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Chapter 15
The Hikaris, Jou, Seto and Harry were sitting around the room waiting for the party to start. They'd already dressed.
Yugi wore his usual leather pants and sleeveless top, his chocker and puzzle and his buckles. His eyes were outlined in kohl and he had a light shade of eye shadow.
Ryou wore tight faded jeans, a white button up shirt and a loose black tie, the ring was around his neck and Malik had gotten him to have Kohl eyes and black strips in his hair.
Malik wore a tight purple leather shirt, his pants were dark jeans that hugged his hips and thighs but flared out past his knees. He had gold arm bands and chocker, kohl eyes, purple eye shadow and the Millennium rode tucked in his belt.
Jou was wearing loose black pants, a tight blue shirt and a studded chocker. He had gone with out any make-up.
Seto wore tight black pants, a blue button-up shirt that had the first two buttons un-done in a causal style. He had ditched the trench coat also wore no make-up.
Harry wore a simple pair of jeans with one of Jou's shirts, a dark-green sleeveless hoddie, and stayed away from Malik and his eye-liner and eye-shadow.
Amaya wore a simple short skirt, black with pink and white writing, and a pink spaghetti strap shirt with another shorter black shirt over it. Light gold eye-shadow and kohl eyes were her only make-up and she chose only her Millennium bracelet and her black choker.
All in all the seven teens looked great and ready to go. All four Yamis had gone off earlier to do 'Yami businesses' which only Ryou and Seto seemed to know about.
Finally the party began to start and most Gryffindors were already in the common-room.
"Well let's go!" Malik grinned, jumping up and dragging Yugi and Ryou to the door.
"Malik likes parties." Jou whispered to Harry as they and Seto and Amaya followed the three Hikaris at a slower pace.
The common room had been decorated with red and gold streamers and decorations. Music played from some unknown place and food and beer was spread everywhere. Half of Gryffindor house was already there.
"Blitz!" Amaya called. Blitz was standing with Kirra, Lily and Catylin. Kirra was looking much better but had a scroll of annoyance.
"Why must we be here?" Kirra hissed at Catylin who was closest. Catylin just shrugged and grabbed a bottle of firewhisky.
"Potter!" Lily looked furious as she pushed past two fourth years and marched over to the Marauder.
"Why Evans, nice of you to show up!" James grinned down at her in a goofy fashion.
"What do you think you are doing? You are Head-Boy remember!" Lily snapped, snatching away his bottle of firewhiskey.
"Lighten up Evans, it's a party!" He grabbed his drink and walked off leaving a fuming Lily Evans.
Lily pushed past Malik, Yugi and Ryou who stumbled back.
"What's her problem?" Malik mumbled.
"I don't know…" Ryou trailed off and 'eeped'.
"What?" Yugi asked, following Ryou's line of vision.
The Yamis, all dressed in black, were leaving the common room through the open portrait.
"What are they doing?" Yugi whispered. Ryou glanced sideways at Yugi.
"There you three are!" Jou, Seto, Harry and Amaya came up beside the three. Ryou shook off the chilling thoughts and smiled.
"I'm hungry." Jou complained, eyeing a plate stuffed with delicious food.
"Help yourself Jou." Amaya smiled, she too knew of what the Yamis were planning but chose not to voice her knowledge.
Sirius grinned as he and James played 'host' to the Gryffindors who had come, the two handing out food and alcohol.
"Oi Sirius, have you ever seen them before?" James, using his free hand, pointed to a group of students, one looking a lot like Kirra.
"Aren't they the exchange students?" Sirius asked, hiding his interest.
"Why Sirius, I never knew you listened to Professors." James grinned. Sirius pushed him playfully.
"You know Jamie you too should listen, being Head-Boy and all." Sirius mocked. James grinned and caught sight of Catylin talking to a sixth year. "Why Catylin, starting young tonight?"
"Get bent Potter." Catylin hissed.
"I could try." James grinned. "Wanna watch?" Catylin gave him a disgusted look and stalked off. "Bye Cate!"
"Fuck off!" Catylin yelled.
"I think she may like me." James mock grinned. Sirius laughed and pushed James.
"Come on Potter."
The party was going on well into the night and at eleven Yugi decided he had enough and slipped out of the common room and into the dark halls. The Fat Lady was asleep so Yugi took care to walk quietly past her.
One floor down Yugi lent calmly against the cold stone wall, watching a brown rat scurry across the floor. He looked up when clumsy, loud footsteps echoed down the hallway. Yugi panicked and looked for a way to hide; the corridor had no classrooms and no never by shadowy corners to consume in.
Finally the footsteps reached him and Yugi shivered as he felt the ghostly touch of heavy-breathing.
"What are you doing?" The voice was rough and fogged with alcohol. Yugi bite his lip so hard he broke the skin.
"I-I'm…" He recognized the voice but couldn't quiet place it. A hand grabbed his thin shoulder and Yugi whimpered under the pressure, fear clouded his mind and all sense left him.
Bakura growled as he waited for Marik to finish cleaning the blood from his hands and shirt. He didn't anticipate on the woman to struggle.
"That's it Marik, you can go back yourself, I'm going." Bakura walked down the halls and finished cleaning his dagger of the blood. He didn't pay attention as he walked, careful to cloak himself in the shadows, he was careful to listen out.
"NO!" Bakura froze. That cry trigged a forgotten moment in his lost past. Instinct gripped his senses and he took off down the hall.
Frightened whimpers and muffled screams pulsed anger through him. His dagger was gripped in his hand. His knuckles were white.
When he turned the corner he let all his anger lose, there was a chilling silence, a muffled gasp and the thud of a fallen body. Bakura gripped his blood drenched dagger and stared at the still lifeless body before a small voice spoke.
"B-Bakura…" Bakura snapped up and blinked. Yugi was holding his leather shirt to his bare chest which held fresh bruises and blood dribbled down his chin from his bruised lips.
"What happened?" Bakura demanded quietly, not understanding what had happened.
"I-I well um…" Yugi's bloodshot eyes darted down to the dead body.
Bakura held out his hand that was stained with mortal blood. Yugi took it after a moment's hesitation. Bakura pulled him away and to where Yami and Amber-Lee were.
Yugi sniffed as he tried to pull on his tight shirt, he didn't succussed after five tries. Bakura stopped and pulled off his shirt throwing it to Yugi who caught it, surprise playing on his small face.
"What…?"
"I…" Bakura couldn't explain it; his protection for Yugi wasn't like his for Ryou's.
He loved his Hikari and would shift Heaven and Hell for him. But for Yugi…it was like…he was a brother and Bakura saw him in a new light. He was no longer 'The Pharaoh's Brat' He realized why Yami protected Yugi the way he did. Yugi was one of the purest Hikaris, he wasn't tainted like Ryou and Malik had been. He was the one who everyone depended on to be perfect…
"I…just never tell anyone I helped you, squirt." Bakura smirked lightly. Yugi smiled warmly at him and pulled his shirt on.
"Yugi, what are you doing out?" Yami had appeared with Amber-Lee out of the shadows. Yami noticed Yugi's state and instantly brought him into his embrace. "What happened?"
"Yami, its fine…" Yugi smiled at Bakura while Yami wiped blood for his lip.
"We'll have to go back, they will have found her by now…" Amber-Lee was starring at Bakura's dagger.
Yami picked up Yugi and nodded to Bakura, a look at passed between the two telling the other they knew, before he disappeared into the shadows.
"Very nice Bakura." Amber-Lee smirked lightly.
"Don't." Bakura growled.
Back in the common room, Harry also decided he had had enough of the ever-going party; he tried to avoid James and Lily like the plague. He stumbled out into the hallway and walked along in a slight daze, not to concern on where he was going or if he was caught.
He passed the empty Charms room when he heard two voices, two familiar voice voices.
"…Did she set of any alarms?" One asked in slight panic.
"No, White-Thief and Mariku make sure no noise from evil-witch." Harry blinked. 'White-Thief', 'Mariku', 'Evil-Witch' none of it made sense. "Hikari-Mine, someone listening…"
The door was pulled open by a rather calm Malik Ishtar.
"Oh Harry, what are you doing?" Malik asked, glancing to his empty left.
"Who were you talking to?" Harry asked, looking around the room. His eyes rested on the ghostly outline of a man similar to Malik. "Who is he?" Harry pointed to the man who's form faded.
Malik turned his violet eyes on Harry, a questioning gaze that took hold of Harry's emerald orbs. "You can see him?" It was more a statement then a question.
Malik knew Harry could see him; he had his eyes on him.
"Who is he, and how can he look like you? And why is he…ghostly?" Harry asked, trying to find the right words to use for the man's appearance.
Malik sighed and sat down on a desk and after a moment Harry sat down on the one next to him.
"His name is Mariku, Marik for short. He's my Yami."
"You're what?"
"Yami, the dark half of my soul, I'm the Hikari, the light side. He's a spirit who posses my body." Malik explained lightly, as if he was telling a group of children a well known verse.
"He posses you?" Harry asked in alarm. Malik smiled at him.
"Well kind of. He has what he calls a 'Soul Room' inside this," He held up the millennium rod, "and he can take of my body whenever he wants, but he mainly takes on his own body, using energy from the shadows."
"What do you mean?"
"Marik is five Millennium old, as is Yami, Bakura and Amber-Lee. Yugi, Ryou and Amaya's Yamis."
"You mean their possessed as well?"
"Yes. We each have a Millennium Item that holds the spirits of people from Ancient Egypt. Each one of us is able to control the shadows. Like this!" Malik held out his hand, flat with the palm up, and slowly shadows from around the room crawled onto it, forming an orb of swirling blues, blacks and purples.
"Wow…" Harry watched as Malik closed his fist and the orb disappeared.
"The Yamis and Hikaris, which is what I am, are able to control what is called, 'The Shadow Realm.' A realm of tourer and internal suffering, it also is where the monsters dwell." Malik stated matter-of-factly.
"What monsters?" Harry asked, fearing the worst. Malik smiled and pulled out a deck of cards.
"Duel Monsters." He spread them out on the desk to show Harry. "There are much more that these, they once survived great lords and Pharaohs in Ancient Egypt. Actually Yugi's Yami, Yami, once was a Pharaoh, as was Yugi. I was merely a Lord."
"You were a Lord?" Harry asked in amazement.
"Yep, I was a Lord for Yugi, well I was a servant for him until he was crowned Pharaoh and he made Ryou, Jou and I Lords."
"Wait how many of you were in Ancient Egypt?" Harry asked, unable to believe that Yugi was a Pharaoh, or Ryou and Jou had once lived in the great desert lands.
"Hmm…well there was Me, I was a Lord, Ryou, he was also a Lord, Jou he too, but we weren't named Lords till after Yugi was crowned. Marik was a guard for the royal tombs, well that was latter on to, Bakura, Ryou's Yami, was a 'personal guard' for Amber-Lee, who was the Princess, Yami's sister, Amber-Lee is Amaya's Yami and Yami is Yugi's. Then there was Yami, he was Pharaoh, and Yugi, he was also Pharaoh and finally Seto who was a High Prist."
Harry took a moment to let the information sink in.
"Wait a second, how could Yugi and this Yami both be Pharaohs?"
Malik bit his lip and looked Harry in the eye. "Yugi and Yami were once married in Egypt, slightly forced, but still they were married." When Harry didn't give a reaction Malik continued. "Yami is a guy. Yugi, Ryou, Amaya, Jou and I are gay."
"I kind of got that." Harry smiled.
"What?"
"I mean who could possible wear so much leather?" Malik smiled and hugged Harry.
"Well now our secret is out. Tomorrow in a more private place I'll get Yugi, Ryou, Jou and Amaya to help me to tell you more. Now come on." Malik stood up and pulled Harry up too. "I'm sooo tired, I don't know about you but I'm going straight to bed."
"Same here, my head is hurting form all the information." Harry complained, rubbing his scar that seethed a little.
TBC…
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