Darkened Innocence Chapter 1: Meeting the Young Demon, a yu-gi-oh fanfic

Zypher: Hello everyone. I just came up with a new idea that I think I will enjoy doing very much. As you all know, I'm famous for my various demon stories and now it's time to start a new one, only a little different and you'll find out how in a bit. So I hope you will enjoy my newest story, Darkened Innocence.

Summary: Yami and Aqua's father owns an institution that examines and experiments with the supernatural. When a young demon was brought in, Yami knew he shouldn't be here at all and freed him but now the little demon wishes to stay with him and Aqua. Now they must keep him hidden especially when their father is looking for him but for how long will they be able to hide the small demon and what will the little demon do if he must leave the two he cares about so much?

Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-gi-oh, plain and simple.

Darkened Innocence

Chapter 1

In Domino City, year 3422, there were two different races. Those that were mortal and those that were immortal. They have been living separate lives for there was an institution that examines the immortal and conducts tests on them to learn more about their body structure and their means for their immortal existence.

This institution was ran by Jisaki Shinjaro who wanted to learn the means for their infinite life and see if he was able to combine the info he could find to that of a regular person. He already had the right candidate for that job but that person or in general, people, didn't know of that as of yet.

Yami sat in his room, reading a magazine. He was currently bored, seeing as his father was working with another demon that they were able to capture. His and Aqua's father, Jisaki, owned the institution that examined and experimented with the demons that roam Domino City now. They were a part of the institution and came to help regularly but not as much. Right now, he was working with his latest catch, a young demon that was found roaming around the alleyways. His father insisted he come to see the little demon but he said he was going to come later.

Aqua walked inside, a CD player in hand but the earphones hung around his neck. "Hey Yami, father said he wants some help with the new demon he brought in. Want to come?" he asked. He looked up before nodding. "Sure, why not." he replied, lying the magazine down and got off his bed, following him down to the institution which was next door.

"Come on, little one. I won't hurt you." Jisaki murmured, trying to coax the little demon that sat in the corner. He had bandages wrapped around him from the many attempts the scientists tried with giving him something to calm him along with wounds that were inflicted on him long before he was brought to the institution. The demon whimpered and curled into the corner more when Jisaki tried to get closer. He sighed and sat to bowl of food he had for the demon before leaving out the enclosure that he had the demon inside.

Yami and Aqua walked inside and looked to him. "What's wrong now?" Aqua asked. "The demon I brought in isn't cooperating and we wanted to run some tests on him." Jisaki replied. "Hopefully, you weren't planning to dissect him like some of the others you have." Yami muttered as he walked over to the glass that parted him from the demon. He looked around for him and spotted him now coming over to the food left for him but looked over to him, amethyst eyes sparkling lightly. "Actually, I wouldn't want to even see him dissected at all. He may only be a juvenile demon from what I can tell."

"But you know I must run tests on him, Yami. If I don't, he may break out and hurt someone and we must suppress any chances such as that." Yami sighed before looking back to the demon that now sat in front of him, examining him curiously. Jisaki turned back to his work while Yami watched the young demon. 'He shouldn't be here. For as long as Aqua and I have helped father, we only been getting adult demons. Now they bring him in. I can't let them run more tests on him, no matter what.' Seeing enough, the little demon stood and placed his petite claws against the glass, wishing he could meet Yami without the glass parting them. Seeing this, he walked over to the door to the enclosure and walked inside. When he walked inside, the demon left the glass and walked over to him. "Who...are you?" The demon whispered. "I'm Yami Shinjaro. Do you have a name?" he asked, kneeling down. "The demon I stayed with before she left named me Yugi..." Yami nodded. "So, what caused you to be brought here?" he questioned.

"I was trying to look for a meal and since I didn't want to harm humans, I picked through the garbage to find something. That's when he found me. I tried to run but two other men came out of nowhere and caught me." Yugi explained. "And I don't like it here with them trying to run tests on me. Some of these wounds were from when they were trying to cut me open and I was able to move before they could." he whimpered, looking to the wound he had on his arms. Yami felt bad for him and stroked his head, hearing him purr.

"Don't worry, me and my sibling, Aqua, will get you out of here. You shouldn't be here, I knew that from the start but my father will never listen to me. We'll come back tonight so we can get you out of here. Can you fly?" Yami asked and he nodded. "Alright then. When we get you out, you must fly far away from here. Once my father realizes you're gone, he will try to search for you throughout the city." Yami whispered and he nodded once more but wasn't planning to leave the city, not after being treated so well by Yami. Yami stood up and pat Yugi's head once more before leaving out of the enclosure, locking it behind him. "Father, we're heading back home." Yami told him and he nodded as he started to write some notes. He only sighed and he left with Aqua following behind him, Yugi watching as they left silently before moving over to the bowl that had food for him and sniffed it to make sure it wasn't laced with anything before he started to eat.

That night, when their father went to bed, Yami and Aqua left out the house with the keycard and headed over to the institution. They got inside and bypassed the guards as they reached the room Yugi was in. He was sleeping and Aqua tapped the glass lightly, catching his attention. He woke up and looking to them before standing. Yami unlocked the door and Yugi came out. "Come on, let's get you out of here before the guards check in here." Aqua murmured as they left out and made their way back outside without being caught in the hallway.

As soon as they got out, Yami turned to him. "Well, you're free now. It's best you get going now before someone sees you." Yugi nodded, still refusing to leave the city for good but didn't want them to get angry at him. He flew off just a short ways before landing on a roof. When he was out of sight, they left to head back home to return the keycard when it belonged, heading to bed as well, never knowing that Yugi followed behind them. After changing, they climbed into their separate beds and Aqua looked over to Yami.

"Hey, do you really think he will be alright out there all alone?" Aqua asked. "I don't know and I really hope he will be. It's better to be out there than to be in the institution and probably get killed as they're working on him." Yami replied. Aqua had to agree with that. "Hopefully, he will be alright out there." he murmured, lying down on his bed, which was a suspended hammock that was black and had dragons embroidered on the inside, a large dragon taking over the back. Yami lied down in his own bed, using a remote to turn off the lights before falling asleep.

Yugi watched as the lights were cut off and flew down quietly. He fluttered by the window and quietly unlocked it, slipping inside, closing it behind him. He snuck over to Yami's bed and looked to him quietly. 'I know you both want me to leave so I will be safe but I can't. You're like the father I never had and I want to stay with you. I want to be in a place where I can be loved and hopefully you and your sibling can give me that wish, maybe even more.' Yugi thought as he slipped into the bed beside Yami and cuddled close to him, wings wrapping around his small form.

The next morning, a buzzer sounded and that woke Yami up. He yawned and stretched, sitting up in the bed and realized there was some extra weight on him. He looked down and saw it was Yugi, still curled up, asleep. 'Why did he come back? He should've left by now.' he thought and gently woke him. He opened large amethyst eyes and looked up to him. "Yugi? Why are you here? You should've left last night." Yami questioned. "I know but I didn't want to leave. I couldn't, at least not without you two. You both gave some meaning to my life."

"What do you mean, Yugi?" Aqua asked, all the commotion waking him up.

"Ever since I was born, I was alone. My parents abandoned me when I was young and I was left to fend for myself until a gentle dragon named Keara came and helped me out. She stayed with me for the majority of my life before she left as well, saying that she must go but she will return soon. I don't want to be alone for as long as she will be gone so I wanted to find someone who would care for me and that's when I met you. I was shunned away by my own kind and didn't dare go to the humans but you didn't treat me as something else and I couldn't thank you enough for that."

Aqua nodded, now seeing the importance of the young demon's situation. "Well, I don't know what we will do about our father but after hearing this, we can't possibly let you go out there alone again so we'll let you stay but it will be best to stay up here in our room so our father won't know you're in here." he spoke as he climbed out from his hammock and walked over to Yugi. "Will I be able to go places with you two?" Yugi asked. "I think we can manage something but it's best to wait. Our father should be leaving out for work soon so we'll stay in here until he doesn't bug us anymore about you once he realizes you're gone." Yugi nodded and curled up by Yami's side.

Like he said, after Jisaki went to the institution and found out Yugi had escaped, he headed back home to enlist some help from his two sons. "Yami, Aqua. I need your help." he said as he walked into the kitchen. Yami looked up from the meal he was preparing for Yugi and turned to him.

"What happened now?"

"The demon we brought in yesterday is missing and I can't think of how he could possibly escaped cause that was a high security enclosure we placed him in. It could only be unlocked with the keycard I had." Jisaki murmured. "Maybe he was a little more tactful than you thought, father." Aqua mumbled. "He couldn't be. Even a demon that young couldn't have gotten out without setting off the alarm and alerting the guards." Jisaki sneered. "But either way, will you help me find him?"

"No, we don't have time to help you with this case." Yami answered as he fixed a plate of bacon and sausages and took the plate, heading back upstairs with Aqua following behind him. Jisaki muttered under his breath lightly and left to head back to the institution. 'When I get my research done, they won't be mortal any longer. Those two may have helped out but they seemed to be getting in my way more often because they don't like the subject of my work.' he thought as he closed the door behind him.

Zypher: And that will be all for the first chapter. Hoped you have enjoyed this chapter and will be eagerly waiting for the next. See you soon.