Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Romeo and Romeo ❯ Deadly Fight ( Chapter 8 )

—Yay! Awakening has two votes now! Okay, so you guys want to read Awakening. That's cool. So I'll start on Awakening as soon as I finish Romeo and Romeo. Assuming nothing life-changing happens within that span of time.

 

—Well, yeah. Of course Yuugi's mother called the police. Any sensible woman who just saw her son's murderer climb out his bedroom window would call the police. Apparently, Yami doesn't care if he gets arrested. In this case, he'll probably plead insanity. But, sshh! Don't speculate anything yet. You never know what I'll do with the ending.

 

Chapter 8 - Deadly Fight

 

“Police?”

 

“My…my son has been murdered! Please, help me! Oh God, help!”

 

“Calm down, ma'am. Where do you live?”

 

“306 Cherryvale Lane. Please…he was killed by his half brother, Yami Atemu!”

 

“We'll have a couple units down there right away to secure the place, ma'am. Just stay calm and don't move the body.”

 

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Jounouchi borrowed Seto's keys and wrote a brief note to his still sleeping lover. Almost immediately Jounouchi left the apartment and drove back home. First, he stopped at the Mutou residence. Police officers and detectives were swarming the mansion like ants. Jounouchi hopped out of the car and ran in to find Mrs. Mutou standing outside her son's room in tears.

 

“Jounouchi!” Mrs. Mutou said when she saw him. She was so happy to see her son's friend that embraced him tightly. Jounouchi said nothing and tried to comfort her as best he could.

 

He looked into Yuugi's room. The window was being dusted for fingerprints and two policemen were getting out a body bag to put Yuugi in. Yuugi was sprawled out on the floor, face down. His starry, turquoise pajamas were stained with blood. There was a stab wound in his back, directing at his heart. The nice, green carpet around Yuugi's lifeless body was soaked red.

 

Mrs. Mutou shook as she continued to sob. A detective came over and showed Jounouchi his badge. “You a friend of the deceased?”

 

“Yeah. I'm Jounouchi Wheeler. I moved here a while ago. Yuugi was the first friend I made since movin' here.”

 

Mrs. Mutou nodded to confirm what Jounouchi said. “Yes. Yuugi and Jounouchi were best friends. Always hanging out together and talking, doing homework together—” She broke off in sobs of loss.

 

The detective let her cry for a few minutes before asking, “Now you saw Yuugi's half brother crawl out the window when you discover your son's body.”

 

“Yes.” Mrs. Mutou sniffled. “Earlier this morning, my son stayed in bed late. I went up and knocked on his door. He said he wasn't feeling well and needed to sleep it off. So I went to my study, which is right down the hall. A few minutes later I heard an exclamation of pain from my son's room. I ran in and I saw…Yuugi dead and Yami climbing out of his window. Yami looked at me and…he smiled! He looked like he'd gone insane. I've never known Yami to do something like this. He was violent as a child, yes. But he straightened out after just a year.”

 

“Does Yami have a grudge against somebody you know? Your son? You, boy?” the detective pointed at Jounouchi.

 

“I don't think Yami had anything against Yuugi. Nobody could have anything against Yuugi. He was the nicest guy I ever knew.” Jounouchi said. He was reluctant to tell the police about Yami's relationship with Seto. That must've been what made Yami snap, thought Jounouchi.

 

“I love Seto Kaiba.” Jounouchi said softly. He turned and left the house. The detective was stunned, but came back to reality.

 

“The Wheelers and the Kaibas hate each other…don't they?” the detective asked Mrs. Mutou.

 

“Yes. From what my son has said, Seto Kaiba and Yami were dating, but Seto broke up with Yami, I think.” Mrs. Mutou's eyes widened. “Oh no…do you think that's what…” She clamped a hand over her mouth and trembled.

 

The detective caught her train of thought and nodded. “Sounds like Yami has a psychological problem.”

 

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Dear Seto,

 

Yami's done something awful to Yuugi. I've gone to settle the score. Don't try to follow. If I don't come back in two hours, call the police. Tell them that Yami's a psycho. Confess everything about us. I love you always.

 

Jounouchi “Pup”

 

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Yami stood in the parking lot of an abandoned elementary school. The school had to be closed down, because it was so worn out and a new elementary school had been built just six blocks away. There was a steady drizzle falling as Yami waited for Jounouchi to come. He wore a black leather jacket and matching leather pants. His shoes were dark blue, like his shirt. His left hand was stained with Yuugi's blood, though the rain had washed some of it off.

 

Inside his pocket was the knife he used to kill Yuugi. But inside his jacket…was a pistol.

 

Jounouchi drove up in Seto's car, which made Yami frown hard. Jounouchi stepped out and glared angrily at his spiky-haired enemy.

 

“What the hell is wrong with you?” Jounouchi asked in a dangerously low voice.

 

“You took Seto away from me. He was all I had. I loved him.” Yami said in an equally low voice.

 

“That still doesn't give you the right to kill Yuugi. He was my best friend! Now I'm comin' to get revenge.”

 

Yami flicked out his pocket knife and held it at Jounouchi. “If Yuugi hadn't introduced you and Seto and pushed you into talking with him, none of this would be happening. Seto and I would still be together and Yuugi would still be alive!” Yami's voice rose with every word.

 

“That's bullshit! You're crazy!” Jounouchi could tell by now that Yami was insane. He decided that maybe fighting a madman wasn't the smartest idea he ever had. He wanted revenge for Yuugi, but then again, the police would eventually arrest Yami and he could rot in jail. That would be better than trying to kill Yami himself.

 

As Jounouchi was debating on that, Yami came at him and slashed left and right with his pocket knife. Jounouchi dodged at the last minute and the knife only ripped his shirt. He had been in street fights with knives before, but he saw the heaviness of Yami's jacket. He saw a slight bulge in the left, inside pocket. Yami had another weapon. If Jounouchi could pull Yami's jacket off, then maybe he could get to the hidden weapon and use it.

 

But if it were a gun…

 

Slash! Blood ran down Jounouchi's right cheek. He punched Yami squarely in the gut and jumped back to asset the damage. There was a small cut on his cheek, but not a bad one. He'd had worse cuts.

 

The drizzle was steadily falling as the two young men faced each other once again. Yami's crimson eyes were ablaze with madness. Jounouchi knew that if he could just knock Yami out, then he could get his cell form the car and call the police.

 

Yami came at Jounouchi again with the knife. He started combining stabbing motions with his slashing. Jounouchi dodged and managed to deal a punch to Yami's face. Down the spiky-haired man went. He fell face down and before he could get up, Jounouchi tackled him and grabbed the wet, spikes of red, black and blond. He pulled hard and Yami screamed in rage and pain.

 

“This is how it feels when you kill my friend!” Jounouchi growled as he continued to pull. He reached down with his free hand to grab the knife from Yami, but didn't succeed. Instead, Yami managed to turn his head and bite Jounouchi's free hand. He bit until he drew blood. Jounouchi grimaced in pain and punched Yami's in the back of the head.

 

He was free and Jounouchi stood back with a bleeding, bitten hand. Yami struggled to his feet and turned yet again to face his foe. There was blood on his forehead. His face must've hit the parking lot when Jounouchi punched him. Jounouchi decided to go on the offensive again. He charged Yami and bypassed the knife to slam Yami's body into the car. Jounouchi heard a slight crack and then a shot of pain rang through his entire body.

 

Yami pushed him off and said in a low voice, “My rib…” He'd been slammed against the car so hard that one of his ribs had cracked. But Jounouchi hadn't gotten away without some damage too. Yami had stabbed him in the side. Not a deep stab, but still a stab wound.

 

Jounouchi held his side, which was now bleeding a little, and was about ready to come at yami again, but the spiky-haired man tackled him and sent them both to the ground. Yami's jacket wasn't bulging anymore. Something had fallen out while Jounouchi had tackled him. He had to find it!

 

Yami raised his knife in preparation to stab again, but Jounouchi was quicker. He grabbed the hand with the knife and twisted hard. Crack! Yami screamed as his wrist was broken. He dropped his knife and punched Jounouchi in the jaw. The blonde let go. Yami got off him and scrambled for the knife.

 

Jounouchi began to crawl away from the crazy man and saw something black and shiny on the wet pavement. It was a pistol. Jounouchi's eyes widened. Yami had had a gun the entire time! Shit, if Yami had drawn this…

 

Yami came at Jounouchi again with the knife in his other hand. Jounouchi grabbed the gun and pointed it at Yami. The spiky-haired man stopped. They were at a stand-still. No one knew who'd strike first.

 

—Stopping there for now. But the fight will end in Chapter 9.