Hunting Passion | By : atemuxyuugi Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 4892 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1 |
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Title: Hunting Passion
Part: 6/?
Author: Usagi-Atemu-Tom [miakalikestamahome at hotmail dot com]
Warnings: none
Genre: Romance, Angst, Supernatural, AU
Pairings: Yami no Yuugi x Yuugi, Malik + Rishido
Criticism: Constructive criticism welcomed
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, I don't make money from fanfiction.
Farao no monogatari
Yuugi stayed with the gravekeepers for one whole week. And while the dreams never ceased to remind him each night that soon his follower would certainly appear again, on the whole the Japanese had one of the best weeks in his life. The only really uncomfortable moment had been when the small built shifter dared to try and ask Isis about his dreams, though he did his best to keep the contents as vague, as possible. To his great embarrassment the female shifter smiled knowingly while telling him in that typical kind voice he had become used to:
"I can only make a guess, but this might have partly something to do with the fact that he bit you, Yuugi-kun. And partly I have the feeling he came in contact with a Sennen Item before. These two kinds of magic seem to have created the first threads of a connection." Yuugi's only reaction was to silently wish his body would vanish on the spot, while groaning openly over his luck of having now formed an even deeper connection to the vampire. Though he slowly started to question his feelings for the creature of the night, because connection or not, that should not be the whole reason to dream something as he did now, should it? Also as promised, after his recovery from the shock, the Japanese shifter raced Malik back to the camp in a tiger form. It was one of the few times the other won a game if just barely. As Yuugi confessed he was not very athletic and even with the time of one and a half year running, it had not done enough to change that fact, though he had become better. Still the Japanese shifter ran himself usually more to exhaustion than to contentment. Malik on the other hand was very athletic. He had done a lot of exercises around his home, he rode horses regularly and best of all, he did not need to run from a crazy vampire after his blood. Despite everything, Yuugi realised he had made some great new friends. Isis and Rishido were really nice, though a bit quieter. And Malik, even though he seemed so easy going, turned out to host some dark parts of his personality as well, just hiding them well most of the time. One evening, after the Egyptian shifter had been particularly annoying, not that Yuugi minded, Isis had taken the Japanese teen aside, while Rishido kept him busy and apologised for the blonde's actions. After Yuugi smiled and assured her it was no problem and that he enjoyed Malik's company a lot, the Egyptian female explained to him about their rather hard childhood. She told him that their father had been crazy about their duty as gravekeepers. So crazy in fact, that he tattooed the very key Yuugi was still supposed to take a look at into Malik's very skin, when he was only a child . "But that's awful", the Japanese had exclaimed in horror while Isis nodded sadly. "Yes, in fact it was the terrible last straw", she admitted in a quiet voice. "That very same night Rishido and some of the other gravekeepers who kept an eye on us while we grew up, made sure he never could hurt anyone ever again." Yuugi had of course realised immediately what she meant. And while he was certainly shocked to find out Rishido, who seemed so nice and friendly, could hurt, never mind kill, anyone, he could also understand the reasoning. No father should hurt his child as that Ishtar had done to Malik. Isis continued to tell the Japanese shifter, that even the death of his father had at first not been able to sooth the hurt Malik felt over the pain inflicted to him. But then Rishido had done a drastic step. He tattooed his face, a bodypart everyone could see, with hieroglyphs, just to share the young Malik's pain. Following that day the blonde Egyptian had become further attached than ever to his older adoptive brother until the day brotherly love turned into more. After her tale, Yuugi perceived a whole new aspect of Malik and he could not help but respect what the young man had gone through. Yuugi himself understood a childhood of abuse all too well. He had grown up being bullied because of his delicate built and small height. And his best friend Jounouchi for a long time lived in a really bad environment under his father's care, who was a violent alcoholic. It was Jounouchi that befriended Yuugi after an incident and became the smaller one's protector while Yuugi with the help of his jii-chan supported the blonde to find his own apartment where he could live away from and under better conditions than with his father. The Japanese shifter never mentioned to Malik that he knew about his past and he never acted differently. He still suspected the blonde shifter knew but if he did, then he did not care. They two teens continued to play games, Malik taught Yuugi some of the old Egyptian games that his jii-chan never knew of. Of course, the Japanese shifter was a fast learner and had no problems winning, once he got the hang of the rules. The two of them, sometimes together with Isis, or even Rishido in a car, discovered the desert in animal form. Yuugi varied his changes, of course while his new Egyptian friend and his sister could only change into the one form they had. It was a lot of fun, especially since the gravekeepers of course knew the desert very well and were able to show him every little corner. The Japanese shifter got a chance to see the other three Porches, though he was told that it was forbidden for everyone to enter the grave of the pharaoh itself. The grave, as Malik told him, was an upside down pyramid, dug into Earth instead of rising into the sky. No one besides the gravekeepers knew about this grave since the resting place of the last shifting pharaoh consisted a lot of magical trinkets that should never be allowed to be shown in public. For this purpose, besides awaiting the one person who would awaken the shifters once more, the gravekeepers lived near the grave, keeping away any tourists or tomb robbers. Yuugi, even though he could not help feeling a bit curious about pharaoh Atemu's grave, understood the reasoning and accepted that choice, even though he suspected that with his abilities to change into whatever animal he liked it would have been child's play to turn into something small and enter the grave without the gravekeepers being able to stop him. Yet, that would have been a break of trust against his new friends, not to mention he never had been that kind of person. Therefore the shifter stayed content by visiting the grave and staring at the stones that could be seen out of the sand. On the evening of his seventh day with the gravekeepers, Isis addressed him after they had taken in their evening meal. "Yuugi, while we all enjoyed your presence here with us, and even though I know you had just as much fun, I fear I have to announce that it's time for you to continue your journey", she told the Japanese teen in a grave, but kind voice. Yuugi and Malik were both surprised of her words and especially Malik was about to protest heavily when his sister gave him a hand sign to keep quiet and she continued, looking the Japanese shifter straight in the eyes. "It's not about us not wanting to have you here or anything else you might suspect", she explained, a knowing smile on her lips about the teens assumptions. "It's more the fact that if Yuugi stays any longer his hunter will catch up to him and that's something we don't want, do we?" It felt a bit like a slap in the face, when all of the sudden Yuugi's whole purpose of traveling through the world came back to him. This last week he felt so safe, so taken care for that he all but forgot about his worries about the vampire, except for the continuation of the dreams at night. Eyes wide, he stared at Isis with his mouth open and the Japanese shifter needed to blink a few times to get himself out of his stupor. "Oh", he squeaked, immediately turning red about his own undignified reaction. "Oh, of course, I can't stay if the vampire is nearby once more. I also don't want to put you in danger. Oh, I hope he won't do anything to you. That would be horrible. Are you sure you'll be all right if I leave?" Laughing about Yuugi's concern, which was obviously greater than his fear for his own life, Malik gripped the smaller teen into a friendly headlock before looking eyes with his sister and Rishido, who both nodded. "Don't worry, Yuugi, we'll be perfectly fine", the Egyptian shifter assured him. "Don't forget that two of our family are shifters as well, it would be far more difficult for your follower to deal with three shifters instead of one." The blonde halted all of the sudden when he thought about his own words before turning to his sister, looking at her with wide, accusing eyes. "Just a second, Isis, if three shifters are better than one, why can't Yuugi stay with us and we protect him? That vampire should be unable to get rid of the three of us, not to mention with Rishido and the other gravekeepers around." The female shifter allowed her brother to voice his opinion with the usual calm aura she possessed and then she turned around to look at Yuugi with strangely knowing eyes. "My brother is indeed right, Yuugi-kun", she agreed. "Together and with the knowledge we gravekeepers posses, we would be able to get rid of the vampire easily enough. The question is, do you want that, Yuugi-kun?" That day, long ago day when Yuugi started his run from the vampire after the fateful night where he discovered his shifter abilities, the Japanese teen would have said 'yes' within a heartbeat. However, now the small built shifter found himself hesitating already right after Isis asked him the question. He remembered how the female shifter mentioned about her knowledge of power to get rid of his hunter and asking him if he would be interested to learn. Back then already Yuugi felt no longer comfortable with the idea of killing the vampire. And with the continuation of the dreams and when he thought about the past months of their chase and the actions of his persuader, the Japanese shifter realised he was indeed even less inclined to allow the creature to get killed, strange as this realisation was. "No", Yuugi answered Isis after thinking her question over for a moment, voice sounding surprised about his own feelings, "I don't want him to get killed. It might sound strange, but I have this feeling that this vampire not as evil as I first assumed, even though he is indeed chasing me around the world." "Huh, what do you mean?" Malik interrupted the Japanese, eyes and mouth wide open after hearing the decline. "I mean that CREATURE chased you for over a year now, did it not? And you are always afraid of your life, yet you don't want to kill him? That's a bit crazy, don't you think?" Yuugi could not help but raise his eyebrow over that last declaration of the blonde because Malik was not exactly the picture of sanity. Smiling slightly to sooth the now slightly hurt looking teen, the Japanese shifter stepped towards Malik to be able to face him better. "It's true what you say, Malik-kun and I am the last to disagree with your statement of me being crazy", he told him with a slightly embarrassed chuckle. "However when your sister just confronted me with the question, I thought about the last months and besides the fact that I can't deny the thrill this deadly game of hunting has given me, I also realised that the vampire already had more than one chance to kill me, but did not go through. It makes me curious about his reasons. To be honest, I am slowly starting to become unsure if he would kill me at all." He stopped here with his explanation and turned around to Isis before he continued. "My journey to you has been to find out more about my abilities and my ancestors. These questions have been answered. I guess now it's time for me to find out more about my pursuer. And I doubt I'll get the answer at Atemu's grave, even though I already feel sorry that I have to leave you behind." Seeing how Isis nodded her head in approval of Yuugi's words, Malik's defiant stance wilted and he let out a sigh of defeat. "I guess you are the best person to judge that vampire of yours", the blonde admitted grudgingly. “Doesn't mean I have to like it, though." "Fair enough", Yuugi agreed with a small smile before he turned back to Isis once more. "So, when I am supposed to leave?" "Tomorrow morning will be the best time I can advise you to", the female Egyptian shifter answered seriously. "Your vampire will arrive at our place exactly one day after your departure. And if I may give you an advice about your next destination, Yuugi-kun - return home." tbc...While AFF and its agents attempt to remove all illegal works from the site as quickly and thoroughly as possible, there is always the possibility that some submissions may be overlooked or dismissed in error. 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