Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, if I did I would be very, very rich and
have a really big mansion with a really cool car.
And a huge Jacuzzi pool with my own personal Baskins & Robbins beside it. - And I'd also put more romance in the manga =) (between Tea and Yami - hey I support those two no matter what anyone says - n_n).
But then again. Heck I'd do more romance between Yugi and Yami =^_^=. (NOT HENTAI !!)
-and veering off the point completely, has anyone ever noticed Yami's pants? The way they stick to him like a second skin?
-And the neck buckle? God, I love the neck buckle.
- What was I saying again ? 0_0.
- Oh yeah. y'know who I'd like to REALLY own from Yugi-OH though (apart from Yugi and Yami) ? Malik. that boy has a shape that.nice thighs and hips and he has abbs!!
(Lawyers box dillydally)
What!? Oh, yeah. Where was I? I don't own it because I'm poor, stupid and couldn't do anything that good even if I tried a million times (cries).
This disclaimer is becoming too long.9_9
"" is talking, is for thinking and reminiscing , ** is for coughs or sighs --- --- is for mental conversations or mental voices [] is for loudspeaker announcements.
Rating PG-13 for bad language (gasp! Yami says a bad word! The world is coming to and end!! - runs screaming - 9_9)
CHAPTER TWELVE - The Final Item Calls
"Shadow Realm?" Yami asked curiously.
"Would you like to get comfortable? This may take a while." Malik said; he gestured slightly and the ropes that were binding Yami to the table, slipped away. Yami took the opportunity and snapped upright. Rubbing his sore arms, he dangled his feet off the table and fixed Malik with his penetrating glare.
Malik was relaxing in a large chair that Yami was sure had NOT been there before. It looked like it was made from solid stone.
How the.?
"The mind is powerful Yami. and I have learnt to control it." Malik said.
"So?" Yami asked, still staring at the chair Malik was sitting on.
Probably did it with mirrors.
Malik smirked slightly. "Arrogant aren't you? I like that." He gestured slightly again and Yami found himself sitting in a chair similar to Malik's.
Although he was truly surprised, he tried his best to make it seem that he was used to chairs popping out of nowhere. He wanted to relax into the chair (it WAS soft) but instead kept his back ramrod straight. He didn't trust this Malik and wasn't going to show any sort of vulnerability in his presence.
Course he DID just have your ass tied to a table didn't he?
Shut up
"The Shadow Realm..." Malik said suddenly.
Yami refused to look interested and kept his expression blank.
".Is a world of the mind. In a way you could say it is THE mind of the world. It strongly resembles earth in appearance, but is in fact only a 'shadow' of the real world."
"Wow." Yami said dryly, he had propped his chin up with his hand and was wearing an extremely bored expression.
If Malik was annoyed by Yami's comment he did not show it but plowed on.
"It is the source of magic, where magic exists. In ancient times wizards and magicians had a direct link to this realm, used the magic from it and themselves went there. But something happened a long time ago, in Egypt to be precise, and now entry to the Shadow Realm is next to impossible, the magic from the Shadow Realm is still accessible but only in small portions."
"Magic.? You actually expect me to believe in magic." Yami said coldly. "Now I know you're a nut job."
"How are the wounds?" Malik asked, a strange smile playing on his lips.
Yami frowned slightly and instinctively reached up to his shoulder where he had been shot. There was no sign of a wound; the same was for his hip. "How long have I been unconscious?" Yami asked surprised. How had his wounds healed so completely?
"You've been unconscious only for three days, but not because of the wounds. Magic is wonderful isn't it?" Malik asked smirking.
Yami frowned. He wanted to say something back but what to say? He had no wounds and no scars. "Okay, let's say there IS magic. How can this Shadow Realm bring back my parents.?"
And Yugi?
"Who is this Yugi that keeps running through your mind?" Malik asked.
Yami glared at him but refrained from snarling at Malik. "An acquaintance." he replied coldly.
Malik smiled darkly. "A lot of concern for only an acquaintance."
"Shut up." Yami growled.
"He's dead you keep saying. and such odd last memories about him." Malik went on, ignoring Yami's furious expression.
"He warned you about me?" Malik said suddenly, sounding for the first time, surprised. Yami noted it but offered no answer.
Malik was quiet a bit more and then smiled sinisterly at Yami. "Yes.I think we can bring him back too. Not many persons know about me, I would like to meet this.Yugi."
"My parents. they are my only concern; tell me how I can bring them back." Yami growled.
"The Millennium Items." Malik replied.
Yami frowned slightly then had an inspiration. "The artifacts you stole from the museum show."
Malik looked pleased. "Ah! You do have a brain! Yes those artifacts."
"You're missing one." Yami said matter-of-factly.
Malik managed to look even more pleased; Yami didn't like that look, it was the sort of look a dog master gave his pet when it had done a trick particularly well. He half expected Malik to throw a doggy treat at his head.
"What do these 'items' do?" Yami asked.
"They will grant me entrance to the Shadow Realm, a back entrance of sorts." Malik explained then paused as if considering then said. "Among other things."
Yami frowned slightly. "What about the front entrance?"
Malik laughed, showing sharp canines. "That, unfortunately, is guarded."
"By what?" Yami asked suspiciously.
"By WHO is the right question and I won't answer that question. Let's just say, once I have entered the Shadow Realm and reached a certain place in that realm, resurrection of dead souls will be a simple matter."
"And what exactly can I do to help you?" Yami asked finally.
"Become one of my followers. You have no choice in the matter really but you can volunteer to become one and retain your free-will or you can refuse and - I love it when people refuse - I brain wash you and make you into a zombie - sounds wonderful doesn't it?"
Yami crossed his arms and glared at Malik. "Why me?" he asked darkly.
"You are the first person I have ever met who I could not control at once. You have something hidden in your mind, I want.no I MUST find it. As little resistance as possible would be nice, I'm tired of the brain dead zombies I have to work with. And also I like you."
"Pardon me if I don't jump for joy." Yami said coldly. His back was starting to stiffen a bit but he stubbornly refused to shift his position.
"I will be able to explain more to you as we go along, right now I am conducting a search for the last and most powerful item. Entrance into the Shadow Realm without this will be next to impossible."
"It didn't come with the other items, its probably still in Egypt." Yami offered.
Malik shook his head. "No.it is in Japan.I can feel it. Where I don't know exactly, the reading is scattered and faint."
Yami had gotten bored with the conversation and decided to end it; he had made his decision anyway. "I don't trust you Malik, but if I can get back my parents."
Malik smiled darkly at Yami. "Welcome into our guild Yami."
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Yugi gazed down at the street from his hospital window; suddenly a bird landed on the windowsill and chirped up at him. Smiling sadly, he crumbled a biscuit that he had left over from breakfast and dropped it on the sill for the bird. The bird began pecking cheerfully and Yugi gazed down at it.
Must be nice to be a bird. he thought. No worries at all.
Tomorrow was his birthday but he couldn't cheer himself up.
16.. He could drive a car if he could get one.
Jou's news had hit him hard. Yami missing? Had he really run away?
Somehow I never thought of him as a coward. Yugi pondered to himself, running his hand along the curtain of the window. It was soft and comforting.
I don't think he ran away... he doesn't seem the type to run away.something else happened. and why doesn't his guardian want to look for him?
Yugi absentmindedly brought his hand away from the curtain and rubbed his chest. It was still sore and the doctor told him it would be a couple weeks before he was completely healed.
'No unnecessary exertion if you can help it.' One doctor had told him in a bored tone.
At least they took that horrible drip out of my hand. Yugi said, shuddering. He hated needles.
Turning from the window he picked up his English Book and opened it, trying to study. The mocks were in two weeks, he had to keep studying or he'd never get into art school.
Yami's expelled .
Sighing, Yugi snapped the book shut. He couldn't concentrate; he kept worrying about Yami and what had happened to him. Jou was out searching with Triston. It had taken three Twinkies, 2 chocolate covered rice balls and a month's worth of pocket money to make Jou agree to go looking for Yami (NOTHING ON THIS PLANET WILL MAKE ME GO LOOKING FOR THAT JERK.are those Twinkies?).
He really liked his new friends; Jou and Triston made him laugh and Tea understood his sudden mood swings. Something was poking out of the side of the book and Yugi slipped it out. Wistfully he stared down at his black magician card, which thanks to the help of tape was more or less back together. When he had dueled Yami he had really hoped that Yami would let down his barriers and allow him to be a friend. Instead.
He ran his thumb over the tear marks, angry and sad all at the same time.
"Yugi-chan!" his grandfather's voice said cheerfully at the door, breaking him away from his depression.
"Ojii-san^_^!" Yugi said happily, sitting up.
Solomon came into the room; he had a box under his arm that Yugi eyed curiously. "I know your birthday is tomorrow but. I couldn't wait. This is something I've wanted to give you for years." Solomon babbled, handing Yugi the box.
HE told me to give it to you when you turned 16.
Yugi grinned and opened it. Shiny gold coloured pieces lay inside the box. Curious, Yugi pulled out a piece. It was heavy and cool. "What is it grandpa?"
"A puzzle. a very ancient type of puzzle." Solomon explained. "They say whoever solves it will be granted whatever they want."
Yugi smiled and fingered the pieces. "Yeah right, Ojii-san.but this is cool."
Solomon beamed. "I'll have some other presents for you tomorrow.but try solving it, take your mind off the pain."
In reply, Yugi took out two pieces and tried to piece them together. Solomon smiled softly and ruffling his grandson's head. He then left the hospital room with a cheery goodbye.
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"Until we collect all the items, we're staying in this warehouse." Malik explained to Yami, showing him around a large waterfront warehouse. "During the day we pretend to be regular warehouse workers, at night we search for the items."
Yami walked behind Malik, hands in his pockets and looking unimpressed. Several workers stopped moving a crate to look at him. Three of them had a glazed looks on their faces while another had a cold calculating expression. Yami figured the glazed eyed ones were the zombies.
"I doubt you've worked a day in your life but if you want to eat you'll work on the shipping crates." Malik said.
Yami found the entire thing at that point highly amusing. "What's the matter? Why don't you use magic to do all the work?" he said sarcastically.
Malik stopped walking and turned to glare at Yami. "Another comment like that I'll reopen your wounds.understand?"
Yami glowered at him and growled. "You threaten a lot Malik, but can you actually do anything?"
Malik's reply was a vicious back kick that sent Yami sprawling over the ramp they were walking on. Yami hit the ground hard, jarring his teeth. There was laughter from every direction as Yami painfully pulled himself up. He had NEVER been kicked like that. He was a goddam black belt! He should have seen it coming!
--"You would have, but I control your mind now Yami. remember that.."-
Yami glared up at Malik, he wanted his parents back but was this worth it? The humiliation? He despised being embarrassed in front of people and the laughter in the background was making his blood boil.
It's worth it.EVERYTHING. If I could just touch them again.for just one second.tell them.
He looked down at the ground, red creeping into his cheeks as the laughter intensified at his apparent submission.
"Give him something to do, preferably hard and dirty." Malik ordered and disappeared into a backroom. Yami, his head lowered never
A thin man with the same zombie-like stare came up to him. "This way." He croaked and led Yami to round the back of the warehouse where he showed him barrels of tar. "Load these into that crate over there." With that he left Yami staring at a pile of filthy tar slopping barrels in disgust.
I think I'd rather have been shot.
For parents, this is for parents.
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It was nearing midnight and Yugi had completed the majority of the puzzle. He was grinning to himself as he fitted and refitted pieces.
Kinda fun actually.
"Motou-san? Aren't you going to bed?" A nurse asked coming in, smiling fondly at the gentle boy who sat fiddling with an odd looking trinket.
"Soon." Yugi said, giving the nurse a brief smile before returning to the puzzle. He fitted another piece in and suddenly his hands began to tremble.
Why am I shaking?
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At the warehouse Malik sat up from his seat, eyes wide. Something was happening with the final item. he could feel it . coming together! His Millennium rod was shaking violently in his hand. Out of impulse he stalked over to the safe that had the items and flung it open. Inside the two items he had salvaged were glowing and shaking violently. His heart racing Malik grinned. He could almost sense where it was!
Yami was still working on the tar barrels, (something about newbies had longer shifts - "Bullshit!" he had mumbled) when suddenly he felt something jerk his heart.
"What?" he said, gripping his chest.
THEN the agony came.
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Sweating profusely but unable to stop himself, Yugi fitted the second to last chink of the puzzle into its slot. His was breathing had become heavy and his eyes were completely glazed over. Picking up the last piece he brought up it up to his blank eyes and stared at it. Then with one swift movement fitted in place.
The clock on his bedside table beeped midnight. Yugi was sixteen.
But he wasn't aware of it, he had eyes only for the puzzle in his hand that was beginning to glow a bright yellow. Still dazed he picked up the chain of the puzzle and slipped it over his head.
The moment the puzzle rested against the back of his neck, it began to vibrate violently and the light from it swelled to fill the room, absorbing Yugi with its intensity.
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Yugi blinked and the glazed look in his eyes faded. He was shocked out of his mind to see a tall robed figure with a turban wrapped around his head standing at the end of his bed. His skin was a dark exotic tan, but it was his eyes that caught Yugi's attention. A vivid dark blue of unexplored depths, they stared past Yugi's eyes and into his soul, looking, probing for something. There was a grim expression on his face that made Yugi think of a reprimanding schoolteacher, only somehow, he knew (he did not know HOW he knew) that a punishment worse than death was forthcoming if this person did not find what he was looking for.
Then the grim expression eased into a relieved smile.
--"The chosen one"-the person did not open his mouth but Yugi could hear the voice in his head. --"The other half of Chaos.I was right.I knew the moment I saw your grandfather."--
"Wh.who are you?" Yugi squeaked, trying to push back into his pillow.
The figure smiled again. -"A very good friend, little one. And one who has been expecting you for many centuries. We knew HE had been born again, HE always is reborn, but you, you have not been born since the first time you came to this world. The binder, HIS seal."-
Confusion welded up in Yugi's heart. What was this person going on about? Had some madman gotten into his hospital room? His hand fumbled for the buzzer but could not find it.
The figure looked amused suddenly. -"You have nothing to fear of me little one." His expression became grave at this and he continued. ".But beware of those who would take that puzzle from around your neck. You must find HIM, your other half. Find him and bind with him, let no one but HIM touch it. With you and HIM the puzzle can heal the damage done to the Shadow Realm all those centuries ago, let no one who would use that puzzle for evil touch it, for they will corrupt it. Your soul is pure and new, it will keep the puzzle untainted until the day it is to be used for its purpose."
"My other half!? Bind? With who? Who are you and what are you talking about!?"
The figure removed a strange gold key from his pocket and swiftly reaching Yugi's side, pointed the head of the key at Yugi's forehead. A golden eye flickered on Yugi's forehead and his eyes became blank again.
-"I can only imprint on you a memory, of who you were and your goal. You may not be aware of it but this imprint will lead you down the proper path. The memory of who you were will return to you when it is time. Remember chosen one, keep the puzzle safe, with your life keep it safe."--
"Yes." Yugi said softly; his eyes closed and his head fell back against the pillow.
The figure gently brushed Yugi's bang out of his face and smiled. Something lying beside Yugi on the bed caught his eye. Curious he picked up the torn Black Magician card, his expression becoming amusement.
--"He was always your favourite and most loyal monster wasn't he, Chosen one?"-
He placed it in Yugi's hand and Yugi clenched it instinctively. -"Guard him magician."- He whispered and the eyes of the painted Black Magician flashed for an instant.
Satisfied, the figure closed his eyes and the light inside Yugi's room faded, leaving only Yugi fast asleep, his right hand clutching the card and the other hand, the puzzle.
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In the shipping yard, Malik was going ballistic and screaming mental orders everywhere. He was standing in the middle of the shipping yard and making sure all his followers were there. At this point he realised Yami was absent and snapped an angry mental command out to him to get his ass out there.
--"Hurts."--
Malik blinked and strode quickly to where he knew Yami was supposed to be working late. He found Yami, to his utter surprise, curled up in a fetal position, clutching his head, eyes shut tightly. Every once in a while he spasmed.
"Get up! What's the matter with you?!" Malik snarled. "We have work to do!" He took control of Yami's body and savagely jerked Yami's body into a standing position. Once standing, he released Yami again and ordered him to follow him if he wanted to hold on to his freedom.
Yami felt like every nerve in his body was on fire, as for his headache? Let's not go there. He staggered after Malik in more pain than he had ever been in his life. What was going on?
I felt something. something. I feel like half of me is ripping away.
Malik glanced behind him at Yami's agonized thought but dismissed it. He wanted the item; the item was the only thing that mattered right now. True, he was interested in Yami's deep secrets but if he had to, he'd sacrifice all of his followers including Yami to get what he wanted.
It was within his grasp!!
--"FOLLOW ME!!"- He snarled to his followers and holding his rod up, let it pick up the source of the final item's power.
The others followed suit quickly with Yami shambling in the rear, shivering so badly he could hardly see straight.
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Yugi dozed lightly, the puzzle tightly in his grasp. The moment he had finished the puzzle, even before the robed figure had come to him in the vision, he had begun to feel something.someone calling him. Smiling in his sleep, he rubbed the puzzle and slipped into a deeper sleep. The nurse, who came to check up on him an hour later, sighed at his beautiful sleeping face. She was glad he had survived the accident, such a sweet boy deserved to live. She tucked the sheet around him and attempted to gently slide the dark magician card out of his hand but he only clamped his hand around it tighter. His brow creased slightly and he mumbled in his sleep, so she left it and turned to leave.
There was a flash of light so bright she could not see, and when it did fade she no longer had her own will. She dropped to the floor silently, eyes wide and blank.
Malik stood at the door, grinning insanely, his followers all behind him. He stepped over the nurse as if she were a mat and stared down at the sleeping form of Yugi who was clutching the puzzle, frowning in his sleep, as if sensing the impending danger.
What is the puzzle doing in the possession of this weakling? And why . why does he look like.
He swung around to stare at Yami who was leaning against the corridor wall, eyes shut tightly and gasping. Then he looked at Yugi again, yes, the resemblance was uncanny. This could not be a coincidence!
Yugi's eyes flashed open and stared up at Malik, surprise and confusion swirling in them all at the same time. "Who are you?" he stammered, sitting up. Then he saw the nurse and all of Malik's robed followers standing behind Malik. Needless to say he figured out Malik did not mean him well.
"What do you want!?" he stammered, backing to the furthest edge of the bed. He knew already, it was the puzzle - this person wanted the puzzle.
Malik smirked and reached for the puzzle around Yugi's neck but the moment his fingertips touched the surface it began to burn him like acid. Snarling, he pulled back his hand and glared at the frightened boy who now had a determined look on his face.
"What the hell is this!?" he growled.
"You can't have it!" Yugi squeaked. "It is not yours to have!" (AN: BWAHAHAHH - THINK FRODO!! My preciousssss, ahem.*becomes sane*) he jumped off the bed and rushed to the other end of his hospital room where he shoved himself in a corner, clutching the puzzle for all it was worth while trying to look dangerous.
Malik's eyes flashed and he pulled out his rod. "It IS mine to have and I will possess this item, BOY!" he spat.
Yugi's eyes widened at the rod, it had the same eye on it as of that on his puzzle. Something.sinister pulsated from it; he could feel it from where he stood.
"Wh.what are you going to do?" Yugi choked.
A flash of blinding light was his only answer and he blinked rapidly. A dull headache was building up at his temples and he clutched his forehead.
Malik gaped. THE SECOND TIME! THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME HIS ROD HAD FAILED HIM!
What is this? Some kind of God-dam 'let's-resist-malik' convention?
Stupid little.I'LL KILL HIM!
Yugi stumbled back against the wall and stared up at Malik, big green eyes as wide as a puppy's.
His followers (those that had any will anyway) were mumbling to themselves behind him and giving him worried looks. Yami hadn't come into the room at all but was still leaning against the corridor wall.
"TAKE THAT PUZZLE AWAY FROM HIM!" he snarled at them. "KILL HIM IF YOU HAVE TO!"
Yugi choked at his words and jumped up. "No.!" he stammered. "Please no!" his eyes filled with tears as he saw the entire group of robed figures ganging up on him.
"If you want to survive you can give me the puzzle and save us all a LOT of trouble - and blood." Malik said almost pleasantly, the combination of his voice and facial expression made him look insane.
Yugi shook his head frantically. "I can't.!"
"DO IT!" Malik snarled to his followers and they swarmed towards Yugi.
They never got to touch him.
The puzzle flashed a brilliant white and suddenly all of his followers were flying backwards and hitting the hospital walls with strange splatting sounds.
Yugi sat curled up in a corner, eyes wide and staring as the nearest robed figure slid of the wall with a groan.
They're. they're all. Malik stammered to himself. Who WAS this kid?
He had no one else to pit against this Yami lookalike.except.YES.
--"YAMI!"-he snarled mentally and felt Yami weakly acknowledge him from the corridor.
--"GET UP!"-
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Yami felt his mind being pushed back and Malik's own will fill its place. He hated the feeling; it was a violation of privacy, of self. He'd kill Malik if he ever got a chance.
My parents.for the parents.
He felt his body pull itself up, the agony from the action was enough to make him want to throw up. The pain was becoming worse.would it ever stop? Shuffling into the hospital room he felt Malik order his body to attack someone.to take the item.
So he found it! That means.
"Y.yami?" a small voice said in surprise and joy all at once.
YUGI!!? Yami's mind said in utter shock.
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Yugi was so happy to see that Yami was okay that he almost rushed over to hug him. Two things stopped this irrational behaviour. One, the memory of Yami punching him, two, the fact that Yami's eyes were . blank.
"Y.yami?" he stammered again.
Malik was having difficulty. Yami was resisting him, trying to regain control of his body and was winning. This was Yugi? He didn't understand, Yami had said he was dead. Or.no wait.Yami had thought he was dead.
--"BASTARD!"-Yami was screaming. -"I'm not hurting him again! I'm not that person anymore! Leave him alone! STOP MAKING ME DO THIS!"-
Yugi had taken a step closer to Yami, concern all over his face. "I heard.I heard they expelled you! That you ran away.!"
--"DAMN FOOL! RUN! Why the FUCK do you keep caring!?"-Yami screamed mentally. -"RUN!"-
"R..ruuuun." was the only world Yami could force out of his mouth. He was fighting Malik like a maniac, ignoring the pain. He wouldn't do this again. He would NOT make the same mistake again.
Yugi frowned and took another step towards Yami, reaching out his hand to touch Yami's own. "What are you doing working with this guy? We have to get you back into school!"
His hand touched Yami's, the puzzle flashed brightly and suddenly Yami felt all the pain evaporate. With a rush he shoved off the last of Malik's control and with a groan fell forward.
Yugi caught him, almost getting crushed by Yami. "Yami!? Yami are you okay!?" he cried.
Malik snarled as he felt his mind shoved out of Yami's. Feeling blindly, he searched to see if he could still control Yami.
He could.but barely. something had helped Yami shove off his control and the majority of his carefully built mind control webs were destroyed. Angry beyond anything he blamed this Yugi kid.
It was going to take forever to rebuild them! Furious, he started to weave again, the entire time glaring at the two. Something was slowing down his process and he realised it was the item. But at least he knew one thing. Yami could come into contact with Yugi, that meant when he regained his control.
The item would be his.
This time he would make his webs stronger, strong enough for Yami to take the item without Malik loosing his grip on his mind.
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Yugi was holding Yami's upper body in his arms, trying to wake him up. "Yami. c'mon open your eyes!" He was terrified that the guy with the rod was going to come after both of them.
He's so warm. Yugi thought to himself but sharply told himself to stop being silly. He gripped Yami's shoulder and shook him gently. "Yami.please."
Groggily, Yami opened his eyes and stared up at Yugi's green ones. "You're alive." he said softly, a smile creasing his features.
Yugi felt his cheeks go red and his heart speed up. Yami's smile.it was the most gorgeous thing he had ever seen. Struggling not to stammer he nodded. "Yeah. and so are you. Are you okay?"
Yami blinked and his expression darkened. "Yes I am."
The pain.the pain stopped.I don't feel like I'm being torn in two anymore.
When Yugi touched me. it stopped.
Then Yami remembered the impending danger. "Yugi.you need to run." He sat up dizzily and glared at Malik. Yugi propped Yami up with his hand to keep him from falling backward. Yami mentally thanked him.
Yugi looked up at Malik who was also glaring at them from across the room. "Who is he?"
Yami was giving Malik a look that was something akin to hatred. "RUN Yugi. He wants that thing around your neck and he's going to use me to get it. I'm going to try and hold him off as long as possible but you need to get as far away as you can so I can't find you!"
Yugi shakily stood up. "But Yami."
"RUN!!" Yami snarled, giving Yugi a murderous glare.
Yugi jumped at Yami's aggression and scampered past Malik as fast as he could and down the hospital corridor.
Malik looked murderous. "Followers who disobey me always die."
Yami narrowed his eyes. "I don't give a fuck about your followers, leave Yugi out of this. He almost died because of my idiocy and I'm not going to let you hurt him again."
"Touching." Malik said sarcastically. "But your mental battle with me is over, and I have won.again."
Yami felt Malik's mind seep into his own. He only hoped that Yugi had been able to run far enough.
AN: Wohoo! I have something juicy planned next chapter ^_-. Writing it now, so hopefully I'll have it out before Easter. Goddamit, getting this chapter out was like pulling hen's teeth!
Sorry guys about how LONG this took and the lack of fluff (it had a bit.;_;) but I refuse to compromise the storyline for fluff, when it gets fluffy, It'll get verryy fluffy. But I have something planned next chapter that I hope to be very interesting. (laughs insanely) - I hope my readers haven't become bored with this. I'm dying to write the romance (weeps - damn you muse!) but must make it realistic.
Well the puzzle is in the story now. And the whole 'other half' thing that has probably been done a thousand times.
Trivia of the month!
Who was the turban guy in the story? Seriously, I don't remember his name and I need it for later chapters. (I'm terrible aren't I?) Credit will go to the person who can tell me! Hopes!
No review replies this chapter! I can't risk the wrath of people who are waiting for this chapter. I've been threatened already too ;_;. Next chappie will have it though.
Dark Game Addiction - www.geocities.com/dark_game_addiction has been updated again. Has a tag-board now so anyone who wants to say hi without the complications of Guest Book, can ^^.
Much thanks goes out to SupaFreak who drew me a fan pic! (huggles friend)
And a huge Jacuzzi pool with my own personal Baskins & Robbins beside it. - And I'd also put more romance in the manga =) (between Tea and Yami - hey I support those two no matter what anyone says - n_n).
But then again. Heck I'd do more romance between Yugi and Yami =^_^=. (NOT HENTAI !!)
-and veering off the point completely, has anyone ever noticed Yami's pants? The way they stick to him like a second skin?
-And the neck buckle? God, I love the neck buckle.
- What was I saying again ? 0_0.
- Oh yeah. y'know who I'd like to REALLY own from Yugi-OH though (apart from Yugi and Yami) ? Malik. that boy has a shape that.nice thighs and hips and he has abbs!!
(Lawyers box dillydally)
What!? Oh, yeah. Where was I? I don't own it because I'm poor, stupid and couldn't do anything that good even if I tried a million times (cries).
This disclaimer is becoming too long.9_9
"" is talking, is for thinking and reminiscing , ** is for coughs or sighs --- --- is for mental conversations or mental voices [] is for loudspeaker announcements.
Rating PG-13 for bad language (gasp! Yami says a bad word! The world is coming to and end!! - runs screaming - 9_9)
CHAPTER TWELVE - The Final Item Calls
"Shadow Realm?" Yami asked curiously.
"Would you like to get comfortable? This may take a while." Malik said; he gestured slightly and the ropes that were binding Yami to the table, slipped away. Yami took the opportunity and snapped upright. Rubbing his sore arms, he dangled his feet off the table and fixed Malik with his penetrating glare.
Malik was relaxing in a large chair that Yami was sure had NOT been there before. It looked like it was made from solid stone.
How the.?
"The mind is powerful Yami. and I have learnt to control it." Malik said.
"So?" Yami asked, still staring at the chair Malik was sitting on.
Probably did it with mirrors.
Malik smirked slightly. "Arrogant aren't you? I like that." He gestured slightly again and Yami found himself sitting in a chair similar to Malik's.
Although he was truly surprised, he tried his best to make it seem that he was used to chairs popping out of nowhere. He wanted to relax into the chair (it WAS soft) but instead kept his back ramrod straight. He didn't trust this Malik and wasn't going to show any sort of vulnerability in his presence.
Course he DID just have your ass tied to a table didn't he?
Shut up
"The Shadow Realm..." Malik said suddenly.
Yami refused to look interested and kept his expression blank.
".Is a world of the mind. In a way you could say it is THE mind of the world. It strongly resembles earth in appearance, but is in fact only a 'shadow' of the real world."
"Wow." Yami said dryly, he had propped his chin up with his hand and was wearing an extremely bored expression.
If Malik was annoyed by Yami's comment he did not show it but plowed on.
"It is the source of magic, where magic exists. In ancient times wizards and magicians had a direct link to this realm, used the magic from it and themselves went there. But something happened a long time ago, in Egypt to be precise, and now entry to the Shadow Realm is next to impossible, the magic from the Shadow Realm is still accessible but only in small portions."
"Magic.? You actually expect me to believe in magic." Yami said coldly. "Now I know you're a nut job."
"How are the wounds?" Malik asked, a strange smile playing on his lips.
Yami frowned slightly and instinctively reached up to his shoulder where he had been shot. There was no sign of a wound; the same was for his hip. "How long have I been unconscious?" Yami asked surprised. How had his wounds healed so completely?
"You've been unconscious only for three days, but not because of the wounds. Magic is wonderful isn't it?" Malik asked smirking.
Yami frowned. He wanted to say something back but what to say? He had no wounds and no scars. "Okay, let's say there IS magic. How can this Shadow Realm bring back my parents.?"
And Yugi?
"Who is this Yugi that keeps running through your mind?" Malik asked.
Yami glared at him but refrained from snarling at Malik. "An acquaintance." he replied coldly.
Malik smiled darkly. "A lot of concern for only an acquaintance."
"Shut up." Yami growled.
"He's dead you keep saying. and such odd last memories about him." Malik went on, ignoring Yami's furious expression.
"He warned you about me?" Malik said suddenly, sounding for the first time, surprised. Yami noted it but offered no answer.
Malik was quiet a bit more and then smiled sinisterly at Yami. "Yes.I think we can bring him back too. Not many persons know about me, I would like to meet this.Yugi."
"My parents. they are my only concern; tell me how I can bring them back." Yami growled.
"The Millennium Items." Malik replied.
Yami frowned slightly then had an inspiration. "The artifacts you stole from the museum show."
Malik looked pleased. "Ah! You do have a brain! Yes those artifacts."
"You're missing one." Yami said matter-of-factly.
Malik managed to look even more pleased; Yami didn't like that look, it was the sort of look a dog master gave his pet when it had done a trick particularly well. He half expected Malik to throw a doggy treat at his head.
"What do these 'items' do?" Yami asked.
"They will grant me entrance to the Shadow Realm, a back entrance of sorts." Malik explained then paused as if considering then said. "Among other things."
Yami frowned slightly. "What about the front entrance?"
Malik laughed, showing sharp canines. "That, unfortunately, is guarded."
"By what?" Yami asked suspiciously.
"By WHO is the right question and I won't answer that question. Let's just say, once I have entered the Shadow Realm and reached a certain place in that realm, resurrection of dead souls will be a simple matter."
"And what exactly can I do to help you?" Yami asked finally.
"Become one of my followers. You have no choice in the matter really but you can volunteer to become one and retain your free-will or you can refuse and - I love it when people refuse - I brain wash you and make you into a zombie - sounds wonderful doesn't it?"
Yami crossed his arms and glared at Malik. "Why me?" he asked darkly.
"You are the first person I have ever met who I could not control at once. You have something hidden in your mind, I want.no I MUST find it. As little resistance as possible would be nice, I'm tired of the brain dead zombies I have to work with. And also I like you."
"Pardon me if I don't jump for joy." Yami said coldly. His back was starting to stiffen a bit but he stubbornly refused to shift his position.
"I will be able to explain more to you as we go along, right now I am conducting a search for the last and most powerful item. Entrance into the Shadow Realm without this will be next to impossible."
"It didn't come with the other items, its probably still in Egypt." Yami offered.
Malik shook his head. "No.it is in Japan.I can feel it. Where I don't know exactly, the reading is scattered and faint."
Yami had gotten bored with the conversation and decided to end it; he had made his decision anyway. "I don't trust you Malik, but if I can get back my parents."
Malik smiled darkly at Yami. "Welcome into our guild Yami."
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Yugi gazed down at the street from his hospital window; suddenly a bird landed on the windowsill and chirped up at him. Smiling sadly, he crumbled a biscuit that he had left over from breakfast and dropped it on the sill for the bird. The bird began pecking cheerfully and Yugi gazed down at it.
Must be nice to be a bird. he thought. No worries at all.
Tomorrow was his birthday but he couldn't cheer himself up.
16.. He could drive a car if he could get one.
Jou's news had hit him hard. Yami missing? Had he really run away?
Somehow I never thought of him as a coward. Yugi pondered to himself, running his hand along the curtain of the window. It was soft and comforting.
I don't think he ran away... he doesn't seem the type to run away.something else happened. and why doesn't his guardian want to look for him?
Yugi absentmindedly brought his hand away from the curtain and rubbed his chest. It was still sore and the doctor told him it would be a couple weeks before he was completely healed.
'No unnecessary exertion if you can help it.' One doctor had told him in a bored tone.
At least they took that horrible drip out of my hand. Yugi said, shuddering. He hated needles.
Turning from the window he picked up his English Book and opened it, trying to study. The mocks were in two weeks, he had to keep studying or he'd never get into art school.
Yami's expelled .
Sighing, Yugi snapped the book shut. He couldn't concentrate; he kept worrying about Yami and what had happened to him. Jou was out searching with Triston. It had taken three Twinkies, 2 chocolate covered rice balls and a month's worth of pocket money to make Jou agree to go looking for Yami (NOTHING ON THIS PLANET WILL MAKE ME GO LOOKING FOR THAT JERK.are those Twinkies?).
He really liked his new friends; Jou and Triston made him laugh and Tea understood his sudden mood swings. Something was poking out of the side of the book and Yugi slipped it out. Wistfully he stared down at his black magician card, which thanks to the help of tape was more or less back together. When he had dueled Yami he had really hoped that Yami would let down his barriers and allow him to be a friend. Instead.
He ran his thumb over the tear marks, angry and sad all at the same time.
"Yugi-chan!" his grandfather's voice said cheerfully at the door, breaking him away from his depression.
"Ojii-san^_^!" Yugi said happily, sitting up.
Solomon came into the room; he had a box under his arm that Yugi eyed curiously. "I know your birthday is tomorrow but. I couldn't wait. This is something I've wanted to give you for years." Solomon babbled, handing Yugi the box.
HE told me to give it to you when you turned 16.
Yugi grinned and opened it. Shiny gold coloured pieces lay inside the box. Curious, Yugi pulled out a piece. It was heavy and cool. "What is it grandpa?"
"A puzzle. a very ancient type of puzzle." Solomon explained. "They say whoever solves it will be granted whatever they want."
Yugi smiled and fingered the pieces. "Yeah right, Ojii-san.but this is cool."
Solomon beamed. "I'll have some other presents for you tomorrow.but try solving it, take your mind off the pain."
In reply, Yugi took out two pieces and tried to piece them together. Solomon smiled softly and ruffling his grandson's head. He then left the hospital room with a cheery goodbye.
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"Until we collect all the items, we're staying in this warehouse." Malik explained to Yami, showing him around a large waterfront warehouse. "During the day we pretend to be regular warehouse workers, at night we search for the items."
Yami walked behind Malik, hands in his pockets and looking unimpressed. Several workers stopped moving a crate to look at him. Three of them had a glazed looks on their faces while another had a cold calculating expression. Yami figured the glazed eyed ones were the zombies.
"I doubt you've worked a day in your life but if you want to eat you'll work on the shipping crates." Malik said.
Yami found the entire thing at that point highly amusing. "What's the matter? Why don't you use magic to do all the work?" he said sarcastically.
Malik stopped walking and turned to glare at Yami. "Another comment like that I'll reopen your wounds.understand?"
Yami glowered at him and growled. "You threaten a lot Malik, but can you actually do anything?"
Malik's reply was a vicious back kick that sent Yami sprawling over the ramp they were walking on. Yami hit the ground hard, jarring his teeth. There was laughter from every direction as Yami painfully pulled himself up. He had NEVER been kicked like that. He was a goddam black belt! He should have seen it coming!
--"You would have, but I control your mind now Yami. remember that.."-
Yami glared up at Malik, he wanted his parents back but was this worth it? The humiliation? He despised being embarrassed in front of people and the laughter in the background was making his blood boil.
It's worth it.EVERYTHING. If I could just touch them again.for just one second.tell them.
He looked down at the ground, red creeping into his cheeks as the laughter intensified at his apparent submission.
"Give him something to do, preferably hard and dirty." Malik ordered and disappeared into a backroom. Yami, his head lowered never
A thin man with the same zombie-like stare came up to him. "This way." He croaked and led Yami to round the back of the warehouse where he showed him barrels of tar. "Load these into that crate over there." With that he left Yami staring at a pile of filthy tar slopping barrels in disgust.
I think I'd rather have been shot.
For parents, this is for parents.
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It was nearing midnight and Yugi had completed the majority of the puzzle. He was grinning to himself as he fitted and refitted pieces.
Kinda fun actually.
"Motou-san? Aren't you going to bed?" A nurse asked coming in, smiling fondly at the gentle boy who sat fiddling with an odd looking trinket.
"Soon." Yugi said, giving the nurse a brief smile before returning to the puzzle. He fitted another piece in and suddenly his hands began to tremble.
Why am I shaking?
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At the warehouse Malik sat up from his seat, eyes wide. Something was happening with the final item. he could feel it . coming together! His Millennium rod was shaking violently in his hand. Out of impulse he stalked over to the safe that had the items and flung it open. Inside the two items he had salvaged were glowing and shaking violently. His heart racing Malik grinned. He could almost sense where it was!
Yami was still working on the tar barrels, (something about newbies had longer shifts - "Bullshit!" he had mumbled) when suddenly he felt something jerk his heart.
"What?" he said, gripping his chest.
THEN the agony came.
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Sweating profusely but unable to stop himself, Yugi fitted the second to last chink of the puzzle into its slot. His was breathing had become heavy and his eyes were completely glazed over. Picking up the last piece he brought up it up to his blank eyes and stared at it. Then with one swift movement fitted in place.
The clock on his bedside table beeped midnight. Yugi was sixteen.
But he wasn't aware of it, he had eyes only for the puzzle in his hand that was beginning to glow a bright yellow. Still dazed he picked up the chain of the puzzle and slipped it over his head.
The moment the puzzle rested against the back of his neck, it began to vibrate violently and the light from it swelled to fill the room, absorbing Yugi with its intensity.
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Yugi blinked and the glazed look in his eyes faded. He was shocked out of his mind to see a tall robed figure with a turban wrapped around his head standing at the end of his bed. His skin was a dark exotic tan, but it was his eyes that caught Yugi's attention. A vivid dark blue of unexplored depths, they stared past Yugi's eyes and into his soul, looking, probing for something. There was a grim expression on his face that made Yugi think of a reprimanding schoolteacher, only somehow, he knew (he did not know HOW he knew) that a punishment worse than death was forthcoming if this person did not find what he was looking for.
Then the grim expression eased into a relieved smile.
--"The chosen one"-the person did not open his mouth but Yugi could hear the voice in his head. --"The other half of Chaos.I was right.I knew the moment I saw your grandfather."--
"Wh.who are you?" Yugi squeaked, trying to push back into his pillow.
The figure smiled again. -"A very good friend, little one. And one who has been expecting you for many centuries. We knew HE had been born again, HE always is reborn, but you, you have not been born since the first time you came to this world. The binder, HIS seal."-
Confusion welded up in Yugi's heart. What was this person going on about? Had some madman gotten into his hospital room? His hand fumbled for the buzzer but could not find it.
The figure looked amused suddenly. -"You have nothing to fear of me little one." His expression became grave at this and he continued. ".But beware of those who would take that puzzle from around your neck. You must find HIM, your other half. Find him and bind with him, let no one but HIM touch it. With you and HIM the puzzle can heal the damage done to the Shadow Realm all those centuries ago, let no one who would use that puzzle for evil touch it, for they will corrupt it. Your soul is pure and new, it will keep the puzzle untainted until the day it is to be used for its purpose."
"My other half!? Bind? With who? Who are you and what are you talking about!?"
The figure removed a strange gold key from his pocket and swiftly reaching Yugi's side, pointed the head of the key at Yugi's forehead. A golden eye flickered on Yugi's forehead and his eyes became blank again.
-"I can only imprint on you a memory, of who you were and your goal. You may not be aware of it but this imprint will lead you down the proper path. The memory of who you were will return to you when it is time. Remember chosen one, keep the puzzle safe, with your life keep it safe."--
"Yes." Yugi said softly; his eyes closed and his head fell back against the pillow.
The figure gently brushed Yugi's bang out of his face and smiled. Something lying beside Yugi on the bed caught his eye. Curious he picked up the torn Black Magician card, his expression becoming amusement.
--"He was always your favourite and most loyal monster wasn't he, Chosen one?"-
He placed it in Yugi's hand and Yugi clenched it instinctively. -"Guard him magician."- He whispered and the eyes of the painted Black Magician flashed for an instant.
Satisfied, the figure closed his eyes and the light inside Yugi's room faded, leaving only Yugi fast asleep, his right hand clutching the card and the other hand, the puzzle.
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In the shipping yard, Malik was going ballistic and screaming mental orders everywhere. He was standing in the middle of the shipping yard and making sure all his followers were there. At this point he realised Yami was absent and snapped an angry mental command out to him to get his ass out there.
--"Hurts."--
Malik blinked and strode quickly to where he knew Yami was supposed to be working late. He found Yami, to his utter surprise, curled up in a fetal position, clutching his head, eyes shut tightly. Every once in a while he spasmed.
"Get up! What's the matter with you?!" Malik snarled. "We have work to do!" He took control of Yami's body and savagely jerked Yami's body into a standing position. Once standing, he released Yami again and ordered him to follow him if he wanted to hold on to his freedom.
Yami felt like every nerve in his body was on fire, as for his headache? Let's not go there. He staggered after Malik in more pain than he had ever been in his life. What was going on?
I felt something. something. I feel like half of me is ripping away.
Malik glanced behind him at Yami's agonized thought but dismissed it. He wanted the item; the item was the only thing that mattered right now. True, he was interested in Yami's deep secrets but if he had to, he'd sacrifice all of his followers including Yami to get what he wanted.
It was within his grasp!!
--"FOLLOW ME!!"- He snarled to his followers and holding his rod up, let it pick up the source of the final item's power.
The others followed suit quickly with Yami shambling in the rear, shivering so badly he could hardly see straight.
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Yugi dozed lightly, the puzzle tightly in his grasp. The moment he had finished the puzzle, even before the robed figure had come to him in the vision, he had begun to feel something.someone calling him. Smiling in his sleep, he rubbed the puzzle and slipped into a deeper sleep. The nurse, who came to check up on him an hour later, sighed at his beautiful sleeping face. She was glad he had survived the accident, such a sweet boy deserved to live. She tucked the sheet around him and attempted to gently slide the dark magician card out of his hand but he only clamped his hand around it tighter. His brow creased slightly and he mumbled in his sleep, so she left it and turned to leave.
There was a flash of light so bright she could not see, and when it did fade she no longer had her own will. She dropped to the floor silently, eyes wide and blank.
Malik stood at the door, grinning insanely, his followers all behind him. He stepped over the nurse as if she were a mat and stared down at the sleeping form of Yugi who was clutching the puzzle, frowning in his sleep, as if sensing the impending danger.
What is the puzzle doing in the possession of this weakling? And why . why does he look like.
He swung around to stare at Yami who was leaning against the corridor wall, eyes shut tightly and gasping. Then he looked at Yugi again, yes, the resemblance was uncanny. This could not be a coincidence!
Yugi's eyes flashed open and stared up at Malik, surprise and confusion swirling in them all at the same time. "Who are you?" he stammered, sitting up. Then he saw the nurse and all of Malik's robed followers standing behind Malik. Needless to say he figured out Malik did not mean him well.
"What do you want!?" he stammered, backing to the furthest edge of the bed. He knew already, it was the puzzle - this person wanted the puzzle.
Malik smirked and reached for the puzzle around Yugi's neck but the moment his fingertips touched the surface it began to burn him like acid. Snarling, he pulled back his hand and glared at the frightened boy who now had a determined look on his face.
"What the hell is this!?" he growled.
"You can't have it!" Yugi squeaked. "It is not yours to have!" (AN: BWAHAHAHH - THINK FRODO!! My preciousssss, ahem.*becomes sane*) he jumped off the bed and rushed to the other end of his hospital room where he shoved himself in a corner, clutching the puzzle for all it was worth while trying to look dangerous.
Malik's eyes flashed and he pulled out his rod. "It IS mine to have and I will possess this item, BOY!" he spat.
Yugi's eyes widened at the rod, it had the same eye on it as of that on his puzzle. Something.sinister pulsated from it; he could feel it from where he stood.
"Wh.what are you going to do?" Yugi choked.
A flash of blinding light was his only answer and he blinked rapidly. A dull headache was building up at his temples and he clutched his forehead.
Malik gaped. THE SECOND TIME! THIS WAS THE SECOND TIME HIS ROD HAD FAILED HIM!
What is this? Some kind of God-dam 'let's-resist-malik' convention?
Stupid little.I'LL KILL HIM!
Yugi stumbled back against the wall and stared up at Malik, big green eyes as wide as a puppy's.
His followers (those that had any will anyway) were mumbling to themselves behind him and giving him worried looks. Yami hadn't come into the room at all but was still leaning against the corridor wall.
"TAKE THAT PUZZLE AWAY FROM HIM!" he snarled at them. "KILL HIM IF YOU HAVE TO!"
Yugi choked at his words and jumped up. "No.!" he stammered. "Please no!" his eyes filled with tears as he saw the entire group of robed figures ganging up on him.
"If you want to survive you can give me the puzzle and save us all a LOT of trouble - and blood." Malik said almost pleasantly, the combination of his voice and facial expression made him look insane.
Yugi shook his head frantically. "I can't.!"
"DO IT!" Malik snarled to his followers and they swarmed towards Yugi.
They never got to touch him.
The puzzle flashed a brilliant white and suddenly all of his followers were flying backwards and hitting the hospital walls with strange splatting sounds.
Yugi sat curled up in a corner, eyes wide and staring as the nearest robed figure slid of the wall with a groan.
They're. they're all. Malik stammered to himself. Who WAS this kid?
He had no one else to pit against this Yami lookalike.except.YES.
--"YAMI!"-he snarled mentally and felt Yami weakly acknowledge him from the corridor.
--"GET UP!"-
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Yami felt his mind being pushed back and Malik's own will fill its place. He hated the feeling; it was a violation of privacy, of self. He'd kill Malik if he ever got a chance.
My parents.for the parents.
He felt his body pull itself up, the agony from the action was enough to make him want to throw up. The pain was becoming worse.would it ever stop? Shuffling into the hospital room he felt Malik order his body to attack someone.to take the item.
So he found it! That means.
"Y.yami?" a small voice said in surprise and joy all at once.
YUGI!!? Yami's mind said in utter shock.
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Yugi was so happy to see that Yami was okay that he almost rushed over to hug him. Two things stopped this irrational behaviour. One, the memory of Yami punching him, two, the fact that Yami's eyes were . blank.
"Y.yami?" he stammered again.
Malik was having difficulty. Yami was resisting him, trying to regain control of his body and was winning. This was Yugi? He didn't understand, Yami had said he was dead. Or.no wait.Yami had thought he was dead.
--"BASTARD!"-Yami was screaming. -"I'm not hurting him again! I'm not that person anymore! Leave him alone! STOP MAKING ME DO THIS!"-
Yugi had taken a step closer to Yami, concern all over his face. "I heard.I heard they expelled you! That you ran away.!"
--"DAMN FOOL! RUN! Why the FUCK do you keep caring!?"-Yami screamed mentally. -"RUN!"-
"R..ruuuun." was the only world Yami could force out of his mouth. He was fighting Malik like a maniac, ignoring the pain. He wouldn't do this again. He would NOT make the same mistake again.
Yugi frowned and took another step towards Yami, reaching out his hand to touch Yami's own. "What are you doing working with this guy? We have to get you back into school!"
His hand touched Yami's, the puzzle flashed brightly and suddenly Yami felt all the pain evaporate. With a rush he shoved off the last of Malik's control and with a groan fell forward.
Yugi caught him, almost getting crushed by Yami. "Yami!? Yami are you okay!?" he cried.
Malik snarled as he felt his mind shoved out of Yami's. Feeling blindly, he searched to see if he could still control Yami.
He could.but barely. something had helped Yami shove off his control and the majority of his carefully built mind control webs were destroyed. Angry beyond anything he blamed this Yugi kid.
It was going to take forever to rebuild them! Furious, he started to weave again, the entire time glaring at the two. Something was slowing down his process and he realised it was the item. But at least he knew one thing. Yami could come into contact with Yugi, that meant when he regained his control.
The item would be his.
This time he would make his webs stronger, strong enough for Yami to take the item without Malik loosing his grip on his mind.
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Yugi was holding Yami's upper body in his arms, trying to wake him up. "Yami. c'mon open your eyes!" He was terrified that the guy with the rod was going to come after both of them.
He's so warm. Yugi thought to himself but sharply told himself to stop being silly. He gripped Yami's shoulder and shook him gently. "Yami.please."
Groggily, Yami opened his eyes and stared up at Yugi's green ones. "You're alive." he said softly, a smile creasing his features.
Yugi felt his cheeks go red and his heart speed up. Yami's smile.it was the most gorgeous thing he had ever seen. Struggling not to stammer he nodded. "Yeah. and so are you. Are you okay?"
Yami blinked and his expression darkened. "Yes I am."
The pain.the pain stopped.I don't feel like I'm being torn in two anymore.
When Yugi touched me. it stopped.
Then Yami remembered the impending danger. "Yugi.you need to run." He sat up dizzily and glared at Malik. Yugi propped Yami up with his hand to keep him from falling backward. Yami mentally thanked him.
Yugi looked up at Malik who was also glaring at them from across the room. "Who is he?"
Yami was giving Malik a look that was something akin to hatred. "RUN Yugi. He wants that thing around your neck and he's going to use me to get it. I'm going to try and hold him off as long as possible but you need to get as far away as you can so I can't find you!"
Yugi shakily stood up. "But Yami."
"RUN!!" Yami snarled, giving Yugi a murderous glare.
Yugi jumped at Yami's aggression and scampered past Malik as fast as he could and down the hospital corridor.
Malik looked murderous. "Followers who disobey me always die."
Yami narrowed his eyes. "I don't give a fuck about your followers, leave Yugi out of this. He almost died because of my idiocy and I'm not going to let you hurt him again."
"Touching." Malik said sarcastically. "But your mental battle with me is over, and I have won.again."
Yami felt Malik's mind seep into his own. He only hoped that Yugi had been able to run far enough.
AN: Wohoo! I have something juicy planned next chapter ^_-. Writing it now, so hopefully I'll have it out before Easter. Goddamit, getting this chapter out was like pulling hen's teeth!
Sorry guys about how LONG this took and the lack of fluff (it had a bit.;_;) but I refuse to compromise the storyline for fluff, when it gets fluffy, It'll get verryy fluffy. But I have something planned next chapter that I hope to be very interesting. (laughs insanely) - I hope my readers haven't become bored with this. I'm dying to write the romance (weeps - damn you muse!) but must make it realistic.
Well the puzzle is in the story now. And the whole 'other half' thing that has probably been done a thousand times.
Trivia of the month!
Who was the turban guy in the story? Seriously, I don't remember his name and I need it for later chapters. (I'm terrible aren't I?) Credit will go to the person who can tell me! Hopes!
No review replies this chapter! I can't risk the wrath of people who are waiting for this chapter. I've been threatened already too ;_;. Next chappie will have it though.
Dark Game Addiction - www.geocities.com/dark_game_addiction has been updated again. Has a tag-board now so anyone who wants to say hi without the complications of Guest Book, can ^^.
Much thanks goes out to SupaFreak who drew me a fan pic! (huggles friend)