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A Dark Chance.	By : LaniReaper Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 2439 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Yuugi practically ran to his bedroom. After he�d walked in
on Bakura and Ryou, there had been a moment of silent staring, before he�d
bolted. Through doorways, up staircases. He didn�t
know the house he was in, but he knew Yami, and he followed his instincts.
The bedroom door slammed shut behind him, and Yuugi leaned
on it, panting. Closing his eyes, he tried vainly to process what he�d seen.
Yami stared at him calmly from the bed. His expression was
worried, and a little puzzled.
�Aibou, what happened? You look like you�ve seen a ghost.�
Looking over at his yami, Yuugi struggled to figure out
where to start. But he didn�t have to. As he tossed up the details, Yami read
them from his mind, as smoothly as reading from a book. As the images filtered
into his mind, Yami�s face took on a very strange expression.
�I... see.�
Yuugi wandered across the room. His arms were crossed, with
his fingers grasping at the material of his shirt. Sitting on the corner of the
bed, he gave no reaction when Yami touched his shoulder.
�I told you there was a chance of this, hikari...�
�It�s different! How can Ryou like someone that... that...�
Yuugi�s voice trailed off. He apparently couldn�t find words to express
Bakura�s worthlessness.
�I know.� Yami�s voice was patient, �But if he is truly your
friend, you should accept things.�
�What?� Yuugi turned to look at him with big, indignant
eyes, �How can you say that! After all your history with
Bakura!� Shaking his head, he forced himself to calm down. Leaning back,
he let his back rest against Yami�s chest, �... Bakura can�t love anyone.�
Yami looped both of his arms around his hikari�s chest,
holding him gently. He didn�t have anything to say to make it better. Hell, he
was still trying to process what was going on himself. That
Ryou � gentle, quiet Ryou � would be involved with someone as volatile and
unstable as Bakura was... hard to swallow.
They sat together, in silence, for a few minutes. Then, Atemu�s
voice came; quiet and soothing, �You will be able to talk to Ryou in the
morning, little one. So, try and relax and go to sleep, alright?�
Yuugi opened his eyes, looking at up at the Pharaoh. Before
he could reply, however, there was a loud cracking noise from somewhere in the
wall, before the room was flooded with darkness.
�W-what!?� Yuugi sat bolt upright.
He couldn�t see a thing. Yami had drawn the curtains, so not even moonlight, or the street lamps from outside were lighting
the room. �Did the power go out?�
Behind him, Atemu didn�t reply, but Yuugi could feel his
presence. Both in the arms that held him, and the steady hum
at the back of his mind that was Yami. For a few moments, they just sat
together, in silence. Then, in the hallway outside the door, there was a loud crash, followed by a heavy thump. Yuugi
jumped, staring at the direction of the noise, even though he couldn�t see a
thing. Behind him, Yami sat up a little straighter. The Pharaoh�s voice
filtered into his mind.
�Stay here. I�m going
to find Kaiba and the others.�
No, I want to come
with you!
�Stay here, Yuugi.
Kaiba might need my help to get the power back on, but if Ryou or Jou come here
and the room�s empty, they�ll panic.�
...
Even in the dark, Atemu could tell Yuugi was glaring at him.
Trying to find fault with his logic, and failing.
... Alright.
He felt the soft push of a pleased smile, before Atemu stood
up. Unwrapping his arms from around Yuugi, he crossed
the room, carefully. Reaching the door, he felt for the handle, opened it, then disappeared into the corridor. The door closed behind
him with a soft click, and Yuugi sat back on the bed. Without Yami in the room,
the blackness suddenly felt a whole lot more overwhelming.
--- (Several
minutes earlier.)
Beep! Beep! Beeeeeeeeeeep!
Kaiba grunted, softly. His laptop, propped up on the
nightstand near his bed, had given off three short, melodic beeps. It was the
laptop�s indicator that the connection to the main mansion computer had been
cut off. His mind foggy, still half-asleep, Kaiba tried to make sense of the
noise. There was no reason for it; the mansion computer was always kept on.
Pushing himself up onto his palms, Kaiba forced his eyes
open, and looked to the side, to his laptop.
Sitting up properly, the CEO took hold of the edge of the
laptop; lifting it onto the bed and onto his lap. Flipping the screen up, he
immediately clicked the icon to open the link to the mansion�s main computer;
hoping to find out the source of the problem. The link wouldn�t connect. The
mansion computer wasn�t switched on, or someone had broken it. Frowning harder,
he looked across at the digital alarm clock on the nightstand. It read 4:15am.
Kaiba groaned to himself. Shutting the laptop, he moved it
to the side, and pushed the covers off his body. Standing up, he looked around
the room. One of the far windows had it�s
curtains open, so moonlit was spilling in. He could make out the dark shapes of
the small amount of furniture in his room.
Padding barefoot over to the door, he opened it almost
silently, and slipped out into the corridor; wandering down, towards the
stairs, on his way down to the office where the main computer was kept.
--- (Back
to the present.)
�Kaiba?�
Yami was walking down the corridor in absolute darkness. He�d
found Kaiba�s room alright, but it was empty. Jou and Mokuba�s
rooms were still locked, so he could only assume they were still asleep. So,
the Pharaoh had set off to find the wandering CEO, and get some kind of answer
to the lack of power. Unfortunately, it wasn�t going so well.
He didn�t know where he was, or how far he�d walked. The
mansion was like a maze; in the dark, anyway. At first, he�d pause to think
back to Yuugi; feeling the comforting brush of his hikari�s mind. But, as time
went on, his checkups got less, and less frequent. By
the time he found himself in the main foyer of the mansion, he hadn�t thought
back to Yuugi in several minutes.
Squinting in the dark of the foyer, Yami growled softly, in
irritation.
Kaiba, wherever the
hell you�re hiding, you better have some answers for this...
---
�I suppose the power went out...�
Down in the basement, Bakura and Ryou had been bathed in
semi-darkness. A small window, set right at the top of the wall, provided a
tiny shaft of moonlit near the steps up to the main part of the mansion, but
that was all. Bakura was pacing up and down the floor. Ryou was sat back
against the temporary cell. The Millennium Ring was on his lap. Looking around,
the boy frowned a bit.
�I wonder if Yuugi and the others are okay...�
�Who cares?� Bakura�s voice came out in a rough grunt. �Let�s
just get out of here. Go back home.�
Looking up at his yami, Ryou took a second or two to be
pleased. After Yuugi had interrupted their kiss, Bakura had been gruffly embarrassed
for a few seconds, then gone back to normal. It was an
odd situation to be in, but a good one.
�Maybe... but I can�t just leave Yuugi, not if something�s
wrong.�
The Thief paused in his pacing to give his hikari a scowling
look. �You and your fucking soft heart.�
Ryou had the grace to blush a bit, �... Still, I�ll go check
on them.� Gathering his feet under him, he stood up, and glanced down, �I need
to put some real clothes on, anyway.�
Bakura made a rough, non-committal noise. Taking a few steps
forward, he lifted the Ring out of Ryou�s hands, and settled it once more
around his neck. The golden artefact glimmered a bit in the darkness.
�I�ll wait for you out front. Don�t take too long.�
A thrill of pleasure and surprise went up Ryou�s spine.
Fighting the urge to smile, he nodded meekly as Bakura turned to leave the
room. It was only after he heard the basement door shut, that he allowed
himself to wrap both arms around his body, tightly.
�... �Kura...�
---
Kaiba was working in almost total darkness, with only a
flashlight to guide him. He�d been most of the way to the office when the power
suddenly went out. On top of his pajama pants, he�d
grabbed one of his long coats from the coat rack. A ridiculously big dark red
thing, with the Kaiba Corp logo in silver emboss on the back. Not one of his
favourites, but it�d been all he could find in the dark.
Moving from the desk, to the computer, Kaiba retrieved the
screwdriver he needed. The big monster of a tower computer looked perfectly
normal from the outside, but something seemed odd. There was a weak smell of
burned silicon and heated metal in the room, and it was giving Seto a bad
feeling.
The metal casing didn�t seem to want to come off. The screws
had already been removed, but the case wouldn�t budge. So, Kaiba resorted to
force. Jamming the flat end of the screwdriver under the case, he threw his
weight into the handle. Finally, with a small grunt of effort, the case jerked
up and came free.
The smell was stronger now, and Kaiba fought the urge to
cover his mouth with his hand. Grabbing the flashlight, he held the casing up,
and turned the beam of light towards the heart of the computer. What he saw
made him frown.
It looked like the inside of the computer had been on fire.
All the important components were charred. All the plastic and silicon was
melted and twisted, and most of the connectors had disappeared altogether. The
inside of the casing was covered in charred marks.
�Someone�s in the house.� Seto muttered to himself, dropping
the casing back into place. Taking a deep breath, he turned towards the door,
just as someone came into view in the doorway.
�Kaiba. Finally.
I was looking for you everywhere. What the hell�s going on?� Atemu looked irritated.
�Hn.� The
CEO grunted, softly. Of all his houseguests, Yami was his least favourite. �The
computer�s ruined. Someone�s sabotaged it.�
The Pharaoh blinked, �Sabotaged? You mean someone�s in the
house?�
He nodded. �That�s exactly what I mean.�
�Who?�
�We�ll find out.�
---
The knock on the bedroom door made Yuugi jump. He�d curled
up against the back of the bed; knees to his chest, waiting for Yami to return.
The Millennium Puzzle was resting on top of his knees. For a moment, he
considered not replying, but then...
�Who is it?�
�It�s me.� Ryou�s soft voice.
�O-oh... come in.�
Ryou looked around the room awkwardly, then
finally spotted Yuugi on the bed. Shutting the door behind him with a click, he
came to sit on the edge of the bed.
�What�s going on?�
�I don�t know... Yami�s gone to ask Kaiba.�
�Ah, okay. I just tho-�
�Do you love him?�
Ryou blinked, looking up at his friend. Yuugi was giving him
a very intense look, and he looked almost as if he was going to burst into
tears.
�Who?�
�You know who.�
Ryou looked down at his knees, smiling a bit. Of course he
knew who.
�... I do love him, yeah.�
Beside him, Yuugi made a soft, desperate noise,
�But... but how?! He�s... he�s...�
�A murderer? A
thief? A psychopath?� Ryou smiled grimly. �I
know, Yuugi.�
�Then how the hell can you--...�
�Listen.� The white-haired teen turned to look at his
friend. Yuugi had moved a bit closer to him, but still had that desperate look
on his face, �You love Yami, right?�
�W-well...�
�And, you�d still love him, even if he did something really
bad, right?�
�I... yeah... but that�s not-...�
�Not the same?� Ryou frowned at him a bit, then shook his head, �It�s the same. He�s yami to your
hikari. Two halves of the same soul.�
�Yami isn�t... you went through hell with Bakura before. How can you just forgive him!?�
�I love him.� Ryou blinked at
Yuugi, as if that answered all the questions, �Maybe I�m just crazy? I know it
doesn�t make any sense. Trust me, I know. But...� He shook his head, �... No
matter how hard I try to hate him, I still think about him more than anyone. In
my mind, �Kura always comes first, and I can�t help that. I love him, Yuugi.�
Quietly, Yuugi thought to himself
that yes, Ryou must be crazy. But watching his friend sit there in front of
him, with that calm, unassuming smile, he couldn�t come out and call him a
raving lunatic. He just couldn�t.
�... How can you be sure,
though...�
�Well... weren�t you sure, when
you confessed to Yami?�
�C-con-...�
Yuugi�s cheeks heated up, and he looked at his friend, shocked, �W-who says I
did anything like that?�
Now it was Ryou�s turn to look
confused. �But you two are... I don�t know. I thought you were together.�
�W-w-why would you think that?!�
Yami�s words came back to him from earlier. Yami confessing that he wanted him.
Truthfully, since the catastrophe with the power cut, he�d forgotten. Somehow,
the words softened the embarrassment. �I don�t-... we aren�t...�
�Yuugi.�
Ryou was looking at him, kindly. Patiently.
Great, now he�s trying to comfort me.
�You love Yami, don�t you?�
�It�s... I....� Yuugi�s face just
kept getting redder. He didn�t even know how to start to answer the question.
Throughout all his little intimacies with his Yami, he�d never once questioned
something like that. Even when this got out of the bounds of
friendship or partnership. Or even when they broke through every last
barrier and headed into lover territory, the idea that he loved Yami just hadn�t
been relevant somehow. It�d always just been some extraordinary situation they
were in, for one reason or another. Or Yami teasing him.
A few seconds went by without an
answer. Then, slowly, gently, Ryou�s voice came again;
�Do you like being around him?�
�Yeah... but-...�
�When he holds you, do you like
it?�
�... Yeah.�
�And when he protects you? When
the two of you have conversations no-one else can hear?�
�I like it.�
�You don�t ever want him to go
away?�
Yuugi felt a soft pang at the
idea; the memories of when Yami had been gone. And, subsequently, the memories
of the evening he�d finally come back.
�Never.�
He looked up at his friend. Ryou was looking at him with that same, patient
smile.
�Then... I think it�s time you
had a talk. Because, I know he loves you, Yuugi.�
�Ryou, I-...�
BANG!
Both boys jumped, looking
frantically towards the door. The bedroom door had been pushed open, with great
force, so that it banged back against the wall. In the dim light, they couldn�t
see anything in the doorway. Then, slowly, something came into view.
The figure�s clothes looked
white, in the light, but as she got closer, they could tell they weren�t. They
were a dirty white colour, with large smudges of mud and sand clinging to the
fabric. As she moved towards the bed, Ryou started to climb backwards onto the
bed, away from her.
�Oh my god...�
Yuugi�s voice came out in a
breathless rush.
�N-nenet?! What-... why are you-...�
The Egyptian girl looked up at
them both. In the darkness, he eyes seemed to gleam irregularly. Whatever she�d
been doing, she was worse for wear for it. Her clothes and hands were covered
in dirt and muck, and even sand in some places. Her left sleeve was torn
ragged. As she got near the bed, her face lit up with a brilliant smile. When
she spoke, it was in Egyptian.
�I learned what I did wrong. I know now. I know how I can put them
back!�
Yuugi�s eyes widened with terror
at her words. Ryou seemed terrified, too, even though he couldn�t understand a
word of what she�d said. Jerking back along the bed, both boys shuffled away
from her. Yuugi brought one hand up to grip the Puzzle, mentally yelling at
Atemu across the house.
---
�Yami! YAMI!!�
Aibou?
Still down in the office with
Kaiba, Atemu suddenly stopped what he was doing, and froze. Listening
with something more sensitive than ears.
�It�s Nenet! She�s-... she�s come back, and
something�s not right. Yami, Yami, help me!�
What?? Calm down, little one. Just calm down, tell me what�s happening!
Through the blur of Yuugi�s
panic, Yami started to receive flashes of pictures. Nothing structured, but
enough. He saw the woman advance, and the two boys split to either side. The
next flash was of Ryou. Nenet was on him, and he was
trying to fight her off, but for some reason, he couldn�t. It was as if the
girl had suddenly got abnormally strong. As Yami watched, the Egyptian girl
grabbed a lamp from the table, and bashed Ryou across the skull with it. The
white-haired boy wavered for a moment, then slumped
back; falling down against the side of the bed.
�Yami! Oh god, Yami! Get here! Please! She�s-...�
Aibou!!
Not waiting to spare Kaiba any
information, Yami bolted for the door. Slamming it open, he cursed quietly as
he looked up and down the pitch-black corridor. He couldn�t remember where he�d
come, and what was the way back.
�KAIBA!
We need to get back to Yuugi and Ryou! NOW!�
The CEO came up behind him, and
started to say something, when Yami got another flash of what was going on back
in the bedroom.
Nenet
was advancing on Yuugi now. She had produced a knife from somewhere; the same
thick, wicked-looking knife he�d seen her use on Ryou. She was slashing it back
and forth at Yuugi, at the boy was dodging frantically. He didn�t know what to
do.
Yami felt a fresh surge of panic.
Kaiba had already started down the corridor, and Atemu put on a burst of speed,
following him.
Hold on, Yuugi. Just hold on, we�re coming!
�Yami, I can�t... Yami, help me! Yami! She-�
The mental link suddenly went
dead. Yami stopped in his tracks, searching for Yuugi�s presense.
Aibou? Yuugi?
Nothing.
Yuugi? YUUGI!?
The link was dead.
Yuugi! God fucking damn it, Yuugi!! YUUGI!

(Author�s Notes � I have no
excuse! I am a lazy excuse for a human being! The next chapter SHOULD be the
last, unless something happens, or I choose to write an epilogue or something. What�s gonna happen? I bet you�ve
all guessed.)
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