AN:// I am glad i am getting some new fans of this story ^^ thanks!
I know you must hate me for leaving chap 13 on a cliff hanger, but i wanted to keep you guys interested ^^ And Chap 13 HAD to be dramatic, hint by the number 13 ^^ LOL
Ok, this chap is the Kushiro bashing ^^ Enjoy and please R&R ^^
A.T xxxx
The nearest house we could get to was our house. So I carried Bakura with Ryou hot on my heels. I carried him into the house and laid him on our couch, he needed to rest. Yugi fetched him a blanket and a pillow. I ordered Ryou and Yugi to stay here. It was the only way, Ryou needed to be with Bakura, Bakura needed to rest and I could not taint my Aibou's light spirit with my cruel and dark actions that were to come.
"I want to go with you," Yugi sobbed. "I'm sorry Yugi, you must stay with Bakura and Ryou," I reasoned with him. "Please let me go with you Yami, I want to be with you, you promised you wouldn't leave me alone," Yugi whimpered. I shook my head. "Yugi, what I am about to do is very dark and horrible, I cannot allow you to witness it, I will not allow you to have re-occuring nightmares because of my reckless actions, you also need to rest, you have not long recovered from your injuries yourself," I stated. He had nothing else to say, when I was right, I was right and he knew there was no point in arguing. He nodded and sat next to Ryou and the sleeping Bakura.
I turned and left without any more words to say. Bakura's words rung through my ears like a curse. "He is after him now, the bully. Kill him immediately. Lexi paid him to kill Yugi". How dare she! I knew I shouldn't have let her meet Yugi. But at least she is gone now. Nothing but a stupid girl in the dark regions of the Shadow Realm. But Kushiro, his punishment was going to be severe. Had I known Lexi planned all this, I would have killed her before I let her easily off the Shadow Realm, no matter Kushiro would pay double, once for hurting my angel and twice for planning to kill him. "Dude!" Duke cried from behind me. I turned after snapping from my thoughts. "What Duke?" I asked. "I called you four times, where are we going?" He asked. "I think it's time we got even with Kushiro," I spat. He nodded and cracked his knuckles ready. Tristan watched on, he also had a punch or two to throw.
I stormed off, I had no Idea where Kushiro would be, but no matter how big Domino City is, It won't hide him for long.
We checked the arcades, the park, the high streets, every obvious place where Kushiro would be but he wasn't there. I was getting frustrated with no luck when I stormed off mumbling to myself with Duke and Tristan following. Then. PLONK! "Hey wise guy that is why you look wher- Atem?" Tea asked shocked as she got to her feet. I rolled my eyes. "Hey Tea," I mumbled. "It's nice to see you again, how are you?" She asked. I raised an eyebrow. "What? Wondering why I am so nice? It's because I thought, let's not get personal, we can all move on, and I'd prefer us to be friends so how is it going? Joey told me you and Yugi are dating now, Congrats! But what happened to that Lexi girl?" She asked.
I rolled my eyes again, typical Tea, friendship and being nosey.
"We killed her," Duke replied simply. Tea raised an eyebrow. "You're joking right?" She asked sarcastically. "No, she paid Kushiro to kill Yugi," I snapped. Tea suddenly looked horrified. "She did what?" She cried. I breathed heavily. We was not finding Kushiro any faster standing here wasting time. "Tea I have to go, but do you know where Kushiro is?" I asked. She blinked and then thought, for what must have been the first in her life. "Yeah! I am sure I saw him earlier by our school," She cried with a thoughtful look on her face. "Never thought I'd catch myself saying it to you, but thanks," I replied and ran off towards our school with Tristan and Duke in tow.
When we arrived on the school site, it seemed full and bustling with people. I honestly didn't know where to start, at this rate, we wouldn't find Kushiro even if we searched for the next two hundred years! We all paused, holding our knees and crouching, breathing and panting hard, out of breath and extremely tired. "Whe-Where Is Kushiro?" Tristan wheezed. "I dunno," I panted back. "We-Ne-Need to-Find- Find him," Duke panted agreeing. I nodded. Tristan asked some kids that passed us by. Nobody had seen him. extremely tired. "Whe-Where Is Kushiro?" Tristan wheezed. "I dunno," I panted back. "We-Ne-Need to-Find- Find him," Duke panted agreeing. I nodded. Tristan asked some kids that passed us by. Nobody had seen him. Yet.
Until we heard a blood hurdling scream that made our ears burn. We knew that tone of music. And we ran straight to the source. We passed the building, there was an alley, overcastted by shadows. We turned off and headed towards the horrendous noise. As we stopped, we saw a girl of about sixteen lying on the floor. We ran to her aid. She lay on the floor broken, her face was bloody, her clothes were torn and it was clear that she was beaten up. She was crying and curled up against the wall cradling herself.
"Are you okay?" Duke called to her as we ran to her rescue. "He, he took all my money," She sobbed unhappily. I felt anger consume me, I was gonna kill him for this, once again he'd preyed on innocent people. No guess, he was heading for Yugi. "Duke called for help, the girl's friends took her into Domino High to see the nurse about her bruises and cuts on her face. Meanwhile I headed off towards the direction she had pointed out, apparently Kushiro had no headed towards the park.
I didn't waste a minute and took off after him, this was beginning to become a game of cat and mouse, I was hunting him down, but every time I came close, he gave me the slip. I ran into the park, looking everywhere for him, no traces had been found, nothing, no screams. Just the usual park, peaceful and quiet, for a change. I stopped and asked people for any signs and apparently a couple saw him heading back towards the Domino Arcade. I followed their directions after thanking them. Duke and Tristan were still just about managing to keep up, but I could tell they were getting tired and bored and that was not a good sign.
When we finally reached the Arcade, another kid cried that Kushiro had taken his money about two minutes before we arrived, so we were getting close, and when asked the kid told us that Kushiro was now heading towards the Market, but seemed to pass it, walking onwards. I thanked the kid, gave him some of my money to cheer him up and I took off after him. I was on hot pursuit and by the sudden close calls, I wasn't a minute behind him.
As I was running, something felt off. As if something was not right, that I should have noticed. I pondered on it after a minute of thinking as I was running. Then as I continued running towards the roads, some were getting too familiar to me. I stopped and added up the sequence. All the places he had been to previously had just been a minor stop, he was heading towards our house. I picked up my feet, sprinting faster to get home, I prayed to Ra, I'd get there before he did, Bakura would be too weak to fight him and Ryou and Yugi wouldn't dare. Oh please them be okay. I ran as fast as my legs could take me, not caring that my lungs were fit to burst of lack of oxygen.
But as we arrived at the front door, things were already out of place, the door was open. I wasn't looking forward to this, I walked inside carefully, being aware of anything that could possibly be Kushiro. "YUGI!" I yelled as I ran through the door. I panicked. I heard footsteps rushing. I got prepared for a surprise attack, I knew how Kushiro fought, I knew his tactics too well. "YUGI!" I screamed again, belting from the top of my lungs. "Yes?! What is it Atem?!" Yugi cried panic stricken and rushing towards me. I eased when I knew it was him. I grabbed a hold of him, hugging him tightly and pulling away, relieved that my hikari was fine. "I thought he was here, with the door open and all," I stuttered. He chuckled lightly.
"No, Bakura just got hot so we opened the door to let air in, he's asleep now, tired though. Ryou's in the kitchen making him a cake and preparing raw steak for him as a gift for doing the job in the first place, and I am out here with you, we are fine Yami, Kushiro has not yet come. I hope he doesn't either. Why are you worrying so much?" Yugi asked with curious and questioning eyes. I shook it off. "I just saw him go this way, I couldn't risk him hurting you, it would cost too much," I said sadly. Yugi pulled me into an embrace. An un-noticed car pulled up and parked as I pulled him closer into a soft but sweet kiss, feeling magic as we connected, unfortunately it was short lived. "What The HELL Is Going On?!" She shrieked. "Now Now Mindy, calm down," Duke softened as he ran towards us, just catching up with Tristan behind, as she climbed out of the car.
"Why is he kissing his brother, or friend or whatever?!" Mindy shrieked horrified. "Mindy, don't go there, leave them alone," Duke warned, stepping in her way, in front of us as she approached. "I have not seen or heard of Lexi in over an hour, after she supposedly met you, she vanished, now I wanna know what the hell happened and why the hell are you kissing him," She snapped angrily, her feisty temper flaring and her eyes flashing scarlet. "Mindy, watch your mouth, you have no idea," Duke snapped back. "And you protect him again?! Duke Devlin, I love you but are you going to let your friend get in the way of what we have?" She angrily cried. "Atem is my best friend, he and Yugi come before any girl to me, if you can't deal with that, then get lost," Duke snapped, His black spiky and sharp tipped hair gliding through the air as he turned his head swiftly.
I was really and honestly touched, I knew me and Duke were friends, but I didn't know he'd chose me and Yugi over a girl, I felt honestly touched. I would have hugged him but I guess he would have snapped my legs and Yugi might have gotten jealous. Mindy scowled and turned in a angry rage. She turned and stormed back to her car before skidding off and reading her lips shown she was swearing and cursing. I turned to Duke as he lowered his head. "Thanks for sticking up for me Duke, are you okay?" I asked. He paused for a moment before lifting his head with a soft smile. "Atem, what are mates for man? You mean a whole lot more to me than her, you all do. If a girl can't deal with that, then she needs to get lost, I can't deal with not being around you guys. You're my friends, and you will always be my friends," Duke said softly. He put his hand on my shoulder and walked inside the house. Tristan stayed silent and followed Duke.
And as I leaned in to hug Yugi again, I heard Bakura and Duke yell. "Let Him Go!" Bakura screamed. I turned and ran into the house; Yugi followed me, staying close to me. I felt calmer knowing Yugi was fine but something told me I wasn't going to like what I found.
I ran into the front room to find Bakura barely standing on his own feet, angry and weak. My eyes flashed through the room. Duke was angry and standing in his threatening angry position, Tristan was gritting his teeth firmly and into the same pose as Duke, Yugi was behind me and Ryou was choking, I looked up. Kushiro. Ryou seemed like he was going to either faint, cry or choke to death. His skin was going more paler than before, his legs draped across the floor, behind held like a rag doll for a little girl. Bakura was getting extremely annoyed of the threat that posed on his hikari and nobody seemed to notice me and Yugi had entered the room by now. "Where is Yugi?" Kushiro growled. I felt Yugi grip the back of my jacket tightly, he knew Kushiro was here for him.
Nobody answered Kushiro's question.
"Fine, where is Atem?" Kushiro growled again. Again nobody said anything, I was too shocked at what was happening to say anything. I swallowed my pride and breathed heavily. "No? Well maybe THIS will get your attention," He spat as he tightened his grip on Ryou's small and pale neck. "Let him go," I spat. Everyone turned and looked at me as I walked into the room calmly.
"Ahh, Hello Atem," Kushiro said releasing Ryou. I watched as the frightened albino fell to the floor and dragged himself into his lover's arms. Bakura growled angrily as he stroked Ryou's hair, calming him down before he had a panic attack. Kushiro started moving swiftly towards me. I ran towards him and dodged his attack. Yugi ran and was pushed behind Duke, Duke protecting him, keeping him safe.
Me and Kushiro circled each other like lions fighting to the death over a pride. My eyes flashed scarlet. He made the first move and flew towards me, his fist colliding with my side as he did so. As I went down I punched his stomach. We both hit the floor kicking and punching each other. I grew more angrier as he mumbled about killing me then killing Yugi. My eyes flashed a deep crimson scarlet. I threw my fist and connected with his nether regions. He let out an almighty cry and hit the floor breathing deeply. I wasn't one for fighting cheap, but at least he couldn't fight as much. He lay on the floor trying to breathe as I began punching his face angrily. I didn't know it was coming until his fist hit my stomach and I rolled over in pain. Ryou screamed as he watched blood spill on the carpet. Bakura got up and as Kushiro was about to hit me again because I was weakened, Bakura punched him in the face. Kushiro hit the floor and the fight continued as me, Bakura and the now joining Duke all dived in to kill Kushiro.
Ryou yelped as he watched Kushiro's fist hit Bakura's lip and watched on horrified as Bakura's lip burst with blood. Bakura spat it out and continued punching and kicking Kushiro. Duke hit Kushiro's stomach while me and Bakura hit his face. Duke suddenly hit the floor, he rolled over beaten. I was worried but I had to continue fighting otherwise Duke might get even more hurt if Kushiro got up. Me and Bakura kept hitting him. Again I did not notice Kushiro's knee until it connected to my nose and temple, that knocked me over. I hit the floor seething and writhing in agony and pain. I gripped my face, eyes closed writhing in pain until I heard a angry growl that escaped Bakura's lips.
I removed my hands from my face as I saw Bakura's temper hit maximum. He was stood above Kushiro as he grabbed Kushiro's neck. Everything seemed to pause before I heard his angry voice. "Nobody Touches My Ryou. And This Is For Yugi!" He said before I heard the stomach churning noise. SNAP!
Kushiro hit the floor with a huge THUD!
Bakura fell to his knees exhausted again, but glad it was over, I looked into Kushiro's eyes that were glazed but the lifelike mist had began to fade.
Bakura had snapped his neck.
Ryou ran to his lover. Caressing him gently. Yugi ran to me, before my sight faded and my body went limp. I had passed out. The last thing I heard was Yugi's cries of "Call An Ambulance!" and Tristan's cries of panic.
And Yugi's Face Faded Into That Deep Blackness Of My Mind.
Ok Ok OK, I had to have this ending, the story is coming to a close, maybe chap 17 will be the last, i dunno. But Kushiro is dead & So is Lexi, but the question is.
Is Atemu / Atem / Yami Dead???! Maybe he isnt BUT if he is how will he be able walk Yugi up the aisle?
Find out Next Chap ^^