Slave Labor

Me: Hello again! :D

Elaina: Thanks a lot for reviewing! It really does make her want to keep writing.

Me: Yeps

Max: I still think I should tell you what I think of your little yaoi fluff :P

Miki: Well I like yaoi! So keep writing it!

Me: Thank you! ON WITH THE FIC!

Slave Labor -Chapter 6 -

"Ready or not, here I come!" Yugi called out, turning away from the wall and rushing down the hall, glancing around. He stopped every time he saw a good hiding place, but to know avail.

"Yugi? What are you doing?" a loud voice called from down the hall. Yugi turned to the voice and smiled.

"Hi Priest Seto! Have you seen Malik or Ryou?" he asked, skipping up to the tall priest.

"No, sorry," Seto replied, "Why do you want to know?"

"We're playing hide and seek," Yugi said, rocking back and forth on his heels. Seto shrugged and looked around.

"Try the kitchen," he finally said, "Malik is always over there. He's almost as bad as Bakura. Almost." The two of them chuckled for a second and then Yugi waved to Seto as he rushed off towards the kitchen.

"Thanks Priest Seto!" he called back. Seto sighed, crossing his arms. Somehow, Yugi had come in and soon, he was friends with everyone. Nobody had a bad word to say about him, especially the Pharaoh. Seto walked towards the meeting rooms, knowing that Pharaoh Atemu would be in one of them. He never seemed to have a break lately. Maybe, he thought to himself, I can fix that.

"Malik? Are you in here?" he called into the kitchen. No reply. Yugi walked in and look around for a second. He didn't hear any munching, so he guessed that Malik wasn't in there.

"Hey, what are you up to, Yugi?" a voice called from next to the refrigerator.

"Kura-chan!" Yugi called out happily, racing up to hug the Pharaoh's friend. Bakura didn't really hug back, but he didn't push the little one away either.

"Did I hear you asking for Malik?" he asked, chomping on whatever it was he was eating. Seto was right. When you're looking for Bakura, check the kitchen first!

"Yep," Yugi replied, nodding. "We're playing hide and seek. Have you seen him or Ryou? I need to find at least one of them." Bakura thought for a second, mostly about the shy one, Ryou. He could definantly see similarities between their appearances.

"Ryou went towards your room and Malik was headed in the opposite direction," he finally said. He decided not to tell Yugi that he and Marik had been following them around. Both Bakura and Marik were intrigued by the two innocent boys. Probably the same way the Pharaoh was with Yugi at first. But the Pharaoh's interest had soon turned into affection.

"Oh, thanks!" Yugi said, bringing Bakura from his thoughts.

"Oh. No problem," he said, taking a large bite out of his food. He watched the small boy run out of the room and down the hall. There are so many smaller versions of different people running around here now. Atemu and Yugi, Marik and Malik, Bakura and Ryou. Whose next...a mini Priest Seto? At that thought, Bakura laughed so hard he almost choked. Calming down, he left the kitchen and walked down to where Ryou had gone. He smirked at the thought of Seto and a tiny clone. Nope...that will never happen.

"Malik?" Yugi called, deciding to search for him first. Ryou can be patient but Malik sure can't. Yugi looked around in different rooms until he heard a small noise in one of them. He quietly crept into it and looked around. He was quite surprised at what he saw.

Malik was sitting in a chair opposite from another person. Marik? Yugi giggled a little but kept quiet enough so that they didn't notice him. Maybe he should go find Ryou first. He quickly turned a corner and went towards his own room. Thats where Bakura said he was. Wait...Bakura knows where Ryou is? Bakura could be even worse than Marik.

"This little game could be turning into something very bad," Yugi said nervously.

"What was that?" a familiar voice said behind Yugi. "What game are you playing?" Yugi turned around happily and launched himself at the speaker. "Did you miss me that much?"

"You've been busy for the past 2 days! Of course I missed you, Atemu!" Yugi said, snuggling into the Pharaoh. He really had missed him. Yugi knew that he wasn't allowed to act like this to the Pharaoh, but he couldn't help it. For some reason, Atemu made Yugi really happy. Even though he wasn't always around, when he was, Yugi loved every second. Atemu always listened to Yugi's senseless talk and was never rude. Even though he was most definantly allowed to throw Yugi out, he was choosing not to. And that made Yugi so happy.

"Um, so what game were you playing?" Atemu asked, searching for a new subject. Atemu seems to be very afraid of his own feelings.

"Oh, hide and seek," Yugi replied, finally releasing Atemu. "I found Malik, unfortunately, but Ryou is still missing." Atemu thought for a second and remembered seeing Bakura stalking around looking for something.

"Well, I saw Bakura walking off towards your room earlier," Atemu said, trying to recall what he had seen today.

"Oh great," Yugi sighed, rolling his eyes. Atemu laughed a little.

"I have the rest of the day for a break," Atemu finally said, "Would you like to do something together? Dinner maybe." Atemu had to muster all of his courage to ask, but it was all worth it to see Yugi smile and nod.

Miki: SOO CUTE!

Elaina: What are you doing to poor Ryou and Malik? You said you weren't going to torture them!

Me: '^^ It doesn't seem like torture to me.

Max: I'm going to pretend like that didn't happen!

Me: Heehee...sorry Max! Review please! Yeah, I know this one wasn't so good either, but I'm building a plot here :D