Zypher: Thank you all for your wonderful reviews. Yes, I have been slow on my updates but there will be more chapters to my stories soon but for now, enjoy the second chapter to Love Can Have a Blind Eye.
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Love Can Have a Blind Eye
Chapter 2
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When Yugi woke up the next morning, he looked down to see that there was nothing on the floor and he thought that whatever brought him back from the forest last night left. He went to get dressed for school, which he really didn't want to go, but he stepped on Aqua's tail for it was swaying back and forth from under the bed. He heard a yelp and the sound of something hitting the frame and looked down to see he accidentally stepped on his tail.
He moved his foot quickly and looked under his bed to see whatever it was rubbing his head, still not making out what Aqua could be from the shadows of his bed. "Oh, I am so sorry! I didn't mean to step on your tail." Yugi apologized and Aqua just nodded his head as he slipped away from under his bed. Yugi gasped at the dragon and Aqua looked to him silently. He then noticed that the dragon was blind and felt sympathy for him as he walked over to him. "What is your name?" Yugi asked, taking the other's hand in his own soft hands and Aqua looked down to him. "I'm Aqua. What's yours?" Aqua asked, feeling emotions that he never felt before after hearing the small child's voice.
"I'm Motou Yugi. Did you bring me home last night?" Yugi asked moving to sit down on the bed and led Aqua to sit beside him. He did as the boy wanted and looked to him once more. "Yes, I saw you in the forest last night and I couldn't leave you there where vicious animals can get you easily." Aqua whispered. "But, how did you know where I lived? We just met today." Yugi questioned, looking up into the glazed eye of the dragon. "Call it a hunch." Aqua replied with a small smile, not wanting the boy to learn of those that truly lived in the forest even though he knew that the boy was thinking of how a live dragon could be here in town to begin with.
Yugi looked over to his alarm clock and gasped when he saw the time. "Oh no, I'm going to be late for school! I'm sorry Aqua but I need to go." Yugi said as he let go of the dragon's claw and went to get dressed. Aqua couldn't watch him but he followed his every movement from sound from the bed. "Would you like me to accompany you? I can feel a great pain reside within you. You don't want to go to school, am I correct?" Aqua asked and Yugi looked to him before nodding.
"Yes, I hate going to school. I'm a loner and everyone practically hates me there. I have no friends and my grandpa in is the hospital with cancer. They say he might not survive." Yugi murmured, sounding heartbroken. Aqua got up from the bed and following the same scent of strawberries, he stood beside Yugi and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry. I'll be your friend, Yugi. You don't deserve to be alone." Aqua whispered and Yugi smiled softly.
'I met him just now and he's already a friend to me. Could this be true or is he just doing this out of pity?' he thought. Aqua heard his thoughts and felt sad that he would think he was being his friend out of pity. 'I would never do such a thing. He deserves someone more than a friend. Just like Yami and I.' Aqua thought as he looked down to him. "Well, are you ready to go? I'll give you a ride there." Aqua said. "Are you sure? I don't want you to hurt yourself as you are blind." Yugi said as he led Aqua down the stairs. "I'm only half-blind but even like this, I shouldn't have any problems." Aqua replied as Yugi put on his shoes and went into the kitchen to get him something to munch on for breakfast. He came back with two strawberry nutrient bars and gave one to Aqua who happily accepted a morsel of the human realm.
They left to head outside once they were done with their small breakfast and Yugi was lifted onto Aqua's back. The teen held onto the golden broad collar he wore as he unfurled his wings and flew up into the air. With a little help from Yugi, they were on their way to school and Yugi's somewhat impending doom.
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Yami and the others were at the edge of the borderline that separated the shadow kingdom from the human world. "Are you sure this is a good idea, Yami? I mean, what if something could happen to us as well." Bakura muttered from Crimson's back. "He does have a point there." Toben said. He was a close friend to Marik as Ruby is a close friend and somewhat half sibling to Seto and Crimson is a close friend to Bakura, the two known well as the two troublemakers.
"Well, we have to. We can't leave Aqua out there alone where Pegasus can see him as clear as day. Not just that but I do worry about what the humans will do if they see him." Yami spoke as he got off Niore's back. He turned to the beast and patted his snout. "I must go out to the human world and I don't want to risk your life there. Will you stay here?" Yami asked and Niore whimpered slightly before he nodded, licking at Yami's cheek playfully.
He smiled and pets the beast's snout before pulling out some decayed meat, a favorite among nightmare gargoyles, from the pouch he carried and gave it to Niore. He took the meat happily before he walked off back into the forest. "Ok, let's get moving before Pegasus does." Yami ordered and they nodded as they stepped foot into a new world.
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Aqua landed with a little difficulty but Yugi was there to help him out. He jumped off his back and smiled up to him. "Thank you for the ride here, Aqua." Yugi said as he took hold of Aqua's collar and led him over to the school building, many people in awe and shock of seeing Aqua. Some of the students that bullied Yugi stayed away but Ushio wasn't intimidated and came over to where Yugi and Aqua were standing. "Well, well. Seems you brought a friend to help you, brat. Where's my money?" Ushio demanded. "I told you, I don't have it. All the sales we make in the shop are going to my grandfather's treatments." Yugi said from beside Aqua who stayed silent.
"Well, you know what happens when you don't bring my money, kid, and you haven't for the last three months." Ushio growled, cracking his knuckles and started to advance to the younger. Aqua felt the boy shivering in fright behind him along with his mind in turmoil and glared at Ushio with his glazed eye, distinguishing his dirty scent of blood and trash from his position. "Leave him alone." Aqua snapped with a strict voice. Ushio stopped and looked to the dragon that Yugi hid behind. "Yeah? And what are you going to do about it; you're blind." Ushio hissed as he advanced onto his new target.
Yugi stepped back into the crowd that was gathering around. He feared for Aqua's safety but he was willing to protect him. 'Maybe he thinks I'm more to him that just a friend.' Yugi thought as he watched. Ushio stood in front of Aqua, trying to make himself look intimidating to the sitting dragon. He made a swing to his face. With swiftness no one expected, Aqua grabbed his fist without moving an inch. Ushio was appalled and tried to get his fist from his grip but it was useless as the dragon's grip tightened and he cried out in pain as he started to feel bone crack. Aqua pulled him down until he was staring at Ushio straight into his eyes and that scared him when he stared right back into that soulless red eye.
"I will tell you this only once, leave Yugi alone or face my wrath. I am going to watch over him for as long as I'm here and if I catch you trying to hurt him again, you will end up dead." Aqua hissed, his glazed eye narrowed as he picked up Ushio with ease and with a forceful swing, threw the boy far, close to where the other wall that surrounded the school was. Considering the distance, that was pretty far seeing at they were only standing near the entrance. Some of the kids cheered while others started talking with Yugi and asked where he met him. Then only person that didn't care about what happened was Anzu. She was staring at the dragon with interest.
'Hmm, a dragon here in Domino High. I didn't think such a myth could exist in reality. This could turn out interesting but I need to get the brat out my way. That shouldn't be too hard seeing as the poor thing is blind. He would need someone who can suit his needs and I'm going to make sure I'm the one and only.' Anzu thought as she left into the school building. After all the commotion, Yugi made some new friends. Their names were Ryou, Kaiser, Malik, Diamond, Jounouchi and Topaz. Yugi was glad to have friends but what worried him was they being friends with him only to be around Aqua? Ryou and Diamond looked truthful enough as they said they were just starting school today, being exchange students and all but what about Malik, Jounouchi, Topaz and Kaiser?
They were here much longer and like many others, ignored his existence. But Yugi didn't worry about it anymore as the first bell rung and they left to head into their classes. Aqua walked back over to Yugi and placed his head upon his shoulder. "Are you alright? You seemed unhappy." Aqua murmured. Yugi shook his head. "It's nothing Aqua." Yugi whispered. He quietly nuzzled Yugi's neck, making the small boy blush lightly. "I don't think it's nothing. Tell me, what's bothering you so much to make your mind not at ease?" Aqua asked.
He couldn't say no to the purring voice beside him and sighed softly. "Well, I made some new friends but I'm worried that they are only being friends with me because you're around. If you leave, they just might leave me alone just like before. I can trust Ryou and Diamond but I don't know about the others." Yugi spoke honestly, close on the verge of tears. Aqua nuzzled him again and led him to the school doors. "Don't let that be your fear, Yugi. They will still be your friends even if I did leave you but I won't be doing that for a long time." Aqua said. 'Or at least until Yami finds me if he's willing to come out into the human world.' Aqua thought.
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As the day progressed, Yugi conversed with a lot of students that wanted to more about Aqua. He tried his best to answer many of their questions but he didn't know Aqua that well so many gave up as Aqua wasn't willing to talk with them unless Yugi wanted him to. He didn't want the others to become a burden on him and his personal life. Soon, it was lunch and after he got his, he and Aqua went out to the outside tables and sat under one of the fully bloomed sakura trees. Aqua had his head nestled in Yugi's lap and as much as the small boy was blushing, he fed Aqua some of the fruit he'd gotten. But the peace was short lived as Anzu came over. Yugi sighed when he saw her. "What do you want Anzu?" Yugi asked.
"Well, I want to meet with your cute new friend, Yugi. Is that too much to ask?" Anzu responded. 'Yeah, that would be a lot coming from you.' Yugi thought. Aqua gagged as the disgusting smell that wafted down to where he lied and looked over to her direction. "As much as you would like to meet me, I would rather not speak to you. Yugi has had enough with those that want to know more about me and I do as well." Aqua said and Yugi looked down to him with a small smile.
Anzu gaped at his response before she huffed and left. 'That brat is getting too close to him, I have to break them up before Aqua leaves back to where he came from.' Anzu thought. "Thank you for getting rid of her, Aqua." Yugi said. Aqua nodded and turned over so that he was lying on his back, his head still on Yugi's lap. "I will do anything for you, Yugi, for you are my eyes now." Aqua said softly and lifted his head up a bit to lick under Yugi's chin with his long-forked tongue, making the small boy blush a few shades of red.
As the lunch period went on, Yugi and Aqua stayed peacefully under the sakura tree but before the period was over, Yugi's new friends came over and Aqua lifted himself up from Yugi's lap so they won't think other thoughts at the moment. Yugi missed the warmth of Aqua's head leaning against his lap but he didn't think about it anymore as his friend sat beside him. "So, this was where you were hiding out all along, why didn't ya come find us, Yugi?" Jounouchi asked. "Well, I had some thoughts about what happened this morning." Yugi started, looking over to Jounouchi and Kaiser.
"What was on your mind, Yugi?" Diamond asked. "Well, after Aqua took care of Ushio, you all became my friends and I'm happy for that. But then my past came back on me and it made me wonder if you guys will leave me once Aqua does if he plans to." Yugi said. "Oh no, we wouldn't leave you. We have just never seen you much before and this was our first time seeing you around. For as long as we been in this school, we never saw you once Yugi. What happen this morning changed our minds completely, seeing Ushio trying to beat the crap out of you for money. I don't know why the principal just doesn't send him out already before he hurts someone worse than that kid that owed him." Malik argued.
Yugi looked over to him. "So, it was true that Ushio almost killed another kid before?" Yugi asked. Ryou and Diamond was curious as well. "Yeah, it may be old news but to every freshman, this would be something to fear about. You see, when that kid came into school, Ushio automatically came up to him and offered to show him around for a small fee of 100,000 yen. The kid refused and made Ushio mad. So each day, he was beat up by Ushio, each one more painful than the last. "When the kid still refused to give him money, Ushio dragged him behind the school after the day was over and beat the kid til he was left barely breathing and before he could do more, the teachers caught him and called an ambulance to get the kid. We don't see him no more as he transferred but I still can't believe after what happen, the principal still lets him come back to school." Topaz explained.
"That's horrible! I'm glad he didn't find us yet." Ryou whispered. "Well, whether he does or not, I will not let him harm you. You are true friends to Yugi and I will gladly help when needed." Aqua said after a moment of silence, angry at Ushio for what he has done to an innocent child. 'You will pay for this. I may not kill you now but I'll be glad to take away a part of your soul.' Aqua thought viciously.
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After school, Yugi waved goodbye to everyone before Aqua flew off. Anzu secretly followed behind them, wanting to get another chance at making the dragon be at her side and not Yugi's.
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Yami spotted a shadow with his sharp eyesight from their position on the roof and seeing as it was too big for the common bird and that its flight pattern seemed a bit off, he knew it was Aqua. "You guys! I found him!" Yami exclaimed and the others turned to where he was looking. "Well, that's him but who does he have on his back?" Seto asked.
"I don't know, but I'm going to find out. You guys stay here." Yami said as he started to jump from roof to roof with the grace and agility of a cat, following Aqua down to the game shop.
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Aqua landed a little better than the other times he did before and Yugi slid off his back and smiled up to him before taking his collar in hand and went inside. From the roof, Yami was appalled at the small child that was taking care of Aqua and soon, started to feel emotions that he wouldn't have thought possible to feel for a human. 'Could he be the one that we sought for?' Yami thought before he saw a girl with short brunette hair coming to the shop and could sense the evil intention she was planning to do. Yami didn't want to come in between the humans so soon and stayed back, knowing Aqua will do something about her soon enough.
'Hopefully, he will not kill this wretched girl in front of the boy. That will not be the proper way to gain a human's trust.' Yami thought. Aqua lied on his back on the couch, opaque eye closed as he slept peacefully. Yugi sat beside him, running a hand through the spikes that lined his head. He was shocked to see that his other eye that was covered by the veil of spikes that curled around his face was completely white because of a faded scar in the form of an exploding star when he asked about it a few minutes ago. Aqua showed what hid behind the spikes to him and Yugi felt sad to see that the poor dragon had to endure this. Now he wished to help Aqua in any way to cure this problem.
But the only problem was how?
He heard the bell in the game shop ring and he got up to see who it was and groaned to see it was Anzu again. "Anzu, Aqua told you to leave him alone. He had enough with everyone trying to know about his personal life." Yugi snapped. "I don't care, squirt. If you want, I'll take him off your hands. He doesn't deserve someone as pathetic as you to nurture and care for him." Anzu huffed. "I don't care, he was nice to help me get back home yesterday and I will help him as much as I can. He trusts me and I trust him, Anzu. Now leave and stop bugging him." Yugi growled before he left back into the living room.
She huffed again and turned to leave once more but she turned back once more to yell out one more thing. "You will not have him for long, brat! He will be with me and I'll take care of him better than you can ever imagine!" Anzu yelled before she left, slamming the door behind her as she walked home. Yugi sighed when he heard the door slam which woke Aqua and he looked around. "Yugi, what happened?" Aqua asked as he looked around for the smaller boy. He walked back into the room and saw Aqua was awake and started to explain what happened a few minutes ago.
Aqua growled when he heard about what Anzu was trying to do. She was trying to force Yugi to give him up and was angry for that. 'She will pay for trying to do such. I belong with Yugi and nothing will change that.' Aqua thought as he beckoned Yugi to come over to him and when he did, he wrapped his arms around him. "Don't worry about her. She will never take me from you and I will deal with her personally if she tries to hurt you in any way." Aqua said and Yugi smiled and he hugged the dragon.
"Aqua, do you think that there is a way to fix your sight?" Yugi asked. "I don't know but I really do hope there is a way. I hate being this way, especially while I'm staying with such a sweet and caring person like you." Aqua cooed. Yugi blushed again but still hugged the dragon. "Thank you, Aqua. I'm glad to have met someone like you." Yugi whispered.
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From outside, Yami heard their small conversation and smiled at the boy. 'He really does care for Aqua. Maybe he can stay for a while longer but I need to keep an eye out for Pegasus.' Yami thought as he jumped upon the roof once more and left to head where his friends were waiting. When they saw him come back, Seto questioned him first. "So, what happened to Aqua?" he asked. "He's fine. He's very content staying with a smaller human that remarkably looks like me. I would have retrieved him but he seems so devoted to helping the smaller child. I'm letting him stay here a little while longer but we need to find a place to stay as well so we can keep an eye out for Pegasus. Make sure he doesn't learn that Aqua came here to the human realm." Yami said.
They nodded as they went separate ways to find where they can stay for a few days. Along the way, Seto, Bakura and Marik found Yugi's friends and each were attracted to one of them but because Yami didn't want to mess with the humans too much during the time they were to stay here and bring Aqua back, they couldn't meet them. And as much as they would like to, they couldn't.
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"Come on Ryou, we better hurry home now." Diamond called, Crimson keeping a close eye on her from above. "Coming Diamond!" Ryou spoke as he took the small kitten he found and followed her. 'Ryou, such a charming name.' Bakura thought. "What should we do, Bakura? I feel such an attraction to the girl but we can't interfere." Crimson said.
"I know but I will figure out a way how we can meet with them before we have to head back. I would never think that I would want to be so close to a human but there's something about him that changes that." Bakura murmured and Crimson had to nod at that as they left once more to find somewhere to stay.
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"Malik, hurry up! We need to get home before Isis gives us more chores again for being late!" Topaz said as he ran ahead of Malik. "Yeah, yeah. I know!" Malik said as he caught up with the other.
'By Ra, I wish I can meet him but Yami doesn't want us to enter the life of a human just yet. I really hope that I can be with this tanned beauty called Malik.' Marik thought as he and Toben left after Malik and Topaz went inside their home a few blocks away from where they stood.
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'Such a cute and pretty puppy. I would mind taking him back to the kingdom once we're done here.' Seto thought as he watched the golden-haired boy walked to the rundown apartment that he and Kaiser lived in. Normally, Seto and Ruby would follow Yami's orders as he is king but he felt a great pain in the boy's mind and followed them back to where they lived. Seeing that they lived in a rundown place didn't suit them at all. They will stay and protect them from now on. When they went inside, they spied from the nearby window.
"Dad! We're home!" Jounouchi called out as they looked around for said person. They walked further into the house but Kaiser was unexpectedly hit with a beer bottle, knocking him unconscious as he was unaware and left his guard down. Jounouchi turned quickly to see his father there, obviously drunk and holding the broken beer bottle in hand. "Where have you been?" he hissed. "We were just walkin' home. We're not late." Jounouchi whispered. "Well, whether you're here on time or not, I still need errands to be done and you weren't here to take your responsibilities. Now you have to be punished." He growled as he held up the bottle and made a move to hit Jounouchi but he dodged the blow and backed away, never knowing that someone watched the whole thing with angered sapphire eyes.
"Please, I still can do yer errands, just don't hurt me!" Jounouchi pleaded with the older man but he didn't listen as he mercifully beat upon the smaller teen until he went unconscious as well. "That will show you." Jou's father said as he stumbled out of the room once more. Outside, Seto growled when he saw Jounouchi being beaten. 'How could he?!' Seto thought angrily. "To heck with what Yami wants us to do. I'm going in to help him." Seto growled as leathery, sapphire wings came out from his back and he flew down to the window, opening it silently and slipped inside, Ruby following behind him. "Ruby, help them and get them somewhere safe. I'll take care of their wretched father." Seto said and Ruby nodded as he picked up Jounouchi and Kaiser and left.
Seto walked into the room Jounouchi's father went into and saw the man passed out asleep. 'I may hate you now but you are still Jounouchi's father so I won't hurt you too much.' Seto thought as he held out a clawed hand over his mouth and a wispy smoke started to rise from the man's throat until it became a sphere of his soul.
"Now that I have taken what evil that I can manage out of your soul, you better treat your son with more respect or you could lose something more important." Seto hissed as his long tongue curled around the soul and brought it into his mouth. He swallowed the sphere before he left to find Ruby.
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Later that night at the Motou household, Yugi was comfortably asleep in his room and Aqua was downstairs. He didn't want the smaller boy to worry about him if he was to wake up but he knew Yugi was deep in sleep and having very comforting dreams. 'Sleep tight, little one.' Aqua thought as he left outside to find his target.
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Ushio, currently, was beating up a smaller kid for money. What he didn't know was that Aqua was standing behind him and glaring, the spikes that hid his other eye pulled back and the white eye now held a blood red iris and a pupil shaped like a cat's but one can still see some of the opaque hue that was his right eye earlier. "Please, don't hurt me." The kid whimpered. "Sorry kid, but you're a little short." Ushio said but before he could make another assault onto the boy, he was flung to the other side of the alley.
The kid ran off and Aqua stepped over to Ushio and he looked up, now scared to see the dragon again. "It's time to pay for hurting Yugi before I came upon him." Aqua snarled as he held up his claw. Ushio wanted to run but he was glued to the spot. His mouth was slightly opened as his eyes widened as he saw a wispy smoke leave his mouth and turned into a glowing sphere in Aqua's claw. He smirked down to the cowering teen before he ate the sphere. "Ahh, seeds of evil make soul spheres taste better. Now that you have experienced this, mess with Yugi again and you will lose more than just your soul." Aqua hissed, looking down to Ushio who stared back at him and saw a flash of what may happen if he didn't heed his warning.
There he was, lying face down on the cold street with warm blood surrounding him and a large hole in his back; Aqua standing above him just like he was now, only he held his beating heart in his claw and covered in blood. /I told you to stop messing with Yugi, but you unheeded my warning. Now you pay for it with your life./ Aqua whispered as he lifted the heart up to his mouth, curling his tongue around the blood coated heart before he swallowed it, licking the blood from his snout.
/Truly, an evil person with an evil heart can make the best of delicacies./ Aqua whispered once more and Ushio gasped in horror as he backed away from the dragon before he got up quickly and ran out from the alley. Aqua smirked as he watched the boy run. 'Maybe now this will teach him to not mess with someone who has a soul demon protecting them.' Aqua thought before he started walking back to the game shop, his right eye a glossy white once more and he moved his spikes back to cover his exposed eye.
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Zypher: Well, this is a very long chapter but at least now you know what Yami and the others are now. Anyways, please review while I get on with the rest of the chapter to other stories.