I'm sorry.. so sorry, I know I'm late, I just haven't had the motivation for this story, of course, the moment Loki updated a new story where two of the main characters in this story appeared there I got what I wanted, motivation! :D
I feel like I used a lot of time on this, because of this, I got this new idea, but I didn't want to change this story that much, because I wanted it to be more spirit-human battle against gods.. not something more, instead, I'll wait with that till later ^^
Oh.. and I think Atem's a little angsty in this chapter.. which is understandable!
Enjoy and please forgive me for the late update!
Yami: ... no!
Me: *pout*
Chapter 3.
A New Enemy?
Yugi groaned and opened his eyes slowly, only to wince and close them again at the painful throbbing in his head. His whole body ached and he felt like he was lying there in drying paint, he was sticky, and the heavy, metal smell of blood hung around him as he pried his eyes open, despite the pain. Then he saw Yami, just a few feet away, seemingly not awake yet, his face was half-covered with blood.
"Y-Yami.." Yugi murmured, but didn't get any reaction.
"Yami!" he called over their link, then he got a stir.
"Y-Yugi?" Yami asked, his voice hoarse.
"Oh God, your awake.. h-how are you?" Yugi asked, his throat dry. Yami turned his head and Yugi watched his eyes widen to his own size. Yami tried to get to his feet, but slumped before he forced himself to sit up and crawl over, pain visible all over his body. The teen reached out, gently placing a hand against Yugi's cheek.
"Aibou, God, what have they done to you?" he asked. Yugi narrowed his eyes.
"Says the guy whose covered in blood.." Yugi murmured, though he knew that he himself also was like that, but he didn't vocalize it. The two eyed each other before Yugi sighed, collapsing in Yami's arms. The teen hugged his boyfriend, holding him close.
"We'll make it somehow, if not, Atem is sure to find us!" Yami reassured Yugi.
"I know.. I'm just worried.. that light, at a moment.." Yugi took a break to cough, his voice strained. Yami obviously grew worried, but Yugi gave him a calm smile.
"I thought.. it was Anubis for a second.." Yugi murmured and Yami raised an eyebrow, then he chuckled, though it ended in a cough as his throat was constricted from the pain from earlier.
"It wouldn't surprise me at all, however, he's not one to use light like that.. it must be someone else-"
"Your deductions is quite fair and true Pharaoh.." another voice, silken and dark, yet obviously dangerous called through the room. Yugi shrunk against Yami, who tightened his hold around Yugi. Yami's dark, angry, crimson eyes searched the room for the voice, but found no body, well, no human body that is. There was a snake there, a black snake, with reddish scales.
"A snake?" Yugi asked. Yami then paled.
"No.. that's no snake.." Yami said, sounding a little frustrated, and maybe even a little scared. Yugi looked up at Yami, realizing just how serious this was.
"Yami.. is it.." he began. Yami nodded.
"The one and only.." he muttered, glaring at the snake, who stared back with amused, golden eyes. The snake wore a necklace around his neck, made of pure gold with a cartouche hanging on it. The cartouche held a name, a name Yugi easily recognized from reading texts and other scrolls he had seen at the museum.
"No!"
The night after Yami and Yugi's disappearance was hard on Atem, he didn't sleep at all and kept turning every minute while in bed. The bed, of course, smelled like Yami so the more he thought about the smell, the more he thought of his brother, then to his brother's secret boyfriend as well. He turned over and stared up at the roof, his crimson eyes not really focusing on anything.
"Yami.. Yugi, I will find you!" he muttered, suddenly an image flashed through his mind and he groaned loudly, grabbing his head. He closed his eyes, trashing as the image became stronger, bigger and showed just what it was the image was meant to show. Atem's eyes snapped open, and he let out a shocked yell. Suddenly the image flashed, then the pain from the one seeing the image ran through Atem's system. He roared, and trashed even harder. He could faintly hear the door open, and he felt a pair of hands grab him, even shake him, but he couldn't reply. Atem closed his eyes, the pain seemingly not wanting to release him at all.
"Atem!" a voice called his name, but no matter how much he tried, the pain blocked his normally collected mind. Then, as sudden as the pain came, the pain went. Atem collapsed on the bed, panting, and sweating like he had run a mile. He slowly opened his eyes to find Soguroku looking down at him with worried eyes. Atem let out a sigh of relief, then he jolted into action when the image flashed across his mind again, but he realized it wasn't from anyone else, it was imprinted on his mind, like he had seen it himself.
"Atem, calm down! What's going on?" Soguroku asked. Atem's eyes found the elderly man's. Then he collapsed on the bed, a hand finding his forehead.
"You really scared me there, what was that?" Soguroku asked. Atem groaned.
"Yami.. sent me a mental image.. of what he, and Yugi.. was seeing.. the pain, it's so.. painful, too much.." Atem managed, his heartbeat slowly calming down. Soguroku scowled.
"What did you see?" he asked.
"A snake, about the size.. of a small car.. it was... oh Ra.. Soguroku, please tell me that God's haven't tried to make Yami and Yugi's life a living hell lately..." Atem groaned, and Soguroku's face turned serious.
"Anubis tried once.. dont' tell me he's back- wait's a snake?" Atem nodded.
"Yes, but somehow, it was more like a naga, but.. wait, is there a possibility that it's.. him?" he asked. Soguroku nodded slowly.
"Yes, and if it is, then we're in for a lot of trouble again.." he murmured.
"Indeed.. we'll need to gather everyone right away, even Kaiba might be able to help out, seeing he.. no, it doesn't matter now!" Atem rolled off the bed, picking up his phone. Then he stopped.
"Maybe.. maybe even the girls can help out, even though I don't want them in that bastards arms.." Atem muttered. Soguroku nodded.
Toru, and Roki was like any other normal human being asleep, they were at least. They were startled awake when their respective other selves decided to wake them up by yelling and screaming. Toru shot out of the bed with a choked scream before she hit her head when falling sideways to the wall. Roki gasped and rolled off the bed, her face planted into the floor. Despite being in separate room, they got up at the same time, moving at the same time, even the same angry mark appearing on the same freaking place. The two morphed out their other selves. Glaring.
"Tori? You mind explaining WHY you woke me up 3 am in THE FREAKING MORNING!" Toru shouted, hearing a similar yell from Roki in the room beside hers. Tori eyed her host, then she took a deep breath.
"This is not for us to choose hikari.. I got a mental message from Atem.." Tori said. Toru blinked, her angry expression disappearing at once as the memories of the last day coming back to her. Seconds later Roki ran into the room, looking out of breath.
"Toru, we need to head off right away!" Roki stated, looking a little shocked for her own liking. Toru looked at her other self, who nodded seriously. The young girl nodded and grabbed her clothes.
"I'll be right there, please Roki, brew some strong coffee, we need it!" Roki eyed her, then she nodded. Toru looked at Tori, who didn't seem to mind the fact that her host was changing in front of her, despite the obvious thing that Toru was a little embarrassed.
"Fill me in Tori, what's going on?" she asked as she shyly slid her jeans on.
"Atem sent me a message saying he'd gotten a hint from Yami, and.. an image.." Tori fell silent, not all to keen on talking it seemed. Toru, who was pulling her socks on, stopped and eyed her friend.
"Tori?" her other self looked up.
"Hm?" she answered absentmindedly.
"Are you okay?" she asked, walking over to her dear friend and yami.
"I.. I don't know.. the light.. it's.. familiar.." she murmured. Toru frowned.
"It is? Is there.. a possibility that, it's the same as the one who.. killed you and.. Roki?" she asked. Tori eyed her for a long minute before she slowly nodded.
"From what I can remember, it's the exact same light, but I can't place it.. there's something about it that I feel like we're up against a God, but after everything we've been through I'm willing to believe it's a human being who have access to godly powers!" she said, crossing her arms thoughtfully.
"Either way, let's go!" Toru said, managing to put her shirt on the right way.
Never in his whole life had Bakura and Akefia seen Ryou freak out this much. The young teen had flipped them from their bed a moment after he answered the phone that rang. Now he was running around, one sock on, his pants half on and no shirt in sight. The two ancient ones just stared at Ryou with a somewhat bored look, yawning and wondering when Ryou would actually calm down.
"What is wrong hikari?" Bakura decided to ask after a while. Ryou stopped and stared at them like it was the most stupid question the ex-spirit could ever have asked. Then the albino gaped at him, before his mouth snapped shut.
"Atem.. just called.. Yugi... and Yami, they.. yesterday.. something.. took them.." Akefia and Bakura straightened up right away, now fully awake.
"What?" Bakura asked.
"It's.. something from Ancient Egypt!" Ryou whined. Akefia cursed.
"What was it that took them?" he asked.
"A blinding light!" Ryou stated.
"Of course, why didn't I realize it!" Akefia cursed deeply on his native tongue.
"What?" Ryou asked.
"Light, it's the same as the light that took Roku's life.. and the Queen too." he cursed badly. Bakura scowled and turned.
"Then what are we standing here for?" he questioned.
There was a loud thump, then.
"SETO!" blue eyes narrowed to a lump of blonde hair on the floor beside the bed. Then he flipped his phone shut.
"Get up, we're heading over to Yugi!" Seto said, getting out of the bed. Jounouchi sat up, eying Seto for a long minute before he yawned, somehow managing to get back onto the bed.
"What's up with d'at? Something wron' with Yug'?" he asked.
"He's gone, as is Yami! Now get up!" Seto nearly growled, but it seemed he didn't exactly need to tell Jounouchi to get up. The moment Seto said they were gone, the second Yami's name left his lips the blonde was already halfway into his clothes. Just the mentioning of Yugi or Yami's name and the blonde attention was caught, well, that's a worrying friend for you.
"Why didn't ya tell me sooner? Let's go!" then he was fairly quick out of the door.
Atem only had to wait fifteen minutes before the first arrived. He didn't have to wait any longer for the rest either. The young Pharaoh had occupied himself with staring at the roof as the others slowly entered the living room, noting Atem's dishevel and messy hair, and those dark bags under his eyes couldn't be good.
"Atem, what's going on?" Ryou asked, being brave enough to break the wall.
"Yami and Yugi.. was kidnapped.. by something.." Atem managed.
"Well, we got that, what else?" Bakura stated. Toru glared at him.
"It get's worse!" she snapped, her eyes having changed to a darker shade.
"Tori, calm down.." Roki called and the Toru, who was currently Tori turned, then she sighed.
"It worries me, the picture you sent.. Atem.." she began. Atem nodded.
"I'm not sure yet, but it seems it's him.." he muttered.
"What? Who? Come on man, don't leave us out of it!" Jounouchi complained.
"Seth!" Atem stated.
"Seth? As in.. Seto's... ancient self?" Jounouchi asked, looking baffled.
"No, if it was him I wouldn't worry to much.. this is.. the real Seth, the former ruler of the underworld, Seth!" Atem stated. They all gaped at him before Jounouchi cursed, his hands clenching.
"Like that Anubis-guy then." he stated.
"Maybe... however, that Anubis was a man who wanted to take over the world, the real Anubis is a God and would not go through such length's to hurt us.." Atem said. Akefia stared at them all, then he scowled.
"So.. what's this feeling I've felt this before?" he asked.
"Because.. the light used to kidnap Yugi and Yami..." Atem began, then he looked at Tori and Roki, who nodded.
"That light, is the last thing we remember from our past, it's what killed us!" Tori said. Everyone gaped at her, then at Roku, who nodded.
"He has appeared, most probably to remove the ones close to Atem once again.." Roku said. Akefia stared at her with confused eyes. Atem however, looked down in guilt.
"What? You mean that everything that happened to you.. to Tori, in ancient Egypt, even now.. it's all because some freaky snake-guy wants to hurt the Pharaoh?" Akefia asked, shocked. Roku nodded.
"Most probably yes, and I doubt there's much we can do unless we find Yugi and Yami right now!" she turned to Atem, who choose that moment to look up at her. The rest turned to Atem, who then shook his head in anger.
"As of this moment, I can only use the image Yami sent to locate them, though it's still hard because my powers are dark when Seth's are light, thus blocking me off..." Atem groaned. Tori came over, and Atem was vaguely aware of the smile on her face.
"But we are light.. Roku and I, will try!" she said, then her eyes lightened and the blinked.
"Geez.. at least warn me when you switch back.." Toru mumbled, though she didn't get a reply. Atem looked out of the window, the sky was still dark, the moon on it's way down to show signs of a new day.
"I'll go to!" Roku said and the girl seemed to slump a little before her bright green eyes showing concern.
"I think it's best if we wait here.." she said. Atem didn't seem to interested in the idea, but stayed put because he knew, just like the rest that if they split up, it'd be harder to form a group when Tori and Roku came back with an answer.
Yami groaned, not able to lift a finger, even breathing was hard and painful. He knew that the image he had sent to his brother had reached it's destination, but he wasn't sure how long time it'd take before he would arrive and even if he was able to. Yami was well aware of Seth's light powers to block out the shadow powers. Yugi scream from his spot, and Yami forced himself to turn his head. Yugi's arms was pinned to the floor with ropes. Long, sharp daggers stuck out of his palms, his feet and his chest. Yami knew that the dagger in his chest was dangerous yet, because he too was in the same fashion. The ex-spirit however, wanted nothing but to free Yugi of the pain he went through at the moment, no matter what happened to himself, just knowing Yugi was in danger caused his heart to ache.
"Yugi.." Yami managed to whisper, his voice hoarse from screaming in pain.
"Atem, please hurry!" Yami groaned in his mind, pleading for his brother to find them.
"GAH!" everybody spun around when Atem cried out, grabbing his head as he fell forward. Akefia grabbed the former Pharaoh and pulled him back onto the couch just in time, but the teen didn't seem to be able to feel him, nor notice it. His eyes was screwed shut from pain and it was obvious it was getting worse for every second. Toru ran over to him and sat down, placing a hand against his forehead. The girl winced before she placed a hand on her forehead.
"Tori! It get's worse.. I don't think.. Atem will be able to handle the pain much more" she cried out, hoping her thoughts would reach her other half.
"I understand!" Tori answered shortly, obviously worried for her husband. Toru looked up at the clock and realized and hour had already passed, the sky outside was barely showing signs of growing lighter. There was a sudden flash and they all turned to see a small, floating ball of light. They all took the fight stance.
"W-wait.. I'm not gonna hurt you.." a voice came from the ball, it was a familiar voice, and even Atem reacted to it.
"Yugi!" his head jerked up, his eyes finding the small ball of light. It's shining rays was comforting to the former Pharaoh, who was overly stressed and more than ready to collapse from pain.
"I can't talk to long.. I managed to.. conjure up this.. it hold our.. position and how to find us.. please find us, please.." the ball flickered, obviously Yugi was losing his footing and maybe even life.
"Yugi, please, stay calm, we'll find you!" Ryou said, but it seemed Yugi couldn't hear him from the fact that the ball continued to flicked.
"Fi- -s... plea- h- -lp- At- m." then the ball disappeared. Atem groaned, his eyes shutting again as the pain returned.
"It seems.. Yugi tried to convey a message with the last of his powers.." Roki said, gaining a lot of worried, but hard stares. Toru sighed as they all fell into a deep silence, only to interrupted when Atem groaned, then he slumped to the side, landing on Toru's lap. Toru flushed, then she bit her bottom lip.
"He collapsed.." she said. They all stared at the Pharaoh, whose eyes was tightly shut, pain still visible on his face. They all exchanged worried looks. Then Toru furrowed her eyebrows.
"Toru?" Roki asked.
"I'm sending the information to Tori.." she mumbled, then her eyes snapped open.
"I don't need to.. they've found them.." she said.
So? How was that? A lot of things at once :P
I really pictured Ryou flipping Akefia from his bed and push Bakura of his' XD and I was actually laughing of Toru and Jou's situation were they were roughly awakened by the one closest to them ^^ So yes, there you have it, a God has appeared.. or so it seems :|
I can say that I was VERY close to adding rape in this.. but even I'm not that bad, besided, the I would have to change the rating...
Yami: ... O.O
Yugi: ,QoQ, whyyyyyyy?
Me: Reviews :D *ignoring Yugi and Yami*