Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Goin Down In Flames ❯ Don't Tell Me How Life Is ( Chapter 9 )

Seto Kaiba paced back and forth outside the guest room where Yugi was still sleeping. //Why is he still asleep? It's nearly eleven//

The brunette stared at the door. //That's it; I'm going in anyways. I have to apologize// Without letting another thought filter through his mind, he opened the door and stepped into the bedroom.

There, in the middle of the spacious bed, which was stained from last night's incident, was Yugi. He was so curled up in the covers, only a few locks of his hair and his toes stuck out. Seto chuckled at the cute sight, slowly making his way over to the petite youth. That was when he noticed someone else lying in the bed with the slumbering angel. It wasn't really a solid entity, yet a transparent spirit one. A spirit with tri colored tresses spiked up to resemble lightening.

"Yami," Seto growled.

Two eyes shot open to reveal blood red orbs. The former pharaoh's eyes averted to the CEO standing in the doorway. He cradled the sleeping boy in his arms and sent a murderous glare in the other's direction. "Seto Kaiba," he seethed, hate pouring out of every inch of his skin.

The said teenager approached the bed, sitting close to Yugi and ignoring the tingling sensation of the spirit's leg passing through him to try and kick him away. He smirked, "not so powerful now, hm?"

"Be silent, _mortal_. You are forgetting just whom you are talking to," Yami growled, glancing threateningly at the other before turning his attention back to his Hikari.

"I'm so sorry _Pharaoh_"

Yami growled at the evident sarcasm put into his title. He stood up from the bed, giving Yugi a quick kiss on the cheek, even though his lips passed through the skin, and disappeared into his soul room. "I'll be there when you wake up, Aibou" He whispered.

Seto watched the other dissolve away and turned to the sleeping little one. He took out his cell phone and made a quick call to the security downstairs.

"Don't let anyone into the house who has a resemblance to Yugi, is that clear?" He barked into the receiver.

"Yes sir" was the reply before the brunette hung up and jammed the small portable phone into his pocket.

The little one on the bed stirred slightly and rolled over, moaning slightly as a delighted grin painted itself across his lips. He moaned again in pleasure, obvious signs of the dream he was having.

"Y-Yamiiiiii" He whispered.

Seto's eyes narrowed. It just wasn't fair. After all he had done for the little one...after all Yami had done _to_ the little one...Yugi still loved his darker half more. Sure, Seto had screwed up major big last night...but it was only once and he was going to apologize. Yami had done it so much, and not even whispered a sincere `I am sorry' to the little one. Yet Yugi still love him most.

Sighing, he patted the boy's hair and settled for waiting until he woke up.

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Yami raced down the streets towards the Kaiba Mansion. Since he could not get a physical body unless he was in the same location he went into the Millennium Puzzle from, he had to go back to the game shop and go the Kaiba's from there. Only a few more minutes and then he would arrive. Damn the stupid power limits on the Millennium Puzzle! By the time he got there, who knows what Kaiba could've done to his Aibou!

Picking up speed, the spirit ran down the streets and the looming cathedral ceilings appeared over to the left side of the road. //Damn, he's got guards. Guess I'll go in the back entryway through the window.//

Walking to the side of the house near Yugi's third story bedroom window, he found a vine that stretched up to the top. Grabbing it securely, he began to climb up to the bedroom. //Hey this isn't so hard. They make it look difficult on the television.//

He looked up and saw the lights of the guest room were still off, meaning that Yugi was still asleep. //Good, that means my promise won't be broken//

The was a loud `snap' and part of the vine broke off, making the spirit fall several feet before grabbing onto a windowsill. "Well that was lucky," he mused, using all his strength to hoist himself up onto the ledge. "Don't worry Yugi; I'll be there for you."

Pulling himself into the room, and tumbling ungracefully to the floor, he stood up and made his way into the hall. //Where is Yugi's room from here?// The spirit began walking down the corridor, peaking into various rooms as he past them. He soon came to a double staircase; one leading up and to the left, the other leading strait up two flights. He growled, //damn, this place is huge. There are so many stairwells and different rooms, I'm starting to lose track of where I am already.//

Yami finally made the decision of taking the flight of stairs that led strait up and, thank goodness, made the right choice; for Yugi's bedroom was the first one on the left of the hallway.

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Seto looked up as someone entered the room; that someone being none other than his worst enemy. He rolled his eyes, "See you haven't run scared yet."

"I don't run scared. You of all people should know that. However, I can be merciful, my saving you at Duelist Kingdom should be evidence enough of that.... however...you hurt my Aibou, and for that alone you must die, Seto. And let me tell you, no minimal death will suffice. Mark my word; you will die by my hands." Yami's voice held an unforgiving chill that sent a shiver down Seto's spine, the promise within the words echoing in the depths of his mind.

Blue eyes hardened as they stared into the red lava of the spirit's orbs, "when that time comes, we shall see whom it will be that is squirming under the other's grasp."

Yami smirked, "I look forward to when we shall dance." (Shadow: and he means dance as in fight not as in...Dance...uh, yeah...^^;) Nodding at the brunette, he walked over to his Aibou and picked him up off the bed.

"Where do you think you are going with him? He's staying here, with me so he can be out of your harmful ways," Seto spat.

"I think I know that it will be less harmful for him to stay at my house rather than your mansion, Kaiba. At least he knows I would never hurt him."

"Like you never did before? It really wasn't that long ago, Yami. Do you think he has forgiven you this easily? He may say he loves you, but deep down there is something in him that despises you."

The spirit's eyes widened but then narrowed dangerously; "hold your tongue. You know nothing of which you speak. What makes you think he will want to stay here? You raped him, did you not?"

"Didn't you?" the other answered nonchalantly, striding over to the shorter.

"Answer my question, _Kaiba_. You raped him out of pure lust. I did it out of the only love I could show."

Seto growled, "Since when is rape ever a sign of love?" he shouted.

His yell caused Yugi to stir in Yami's arms and slowly opened his eyes. He looked up at Yami who by, from the shadowy aura flaring around him, the little one could tell was very angry to the CEO who was standing near them glaring daggers at Yami. The two ignored his awakening and continued to argue with each other.

"You don't understand." Yami closed his eyes and hung his head. "You will never understand! A Yami can only show affection through hurt and pain! The darkness cannot be gentle; it is impossible for us to be demonstrative to the ones we love."

Seto snarled, "You had no problem being affectionate with Anzu."

"That was not affection, Seto. I regret using Anzu like that; I regret misleading her in such a way. She is really a sweet girl and I have betrayed her trust by pretending to love her. I was trying to get over my love for Yugi so I would not harm him."

The tall teen's eyes softened slightly and looked down at the ground, waiting for the other to continue his speech.

"Do you not understand how painful it was for me, Seto? To rape my own Hikari, the one I love the most in this entire world...to hear him scream and plead and cry with me...I hurt him so much and I know it... to feel every emotion through our ever-weakening link... to experience the pain in my own mind. I wanted to comfort and protect and never hurt him again... He was just in my reach, but I could not get to him. It was as though half my mind controlled the other...I cried every night...whenever he wasn't around or...whenever he would cry...he doesn't know how many tears I have shed for him..."

Yami clenched his eyes shut as a few tears slipped down his cheeks. He began to shake slightly.

"I would've killed myself to stop from hurting him. In fact, I did. It was Anzu who stopped me from doing it. Right when I started to hurt him I decided it would be best for me to cease to exist in this life so my Aibou who no longer have to suffer...so he can live a painless life with those who loved him. Anzu stopped me. She told me if I killed myself, I would also kill Yugi as well. Since us and the puzzle are bonded, if I died, he would perish shortly after. One cannot live with only half a soul...When he told me he loved you...and that he hated me...I was able to break out of that shell, to be free of that lustful part of myself. I could be the guardian I once was because I had found out what it meant to lose that of which you love most. Now that I finally have him back, I cannot..._will not_ lose him again. Not to anyone and especially not to you."

With that last statement, his monologue ended and his calm mask crumbled slightly as more tears cascaded down from his eyes onto the carpet. The spirit felt a hand on his face and he saw his Hikari staring up at him with tears in his large, innocent violet eyes. "Aibou," Yami whispered, holding the little one close. "Aibou I am so sorry for ever hurting you. I love you so much. Please, never forget that."

{I could never,} Yugi answered through the mind-link while petting the other's cheek with his thumb. {I love you too, Yami. I always have.}

Seto watched the two with sad eyes. He couldn't help but feel slightly sympathetic towards the ancient pharaoh. He saw the love and emotion pouring out of his heart and into Yugi. //I should've known we could never have that with Yugi. Their love is too strong for one like me to break//

Sadly he stood up and shot one last glance at Yugi, "But I will try anyways," he vowed, exiting the room.

Yami heard the whisper of the brunette as he left the room. His eyes narrowed as he held Yugi protectively. No one would take his Aibou away from him again. He still meant what he said about Seto dieing under his hands...that was a promise he intended to keep.

"Come Yugi, let us go home."

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