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Hello and welcome to chapter five of my story. This one is a bit short but I hope you enjoy it regardless.

Chapter 5: New Orders

I walked back home thinking about Yami. He'll most likely leave me too, everybody does. I think I'm cursed. I sighed heavily, why did I have to get all the bad luck? My parents are dead, my grandpa is getting old, and I don't have any friends. For a moment I felt like crying, but I didn't. What would people think if they saw me crying? Most likely that I was a little lost kid, they would try to ask me were my mother was, yadda, yadda. I let anger wash away my pain and baled my hand into fists inside my jacket. Life sucks, but my life seemed to suck the worst. Why did my parents have to die in that stupid car accident? Why isn't there anyone else besides my ageing grandfather who cares for me? Why does everyone in my life abandon me? My anger soon faded and I sighed heavily. I was never good at being angry at people; I was usually too busy being angry at myself.

I paused outside my grandfather's shop and gazed at it for a minute taking it in. I had lived here my whole life; I had never even been outside Domino City. Did I even want to go outside the city I grew up in? I snorted and shook my head. I doubt life in a different town would be any different than here. I pushed open the front door and went up to my room and shut my bedroom door before collapsing on my bed. My grandfather would most likely come in soon asking how my day went so I would lie, smile and say 'it was great' or 'fantastic' or maybe 'I can't wait to go out with Yami again'. It wouldn't be a lie exactly, but it wouldn't be the whole truth either. I reached under my pillow and took my notebook out and opened it at a new page and started to draw.

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God sat back and rubbed His temples in annoyance. Yami had always been a bit of a loose cannon but he had never outright disobeyed an order before. God frowned and waved His hand at His viewing globe which lit up and showed Him the image of the boy Yugi walking home. God watched for a moment before waving His hand again and the image disappeared. I can see what draws Yami to the boy but an order is an order. God tapped a wooden staff on the floor and an angel opened the door and came before Him bowing.

"Yes my Lord?"

"Please fetch Malik and Seto, I need to see them." The angel bowed and hurried out of the room. God rubbed His chin thoughtfully before nodding. He knew that many of the angels respected Yami and looked up to him but Malik and Yami had had something of a rivalry for many years now. Malik was the obvious choice for what He was planning. Seto was steadfast loyal and there was no love lost between him and Yami, so God could trust him to keep things under control.

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Malik was asleep when he heard someone knocking on his door. With a huge yawn he walked barefoot to the door and opened it. His wild spiky blond hair was ruffled by the light wind and his purple eyes were heavy with sleep.

"Malik you are summoned by God." Malik blinked wondering if he was still asleep and dreaming all of this. Malik was not one of God's favourites that was certain. He was only summoned when he had done something wrong, really wrong. Like the time he set one of the palace guard's coat on fire. It was an honest accident really.

"What does He want now? I haven't done anything wrong." Malik said grumpily wanting to go back to sleep.

"You will not speak of our Lord in such a manner!" The messenger angel spluttered in rage and Malik rolled his eyes. "If He wishes to see you then you must go to Him."

"So we are to be at His beck and call day and night?" Malik asked polity and the angel gave him dark look. Malik yawned again. "Ok fine, let me get dressed." Malik took his time finding his white trousers and shirt and pulling on his black shoes. If Malik had a choice he would dress only in black but had to make do with just black shoes instead. He ignored the messenger angel who tutted and tapped his foot. "Right, I'm ready to great His Holiness now." The angel paused then decided to ignore Malik's sarcasm and he left the room opening the front door and soaring into the skies. Malik sighed before unfurling his own white wings and following him. Wonder what I did wrong this time? Heaven is so over rated.

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Malik stood outside the large doors that would led him into the chamber in which God resided. Here goes nothing. Malik knocked on the door three times and they opened slowly. Facing the door on a raised dais and sitting on a large golden throne was the man Himself. Pompous windbag, Malik thought to himself and schooled his features into a blank mask.

"Enter Malik." Malik walked forwards until he stood before the throne and bowed low. The doors shut behind him and Malik tried to ignore the trapped feeling he got whenever he was inside this room. It was then Malik saw Seto who was looking at him with unmasked disgust. Malik sneered back. He and Seto had never been buddies and that wasn't about to change now.

"Hello Malik, done something wrong again? Broken yet another rule? I didn't think there were any left to break." Seto asked with a smirk.

"Seto, one must never judge another on past habits, Malik is not here because he is in trouble. Indeed I have a job for him that, if successful, will wipe the slate clean and relieve him of any past transgressions."

"A job?" Now Malik's ears were pricked. If God wanted him to do the job then it must be the sort of job no other angel wanted. If it would 'wipe his slate clean' then it must be rather major.

"Yes, this is a job for the both of you." God ignored the death glares Malik and Seto threw at each other. "You will go to earth and bring Yami back to heaven with you." There was a charged silence while Seto and Malik stared at God.

"You want us to bring Yami back to heaven?" Seto asked in confusion.

"Can't you order him to return?" Malik asked a heart beat later.

"Yes to your first question and no to the second. Yami has refused to return from his assignment and I need the both of you to bring him back before the evils of the world poison his soul."

"Wait, back up a little, goody goody Yami is disobeying orders directly from You?" Malik asked in disbelief.

"Yes Malik that is what I said." Malik shut his mouth and glanced at Seto who was deep in thought.

"Sir, if I may ask...why does it require two of us to bring Yami back? Surely I can do it alone?" Seto asked. Malik rolled his eyes and God smiled gently at Seto.

"Confidence is good, overconfidence not so much. Yami is one of my most powerful angles and he may need some 'persuasion' before he agrees to return, if at all." God frowned and Malik and Seto exchanged glances again.

"So you want us to attack Yami? Are we to drag him back here if he refuses to come with us?" Malik asked slowly and God sighed heavily.

"Crude and to the point but yes, that is what I want you to do. If at all possible I want you to reason with Yami and ask him to come back, use force only if it is necessary. Now go and prepare yourselves, you will leave at dawn tomorrow. Tell no one of your assignment, only that you are going to Earth." God sat back in His throne in clear dismissal. Seto and Malik bowed before turning and leaving the room. The doors closed behind them.

"Can you believe it? I can't believe it! God just ordered us to attack Yami and drag him back to heaven! What the hell?"

"Don't curse Malik!" Seto snapped before sighing heavily. "It is true that this task is strange to say the least but God must have his reasons." Malik snorted and shook his head.

"Yeah whatever loyal dog, all I'm saying is that Yami may annoy a few lower class angels that try to push him around but he's never gone against God before. Something major must be going on." Malik chewed his lip ignoring the dark looks Seto sent him.

"There are no 'classes' in heaven. All angels are equal even if we have different positions and jobs within Heaven's gates."

"Yeah you keep telling yourself that, and maybe you'll believe it." Malik snorted and opened his wings as they reached the wide entrance to God's palace.

"Whatever, and Malik," Malik glanced at Seto with raised eyebrows; "If you ever call me a loyal dog again I may miss Yami and hit you by accident." With that said Seto unfurled his wings and took off into the sky. Malik snorted.

"Yeah good luck with that Mr. loyal dog," Malik smirked and soared into the air heading back to his house to go back to sleep.

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Yami sat where he was for a long moment with his hands fisted in his hair before raising his head and sighing heavily. He knew he would be in big trouble now for disobeying God like he did. No one questioned God's word or His orders. That was the ultimate rule of heaven. God's word was final. Yet, Yami couldn't leave; Yugi still needed him. The look in his eyes when Yugi told him how Joey had left, Yami would hate himself for all eternity if he caused Yugi sadness like that.

Yami stood up and walked back to his flat deep in thought. Will God contact me again? I wonder if he will send another angel to Earth. Yami chewed his lip in thought as he walked along.

"Hannah, come on its time to go home!" Yami glanced up seeing a young woman with long blond hair and bright brown eyes smiling at a little girl with blond hair in pigtails.

"Coming mum," The little girl ran up to the woman and she swept her daughter into her arms laughing. Yami smiled as he watched the tender display of affection between mother and child. Humans were so different to angels; it was almost as if they were another species altogether. They hated, loved, cried and laughed in huge quantities; sometimes all in one day! Yami kept walking glancing at a group of drunken teenagers who were laughing and singing. He saw an old man sitting in a cardboard box wrapped up in a scruffy blanket; he saw a family of smiling people with a puppy bouncing around their feet. People were so vastly different here on Earth compared to the angels in heaven, yet Yami couldn't decide who was better off.

"Are we really better off were we are?" Yami whispered to himself as he climbed the stairs to his room. Yami couldn't remember anything of his past life as a human; he didn't know who his parents were, if he had family or friends. Such questions had never been asked in heaven, they had no place in such paradise. However, being on Earth and seeing people in groups of friends or lovers kissing had suddenly shown Yami all the things he may have had and lost when his physical body perished.

Even though Yami could be seen and touched, he was not 'real' in the human sense of the word. His body died many years ago and now Yami was a powerful spirit with the ability to be seen by humans and interact with them. Yami could make himself as invisible as a breath of air if he wished. He could walk among the humans and even touch them without them being aware of his presence. True, some humans would notice him; people who were more in tune with the spirit world would sense his presence. I wonder if Yugi would be able to sense me. Yami smiled as he lay on his bed after pulling off his jacket and hanging it on the back of a chair and pulling off his shoes and placing them neatly beside the bed.

Yami stared up at the ceiling thoughts buzzing around his head like angry bees in a hive. I will see Yugi again tomorrow, if he wishes it. I would like to know more about his world and about him. Yami smiled and turned on to his side and fell asleep. He had no idea what God was planning or that in the days to come everything he knew would crumble around him.

*End Chapter*

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