Zypher: Well, I still say I'm slow on updates but at least I was able to work on this chapter. Please enjoy what little ideas my mind can mix up within a millisecond.
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Love Can Have a Blind Eye
Chapter 3
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Yugi woke up quickly in shock from the dream he had. A faint pink blush ran across his features as he recalled it.
-Dream-
Yugi looked up from his bed as Aqua came in, he was shocked to see that his eyes weren't opaque anymore but his right was still a ghostly white. He looked like he was sick. He got up from the bed and walked over to him. "Aqua, are you alright?" Yugi asked. Aqua nodded quietly. "I'll be fine, just had some bad blood." Aqua muttered. "Alright, as long as you're ok." Before they both knew it, Aqua choked and spewed the blood that was in his stomach all over Yugi. He covered his mouth in shock. "I'm so sorry, Yugi! I didn't mean to do that!" Aqua apologized.
"It's ok, Aqua. It came up unexpectedly. It wasn't your fault." Yugi said as he looked down at his blood-soaked clothes. "I guess I better take a shower then." Yugi hummed as he walked over to his dresser. Aqua watched him quietly, still wishing that he didn't do such a thing. Then the familiar scent of strawberries wafted over to him mixed with the aroma of blood. He looked over to Yugi who still dug through his clothes to find something to wear. Slowly, he stepped over to Yugi silently and wrapped his arms around him loosely. Yugi jumped up when that happened and he turned to Aqua for an explanation but kissed him softly.
His eyes widened at the sudden kiss and once he broke it, he blushed faintly even though Aqua wouldn't see it from the blood. He licked his maw and smiled. "Very scrumptious. Who knew that dreadful blood would taste like the ambrosia of the gods on an innocent being such as you?" Aqua purred and Yugi's blush became redder as Aqua licked at his face, cleaning away the blood. "I have a better way how to clean this diminutive mess up, Yugi." Aqua purred as he picked up the smaller teen and placed him on the bed before climbing up as well, pulling away at his clothes until he was bare. It seemed that the blood slipped through the fabric of his clothes which made Aqua grin.
"Now let's get you cleaned up, shall we~" Aqua said with a gleam in his eyes as he started to lick away at the blood. Yugi moaned at the feeling of his tongue running all over him and almost cried out when his tongue ran over his slowly hardening member. Aqua sat up and grinned, leaning down to taste the precum mixed with the blood once again. "Ahh, but it's even more luscious down there. Maybe I could do more than just clean you off, Yugi~" Aqua purred.
-End Dream-
He blushed even more as he got up. 'Now I do need to take a shower. A cold one.' Yugi thought as he went to get his uniform and went into the bathroom.
Aqua woke up when he heard the water running upstairs. 'Guess it's time to head to school again. Hopefully, Ushio has learned his lesson to not fool around with me.' Aqua thought as he got up and started to head in the direction of the kitchen to get something to eat.
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Yami and the other sat in the small abandoned house they were able to locate in a deserted part of the city. "Now Seto, you know you shouldn't have brought a human here." Yami said as he looked to the boy laying on the small, run-down couch that was found in the house, the other laid on the floor beside him, both sleeping comfortably. Seto sighed. "I know but we couldn't leave him and his friend to be beaten by his father. They look strong but they couldn't even go against their father." Seto said, not wanting to tell the true reason for the rescue. Yami sighed.
"You and Ruby are lucky I can override whatever the Soul Demon council will have against taking care of a human. I'll let you two take care of them but if they want to go back home, let them." Yami spoke as he got up and went into another large room that held a table and a few chairs. Marik, Bakura, Ruby, Crimson and Toben were already sitting there. "Ok, I have tracked Aqua as of now and he's heading for Domino High school with the young boy. We each are going to spend the day to keep an eye on him unless something happens and we have to head back home." Yami said as he stood up and walked over to the doorway, watching Seto silently.
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Seto sighed and he looked to the boy. He really didn't want him to leave and he knew Ruby wouldn't like it if the silky blonde left. 'I still can't trust his home or his father. I don't want him to leave me but I must let him go soon.' Seto thought as he knelt beside the sleeping teen and kissed his forehead lightly. 'I wish you didn't have to leave me, Jounouchi.' The demon thought as he got up and went upstairs into one of the bedrooms.
Yami sighed as he watched him go. 'He really does care for him just like I cared for that small child that Aqua is staying with. Could we all possibly find someone in the human world to love?' Yami thought before he turned back to the others and told Bakura and Crimson to head out and watch Aqua.
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"Well, this is strange. I know of Jounouchi and Kaiser to be late but absent? There must be something going on." Diamond murmured. The others nodded. "Hopefully his father didn't hurt them too badly that they couldn't come to school." Aqua looked to him curiously. "What do you mean Yugi?" Aqua asked. He turned to look at him. "Well, we found out that their father always hurts them when they do something as simple as coming home late from school. He's an alcoholic and their mom left them and took their sister. She's becoming blind like you and they don't have the money to pay for an eye operation." Yugi explained. "That's terrible. And they never tried calling anyone to help?" Aqua asked again. "No, they fear that if their father found out they called the police on him, he'd kill them and they wouldn't risk that." Malik said.
"And we tried everything we can do but nothing seems to help their predicament short of having them live with one of us. But even then they're afraid their father will find out and hurt us too." Ryou explained. Aqua looked down. Maybe if Yami and the others did come to the human world, maybe he could ask him to help Jounouchi and Kaiser though he didn't know that Seto and Ruby were already doing such now. "Well, we better get to class. Let's just hope that nothing bad happened to Jounouchi and Kaiser." Topaz said and they nodded as they headed off for their classes.
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Up in the sky, a palace of white-blue stone sat on top of the clouds. Inside a man sat on his throne, smirking. "So, Aqua has left his home to help Yami as well as himself to find someone to love and rule with them in the kingdom of shadows?" The man spoke. "Yes Master Pegasus. We have gotten word from Keith that he spotted him taking a small boy that looked like Yami back home when he gotten lost in the forest of the shadows that was near their kingdom." Croquet said as he kneeled in front of the sorcerer.
"Splendid, this will make my work easier~ He sticks out like a sore thumb in a city of humans so finding him shouldn't be so much of a problem. And if he developed feelings for the boy that's taking care of him then Yami would do so as well. If we kill him then Yami will have no one to share the kingdom with if his immortal life was to end and will become a tyrant. Then taking over this world shouldn't be a problem." Pegasus said as his smirk widened. "Croquet, send a message to Keith. Tell him to find Aqua and the boy he is with and do away with them quickly. With Aqua being close to blindness, he won't be able to fight or protect the boy well. Make sure their deaths are quick and painless." Pegasus finished and Croquet nodded as he went to do as he was told.
"So close to victory. Yami will never be able to stop me now." Pegasus said quietly as he got up from the throne and left the room as well.
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At lunch, Yugi sat under the sakura tree with his friends, smiling as the chatted away about random things that popped up such as dueling or favorite arcade games. Aqua sat beside him quietly, smiling that the boy was happy now. He also kept a blind eye out for Ushio or Anzu to make sure they wouldn't try anything. On the roof, Bakura and Crimson watched for anyone of Pegasus' lackeys but they kept a closer eye on Ryou and Diamond. 'Yami may have given the privilege to let Seto and Ruby take care of those two teens, I wonder if he would let us watch over the two that concern us?' Bakura thought.
He then spotted something shining in one of the trees around them and he took a closer gaze to see it was Keith, Pegasus second in command. "Crimson! I see Keith and he has a crossbow! We need to get down there before he kills someone! I'll go warn Yami." Bakura hissed and the raven nodded as he unfurled his wings and jumped off the roof, flying over to the tree that Keith was hiding in.
Aqua looked up when he heard something flying nearby. "Great. Yugi, take your friends and hide." Aqua whispered as he got up. He looked over to the dragon. "Why? What's going on?" Yugi asked. "No time, I don't want you or your friends to get hurt!" Aqua snapped as he jumped up into the air and followed the blurry form of Crimson that was coming up behind Keith. "Come on Yugi, we better listen to him, something bad must be going on if he left so quickly." Ryou said. "No! I can't leave him!" Yugi cried as he got up and followed him. "No! Yugi! It could be dangerous!" Malik said as they followed him.
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"Crap, they found me! Better make this quick." Keith said as he aimed the crossbow at Aqua's heart and was ready to shoot but he got knocked down by Crimson and the arrow was now aiming for his chest a little way from his heart. He didn't see the quick arrow coming at him until he felt it pierce through his scales and he cried out as he fell to the ground. "Aqua!" Yugi yelled as he ran over to him with his friends. Diamond growled and looked over to when Crimson and Keith were fighting. Crimson got knocked off by Keith and he was hurriedly trying to equip another arrow so he could make a shot at Yugi. "Leave my friends alone, scum!" Diamond yelled as she ran and attacked Keith, scratching and biting at his arm that held the crossbow.
"Ahh! Let go, you stupid furball!" Keith yelled as he tried to shake her off. Crimson looked up, shaking his head and saw Diamond fighting Keith and doing a good job at it. 'She's good. I should convince Yami to see if I can take her back with me.' Crimson thought as he got up and did the same, latching onto his other arm. Keith growled and tried the shake both of them off. Diamond held on with her claws and tore off the crossbow strapped to his arm with her teeth before she climbed onto his shoulders and sat there with a grin, taking the crossbow from her mouth and waved it in the air. "Seems you are disarmed for the moment, sir." Diamond said as she threw away the weapon and jumped off his shoulders, landing with the grace of a feline.
Crimson got an idea and did the same as her, instead he stood on his hands and flipped back, kicking Keith in his back. He flew a distance before landing on his back, bending his black feathered wings in a painful angle and he groaned in pain, not able to get back up at the moment. He landed next to Diamond and smiled at her. "Seems we haven't been properly introduced. I'm Crimson." He said as he turned to look at her. She turned to him and smiled as well, blushing lightly. "I'm Diamond. Nice to meet you Crimson." Diamond said and then looked over to Aqua and ran over, Crimson following behind her.
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During the fight, Yugi manage to get the silver arrow out from Aqua's chest and used his uniform to stop the flow of blood. "Aqua, please be ok." Yugi whispered to the barely conscious dragon. He groaned softly and turned to look at Yugi. "Don't worry, I'll be fine once I get a soul sphere." Aqua said softly before he fell unconscious. "What's a soul sphere?" Malik wondered and the others shrugged their shoulders as Diamond and Crimson reached them. "Well, it may be impossible to believe but a soul sphere is a part of a person's soul just like a soul orb is the entire person's soul. If you lose your soul orb then you're pretty much dead if your body is not used as a puppet." Crimson answered for Malik.
He looked over to him just as Yami and Bakura were arriving onto the scene. Luckily, Bakura was smart enough to put a veil of invisibility over the battlefield so none of the other students would run out of the school to find out what happened. "What are you exactly? You don't seem to be like Diamond?" Ryou asked. "I'll answer that for you." Another voice spoke and they turned to see another winged person that looked exactly like Yugi, the other man that looked like Ryou tying up Keith before he woke up with black rope that was actually the shadows.
"Humans weren't supposed to find out about such but it seems you would need an explanation. We are Soul Demons from the hidden kingdom of shadows in the forest that lies deep within Domino park. I am the king of them and Aqua here is my half-brother so to speak. As you all know, he is slowly going blind and that was due to a spell casted onto him by a sorcerer named Pegasus that is trying to control the world by destroying us and turn the people of the shadows against humans. Past kings that lived before us had a slight curse that was place onto them. If they weren't to find someone to share their kingdom with whether demon or human, if needed, then they shall grow into a tyrant and the people of the shadows wouldn't bypass with the laws made by tyrants. We learned to realize that no one, girl nor boy, in the shadow kingdom has interested us. So Aqua, despite his current state, decided to leave castle walls and find someone and came upon you little one." Yami explained, looking to Yugi.
They were all surprised by the new things they learned not just about Aqua but about a new civilization hidden from human eyes. "So, if Aqua's a soul demon, where are we going to get a soul sphere?" Yugi asked, really wanting to help the dragon even though he was shocked to learn that Aqua came from a different world. "We got our donor right here. You don't have to worry about him anymore kid." Bakura said as he dragged Keith over, his other hand holding a glowing black sphere. Yami took the sphere from Bakura and held it over the spot in his chest and the sphere disappeared into his chest.
"So, what are you guys doing here exactly?" Malik asked. "We came here to retrieve Aqua and take him back to the palace before Pegasus finds out he's here. That didn't seem to go well seeing as he let his second in command come after him so you are not safe around him." Yami said as he handed Yugi back his bloody jacket and picked up Aqua, placing him over his shoulder. "We better take him and Keith back to the palace. Can't let Peggy or Biscuit find out Keith was defeated." Crimson said as he looked over to Diamond with a sad look. He took her hand in hand and kissed it lightly, making her blush and let go of her before walking over to Yami and Bakura.
"Crimson, go and get the others. Tell them were heading home for now." Yami spoke and Crimson nodded, giving a fleeting look to Diamond before flying off. "Come on Bakura. Let's get moving as well." Bakura nodded, looking back to Ryou before flying off, dragging Keith behind him. Yami was about to leave as well but Yugi finally got up and ran over to him. "Wait!" Yugi yelled and Yami turned back to him. "What is it, little one?" Yami asked. "Can we come with you? I have a feeling that man wasn't only coming after Aqua but me as well as I was taking care of him. And if you leave back to your home, he could send someone else to come after me and my friends." Yugi said. 'He could be right. Keith may have gotten Aqua but he would've left by now as Aqua can mimic dead at times when he's unconscious.' Yami thought then nodded.
"Alright, you and your friends may come with us. I'll send over the others that came with me to pick you up in the park. Bring anything you may need cause you will be staying with us for a while. We contract a plausible excuse for your schooling." Yami said as he unfurled his wings and flew off with Aqua. "Well, this is a surprise and a half. Seems our school day has been cut short. We better get going then." Topaz said and they nodded as they left school grounds, unaware that the veil was gone and Anzu caught them at the best time she could possibly get. 'This is very interesting. Soul demons that look positively supernatural in all the right ways and the king being the best out of them all. Yugi, you can't possibly make my life any better can you. You think you can keep everything a secret from me.' Anzu thought as she left the school grounds as well, making sure no teachers spotted her on the way out.
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After he got everything packed and ready to go, it was late in the night and he left out early to go visit his grandfather. He didn't know how long he was going to be gone but he at least wants to see his grandfather one last time just in case something happened to him when he was gone. He went into the hospital and up to the reception desk. "Excuse me, can I ask you something?" he asked to the woman sitting behind the desk. "Yes, what can I do for you?" she asked. "My grandfather, Motou Sugoroku is in here because of cancer and I must leave out of town for something important. If his condition gets critical and he dies from it, can you please use the money left in our shop till to pay for a funeral for him?" he asked.
"Of course. I will be terribly sorry for your loss if he does happen to pass away while you're gone." The woman said and Yugi smiled to her. "Thank you." Yugi whispered as he left the desk and went up to the room he grandfather was staying in. he sighed softly as he sat in the chair that stood beside the bed. "I'm sorry, grandpa, I couldn't make enough money to support your treatments." Tears started to appear in his eyes. "Please, don't pass away before I get back from the shadow kingdom." Yugi whimpered softly as he started to cry. He jumped when he felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Yami there. "How did you get here so fast?" Yugi asked. "I followed you when you left your home. I can't trust you to be out alone without no one to watch over you." Yami murmured.
He smiled softly and got up from the chair. Yami looked over to his grandfather. "So, this is your grandfather. He seems like a good man and has raised you well." Yami spoke as he walked up next to Yugi. "Yes, he has taken care of me ever since I was young, after my parents died in a car crash. It will be so lonely if he's gone before I get back." Yugi spoke, closing his eyes. Yami wiped his tears away and picked him up. "Don't worry. You may stay within the shadow kingdom if you want to. I'll override any word the Soul Demon council may say against you staying there. I know it would be harsh for you to stay in a world without anyone to care for you." Yami said softly. Yugi nodded and Yami picked up his bag. He gave it to him and opened the window, letting in the slight breeze as he jumped out and flew off.
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As they flew, Yugi recalled the dream he had the night before and looked up to Yami. "Yami, I wanted to ask you something." Yami looked down to him. "Yes, what is it?" he asked. Yugi blushed lightly as he looked down. "Well, before this whole ordeal happened, I remembered having a dream. It had me and Aqua in it. His eyes were clear except for his right and he said he was fine. To me, he looked sick but he told me he drank some bad blood. Before we knew it, he threw up the blood all over me. He apologized and I said it wasn't a problem since it happened so suddenly. I was about to change into some better clothing and take a shower but he came up to me and started to kiss me. After that, he started to clean the blood off of me. He seemed to be pleased doing so and..." Yugi stopped there, blushing even more.
"And what, little one?" Yami asked, now curious. He knew that all soul demons regurgitate bad blood if they couldn't hold it in but doing so on others rarely happens. 'Unless you're planning to mate with someone. Could his dream be going in that direction?' Yami wondered as he continued to listen. "And it seemed to have aroused him. But my dream stopped before he could go any farther with me. Do you know what it could've been trying to tell me if it was trying to tell me something?" Yugi asked. "Well, us soul demons can hold blood in well. If it was bad blood then yes, we would throw it back up if we can't hold it for long for our system can't quickly purge whatever substance that makes the blood taste bad. Same goes for souls except they would become coldfire." A tilt of the head met Yugi's gaze as he waited for him to continue.
"We would never throw it back up on someone unless we're agreeing to mate with the person the blood is spilt upon. That rarely happens so your dream could come true or not. It depends on how you want it to go as long as you're in the shadow kingdom." Yami said. Yugi contemplated on it. 'Well, even since Aqua came into my life, it has become better for me even though Anzu wants to take him away. As long as she doesn't know about the hidden kingdom, maybe I could have a chance. Besides,' Yugi looked up to Yami. 'I think not just Aqua may have feelings for me. I think the king has feelings for me as well. Could I be the one that will save not just the shadow kingdom but the whole entire world from an impending fate?' Yugi asked himself as they entered the forest that Yugi now learned was the shadow kingdom.
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Zypher: All done! Yes, weird idea with the whole blood equals mating thing but why should you care! That's what makes this story interesting! Anyways, please review while I work on some more stories with my mixed-up ideas.