Two arrows shot through the air striking Pegasus in the side making the flying horse cry out in pain. Looking down the narrow road, Yami smiled when saw Seto with another arrow cocked and ready to fire at the demon.

Pegasus was still in the air, so the battle was far from over. Transforming into a cat, Yami jumped up onto a pile of boxes as he made his way to the rooftops. Settling on top of someone's home, Yami crouched down and waited for Pegasus to get close enough.

On the ground, Seto continued firing arrows at the flying demon but now he had the disadvantage of not being able to catch Pegasus by surprise. The flying horse was swooping low, trying to knock the demon hunter down but Seto was too quick.

'Left', Yami silently commanded; he needed Pegasus closer.

Running fast over the hard dirt ground, Seto darted towards where Yami was secretly waiting. Behind the demon hunter Pegasus flew fast, the tips of his front hooves within touching distance of Seto's back.

The brunet hunter was close to Yami now. Timing it right, Yami jumped forward transforming into a leopard in mid air.

Heavily he landed onto Pegasus' back, digging his teeth into the other demon's neck. Frantically trying to rid Yami, Pegasus flew straight up in the air. As the higher Pegasus flew, Yami found himself losing his grip. Releasing his hold, Yami tumbled to the ground.

"Yami!" Seto yelled, watching in horror as his partner crashed onto the ground. Forgetting momentary about Pegasus, Seto rushed towards the fallen leopard and kneeled down at his side. Yami was still breathing but he was unconscious and Seto did not know how seriously the demon's injuries were.

Distracted with Yami, Seto didn't see Pegasus' attack until the strong hooves landed square on into his back.

Being forced over Yami's leopard body, Seto twisted around and pulled free his sword. With a quick swipe back at the demon, Seto hit nothing but air as the winged horse flew back up into the sky.

Forcing to momentary forget about the cat demon, Seto eyed the skies as he attempted to track Pegasus. The bright sun scorched down upon the village making it difficult to find the demon; it was clear Pegasus had plenty of experience using the sun to his advantage.

"Where is rain when you need it," Seto quietly grumbled as he squinted against the brightness. Although he hated to admit it, he could use the help of Yami's demon friends at the moment.

From his right Pegasus attacked, not from the sky but from the ground running out from an alleyway catching the demon hunter off guard once again. Pegasus reared onto his hind legs, kicking at Seto's arm with his front ones. The sword grasped in Seto's hand went flying away as the demon hunter fell to the ground. Pegasus' strong hooves came crashing down, one hitting his shoulder, the other his hip. Seto cried out in pain as he felt bones break. The hooves came crashing down again and this time one nicked him on his head causing the demon hunter to black out.

Slowly Yami stirred back to consciousness; there was a heavy pounding in his head and his back was sore but he was alive. 'What happened?' he wondered turning back into a human. His memory was fuzzy; the last thing he remembered was leaping onto Pegasus' back.

'Seto!' his mind cried and he frantically began to search for his future mate. To his horror he found the demon hunter laying on the ground with the other demon towering over him.

"Stop it!" he cried out

Stumbling over to Seto, Yami threw his body over the brunet's and closed his eyes. Someone he knew that Pegasus wouldn't want to intentionally hurt him; his anger wasn't directed at demons.

"Why do you protect him?" Opening his eyes, Yami raised his head and looked at Pegasus who was back in his human form. "He's a human."

"He is my mate," Yami corrected him. "I am trying to help him just as you would help your own mate."

"Cynthia…" Pegasus quietly whispered. Taking a chance, Yami decided to keep talking.

"What would Cynthia think of what you've done? She gave her life to protect humans but all want to do is destroy her hard work."

Pegasus seemed to be in a daze as the mere mention of his lover's name brought back memories. "They deserved to die. She helped them and then they killed her."

"Those humans were bad but all are not like that. There's so much more you can do to honor her death."

"You don't know how it is; she was my world."

"She wouldn't want you killing innocent humans. Children are being killed in your rampage! They deserve the chance to be taught that demons are not monsters; but they'll never learn that if demons like you keep on massacring them."

"And what would you do if your mate was killed by a human?"

"Right now the only person I have to worry about killing Seto is you. You're becoming just like those you hate."

The sobbing of a young child could be heard nearby. "Mommy!" the young girl cried out.

"Cynthia…"

"Think about what she would have wanted, not what you want!" Yami begged.

"The pain, the pain won't end!"

Yami saw the anger flare up in Pegasus' eye once again and knew that there was no way he would be able to convince the other demon to stop his destruction. The pain in the winged horse's heart was too great; even if the did stop killing humans he would never find the tranquility he was looking for. Only through death would he meet Cynthia again and be at peace.

Stealthily pulling free Seto's dagger from its holder on his belt, Yami lunged forward jabbing the dagger through Pegasus' chest before he could transform again. With a thud the demon fell backwards and landed on the ground in a pool of blood.

"Thank you," Pegasus whispered to Yami as his one eye fell close; a minute later his breathing stilled.

Crawling back over to Seto, the buzzing in Yami's head grew more intense. Reaching his mate, Yami collapsed next to him and fell into darkness.

Crimson eyes blinked open to find it black all around. Yami could feel he was on a bed but he had no clue where he was. "Seto?" he called out only to get the reply of a female.

"Shh…relax…"

"Shizuka?"

"Yes." The silhouette of the young demon girl hovered in front of Yami's vision as she damped his forehead with a wet cloth. "You are at my house. Your friend Malik helped me bring you here after what happened this afternoon."

"Where's Seto?" Yami asked in a panicky voice.

"On the bed next to yours." Yami turned his head to the left; on another bed a few meters away he could make out Seto's form in the dark.

"Is he okay?"

"He hasn't woken up yet but I'm sure he'll be fine."

Yami struggled to sit up. "I want to be with him." Shizuka however shoved him back down.

"You need rest," she argued. "You had a nasty fall this afternoon and need to worry about your own recovery."

Yami didn't argue further as he groaned and fell back to sleep.

The next day Yami woke again.

With Shizuka not around, Yami stumbled to his feet; his body ached from the fight the day before and he moaned as he took small steps towards Seto's bed before falling into a chair next to it.

To Yami's relief, Seto's breaths were even. "I'm not going to lose you," he murmured as he placed a kiss to the demon hunter's forehead. Thinking of Pegasus, Yami wondered he would do if his future mate had died.

A rumble in his stomach forced Yami away from his love. Wandering out the door, Yami found Malik seated at the table where he once had tea with Shizuka and Seto; that day now seemed a long time ago.

"Hey you're up! Better not let Shizuka see you or she'll be mad. Bitchy female hormones are one of the many reasons why I am gay. "

"Where is she anyway?" Yami asked as he sat down next to Malik. The blond human was drinking some tea and had a bowl of oatmeal in front of him. Yami immediately stole the oatmeal and began shoving it into his mouth. Fortunately Malik didn't mind.

"The market; she said she needed supplies for the stew she's making tonight."

"What happened yesterday?"

"While hiding I could still hear what was happening; when things quieted down I decided to investigate and found you two."

"And Pegasus?"

Malik shook his head. "The other man was dead. Was he another friend of yours?"

"No; he was demon who was attacking the villages," Yami explained forgetting that Malik was an outsider.

"Why would he do that?" Malik asked with a confused look on his face. "I know humans and demons don't exactly get along but that doesn't justify slaughtering humans."

"Humans killed his wife."

"Oh."

Malik remained quiet for a few minutes before speaking again. "You're a demon aren't you?"

Yami paled and stopped eating. "What makes you say that?"

"You have the same eyes as the hunter's cat. Plus you wear the same bell as the cat…"

"Do you care?"

Malik snorted. "You saved my life. Even if I did have a problem, I owe you one."

"Thank you."

Finishing up his meal, Yami headed back into the other room to check on Seto. The demon hunter was still passed out and Yami was slowly growing concern. Bending over his love, Yami was surprised to see two blue eyes snap open.

"Seto?"

"Hey," the brunet replied in a tired voice. "What happened to Pegasus?"

"Dead."

Seto re-closed his eyes. "Good; now Mokuba can rest in peace."

"Hey stay awake; you've been out a long time."

"I've earned my rest."

Yami kissed him hard. "You're not leaving me," he murmured against the brunet's mouth.

"I was trampled by a horse; I need sleep so I can recover. I want to make the trip to Mokuba's grave as soon as possible."

A grin crossed Yami's lips as he understood. "I'll let you rest then."

Later that afternoon, Seto was awake again. Malik stayed around long enough to see that he was all right before heading off on his own adventure. Malik still had plans on finding Bakura and wanted to leave now that he was no longer welcome; Yami had no clue whether or not the blond knew that Bakura was also a demon but it was little concern to him.

Yami, himself was feeling a lot better. His body no longer ached when he moved; demons had a quicker recovery time than humans so Yami was almost back to normal from his fall. Much to Seto's annoyance the cat demon constantly hung around waiting on him.

"I don't need help," Seto snarled, holding his broken arm close to his body. Seto was sitting up in bed and was attempting to eat the stew Shizuka had prepared that evening. Yami however had other plans and wanted to hand feed it to Seto.

Yami rolled his eyes and spooned himself some of the stew, keeping it in his mouth instead of swallowing it; leaning forward he kissed Seto's lips, transferring the stew from his mouth to Seto's before moving away and watching the demon hunter gulping down the food.

"Still don't what me to feed you?" Yami asked with a smirk on his face before lifting the spoon up to his mouth once more.

Seto shook his head no before they kissed again.

"Are you sure the girl isn't around?" Seto grumbled as he lowered himself in the large wooden tub of water. After three days of lying in bed, Yami had determined that the demon hunter's injuries were well enough so that Seto could move around a bit. The cat demon had then insisted that Seto needed a bath.

"Shizuka knows what we're up to and went to pick wild flowers."

Seto continued to quietly grumble as Yami picked up a cloth and began washing him. The cloth roamed over Seto's body, lightly lingering on his chest as Yami took his time making sure that every part of the brunet's body got clean.

"I'm beginning to think this was all a scheme by you to feel me up."

Yami glared at him. "You still had dried blood all over you."

Seto shut up and allowed Yami to finish washing him. Both were well aware that things could have turned out differently in the battle.

"Alright, you're done," Yami finally announced. He then proceeded to help the demon hunter stand up and wrapped a towel around Seto's waist for him.

"Thank you," Seto quietly murmured as Yami helped him limp back his bed in the other room.

"I want to leave soon."

"You're not healed yet," Yami replied as he examined Seto's arm. "Besides, Shizuka's father said we could stay as long as we wanted so it's not like we're getting kicked out."

Seto clasped Yami's wrist with his good hand. "Yami…I need to visit Mokuba…"

Yami saw the intense look in Seto's eyes and sighed. "Get some sleep; we'll leave in the morning."

Seto leaned heavily on the walking stick that Yami had given him. "Do you need a break?" the cat demon asked from where he was standing next to the demon hunter.

"I should ask you that," Seto grumbled shooting him a glare. "You're the one who's use to riding around on my shoulders."

Yami rolled his eyes. "I'm just trying to help here."

Seto sighed. "I know; I'm just frustrated. I'm not use to being hurt."

Yami smiled as he leaned over and kissed Seto's cheek. "I know."

A week later, Seto and Yami arrived at the place; a grassy field a mile from Seto's home village. A small pile of stones marked the grave, which was located under a tall tree. On their journey, Seto had explained to Yami that when they were younger, Seto had spent hours climbing the tree with Mokuba always attempting to follow him without success. As a carefree child, Mokuba dreamed for the day he would be able to climb the tree but that day never came thanks to Pegasus.

Yami stood next to Seto as they both silently stared down at the grave. Eventually his fingers latched onto Seto's hand and squeezed it tightly.

That night Yami and Seto found themselves at the inn of Seto's hometown. Hungrily Seto kissed Yami's lips, needing comfort. Visiting Mokuba's grave had released a flood of emotions from the demon hunter who had not been back there since he began his quest to find the demon who killed his brother.

Yami eagerly responded to the demon hunter's affection, holding the brunet tightly against his body. Seto's kisses became frantic and intense as he laid back on the bed, pulling Yami down on top of him.

"Your arm," Yami whispered, sitting up, not wanting to damage it further. Seto's broken arm had been recovering nicely and the cat demon did not want any setbacks.

With a growl low in his throat, Seto one handedly began undoing the stings that held Yami's leather pants together.

"Seto?"

"You can help by stripping naked," Seto bluntly told him.

"Are you sure about this?"

"Yes! Now will you help me and get our clothes off!"

Yami smiled and nodded his head. Slipping his hands up under his leather shirt, Yami pulled the garment over his head and threw it to the floor. Rising slightly off of Seto's body, Yami's undone pants slid down his legs, which he immediately kicked away, leaving him only wearing the ribbon with bell on it around his neck.

Seto clothes quickly disappeared as well thanks to Yami. "You're going to have to lay still while I ride you," Yami commanded meeting Seto's ocean blue eyes with his red ones. "Your hip is still injured."

Seto kissed him hard once again. "Humans are not as delicate as you seem to think," he murmured against Yami's soft lips. "You have five seconds to get me inside of you or I'm taking matters into my own hands."

Yami softly meowed as Seto went back to kissing him; exploring the cat demon's mouth with his tongue. Rising up slightly, Yami slowly lowered himself purring delightfully as he was filled.

Cold wind whipped around the lone body as a cloaked person stepped through the deep snow walking towards a cottage near the center of the village. Stalking up the short steps, a heavy hand pounded on the wooden door.

"What?" a voice snarled from the other side. Gradually the door creaked open revealing a male figure with long white hair.

Angry violet eyes glared at the other male from under the hood of the cloak. Wordlessly, cold tanned hands reached up and removed the hood to reveal a mass of blond hair; the white haired figured paled when he recognized the face.

"Malik?"

"You're in big trouble," Malik angrily replied as he shoved his way into the cottage. The door slammed shut behind him and the yelling began as Malik chewed the fire demon out for leaving him.

A/N – That's it for this story. Kitty Yami and Demon Hunter Seto will be back in their next adventure shortly.