Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Brutal Immortality ❯ Chapter Six ( Chapter 6 )

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Brutal Immortality

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Chapter Six

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He was asleep now, Seto was. Or so Hanyou had deducted.

Her poor uncle. If only her dad could see him now…

Suddenly, he gasped, and sat up, as far as he could with the bonds on his wrists. He began to thrash, his eyes red, kicking his feet.

Hanyou began to murmur something.

"Desino malefactor.
Insisto tuus taeter actio.
Aufugio for the locus, altilis animans."
(Cease, evildoer.
Pause you hideous action.
Flee for the moment, fowl being.)

Hanyou continued to murmur the words, and Seto's thrashing minimized, but did not cease completely.

Hanyou's tongue wrapped around the words, continuously, a constant chant. But she silently hoped that Jou and the others hurried up.

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Bakura hovered over, ahead of the his inu-jin companions. He could see the temples of Kyoto in the distance, but they were still a good portion of time away. He'd say a good two hours at least. And the sun was coming out. He landed, and waiting for his companions to catch up.

The dogs stopped, and panted, sitting down. Ryou morphed into his semi-human form, "What is, `Kura?"

"We've been going all night, we need to stop for the morning."

"No!" Bakura and Ryou turned. Jou and Yuugi had morphed back, and Jou looked frantic.

"We don't have time. We need to get the wolfsbane!" Jou asked, his eyes glazing over with unshed tears. Ryou looked up at Bakura, who nodded, unfolding his wings from around himself, "We keep going then."

He took off, as the other three reverted back to dog form and followed.

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Kenji stepped into Hanyou's room, "How is he?"

"Still horrible," Hanyou murmured, looking at her uncle. She had stopped chanting, for Seto had calmed, considerably.

"I'm quite worried, Kenji…what if Jou does not get back in time?"

The blue eyed man listened. His though process had not faltered, even though control of his body had. He was the reason Jou was out there, in the midst of the dangerous vampires who wished to destroy his kind. And Jou had made the choice to help him, on his own. The thought made Seto smile.

*Don't smile…*

*Don't ever smile…*


*Kill Hanyou…*

*Kill her…*

Seto hissed, and began to thrash again, unable to control himself, as he tried to move toward Hanyou.

The inu-jin leader began to chant again. It was becoming monotonous. But she had to keep at it, at least until Jou and the others returned.

Kenji nodded his head, slightly, and left.

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They made it to Kyoto, and Bakura landed. The other's morphed back.

"Let's find that wolfsbane."

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"Evil is in our midst." Said the sensei.

"Yes, master…" the other replied.

"Destroy it, pupil."

"Yes, master…" the robed figure nodded and left.

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Jou was having no luck. He looked everywhere. But he couldn't find the wolfsbane. He couldn't find it.

"Jou-kun! Jou-kun!" Ryou called, as he held out a few stems of a sweet smelling green plant.

"The rosemary! Good job, Ryou!" Jou smiled, and patted his friend on the back.

A howl, and a loud hiss, and Jou and Ryou turned.

"That sounded like Yuugi," Jou murmured.

"And `Kura…"

They ran. They ran as fast as they could.

Jou gasped at what he saw.

Yuugi-inu lay on his side on the ground, a spirit wards stuck, unmoving, to his other side.

Bakura was almost in the same predicament. The ward stuck his chest, and his wings seemed to a wilt a little, as he lay sprawled on the ground.

"Oh no!" Ryou cried, as he ran up to Bakura, pulling him into his arms. All four were caught in shadow, as well as the attacker.

"Who are you!" Jou growled, his ears perking up, his canines showing as he growled.


A spirit ward shot toward him. He jumped out of the way and into the light. He heard a gasp from the attacker.

The attacker stepped forward, and recognized Bakura and Ryou. He slumped next to the dog that he'd attacked, and noticed the multi-colors of the dog's fur.

"Yuugi…what have done…"

Jou recognized the voice, and his honey eyes widened, "Yami-kun!"

The attacker stood and stepped forward, and it was indeed Yami, clad in priest's robes. He held Yuugi-inu in his arms, as the boy slowly morphed back into his little hikari.

The puzzle glowed, welcoming it's resident back, but Yuugi did not wake. Yami reached out and pulled the scroll from Yuugi's abdomen, and his eyes fluttered.

He opened them and gazed up, "Y-Yami…?"

"Aibou…gomen ne…" Yami looked miserable with guilt. He'd attacked his aibou. His aibou that he'd come to Kyoto for. Came here to train so he could protect him. How could he?

Yuugi smiled and reached up, pressing a small hand to Yami's cheek, "I missed you…"

"And I you, little one…" Yami murmured. Jou's heart ached. Not only was Seto slowly losing himself to another vampire, but Jou hadn't even told him his feelings yet. Something gleamed behind the happy two though. A silver plant (not sure if that's really the color).

"The wolfsbane…" Jou murmured. Yami turned, "But inu-jins are forbidden to touch it."

"Yes, but we need it, Yami-chan," Yuugi murmured to his darker. Yami set Yuugi down, softly, and picked a few stems of it.

"Why?"

"Seto is possessed. We need it to save him." Jou replied.

"Kaiba Seto?" Yami questioned, blinking, surprised at the news. Jou noded, his head bowed, his fist clenched against his chest. He closed his eyes, a few tears sneaking through.

Yami ripped a piece of his robe and wrapped the plant into it. He handed it to Jou, "I hope you save him."

Yuugi's eyes became sad, "Are you not coming with us, Yami?"

"I can't, chibi tenshi," Yami murmured, hugging him, "I need to finish my training…"

Yuugi began to cry, clinging to him, "I missed you so much, you have to come with us! Yami, please!"

He clung. He clung for dear life. He didn't want to let go again. After all his searching, all his wondering. He sobbed harder.

Yami pulled away from Yuugi, and kneeled, wiping his tears away, "No matter what, Yuugi, I will always love you. But you must believe that I will come for you. Do you?"

Yuugi sniffed and nodded, "Y-Yami, we still need Nightingale f-feathers. Can you h-help us?"

Yami smiled, "The temple I apprentice at keeps a Nightingale in the temple owner's daughter's room. She has terrible insomnia. It helps her."

Yuugi smiled.

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"We've got it!" Jou called, two days later, when they entered the den again. They rushed into Hanyou's room, and found Hanyou face down on the ground.

"Oh no!" Jou cried.

"She's alive," Ryou said.

"Jou, look out!" Yuugi exclaimed.

Seto leaped from the ceiling, tackling Jou to the ground. He struggled.

"If I can't kill you by bite," Seto said, his voice holding a weird, high-pitched vibration behind it, "then I'll just drink all of your blood!"

"You leave Seto alone! Seto, listen! Fight them!"

"Seto is no longer here," The voice said, eyes bright red and wide, grin large and psychotic. The eye teeth grew large, ready to plunge into the blonde.

FWAP! A spirit ward hit Seto square in the forehead, and he fell back, convulsing.

Jou picked him up and strapped him back onto the bed.

"Is the other vampire gone?" Jou asked. Yami shook his head, as he stepped into the room, "No, that ward was not powerful enough."

Jou noticed the ward disintegrate, and he began to thrash again. Jou crushed the rosemary, nightingale feathers and wolfsbane (which Yami put in for him), together before sprinkling it over him. He hissed, loud and low.

Jou picked up Hanyou's book, "All right…here we go…"

"Desero, malefactor
Aufugio absisto hic corpus
Desero, malefactor.
Aufugio absisto hic CORPUS!"
(Leave, evildoer
Flee from this body
Leave evildoer
Flee from this BODY!)

Seto's back arched from the bed, and a black and grey smoke rose from his mouth and eyes, and swirled above him, before flying through the wall.

Jou dropped the book and hugged the brunette, sobbing about how worried he was. Seto looked at him with half lidded eyes, "Jou…don't cry…"

Seto blinked, wondering why the blonde had been so worried. He winced as his eyeteeth retracted back into his gums. Seto blinked, as he realized Jou hadn't moved yet. He was still clinging to him, as if Seto was his only lifeline.

"Um, mutt…you can get up now…"

Jou flushed as he sat up, then his face contorted with irritation, "I'm not a…"

He glanced back at his tail, then made a face, "You're an ass."

Seto grinned, "I know."

"I'm…glad you're okay though…" Jou replied, his head down, his ears twitching cutely.

Yuugi and Yami watched from the door, before Yuugi turned to Yami, "Why did you come back?"

Yami pulled the smaller boy close to him, burying his face in the his tri-colored locks, "Because I realized, there are more important things to me then finishing my training."

Yuugi smiled, and cuddled closer, "I'm glad."

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"Damn them!" The female vampire hissed. Her clan looked at her.

"They forced me back…I nearly had control over that traitorous free-spirited vampire!" Her eyes gleamed with malice. She began to pace.

"I'm losing my strength. It's because I have not consumed inu-jin blood in a while. I must get the blood of Hanyou. She in the strongest of their kind…"

"You are mistaken, m'lady…"

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Books. Always books, Jou thought. He was eating books, sleeping books, even dreaming books, and neither he nor Seto had found anything substantial to their cause, and they'd gone through -so- many -books-!

Jou's head hit the table.

"Come on, pup. Get up, we're not finished yet."

"I don't waaannnaaa," Jou whined, his voice muffled by the table. Seto smirked, and leaned over, whispering in his ear, "I'll give you a doggy biscuit."

Jou whapped him in the face, glaring at him, "V-very funny…"

He was bit shaken by the feel of the other's breath on his ear. Seto only snickered. Jou glared at him, "You bastard."

Seto only laughed. Jou kept his head on the table, "I'm so tired…no more reading…no more…"

"Jou, look," Seto said.

Jou looked up, and Seto held a book in front of him. Jou shrieked, and pushed his chair back a few feet. Seto laughed, his eyes filling with tears from the hilarity of it all.

Jou glared daggers.

"All right, all right, go and sleep, before your whining kills me," Seto murmured. Jou stood up, and began to walk toward the door.

"Jou."

He turned to look at him.

"Um…sleep well."

Jou smiled, "Oyasumi, Seto."

"Oyasumi…"

Jou turned and walked out. Seto looked down at the book in his hand, before setting it down, and pulling his Duel Monster locket out of his shirt. He opened it, and stared at his small brother, "Otouto, I need your help…I know I've come to you before, asking for simple little things. But this is the most complicated thing I've ever come to you for…I think I'm in love…but I just…don't know how to tell him."

He stared at the photo for a long while, and nothing happened, "I understand, otouto, I'm sure you've got a lot going on up there."

He closed the locket, and scowled at the wall, "Stupid mutt…why do you affect me so."

He stood up, and made his way out, going into Hanyou's room, lying down on the mattress that had been there for him since day one. He stared up at the ceiling, "I'm in love with Jounouchi Katsuya."

His eyes fluttered close, and he fell asleep.

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I know I kind of left some ends untied in this chap. I did this on purpose. It gives the chapter some depth. Leaves people guessing. Makes people review for more. But I assure you, those ends won't be tied for a few chapters. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't review. And yay! Now we know Yami is okay too. Anyway, review.