I was not missing, I was locked in the basement, and when I find that boy again, oh, he's gonna get it. I do not own Yugioh, Harry Potter, Captain Underpants, Wonder Woman, Sesame Street, or Barney, enjoy! [YUGI, YAMI, and ATEM] Oh, and I've put a bit of the Seme's points of views in here.
Chapter 18
"'Tem, 'Tem, 'Tem, get up, get up, get up!" Yugi said shaking him before moving to Yami.
"'Tem?" Seth asked grinning.
"Shut up." Atem said shoving him slightly.
"No, 'Ami, you have to get up." Yugi whined.
"Oh no, I'd much rather snuggle with my new teddy bear." Yami said rolling them over.
"No, today's the day of the exotic food faire, we have to leave in two hours if we want to get there as they open up." Yugi said wiggling out of his arms.
"Are you being dragged to that?" Atem asked Seth as he sat up.
"Actually I was given a choice. Either go with them, or stay here and twiddle my thumbs all day." Seth replied.
"So you're going with them?" Atem asked.
"Yep." Seth nodded.
"Get up, Yami." Yugi whined even more as he tugged on his sleeping bag.
"Not until I receive a proper morning hug." Yami said turning away.
"Ugh, I don't have time for this." Yugi said getting up with a pout and walking back to his friends.
"Rejected." Marik said.
"Shut up." Yami said back in good humor.
"Come on, you can help me pick out my outfit for the day." Yugi said grabbing Jou, Malik, and Ryou's hands and dragging them up the stairs and towards his room.
"Hey, Yugi, now that we're away from them, what are we going to do for Sakura's birthday?" Jou asked.
"I was thinking a small party at Grandpa's. Or we could host it in a private room at a club." Yugi suggested.
"Do you have enough for that?" Malik asked.
"Yeah, I ran over to Grandpa's Thursday to get my envelope of money. He texted me about it, saying he couldn't hold onto it forever, I had to come get it at some point since I no longer lived with him." Yugi explained.
"Just think one more year, and you have full access to the account." Ryou squealed.
"Yeah, I guess, but that money will last me for like six generations. My parents weren't rich for nothing." Yugi said sighing as he pushed open the door to his room. Walking into the closet he grabbed three random outfits and laid them out on the bed.
"So which one do you guys think they'll like taking off more?" Yugi asked motioning to them.
"You guys make up with sex?" Malik asked looking them over.
"Doesn't everyone?" Yugi asked shrugging.
"Not Seto and Seth, they never make up with sex." Jou said.
"Do they make up?" Ryou asked.
"Never." Jou responded.
"Hey, maybe that'll change." Yugi consoled.
"I think the better question is which one will make them grow hard on sight?" Malik asked. All four males' eyes zeroed in on the middle outfit. It had dark blue jean short shorts, white sneakers, a white leather tank top, studded bracelets, and a white neck belt.
"That one." they all said together pointing to the middle outfit. Yugi grabbed it and retreated into his closet to change. Coming back out, they nodded, and Yugi grabbed his wallet before they headed out. They were half way down the stairs when Yugi stopped.
"Wait, what are you guys wearing?" Yugi asked looking back up at all of them.
"Uh…" they all looked down at their outfits.
"No, come on, I still have some of your clothes from the last time you were over." Yugi said leading them back up.
"Are they clean?" Jou asked.
"Ah, you know I've never thought of that before. My clothes just ended up in my closet after I wore them, and I never even questioned it." Yugi said rubbing the back of his head.
"Having servants must be nice." Ryou said shaking his head.
"Yeah, but they're like house elves, you never see them." Yugi grumbled opening his closet.
"Ha ha ha, I'm sure they'd be pleased to know your comparing them to fictional characters." Ryou said laughing.
"Right, you're first." Yugi said shoving him into the closet and shutting the door.
"Whoa!" he cried as he tripped into the closet.
"That wasn't very nice!" he shouted from the other side of the door.
"That's your opinion!" Yugi shouted back. Five minutes later Ryou came out. He was wearing a loose black shirt, black jeans, and black sandals.
"Those aren't your-never mind, next." Yugi said shaking it off.
Jou went next, when he came back out he was wearing a light blue shirt, grey faded jeans, and blue and white sneakers. Thankfully all articles were his. Malik went last and he came out wearing a black leather shirt that stretched over his torso, tight leather pants, and black low heeled boots. Yugi rolled his eyes at his choice of clothing before looking at the clock on his desk and informing them that they had an hour to get back downstairs, eat, and get everyone out the door.
"Kami we spent too much time upstairs!" Malik complained.
"I know, I know. And it takes Atem and Yami a half hour just to wake up. I bet they fell asleep after I left, they're always doing that after I use the bathroom in the morning." Yugi stressed.
"Ha! When Akeifa and Bakura were following me around it took them an hour just to get their lazy arses out of bed. I had to threaten them just to get them up." Ryou complained back.
"Well, I feel special, Marik always gets up when I tell him to." Malik said proudly.
"You guys know I'm the lazy one of my group, so it's Seto and Seth that has trouble getting me up, I don't have to worry about them." Jou boasted.
"Heh, I still remember that one time that you were talking in your sleep about raining teddy bears and how they were trying to take over the world. It took us an hour to wake you up to a point that we were able to convince you that it was just a dream." Yugi said laughing.
"Or that one time that he was mumbling in his sleep about the world made of food, oh he was not happy when we woke him up from that one." Ryou said making them laugh more at the memory.
"Or how about that one time that he was convinced that he was a legendary bird of some type with superpowers?" Malik added.
"Yeah, yeah laugh it up, oh hello we have vampires." Jou pouted before his eyes widened.
"Where?" Yugi asked as four breezes of air whipped past them. They turned to look behind them as they heard muttered curses and crashes of bodies. Seth was on the bottom, Marik was on top of him, Yami and then Atem was on top.
"I thought vampires were supposed to be graceful?" Yugi whispered to Malik who snorted with laughter.
"Apparently it takes time to stop after running at such high speeds." Malik said back making Yugi snicker as a flash of light erupted from their left. Ryou was holding a disposable camera.
"Photo opp.!" He practically sang.
"What took you guys so long?" Atem asked getting up off of Yami.
"Um, we were changing our clothes." Yugi said motioning to all of them.
"And it takes an hour to do that?" Seth asked in disbelief as he shoved off of the ground and was helped up by Marik.
"Only if you're lucky." Jou ground out before turning and running off.
"Oh come on Jou, you're not still angry are you?" Seth called running after him.
"Notice how they didn't use human speed?" Ryou asked putting his camera away.
"He really is still angry." Malik said.
"It would appear so." Yugi said nodding.
"Yugi?"
"Yes" Yugi asked turning at the sound of his name.
"I think you should change clothes." Yami said staring at his outfit not his face.
"Why? You don't like it?" Yugi asked him glancing at Atem who was looking at him in amusement whilst shaking his head.
"Oh no, I like this outfit very much which is why you need to change it." Yami said stressing on the last two words.
"Nah, I don't think I will." Yugi said back.
"It's not nice to tease, Yugi." Atem said smirking at him.
"Sure it is, especially in this way." Yugi said motioning to his outfit before turning and starting to walk down the hallway.
Marik snickered and muttered something to which Atem growled something back in response. Next second he found himself thrown over a shoulder, making him squeak slightly at the suddenness of it. Someone patted his behind getting an indignant noise out of him. Unable to look behind him from the position he was being held at, he instead lifted their shirt, and came up with pale skin.
"Put me down, Yami." Yugi said.
"I thought you like being carried?" he asked back tightening his hold.
"I do, but I want to walk today." Yugi complained pushing against his back.
"Why?" Yami asked.
"Because it's good for me, keeps my body healthy." Yugi said.
"Okay, I'll put you down." Yami started.
"Thank you." Yugi said.
"If I get a proper good morning hug." Yami finished.
"You don't have to bribe me for those." Yugi said softly as he was placed on his feet. He wrapped his arms around Yami's torso, squeezing slightly as Yami wrapped his arms around his shoulders. Yugi even went so far as to place his head on his chest. Yami sighed in contentment above him.
"Just can't live without these hugs, can you habibi?" Atem asked as he wrapped his arms around the both of them. Yugi could just see the time on his watch, and it made him gasp and start to worry.
"Oh Kami, we only have 45 minutes to eat and get out of here!" Yugi said abruptly shoving them both away and tearing down the hallway.
He rushed into the ballroom, and breathed in slight relief when he saw that the food had already been set up, and people were eating. Sliding down the railing Atem caught him at the bottom. Wow, they could run faster than he thought they could. Atem rolled his eyes at his thought, before setting him down and heading over by Seth. Yugi noticed that he looked very put down. Looking around, he saw Jou and Kaiba arguing, and Kaiba amazingly was pointing at Seth across the room. It seemed that whatever Kaiba was angry about it was with Jou this time, not Seth.
Looking back to Seth and Atem, he saw Atem glaring across the room at Jou. It made Yugi wonder as to what had occurred when Seth had finally caught up to Jou, but seeing as it really wasn't any of his business, he figured he should stay out of it. Yugi walked over to the buffet table and put some foods on his plate form the FBR-18 section.
"Whoa, what happened between Seth, Kaiba, and Jou?" Malik asked from his left.
"No idea, but Jou will probably rant about it later." Yugi said sighing.
"Fine! I'm sorry, Seth! There, happy now?!" Jou yelled across the room.
"No because you didn't mean it!" Kaiba shouted at him. Jou scoffed and shoved him away.
"Apologize, Mutt! That was really mean!" Kaiba shouted at his retreating figure.
"Make me oh cold one!" Jou sneered.
"Intervention?" Ryou asked.
"Oh yeah, you guys get Jou, I'll take Kaiba." Yugi said as they split up and made their way to their separate targets.
"Good luck." Malik muttered.
"You too." Yugi responded before slamming his hands into Kaiba's chest.
"Move Yugi!" Kaiba ordered trying to push him aside.
"No, you need to calm down before you do something stupid." Yugi said putting pressure on his hold.
"That's already been done today." Kaiba growled out.
"Then let's not add another thing onto it, shall we?" Yugi asked.
"You didn't hear what he said." Kaiba said glaring down at him.
"Then what did he say?" Yugi asked.
"He told Seth that until he found a way to get along with me, he wasn't welcome in our home anymore. That he didn't want to see him unless we worked out whatever issues we had with each other. And that Yugi is the nicer way of putting how he said it." Kaiba said as Yugi hands dropped to his side lifelessly.
"And…that was in retaliation to?" Yugi asked trying to find a reason for his friend's lashing out in anger.
"Seth telling him that he was getting all prissy about something stupid." Kaiba sighed out. Yugi sighed, bit his lip and looked behind him at Ryou and Malik. They looked just as conflicted as he felt. He looked back at Kaiba and nodded.
"Proceed." He said moving out of the way and back to his plate where he had left it.
Atem, come here.
Excuse me? Yugi could already see his raised eyebrow even though he had his back to the man.
Come here, this isn't any of our business. They need to work it out on their own.
Yugi, Seth is really-
Hurt, I know, but there's nothing we can do to fix it. Seth needs to own up to what he said as much as Jou does.
He's blowing this out of proportion.
Is he? Tell me, Atem, if Yami and I always fought all the time how would that make you feel?
What does that have to do with anything?
How would it make you feel? Yugi asked stressing his words.
I don't know, torn, upset…angry.
And if someone told you you were being stupid for being angry?
I'd probably lash out with my words too.
Step away; this is none of our business.
"Hey, where are you going?" Yugi heard Seth ask.
"Your problem, you fix it." Atem said coldly.
"How is it my problem? He lashed out with his words at me for no reason!" Seth shouted.
"Oh he had a reason, and maybe if you put yourself in his shoes, you'd discover it." Atem growled back.
"You're taking his side?" Seth asked disbelief heavy in his voice.
"No, by walking away, I'm refusing to take sides." Atem said back.
"Here Yugi, change into these, they're just as tight and will keep you warmer." Yami said from his left handing him a pair of dark blue jeans.
"Okay, but Yami?" Yugi asked looking nervous.
"Yes?" he asked.
I'm not wearing anything under my shorts. They were too tight for that.
"Okay, just make sure you change before we leave." Yami said looking away and shifting slightly. Yugi's eyes trailed down to the visible bulge in Yami's pants. He rolled his eyes as he started to eat; his mates were turned on too easily. Looking around he noticed the absence of two girls.
"Uh, where are Sakura and Mira?" Yugi asked.
"Sakura had a mission, and Mira had training. So she was going to watch." Yami said.
"Oh, well that sucks." Yugi said going back to eating.
"Why?" Atem asked crossing his arms over his chest.
"I was kinda hoping she could tag along." Yugi said shuffling his feet slightly.
"Well, I suppose it's a pity that she can't." Yami said shrugging his tone making it seem like it was anything but. Yugi rolled his eyes, but decided not to comment on the tone. One fight was enough for one morning; they didn't need to add anymore on.
[Times skip]
Somehow, by some unnamed miracle, they all made it out of the Palace on time. And that was with Kaiba, Jou, and Seth ignoring one another, Yugi changing his clothes, Akeifa and Ryou bickering about how he should be with Bakura and how that same wolf insisted with threats that he should be with him, Silver showing up, and Rebecca whining to Mana over the phone about just meeting them there. They made it out on time and there just as the gates were opening.
"I'm surprised we actually made it here when we wanted to." Yugi whispered to Malik.
"With those three ignoring each other, so am I." Malik said back.
"I still wonder what Bakura threatened to make him stay with me over his pregnant mate." Ryou muttered.
"On that similar note, do they ever force you to be on top?" Yugi asked him.
"Only when they're tired, you?" Ryou responded and asked back.
"All the time. Doesn't matter that I like be an Uke, they say I have to be on top sometimes to build up my stamina." Yugi answered.
"You're limit?" Ryou asked.
"Six in a row, you?" he answered and asked.
"Eight." Ryou said.
"Good run." Yugi said nodding his head.
"You too, for as long as you've been going at it." Ryou responded.
"Oh, there's the specialty!" Jou shouted behind them. They looked over to see the booth, and walked over to it. They were serving Beetles and Caterpillars this year.
"Hello, who among you takes the drug FBR-18?" they guy behind the booth's makeshift counter asked. Yugi, Malik, and Mana raised their hands.
"Okay, one or the other, you can't have both, sorry." He said shrugging.
"Why can't they have both?" Rebecca asked.
"They both come with a different side affect, though the mystery is what one. We're not telling you that." He said.
"No." Atem and Yami said together.
"Oh, that's too bad, it seems those vampires are afraid to live a little and take a risk." The guy goaded.
"We are not." Atem said.
"Then why not let the humans try some?" he asked in an innocent voice.
"Fine, Yugi, you're eating the Caterpillars." Yami ordered.
"Wait, shouldn't this be my choice?" Yugi asked.
"You want to eat this odd meal or not?" Yami asked.
"Yes." He responded rolling his eyes.
"Caterpillars it is." Yami said nodding at the guy.
"That'll be $3.50, please." He said. Yugi fished out his wallet before Atem or Yami could get to theirs and handed the money over. He handed him the paper food tray with six roasted caterpillars in it. Malik got the same thing, and Mana got the beetles. Now all they had to do was wait for the side effects to show up. This was going to be fun.
Mana's was simple, five minutes after she slurped down her beetles; she was running from place to place with more energy than she usually had. Rebecca and Otogi tried to get her to sit down, but she wasn't having it. She would sit down and be back up two seconds later off to do something else. However, for Yugi and Malik, whilst they were enjoying watching Rebecca and Otogi getting worn out, were starting to wonder if they had been played by the guy selling the specialties. It seemed like an odd thing to lie about, but still, humans were known to play cruel jokes.
"How about now?" Atem asked.
"Nope!" Yugi responded as he munched on some carrots and cauliflower. Otogi plopped down next to him, breathing heavily.
"Apparently it's called restlessness, and lasts for 45 minutes." He commented as they watched Rebecca trying to restrain Mana from running off again. It worked, for about a second, and then she had broken loose and was off again.
"Baby, help me!" Rebecca whined looking at Otogi.
"Coming sweetie." He said getting back up reluctantly.
"Aren't you guys going to try anything? They do have uncooked food you know." Yugi said looking at his mates.
"No, we're good but thank you for offering." Atem said grimacing.
"Come on, let's head home." Yami suggested getting up.
"But the show is still going on." Yugi said pointing to Mana and the vampires chasing her.
"Yeah, come on I agree with Atem, let's go." Yami said grabbing his arm and lifting him from the bench.
"Fine." Yugi said pouting.
"We'll go too." Marik said getting up and hoisting Malik to his feet.
"Do we have to?" Malik asked looking at his feet.
"Yeah, come on." Marik said putting an arm around his shoulders.
"Okay." Malik said pouting as well.
[Time skip]
He felt odd as he walked up the stairs to his room. He couldn't really describe the feeling, but he felt a little uncomfortable in the way that Yami was draped around him. That in and of itself was odd, but the feeling grew as they placed him in the middle of the bed and started to draw patterns on his clothed legs, while explaining how the rest of the day was going to go. By the end of their little speech, Yugi had identified the feeling, he felt childish.
"So, does that sound like fun to you, Yugi?" Atem asked smirking at him as his hand started to trail upwards.
"No." Yugi said his voice dropping into a child like one as he shook his finger at him.
"What did you say?" Yami asked.
"No, Mommy said I'm big boy now, so onwy I can touch myself here. Cause I'm big boy now. She say that if anyone else try to touch me here, that that is naughty touches and I should tell adult right 'way. You guys favorite babysiders , I don't want to get in trouble." Yugi continued his voice dropping completely into a babyish voice as mind was completely transformed with it. Meaning, his intelligence just dropped, dramatically. He really believed himself to now be four years old, and the two men on either side of him were in charge of his welfare.
"Atem, why do I suddenly feel like a pervert?" Yami asked looking over Yugi's head at him.
"Ha, now you know how I felt when I first laid eyes on you, and how it got worse that first time I held you in my arms." Atem said back studying Yugi.
"Yeah, but why do I feel like one?" Yami asked.
"Yugi, can you show me how many fingers you are?" Atem asked him kindly.
"Four, silly, you there for birthday, member?" Yugi said holding up four fingers with a smile alighting his face.
"Of course I do, I was just checking that you knew how old you were, and that's why." Atem said answering them both at once.
"What game play? What game play?" Yugi asked excitedly getting up and jumping on the bed.
"What game do you want to play?" Yami asked as the bed bounced beneath them.
"Supohewoes!" he cried jumping off the bed and running into the closet shutting the door behind him. He came back out a few minutes later.
"I Captain Underpants! Tra-la-laaaa!" he announced before running out of the room.
"And what was Captain Underpants wearing exactly?" Atem asked as he looked at the open door.
"Underwear and a blanket made into a cape. We should probably get our Captain." Yami answered.
"Oh yeah." Atem said as he and Yami bolted off the bed and ran after him screaming his name.
Yugi was skipping down the hallways saying tra-la-laaaa, when he ran into Malik who was dressed up as Wonder Woman. He stopped and so did Malik, they shouted with joy and ran to give the other a hug. They pulled apart and really took the other in, and being little kids, they called each other by the names that they were dressed up as.
"Do you know how to get out here Wonda Woman?" Yugi asked.
"No." he said pouting with his head bowed.
"I do! I do! I saw big door!" Yugi said immediately.
"Let's go befow babysiders get here." Malik said grinning.
"Yeah, yeah." Yugi said grinning back before they both ran off towards where Yugi had seen the big doors hand in hand. Atem, Yami, and Marik met up in that same spot that they had been standing in seconds before.
"Have you seen a Wonder Woman?" Marik asked them.
"No, have you seen Captain Underpants?" they asked in return.
"No, I haven't." Marik said shaking his head as a vampire made their ways towards them scratching his head.
"Are you guys really going to let them leave like that?" he asked.
"Let who leave like what?" Yami asked nervously.
"Uh, your mate and your food source, their headed towards town." He said pointing down the hallway. The three balked before taking off yelling a shout of thanks as they went.
[Time skip]
Yugi and Malik ran through the department store, playing with the toy guns that they had gotten out of the toy section. They were fighting the dreaded talking toilets in the bathroom section of the store. They had drawn quite the crowd too, and the manager was trying to get them to settle down enough for him to figure out who they were. It wasn't working.
"Now you tell truth talking toilet!" Malik said as he roped one of the toilets with some rope that he had gotten from who knew where. Yugi gasped.
"Toilet talking dirty!" Yugi cried as he put his hands over his mouth.
"I see! I see!" Malik said nodding.
"We need pwunger to stop it dirty mouth!" Yugi cried.
"I get it! I get it!" Malik said running down the aisle and coming back with two brand new toilet plungers.
"Hey isn't that the King of Games?" a stander by asked.
"It is." Another said whipping out his phone and snapping some pictures.
"WOULD THE PARENTS THAT OWN THE TWO CHILDREN IN THE BATHROOM SECTION COME AND COLLECT THEM PLEASE!?" the angry voice of the manager said over the intercom system.
"Oh these are so going viral!" the one that had snapped the pictures said hitting a few buttons on his phone.
"Don't forget his friend." His friend reminded him.
"Good idea." He said snapping some pictures of Malik and uploading them as well.
"We did it! We stop talking toilets!" Yugi said high fiving Malik.
"Let's go help the other citivens of town!" Malik suggested.
"Yeah!" Yugi agreed. The two ran out of the department store and away just as their 'babysitters' showed up.
They ran into the store and looked for the biggest commotion area. It happened to be in the bathroom section of the department store, and from the mess around the unused toilets they guessed that Yugi and Malik were indeed here. Though, glancing around the dispersing crowd, they weren't here now. Looking around for a person that worked there, they unfortunately started to talk with the manager.
"Hey, have you seen two teenagers that are acting like small children, and do you know which way they went?" Marik asked him. His face started to twitch and become an interesting shade of purple, as a vein on his neck started to become very noticeable.
"They belonged to you?" he asked in a growling voice as hair started to grow on his visible arms.
"Ah, we'll happily pay for any damage they caused." Yami bargained nervously.
"That'll be $2,000.00 please." He said holding out his hand.
"Ah right." Atem and Marik said together as they took out their wallets and started to count out the bills.
"Thank you, they went that way, out of the building ten minutes ago." He growled out but at least he had stopped transforming into a wolf.
"Thanks." Yami squeaked as they all ran out and tried to pick up the two individual scents that they were seeking over all the rest of the human's race.
[Time skip]
Yugi and Malik ran into the nearest comic store and started to look through their favorite comics. Looking at the pictures and deciphering the story from that since they couldn't read. The sales clerk approached them cautiously from behind.
"Uh, sirs, you need to be wearing pants and shirts to enter this establishment." He said nervously behind them.
"We no sirs, we Captain Underpants and Wonda Woman!" Yugi immediately corrected.
"Okay, are you special needs, do you need me to call someone?" he asked.
"No, I four, and he just turn five." Yugi said holding up his fingers.
"Okay, have you superhero and super heroine ever heard of a drug called FBR-18?" he asked starting to grin.
"No, drug bad. You do drug you go jail." Yugi said wisely.
"I agree, those who administrate it should go to jail." He said.
"Can we stay?" Malik asked.
"Sure, do you know who was supposed to be watching you today?" he asked getting an answer much easier than the manager of the last store had.
"Um, Temmy and 'Ami." Yugi answered.
"'Arik." Malik answered.
"Okay, thank you." He said before going back to his computer. He took out his phone and started calling around until he got the right group of vampires. It wasn't long until they showed up looking for their childish charges.
"Yugi, here you are." Atem said kindly.
"Temmy, 'Ami, you find me!" he said happily like they had been playing a game of hide and seek.
"What did you call me?" Yami asked a little angrily in a loud voice that carried throughout the store.
"'Ami, you say it okay." Yugi said starting to tear up because of the tone that Yami had used.
"No, no, it's fine, it's fine." Yami tried to quickly fix his mistake but it was too late. With a wailing cry, Yugi unleashed his tears that were caused from Yami yelling at him.
"Yugi come here." Atem said holding out his arms to him Yugi ran into them. He cried into his chest, his wails being muffled as Atem just held him and rubbed his back.
"Why he so mean?" Malik asked Marik pointing at Yami.
"I don't know." Marik said shaking his head.
"He in bad mood?" Malik asked.
"Maybe, what do you want to do next?" Marik asked.
"Go to park?" Malik asked.
"Okay, the park it is." Marik said taking his hand and walking out.
"Can we go park too?" Yugi asked in a small voice looking up at Atem.
"Of course we can, but can you do me a favor and put this on first please?" Atem asked wiping stray tears from Yugi's eyes before pulling off his shirt.
"That's wet." He said pointing at it.
"Yami." Atem said holding out his hand. He pulled off his shirt and handed it to him. Yugi took off his 'cape' and handed it to Atem as he put the shirt that was a size too big for him on. Then he took the cape and put it back on. Atem threw his shirt to Yami, who put it on, and then took Yugi's hand and led him out towards the park. Yami tried to grab the other but Yugi put it behind his back and shied away into Atem's side.
When they arrived at the park, Yugi ran over to where Malik was playing in the sandbox and joined him. They played with the other kids, who thought it was amusing to see two teenagers acting like small children. They didn't complain though, they just played along.
"I am now 'Arik." Marik said watching Malik.
"At least it's better than Temmy and 'Ami." Yami pointed out moodily.*
"I suppose you're right." Marik agreed.
"TEMMY!" Yugi's childish voice shrieked as he plowed into him, his arms wrapping around his middle. Atem stumbled back slightly at the unexpected impact.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Atem asked concerned.
"That man over there is trying to get me to walk away with him." Yugi said pointing at Mahad who was making his way over to them.
"I was not, I only asked him where you guys were and if he could show me the way." Mahad responded.
"Yugi, this is our friend Mahad, he's a very nice man, and very trustworthy." Atem explained introducing them.
"I don't trust him, Mommy said onwy trust you two." Yugi responded looking at Mahad shyly.
"We have a meeting today." Mahad said in a reminding tone. Yugi gave off a giant gasp as he looked up at his babysitters.
"Did you wie to Mommy?" he asked in a horrified voice.
"No, because we canceled our meetings today so we could look after you." Atem said trying to make a point to Mahad just with his eyes alone.
"What's wrong with him?" Mahad asked in a voice so soft it would have only looked like lips moving to Yugi.
"Drug effect, turned him into a four years old." Atem said speaking with the same voice volume.
"Alright, reschedule for tomorrow?" he asked.
"Yeah." Atem said nodding subtly.
"Temmy, I'm 'ungry." Yugi whined.
"Okay, where do you want to go?" Atem asked.
"You didn't pack wunch?" Yugi asked with his jaw dropping.
"Uh, no I forgot." Atem said.
"Can we go Gwandpa's?" he asked biting his lip.
"I wanna go Gwandpa's too!" Malik shouted running over.
"Do you mean your Grandfather's, Yugi?" Yami asked.
"Yeah! Gwandpa's! Gwandpa's!" Yugi shouted clapping his hands in excitement.
"I don't think we should." Yami said looking nervous.
"No Yami!" Atem tried to stop him but it was too late the words were already out and had an immediate effect on the two who wanted to go to 'Gwandpa's'. They burst into tears and dropped to the ground pounding their fists onto the ground, kicking their feet in the air, they were throwing tantrums.
"Yugi, stop it." Atem said in a firm voice.
"But 'Ami's being mean." He whined.
"I know he is, but throwing a tantrum isn't going to get you your way." Atem said sternly.
"Please can we go Gwandpa's, Temmy?" Yugi asked unleashing his puppy dog eyes. They were even more potent, as they were finding out, when he was acting like a child. They caved to his will almost instantly, agreeing with him.
Picking him up, Atem carried him like the toddler he was portraying to his Grandpa's house. He walked in and upstairs, and was slightly surprised when Marik followed without any hindrance, such as an invitation. He set Yugi on the couch and told him to stay for a moment while he went to see if his Grandpa was home. Yugi agreed easily, and flipped on the TV, he turned it to PBSKids, where Sesame Street was just coming on. Yugi and Malik sang along with the opening song.
"See, Mr. Mutou?" Atem asked pointing to them as he came back into the living room with the old man in tow.
"Gwandpa!" Yugi cried leaping off the couch and giving the man a hug.
"Yugi! Well, this is a pleasant surprise!" the old man said releasing him and placing his hands on his hips.
"You oways say that." Yugi said back like he was exasperated. It was so cute Atem and Yami couldn't help the 'awwwww' that escaped them.
"So what do you want for lunch?" he asked rubbing his hands together.
"Gwilled cheese!" Yugi said.
"Does Malik want grilled cheese too?" Grandpa asked. Malik nodded his head vigorously.
"Alright then, Atem can you help me in the kitchen please?" Grandpa asked turning to walk away.
"No, take 'Ami, he being mean today." Yugi said latching onto Atem's arm.
"Is he now? Well that won't do, come along Yami." Grandpa said.
"I'm not being mean." He grumbled.
"Come on Yugi, let's sit down and watch…this show." Atem said when he realized that he didn't know what this show was called.
"It's called Sesame Street, Atem. And up next we have Barney!" Marik said in a fake cheerful voice.
"Awesome!" Atem said his cheerfulness as fake as Marik's. Yugi and Malik didn't catch on though, thankfully, it probably would have brought on more tears. Soon after Marik and Atem were done being tortured with Barney, Grandpa called them into the kitchen to eat. After they were done eating Yugi and Malik started to yawn.
"Oh, I think it's nap time for some big boys." Grandpa said.
"No, no nap!" Yugi said pounding a flat palm against the table.
"Yugi, look at me." Grandpa said quietly. Yugi looked at him.
"What happens when we don't take naps?" Grandpa asked him.
"We get cranky." Yugi answered looking down.
"That's right, you don't want to be a Mr. Cranky do you?" Grandpa asked.
"No." he said shaking his head.
"Okay, then you need to go home with your babysitters so you can take your nap now." Grandpa said sternly.
"Kay." He said getting down and walking over to Atem and lifting his arms up towards him. Atem picked him up without protest, and Marik did the same with Malik.
"Thank you for making lunch Mr. Mutou." Atem said as he walked out.
"Bye Gwandpa." Yugi said waving before putting his thumb in his mouth and sucking on it. By the time they got home, Yugi was nearly out. He was awake enough to slide under the covers himself, and take off his blanket and hold it instead. Placing his thumb back in his mouth Yugi sucked the digit until he fell asleep.
[Time skip]
"WHAT THE HELL?!" the cry had Yami and Atem charging into Yugi's room from their own.
"You okay?" Atem asked.
"Why am I sucking my thumb, holding my baby blanket, wearing your shirt and only underwear?" Yugi asked looking at them in confusion.
"Oh Yugi, you're back." Atem said coming in the room more and climbing onto the bed. Yami stayed where he was by the door.
"Did I go somewhere?" Yugi asked.
"Yes, you went to a place where you were unreachable to us." Atem said cupping his face with both hands and rubbing his cheeks with his thumbs.
"How un…reachable?" Yugi asked in a way that showed he was remembering what had happened. His face became a very dark red as placed a hand over his mouth his embarrassment growing with each second. And being Yugi, he bolted off the bed and ran out the doors instead of into the bathroom, which Atem was blocking anyway.
He heard a loud curse come from the open door as he flew down the stairs. He was attempting to put as much distance as he could between them. He couldn't believe he had done and said all that. Yes, he hadn't been in a right state of mind, but still it was as embarrassing as hell. He couldn't believe he had run through town in only his underwear and a baby blanket tied around his neck. He burst through the front doors and froze on the top step; Yami was waiting for him here.
"Easy Yugi." Yami said gently as he took small and slow steps towards him. Yugi backed up and looked from left to right before attempting to run left. An arm caught him around his waist but not from the direction that he was expecting, it came from behind him. He was pulled against a chest and Atem's other arm wrapped around his shoulders, keeping him in place.
"Shhh, calm down." Atem whispered.
"I should've eaten the beetles." Yugi said back a few tears of embarrassment dripping from his eyes to the ground. Yami's feet stopped in front of him, and Yugi felt his head be tilted up to look at him.
"What can we do to help?" he asked wiping a tear away from his hand.
"Let me go so I can kill myself." Yugi said only half kidding. He saw Yami's eyes flick up to Atem's with faint traces of fear in them. He was swung up into Atem's arms without a word passing between them.
Atem carried him back up to their room, and set him down on the bed. He pushed his bangs back before forcing him to lie down on the bed. Yugi thought he was going to climb up on him, but instead he just started to caress the right side of his face with his hand. Yugi closed his eyes, leaning in to the touch.
"Is that really what you want?" Yami asked quietly.
"No. What I really want is to acquire some form of dignity back, but after today, I doubt I have even a shred of it left to own." Yugi said turning away from the caress to hide his face in the blankets. He felt the bed shift beneath him slightly before a pair of lips was barely brushing his ear as words were whispered into it.
"Can sex be a way for you to reclaim some of this dignity?" Atem asked.
"No, sex isn't the option for everything." Yugi said back fisting the blanket in his hands.
"Then help us to help you, Yugi. And leaving the Palace isn't an option." Yami said before adding the last part on quickly.
"Um, you could take my mind off of my embarrassment by telling me stories about you guys? You know, like what your life was like before you met me?" Yugi asked sitting up and treading the topic carefully.
"What do you want to know?" Yami asked.
"Everything!" Yugi said cheerfully happy that they weren't turning him down on this subject.
"That's a very broad spectrum." Atem commented.
"What was it like being Atem's personal servant?" Yugi asked Yami.
"Boring. I had to follow him around, sit through boring meetings, remove his jewelry each night, wash him when he got dirty, avoid council members, take walks through the garden, and sleep in a room adjacent to his. It was just pure torture!" Yami said looking he had been tortured making Yugi bite his bottom lip to try to keep his laughter at bay.
"Oh ha ha, funny, I still remember that first time you got into trouble around the Palace. Imagine this Yugi. Somehow, Yami managed to upset the entire kitchen staff in one sitting by walking into the room to get me my meal, and running into a cook who was caring an entire bag of flour. So the entire kitchen exploded with a white edible powder as the bag went up and then came back down. He was 11, and I had no way of punishing him for this incident that was clearly an accident. I still had to punish him though, because clearly the kitchen staff was very upset by the mess that they had to clean up. So I did the only thing I knew he hated more than meetings, I forced him to take a walk with me through the gardens. From then on he was careful when he walked into the kitchens." Atem said jumping into a story.
"What were the gardens like?" Yugi asked curious.
"They were beautiful, not as beautiful as the one we have now, but beautiful none the less. And the only reason why I detested those long walks of yours was because I burned easily. Besides, I have a feeling you only did it so you could rub aloe on me at night." Yami answered before narrowing his eyes at Atem over Yugi's head.
"Well, that was one of the reasons the other was so I could touch that smooth milky skin of yours." Atem said back wrapping his arms around Yugi's waist. Yami rolled his eyes before sitting on the bed with them.
"Pervert." Yami muttered.
"Only when I was around you. Can we have sex now?" Atem asked nibbling on Yugi's ear.
"No, not tonight." Yugi said shaking his head.
"Why not?" he asked.
"Because I don't want to! If you want sex so bad, take Yami!" Yugi said pushing him away.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, that is no way to handle a human, Atem." Yami scolded.
"When then?" Atem asked ignoring Yami.
"I don't know, just not tonight." Yugi repeated rubbing his eyes and yawning.
"Tired? You have had a long day, so it's understandable." Yami said offhandedly. Yugi's face started to change color like a Christmas light slowly coming on. His toes curled, his hands bunched up, and his body tensed up as he prepared to spring. Atem grabbed his upper arms and pinned him to the bed before he could even move.
"Smooth." He said.
"Shut up." Yami said back.
"Are you hungry, Yugi?" Atem asked softly.
"Yeah." Yugi said nodding.
"Okay, is there anything in particular you want to eat?" Atem asked. Yugi knew what he was doing, but decided that just this once, he'd let him get away with it.
"Your steak?" Yugi asked playing his game.
"My steak?" Atem asked back.
"Yeah, your steak." Yugi said nodding as Atem loosened his grip on his arms.
"Alright." Atem said getting up and walking out.
"Hey, Yami?"
"Hmm?"
"What did Atem eat?" Yugi asked.
"Blood, usually fresh from human girls, but sometimes he would eat it from animals, but he preferred humans." Yami answered.
"What did you eat?" Yugi asked.
"Until my fangs grew in, I ate normal human food." Yami answered.
"They grew in?" Yugi asked bending his head slightly to look at them.
"Yes, Yugi, they grew in." Yami said smiling.
"Oh, when did they grow in?" Yugi asked.
"When I was 16 years of age. Unfortunately, that meant I had to wait a year as my body adjusted from a food diet to a blood one. Plus, my fangs needed to grow strong enough to pierce flesh." Yami explained.
"Did…did Atem ever drink from you?" Yugi asked climbing off the bed and going over to Koneko's jungle gym.
"Only when he was too lazy to send me for someone else. Back then, we didn't have to take government regulated drugs that forced us to have only one food source at a time. We could drink from as many humans as we wished, no consequences included. It was better that way too. Then we didn't have to worry about ever killing our food sources. We didn't have to limit ourselves to one meal either. Human drugs forced us to make our own." Yami explained with a sour look on his face as Yugi sat down on the bed with Koneko in his arms.
"I didn't know that." Yugi said shaking his head as he absent mindedly petted Koneko.
"Didn't know what?" Yami asked.
"That the government forced you to take drugs. I thought one food source per vampire was just how you were born. They don't teach us about that in school, they just taught us that you converged with the human race a millennia ago. It's just accepted that you can only take one food source, not that you were forced to take only one." Yugi explained as gently as he could. He didn't know how Yami would take the information.
"Humans can never do anything wrong." Yami grumbled.
"That's not true." Yugi said back.
"Fine, humans believe that they're never in the wrong." Yami amended his previous statement.
"Yes, but we usually are more often than not." Yugi agreed.
"What?" Yami asked like he didn't believe what he had just heard come out of Yugi's mouth.
"We strive for a perfection that doesn't exist. On our way to claim it, we make many mistakes. It is claiming ownership of those mistakes that we struggle with most. So forgive us of our mistakes Yami, and anymore we may force upon you, it's only our human nature acting up." Yugi said getting up with Koneko and walking out to the balcony to overlook the garden.
"Yugi?" Yami asked cautiously. Yugi was content right now with silence and he sent a strong burst of that over the link towards him. Yami didn't say anything else.
"Alright, I'm ba-what happened? What did you do?" Atem asked coming into the room and noticing a slight tension crackling in the air.
"Nothing, we just talked, and Yugi is content with silence right now, so shhh." Yami responded.
"Okay. Yugi, dinner." He said slowly before calling out to him.
"In a minute." Yugi responded softly petting Koneko.
"I made this wonderful meal and you're not even going to eat it?" Atem asked sounding like he was hurt.
"I said in a minute." He responded sharply.
"Whoa, what's got you so heated?" Atem asked setting the food down on the desk.
"Atem, if you value your life, shhhh." Yami said sounding as if he was smiling.
"You'll avenge me." He said back his voice coming closer.
"True, but if you're dead and Yugi's dead, who am I going to fool around with?" Yami asked back.
"Your own cock, now what's wrong?" Atem responded and asked bracing his arms on either side of Yugi and Koneko.
"I was enjoying the quiet that you interrupted with your presence." Yugi responded his eyes shut tight. Atem sighed picking him up making him lose grip of Koneko, and by consequence making Koneko go over the railing. Yugi sprung after her without a thought.
"YUGI!"
"ATEM!"
I thought hmmm, what's the most embarrassing superhero that I know of? And then it hit me, a childhood favorite, Captain Underpants! I think it's also easy to guess what book I got a hold of at the library. You'll see Malik's superhero pop up later in the story again, that's gong to be fun. *The reason Yami is so upset is because when Yugi says his name, it comes out like Amy, and Atem's comes out like Tammy. Marik's is Eric, but I think that's pretty explanatory. Right, yugioh yoai- I don't know, maybe, we'll see. And that's all the questions that I see, okay, I would like to thank everyone who are/have following/favorited this story. I would also like to thank everyone who reviewed Guest and User alike. Please review. Midnight ;p