The Painter. Chapter 3: The Mysterious Person.
A/N: his might be disturbing. Very disturbing. This includes a completely psychotic Bakura and Dark Magician x Yugi mature content. So, read at your own risk.
"Make me pay for my crimes, eh?", Ryou repeated before laughing slightly "Don't tell me you are claiming to be the legend of our city. Those are myths, lies, whatever you would like to call-"
The hooded figure made Bakura turn to look at it. Then the deep voice continued to speak: "I will make those myths you talk of become your worst nightmares. "
As the mysterious person spoke, the room grew brighter at first, but then the lightbulbs burst and the three of them were covered in complete darkness, leaving the already scared Yugi completely speechless. He couldn't even move a finger or let out a scream of terror. The fear intensified as the amethyst-eyed teen felt a hand cover his mouth. Just as he was about to struggle against the unknown attacker, he felt a soft breath next to his ear, whispering: "Don't move or make any noise."
Yugi could tell that it wasn't Bakura speaking and if no other people entered the room-which Yugi hoped-the voice belonged to the figure claiming to be a creature that humans feared. Still trembling from fear, the slender teen smiled a bit as he felt the ropes that were binding him to the chair loosen up and slide down. Then he was shoved out of the house.
Unable to process what happened, Yugi kept staring at the opened window he was pushed out from. Not that he would be able to move anyway, but the shock made him freeze completely. The next thing that caught the teen's attention was a dim green light. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he could recognize a figure holding a wand which was glowing at it's tip. Yugi tried to hear what the two were saying, but he could just understand that while the mysterious person was staying calm, Bakura was irritated and raging over the missing hostage.
"Where did you bring him and why do you even care? Shouldn't you stay in your area?", the silver-haired boy hissed at the taller figure, getting into a battle pose.
The dark hooded figure seemed caught off guard by that question, but laughed wholeheartedly.
"You are right. I do stay in my 'area' as long as you stay in yours, human.", he explained calmly, spinning his wand and creating a magical light circle around the perimeter of the house.
Seeing the light circle made the still frozen teen cautious and he reached out to touch the barrier. Well...his hand did go through the barrier, but...it came back in just a few inches away?!
This almost made Yugi scream, but he remembered the instructions he has gotten from the wizard: No moving and no sounds. He withdrew the hand and continued watching and listening to the two battling people inside. He still didn't hear much of the talk, but he listened nevertheless.
Bakura grabbed a scalpel from his table and chuckled lightly. He could dodge magic, but could the magician dodge the sharp blade? If yes, he still had a plan B. So, he ran up to the man and swung the blade at him, but, as expected, beating a legend wouldn't be as easy as that. The silver-haired male had to run across the room, because if he'd stop, the wizard would attack him. He ran up his walls and tables to get a chance to even get close to the stranger, but the hooded figure still could outsmart him and trick him into traps, Which Bakura escaped somehow. A dark laughter filled the room as Ryou's breath got ragged. The male had a good stamina, but being chased around his own house for hours was still exhausting for him. He locked himself in a storage room to regain breath, listening to every noise indicating the income of the mage.
"Really now, murderer? You think a single locked door can hold me back?", the deep voice asked and Bakura laughed, running over to a small door in the floor, opening it and hopping in. Just as the wizard wanted to follow, the tunnel was barricaded. The hooded figure laughed a bit.
"So I still am partially human. I can't predict where my victim heads to yet.", the hooded figure thought aloud before spinning his wand in the opposite direction from before and making the seal disappear before heading to where he had dropped the other teen off, gladly still seeing him conscious and in place.
Yugi heard steps approaching him and looked up from his sitting position, shivering as he saw the hooded figure and parting his lips to ask the stranger something, but the taller of the two was the first to raise his voice.
"Can you stand?", the figure asked, offering the teen a hand to help him stand up, but the amethyst-eyed teen just tripped and shook his head, wincing slightly.
"Sorry", Yugi said, clinging to the other to get some support.
"I will bring you home.", the blue-eyed stranger told, then added "But under one condition: I will watch over you and stay close to you."
Upon that condition, the shorter hummed in thought and confusion and raised one finger, indicating that he needed some time to think over the condition. Then he smiled weakly and looked up to the stranger: "Well, if we exchange names so I actually know who is watching over me, I can accept that condition, but allow me to be curious about your motives as well."
"Let me start the introduction then. The humans of this town call me "Dark Magician", but my real name is Mahad.", the stranger said, removing his hood to reveal his face. The long purple hair framed the pale face of the man perfectly and his sapphire blue eyes were glowing lightly.
Still paralyzed by the whole adventure he went through, Yugi couldn't help but let a question slip from his lips:"Why are your eyes glowing? It's not natural."
"Oh? For me it is. After a battle I still sense danger. And since I am ready to cast a spell anytime, my eyes glow.", the man tried to explain, but rubbed the back of his head in confusion "I guess it's hard for a human to understand..."
The last sentence made the short teen laugh in a childish manner:"Now I am not sure if I should be scared of you or be amazed."
The magician just shrugged and shook his head "I do not know. What I do know though is that we should leave this place. I have a bad feeling. That guy outsmarted me, so I will have to do the barrier stronger next time."
"Oh. I hope there won't be a next time...", the teen said with a shaky voice.
"Believe me, there will. He won't give up until he gets what he wants."