Zypher: Hi all and welcome to the next chapter of Darkened Innocence. I'm glad for all those that have enjoyed the last chapter so I hope you will enjoy this one.

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Darkened Innocence

Chapter 3

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The next morning, Yami and Aqua left out early so they can turn in their projects so they will have more time to figure out what they can do about their father's experiment. They left money there for Yugi just in case he wanted to go out and buy something when he left out. As they were doing this, Jisaki was preparing for the project and already seeing them leave to head to the college, he waited patiently for their arrival back home. 'Soon, my dream will come true and if this works, we'll become the richest company known to the world.' Jisaki thought from inside his office.

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After reading the letter they left for him when he woke, he placed on a pair of pants and a t-shirt before pocketing the money that was left for him and left out the house. He walked around for a bit, looking into different stores, trying to find a nice gift for Yami and Aqua to thank them for the things they did for him. He headed to the mall later on in the day and walked into the nearest jewelry store. He saw some necklaces hanging on the wall nearby and walked over to it, examining one that was of a silver Chinese dragon. 'Hmm, I think Yami would love this.' he thought then looked at the price.

'Maybe I should wait. I need enough to buy something for Aqua as well.' he thought before leaving out and started making his way back to the institution, seeing as it was getting late and he didn't want to worry Yami and Aqua about not being back before night falls. When he got there, he found a vent leading inside from the side of the building and removed the grate, slipping inside. He crawled through the ventilation system, trying to see if he could find any sign of Jisaki or anyone else that's part of the research project. So far, he wasn't able to find a single person.

'Where could they all be? I know they must be still working on the project just to make sure they're no flaws in it.' Yugi thought as he came upon another opening and finally saw someone there but it was only a scientist that was sorting out some papers. He looked in closer saw they were papers for the Demon Project as Jisaki so graciously named it. With everything placed back into the folder, he left it on the desk and left from the room. When he left, Yugi took out the grate and jumped into the room, moving toward the desk, taking the folder. "Let's see what he's planning." Yugi murmured to himself as he examined the contents of the folder and saw something that horrified him. There were two papers in there that had Yami and Aqua's information. Not only that but a large stamp was placed on the bottom that said they were going to be used as the test experiments for the demon concoction.

'How can he do such a thing? I should warn them but if I do then he could try to find out who came in and found the folder. That's the last thing I need on my ever growing list of things to do. Hopefully, they will stay away from here and not come even if their father begged them to come.' Yugi thought as he looked through it some more. His ears perked up as he heard the sound of footsteps coming and placed everything back into the folder, setting it onto the table and jumped back into the vents, situating the grate back just as another scientist came in and picked up the folder before leaving. Yugi sighed and made his way back through the vents, getting back outside and slipped into Yami and Aqua's room before he could be seen by another scientist.

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Aqua watched as he came in and saw his expression. "Is something wrong, Yugi? You seem sad." he spoke. Yugi looked up to him and seeing his caring yet questioning look made him want to cry. He wanted so much to tell him and Yami what he found out but he didn't want them to get hurt in any way. "It's nothing. Just saw something I wanted to get but I didn't have enough money for both things but it's alright now." Yugi lied. "Are you sure? I can give you more if you really want them." he suggested as they headed into the kitchen.

"Sure, that would be nice. Maybe I'll get them tomorrow." Yugi replied as he sat down at the table and Aqua handed him a plate of food. He was still trying to contemplate if he should tell them what he found out. 'I will tell them soon but hopefully it won't be too late.' Yugi thought to himself before he started to eat.

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Soon after they ate, they were all ready for bed but Yugi stayed awake even after both Yami and Aqua went to sleep. 'I need to learn more and hopefully stop it somehow. I can't let Yami and Aqua be used as experiments but I don't want them to know that they will be.' Yugi thought as he slipped out the bed silently and went over to the window, opening it and slipped outside before closing it behind him.

'I'll take care of this once and for all. Yami and Aqua deserve to live peaceful lives and not one filled with bloodshed and danger around every corner. I would know since that how I have been living almost all my life before Keara helped me and I'm not letting them fall to the same fate.' He thought as he flared his wings and flew off towards the institution.

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Jisaki looked over some more notes before nodding in appeasement. "Good, good. This will work out perfectly. Has the concoction been made already?" Jisaki questioned, looking to one of the scientists. "Yes and it's been placed under a high security section of the institution so it can't be taken by any demons that can escape and take it." The scientist replied. "Good. Soon, my plan will come into effect and this institution will be known over the world." he whispered as he wrote down some more things down onto a clipboard. From above, Yugi caught onto their conversation when he came by and stayed quiet in the ventilation system, listening. "So, when are you going to start this experiment with the actual test subjects?" Another scientist asked. "Tomorrow, my two gullible sons will never notice a thing until they wake, hopefully not through the experiment."

'No, I may be too late if I don't stop him now.' Yugi thought. "Give me the key and I'll get the concoction out tomorrow along with our two subjects. You all can head home now but be here early tomorrow morning so we can start and get finish as quick as possible. The last thing I need is for Yami and Aqua to somehow break out during the experiment and kill everyone in sight because they found out they were used as nothing but an experiment for the good of the company." They nodded as one scientist handed him a clear keycard before they all filed out the room.

After making sure things were in order, Jisaki shut off the lights and left. When he was gone, Yugi made his way back out of the institution and watched Jisaki enter the house before doing the same. 'I have to get that key and destroy that concoction. I'm not going to let Yami and Aqua get hurt by him.' Yugi thought as he made his way to Jisaki's room silently so he wouldn't be found out.

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After getting himself ready for bed, he placed the keycard on the side table before climbing into bed and dimmed the lights. Yugi listened in quietly and waited for him to fall asleep which was very quick and snuck inside his room silently. He saw the keycard gleaming on the table and went to pick up, calculating his steps and keep himself alert for any sign of Jisaki waking up.

Grabbing the key, he opened up the window and jumped out, closing it and leaving just as Jisaki woke up slightly. He looked around and seeing nothing out of place, went back to sleep.

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He got back to the institution quickly and making his way through the vents once more, Yugi came upon a room he hadn't explored yet with a large metal door right there in front of him. He jumped through the opening after removing the grate and walked over to the door. Seeing a slot for a keycard, he pulled out the one Jisaki had and placed it into the slot. There was a confirmation sound before the doors slid open. Yugi would've walked in if his demon senses wasn't telling him there was more than he thought. He let out a puff of air and saw the small, intertwining lasers. He sighed lightly. He should've known Jisaki wasn't going to make it easy for any demon or mortal to get inside and steal the concoction.

'But I need to try. Yami and Aqua's lives are on the line and I'm not going to let them become demons unless I fail here.' Yugi thought as he used some of his demon magic that he could remember before he was brought here to smoke down the room and see the lasers. With grace, Yugi made his way through and came up to another door. He was saddened though to see that the next door was guarded with a hand-print identification lock. 'Well, time to do this the old fashioned way.' he thought as he gripped the doors and with as much force as he could put, pried the doors open but before he could get the open all the way, a net came out of nowhere and caught him.

He gasped and tried to break free but then heard an alarm although it was silent to human ears. 'Man, they even have silent alarms. They really want to keep this project a secret.' he thought, struggling to cut himself free from the net. Yugi heard footsteps and knew it was the guards making their way to the vault. He finally got himself free and rushed out but in his haste, he forgotten the keycard. When he realized his hands were empty, the demon turned back and went for the keycard. He grabbed it and started to make his way out again but was surrounded by guards. One loaded a dart into his gun and with precise aim, shot at him. Yugi dodged in time but forgot about the others having guns so he unfurled his wings and jumped into the air. They continued to shoot at him as he weaved in and out of the shots.

Another came on fast and he winced as the dart pierced his side. He flew out the window but soon started to feel exhausted, as if every beat of his wings were like lead weights. 'Possibly by whatever were in those darts.' he thought as he made it back to the house and quickly put the keycard back before heading back into Yami and Aqua's room and plopped down into Yami's bed, curling up beside him and fell asleep. At least they couldn't find him there.

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Zypher: And that's all for this chapter, Sorry if it feels short to you but I already have the next chapter written so I have to make them connect somehow. Anyways, hoped you enjoyed and will review so you can be ready to read the next chapter. See you soon.