Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Second Chance ❯ Returning Shadows ( Chapter 4 )

Returning Shadows (thanks again anime AndrAIa)

Chapter 4

"So, Yami, how long are you here for?" Yuugi asked as he got out of the shower.

"For two weeks." Yami said as he sat on the counter, swinging his legs.

Yuugi looked disappointed. "That's all?"

"I have to get back to school, Yuugi. As I'm sure you do, too." Yuugi looked away from his lover. "What is it, Yuugi?"

"I'm not attending college, Yami."

"Why not? I heard you got a full paid scholarship! Why did you give it up?" Yami hopped off his perch on the counter and turned Yuugi's head to face him gently.

"A week... before graduation, Grandpa had a heart-attack. The doctors said it wasn't too serious, but... I didn't want to leave him here. With all this stress from running the Game Shop, for all I knew he could've had another heart attack and no one would've known." A small tear fell down his cheek.

Yami captured his love in a kiss and when he pulled back he smiled faintly. "Yuugi, it's beyond me how you ever thought you were weak." He pulled Yuugi close to him. "But you are sometimes too selfless."

Yuugi didn't reply. He just enjoyed being hugged by Yami. Then he felt a cool breeze run by him. "Um, Yami?"

"Yes?"

"Would you mind letting go?"

"Why?"

"I think I just dropped my towel."

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Bakura and the others saw Yuugi and Yami walk in. "So, Yami-" he was cut off when the said person ran at him and took him to the ground. "Wait, Yami! I'm sorry-" Then doing the least expected thing Bakura could imagine Yami doing, his friend hugged him. "Yami! Get off me! What do you think you're doing!" Then Yami's arms started to tighten. "Yami-can't-b-breathe!" Bakura gasped.

When Yami's torture was done, the tanned boy got up and smiled. He held out a hand to the boy still on the ground and helped him up. "That's what you get for nearly losing Yuugi all over again."

"But it wasn't just my idea!" he looked around for someone to support him, but not even Ryou came to his aid. {{Ryou!}}

{Yes?}

{{You wanna help me here?}}

{Not really.} Ryou started laughing at Bakura's dirty look.

"So, Yami," Marik started, "are you happy to have friends like us?"

"Unfortunately." Everyone laughed and Marik pretended to look hurt.

As Malik comforted his lover, he remembered what Yuugi's grandpa had told him. "Oh, yeah, Yuugi, your grandpa said it'd be okay for you to spend the night here," the Egyptian said suggestively.

Yuugi blushed at the implication, the taller boy stated. Yami just laughed and walked over to him. "What's wrong, Yuugi?" he teased. "You're gonna stay, right?" Yuugi nodded, his checks turning crimson. "What about your grandpa?"

Yuugi sighed and leaned against his love. "He's fine. I've been too worried about him, I think."

"So, what're we gonna do today, guys?" Jounouchi asked, when his stomach started growling.

"Well, thanks to those two," Seto nodded towards the reunited couple, "we've missed the lunch plans I set up. So, if we're hungry, we're going to have to make do with what's in the kitchen."

Jounouchi was up and half-way to the kitchen by the time everyone had just finished standing. The blond had gotten most of the food, as Kaiba said was the norm. Yuugi let Yami feed him on his lap, while Marik, Malik, Bakura and Ryou started WWFFI (World War Food Fight I). It eventually led to the quick disappearance of Yuugi and Yami.

When the two where safely out of harm's way, Yami commented, "They're all fools." Yami stuck his head back in to see who was going to win.

"Yami, I'm not so sure you should do that," Yuugi warned. He heard a `splat' and Yami tuned around. /Your face is covered in whipped cream./

//Really? I hadn't noticed.// He scooped of some of the sugary white stuff and threw it at the smaller boy. //Yuugi, your face is covered in whipped cream.// This of course started WWWCI (World War Whipped Cream I). It had ended when Yami found out how good Yuugi tasted.

Little did they know that they had an audience; equipped with whipped cream cans. "You wouldn't-" On that last word, they let loose on him. Yuugi giggled happily until he, too, was prayed upon. Ryou, being the person he was, handed Yuugi and Yami their own can to fight back with. As punishment, for `helping the enemy,' Bakura sprayed whipped cream down his lover's back.

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A shadowy figure crept around Yami's room at the Kaiba mansion. It was easy to gain entry to the poorly protected house. He roamed the upper part of the place, looking for signs of life. They was nothing but the sound of laughter traveling from downstairs. "Have fun while you can, Pharaoh. For soon you will be spending your days in terror."

The figure left as quietly and as quickly as it had arrived, leaving behind a single note.

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The group had finally called a truce. At that moment Isis walked in and surveyed the damage. "You better get cleaned up. I expect you all will have a lot to clean up."

"Isis?"

"Yes, brother?"

"Best sister in the whole wide world."

Isis rolled her eyes at her brother. "What do you want, Malik?"

"You'll help us clean up, right?"

She crossed her arms. "I didn't have any part in this."

Marik and Malik grinned at each other. They shook their whipped cream and sprayed Isis. "Now you do." His sister just sighed.

They managed to get everything cleaned and decided to get themselves cleaned as well. They went to their respective rooms to shower.

Yami and Yuugi got out of the shower. Well, Yuugi rather wobbled out of the shower and Yami had a predatory smile on his face. Yami strode into his room and went to get a pair of clothes for himself and Yuugi. //They would be a little baggy on him. Even with the obvious growth spurt he had, he's still not average height.// He waited for a retort from Yuugi, but none came. "Yuugi," he turned around and saw Yuugi clutching a piece of paper. "Yuugi?" Holding the towel in place, he walked towards his love. "What's that?"

"Y-Yami... read it." He handed the piece of paper over to Yami.

"`It was a shadow, in the garden with a knife,'" Yami read aloud. He still wondered what freaked Yuugi out so badly. "Sounds like a solution to Clue."

Yuugi shook his head, his whole body shaking. "It's not a solution, Yami. There is no shadow in Clue. It's from our past. It's about me and how I died."

Yami reread the note and it all clicked together. //Yuugi died in the garden by a knife wound from a shadowy figure.// "Y-Yuugi..."

Tears fell from Yuugi's paled cheeks. "The assassin was reborn. I knew it."

Yami suddenly feared Yuugi would leave him again. He grabbed the boy's shoulder's, "Yuugi, don't go. I'll make sure he won't hurt you. I swear! Just don't go." He pulled Yuugi into a fierce hug. "Don't go away again. We'll live this time."

"I won't leave you, Yami. Never. We need to be strong." Yuugi wiped the tears from his face. He hugged his lover back with all the love he possessed. But his soft interior showed through once again as he broke down crying again.

Yami felt Yuugi start losing hope. He pulled Yuugi into a breathtaking kiss. "Yuugi, we'll live. You believe me, right? We love each other, that's all we need."

"Yes. We love each other, but that wasn't enough last time."

"You're right, Yuugi, but this time it's different. You have to believe you'll live."

Yuugi nodded, his head buried in the other's chest. Breathing in the air Yami possessed. "You're right. We just need to believe." Yuugi tilted his head to kiss Yami.

When they parted, they promised never to leave each other.

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