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Seraph	By : jessara40k Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1892 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 1-Seraph
- 2-2
- 3-3
- 4-4
- 5-5
- 6-6
- 7-7
- 8-8
- 9-9
- 10-10
- 11-11
- 12-12
- 13-13
- 14-14
- 15-note
- 12
- 13
- 14
Disclaimer:
Not mine. If they were Bakura would have won his duels instead of being
defeated by, for example, a God Card. And Yami would have acknowledged that Bakura
had a legitimate grievance�I mean hello, the Pharaoh�s soldiers committed
genocide on his village.

Warning: Tendershipping with Ryou seme

This is AU, seriously so

:blah: = hikari to yami telepathy

-blah- = yami to hikari telepathy

Bakura knew that he could do this, he had to, and do
it now, since he�d run up against Seraph�s deadline. It helped a bit that Kaiba�d
actually built a few weaknesses into his defences, the weaknesses he�d
used to help in dealing with his enemies when Pegasus had been trying to take
over his precious Kaiba Corp using his even more precious little brother. But
not much since he had to get over the walls without alerting any guards and he�d
beefed up the other security measures since then. There were spikes at the top
of the wall now, and he had the feeling it was electrified at night as well.
Bakura shrugged, he was allowed to use magic, if he had to, and he could jump
the wall easily enough, even cloaking himself in Shadow Magic to keep anyone
from seeing him.

Now! He timed his jump for the single moment no camera would
catch it, without needing to resort to Shadow Magic to remain unseen, finding
shelter in the garden before he�d be seen. Then he took every bit of shade and
shelter he could to camouflage his movement, taking advantage of the human
tendency to dismiss things that didn�t fit a �normal� pattern when it came to
movement, never moving too fast or too slow when there was any chance a camera
could be on him. It helped as well that Seraph had let him take his jewellery
off so he didn�t have to worry about the weights at his wrists and ankles slowing
him down and putting him off-balance.

At the mansion itself he disabled the alarm swiftly - he�d
spent a few hours practising on this specific type after he�d found out it was
what Kaiba used. Then he moved inside and picked up what had to be a
custom made sculpture of a Blue Eyes White Dragon from the living room before
moving on to the nearest office. No one else was obsessed enough with the
things to pay for a sculpture with sapphires for eyes and pearl scales after
all and it was small enough to be easily portable.

Even to get the computer turned on he had to use a password,
and the space for the login was blank, he didn�t have the choice of selecting a
login name from a list. Good security, except that Bakura had already monitored
Kaiba logging in using Shadow Magic. He�d needed to get the right angle and
timing, and that had been hard, or would have if he hadn�t been able to get the
Dark Witch to monitor the spell for him.

He couldn�t risk turning on the lights, in case they were monitored...he
didn�t think they were, but Kaiba had his home computerised a lot, and he was
running enough of a risk by turning a computer on. He ameliorated that risk a
bit by using Shadow Magic to confuse the location, and shield the sounds and
light from the screen, but it was still a risk, albeit a necessary one.

He loved pen drives, easy to use, lots of storage, and nice
and compact so he could hide them just as easily...five years ago if he�d tried
to do this he�d have had to use a whole bunch of floppies or bring in an
external hard drive. First something that was held on this computer, but
without any password protection...easy enough, there was a school project of
Mokuba�s for some reason.

Next, something a bit better hidden...Bakura frowned, considering
his options. He could try to see if there was anything good on this computer,
or he could risk connecting to the internal network and see if he could find
anything suitable there.

There wasn�t likely to be anything useful on this machine,
not worth cracking the security. A smile tugged at his lips as Bakura realised
that he had to use another password to actually get onto the network.
That was new, but it was something Bakura approved of, and something he�d use
in any network he had the chance to set up. Seraph hadn�t felt the need for a
network yet, or even for much security on his personal computers, but then the
security on the important one, the laptop he used for Work was more along the
lines of making sure no one else could use it. Seraph had cast a spell that
would blow the laptop up if anyone but him or Bakura tried to turn it on and it
was never connected to the internet or any sort of network.

What Bakura eventually found had to be some sort of self
flagellation for Kaiba, the schematics for one of the weapons Bakura�d heard he
designed when he was eleven. He downloaded them to the pen drive, the cheapest
one on the market to be honest, and pretty small by modern standards, only
32MB, and began erasing all traces of his presence.

--0--

One of the things Yami loved about his aibou was the way he
looked on each day as a new adventure; his grousing about training with Shadow
aside he rarely complained the way Yami could hear his friends doing through Yugi�s
ears. Well, that wasn�t quite fair, Jou and Honda complained, but Anzu didn�t,
and neither did Seraph or Shadow, not about school anyway. And they had
reasons for what little they complained about, they lived in a world where they
could easily be killed in their political infighting. So he knew that Yugi
really was hurting when his aibou began mentally grumbling to him about how
much he ached and how tired he was because of the training Shadow�d suggested.

-It will get easier with time, I promise you that.- Moving
from the mostly sedentary lifestyle Yugi had to even the light training Shadow
had suggested would cause problems at first, especially since Yugi did
perform more than the minimum number of the exercises Shadow had set. -You
could make it a bit easier if you wanted by cutting down a bit on the sit ups
and push ups when you�re wearing your weights.- It was the only suggestion he
could offer.

:No. I�m not going to cheat on what Bakura wanted, except
for making a fool of myself by running to school.: Yugi sounded almost stern,
and Yami flinched a bit at that. :But it will get easier you think?: Now he
seemed to yearn for that time, Yami couldn�t blame him for that.

-Yes and no. Doing this much will get easier, but...-

:But what?:

-Shadow will be increasing how much you�re expected to do as
you get fitter. He�ll certainly be increasing the weights. And you know that if
you skimp on the training he asks you to do you�ll only be cheating yourself.-

:I know that. I wasn�t going to skimp on anything.:

-I�m sorry, I didn�t mean to...- Yami wasn�t sure what to
say, because he had meant to imply that Yugi would skimp on the physical
conditioning Shadow wanted him to do when it got harder and he lost his enthusiasm
for it. But he didn�t have to continue speaking, Seraph and Shadow dropped down
from the rooftops to land beside Yugi and interrupting him.

�Hello Yugi.�

�Ryou, I thought you two liked running about on the
rooftops?�

�It�s good training, balance, stamina, and a lot of other
things. Not that I ever expect you to be able to roofhop, although you might be
able to use the roofs the way any normal thief could.� Shadow seemed vaguely
ashamed as Seraph explained that. If he�d said that to Yami he was sure he�d
have been offended, at least a little bit, by the comparison to a thief and by
the implication that he was so much weaker than Seraph and Shadow, even if it
was true. But Yugi wasn�t, he was well aware of his shortcomings, and confident
enough in his strengths not to feel insulted by the truth.

�I wouldn�t want to go up there anyway. What did you
want to talk to me about?�

�I set a test for Shadow, he passed it yesterday, but there�s
some things we need to sort out. You�re more likely to see Kaiba than we are
any time soon, right?�

�He still wants to challenge Yami, not me. So Yami�s more
likely to be the one to speak to him, you know I usually let him come out to
duel for me.� Seraph shrugged at that.

�In that case let him out so Shadow can speak to him.�
Seraph was letting Shadow speak to him? Yami found that hard to believe, and it
was even harder to hide his eagerness to hear what Shadow wanted from him. �Please.
I�d appreciate it.� The assassin offered the belated courtesy with a crooked
smile, probably in reaction to something on Yugi�s face, but Yami couldn�t be
certain of that.

�Alright.� Yugi pushed Yami to control of his body abruptly,
leaving Yami a little disoriented at first.

�What did you need to say to me Shadow?�

�Seraph-sama was testing me to make sure my skills as a
thief hadn�t deteriorated. I took these from Kaiba�s house and computer.�
Shadow pushed a box and a keyring with a strange black fob at Yami and he
fumbled to accept them. �Return them to him when you have a chance, please.�

�What are they? I mean, I�ll do what you want, but I�d like
to know...�

�An ornament, it had to be custom made considering how
expensive it must have been, and there�s some data on the flash drive.� The two
of them turned away simultaneously and leapt to the rooftops before Yami could
say anything else, and he gave Yugi his body back.

--0--

Bakura went through the katas Seraph had set for him, well
aware that his master had been going easy on him for the past week and that the
katas were nowhere near enough to prepare him for a real fight. Still, he was
dreading whatever Seraph had planned to get him back into condition to actually
fight, there was no one available who wasn�t either much better or much
worse than he was, so he was going to have to �spar� with Seraph or a duel
monster.

�Stop!� He froze at Seraph�s order, looking over to where
the assassin was doing his own katas in shock. �You were distracted weren�t
you?�

�Yes, Seraph-sama.� Had he messed up somehow? Bakura began
desperately reviewing everything he�d been doing, looking for errors.

�But you were still doing pretty well, even with the
distraction.� Seraph sounded almost pleased, not angry at Bakura�s wandering
mind. �I could only tell you weren�t focused on your katas because I checked
with our link. So...I�m going to be quizzing you on poisons or on homework
while you do your katas from now on.�

�Yes, Seraph-sama.� Neither of them used poisons that much,
but they did know the basics about how to prepare them, and treat injuries
affected by them. At least by forcing Bakura to think about the poisons while
he was doing his katas Seraph kept him from worrying over the sparring Seraph
would expect him to be doing soon.

�Enough. We can eat, and then spend an hour doing homework
before we start to spar.� An hour wasn�t enough time to do all their homework,
but it was enough to make a start at least. �Oh, and I�ll be increasing the
weights on your wrists and ankles tomorrow, by about a tenth. And I want you to
do the same for me, except increase my weights by an eighth.�

�Yes Seraph-sama.� Bakura began running how he�d need to
alter the spells to do what Seraph wanted through his head as he began eating.
He knew that he stunk, just like Seraph did, but there was no point in getting
a shower now, not when they�d be sparring afterwards. This was another of the
spicy stews Rukaiya was best with. Bakura had ended up being the one to cook
most of the tuna, and Rukaiya was using far more of the commercial meat she got
from the butchers than he did, but she was slowly moving more towards the game
he�d always preferred to use.

He pushed the thought of the spellwork to the back of his
mind to focus on his homework once they were finished eating, leaving all the
clearing up to Rukaiya since that was her job after all. It worked well enough
as another distraction from the thought of how badly beaten he was going to be
when he was sparring with his master anyway.

�Enough. It�s time to spar Shadow.� Bakura looked up at
Seraph as the assassin rose from the table they were sharing, while fastening
his hair back into a low tail for sparring.

�Might I have a few more minutes to write down what I�ve
worked out towards altering the weights on your wrists and ankles Seraph-sama?�
It was a very real possibility that he�d forget everything he�d come up with so
far after their spar, especially since he hadn�t faced Seraph in combat for so
long.

�Very well.� Seraph sounded amused, so Bakura grabbed the
nearest blank sheet of paper, frantically writing down what he could before
Seraph got tired of waiting for him and dragged him out to spar. But he didn�t,
and Bakura wasn�t sure what that meant even when he�d finished writing down
everything he�d worked out.

�I�m done, Seraph-sama.� The faint dread he felt showed in
his voice, but Seraph ignored that, and he�d probably get over it once he�d got
used to this again, and once Seraph had figured out how much he needed to hold
back to give Bakura just the right level of challenge to improve.

�Good. Come then.� Bakura followed his master slowly,
fastening his own hair back in a low tail in imitation of Seraph�s own hair.
What followed felt like a nightmare as Seraph effortlessly overpowered him
every time, and Bakura struggled to at least reduce the damage he took,
managing to keep it to bruises mostly. He�d expected it to stop at the first
broken bone, the way it always had before, but Seraph angrily told him to get
up and keep fighting.

�You won�t be able to stop just because you�ve broken a bone
in a real fight, so get up and keep on fighting.�

�Y-yes Seraph-sama.� It wasn�t until a punch broke three of
his ribs, threatening to pierce a lung, that Seraph relented, and Bakura collapsed
gratefully. Seraph picked him up and carried him to their bedroom, healing his
broken bones, and only his broken bones.

--0--

For the first time since they�d learned the truth about Ryou�s
relationship with Bakura Yugi thought that perhaps Yami was right to worry
about the thief. He expected to hear the spirit shouting at him in his mind,
telling him that here was more proof that Ryou was abusing Bakura, and that
Yugi should have listened to him, but instead there was only pained silence
from him. Bakura had stumbled ever so slightly when he�d jumped down into the
school yard in the morning, and Ryou hadn�t bothered to reach out and steady
him. But he had casually intimidated the bullies who�d seemed to think
that Bakura was vulnerable and they could take advantage of that.

�Hey, wait for us Ryou!� He could see that Bakura was having
difficulty keeping up with his hikari anyway, and that was another odd thing,
Ryou didn�t normally move that fast. And then there was something almost
defeated in Bakura�s stance, as they stood waiting for Yugi and his friends to
catch up to them, even if Yugi didn�t quite know what made it look that
way.

�Sorry, I forgot that you normally meet us here.� And there
was something in the way Ryou said those words that Yugi was missing.

�You forgot?� Jou sounded just a little outraged by
that, but Yugi was sure Yami would know what he was missing.

:Mou hitori no boku, there�s something I�m not seeing, what
is it?:

-We only started to really do things with Seraph after we
learned that he�s an assassin who�s enslaved Shadow. Before that we were too
scared that Bakura would use Ryou against us.- Yami seemed to feel guilty, not
that Yugi could blame him, he�d been the one to urge Yugi to avoid Ryou
after Bakura returned from being banished the first time.

�Jou, don�t. It�s only been recently that we�ve begun
meeting him here, and perhaps there was something else on Ryou�s mind.� Yugi
tried to play peacemaker, and he thought he�d managed to calm his volatile
friend, and meanwhile Anzu focused on Bakura.

�Bakura-kun, is something wrong?� Bakura lifted his head,
eyes slightly widened in surprise, as they all began walking to the classroom
again.

�Oh, no. I�m fine.� He looked over at Ryou, as if he was
seeking approval, before he continued speaking. �I�ve just been getting back
into serious training with Seraph-sama, and it�s hard since I got so out of
condition. And also we�ve just increased the mass of our training weights, so
that makes it harder as well.�

�You�re not out of condition, how can you think that?� Honda
sounded almost shocked at that idea.

�I might not be out of condition for you, or for any other
modern teen, but compared to the condition I was in the first time I lived, or
the condition an Adept really needs to be in I certainly need to improve. I
know I�ll never match Seraph-sama, but that isn�t an excuse for me to stop
trying.� Yugi wasn�t sure whether he should be bothered by Bakura�s casual assumption
of inferiority to Ryou, or to admire his determination not to let that stop him
trying. The determination was the trait he needed to emulate, if he was to have
any chance of becoming even a passable fighter, and keep from being dependent
on others to protect him.

-But you already have determination aibou, with all the time
you spent working on the Puzzle. Everyone else who tried gave up within two
months, at the very longest.-

:Thank you mou hitori no boku.: Yugi watched from the corner
of his eyes as Bakura and Ryou began setting up for class. He�d speak to Bakura
when they�d finished setting up.

�Will there be any problems with my training tomorrow
because of this?�

�No, of course not Yugi-dono. Why would there be?� But even
as he was speaking Bakura�s eyes went to Ryou. �I can do a few katas while you�re
working on conditioning, then I�ll show you a kick, and an alternate way to
punch. You also need to bring the punching bag I gave you last time, so I can
adjust it.�

�Adjust it?� Yugi didn�t quite get what Bakura meant.

�Adjust the spells, so that it will recognise what he
teaches you tomorrow as correct instead of only what he taught you last week.�
Ryou sounded a little impatient as he explained. �By the way Shadow, tomorrow
can be your recovery day.�

�Yes Seraph-sama.� The teacher arrived before Yugi could ask
them what that meant.

--0--

Bakura had to admit that Rukaiya was useful in feeding them,
since she had time to actually bake every day, instead of only once a month and
her meals were good, even if they weren�t always what he�d cook. He especially
had to acknowledge this now, since he�d have needed to be in two places at once
to teach Yugi and to prepare the dough and everything else he set up in bulk to
freeze. Even so he couldn�t keep from feeling threatened by the woman, as if
she was trying to replace him in Seraph�s household, even though he�d been the
one to select her and he knew that Seraph wasn�t taking her to bed. Seraph had
made him a promise shortly after the first time he�d had Bakura satisfy him, to
at least tell Bakura before he took any other to warm his bed. He shook
his head, pushing that away, and began making his way to teach Yugi some more
about how to fight.

Yugi was waiting for him, and Bakura could sense the traps
Yami had set up, so he knew that the teen didn�t trust him enough to train
without the traps yet, not that he�d expected him to, but at least he�d also
set up the punching bag, beside the dummy Seraph had provided to test him on
the nerve pinches.

�Draw out your ki for me.� There was a slight increase in
the amount of ki Yugi could draw out, but not that much, and Bakura frowned,
trying to think of a way to improve that. He could ask Seraph later he supposed.
�Okay, now I want you to show me your nerve pinches on that practice dummy.� He
didn�t bother explaining about the spell added to all the Adepts� dummies, or
how Seraph had set this particular one up, preferring to see Yugi�s reaction
without having it tainted by any advance warning. The dummy screamed as Yugi
performed the first nerve pinch correctly, then began to defend itself, albeit
not very well, and using exclusively defensive methods, with no hint of attack.
Yugi froze for a moment, but to his credit he recovered quickly and began
performing the next pinch. When he missed the pinch slightly, but was still
close enough to affect someone, he got a tiny electric shock, no more than you
might from a door handle, but that didn�t seem to faze him. What did faze him
was the far more severe shock he got when he totally missed the point he was
aiming for, and then Yugi screamed, pulling away and turning on Bakura.

�What was that about?�

�I don�t want you working on your nerve pinches with Solar
or Yami any more. That�s the alternative, you only get shocked when you screw
up. I�ll carry it back to your home for you and I�m sure Yami can cast a spell
to keep people from hearing what�s going on.� Bakura grabbed for Yugi�s wrist
as he spoke, smiling in approval as he responded with precisely the counter
required. This time there were only two counters he missed, and Bakura
corrected them easily enough. �Now show me the punches I taught you.� He was
better than Bakura�d expected him to be given his earlier performance and
Bakura checked the records in the punching bag while Yugi did his warm up and
physical conditioning work. Apparently Yugi�d performed an average of ten
correct punches on each hand a day, with just ninety incorrect punches in total,
more towards the beginning of the week than the end. He�d added the information
about the kick he was going to teach Yugi, so that it would glow with the
correct form for the kicks, and made the requirements for the punches Yugi
already knew a bit more stringent when an idea occurred to him.

-Seraph-sama, would it improve Yugi�s ki level if I taught
him to use ki to strengthen his punches?-

:Yes, and you can set the punching bag to detect if he�s
doing that right. Like this.: And the knowledge of how to do what Seraph wanted
him to do flowed along their link, Bakura would never be able to explain it,
not unless he learned how to do this a more conventional way, but he wouldn�t
need to. One punch on each hand with ki-strengthening would do at first, but in
case Yugi managed more he set the bag to glow a different colour for those
punches.

Yugi objected at first when he realised that Bakura was just
teaching him a refinement on the punches he already knew, instead of a new type
of punch, but Bakura shut him up easily enough.

�Your ki is growing far too slowly to be of any use even
within a year. This will increase the rate at which it grows, and by
reinforcing your body this way you can do more damage without hurting yourself.�
After he heard that Yugi began focusing on what Bakura was telling him
intently.

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