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Hunting Passion	By : atemuxyuugi Category: Yu-Gi-Oh > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 4892 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh!, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Title: Hunting Passion

Part: 7/?

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.
Description: They came at midnight. He didn't know how they were able to intrude into his house, but somehow they succeeded. They were a male and a female. HE, was the leader, obviously. She seemed to be some kind of apprentice to him. Not that it really mattered. For they were both strong and deadly.
But when a young teen is able to run from the grasp of his captors, it is the start of a long game of hide and seek. He finds a new side to himself he would have never dreamed he had. And it helps him to keep the game to his advantage. But he knows the game will never end, at least not before his death. Because his hunter is a vampire.
Thanks to my betareader Lee-Ann for the usual quick work. ^^
Kisei – Homecoming

Ra no Yokushinryuu - Winged God-Dragon Ra

"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!"
Kisei
"Home?" the Japanese shifter wondered, surprised, then protested. "But that would endanger my friends and family!"
Isis, however smiled that secret smile of hers and shook her head.
"I can't tell you much, but consider this a friendly advice for your search of finding out more about your follower. Take your chances, go home and visit your jii-chan, Yuugi-kun. You might be in for a surprise."
By now the small built teen new her well enough to know that she rarely voiced the visions she saw. Malik had explained to him once that his sister was of the opinion the visions of the future where meant to be a guide, not a full out description how to live one's life.
Even though Yuugi now felt rather curious, he accepted that Isis herself might have only received a hint of him returning home, nothing more. If he wanted to find out what could happen he needed to heed the suggestion and take the risk. Left alone by the Ishtars, who respected his need to think the situation over, the shifter considered his options for a while longer.
He meant what he told Malik about the vampire. And if he recalled everything so far, he further realised that not only had his hunter had the chance more than once to kill him if he really wanted to, he also seemed to possess a lot of pride and honour. That creature of the night had a sense of fairness. He was a player through and through, just like Yuugi himself.
The shifter also recalled the few times at the beginning of their hunting he found the vampire feeding. Back then the teen had not given the sight any second thoughts, his main concern was to run. Now, though he clearly remembered those scenes and to be honest every one of the humans he had seen in the vampires grip looked rather untrustworthy and mean. Maybe they were people that hurt other people, rather than helpless victims.
Would his hunter really use his family and friends against him? No, Yuugi concluded, he doubted it. He even doubted that the vampire would give the gravekeepers here much thought when he arrived. He might ask for directions or something, but he would not hurt them. He would concentrate on catching up with Yuugi and for that he needed to save as much time as he could.
When the Japanese shifter finished going over his thoughts, he realised that he sat alone aside from one of the fires the gravekeepers lit in the evenings and that darkness had fallen over the land. Standing up and stretching once, the teen walked over to the nearest fire where he could see Isis and Malik sitting, the latter leaning half asleep against Rishido's broad shoulders.
Isis was the first to look up, her movement alerting the other two men immediately.
"You came to a decision?" she asked, though the look on her face revealed that she already knew the answer. Yuugi nodded his head answering her anyway, if just for the sake of Malik and Rishido.
"I'll return home", the Japanese teen declared, smiling slightly. "I am not sure what exactly will await me back in Japan, but I guess it's really time I show my face to ji-chan and Jounouchi-kun at least. They're probably worried. Thank you so much for your hospitality, Isis-san, Malik-kun, Rishido-san. I really enjoyed my stay with you a lot."
Malik was the first to react after his fellow shifter finished. He jumped up from his place against his lover and ran over to Yuugi to envelope the smaller built teen into a massive hug.
"We'll see each other again!" the Egyptian declared fiercely. "I tell you we'll meet again, preferably on a Duel Monsters tournament. I'll train my skills and then I want to have a rematch against you, promise?"
After he was freed from the rather tight hug he received, Yuugi beamed into Maliks face, accepting the hand hold out to him.
"Promise!" the Japanese shifter agreed and they shook hands on it. The teens solemn promise was interrupted by Isis, who looked at Malik with a rather strange look on her face.
"Little brother, I think it is time", she simply said and the blonde immediately seemed to understand, face turning serious as well.
"I'll get it!" he confirmed before turning around and vanishing within the darkness of the shadows the small huts provided. Yuugi of course was confused by their words and actions.
"What's going on?" he wanted to know, looking rather curiously from Isis to Rishido, who sat up straight by now.
"Just a moment", the female Egyptian put the teen off with a soothing voice. "As soon as Malik returns I explain to you."
They waited for some minutes, until Yuugi with his sensitive hearing made out the sound of paws on sand over the crackle of the fire they sat in front of. Then all of the sudden Malik in his tiger form came out of the shadows once more, turning back into a human the moment his body hit with light.
The Japanese shifter immediately noticed the difference about his fellow teen's appearance. Malik brought two things with him. The first looked like a card, a Duel Monsters card, to be exact, from what he could see. The other item was more obvious. It was a rod-like thing, about as long as Yuugi's arm. The whole item looked of a golden colour and at the top was a round ball with two wing-like forms. And most outstanding of it all to the Japanese teen was the Eye of Horus that adorned the front of the ball.
Vaguely the small built shifter recalled having seen that item before but it took him a moment before he remembered. It had been on the pictures in the Porch he visited with the Ishtars. The image of the Sennen Items. Yuugi's eyes widened when he realised what it had to be.
"That's a Sennen Item, isn't it?", he wondered aloud, pointing to the rod on Malik's belt. The blonde immediately grinned over the other shifter's declaration. And Isis nodded.
"This is the Sennen Rod", Malik told the Japanese teen proudly. "It came into my possession by chance and touching this had been what awoke my shifter abilities."
"Oh, so it was not the Sennen Tauk for you, too as I assumed so far", Yuugi concluded feeling a bit sheepish to never have thought about the possibility that the other teen might have been the owner of a Sennen Item just like his sister.
"Yeah I got my own item", Malik nodded, though he looked a bit wistful. "However, while the Sennen Tauk is my sister's rightful possession, sadly enough for me the Sennen Rod was just an item I was supposed to keep for limited time. And that time has now come to an end."
The blonde sighed a bit disappointed but he still took the rod from his belt and held it out to the surprised Yuugi.
"For me? But I already have the Sennen Puzzle", the small built teen exclaimed looking at the Ishtar siblings with confusion.
"The Sennen Rod is not for you to keep either, Yuugi-kun", Isis explained. "But my Tauk has foretold that you'll be soon enough seeing the one person who is destined to possess this item. It is the one who is an ancestor to the original holder, the High Priest of Pharaoh Atemu."
"The High Priest", Yuugi murmured, recalling his time in the Porch. And suddenly it hit him like a lightning strike.
"Kaiba-kun!" he shouted, shocked about his own revelation. "You are talking about Kaiba Seto!"
"Indeed we are", Malik confirmed with a small grimace. "I don't know why that Kaiba of all people is supposed to hold the Sennen Rod, honestly. We could always search for another item and give that to him."
"Malik", Isis turned to her brother, looking a bit exasperated. "The Sennen Rod is no plaything. And it's done the job it's been supposed to do here in Egypt. It gifted you with the ability to shift. That is all that has been about the connection between the rod and you."
Grumbling a bit but giving in, Malik pushed the item nearer to Yuugi, indicating that he should take it. The Japanese teen did so, but rather hesitantly, yet he could not help but look the rod over with an air of fascination.
"It looks beautiful", he finally whispered, awed by the craftsmanship he had also already admired about his own puzzle.
"It's not just a little stick to look beautiful", Malik interrupted before pointing at a small slit up about the middle of the staff. "There is a dagger hidden that you can unsheathe."
Once more surprised Yuugi looked closer, noticing the barely there break, before taking the rod in both hands and pulling, he revealed a rather dangerous and sharp looking dagger not from gold but a hard, silvery metal.
"Wow", was all the teen was able to utter, eying the dagger closely. "And it's really still sharp and dangerous, even after all these years?"
"The former owners took good care of the Sennen Rod", Isis answered with a small smile. "Though the dagger is not the only weapon this item holds."
"There is more?" Yuugi asked surprised. So far he only heard that each item had one more function besides awakening the shifting abilities in those who were descendants of the pharaoh's line from the old days.
"Yep, this beauty has a rather nasty little ability", Malik told him with a rather mean looking grin. "This Sennen Item is able to control the mind of other people."
A cold shower went through the small built teen's body at the blonde's words.
"Mind control?" he asked appalled, just to be sure. "But that's a horrible ability!"
Malik shrugged slightly, not looking like he cared too much.
"In all honesty, it's rather helpful when you have noisy tourists or politicians who poke around where they are not supposed to."
"And please remember that in the past, when pharaoh Atemu created the items to seal away the shifter abilities it was more often than not rather difficult to restrain the criminals or suspects back then. Therefore, to ensure everyone's safety and life, they used the Sennen Rod to restrain the prisoners, nothing more, nothing less. Atemu himself would not have tolerated any misuse of that item in particular, that is why he gave it to his cousin, the one he trusted most."
"And now you wish for me to give it to Kaiba Seto", Yuugi concluded and the three Ishtar's nodded.
"Mr. Kaiba is supposed to come into his inheritance", Isis explained. "He and his little brother, to be exact. And you'll see him soon enough anyway, when you return to Japan, be assured of that. Therefore we'd like to entrust you with the care of the Sennen Rod until you will be able to present it to its destined owner."
Sighing heavily over the request, the young teen took a last long look at the Sennen Item before he finally nodded his head in acceptance and secured the rod on his belt, just as Malik had done before.
"Thank you very much, Yuugi-kun", Isis declared kindly before she nodded at her brother who nodded right back, then turned to the Japanese shifter.
"We mentioned to you before, that you alone possess the ability to seal the power of the shifters once more, if it becomes necessary. You need to know the procedure of the ritual of course. And that's something I am going to show you now."
With those words, the blonde shifter handed the Japanese teen the card he had been holding onto. It turned out to be indeed a Duel Monsters card but not just any card. Gasping in shock Yuugi stared in disbelief at the image of a golden bird that portrayed in front of the card.
"That... that is... this is", he stuttered before finally exclaiming, "this is 'Ra no Yokushinryuu' one of THE most rare Duel Monsters cards ever!"
"Not just a very rare card", Malik added with an aura of authority. "This is one of the god cards, the only three cards of the game that have only one copy."
"These cards were created for the whole purpose of falling into your hands, Yuugi-kun", the female Egyptian shifter added with a nod to the card in her younger brother's hands. "Originally the god portrayed on the current card as well as two others were spirits sealed into stone tablets back in ancient Egypt. Pharaoh Atemu awakened the gods with a ritual and asked them to bind the powers of shifting into the Sennen Items. Since then these gods have been the edge of power necessary to reseal the abilities of the shifters once more if needed."
"Maximillion Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters was inspired to the game here in Egypt, long years ago", Rishido now added his own part to the explanation. "It was me who was ordered to show that man to the hidden temple where the three tablets of the sacred gods were kept. Pegasus was allowed to create images of them for the game; however he had to take a vow to never copy them."
"After he finished the creation, we gravekeepers performed a ritual that transferred the spirits of the three gods into the cards for better safekeeping", Isis continued the story. "The stones were just too impractical to carry around. Malik then kept one card, just in case. The other two, sadly enough were taken from their hidden place where Pegasus planned to keep them and were lost. However, I have foreseen that you don't need to worry too much, Yuugi-kun. Your destiny will simply be to play Duel Monsters and soon the other two god cards will appear before you by themselves."
"So I need the god cards to ever be able to perform that ritual for sealing the shifting if necessary", Yuugi asked, just to confirm that he understood everything right.
"Yes, that and the instructions for the performance", the dark haired female shifter confirmed. "Yuugi-kun, how good is your memory? Will you be able to remember the instructions shown to you once?"
The small built teen looked a bit unsure for a moment before he nodded his head in confirmation.
"If that is the safest way to trade the information, I'll do my best to keep them in my mind", he promised with a slightly crooked smile.
"Don't worry too much, Yuugi", Malik comforted the Japanese shifter with a slightly grim smile of his own. "If you ever really forget the instructions you know where to find us and I'll show you once more."
With that declaration finished the blonde shifter started to peel off his vest and top he liked to wear, until he stood in front of the surprised Yuugi with bare chest.
"Remember that my sister told you about my father?" Malik asked, his voice unusually devoid of emotions, though he still just confirmed Yuugi's suspicion that the Egyptian shifter had known about him being told all along. "After the damage was done and since I've suffered through enough to receive it, Rishido, Isis and I decided to keep the instruction as they are now, if only because my father already destroyed the original papyrus in his madness."
"We also thought that the risk would be too high after we heard about two of the god cards vanishing", Isis added softly. "While not exactly ideal, it is still not too bad if the cards end up being used in a game. However, if the instructions come into the wrong hands, we fear about the misuse of the magic. Therefore, until Malik has to pass on the instructions to the next generation, it will be kept on his back."
Wordlessly Malik turned around and presented the small built shifter his back where two parts of the upper half was littered with hieroglyphics and the obvious images of the three gods Osiris, Ra and Obelisk. Now Yuugi was thankful that his ji-chan liked to teach him a bit of the old writing when he was still younger, otherwise Yuugi was sure he would have been helpless in face of the obvious language problem.
Silently and with a bit of time needed to remember what he had been taught, Yuugi took it upon himself to decipher what had been written there. Thankfully enough there were few signs he did not know about and but it was not too hard to gather the meaning through the rest. When he was done, he recited what he got to the three Egyptians for confirmation and Isis nodded.
"Yes, that is exactly what you have to do if another shifter ever decides to abuse the power given to him by the gods", the female shifter confirmed. "Regretfully that means in the future it will be part of your duty to keep an eye on the world out there to make sure the people with shifting power won't do anything they are not supposed to do. My Sennen Tauk might help in the future and I am willing to forewarn you as much as I could, of course. However part of the watching is up to you, Yuugi-kun."
"And when you get older you'll also need to look out for a successor to learn of the ritual", Malik reminded. "A descendant of the pharaoh and who has to solve the puzzle from the beginning, nothing less."
"Oh, that's a lot to take in", Yuugi sighed looking at the Sennen Rod first and then the card who the blonde Egyptian shifter had by now pushed into his stunned hands. "And I still have the vampire to think about. How am I supposed to be around, if I need to run from him?"
"You don't need to think about this all now, Yuugi-kun", Isis assured the small built teen comfortingly. "For now, just return home and live out the events that will take place there. After that, we'll see about how your situation continues, all right?"
The Japanese shifter nodded his head, content with the idea of taking one problem after another.
"Great, then everything important and serious has been taken care of, right Isis?" Malik exclaimed, while he pulled his clothes back on. The female Egyptian nodded her head in agreement and could not help but exchange a small smile with Rishido, all of them already guessing what the blonde shifter was hoping for.
"Then let's stop the mopping and instead celebrate Yuugi's last evening with us!" Malik indeed suggested excitedly, clapping his hands. "Yuugi, we need to play some more games together tonight. And then we should ask Rishido, Achmed and Ammon if they are willing to entertain us with their music. Hey, maybe Sekhet, Beset and Husn are even willing to dance tonight. They know the best ancient dances of all the female gravekeepers."
The excited Egyptian shifter looked over at Yuugi with perky eyes, before glancing at his sister for a second.
"Though I know for a fact that Isis also knows some of the more secret dances and she performs them beautifully", he added with a playful voice, grinning widely. "But she thinks dancing in front of others would destroy her aura of mystery she likes to emit."
Yuugi started to laugh the moment the female Egyptian swatted her little brother over the head for that comment, though the hit was rather light. Still Malik for a moment dove behind his lover for cover, asking him for protection, with the older man denied with amused eyes.
After the blonde Egyptian was done fooling around however, he kept true to his suggestion and the camp of the gravekeeper started to party. Not one of the loud, crazy parties the Japanese teen was used from his best friend Jounouchi. No, instead the people fuelled one of the fires where everyone gathered around and then Yuugi listened and watched as the men and woman started to play the foreign looking instruments, sung ancient melodies, long forgotten by the rest of the world, and the girls started to dance in the old ways as the women tended to dance for their pharaohs or the nobles of that time.
Yuugi was in awe about the experiences the gravekeepers offered to him and he greatly enjoyed the show. However, he could not deny that when Malik later challenged him to more games, he was happiest and the most in his element.
The celebration lasted long after midnight, though because the Japanese shifter had to leave as early as possible come morning, they did not allow the festivities to continue until dawn.
Around one hour after sunrise Yuugi said his final goodbye to the gravekeepers. Rishido offered to take him somewhere more civilised, but the Japanese shifter denied kindly, telling them that he preferred to continue travelling as an animal, in this case changing into a Sacred Ibis in honour of the Ancient Egyptian culture.
After he changed, Yuugi in his bird form croaked a last goodbye and flew into the sky. Malik, changing in his tiger form accompanied his fellow shifter a bit on the way from the ground until the Ibis reached the border of the gravekeepers territory. The great cat let out a mighty roar before changing back into his human form, waving a final good bye.
"Yuugi, don't you forget!" the blonde shouted, both hands around his mouth. "We'll meet again at the next big tournament, promise!"
The Ibis turned his head slightly and croaked one last time, Yuugi silently hoping that the Egyptian shifter would be right and they would meet again once more to play against each other. Then he began to put more strength into the beating of his wings, leaving the gravekeepers and the place where he found so many answers about his powers and ancestor behind.

Like Isis predicted, the vampire arrived one day after Yuugi left. She stood at the entrance of their home, calmly watching as he came closer. Her brother Malik right behind her, ready to protect his older sister if needed just as Rishido had joined the group to protect them both. If the vampire was surprised of being expected by strangers he didn't show it. Curiously he raised an eyebrow, standing before them just as calm as the young woman.
"The one you are searching for is no longer here", Isis told him, smiling serenely. "Shall I tell you where to go?"
The vampire watched for a moment considering. Finally a smirk broke out onto his face.
"I can see you are honest with me, woman. However, you don't have to tell me anything. It would spoil the fun of the hunt. Thanks for the information, though."
He turned around, raising his hand in a goodbye motion and walked away. The siblings watched him motionlessly until his figure vanished at the horizon line. Only then did Malik step beside his sister, his hand entwined with Rishido's.
"Do you think we'll see Yuugi again", he asked a little worried, his gaze still on the point where the vampire vanished. "I kind of liked him. He's a nice guy and he plays damn well no matter the game. I never lost to anyone before. He really is quite the challenge. And I really would like to keep the promise I gave to him. Though joining tournaments is all for nothing if Yuugi himself ends up not being allowed there like before."
His sister smiled in her typical mysterious way.
"Who knows, little brother. This is something the future will show."
Malik made a sour face when he saw the knowing expression.
"I HATE it when you know something I don't!" I exclaimed, throwing his arms in the air in frustration. His sister just laughed quietly before she decided to return to their home. Rishido and Malik stayed behind a bit longer, leaning against the other and watching the endless sands in the direction where their new friend and the vampire both had vanished.

Yuugi needed two more months until he finally reached the country of his birth after over one and a half year of absence. During that time, the vampire was able to close up on him twice, though both times the shifter was lucky that he spotted his hunter during the day, therefore being able to escape, using the natural tiredness of a vampire during the day to his advantage.
When he reached the shores of Japan, having turned into an sea lion to swim through the ocean and to get some space between him and his follower once more, he considered that he might have put a week between them. However, even though the shifter had taken the route through the sea because water had always been most successful to hide his trail, he concluded that with the route he had taken so far his hunter might realise his destination. In that case his lead of one week would turn out into a few days if chance favoured his vampiric pursuer. Not exactly a lot of time for Yuugi's liking, but he was confident that he could at least say hi to his jii-chan and Jounouchi.
For the last part of his journey home, Yuugi decided to change himself fist into a sparrow and later a dog. He considered to stay in human form and simply take the train, but since he doubted that he could stay for a long time he did not want to risk breaking his cover by his mother seeing him.
Of course that meant it took him a bit longer until he finally trotted up familiar roads, saw beloved and not so fondly remembered places. Yuugi even stopped for a moment at his favourite game shop, the only one besides his jii-chan's own, where he often bought his next deck of Duel Monster cards.
And finally, he stood in front of the Kame Game shop, the place he had called home until that fateful day where the two vampires showed up and turned his world upside down.
Walking cautiously forward to the front door, Yuugi stuck his head through the door, sniffing the air. Even though he had not stayed in his jii-chan's presence long when being an animal, he still remembered his scent and it was heavy in the air, meaning the old man must be around. There was one other scent that indicated of a person who spent a lot of time in this house, though that one wasn't as strong as the one of the old Mutou.
Yuugi guessed that the scent must belong to his mother and that she might not be at home. Taking the risk, after all he was still in his dog form, Yuugi tapped into the front area of the Game Shop and barked once loud and clear. To his great surprise he did not receive any answer. He then pressed his nose experimentally against the main door only to find that it was closed.
That was unusual. His jii-chan tended to barely leave his home during the day. After all, the old Mutou ran the shop on his own, without Yuugi's mother or father, who worked as a businessman, helping. The small built teen had always been the only one who liked to help out in the shop when he was old enough, because of his love for games.
Unconsciously whining a bit as he voiced his confusion, Yuugi considered his options. He could stay near the shop, pretending to sleep in an alley or something like that to await his jii-chan's return or he could go out and look for the older Mutou himself. Sniffing the air a bit, he realised that he could sense the trail of the scent he suspected to be his jii-chan. Decision made, the black half breed with the blonde streaks started to walk along the road, head to the ground so he could take in the scent he was following.
At first the shifter did not even bother to watch his surroundings. He simply concentrated on the scent alone since this whole procedure was so new to him. But after a while he got used to what he was doing and around that time he noticed that the trail he was following seemed familiar, even if it was a path he had not walked for a long, long time.
Yuugi's suspicion was confirmed when he reached the gates of the graveyard. The teen remembered well the few visits where he accompanied his jii-chan after his baa-san died. Thinking he now knew where the old Mutou was, the dog turned to follow the slightly familiar path to the grave, until he suddenly realised to his great surprise that the scent of his jii-chan was getting weaker. Confused, the shifter returned to the place where the scent had been strongest last and sniffed the air.
It was rather strange for the teen currently in dog form, when he noticed that the scent lead him in a direction he was not familiar with. Following the trail slowly, Yuugi tried to remember if there were any other relatives buried on this graveyard that he might have forgotten about. He came up with nothing though, and unsure about the whole situation he decided for now to simply follow his nose.
Soon the scent became even stronger and then he spotted what he was looking for. There, right behind a crossroad he noticed a neat, simple looking gravestone decorated with some flowers and strangely enough various game figures and cards. He even noticed some Duel Monster cards neatly placed on the stone. And there, just in front of the plain looking grave knelt his jii-chan, Mutou Sugoroku.
Yuugi did not even notice how his tail started to move on its own accord in his happiness to see the old man again. He started to pant excitedly and let out a loud bark before storming forward, right towards the surprised man.
Sugoroku was more than shocked to find a dog of middle high running up to him, Yuugi was sure, but he was a friendly man and did not mind when the teen in his animal form stormed towards him, putting his front paws on his knees to reach with his nose up to the surprised man's face.
"Hallo, my friend, how did you end up on the graveyard of all places?" the old Mutou greeted the dog scratching him behind his ears. "I doubt this is the right place for a dog, especially such a happy and friendly one as you."
Barking one more time in excitement, the dog then moved backwards a few steps and before the astonished eyes of Sugoroku, the animal turned back into a familiar figure.
"Yuugi!" his jii-chan exclaimed, nearly letting go of the candle he had been holding onto in his shock. "My Yuugi, you are back!"
"Jii-chan!" the small built teen shouted and threw himself into the old Mutou's arms, nearly throwing both of them to the ground. "I missed you so much!" Yuugi added before he burst out into tears. He could not help it, he felt so happy to see his jii-chan again after such a long time. As much as he had come to enjoy and like the hunting game with the vampire, as much as he found himself craving and relishing in the excitement, he still could not deny that he had been slightly homesick through it all.
And now he was back into the familiar arms of the one relative that had loved and taken care of him most since they family had stayed with the oldest Mutou at the Kamen Game Shop.
"Jii-chan", Yuugi sobbed once more, pressing himself at Sugoroku one more time before releasing the grip around his waist and the old man himself pushed Yuugi gently a bit away, hands staying on the shifters shoulders though.
"Let me take a look at you, my dear boy", the older Mutou said, both of them smiling at each other. Sugoroku took a long, searching look at the teen in front of him until finally he nodded in approval.
"You've grown, Yuugi", his jii-chan noted with a proud grin. "And you look a bit different as well. More confident, I think. And your eyes are glowing. I have to admit, while this is unexpectedly great to see, I am also surprised. With the situation and you being on the run I always thought I would see you return looking haunted and stressed. I am glad I was wrong to assume that."
"Jii-chan", Yuugi exclaimed, touched. "I have to admit, at the beginning I really had been afraid of that vampire. But to be honest, soon I realised that it was not simply just a game, now he seems... I don't know... nearly nice, I think."
The small built teen hesitated for a moment before he continued.
"I think he had the chance more than once to already catch and kill me, but he did not use it. Partly I suspect that he might've thought it would have been an unfair move. He is very honourable, as far as I could tell."
"You know, with all you've told Jounouchi-kun and me on the phone and with everything you told me now, I am kind of wondering what vampire we are dealing with here", Yuugi's jii-chan said thoughtfully. "He doesn't sound normal. Not the same as the vampire girl you told me about, that followed you at the very beginning."
"Well, he is definitely different", the shifter agreed, eye starting to glow again with excitement. "Oh jii-chan, there is so much I need to tell you. There happened so much since the last time we talked. I've been in Egypt. I even found out a lot about our ancestors. And speaking of those", the teen interrupted his own rant, looking confused towards the gravestone his jii-chan knelt in front of. "When I noticed you were on the graveyard I was about to go to baa-san's grave but then realised you were not there. Instead I find you here at a stranger's grave. Would you tell me who this is?"
Looking back at the grave himself, Sugoroku's eyes widened when he remembered the reason for being here and he let out a sigh. For a long moment he simply studied his grandson, considering his options. Finally he nodded his head and turned fully towards the grave, one of his wrinkled hands touching the cold, white stones of the ground.
"This, Yuugi", he started slowly, "is the grave of a person I never told anyone but your baa-chan about. Not even your parents know of its existence."
"Why?" the shifter wondered, surprised.
"I am not even sure", the old man admitted. "Maybe it's because the pain never really faded as it's supposed to do with time. Might be because I just did not feel like sharing. Your baa-chan was an exception as she loved to take walks with me wherever the mood took us. I just could not keep this from her"
He sighed once more before touching the initials craved into the gravestone. Only now did Yuugi remember to take a look at the writings as well and what he saw made his eyes widen even more and his mouth to open in shock.
"That", he stuttered and Sugoroku let out a small, sad smile.
"This", he said, indicating to the grave, "is the resting place of a young man, who was murdered when he was slightly older than you, Yuugi. His name was Mutou Yuugi and he was my older brother."
tbc...
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