Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Reverse Psychology ❯ Unexpected Savior ( Chapter 1 )

 

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“The Human Rebellion is at it again!”

 

Everyone turned to regard the speaker. The round table they were currently sitting at had enough room to comfortably fit all twenty people.

 

“Pegasus, elaborate.”

 

“Lord Atem, what I mean is that they've pulled another one of their schemes. They blew up Mhloie!”

 

“What?” The cold edge in his voice sent a chill throughout the room.

 

“But it's supposed to be heavily guarded! How did they manage that?” A voice cried in outrage.

 

Suddenly the room exploded, everyone talking at once and shouting to be heard over the noise.

 

“ENOUGH!” he bellowed. Everyone turned to look back at Lord Atem, his red eyes flashing dangerously, despite being shadowed by his blond bangs.

 

“Wow, Yami, you're never that loud in the bedroom.” Marik spoke after a moment of silence. He received a dirty look, for his comment, one that just rolled off his back.

 

“Now, obviously the humans have gotten smarter. Pegasus, were any of them caught this time?”

 

“As you said, they've gotten smarter. All that were caught died minutes later because of some type of ingested poison. I suspect any and everyone involved is now dead, we won't be getting any information out the humans.”

 

“This doesn't make any sense. I could have sworn we shut them down when we executed Hanazaki. Didn't the public execution of their leader rid them of their desire for `freedom'?” Seto's voice cut through the silence. “Something is wrong here; an organization doesn't suddenly get smarter or more active after its leader is killed.”

 

“That is where the problem lies.” All eyes turned to Yami. “I don't think Hanazaki was the leader, but instead he was merely a scapegoat.”

 

“But, my Lord Atem, why would they use Hanazaki as a scapegoat?”

 

Yami rubbed his temples lightly, he didn't know why.

 

“I'm not sure, but we'll sit here for the next two days of this meeting, if we have to, just to figure it out.”

 

“Isn't it obvious?” Marik ignored the looks he got for speaking. “They wanted us to lower our defenses in order to pull this off. Once Hanazaki was gone we figured the threat was over and look what happened.”

 

“Marik, you don't usually show this much intelligence inside the bedroom.” Yami stated. “Now, that we know the how and why, we need to figure out the who and where. Another strike like this to our supply lines and we might have to resort to eating humans.” He grimaced in disgust at that thought.

 

“About that…” Everyone turned to regard the speaker. “They're currently making an attack on Fdsoie.”

 

“WHAT!” The cry echoed around the room.

 

“And rumour has it that they're planning an attack on Sjgoie.”

 

“Isn't this simply fabulous?” Nobody was in the state of mind to berate Pegasus for his sarcasm.

 

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He watched them carefully. He had been amongst the first of the humans to be `captured', and all he wanted were three of these new slaves to join him on his endeavor home. It wouldn't be hard to get any of them out, if they cooperated.

 

“Get your hands off me!”

 

Another fight was breaking out. Time to observe.

 

Slowly, he crept through the darkness, careful not to draw too much attention to himself. A blond was screaming profanities at a few of the demon `guards'. He used the term loosely of course, because he doubted they were strong enough to safely guard a sheet of paper in their pocket.

 

Still the violet eyed blond, fought with a lot of passion, kicking and scratching and biting anything that came to close to him. Actually from what he could tell, that blond looked strangely enough like Marik, or Lord Ishtar to everyone he didn't consider important.

 

There was a cry for help, and the blond turned around to try and help someone, following the line of vision he nearly choked. If he hadn't known better, he would have sworn he was looking at Yami, also known as, Lord Atem. Those two were perfect, now that one problem was solved; all he had to do was find another slave willing to leave with him.

 

“Get away from him!” The cry was followed by the sound of flesh on flesh.

 

He watched intrigued as the demon, who was about three times the size of the average human, stumbled back. He looked around for who had caused the staggering blow; they would definitely be coming with him. He resisted the urge to rub his eyes when he saw him. It was like looking in the mirror, which meant that the kid, without a doubt, could pass as Lord Bakura. He would know.

 

His intervention was swift, the demon had regained its footing and was about to strike the boy. He grabbed the guard's wrist and flipped him over his shoulder with ease. He smirked at the shocked look he received, before the guard stood and pinned him with an angry glare that would have killed a lesser soul.

 

“Human, you're done for.” His tail thumped hard against the floor, the thick muscle was lined with scales harder than rock.

 

“Stop!”

 

Eyes snapped over to the speaker. A new demon, one whose strength even he couldn't deny, had approached.

 

“Otogi, what's the meaning of this?”

 

“Shouldn't I be asking that?”

 

He resisted the urge to chuckle at the shocked look on the larger demons face. Glancing around, he noticed that the smaller male, who looked much like Lord Bakura, was still staring at him. A light blush coating his cheeks.

 

He smirked at the boy, and watched the blush darkened. Wouldn't he be fun to play with?

 

“Maruso, you will leave at once. That is an order.”

 

The large demon opened its mouth before snapping it back shut. Glaring at him it mouthed the words: you, me, later. He didn't waste energy considering the demon a threat.

 

“The four of you have been selected.” Otogi told them. His piercing greens eyes were staring at him. Smirking he nodded his head, watching as the demon settled his sights onto something else before continuing. “You shall head to Quadriopoiesles. You leave immediately.”

 

Well, that would certainly make life a lot easier. They were sending them straight to the Royal Palace, he would have to change his plans slightly, but it would all be for the better.

 

“Why the hell are we being sent away?” the blond screamed.

 

Otogi moved so fast he doubted the blond even had time to register what had happened. He watched as Otogi lifted the boy by his throat. It was fascinating really. While most people would immediately bring their hands to their throats and try to loosen the pressure, the blond was so focused on kicking; it was a wonder as to whether or not he realized that he wasn't receiving any oxygen.

 

“Stop.” Otogi's voice was as cold as ice, and his eyes just as frosty.

 

The blond responded by managing to kick him in the head.

 

A low growl filled the space. It was a warning.

 

The blond was feisty, he couldn't lose him.

 

“Stop!”

 

Eyes snapped over to Lord Atem's doppelganger.

 

“Please don't.” he whimpered.

 

Otogi snarled and tossed the blond to the ground. A money pouch was tossed to him as he surveyed the blond on the ground.

 

“What's this for?” he asked.

 

Otogi rolled his eyes. “Lunch. The capital is a three hour trek from here, take that and buy lunch and whatever else you may need.”

 

“Why the hell would a slave trader be giving us money?”

 

Otogi sneered at him. “Order of the rulers, now, take it and leave.” With a swish of his hair Otogi was gone, leaving the four of them on their own.

 

“Umm, my name is Yuugi.” the smallest one said.

 

He knew he was the one being addressed; the three of them had been together since they had been captured.

 

“Malik.” the blond grumbled.

 

“I'm Ryou.” Ryou offered him a shy smile, blushing under the scrutiny he received.

 

“Bakura.” he said, and watched in amusement at the shocked look on their faces, though Ryou looked more embarrassed than shocked. “What's with that look?”

 

“It's just that…” Ryou trailed off.

 

“Yes?”

 

“My last name is Bakura.”

 

“Oh?” he chuckled. The blush had created a new shade of red. “You know what that means don't you?” The human didn't respond, just blushed harder. “By demon customs, I own you, now, come along pet.” he teased.

 

Malik and Yuugi shared a look, before shrugging it off and leaving.

 

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“You know what?” Malik started.

 

“What?” Yuugi answered.

 

“We could just take the money and leave. It's not like we have an escort or anything, those demons weren't to smart just handing us cash and expecting us to obey them.”

 

“Umm, Malik, would it be wise to disobey them?” Ryou chimed in, his worried eyes nervously peeking up at him.

 

“Hell yeah! I don't take anyone's orders but my own!”

 

He chuckled silently to himself, Malik was turning out to be perfect. His natural defiant attitude would make him even harder to get rid of then the previous humans, whose role he would fill.

 

Out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed Ryou's head raise a bit as the boy glanced at him and he started to blush all over again. Yup, he thought to himself, he'll definitely be fun to play with. Glancing around, he noticed that a town was just up ahead.

 

 

 

 

They slowly entered the castle, Honda showing them the way through the giant maze that was the palace. He ignored all of the grandeur like paintings and basic architect; unlike Yuugi, Malik and Ryou who stared at anything, and everything.

 

They entered a large corridor, when a loud cry caught their attention. Glancing over the guard rail they were met by a horrific sight. Their on the floor below them, a human boy was being brutally whipped by a demon. The human spat out curses every time the heavy tail made contact with his body.

 

“Fuck you!” the human cried, his blond hair fell over his eyes.

 

“You little bitch!” The tail cracked down on the boy several times harder this time. “How could you even suggest such a notion? !” The guard's outraged outburst rocked the corridor they resided in.

 

He couldn't let this chance go to waste; he could tell that this blond would be useful. He leapt over the guardrail, feeling no pain as he landed two stories down. Quickly he launched himself at the demon.

 

“What the hell do you think you're doing? !” he cried in unison with another voice. “This is my domain, and here, we do not beat humans!”

 

His head whipped around to regard the speaker. Somewhere above, he heard Yuugi gasp shocked. There stood a demon, its wings spread threateningly and its fangs bared as its tail thumped angrily on the ground.

 

Well that certainly explained all the blushing.

 

“Ryou.”

 

Or Lord Bakura.

 

 

Well, I've discovered a method for writers block… in the case that you know what you want to happen, but can't actually get there. Start from the bottom up. I wrote the first half of this, and couldn't get the second half, so I wrote the end, and voila! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!