I have good news a bad news. The bad news is that this is the last chapter before my Epilogue. The good news is I saved a bunch of money on car insurance by switching to Geico. Jk lol. Actually, the good news is that there's a sequel after this. Be on the lookout for At-Em-Oh: Duelist Kingdom. That is where Atem and the gang go into Duelist Kingdom. New characters and new adventures. Kaiba also shows his assy face. Review please!
Zork had been wounded, thanks to Tristan's powerful blast and his defenses being lowered by the White Wizard Ryan. Yami Ryou knew he was losing and Ryan and Ryou had thwarted him to leave him where he was now. He had to do something in order to win the game. He knew he had to make a move that was the last resort.
Everyone watched, and then gasped as Zork started morphing himself. Ryan growled and narrowed his eyes. He knew exactly what was going on.
"Not good!" Ryan said.
"Zork's changing shape!" Atem realized. He turned to Ryan. "What's going on?"
"Zork is transforming. This is Zork's final form. Both his attack and defenses are up. We really must be hitting hard on him for him to be doing that," Ryan thought as everyone gasped. Zork had grown larger, his whole body seemed so deformed, and there was a closed opening in the middle of his chest. Ryan stared right at the closed opening located on Zork's chest.
"AW SHIT!" Joey whined as Yami Ryou laughed manically.
"You fools! Did you really think you could surpass me?" Yami Ryou asked rhetorically, laughing so evilly and manically again. Yugi shot daggers at him with his eyes. "It's Zork's turn to slaughter all of you once and for all!"
"NO!" Yugi gasped with sweat droplets pouring on his face.
"LOOK OUT!" Ryan warned his friends, no time to raise everyone's defenses.
Yami Ryou rolled the dice on the board, the brainwashing dice of course, and it landed on 00. The closed opening in the middle of Zork's chest opened. It revealed to be an eye of some sort that was blasting a beam of energy. Ryan consintrated all his energies to form a shield in front of his friends and protect them.
"I'll protect you!" Ryan promised as the shield appeared in front of him and his friends to protect them. Yugi gasped in horror.
"RYAN!" Yugi cried out as the blast hit the shield and Ryan felt a huge burst of energy blasting against his shield. He used every ounce of energy he had left in him to protect his friends.
"You pathetic little bastard, how long can your shield last?" Yami Ryou asked, showing an evil, sickly grin.
"HANG IN THERE!" Ryan declared while converting his life points into magic energy points, so that he would have enough to protect his friends from Zork's onslaught.
Everyone ducked behind Ryan's magic shield as Zork's attack blast right through the shield and did a bulk amount of damage to all five players. Thanks to Ryan's shield, the attack didn't destroy the adventurers. They panted from the attack that did a good amount of damage to them.
"Is everyone okay?" Atem asked his friends.
"Besides being blasted by Zork, we're great," Joey replied in a joking manner to brighten up the situation.
Ryan fell down on his hands and knees while panting from the huge amount of energy it took to protect his friends. Everyone gathered around their wounded friend while Atem tried to help his friend up.
"You okay? That must've taken a great toll on ya," Atem said while holding his friend up.
"Hold on! I'll use my magic to heal you on my next turn," Hanaski assured with a soft smile.
"I'm fine! Save your breath for your next attack," Ryan convinced his friend with glaring eyes. He faced all his friends. "I... don't have enough power to protect you guys again. If we don't finish him this turn, we'll all be destroyed and I can't bare losing anymore friends."
"Don't worry, we're not going anywhere," Atem assured with a smirk across his lips. "If we're gonna die, we'll die together."
"Yeah! Now let's f*** this bitch!" Joey smirked with his sword pointed out.
"Hey! Watch it!" Tristan glared with the sharp edge of the sword so close to his cheek.
'What I don't get is if Zork raised his attack and defenses when transforming, why didn't he do this before?' Atem questioned in his head.
'That's because this is Zork's final gamble. We've pushed him so far, he had no choice. It is true that he raised his attack and defenses, but he's also exposed his weak spot,' Yugi explained to his brother who looked at him cock-eyed. He pointed to the exposed opening in the middle of Zork's chest. "LOOK!"
Everyone gasped as they saw the weak spot that could destroy Zork. There was the exposed opening that looked like a huge eyeball formed like the Eye of Horus. It was The Eye of Zork. Everyone knew this was his weakened area. They all smirked widely at the opened area. However, it was starting to close.
"THE EYE!" Hanaski cried. "It's our only ticket to winning this game!"
"It's starting to close!" Tristan mentioned to his friends who were trying to find a way to prevent the eye from closing shut.
"It's too late!" Atem said.
"Not if I can help it!" Pokie smirked as he flew over to the exposed opening of Zork's chest area. Everyone gasped while watching this.
"POKIE!" Atem cried with sweat droplets pouring down his face.
"WHAT!" Yami Ryou glared in annoyance. He couldn't believe that little puny monster just stuck himself in Zork's eye.
"POKIE!" Everyone cried.
"This is your only chance! Blow me away along with him!" Pokie cried to his master and his friend. Everyone stared at the creature longingly. "I am glad I got to be your friend too! DO IT!"
"Thank you... Pokie..." Joey thanked the creature with a quaint smile. "But an evil soul isn't worth the life of a friend. We stick together till the end."
"He's right!" Atem agreed. He turned to Hanaski with a soft smile. "Hanaski had taught me that."
Hanaski brightened up his smile even more before giving a nod. Pokie smiled softly as a tear was exposed under his eye. Ryan stared at the creature longingly as a soft smile appeared on his lips. He imaged, beside Pokie's face, a face of a young little boy about ten years old. A memory popped into Ryou's head that went back to when he was living in England.
Ryan was walking down the sidewalk of London. He noticed an ice cream stand around the corner of the of the crossroad. He checked his wallet and found enough money for one ice cream cone for him and Ryou. Besides, the spirit inside him was too childish to not want ice cream. He picked up a few bucks to buy the ice cream when hearing someone running up the sidewalk behind him.
"Ryan! Ryan!" a young boy, ten years old, ran up behind Ryou. He panted while holding himself with his hands on his knees. The boy wore straight blond hair, creamy white skin, glowing green eyes, and a bright laughing smile. "I was looking everywhere for ya, man!"
"Johnny, what in this world are you doing here?" Ryan asked with a laughing smirk.
"I came lookin' for ya! It's Saturday and my friends are all having Saturday detention," Johnny replied.
"Then you should make friends that don't expose themselves into mischief."
"But they're fun!" Johnny whined while skipping along beside Ryan. "So, when are ya gonna play with me?"
"Tonight. I'll still kick your butt, you know."
"You're no fun!" Johnny glared as Ryan chuckled.
"If I let you win, you'll never get better. You can't spend your life having people letting you win," Ryan smirked as he stood in line for ice cream. Johnny sighed in disappointment. Ryan let out a giggle. "How about I give ya a treat. I know mint chocolate's your favorite."
"Really? Thanks a bunch!" Johnny grinned excitedly as Ryan chuckled in return.
Ryan remembered that day. It was the last day he ever saw Johnny before buying Monster World and having his soul trapped within the game. Johnny's soul was now inside Pokie and was willing to risk his life to defend Ryan and his new friends. Ryan hoped in his heart that Johnny would one day wake up, after this game was done.
Yugi rolled the dice, since it was Beast Tamer's turn. It landed on a 02. Atem had a magical hand appear in front of him and it punched right through Zork's exposed area. The hand was shaped like a fist while busting through Zork's exposed area with Pokie inside the hand safe and sound. Everyone cheered happily of Atem's success in not only saving Pokie, but hitting Zork's weak point.
"Nice Atem! You hit that mother f***er dead on!" Tristan cheered for his friend before giving him a high five.
"Ugh! NOOO!" Yami Ryou cried out.
"Now, it is the warrior's turn!" Yugi declared before rolling the dice, which showed a 01. Joey slashed right through Zork and he fell with a loud thud.
"WE DID IT! WE BEAT ZORK!" Hanaski cheered happily as Yugi eyed the fallen monster suspiciously.
"Not yet!" Yugi glared as everyone looked at him cock-eyed. They then watched in horror as Zork pulled himself up, wounded of course.
"You have got to be f***ing kidding me!" Ryan glared in annoyance.
Yami Ryou laughed so manically with a huge laughing grin. He grinned, "The fact you didn't finish off Zork will now be your downfall! On the next turn, Zork and the adventurers must roll for initiative again." Yugi glared at his enemy furiously. Yami Ryou pointed directly at Yugi with a mad glare. "YUGI! This is your last roll! We will both roll at the same time. The winner goes first!"
"I'll take you on!" Yugi agreed with boldness in his voice. "AND I WILL WIN!"
"We shall see!"
Everyone glanced at a half wounded Zork who was barely lifting himself up. They were confounded about the fact the monster was still up and moving. They all backed up, watching themselves when facing the monstrous beast.
"I can't believe Zork is still alive!" Tristan glared angrily. "That f***in cheapskate!"
"Even when close to dying, he's still powerful. Watch yourselves," Atem warned his friends.
"This is the closest anyone's ever come into defeating the evil spirit inside my brother," Ryan said as a smile appeared before facing his friends. "I'm glad it's you guys."
"We're glad to have become your friend, Ryan," Atem said as Ryan gave a nod.
Ryan faced Pokie who held a soft smile. Ryan said, "I'm sorry for all of this... Johnny."
Ryan's friends turned their faces at Pokie with a gasp that left them. Pokie's real name was Johnny and he was one of the comatose victims that Yami Ryou sealed in the avatar. He must've sealed Johnny in Pokie to work for Zork before Atem brainwashed Pokie to work on his side.
"Don't be, Ryan. I've always believed that you'd save me one day. That day when I played with you, I knew that wasn't really you playing against me. Everyone else believes that too. They knew you'd never do something like this," Pokie reassured with a childish smile.
Yugi and Yami Ryou stared at each other with gaming glares. They both had dice in their hands that was a handful. This was the last roll before deciding who won or lost. Yugi didn't hesitate. He believed in his friends and the dice he held in his hand. He wasn't going to lose against Yami Ryou. Yugi was going to win and free his friends and the other victims that fell into Yami Ryou's clutches, like Johnny. This last roll was for Ryan's friends.
"ARE YOU READY?" Yami Ryou asked with deviousness in his eyes.
"I'M READY!" Yugi replied with boldness in his voice.
"Good. We'll each throw the dice at the same time. The one closest to 00 gets to go first. If my roll beats yours, Zork will self distruct and by destroying all of you, I will be victorious!" Yami Ryou explained as Yugi nodded with his glare. "And if we both roll the same number, we both die! I blow up at the same time you attack me! Either way, I WIN!"
"Very well!" Yugi agreed as the millennium puzzle glowed.
"Yugi, we're giving you all the strength you need," Atem assured his brother. A soft smile appeared on his lips. "We have faith in you."
"Don't worry," Yugi smirked as the millennium puzzle glowed brighter from the strength that came from his friends and the victims of Yami Ryou. "I have your faith and strength. I'm transferring them into these dice."
"And Yugi."
"Yes?"
"I love you," Atem said from the bottom of his heart.
"I love you too."
While Yugi gathered the strength and faith of his friends, and the victims of Yami Ryou, Yami Ryou sealed a part of himself into his dice. Though, what didn't occur to him, was how weak Zork really was. Something was happening.
In the soul room, right when Zork was half-way destroyed, Ryou fluttered his eyes open. He moaned and groaned with a huge migrane. Rubbing his head, he noticed the gray smoke in his soul room being controlled by another source. This was the first time Ryou had noticed his soul room being poluted with darkness. Ryou gasped and saw the screen where his friends were playing Monster World.
"NO!" Ryou cried as tears were building up. "I've... I've got to do something!" He gasped when he felt some sort of energy from the millennium ring. "He must be sealing a part of himself in the dice. It's time for me to destroy him once and for all and there's only one way to do that." He glared deeply as his spirit changed mist-like and left his soul room.
Ryou's spirit had transferred into the brainwashing dice Yami Ryou was holding. He was not fully aware that the soul he possessed had just woken up. He was so focused on winning, he had forgotten that his avatar Zork's strength matched his own strength. If Zork was weakened, so was he! That meant his control over Ryou was so weak, that his spirit was awakening.
Yugi and Yami Ryou, at the same time, threw their dice on the board. They flew up in the air and bounced on the game board. Everyone watched with sweat pouring down their faces, even as wooden avatars. Yugi's dice bounced and bounced, landing on a 00. Everyone cheered anxiously in joy for Yugi's double zero roll.
"WE DID IT!" Joey shouted in cheerful joy.
"I KNEW YUGI WOULD GIVE US THE BEST ROLL!" Tristan grinned excitedly.
"Unless Bakura gets a double zero too," Hanaski mentioned.
Yami Ryou's dice were still bouncing on the board. They kept bouncing and bouncing. Then, they rolled across the board slowly. Yami Ryou knew that as long as he sealed himself inside the dice, they would always land on a double zero 100% of the time. His grin grew wider and more deviously. Everyone was pouring sweat as the numbers on the dice showed a 00 too. Everyone gasped, not knowing the future outcome.
"A DOUBLE ZERO!" Yugi responded to the outcome.
Yami Ryou laughed manically and shouted victoriously, "A DOUBLE ZERO! IT SEEMS THAT WHEN YOU WERE ON THE ROAD TO VICTORY, YOU FALL INTO DEFEAT!" Yugi felt a huge lump on his throat as he stared at his brother longingly. Had he really failed to save his friends? The victims? Johnny? Ryan? Ryou? "Isn't that the most honorable ending, everyone dies?" He laughed even more manically. He then narrated, "just as you leap forward to attack Zork, he blows up, taking you wi..."
"NO!" A familiar voice was heard. Yami Ryou's dice were cracking and out of the cracks was Ryou's figure. Everyone gasped while Ryan stared at this figure, on the board, longingly.
"R... Ryou," Ryan muttered with quivering lips.
"I don't want to lose anymore friends," Ryou declared with a bold glare. He stared at the ground sadly. "I will save them... even... if I have to shatter my own soul."
"Ryou NO!" Ryan cried as he ran to the ghostly figure of his brother and held him tightly in his arms. "STOP THIS! You don't have to go! There's another way!"
"There isn't," Ryou disagreed in a weeping voice. He held Ryan's face with two gentle hands and looked deeply into his eyes. "This... evil spirit has been inside me for thousands of years. I could never find the strength to defeat him. He's now become a part of me." A soft smile appeared on his gentle face. "There's a reason I act so childish. A long time ago, ten years old, I... went to my old home town... to find out how it got destroyed. I wanted to find out what happened. When discovering this, I found a stone tablet of the five millennium items and... some strong darkness possessed me... took a hold of me." Tears left Ryou and rolled down his cheeks. "I couldn't stop him!" He glared at the monster in front of him who showed a hateful glare. "When my soul was sealed into the ring, I thought he was gone... I was wrong. He was only weakened."
"So he has been possessing you for years," Atem concluded confounded.
"That's also why Yugi is here. He is here to stop him," Ryou told his friends while pointing at the villian. "Yugi holds a power that my evil spirit wants! Atem, it's your job to help Yugi claim his destiny!" Atem stared at Ryou in shock and confusion. Destiny? What destiny? "To defeat the evil of the millennium items, he must regain his lost memory!" Yugi trembled at the word 'memory.'
"My... memory?" Yugi muttered as Ryou nodded in seriousness.
"But what about you?" Ryan asked, staring longingly into Ryou's crystal blue eyes.
"I'll be fine," Ryou assured before embracing Ryan into a tight hug. Tears left his eyes and his right hand clutched tightly through Ryan's thick white hair. "I have never loved anyone else like I've loved you, Ryan. We'll always be brothers. I... I love you."
"Don't go, Ryou!" Ryan begged while watching the dice create more cracks. "Please! Don't leave! We can find another way! Just don't leave me! DON'T LEAVE ME!"
Ryou kissed Ryan gently on his neck before whispering, "I love you" and the dice burst into pieces. Ryou's spirit disappeared before Ryan as he tripped and fell on his hands and knees. Tears steamed down his cheeks and fell onto the game board. Everyone became speechless, not knowing what to do at this point. Not even Atem knew what to do. If that were him, he'd be in complete shock.
"Ryou," Ryan muttered in a whisper. His hands clutched into two balled fists and his arms began to shake. He felt like a volcano about to burst and did when he shouted, "RYYYYYYOUUUUUUUUU!"
Though, Ryou gave his life to destroy the dice, Yugi could still feel his spirit. He knew, from the bottom of his heart, that Ryou was still alive. If he had died, so would Yami Ryou. They were too closely connected. Still, Yugi knew he had to finish this game for the sake of Ryou and not let his sacrifice be in vain.
"So, you rolled a double zero? I don't see ANY double zero! No dice, no roll! WE ATTACK!" Yugi declared. He faced Hanaski who stared at his friend. "Hanaski, do your stuff!"
"You got it!" Hanaski agreed as flew up into the air and created a huge ball of energy, attacking it at the monster who was half crippled. As Zork was evaporated from the field, Yami Ryou's ring started glowing brightly with brilliance.
"AHHHHH!" Yami Ryou cried in agony as Zork was blasted from the field and was finally destroyed.
"WE DID IT! WE DESTROYED ZORK AT LAST!" Tristan cheered excitedly as Atem and Hanaski hugged each other in excitement.
In the meantime, Yugi watched as Yami Ryou became limp and his ring fell right onto the floor from his neck. The evil spirit was weakened, so weakened, he couldn't keep the ring from falling off Ryan's neck. Ryan's body was now a lifeless form. Yugi ran to Ryan's lifeless body and shook it.
"Ryan!" Yugi cried, not getting any responses.
"Yugi, how's Ryan?" Joey asked as Yugi shook his head.
"It's because he's still here," Atem concluded, staring directly at his friend, who was still on his hands and knees morning for his lost brother.
"R... Ryou," Ryan muttered as steams of tears left his eyes.
"He's not dead," Atem assured Ryan as he slowly turned his head with hope in his eyes. "Yours and Ryou's souls are bounded together like Yugi and I's. If one of us were to die, so would the other. Even when seperated, we're still together. Ryou is just weak at this point."
"He's right!" Yugi agreed as he picked up the millennium ring from the floor. "He just can't be in your body, because he ring is off your neck. I need your permission to use it, so I can return my friends to their bodies."
"Do it!" Ryan allowed Yugi. "You have my complete trust."
The millennium ring glowed with brilliance from Yugi's hand and everyone's souls returned back into their own bodies. Ryan felt his soul returning into his own body where it belonged. He fluttered his eyes open and found himself on the game board of Monster World. Everyone moaned and groaned after that long game. Atem also returned back into his own body, at the same time Yugi glomped his brother to the ground in spirit form and nuzzled his face into Atem's face.
"Y...mph Yugh... not in... frontph my friends pha!" Atem complained as everyone stood with blinking eyes, except Hanaski and Ryan who were laughing. Ryan had Ryou did stuff like that to him alot, so he knew exactly what was going on. Hanaski was aware of Yugi's and Atem's snuggles through his previous sleepovers. He was used to this kind of stuff. The rest were confounded.
"Mmmm-Mmmm-MMMMM!" Yugi hummed before landing a giant kiss on Atem's cheek. "I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK! HERE WITH ME WHERE YOU BELONG!"
"Great, now will you GET YOUR ASS OFF ME?" Atem asked in a shouting manner.
"Nope," Yugi replied with a childish grin on his face before nuzzling his face against Atem's neck. "You're mine. All mine."
"Shit," Atem groaned.
"I think after all that crap, it'll take a century to get the squirt off ya," Ryan smirked before giving off a giggle as Atem sighed in complaint.
"What's Yuge doing?" Joey asked with curious eyes.
"You probably don't wanna know the answer to that question, and I doubt if Atem wants you to know either," Ryan warned with a wink. He picked up his ring and his smirk turned into a frown. "Ryou is still there, but he doesn't want me wearing this bloody ring."
"I'm sorry you can't be with Ryou," Hanaski pitied his friend.
"No worries," Ryan smirked while placing the ring on the door knob. "I'll just only see him after school or... something."
"Ryan, if you ever need a friend, we're right here for ya," Atem promised as Ryan nodded with his usual smile. "I think leaving your ring at home is just as freakin' hard as getting Yugi off my ass!"
"Not leaving," Yugi said while sighing. His arms were wrapped tightly around Atem's neck and his face was closely touching Atem's left cheek. "For a loooong time."
"Can we let this wait till we get home?" Atem asked in a shouting manner as Yugi moaned in a complaint. He finally got up and let his brother free. "FINALLY!"
"Maybe we can play Monster World again and this time, not be turned into dollies," Tristan suggested with a smirk up his lips.
"Great idea," Ryan agreed as everyone laughed.
Everyone agreed to return home that day. Atem was walking down the sidewalk on his way to the game shop. Tea happened to have run by with her usual smile. Atem changed to Yugi who showed a childish smile. Tea walked with her boyfriend who seemed really happy and joyful.
"Hey Yugi! How's Ryan doing? I hope you had fun!" Tea grinned.
"Mmmm, it was... unexpected," Yugi replied as Tea rose two eyebrows. "It's a long story. Let's just say Ryan and I have alot more in common than we thought."
Tea giggled in response and said, "well, I'm glad Ryan's doing okay."
"Hey Yugi!" Ryan cried as he came running down the sidewalk. He had sweat on his face from all the running and panting. The two stopped as Ryan stopped in front of the couple. "The hospital called! My friends! They're all awake!"
"That's great!" Yugi grinned.
"They also don't hate me after that little catastrophe. Said that they knew it wasn't me," Ryan added before grabbing Yugi into a hug. "Thanks. You saved Ryou and I."
"Wait, what's going on?" Tea asked with furrowed eyebrows. "And how did you know about Yugi?"
"I think this..." Ryan replied while getting his ring out from his backpack and holding it in front. Tea and Yugi gasped at the same time. "... will answer your question."
"I thought you..." Yugi said before a giggle left his nose. "Can't leave your brother, can ya?"
"Nope."
"Though, I don't think that evil spirit is gone yet. Something tells me I'll run into him again," Yugi thought.
"Ryou thinks that too. He told me to warn you guys to watch out," Ryan said as Yugi nodded.
"When he comes back, we'll kick his butt," Yugi smirked as Ryan smirked and gave a nod.
"And I'll help you kick that mother f***er," Ryan promised before facing Tea, who seemed confused. "Please tell me you're not dating her."
"Uh..."
"I pity Atem soooo much."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Tea glared with her fists on her hips.
"You try having a second person inside you dating a bitch and then come tell me 'what is that suppose to mean?'" Ryan glared in a mocking tone. "Like having bitches flirting with me wasn't bad enough." Tea was about to say something in her defense when Ryan burst out to Ryou, "SHUT THE F*** UP RYOU! I DO NOT!"
Yugi giggled in response as Tea glared with her arms crossed. It would take a while for Ryan and Tea to end up where Atem and Tea were, at this point. Yugi decided to leave it at that. Right now, he already had a long day and it was time for him to rest. Yugi finally made it home to the game shop right when he changed into Atem. He ran up the stairs and into his room before flopping onto the bed.
Yugi's spirit appeared on his brother's stomach with his arms crossed on Atem's chest with his head resting on his wrists. Yugi held his eyelids half closed with a smile across his face, staring into Atem's dark violet eyes. Atem gave a smirk while looking at his brother.
"What?" Atem asked, wondering what in this world Yugi was thinking about.
"Just wondering about something," Yugi replied while curling Atem's gold locks into his finger.
"And what's that?"
"That day when we had that sunburn. I was thinking about that day and... it seemed we lost track of time and everything when we stared at each other on the roof."
"What are you getting at?"
"I have a theory," Yugi said as Atem cocked his eyebrows. "I think it's possible that we can become so hypnotized that we lose our train of thought and reality. All we have to do is stare deeply into each others' eyes."
"Yugi, that is only used in a romantic term," Atem said factually. "It's a figure of speech for someone to love somebody so much that they become hypnotized when staring deeply into their eyes. It's not really possible to be hypnotized."
"Maybe we're an exception somehow," Yugi thought as Atem rolled his eyes. "I mean the puzzle bonds us so closely..." He said while lacing his fingers through Atem's fingers. "... that were magnetically connected."
"You really believe that we can be hypnotized by looking deeply into each other's eyes?" Atem asked rhetorically as if Yugi was thinking the most childish theory. Yugi shrugged as a sigh left his brother. He got out his cell phone and set up an alarm clock, good thing it was still in the middle of the afternoon in case Yugi's theory did work. If it was nighttime and they fell asleep, Atem would be late for school and be grounded again. Atem set his alarm, on his phone, for two minutes. "If your theory's correct, I will not notice my alarm going off."
Yugi smiled as Atem placed his cell phone on his night stand and stared his brother like he was having a blinking contest. Yugi shook his head and put his hands on each part of Atem's face with his thumbs nearing the eyes. Yugi brought his face closer to where their eyes met.
"I mean look very deeply into my eyes," Yugi said as Atem responded with a smirk and a slight chuckle. He didn't really understand why he bothered testing this theory, besides the fact he enjoyed Yugi's company.
Yugi's bright violet eyes were seen very clearly and could easily match Atem's own eyes, if they they still held innocents. Yugi held innocents in every part of him and others that Atem couldn't identify. Those innocents held Atem were he was at and he brought his hands next to Yugi's face and stroke his soft cheeks. There wasn't a part of Yugi that didn't hold innocents. Atem had forgotten about this hypnotist theory Yugi was testing out.
Atem's alarm went off, but for Atem, all sound was gone and washed away from his world. Everything was gone. The same could go for Yugi as well. Yugi had never felt more safe and secure, except with those gentle fingers that stroke against his cheeks and those violet eyes that kept looking back at his. They held darkness and mystery, but that gentle touch held Yugi where he was. He felt magnetized by that touch.
Yug's theory was correct. They're bond was so close, they were magnetized and hypnotized into another train of thought were reality was blank they would become lost in their own little world. The world of brotherly bond. Luckily, the boys only stayed hypnotized until it was time for Supper.