Chapter 7- Blackmail

~One Month Later~

"I dread this now." Ryou said as they were driving to school.

"Why?" Yugi asked from behind the wheel.

"You know that those idiots aren't grounded anymore just like we aren't. You know that they are going to start blackmailing us into doing anything that they want." Ryou said.

"I swear if those guys take things too far that I am going to punch their lights out." Malik swore.

"Malik, you aren't going to do that. Touma already grounded you for one month, and you know that he would have no shame in grounding you again." Yugi said.

"I might just do it so that he will ground me. It would be better than having to put up with their blackmail." Malik said.

"Yeah. I really don't want that bastard to keep on with me." Jou said.

"Guys, just cool it. It won't last forever." Yugi said.

"Yugi, unless they suddenly get memory loss, there is no way that they are going to let this go any time soon." Heba said.

"Yeah. They're such low bastards that they aren't going to let this go at all." Ryou agreed.

Yugi sighed. 'I hope that this is over soon.' Yugi thought.


"All right! We're over the grounding, so now is the time for the blackmail!" Bakura said happily.

"Oh, I can't wait to get started." Marik said, rubbing his hands together.

Yami was irritated by this. "Just don't go overboard with this." Yami said.

"We won't. We're going to take it easy. Somewhat." Atemu said.

"Yeah. I'm going to make that mutt regret ever crossing me." Seto said.

"Why do I bother with you guys?" Yami asked.

"Because we're your friends." Bakura said.

Yami shook his head as he drove. 'I am surrounded by a bunch of idiots who don't have a moral thought.' Yami thought.

"What are you going to do to your midget, Yami?" Bakura asked.

"One, Yugi's not a midget, Bakura, and two, I don't plan on doing anything to him." Yami said.

"Why not?" Marik asked.

"Because instead of accusing him of being a copycat like you idiots, I decided that I would get to know him, and I found out that he is a rather nice. Yugi is my friend, and I am not going to take advantage of him the way you guys have decided to." Yami told them.

"It's a waste if you ask me." Seto said.

"I didn't ask you, Seto." Yami said.

Yami hadn't admitted it to anyone but himself, but Yami had found himself falling for Yugi. He knew that when he first met Yugi, he had formed a crush on Yugi, but now, he was pretty sure that he was in love with Yugi. Yami hadn't figured out if he would tell Yugi how he felt. He didn't want to lose the friendship that he already had with Yugi, and he wasn't sure if Yugi felt the same way. What he did know was that Yugi was gay, which meant that he at least had a chance with Yugi.

"I wonder what we can do to them." Bakura said.

"I say get them to do some songs for us. Like our own private concert." Marik said.

"Marik, that is actually a good idea." Atemu said.

"That, or we could have them go with us somewhere and make them pay for whatever we do." Bakura said.

"Another good one." Seto said.

Yami mentally sighed. 'I am so screwed.' Yami thought.


Once at the school, Yugi and the others got out of their car and headed inside.

"Hold on a minute!"

The five turned and saw that Yami and the others were already there as well.

"Oh, great. The extortionists are here." Jou muttered.

"We need to have a little talk." Bakura said.

"What do all of you want?" Ryou growled.

"Is that any way to talk to the people who could ruin your lives?" Marik asked sweetly.

"Out with it! What do you want?" Malik said.

"Well, we thought about it, and we decided that each one of us would take one of you, meaning that you have to do whatever that one wants." Marik said.

"Great. And who has who?" Heba asked.

"Simple. I have Ryou. Marik has Malik. Seto has Jou. Atemu has Heba. Yami has Yugi." Bakura said.

"Fine. Just don't push it. We do have morals that we are not going to break to keep this secret." Malik said.

"Like what?" Atemu asked with a raised eyebrow.

"We're not going to do anything illegal, and ,we're definitely not going to date you or have sex with you to keep this secret." Jou stated.

"Come on. We're not low enough to do that." Seto said.

"Well, Bakura and Marik might would, but they won't this time." Atemu said, looking at the two.

"You have to ruin all of our fun, don't you?" Marik asked with a pout.

"Quit trying to pout. You can't do it." Yami said.

Yugi glanced at his watch and said, "We had better get inside. The bell will be ringing in a few minutes, and I would much rather not be late." Yugi said.

"Fine. We'll start all this after school." Seto said.

The entire group headed inside.

After going to their lockers, they all headed to their first class, which they all had together.

"I can't believe this." Jou muttered.

"Just deal with it." Ryou said.

Yugi had gotten his books out and was opening them when a shadow loomed over his desk. He looked up to find Anzu standing there.

Even after the confrontation he had had with Anzu a month beforehand, Anzu hadn't given up on making Yugi her next boyfriend.

"Hi, Yugi." Anzu said in what she thought was seductive voice.

"What do you want, Anzu?" Yugi asked.

"I wanted to know if you wanted to go out with me tonight." Anzu said sweetly.

"No, I don't." Yugi replied.

"Why not?" Anzu whined.

"I believe that I have already told you that I am gay, and there is no way that I will go out with you or any other girl, so leave me alone." Yugi said.

"I'm sure that I would be much better for you than some dumb guy." Anzu said flippantly.

Yugi's eyes narrowed. "Anzu, I believe that I know what type of person I want in my life, and you certainly are not the type of person that I want, now leave me alone." Yugi growled.

"You will change your mind at some point." Anzu said.

"No. I won't. I can assure you of that." Yugi said.

"We'll see." Anzu said before she walked off.

"Geez. Can that girl act any sluttier?" Heba asked.

"Probably." Ryou said.

Yami had watched this with rising jealousy. He hated it when Anzu would come onto Yugi like that even though he knew that he and Yugi were only friends. He was in love with Yugi, so seeing someone come onto him, especially someone like Anzu.

"Wow. I may not like these guys too much, but I really wish Anzu would get a clue." Bakura said.

"You don't enjoy that?" Seto asked, knowing Bakura usually enjoyed seeing the suffering of others.

"No. I don't think that anyone deserves to have Anzu or Vivian thrown at them." Bakura answered.

"I agree. I have enough trouble with Vivian." Atemu said.

"Well, I know how it feels to have Anzu all over you like that, and I know that it is a very unpleasant feeling." Yami said.

"Well, he handles her very well." Marik said.

"Yeah. He does. I can tell he's rather sick of her, though." Atemu said.

'You have no idea.' Yami thought, having been told by Yugi himself how much he hates it when Anzu would throw herself at him.


In chemistry, Yugi and Yami were sitting beside each other.

"Yami, do you have any idea what the others planning to do to them?" Yugi asked.

"Well, the only things that they have mentioned are having you guys do a mini-concert just for us, and the other idea was going out and having you guys pay for everything we do." Yami said.

"Well, they could do worse." Yugi said.

"Yeah, they could." Yami agreed.

"Well, the concert thing wouldn't be so bad. We do actually practice almost everyday of the week, so that wouldn't be something so different. We'll just be having ourselves an audience." Yugi said.

"And the other?" Yami asked.

"It's a bit more underhanded, but as I said, they could have done worse." Yugi said.

"Yugi." a voice said.

Yugi looked up and mentally groaned.

"Hi, Yugi." Anzu said in a sickeningly sweet voice.

"Anzu, what do you want? I already told you that I do not want to go out with you." Yugi said.

"I thought you might have changed your mind." Anzu said.

"No, Anzu. I haven't. I don't want to go out with you, so leave me alone." Yugi said.

"Why don't you want to go out with me?" Anzu whined.

"Because I am gay and like guys. Besides, I don't need a real reason to not want to go out with you." Yugi said.

Anzu would have said more, but the teacher walked in.

Yami was thankful that Anzu had to sit down since that meant she couldn't hit on his Yugi anymore.


After school, all of them met at the gates of the school.

"So, how about we get this little thing started?" Bakura asked.

"What do you plan to do?" Malik asked.

"Well, we're going to roam around town, and you have to pay for whatever we want to do." Marik said.

"Fine. We might as well get this over with." Heba said.

"Well, Yugi and I have made other plans, and we'll be taking our vehicle." Yami said.

"Actually, we'll be taking mine." Yugi said.

"Why?" Yami asked.

"Because Touma doesn't trust anyone else to drive the Firebird." Yugi replied.

"Seto, I guess you'll be driving." Yami said, tossing him the keys.

"Sure thing." Seto said.

Yugi and Yami headed for the Firebird while the others headed for the Camaro.


Yugi and Yami sat in the food court of the mall, eating ice cream.

"Thanks for buying this, but you know that I could have bought my own." Yugi said.

"I know that Yugi, but I wanted to buy yours for you." Yami said.

"Well, I appreciate it." Yugi said.

"No problem. After what my brother, cousin, and friends are doing, I'm glad that I can do something nice for you." Yami said.

"Well, I know that you aren't like that. I just wish I knew why they started all this." Yugi said.

"I don't know. They say it's because they think that you guys stole their look, but I don't know." Yami said.

Yami had been thinking of telling Yugi how he felt, but he wasn't sure.

"Hey, Yugi. Can I ask you a question?" Yami asked.

"Sure thing." Yugi said.

"This is a completely hypothetical situation. If you had a friend that really liked you and wanted to date you, what would you say to them?" Yami asked.

"Well, that would depend on a lot of things." Yugi said.

"Like what?" Yami asked.

"For one, is it a guy or girl?" Yugi asked.

"It's a guy." Yami replied.

"Well, I'd have to say that I would love to go out with you." Yugi said.

"Oh. Well that's-What?!" Yami exclaimed, realizing what Yugi had just said.

Yugi smiled. "Yami, whenever someone says a hypothetical situation, it usually means a real one. Besides, I've suspected that you've had feelings for me for a long time." Yugi said.

"So, you really want to go out with me?" Yami asked.

"Yami, you're not the only one that has feelings for the other." Yugi said.

"Then we're boyfriends?" Yami asked.

"If you want to be." Yugi said, leaning a little closer.

Yami smiled and leaned a little closer as well. "I really want to be." Yami said.

Before they could kiss, a voice suddenly said, "Yugi!"

The two turned and Yami growled.

"I didn't expect you to be here." Anzu said.

"What is it, Anzu?" Yugi asked.

"Since you were here, I thought that I would ask you to see a movie. There is a new romance movie out, and I wanted to see it with you." Anzu said.

"I don't want to see the movie, Anzu. If I told you once, I have told you a thousand times that I don't want to date you." Yugi said.

"Come on. What's one date going to hurt?" Anzu asked.

"Other than the fact I would be sick on my stomach the entire time, I don't need you." Yugi said.

Yami was mentally smirking. He loved seeing Anzu make such a fool of herself.

"You'll end up dating me one way or another." Anzu said.

"No, I won't." Yugi said.

Anzu then did something unexpected. She kissed Yugi.

Yugi's eyes widened in shock, and Yami let out a gasp.

Anzu pulled away with a smirk on her face. "Now, wouldn't you like to date me since I am such a good kisser?" Anzu asked.

Yugi glared at her. "You know something Anzu." Yugi said, picking up the bowl of ice cream he had.

"What?" Anzu asked.

Yugi suddenly threw the ice cream in Anzu's face.

"Ahh!" Anzu exclaimed.

"Don't you ever kiss me again." Yugi growled.

"How dare you!" Anzu cried.

"You kissed me, and no, I didn't like it. It was disgusting." Yugi said.

"You had no right to do this." Anzu said.

"You had no right to kiss me when I didn't want it, so don't throw that at me." Yugi said.

"Besides, Yugi already has someone, Anzu." Yami said, standing up.

"Who?" Anzu demanded.

Yami turned Yugi around and kissed him deeply. Yugi was taken off guard, but melted into the kiss and kissed back.

Anzu's jaw dropped when she saw Yami and Yugi kissing each other.

Yami broke the kiss and said, "I'm his boyfriend, Anzu, and I don't want you to ever kiss him again."

Anzu stormed off then, thoroughly embarrassed.

"Yami, that was unexpected. I liked it." Yugi said.

"Glad you thought so." Yami said.

"How do you think our friends and family are going to react when they learn we are dating?" Yugi asked.

"I don't know, and quite honestly, I don't care." Yami said.

"Hey, guys!"

Yami growled. "I'm going to kill Bakura." Yami muttered.

Yami and Yugi turned to see their family and friends coming to them, and their jaws dropped at seeing how many bags they had.

"Please tell me that you didn't have them buy all this." Yami said.

"Well, they bought it all, but some of this stuff is theirs." Atemu said.

"Yeah. About twenty-five percent of it is ours. The other seventy-five percent is yours." Heba said.

"Well, that's the price you pay for the secret." Bakura said.

Ryou glared. "Shut up before someone hears you." Ryou said.

"Okay. I think that maybe we should leave." Yami said, not wanting this to go too far.

"All right. Let's go." Seto agreed.

The groups headed to the different cars and headed home.


Yugi knocked on the door to Touma's office.

"Come in." Touma called.

Yugi walked into the room and said, "Do you have a minute?"

"Sure. What is it?" Touma asked.

"Well, I was wanting to let you know that I'm, well, sort of dating someone." Yugi said.

"Who?" Touma asked.

"Yami Sennen." Yugi said.

"One of the guys who's blackmailing you?" Touma asked, surprised.

"Well, Yami's brother, cousin, and friends are doing that. He doesn't agree with it, but he can't stop it. Yami's been my friend since before he found out." Yugi said.

"Okay. As long as he doesn't hurt you." Touma said.

"He won't. I just wanted you to know." Yugi said.

"Well, I'd like to meet him again, for a longer time this time." Touma said.

"Sure thing, Tou. I'll bring him over pretty soon." Yugi said.

"Good." Touma said.


Yami walked into Seiji's room and said, "Seiji, do you have a minute?"

"Yeah. What's going on?" Seiji asked.

Yami walked into the room and said, "Seiji, I just wanted to let you know that I have a boyfriend."

"You do? Who?" Seiji asked.

"It's Yugi Mutou." Yami said.

"You mean one of the ones that's being blackmailed?" Seiji asked.

"Yeah, but he's not really being blackmailed. We each took one, and Yugi was left to me, so there's no blackmail involved. I just wanted you to know." Yami said.

"Okay. I just hope that he doesn't hurt you." Seiji said.

"Yugi won't. We were friends before I found out he's part of Hikari and Aibou." Yami said.

"Okay. Thanks for telling me." Seiji said.


By the next day, everyone in school knew that Yugi and Yami were dating.

"Yugi, how can you date him?" Jou asked.

"Jou, I like him a lot. Honestly, I'm in love with him, and what the others are doing doesn't mean anything. He was friends with me before he found out who I was, so I know that it's because he likes me." Yugi said.

"But they're blackmailing us." Heba said.

"I know that, Heba, but I really love him, and I'm afraid that I can't let that interfere. If you can't accept it, then you'll have to at least deal with it." Yugi said.

Ryou sighed. "I don't like it, but if it is what makes you happy, then go ahead with it." Ryou said.

"Thank you." Yugi said.

"Just don't expect us to like his friends." Malik said.

"You already don't like them, so there's no fear of that." Yugi said.

"Okay. We'll let it go for now." Heba said.

"Thank you. I mean that." Yugi said.


"Yami, tell em that you are not dating that twerp." Bakura said.

Yami glared at his friend. "Don't call Yugi a twerp, Bakura!" Yami snapped.

"I'll take that as a yes." Atemu said.

"You can' date him! He's one of the copycats!" Marik exclaimed.

"Marik, I am going to date who I want to date, and there is nothing that you can do to stop me. I really love Yugi, and I'm not changing my mind." Yami said.

"How do you know he's not using you?" Seto asked.

"Seto, I was friends with Yugi before all that. Besides, I know he's not. Seiji knows, and he is okay with it." Yami said.

"Is this really what you want, though?" Atemu asked.

"Yes, it is. I want to be with Yugi." Yami said.

"All right. We'll let you, but he's dead if he hurts you." Atemu said.

"I can live with that." Yami said.


Hope that you liked it.

Next: Bakura opens his big mouth and hurts Yugi and Heba in a big way.

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