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I'll be keeping this short.
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The Ghost of Yami Atem
Chapter 14
Grandpa and Yugi both stood in the kitchen, cleaning up after lunch. Moving carefully with the glass bowl in his hands so that it wouldn't break, Yugi put it next to the sink where Grandpa immediately picked it up and began scrubbing. Tiptoeing to reach into the sink to wash his hands, Yugi grinned when Grandpa shot him a playful scowl since the boy came in the way of his washing.
"Yugi, take the wash cloth and wipe the table. You always dirty the place where you eat with food, so go clean it up." Yugi stuck his tongue out in annoyance, but picked up the wash cloth and left.
"Fine…"
As he walked up to the table, he got on to the chair and began to clean the liquid of soup hat had had dropped. Yami was unable to help him clean up "magically" this time because the spirit was tired after playing with him all morning, so he had gone to rest in his usual corner. Sighing to himself, Yugi stopped and looked up when a knock came to the door. His eyes widened as he stared at the door, and a second later he turned to the kitchen.
"I'll get it, Grandpa!" he yelled before leaving the cloth on the uncleaned table and rushing to the front door without waiting for a reply.
As he opened the door, he looked up, and stared awkwardly at the men outside. One man wore a black suit, dark glasses covering his eyes, and greyish hair with a small beard. He was pretty serious looking and he just stared down at Yugi with an intense gaze. Hesitantly Yugi looked at the other two men to see that they were also well dressed, but they weren't paying attention to him. They were staring around the house in awe. Without warning they all stepped in after the first guy, causing Yugi to scurry behind the door with an annoyed pout on his face so that he wouldn't get run over by the big men.
"Yugi, who is it?" Grandpa asked as he walked out of the kitchen, wiping his hands on a paper towel. Seeing the men inside the house, his eyebrows rose questioningly. "Yes, can I help you three?" he asked, stepping up to the men and trying to hide his frustration having seen them just barge in.
Yugi watched curiously as the man in the sunglasses spoke first.
"Yes, are you the one who lives here?" he asked. His voice was as stiff as his posture. It was pretty obvious that the man was here on some official business.
"Yes," Grandpa replied carefully.
The man nodded. "Well, we'll like you to evacuate this house. It's going to be bought soon. We can get you somewhere else to stay, but this house is needed for our use."
Grandpa stood shocked as Yugi listened quietly from next to the doorway. That couldn't be. This was Yami's house and they liked it here. Why would the men kick them out? Yugi grinned knowing that his Grandpa would have none of that. And to prove it, Grandpa went ballistic.
"What do you mean you want us out?! This is my house and I'm not leaving!" Grandpa exclaimed, anger building up. "You better give us a very good reason why we should leave. Besides, who are you people anyways?!"
The man frowned, but wasn't at all surprised. It was as if he expected Grandpa's reaction. "Look, we don't want to make this difficult. We need this house. My boss owns this house and he intends to sell it. I have no idea how you live here now, but you have to go. Like I said, we will find you another place to stay."
"And who exactly is your, 'boss'?" Grandpa snapped, stepping closer to the man.
"Seto Kaiba, CEO of Kaiba Corp," the man replied smoothly.
Suddenly, a strong wind blew through the house. Everyone fell silent and looked around with a tinge of fear, watching as curtains blew even though the windows were closed. Feeling frightened, Yugi was about to step closer to his Grandpa, only to stop when a familiar voice echoed throughout the house.
"No, get out of here! No one is selling this house, understand!? No one!"
Looking up at the top of the stairs, Yugi watched Yami who stood as the top of the stairs with his fists clenched tightly, his red eyes glowing and the dark aura that he had only seen once before form around him. His face was even red, red with rage as he shot daggers at the man who spoke.
Everyone looked around, wondering where the wild wind came from. The wind was blowing so harshly it felt as if they were in a storm. And while the others got scared as the seconds passed, Yugi just stared at Yami who he had never seen look so mad before.
"Yami..." Yugi whispered.
Yami walked down the stairs slowly with just as much rage. Since no one but Yugi could see or hear him, all they heard were the stairs were creaked loudly under each step, and they saw the windows slamming open and closed, smashing together as Yami descended. The door swung open as well and it slammed close, then opened again as Yami neared the bottom. Yugi watched fearfully, sensing Yami's anger continuously rising.
"I said OUT!" Yami hollered, and Yugi jumped when picture frames shattered to the ground, windows rattling and small furniture falling over and sliding across the floor. Seeing this, the men took a step back, their face wide with fear. Looking at Grandpa Yugi saw that even he looked horrified. Yami was scaring everyone. Why was he so mad? Nothing came to Yugi's mind, so he just stared at Yami with worry. This was what he was afraid of. Whatever Yami had kept hidden inside, has exploded negatively.
The couch then moved, sliding towards the doorway due to the strong wind. Vases fell and plates clattered loudly, and it was then when Grandpa met Yugi's eyes and signaled him to go to him. Yugi rushed over, and Grandpa pulled him into a shielding hug. Now that he was next to his Grandpa, Yugi could feel the man trembling from fear. His Grandpa was never scared of anyone, or anything.
"Yami! Stop! You're scaring everyone!" Yugi called out, having enough, and it was then when he pushed away from his Grandpa.
Yami however paid no attention to Yugi as he stopped at the bottom of the stairs.
"He ruined my life! I'll never let him take what I have left! Never! He did nothing. Nothing, and ruined my life!" Yami cried, and with his shout he sent another strong wave of wind which knocked the men off their feet, pushing them towards the door. With a scream the other two men scurried to their feet and rushed towards the door that was standing open for them, fear plastered on their face. The man in the sunglasses ran out after, confusion and fear lacing his face too.
Yugi watched as the men ran away, one man screaming, "This place is haunted!" as he ran out the door.
Standing still, Yugi was scared when Grandpa grabbed his hand and started dragging him towards the door quickly, and looking up he saw fear on his grandfather's face also.
"C'mon Yugi!" he said quickly, and very much confused Yugi allowed himself to be dragged, his feet feeling as if they were confused as to what they should do.
Yami's eyes cooled with relief as he watched the men run out, but they hardened again when he saw that Grandpa was doing the same. With one stretch of his arm, he slammed the door shut right before Grandpa and Yugi could leave.
As the door slammed shut before they could make it out, Grandpa stood shocked, unable to move as the wind that came out of nowhere continued to blow, but this time easing. Unable to get the door open, Grandpa spun around and held Yugi tightly in his arms while he pressed his back to the door, staring at the house which seemed to have no one else living there but them only a few months ago.
"You two can't leave," Yami said, standing in the center between the doorway and the staircase. His hands formed fists as his lips quivered, his form trembling. "Yugi can't leave," he said after, staring at the ground before looking at the boy.
Yugi broke away from his Grandpa's strong hold and stepped forward.
"Y-Yugi! C-come back here!" Grandpa called out, his voice cracking. Yugi ignored him and continued to walk forward slowly, step after step towards the trembling Yami.
"Yugi! What do you think you're doing?!" Grandpa called out again.
"Yami, what's wrong with you?! Please stop. Look, you're scaring Grandpa," Yugi pleaded, trying to keep his voice soft when he saw the shaken up expression on Yami's face.
Yami looked at Yugi, but did not even moving a finger.
"Please," Yugi begged again, and slowly the wind died down into nothing.
Running forward, Grandpa grabbed Yugi again and looked around the room frantically. "Who's there!?" he called out.
Yami stared at him.
"Why are you doing this? Please, just let us go!" Grandpa cried, pleaded, and begged.
Closing his eyes, Yami slowly opened them and looked at Grandpa. "You can't go," he said softly, and he watched as Grandpa's eyes widened with shock.
"Who said that?!" Grandpa exclaimed.
"You can't take Yugi away," Yami said, his voice filled with the tone of defeat and utter sadness.
"Please, leave him alone and let us go," Grandpa yelled, looking around anxiously.
"I can't do that," Yami said again.
"Yami! Please, I think it's about time we told Grandpa," Yugi said, and he struggled against his Grandpa's tight hold yet again before breaking free. Grandpa looked around as he watched Yugi and everywhere else silently.
Yami stood still for a moment, staring at Yugi, then at the old man. After a moment, he closed his eyes again, and disappeared. Turning around to search for where Yami had gone to, Yugi paused and watched Yami who was now standing behind Grandpa. Seeing Yugi staring behind him, Grandpa froze, noticing a chill. Turning around slowly, Grandpa shouted and took many steps back as he saw the pale, crimson eyed teen in front of him.
"I'm the spirit that resides here. I'm the ghost. I am Yami," Yami said, gazing at Grandpa. Grandpa stood in shock while Yugi wasn't affected in anyway. He approached Yami.
"Why are you doing this, Yami? What's wrong?" Yugi asked softly.
Yami's eyes softened just a little bit, but he said nothing.
"Who are you?! And why are you here, haunting us?!" Grandpa exclaimed as he still shook from fear.
"Yami, please, tell us what's wrong," Yugi pleaded. "I know something is up with you. You're hiding and keeping so many things inside of you that it's starting to scare me. Please. Tell me. Something is very wrong Yami." At this point, Yami looked to the ground as tears built up in Yugi's eyes. When he looked up again, he stared at the two people in front of him carefully.
"You want to know?" Yami asked, no emotion in his voice.
Grandpa gulped as he brought Yugi closer towards him, and Yugi just nodded his head.
Yami stiffened, his eyes darkened, and he blinked and stared directly into their eyes.
"Then listen."
THE END! :D
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