Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ School of Magick ❯ Bad Memories ( Chapter 15 )

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WARNING: This story contains YAOI (male/male pairings)!! If you don't like it, then don't read it.

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Well, here's another update. I'm sorry that I didn't update sooner. Well, on with the chapter!

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Chapter 15: Bad Memories

As he dried off Yuugi began to feel more comfortable. He leaned against the wall behind him and positioned himself so that he could see both sparing matches at the same time. 'Yami will probably beat Honda. Honda's good, but Yami just has more practice with combative magick. He's better than I am, too. As for Jou and Ryou: that's anyone's match. Jou doesn't have the greatest concentration, but Ryou doesn't really like to hurt anyone or anything and tends to hold back on his attacks.' Yuugi thought to himself about the possible outcomes of the matches between his friends.

Jounouchi, still looking upset, faced Ryou. He put a hand behind his back and formed a small bubble of water. 'I'll show them. I beat Yuug and I can beat the rest of them too.' His train of thought was derailed by a sudden blast of wind aimed straight at his chest. It knocked him backward a little ways before he could recover.

"Hey!" He shouted at Ryou.

"Sorry, Jou. I thought you were ready to start." Ryou replied.

Jounouchi gritted his teeth, then sent the bubble, which he had managed to hold onto, straight toward Ryou. Ryou's face registered surprise for a moment, then he held out both hands and formed a barrier of solid air in front of himself. Jounouchi grinned as the bubble burst, then seemed to reform. Only this time, it reformed around Ryou.

Yuugi laughed softly. Ryou was now encased in a bubble, effectively at Jounouchi's mercy. Or so it seemed. 'That might have worked against a pyro, shadow, or illumancer, but not against a geomancer or aeromancer. Ryou can get out of there easily, if he thinks about it.'

Ryou looked around himself in shock. He'd forgotten about this type of attack, so he hadn't expected it at all. He had to get out of the bubble fast, before Jounouchi could attack him again. He concentrated on the air immediately outside the bubble. When he felt it respond, he smiled a little, then forced it to disappear, creating a small vacuum around the bubble. The bubble expanded outward rapidly, then burst, freeing Ryou, although he got wet in the process. 'But that isn't as much of a detriment to me as it would be for Yami or Yuugi.' He thought, almost laughing at the shocked expression on Jounouchi's face.

Yuugi laughed again, then turned his attention to Honda and Yami. Yami had attacked first, creating a medium sized fireball and flinging it at Honda to gauge his reaction time. Honda had countered by forcing the rock of the floor in front of him to rise up to form a thick wall. The fireball had scorched the rock where it hit, but hadn't reached its target. Honda had then made a move before Yami could attack again. Honda called some up a couple fist-sized stones and flung then at his friend like you would a snowball. Yami ducked the first stone, but the second one hit his shoulder. He grunted, but recovered and sent a quick firebolt at Honda.

Honda managed to dodge it. He made a quick gesture with his wrists and moved to the side. Yami yelped in surprise as vines appeared through the floor and surrounded his legs. He tried to move and almost fell. Yuugi almost fell over from laughing so hard. Yami glared at him for a moment, then closed his eyes. A fiery aura formed around him and the vines started to shrivel from the heat.

Honda reacted by creating an earthquake. Yuugi gripped the wall to stay standing, and Ryou and Jounouchi struggled for footing as the ground tossed around them. Yami couldn't maintain his balance since he was still wrapped in the vines and fell on is side.

"Watch it Honda!" Jounouchi called, shaking his fist at him.

"Sorry!" Honda called, smiling back.

While Yami was momentarily shocked Honda formed more vines around his body, almost completely encasing him in vines. Yami struggled reflexively and Honda smirked at him.

"What are you going to do now?" He taunted.

Yami glared back. He had hit his head on the floor when he fell and his headache wasn't helping his disposition. Combined with his embarrassment at being outmaneuvered so far and you had one very upset pyromancer. He looked up at Honda's smirking face and saw a different face entirely as his memory found a similar event from the past.

~*~"What's the matter, Yami? I would have expected better from you. What are you going to do now?" Seto asked, smirking at his momentarily helpless opponent.~*~

The memory pushed him over the edge. He wouldn't lose. Yami growled, his eyes flashing, and torched the vines surrounding him. He scrambled to his feet. He started to form a fireball. It grew in power and size.

Yuugi watched for a moment, frozen. He had never seen Yami this angry before. 'I have to do something.'

"Yami stop!" He called, rushing forward.

Yami didn't even respond, he just focused on Honda, who was looking very nervous.

"Hey, I was just kidding." He tried to calm his friend, backing slowly away. "Come on Yami. It's no bid deal."

Ryou and Jounouchi watched from the other side of the room. They could sense the amount of power Yami was pouring into his attack. Jounouchi prepared a water shield, ready to form it around Honda if Yami attacked. He wasn't sure if it would be powerful enough to stop the attack, but it would at least deplete its power.

Yuugi rushed up to Yami. He grabbed the arm holding the fireball. He could feel the heat coming off the ball, but ignored it.

"Yami. That's enough." He tried again, pleading. "It was just practice."

Yami turned to face the boy holding onto his arm and seem to snap out his daze. He blinked, then realized what he was doing. He stared at Yuugi in shock, banishing the fireball. Yuugi breathed a sigh a relief, smiling up at Yami.

Yami looked away, ashamed. "I'm sorry Honda." He called.

"It's alright man. But I think that's enough for right now."

"I agree." Ryou said, coming up to them. "Are you alright, Yami?"

"Fine." Yami muttered, then he pulled away from Yuugi and walked away.

Yuugi glanced at his friends. Ryou nodded towards Yami. Yuugi nodded back and then chased after his boyfriend. Yami had just reached the door when Yuugi caught up to him. He didn't acknowledge the other boys presence, just kept walking. Yuugi simply followed him, not sure what to say.

Yami headed for the room he shared with Yuugi, lost in his own thoughts. 'I can't believe I almost did that. I could have seriously hurt Honda. If Yuugi hadn't stopped me I would have attacked him for something that wasn't even his fault.' He opened the door to their room and flopped face-down on his bed.

Yuugi closed the door as he came in. Yami was lying on his bed, back to Yuugi. 'What happened?' Yuugi asked. 'Everything was fine, then Yami just seemed to lose it.'

"Yami?" He asked, moving over to the older boy. "Are you alright?"

"I'm sorry, Yuugi." Yami replied, not answering the question. "I don't know what happened, but I'm sorry."

"You didn't really do anything wrong, Yami." Yuugi soothed him, sitting down on the side of his boyfriend's bed and rubbing his back. "We all lose our temper sometimes, and Honda can be a little annoying. And you didn't answer my question."

Yami turned his head and smirked at Yuugi. "You don't give up, do you?"

"Nope." Yuugi replied brightly, earning a small chuckle from the older boy. "So, are you alright?"

Yami shook his head, then turned onto his side so he could look at Yuugi. "I'll be fine. I just hope Honda forgives me for almost barbequing him. It wasn't even him I was mad at."

"Don't worry about Honda, he's probably already forgiven you." Yuugi assured him. "And, if you weren't angry at Honda, then who were you angry at?"

"Someone else." Yami replied, reluctant to talk about it.

"Someone from Kami?" Yuugi asked, knowing that Yami didn't like to talk about his old school.

Yami's face registered surprise, "How did you . . ." Then he shook his head and side. "Nevermind. Yes, someone from Kami."

"Who?" Yuugi asked simply. 'Whatever happened there must have been pretty bad if he almost fried Honda because he was remembering someone else.'

"I don't want to talk about it." Yami replied, rolling onto this back putting his hands behind his head and looking up at the ceiling.

"Yami, it might help if you talk about it." Yuugi tried again, hoping to break through the wall Yami had put up.

"Maybe another time." Yami replied. "Not right now."

Yuugi frowned for a moment, then smiled to himself as an idea formed. Before Yami could react he spread himself out next to his boyfriend and rested his head on the other boy's shoulder.

Then he looked up at the older boy, his eyes wide, and, giving his best pleading look asked, "Please?"

Yami had looked down at Yuugi in surprise when he felt the other boy lay down beside him, so he received the full effect of Yuugi's gaze. He immediately felt his resolve wavering. He looked away quickly, but it was too late. He knew that Yuugi would win, but could be stubborn and hold out for a little longer.

"Yami?" Yuugi asked softly, still giving him a pleading look.

Yami finally caved and glanced back down at the smaller boy beside him. "I hate you." He said, but he smiled to show he didn't really mean it.

"I know." Yuugi responded readily, smiling back. "So, are you going to tell me?"

Yami shook his head, then looked away again and sighed. "Alright. His name was Seto. He was my rival back at Kami. He was also my lover up until I left. I cared about him, but he had a way of getting under my skin and really making me mad. What Honda said, was almost exactly the same thing that Seto had said once."

"Why did you leave?" Yuugi asked, genuinely curious.

"It just wasn't a very good atmosphere at Kami." Yami replied, not ready to tell Yuugi everything.

Yuugi nodded his head and snuggled closer to Yami. Yami smiled down at him and wrapped an arm around his shoulders. They were both content to stay that way for the rest of the night, but if they didn't show up for dinner their friends would worry even more. Besides, Yami wanted to apologize to Honda again. So they finally broke apart and headed down to the dinning hall to eat.

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Well, what did you guys think? I talked more about Yami's past! Please review?!