Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Goin Down In Flames ❯ Cause I Don't Really Want To Know ( Chapter 10 )

"Yami are you mad at me?"

The spirit looked up from the book he was reading. "Aibou?"

The small teen averted his gaze to the floor, slowly walking over to his soul partner. He sat on the taller's lap and rested his head on his chest, "you seem distant that's all. It's like you're deliberately ignoring me."

Yami closed his book and stared fondly at his Hikari. He smiled slightly, "No, Aibou. I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at Kaiba for what he did to you. It bothered me when I thought you hated me but if Kaiba was who you really wanted I would've let you stay with him. That is why I didn't try coming after you again after the first time. When I found out what he did...I don't think I'll ever be able to forgive him. What he did to you is inconceivable...he pretended to be your friend Aibou, and then he hurt you...that will not go unpunished."

"But you promised me you wouldn't hurt him!"

The ex-Pharaoh looked unfazed, "Aibou...you know that sometimes actions must not go unpunished. There are serious consequences Kaiba has to face for his crime."

Yugi scrunched up his face in a frown, "If you hurt him I'll never bring myself to love you again," he huffed.

"Oh, Aibou...you could never really hate me," Yami teased, kissing the smaller boy softly on the lips and making his way down his jaw and to his neck.

"Y-Yami don't," Yugi whimpered as the spirit began nibbling and sucking on the soft skin of his neck. "Ya-Yami," He moaned, clutching the other's shoulder's tightly.

Yami smirked and pulled away, admiring the flushed face of his light. "My Yugi..." he whispered, leaning in and kissing him again. /All mine. Kaiba will never take him away from me//

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Ryou trembled as his dark half walked into the room, a whip clutched in his right hand. He whimpered and crawled into a corner, pray that the other wasn't going to beat him.

"Don't run away from me you little scum! Get back here and face me like a man!" When he got no reply he sauntered over, a grim look upon his face. "You're only pissing me off more!"

Bakura found his other huddled in a little ball in the corner of the room. He smirked and cracked his whip against the Hikari's back, causing the other to cry out in pain. He noticed the tears on Ryou's face and snorted, "you weakling. Do you know how damn pathetic you look? Curled into a whimpering little bundle?" he laughed menacingly and brought the whip down on the shorter boy again.

"Why!" Ryou yelled, bringing his hands in front of himself as a form of protection.

"The weak are put on this earth to give the strong pleasure! Remember that, _slave_."

Ryou nodded brokenly as tears streamed from his eyes. When was this torture going to stop? What had he ever done to make his Yami hate him so much? He just wanted the other's love...

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Seto looked around. He was having a party for the end of spring break and had invited the whole class of ninth to eleventh graders over for it. He was most anxious to see Yugi, though. He had to make it up to the little one. Hopefully, Yugi would still love him and they could go back to being a couple.

//Yugi...I'm so sorry I betrayed your trust like that. I love you so much that I couldn't take not having you. You let Yami take you whenever he pleased and you still loved and forgave him! Why am I any different from that? Why can't you forgive me that easily so things can go back to the way they were?//

The doorbell rang and in stepped Marik and Malik, both grinning in their insane devilish way.

"Hey, Kaibs! How's it hanging? Where's the squirt?" Marik asked, slapping the brunette on the back.

"The squirt?"

Malik reached into a bowl of chips and grabbed a handful, slowly munching as he answered. "Yugi of course! Aren't you two _together_?" He winked and Marik.

"We were," Seto answered dully.

Marik spit the diet coke he was drinking back into his cup, "_were_? Hey Mali... that means our plan worked!"

"Plan? Care to explain?" The CEO inquired, raising an eyebrow.

Marik looked at him, his eyes narrowing, "Didn't...didn't Yugi tell you?" he asked.

"Tell me what?" Seto snapped, becoming rather annoyed at this. "If this is one of you two's stupid mind tricks-"

"-No you dunce! The plan! The plan to get Yami to realize his true feelings! He...didn't tell you about it?"

{{Oh no! Yugi didn't tell Kaiba he didn't love him.}}

{You think I just figured that out, Marik?}}

The two ended their mind-link speech there and smiled shyly at Kaiba.

"W-well Seto...A Yami can only love there Hikari and vice versa. The thing is...a Yami can only show true affection through anger and hurt."

"Yeah Yami already told me that information."

Malik laughed weakly,. "yeah which means that the Hikari can only love the Yami. Just the Yami...nobody else. It's a light/darkness relationship nobody else can ever dream of having."

Seto narrowed his eyes dangerously, "I don't get your meaning."

"He means Yugi didn't love you, you idiot!" Marik yelled. "Yugi was just pretending to love someone else so Yami would get jealous and realize his true feelings of love. Once a Yami is jealous or thinks his Hikari hates him then their cruel mask immediately drops and the love can really show. When Yami thought Yugi loved you, his true emotions came through. Don't you get it?"

Seto was silent for a moment. Then he growled. "You know nothing of this! Yugi loves me! He told me so himself! He asked me to be his boyfriend and everything! Yami is no longer in the picture! I am the holder of Yugi's heart. Nobody else!"

Malik sighed, "Seto please will you just accept the truth? Yugi loves Yami! That's always how it was and how it will continue to be! You've got to give him up!"

"You're lying! You're both little con-artists wanting to trick me into not loving him! You're on Yami's side!"

"We aren't taking sides! We don't want you getting hurt Kaiba! If you continue down this path, hurt and heartache will be inevitable for you! The truth is unavoidable...Yugi _does not_ love you!" Malik yelled.

"We'll see when he comes over soon who his heart is really with," the brunette seethed, fists clenching and unclenching.

Marik took Malik's hand in his own, "we tried to warn him, Koi. It's his own fault now if he suffers. If he was wise he would heed our words. We speak the truth...if he is too hard-headed to know that than Yugi is better off without him. At least Yami understands him." Malik nodded and the two walked into the living room to sit on the couch and wait for other party arrivals.

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"Yugi, we should get going."

"Going where?"

"To Kaiba's. He's having that party, remember?"

Yugi looked skeptical, "you're still going to let me go?" he asked.

Yami nodded and patted his Hikari on the head, "of course. We need to get out and socialize more. Besides...I think I should have a talk with Kaiba and also Jonouchi and Anzu and Honda. Us four have been acting way out of order."

Yugi smiled and hugged his darker half, "thank you Yami! I love you so much! You make me just so happy!"

"It's my only reason to live, Hikari. Now go get dressed and I will call a cab to pick us up."

Yugi nodded and scuttled of towards his room. Yami watched him go and sat on the couch. //Yugi, what would I do without you?//

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"Put this on! You need no cover up those bruises on your arms," Bakura snapped.

"Yes Bakura-Sama."

"Good. Now hurry up. We're going to be late for the party at Kaiba's house. When we get there you are not allowed to talk to anyone except me. If someone does address you directly you must ask permission from me via mind-link before you answer. Got it?"

Ryou nodded sadly and the two headed out the door and into the waiting car.

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