Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Disturbia ❯ The Enemy Of My Enemy ( Chapter 12 )
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By: HikariandYami 
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Fantasy | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 01.21.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 4.1K | Visits: 219 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Fantasy | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 01.21.2009 | Pages: 2 | Words: 4.1K | Visits: 219 | Status: Work In Progress
Yuri: Hey guys! So this is an interesting chapter, if I do say so myself. Now to reply to some reviews, yes, the clan names are based off of the Spanish colors (ex: Azules is blue in Spanish thus why their eye color turns blue at night. Some of the names I spelled differently because I liked them better. Like Rojas means red in Spanish but I changed the 'a' and 'o' with each other because it looks better that way). I didn't put accents on them either because I don't know how to on the computer but I like it better without the accents. Anyways, here's the next chapter! Enjoy!
...The Enemy of My Enemy...
The room was so dark but the shadowy movements and the sound of breathing was proof of that there were vampires lurking in the corners. That, and the several shades of colors that shined brilliantly from their numerous pairs of eyes.
“Your plan was foolish,” a deep voice spat distastefully.
“I knew it! I knew it! We should have just killed them!” said another voice from the shadows in the far corner.
“I’m sorry. I thought it would work!” someone said fearfully as he backed into the wall behind him.
“Well, it didn’t. And now look what happened! They’re even stronger than before!” said a shrilly voice.
“And now Katsuya and Kaiba are probably catching on–“
“SILENCE!”
Every figure in the room came to a complete halt when they realized that their leader had entered the room. At that exact moment, the light from the moon illuminated the tall leader’s long, swaying blue hair and his eyes, both different colored shades; one green and one gold. The room was silent for a moment. That was until the vampire in the corner spoke up impatiently: “What do you wish we do?”
Their leader stared at him through the darkness with sinister eyes. With a small smirk, the blue-haired vampire whispered dangerously: “Kill them…all.”
...
Ryou looked out into the night sky with shining blue eyes, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere that engulfed him. He leaned over the railing of his balcony slightly to stare at the Azules city beneath him that was lit up with extravagant lights and unnecessary commotion. A small frown graced Ryou's round face as he exhaled a deep, trouble-filled sigh. For the past couple of days, he had been feeling odd, to say the least. Ryou had always been gifted with the ability to sense trouble on the horizon and at this moment, his senses were bubbling in the pit of his stomach. They were so strong that he almost threw up from the built up intuition. Something bad was going to happen. And soon.
Ryou jumped slightly when he felt arms encircle his small frame from behind him but nevertheless leaned back into the embrace, truly enjoying the warmth and company that the other body provided. In the last few days that Ryou had snuck out to see Bakura, he had learned to love the infinite protection that the Rajos member gave him.
"Hello Ryou..."
Ryou continued to stare out into the night as he whispered: "Bakura."
Bakura immediately noticed the strange tone in Ryou's voice. "Is something wrong?"
The smaller vampire nodded slowly. "I think something bad is going to happen, Bakura."
Ryou turned around when he heard Bakura chuckle. "You haven't changed at all, you know," Bakura said nuzzling his face into Ryou's neck and biting lightly at the creamy flesh. "Always worrying over people and things, I mean."
Ryou sighed gently but thoroughly enjoyed the way that the other's arms wrapped around his frame protectively. As if Bakura would rather die than ever let anything bad ever happen to him. "So you are that man I found," Ryou said suddenly and Bakura instantly stopped his musings.
"Yes," Bakura said looking into the other's chocolate-brown orbs that were filled with concern and worry.
"Is that why you didn't kill me?" Ryou asked, referring to the encounter in the bathroom.
"Well, I almost did. But then I recognized you. How did you know it was me?" Bakura said, his arms never leaving Ryou's form.
Ryou shrugged his small shoulders. "I don't know. I just...knew. If I didn't know it was you then I would have fought back more. You would have never gotten me under your control so easily."
Bakura smirked at the comment. "Are you trying to say that you let me win that fight in the bathroom?"
"In other words," Ryou said with a small smile and Bakura would have retorted if he didn't realize that they were no longer alone. Ryou had apparently noticed this as well. Around the balcony, there were about two dozen vampires. Bakura scanned the newcomers with dangerous eyes and noticed all the different color orbs that glared back into his. It didn't take a genius to realize that he and Ryou were extremely outnumbered.
"I'm sorry to break up this moment but I have orders that need to be followed," said a dark voice from behind them and Bakura turned on his heel to see a familiar face.
"You!" Bakura spat angrily, still holding onto Ryou protectively. "Have you lost your fucking mind? What the hell is going on here?"
"Why, I'm here to execute you and Ryou's immediate and unavoidable deaths. It would be best if you both didn't fight it," the slender vampire said.
Bakura didn't question why he and Ryou were being targeted or who had sent out the orders. He already knew. And now...he was going to fight back. "You just made the worst mistake of your pathetic life," Bakura spat with a wide smirk as he whipped out eight daggers from behind his back, each one of them resting in between his fingers. Ryou immediately got into the defensive position, an unsettling expression overcoming his once gentle features. In that moment, he was no longer the cheerful, optimistic vampire that all his friends teased for his innocent appearance. He was now Ryou Bakura, third in command of the Azules clan and head of the council; one of the most clever and deadliest vampires in the entire world.
"Are you ready?" Ryou said reaching out his hand as Bakura tossed him two pairs of knifes. The Rajos member smirked at the question and narrowed his eyes at the approaching enemies. "I live for this," Bakura whispered. The words had barely left Bakura's mouth when he and Ryou were attacked from all sides.
...
Malik let his legs dangle off the edge of the tree branch he was sitting on. The night wind hit his skin softly, sending refreshing chills down his spine. He was glad that he had gotten an opportunity to escape from the palace. He was starting to feel so congested that he couldn't even think straight. All of his fellow friends were acting so strange lately. He didn't know how he should feel about everything that was going on. He enjoyed the cold breath of the night that cleared his mind of confusing thoughts that suffocated him.
The sky was filled with a comforting darkness. The stars shined brightly but it was nothing compared to the ferocious intensity of the full moon. The light illuminated Malik's bronze complexion and made his blue eyes shine sharply. He looked dangerous and scary but beautiful nonetheless. He slowly repositioned himself on the branch and let his head rest against the tree. He closed his eyes and just listened to the sound of the voiceless wind. He couldn't have been more relaxed and peaceful. Or at least that was until he heard a sudden movement from the branch beside him and opened his eyes to see dark red eyes. It wasn't a moment later that Malik jumped down from the tree and took out two swords from his sides.
"I thought I was going to have to wait a few more days for this," Marik said as he hopped down from the tree a few meters away from Malik.
"Aren't you lucky then," Malik scoffed, raising up his swords and pointing them in Marik's direction. Malik barely had time to react when Marik threw a knife directly at his head. He gasped when strands of his hair fell to the floor and then turned dangerous and hate-filled eyes on Marik. "How dare you!?" Malik yelled but stopped when Marik gestured to something behind him. He turned immediately to see a vampire behind him with the knife sticking out of his head, blood seeping onto the ground at his feet. The vampire crumpled to the floor in a lifeless heap and Malik looked around to realize that there were about twenty other vampires hiding in the shadows that the trees provided. In fact, the only thing that he could see was the various shades of colors.
"Reveal yourselves!" Malik shouted angrily and looked to the side to see Marik standing beside him.
Heeding his warning, the other vampires distanced themselves from the shadows. Malik widened his eyes in disbelief when he recognized the vampire in the front of all the rest. "No...not you...what are you doing?" Malik stuttered in confusion and Marik just narrowed his eyes at the vampire opposite of them.
"I'm sorry Malik. I have no choice," the brown-haired vampire said sadly and with a snap of his fingers, the rest of the vampires charged at the two tan youths. Malik glared at the approaching enemies and couldn't help but smirk.
"You messed with the wrong two people," Malik laughed as he tossed Marik one of his swords. Malik and Marik flashed each other quick glances and in that moment, a silent understanding passed between them. In their eyes, each of them said sternly: 'Allies now. Enemies later.'
"Try to keep up," Marik said with a small smirk and Malik nodded his head with a sinister smile. In the next second, Marik and Malik ran head first into the group of enemies, neither of them sure if they would survive the night.
...
Jou paced his bedroom frantically. Every other minute, he would stop and glance out of his balcony only to start right back up again. The room was starting to get dizzy as anxiety filled his insides. His heart was beating so loud in his ears that the arrival of the Rajos clan's high priest went unnoticed by him until the condescending voice of the brunet reached him from the opposite side of the room.
"What do you want Katsuya?" Kaiba spat suspiciously and Jou couldn't help but jump at the sudden voice. The blonde turned quickly and couldn't deny the relief that washed over him at seeing the blue-eyed vampire. At least now he wouldn't have to deal with their two kings by himself.
"Kaiba, you came! Thank Ra! I was so worried that I would have to tell Yugi and Yami about those damn books by myself!" Jou said while taking a prolonged sigh. The Azules member winced when Kaiba's right eye twitched. He knew he was in for it now.
"You brought me here because you're worried about those two! Do you want to die that badly?!" Kaiba flared darkly.
Jou growled angrily at the brunet's stubbornness. "Can we go back to hating each other later!? This is serious, Kaiba! We have to tell them before they find out some other way. We're going to have to put our differences aside for the moment and do this!"
Brown eyes widened in shock when a slim knife was pointed at his neck. Jou looked up and his blue eyes mixed with Kaiba's now blood red eyes. The sun had setted in the distance.
"What's stopping me from killing you this very moment?" Kaiba inquired, arching a slender eyebrow.
Jou didn't know what to say. He had been reckless in his decision to invite Kaiba. Especially alone. But as much as he wanted to deny it, he needed Kaiba. He couldn't do it alone. And all he could do was hope that Kaiba secretly needed him too.
"Because if you do, then you'll have suffer full responsibility for what happened by yourself. Do you really want to confront Yugi and Yami alone?" Jou mused with a sharp glare and sighed in relief when the knife was taken away from his exposed skin.
"Fine," was all Kaiba said and slowly, but surely, they made their way from Jou's room towards Yugi's.
"Oh god, Yugi is going to kill me!" Jou said aloud to himself and Kaiba couldn't help but smirk.
"If he doesn't, I'm sure Yami will," Kaiba said with a hint of humor in his tone. In all honesty, Kaiba was probably as nervous as Jou was; however, he would die first before admitting he was scared of those two.
"I highly doubt that Yami is going to try to kill me with Yugi around," Jou retorted.
"I suggest you do not gamble with your life like that," Kaiba chuckled and suddenly stopped when they passed a window. Jou watched curiously as Kaiba peered out into the darkness, evidently looking at nothing in particular.
"What's wrong?" Jou questioned and Kaiba just shrugged in response.
"Nothing. I just thought I saw someone," the brunet said as they continued to walk towards the Azules king's bedroom.
…
Yugi let himself be pushed back onto the soft blankets beneath him the moment that he and Yami had gotten back to his bedroom. The hot body of his future husband intertwined with his. Warm lips claimed his in a fiery and passionate kiss. Yami brushed his tongue across Yugi’s bottom lip and plunged into his lover’s mouth when entrance was granted to him. The crimson-eyed king whirled his tongue around every crevice of Yugi’s warm cavern and enjoyed the hypnotic taste of apple chocolate that traced every inch of Yugi’s sweet mouth.
The smaller moaned into the kiss causing shivers down Yami’s spine. Lust clouded his dark crimson eyes. Disposing both of their shirts, Yami made his way down Yugi’s soft neck, nipping the exposed flesh, making Yugi moan even more with pleasure. He drawed drops of blood and quickly licked it up greedily into his mouth. He missed that taste so much.
Yami continued his assault on Yugi’s body, swirling his tongue around Yugi’s nipple and sucking it gently. Yugi’s body reacted favorably and Yami could tell that the smaller wasn’t going to be able to hold out that much longer. Yami made sure to dip his tongue into Yugi’s navel as he continued going lower causing the smaller king to shout out in surprise.
Yami stopped suddenly when he heard a sharp knock on Yugi’s bedroom and, immediately, annoyance and anger boiled inside of him. No one was going to ruin his time with Yugi.
“Shhh…” Yugi hushed his lover as he continued to kiss him repeatedly. “Just ignore it. They’ll go away.”
Yami nodded and kissed the Azules king back sensually, trying his best to ignore the incessant knocking. In order to keep Yami from killing whoever was at the door, since he was well aware of the Rajos king’s temper, Yugi pushed his hips into the other, making them both yell out in lust and need. Yami felt like ripping Yugi’s pants off that very moment and making love to him until the break of dawn. He probably would have done so if that annoying sound coming from the door had went away.
“That’s it!”
With one shift movement, Yami jumped up from the bed and grabbed the closest thing he could find, which happened to be a long, metal bat that Yugi had kept by his bedside for protection. Yami stomped up to the door and ripped it open with so much force that it broke off the hinges. Without looking, the Rajos king swung the bat with all his strength. The vampire on the other side of the door yelped out when he saw the weapon flying towards him and ducked just in time to avoid massive head trauma and probably instant death that he would have suffered if Yami hadn't missed his target.
The bat slammed into the side of the door and, despite Yugi’s shouts, Yami swung again only to have the bat stopped by another hand.
“Enough Yami. You’re going to kill Katsuya if you keep losing your temper like this,” Kaiba said ripping the bat out of Yami’s grasp. The crimson-eyed vampire looked down immediately to see Jou covering his head with his hands while kneeling down on the ground. Yami winced at his stupidity and could feel the glare on his back from his lover.
Shit.
“Yami what the hell is wrong with you?! You almost hurt Jou!” Yugi said walking over to the door and giving his best friend a worried glance. “Are you alright?”
“Yeah but maybe you should put your boyfriend here on a damn leash,” Jou snapped angrily, glaring at the Rajos king with pure hatred. Yami hissed in response but didn’t retort since Yugi was already pissed off with him.
“Kaiba, what the devil are you doing here?” Yami asked directing the brunet instead.
“We need to tell you something," Kaiba said quite grimly. Yami narrowed his eyes in anger at the response. “It couldn’t wait?” Yami inquired in annoyance. They had interrupted his and Yugi's time to tell him something?
“No,” Kaiba stated seriously.
Yami crossed his arms as he stood next to Yugi who also looked displeased at the interruption and at the fact that Yami almost took Jou's head off. Both kings watched as Jou took a step back from Kaiba as if giving the brunet the job of telling them but after a hard glare from Kaiba, his look clearly saying 'You're the one who dragged me here so you better tell them before I allow Yami to kill you,' Jou sighed deeply signaling his surrender.
“Well?” Yami said impatiently with a wave of his hand.
“Itzbouturblakbokz,” Jou muttered quickly and Yami's eyes narrowed even more. He was getting more pissed off with each passing second.
"What did you say Jou?" Yugi asked, very curious of his friend's strange behavior.
Jou swallowed the lump in his throat and took a deep breath before repeating: "It's about your black books..."
At that moment, Yugi and Yami's body's became extremely stiff. “What about them?” Yugi said suspiciously, arching his eyebrow in the process.
Jou frowned at his best friend. How could he tell Yugi that it was his fault that he and Yami had been separated? At this point though, he didn't have a choice.
“Well, we…I mean, me and Kaiba, we…I–“
Jou stopped. He couldn't say it. His words were just a mumbled mess and Yami's increasingly intense glare wasn't helping matters.
“We’re the ones who switched your books,” Kaiba confessed suddenly.
The entire room immediately filled with a dark atmosphere. The air was so tense that you felt as if you were choking. Jou watched with fear as Yugi's and Yami's faces turned from unsettling shock to dangerous hate.
“WHAT?!” Yami shouted his eyes turning into dark slits. Jou quickly put his hands up and looked at Kaiba who looked completely unfazed by his cousin's approaching form. If he didn't expand on what Kaiba just said then they were both going to be put through all sorts of hell.
“But, no, let us explain!" Jou cried out quickly. "We didn’t know what was inside them! We were told to give them to you and take away your old ones! I swear Yugi I didn’t know! We were told that they were to be given to all the leaders by the second in command and that they had valuable information in them that every clan leader was required to read. We didn’t know it was a setup for you two until just recently.”
The silence that engulfed the room after his explanation was terrifying and even though Yugi had remained quiet but Jou could clearly see the hurt in his narrowed amethyst eyes. Jou felt like running and was actually considering it when Yami’s sharp voice pierced through the silence like a knife.
“Who. Told. You. This?” Yami hissed out dangerously. Someone was about to die, that was for sure.
Jou sighed in frustration as he began to speak the answer slowly: “Those books were given to us by–“
“Get down!”
No one knew what happened. One moment, Jou was explaining to the two kings the truth behind everything that was going on and in the next second, Kaiba had pushed Jou to the side and was now standing in the spot where the blonde once stood. A sickening sound echoed throughout the room and vibrated off the walls. It was the sound of metal slicing flesh.
Yami stared at Kaiba in shock as the brunet’s body became completely stiff. His eyes searched frantically over his cousin’s body but besides from the blank look on Kaiba’s face, it appeared that nothing was wrong. At least, that was until Kaiba slightly jerked forward and coughed; an overwhelming amount of blood pouring out of his mouth.
“Kaiba!” Jou screamed, catching the brunet in his arms when the priest fell forward. Jou yelled out in fear when he wrapped his arms around Kaiba’s back, feeling a warm liquid pour out into his palms.
Yami had remained completely motionless when he noticed the dagger sticking out of Kaiba’s back. In that moment, he was paralyzed with unparalleled anger and incredulous shock. Everything started moving in slow motion as he watched Jou struggle to stand up with the unconscious boy in his arms. There was something in Jou’s chocolate brown eyes that he had never seen before…there was worry and absolute fear. Yami heard slurred pleas from the right of him but he couldn’t take his eyes of the scene before him. Slowly, he began to hear the high-pitched scream from beside him get louder and louder. Soon enough, he was able to put a face to that worried voice.
“Yami!?” Yugi called out to his hypnotized fiancé for about the eleventh time. He was slightly relieved when Yami blinked and turned to the side to look at him. Yugi had never seen Yami’s eyes so unreadable and blank in all his time of knowing the Rajos king. “Yami, Kaiba needs help! We need to get him to the priestesses NOW!” Yugi yelled urgently.
A horrified expression dawned on Yami’s face as though realization had just hit him. If Kaiba didn’t stop bleeding soon…
…then he was going to die.
…TBC…
Yuri: -dodges daggers- Ah! I’m sorry! I had to end it there! Sorry! Sorry! But I’ll update soon, I promise. Please Review! Feed the plot bunny! Anyways I don’t know how it feels to watch a close family member like a sibling or cousin cling onto life by a thread but I can imagine that it is a horrible experience. And remember that Kaiba is Yami’s last family so that’s why he was so traumatized for a minute. I can tell you this though; Yami is very intent on getting revenge in the next chapter. I actually get scared of him when I begin to write it lol!!
And just in case someone didn't catch it, 'someone' ordered the assassination of the top leaders of the Azules and Rajos clans, including Yugi and Yami. Can you guess who? See you guys next time!
...The Enemy of My Enemy...
The room was so dark but the shadowy movements and the sound of breathing was proof of that there were vampires lurking in the corners. That, and the several shades of colors that shined brilliantly from their numerous pairs of eyes.
“Your plan was foolish,” a deep voice spat distastefully.
“I knew it! I knew it! We should have just killed them!” said another voice from the shadows in the far corner.
“I’m sorry. I thought it would work!” someone said fearfully as he backed into the wall behind him.
“Well, it didn’t. And now look what happened! They’re even stronger than before!” said a shrilly voice.
“And now Katsuya and Kaiba are probably catching on–“
“SILENCE!”
Every figure in the room came to a complete halt when they realized that their leader had entered the room. At that exact moment, the light from the moon illuminated the tall leader’s long, swaying blue hair and his eyes, both different colored shades; one green and one gold. The room was silent for a moment. That was until the vampire in the corner spoke up impatiently: “What do you wish we do?”
Their leader stared at him through the darkness with sinister eyes. With a small smirk, the blue-haired vampire whispered dangerously: “Kill them…all.”
...
Ryou looked out into the night sky with shining blue eyes, enjoying the peaceful atmosphere that engulfed him. He leaned over the railing of his balcony slightly to stare at the Azules city beneath him that was lit up with extravagant lights and unnecessary commotion. A small frown graced Ryou's round face as he exhaled a deep, trouble-filled sigh. For the past couple of days, he had been feeling odd, to say the least. Ryou had always been gifted with the ability to sense trouble on the horizon and at this moment, his senses were bubbling in the pit of his stomach. They were so strong that he almost threw up from the built up intuition. Something bad was going to happen. And soon.
Ryou jumped slightly when he felt arms encircle his small frame from behind him but nevertheless leaned back into the embrace, truly enjoying the warmth and company that the other body provided. In the last few days that Ryou had snuck out to see Bakura, he had learned to love the infinite protection that the Rajos member gave him.
"Hello Ryou..."
Ryou continued to stare out into the night as he whispered: "Bakura."
Bakura immediately noticed the strange tone in Ryou's voice. "Is something wrong?"
The smaller vampire nodded slowly. "I think something bad is going to happen, Bakura."
Ryou turned around when he heard Bakura chuckle. "You haven't changed at all, you know," Bakura said nuzzling his face into Ryou's neck and biting lightly at the creamy flesh. "Always worrying over people and things, I mean."
Ryou sighed gently but thoroughly enjoyed the way that the other's arms wrapped around his frame protectively. As if Bakura would rather die than ever let anything bad ever happen to him. "So you are that man I found," Ryou said suddenly and Bakura instantly stopped his musings.
"Yes," Bakura said looking into the other's chocolate-brown orbs that were filled with concern and worry.
"Is that why you didn't kill me?" Ryou asked, referring to the encounter in the bathroom.
"Well, I almost did. But then I recognized you. How did you know it was me?" Bakura said, his arms never leaving Ryou's form.
Ryou shrugged his small shoulders. "I don't know. I just...knew. If I didn't know it was you then I would have fought back more. You would have never gotten me under your control so easily."
Bakura smirked at the comment. "Are you trying to say that you let me win that fight in the bathroom?"
"In other words," Ryou said with a small smile and Bakura would have retorted if he didn't realize that they were no longer alone. Ryou had apparently noticed this as well. Around the balcony, there were about two dozen vampires. Bakura scanned the newcomers with dangerous eyes and noticed all the different color orbs that glared back into his. It didn't take a genius to realize that he and Ryou were extremely outnumbered.
"I'm sorry to break up this moment but I have orders that need to be followed," said a dark voice from behind them and Bakura turned on his heel to see a familiar face.
"You!" Bakura spat angrily, still holding onto Ryou protectively. "Have you lost your fucking mind? What the hell is going on here?"
"Why, I'm here to execute you and Ryou's immediate and unavoidable deaths. It would be best if you both didn't fight it," the slender vampire said.
Bakura didn't question why he and Ryou were being targeted or who had sent out the orders. He already knew. And now...he was going to fight back. "You just made the worst mistake of your pathetic life," Bakura spat with a wide smirk as he whipped out eight daggers from behind his back, each one of them resting in between his fingers. Ryou immediately got into the defensive position, an unsettling expression overcoming his once gentle features. In that moment, he was no longer the cheerful, optimistic vampire that all his friends teased for his innocent appearance. He was now Ryou Bakura, third in command of the Azules clan and head of the council; one of the most clever and deadliest vampires in the entire world.
"Are you ready?" Ryou said reaching out his hand as Bakura tossed him two pairs of knifes. The Rajos member smirked at the question and narrowed his eyes at the approaching enemies. "I live for this," Bakura whispered. The words had barely left Bakura's mouth when he and Ryou were attacked from all sides.
...
Malik let his legs dangle off the edge of the tree branch he was sitting on. The night wind hit his skin softly, sending refreshing chills down his spine. He was glad that he had gotten an opportunity to escape from the palace. He was starting to feel so congested that he couldn't even think straight. All of his fellow friends were acting so strange lately. He didn't know how he should feel about everything that was going on. He enjoyed the cold breath of the night that cleared his mind of confusing thoughts that suffocated him.
The sky was filled with a comforting darkness. The stars shined brightly but it was nothing compared to the ferocious intensity of the full moon. The light illuminated Malik's bronze complexion and made his blue eyes shine sharply. He looked dangerous and scary but beautiful nonetheless. He slowly repositioned himself on the branch and let his head rest against the tree. He closed his eyes and just listened to the sound of the voiceless wind. He couldn't have been more relaxed and peaceful. Or at least that was until he heard a sudden movement from the branch beside him and opened his eyes to see dark red eyes. It wasn't a moment later that Malik jumped down from the tree and took out two swords from his sides.
"I thought I was going to have to wait a few more days for this," Marik said as he hopped down from the tree a few meters away from Malik.
"Aren't you lucky then," Malik scoffed, raising up his swords and pointing them in Marik's direction. Malik barely had time to react when Marik threw a knife directly at his head. He gasped when strands of his hair fell to the floor and then turned dangerous and hate-filled eyes on Marik. "How dare you!?" Malik yelled but stopped when Marik gestured to something behind him. He turned immediately to see a vampire behind him with the knife sticking out of his head, blood seeping onto the ground at his feet. The vampire crumpled to the floor in a lifeless heap and Malik looked around to realize that there were about twenty other vampires hiding in the shadows that the trees provided. In fact, the only thing that he could see was the various shades of colors.
"Reveal yourselves!" Malik shouted angrily and looked to the side to see Marik standing beside him.
Heeding his warning, the other vampires distanced themselves from the shadows. Malik widened his eyes in disbelief when he recognized the vampire in the front of all the rest. "No...not you...what are you doing?" Malik stuttered in confusion and Marik just narrowed his eyes at the vampire opposite of them.
"I'm sorry Malik. I have no choice," the brown-haired vampire said sadly and with a snap of his fingers, the rest of the vampires charged at the two tan youths. Malik glared at the approaching enemies and couldn't help but smirk.
"You messed with the wrong two people," Malik laughed as he tossed Marik one of his swords. Malik and Marik flashed each other quick glances and in that moment, a silent understanding passed between them. In their eyes, each of them said sternly: 'Allies now. Enemies later.'
"Try to keep up," Marik said with a small smirk and Malik nodded his head with a sinister smile. In the next second, Marik and Malik ran head first into the group of enemies, neither of them sure if they would survive the night.
...
Jou paced his bedroom frantically. Every other minute, he would stop and glance out of his balcony only to start right back up again. The room was starting to get dizzy as anxiety filled his insides. His heart was beating so loud in his ears that the arrival of the Rajos clan's high priest went unnoticed by him until the condescending voice of the brunet reached him from the opposite side of the room.
"What do you want Katsuya?" Kaiba spat suspiciously and Jou couldn't help but jump at the sudden voice. The blonde turned quickly and couldn't deny the relief that washed over him at seeing the blue-eyed vampire. At least now he wouldn't have to deal with their two kings by himself.
"Kaiba, you came! Thank Ra! I was so worried that I would have to tell Yugi and Yami about those damn books by myself!" Jou said while taking a prolonged sigh. The Azules member winced when Kaiba's right eye twitched. He knew he was in for it now.
"You brought me here because you're worried about those two! Do you want to die that badly?!" Kaiba flared darkly.
Jou growled angrily at the brunet's stubbornness. "Can we go back to hating each other later!? This is serious, Kaiba! We have to tell them before they find out some other way. We're going to have to put our differences aside for the moment and do this!"
Brown eyes widened in shock when a slim knife was pointed at his neck. Jou looked up and his blue eyes mixed with Kaiba's now blood red eyes. The sun had setted in the distance.
"What's stopping me from killing you this very moment?" Kaiba inquired, arching a slender eyebrow.
Jou didn't know what to say. He had been reckless in his decision to invite Kaiba. Especially alone. But as much as he wanted to deny it, he needed Kaiba. He couldn't do it alone. And all he could do was hope that Kaiba secretly needed him too.
"Because if you do, then you'll have suffer full responsibility for what happened by yourself. Do you really want to confront Yugi and Yami alone?" Jou mused with a sharp glare and sighed in relief when the knife was taken away from his exposed skin.
"Fine," was all Kaiba said and slowly, but surely, they made their way from Jou's room towards Yugi's.
"Oh god, Yugi is going to kill me!" Jou said aloud to himself and Kaiba couldn't help but smirk.
"If he doesn't, I'm sure Yami will," Kaiba said with a hint of humor in his tone. In all honesty, Kaiba was probably as nervous as Jou was; however, he would die first before admitting he was scared of those two.
"I highly doubt that Yami is going to try to kill me with Yugi around," Jou retorted.
"I suggest you do not gamble with your life like that," Kaiba chuckled and suddenly stopped when they passed a window. Jou watched curiously as Kaiba peered out into the darkness, evidently looking at nothing in particular.
"What's wrong?" Jou questioned and Kaiba just shrugged in response.
"Nothing. I just thought I saw someone," the brunet said as they continued to walk towards the Azules king's bedroom.
…
Yugi let himself be pushed back onto the soft blankets beneath him the moment that he and Yami had gotten back to his bedroom. The hot body of his future husband intertwined with his. Warm lips claimed his in a fiery and passionate kiss. Yami brushed his tongue across Yugi’s bottom lip and plunged into his lover’s mouth when entrance was granted to him. The crimson-eyed king whirled his tongue around every crevice of Yugi’s warm cavern and enjoyed the hypnotic taste of apple chocolate that traced every inch of Yugi’s sweet mouth.
The smaller moaned into the kiss causing shivers down Yami’s spine. Lust clouded his dark crimson eyes. Disposing both of their shirts, Yami made his way down Yugi’s soft neck, nipping the exposed flesh, making Yugi moan even more with pleasure. He drawed drops of blood and quickly licked it up greedily into his mouth. He missed that taste so much.
Yami continued his assault on Yugi’s body, swirling his tongue around Yugi’s nipple and sucking it gently. Yugi’s body reacted favorably and Yami could tell that the smaller wasn’t going to be able to hold out that much longer. Yami made sure to dip his tongue into Yugi’s navel as he continued going lower causing the smaller king to shout out in surprise.
Yami stopped suddenly when he heard a sharp knock on Yugi’s bedroom and, immediately, annoyance and anger boiled inside of him. No one was going to ruin his time with Yugi.
“Shhh…” Yugi hushed his lover as he continued to kiss him repeatedly. “Just ignore it. They’ll go away.”
Yami nodded and kissed the Azules king back sensually, trying his best to ignore the incessant knocking. In order to keep Yami from killing whoever was at the door, since he was well aware of the Rajos king’s temper, Yugi pushed his hips into the other, making them both yell out in lust and need. Yami felt like ripping Yugi’s pants off that very moment and making love to him until the break of dawn. He probably would have done so if that annoying sound coming from the door had went away.
“That’s it!”
With one shift movement, Yami jumped up from the bed and grabbed the closest thing he could find, which happened to be a long, metal bat that Yugi had kept by his bedside for protection. Yami stomped up to the door and ripped it open with so much force that it broke off the hinges. Without looking, the Rajos king swung the bat with all his strength. The vampire on the other side of the door yelped out when he saw the weapon flying towards him and ducked just in time to avoid massive head trauma and probably instant death that he would have suffered if Yami hadn't missed his target.
The bat slammed into the side of the door and, despite Yugi’s shouts, Yami swung again only to have the bat stopped by another hand.
“Enough Yami. You’re going to kill Katsuya if you keep losing your temper like this,” Kaiba said ripping the bat out of Yami’s grasp. The crimson-eyed vampire looked down immediately to see Jou covering his head with his hands while kneeling down on the ground. Yami winced at his stupidity and could feel the glare on his back from his lover.
Shit.
“Yami what the hell is wrong with you?! You almost hurt Jou!” Yugi said walking over to the door and giving his best friend a worried glance. “Are you alright?”
“Yeah but maybe you should put your boyfriend here on a damn leash,” Jou snapped angrily, glaring at the Rajos king with pure hatred. Yami hissed in response but didn’t retort since Yugi was already pissed off with him.
“Kaiba, what the devil are you doing here?” Yami asked directing the brunet instead.
“We need to tell you something," Kaiba said quite grimly. Yami narrowed his eyes in anger at the response. “It couldn’t wait?” Yami inquired in annoyance. They had interrupted his and Yugi's time to tell him something?
“No,” Kaiba stated seriously.
Yami crossed his arms as he stood next to Yugi who also looked displeased at the interruption and at the fact that Yami almost took Jou's head off. Both kings watched as Jou took a step back from Kaiba as if giving the brunet the job of telling them but after a hard glare from Kaiba, his look clearly saying 'You're the one who dragged me here so you better tell them before I allow Yami to kill you,' Jou sighed deeply signaling his surrender.
“Well?” Yami said impatiently with a wave of his hand.
“Itzbouturblakbokz,” Jou muttered quickly and Yami's eyes narrowed even more. He was getting more pissed off with each passing second.
"What did you say Jou?" Yugi asked, very curious of his friend's strange behavior.
Jou swallowed the lump in his throat and took a deep breath before repeating: "It's about your black books..."
At that moment, Yugi and Yami's body's became extremely stiff. “What about them?” Yugi said suspiciously, arching his eyebrow in the process.
Jou frowned at his best friend. How could he tell Yugi that it was his fault that he and Yami had been separated? At this point though, he didn't have a choice.
“Well, we…I mean, me and Kaiba, we…I–“
Jou stopped. He couldn't say it. His words were just a mumbled mess and Yami's increasingly intense glare wasn't helping matters.
“We’re the ones who switched your books,” Kaiba confessed suddenly.
The entire room immediately filled with a dark atmosphere. The air was so tense that you felt as if you were choking. Jou watched with fear as Yugi's and Yami's faces turned from unsettling shock to dangerous hate.
“WHAT?!” Yami shouted his eyes turning into dark slits. Jou quickly put his hands up and looked at Kaiba who looked completely unfazed by his cousin's approaching form. If he didn't expand on what Kaiba just said then they were both going to be put through all sorts of hell.
“But, no, let us explain!" Jou cried out quickly. "We didn’t know what was inside them! We were told to give them to you and take away your old ones! I swear Yugi I didn’t know! We were told that they were to be given to all the leaders by the second in command and that they had valuable information in them that every clan leader was required to read. We didn’t know it was a setup for you two until just recently.”
The silence that engulfed the room after his explanation was terrifying and even though Yugi had remained quiet but Jou could clearly see the hurt in his narrowed amethyst eyes. Jou felt like running and was actually considering it when Yami’s sharp voice pierced through the silence like a knife.
“Who. Told. You. This?” Yami hissed out dangerously. Someone was about to die, that was for sure.
Jou sighed in frustration as he began to speak the answer slowly: “Those books were given to us by–“
“Get down!”
No one knew what happened. One moment, Jou was explaining to the two kings the truth behind everything that was going on and in the next second, Kaiba had pushed Jou to the side and was now standing in the spot where the blonde once stood. A sickening sound echoed throughout the room and vibrated off the walls. It was the sound of metal slicing flesh.
Yami stared at Kaiba in shock as the brunet’s body became completely stiff. His eyes searched frantically over his cousin’s body but besides from the blank look on Kaiba’s face, it appeared that nothing was wrong. At least, that was until Kaiba slightly jerked forward and coughed; an overwhelming amount of blood pouring out of his mouth.
“Kaiba!” Jou screamed, catching the brunet in his arms when the priest fell forward. Jou yelled out in fear when he wrapped his arms around Kaiba’s back, feeling a warm liquid pour out into his palms.
Yami had remained completely motionless when he noticed the dagger sticking out of Kaiba’s back. In that moment, he was paralyzed with unparalleled anger and incredulous shock. Everything started moving in slow motion as he watched Jou struggle to stand up with the unconscious boy in his arms. There was something in Jou’s chocolate brown eyes that he had never seen before…there was worry and absolute fear. Yami heard slurred pleas from the right of him but he couldn’t take his eyes of the scene before him. Slowly, he began to hear the high-pitched scream from beside him get louder and louder. Soon enough, he was able to put a face to that worried voice.
“Yami!?” Yugi called out to his hypnotized fiancé for about the eleventh time. He was slightly relieved when Yami blinked and turned to the side to look at him. Yugi had never seen Yami’s eyes so unreadable and blank in all his time of knowing the Rajos king. “Yami, Kaiba needs help! We need to get him to the priestesses NOW!” Yugi yelled urgently.
A horrified expression dawned on Yami’s face as though realization had just hit him. If Kaiba didn’t stop bleeding soon…
…then he was going to die.
…TBC…
Yuri: -dodges daggers- Ah! I’m sorry! I had to end it there! Sorry! Sorry! But I’ll update soon, I promise. Please Review! Feed the plot bunny! Anyways I don’t know how it feels to watch a close family member like a sibling or cousin cling onto life by a thread but I can imagine that it is a horrible experience. And remember that Kaiba is Yami’s last family so that’s why he was so traumatized for a minute. I can tell you this though; Yami is very intent on getting revenge in the next chapter. I actually get scared of him when I begin to write it lol!!
And just in case someone didn't catch it, 'someone' ordered the assassination of the top leaders of the Azules and Rajos clans, including Yugi and Yami. Can you guess who? See you guys next time!