AN - 18/5/2003 - Okay, I am SO sick of FF.net messing up my layout. Crap
man, tchhh. okay I really want to apologize to all who read this chapter
before and found it a bit disconnected. That's because ff.net took out my
settings. So now I have to REUPLOAD the damn thing with a
completely different way of showing thoughts. So sorry guys. (grumbles to
self).
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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 !!) - well maybe a little.(oops did I say that? ^_^ *sweats* )
-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
But I don't care XP
Does anyone read this far into disclaimers anyway? I mean. have you actually read all of this? *presses face against the screen* HELLO? ANYONE THERE??
"" is talking, ~ ~ is for thinking and reminiscing , ** is for coughs or sighs --- --- is for mental conversations or mental voices [] is for loudspeaker announcements.
WARNING: OKAY THIS CHAPPIE HAS THE WHOLE YAOI THING (GUY/GUY) MORE IN FOCUS. THE RATING IS STILL PG 13 HOWEVER. For now it's only a warm build-up, nothing graphic but very suggestive. If you have a problem with this kind of thing then please don't read I don't want to offend anyone. Thank you. Oh some cursing in this one as well.
AN: yes, yes, I know it's rare that I make a comment here but I'm just letting everyone know that this chappie is dedicated to the wonderful Jack.V. Briefs ^_^! I just met her recently on MSN (she's so nice^_^!) Her Yugi-Oh story is one of the BEST I've ever read and her humour and romance are out of this world. Go read her story if you can! (Game of Seduction) it's in my fav stories list. Now if she would just UPDATE again I'd be the happiest person alive.heh heh ^^u.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - For The Sake of You
Yami gently lowered Yugi onto the narrow bunk and warily eyed the flickering light bulb that was directly overhead. The room Malik had put him in was a dump, hardly a cupboard. Bitterly, Yami thought of his comfortably furnished room back at his old house, a house he could never go back to, not until he had his parents back.
"Mnnn." Yugi murmured in his sleep and Yami realised his hands were still under Yugi's back. Carefully, he pulled them out and gazed down at Yugi who continued to sleep, dark eyelashes fluttering slightly from an errant dream.
Yami smirked to himself when he realised that 'Yugi', the strangest person he had ever met had put his bed to use before he (Yami) had even got a chance to.
~ Come to think of it bright spark when was the last time you slept?! ~
Suddenly realising how very tired he was, Yami covered Yugi with the one sheet that the bunk had (surprisingly) come with. He didn't like how thin that hospital shirt looked. He stood there thinking for a second and then decided he'd take a bath. He unbuttoned the top of his shirt while looking around for the shower the guard had told him would be in here. If that stupid idiot had been lying, Malik or no Malik he WOULD make the man eat concrete and enjoy it.
~ Ah, there it is. ~
~ So we can't make the guard eat concrete? ~
~ Hell why not? Later though. ~
Sighing, he made his way to the shower, peeling off clothes as he went. He was aching all over and he prayed that there would be at least some hot water.
There was.
The world was full of surprises today apparently.
He just stood there, scrubbing and letting the hot water sooth his throbbing muscles. After a few minutes of enjoying the hot water his mind began to wander back to everything that was happening.
He wanted his parents back but Malik said he needed the thing around Yugi's neck to do so and he'd keep Yugi if he had to. Yami wanted Yugi free, to go back to his grandfather or whoever the HELL he lived with and those grubby little friends who apparently cared for him. Go back there. Go back so he could, at least, have him off his conscience. It was getting reeaaally annoying, having his inner voice tell him he was an asshole.
~ Squeeze him. ~
Yami felt his cheeks reddening and he splashed hot water in his face to wash away that thought. He couldn't even believe he was entertaining that stupid suggestion that Malik had given him.
Okay, he admitted it. He didn't dislike Yugi as much as he had before. Someone who had taken all that abuse without running to complain. well he couldn't hate him, you really had to be stupid as a rock to hate the brat after that. Although it was Yugi that had caused him to get expelled anyway. Yugi and his stupid interfering, why did the little idiot care so much!? So yeah he didn't hate him but he didn't exactly like him either, the emotion was in a sort of limbo.
But . When Kurai had shot him. Yugi had been there. in that odd dream that had seemed so vivid. Called him back from the abyss of hell it seemed.
~ That damn Kurai. ~ Yami thought enraged and slammed his fist into the tiles. ~ Killed my PARENTS!! KILLED MY PARENTS!!! ~
He'd bring back his parents with Malik's help... bring them back and then kill that damn Kurai, torture him slowly maybe. An almost insane smile spread across his lips and he swiped his fingernail against a tile, imagining it to be Kurai's neck.
He'd get that bastard.
The water kept gurgling down the drain
Yugi gave a wretched cry and looked around him frantically for the sound of water. Where was he? Ignoring how cold it was, he weakly fought off the bed sheet, got out of the bunk and headed for the door, his head swimming. Trying the doorknob, he swallowed a sob from his clenching throat. It wouldn't open! It wouldn't open!!
~ Oh God. ~
"It's locked, don't waste your energy." A cold voice said behind him. "Besides, they put two guards out there, I looked."
Yugi turned, slamming his body against the door and breathing hard, eyes as wide as a petrified deer.
~ NO! ~
Yami stood in the centre of the room, apparently having just taken a shower. His pants were on but he carried his shirt slung over his shoulder. He was staring at Yugi intensely.
Yugi went red at the sight of Yami's bare chest, which was beautifully sculpted like a statue he'd seen in an art book once.
~ NO! evil person!!! EVILLL. ~
Yami came towards him and Yugi cried out, shoving himself in a corner. "DON'T!" he pleaded.
Looking at him oddly, Yami shrugged and beckoned casually. "Get away from the door and sit down."
Yugi shook his head frantically, tears building up in his eyes. "Are you really Yami, or is this some SICK trick to hurt me again?"
Yami watched the tears spill down Yugi's face and sighed. Yugi had been through a lot these past days but he had no patience for tears. "Wipe those stupid tears out of your eyes, crying will get you nowhere." He snapped.
Yugi frantically rubbed clenched fists against his eyes, trying to stop the flow that just kept coming.
Yami frowned and decided to get straight to the point. "You want to go home right? I want you to go home as well, give me that stupid thing around your neck so they can let you go." He came towards Yugi, hand out.
In response, Yugi flung himself at the door and began tearing at the lock with his nails until they began to bleed. "LET ME GO!!! LET ME OUT!! GRANDPAAAAA! HELP SOMEONE!!! PLEASE!!!!" He screamed on top of his lungs.
Alarmed, Yami grabbed Yugi by the arm and pulled him away from the door. "What the hell are you doing!!?"
~ Kid has lungs like a banshee. ~
Yugi's eyes were terrified, he tried to pull away from Yami with every ounce of his strength, holding an arm around his chest protectively. "No.don't..whoever you are.just.."
Yami stood for a second, blinking, wondering what the HELL he was talking about until he remembered what Malik had said..
~ What did Malik do to him? ~
Yami easily pulled Yugi towards him who flew forward with a frightened squeak and gripped him by the shoulders, shaking him roughly. "I'M YAMI YOU LITTLE IDIOT!"
Yugi stiffened for a second, staring directly into Yami's deep red eyes, lined with fury, then he smiled, tearfully.
"He let you go."
Flustered by Yugi's smile, he released him and stood back. "I don't know what you're talking about." He growled, annoyed.
Yugi frowned. "Yami what are you DOING here? Why aren't you at home, safe? Why are you letting this madman possess you?"
Yami glared down at Yugi, angrily. Enough was enough, he'd get the puzzle from Yugi, give it to Malik and get Yugi HOME. With a growl he grabbed Yugi's arm and tried to take the puzzle, but once again, his hand could not grasp it.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING!???" Yami snarled, clenching his fist in frustration.
Yugi had stiffened when Yami grabbed him and he winced at Yami's temper. But thankfully Yami made no move to hit him or hurt him.
"I have to protect it, keep it away from those who would use it for evil. I can't give it to you. Not even to bring back your parents." Yugi explained.
Yami froze when Yugi said that. How did he.?
"He said that. the person who possessed you . he said it was to bring back your parents." Yugi gingerly rubbed his chest, glad that the pain that had been there before was gone. It still ached dully but it was livable.not like before.when he felt like it was going to explode.
Yami grit his teeth. Malik had made him re-damage Yugi's chest. Guilt raced through him but.
Parents.
"Yugi if you don't give me that thing he's going."
What could he say? He was going to use Yugi in the ceremony?
"He's going to hurt you horribly."
Yugi looked ready to weep. "I can't. I made a promise. It's important Yami, life threateningly important that I keep it safe." He stood shakily and went towards the bathroom. "M.may I use your bath?" he asked softly, looking at Yami.
Yami glowered at him but shrugged. "Do whatever the hell you want, I don't care."
A flicker of hurt passed through Yugi's features for a second. He nodded and slowly went into the bathroom, pulling off his shirt. Yami caught sight of beautiful pale skin before Yugi shut the door carefully behind him.
The sound of running water started.
Realising Yugi couldn't wear his hospital clothes all the time; he dug into a drawer searching for something that Yugi could wear. All he found was an old white t-shirt. He supposed Yugi would have to wear the hospital pants still.
He put it on the bunk and glowered outside the window wondering what he was going to do. He wasn't giving up getting his parents back for anyone, but he didn't want Yugi to be hurt either. What could he do?
~ Conflict of interests. ~ He thought to himself and heard the running water stop. Casting an eye in the general direction of the bathroom door he saw Yugi step out, there weren't any towels so Yugi had had to put his clothes on wet. Unfortunately for Yugi, the clothes went transparent when wet. His hair was damp and hung down his back, it wouldn't get spiky again until it dried. He was absentmindedly rubbing his shoulder and looking around at the room nervously.
Yami went hot and cold one right after the other to see Yugi's like that and he frowned angrily to himself.
~ What the hell am I thinking? ~
"There's a shirt on the bed, put that on over the pants." Yami said gruffly and turned his attention back to the door.
Yugi gingerly went over, picked it up and pulled off his old one and put on the shirt. "Thank you." he said softly to Yami and sat on the bunk.
"There's nothing to thank, he's going to kill you if you don't give him that puzzle and that puzzle equals bringing my parents back. You see the problem your causing in this equation?" Yami snapped, glaring at Yugi who held on to the puzzle and looking away, shivering.
His conscience pricked him and Yami said in a softer voice. "Look. you didn't rattle on me when I hurt you badly. That's why I'm actually caring enough to tell you to give up the puzzle and GO HOME." He got up and walked over to Yugi who looked up at him, his eyes widening again with fear.
"Stop looking like a dog about to be hit by a car!" Yami snapped. "You're pissing me off!"
Yugi looked down. "I'm sorry."
Yami breathed a sigh of frustration. He'd liked it better when Yugi was annoying, now he was just being pathetic. "Well, it's your flipping life. When he's doing whatever he plans to do, I hope he'll stop when you've had enough."
Yugi winced and then murmured something.
"What!?" Yami snapped angrily.
"Help me." Yugi whispered softly looking up at him, eyes swimming in tears. His expression cut into Yami's heart but he frowned and looked away angrily.
"No I won't HELP you, help yourself and give me the puzzle."
Yugi let his head fall and gripped the puzzle in his hand. It took a moment for Yami to realise he was shaking his head.
"Tch." Yami said irritably and sat on the bunk.
Yugi curled himself up at the edge of the bed and faced the wall, shivering slightly.
Yami wanted nothing better than to shake his annoying look-a-like till he rattled but he'd promised himself he'd never hurt Yugi again, and he wouldn't.
"Stupid idiot." He muttered and leaned his head against the wall, his thoughts a whirl of what he wanted and what he knew, in his gut, was right.
BAM! BAM!
Yugi and Yami jerked awake at banging on the door. Blinking stupidly Yugi stared into Yami's red eyes that were looking at him with a shocked expression.
~ Wait a minute. ~
Turning crimson he realised that he was lying down, facing Yami. Sometime in the night Yugi must have tried to find a comfortable place to perch and tucked himself in beside Yami who had finally fallen asleep an hour after Yugi.
~ ACKK!!! ~
Yami quickly and gracefully pulled himself out of the bed into a standing position, glaring down at Yugi with a perplexed look on his face.
The door swung open with a particular loud bang and Yami turned his intense glare to the person who stood there. Behind him he heard Yugi gasp in fear.
Malik smirked at Yami.
--"You failed?"-
His expression infuriated Yami beyond reason and he made up his mind right there. He wanted his parents back but not. not at the cost of another's life.
~ Fuck off ~ Yami snapped mentally.
Yugi didn't deserve this. No matter HOW annoying he was.
He threw himself at the nearest guard and with two punches took him out and then shoved the unconscious, toppling guard on top of Malik. He didn't have much time; Malik would soon get enough concentration to grab his mind again.
Malik's shouted in anger and Yami slamming his foot into the guard's back, winning a muffled 'ufff' from the tanned teenager. Grinning to himself ground his foot into the guard's back, making sure to prolong Malik's discomfort and looked up at Yugi, his grin fading. Yugi was sitting on the bed looking terrified out of his mind.
~ This kid really is thick. ~
"RUN YOU LITTLE FOOL!" Yami snarled and punched the next guard who hit the wall with a satisfying thud. Oh well what did you know? It was the same idiot who'd told him where the bathroom was.
~ Time to eat concrete beautiful. ~
Yugi ran past him, looking back at Yami who was grinding the second's guard's face into the ground with a maniacal grin on his face.
Malik kicked off the guard and stood up, shaking with anger.
"Yami!" Yugi shouted as warning. "Don't let him do it to you again! RUN!"
"YOU LITTLE IDIOT I SAID TO GET OUT OF HERE!!" Yami snarled and threw the guard's shoe at him.
Yugi dodged and eyes wide headed down the docks.
Malik was smiling at Yami, cruelly. "Giving up your parents Yami?"
Yami narrowed his eyes, blocking the doorway bodily. "I'll settle for slitting Kurai's throat and strangling you for controlling my mind."
Malik smirked. "He won't escape me.you've given up your parents for nothing."
Yami lost his reality so quickly he didn't even realise Malik had taken his mind.
Yugi ran through the buildings, dodging cloaked figures that reached out for him as he streaked past. Breathing hard, he ran into what he thought was a throughway warehouse and realised too late that he had run into a dead-end.
Shivering with tears building up in his face, Yugi turned to face a group of twenty cloaked figures their hands reaching out to grasp him.
"I just want to go home." Yugi whimpered, walking backwards as they moved forward. "Let me go home.I just." tears split down his face.
They surrounded him and closed in, carefully, as wary of something.
Yugi's legs gave way and he sank to the ground just as they surged forward, face buried in his hands.
"Is he secured?" a cold voice asked in the darkness.
Yugi felt something yank painfully at his right arm, then his left arm. "Yes sir, he's won't be running again."
Eyes opening groggily from the pain in his arms, he looked up to see cold purple eyes staring down at him. "You really are too sensitive little Yugi."
Yugi's eyes widened at Malik. "Why.why are you doing this?" he whispered. He was terrified what were they going to do to him? Where was Yami?
Malik smiled and ran a hand through Yugi's hair. "They look alike but they are so different."
His hand wandered down Yugi's cheek and he brought his face close to Yugi's. "What lurks in YOUR mind, little one?"
Yugi winced at the touch and turned his face away. "You're sick."
Malik's smile froze and his eyes glittered dangerously. ".different in only some ways."
"YAMI! ARE YOU HERE? ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?" Yugi screamed upwards, suddenly.
Malik stepped back, smiling. "He's very fine Yugi.at least, he will be fine if you do what I say."
Yugi turned to stare at Malik, his eyes widening at Yami who was standing beside him, his eyes blank. "You did it again." he whispered. "You took his mind."
"He will be freed when you do what I say but if you refuse." Malik was suddenly behind Yami, pulling his head back and placing the blade of a thin dagger against his jugular. Yami did not even blink, his gaze staring blindly at the roof.
Yugi grit his teeth. "I won't give you the puzzle Malik!" he blurted out, realising too late what he had said. Oh, Kami-sama, Malik was going to slit Yami's throat!! He opened his mouth to take back what he had said but found himself unable to utter a single syllable.
~ No.! ~
A nasty smile slowly slid across Malik's face and he swiveled the knife and ran the flat of the knife against Yami's throat, slowly, enjoying Yugi's look of terror.
Yugi blinked when he realised Malik HADN'T just cut Yami's throat and breathed a sigh of relief. Malik released Yami's hair and let his head fall into it's normal position, he however did not put away the knife.
"I won't be wasting Yami like that Yugi.I realise now; there is a spell binding your promise to protect the item, you couldn't give that item to another person even if you wanted to. I am under a similar spell myself. A pity I didn't see it before, we could have left already." he paused and tapped the blade flat against his check as if thinking.
Yugi really hated seeing him brandishing the blade like that, as if it was some kind of toy. A part of him was terrified that he was going to turn suddenly and plunge it into Yami's chest. He squeezed his eyes in an effort to shut out the mental image.
"So instead Yugi.I want your co-operation." Malik said softly, he looked almost gentle as he said this.
Yugi gulped, hating that expression with all his being. "What co- operation?" he asked finally.
The gentle look on Malik's face faded into sudden, sinister cruelty and pointed to the left of Yugi. "A ritual, Yugi."
Yugi turned his head slowly to the right and stared at two cloaked figures that stood there, each holding a millennium item in their hands. At Malik's nod they placed them beside Yugi, one on each side. Malik came to stand at the head of the platform Yugi was tied to and looked down at him, a greedy look in his eyes.
"What ritual?" Yugi grated out, his throat dry, he was suddenly very thirsty.
"You do not need to know. All you have to do is ask your item to offer its power to this ritual, nothing else. If you refuse." he glanced pointedly at Yami who was still standing there, expressionlessly.
"Ask it?" Yugi asked in confusion.
Malik glared at him, annoyance clear in his eyes. "You've willed it before, I've witnessed it. Do the same thing again. This time order it. You will do so, understand?" He waved a hand at one of the cloaked figures who sprang forward and rested his knife against Yami's throat. Yami did not flinch, did not even blink when the knife nicked his skin.
"Stop it!" Yugi cried angrily at them as a trickle of blood ran down Yami's neck. "Okay, I'll do it! Don't hurt him!"
Malik smiled cruelly and waved the cloaked figure away. "Begin the ceremony."
The cloaked figures came closer to the platform, one of them pushing Yami forward roughly. Yami stumbled forward, his blank eyes never leaving Malik. Yugi became aware of a droning chant that filled the warehouse they were in. Swallowing hard, he realised he felt nauseous suddenly.
It went on for what felt like forever to Yugi and then suddenly Malik barked two cold words and the two items glowed. Then shot a beam of light into the air that broke through the roof of the warehouse and continued upwards to the sky.
Yugi heard Malik grunt and suddenly he held his rod into the air and barked another cold word. His rod glowed and shot a beam of light to join the other two.
"YUGI!!" Malik snarled. "NOW!"
Closing his eyes, Yugi called to his puzzle.
~ Join? ~ he pleaded mentally and his puzzle glowed against his chest, burning hot. Yugi choked at the pain and winced at the sensation. At this the puzzle wavered, as if sensing it was hurting him and wished to stop.
"YUGI! CONTINUE OR YAMI DIES!!" Malik roared, his purple eyes glaring down at him.
Gasping at the pain, Yugi grit his teeth and willed the puzzle to continue whatever it was doing. The puzzle flickered twice and then flared again, a huge beam of light tearing upwards into the heavens to join the other three.
The pain was horrible but Yugi could not scream, could not move. His eyes were open as wide as they could go and they were glowing a burning yellow.
Malik snarled three more words, swaying from the pressure of the power and gripping the table with all his strength.
Yami blinked.
He had his mind back. How?
The last thing he saw was Yugi, with a beam of sparkling hot energy shooting upwards from his body. His mouth was open, his head back but no sound came from him.
~ Yugi.! ~
Then the world went white.
To be continued.
AN: Okay that could have been a bit more exciting in my book but it's more of the plotline showing it's face^^. I think if I do one more thing to Yugi people are going to massacre me..9_9. sorry about the long wait guys, I had school and was sorta in a block - sort of.. I'm hoping to break the 300 review barrier with this chapter .. but if you found the chapter not my best you don't have to review. Jack V. Briefs, I'll dedicate another better chapter to you later okay?
Oh one last thing, I've come to a decision. Bakura, Ryou, Seto and some of the others won't be showing up in this story at all. INSTEAD, I'm writing three sequeals to this story with them in it. You'll see and I hope you'll read them when this story is completed^^.
- no review replies this chapter guys^^ sowi^^! Next one. =)
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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 !!) - well maybe a little.(oops did I say that? ^_^ *sweats* )
-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
But I don't care XP
Does anyone read this far into disclaimers anyway? I mean. have you actually read all of this? *presses face against the screen* HELLO? ANYONE THERE??
"" is talking, ~ ~ is for thinking and reminiscing , ** is for coughs or sighs --- --- is for mental conversations or mental voices [] is for loudspeaker announcements.
WARNING: OKAY THIS CHAPPIE HAS THE WHOLE YAOI THING (GUY/GUY) MORE IN FOCUS. THE RATING IS STILL PG 13 HOWEVER. For now it's only a warm build-up, nothing graphic but very suggestive. If you have a problem with this kind of thing then please don't read I don't want to offend anyone. Thank you. Oh some cursing in this one as well.
AN: yes, yes, I know it's rare that I make a comment here but I'm just letting everyone know that this chappie is dedicated to the wonderful Jack.V. Briefs ^_^! I just met her recently on MSN (she's so nice^_^!) Her Yugi-Oh story is one of the BEST I've ever read and her humour and romance are out of this world. Go read her story if you can! (Game of Seduction) it's in my fav stories list. Now if she would just UPDATE again I'd be the happiest person alive.heh heh ^^u.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN - For The Sake of You
Yami gently lowered Yugi onto the narrow bunk and warily eyed the flickering light bulb that was directly overhead. The room Malik had put him in was a dump, hardly a cupboard. Bitterly, Yami thought of his comfortably furnished room back at his old house, a house he could never go back to, not until he had his parents back.
"Mnnn." Yugi murmured in his sleep and Yami realised his hands were still under Yugi's back. Carefully, he pulled them out and gazed down at Yugi who continued to sleep, dark eyelashes fluttering slightly from an errant dream.
Yami smirked to himself when he realised that 'Yugi', the strangest person he had ever met had put his bed to use before he (Yami) had even got a chance to.
~ Come to think of it bright spark when was the last time you slept?! ~
Suddenly realising how very tired he was, Yami covered Yugi with the one sheet that the bunk had (surprisingly) come with. He didn't like how thin that hospital shirt looked. He stood there thinking for a second and then decided he'd take a bath. He unbuttoned the top of his shirt while looking around for the shower the guard had told him would be in here. If that stupid idiot had been lying, Malik or no Malik he WOULD make the man eat concrete and enjoy it.
~ Ah, there it is. ~
~ So we can't make the guard eat concrete? ~
~ Hell why not? Later though. ~
Sighing, he made his way to the shower, peeling off clothes as he went. He was aching all over and he prayed that there would be at least some hot water.
There was.
The world was full of surprises today apparently.
He just stood there, scrubbing and letting the hot water sooth his throbbing muscles. After a few minutes of enjoying the hot water his mind began to wander back to everything that was happening.
He wanted his parents back but Malik said he needed the thing around Yugi's neck to do so and he'd keep Yugi if he had to. Yami wanted Yugi free, to go back to his grandfather or whoever the HELL he lived with and those grubby little friends who apparently cared for him. Go back there. Go back so he could, at least, have him off his conscience. It was getting reeaaally annoying, having his inner voice tell him he was an asshole.
~ Squeeze him. ~
Yami felt his cheeks reddening and he splashed hot water in his face to wash away that thought. He couldn't even believe he was entertaining that stupid suggestion that Malik had given him.
Okay, he admitted it. He didn't dislike Yugi as much as he had before. Someone who had taken all that abuse without running to complain. well he couldn't hate him, you really had to be stupid as a rock to hate the brat after that. Although it was Yugi that had caused him to get expelled anyway. Yugi and his stupid interfering, why did the little idiot care so much!? So yeah he didn't hate him but he didn't exactly like him either, the emotion was in a sort of limbo.
But . When Kurai had shot him. Yugi had been there. in that odd dream that had seemed so vivid. Called him back from the abyss of hell it seemed.
~ That damn Kurai. ~ Yami thought enraged and slammed his fist into the tiles. ~ Killed my PARENTS!! KILLED MY PARENTS!!! ~
He'd bring back his parents with Malik's help... bring them back and then kill that damn Kurai, torture him slowly maybe. An almost insane smile spread across his lips and he swiped his fingernail against a tile, imagining it to be Kurai's neck.
He'd get that bastard.
The water kept gurgling down the drain
Yugi gave a wretched cry and looked around him frantically for the sound of water. Where was he? Ignoring how cold it was, he weakly fought off the bed sheet, got out of the bunk and headed for the door, his head swimming. Trying the doorknob, he swallowed a sob from his clenching throat. It wouldn't open! It wouldn't open!!
~ Oh God. ~
"It's locked, don't waste your energy." A cold voice said behind him. "Besides, they put two guards out there, I looked."
Yugi turned, slamming his body against the door and breathing hard, eyes as wide as a petrified deer.
~ NO! ~
Yami stood in the centre of the room, apparently having just taken a shower. His pants were on but he carried his shirt slung over his shoulder. He was staring at Yugi intensely.
Yugi went red at the sight of Yami's bare chest, which was beautifully sculpted like a statue he'd seen in an art book once.
~ NO! evil person!!! EVILLL. ~
Yami came towards him and Yugi cried out, shoving himself in a corner. "DON'T!" he pleaded.
Looking at him oddly, Yami shrugged and beckoned casually. "Get away from the door and sit down."
Yugi shook his head frantically, tears building up in his eyes. "Are you really Yami, or is this some SICK trick to hurt me again?"
Yami watched the tears spill down Yugi's face and sighed. Yugi had been through a lot these past days but he had no patience for tears. "Wipe those stupid tears out of your eyes, crying will get you nowhere." He snapped.
Yugi frantically rubbed clenched fists against his eyes, trying to stop the flow that just kept coming.
Yami frowned and decided to get straight to the point. "You want to go home right? I want you to go home as well, give me that stupid thing around your neck so they can let you go." He came towards Yugi, hand out.
In response, Yugi flung himself at the door and began tearing at the lock with his nails until they began to bleed. "LET ME GO!!! LET ME OUT!! GRANDPAAAAA! HELP SOMEONE!!! PLEASE!!!!" He screamed on top of his lungs.
Alarmed, Yami grabbed Yugi by the arm and pulled him away from the door. "What the hell are you doing!!?"
~ Kid has lungs like a banshee. ~
Yugi's eyes were terrified, he tried to pull away from Yami with every ounce of his strength, holding an arm around his chest protectively. "No.don't..whoever you are.just.."
Yami stood for a second, blinking, wondering what the HELL he was talking about until he remembered what Malik had said..
~ What did Malik do to him? ~
Yami easily pulled Yugi towards him who flew forward with a frightened squeak and gripped him by the shoulders, shaking him roughly. "I'M YAMI YOU LITTLE IDIOT!"
Yugi stiffened for a second, staring directly into Yami's deep red eyes, lined with fury, then he smiled, tearfully.
"He let you go."
Flustered by Yugi's smile, he released him and stood back. "I don't know what you're talking about." He growled, annoyed.
Yugi frowned. "Yami what are you DOING here? Why aren't you at home, safe? Why are you letting this madman possess you?"
Yami glared down at Yugi, angrily. Enough was enough, he'd get the puzzle from Yugi, give it to Malik and get Yugi HOME. With a growl he grabbed Yugi's arm and tried to take the puzzle, but once again, his hand could not grasp it.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING!???" Yami snarled, clenching his fist in frustration.
Yugi had stiffened when Yami grabbed him and he winced at Yami's temper. But thankfully Yami made no move to hit him or hurt him.
"I have to protect it, keep it away from those who would use it for evil. I can't give it to you. Not even to bring back your parents." Yugi explained.
Yami froze when Yugi said that. How did he.?
"He said that. the person who possessed you . he said it was to bring back your parents." Yugi gingerly rubbed his chest, glad that the pain that had been there before was gone. It still ached dully but it was livable.not like before.when he felt like it was going to explode.
Yami grit his teeth. Malik had made him re-damage Yugi's chest. Guilt raced through him but.
Parents.
"Yugi if you don't give me that thing he's going."
What could he say? He was going to use Yugi in the ceremony?
"He's going to hurt you horribly."
Yugi looked ready to weep. "I can't. I made a promise. It's important Yami, life threateningly important that I keep it safe." He stood shakily and went towards the bathroom. "M.may I use your bath?" he asked softly, looking at Yami.
Yami glowered at him but shrugged. "Do whatever the hell you want, I don't care."
A flicker of hurt passed through Yugi's features for a second. He nodded and slowly went into the bathroom, pulling off his shirt. Yami caught sight of beautiful pale skin before Yugi shut the door carefully behind him.
The sound of running water started.
Realising Yugi couldn't wear his hospital clothes all the time; he dug into a drawer searching for something that Yugi could wear. All he found was an old white t-shirt. He supposed Yugi would have to wear the hospital pants still.
He put it on the bunk and glowered outside the window wondering what he was going to do. He wasn't giving up getting his parents back for anyone, but he didn't want Yugi to be hurt either. What could he do?
~ Conflict of interests. ~ He thought to himself and heard the running water stop. Casting an eye in the general direction of the bathroom door he saw Yugi step out, there weren't any towels so Yugi had had to put his clothes on wet. Unfortunately for Yugi, the clothes went transparent when wet. His hair was damp and hung down his back, it wouldn't get spiky again until it dried. He was absentmindedly rubbing his shoulder and looking around at the room nervously.
Yami went hot and cold one right after the other to see Yugi's like that and he frowned angrily to himself.
~ What the hell am I thinking? ~
"There's a shirt on the bed, put that on over the pants." Yami said gruffly and turned his attention back to the door.
Yugi gingerly went over, picked it up and pulled off his old one and put on the shirt. "Thank you." he said softly to Yami and sat on the bunk.
"There's nothing to thank, he's going to kill you if you don't give him that puzzle and that puzzle equals bringing my parents back. You see the problem your causing in this equation?" Yami snapped, glaring at Yugi who held on to the puzzle and looking away, shivering.
His conscience pricked him and Yami said in a softer voice. "Look. you didn't rattle on me when I hurt you badly. That's why I'm actually caring enough to tell you to give up the puzzle and GO HOME." He got up and walked over to Yugi who looked up at him, his eyes widening again with fear.
"Stop looking like a dog about to be hit by a car!" Yami snapped. "You're pissing me off!"
Yugi looked down. "I'm sorry."
Yami breathed a sigh of frustration. He'd liked it better when Yugi was annoying, now he was just being pathetic. "Well, it's your flipping life. When he's doing whatever he plans to do, I hope he'll stop when you've had enough."
Yugi winced and then murmured something.
"What!?" Yami snapped angrily.
"Help me." Yugi whispered softly looking up at him, eyes swimming in tears. His expression cut into Yami's heart but he frowned and looked away angrily.
"No I won't HELP you, help yourself and give me the puzzle."
Yugi let his head fall and gripped the puzzle in his hand. It took a moment for Yami to realise he was shaking his head.
"Tch." Yami said irritably and sat on the bunk.
Yugi curled himself up at the edge of the bed and faced the wall, shivering slightly.
Yami wanted nothing better than to shake his annoying look-a-like till he rattled but he'd promised himself he'd never hurt Yugi again, and he wouldn't.
"Stupid idiot." He muttered and leaned his head against the wall, his thoughts a whirl of what he wanted and what he knew, in his gut, was right.
BAM! BAM!
Yugi and Yami jerked awake at banging on the door. Blinking stupidly Yugi stared into Yami's red eyes that were looking at him with a shocked expression.
~ Wait a minute. ~
Turning crimson he realised that he was lying down, facing Yami. Sometime in the night Yugi must have tried to find a comfortable place to perch and tucked himself in beside Yami who had finally fallen asleep an hour after Yugi.
~ ACKK!!! ~
Yami quickly and gracefully pulled himself out of the bed into a standing position, glaring down at Yugi with a perplexed look on his face.
The door swung open with a particular loud bang and Yami turned his intense glare to the person who stood there. Behind him he heard Yugi gasp in fear.
Malik smirked at Yami.
--"You failed?"-
His expression infuriated Yami beyond reason and he made up his mind right there. He wanted his parents back but not. not at the cost of another's life.
~ Fuck off ~ Yami snapped mentally.
Yugi didn't deserve this. No matter HOW annoying he was.
He threw himself at the nearest guard and with two punches took him out and then shoved the unconscious, toppling guard on top of Malik. He didn't have much time; Malik would soon get enough concentration to grab his mind again.
Malik's shouted in anger and Yami slamming his foot into the guard's back, winning a muffled 'ufff' from the tanned teenager. Grinning to himself ground his foot into the guard's back, making sure to prolong Malik's discomfort and looked up at Yugi, his grin fading. Yugi was sitting on the bed looking terrified out of his mind.
~ This kid really is thick. ~
"RUN YOU LITTLE FOOL!" Yami snarled and punched the next guard who hit the wall with a satisfying thud. Oh well what did you know? It was the same idiot who'd told him where the bathroom was.
~ Time to eat concrete beautiful. ~
Yugi ran past him, looking back at Yami who was grinding the second's guard's face into the ground with a maniacal grin on his face.
Malik kicked off the guard and stood up, shaking with anger.
"Yami!" Yugi shouted as warning. "Don't let him do it to you again! RUN!"
"YOU LITTLE IDIOT I SAID TO GET OUT OF HERE!!" Yami snarled and threw the guard's shoe at him.
Yugi dodged and eyes wide headed down the docks.
Malik was smiling at Yami, cruelly. "Giving up your parents Yami?"
Yami narrowed his eyes, blocking the doorway bodily. "I'll settle for slitting Kurai's throat and strangling you for controlling my mind."
Malik smirked. "He won't escape me.you've given up your parents for nothing."
Yami lost his reality so quickly he didn't even realise Malik had taken his mind.
Yugi ran through the buildings, dodging cloaked figures that reached out for him as he streaked past. Breathing hard, he ran into what he thought was a throughway warehouse and realised too late that he had run into a dead-end.
Shivering with tears building up in his face, Yugi turned to face a group of twenty cloaked figures their hands reaching out to grasp him.
"I just want to go home." Yugi whimpered, walking backwards as they moved forward. "Let me go home.I just." tears split down his face.
They surrounded him and closed in, carefully, as wary of something.
Yugi's legs gave way and he sank to the ground just as they surged forward, face buried in his hands.
"Is he secured?" a cold voice asked in the darkness.
Yugi felt something yank painfully at his right arm, then his left arm. "Yes sir, he's won't be running again."
Eyes opening groggily from the pain in his arms, he looked up to see cold purple eyes staring down at him. "You really are too sensitive little Yugi."
Yugi's eyes widened at Malik. "Why.why are you doing this?" he whispered. He was terrified what were they going to do to him? Where was Yami?
Malik smiled and ran a hand through Yugi's hair. "They look alike but they are so different."
His hand wandered down Yugi's cheek and he brought his face close to Yugi's. "What lurks in YOUR mind, little one?"
Yugi winced at the touch and turned his face away. "You're sick."
Malik's smile froze and his eyes glittered dangerously. ".different in only some ways."
"YAMI! ARE YOU HERE? ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?" Yugi screamed upwards, suddenly.
Malik stepped back, smiling. "He's very fine Yugi.at least, he will be fine if you do what I say."
Yugi turned to stare at Malik, his eyes widening at Yami who was standing beside him, his eyes blank. "You did it again." he whispered. "You took his mind."
"He will be freed when you do what I say but if you refuse." Malik was suddenly behind Yami, pulling his head back and placing the blade of a thin dagger against his jugular. Yami did not even blink, his gaze staring blindly at the roof.
Yugi grit his teeth. "I won't give you the puzzle Malik!" he blurted out, realising too late what he had said. Oh, Kami-sama, Malik was going to slit Yami's throat!! He opened his mouth to take back what he had said but found himself unable to utter a single syllable.
~ No.! ~
A nasty smile slowly slid across Malik's face and he swiveled the knife and ran the flat of the knife against Yami's throat, slowly, enjoying Yugi's look of terror.
Yugi blinked when he realised Malik HADN'T just cut Yami's throat and breathed a sigh of relief. Malik released Yami's hair and let his head fall into it's normal position, he however did not put away the knife.
"I won't be wasting Yami like that Yugi.I realise now; there is a spell binding your promise to protect the item, you couldn't give that item to another person even if you wanted to. I am under a similar spell myself. A pity I didn't see it before, we could have left already." he paused and tapped the blade flat against his check as if thinking.
Yugi really hated seeing him brandishing the blade like that, as if it was some kind of toy. A part of him was terrified that he was going to turn suddenly and plunge it into Yami's chest. He squeezed his eyes in an effort to shut out the mental image.
"So instead Yugi.I want your co-operation." Malik said softly, he looked almost gentle as he said this.
Yugi gulped, hating that expression with all his being. "What co- operation?" he asked finally.
The gentle look on Malik's face faded into sudden, sinister cruelty and pointed to the left of Yugi. "A ritual, Yugi."
Yugi turned his head slowly to the right and stared at two cloaked figures that stood there, each holding a millennium item in their hands. At Malik's nod they placed them beside Yugi, one on each side. Malik came to stand at the head of the platform Yugi was tied to and looked down at him, a greedy look in his eyes.
"What ritual?" Yugi grated out, his throat dry, he was suddenly very thirsty.
"You do not need to know. All you have to do is ask your item to offer its power to this ritual, nothing else. If you refuse." he glanced pointedly at Yami who was still standing there, expressionlessly.
"Ask it?" Yugi asked in confusion.
Malik glared at him, annoyance clear in his eyes. "You've willed it before, I've witnessed it. Do the same thing again. This time order it. You will do so, understand?" He waved a hand at one of the cloaked figures who sprang forward and rested his knife against Yami's throat. Yami did not flinch, did not even blink when the knife nicked his skin.
"Stop it!" Yugi cried angrily at them as a trickle of blood ran down Yami's neck. "Okay, I'll do it! Don't hurt him!"
Malik smiled cruelly and waved the cloaked figure away. "Begin the ceremony."
The cloaked figures came closer to the platform, one of them pushing Yami forward roughly. Yami stumbled forward, his blank eyes never leaving Malik. Yugi became aware of a droning chant that filled the warehouse they were in. Swallowing hard, he realised he felt nauseous suddenly.
It went on for what felt like forever to Yugi and then suddenly Malik barked two cold words and the two items glowed. Then shot a beam of light into the air that broke through the roof of the warehouse and continued upwards to the sky.
Yugi heard Malik grunt and suddenly he held his rod into the air and barked another cold word. His rod glowed and shot a beam of light to join the other two.
"YUGI!!" Malik snarled. "NOW!"
Closing his eyes, Yugi called to his puzzle.
~ Join? ~ he pleaded mentally and his puzzle glowed against his chest, burning hot. Yugi choked at the pain and winced at the sensation. At this the puzzle wavered, as if sensing it was hurting him and wished to stop.
"YUGI! CONTINUE OR YAMI DIES!!" Malik roared, his purple eyes glaring down at him.
Gasping at the pain, Yugi grit his teeth and willed the puzzle to continue whatever it was doing. The puzzle flickered twice and then flared again, a huge beam of light tearing upwards into the heavens to join the other three.
The pain was horrible but Yugi could not scream, could not move. His eyes were open as wide as they could go and they were glowing a burning yellow.
Malik snarled three more words, swaying from the pressure of the power and gripping the table with all his strength.
Yami blinked.
He had his mind back. How?
The last thing he saw was Yugi, with a beam of sparkling hot energy shooting upwards from his body. His mouth was open, his head back but no sound came from him.
~ Yugi.! ~
Then the world went white.
To be continued.
AN: Okay that could have been a bit more exciting in my book but it's more of the plotline showing it's face^^. I think if I do one more thing to Yugi people are going to massacre me..9_9. sorry about the long wait guys, I had school and was sorta in a block - sort of.. I'm hoping to break the 300 review barrier with this chapter .. but if you found the chapter not my best you don't have to review. Jack V. Briefs, I'll dedicate another better chapter to you later okay?
Oh one last thing, I've come to a decision. Bakura, Ryou, Seto and some of the others won't be showing up in this story at all. INSTEAD, I'm writing three sequeals to this story with them in it. You'll see and I hope you'll read them when this story is completed^^.
- no review replies this chapter guys^^ sowi^^! Next one. =)