I love the title of this story! Itsumademo Naito! Forever Night, so I believe, honestly I don't have the best Japanese skill, maybe it's Night Forever, for all I know. Why can't we have it in school as a language? Sucks...so I'm stuck with Spanish....but that's off subject! I actually don't know the plot yet, but it'll be yaoi: Yami/Bakura (Ryou is normal Bakura in this), but the pairing won't be known for awhile, just hints here and there, ok? So um...Let's get the ball rolling!
First chapter confusing....arguments all around, lots of talking, and many different scenes with the characters.
Warnings: Language (Yami Malik mainly, lol), yaoi (if you couldn't figure that out yet), maybe some violence at some point, probably from Yami Malik, again, lol.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh at all....though how it would be "fun" if I did....
Slight info that will be needed at SOME point:
/Yugi to Yami/
//Yami to Yugi//
{Ryou to Bakura}
[Bakura to Ryou]
*Malik to Yami Malik*
~*Yami Malik to Malik*~
Ryou is normal Bakura
Yami Malik will start being called by Marik towards the end of the chapter, it will be pointed out.
All the hikaris MOST of the time call their darker halves "Yami", but Yami Yugi will always be known as Yami anyway.
"I was left to cry there, waiting outside there, grinning with a lost stare, that's when I decided...Why should I care? 'Cause you weren't there, when I was scare, I was so alone." -Avril Lavigne: Losing Grip
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"This is all your fault!"
"My fault?! How the hell do you always manage to blame everything on me?!"
"Because it's always YOUR fault!"
"Damn you, Yami! I told you! I didn't cause this mess! So stop being your bastardly Pharaoh self and leave me be!"
"I'll prove you did this tomb-robber!"
"I can't wait to see!" Bakura growled in anger, the crisp night air biting against his cheeks as he turned his back rapidly and walked away from the enraged former Pharaoh. Yami cursed in anger and looked into the sky, watching as two or three stars vanished from view.
"All his fault."
And he turned, walking away as well.
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"Ryou....why do we have to stay here...?" A voice spoke out softly in a semi-large room, windowless and only one lamp in the middle of a table, yet of course, the lamp was not on.
"Because all the *Egyptians* told us it was safer, Yugi."
"It's stupid though! What? Do they think a coyote will come out and eat us?"
"Actually, remember what the news said last week?"
"I didn't read the news."
"Yugi......never mind, you missed my point," Ryou sighed from the corner he leaned against, the two were locked within the room by Yami and Bakura, no matter how much the other two were arguing now, they agreed to keep the hikaris out of it. The silver-haired cringed at hearing something crash against a wall and whispered out, slightly frightened. "Yugi, really, you don't have to go berserk, I'm sure we'll be out soon.."
"Ryou....that....wasn't.....me...."
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"Why?! Why did Yami have to torment me! Ok, so I'm annoying! But why did I have to be paired with YOU!?"
"Calm down, puppy."
"Kaiba! Leave me the hell ALONE!"
Sitting on the roof of Kaiba Corp were two boys, one known as Joey Wheeler, sister of Serenity, and the other Seto Kaiba, older brother to Mokuba. Both were NOT happy being where they were, stuck on a roof to monitor the night.
"I don't think I can, it's too much fun driving you out of your petite sized brain."
Joey growled at the comment and missed Kaiba's smug look, though it was easy for the blonde to decipher what the person behind him was thinking: Growls like the dog he is. At the thought, Joey yelled out into the dark, night air. "WHY YAMI?!"
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"I don't get it...what is going on..." The former Pharaoh muttered to himself, calmer then he was earlier. He chuckled at himself as he walked blindly down a sidewalk, "Interesting, I separate everyone in pairs and tell them not to leave your partner no matter what, and look here! I already have been ditched by mine. Kuso....my fault anyway..." He grumbled and folded his arms over his torso. "But the accuse still stands."
"Gee, and I figured I could come out of the shadows after you admitted something was your fault, but now that you still believe I did this whole darkness thing, I don't think I will."
Yami immediately stopped walking, spinning around to find where the source of the voice came from, unable to find where the tomb-robber was hiding until a lighten up glow from the ring showed Bakura leaning against a tree. Unlike Ryou's normal sweater outfit, Bakura doused himself in a blue and white striped shirt, a greenish-blue cloth jacket over it and blue jeans, smug look across his pale face.
"How long have you been following me?!"
"Hm...let's see...." He held up a few fingers that both knew meant absolutely nothing. Bakura set them back down, assuming his normal position and chuckling. "You said not to leave the person you were paired with no matter what."
"And you actually listened...?" Yami voice dropped to anger to astonishment.
"Don't make a deal of it, Pharaoh, I don't like this any more then you do."
"You seriously didn't cast whatever spell this is...?"
"Like hell I didn't! You think I'm that powerful?!"
"Good point...."
"Wha- DAMN YOU!"
"What else is new..." Yami grumbled, turning away and staring into the sky. His gaze focused onto a stare that faded away into blackness slowly and sighed staring at the ground. "I don't know what to do....how can I stop this....I don't know...."
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"Yugi.....there's.....something....else....in here....."
"You think I couldn't figure that out?!"
/Yami! Something else is in the room!/
//Aibou, don't be crazy, there are no windows and the door was locked, there is nothing in there.//
/But Ya-/
//Aibou please, I'm trying to figure out what is going on but you are seriously not helping my aching mind...//
Yugi silenced himself and sighed. "Yami basically ignored my mental plea, have you tried your dark half...?"
"Ha! Bakura? He wouldn't listen, let alone I doubt I could break through his barrier," Ryou chuckled slightly, then remembered their situation. "So...what do we d-" His voice stopped, hearing a squeak of a shoe and a very soft curse. "Alright, w-who's there....?"
"No one."
Yugi and Ryou froze at the new voice.
"You idiot shut your trap!"
A loud smack rang through the dark air and another soft curse, followed by the sound of something bumping into the table. Yugi stood up quickly and fumbled to the table, snapping the switch of the lamp on that rested on the table, falling backwards at two near identical figures before him.
"Uhh....hi?"
"Malik?!" Ryou yelled without thinking, standing up still by his corner and looking at the two forms.
"Hi."
"And the yami..." Yugi added.
"How did you two get in here.....?"
"Magic," the yami murmured, slapping his light upside the back of his head. "Why couldn't you just sit still?! Then we wouldn't have been caught!"
"Um...sorry Yami?"
"Sorry my ass..."
"Hey, hey, can we just cool it here? Why are you two here..?" Ryou asked, holding his hands up as a defense towards Malik, the yami turned away with crossed arms.
"Well, see, we had a kind of....mishap in the streets...something jumped out on me...." Malik held up a recently scared arm. "And, well, needed somewhere to quickly go to, and uh, just kind of....sensed your Millennium Items and.....well it was the nearest place so we just-"
"Dammit! STOP rambling!"
Malik flinched as his yami's fist headed through the air towards the younger boy, that is until Yugi and Ryou held back his arm. "LET ME GO!"
"Calm down!" Ryou yelled, holding his grasp as hard as he could.
"Yami please, just relax, I'm done, I'm DONE!"
/Hey Yami, I found what was in the room./
//Yugi....// Yami replied in an almost scolding tone.
/Yami! Malik and his yami are here!/
//WHAT?!//
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Yami jolted upright from his position from leaning against a tree, catching Bakura's attention. The other sat within the branches of the tree, annoyed that he should have stayed out in the shadows. "What the hell is wrong with you?!"
"Malik....and his yami....are with Yugi and Ryou...."
"Point?"
Yami glared up at Bakura who shrugged. "What, it doesn't seem like that big of a deal, I can't figure why you're so tense over it. It's not like the two blonde's are on a death raid now, hm?"
//Yugi, are they trying to kill you?//
/What? No, actually Malik's yami had a deck of cards and is teaching us poker.../
Yami faltered and sighed, walking into the middle of the street and looking down at his digital watch Yugi had given him a month or so ago. "Eleven forty.....have twenty minutes until we meet up at Kaiba Corp again, if Kaiba and Joey are still alive." He whispered to no one in particular, though he knew Bakura (who was now a foot or so behind him) had heard. Something else sounded in Yami's ears though and he heard an agonizing scream, turning around quickly with widened eyes. "BAKURA!"
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"Seventeen minutes until the others show..." Kaiba muttered, leaning against a wall in the lobby of his building. Him and Joey were the only occupants, and they had the lights on very dim, just the ever so slight amount needed to see around.
"Oh goody....then we can listen to Yami ramble more..."
"Better then me rambling."
"Un."
"You weren't supposed to agree with that!"
Joey was hardly able to swerve his head very slightly, the book that Kaiba had thrown from across the lobby floor at Joey, hitting the wall the blonde was on with a thunk. It seemed to hover a moment in place before sinking to hit besides Joey who sighed in contempt that the book didn't hit him. "I won't miss again, blonde."
Joey gulped and remained silent, his inner mind praying for the others to hurry back soon, he wanted to stay alive, darkness or none.
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Yami kneeled besides the other dark half, who was sprawled against the ground, panting rigidly with blood leaving his skin and engulfing his shirt. "What happened..!?"
"Hound..." Was all the yami could reply with. The former Pharaoh glanced up, in time to see a form dart away on for legs. It had misjudged Bakura, thinking the tomb-robber was a fine piece of animal meat, something to sooth its hungering taste buds. But it turned out Bakura wasn't good enough to eat.
"A coyote..." Yami mouthed before drawling his attention to look down over at the slumped and now fainted other. He sighed and scooped Bakura into his arms and swung him over his shoulder, before heading towards the location of Kaiba Corp, connecting with his hikari along the way.
//Aibou, we're heading back to meet up with the others, do you want to be transferred through the puzzle when we get there or now?//
/When you get there, please./
//Alright, aibou.//
/Is Bakura ok...? Ryou started to panic at one point..../
Yami rotated his gaze slightly to look at Bakura who still was sling over the former Pharaoh's shoulder. He shook his head slightly, the only "lit" building in the entire place of Domino City coming into his view. //Bakura fainted from lack of blood.//
/Lack of blood?! What happened...?/
//A coyote thought he'd be a good meal, but only injured Bakura's chest to figure he wasn't, hm....tasteful.//
/Yami! That isn't nice, you shouldn't make fun of someone in this condition! Ryou is really worried here, we're transferring over when you're ready./
Yami set Bakura's body on the cement and sighed. //Ready, aibou, just tell Ryou to take over Bakura's form immediately.//
/As good as done./
A glowing from the Millennium Puzzle and Ring didn't even cause Yami to flinch. He focused on the two items and watched as Yugi step from the spirit's shared form, and Ryou taking control over his dark half.
Ryou immediately moved to be very close to Yami. "Why didn't you help him?!"
"I....Ryou, I didn't realize, until he yelled out, it was too late-"
"But you COULD have done SOMETHING!" The silver-haired cried, the empty feeling from his other's soul room making a shiver run down his spine.
"Yes, I could, and that only thing was to get him to Kaiba Corp as fast as possible, now come on," Yami mumbled, brushing past Ryou with his light following in close range. To be honest, he felt guilty for not being able to help...but in no way did he mention it.
The three entered through the glass doors of the building, Kaiba and Joey standing up upon their entry. "Kaiba, we need a first aid kit," Yami stated right away and noted the confused CEO. He sighed slightly and watched as Ryou separated from his darker half, the other laying now half conscious on the floor. "We need one NOW."
Upon seeing the status of Bakura, Kaiba turned on his heels and walked towards the front desk, fishing his hands over the counter and pulling out a box with a red cross on the front and walked back to the others, kneeling besides the wounded one.
"Gee Yami, what did you do to him?" Kaiba muttered
"I didn't do anything," Yami spat sincerely. "It was a coyote."
"Yeah, well, seems like you weren't much help."
"It's not my fault!"
"Hmph."
"Kaiba, please, leave my yami alone," Yugi defended his dark half, holding arms out for a better influence. Kaiba just grunted and tied off Bakura's bandage.
"Gee, why didn't anyone invite us?"
Yami lifted his head to the door, sending a direct glare at Yami Malik and Malik. "I feel so utterly rejected."
"We don't need your help, so why don't you leave before I FORCE you to?" Yami mused, glare never shifting off the two. Yami Malik grunted and shifted his own gaze, his hikari stepping forward in a near desperate attempt.
"Please, we just need somewhere to stay, Yami, this is the only real safe place. We'd go with my sister, but she went to find Shadi, good luck to her on that," he stated hopefully, but though most of what he said was true, the young light's face was easy readable. Yami's translation made more sense: We can handle ourselves, but really, don't leave me alone with my yami, especially with my sister out to find Shadi. Yep. That made perfect sense.
" 'ey come on Yami, even I think I can trust 'em, and I was possessed by da guys," Joey piped in, moving towards the group. "I say let 'em stay."
//Aibou?//
/I trust them enough....I agree with Joey.../
Yami sighed and turned his head back at Bakura, who lay flat on his back, then looked back at the two Ishtars. "Fine. You both can stay. But." He paused, turning to walk over by Bakura and looking back at them. "*Marik*, I believe you can heal your dear friend now, can't you?"
"DON'T call me that name!"
"Hm? Why not, don't you like it?" Yami taunted, arms automatically folding over his torso, a smirk crossing his face. It was always a sport to piss the other off.
"I HATE that bloody name!" He cursed a string of words, causing Yami to chuckle and remind him that Bakura was in need of a good healing. The yami grunted and walked to Bakura, shoving Yami out of the way and placing his palms over the other, saying one thing before starting a spell. "Don't think I'm doing this for you, Pharaoh." He growled and closed his eyes, focusing on the dark magic he learned from Egypt and focusing the powers onto Bakura, they were, after all, both considered Dark Mages, so transferring some energy to the other raider, didn't hurt. Just enough to heal. That's all he gave to Bakura, backing away as the other groaned and stirred.
"Why thank you, Marik."
"Pharaoh, shut the fuck up!" The yami snapped, turning his gaze at Yami, a deadly glare fixated over his tanned features.
"Why would I do that?"
"Damn you bastard!" The blonde charged at Yami, only to be held back by his light and Joey. Kaiba just found a wall to lean against, enjoying the show greatly.
*Yami! Stop it now!*
The former ruler had his own arms tied by two others, Yugi and Ryou.
/Yami! Will you stop provoking him!/
Yami growled and shook the two boys off him, folding his arms back in his normal posture and sighing, closing his eyes and a hand finding his forehead. //Sorry aibou, I don't know what came over me.//
Bakura rolled over to his side, pushing his palms into the ground to sit up, looking around with a half blurred gaze. "How'd I get here...?"
"Thank you greatly for healing my yami, Marik," Ryou spoke up softly, moving to help his darker half stand, supporting him and being surprised that the other didn't refuse the assistance.
"Will all you fuck ass people stop calling me MARIK?!"
"No," five responses, all the same. The dark one sighed in defeat.
"Fine, FINE! Keep the damn name!"
*It's not that bad, Yami...*
~*Shut your mouth, aibou.*~
Malik looked away from his darker half and to the others. "So what're we supposed to do?"
Yami looked up, as if he had just gotten a reminder of why they were all in this building. But his look returned to the floor, as if searching desperately for some kind of answer. The others formed a circle around him, well, technically he was part of the circle as well. Kaiba showed by the way he stared that he didn't want to be here....in a way....he was FORCED here.
***Flashback***
"Hello?" The CEO snapped, picking up the phone within his house, Mokuba literally on his heels.
"Who is it big brother...?"
"Hush, kiddo," Seto whispered, paying his attention back to the phone. ".... Yes, I do realize that it isn't supposed to look like this outside.....leave the damn company then you wimps!.... The building HAS a generator, you DO realize this, right? ......... Well then find a way to turn it on! ...... I don't know, kick it! ..... That's it! I give up on your petite sized brain, you're fired, happy?! Now leave the damned building like everyone else has!" Kaiba blinked, moving his eyes back to a wide-eyed Mokuba. He hung up the phone and looked over his little brother. "Don't you ever go repeating what I said, ok?"
"Ok, big brother, but what's wrong? Is the sky all dark at Kaiba Corp too?"
"Yeah..." He muttered, looking at his watch. Five-thirty in the evening. He looked out a window....the sky pitch black. "I wish I knew w-" Seto was cut of by the ringing of the phone and told Mokuba to leave the room, making sure the smaller boy was out before picking it up. "What?!"
The other voice came across as deep.
"Yami, why the hell would you be calling MY house?! I am in NO mood WHATSOEVER! ....... What do you mean, you want to use my building?! What?! Alright, fine, fine, use my building for whatever powwow you want to have there, just don't burn it down! ...... Help?! Help with WHAT?! ..... Wait, you mean you're already there?! ..... I should thank Yugi for teaching you SOME manners! Urg! .......... Damn you Yami, I'm not helping you fix whatever happened to the sky. .....Wait a second, that's blackmail! You bastard, leave my brother out of this!" Kaiba clenched a hand onto a nearby wall, veins popping up from their normal resting place. This didn't seem fair. Not at all. Yami didn't seem to be looking to trick him, but bringing up his brother? He said something about whatever the darkness is, could bring danger and find a way of attacking, which could mean no safety for his little brother. Kaiba sighed and twisted the phone in his hands, whispering hopelessly. "I'll come."
***End Flashback***
Everyone else came willingly, but it wasn't hard, Joey always wanted some action and a way to stay away from home, Ryou and Bakura were just plain....easy to make come. And, well, Malik and Marik just....came, uninvited too.
"Well I say we get more people 'ere ta help us, maybe someone else would 'ave a plan, aye?"
Yami snapped a look at Joey. "Hell no! I'm not getting anyone else involved in this mess! Whatever this mess is!"
"It was jus' a suggestion..."
/Yami, relax, he was just trying to help.../
//I know aibou, I know...//
Bakura lifted his head, still leaning on his light for support. An odd feeling swept through his bones, chilling him, yet warming his inner self. His eyes looked around at everyone, seeing that they were all staring at him and he saw why.
His ring was reacting.
In a slow motion, the center tip of the ring lifted, pointing outwards to the doors that lead outside, this caused Yami to raise a brow. "Bakura?"
"I sense.....a Millennium Item....."
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THAT WAS LONG! Go me! Eleven pages and 3645 words! How was it? I *know* that none of you understand what is going on, but heck, neither do the characters in the fic. Only I hold the truth! Dun, dun, dunnnnn! Yeah, ok then, next chapter will be out when I type it, maybe by the beginning of next week I'll have it. Don't expect it to be as long as this was, but hey, I'll keep it a decent length, I promise! ^^ Ja, for now.
First chapter confusing....arguments all around, lots of talking, and many different scenes with the characters.
Warnings: Language (Yami Malik mainly, lol), yaoi (if you couldn't figure that out yet), maybe some violence at some point, probably from Yami Malik, again, lol.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh at all....though how it would be "fun" if I did....
Slight info that will be needed at SOME point:
/Yugi to Yami/
//Yami to Yugi//
{Ryou to Bakura}
[Bakura to Ryou]
*Malik to Yami Malik*
~*Yami Malik to Malik*~
Ryou is normal Bakura
Yami Malik will start being called by Marik towards the end of the chapter, it will be pointed out.
All the hikaris MOST of the time call their darker halves "Yami", but Yami Yugi will always be known as Yami anyway.
"I was left to cry there, waiting outside there, grinning with a lost stare, that's when I decided...Why should I care? 'Cause you weren't there, when I was scare, I was so alone." -Avril Lavigne: Losing Grip
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"This is all your fault!"
"My fault?! How the hell do you always manage to blame everything on me?!"
"Because it's always YOUR fault!"
"Damn you, Yami! I told you! I didn't cause this mess! So stop being your bastardly Pharaoh self and leave me be!"
"I'll prove you did this tomb-robber!"
"I can't wait to see!" Bakura growled in anger, the crisp night air biting against his cheeks as he turned his back rapidly and walked away from the enraged former Pharaoh. Yami cursed in anger and looked into the sky, watching as two or three stars vanished from view.
"All his fault."
And he turned, walking away as well.
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"Ryou....why do we have to stay here...?" A voice spoke out softly in a semi-large room, windowless and only one lamp in the middle of a table, yet of course, the lamp was not on.
"Because all the *Egyptians* told us it was safer, Yugi."
"It's stupid though! What? Do they think a coyote will come out and eat us?"
"Actually, remember what the news said last week?"
"I didn't read the news."
"Yugi......never mind, you missed my point," Ryou sighed from the corner he leaned against, the two were locked within the room by Yami and Bakura, no matter how much the other two were arguing now, they agreed to keep the hikaris out of it. The silver-haired cringed at hearing something crash against a wall and whispered out, slightly frightened. "Yugi, really, you don't have to go berserk, I'm sure we'll be out soon.."
"Ryou....that....wasn't.....me...."
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"Why?! Why did Yami have to torment me! Ok, so I'm annoying! But why did I have to be paired with YOU!?"
"Calm down, puppy."
"Kaiba! Leave me the hell ALONE!"
Sitting on the roof of Kaiba Corp were two boys, one known as Joey Wheeler, sister of Serenity, and the other Seto Kaiba, older brother to Mokuba. Both were NOT happy being where they were, stuck on a roof to monitor the night.
"I don't think I can, it's too much fun driving you out of your petite sized brain."
Joey growled at the comment and missed Kaiba's smug look, though it was easy for the blonde to decipher what the person behind him was thinking: Growls like the dog he is. At the thought, Joey yelled out into the dark, night air. "WHY YAMI?!"
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"I don't get it...what is going on..." The former Pharaoh muttered to himself, calmer then he was earlier. He chuckled at himself as he walked blindly down a sidewalk, "Interesting, I separate everyone in pairs and tell them not to leave your partner no matter what, and look here! I already have been ditched by mine. Kuso....my fault anyway..." He grumbled and folded his arms over his torso. "But the accuse still stands."
"Gee, and I figured I could come out of the shadows after you admitted something was your fault, but now that you still believe I did this whole darkness thing, I don't think I will."
Yami immediately stopped walking, spinning around to find where the source of the voice came from, unable to find where the tomb-robber was hiding until a lighten up glow from the ring showed Bakura leaning against a tree. Unlike Ryou's normal sweater outfit, Bakura doused himself in a blue and white striped shirt, a greenish-blue cloth jacket over it and blue jeans, smug look across his pale face.
"How long have you been following me?!"
"Hm...let's see...." He held up a few fingers that both knew meant absolutely nothing. Bakura set them back down, assuming his normal position and chuckling. "You said not to leave the person you were paired with no matter what."
"And you actually listened...?" Yami voice dropped to anger to astonishment.
"Don't make a deal of it, Pharaoh, I don't like this any more then you do."
"You seriously didn't cast whatever spell this is...?"
"Like hell I didn't! You think I'm that powerful?!"
"Good point...."
"Wha- DAMN YOU!"
"What else is new..." Yami grumbled, turning away and staring into the sky. His gaze focused onto a stare that faded away into blackness slowly and sighed staring at the ground. "I don't know what to do....how can I stop this....I don't know...."
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"Yugi.....there's.....something....else....in here....."
"You think I couldn't figure that out?!"
/Yami! Something else is in the room!/
//Aibou, don't be crazy, there are no windows and the door was locked, there is nothing in there.//
/But Ya-/
//Aibou please, I'm trying to figure out what is going on but you are seriously not helping my aching mind...//
Yugi silenced himself and sighed. "Yami basically ignored my mental plea, have you tried your dark half...?"
"Ha! Bakura? He wouldn't listen, let alone I doubt I could break through his barrier," Ryou chuckled slightly, then remembered their situation. "So...what do we d-" His voice stopped, hearing a squeak of a shoe and a very soft curse. "Alright, w-who's there....?"
"No one."
Yugi and Ryou froze at the new voice.
"You idiot shut your trap!"
A loud smack rang through the dark air and another soft curse, followed by the sound of something bumping into the table. Yugi stood up quickly and fumbled to the table, snapping the switch of the lamp on that rested on the table, falling backwards at two near identical figures before him.
"Uhh....hi?"
"Malik?!" Ryou yelled without thinking, standing up still by his corner and looking at the two forms.
"Hi."
"And the yami..." Yugi added.
"How did you two get in here.....?"
"Magic," the yami murmured, slapping his light upside the back of his head. "Why couldn't you just sit still?! Then we wouldn't have been caught!"
"Um...sorry Yami?"
"Sorry my ass..."
"Hey, hey, can we just cool it here? Why are you two here..?" Ryou asked, holding his hands up as a defense towards Malik, the yami turned away with crossed arms.
"Well, see, we had a kind of....mishap in the streets...something jumped out on me...." Malik held up a recently scared arm. "And, well, needed somewhere to quickly go to, and uh, just kind of....sensed your Millennium Items and.....well it was the nearest place so we just-"
"Dammit! STOP rambling!"
Malik flinched as his yami's fist headed through the air towards the younger boy, that is until Yugi and Ryou held back his arm. "LET ME GO!"
"Calm down!" Ryou yelled, holding his grasp as hard as he could.
"Yami please, just relax, I'm done, I'm DONE!"
/Hey Yami, I found what was in the room./
//Yugi....// Yami replied in an almost scolding tone.
/Yami! Malik and his yami are here!/
//WHAT?!//
******
Yami jolted upright from his position from leaning against a tree, catching Bakura's attention. The other sat within the branches of the tree, annoyed that he should have stayed out in the shadows. "What the hell is wrong with you?!"
"Malik....and his yami....are with Yugi and Ryou...."
"Point?"
Yami glared up at Bakura who shrugged. "What, it doesn't seem like that big of a deal, I can't figure why you're so tense over it. It's not like the two blonde's are on a death raid now, hm?"
//Yugi, are they trying to kill you?//
/What? No, actually Malik's yami had a deck of cards and is teaching us poker.../
Yami faltered and sighed, walking into the middle of the street and looking down at his digital watch Yugi had given him a month or so ago. "Eleven forty.....have twenty minutes until we meet up at Kaiba Corp again, if Kaiba and Joey are still alive." He whispered to no one in particular, though he knew Bakura (who was now a foot or so behind him) had heard. Something else sounded in Yami's ears though and he heard an agonizing scream, turning around quickly with widened eyes. "BAKURA!"
******
"Seventeen minutes until the others show..." Kaiba muttered, leaning against a wall in the lobby of his building. Him and Joey were the only occupants, and they had the lights on very dim, just the ever so slight amount needed to see around.
"Oh goody....then we can listen to Yami ramble more..."
"Better then me rambling."
"Un."
"You weren't supposed to agree with that!"
Joey was hardly able to swerve his head very slightly, the book that Kaiba had thrown from across the lobby floor at Joey, hitting the wall the blonde was on with a thunk. It seemed to hover a moment in place before sinking to hit besides Joey who sighed in contempt that the book didn't hit him. "I won't miss again, blonde."
Joey gulped and remained silent, his inner mind praying for the others to hurry back soon, he wanted to stay alive, darkness or none.
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Yami kneeled besides the other dark half, who was sprawled against the ground, panting rigidly with blood leaving his skin and engulfing his shirt. "What happened..!?"
"Hound..." Was all the yami could reply with. The former Pharaoh glanced up, in time to see a form dart away on for legs. It had misjudged Bakura, thinking the tomb-robber was a fine piece of animal meat, something to sooth its hungering taste buds. But it turned out Bakura wasn't good enough to eat.
"A coyote..." Yami mouthed before drawling his attention to look down over at the slumped and now fainted other. He sighed and scooped Bakura into his arms and swung him over his shoulder, before heading towards the location of Kaiba Corp, connecting with his hikari along the way.
//Aibou, we're heading back to meet up with the others, do you want to be transferred through the puzzle when we get there or now?//
/When you get there, please./
//Alright, aibou.//
/Is Bakura ok...? Ryou started to panic at one point..../
Yami rotated his gaze slightly to look at Bakura who still was sling over the former Pharaoh's shoulder. He shook his head slightly, the only "lit" building in the entire place of Domino City coming into his view. //Bakura fainted from lack of blood.//
/Lack of blood?! What happened...?/
//A coyote thought he'd be a good meal, but only injured Bakura's chest to figure he wasn't, hm....tasteful.//
/Yami! That isn't nice, you shouldn't make fun of someone in this condition! Ryou is really worried here, we're transferring over when you're ready./
Yami set Bakura's body on the cement and sighed. //Ready, aibou, just tell Ryou to take over Bakura's form immediately.//
/As good as done./
A glowing from the Millennium Puzzle and Ring didn't even cause Yami to flinch. He focused on the two items and watched as Yugi step from the spirit's shared form, and Ryou taking control over his dark half.
Ryou immediately moved to be very close to Yami. "Why didn't you help him?!"
"I....Ryou, I didn't realize, until he yelled out, it was too late-"
"But you COULD have done SOMETHING!" The silver-haired cried, the empty feeling from his other's soul room making a shiver run down his spine.
"Yes, I could, and that only thing was to get him to Kaiba Corp as fast as possible, now come on," Yami mumbled, brushing past Ryou with his light following in close range. To be honest, he felt guilty for not being able to help...but in no way did he mention it.
The three entered through the glass doors of the building, Kaiba and Joey standing up upon their entry. "Kaiba, we need a first aid kit," Yami stated right away and noted the confused CEO. He sighed slightly and watched as Ryou separated from his darker half, the other laying now half conscious on the floor. "We need one NOW."
Upon seeing the status of Bakura, Kaiba turned on his heels and walked towards the front desk, fishing his hands over the counter and pulling out a box with a red cross on the front and walked back to the others, kneeling besides the wounded one.
"Gee Yami, what did you do to him?" Kaiba muttered
"I didn't do anything," Yami spat sincerely. "It was a coyote."
"Yeah, well, seems like you weren't much help."
"It's not my fault!"
"Hmph."
"Kaiba, please, leave my yami alone," Yugi defended his dark half, holding arms out for a better influence. Kaiba just grunted and tied off Bakura's bandage.
"Gee, why didn't anyone invite us?"
Yami lifted his head to the door, sending a direct glare at Yami Malik and Malik. "I feel so utterly rejected."
"We don't need your help, so why don't you leave before I FORCE you to?" Yami mused, glare never shifting off the two. Yami Malik grunted and shifted his own gaze, his hikari stepping forward in a near desperate attempt.
"Please, we just need somewhere to stay, Yami, this is the only real safe place. We'd go with my sister, but she went to find Shadi, good luck to her on that," he stated hopefully, but though most of what he said was true, the young light's face was easy readable. Yami's translation made more sense: We can handle ourselves, but really, don't leave me alone with my yami, especially with my sister out to find Shadi. Yep. That made perfect sense.
" 'ey come on Yami, even I think I can trust 'em, and I was possessed by da guys," Joey piped in, moving towards the group. "I say let 'em stay."
//Aibou?//
/I trust them enough....I agree with Joey.../
Yami sighed and turned his head back at Bakura, who lay flat on his back, then looked back at the two Ishtars. "Fine. You both can stay. But." He paused, turning to walk over by Bakura and looking back at them. "*Marik*, I believe you can heal your dear friend now, can't you?"
"DON'T call me that name!"
"Hm? Why not, don't you like it?" Yami taunted, arms automatically folding over his torso, a smirk crossing his face. It was always a sport to piss the other off.
"I HATE that bloody name!" He cursed a string of words, causing Yami to chuckle and remind him that Bakura was in need of a good healing. The yami grunted and walked to Bakura, shoving Yami out of the way and placing his palms over the other, saying one thing before starting a spell. "Don't think I'm doing this for you, Pharaoh." He growled and closed his eyes, focusing on the dark magic he learned from Egypt and focusing the powers onto Bakura, they were, after all, both considered Dark Mages, so transferring some energy to the other raider, didn't hurt. Just enough to heal. That's all he gave to Bakura, backing away as the other groaned and stirred.
"Why thank you, Marik."
"Pharaoh, shut the fuck up!" The yami snapped, turning his gaze at Yami, a deadly glare fixated over his tanned features.
"Why would I do that?"
"Damn you bastard!" The blonde charged at Yami, only to be held back by his light and Joey. Kaiba just found a wall to lean against, enjoying the show greatly.
*Yami! Stop it now!*
The former ruler had his own arms tied by two others, Yugi and Ryou.
/Yami! Will you stop provoking him!/
Yami growled and shook the two boys off him, folding his arms back in his normal posture and sighing, closing his eyes and a hand finding his forehead. //Sorry aibou, I don't know what came over me.//
Bakura rolled over to his side, pushing his palms into the ground to sit up, looking around with a half blurred gaze. "How'd I get here...?"
"Thank you greatly for healing my yami, Marik," Ryou spoke up softly, moving to help his darker half stand, supporting him and being surprised that the other didn't refuse the assistance.
"Will all you fuck ass people stop calling me MARIK?!"
"No," five responses, all the same. The dark one sighed in defeat.
"Fine, FINE! Keep the damn name!"
*It's not that bad, Yami...*
~*Shut your mouth, aibou.*~
Malik looked away from his darker half and to the others. "So what're we supposed to do?"
Yami looked up, as if he had just gotten a reminder of why they were all in this building. But his look returned to the floor, as if searching desperately for some kind of answer. The others formed a circle around him, well, technically he was part of the circle as well. Kaiba showed by the way he stared that he didn't want to be here....in a way....he was FORCED here.
***Flashback***
"Hello?" The CEO snapped, picking up the phone within his house, Mokuba literally on his heels.
"Who is it big brother...?"
"Hush, kiddo," Seto whispered, paying his attention back to the phone. ".... Yes, I do realize that it isn't supposed to look like this outside.....leave the damn company then you wimps!.... The building HAS a generator, you DO realize this, right? ......... Well then find a way to turn it on! ...... I don't know, kick it! ..... That's it! I give up on your petite sized brain, you're fired, happy?! Now leave the damned building like everyone else has!" Kaiba blinked, moving his eyes back to a wide-eyed Mokuba. He hung up the phone and looked over his little brother. "Don't you ever go repeating what I said, ok?"
"Ok, big brother, but what's wrong? Is the sky all dark at Kaiba Corp too?"
"Yeah..." He muttered, looking at his watch. Five-thirty in the evening. He looked out a window....the sky pitch black. "I wish I knew w-" Seto was cut of by the ringing of the phone and told Mokuba to leave the room, making sure the smaller boy was out before picking it up. "What?!"
The other voice came across as deep.
"Yami, why the hell would you be calling MY house?! I am in NO mood WHATSOEVER! ....... What do you mean, you want to use my building?! What?! Alright, fine, fine, use my building for whatever powwow you want to have there, just don't burn it down! ...... Help?! Help with WHAT?! ..... Wait, you mean you're already there?! ..... I should thank Yugi for teaching you SOME manners! Urg! .......... Damn you Yami, I'm not helping you fix whatever happened to the sky. .....Wait a second, that's blackmail! You bastard, leave my brother out of this!" Kaiba clenched a hand onto a nearby wall, veins popping up from their normal resting place. This didn't seem fair. Not at all. Yami didn't seem to be looking to trick him, but bringing up his brother? He said something about whatever the darkness is, could bring danger and find a way of attacking, which could mean no safety for his little brother. Kaiba sighed and twisted the phone in his hands, whispering hopelessly. "I'll come."
***End Flashback***
Everyone else came willingly, but it wasn't hard, Joey always wanted some action and a way to stay away from home, Ryou and Bakura were just plain....easy to make come. And, well, Malik and Marik just....came, uninvited too.
"Well I say we get more people 'ere ta help us, maybe someone else would 'ave a plan, aye?"
Yami snapped a look at Joey. "Hell no! I'm not getting anyone else involved in this mess! Whatever this mess is!"
"It was jus' a suggestion..."
/Yami, relax, he was just trying to help.../
//I know aibou, I know...//
Bakura lifted his head, still leaning on his light for support. An odd feeling swept through his bones, chilling him, yet warming his inner self. His eyes looked around at everyone, seeing that they were all staring at him and he saw why.
His ring was reacting.
In a slow motion, the center tip of the ring lifted, pointing outwards to the doors that lead outside, this caused Yami to raise a brow. "Bakura?"
"I sense.....a Millennium Item....."
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THAT WAS LONG! Go me! Eleven pages and 3645 words! How was it? I *know* that none of you understand what is going on, but heck, neither do the characters in the fic. Only I hold the truth! Dun, dun, dunnnnn! Yeah, ok then, next chapter will be out when I type it, maybe by the beginning of next week I'll have it. Don't expect it to be as long as this was, but hey, I'll keep it a decent length, I promise! ^^ Ja, for now.