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Yami no Game: Death's Awakening
Chapter 7
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Not far from Domino, alarms blared as an escaped convict made his way outside the gates of the prison. Tattooed on his arms were three lucky sevens that symbolized good luck and grinned as he ran off towards the city of Domino to hide away from the searching police.
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Yugi and his friends made it through another week of school and officially the weekend. Jounouchi suggested that they all head over to the new burger restaurant that opened up. "Didya guys hear 'bout that convict that escaped last night? It was rumored he was hidin' somewhere in the city." Jounouchi pointed out. "Really? Oh I do hope he isn't around here. The last thing we need is some convict to endanger lives." Yugi murmured as they made it to the restaurant and was greeted by a waitress before being led to their seats. /Don't worry, Yugi, we'll protect you if that criminal does come this way./ Like predicted, the morning after, they were transformed back into spirits. They were disappointed to know this but believed there will be other times when they will have a true form again. Yugi smiled and nodded before the waitress came back to take their orders. They placed them in and started to talk about something else, unaware of the danger coming their way.
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Outside, the convict smirked, seeing this as the best place to hide and get a free meal while he was at it. "My lucky stars haven't failed me yet." he commented as he walked inside, taking out a hidden gun that he snagged off a random cop during his escape. He walked inside, grooming his appearance to be a normal customer and went to take a seat. Sharp eyes glanced around for a hostage that he could use and wouldn't struggle much and saw Yugi sitting with his friends.
'Perfect.' he thought and waited for the younger boy to get up so he wouldn't attract any attention to himself. At least...not yet.
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Anzu was finally free from the torture she had to endure, not getting a wink of sleep because of the dripping blood keeping her awake every second of every minute of every hour. The brunette was left too weak to stand from the work of the shadows torturing her down to her very soul. She felt so lethargic she thought she would collapse before reaching the door. But she got there, planning to get her revenge on Yugi for what he did. She thought long and hard and concluded that it was probably Yugi's ideas to have the demons send out something to come and torture her since she did the same to him. 'Somehow, someway, I'm going to make him pay for all this. Whether to get him sent somewhere far away or captured so scientists can experiment on him, as long as he's far away from me.' she thought as she continued to walk, Dae Raca following behind her. "Now all I need to do is find the brat so I can take that puzzle and throw it into an ocean somewhere..." she grumbled.
'Only if you knew they would never allow that. They'll probably burn you alive before you could even come in range of it.' Dae Raca thought before he summoned some shadows that slithered out and grab her legs before dragging her into a random alley, covering her mouth to prevent her from screaming. /This will be fun./ he preened as he ran into the alley as well and made an illusion to make it look like there was a wall where the alley used to be.
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When their meals came, they started to eat, chattering about random everyday things that came to mind. Yugi placed down his burger and told them that he had to go to the lavatory and will be back. They nodded as he got up and walked off. The convict smirked, seeing as this was his chance and got ready. When Yugi walked back out, he took out his gun, snagging him and catching the attention of everyone in the restaurant. "Alright! No one move or the boy gets it!" he called and they all raised their hands in submission. "Now, get on the floor and someone get me some liquor and cigarettes." The convict demanded as he sat back down, using a short moment to tie a blindfold over Yugi's eyes before holding the gun back up. A waitress did as he asked, bringing back some strong liquor and a pack of Lucky 7 cigarettes stashed in the back. "Thanks." The convict took a cigarette from the pack, unaware of the growing shadows beneath him. "You will pay for this, convict." A voice hissed as Yami and Aqua materialized once more, solid body granted yet again and Aqua began to find understanding of the moments when they had a form. 'When Yugi's in life threatening danger...the puzzle grants us a solid form until he's safe. If the host dies...so do we...' he thought before Yami walked over to the table and he followed behind him. The convict looked to them and snarled. "Hey, I didn't say for anyone to get up!" he barked, glaring at them.
"We decided to ask you for a little challenge. A simple game that could mean the lives of everyone here." Yami suggested and some of the people in there looked to them, shocked yet slightly awed that they appeared out of nowhere. The convict smirked and nodded. "Alright then, I'll take you two up on that little wager and the first person to have the brains all over if I win is this little brat here." The convict said, nudging the gun against Yugi's head and making him shudder in fear. "Yami...please help me..." he whispered and Yami nodded. /Don't worry, we will. Just hold on, little aibou./ he responded through the mind link before turning his gaze back to the convict. "Alright, here's how the game will play and since it would be unfair for both of us to, I'll let my sibling play for the people's lives while I choose the game. We'll each pick a finger of our choosing but all others will be invalid to use. We can do anything we want with said finger but if you use any other, you will lose." Yami explained and the convict nodded. "Fine, I'll choose my trigger finger just in case I need to kill off one of you." he said. "Fine by me. I'll choose my thumb." Aqua commented. He only snorted and held the gun up, knowing Yugi will be still sitting by his side for fear that he may be killed and went to start pouring some of the liquor in the shot glass left for him. Aqua watched him with narrowed eyes, thumb held up. Soon, a spark flared and a flame appeared upon the tip of his nail, shocking the convict a little. "What is this, a magic trick?!" he questioned.
"Think of it as you will but I'm only doing this out the kindness of my heart for someone so low such as yourself." Aqua muttered. "Watch the insults unless you want this kid's brains to be blown out." Aqua only snarled lightly in annoyance and brought the flame over to the cigarette in his mouth and the convict smiled. "Oh yeah, forgot about my smoke. Thanks." he murmured, taking a puff, never seeing both demons smirking wickedly. Jounouchi wanted to look up but didn't want to risk being shot at. "Do you think Yugi will be alright with whoever's trying to save him?" Honda asked from beside him. "I'm sure we can. Hopefully nothin' will happen to 'em." Jounouchi whispered back. The convict was taking another puff when he realized the smirk on their faces. "What are ya smirking about?" he demanded. "We're just smirking to know how easily you played into my trap. Russian vodka is highly flammable, one spark and you're up in flames." Aqua murmured, the flame from the tip of his thumb dropping onto the back of the convict's hand, not burning him but he could feel the heat radiating from it. Like hellfire it was. "Don't drop it or it will mean your death~" Yami cooed as the convict gulped, remembering he was still pouring the drink and it spilled over the glass into his lap.
'Great, I can't lose this little game but if I don't get rid of this flame, it will drop and I'll be bursting into flames. I can't move at all, not even to stop pouring the drink. My luck's just ran out.' he thought in fear. The demons stood up from their seats and Yami pulled Yugi away from the convict, leading him over to his friends. "Am I safe, Yami?" he questioned softly. "Yes, you're safe now and so is everyone else. Only fools would try to play such a game of deadly consequences thinking they could win." Yami murmured, looking back to the struggling convict. The man glared and placed his gun down on the table, snuffing out the flame on his hand before placing the bottle down. "You will pay for that little stunt, kid!" he roared, picking up the gun and shot it at them but instead of a bullet, fire rushed out from it and formed into a flaming dragon. It roared and he gasped in terror. "The dark games aren't played without a punishment to its loser for not following rules. Since you lost, you'll have to pay the price." Aqua hissed as the dragon flew towards him, jaws opened wide. People started to look up to see what was going on but the shadows floated around like a mist, putting each patron to sleep instead of seeing the gruesome sight. Yami held Yugi in his arms, placed into a dreamless sleep for the time while the punishment was being done. The flaming dragon engulfed the convict and he screamed in pain as the flames scorched his flesh. They watched with narrowed eyes before the dragon stopped its torture and turned to them, bowing low before disappearing.
"Since I had that dreadful bully that stole other people digital pets the last time, you can have him since you defeated him." Yami murmured. "I'm going to take aibou and his friends back to the house before the spell that keeps us real disappears." Aqua gave a nod as shadows engulfed him, Honda and Jounouchi before leaving out of the restaurant. Aqua turned to the convict's body and gorged upon his flesh and soul, finishing up quickly and disposing of the skeleton to keep talk about the mysterious deaths to a minimum. It was starting to become a spreading rumor that all were trying to investigate in and they didn't need solid leads getting back to Yugi. After the deed was done, he disappeared as well, feeling his form becoming nothing but a spirit once more. When he got back to the game shop, he entered Yugi's room and stood next to Yami. /I'm really starting to hate these moments where we have a form and can actually touch Yugi. Only until we get him out of fatal dangers then it's back to this.../ Aqua murmured. /I know how you feel, Aqua. Soon we'll have permanent forms and hopefully aibou's heart as well. I still dread the thought of him rejecting us once he learns what we really are.../ Yami uttered softly. Aqua looked to him silently before speaking. /Do you...really think he would?/ he questioned. /He could. We kept it hidden from him this long and we are soul partners. We should tell him everything like he would tell us everything. But we are so afraid that he would seal us back inside. We can't risk that again. We have been sealed in those cold chains awaiting the proper host that the puzzle chose and I for one don't want to be back in that position again./ Aqua agreed before he left back into the puzzle.
Yami stayed out for a while longer before he felt Dae Raca's presence returning. He popped out from the shadows and bowed down before Yami before raising his head. /The girl is prepared for your feast. Whenever you are ready, you can go. She is trapped within her house so she can't leave unless she learns of a way to bypass the darkness. The shadows even added power to her frail soul so after her soul, any other meals should give you both the power to gain a real form./ Dae Raca announced. Yami nodded. /Good. Keep an eye on her just in case. If she escapes, lead her to the park and we'll deal with her properly./ he said and the beast nodded before leaving. A cerise gaze looked out to the darkening sky then back to Yugi. 'Soon, little master. Very soon we will tell you...I still hope you will accept us.' he thought, never knowing the wayward thought projected to the boy. When the demon left to go back into the puzzle to rest, Yugi spoke out one thing.
"I will always accept you both. Never forget that." he whispered in his slumber.
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Zypher: So close and yet so far. Will Yami and Aqua still be with Yugi after telling him their most deadly secret? Well, we'll never know for a few more chapters but at least we're getting to Anzu's death and I know how much you all love that. I hoped you all liked this chapter very much and will be waiting for the next one eagerly. I'll get working on it soon enough so you can all read of Anzu's demise like always. See you soon.