Title: Play a little game with me
Author: jz_l0ves-Atemu
Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh!
Pairing: Yami no Yugi/Anzu Mazaki (Implied Yugi/Rebecca)
Rating: Older Teens
List and theme: 30kisses, #13 Excessive Chain.

Notes: Yami & Yugi share the same body. Yami is magical man, and has taught Yugi some of the lighter shadow spells. Yami & Yugi are brothers. Yugi knows Anzu's feelings for Yami and isn't overcome with jealousy. He is interested in Rebecca.

Summary: Anzu and Yami secretly have it bad for each other. Neither knows that Yugi is aware of their feelings for each other. After saving her from a villain Yami tucks her in and kisses her, lightly, on the lips. Can Yugi get his stubborn friends to admit their feelings for each other.

"Well, Pharaoh!" a voice cackled, "If you want to save your little friends, accept my challenge!" Yami glared at the voice. From where she was bound Anzu could see the pharaoh's classic smirk.
Yami shook his head, "you seem like a generic villain with no backstory, and therefore I reject your challenge and substitute my own." He replied, his deep voice was music to Anzu's ears. His eyes locked with hers for a split second, Anzu could feel him drawing the strength he needed from her.

"So," the villain asked, "what is your challenge?" Yami smirked, "It's rather simple, really" he said fanning out his deck. The 80 cards lay in a circle. "Without turning any of the cards over, you must find the Dark Magicians."

The villain blinked, "How are you s-s-supposed to do that?" he asked. Yami smirked as he explained the rules as if he were speaking to a three year old.

The two men sat on either side of the table. "Game Start!" Yami whispered.

The villain closed his eyes and chose two cards. Yami sat motionless, as if he were channeling psychic auras from the cards. The eye of Horus flickered for a split second on his forehead. Then, when the villain was about to fall asleep from boredom, Yami selected his cards.

"Now, flip your cards over." He commanded. The villain smirked, holding up a pair of powerful monsters. "Star-head, are these the monsters you're looking for?" he crowed.
Yami closed his eyes, "I don't think so." He said in that low voice that made Anzu's heart skip a beat.

"There is a legend in Duel Monsters, that the Dark Magician and his apprentice heed only the one true King of Games, and…" Yami said holding up the Dark Magicians "they have chosen me."

Anzu fainted as Yami spoke. Once the villain was disposed of, Yami carried the sleeping woman back to her home.

He gently lay her down on the couch and covered her up with a blanket. "Sleep well, my sleeping beauty." He whispered ghosting a kiss on her lips. He didn't notice that she was beginning to stir. He quickly switched with Yugi and returned to the gameshop.

The next morning Anzu awoke as if from a pleasurable dream. I hope that what happened last night wasn't a dream. She mused while getting ready for the new day.

Yugi chuckled as he sensed Yami's thoughts. "So, you finally decided to admit your feelings about Anzu." He impishly said aloud. Aibou, I wanted to save her from that villain. She is beautiful, but nothing can come of it. Yami replied coming out of the puzzle. Besides, the spirit added, I could just be feeding off of your feelings for her.

Yugi turned to look his dark in the eyes, "Mou Hitori no Boku, if you were feeding off of my feelings, you wouldn't have kissed her last night. Anzu is like a sister to me, and I love her like that." Yugi set the Puzzle down on the nightstand as he picked out his outfit.

Yugi chuckled as he headed into his bathroom to change. *Mou Hitori no Boku, I've known that you love Anzu. Oh yeah, you hide it because we share the same body, and she's my childhood friend. But I know your hidden thoughts.

Anzu stopped Yugi on their way to Domino U.
"Yugi, there's something I have to ask. Something I need to know."
He looked at her, curiosity evident in his amethyst eyes.
"Did what happened last night…" she began a little unsure on how to continue. "After Yami selected the Dark Magicians without looking at the cards…"

Yugi tried to hide the impish glint in his eyes at her words. He mentally chuckled at Yami's protests. Oh Come on Mou Hitori no Boku…

"Anzu, instead of asking me, why don't you just 'play a little game with' him and maybe find the answers you seek." He replied, Anzu's face turned pink.

No Yugi! Yami hissed The game you're thinking of 'the duel of truth and destiny' is harmful to both participants. Should one of us lose, we both will die.

Yugi shook his head* Yami, you both have the same questions. The same feelings, all you need is a little push.

Yami pinched his nose in frustration at Yugi. *Mou Hitori no Boku, you two have to duel, I've already started the game.* Yugi replied switching with him.

Anzu felt something strange as she saw Yami taking over Yugi's body.
"Yami?" she asked.
"Please, you must forgive me Anzu, but Yugi has cast a shadow game over both of us." The Pharaoh replied as if he sensed her thoughts.

Anzu stiffened in fear, as if sending mental daggers at Yugi. The daggers were accompanied with some of Yami's power.

Yami held her close to him, willing for her to draw comfort from him. She looked into his eyes after a few moments and asked "What kind of game is it?"

"He calls it the 'duel of truth & destiny' You and I are to duel each other, but the duel MUST end in a draw. If one of us were to win, we both will die." Yami replied. Anzu's face became pale.

Yami instinctively held her tighter wishing he could kiss away her fears. "I've almost lost you once. I don't wish to lose you again." He whispered into her hair. She looked up at him and kissed him passionately. His face flushed until its color mirrored the tips of his hair.

The kiss seemed to do the trick, as it renewed their inner fires.

After the kiss they were separated to a distance of ten feet. Once their dueldisks were activated, Yami allowed Anzu to go first.

She set two cards face down and a monster in attack mode, and ended her turn. Without even thinking she took a step towards him. Yami took his turn and stepped closer to her.

The duel continued on, each duelist chained their cards off of the other until a long chain had been strung from their dueldisks. As they stepped towards each other the chain twisted around itself. When at last Yami and Anzu were in each other's arms, they activated cards on the other's disk.

Once activated the cards set off the chain. Nervously each glanced down at their disk. The lifepoint counters plummeted. As they plummeted, the chain exploded. Anzu held onto Yami, praying that the duel was a draw. Yami instinctually held on to her, wishing that some invisible duelist would use polymerization and fuse them together.

"If we survive this, Yami, I have to tell you something." Anzu whimpered as Yami cast a wall of Kuriboh to shield them from the blast.

Once the explosion was over, Anzu whispered mentally. "did we survive?"

Yami glanced down at her. "We did, my love." He whispered, kissing her head. She blushed at this.

"Besides," he added giving her a sly grin, "wasn't there something you had to tell me?"

She pushed him away, blushing as she nodded.
"I don't know how to say this, but I…" she stuttered. "I… I'm in love with you Yami Yugi, you the Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle, the Pharaoh Atemu. I fell in love with you when you saved me from the convict at Burger World. I, I love you. Your voice is so sexy & deep. It's one of the things that attracted me to you…" she confessed. Yami was silent, an amused smirk played on his face and danced in his amethyst eyes.

"… but I know you don't feel the same way about me. It's ok, really. I took a chance and it didn't work…" Anzu continued. She could feel laughter bubbling up inside him. "What's so funny?" she asked pushing him away from her.

"Silly Anzu-chan, koishii, you confess your love to me and don't give me a chance to reply." Yami said. He saw confusion in her eyes.

"Anzuko, I love you. No, I'm not feeding off of Yugi's emotions when I say this. Before Aibou and I were bonded, I was attracted to you. I was falling in love with you on the date he set us up on…" Yami's eyes unfocused for a few seconds as he fixed something. Anzu chuckled as she heard Yugi's protests.

Now, we won't be interrupted. Yami mused. "… I was wondering if you would be my queen."
Anzu didn't answer right away.

After a few minutes of letting Yami squirm, she spoke "Before I say 'yes', just do one thing."

"And that is?" he asked, an amused glint in his eyes.

"Shut up & kiss me, My pharaoh." She replied

Yami did, Passionately, more than once.

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