PLEASE PLEASE READ MY AUTHORS NOTES! THEY ARE IMPORTANT! And short.

Luff: Right, there's something I forgot to tell you last chapter: what 'kets-eki' means. It is Japanese, and it means 'blood'. Lovely. And I also forgot to say that I don't own Northern Lights.

Thanks go to Yugi and Mai and Rowena Raven for reviewing my last chapter! And Rowena you didn't ask for the deleted scenes…do you want them? If so please tell me.

ALSO VERY IMPORTANT: Just to stop confusion, Malik is the Yami, and Marik is the Hikari. Got that?

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, Kazuki Takahashi does.

Key

#Blah# Someone thinking, or talking to someone else through a mind link i.e. Yugi to Yami.

"Blah"Someone talking on the other side of a phone conversation, etc.

Warning: This story contains bad language, so if you get offended easily please don't read. There is also a lemon in this chapter, so if you want it email me!

Episode 11 - Midnight

#Yugi, are you alright?# Ryou asked as he caught up with him, breathing heavily.

#Why does Yami think that I always have to do what HE says? He's so fucking annoying!# Ryou was shocked to hear Yugi swear against Yami, but then again Ryou was not surprised by the fact he was mad with him; Yami had been a bit too over-protective of him, and now that Yugi was sixteen he probably didn't appreciate it so much as he used to.

#Yugi, he just doesn't want you to get hurt…he's worried that if you end up dying or something he won't have done what he's supposed to do, and that's to protect you from getting hurt.#

#Well, screw him then. This is going too far. He's suffocating me, Ryou, I can't breathe! I can't depend on him for the rest of my life, I have to take care of myself.# Ryou could feel his anger flow out of him like a bad aura, infecting Yugi's mind and thoughts.

#Oh, Yugi…# It didn't take long for them to reach the Game shop, and they gained surprised looks from every person in there as Yugi stormed in and ducked under the counter, Ryou following close behind.

#Hey, hey! Slow down…# Ryou said once they were upstairs, catching Yugi around the waist and holding him tightly. #Stop rushing around everywhere…# He turned Yugi around in his arms and held him still, pushing him gently up against the wall.

"Humph."

"Don't you 'humph' me! I'm trying to help you. Now wipe that frown off your face…" Ryou whispered, before leaning forward and licking Yugi's cheek. Yugi sighed, relaxing as he allowed Ryou to continue. #Oh, I really want to…# Ryou groaned, slipping his hand down Yugi's trousers and rubbing his groin.

"Ryou…" (Oh, here we go again…I bet you're all thinking that, aren't you?) Yugi whispered, trying his best to not moan too loudly as he clung tightly on to Ryou's neck. #You want to…what…?#

#Come with me and I'll show you…# Ryou then half carried Yugi into the bathroom, closing and locking the door before pulling Yugi down onto the floor.

#Hurry…# Yugi moaned desperately as Ryou took off Yugi's trousers, revealing his already hard member.

(Um, this isn't really a sex scene, but it comes close enough.)
Ryou sat up and pulled Yugi towards him, cradling him in his arms as Yugi relaxed and closed his eyes.

#Are you okay, Yugi?# Yugi nodded his head, reaching up and licking Ryou's neck.

#Stay with me…# Yugi leaned closer to him, allowing himself to drift off while he and Ryou sat there on the floor.

Ryou quickly did up Yugi's trousers again and leaned against the wall with Yugi in his lap, waiting for Yami and Bakura to return.

#Ryou, where are you?# Bakura's voice asked, rousing Ryou from his temporary stupor.

#We're at Yugi's house, upstairs.#

#Right.# A few minutes later Ryou heard the door open and close, footsteps growing louder and fading again as Yami and Bakura walked into the kitchen. #Where are you?#

Ryou heard more footsteps come towards the bathroom and stop in front of the door, and then Bakura's soft voice.

"Are you in here?" Ryou reached up and unlocked the door, before quickly sitting down again and holding Yugi tightly to him. Bakura walked in and smiled gently, kneeling down in front of them and moving his head round so he could see Yugi's face. "What did you do?" He asked, gently stroking Yugi's face with a finger. Ryou cast his gaze towards the floor, unsure of how to answer his question. Yugi opened an eye and stared groggily at Bakura.

"Oh." Yugi closed his eye again and appeared to be going back to sleep, before both his eyes shot open and he gasped in horror. "Oh!" He tried to jump off Ryou's lap, only to be pulled back down again by arms around his waist. "I'm sorry!"

"Hey, hey! Calm down. I won't get mad at you." Yugi sat resolutely back down again, now staring at him with uncertainty. "Just tell me what you did, and I promise I won't get mad…"

"Yeah, but Yami will…" Yugi said, looking somewhat distraught.

"Don't worry about that…come on, you might as well tell me what you did. I know you did SOMETHING, so there's no point in hiding it." Bakura was whispering now so that Yami wouldn't hear, but was speaking quickly as well. Ryou sighed whilst Yugi remained to look disconcerted.

"Uhh…I…"

"Come on, you don't have to be embarrassed. It can't be anything worse then what you've done with me, surely?" Bakura raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, I guess…"

"Well, go on then!"

"Sorry! I kinda…" #Gave him a blow job…# Ryou squeezed his eyes shut as he felt his face burning.

"There, that wasn't so hard was it? Well, it probably WAS hard…" Bakura said, nodding slightly towards Yugi's groin.

"Bakura."

"Yeeeeeeeees?" Bakura grinned.

"You are disgusting. You do know that, don't you?"

"Yeeeeeeeeees. Me is knowing that."

"Good. Right." Ryou turned his attention back to Yugi, who was now looking completely frightened.

"Uh…I, go to…Yami." Yugi said quickly, before jumping up and rushing out of the bathroom.

Yugi ran into the kitchen and walked towards Yami, who was sitting slumped at the table, his damaged arm dangling by his side.

"Yami…" Yugi walked around him and stuck his face in front of Yami's, whose eyes were staring into space. Yami's eyes slowly focused on Yugi, blinking a few times before speaking.

"Yugi…you're…alright…" He was breathing heavily; Yami still had not done anything about his arm, and although the blood was not streaming out like it was, it was still bleeding at an alarming rate.

"Why haven't you done anything about this?" Yugi asked in an annoyed voice, pointing to Yami's arm.

"No…point…"

"Oh for goodness sake, you can be so bloody stubborn sometimes…" Yugi grabbed a clean tea towel from the cupboard under the sink before soaking it in water, wringing it out when it was thoroughly drenched. "Why are you always getting yourself hurt? You're like an accident waiting to happen…" Yugi felt Yami stiffen when he said this, and immediately knew that it was not a good thing to have said. Yugi wrapped the tea towel loosely around Yami's arm and walked around him again. He bent down so that he was looking up into Yami's face, and saw that he was crying. But they weren't tears of pain, they were tears of true sadness and guilt, which was something Yugi had seen too much of recently.

"I'm sorry…if you think I'm being too…over protective, Yugi. It would be better for you…if I just went." Yami quickly darted his hand forward with surprising quickness and grabbed the Puzzle from around Yugi's neck, before springing up and staggering away across the kitchen. "I won't be in your way…any more." He raised his arm up, and it was then that Yugi realised what he was going to do.

"NO! DON'T!" Yugi screamed, running to Yami as fast he could; he could see his arm swinging downwards, oh why couldn't he run faster? "NO……" The Puzzle was nearing the ground now, slowly, slowly, it came ever closer to its destruction…

"NO!" Yugi saw something flash before him and before he knew what was happening, Bakura was wrestling Yami to floor, Yami saved from being broken.

"Yami what were you thinking!" Yugi cried, falling to his knees in front of them with a disbelieving look on his face. He quickly took the Puzzle back from Yami's trembling hand and put it back around his neck, before pulling Yami into a tight embrace. "Why? Why?" Yugi sobbed into Yami's shoulder, who was barely comprehending what was going on. He just sat in Yugi's arms, vaguely aware of the fact that he was crying too. "I don't think I can bear this for much longer…" Yugi whispered. "It's too much…" Yugi looked up at Ryou and Bakura, who were kneeling down in front of him. They knew perfectly well what he meant.

"I know…we have to sort this out." Yugi tightened his grip on Yami, unwilling to let him go. Bakura looked at him sadly. "Hey, don't worry…" Bakura reached his hand out and wiped away Yugi's tears, before cupping his face and stroking his cheek delicately. Yugi stared at him through half-open eyes, unconsciously loosening his grip slightly on Yami. "Come on…" Yugi nodded before standing up, supporting Yami as they walked slowly back over to the table. Yugi sat down and pulled Yami onto his lap, hugging him tightly around his middle as he rested his head on Yami's shoulder.

Ryou walked over to one of the cabinets and opened it at Yugi's instruction, finding their first aid kit box and other assortments of medical equipment stacked neatly inside. He walked back over to them and placed bandages and cleaning swabs on the table, using one of them to wipe up the wound on Yami's arm. Yugi felt Yami tense as his arm was sprayed with antiseptic spray, Ryou sighing and shaking his head slightly.

"There, all done." Ryou said a few minutes later, standing back a bit as he looked at Yami's now bandaged arm.

"Thank you, Ryou…" Ryou smiled happily at Yami, before walking over to the bin and throwing away the empty packets.

"That's okay, Yami." He turned around after just having washed his hands to find that Yami and Yugi were now passionately kissing on the stool, holding onto each other as if for dear life.

#So sweet…# Bakura said, walking over to stand next to Ryou.

#Yeah…they're so happy when they're together.# They continued to watch Yugi and Yami on their stool, hugging each other all the while.

#So you definitely love him, then? No second thoughts?# Bakura asked suddenly, turning to face Ryou.

#Yes…but I don't think I love him in the same way that I love you. What about you and Yami though? Do you love him?#

#Yes, I do. And I love you too. I always will.# Bakura leant forward and kissed Ryou's soft lips, but instead of pushing his tongue roughly into his mouth, he gently caressed Ryou's lips with his tongue. He kept going for a long time, but when he finally stopped Ryou whined pitifully.

#You've never kissed me like that before…# Ryou whispered softly.

#Didn't you like it?# Bakura asked, looking worried.

#It was a compliment, Bakura…# Ryou said, giggling.

#Oh…that's all right, then.# They turned to find Yugi and Yami were now watching them, smiling. They stood up, walking towards the entrance of the kitchen.

"Will you two be joining us?" Yami asked.

"Joining you where?" They smiled again before walking over to them, Yami taking Bakura's hand and Yugi taking Ryou's, leading them out of the kitchen.

"Joining us here…" Yugi said, just as they reached their bedroom.

"Uh…" Ryou and Bakura looked uncertainly at them, throwing nervous glances at each other.

"Come on…why not?" Yugi tempted, tugging on Ryou's arm slightly.

"Well…"

"Don't worry about it, Ryou." Bakura said softly. Ryou sighed and nodded, allowing himself to be coaxed into their room.

"What are you planning on doing?" He asked, as he sat down on Yugi's bed. Yugi climbed onto his lap and started to kiss him fervently, shocking Ryou into submission.

#Have a guess…#

#I don't think I need to now.# Ryou fell backwards onto the bed, pulling Yugi down on top of him.

#Well, those two look happy enough…# Bakura stated as Ryou and Yugi started to take their clothes off, getting even more exaggerated in their movements.

#Yeah…but are you happy with it?# Bakura turned to Yami, smiling and nodding.

(Guess what? Email me for the deleted scene!)
An hour later Yugi woke up and wriggled his way out from underneath all the bodies that were lying on top of him fast asleep, before putting some clothes on and going down stairs.

#Five o'clock…oh, great…# Yugi groaned as he checked the clock, before making himself a drink and some toast and sitting slumped at the table. He was completely exhausted still, and nearly chocked on his drink as he drank it a little too quickly, accidentally spraying the table with it. He sighed as he vaguely wiped the table dry again with some kitchen paper, not even bothering to throw it away as sat back down at the table again. He almost cried as he heard someone trudging down the stairs, burying his face in his arms so he didn't have to see who it was.

"Good evening, good morning, good night, good afternoon, good whateverthefuckitis." Bakura grumbled, sitting down on a stool and banging his head on the table. "OWEE…Ra, I always do that…" Bakura's muffled voice growled.

"Huh." Yugi grunted. "Bad mood?"

"Yup. Always am when I wake up after having sex. You?"

"Yeah." Yugi lifted his head up a bit so that he could have some of his drink, before letting it fall back onto the table with a thud. "Oww…" Yugi looked over to Bakura to find he was staring at him with unfocused eyes, still half asleep. "You can have…something to drink, you know." Yugi said in the middle of a huge yawn, pointing to one of the cupboards on the wall.

"Thanks." Bakura mumbled, getting up and opening it, grabbing one of the glasses and walking to the sink to fill it with water.

"Hungry?"

"Yeah…"

"There's bread and spreads and stuff over there…" Yugi said, now pointing to the bread bin, which was next to the toaster.

"Thanks again." Yugi groaned before closing his eyes, feeling himself drift off as sleep once more over took his brain.

Bakura looked worriedly at Yugi as he started talking in his sleep, muttering occasional words like "talky toaster…", "cheese…biscuits…rule the world…yummy…biscuits…", and "mmmmm…fostrums…"; eventually Bakura had to wake him up when he started saying "Yummy fostrums…kill yummy fostrums! FOSTRUMS!"

"Yugi!"

"Yah wah…?" Yugi said, jolting upright in seat.

"What the hell are fostrums!" Bakura almost yelled, getting slightly hysterical.

"I dunno. Am I supposed to know?"

"Yes! You kept saying 'kill yummy fostrums'!"

"I was asleep."

"Yes I know that! You were talking in your sleep!" Yugi burst out laughing at this.

"Don't be stupid! I don't talk in my sleep!"

"Well you do now! You were saying something about cheese and biscuits taking over the world."

"Quite. You must still be dozy, Bakura." Bakura sat down in his seat, throwing up his arms in defeat.

"Fine! Believe what you wonna believe. But I hardly think that you saying 'talky toaster' classifies as-"

"NO! Don't mention talky toaster!" Yugi yelled, jumping up and singing loudly. "LALALA! BAD TALKY TOASTER! LALALALALALALALA!"

"What…?" Bakura frowned, before sighing and shaking his head. #Yami! You awake yet?#

#Whasa? Who's that?# Yami answered groggily.

#It's Bakura, Yami.#

#Ohhh…#

#What's up with Yugi and 'talky toaster?'#

#'Talky toaster'? Ohh…it's something Yugi watched when he was younger. Gave him nightmares, apparently.#

#Oh, right.#

#Why?#

#He just fell asleep at the table and started saying weird things. Something about cheese, biscuits, ruling the world and yummy fostrums. Oh, and talky toaster.#

#Huh.#

#You coming down any time soon?#

#I dunno. I'll go down when Ryou wakes…oh Camel balls.#

#What's Camel balls?#

#Ryou just woke up.#

#Well ha ha to you then. Come on, get up you lazy arse. It's almost six o'clock.#

#Go away…# Yami cut the link off at that point, so Bakura went back to eating his toast while he waited for Yami and Ryou to come down. He found great amusement in the cries of annoyance that were ringing down the stairs, earning him weird looks from Yugi.

"Yugi! Kury!" Ryou cried happily as he bounced into the kitchen, first hugging Bakura and then practically suffocating Yugi as he jumped behind him and squeezed him tightly, laughing all the while.

"Ryou, get off!" Yugi choked out, pushing Ryou off of him.

"Ooh, is Yugi in a bad mood?" Ryou said in babyish voice, refusing to let go of him. "Why is Yugi in a bad mood then?"

"Because…" Yugi groaned, banging his head lightly on Ryou's chest.

"Naughty Yugi's trying to hurt himself!"

"Oh please…" Ryou turned Yugi around on his stool and it was then that Yugi noticed that Ryou was just acting like that to annoy them, and was laughing his head off at the expression on Yugi's face. "Do you ALWAYS do that?"

"No! I just felt like it today."

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean that you don't EVER do it at all." Bakura mumbled, who had his face buried in his hands.

"Oh, you two are so miserable! I'll see if Yami wants to have some fun, then." Ryou pouted and walked out of the kitchen, but not before Yugi had shouted at him,

"I don't think that's a good idea!" However, his warning came a little too late as he heard a yell of surprise and a crash echo from the top of the stairs. They then heard Ryou giggling madly, so Yugi and Bakura went to the stairs to investigate what had happened.

"What's going on?" Yugi asked, walking up the stairs with Bakura behind him.

"Come take a look…" Ryou giggled, pointing to Yami underneath him. He shifted aside so that Yugi could see him, hiding his face in the carpet.

"Yugi."

"Umm…yeah?" Yugi said, covering his mouth with his hand to stop himself from laughing.

"You do realise you're wearing my shirt, don't you?" Yugi burst out laughing, no longer able to control himself.

"You look so stupid!" Yugi gasped, falling to his knees on the stairs. Because Yugi had been half asleep, he had picked up Yami's shirt instead of his own, and he now only realised how big it was on him.

"Can I have my top back now?" Yami looked uncomfortable with Yugi's tighter shirt on, and no sooner had he said this did he take it off, causing Yugi to swoon at his feet.

"You shouldn't have taken it off!" Bakura laughed as Yugi jumped on top of Yami, attacking his chest with various bites and licks, unable to resist the temptation.

"Yugi, get off!"

#Well, Bakura was right you know!# Yugi said, relentlessly attaching himself to Yami's chest.

"Yugi…please get off me." Yugi hung on stubbornly, shaking his head as best he could without letting go.

"Well, I did say…" Bakura sighed.

"Yes, I had realised that, thank you. Yugi. Please get off. If you're good I might do something for you later on." Yami said, in attempt to get rid of him.

#You might?# He asked suspiciously, raising his eyes so he that he could see Yami properly.

"Fine then, I will."

#Promise?#

"Yes…"

#Say it! Say you promise!#

"Fine then! I promise I will screw you nice and hard later on, will you please just let go of me!"

"Okay!" Yugi jumped up, allowing Yami to stand and half fall, half walk down the stairs. "Did you want your shirt back?"

"What?" Yami stopped at the bottom and turned to look at back at them, before blushing and holding out Yugi's shirt to him. "Sorry." Yugi just smiled, walking down to him and taking his shirt off at the same time. He seemed to be taking his time as well, plucking it off of his spikes and letting it slide down his arm until it reached the tip of his fingers before gripping it loosely to stop it from dragging on the floor.

Yugi held it to him on the end of his finger, watching him as Yami took it and handed over Yugi's shirt to him.

"Thank you…" Yugi launched himself at Yami's lips, clinging onto him as Yami slid his arms around his waist.

#Err, you two…you might want to stop…# Bakura's worried voice said.

#Why?# Yami frowned and pulled Yugi closer to him, annoyed that they were being disturbed.

"Hello boys." Yugi gasped and jumped away from Yami, looking with fear at his Grandpa as he held his shirt to his chest. "Now, I don't mind you doing that sort of thing, but please keep it to your bedroom. I'm sure there are some people who would not want to see it…" Grandpa said, smiling kindly at them.

"I'm sorry, Grandpa!"

"Uh-huh. But Yami…" Grandpa turned to Yami, who was looking totally shocked. "I hope that when you 'screw Yugi nice and hard', that you do it while I am nowhere in the vicinity of where YOU are." Yugi moaned in distress and fell into Yami's arms, burying his face in his shoulder. He felt totally humiliated, and although Yami didn't show it, he was too.

"Yes. I'm sorry."

"Sorry for what? Anyway, hello to you, Ryou and Bakura. I hope you'll forgive my rudeness for not saying it sooner, but obviously…" Grandpa gestured to Yugi and Yami, who were holding tightly onto each other and hiding their faces.

"Err, yeah…hello." Ryou said, just as Grandpa walked into the kitchen.

#Wow. I'm totally amazed that your Grandpa didn't start shouting his head off at you.# Bakura said, stunned.

#Yeah well, it's just as well that he didn't.# Yugi muttered, still burning with embarrassment.

#Oh, cheer up Yugi…# Ryou said as Yugi and Yami pulled their t-shirts on. #Come on, I don't know about you, but I'm starving.#

#Yes! Food!# Bakura shouted joyfully, bouncing around until he was forced into the kitchen by Yami and Ryou.

#Not in a bad mood any more then…# Yugi thought to himself bitterly, before following the others in as well.

"Malik? Malik!" Yami called softly, creeping around the back of the Game store. It was midnight, and Yugi, Yami, Ryou and Bakura had turned up like they had promised Malik. But as of yet there was no sign of him; it was too dark to see anything, and they were making too much noise to be able to hear if anybody else was there. "Malik!"

"ARGH!" Yugi yelled as he felt a pair of hands on his shoulders spin him around, and gasped when he saw it was Malik.

"It's just me." He let go of Yugi, who then ran over to Yami to be held in his loving, protective embrace.

"It's okay Yugi…sshh…" Yami looked angrily at Malik. "Did you have to scare him like that?"

Malik moved forward into a pool of light, and they gasped when they saw tears streaming down his face.

"Malik! What's wrong?" Bakura asked, taking a step towards him.

"Pegasus…" Malik whispered, before falling to his knees.

"What about Pegasus? What has he done Malik? And where's Marik?" Bakura knelt in front of him, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Pegasus…he took Marik away from me…I haven't seen him for months…" They listened in awe and horror as Malik continued with his explanation, not daring to move in case some sort of invisible evil might see them. "I can't even feel him any more…he has nothing to protect him. Please, you must help me!" He lurched forward, only to be caught in Bakura's arms and held tightly. Malik sobbed into his shoulder, as if seeking his own protection in Bakura's comforting arms. "Help me…"

"It's okay Malik…we'll help you…" Bakura whispered.

#Bakura, are you sure? Who knows what we have to do to help him?#

#Well we should at least try and help him, Yami!# Bakura snapped back, before turning his attention back to Malik. "What do we have to do?"

"You should already know that…I need…" He nodded towards Yugi and Ryou. He got up suddenly and turned away from them, as if alerted by something. "I have to go."

"What?" Bakura stood up too. "Why?" Malik looked at him before walking quickly out of the alley.

"Have a guess…" He whispered angrily, before disappearing around the corner.

"Well, we really gained a lot out of that." Yami muttered.

"Yes, we did actually." Ryou said angrily. Yami raised an eyebrow. "We now know that not only does he need Yugi, but he needs me as well. That Pegasus has taken Marik and however he has split his connection with Malik, he can do it to us too. Don't take this so lightly."

"I'm not taking this lightly." Yami growled, walking out of the alley. "If you think I want Yugi taken from me, you are very much mistaken. You'd better stay the night with us, you two. Malik could be anywhere, and it would be making it easy for him if you walked by yourselves in the dead of night in the open." Bakura sighed resolutely before following Yami and Yugi out of the alley, leaving Ryou to walk by himself. He turned his mind to recent events, walking slowly after them.

#Why does this have to be so complicated? I hate it. This is so fucking stupid…it's too much…I don't even know what to feel anymore. Who do I love? Why do I love them?# Ryou shook his head angrily, he couldn't even think straight anymore. #Maybe I'm just tired…# He reached the side door and walked in, before closing it and walking swiftly up the stairs.

Luff: Great, finished. #Yawn# I'm sooo tired.

Yugi: #Snore#

Luff: Well it looks as if everyone has fallen asleep. Sorry if I over did it on the whole sex thing, but I tried to finish it as quickly as possible! Honest! And I apologise for the crappiness and shortness of the last scene, but I was rapidly running out of inspiration. Anyway, like always, please R&R and hopefully I'll see you all next chapter! Bye bye!