Wow, three chapters in one day? I'm on a role here! And GirlFish, you're right on the dote for Hans and the Weasle Duke's role and the ParaDox Brothers are taking the role of those guards that arrived in Arendelle with the Duke. As for your thought on the plan, that's a good guess but not quite. You all will see what Rebecca has planned later in the series. For now, enjoy!


Chapter 6

Secrets?

Caressing one side of his fiancé's face, Yugi gives him a smile before he leaves to get some fresh air. Watching him step out onto the balcony, Rebecca follows him, making sure that no one will eavesdrop on what she has planned.

Gazing at the clear night sky and watching a few stars twinkle as if the very heavens are happy for him and his beloved, Yugi lets out a dreamy sigh, very happy that he's finally spoken with Yami and now they are engaged! As he thinks about how happy his parents are as they watch over him, Yugi hears a voice behind, "It's a beautiful night, huh?"

Looking behind his shoulder, Yugi sees that Rebecca has stepped outside as well. "Hey Rebecca. Tonight is just perfect." Yugi says as he looks back up at the endless sky and stars that sparkle like diamonds.

Standing beside him, also watching the stars, Rebecca lets out a low sigh. "Things aren't always what they seem, my prince."

To hear this all of a sudden, Yugi asks, puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"I've been studying human behavior for a while, and I can tell that Yami is not telling you something."

"What are you talking about?"

"I can simply tell that there is something he's keeping from you."

"But I've known Yami all my life. He would never keep anything hidden from me." Yugi replies, not liking where Rebecca is going here.

"Are you sure he's not hiding anything from you or anyone?"

He was about to protest to defend his fiancé, but then he remembered all those years of Yami avoiding him, locking himself in his room, no longer interacting with anyone except his parents. With those memories running through his mind, his curiosity did perk up, wondering why Yami did what he did over the years since they were kids. "Are you saying there's some sort of secret that he doesn't trust me to handle if I knew?"

Rebecca simply shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. But in honesty, I advise you confront him and force him to explain to you about his behavior."

Now that Rebecca has mentioned this, Yugi thought real hard of what he must do. He loves Yami and he's aware that he feels the same. But now that Rebecca brought this up, Yugi felt unsure if he should face him and find out what he's been hiding. To see him pondering about what he must do, Rebecca slowly turns and says as she heads for the doors, "I'll leave you alone to think about it, Yugi."

Once she was gone, Yugi remains by the railing, thinking over if he must do this or not. He didn't want Yami to think that now he doesn't have faith in him, but Yugi now has to know what he is hiding from him.

It's been half an hour since Yugi stepped outside and Yami is beginning to wonder if he's okay. Heading towards the balcony that he saw Yugi step out onto, Yami opens the door to find Yugi gazing at the stars. A smile on his face and gently shutting the door behind him, Yami approaches Yugi from behind and brings him into his arms, allowing Yugi's head to rest in the crook of his neck. "It sure is a beautiful night." Yami says as he also gazes at the sky.

Instead of replying, Yugi just holds one of Yami's hands with one hand and the other hold the opposite arm as he looks down and away from the night sky. "Yami, we need to talk."

To hear his voice not sounding sweet and innocent like it was earlier, sounding very firm instead, Yami felt something's off. "Is something wrong, Yugi?"

Yugi kept his eyes away from Yami's crimson pair, the only eyes he ever came to love. "Have you been keeping secrets from me?"

"What are you talking about, aibou?" Yami asked, becoming confused.

"Since we were kids, why have you shut me out when we were so close?" Yugi says as he removes himself from Yami's embrace so he is only holding his hands.

"Yugi," Yami started as he brought their hands up so he could cup one of Yugi's cheeks. "I wish I could tell you. But this is something I can't reveal to anyone, not even you."

"Then is this a secret you think I can't handle?"

"Yugi is not like that..."

"Then what are you hiding from me?" Yugi interrupted him. "Yami, I can't live like this if you keep something hidden from me!"

His words felt like a dagger to his side. "If you don't have faith in me anymore and feel like this, then you should leave." Not only did his words hurt Yugi, they were also destroying his own heart. Releasing him, Yami starts to head back inside so he wouldn't have to keep seeing the sadness and sense of being broken.

Not wanting to quit, Yugi goes after Yami and grabs at his wrist, only to pull his glove off, causing Yami to gasp and reach for his glove back only to see Yugi keep it out of his reach. "Why are you keeping me in the dark still?" Yugi asks, tears forming in his eyes as the pain became worse. "What have I ever do to you?!"

The yell had caused everyone in the room to cease what they were doing to see Yami and Yugi appearing to be arguing.

Sensing the fire inside respond to his emotions, Yami crosses his arms over his chest and decided to leave the room of bewildered guests and confused and worried friends. Watching from a safe distance, Rebecca smirks at the fact her plan is working smoothly.

"Why are you doing this?" Yugi starts to sound like he is begging Yami to tell him what is going on with him.

"Enough, Yugi." Yami replies through gritted teeth, trying to keep his anger under control with the pain of what he had told Yugi a moment ago still lingering.

"No. Why do you still shut me out? Why do you shut the whole world out? What are you so afraid of?"

"Yugi, that's enough." he hears Rebecca and sees her approach him as she places a comforting hand on his shoulder.

Looking over his shoulder, Yami realized he regrets what he now sees; Rebecca from a different country stands beside Yugi with her glaring back at him for the pain he caused him and Yugi still looking back at him with the sadness remaining.

Just seeing her stand with the one he loves and swore to protect made him go over the edge. The fire now at the peak to responding to his anger, as soon as Yami had loosened his arms, the fire emerged from his one hand that was not covered with the glove to form a firewall that snapped at anyone who is too close like snakes. With the fire keeping everyone away from its master, they all gasp at the sudden appearance of the flames, causing Yugi, Rebecca, Vivian, the ParaDox Brothers, and their friends to jump back to keep the blaze from burning them.

To experience seeing his magic for the first time, Vivian and her men scowl at him, Tristan, Tea, Duke and Serenity stare after him in confusion, Rebecca glared at him, Yugi in fear and confusion and many others a mix of fear, hatred, and confusion. "Sorcery. I just knew there was something dubious happening here." said Vivian as Para and Dox remain by their mistress to protect her.

Seeing Yugi's expression as he reached for the doorknob, Yami looks away as he opens the door and runs down the halls to get away. Not wanting him to leave even after all those things they said to each other, Yugi runs after him with Rebecca close behind. Then Vivian and her men decided to pursue him as well.

Bursting through the doors to enter the courtyard to find the townspeople have gathered to greet their new king once he steps outside. But hearing Yugi call his name and Vivian and her men run outside to find Yami trying to leave as many people greet Yami. Just as a woman asked him what is bothering him, Yami glances back to see Vivian and her guards appearing just at the spot where he once stood.

Seeing the embers emerge from his exposed hand, they took the form of some knights made out of fire as they stood guard in front of their master, causing many to gasp at the sight of these infernal beings. Just as he called them off, Vivian yells, "Stop him!"

Holding his hands in front of himself to make himself appear nonthreatening to them and his people. "Please, just stay away from me. Stay back." But then some fire burst out of his hand like an arrow and hit the floor beneath the three, causing them to jump back from the flames that are keeping them back.

Becoming more terrified as his powers act on their own to protect him, Yami watches Vivian point an accusing finger at him, yelling, "You demon!"

This has caused many to become scared of their own king with a couple young kids screaming as their parents pull them closer. Seeing everyone he looks at back away in fear, Yami runs out of the courtyard and down a corridor that lead to a few steps that went into the waters of the fjord.

Stopping at the flames that stopped Vivian, Para and Dox in their tracks, Yugi watched as Yami disappeared down the one corridor. "Yami." Yugi calls before he leaps over the flames to chase after him.

At the shore, Yami pants for a moment as he hears Yugi call to him, begging him to wait for a moment. As much as he didn't want to leave him as he saw that his aibou is alone, assuming that Rebecca couldn't keep up with him once they reached the flames that stopped Vivian or her men from following him, Yami knew he had to escape from Domino or he could be killed out of fear. Stepping into the water, he noticed that his powers form solid ground just like when lava cools long enough to turn into hard earth. Seeing the forest on the far side of the fjord, Yami then starts to run across the water as solid earth formed with each step he took with the previous ground behind him slowly disappear and then change into flames that didn't seem to be burning anything as it spread through the water and he went further across.

"Yami stop!" Yugi called out to him as he stopped dead at the shore, watching Yami disappear on the other side and into the woods that lead to the northern Fire Mountains. Having to watch his beloved disappear into the distance, Yugi collapsed onto his knees, his eyes still focussing on the area where he last saw Yami, ignoring the flames that quickly spread through the fjord only to surround all of Domino with an Infernal Barrier.

By the time Tristan and Duke caught up to their friend, they could see that Yugi is in total shock now that Yami is gone and the Infernal Barrier has formed, making all of Domino plunge into a very hot summer. Leading him back to the castle, the three see that everyone just looks around as everything became hot. "Heat!" one woman says as everyone took one layer of coverage off to cool down.

"Are you alright pal?" Tristan asks as he and Duke help Yugi with his footing since he's still a bit unstable.

"No." Yugi says softly. Tristan and Duke could easily hear the sadness in his voice as Tea and Serenity appear from the castle and rush over to them with Rebecca leading them.

"Did you know about this?" Duke says just as Serenity joined his side.

"No." Yugi uses the same sad tone as Tea and Rebecca check to make sure he's okay.

"Look it's now Summer in the middle of Winter!" the group see Vivian start to freak out. "The king has cursed this land. He must be stopped! You two have to go after him."

To see Vivian tell her guards the order, Yugi snapped at the visiting noble lady. "Wait no!"

"Now why would you defend that demon?" said Para as he and his brother put protective arms around their mistress.

"You must be a demon as well if you are defending that beast." Dox added.

"No, I'm not a demon and he's not either!"

"You should know better than to just jump into conclusions of what you believe is going on when you don't have the slightest idea!" Tea exclaims at them as Tristan held her close.

"He nearly killed us!"

"All you got was just a slight burn on your clothes."

"From his fire."

"Please understand it was an accident. He was scared. He didn't mean anyone harm. Yami didn't mean for any of this. Tonight is all my fault. I pushed him. So I'm the only one that needs to go after him." This declaration surprised his friends and pleased Vivian and the ParaDox Brothers.

"But Yugi, if you go after him, you're only going to get hurt!" Duke said as Yugi ordered a guard to bring his horse and then look at the ring Yami had given him before this mess started.

"I know him. I know Yami is not dangerous." Once the guard brought his horse and Yugi hand him his coat so he's not burning in this heat. "I'll bring him back and set things right."

"I'm coming with you." Rebecca says as she took hold of his arm before he mounted his steed.

"I need you to stay here and help my friends while I'm gone."

Understanding why he needs her here, Rebecca says as she held his hand briefly, "I'll do what I can here."

Now mounted on his horse, Yugi faces everyone and says, "I leave Tristan and Duke in charge."

Holding the reins for a moment, Rebecca says, "Are you sure you can trust him? I don't want you getting hurt."

"I trust him with all my heart. I know that he won't hurt me." With that, Rebecca released the reins as Yugi snapped them to get his horse to start following Yami's trail.