Chapter Five
"Wait a minute how could it be Zorc?" asked Yami "He was destroyed before we were even born."
"That's what I thought too but Serenity who had been with Ackron since before the rift between the two families, explained everything that Ackron didn't tell us."
"What do you mean what Ackron didn't tell us?" asked Yami
"It happened before we were born but the battle that you mentioned on the phone was indeed what caused the rift in our families but the cause behind the battle was Zorc." said Seto
"Who is that?" asked Yugi and he could tell that Joey was also confused. That told Yugi that Seto hadn't known about this. He was sure that the brunette would have told his lover about it had he known.
"Zorc was the first of the Shadows." said Yami "He was known as the Lord of Shadows and he reigned for nearly ten thousand years until our ancestor Acheron, the first of our line defeated him and supposedly destroyed him."
"If he was destroyed then how…"
"I don't know Yugi. However if this is true then the whole time Zorc has been alive waiting for the chance to strike back." said Yami
"That's true but there's something else." Seto said and Yami looked at his cousin confused once again.
"What is it?" asked Yugi afraid that he knew the answer but he didn't want to really hear it.
"It was actually the battle with Zorc that brought our two families together." said Seto shocking Yami and letting Yugi know that what he had felt had been right.
"I don't get it. If it was the first war with Zorc that brought our families as friends then why…?"
"Because Zorc knew that if he broke the ties between the families that sealed him then he would be freed." said Yugi quietly causing Yami to look at his lover and wonder just how strong his sight was.
Seto however wasn't surprised since it was Yugi that had seen the battle to begin with and had told Yami what had happened which led his cousin to asked him to find out what was going on. "That just it." He said looking at Yugi
"But why…"
"Is Ackron after Yugi?" asked Seto and Yami nodded. "That I don't know. The only way to find out is to find Acheron and Kyrian and asked them."
"But where are they?" asked Joey.
"I don't know." said Seto and they all looked around. Yami was confused about why Yugi, who obviously knew more than he had let on the night before, was hiding the things that he knew away from him. But if he knew Yugi it was because he was scared about how Yami would react and the made him sad. Though he couldn't blame him really, not after everything that had happened to his little love.
Just then they heard a noise from the upper regions of the house and Yugi was worried. As far as he knew there was no one else in the house besides them since Yusei and his friends left earlier that day. Yami said that he would go check it out but just as he started to walk away Yugi grabbed his hand and told him not to go.
"Why not Yugi?" asked Yami gently. "I'll be right back."
"No don't go. I don't like this let's just leave." said Yugi and Yami was about to say something else when the four of them heard another sound this time closer.
"Yami…."
"Yeah I think its them." he said moving to stand in front of Yugi.
"How did they find us?" asked Joey. He knew that when he and Yugi found the building that Yugi made it to where only those in the Order could find it. The only way and outsider could find it was if someone in the Order brought them there.
"That's not important right now. Just getting away from here is." said Seto who like Yami stood in front of Joey. However Yami knew that unless they had a miracle there was no way out. Not if he knew the Hasannias as well as he did.
"Well, well so it's little Atemu." laughed a voice from the shadows. "It's been far too long."
"Garsiv show yourself!" shouted Yami surprising Yugi that he knew the name of the assassin.
"Now why would I do a thing like that? You of all people know just how well we work in the shadows." said Garsiv and Yugi wondered just what he meant by that.
"Grr. Back off Garsiv. You can't beat me and you know it. You never could." said Yami, who was starting to get worried. He did know how well they worked in the shadows, but he also knew Garsiv. The Hasannia wouldn't have come alone when there were four vampires there, all of which were three thousand years old and knew well how to fight.
"That's true but I know someone who can fight you and can beat you."
"You're bluffing." said Yami scared now. If he had found that one, there was no way he could protect Yugi from his old friend who had betrayed him long ago.
"He's not." said a voice from their left and Yami turned to see the one man that out of everyone Yami knew could indeed defeat him. Sataru. The only one who knew where Yami's weaknesses were because through faith Yami himself told him that he couldn't live without Yugi and what had the asshole done? He went Yami's grandfather and told him everything. So Yami thought. The truth was Sataru hadn't told the old vampire anything but Shintari had overheard everything and he told Ackron.
"Sataru." Yami said coldly making sure that Yugi was close to him. "Haven't seen you in a while."
"Yes three thousand year am I right?" asked Sataru evenly and Yugi noticed that something wasn't right. He didn't sense anything from Sataru but there was something else that he couldn't place.
"Yeah no thanks to you." Yami spat coldly at his so called blood brother. He remembered the pain that he had gone through when he discovered that the one closest to him had also betrayed him.
"Well what if I told you I had nothing to do with it?" asked Sataru just as Yugi saw the attack
"YAMI watch out!" shouted Yugi from behind him just as the dagger flew across the floor stabbing Yami in the shoulder causing him to fall.
"NO Garsiv you… You said that you wouldn't attack!" shouted Sataru running to stand in front of Yami and Yugi, who had knelt beside his lover.
"You were taking far too long." said Garsiv as he walked out of the shadows with an attractive blonde woman.
"Serenity!" shouted Joey and Yami knew then why he had looked so familiar when they had met a month ago in Egypt. He had seen his sister in the castle and he was Yugi's best friend but he went by a different name and wasn't with Seto at the time.
"Joey I'm sorry I left the office to find you and Seto and Garsiv followed me." said Salena. Now Joey knew exactly how the Hasannias had found them. Since his sister was in the Order Garsiv knew that she would knew exactly where to go to find Yugi and Yami.
"Then he used you to get to me." said Yami to Sataru holding his shoulder where the dagger was still there. He wouldn't let Yugi touch because Yami knew only a Hasannia to remove it but he was too weak to do anything. After he saw the scene in front of him he knew the truth however. Sataru never betrayed him he betrayed himself.
"That's right. I never wanted anything to do with the Hasannias after you left but Garsiv found out about our bond and he used Salena against me." said Sataru
"How touching but let's get back to the matter at hand. Your still alive and if I want my payment I need both of you dead." said Garsiv to Yugi and Yami.
"So what you'll take on ten vampires as well?" asked a voice from above them and Yugi was greatly relieved that it was a voice he knew well.
"Jaden! Jesse!" he shouted as them and eight others came beside them four of which Yami and Seto knew well.
"Marik Bakura Ryou Malik!" said Yami surprised
"Hey guys." said Malik as Yusei walked over to Yami and Yugi.
"Damn a Hasannia dagger." he said then he looked over at the platinum haired vampire "Think you could help?"
"Yeah." he said "but first let's deal with Garsiv."
"You dare betray me Kalin?!" Garsiv asked shocked that the one that he knew well he hadn't known at all.
"You? You actually thought I was working for you?!" Kalin asked laughing. "No Garsiv I was working for my friend here the whole time." he said looking at Yugi confusing Yami altogether.
"So you really think you all can take me?" asked Garsiv but Yugi heard the panic in his voice and he smiled, a smile that Yami knew meant that there was trouble coming.
"Actually no we don't think." said Yugi as he stood after having Yusei hold Yami up so that he wouldn't bleed anymore. "As a matter of fact we know."
"Yugi be careful." said Yusei "He's dangerous."
"I know." said Yugi as he started to walk up to Garsiv
"Yugi…"
"Let him go." said Yami smiling. He hadn't seen Yugi get into many fights when he had met the young boy in his classes but when Yugi did fight there were only a few that could actually stand up to Yugi and make it out of it in one piece and Garsiv wasn't one of those people. And with his vampire blood he knew that Yugi could do twice, as much damage. "He knows what he's doing.
"So you think now you can take me?" asked Garsiv nervously and Yugi could tell.
"Yeah I do." said Yugi. Then suddenly he wasn't standing in front of Garsiv and the others no more but behind them on the staircase and Serenity was standing with him.
"How-"
"Damn. I know one thing don't mess with Yugi when he's pissed." said Marik and Yami had to agree.
"You wretched Thryce brat!" shouted Garsiv and he started to Yugi and Serenity just for Yugi to leap out of his way bring Serenity beside Sataru and turn on Garsiv again. But what Yami was shocked by was the use of Yugi's ancestry. He had never known that Yugi was from the Thryce line. No wonder his grandfather hated Yugi. That was the one line that could wipe his line in an instant. It wasn't just about Zorc and the battle but Yugi's ancestry as well.
"NO one calls me that!" he shouted and the next thing anyone knew was that Garsiv was on the floor and Yugi was nearly an inch away from the assassin's face with his own sword.
"YUGI DON'T!" shouted Yami standing up holding his shoulder and leaning on Seto for support. "Please Yugi don't he's not worth it."
Yugi looked at Yami and saw the desperate look in his eyes and Yugi knew that if he was to destroy Garsiv then he would be no better than Ackron and that was one thing he wasn't going to admit. "Alright Yami." said Yugi and he dropped the sword after he broke the blade. Then he walked to his lover and the others.
"Are you sure you're okay?" he asked Yami as they walked back to the game shop after Kalin pulled the dagger out and Yusei bandaged his shoulder.
"Yes Yugi I'm fine." said Yami "But I'm a little surprise by just how strong you've gotten."
"Well I knew that if Ackron ever found me I would have to fight him again but I had also promised myself that if I ever found you again I would make sure you didn't have to protect me all the time." said Yugi
"But Yugi… I like protecting you." said Yami smiling down at his little love.
"And I love protecting you." said Yugi smiling but Yami could sense that Yugi was still hiding something and he had a feeling he knew what it was. He still couldn't believe that Yugi was from the Thryce line but now he truly understood why Ackron wanted Yugi dead. He knew that if Yugi wanted he could kill them all. But Yami knew better though he did wonder why Yugi had tried to hide it from him and he intended to find out.
"Yugi? Are you upset that I learned of your past?" Yami asked once they had gotten to the game shop and explained what was going on to Yugi's grandfather and Alina. For some strange reason Rhyane wasn't there and Yami didn't understand that but apparently Yugi wasn't worried about his younger brother so Yami didn't bring it up. After they had gotten past Solomon and Alina he and Yugi were in Yugi's room talking again like the night before.
"Actually I was scared that if you found out about my ancestry that you would hate me for what happened before." said Yugi looking away and Yami couldn't blame him. Who would have thought that he would have fallen for the one that could take out his family's empire in a single strike, but he had. And Yami intended to let him know
"Yugi I would never have hated you." said Yami gently as he held Yugi closer to him but not on his shoulder. "As a matter of fact I have something I should have told you a while ago but never did."
"You were a Hasannia weren't you?" asked Yugi looking at him. "That's how you knew Garsiv and why you wouldn't let me take the dagger out of your shoulder."
"Yeah." said Yami smiling. He should have known that Yugi who had friends inside the assassins' group, who have known. "Actually it was before you and I met. Sataru and I started about the same time."
"That's why you thought he had betrayed you?" asked Yugi
"Yeah. You see Sataru and I were closer than anything. I was like his mentor and he was my best friend. We even took an oath to always be there for each other. I had trusted him so much that I had decided to tell him my biggest secret." said Yami and Yugi knew exactly where it went.
"What happened?" asked Yugi
"Well when I told him that I couldn't live without you he told me that he wouldn't tell a soul. Then he left." said Yami. "I thought that it would be safe between the two of us. However as you know about three days later Ackron found out we were together and told me I had to either kill you or be killed myself and I knew, or so I thought, that Sataru had told Ackron about us."
"But if Sataru didn't tell him then who did?" asked Yugi
"Why don't we ask Sataru." said Yami laughing then he went to the window and opened it to admit the very same vampire Yugi had met that evening.
"You always could tell when I was around." said Sataru by the window.
"So how did he find out?" asked Yami, who like Yugi also wanted to know who ruined their lives as he walked back to the bed to sit with Yugi while Sataru took the computer chair.
"Shintari." said Sataru
"Your brother?" asked Yami shocked he didn't even know that Shintari had known what Yami and his elder brother were.
"Yeah he overheard us then told Ackron. As soon as I found out that he knew I set out for the castle, but by the time I got there I was too late." said Sataru. "Salena told me that Ackron and gotten rid of Aros and you as well. That was when I told Garsiv that he could take the Hasannias and go to hell."
"So to control you he got a hold of Salena?" asked Yugi from beside Yami
"Yeah. Thank you by the way. For saving her." said Sataru looking at Yugi.
"You're welcome." said Yugi. "The problem now is we have no idea when those damn assassins will attack next since both you and Kalin were exposed today."
"That is a problem." said Yami
"And one we have to fix." said Sataru and the other two agreed but the prob;em was how were they going to fix it when there was no way to find any Hasannias without someone on the inside.
"Not only that but also we have to figure out how to get past Ackron to get to Zorc." said Yami and Sataru agreed
"We will Yami." said Yugi with such confidence the other two looked at him shocked. "Believe me I know it may sound hard but I think I know a few friends that can help."
"Who?" asked Yami.
"That's my secret." said Yugi and it was a secret that Yugi would eventually share with Yami but not with anyone else. Because the secret was his brother Alumos wasn't the only brother he had. He had two others both of which Yami had met that day but until they were alone Yugi wasn't about to tell Yami what he had really been up to for the last forty years besides looking for Yami.