Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Lover's Duel ❯ My Gift to You ( Chapter 14 )

Ok everyone here we go! Almost all of you guessed right too, but there's always the one that gets it first. *So the dedication goes to…………ERIN!!!* Great job to all of you though and I hope you enjoy the new chappy!!

My Gift to You

The next morning Yugi woke up with a hand covering his eyes. "What's going on?" He asked in a scared tone.

"Don't worry, my little Yugi." He answered in a seductive voice. "I have a surprise for you."

Yami helped Yugi get dressed in silver satin pants and tied the gold string for him and pulled a faded silver shirt over his head before covering his eyes once more and then led him out of the room and back towards the dark room of monsters. He uncovered his lover's eyes and finally let Yugi see for the first time that morning.

The small teen was greeted with a monster clad in green armor with his back turned to him. The monster turned around and scowled at the boy the mage had told him about the night before.

He let out a yawn as he saw Yami lower his lips to Yugi's ear. "It's going to be alright, my Yugi. I'm going to be right outside and I promise I won't leave. If you are treated wrongly by him then call out, especially if you are scared. As well, my Dark Magician will be here on your call if you need him."

Yugi nodded half-heartedly and half-listened to the monster's name as Yami told him. Afterwards, Yami backed out of the room and closed the doors. Yugi was too busy to listen as he gulped and prayed silently to whatever God that watched over people like him that the warrior of green would accept him. `Oh Ra! What was his name?' Yugi thought in a panic. The teen racked his brain to try and find the name he half-listened to and smiled as he remembered, `Celtic Guardian, that was the name.'

He sat down on the ground, intent on waiting patiently for the warrior to make the first move since he didn't want to offend the other.

The guardian was surprised and just watched him in a bored way, but really inside he was curious about the air of innocence clinging to the boy.

**

Outside Yami was nervous for Yugi, but calmed down as the magician told him Yugi was fine although nothing much was happening between them; just watching each other.

`What if the Celtic Guardian would refuse Yugi as well as all the others before him? There isn't really another monster that wouldn't scare my Yugi with their appearance, but would be strong enough for him if the need came.

The Beaver Warrior is a weaker monster than I'd like to protect Yugi and the Man0Eater Bug is much too scary looking that even if he accepted Yugi, which he probably would've, my Yugi would be much too frightened to let the monster come near him. On the other hand, I wouldn't be too heart-broken for that, but still Yugi had told me he felt lonely and I don't wish for that.' The Pharaoh continued to think of possible candidates.

`The Giant Solder of Stone… well the name says it all. Yugi would feel much too helpless standing next to the monster and I don't want that for him either. Summoned Skull and Mammoth Graveyard are also out of the question even if both are loyal to me, Yugi wouldn't like the fact that things supposing to look out for him and make him not so lonesome look dead. No, Yugi would feel too uncomfortable around them. There was the Mystical Elf… but she's even weaker than the Beaver Warrior.

There's Trap Master…No, he tends to play way too many tricks then necessary and would have my Yugi much too jumpy and his attack power is even weaker than that of Mystical Elf.

The Dragon Zombie is also slotted out since he would fit in with Summoned Skull and Mammoth Graveyard.

Curse of Dragon or Winged Dragon are strong, but both are rather large and I don't think my koi would like them very much after his encounter with Seto's Blue Eyes.' Anger flashed through Yami's eyes at the mere thought of Seto's name and his cursed dragon that hurt his Yugi. He shook it off and continued to think.

There's Gaia, he's strong… but he tends to be a bit off when being spoken too since he only knows of fighting… and rough fighting. The only two I can think of that Yugi might actually like being near are either Silver Fang or Feral Imp…but even they're little scary with the Imp's small, but sharp horn on its head and Fang's sharp teeth.

I just hope Celtic agrees to Yugi's offer. Otherwise, I don't know what to do.' He thought helplessly as he looked at the closed doors. The Pharaoh sighed and continued to think of different monsters that came to mind.

**

Back inside the two occupants were still the same way as last seen. Yugi still waited for the elfin warrior to make his move. He stiffened when the guardian finally moved and started walking over to him gruffly.

The guardian gestured for the boy to stand and Yugi did so, but tensed when he felt the rough hands under his chin, tilting his face up to get a good look; almost like he was studying Yugi carefully and trying to look into his soul through his eyes.

The elf kneeled down so has to not hurt the boy's neck since he was well aware of the dark mage of Yami's watching them closely from the Shadow Realm. He closed his eyes when he felt the mage's presence being materialized in the room and coming over to them rather quickly. Curious, the elf opened his eyes since he knew he hadn't done anything wrong, but that was when he noticed the boy before him was shivering in… fright?

The monster decided to do something before he had to listen to a long and boring lecture from the magician when the boy left about scaring him; seeing as how he hadn't really meant for that to happen. "What's wrong?" His voice was almost deep, but not too much that it sounded as though he was yelling; it was also somewhat hoarse from not talking so long.

The mage stopped at the words and waited for Yugi's answer.

Yugi shook his head. "I-I don't really know what I'm doing. All I wan-wanted was for you to be my friend."

The elfin guardian stood up abruptly and started the boy as hell to the ground. The mage looked at him angrily as he knelt next to the boy.

`H-he doesn't like me. I-I just ma-made things worse by saying th-that.' Yugi started to cry as he thought it was his fault and had messed up about being the guardian's friend and being accepted by him.

Not knowing what was coursing through him and not sure how the boy made his this way, the Celtic Guardian dissolved and disappeared from the room. Since he wasn't used to any expression except his always-pasted on scowl, that's what the elf had on the whole time so Yugi thought differently than what was true.

Yami came in and knelt next to him. The Pharaoh didn't know what to say, as a monster hadn't refused him since the Dark Magician was the first he was put before.

Malik and Bakura walked in, but their monsters didn't come and Yami was thankful for that. He didn't want Yugi to feel worse by seeing others that had been accepted even if the crying boy already knew of them.

"If you want, Yugi, you can talk to Change of Heart. Ryou talks to him all the time when I'm not there and it always makes him feel better." Bakura offered.

"Yeah, Marik does too with Witty Phantom. He told me that Witty Phantom always makes him laugh, I'm sure you'll like him."

"Or the Dark Magician, he likes you. I'm sure he wouldn't mind talking to you when I'm busy and unable to be with you."

Yugi shook his head to the other three's offers though. "It wouldn't be the same though. It might be fine for Ryou and Marik, but they haven't been rejected like I was. I just wanted a friend for my own that I could talk to, but I guess I'm not as great as everyone said I was. It hurts to know that I was the one that made this happen anyways, that I made him hate me by telling him I just wanted to be his friend."

The three didn't know how to answer that, but they didn't know the feeling of it since the first monster brought before them had accepted them.

**

It was a few days later when Yugi was walking along the halls, being bored since about ten different prisoners of a tomb robbing clan had been caught and Yami was going to be in there all day doing each one separately so none could play any tricks in escaping.

Being as bored as he was and just feeling the need to be around another person that wasn't busy, Yugi walked down to the dungeons to at least see who was caught even if he didn't know any of them.

`Maybe if I'm nice one would at least yell at me so I know I haven't been turned invisible somehow?' The little one thought sadly as he remembered the few people that had run down the halls and hadn't even acknowledged their presence.

Yugi only knew that tomb robbers were extremely rude and didn't care for anyone except their gang and their loot.

As he walked over to the closest one he was quite surprised when he was smiled at, but it quickly became fear when he was pulled roughly against the bars and a sharpened bone that had been lying in the cell was brought to his neck.

All nine of the men laughed and cheered at the sight of Yugi and his predicament, one being in the hall being punished by Yami.

Yugi didn't know what to do and he surely wasn't strong enough to get away. `At least I know I'm not invisible now. Why does everyone have to treat me like this? Is it because of what I used to be for Yami?'

The robber came closer and began licking at the boy's cheek, muttering things in his ear like him thinking he was delicious and him probably being a good fuck in bed being so tight and small.

Yugi's eyes squinted closed tightly so tears wouldn't escape and began to shake uncontrollably as he called for anyone that would listen to help him.

As Yugi started to quiet down and give up there was a sudden loud booming sound like a heavy door flying open roughly, a few loud calls of fear from the occupants of the cell, a strangled call from the one holding him before he was released and the sound of the bone falling to the ground. He was pulled gently into the arms of the one that came, hands that were roughened held him closely and Yugi held onto his rescuer.

Yugi's eyes finally opened and he was met with the sight of blurred green and brown. He wiped his eyes to clear them and he pulled back a little to look up at the one thing that came to mind at the familiar colors and rough hands. He was surprised to see it was really was who he though and turned around to see what happened while his eyes were closed.

A sword was pointing at the people in the cell as the eight prisoners cowered in the farthest corner possible. Yugi recounted in his head and he found eight once more. He looked down in front of him and froze in terror as he saw the ninth that had been holding him dead and bleeding from an open wound. Yugi turned back quickly before he got sick at the sight and buried his face back into the elfin warrior.

`Why is he here though? I thought he hated me and if he did than wouldn't he be grateful something bad was going to happen to me?' He thought curiously.

Before Yugi could question it any further though, steps could be heard rushing down towards them. A gasp was heard and Yugi looked up. The elf was looking towards the stairs where the gasp came from and his sword was also lowered back into its hilt. Straining further so he could see whom was there; he saw Yami and smiled with tears of joy in his eyes. He detached himself from the warrior and ran over to Yami and cried into the warm and familiar chest of his lover as he told Yami what happened. When he turned around to thank the guardian though he was gone. No one had seen him disappear.

"It's alright, my Yugi." Yami whispered at seeing his koi looking confused. "Celtic Guardian is mysterious in many way and the only one that understands him is the elf himself." Yugi nodded and allowed the king to lead him back to their room. "Promise me you won't go back to the dungeons while those men are there."

"I promise, Yami." Yugi easily agreed. `I don't think I'll be as lucky next time anyways.'

"Thank you, Yugi. I have to go now, but I'll be back later tonight. Why don't you stay in here and wait for me?" Yugi nodded and watched sadly as Yami walked once more from the room.

He waited for Yami once more that day as he cried at how lonely he felt and wished for someone to be with him. He hated the empty feeling that had spread throughout him like he wasn't needed anywhere. He felt empty and useless. Lonely… until something enter the room with him.

Yugi jumped up surprised since he hadn't heard the door open and was surprised to see the Celtic Guardian standing in front of the door looking at him. Without thinking, Yugi sat up and knelt on his knees as he waited once more for the elfin warrior to make the first move.

After a few moments of silence, Yugi finally became uncomfortable under the piercing brown-eyes stare. "Why are you here?" He asked unable to take the silence any longer.

Yami had told him the rules of the creatures and didn't know if he should be scared that the guardian was here without being summoned or not. He now knew the Celtic to be somewhat irregular since he seemed to do things on his own.

The green-clad monster smirked, "I was summoned by you," he answered simply.

Yugi was surprised by his answer. "I hadn't… I can't! I don't even know how!" He burst out without thinking. "Besides," he added with fright tinged in his voice, "How can I summon one that isn't mine? Pharaoh Yami told me I couldn't unless the creature was mine or was told by one that was bound to another it was all right to."

The Celtic Guardian smirked once more. "But I am bond to one: you, Master Yugi," he held up a card with his picture on it.

Yugi gasped at the sight of the card as the warrior came closer and held it out to him to take. Yami had told him about this too. When a monster accepted you it gave you its binding card showing other their mark of being bound to another so they couldn't be take away. Yami had showed him his that he kept sewn inside his cape he always wore. Bakura kept his inside his shirt pocket and Malik had it in a special box inside his room. Yugi looked up with tears in his eyes at the seemingly simple gesture.

He didn't understand why the guardian was doing this if he hated him. "Why? Why are you giving me your binding card if you don't like me? I thought you didn't like me because with what I said, don't you?"

The elf smirked for what seemed like the millionth time to Yugi and put the card in his lap as he sat down on the bed next to his confused to-be-master, master as soon as he took the card. "Nobody had tried to be friends with me because of how I act and I wasn't used to so many emotions going through me at once. Nobody wanted someone like me in the first place so I didn't really know what I was doing either. I was just surprised and so I left when you said what you did to think things through."

Yugi was so happy that he hadn't offended the warrior that he hugged him and thanked him for everything.

Hesitating first and tensed at the contact, the guardian relaxed slightly and then altogether as he hugged him back.

Neither noticed it was getting late and the sky had darkened outside. Both hadn't noticed that Yami had opened the door and was watching them with a curious Malik and Bakura behind him. They felt sorry for leaving Yugi alone for the past few days and was going to apologize to him and inform him they were going to busy the next day as well, but when the saw the two on the bed embracing each other they stopped and watched them, wondering what was going on.

The two on the bed pulled back, still oblivious to the three at the door watching them intently.

Yugi wiped his tears away but more still spilled down at his happiness. The elf took it upon himself to wipe them away and they did stop this time. He looked back in his lap and took the care once more and offered it to Yugi knowingly and finally happy that someone wanted him and he knew the boy would take care of him just like he would do the same for the other.

Yugi smiled at the guardian once more before looking at the care he was being offered happily. Slowly, his handed lifted and, unknown to them, the three at the door were holding their breaths in anticipation, he took the card in his slender fingers and took it, still smiling at the elf when he looked t him s it slipped into his hand. But the moment just happened to be ruined when muffled sniffles and sobs could be heard from the door and three persons fell through: Yami on the bottom, Malik in the middle, and now a fully opened crying Bakura on top.

Yugi looked at them curiously and the elf just raised an eyebrow at the scene.

"Sorry for interrupting." Malik whispered stiffly and rolled out from under Bakura and pulled the white-haired advisor to his feet, dragging him away.

Yami glared at them and looked back, embarrassed at his situation he got himself into. `Damn curiosity!' He thought cursedly. He glanced out the window and smirked inwardly. He nodded out the window and Yugi looked, eyes widening at how late it had become.

The boy stood up and looked at the Celtic Guardian on the bed. "I should be getting some sleep. I hope I'll be able to spend some more time with you later tomorrow."

The monster nodded his agreement and disappeared back to the game room for the night.

Yugi looked at Yami with the card still in his hand and smiled sheepishly at being caught.

Yami smiled and walked into the closet and came back out with a chain and clear, flat baggy; similar to the kind Malik, Bakura, and Yami used to hold their cards in to protect them from getting dirty. He held his hand out for that card and Yugi hesitatingly gave it to him.

Yami, knowing Yugi was scared that he was going to do something to it, quickly put it in the bag and sealed it up before clipping the thin chain through it. He slipped the chain over Yugi's head and smiled at his it laid there gently with the Celtic's picture face-up on Yugi's pale chest.

"Thank you." Yugi whispered as he climbed into the bed and the two tangled together happily.

"Your welcome, my Yugi. I hope you won't be lonely anymore." Yami kissed the top of Yugi's head as they fell into deep slumber.