Star Enfinity: Ha! We beat our review record! We believe it was 33 reviews on Falling before, but now it's almost 40 here! (Does happy dance thing.)
Sapphire Gardevoir: (nodding) Yeah. Oh. We realized that yesterday's chapter strayed a little bit from almost everything, what with the humor and randomness. But let's try to get serious here.
Star Enfinity: Serious? What is this 'serious' you speak of?
Sapphire Gardevoir: No really. Let's add some drama and ohhh how about some yy? We all love some of that.
Star Enfinity: Yuugi's emotions begin to run high when Atemu…!
Sapphire: Shh! Don't give it away! Just read it please!
Yuugi's heart pounded against his chest. The two of them had made it home in one piece, an amazing feat, and now the shock was finally setting in. Especially for Atemu. He slumped down against the wall, breathing as hard as Yuugi.
Yuugi managed to catch his breath. "Atemu. Never let me leave home without the puzzle. Ever again." (See, I figure that this is why he always has it with him.)
Atemu nodded enthusiastically. "Yes, indeed."
"Yuugi?"
The teen looked at the half open door. Bakura ran past Atemu up to him. "Are you okay? I saw you running down town. I thought you were in trouble."
"I'm okay really."
While Bakura tended to Yuugi, Atemu began to get up. He glowered at Bakura's back like he was looking at the devil himself. In his opinion, he was!
"Bakura!" He yelled. "Get your claws off of him."
Bakura stopped and slowly turned to face Atemu's glare. "So pharaoh." He spat the last word like poison. "You are here. I had thought as much."
Yuugi looked between the two confused. "You two know each other? How!"
"It's a long story Yuugi."
"One." Bakura started. "That I am willing to tell."
(Get something to drink people.)
"I suppose you have already told him the story of your father's death? Yes? Well did you also tell him about how your father destroyed my village?" He looked at Yuugi. "Did he?"
"No. Bakura-"
"Shut up! I will tell you. It was a long time ago. His father sent an army of soldiers to attack my small village. A thief had taken refuge there after stealing from the palace but did they ask us where he was? No. You pillaged everything! You killed my friends, my family! Everyone! I had escaped thanks to my brother. He gave his life to save mine, and I was not going to let it be in vain! I trained for years, meeting another from my village along the way. Though you don't deserve to know his name, he was a great warrior already. So when we teamed up, we went in search of the pharaoh's heir. You Atemu."
He turned to look at Atemu. "When we saw how heavily you were guarded, we tried to draw you out by destroying anything close to you. We saw that you had a lover. A pretty young girl."
Atemu's eyes widened. Sakusa…'How dare he bring up her memory.'
"Yes." He continued. "We saw you to together. When you least expected it, we killed her. Of course, I had left you a note, with directions to find her. To bad you were to late."
"Bakura.." Atemu seethed. "You will leave this house. Now!"
"Dear Atemu. I am not finished. You remember leaving Sakusa's body after that? I do. You just left her body where it dropped the next morning. I brought her back to life, and convinced her that it was your fault. She believed me, and she is alive today. She is looking for you, and she wants to kill you."
He took one last look at their faces and smirked. "Good day."
Bakura clapped and black lights swirled around him, and in an instant, the lights shot out the door taking Bakura's body with them.
/Atemu/
/…/
Yuugi sighed. After Bakura left, Atemu went back inside the puzzle claiming he was tired. He hadn't come out in three hours. He wouldn't talk to Yuugi either. The light began to get desperate, and approached Atemu's door, but it wouldn't open like it used to.
/Atemu please tell me what's wrong. I can help./
/…Yuugi./ At least he got him to say something.
/Yes/
/I'm sorry. None of this should have happened. Now you are in danger because of me. I think it would be best if you took apart the puzzle./
/What? I'm not going to do that! No one deserves to be locked up for hundreds of years, no matter what you may have done before./
/…/
/Let me in. You have to./ He banged on the door to show his frustration. Slowly it opened, inviting Yuugi in.
/Thank you./
He walked in, the shadows hissed and snapped at his feet wanting to devour his innocent soul, but held back by their master's will.
/I wish you'd get rid of those things. They're gonna ruin my shoes./
As if commanded, they slithered back into the dark, hissing and snapping all the way.
/Um. Thanks/
Atemu sat on the floor. His head turned from the floor to see Yuugi looking at him sympathetically.
"Atemu? What are you doing on the floor? Don't you have a bed in here or something?" He sat down next to him.
"No Yuugi."
Yuugi fiddled with a pebble on the floor, feeling very awkward. He had a question to ask him, but he had a feeling it would bring up unwanted feelings in Atemu.
"I..I just wanted to know. Who was Sakusa? But you don't have to answer if you don't want to. Though if you want to get it out in the open, I'll listen too."
"Yuugi. I havn't told you about her for a reason. A reason that I'm not so willing to share."
"That's fine if you don't want to. But you can always tell me anything."
Yuugi stopped to let Atemu ponder his words. The teen looked over lightly to maybe read his expression. He couldn't help notice that, in the dim lighting of his soul room, Atemu's already red eyes glowed purple, and his skin looked darker. His golden bangs fell around his face dramatically, giving him a very regal look. Well, he would look a lot more so if he wasn't so upset.
'No wonder he had a girlfriend so young. I'd jump at the chanse to..gah! Don't think things like that! He's pactically your brother. Not really, but. We are both guys, that's just weird! But, I can't help but be attracted to him. He's beautiful, in a guy sort of way.'
"Yuugi?"
Atemu noticed his blush. "Are you to warm?" His voice dropped the depressed tone, and he sounded concerned.
"No I'm just fine." 'Yeah.' He thought. 'Just peachy.'