Zypher: Glad you all loving this story and I thank you all for the reviews. So here's another chapter for you all, now filled with some sadistic fluff. -cackles- My, I am truly being evil this Halloween. -snickers- Any who, enjoy this chapter like you have been for the last two.
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Curse of the Shadowheart
Chapter 3
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Feeling the familiar coldness around him, Yugi shot up awake and found himself within the chilling darkness once more and knew that he must've fallen asleep. 'But I know I was still pretty much fully awake...' he thought to himself before he heard a chuckle from one of the creatures but since names elude him as well as visuals of them, he didn't know which one it could be.
"Ah, but we surely can't let you ruin your sleep because of fear~" The creature spoke, chuckling again as Yugi spotted crimson eyes. He immediately thought of the creature that would easily devour him without a second thought if his brother isn't around and he's guessing that if he brought him here now, that's probably what it's about to do. He took a shallow gulp watching as the creature slithered forward through the darkness like the predator it was, eyes trained upon Yugi's own as he stood before him. "The more I look at you, the more I think about it." he whispered, his icy breath caressing Yugi's face and he flinched.
"W-what are you talking a-a-about...?" he questioned boldly and yet still with fear. The creature grinned wickedly, showing the many sharp canines the creature possessed and Yugi's mind reflected on the feeling of those exact same canines ripping through him mercilessly on Halloween night. "Why...whether I should change my decision of devouring your sweet little body." Whispered the creature as he slowly circled around Yugi.
"I mean...you look so wondrously soft, like a little doll. A little doll that could be easily broken by a wisp of wind. But you aren't just any ordinary doll to break under that, oh no. You have a little hidden strength that I can see in your eyes. Like you wish to fight what fate has given you because of your curiosity?" The creature chuckled once more. "But I'll be happy to douse that flame. Onii-chan isn't here to stop me this time so I can do whatever I wish without him around to stop me."
Yugi gasped and tried to run but found he was locked in place just like before. The creature laughed once more with that same chilling tone that sent shivers up his spine and he still struggled, hoping to somehow free himself. But it all proves useless as he felt the tips of the creature's sharp claws dig into his chin, holding him in place. A slick tongue reached out to lick at his lips lightly and he jerked back but only winced as he felt his skin being torn from the claw tips.
A purr was heard and Yugi didn't risk pulling back for the sake of not having huge claw marks across his face that may just appear outside this realistic dream. "So delicious..." The creature whispered again before Yugi yelped as he hit the ground that he really didn't believe to be there, the weight of the creature upon him.
"I just can't resist your sweet little body. Maybe I just won't eat you. Instead, I might just keep you as my little pet here in this world." The creature grinned as he licked at Yugi's cheek lightly, the saliva from his tongue freezing up from the cold air around them. "No..." Yugi pleaded, knowing it would be useless to struggle but he hoped that somehow, he could plea for the creature to release him and send him home. "Oh yes. And tonight, I think I'll have a little taste of what I might be expecting from you."
Yugi continued to plead but they fell on deaf ears as the creature tore away his shirt, leaving a few small welts forming from where his claws nearly caught his skin, just barely. Tears started to coming to his eyes but they only froze into dainty little pearls that hit the ground with a soft clatter as the creature continued with his assault. Yugi, even though he was crying badly, looked up. Surely enough, he was able to get a clearer glimpse of the creature holding him and by the gods, his mind rebelled on him.
Even as fierce and evil he was, he was a gorgeous creature. He was a pure obsidian black dragon, scales as cold as the area around them but his eyes, even with the maliciousness that he always sees, they looked so warm that they easily rid of the chill he always felt while he was within this dark world. He shook his head as these unwanted thoughts came into mind and try begging again. The creature cackled as he looked down to Yugi. "Never. And besides," A rip was heard as Yugi's pants joined his shirt. "Why should I stop when I get such a lovely reaction from you." he whispered, blowing chilled air over his arousal that came to him and Yugi gasped before shuddering in pleasure.
'No, this is just my body reacting to this sadistic monster...I could never love such a creature. Never...' he thought before another wave of pleasure rocked through his body as that snake like tongue wrapped around his arousal, the slippery muscle squeezing slightly and making him cry out from the overwhelming pleasure. "See, you can't deny what I give to you so that why I might just keep you alive. I'm sure onii-chan would enjoy your company just as much as I do.~" he whispered again as he continued.
"Y...gi...Yu...gi...Yugi..."
The creature growled, removing his tongue and looked up. Yugi sighed with relief and wondered who was calling him. He raised a hand and saw he was starting to fade away and thanked the gods that he was leaving this horrible torture. Seeing this, the beast gave a snarl. "No! I'm not done with you yet!" he roared, trying to keep hold of him but he slipped through his grasp as he was embraced into the waking world.
He snarled once more before giving a long, loud, angered wail of losing his prey to the living world. The sound thundered through the dark world as well as Yugi's own, promising that he will once again claim him in the icy grip forever for the satisfaction of himself and his brother.
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Yugi bolted awake and Sugoroku looked to him with relief. "Oh, Yugi. I was worried about you. I came to check up on you and you were just lying there, so cold and lifeless. I thought you were dead. But you're awake now." The furious cry echoed silently through the room and it brought shivers up and down Yugi's spine when he heard it. He knew that they would come for him soon enough. Either in his dreams that feel like reality or appearing right in his world.
Sugoroku ran a hand through the tri colored locks of Yugi's hair. "Well, you best get dressed now. It's almost time for you to get to school." he spoke before leaving out the room and heading downstairs. Yugi gasped and looked down to see that indeed, his pajamas were gone and nearly cried out in horror. 'So...everything that happens in that cold place is real...' He quickly rose from bed, grabbing his uniform and a change of undergarments before rushing from his room to the bathroom.
'I have to get to the library. One way or another, I need to find a way to rid myself of these demons.'
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"Onii-chan..." Aqua whined as he ran towards Yami. "Onii-chan, I want to appear in our charge's world. I was having some fun before someone woke him." Yami looked to him with cool cerise eyes. "And by fun, I hope you don't mean eating a little portion of him. We don't need anyone finding out about his little affliction and get rid of us before we can reveal ourselves to the world that will soon become our permanent home in a few days." he replied. Aqua shook his head. "No, it wasn't that. It was something more gratifying. I can bet if he tastes good outside, he'll taste even better inside. I wanted to find that out but didn't have the chance. Now I'm determined."
Yami gave a small sigh and nodded, also a little curious about Aqua's little proposal.
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At school, Yugi was still a little terrified about what could happen. He already knew he wasn't safe at home and no one around him was safe at school. He knew he had to do something quickly and when he gets out of school for the day, no matter what, he will go into the library and free himself from this curse. He met up with Diamond and, surprisingly, Ryou at the doorway. Ryou smiled softly, eyes looking to be a little dulled as he waved to Yugi. "Morning, Yugi." he whispered.
"Hi, Ryou. Weren't you still on bedrest?"
"He was but he said he was feeling well enough to come to school today." Diamond replied for him. Yugi only nodded and looked to Ryou once more who looked like he was about to fall asleep on his feet. He walked over and touched his hand and reeled back at how cold it was. 'He...he can't be the same as me...can he...' Yugi wondered as he gazed back into Ryou's dulled eyes. Diamond started inside the school and Ryou was about to follow here when Yugi tugged upon his jacket. "Ryou...why are you so cold?" he asked softly.
Ryou's eyes flashed briefly before he gave a small sigh. "Cause...I've been cursed..." he whispered and Yugi gasped. "You too?" Ryou looked to him in surprise. "What do you mean...?" Yugi looked down, dropping his hand from Ryou's jacket. "I'm the same. I was too curious and went into the forbidden section of the library and read one of the ancient tomes. Now I'm cursed with demons in my own shadows ready to either eat me or make me into their pleasure toy." Yugi explained softly. Ryou placed a hand on Yugi's shoulder who slightly flinched as he felt the biting chill from Ryou's hand.
"There's only one way how you can stop them, Yugi..."
Yugi's eyes widened with hope. "How? Please, tell me how." Yugi begged.
"You must burn the tome that you read the curse from on Halloween with them in the vicinity. When that is done, they will disappear from our plane and be stuck in their frozen hell for the rest of their lives." he explained before giving a sigh. "It's too late for me though." Yugi was appalled by the news and asked why. "Because...my demon already claimed me and once they do, you can never stop them." He closed his eyes as he recited the story, leading Yugi inside with him.
"These demons that hide within our shadows are sadistic demons called Shadowhearts."
"Shadowhearts?"
Ryou nodded. "Yes. The Shadowhearts are nasty creatures born within a world called the Dark Realm. They have the power over the chilling shadows that can bring a mortal into their world if bound to them through the words of the curse placed within a tome. Each Shadowheart has a tome and each can be worse than another. The library had access to them from ancient times because that very library is known as Shadowheart Hollow where all the Shadowheart tomes were placed under lock and key. But now, since the library was filled with normal books over time, the tomes were placed in a faraway area and were cut off as the forbidden area. Every librarian made that an official rule to make sure the Shadowhearts aren't freed once more.
"But of course, there are those that are too curious, like you and me, and headed back there to see. That's when a tome calls out to us, influencing the person to open and read the pages, setting the curse upon themselves and giving the Shadowhearts a vessel to hide within and free themselves, devouring their host once they are." he explained as they reached the door to their class. Yugi gulped, mind starting to go into a panic fit. Ryou saw this and placed a hand on his shoulder once more despite the chill.
"Don't worry, Yugi, you'll be free soon enough. Unlike me."
"What about you? Why can't you free yourself?" Yugi asked. Ryou looked up, swiping a frozen tear away. "Because my demon claimed me before I could even get the chance to realize the curse was on me." Yugi frowned and moved to hug his friend, not caring about the chill over him. "How did it happen?"
"It happened on the night after I was forced out the library for reading the tome..."
-Flashback-
After running home, Ryou slammed the door closed, glad that Diamond was still out for the moment. He took a deep breath, placing a hand over his racing heart. "There are no such things as curses. I know it isn't true..." he whispered to himself as he moved his back from the door and started walking when he saw the oddity that was his shadow. The light was facing him but his shadow was right there before him as if there was light behind him. He started to panic, believing in the words of the librarian but shook his head, denying it once more.
He fixed dinner for himself and left some out for Diamond when she returned home and got his shower before donning his pjs and went to bed. The slithery, chilling shadows wrapped around him, engulfing his mind and bringing him in the Dark Realm. When he bolted up, he didn't know where he was, only the freezing chill around him and immense mass of darkness. He heard a dark chuckle from somewhere in the mass abyss around him and started shaking with fear. "W-who's there?" he called.
"Why, your worst nightmare." The voice cackled as he felt someone grasp his chin and he flinched at the immense cold he felt from that hand. "W-w-w-who are y-y-you?" Ryou whispered, looking up into the dark russet eyes flecked with crimson. "My name is of no importance now. Just that you need to know that I'm a Shadowheart and as most, I would make you into a tasty little meal but I don't want to now. You're mine and you will be staying with me forever." Ryou gasped and tried to pull away.
"But how...and why?! Answer me!"
Bakura smirked, showing his face from the shade of the darkness. "Because, you are a beautiful little specimen and as a thief in the Shadowheart community, I would hate to lose such a precious treasure..."
-End Flashback-
"And how they claim you is by freezing your soul and binding it with their own. That's why I will always be so cold and never feel warmth again." Ryou finished and Yugi nearly cried for the fate of his friend. And he knew that if the demons in his shadows don't eat him, he will turn out to be the same. 'But thanks to Ryou, I now have the way to seal them off forever.' Even if the stubborn part of his mind thought it was cruel to trap them forever in their realm, it was for the best.
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At lunch, Yugi avoided sitting at the cherry blossom tree after what happened before but still went outside to eat so he wouldn't put anyone's lives in jeopardy. As he was eating, he didn't notice his shadow moving on its own, splitting away from him and becoming a portal where the two demons hidden within rose up from. Aqua gave a chuckle and blew a gust of cold air upon the back of Yugi's neck. Yugi nearly brushed it off as a wisp of wind of he didn't feel his surrounding chilling around him, frost gathering upon the table, grass and trees about him and shakily turned to see his nightmare standing before him. Aqua had a malicious grin upon his face as he looked almost hungrily to Yugi.
Yami was silent beside him but he too had the same look of hunger in the depths of those cold cerise eyes. "Well, well. Filling yourself up for our future meal?" Aqua murmured with a sadistic grin. "N-no. Please...go away..." Yugi whispered, ready to bolt when needed. "Aw, but why would I do that? I brought onii-chan with me to test something that might determine your future." spoke Aqua as he started for Yugi and Yugi did as his mind suggested and ran off. Yami smirked. "I just love a good chase. Come on, otouto." Yami whispered as two large black wings sprouted from his back, tearing the fabric as he jumped into the air and went after Yugi. Aqua grinned and did the same, following behind Yami.
Yugi continued to run, knowing it was impossible to run into the school with the Shadowhearts chasing after him. This was his burden to bear and he wasn't going to let anyone be in danger because of him. He gasped, though, when he saw Myrrh walking out from the cafeteria, calling his name. Aqua stopped and listened closely and when he determined it was a female, he growled. "No one is taking my treat from onii-chan and I." he growled as he turned and flew back. "No!" Yugi cried, dodging a swoop from Yami and running after Aqua.
Myrrh was still calling for him, never noticing the danger coming at high speed for her. "Stop! Please, stop it! I'll do whatever you want, just don't hurt her!" Yugi cried, falling to his knees but his words halted Aqua's assault as he turned back to look to him, grinning. "Anything, huh? Well then, I guess we'll continue with what I started before but due to limited time since our time is not quite here yet, we'll make this quick." he spoke as he turned tail and flew over to Yugi, grabbing him by the shoulders and took him upon the roof of the school building, Yami right behind him.
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Yugi was absolutely disgusted with himself for what he did. Luckily, they didn't go far with their test and got their answer. "He's like ambrosia. We must keep him, onii-chan." Aqua said gleefully, licking at the tasty treat. Yami nodded in agreement. "I think we might do that." He walked over to Yugi and lifted him up by his chin. "Besides, if he liked this, maybe he might have a spot in his sweet little heart to love us~" Yugi growled and slapped his hand away. "Never!" he denied and Yami chuckled before pinning him down on the roof, face only inches from his.
"No matter what you say little one, your fate has been sealed because you answered our call and we actually couldn't wish for anyone better. Everything about you is sweet and we're not going to lose that. This time, we just had a taste of your pre-essence but we'll get all of your lovely essence soon enough so be prepared, my sweet." He ran a tip of his claw down Yugi's face. Because we will return." He stood and nodded to Aqua and they both started to sink back into the shadows that tied itself with Yugi once more.
"Ah yes and try not to deny yourself sleep. You don't want a repeat of last time, little vessel~" Aqua's voice rang about him with a short cackle before everything was silent once more. Yugi gave another sigh and willed himself for the rest of the day and stood, buckling his pants once more before heading downstairs, knowing he had to go and see Myrrh before she had a panic attack with him being missing.
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Zypher: Wow, sadistic fluff indeed. Or just sadistic in general. Or even a sadistic lime. Why and I saying sadistic so much? -chuckles- Well, other than that, I hope that you did enjoy this chapter. And don't worry, we'll get to the actual romance soon enough. You'll see how by Halloween. I'm so, so evil but at least I'm getting out these chapters fast enough so I might actually have the final one out on Halloween.
Well, I shall see you all soon with another chapter since I might have one more before the final chapter even though it was originally going to be four but you're all special so you get another chapter for free. -smiles and waves- See ya soon.