This chapter is dedicated to Emma/Vamp since she came up with some of the ideas and inspired me to write. Without her it would have taken me a hell of a lot longer to finish the chapter.
Hehhehehehehehehe I thought I'd put a note in as well, Ok all you people who are reading MY stories, thinking that Hannah wrote them, DON'T BOTHER, seriously they're not worth it. Just keep reading Hannah's stuff. Ok and that's all from me, and if you haven't guessed who I am, this is Vamp, beta and editor of this fic hehehehehehehehe. Vamp
Sorry about that, Vamp just stole the keyboard and started typing while I wasn't paying attention. Please ignore her and enjoy the new instalment of The Fivewizard Tournament!
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Chapter 8
It had been about a week since Ryou's birthday. Malik and Marik had easily adjusted to a new life of being lovers but the others had yet to adjust to finding them making out in random places.
Now that the two psycho blondes were together Ryou and Bakura were putting their heads together to think of a way to get Yami and Yugi together. It was difficult though because Bakura kept coming up with plans that were more centred around braking every bone in Yami's body instead of helping him hook up with Yugi. Since this was not the objective Ryou had scrapped all of Bakura's ideas.
"But Ryou if the pharaoh's injured then Yugi will want to take care of him and show his devotion by staying at Yami's bedside day and night," Bakura tried.
Ryou shook his head. "You can try and justify this all you want Bakura but my answer will still be no, we are not pushing Yami off the top of the astronomy tower or hurting him in any way."
"Dammit!"
It took another week for them to actually come up with an idea that might work. They decided that they would send a letter to Yugi and say that it was from Yami. The letter would confess the pharaoh's love for his hikari and hopefully Yugi would then confess his love and they could both live happily ever after.
Ryou was the one who wrote the letter and Bakura was left in charge of getting Yami out of the way so that he couldn't see Yugi reading the letter and get suspicious. To complete this part of the plan Bakura employed the services of Malik and Marik to help him aggravate Yami enough to make him chase them through the castle for however long was needed. Both blondes were (of course) more than happy to help.
It was two hours after lunch that the plan commenced. Yami hadn't seen Yugi since they had eaten together and was wondering where his hikari had gone. Upon entering his room he noticed a letter that had been left on his bed. Curiously, he opened the envelope and looked at the note inside.
Dear Pharaoh
We have reverted to our evil ways and have kidnapped Yugi. If you want to save him you'll have to follow the clues we have left around the school.
Happy hunting!
Bakura, Malik and Marik
PS. Start in the Entrance Hall.
Yami crumpled the note in his hand, the fires of passionate anger burning in his eyes. "Those fiends! How dare they kidnap Yugi? I will make them pay for this! They shall all suffer for eternity in the Shadow Realm!"
With that Yami took off to save his hikari from a fate worse than death.
"The library really is full of interesting books to read!" Yugi said quietly, but excitedly, to Ryou as they walked among the tall shelves.
"Indeed," Ryou said as they sat down at one of the large tables. "By the way Yugi, I found a letter addressed to you in the common room."
"Really?"
Yami bent over, trying to regain his breath, when he reached the Entrance Hall. He had taken the stairs two at a time (nearly braking his neck more than once) in his haste to find Yugi.
Yami looked around for the next clue and spotted a piece of paper pinned to the large oak front door. He pulled the paper away and read it.
Dear Pharaoh
Is Yugi up or is he down? Is he in the Astronomy tower or in the dungeons? Which is hot and which is cold?
Happy hunting
The Lords of Darkness
Yami rubbed his chin in thought. Usually when someone is hot it means they're close, and the Astronomy tower was most likely warmer than the dungeons so the next clue had to be in the tower!
Yami set off at once to find the precious clues.
"Who do you think it's from?" asked Yugi.
"Open it and find out," encouraged Ryou.
Yami leaned against the wall at the top of the Astronomy tower once again breathing hard. He looked at the white piece of paper on the door. 'Wrong choice Dumbass!' it read.
Yami growled and ran back down the stairs.
"Who's it from?" asked Ryou.
"Yami," replied Yugi.
"What could he want to say in a letter that he couldn't say in person?"
"We'll find out in a minute."
Yami had just about collapsed when he reached the door in the dungeon with a sticky note on it. 'Enter to find the next clue!' it proclaimed.
"Couldn't they…think of…anything…smart to…say?" Yami laughed in-between deep breaths.
He opened the door and stopped. The Blue Eyes White Dragon roared and Yami quickly slammed the door shut, his pulse beating rapidly and his back pressed against the door.
A note dropped from the ceiling and hovered in front of Yami's face. 'Shadow Magic rocks doesn't it? See you by the lake.'
Yami groaned and set off to hopefully complete his quest.
"What did Yami say?" asked Ryou.
Yugi grinned excitedly at his friend. "He said that he loved me but was too embarrassed to say it to my face."
"That's wonderful! I take it that you love him back?"
"Yes, I've had a crush on him for ages. Let's go find Yami, I need to tell him that I love him too."
"I think he's by the lake."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go find him!"
"It's about time you showed up," Marik said as Yami collapsed on the grass next to him.
"I've come…to save…Yugi," Yami managed to get out.
"He's not here – he's in the library with Ryou," Bakura said, not even looking at Yami.
"What?" Yami asked weakly.
"We never kidnapped him; we just said we did to make you run around all over the school like a maniac."
Yami groaned and stopped moving.
"Is he dead?" asked Malik.
"He better not be; I've worked too hard for him to die now," Bakura replied with annoyance.
"Yami! Yami!" Yugi cried as he neared the group, followed by Ryou.
Yugi knelt by Yami's side and asked if he was alright. Yami just groaned in response. Yugi giggled and hugged his darker half. He then whispered, "I love you too," in Yami's ear.
Yami jerked in surprise and turned to look Yugi square in the eyes. "What did you say?" he asked.
"I said I love you," Yugi replied.
Yami beamed in delight and quickly kissed Yugi's lips. Yugi blushed then leaned in for another kiss.
"Isn't that sweet?" Ryou said happily to no-one in particular.
"No," was the joint reply.
Ryou shook his head and rolled his eyes. "Let's leave them alone for awhile," he suggested before walking back towards the castle.
Bakura, Malik and Marik decided to follow Ryou since they didn't want to be left alone with the new kissing couple. They needed to close the Shadow Realm and retrieve the Blue Eyes White Dragon, anyway, before someone got hurt or Seto realized his card was missing because if he did someone was definitely going to get hurt and it wasn't going to be them.
Later that day Yami and Yugi returned to the common room and came face to face with a very pissed Seto. He glared down at the tri-coloured haired couple. "Bakura tells me that you stole my Blue Eyes Yami," Seto said icily.
Yami gulped and panicked under the CEO's furious gaze. He hadn't done anything to Seto's card but from the look on Seto's face he was going to listen to what Yami had say.
"Yami didn't steal your card," Yugi said nervously. "I was the one who borrowed it."
Yami stared at his hikari in shock. Was Yugi taking the blame for what he had been accused of doing?
Seto stared down emotionlessly at Yugi. "Well in that case…" Seto lifted up his hard metal briefcase and hit Yugi around the head with it. He then turned to Yami and hit him just as hard, maybe even harder.
"What was that for!" Yami shouted through the dizziness.
"You're probably the one who committed the crime but Yugi (because he's so sickeningly nice) took the rap for you, so I'm giving you your just desserts. If you didn't steal my Blue Eyes then it was because I hate you and could hit you." Seto then stalked off back to his room.
Yami crawled over to where Yugi was sprawled on the floor. "Are you alright Yugi?" he asked softly.
Yugi sat up slowly and said, "Yeah, the world just stopped spinning."
"Why did you do that Yugi? Seto wouldn't have hurt you if you had kept quiet. Why did you try to take all the blame?"
"Because I know you'd never do something like that and that Seto would be mad either way. I didn't want to just stand there while you got hurt. We're a couple now Yami and we do things together. If one of us has to feel pain then the other should be there beside them to help them through it. Don't you agree Yami?"
Yami smiled softly and pulled Yugi close to him. "I don't know how I ever lived without you Yugi," he said into his love's hair.
"Does it really matter now that we're together?"
"No…no it doesn't."
I hope you enjoyed the puzzleshipping goodness. Writing detailed pairings that aren't some form of Bakura x Ryou is difficult for me. And next chapter I have my hardest challenge yet – puppyshipping! I haven't read many fics with this pairing in them so we'll all just have to wait and see how it turns out won't we.
Again, I apologize for Vamp's random comments. Please Review!
