more than they already were.

What of the morning he remembered quite good though, was the sceptical look of Mrs Izumi before breakfast, eyeing them in shock and disbelief, surely thinking there had been something forbidden going on at night in their room. No wonder with all of them looking dishevelled, hair ruffled and faces pale and tired. There had been no time for Jou and Seto to shower this morning. Yugi grinned. Hey all surely had looked like zombies.

Right now they all stood in the library of the Institute of New, Strange and Unearthly Discoveries. Oh, how Yugi hated that name! Didn't it sound degrading to the Visitors?

"You can go on with your work now, children," Mrs Izumi called happily. "I want to get an progress report tomorrow morning again!"

Yugi sighed, feeling sick at hearing the cheerfulness in her voice. He made eye-contact with Jou, who shrugged, disappearing between two shelves then to find something to help them with their research. Kaiba was nowhere to be seen, surely already gone off working.

Without really having the nerve to, Yugi followed their example, studying the books in the shelve before him.

"'History of Perulian'," he read, shaking his head. "Not the right one... Neither that one..." He went on, slowly walking down the shelves, pausing every once in a while... until he bumped into something. No, not something. Someone.

"I'm sorry," he murmured, carefully looking up. He gasped and stumbled a few steps away. "Y-yami?"

"Oh, you remember my name?" the Visitor asked with a grin that said he had already known that before. "I certainly don't know yours... yet."

"W-what are you doing here?" Yugi stuttered, not daring to look the other in the eye, but nevertheless feeling the ruby eyes burning down onto his bare skin, as if his clothes weren't existing. Why was the stranger here? What did he want? Why was he looking like that? All the questions he thought he had buried the evening before came flooding back to him at once, making him dizzy.

"Didn't I say I would come back?" Yami asked quizzically, slowly stepping closer a bit. Yugi felt the quiet approach and tried to scoot back without the other noticing. His eyes grew wide then with shock and fear. There was the shelve in his back.

"I wanted to talk to a few people here and your little group seemed interesting. So... what is your name?" Yami was now directly in front of him, almost touching, but never quite getting close enough to actually do.

Yugi swallowed the lump in his throat. The other boy sounded normal, like someone who tried to start a conversation. But he was much too close. Suddenly he remembered the anger he had felt yesterday at the other invading his personal space. He wanted to fight him, push him away. But again, just like yesterday, he felt too weak to move. Those eyes... he looked up to meet them, not able to resist the pull of them any longer. Yami seemed to be pleased by the action, the smile taking on the appearance of a smirk as his amethyst eyes clashed with the ruby ones.

"My... my name?" At the weak attempt to get a clear question out, Yami chuckled, a hand rising to Yugi's cheek, again not touching, only hovering mere inches above the skin, inviting the smaller one to tilt his head to the side to do so.

"I'm... I'm Yugi." He didn't tilt his head to welcome the touch. He didn't want to touch Yami at all. He let himself slide down to the floor, making a quick escape to the side, hurrying to get between two shelves to hide. He took a deep breath, realising just now how much he was out of breath.

"You're standing in my way, twit."

Yugi choked and turned around to again meet dark eyes, this time of a deep brown colour. He jumped back in shock at seeing the weird guy, who looked just like Ryou and at the same time completely different. Then his back hit something solid. He turned around halfway, seeing Yami standing behind him. He had the horrible feeling of being trapped. Fear made him shrink back. He hated the dark, he feared the dark.

"Why are you running away?" Confusion was displayed on Yami's face.

"Because... because..." Yugi looked from one to the other, breaking off and instead asking a question himself. "What were you doing to me?"

"Don't you know?" Yami's eyebrows rose and the weird Bakura-guy started laughing, his voice sounding menacing as he did so. Yugi shook his head, trying to find a way out, though he had to admit that, despite his fear,his curiosity was roused now.

"It's called seduction-charm," Bakura explained, still laughing. Some people standing around sent him dark looks, telling him to be quiet. The white-haired boy sobered then and continued with a low chuckle. "The Taronians – like our Yami here – use their natural power of seduction to get the one they want. To say it bluntly: He wants to bed you."

Yugi's face heated up and he stared at the red-eyed Visitor incredulously. That couldn't be true, could it? Were they making fun of him?!

Yami didn't deny it, just shrugging and Yugi wondered what exactly he had been pulled into again. A Visitor wanted to bed him?!

"That's a sick joke," he said nervously, trying to gain back some of his confidence. "Now, if you don't mind, I'll go on working for my school project."

"It's not a joke." Bakura grinned, looking like he had his sadistic joy at seeing the other boy squirm. "And he still wants to bed you, so you can't just turn him down."

"But I don't want to have sex with him!" Yugi whispered furiously, hoping no one else would hear it. "How can you expect me to?!"

"Why wouldn't you want to?" Yami spoke up, his eyes now looking... normal. They didn't burn into him like before. Yugi was confused. Could what they had said be true? But... a seduction-charm?! That sounded ridiculous.

"Why would I want to?" Yugi asked back.

"He's handsome." Bakura said, pointing at Yami. "Besides that it's said that sex with a Taronian is incredible. So why wouldn't you want to?"

"Because..." Yugi glared. "I don't know him at all."

Expectant silence. "And?" asked Bakura, not at all understanding the point he tried to make. "What has that to do with sex?"

"Well," Yugi chewed on his bottom lip. "Everything."

"Nothing." Yami disagreed. "You don't need to know me to have some fun."

"But sex isn't just about having fun!" Yugi had the urge to run and hide his head under one of the pillows they had thrown around that morning. What a messed up day!

"What would it be about then?" Two curious pairs of eyes watched him.

"Um... Love?!" Yugi waited for them to understand and agree, but the two Visitors just blinked.

"What's that?" Bakura asked, looking at Yami, who shrugged helplessly.

"You can't tell me," Yugi began, breathing in deeply, then slowly out to keep his composure. "you don't know the word 'love' at all. How do you reproduce?"

"Sex." Bakura said. Yugi groaned in desperation and decided to end their conversation, not able to bear it any longer.

"Well, listen." Now that Yugi understood the situation, he felt better... a bit. "I don't want to have sex with someone I don't know and don't love. If you want to have some fun, go look somewhere else."

"No." Yami's stubborn gaze bore into Yugi's suddenly unsure eyes. "I'm not willing to just retreat. I hope you'll accept my apology."

"Why would you apolo-" Yugi yelped as he was pulled behind another shelve by the arm, his back shoved against it roughly. He tried to struggle out of the grip holding him, but somehow he wasn't able to free himself despite all the effort. The corner he had been forced into was dark and unused, no one around to help him. Then suddenly the familiar feeling of something invading his every core crashed back down on him, freezing him to the spot, sending an intense impulse of pleasure down his spine. The charm. Yugi's sanity revolted against the knowledge of being forced to submit to something not being real. Hands were sliding down his sides, massaging the tense muscles there.

"Please, stop that." Yugi moaned, knowing well enough that he was arching into the touch at the same time. He didn't want it, having lost control.

Yami stopped. His hands halted, then he abruptly stepped away from him, watching him intently as Yugi let himself sink to the floor, shaking helplessly.

"Why can't you just enjoy it?" Yami asked, seemingly regretting his little 'test' now.

"It isn't right." The smaller boy shivered. The charm was taken from him and he felt cold. Now he certainly understood why he had been so cold the previous day. "I can't enjoy giving myself to a stranger. How can you do that? Don't you feel dirty? How can it be satisfying to touch me, if there's nothing behind that than lust? I don't want empty touch. I want love."

"Love." Again the lack of understanding. "You seem to exactly know what you are talking about. Then explain. What is that?"

Yugi pulled his knees up to his chest, leaning back against the wood in his back and rubbing his arms to get them to warm up. "Love is the sincere feeling of trust and devotion, a feeling of care for each other. The principle of giving happiness and receiving it in return. It's the ideal everyone yearns for, the perfect feeling of affection."

"It doesn't sound real." Yami said doubtfully. "Did you ever find 'love'?"

"No, I didn't." Yugi looked down at his hands. "And there are many people not believing in it. But I do."

"The charm is supposed to copy that effect." Yami murmured. "Isn't it creating 'love'?"

Laughing dryly, Yugi shook his head. "The false longing your charm instilled into me, wasn't real and it wasn't enough. It felt fake. It couldn't trick me into believing I actually loved you. It's just about physical need. Love is about affirmation, affection. A charm can't copy that."

They fell silent, Yugi trying to get the warmth back into his body, Yami thinking about what was said.

"Let's make a deal." Yami suddenly broke the thick silence. "I'll show you the fun of it and you'll show me what you mean by 'love'."

"Didn't I already say I don't want to?" Yugi growled and stood up in one fluid motion.

"Actually I didn't mean sex." The Visitor grinned amusedly, his ruby eyes twinkling. "All I meant is to... well, kiss."

Yugi's distrust showed as he shifted from one leg to the other uncomfortably, eyeing the stranger cautiously. "You can't guarantee me not to use your charm."

"I won't use it." Yami promised. "What fun would it be to get you without your free will? I hope to get my point across to you whereas you hope to get yours across to me – we would start now, ending the game at the end of the week, because then my vacation period is over and I'll have to go back home, minding my work."

"Well..." Yugi hesitated, but he had always loved games and when did he ever miss such a challenge? "Deal."

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To Be Continued...

Well, how was that? Surprising? Not at all surprising?

Now you surely wonder why Yugi agreed, eh? Well, he has his reasons. Won't he regret acting without thinking much? (grins)

A big Thank You to all the reviewers! I love you! You make my day! I can't believe you go looking for my stories like that!

The next chapter will come soon, it's already half-way typed. This one would have come sooner as well, but didn't allow me to post it. Well, I like this story and it will be continued.

I started to play the computer game "The Sims" with Yu-Gi-Oh!-Characters! It's so sweet to make them couples (squeals) All my imagined fantasies can be visualised!! Some people created such gorgeous skins! They look exactly like the characters from the series! I want to thank those gods who made me so happy!! I will post some of the photos I took in the game on my homepage soon. Maybe you would like to see them!! Whee, Bakura and Ryou dancing!! Seto and Jou kissing!!

Aah, concerning Ryou and Bakura: I love the couple and it's already planned out for the future. So stay tuned.

There's no snow outside anymore. T.T Where did the sunshine come from?! I want Christmas!!