Me: Okay, and here goes the next chapter. I'm working my ass off to stay ahead, so I hope you all enjoy XD
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To Shadow Elvin Angel: XD The last chapter was a little rushed, but I hope I make up for it with this chapter ^w^
To v flower: When the Hikaris and Yaminos were discovered they had belongings (including a book that explained what they were) with them. Isis and Mahad read the book, just like the other parents that discovered the other Hikari/Yamino pairs did. I think I explained it in the first chapter ^w^
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Wanted to let you all know, from now on I'll be updating on Fridays. Why? Because 1) I can keep up with updating once a week better than I can updating every 3-5 days. 2) Because many of you have all started school, and I don't want to distract anyone from their studies ^w^ and 3) What better way to kick off the weekend than with a new chapter? :D Anyway, I do not own YGO or anything pertaining to YGO.
The Darkest Light
Chapter 9
Hikaris
Isis sighed as she and Mahad walked up to the Kame game shop. She hoped that Solomon was as nice as the other parents they'd met. Marik's father didn't spend very much time with Marik, so the boy became a bit of a punk, even by Yamino standards. His boyfriend, Malik, had parents that were very sweet people, Miho and Hiroto Honda. Malik was the only Hikari they knew was still around, so hopefully this Solomon would cooperate and tell them if he knew if they were Hikaris or not.
Mahad opened the door to the game shop, the bell above ringing to signify that there was a customer. "Oh, heh heh, hello there" the elderly man greeted with a chuckle. "What can I help you two with?"
"Are you Solomon Kadai?" Isis asked with a smile.
"I am. What can I do for you?"
"I actually have a question about your two grandsons. Yugi and Ryou. My name is Isis, and this is my husband Mahad."
"Oh? Did they get in trouble?"
"No, no. Nothing like that. They're very sweet boys, and I hope that my hunch is right. Mr. Kadai, do you know about the Yaminos and Hikaris?"
Solomon's eyes widened at the woman's words. "H-How do you..?"
"My sons are Yaminos. They don't know though, we're still not too sure about telling them."
Solomon sighed before walking over to the door and flipping the open sign to closed. "Come, I want to show you something."
He lead them through the game shop and into the house, stopping only once he'd reached the guest bedroom. "I hid everything in here" he said, opening the closet door. He pulled out a box, it contained the boys' possessions from all those years ago. "Do you already know about the Hikaris and how they work?"
"I do. We know some parents that also have Hikaris and Yaminos."
"So there are more?"
"There are. I believe your boys may be my boys' Hikaris."
"They're not all boy/girl pairs? Not that I have a problem" he said quickly, holding his hands up defensively.
Isis chuckled "I wondered the same thing too. But no. Yami is actually the Yamino prince."
"Really?"
"Mhm."
"Yugi is the Hikari prince" Solomon announced excitedly, pulling the golden crown from the box.
Isis looked over her shoulder at Mahad, who put a small pout on his face in return. "My wife thinks the two princes belong together" Mahad grumbled.
"Listen, Mr. Kadai-"
"Please, call me Solomon."
Isis nodded in understanding. "Anyway, your grandsons walked home with my boys yesterday. Yami is in trouble, so I called him in to do his chores. However, instead of getting right to work, he stood by the door with a sad look on his face, watching Yugi walk away from him. It was like the very idea of Yugi leaving was killing him. Not only that, but Yami and Bakura have never wanted anything to do with anyone else, they've never laughed with anyone or really had any other friends except each other. But with your boys, they're happy. Even Bakura laughs, and Bakura is the rotten one that is always in trouble."
"Sounds like the Yaminos are more of a handful."
"They are. They live to protect their Hikaris. To them, that is the only purpose they have. Yami actually cut his leg open the other day saving Yugi from falling off a rock wall. He also ended up with a concussion and a bruised stomach from a bully when he saved Yugi. I'm not saying it's Yugi's fault" she said quickly when he tried to interrupt. "I'm sayin Yami has this dying need to protect Yugi. He broke a kid's hand for pete's sake. He said he didn't mean to, he didn't know what happened, but when he saw that boy trying to punch Yugi, something in him snapped. It ended up scaring Yugi and that's what brought him back out of his trance."
"So the Hikaris are the only thing able to stop the Yaminos from a rampage?"
"That's what I'm assuming. However, I've noticed that even though Yami and Yugi are together, Yami's wounds don't heal, I know they've touched each other in one way or another, whether it be to help one up, or to stop the other from the rampage. But Yami's wounds don't heal. So, if I had to guess, I'd say that they have to be aware, and be paired before anything the Hikari can do for the Yamino actually takes effect."
"So, the question is, do we tell them, or not?"
"The other Yamino parents I know told their child, and he found his Hikari. Their names are Marik and Malik. Marik is the Yamino, and was actually the son of a royal guard, so his blood line causes him to protect Yami. From what I read in the book there is still another Yamino/Hikari pair out there. I just don't know where. If these three ended up here in Domino, surely the fourth would've too" Isis mused aloud.
"Maybe they're one of the boys' friends. They could be right under our noses" Mahad said thoughtfully.
"The boys have a friend, he wears a sweatband around his right wrist. The boy doesn't exercise anything but his mouth though" he mumbled with a sweat drop on the side of his head.
Isis and Mahad joined him with a sweat drop of their own. "Sounds like Bakura" Isis chuckled.
Yami sighed as he entered the lunch room with his brother, he was exhausted and he still hadn't finished all of his homework in study hall. Of course drifting off really didn't help either.
A fist to the back of his head brought him back from his daze "Earth to Yami! That's Yugi beside you! He's talking to you!" Bakura yelled, grabbing his brother's ear and turning him around. "Are you in there? You walked right past him!"
"Please stop yelling. I'm just tired" Yami grumbled.
"You were sleep walking... Again! You've been doing it all day" his older brother mumbled back, looking him over like a nurse.
Yami swatted his hands away "I was up until three thirty this morning writing a damn essay! I'm tired!"
Yugi chuckled, watching the two brothers bicker back and forth. "Hey!" he yelled "I'll still punch you. Get over here" he chuckled when he saw Yami's pout.
"Why you gotta punch me for?" Yami mumbled with his pout as he sat down next to Yugi.
"Because you never listen, and it might pep you up a bit" he giggled, sticking his tongue out.
Yami chuckled at the younger boy, nudging him playfully with his elbow before opening the book he was carrying. He started scanning his book, he had to get his homework done this period, or he would get detention, which would cause him to get grounded even longer.
Yugi admired the way Yami kept to his books, his eyes quickly scanning the page for the answer, his hand turning and twirling to make the cursive letters, the way his brow would sometimes furrow, and even the way he puckered his lips to the side when he was really focused. The scratching of the pencil suddenly stopped, causing Yugi to look back towards him, a chuckle escaping his lips when he spotted Yami sleeping. "Yami" he whispered, poking Yami's cheek.
"Is your brother okay?" Ryou asked Bakura.
"Hm?" The albino hummed, turning to look at Yami who was now being poked by Yugi. "Yeah, mom had him do all the chores in the house."
"There were soo many" Yami whined, finally coming to. "Some of them I didn't even know were chores!" He turned to face Yugi once again "Did you know dusting was a chore?"
"Uh... Yes?"
"What about furniture polishing?"
"What?"
"She had me polish all the wooden furniture Yugi" he complained, gently shaking the boy by the shoulders.
"Really?" Yugi asked, looking over Yami's shoulder at Bakura.
"Yeah. She even had him shine all our shoes" Bakura chirped, twisting his shiny sneakers around for everyone to see.
"I'm glad you're happy about that" Yami grumbled. "I don't think I can make it through a month of this."
"I thought you said you were grounded for two months" Bakura pointed out.
"Uuugh" Yami groaned, slamming his head down on his book. "Mm monna mie" he whined into the pages of his book.
"You're not gonna die" Bakura comforted, placing his hand on Yami's shoulder.
"Mem my mam."
"No you're not" Bakura chuckled, now get up, you have to get your homework done."
"Uk, I know" Yami whined, pulling his head from his book.
"Hey Yami" a blonde girl with bright green eyes said, placing her chin on Yami's shoulder.
"I-I'm sorry... Do I know you?"
"You're so funny" she giggled, pushing him playfully but a little too hard.
Yami looked over to Yugi, pointing his finger at the girl over his left shoulder. His lips moved to form the words "Do you know her?" Yugi shook his head no, so Yami turned to Bakura at his left, still pointing at the girl "Do you know her?" He mouthed silently. Bakura shook his head, shrugging his shoulders to let Yami know he had no clue.
Yami looked back at the ditzy girl with a brow raised before turning back to his homework with a shrug "Me neither" he said aloud.
"Yami" the girl cheered again, wrapping her arms around Yami's torso from behind.
Yami's anger suddenly spiked, and he had to close his eyes to remain calm. His head lowered, his bangs covering his slightly golden forehead. He didn't like it when people didn't take the hint, and today was not the day to mess with him. "Get off me" he growled lowly, his head remaining low as his eyes gained a dangerous glow. "I don't know you, and I don't want you touching me."
Bakura's eyes widened, as did Yugi and Ryou's. "Yami, calm down. You're going to get in more trouble."
"Get off me!" He snarled, grabbing the girl's hands and throwing them away from him.
Bakura saw the anger in Yami's eyes, he quickly grabbed him, running out of the lunch room before the whole cafeteria turned to look at them.
Yugi and Ryou exchanged glances before getting up, grabbing Yami's homework, and chasing after them. "Bakura?" Ryou said, seeing Bakura with his forearm pressed against Yami's throat.
"He's really pissed off. I need to get him home, now!"
"But its in the middle of the day, we could get in trouble" Ryou whined.
"We don't have a choice" Bakura argued back.
"Wait" Yugi interrupted "Put him down. Let me try something." Yugi walked closer as Bakura lowered Yami, wrapping his arms around Yami's torso. "Yami, please stop. I'm scared."
Yami blinked, the smaller arms around him bringing him back from his rage. As his adrenaline ran out, Yami slumped down against the wall "Ugh" he groaned, not noticing the smaller that was still wrapped around his torso.
"Are you okay?" Yugi asked softly.
Yami looked down, his eyes widening for a second when he saw Yugi against his chest. "Yeah, I'm alright. Just.. tired. Sorry" he apologized when Yugi sat up and looked at him.
"It's okay. At least I know how to pull you out of it."
"Yeah, c'mon, lets get to class."
"Yami, you do know you didn't finish your homework right?" Bakura asked.
"I don't even care anymore" Yami sighed, standing back up.
"Here you go" Ryou said with a smile, handing Yami his book.
"Thanks Ryou."
"No problem."
Yami pushed himself from the wall, stumbling a little before being caught by Bakura. "Yami, I really think you should go home."
"I'm okay. Lets just go."
The younger brother gently pushed himself off his brother and took a step forward, beginning to stumble again. This time it was Marik who caught him. The older boy looked around the group of four asking a silent question with his brow raised.
"Yami is exhausted and won't go home to sleep it off" Bakura explained.
"He fell asleep at the lunch table" Yugi added.
"I'm fine you guys" Yami assured them.
Marik wrapped Yami's arm around his shoulder, taking his book and giving it to Malik. "Walk with us, we'll make sure he gets to where he needs to go."
Bakura got under his other arm, smiling a small smile at the two. "I don't agree with this, but I'll help."
Yugi smiled at the three, his smile faultering in confusion when he saw all three of their right wrists had a sweat band around it. Looking towards Malik he found that he had one too. "Come to think of it Joey wears one around his wrist too" he mused to himself quietly.
"What?" Ryou asked, turning towards Yugi from his position by Bakura.
"Huh? Oh, nothing" Yugi chuckled sheepishly. "Just thinking aloud."
He shook it off and walked forward, following his friends to take Yami to class, before going to class himself.
Me: Okay, that's long enough ^w^ Until next time everyone! *waves* Goodbye!