Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Engulfed in Brightness ❯ Chapter 9

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

By: Ravenx

Disclaimer: Unfortunately anything dealing with Yu-gi-oh does not belong to me but to a very rich and lucky person. So no suing!
Includes: Yaoi (male/male relationships), vampires (so minor blood scenes), MPEG, maybe more…
Pairings: Yami/Yugi, Marik/Malik, Seto/Joey, Bakura/Ryou, others?

Engulfed in Brightness
Chapter Nine
by Ravenx

“Where are we?” Ryou sniffles as he looks around the room.

The floors and walls are nothing but rough, cool stone. Balls of fire float at the top of the walls, their large rolling orange and black flames flicker off the high ceiling. Ryou's small hands fist on the edge of an old, stone crib that holds his sons. The two boys are bundled in a white blanket, both sleeping quietly. Ryou's light brown eyes look over at the stone slab in the center of the room. Bakura lays flat on his back, his arms and ankles restrained by chains attached to the slab. On the other side is a round entranceway, the stone wall on the other side visible through the opening. Designs of sun burst are craved into the thin stone that is embedded in the floor.

“This is my ritual room.” Dartz moves toward the small white haired boy.

“Stay away from us.” Ryou hisses as he stands in front of his sons.

“Don't worry about it. Soon you will be begging for my touch. I will be your world, your lif…” A groan from the slab stops him. “Looks like someone is finally waking up.”

“Kura?” Ryou looks over to his mate.

“I need him alive when I take his blood. I simply knocked him out up in our room.” The tall pale blue haired man walks over to the vampire. “Hello.”

“I'll kill you.” Bakura snarls, his hands and legs trying to move but unable to due to the strong chains.

“You aren't going anywhere. So there is really no use in trying.”

“Where's Ryou?”

“I'm here Kura.” Ryou moves slowly away from his sons, looking between them and the slab as he makes his way to his mate. Finally standing on the other side of the waist high slab, he bends down and kisses the vampire.

“Has he hurt you? Has he touched you or the boys?” Bakura asks as Ryou pulls back from the kiss.

“No. Are you alright?” Ryou brushes the silky hair away from Bakura's face.

“Just perfect.” Bakura tugs on the chains.

“Say your good byes, my darling.”

“Don't call him that.” Long fangs peak out from behind lips.

“Don't worry about it. In a couple of minutes I will call him my mate.” Dartz smiles down at the angry vampire.

The chains clink against the stone slab as Bakura fights even harder to get free. Ryou moves down, his hands pulling at the lock near his mate's wrist.

“There is no way to get out of the chains, my darling. They are very strong. Why don't you go over with the children while I take care of this.”

“Let him go.” Ryou cries, his crystal tears running down his cheeks.

“Go to the children.” Dartz repeats.

“I don't…”

“Do it, Ryou.”

“But Kura…”

“Go protect our sons.” Dark brown eyes look pleadingly into lighter brown.

“I love you Kura.” Ryou kisses his mate one last time on the lips before running to his sons, his tears falling down on the white blanket.

“Now, this might hurt for a moment.” Dartz smirks as he reaches on the side of the slab and pushes a small button.

Bakura screams as sharp rods of stone shoots out of the slab and through both his wrists. The babies wake up in the crib, their cries mixing with Ryou's. Bakura's thick, red blood flows along a small ditch at the edge of the slab and down a small tube that leads to the round entranceway. Magically the blood runs up through the indented pictures of suns. Bakura's dark brown eyes close in pain as he feels the rods twisting around, making sure his wounds don't heal.

Ryou leans over his sons, his tears falling on their pale cheeks as he tries to quiet them. His light brown eyes squeeze shut as he tries to block out the pained sounds of his mate.

“Soon the sun shall raise and you shall die. Your mate will become mine to do with as I please. And because of you I already have two perfect little sons.” Dartz smiles as he watches the blood flow. His smile widens as the entranceway begins to glow, a bright light shining through the open circle.

“You should have shut up but instead you keep talking and pissing me off even more.” Bakura growls as he kicks his feet hard, the chains breaking from around his ankles.

Dartz's different colored eyes widen as he watches Bakura break the chains around his wrist. With lightening speed, Bakura jumps off the table and wraps his hand around the sorcerer's neck.

“You dare try to take my family!” Long fangs shine in the light coming from the entranceway, brown eyes turn completely silver.

“Kura!” Ryou turns to look at his mate and smiles.

“Stay with the boys.” Bakura's eyes never leave Dartz as he throws the tall man to the side of the room, smiling as he watches blood pour from a fresh wound on the sorcerer's forehead.

“How dare you interrupt the ritual!” Dartz's long pale blue hair seems to swirl around him, long ago coming out of the ponytail. His yellow and blue eyes start to glow, his hands move to stretch to his sides. “You'll pay for this.”

“We'll see about that.”

Bakura launches himself at the other man, his claws ripping into the fabric of the turtle neck Dartz wears. Suddenly the white haired vampire is thrown across the room, landing just feet away from the crib and his mate.

“Kura!” Ryou moves toward him.

“No!” Silver eyes turn to look at brown. “Stay away. Protect the boys.” Bakura stands back up before running toward Dartz again.

Ryou watches as the two men fight with each other for several minutes. Kicks and punches are landed on each other, both get thrown from wall to wall. Dartz uses his magic to try and freeze the vampire but Bakura quickly learns how to dodge the attacks. Ryou stands in front of the crib as Bakura once again flies across the room, this time landing by the circled entranceway that still glows with light.

“Stop all this insane fighting. Just save the time and get back on the slab. More of your blood is still needed for the ritual, so lie down.” Dartz points to the slab as he makes his way around it toward Bakura.

“Why don't you just lie on it?” Bakura growls.

“It needs the blood of a vampire or did you forget?”

“How about we do this instead?” Bakura grabs the taller man's shoulders, spinning him around until he crashes into the side of the entranceway.

Dartz screams out as the thin stone breaks into a hundred pieces, the bright light disappearing as fast as it came.

“Look what you've done! The sun…I was so close. I can't believe you.” The pale blue haired man rakes his bloody hands in the rubble.

“Are you done? I'd like to kill you now if you don't mind.”

A bloody hand flies around to grab at Bakura but it misses. Bakura takes hold of the hand, his other arm wrapping around the thin neck of the sorcerer. Pushing the long hair out of his way, Bakura sinks his fangs into the long neck, drinking the warm blood that escapes.

“Kura?” Ryou's quiet voice calls over the suddenly silent room. Bakura lifts his head up after a while to look over at his mate.

“Ryou, you okay?” He lets the dead body of the sorcerer fall to the ground before walking over toward the smaller white haired boy.

“I want to go home.” Ryou buries his head in Bakura's neck, his arms wrapping around the strong shoulders.

“I know, angel.” Bakura whispers, his eyes and teeth returning to normal as he rubs Ryou's small back. “All we have to do is find a way out of here.”

“We came through a door over there.” Ryou moves back, pointing at a bare wall to the right of the crib.

“There's nothing here.” Pale hands run along the rough surface of the stone.

“How are we going to get out of here?” Ryou wraps his arms around himself as he looks around.

“There has to be some way.” Bakura growls as he pushes on the stone wall.

“K…Kura…look.”

Turning around, Bakura looks at what Ryou is pointing at. In the middle of the room is a light, shining bright.

“It…it looks like the light from the closet. Maybe…you think that's the way out?”

“Could be.” Bakura carefully walks near the light. “Only one way to find out.” Moving back over to the crib he bends down to unwrap his sons from the one blanket.

“What are you doing?”

“We have to go through it. It's probably the only way out of here. Let's just hope it leads home.” Bakura picks up Athan carefully, holding him gently in both arms.

“I'm scared.” Ryou takes Brennan into his arms, stepping up beside Bakura as they walk toward the bright light.

“You're not the only one.”

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& #8220;I can't believe that you are all mine. No I can't.” Joey smiles as he playfully pinches the tip of Brayden's nose causing the little baby to giggle.

“Well he is half mine.” Seto smirks from next to Joey on their bed.

“Yes, but he caused me the most trouble.” Joey leans his head on his mate's shouler.

“True.” Ice blue eyes look up as Yami and Yugi enter the room. “How's Mokuba and Saiai?”

“Better. They're sleeping now. Drake said he was going to stay with Saiai for a while.” Yami leans against the frame of the door as he watches Yugi go to the sofa to cheek on Akira.

“He still sleeping?” The smallest mate looks to the bed.

“Yep. He is out cold.” Malik giggles as Raia tucks his head under his chin. The pale blonde family sits on the other side of the bed next to Joey and Seto.

“It's been hours and no word from Bakura or Ryou.” Yugi pouts as he leans against the back of the dark blue sofa.

“No but Duke is back.” Yami says.

“Really?” Marik looks up from his son and mate.

“He was knocked unconscious. When he woke up he couldn't find his way back. One of our groups found him when they were searching for any more enemies. He got back about an hour ago. Mikado is taking care of him.” The tall tri-colored vampire stretches against the doorframe.

“Was he serious injured?”

“Just roughed up a little and weak from no blood for so long.”

“How are you feeling, Joey?” Yugi speaks softly.

“Much better. Really good now that I have Brayden in my arms.”

“You had us scared, puppy.”

“Yep, I thought I was going to have to knock Seto out to get him away from you for more than two seconds.” Marik smirks around his mate's back.

“Shut up. I wasn't that bad.”

“I helped with the baby Uncle Joey.” Raia's violet eyes peak out from under his dad's chin.

“Really?” Joey smiles over at the little boy.

“Yep, he played with him and helped pick out clothes for him to wear.” Malik giggles.

“And I was really carefully like daddy told me to be.”

“Well, thank you sweetheart.”

“What's wrong, Yami?” Marik looks to the suddenly stiff vampire at the door.

“Probably nothing. Thought I heard something, I'll go check it out.”

“Want company?”

“No, that's okay.” Yami leaves the door open as he steps out into the hall.

“Wonder what that was about?” Seto looks from his son to the door then back down to his son.

“He is getting paranoid in his old age.” Marik mumbles under his breath.

“Can you blame him for being a little jumpy with what all has been going on lately?” Yugi moves toward the bed, leaning against one of the bottom post.

“Guess not.” Marik reaches out to tickle Raia's side causing the little boy to giggle and snuggle closer to Malik.

“I missed this.”

“Missed what, Joey?” The small tri-colored haired mate asks.

“Holding another one of my sons. I just can't believe this is going to be the last time.” Joey's honey colored eyes sadden.

“Don't worry, puppy. We'll see what the lab can come up with. I'm sure they have something that will allow you to get pregnant again.”

“I'm sure Mikado will help you out.” Yugi smiles.

“Hey, Yami. What did you think you heard?” Marik smirks as the tall vampire comes back in the room.

“I did hear something. Something from Bakura and Ryou's room. And I found something in there too, actually I found four things in there.”

“What?” Yugi asks his mate.

Yami smiles as he moves out of the door way to reveal Ryou. The small white haired boy smiles at the people on the large bed as he moves to the end of it.

“Hey guys.”

“Ryou…you look…great.” Malik motions toward his friend's thin waist with a look of confusion.

“What happened?” Yugi moves around beside the other mate. “What happened to the babies? To Bakura?”

“Calm down, Yugi. Breath.” Ryou giggles as he pats the small mate's back. “We are all fine. I just wanted to make sure you didn't jump on me when I came in here so I gave them to Bakura to carry.”

“Them?”

“My sons of course.” Ryou's smile grows.

“Your…you mean…you had…” Malik's mouth drops open.

“Yep.” Ryou turns toward the door. “Kura, come in here.”

All eyes turn to the door as the taller white haired vampire enters. His torn clothes, covered in blood, are the last things they see. Their eyes go directly to his arms where they find a two little bundles in white blankets.

“Everyone, I'd like you to met our sons, Brennan and Athan.” Ryou takes one of the bundles from Bakura, ignoring the white fabric turning red due to the bleeding wrist of his mate.

“Oh, Ryou.” Yugi steps up closer to his friend, a shaky hand reaching out to lift the blanket corner up from the bundle in Ryou's arms only to get a little fist shoved in his direction.

“This is little Athan.” Ryou giggles. “He is just like his father.”

“Bakura, are you okay?” Seto asks.

“Yeah, isn't blood suppose to be on the inside?” Marik smirks.

“Shut up. I was being used as a sacrifice if you must know. Here, Yugi, take Brennan I'm going to go get fixed up.”

“Mikado is in his room working on Duke, go see him.” Yami watches as the youngest Majestic leaves the room.

“Malik, look. He is so cute.” Yugi moves over near Marik and Malik, leaning over to show the little bundle.

“Joey, you're up!” Ryou walks over to stand by the conscious mate.

“Yep. Been up for a couple hours. Congratulations.” Joey looks over into the blanket Ryou holds.

“They're just like Brayden, a full head of hair.” Malik notices as he looks back and forth from one baby to the other. “How was the birth?”

“To tell the truth, I don't know. I wasn't awake. When I woke up they were there and I was back to normal.”

“Lucky.”

“Whose that?” Raia points at the baby in Yugi's arms.

“This is Brennan. He is Ryou's son.” Yugi smiles as the little boy crawls over onto his father's lap to get a better look.

After a couple of minutes the babies begin to cry, little arms and legs kick out from under their blankets. Bright brown eyes mist with tears.

“What's wrong? Could they be hungry?” Yugi rocks Brennan back and forth.

“No. Come on, lay him down here.” Ryou moves to the end of the bed, laying Athan down and unwrapping him from the blanket. Yugi lays Brennan next to his brother and both boys instantly stop crying, their little hands reaching out to each other.

“That's amazing.” Seto watches the two new babies holding hands.

“They can't stand to be apart for long or they start crying. I'm going to have to find a crib big enough to hold them both.” Ryou tickles his son's feet.

“First time dad and two little ones to take care of. You're in trouble Ryou.” Marik chuckles.

“I think it will be great. I have Kura after all.”

“Like he will help out that much.” Joey rolls his eyes.

“He will. You guys don't know him like I do.”

“We've known him for thousands of years compared to your five years but you know him better?” Marik raises an eyebrow.

“Yes.” Ryou sticks out his tongue.

“Whatever.”

“Daddy?” A little tri-colored head pops up from the sofa.

“Hey, baby. You finally decide to get up?” Yugi goes over to pick his son up, carrying him back over to the bed with the others.

“Poppy!” Little arms reach behind Yugi toward Yami.

“I'm here, baby boy.” Yami walks over and takes his youngest son from his mate, kissing them both on the forehead. “You have beautiful sons, Ryou.”

“Thank you, Yami. Is everyone okay here? You find Saiai and the others?”

“Saiai, Mokuba, and Duke are fine, just resting. The other vampires are dead.”

“All we need to do is worry about this Dartz guy.” Marik readjust Raia on his lap.

“No need to.” Yami tickles Akira under the arms.

“What?”

“Kura took care of him. Drained him dry.”

“You saw Bakura feed?” Yugi's wide eyes turn in amazement to Ryou.

“Yep.”

“What was it like?”

“None of your business, little one.”

“But Yami…”

“No buts.”

“What was Dartz wanting with Bakura anyway?” Seto asks, smiling at the two multi-color boys.

“He needed the blood of a vampire to allow the sun to come back. I don't understand a lot of it but he wanted Bakura dead so he could take me as his mate.” Ryou shivers at the thought.

“Looks like he succeeded in getting some of Bakura's blood.” Marik points to the red stains on the babies' blankets.

“He was chained down to a slab and these…pointy things came out of it and went through his wrist. He will heal from that, right?”

“He'll be fine. From what I saw he is already starting to heal, probably from Dartz's blood.” Yami rubs his son's back.

“What about Dartz's blood?” Bakura comes into the room, his wrist freshly bandaged.

“I was just telling them how amazing you were when fighting him.” Ryou leans up to kiss his mate's chin.

“Didn't leave out anything, did you?” Bakura reaches out to brush the hair from Athan's sleeping face.

“Of course not.” Ryou giggles.

“Look at all of us, all parents with little babies.” Yugi smiles as he looks around the bed.

“I'm not a baby, Uncle Yugi.” Raia pouts.

“Oh, that's right. We all have little babies and one big boy.” Yugi giggles as he winks at the little pale blonde.

“Life is good.” Malik leans his head on his mate's shoulder.

“Yep. Life is just perfect.” Ryou bends down to kiss the tips of his son's noses.

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Total Pages: 104; Total Words: 141780
EID + EIB = Total Pages: 221; Total Words: 317374