Notes: Ok, well I have the rest of the story planned out! So thanks for the suggestions from all of you, but no more please! I've got it covered! Hurray, my muse is BACK!
Notes2: Sorry this took so long, I had trouble with how I wanted to layout the story to be and what I should reveal. Well needless to say, I'm almost done writing the whole story! Hehe, I know the ending and you don't! (This is so fun ) But the ending will have to wait, and remember, the more reviews I get, the faster you'll get the chapters! I think there are about 4-5 chapter left of this fanfic. XD On with the story!
CH 7 Shall we?
"Bakura, hold me! This is the end, I know it! We never should have agreed to this game! I TOLD you I had a bad feeling!" Ryou shouted, eyes shut tight and in the embrace of his boyfriend, who was looking confusedly at the object of their demise. "This is all YOUR fault, Bakura! I never should have agreed to this dangerous game! Aaaaah!"
Still oblivious as to what was going on, Ryou kept screaming, between intervals burying himself in Bakura's shirt. After a couple of minutes when nothing had changed except that he had run out of breathe, blind panic receeded from the pale boy and he loosened his hold on his lover. It was then that he realized that Bakura had not run from the spot, or gone to attack whatever had approached them.
That could only mean that we aren't in danger, he thought sheepishly.
Slowly, Ryou turned around in his amused boyfriend's arms...
And found an alarmed and wide-eyed Yuugi staring back at him, with a smiling Yami standing behind him. Ryou wasted no time in giving Bakura a blow upside the head.
"Why didn't you tell me who it was instead of letting me nearly die of a heart attack!" Ryou demanded to a surprised Bakura.
"Because it was nice having you so close to me," He whispered in Ryou's ear, who blushed and tried to bring his attention back on Yami and Yuugi, who were now exchanging looks. This only made Ryou blush harder before they turned their attention back to them.
Yami broke the silence in his usual way, by assuming control. He brought the other pair up to speed on what he and Yuugi thought was going on with this game and what they should do.
"Now, we need to gather the rest of our friends and go find out where Mokuba went to, are we clear?" Yami stated, not really expecting an answer to his question.
He marched off at the head of their procession with Yuugi encircled protectively around his waist, in his embrace. They were followed a little ways behind by Bakura and Ryou, quietly conferring as to what they thought was happening, still-skittish Ryou surrounded by Bakura's possessive arms.
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Ten minutes later, the foursome found themselves outside a small cave in the cliff on the beach. They had heard distant sounds coming from this direction as they had trudged through the woods and perhaps a scream.
Fearing the worst, they had hurried over here to see what was wrong...And embarassingly realized that the sound and screams they had heard where the moans and cries of sensual passion. Ryou and Yuugi visibly reddened while their darker counterparts began to have naughty thoughts and an increasingly difficult time trying to control themselves.
Finally, realizing someone had to get the couple's attention inside the cave, Yuugi had bent down, picked up a small rock, and thrown it into the dark interior.
They heard a muffled yelp and a throaty laugh and a couple of minutes later, Joey and Seto emerged from the cave. They looked presentable overall but when individual details were picked out, the whole ensemble went to pieces. A torn collar here, a rip up a sleeve there..The couple's clothes were barely holding together; They had been THAT passionate. The rest of the group noticed this with barely concealed amusement.
Seto managed to turn the attention to the remaining players of the game and away from his and Joey's appearance and so they trudged off warily down the beach.
Yuugi was the first to run over a large sand dune and was quickly followed by Yami. Both returned a minute later, a blushing Yuugi towing a smug Dark. Before anyone could ask, Yuugi blurted out a warning.
"I think Joey should wait here, and Yami will go get Tristan and Serenity!" Yuugi let out in a high-pitched voice.
"Why me!" Demanded Yami while a suspicious expression crossed Joey's face. Seto took this all in with a knowing look on his face.
"Hey Joey, I have a good idea. Let's leave everything to them, shall we?" Seto suggested while his hand moved down lower on Joey's back. Helplessly, Joey gave in to him and with a sigh, allowed Yami to go get his sister, who was dragging his protesting hikari behind him.
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Serenity couldn't think coherent thoughts anymore, and by the sound of it, neither could Tristan. Both were on the point of forgetting everything and showing their love for each other right there and then on the beach. Abruptly, a familiar voice cut through their senses.
"Hey! If we can't have some fun, then neither can you!" shouted an indignant Yuugi from behind Yami as they made their way down to the couple. Both sat up with a gasp and Serenity immediately blushed, looking around for her brother.
Seeing her searching look, Yami answered:
"Don't worry Serenity, your brother is occupied with more...pressing...matters," He said with a grin while Yuugi giggled behind him.
Gathering their thoughts, and clothes, the couple followed Yami's lead back to the group. Yuugi filled them in while they walked and Tristan added his thoughts.
"How can you be so sure that this isn't what Mokuba WANTS to happen?" Tristan asked, still skeptical. "It would be very easy to find us all, now that we're together and all."
"I cannot sense Mokuba's aura," Yami called from up front. "Something must be blocking it."
Serenity's eyes widened in fear and she scooted closer to her boyfriend, her apprehension had increased twofold since hearing all this and she was becoming quite reluctant to continue.
Yuugi's voice called back from Yami's embrace:
"Don't worry! I'm sure we'll solve everything in the end! We always come through!" He said cheerfully.
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Stealthily, the growing group padded through the forest on silent feet. Periodically, their whispers could be heard on the wind, communicating the negatives of finding Tea and Mai.
Yami was growing frustrated and was contemplating shouting out their names, and thereby proclaiming their location to the whole forest, when a pinecone hit him from behind and silenced him.
He turned around to scold his playful tenshi when he realized that Yuugi was nowhere in sight. Yami gave a quiet growl in annoyance and turned back to the hunt.
Then, another pinecone hit him, this one bouncing off his head before hitting his millenium puzzle, hanging around his neck, with a twing.
Yami looked up in annoyance, just in time to be hit by a large pine branch, falling from above. It was then that he heard the welcome voices of a complaining Mai and a retorting Tea.
A sudden snap and Yami found himself looking at Tea, who was grinning, and Mai, who sat on the ground, rubbing her sore bottom.
It seemed that they had gotten bored of sitting in the tree and decided to give up on the game and go tan under the moonlight. Yuugi made his appearance from a nearby tree and scratched his head in confusion.
"How can you tan by the moonlight? Don't you need the sun for that?' He asked.
"Silly Yuugi, don't you know that the moonlight IS the reflection of the sun's rays?" Mai admonished while Tea nodded in the background.
Yuugi gave up and returned to his lover's embrace, which was becoming tighter and tighter because of Yami's annoyance at their pace.
Five minutes later, the pairs met back on the forest path and decided their next course of action. As usual, the ever-competitive Bakura asked a sudden question.
"Wait a minute...So who won the game?" He demanded while a slap echoed through the forest as an exasperated Ryou smacked his own forehead.
Yami's eyes narrowed and he prepared to battle it out to be declared the winner while Yuugi tried to restrain him. Joey emitted a dog-like growl from deep in his throught and Seto rolled his eyes in amusement. And Tristan let out a protested cry while Serenity waved her hands in front of his face, trying to get his attention.
A heated "discussion" ensued in which the angry whispers of the competitors could be heard. Pretty soon, the debate had turned into another name-calling fight and the debaters had to be restrained by their respective partners.
It was Yuugi who figured out a way to end this fight.
"Why don't we just make Mokuba the winner?" Yuugi suggested to a chorus of "Huh?"s. "After all, it was his idea and I'm sure it would make him happy!"
He looked around hopefully at the group and finally, they all agreed to it after much muttering from Bakura and Yami.
...But no one was expecting what Mokuba had in store for them.
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