Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Creature Comforts ❯ All Of A Sudden You Come My Way ( Chapter 2 )

Author's Notes: This is getting strange...*sigh* Oh, well. I am strange. Beginning and ending words are from Bush's "History".

Creature Comforts

Chapter Two: All Of A Sudden You Come My Way

Yugi awoke in a dark and foreboding place. It looked very, very similar to the Shadow Realm, but something was different about this place. It seemed to have someone-or something-residing within the dark shadows. A hand fell onto his shoulder and the boy whirled around to see a very surprising something.

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"Yugi! Dinner's ready!"

No answer.

"Yugi! Dinner!"

Still no answer.

Yugi's grandfather slowly climbed the stairs, eyeing the discarded Millenium Puzzle on the small table, and knocked on Yugi's door.

"Yugi? Are you alright?"

Again, no answer. The old man opened the door and peered inside to see no one there. He had definitely heard Yugi going into his room earlier. He began to search the room. Finding nothing, he searched the house. Still, he found no trace of the boy with tri-colored hair.

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In front of Yugi stood his Dark Magician, looking down at him curiously.

"Yugi?" he inquired gently. His tenor voice was wonderful to hear; soft and low, almost unfitting for a magician of the black arts but it suited the blue-eyed creature perfectly. He was very tall-over six feet, it seemed-and he was utterly gorgeous.

"Dark...Magician?" Yugi murmured in awe, standing up while the other knelt down to look the boy in the eyes. He was still taller than the child, even when kneeling. Yugi slowly reached out and touched the magician's chest. He felt cool armor underneath his hand and he just barely felt a steady heartbeat below. "You're...real...." the child whispered, thoroughly amazed. A thin hand touched the back of Yugi's and violet locked with bright blue. A smile tugged at the edge of the mage's mouth.

"And you're here."

"Where is 'here'?"

"I honestly don't know. My room, I guess. Where I stay when you are not dueling with me. How did you get here?"

"I don't know..."

"Hm...I wasn't practicing any spells at the time...were you?"

"I don't know any."

"I should have figured that. You don't seem to be the type to study sorcery." The Dark Magician sighed softly. "Anyway, it's nice to have company, even for a little while. I'll see if I can get you home..."

"I don't want to go home."

"What?"

"I said I don't want to go home. Everyone is mad at me there! I just made one mistake and-"

"Say no more. I understand completely."

"You do?"

"Even magicians as powerful as I make mistakes. It's...something I don't like to discuss."

"Same here. What do you do in here all the time, by the way?"

"Not much. Sleep, read, practice spells. It gets lonesome sometimes." He sighed again.

"Oh...um, you didn't mention getting hungry..."

"Hm? Oh, I don't need food. This...poses a problem if you do..." Yugi's stomach growled in response. "Well damn. I guess having a pet human has the same responsibilities as having a pet animal." Yugi tensed at the statement and the magician smiled. "Just kidding. I'll find something to help, don't worry."

"Thank you..."

"You're very welcome. The only thing I ask for in return is the pleasure of your company." With that, the magician stood and closed his eyes. Almost instantly, a desk, a chair, and a bed appeared. On the desk was a thick, leather-bound tome with strange markings on it and a lantern with a lit candle inside. The Dark Magician strode over to the desk and pulled out the chair. "I'll be looking for a spell to help with your hunger. You can have a seat on the bed if you want. Make yourself comfortable." he said, sitting down and opening the book. Yugi did and marveled at how soft the bed was. He curled up and watched the magician as his blue eyes scanned the pages, his lips moving ever so slightly as he read the words. The boy soon forgot his hunger and fell asleep.

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"And in the latest news, local high school boy Yugi Mutou has mysteriously vanished from his home earlier today. He-"

"Holy shit! Yugi's gone?!" Joey yelped from his place on Tristan's sofa. The said brunette was sitting in the armchair with his injured foot on the footrest and Téa sat next to Joey. Bakura was seated on the floor next to the couch with his legs crossed and muching on popcorn. They had been watching a movie on cable before a news update had interrupted the program.

"Don't curse! You know how much I hate that!" the only girl in the room batted Joey's uninjured arm, disguising her worry for the missing boy with anger for Joey's foul language.

"Shh!" Bakura hissed, and they quieted to hear the rest of the shocking news.

"If you have any information, please contact this number on the screen." The said number showed up with a picture of Yugi above it. The four friends both leaned back and looked at each other.

"You think he ran away because of us?"

"Do you think he ran away?"

"Well what else would he do?"

"He might have been kidnapped."

"In his own home?"

"Well..."

"We can only hope he's okay." With the final words spoken by the silver-haired British child, they returned to watching the movie. It wasn't as good as it had been now.

~~~I Believe In You

I Have Found The Perfect Way~~~