Hey guys! Welcome to the tenth chapter of this story! We are about half way through this story! I am so proud of my accomplishment! X3 So, I feel like doing a Truth or Dare story for all of you. I need ideas for personal question and embarrassing dares! Review or send me a PM, 'kay? Enjoy the next chapter!
Chapter 10 - Hidden From Sight
Loki and Sakura approached Yuugi. The male noticed that there was a certain scent between the two teens. Loki had the scent of a dragon's blood and Sakura had one of the cherry blossoms. Perhaps this was a way of telling them apart...?
"Have you met our children?" the queen inquired curiously, a warm smile gracing her lips. "The black one is Sakura and the white one is Loki."
"Hiya, Yuugi!" Sakura laughed as she pounced on him (all pun intended! X3 ). "It's good to see you!" Loki stayed away like the shy kitty he was.
"Now, then, close your eyes and relax." the girl instructed as she closed her eyes as well. His violet eyes were covered, anticipating what was to come.
*"I told you to relax, Yuugi!"* a voice giggled in his head. The male was tempted to open them in his bewilderment. *"Don't worry, it's me, Sakura! This'll be painless, I promise."* she laughed gently. He took a deep breath as he waited patiently.
Yuugi thought it strange at first when he felt a warm feeling course through him, almost familiar to the male.
Something flashed in his mind. It seemed like... a memory.
"Loki! Stop!" Amitos cried as he ran to him, tears falling from his violet eyes.
Loki screamed in pain as a bright light began to envelop him. The crimson-eyed male dropped to his knees at the growing pain in his head.
Amitos attempted to help him, but he got to close before his lover shouted, "Stay away, Amiti!" and a fiery whip caught his arm, burning the male. Holding his arm to numb the pain, he looked at Loki once more before said male staggered to his feet with a wicked grin on his face.
"Finally, I'm free. This may be temporary, but for now, I'll bury everything in the darkness!" he roared as he formed two fireballs in his hands (or paws, if that's what you prefer).
"Loki! Loki, don't do this!" Amitos screamed as a familiar brunette grabbed him from behind.
"It's too late for him now, Amitos!" Sakura shouted, knowing the boy would refuse the logic. "We have to get out of here before we are lost!"
"I won't leave him behind!" the violet-eyed male sobbed, struggling as she dragged him away from his lover. "Please, I won't let it end like this!" As he was disappearing, he shouted for his husband one last time, catching the subconsious flash of pain in his eyes. "Amiti..." he choked in a whisper.
"Loki!"
Yuugi dropped to his knees after the moment was over, breathing heavily. The queen swiftly came to his side as her daughter checked to see if he was okay.
Loki watched as as the scene unfolded. He could only guess what has happened. Amitos was trying to resurface.
"What happened?" Sakura asked, helping him into a sitting position.
"I-I don't know. It seemed like some sort of... flashback." he sighed, hoping to find a way to connect everything in his head. "I guess I didn't expect it." he smiled in reassurance.
"This wouldn't be the first time something like this had happened, Yuugi." Loki said casually, approaching the male in hidden concern. Yuugi's right hand suddenly caught his attention. "Were there ever any runes showing up last time?" he asked his sister.
Sakura followed his gaze and tried to reel in pure shock. "No... I don't believe so..." she mumbled, taking his hand into her own as she mentally interpreted the sign. This was from a secret code made between Loki, Sakura, and Amitos.
Both children exchanged worried looks for they knew what was written on his hand.
"Do either of you know what this says?" the Queen asked.
Sakura shook her head. "This isn't our language, I'll tell you that much. It may be some secret code, but none that we know of."
Yuugi took this momentary confusion to glane at the white cat. He had a wedding ring on his hand. *So he's married? To who?* he wondered. It puzzled him when he started feeling bitter about it.
"Well, that doesn't matter at the moment." the King said after clearing his throat. The symbols on the smaller male's hand began to fade. "Is it safe to assume that the boy knows his fate?"
Yuugi looked up, still recovering from his shock. He took a deep breath in an attempt to calm himself and recite the prophecy he had said in front of the others. His eyes, to both Sakura and Loki, had a familiar dark look in his usually bright amethyst eyes.
"'The world shall be thrown into chaos when darkness captures the brother. The twin will be the one to set him free lest everything be destroyed and the demon left to rule the ruins.'" he said darkly, not noticing the looks he was receiving in turn. When he glanced at the King and Queen, he said, "Don't think I don't remember anything."
He couldn't help looking at the black cat. "What happened that day, Sakura? After you had taken me away from here?"
The woman stared at him with indifference as she lied, "I don't know what you're talking about, Yuugi. You haven't been here before." Loki knew it was risky for Yuugi to realize what was going on, so he discreetly used his magic to suppress this 'mysterious' side of him. Darkness turned to confusion as the male looked at them.
"W-What happened?" he asked, beyond bewildered. "Everything went black for a minute there..." He's never blacked out before.
Loki pulled out a ring and handed it over to him as if nothing went on. "This is your link between this world and your's. It's best that you don't lose it."
The King smiled and said, "If that's all, then I'll send you three back to the Human Realm. Enjoy your trip." With that, a familiar dark cloud surrounded both the siblings and Yuugi. He tries to connect everything in his mind before all of his senses go numb.
So Sakura, Yuugi, and Yami appeared in the light blue sky on top of a fluffy white cloud. (yes, they look like human beings now, fear not) The violet-eyed male carefully walked to the edge and looked down into the fantasy world Yami had fashioned himself. He saw the rest of the Yuugi-tachi down below either searching for him or just wandering, waiting for him and his friends to show.
Yuugi smiled happily as he called down, "Jounouchi! Anzu! Honda! Look up here!"
"Yuugi, they can't hear you from here." Yami said gently. The smaller teen realized Yami was with him this time.
Sakura gave a small laugh. Yuugi glanced at her in confusion. "What's so funny, Sakura?"
"You do realize that we have to jump from here to the ground, right?" she giggled.
Yuugi let out a choked cry of "WHAT?!" before the cloud underneath his feet gave way.
"AHHHH!" the male screamed in pure terror. Beside him, Yami had a wild grin on his face like he was having so much fun with skydiving.
"Aha ha ha ha ha ha!" Yami laughed hysterically as his figure began spinning in circles.
The terrified teen heard the brunette shout, "SHOW-OFF! One of these days, brother! One of these days, that attitude of your's is going to be the death of you!"
Yami said, "You've been saying that since I was eight, Sakura!"
"SOMEONE HELP ME!" Yuugi pleaded with tears in his eyes. He felt someone wrap their arms around his waist and a sudden slowing in his descent. He looked up to see none other than Yami holding him close.
"You didn't actually think I was going to let you drop to your death, did you?" he chuckled lightly.
"For a minute there, yeah, I did." Yuugi said with a pout, looking to his right to see the brunette with white wings. Wait...
*Wings?!* he mentally screamed, looking behind Yami to see his black feathery wings.
Yami laughed at his twin's shock about his current appearance. Yuugi was about to protest, but Yami placed a soft kiss on his lips and wrapped his wings around them. It was sweet, gentle, and somewhat sad to Yuugi. The familiarity of it was confusing and reassuring to the young teen.
The black wings shielded them from prying eyes as the situation became a little more passionate. That moment caused another flashback, not as strong as the first one, but caught him off guard just the same.
"How much longer do we have to hide this, Amiti?" Loki inquired as they sat under one of the Sakura trees. {Don't try to make any sense out of this. Just roll with it, 'kay?}
"I... I don't know, Kiroko." his lover responded. "I guess I'm just afraid of what everyone would think about our relationship." Amitos looked to the sky with sad eyes despite the small smile on his face.
"Pray tell, little one, what's so wrong about us?" the white half-breed cat asked.
"Well, for starters, we're both guys!" he sighed. "Not only that, but we're supposed to be looking for a Princess, not a Prince!" Amitos curled up and rested his head on the taller male. "And on top of it all, our elements aren't supposed to mix! It would be like oil and water!"
Loki laughed as he made soothing movements on the smaller's back. "So what? If anyone has a problem with us, I'll deal with it personally."
"Kiroko, we shouldn't start a fight with anyone." he sighed. "It would be bad enough if someone protests against our relationship anyhow."
"Amiti, don't worry about it so much." Loki laughed gently. "Besides, they shouldn't have a problem."
Amitos took the moment to glance up into those deep crimson eyes. "Oh? What makes you think that exactly, Loki?"
"The fact that my parents didn't care if my sister was in love with a Princess instead of a Prince." Loki stated bluntly. "If they don't care, why should anyone else be any different?"
"And if you didn't have their consent?" Amitos pressed.
"Who's to say I wouldn't have done it anyway?" Loki smirked. "After all, no one can tell me who I can love but me. It's up to the object of my affection, though, to accept me for who I am."
The smaller male thought about it for a moment. "So... What you're telling me is...?" his voice trailed off, unable to put the words he wanted in place of his missing thoughts.
"What I'm saying is that I don't care what anyone thinks about us except for you and I." Loki murmured quietly. "If you're happy, then so am I." The male gently kisses his lover for a brief moment before saying, "That's all I ask of you, Amiti."
"And I love you all the same, Kiroko." Amitos whispered, reaching up to pull Loki's face closer to his, giving him a rather passionate kiss under the tree. It was beautiful with the petals flowing in the warm breeze. A day to remember forever...
Yami pulled away when he felt Yuugi going limp for a moment. "Yuugi? Yuugi? Are you okay?"
Whatever trance he was under, he was pulled back into reality by Yami's voice. "Yeah, I'm fine." He pretended to yawn. "I'm probably just a little sleepy."
His twin smiled, "If you say so." and softly kisses him again. That's when a certain female's voice broke into their thoughts.
*"You know, I would say 'Get a room', but considering our current situation, I think it's best I keep my mouth shut."* Sakura giggled.
"Damn that child!" Yami swore under his breath. Yuugi couldn't help but laugh at his friend's rage. He was cute when he was pissed.
Yami let his wings open to land on the ground with the smaller male still intact. {I guess?}
*"It could be worse, Loki."* Sakura mentioned.
"Well, where are you?" Yami asked aloud, searching for his sister.
*"Look down behind Yuugi."*
Yami furrowed his eyebrows before looking in the general direction. He saw Sakura's feet, but the rest of her was buried in the ground. "Pfft, nice landing, sis." he snickered.
*"Fuck you with a goddamn pineapple, you bastard!"* Sakura growled through her telepathic link.
"You actually deserve that, Sakura." Yami giggled before letting his laughter fill the space around them. Yuugi looked behind himself and noticed Sakura in the ground as well.
"Ouch, that had to hurt." he winced.
Yami laughed, "You had that coming for a while!"
*"Go to Hell, Loki. Now then, are you just going to stand there like an idiot or are you going to help me up?!"*
"Alright, alright, chill." Yami sighed, walking over to his dear sister. While he was attempting to pull her out of the ground, the rest of the Yuugi-tachi approached them.
"Yuugi! You're okay!" Anzu cried as she glomped him.
"It's good to see you too, Anzu!" Yuugi laughed. Shaadi and Isis walked over to Yami and conversed inaudibly with him. The name Taki was brought in somewhere, Yuugi noticed, before the two walked away from the group.
"So, how did you get back?" Ryuuji asked curiously.
"Erm..." How was he going to explain this one?!
"It was a simple game of hide-and-seek, guys!" Sakura called from behind him. "This world doesn't really exist, so if you use your imagination right, you could do magic! Like Yuugi and us did!"
"I doubt it." Honda smiled, shaking his head. "I'll leave magic tricks up to you guys."
"Whatever floats your boat, dude." Sakura laughed. She then screeched, "OW! Watch it, asshole! Are you trying to break my leg or something?!"
"Oh, get a grip, you brat! You'll live!" Yami sighed.
"Magic trick gone wrong?" Jounouchi snickered before having a rock thrown at him. Honda and Ryuuji busted out laughing at Jounouchi's priceless expression as he went down. "You bitch! What the hell was that for?!" the blonde shouted as he got back up, a nice red spot prominent on his forehead.
"For everything else." she said simply. "So," Sakura started as she was finally pulled out of the deep crater she made with her earlier landing. "Shall we get going? I've got nothing better to do."
"How about we visit Kaiba? It's been a while since I've seen or heard anything from him." Yami yawned as they walked to the cave.
"Sure, why not?" Sakura smiled as she pulled out her cell. "I give him a phone call just to warn him."
"And if he protests?" Ryuuji asked, slightly worried more about what would happen to 'Luna' from Kaiba's short fuse temper.
"Now let's see if I have any fucks left to give, shall we?" she shrugged. Yami just snickered at the comment.
"Guess that answers that question, huh, Jou?" Honda said with a smile.
"Hey, how come Ryou isn't with you guys?" Yuugi dared to ask.
Ryuuji looked at him. "He said something about visiting Kaiba. Why?"
~A/N: Yes! I've actually gotten somewhere with the romance! It's not much, my fellow Puzzle fans, but I'll do more with it, fear not! I'm sorry it took so long, though! Please forgive me!
Kaiba: What's with the clown?
Yami {Loki Form}: Oh, erm... D-Do I know you?
Yuugi: Who's this?
Yami {Loki Form}: I'm a new character. I'm Loki! Nice to meet you! :)
Sakura: *mutters* That lying bastard...
Jounuchi, Honda, Ryuuji, and Anzu: Please Review!
Sakura: X3
