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Chapter 6

Yugi slapped his hands over his ears. It still wasn't enough to block out the sound of their shock and anger. Not that Yugi blamed them, he had expected it.

"WHAT!?" they shrieked.

"I told you I would be the first one to welcome you home." He said quickly lowering his hands from his ears.

"Funny." She sneered.

"She's your sister!?" Yami asked in a still angry voice.

"I've missed you Onee-chan!" Yugi said jumping forward to give her a hug. The back of his dress caught on something and he was yanked back.

"Yugi, she can't be your sister." Atem growled at him, his dress scrunched up in his fist.

"But she is. She's the best sister anyone could ever ask for." Yugi said seriously looking up at him. He saw Sakura look away and trying not to smile at the compliment.

"Yugi, she is a triple threat to our kind." Yami pointed his finger at his sister.

"But you can't choose family, you can only accept them. Their flaws included." Yugi said turning to him.

"My flaws? Oh, and I suppose my flaws are that I can kill without a second thought, whereas you can't even kill a spider without crying over it." she spat out angrily.

"No, I didn't mean it like that." Yugi started to defend himself.

"But just look at what they've done to you Yugi, they've made you into their docile pet." She sneered. Yugi knew she was angry, but that was hitting below the belt, and even she had to know it.

"I'm not a pet." Yugi said back getting angry himself.

"Yes you are, just look at yourself Yugi, you're wearing a dress." She said vindictively coming closer to him. Atem yanked him back into his side.

"I-its tradition." Yugi stuttered looking down at his outfit.

"Aww, is that what they told you? Yugi, face the facts, you're not their mate, you're their pet." Sakura said.

"No, I'm their mate, they said so." Yugi said back clinging to his confidence even though he could feel it slipping through his fingers like sand.

"You're actually still listening to her? Yugi, just forget this worthless woman, I promise you'll be so much happier once you do." Atem said softly. Those words alone penetrated Yugi's mind, and he shoved Atem away, backing up from him.

"No." he said his confidence crumbling with the one word.

"Finally you're seeing sense. Come here, Yugi." Sakura ordered.

"No." he said backing away from all three of them.

"Yugi, come here." Yami said motioning to him.

"No." he said again backing away some more.

"Yugi, come here!" all three said at once.

"You promised you'd never make me choose! You lied!" Yugi screamed before running straight for the terrace doors.

"Do you also accept that while I will be loyal to you, I am also loyal to them, and will sometimes find it difficult to choose between you two, if I can at all?" Yugi asked them.

"Yes." Atem said.

"Yes." Yami said.

He heard his words echo in his head, as well as their responses. It was too late though, they promised, they lied. Or perhaps they just hadn't considered how serious he had been, when he had asked them that question.

He froze for a second on the last step as it was pouring out, before taking a deep breath and running right out into it. It was coming down in sheets making it nearly impossible to see, but he could still see. After circling the Palace for a bit he found the front of it and ran down the path. He didn't care that he was barefoot; he just wanted to get away from all this.

Yugi tripped on a slippery root and fell, his dress tearing. Picking himself and it up, he started to run again, he knew where he was going, but he didn't want them to know. He put up a steel wall around his mind. Blocking out his mates, blocking out the world, as he ran. He didn't stop until he made it to the game shop.

Climbing the vines on the side of the house, he was able to get up to the roof. Using the wire hanger up there from when he used to sneak out, he unlocked his skylight and dropped down onto his bed. Yugi laughed without humor to himself. To think, after everything that had happened between them, after all the bridges they had crossed, he was back here, back in his old room again. He closed his skylight and walked down the hall to his Grandpa's room knocking on the door.

His Grandpa opened the door, and took in the sight of him. He could only imagined how he looked with ruined makeup dripping down his face, and the dress clinging to his shivering form. He didn't say a thing, just pulled him into a hug.

"Sakura's home." Yugi cried into his shoulder.

"Oh." Grandpa said in a sigh.

"It was absolutely horrendous." Yugi said his voice coming out in a squeak.

"Do you want to sleep with me tonight?" Grandpa asked pulling away from him.

"Yeah." Yugi said nodding.

"You know you're getting a bit old for this?" Grandpa asked.

"I don't care." Yugi cried as Grandpa tucked him into bed.

"That's my boy." Grandpa said turning off the light and climbing into bed.

"Goodnight Grandpa." Yugi whispered before starting to fade off.

"May the morning be happier." He said back. Yugi smiled a sad small smile, because he highly doubted happier is what the morning would be.

[Time skip]

"YUGI!"

Yugi shot up at the loud cry that filled the house. Sliding off the bed, he ducked under it. He heard his Grandpa make a confused noise before making his way to the door and opening it. He walked down the hallway, towards wherever Atem and Yami were.

"I'd love to tell you that my Grandson is sleeping up in my bed, but, uh, he's not there anymore." Grandpa said honestly.

"He was here?" Yami asked.

"Was being the key term there." Grandpa said.

"Okay, let's check the grave site and the caves. He wouldn't have left town, right?" Yami suggested before a horrible thought seemed to occur to him. Yugi checked to make sure that his mental barrier was still up, it was, good.

"Don't even make a suggestion like that." Atem said back horrified.

"Thank you Mr. Mutou." Yami said before the bell on the shop door was heard, and they were gone.

Yugi slid out from under the bed and made his way downstairs. He plopped down on the couch next to his Grandpa, who did a double take of him. He looked behind him and then back at him.

"Thanks, Grandpa." Yugi said turning the TV on.

"Where'd you come from?" he asked.

"Under the bed." Yugi said.

"Oh, I didn't think of looking there." Grandpa said frowning.

"It's been awhile since we've played hide and seek." Yugi said.

"I sure hope your mates see it that way." Grandpa said smiling.

"They won't. I'm going to go change out of this." Yugi said getting up and walking back up stairs.

He opened his bedroom door to see Yami lounging on his bed. He was pushed more into the room, and the door shut behind him with a snap. He didn't move any further into the room, knowing he was already screwed.

"Yugi, why can't we hear your thoughts?" Atem asked quietly from behind him.

"Because I put up a wall." He said striding over to the desk chair and sitting in it.

"You promised you wouldn't put up any more brick walls." Yami said swinging his legs off the bed and sitting up.

"Oh believe me when I say it's not brick." Yugi said back.

"Take it down." Atem ordered.

"You want it down, take it down yourself." Yugi said turning on him.

"Yugi, did they break in through the skylight?" Grandpa asked from out in the hallway. Yugi looked up to see it wide open.

"Yeah." He called back.

"Alright, you boys play nice." Grandpa said before walking away.

"Does he always take everything in a stride?" Yami asked.

"Usually, why?" Yugi asked.

"I find it slightly annoying." He said swinging his legs up onto the bed.

Yugi shrugged and looked at his desk. He hadn't sat here for months, and looked down at the customers coming and going from the shop. He hadn't slept in his own bed since Pegasus attacked his Grandpa. Looking over at Yami lounging on his bed it kind of made him want to do it. He shook his head; it would be rude to push Yami off just so he could lay on it.

"Are we moving back into the game shop?" Atem asked.

"No, because Sakura will be wanting her bedroom back." Yugi said.

"The guest bedroom is…?" Atem asked trailing off.

"Yep." Yugi said nodding.

"Wonderful, how old is your sister?" Yami asked.

"She's 24." Yugi said.

"What's a pet?" Atem asked.

"You're a vampire and you don't know what a pet is?" Yugi asked in disbelief.

"A pet is an animal that a human owns, but I don't think that's what Sakura meant when she called you one last night." Atem responded.

"A pet is a docile human that is extremely obedient, and follows every order you give them without complaint or protest. It's what I used to be for Sarugaki." Yugi explained looking away.

"Yugi, I have some terrible news for you." Yami said.

"What?" Yugi asked looking at him.

"You're the furthest thing from a pet that I can think of." He said. Yugi looked away smiling slightly.

"She'll try to tear us apart." Yugi whispered as he brought his steel wall down.

"What?" Atem asked.

"If I know my sister as well as I know I do, she'll do everything within her power to tear us apart, short of killing me." Yugi explained further.

"Why would she do that?" Atem asked.

"Because I'm her baby brother." Yugi said back tracing the wood lines in his desk.

"That's a very poor excuse." Yami said.

"No you don't get it. My Mom made her swear on her death bed that she would look out for me and my best interests. My Mom would be happy that I'm happy, but my sister, well she doesn't see you as my best interest." Yugi explained even further.

"So she would sacrifice your happiness for what she thought was best?" Atem asked moving closer to him and away from the door.

"That's Sakura." Yugi said bowing his head.

"That's cruel." Atem growled out.

"Cruel is in the eye of the beholder." A female voice said from the doorway.

"Hi Sakura." He said waving at her.

"Yugi, you are to cut off all ties from them immediately." Sakura demanded.

"No." Yugi said back.

"You will listen to me; I am your older sister." Sakura said.

"Exactly, my sister, not my Mom." Yugi said getting up from the chair.

"And have you forgotten what she said on her death bed?" Sakura asked.

"Of course not, but I'm happy Sakura, I'm happy with them." Yugi said smiling.

"You mean your content." She corrected.

"No, I'm happy, I really am happier with them." Yugi said again smiling.

"You keep telling yourself that Yugi, and maybe one day you'll believe it." she said harshly.

"Sakura!" Grandpa scolded.

"Grandpa, I'm home." She said smiling.

"Yes I've noticed, and already you're making a mess of things with your stubborn ways. Leave your brothers relationship alone, it's done nothing to warrant your hatred." Grandpa reprimanded.

"They're vampires, Grandpa." Sakura spat out.

"And good men." Grandpa added.

"I don't believe you, the only good vampires are dead vampires." Sakura said using the Hunters motto.

Yugi gasped, not believing what came out of his own sister's mouth. Did she really mean that? Oh he hoped Rebecca never heard he say that, she'd be heartbroken. She had always looked up to Sakura when they were younger, saying she wanted to be as strong as her someday. To be able to hold her head up proudly without a single fear of ever failing in her dreams and goals.

"Sakura, what's happened to you? You used to give a vampire a chance before you turned on them." Yugi said.

"What happened to you? I thought you said this was never going to happen again!" she snarled.

"It was two against one; the odds were hardly in my favor." Yugi said.

"Oh don't throw book quotes at me Yugi; I'm not in the mood." Sakura sneered.

"Nor am I for your sour attitude." Yugi said pushing past her.

He had a different home now; he didn't have to put up with this. He wouldn't put up with this. Yugi was going to prepare himself for every curve that Sakura could possibly throw their way. She was not tearing them apart, he wouldn't let her. She was not ripping his new found happiness from him.

"Yugi, get back here!" she yelled from behind him.

He flicked her off, earning a gasp from her. Sure he had known she would be bad, but this was ridiculous. Demanding he cut off ties from his vampires, just because she said so? Who did she think she was, God? Ugh, he wanted to grab her and shake some sense into her, because apparently she had left it somewhere.

Yugi was about half way to the Stone Palace when a car pulled up next to him. A silver Mustang, with a VH on the passenger side. Yugi kept walking not at all interested in talking to Sakura.

"Yugi, get in." she said rolling down the window.

"Why should I?" he asked rudely.

"Because I told them I was taking a two hour bath." Sakura said.

Yugi gasped and didn't even hesitate in climbing into the car. They sat in silence for a few seconds, before they both reached over and hugged the other over the stick shift. They needed to move though, if they were going to out race his vampires.

"We should probably go before they get here." Yugi said.

"Ah, they're a little tied up actually." Sakura said back.

"What did you do?" he asked pulling away slightly.

"I tied them up." She said.

"Oh, I've missed you Sakura." Yugi said giving her an extra squeeze.

"I've missed you too, Yugi." Sakura said returning the hug.

"I just wish you didn't have to be so mean when around them or wearing that thing in your ear." Yugi said pulling away looking downcast.

"Yeah, me too, but if people knew I was friends with vampires and got along with them, I'd lose a lot of credentials." Sakura said putting the car back into drive and driving off towards the edge of town.

"So, tell me about them." Sakura said.

"What do you want to know?" Yugi asked.

"How did you meet?" she asked as she parked the car along the dirt path.

"Well, they kidnapped me." Yugi said getting out of the car.

"Understandable, most vampires kidnap their food sources." Sakura said shutting her door and locking the car.

"Yeah." Yugi said as he walked next to her.

"But they let you go?" she asked.

"No I ran away." Yugi said.

"That's my brother." She said patting his shoulder.

"How do they know your name?" she asked.

"Marik told them." Yugi said.

"Naturally, how many times have been you been hurt since becoming their food source?" Sakura asked. He had actually been dreading that question, but started to count anyway.

Yami. Yami. Yami. Ushio. Ushio. Ushio. Pegasus and Dartz. Seniors. Seniors.

Yugi, what are you doing?

Counting.

Counting what?

Don't worry about it.

"Nine times." He said cheerfully.

"Wow, that's a little pathetic." Sakura said as they both climbed the hill.

"Yeah, it kind of is, isn't it?" Yugi asked back.

"Yes, are you really happy with them?" she asked as they sat down at the top of their hill. In the day time you could see Domino in all of its pretty shiny building glory. As well as the country side that lay out in the distance.

"Yes, Sakura, I really am." Yugi said grinning at her. She sighed.

"You'll tell them about my forced bipolar attitude right?" Sakura asked.

"Of course, they'll need to know why you seem to hate them one minute, and try to get along with them in the next." Yugi said nodding.

"I'm sorry about the pet comment that was low, real low." Sakura said.

"I know." Yugi said bowing his head.

"Okay, back to the questionnaire about your mates." Sakura said.

"You mean you're not done with the questions?" Yugi asked.

"No Yugi, I am far from done." she said grinning.

"Well, bring them on." Yugi said.

"Okay, when did you kiss for the first time?" Sakura asked.

"At the library between feeding one and two." Yugi answered.

"First time you had sex?" Sakura asked.

"After our first date?" Yugi asked more than told.

"They're vampires, they most likely seduced you." Sakura sighed.

"They took me to a very prestigious hotel to do it." Yugi said.

"How prestigious?" Sakura asked.

"Love Kindles." He said.

"Wow." She said whistling lowly.

"Yeah." Yugi said nodding.

"And when did you start sleeping with them?" Sakura asked.

"Didn't we already go over this?" Yugi asked confused.

"No, I mean just sleeping." She explained laying her head down on her hands.

"Oh, that was…after I told them about what Dilan did to me." Yugi said actually having to think about that one.

"And how did they take the death of one of their own kind?" Sakura asked.

"Angrily."

"Of course." She said rolling her eyes.

"That he wasn't on their execution list." Yugi finished.

"Really?" Sakura asked surprised.

"Yeah, and they changed one of their rules so no other human would have to go through what I had to." Yugi went on.

"Oh, well that explains why the executions lists just seemed to grow over night. Even the rogue lists." Sakura said pulling her pony tail out and letting her hair cascade down her back.

"You grew out your hair." Yugi commented looking at it, it reached down to her waist when it was down.

"Yeah, but I'm thinking about getting it cut again. A vampire in just outside of Moscow grabbed it and well, he lost his arm faster than he lost his head." Sakura said twirling the end of one strand around her finger.

"Oh, but I like your hair long." Yugi said moving behind her and starting to braid it.

"I know Yugi, but even my Master said I need to cut it to at least shoulder length." Sakura said.

"Speaking of, what does he want you to do about me and the vampires?" Yugi asked.

"He hasn't said anything yet, and you can call them mine again if you want." Sakura said grinning at him over her shoulder.

"Kay, anymore questions?" Yugi asked.

"Yes, how often do they feed?" Sakura asked.

"Once a week." Yugi said before gasping and slapping a hand over his mouth. He grabbed Sakura's hair again and started to braid it again, poking her shoulder for her hair tie.

"What is it? What's wrong?" She asked handing him the hair tie.

"I forgot to feed them this morning, they're probably starving." Yugi said tying the end of her hair off.

"Them? As in plural?" Sakura asked turning to face him.

"I haven't died yet." Yugi said uneasily knowing where Sakura's mind was headed easily.

"Yugi! That is completely irresponsible! How old are they?!" She reprimanded.

"Ah, Atem is 5326, and Yami 4000 something." Yugi said.

"Tch, ah, and you're telling me they both drink from you, at the same time?" Sakura asked.

"No, of course not." Yugi said.

"Oh, thank goodness." She said placing a hand on her chest in relief.

"They take turns." Yugi said brightly.

"Right, because that is so much better!" She said sarcastically.

"Well, I think it is." Yugi said.

"And after they're done draining you of half of your bodily fluids, what do they do?" Sakura asked her snobby hunter voice coming out.

"They feed me soup, and let me sleep it off." Yugi said.

"That's it?" Sakura asked.

"Yes." Yugi said nodding.

"So how are you not dead yet?" Sakura asked.

"Um, have you ever heard of a drug called FBR-18?" Yugi asked a little cautiously looking down at his hands.

"And how many said effects have you had?" Sakura asked. Yep, she'd heard of it.

"Uh…11?" he asked more than said.

"They better be keeping track." Sakura said her eyes narrowing.

"Oh they do, yeah they write it down." Yugi said.

Finally, we got free.

"Well at least they have some common sense." She said begrudgingly.

"And they're free." Yugi said.

"What?" she asked confused.

"They got out of your knots." Yugi explained.

"Well, I'll have to make them more complicated next time. Wait, how do you know that?" Sakura asked confused.

"Mind link, it's not just a vampire thing, it's a mate thing." Yugi explained.

Where are you, Yugi?

With Sakura.

We didn't ask who you were with, we asked where you were.

I'm aware of the question; I just don't want to answer it. We're having a long overdue sibling time. I'll meet you at home okay?

We'd much rather just come and pick you up.

I know, but I really miss my sister and want to spend some time with her. I'll come home right after, I promise.

Sigh, fine, but Yugi, be careful.

She's my sister Atem, she'd rather sacrifice her own life before she'd hurt me.

Yeah? Well what about last night?

I'll explain later when I see you two, okay?

Alright, but hurry, we're hungry.

Okay, I'll be there soon.

"What's so funny?" Sakura asked.

"My vampires, they're complaining at me." Yugi said shaking his head.

"Alright, but do you want to go get some lunch I'm hungry." Sakura said.

"Sure, what place did you have in mind?" Yugi asked as they walked down the hill hand in hand.

"Burger World." Sakura said smiling.

[Time skip]

"…And he went flying clean off my sword in a spray of blood that splattered across the wall like paint off a paint brush. Oh, it was beautiful Yugi, a true masterpiece by yours truly. I wish I had brought the pictures so I could show you, but I left them at home in my bags." Sakura said with a look of giddiness on her face.

Yugi had long since pushed his burger away, having lost his appetite, as she continued in her tale. Why his sister didn't understand that he didn't like violence, let alone hearing about it, he would never understand. Still he nodded to show he was listening with a hand clamped firmly over his mouth so no unwanted guests came back up on the table. He really needed some fresh air right now, but to just get up and leave would kill his sister's good mood. He didn't want to do that, so he stayed put and put up with it, just like he always did.

"Yugi, you've barely eaten." Sakura said looking at his twice bitten burger.

"Not really hungry." Yugi said.

"Oh, well where do you want to go next? You can drive." Sakura said holding out her keys.

"Okay, I'll drive." Yugi said grabbing them from her finger. He grabbed his burger and threw it away as Sakura threw away the empty wrapper from her burger.

On my way home, don't tell Sakura. He got twin chuckles to that remark.

They walked out and to her Mustang. Yugi hopped in the driver's seat, and peeled out of the parking lot as soon as they were both buckled up. He headed straight for home, the Stone Palace.

I wonder how Sakura will take to his new living arrangements? Hmm, only the next chapter will tell us. Thank you to everyone who reviewed Guest and User alike. Also, thanks to everyone who have/are favorited/following this story. Please review. Midnight ;p