"You have to spell the 'h' like 'aytch'" Yugi said as he scribbled on the soft ground with a stick, the creature by his side, listening attentively.
It had been a good two months after Yugi encountered the strange creature he dubbed as 'Yami'. He was friendly, and curious enough, able to learn fast and pick up on what he was doing, even walking on two legs as well, which impressed Yugi. At least he didn't have to suffer so much anymore, his whole purpose of even going to the forest all but forgotten and thrown out the imaginary window of his mind.
Though, there was one problem, one dilemma that made Yugi want to pull his hair and gouge his eyes out. Yami couldn't properly speak the human language.
"Shhhh??" Yami imitated, the sound coming out in a hiss. "Am I zdoing zshis righttt?" The sound was rough and harsh. Yami narrowed his eyes, his curiosity and determination shining in his golden colored irises (it made Yugi want to choke him--no one should be gifted with that kind of determination. It was so unfair).
Yugi's shoulders slumped, groaning in defeat as he threw his hands up in surrender, his eyes scrunched shut. "Oh for the love of all Ra! I give up! I completely and utterly give up! You're hopeless with human speech, Yami!" He groaned, scrubbing at his face in frustration.
Two months. Two whole freaking months of teaching Yami the human language and he still couldn't pronounce it properly! Yugi wanted to bang his head on something. Preferably a rock. Yeah that sounded great. Yugi groaned again.
Yami's brows furrowed as he stood on his two feet and shuffled next to Yugi, sitting down beside him and hesitantly raising his taloned hands to rest it upon the broad shoulder of the Magician of Black Chaos.
"Sssssorrryy.." Yami mumbled his apology, feeling down and ashamed that he couldn't please his human guest with his wordings of the human tongue.
Yugi took a deep breath. "It's fine, you learn quite fast for a dragon on the human language. I'm impressed..." 'and disappointed because you can't pronounce properly' he spoke, keeping the last thought to himself, biting his tongue to keep himself from saying the wrong words.
"Okayyy!" Yami chirped, smiling, his sharp canine teeth gleaming pearly white, it made Yugi blind at the sheer brightness of them. How had Yami-- nevermind, he'd rather not ask.
Yugi felt the hand on his shoulder drop and the half-man-half dragon scuttled away from him to rest on top of a rock, his tail wrapping around the base as he observed Yugi.
The magician let out a small sigh and stood up, brushing away any imaginary dust that clung to his outfit of leather. He grabbed his staff that was resting nearby and turned to Yami, his tone flat and face unreadable. "It's okay if you don't speak our language. I don't want to force you on something that you really have a hard time doing. Just go back to speaking in your language. You understanding me is enough already." He informed, turning away and marching out of the cave, his mind whirring and spinning with the countless voices in his head.
Yugi missed the hurt expression that crossed Yami's face, as he opened his mouth. "I--"
Yugi was gone.
Yami's tail tightened around the rock, his expression still frozen in that hurt expression.
What did he do wrong? Was it his fault that Yugi left? Was he so displeased with Yami's speech that he just went off with those hurtful words? As much as Yugi was charming, he had a sharp tongue that could lash and scar at anyone's heart if he so wished.
That was the case of the half dragon, who whimpered and curled on the rock, trying his best to not show weakness as he closed his eyes.
'What did I do wrong?' Yami thought.
The sun outside shined brightly, ignoring the pain the dragon was feeling and continuing about it's merry shine.
XxXx
Yugi returned to the school he went to, expression melancholic and bitter, as he tried to calm himself before he exploded. His mind was speaking about possibilities in learning a spell that could make him understand dragonic language, making Yugi want to slap and yell at himself.
'Oh come on! You're not thinking about this now!' he cried internally, battling a smug voice who replied snidely. 'You know you want to, though. Come on, what harm would it do?'
Yugi's expression soured. 'Thanks, but no thanks, I'd rather not get myself involved with forbidden magic. You know that dragonic language is exclusively for dragons and if I ever attempt to do it I'd face the consequences.'
Yugi's eyes widened, halting in his track and face palming, suppressing the urge to laugh hysterically, least everyone might think he had gone mad. 'I'm going crazy... Gods, I should get myself checked with the mystical elves' magic, yeah I really should.'
Yugi took a deep breath and continued walking, never once pausing in his step as his boots made contact with the academy floor.
He was thinking something stupid, probably later...
"Yug! Where've you been?!" A familiar voice called out, making Yugi turn and see a knight who was dressed in a flame swordsman armor, with a goofy grin plastered on his face. Yugi beamed and went over to him.
"Joey! How nice of you to be here! How was the mission?"
Joey shrugged. "It was good I guess, though it was boring since you weren't included in the mission. Wish you were there with us on the special mission, bud." He said.
Yugi chuckled. "You know why they don't want to release me out there, Joey. They say I'm too volatile," he rolled his eyes. "Volatile my ass, gods, they're the ones who are volatile. I can control my magic you know." He snorted.
Joey laughed and shook his head, ruffling Yugi's hair to which the younger protested but it was half hearted at best. "Yeah, yeah, I agree with you on that one. You'd really make a great knight, Yug," he smiled fondly. "Also, the gang are going over to my place later. Wanna come with us?"
Yugi shook his head and smiled, forcing his face to brighten up when he realized that he had matters to attend to, preferably a certain dragon. "Oh, ahhh... I'd love to! But I have somewhere to go later, I've been ordered to do something so maybe next time?" He asked, praying that Joey didn't see through the lie.
Joey blinked and tilted his head, eyes squinting trying to see if Yugi was lying. The magician of chaos didn't let anything down, keeping up his innocent blinking and smile, when Joey's shoulder slumped as he nodded, pouting. "Man Yug, you're really busy now aren't you? Alright! See you soon then!" He grinned.
Yugi laughed. "Of course Joey! I'll send you a message through the doves!" He said as he turned back to the academy doors, hearing Joey's should of; "Bye Yugi! See ya!"
He hated lying, and he really was wanting to slam himself on the concrete... Maybe he could do that later...
XxXx
Yami sat outside, basking in the dying sunlight, eyes closed and body limp, breathing slightly labored as Yugi's words spun in his mind. He couldn't get them out of his head, annoying like a bee.
Yami gritted his teeth and hissed, snapping his eyes open in frustration as he scratched at his head, wanting to tear himself inside and out. Why, oh why, was Yugi's words affecting him so? Yugi was nothing but a mere magician in his eyes but yet it infuriated him on how attracted he was to the male like a magnet. There was something about Yugi that just pulled at Yami's strings and made him lose his sanity. Yami wanted to scream out a curse in his native tongue.
He was considering on biting himself if only Yugi did not appear out of the bushes, steps calm and fluid with grace which made Yami perk up and watch him with wide curious eyes that soon turned sad, holding back on greeting the other male with the human language he had learned. He didn't want to offend Yugi. Not on his life.
Yugi came out between the bushes, surrounded by trees, looking quite dazed but seemingly determined on his mission. He took a deep breath, forcing his eyes to meet golden ones and tried to show a smile, saying he was no harm. Yami didn't relax and stood rigid, his taloned feet digging on the ground and claws gripping on his hair too tightly, the tip of his tail standing ramrod straight.
"Y..Y-Yugiii?" Yami began and then snapped his mouth shut when Yugi raised a hand, making the dragon back away slightly, form tensing more as it is. Yugi noticed and quickly dropped his hand as he took a step forward. Yami took a step back.
"Hey, it's okay. I don't intend to harm you." He soothed, making Yami perk up and stare at him before flicking his eyes downward and scratching at the ground.
"But..."
"Yami, I'm not angry at you. Disappointed maybe, but not angry nor am I offended. I know you had a hard time learning our language so I made you stop," he paused and giggled, violet eyes holding a look that couldn't be deciphered. Amusement or sadness, Yami couldn't decipher. But he enjoyed the laugh that Yugi made and nodded instead, his eyebrows furrowing as he kept his mouth shut.
Yugi continued. "I apologize if I hurt you earlier and ran off to who knows where, back at my school preferably, but I needed some time to think up on how I can understand you in your native tongue without switching back and forth. And well, I guess I got it?" That ended as a question.
Yami perked up and tilted his head, the jewel on his forehead glistening, as his eyes questioned the magician of chaos infront of him, his form was still tense but his tail had gone down and curled upon himself as a comforting gesture. What was Yugi saying?
Yugi got the message and chuckled, scratching the back of his head and twirling the staff in his hand, eyes holding a dazed look as he went down the trip to the memory lane. "I figured that I should make a spell that can make me understand you. On my way back to the academy, I debated and argued with myself if I should do it or not... In the end my other voice won, so think of this as a compensation for giving you a rough time. Sounds fair?"
Yami tilted his head and blinked rapidly, tail curling against him some more as he made a noise in between a grunt and a confused 'huh?' This human was beyond confusing, but Yugi's words wormed itself deep into Yami's mind and he had no choice but succumbed to the sweet temptation.
He nodded at Yugi slowly, his form gradually slackening as his tail unwinded from his form and instead coiled up on a nearby tree trunk.
Yugi grinned and twirled his staff on his left hand, right hand poised infront of him near his chest as he made some hand signs and chanted along as he made the gestures. The tattoo underneath his eyes and lip began to glow a bright blue, his hair being whipped by an invisible wind.
Yami watched all of this happen in fascination, eyes wide with awe and jaw unhinged as he watched Yugi be circled in a black ring of light, while the magician closed his eyes, the electric blue glow on his cheeks contrasting with the black ring that surrounded and oozed out of the mage.
"Cor meum mi magica, et omne alimentorum fibra substantia mea. Dona mihi hanc potestatem, ut intelligere, ultimum lingua tempore mortua est humana lingua et mente. Ego quaeritur te ad magica, quae venis fluit in esse, eaque, ut det intelligere, ut ex lingua dracones! Dimittere te!" Yugi chanted, eyes snapping open, glowing a bright white-blue as he rose from the ground. The magic around him thundered and twisted like a tornado before hurtling itself to Yami, which made the dragon screech.
Yami unintentionally set up a forcefield in his surprise and shock, causing the spell that Yugi was performing to backfire on it's caster. The dark magic bounced off the shield with a loud 'ZAAPPP', ricocheting back at Yugi who stood unaware and defenseless in his spell.
Yami's eyes widened and he screamed in terror as Yugi's magic all but covered the chaos mage in it's embrace. A confused yell from Yugi made Atem panic and lower the forcefield he had set up, dashing to the mage who was still covered in the shrouds of darkness. 'Yugi!! No!!' Yami screeched, trying to reach out to Yugi but found he couldn't.
The magic continued to swirl and inside Yugi stood writhing in mid air, chest heaving and gasping for air, eyes wide open, the bluish white glow in them not fading as his body transitioned and curled from the extremely weird and painful sensation creeping around his body and messing with his senses.
With a final scream, the magic that Yugi made dispersed, as he commanded the darkness all but too late. The magician of chaos fell to the ground with a solid 'thunk', passed out from the backfiring of his magic.
Yami immediately rushed to Yugi's side and came to a halt, eyes blinking and drinking in Yugi's form. What the... Who was..??
Yami hesitantly crawled to the now.. leather suited.. woman? Who was lying on her side? They had long hair that went past their waist, their upper hair standing straight up like a starfish. Yami blinked and sniffed, scrunching his nose and jumping back at the sheer amount of magic that was still fresh like newly cut blades of grass.
The female stirred and moaned in pain, which struck Yami as odd since that voice was so... So familiar. Yami's heart thundered as the revelation struck him and deemed him speechless, slowly backing away as the now woman sat up and clutched at their head, moaning in protest.
"Ow, my head." Yugi moaned, feeling the pressure pressing against his head painfully. He opened his eyes and blinked looking at Yami and blinking, who was once again tense and staring at Yugi's form. His frown deepened. "What's wrong Yami?"
Yugi jerked in surprise at his voice, eyes widening to the size of saucers. Was that his voice? Wait no, it couldn't be.. why did he sound like a girl? What had gone wrong?
Yami jumped in fright and hid behind a tall rock, peeping one eye out and gesturing to Yugi's form in a hesitative manner. Yugi didn't wait on Yami's gesture and immediately checked himself for damage, only to get a heart attack at what he had just seen, making him bolt up to his feet and Yami squeak in alarm.
Holy shit! No no no! It shouldn't be like this! What had gone wrong with the spell?!
Yugi was now spurting breast, even though they were small, they were still there, round and squishy to the touch, he winced and examined himself further, seeing he had curves and his thighs seemed a little but thicker, he could feel his balance was off and felt something was itching along his neck.
His gloved hand trailed on a silky strand and caught it, as he put it infront of his face to examine what was bothering and itching along his neck. He paled immensely as Yami was about to come out of hiding, the curiosity he held once again making itself known.
Yugi bit at his cheek. Yami came out of hiding.
3...2...1...
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Yugi screamed as he fell on his butt, feeling the pain as he landed on his ass.
Yami yelped in fright and bolted back to his cave, diving inside, his wings shielding him as he quivered at the sound of Yugi's new high pitched voice. Yugi had a very loud voice. 'Too loud!' he hissed out unconsciously in his dragonic tongue.
Yugi did not hear him however, for he was too busy hyperventilating at the revelation that dawned on him... And the consequences of his action.
"OH MY GOD I'VE BEEN TURNED INTO A GIRL!!"
Yami squeaked and cowered more as he felt Yugi's eyes on him. Oh shit! He was done for it! He peeked one eye in between the crack of his wings and gulped at Yugi's unrelenting stare. The half-dragon gulped and lowered his wings, blinking at Yugi hesitantly and biting his lips. He sniffled and surpressed the urge to cry.
Yugi's stare remained unwavering. His hand picked up the staff and tightened around the handle, teeth gritting.
"Of all the consequences...why did it have to be the opposite gender?"
Yami cowered at the ghastly voice Yugi used.
He was dead. And it would be a painful death.