Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Hope lost, and found? ❯ Soulmates ( Chapter 3 )

Next chapter, I'm going to try and update a lot faster from now on. But forgive me if it is a little late. Song belongs to John Denver.

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~Recap

A lone candle burned on a small table beside his bed, it was nearly finished when a long time later he woke up to the sound of crying~

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Chapter 3-

Soulmates

Yami slipped off the bed and onto his feet, he stood still for a second trying to access where the sound was coming from. `Downstairs. From the dungeons' his heart leaped, `Bakura!'

He noiselessly moved out of the room into the lamp lit corridor. `Why haven't the guards noticed anything yet?' he demanded to himself, that was when he noticed the regular breathing around him. `Asleep!' he thought angrily, at any other time this would have simply amused him but right now he was inexplicably angry. He moved down, his essence covered in shadows. The guard in front of Bakura's cell was awake, `One of my most trusted men,' Yami thought. Reaching the cell he motioned for the keys and held a finger to his lips. No one would disturb him. He opened the door and left it unlocked. His eyes had already adjusted to the dark; he knelt down beside the small threadbare mattress and looked down at the angelic figure on it. Crouched in a fetal position he was sobbing silently. Trembling lightly as if afraid, `Of what…?' he stroked the figure's hair. `How soft' he marveled, he suddenly reached down and kissed his brow lightly. The sobbing lightened until it finally stopped, Yami moved to leave…but a hand was on his wrist, clutching to him as if he were a lifeline. He looked at the boy for a moment, `He is still shivering' he lay down beside the other boy and held him close. He started singing softly-

~You fill up my senses

Like a night in the forest

Like the mountains in springtime

Like a walk in the rain

Like a storm in the desert

Like a sleepy blue ocean

You fill up my senses

Come fill me again~

~Come let me love you

Let me give my life to you

Let me drown in your laughter

Let me die in your arms

Let me lay down beside you

Let me always be with you

Come let me love you

Come love me again~

The warm bundle in his arms stirred and whispered, "I do love you". Yami gasped and looked at Bakura's face, but he was still asleep with a smile to brighten up the dullest lives. He traced the scar on Bakura's cheek as the sun began to rise. `I need to go' he realized, he gently but oh so reluctantly pulled away from the warm embrace. He took a last look at the pale face so rare in the land of Ra and left. He handed the keys to the guard, "Has he been eating lately?" he asked casually, nobody could know that this answer mattered to him. The guard shook his head, "He says that Anubis's land and the dungeons are equal in his eyes, but he would prefer to be in the land of Anubis."

"And not so politely I'm guessing?" Yami raised a fine eyebrow

The guard frowned, "When he said it he barely had the strength to gasp it out. I don't think he could have managed a word more without putting his soul into it."

"You really think he wants to die?" Yami looked at the guard shrewdly; he trusted this man's judgment.

"He is but a child, an old child certainly but he still has the will to live." the guard replied

Yami nodded, he murmured a small, "Thank you" and came out swiftly. He went straight to the court to search for either Isis or Seth. Inside the room his eyes scanned the rows quickly but neither was there. His eyes narrowed slightly but he sat on the throne and nodded for court to start. As Yami was on the fourth or fifth case about an hour later Seth and Isis quietly came in. Yami looked at them and raised his eyebrow in a silent question, Isis was looking at some manuscripts in her hand but Seth shook his head slightly to say, `Later'

Yami turned over to the matter at hand; a merchant was complaining of his jug being stolen by a boy who was standing next to the merchant and shaking his head contemptuously at the merchant. Yami interrupted the merchant, "You say you want your jug back correct?" on the merchant shaking his head yes, "So that means you didn't actually see him stealing it?" the merchant nodded again and was about to start talking when, "So what's your proof that he stole it?". The merchant blabbered on for a few more minutes when Yami spoke up again, "Meaning basically that you do not have any proof but you thought he did it because he looks odd? I'm afraid that will be counted as a false charge. Pay the boy twenty gold and please leave the court." his no-nonsense tone made it obvious that he meant it and the merchant gave the boy the penalty money. But in front of all the court the boy threw the money back at the man's face and said loudly, "I do not want his filthy money. You get it all from cheating the peasants," the boy bowed once to Yami then turning around he proudly left the court. Yami simply looked at the merchant from where he was resting his head on his arm; he turned to look at Isis and Seth who were both mirroring the amusement on his own face. "May I ask you to leave?" he asked the merchant and even his voice showed his amusement. The merchant blushed in embarrassment and left, a few of the Priests started talking to Yami, "But Pharaoh, he did look odd" "Who would resist so much money?" and something which really caught Yami's notice, "He does look odd, his eyes are shifty Pharaoh we shouldn't trust him".

Yami started speaking coolly, "You mean that merchant? Yes, he did indeed look shifty, maybe I should banish him as he looked very deceitful. Is that what you wish?" the Priests simply gaped at the boy on the throne. Eyes sparkling with anger Yami repeated, "Is it?" The scribe who was in charge of the cases called out, "The last case of the day is the one of the Thief King, my Pharaoh"

Yami nodded calmly, but his heart started beating too fast. `Calm down' he told himself. "Bring him in," he called

There seemed to be a fight going on in outside the court room. One of the guards suddenly fell into the room, Yami gazed at the guard surprised. "What is going on?" he called out. The guard stood up. Seth ,however, was the one who answered, "It seems the Thief King did not wish to be `escorted' so he disposed of his `escorts'." the corners of his mouth turned up a tiny inch invisible to all but his closest friends. "Oh," Yami said carefully, "then by all means, let him be without an escort. I do not mind"

"Thank you Pharaoh," came a mocking voice from outside. Bakura stepped inside lightly and walked over. He was now standing in front of Yami. Yami nodded coolly, "You're welcome"

Bakura looked slightly taken aback by that, Yami mentally congratulated himself before giving the command for the case to be told. The scribe finished quickly, much quicker than Yami expected. `Are they bribing the scribe now so that they can lighten Bakura's punishment?' Yami thought, `It doesn't matter at the moment'

"Pharaoh," the scribe called out, "A decision must be taken"

Yami easily stood up and said, "I wish to take him as a slave"

"No!" Bakura screamed. Gasps and whispers could be heard everywhere, but they soon quietened down though Bakura did not. "I won't," he was saying, "I just won't. Kill me if you like, if I have to be that bastard's slave I will…" he never got to finish, his aura began to shine again. He swayed on his feet for a moment as if exhausted and then fell. He had been standing on one of the steps leading up to the throne, in that split-second Yami realized that he would not survive the fall down. He ran down the stairs and in a moment when a dead weight fell into his arms he tightened his hold on the other boy, he growled possessively under his breath, `I won't let you die on me now!' he called out, "Isis, Seth". They both nodded, "Let's go," Isis exclaimed. Yami started walking with Bakura in his arms, he suddenly stopped and called out behind him, "Court dismissed"

The boy in his arms was shaking, much like in the night. `Bakura's still awake,' Yami realized. He pulled Bakura closer and started running as soon as he had closed the door behind him on the throne room. Behind him Seth and Isis were also doing the same, soon they reached Yami's room and Yami went inside first. He gently placed Bakura on the bed and started rocking him lightly against himself. Bakura was crying, "I can't see," he said softly. Seth came up from behind them and murmured to Yami, "Just keep on doing that and he should be alright"

And sure enough, Bakura calmed down and went to sleep and long before that his aura had already rested. Yami immediately turned to the other two, "Why did that happen? I had touched him enough to keep him going!"

Seth hesitated, Isis spoke up, "Yes, but he was insulting you. That means he was rejecting you and technically your magick, the rest I think you understand"

Yami nodded thoughtfully. Then he said, "But does that mean every time he doesn't like something I do and insults me in his mind even then this will happen?"

Seth answered this, "Yes, but don't worry it won't happen as many times as it normally would have. Bakura is a submissive and submissives, yes I'll explain what submissives are, don't or rather can't think of their dominants insultingly. You heard he said he couldn't see? That was because he insulted you and you're his dominant, not because of the chi problem"

Isis handed Yami a sheaf of papers, "For a precise magickal understanding you can read those but I'll explain in layman language. Since you are trying to make him accept your magic, you know like if you are giving a person blood your blood has to beat theirs into submission, it is the same with magick. So basically he can't reject your magick, and if he rejects you in any way his magick will hurt him because it now thinks that it belongs with yours. There is just one tiny problem with this Yami." Isis looked slightly uncomfortable. Yami sighed, "I know I won't be able to marry. I'm not bothered"

Seth hesitated, "Actually no, it's something we found out today, apparently only," he mumbled something unintelligible and Yami stared at him, "I can't hear you," he said finally

"I said that only soulmates can bind their souls, or have become a Pair."

Yami turned to this new word, "Pair? What is that?"

Isis explained, relieved that Yami hadn't started screaming yet, "A submissive and a dominate together are called a Pair, it is a very precious connection to have. `Like two halves of a whole' is the description in the manuscripts" Bakura faintly whimpered.

"Oh, that seems so odd…" was all Yami said. Suddenly Yami got up and shook his head, "Oh Ra! Bakura"

Isis and Seth looked at each other and Isis opened her mouth again to ask what was wrong, but they soon found out anyway when Yami turned around and settled down beside Bakura and started to cuddle him and Bakura smiled slightly at the contact.

Seth began to smile, really smile, "Oh Ra indeed Yami!"

Isis also smiled, "Yami is…"

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I love this story loads, I simply can't wait to write the next chapter. Hope you have as much fun reading and please review