Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Engulfed in Darkness ❯ Chapter 7

[ 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 Darkness
Chapter Seven
by Ravenx

“What are you doing, Bakura? I thought you were going straight to bed after feeding.” Marik stops with his hand on the door knob to his and Malik's room, Yami and Seto smirking behind him at the annoyed look on the youngest Majestic's face.

“I told that little rat to be in my room in an hour.”

“Who? Ryou?” Marik looks confused as Bakura stops next to him.

“No, your mate.”

“Don't worry Bakura, he probably fell asleep or something.” Yami interrupts the growling of the two. “Now can we enter? I want to get Yugi back to our room.”

“Plan on having a little fun?” Seto smirks.

“Like you haven't all morning?” Yami snaps.

“Cool it.” Marik rolls his eyes as he opens the door. “Where's my bab…”

“What the hell happened in here?” Seto enters the room last, all of the vampires stare in amazement at the tan sofa on its back.

“Yugi!” Yami starts looking frantically around the room.

“Malik!” Marik runs to the bathroom, yanking the door open to reveal an empty room.

“Demons.” Bakura sniffs the air, still standing near the door.

“How the hell did demons get in this mansion, let alone this hallway that no one but us knows about?” Yami's voice raises in anger as his narrowed violet eyes swirl with silver.

“Guys, look.” Seto motions his head to a piece of paper hanging from one of the end bedpost by a dagger from the wall.

Walking to the bed, Yami rips the paper down. Turning, he faces the other three Majestics. With one hand by his side and a growl in his voice he begins reading the note out loud.

“Majestics,
If you haven't figured it out by now, I have something very important to you. Well, actually several things important to you. We demons are tired of you vampires hunting us. Treating us like animals. We fought by your side to destroy those worthless humans. We should be running this world along side you. But since you have different ideas, we have decided to take control by force.

Each day you refuse to step down, a mate of yours will die, starting with the pregnant one. After three days with no progress you will have three mutilated mates and another war on your hands. This time you won't win. You have until tomorrow night before the pregnant one's dead body lies at your door. If you decide to be smart than simply leave the mansion and retreat into the woods to the north with the other vampires and never come back. You're mates will be released to you soon after.

For right now your mates are being held in a very secure location. I see the new white haired beauty is untaken; therefore he will become my new play toy. That is until I get bored with him then I will rip his entrails out while he begs for mercy that will never come. If I were you I would do as you are told. That way you won't have to loose those closest to you. So start preparing to move.
Pegasus”

“He touches Malik and I'll rip his fucking head off myself.” Marik growls as Yami finishes.

Seto stalks over and yanks the dagger from the bedpost. Sniffing it for a minute he lets out a roar of rage. Turning the others see him snarling, his fangs showing.

“Joey's blood.” Seto throws the dagger, embedding it in the wall near the door. “I'll tear his heart out if he has touched my puppy!”

“You'll both have to wait in line.” Bakura growls from the near the door. “He tries anything with Ryou and there won't be anything left for you guys to rip apart.”

“Calm down. All of you.” Yami's voice stops all growling or talking going on. Three pairs of angry eyes snap in his direction. “We have until tomorrow night to find them. I suggest we start now. Seto take the first floor, Marik you take the second floor, Bakura go to the basement, and I'll get the kids to help. We talk to every one in this mansion, slave or vampire. We threaten, beat, and even kill to get answers. Pegasus got in here somehow, which means some one had to of helped him. We find out who, torture them into telling us everything they know, get our mates back where they belong, and then we kill every last demon on this earth.”

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“Joey? Are you okay?” Yugi's small voice asks in the darkness of the cell, the only light they have are two torches hanging on the wall outside of the rusted iron bars that hold them.

“I'm fine, Yugi”

“Are you sure?” Yugi crawls over to the taller boy who is leaned up against the wall, his arms wrapped around his stomach, legs laying to his side.

“Yeah, its nothing much. Check on Malik.” Joey whimpers as he coughs softly.

“Malik?” Yugi looks in the corner near Joey to find Malik curled up with his knees up and his arms wrapped around himself.

“Yeah, Yugi.” Malik grunts. Yugi moves over to the shaking youth.

“What's wrong?” A small hand moves out to brush strands of pale blonde hair out of Malik's face.

“Raia is just being…oh…tem…temperamental. I'm sure tha…” A moan of pain stops his sentence as his light violet eyes squeeze shut.

“What do I do? What do I do?” Yugi waves his hand in front of him.

“Calm down, Yugi. See…see if there's anyway to get out of here.”

“Okay.” The smallest of the boys stands and starts looking around the small cell. His hands running over rough stone and cold iron bars. Jerking the door, he sighs as it doesn't move. “No way out.”

Turning Yugi looks at his two friends that are in obvious pain. “We have to get you two out of here.”

“I'm fine Yugi.” Joey mumbles.

“No you're not. You've been cut. And I think Malik's going into labor.” Yugi whines as he gets on his knees in front of his two friends.

“I refuse to have Raia in this dump.” Malik moans, eyes still shut tight.

“And its just a small cut. Nothing to worry about.” Joey smiles weakly.

“Where's….where's Ryou?” Malik changes the subject with a wince.

“I don't know. He wasn't here when I woke up. You don't think…you don't think they hurt him or…or…do you?” Yugi asks.

“I'm sure he is okay. He isn't a mate so they wouldn't hold him here with us.” Joey tries to reassure his little friend.

“But they would eat him.” Yugi's voice is barely above a whisper.

The boys remain silent for the rest of the night. The only sound echoing off the walls of the small cell are the whimpers of pain from two of them.

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“Wake up, cutie.” A rough voice forces Ryou from his unwanted sleep.

Sitting up he finds himself in a dark, old room with cracks running down the walls. The only thing in the room is the large creaking bed that Ryou lays on. The sheets are a dirt brown color and smelling of old musk, the mattress lumpy and uncomfortable. A torch rest high on the walls on each side of the bed, two more on either side of the shut door to the left of the bed.

“Good to see you decided to wake up.”

Ryou jumps as he hears the voice from his right. Looking over he sees a disgusting sight. A demon, about the height of Seto, stands by the bed. The light casting shadows over dark green and lumpy skin that shows from under his rags of clothing. Straight white hair hanging down around his face, glowing gold eyes watch as Ryou jumps off the bed and runs to the door. Twisting the handle he finds it locked.

“Did you honestly think it would be unlocked?”

“Who…who are you?” Ryou presses his back up against the door.

“The name is Pegasus, soon to be ruler of this world.”

“I…I thought the…the Majestic ruled.”

“Oh, they do now but not for long. You see I left them a little note. They have until tomorrow night to leave the mansion or each night one of their mate's tortured bodies will find its way to their door step.” A chuckle bounces off the walls of the room.

“What! You…you can't do that. Where…where are they? What have…have you done with them?”

“They're fine. For now.”

“Where?”

“In the basement if you must know.”

“Why…why aren't I with them?” Ryou keeps his eyes on the demon on the other side of the bed.

“You aren't a mate. They don't care about you like they do for them. Therefore, you aren't important enough to be held prisoner.”

“Then…why haven't you…killed me?”

“I have something better in mind for you. You are truly beautiful and I'm in need of someone to fill my bed with. So I've picked you. You'll do as I say, when I get bored of you I'll simply kill you then.” Pegasus moves around the bed toward Ryou.

“No!” Ryou's wide brown eyes search the room for any kind of weapon as he moves away from the advancing demon.

“Oh, yes. And don't bother trying to fight back or anything. There is no way out of this room except through that locked door which has several demons guarding it. And as you can tell the room is bare. No weapons.” The demon smirks as he reaches out for the small white haired boy who jumps onto the bed. “Saving me some trouble are we?”

Ryou yelps as a large green hand grabs at him before sliding off the other side of the bed and onto the floor.

“Stay away from me.” Ryou presses himself up against the wall.

“You don't get a say here. I promise it won't hurt as bad if you just come to me.” An evil smirk covers Pegasus' face.

“I won't let you touch me.”

“We'll just have to see about th…” A knock on the door behind the demon forces him to roll his eyes. “What!” He yells while he keeps his eyes on the boy before him.

“The spy hasn't reported back to us.” A deep voice booms from behind the closed door.

“It appears I have some business to attend to. I'll be back as soon as I can. Just be patient, cutie.” Pegasus winks as he steps out of the room, the door closing and locking behind him.

Ryou slowly slides down the wall, his arms wrapping tightly around himself as tears fall from his wide, scared brown eyes.

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Screams could be heard bouncing off the long, dark blue hallway. Slaves on other floors jumped as the sounds made it through the walls. Their hearts feeling sorry for the poor fool that had the nerve to double cross the Majestics. All the vampires in the mansion had armed themselves with weapons, ready to go into battle at a moments notice. Tongues were held as to not anger the Majestics further and encounter their wrath.

“Why did you pull me out?” Seto growls, his face just inches from Yami's.

“Because you would have killed him.” Yami's voice is calm, his hands rest on the brunette's shoulders, gently pushing him back.

“And the bad part about that would be?”

“We won't find out where they are if he is dead. Remember that.” They both turn to see a grinning Marik exiting Bakura's room. “What's going on in there?”

“He hasn't said much else. Bakura told me to leave him alone. If any one can make him talk, its Bakura.” Marik leans against the door frame, wiping the blood on his hands off on his shirt.

“We should split up, all of us taking an army of vampires in each direction. One of us is bound to find Pegasus.” Seto starts pacing back and forth.

“Seto, calm down. You're only this upset because of Joey.”

“Of course I am. If it was Yugi's blood on that dagger you would be acting like this. Don't even lie, you know you would.”

“Yes, I would but right now I'm the rational one. It will take less time for us to wait until he tells us where they are. That way all of us can be with there when we attach. We don't know how many demons are with Pegasus, we need to be together for this.”

“I know.” Seto takes a deep unnecessary breath. “I just want to make sure my puppy is okay.”

“Don't worry about it Seto. You taught Joey how to fight, he knows how to protect himself. He probably just got scratched.” Yami tries to reassure the tall vampire.

“Marik?” Seto looks over at the unusually quiet blonde.

“I'm worried about Malik. I just can't help but wonder where they have him. He is suppose to be on bed rest, as little stress as possible and here he is kidnapped. What if Raia decides to come and I'm not there. That is if they haven't already kil…they said he was the first. I can't help but think we won't get there before tomorrow night.” Marik looks over at the other two in the hall.

“We'll get to them.” Yami says quietly as he leans against the wall.

The hall becomes silent as each vampire is deep in their own thoughts. Bakura's door slowly opens to reveal the white haired boy, his shirt covered in blood, a sadistic smile on his face. The others look up at the smirking brown eyes.

“Well?” Yami moves closer to the door.

“They have the boys in a run down city. He says the only way to get there is through the woods to the left of the house. And get this, the idiot didn't even go far. It will take us a little less than an hour to get there.” Bakura leans against the frame of his door.

“Okay, we get some vamps and get the hell over there as fast as we can.” Yami looks around at the others. “We have to be careful though. We don't know what will be waiting for us. Keep your eyes open. The most important thing is our mates, we find them as fast as we can and get them out of danger. Everyone agreed?”

As the others nod in understanding Drake walks down the hall toward them.

“He say anything?”

“Yeah, the mates are being held in a city to the left of the mansion. It won't take long to get there. We're going to get some others and then we're going to get them back. Zemti and Hikaru are staying here, they're too young to go. Come on guys. ” Yami starts down the hall the others following.

“Drake, wait.” Seto turns to his son. “I want you to stay here.”

“But father…”

“Don't argue with me. That worthless excuse for a vampire in Bakura's room led Pegasus straight to us. He hurt your dad, made him bleed. I want you to pay him back for the both of us. Got it?”

“I understand father. By the time you get back with dad, this scum will be begging for death.” Drake smirks.

“Good.”

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“Please, Raia, not now. Please listen to your daddy. Just wait until your father gets here. Please, please, please wait.” Malik rocks back and forth in his corner, his arms wrapped around his belly.

“Malik?” Yugi scoots over toward his rounder friend.

“I don't think Raia wants to wait.” Malik grunts as his stomach spasms under his hands.

“Shh…it'll be okay.” Yugi rubs his small hands over the rippling stomach. After several minutes the movement slowed down to an almost stop. “See, he just wanted to be rubbed.”

“Yeah, how's Joey doing?”

“Fine I guess. He won't let me look at his cut. I'm scared its really deep.” Yugi looks over his shoulder. “He feel asleep a couple of minutes ago.”

“Yugi…do you really think….do you really think the guys will find us?”

“No. I know they will. They won't stop looking for us.”

“Guess I'm just scared.” Malik whines as he looks around the small cell. “I want out of here. I can't believe I'm saying this but I want back in my bed. I don't care how long I have to stay there as long as I'm there and not here.”

“Just think of something else. Like…Marik. Just imagine its him rubbing your belly and not me. Close your eyes.” Malik does as he is told. “You're in your bed. The soft comforter pulled up around you. Marik laying next to you with his hand rubbing your belly. Raia kicking at the contact every once in awhile.”

“Yugi?”

“Yeah?”

“This isn't working.” Malik opens his sad eyes. “I'm sitting on very uncomfortable stone floor, with a rock digging into my back. Your hands are too small to be Marik's. I'm sorry but this is not a situation that can be changed in one's mind.”

“I know. Just trying to help.”

“Thank you, really but…I know I'm whining and being a brat but I just want Marik. If he were here I would be fine. Even if Raia does decide to come, I'll feel better if he was holding me.”

“Just don't think about Raia coming. Please. I wouldn't know what to do if you went into labor.”

“You have to be kidding. You've had three boys already. You should know by now what to do.” Malik looks unbelieving at the pouting boy next to him.

“Well, not exactly. They knock me out.”

“Huh?”

“Yami insist that they knock me out instead of just numbing me from the waist down. He doesn't want me to see what happens and I'm…I'm kinda thankful for that. But…but you were awake for Zemti's birth, weren't you?” Yugi moves to lean against the wall beside Malik.

“Yeah, but I won't be able to cut myself open and pull Raia out, now will I?”

“Right. But that's not going to happen because Raia will not be born until we are back at the mansion. You just need to breathe and relax. If you relax, Raia will relax and go to sleep. Okay?”

“I'll try.” Malik closes his eyes, his hands rubbing over his belly as he tries to drift off to sleep.

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Ryou jumps up from his position on the bed, his back pressing up against the wall on the opposite side of the room from the door. His frightened brown eyes lock on the green demon in the open doorway.

“I'm sorry I was gone for so long but unfortunately our little get together will have to wait a little longer. Seems that there is a situation forming in the woods. But don't worry, I promise that as soon as I can I'll be back to take care of you.” Pegasus smirks as he closes the door.

The white haired boy exhales a large breath he didn't realize he was holding. His shaking body slowly walks over to the old, creaking bed. As he sits on the edge, his hands tremble as he brushes his long hair off his face.

“I want Bakura.” Ryou's voice speaks quietly into the empty room. “I can't believe I just said that.” He chuckles softly. “But after being here I realize how great being with Bakura really is.” His hand brushes his lips. “I can still feel his lips. Wonder if he will come for me.” He chuckles again. “Why would he? He made it clear he didn't want me. But…but he asked me to be waiting for him in his bed. That…that had to mean that he wants me, right?”

Wondering brown eyes look around the room. “I'm talking to myself. This just can't get any better can it?” Ryou sits back against the headboard of the bed, his knees coming up to rest against his chest, arms wrapping around them. “I hope someone comes before he gets back.”

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The tall trees loom over the bumpy earth. Dark branches reaching out to each other as they cloak the moving figures below from the moonlight. A slight breeze forces the older trees to groan out into the silent night.

“Stop.” Yami holds his arms out to force the vampires behind him to stop moving forward. “I smell demons.”

“We must be here then.” Seto's ice blue eyes search through the darkness.

“Yes, but the smells seems to be getting closer.”

“It looks like we're going to be meeting the welcome wagon.” Marik cracks his knuckles next to Yami.

“This is going to be fun.” Bakura smirks on the other side of the pale blonde.

“Just remember, we get through them as fast as we can. The others can deal with the rest while we go after our mates.” After receiving nods from the other Majestics he turns to face the other vampires. “Demons are on their way here to stop us. We're going to get through as fast as we can to reach the city.” He turns to look at Saiai. “You're in charge, hold them off. Don't let any of them escape. Got it?” Receiving a nod Yami turns back around in time to see demons lumbering toward them.

“Attach now!” Yami yells over his shoulder as he takes off toward the approaching demons, the Majestics and other vampires right on his heels.

Bakura, being the smallest and fastest of the Majestics, reaches the first demon. A large dark yellow creature with slime running down its face, yellow eyes glowing in the darkness. A clawed hand reaches out to grab at Bakura's shoulder. The vampire smirks as he dodges to the left, his fist coming up and connecting with a slime covered jaw.

The demon staggers back before righting itself and taking another grab at Bakura. Again the white haired vampire avoids contact, ducking under the outstretched hand. A swipe of Bakura's leg has the demon on his back. A grunt forces its way from the demons throat as strong hands find their way to his chest. Bakura continues to pound into the creature until it stops moving, a yellow liquid oozing out of cuts developed by Bakura's elongated claws.

“That all you got?” Bakura's voice growls out around long fangs, bright silver eyes look up at the demons advancing on him. “Let's play.”

Just behind the smaller vampire is Marik. His long, pale blonde hair flying around him as a tall, pale blue demon punches him, sending him falling to the ground. Marik growls, his silver eyes turning to look up at the smirking demon above him.

“You think that's funny?” The blue demon nods as a smile forms on his pale blue lips but is quickly removed as a large foot kicks up and knocks him onto his back. “Well I think that's funny.”

Marik jumps to his feet, clawed fingers popping as he flexing his hands. The demon slowly stands, a quick punch lands him on his back once again. Marik reaches down to grab a handful of thick black hair, yanking he pulls the strands out of the demon's screaming head. Blue blood splatters onto his arm and chest as he grins down at the withering demon. Laying one final, hard punch to the demon's face causing him to remain still. Marik jerks back as a fist from yet another demon flies at him from his left. Smirking he continues to dodge the fist as his eyes catch a patch of unmistakable tri-colored hair to his right.

Yami jumps into the air, spinning around to deliver a kick to a large orange demon, its gangly brown hair sticking straight up in the air. Taking a step back, the demon growls before wiping a small trickle of black liquid from his dark lips. His glowing orange eyes look into Yami's silver ones.

“I will be greatly rewarded for killing a Majestic.” His voice comes out in a growl.

“Too bad that will never happen.”

Yami moves forward, landing another kick to the side of the demon's head. A large hand reaches out and grabs his ankle before he can lower it. Yami yells into the night as he is picked up and thrown into a nearby tree. He slowly crawls to his feet, spitting up blood as his arm wraps around his waist.

“Looks like I am going to get that reward.” The demon laughs as he throws a punch at Yami's tri-colored head.

Ducking down, Yami lets his fist fly as hard as he can at the demon's large knee. Feeling the bones crushing under his knuckles, Yami smiles as his other hand punches the demon's face as it falls to the ground. One of its hands going to his face while the other grabs his broken knee.

“Normally I would leave you alive but your boss took my mate. No one hurts him and lives.” Yami launches his hand straight to the demon's chest breaking through his rib cage. The creatures glowing orange eyes dull as it takes its last breath.

Seto runs swiftly by Yami as he chases after a small, red demon with black eyes and a bald head. It looks back to give Seto a smile as he races through the trees, his speed making it difficult for the other demons around to see him running past. But Seto keeps up with the smaller demon, jumping over fighting couples and onto tree branches to catch up to him. Seto stops when he looses track of the red demon, his ice blue eyes searching through the other demons and vampires.

“Looking for me?”

Seto turns around in time to see a sharp, long sword slash at him. He moves back but he can't get out of reach of the blade, which cuts open his shirt across his stomach. Seto winces as the tip of the blade cuts the flesh of his abdomen.

“You'll pay for that.”

Seto reaches to his hip, removing a sword of his own. His long, thin fingers wrap around the beautifully decorated handle. The demon smirks at him as they start dodging each other's sword swipes. After several minutes of near hits Seto finally lands a rough cut on the demon's arm. It staggers back, leaning against a tree trunk, one red hand reaching up to hold it's bleeding arm.

Smirking, Seto slashes his sword across the demon's chest forcing a scream of pain from its lips. In desperation the demon starts swinging its sword at Seto. The vampire easily dodges the weak moves, letting his now silver eyes watch the slow movements of the injured demon in front of him.

“I don't have time for this. I have my puppy to save.” With that Seto thrust his sword blade deep into the demon's stomach.

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