Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ The Darkness in the Light ❯ Chapter10 ( Chapter 10 )

The Darkness in the Light

by Dragondreamer and Yami Dragon

Disclaimer: We don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! If we did, the guys would be running around the house naked!

Warning: This story contains shouenen-ai (guy/guy relationships) and yaoi (guys having sex with guys). It also contains coarse language and violence. If you don't like it, or become offended by such things, just go! Go on! GET!

Note: *…* Ryou's thoughts and mind link to Bakura

**…** Bakura's thoughts and mind link to Ryou

/…/ Yugi's thoughts and mind link to Yami

//…// Yami's thoughts and mind link to Yugi

[…] Joey's thoughts

[[…]] Seto's thoughts

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DD: *whispers to YD* This chapter should keep Bakura happy

YD: *nods*

Yugi: What the hell have you guys done to me anyway?

DD: You'll find out in this chapter.

YD: Yes, and we find out once again that Bakura just can't behave himself.

DD: *snickers* Got that right! Run Ryou! RUN!

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Something tickled the back of Yami's mind. Something that felt like Shadow Powers.

//Bakura! He must be tracking me with his Ring!//

"Yugi, look at me."

Yami raised his head, trying not to shudder at the madness in the man's eyes. He flinched as he felt the point of the knife caress his cheek, leaving a thin trail of blood.

"Good boy." He crooned, pulling Yami against him.

Yami could feel the man's arousal pressing against his hip and fought the urge to be sick. If he could drag this out, maybe Bakura could find him. He felt hope rise warm in his chest and struggled to keep it from showing.

//If he kills me before Bakura can get here, so be it…but I'm going to take him with me. I just need to await an opportunity.//

"What a handsome young man you've become Yugi." The slick voice was tinged with insanity as he rubbed himself against Yami. "So handsome."

Yami tentatively probed his own powers. They were weak. Days of emotional exhaustion and nights of no sleep had taken their toll. He didn't have the strength needed to send this bastard to the Shadow Realm.

//Fine. I'll kill him with my bare hands if I must.//

He stiffened as he felt the buckles on his shirt being undone and the cool air hit his skin. He closed his eyes to hide the rage there.

//Let him think it's out of fear. My chance will come…hopefully before he…Aibou…I'm sorry. I'll make sure this man doesn't get a chance to hurt you again.//

"Open your eyes son."

Yami forced a terror he didn't feel to show as he slowly opened his crimson eyes. As he did so, he saw a movement at the end of the room, amongst some crates. Two figures moving stealthily. A flash of white told him who it was.

Yami began to laugh.

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"Yugi, it's Joey." Ryou was trying to stay calm. Something was very wrong. Yugi's voice sounded…childlike.

"Ummm…am I supposed to know him?" Yugi looked curiously at the blonde who could only stare back, speechless.

"He's your boyfriend."

Yugi giggled. "You're silly! Boys don't have boyfriends!"

Tristan shot a worried look at Otogi who shook his head. "Yugi, do you know who we are?"

"Nope." Yugi looked at the brunette and smiled. "Are you all friends?"

"Yes, we are." Ryou said. "I'm your best friend. We go to school together."

"We do?" Yugi got out of Joey's lap and looked up at Ryou. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure." Ryou was struggling to keep his emotions in check. His best friend couldn't remember him. He couldn't remember any of them.

"How come your hair is white? You don't look old. A friend of my daddy's has white hair, but he's really old. Did you dye it or something?" The words poured out of his mouth in a rush.

Ryou looked at Joey. The other teen was staring at Yugi with an expression of what could only be described as horror. "I was born this way."

"Oh. Neat." Yugi's eyes went to the window across from them. "Wow! Look at that! You can see everything from here!" He bounced over to the window, pressing his nose against the glass.

Joey got up from the chair, backing slowly towards the door unnoticed. He was numb. This wasn't his Yugi.

"Look!" Yugi pointed. "You can see my Grandpa's game shop from here! Maybe I can go see him." He turned to Ryou. "Can I go see him?"

"Maybe later Yugi."

Yugi's gaze went to Otogi, still lying on the couch. He went to him and reached out to touch his shirt.

"You're covered in blood! What happened to your neck? Does it hurt? Did someone hurt you? Maybe you should go home. I bet your mom could take care of it. My mom was really good at that." His eyes grew sad for a moment. "I miss my mom. She died last year."

Tristan's breath caught somewhere mid-throat as something came to him. Yugi's voice, the rapid fire talking, the endless questions...they reminded him of his youngest cousin, and the comment about his mother... "Yugi? How old are you?"

Yugi smiled brightly up at him. "I'm ten."

Joey tore open the door and ran. He didn't know what else to do. Yugi was gone. He'd left him again.

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The blonde man took a step back at the dark laughter coming from his son. "Yugi…"

"You fool!" Yami could feel a gathering of power as Bakura approached. "Look at me! I am not Yugi!"

"Not…" The man's eyes narrowed as he noticed for the first time the red eyes possessed by this person. "But…" He took another step back.

"I am his dark half, his protector." Yami's voice was low, yet it seemed to fill the room, bouncing from the high ceiling. "You have made a grave error. I will not allow you to harm my hikari ever again. You deserve nothing short of hell for what you have done. And I am going to send you there."

He watched the blood drain from the man's face and his eyes go wide, his gaze somewhere over Yami's shoulder. Yami felt a hand placed on his shoulder and felt Bakura's energy flow into him and crackle about them both with a dark purple light. It wasn't enough. His own powers were still too weak.

"Let me do it Pharaoh." Bakura glared at the man. "Call it payback for all the trouble I caused you back in Egypt." **And I know you don't have the energy, despite your posturing.**

"Very well." Yami smiled, if it could be called that, at the man who had hurt his aibou. "I think it's time this bastard met your pet."

An evil grin crept across Bakura's face as he took out his deck, pulling out his man eater bug card. With a flash of light, the monster appeared next to him. The blonde man backed away, not even able to scream as he watched it lower its head and rub it against Bakura's chest with a purr.

Bakura stroked the beast's head affectionately and his smile widened as he saw his victim frozen with terror. "Take him, my pet."

A single step brought the creature to tower over the man. It almost seemed to pause, as if considering, before it lowered its head and grasped its prey in its jaws. There was an ear piercing scream, followed by a wet crunch, then a flash of light as it disappeared.

Bakura felt a warm glow from the card in his hand, announcing the return of the monster to its place. He tucked his deck back into his pocket and drew in the energy he had shared with Yami.

Yami staggered at the loss of power. Suddenly, strong arms wrapped around him and he looked up to find himself caught in a sapphire blue gaze.

"Seth…" He reached up and pulled the brunette to him, losing himself in his love's kiss.

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"Joey! Wait!"

Joey came to a stop, slumping against the wall as Tristan reached him. A security guard at the end of the hall took a step towards them, but Tristan waved him away.

"Joey, what are you doing? Yugi needs you."

"I…I don't know. I can't…" He looked at Tristan with pain filled eyes. "He's running again. Why is he running from me Tristan?"

"He's not running from you." Tristan pulled Joey into his arms. "I think Yami must have their link blocked and this was the only thing he could do to escape the pain."

Joey clung to him, struggling to fight back the tears. "What if he stays this way? What am I going to do?"

"I don't know pal. I don't know."

"Oh gods Tris. It's killing me to see him like this." Joey bit back a sob.

Tristan tightened his arms around the blonde. "It's okay Joey. Cry. I'm with ya bud."

Joey finally gave in, heart wrenching sobs tearing from him; and just let his best friend hold him.

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"As sweet as all this is, we should get back." Bakura said, breaking the spell.

Seto and Yami broke apart, breathing hard. Seto traced a finger over the scrape on the other's cheek.

"Yami, there's something I need to tell you. I…"

"Guys?" Bakura interrupted, impatiently tapping his foot. "We really need to get back. Seto, have you forgotten about Yugi?"

"Yugi?" Yami looked at Bakura. "What's wrong with Yugi?"

"The little guy freaked out again. He was unconscious when we left him."

"Oh Ra." Yami reached out to touch Yugi through the link, but all he got was static. "Let's go!"

Seto took his hand and the three of them ran from the building.

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The first thing they noticed when they stepped off the elevator was Joey and Tristan.

"What's going on?" Seto asked.

Joey was sobbing against his best friend's shoulder and Tristan had tears in his eyes.

"It's Yugi." Tristan said. "He's…he's reverted or something."

"What?" Yami looked confused. "What do you mean, reverted?"

Joey lifted his tear streaked face from Tristan's shoulder. "He thinks he's ten years old."

"What?!" The other three shouted.

Yami was already half way down the hall, the other two right behind him.

"Come on Joey." Tristan gently tugged on the blonde. "You need to face this as much as Yugi does."

Joey allowed himself to be led into Seto's office where Yugi was sitting on the couch with Otogi and Ryou on either side of him. He was looking at some dice Otogi had given him and shooting off questions, not even waiting for answers. Yami, Bakura and Seto were standing just inside the doorway, staring.

"Aibou?"

Yugi looked up. "Wow! You look just like me! Who are you? Hey Ryou! That other guy looks like you! Is he your brother?"

"Yugi." Yami came and knelt in front of him. "Don't you remember me?"

Yugi shook his head. "Am I supposed to? Are we related or something? Is that why you look like me? Your hair's kinda different though. It's even crazier than mine!"

"I…we're…" Yami climbed quickly to his feet, backing away. "What's happened to you Aibou?"

Yugi got up from the couch. "Did I do something wrong? Please don't be mad at me." His gaze fell on Joey. "Have you been crying Joey? Are you mad at me too?"

"No one's mad at you Yugi." Seto said. "We're worried about you."

"Why? What did I do?" Yugi looked up at the tall brunette, fear evident in his eyes.

"This isn't you." Seto tried to explain. "This isn't the Yugi we know."

"I don't understand. Ryou says we're friends, but I don't know you."

Seto walked up to him and held out his hand. "Come with me."

"But I don't want to." Yugi put his hands behind his back.

"It's okay Yugi." Ryou said softly, placing a hand on the smaller boy's shoulder. "Seto won't hurt you."

"O-okay." Yugi placed his hand in Seto's and allowed himself to be led over to a table set against the wall. There was a large mirror above it.

Seto picked him up and sat him on the table, turning him so that he faced the mirror. "Who do you see?"

"Umm…me…and you."

Seto motioned to Joey to come stand next to him. "And who's this?"

"That's Joey."

"Who is Joey to you Yugi?" Seto's voice was low and calming.

Bakura looked at Ryou, wondering where the hell Seto was going with this.

*I think I understand yami.*

**Well I sure as hell don't!**

*He's trying to make him see who he really is.*

**What? That makes no sense hikari!**

*Just wait. I think it'll work.*

"What do you mean?" Yugi asked, confused.

"Who is Joey in your life?"

Yugi giggled. "Ryou says he's my boyfriend, but that's silly!"

"Why?"

"Boys don't have boyfriends."

"But they do. Otogi is Tristan's boyfriend. And Ryou's boyfriend is Bakura." He gestured to the white haired spirit. "And Joey is yours. He loves you very much."

Yugi looked at Joey and something flickered in his eyes. "No. I don't have a boyfriend. I'm too young anyways."

"How old are you Yugi?"

"Ten."

"Look at yourself in the mirror. Do you look ten years old?"

"Ummm…no, but…" That same something flickered again. Yugi shook his head as if trying to clear it. "But I am."

"No, you're not. You just turned seventeen."

"No, I didn't!" Yugi was starting to look panicked. "I'm only ten! I am!"

"Yugi." Joey put his hand on the smaller teen's arm, catching on to what Seto was trying to accomplish. "You're birthday was just a few weeks ago. I gave you this." He touched the silver pendant around Yugi's neck. "Do you remember?"

Yugi looked at the charm. "I think I…no! No I don't!"

"I think you do." Seto said quietly.

Joey turned the pendant over so Yugi could see the inscription on the back. "I love you Yugi."

"No!" Yugi shook his head vehemently, his amethyst eyes wide and scared.

Seto reached around him and unbuckled his neck belt, drawing it off. "Do you remember this? Do you remember how you got it?"

"No! No! I don't want to remember!" Yugi squeezed his eyes shut. "Please, don't make me!"

Yami took a step towards them, intent on making Seto stop. Tristan grabbed him by the arm, shaking his head.

"Let him Yami." He said.

"But…I can't…"

"Trust him. I think they're getting through to him."

"Yugi," Seto said firmly. "You can't hide from this. You need to remember."

"No, please." Yugi whimpered.

Joey turned Yugi towards him, keeping his hands on his shoulders. "Yugi, don't do this. I don't think I'd survive losing you again baby."

At the blonde's use of the endearment, Yugi cracked. "Oh gods! Joey…I'm so scared."

"Hush, it's okay." Joey put his arms around the trembling form and held him close. "There's nothing to be afraid of anymore."

"But…he hurt Otogi…and Yami…"

"He didn't hurt me Aibou. He never got the chance."

"But…what if he comes back? What if he gets me next time?"

"He won't be coming back." Bakura's smile had a decidedly evil cast to it.

"He won't?"

"Not unless they kick him out of the Shadow Realm." The white haired man chuckled.

Yugi looked over at Otogi, who was sitting next to Ryou on the couch. He was a little pale and his shirt was soaked with blood.

"Otogi, I'm so sorry."

"It's not your fault Yugi." Otogi smiled at him.

"Yeah." Tristan sat down next to his lover and put an arm around him. "It's not your fault he faints at the sight of blood."

"Fuck you."

"Later."

Their banter broke the tension in the room and even Yugi laughed. Joey lifted him off the table and he went to Yami, putting his arms around his other and hugging him hard.

"Thank you Yami."

Yami ran a long fingered hand through the other's hair, smiling gently down at him. "There's no need to thank me Aibou. I love you. You're my light, I'd do anything for you." He let his love and affection for his little light pour through the link, feeling Yugi respond in kind.

**I think I'm gonna puke!**

*Oh yami! Stop!* Ryou rolled his eyes.

Seto came up to Yami and Yugi, smiling at the smaller of the two and ruffling his hair. "Yami, we need to talk."

"Can't it wait?" Yami asked, holding Yugi tighter.

"No Yami, it can't." Yugi said, pulling away from his dark.

"Not here, please?" Yami looked up at Seto, eyes pleading.

"Well, if we're done here, I want to go home." Bakura said, hands on his hips. He desperately wanted to get his hikari alone so he could work off some of the sexual tension that came with allowing himself to feel the bloodlust of killing. He shot a mental picture at Ryou of what he was in for and the boy's eyes went wide and a small moan escaped his lips as he saw himself tied to their bed, gagged and blindfolded, Bakura pounding into him.

Tristan shook his head, stuck between amused and disgusted. "Gods you guys!"

"Maybe we should go too." Otogi looked at Tristan, clearly conveying that he thought the others needed to be alone.

"I'll call a car for you." Seto went to his desk, picking up the phone.

Ryou went to Yugi, trying to block the mental pictures his yami kept sending him, and put his arms around the smaller boy. "Are you going to be okay?"

"I'll be fine Ryou." Yugi hugged him back. "Thank you for being there."

"Hey, that's what I'm here for."

"The car's ready any time you are." Seto hung up the phone.

"Let's go then." Bakura stalked up to Ryou, grabbing him and practically dragging him from the room, pausing briefly to give Yugi a quick, one-armed hug, ignoring everyone else.

Joey was leaning against the wall, wanting to give Yugi his space. He smiled slightly as Ryou was pulled from the office by Bakura. He watched as Tristan bent down to hug Yugi and then approach him.

"Okay pal?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"Call me if you need me, okay Joey?"

Joey nodded, eyes going back to Yugi as Otogi hugged him goodbye, once again brushing of his apologies.

As the door closed, Seto turned to Yami. "Let's head back to my place."

"It's late. I really should get Yugi home."

"Yami, please don't start this again." Yugi protested.

"But Aibou…"

"But nothing Yami." Seto said. "I'm not going to let you get over protective of him again."

"Seto, he's been through a lot today. He needs to rest!"

"Yami, what he needs..!"

"Stop it!" Yugi stepped in between them, clearly close to losing his temper. "Yami, you're damn well going to talk to him! And if he'd rather do it at his place, then you're going! I've had enough of this whole fight between the two of you!"

Joey had been silently watching the exchange, and decided it was time he stepped in before Yugi lost it completely. "We'll come with you Seto."

"Good idea Joey." Yugi smiled at him.

//Aibou…//

"No Yami. We're going."

Far from gracefully, Yami gave in.

~*~*~*~*~

Yugi gratefully accept a glass of soda from Seto and cuddled closer to Joey on the couch. Yami was sitting in a chair next to the unlit fireplace, watching Yugi intently.

/Yami! Stop it already! I'm fine!/

//I'm sorry Aibou.//

/Just promise me you'll listen to what Seto has to say./

//For you I will.//

/No Yami. Do it for him, not me./

"Yami?" Seto was standing in front of him. "All I'm asking is that you put the past aside for now and listen."

Yami searched the pleading sapphire eyes, nodding. "Alright."

Seto got down on his knees and took Yami's hands in his. "Do you remember when I told you that my step father beat me? I didn't tell you the whole truth."

"You didn't?"

"No…I know that I told you that he beat me to try to get rid of any weakness his twisted mind thought I was displaying. Weakness of any kind wasn't acceptable to him. I was expected to take any form of punishment without a sound. If I didn't, he'd go after Mokuba." Seto's voice broke. "He knew I'd do anything to spare my brother."

"Seto, I don't see…"

"Please, let me finish." Seto took a deep breath, clearly struggling with himself. "He came to my room one night drunk. He told me if I didn't "submit", as he put it, he'd go after Mokuba. That went on for less than a year when he started handing me around to his business associates."

Yami looked into the tear filled azure eyes. //Oh Seth…why didn't you tell me?// Yami's heart broke for his lover. //If only you had told me from the beginning.//

"I was convinced that I was saving my little brother from him. Until the day he died." The tears spilled from his eyes unnoticed. "I went into his office to bring him some papers…I remember it was dark outside…I found him…he had Mokuba in his lap. He was touching him…my little brother…oh gods! I can see it like it was yesterday."

Yami freed a hand from Seto's and reached out to brush away his tears. "It's okay my love. You don't have to go on."

"But you don't understand! I was nothing better than a whore! I couldn't face the fact it was all for nothing!"

"But it wasn't." Yugi said. "You were protecting Mokuba."

"But I didn't. I let myself be used like that and in the end he still got his hands on my brother."

"Did he actually...?" Joey trailed off, unsure of how to say it.

"No," Seto shook his head. "But only because I walked in when I did. And then I made sure he'd never get another chance."

Yugi and Joey exchanged glances. They'd heard the rumors that Seto had killed his step father. This was the closest he'd ever come to admitting to it.

"That's why I fought you so hard about over protecting Yugi." Seto looked into Yami's crimson eyes. "What happened to him wasn't his fault. He didn't have a choice. I didn't want him to end up like me, unable to face the truth of it. I didn't want him…hating himself for it…like I do."

Yami stood up, putting his arms around Seto and holding him. "I didn't know. Seth, can you forgive me?"

"There's nothing to forgive. I only hope you can forgive me." He buried his face in Yami's stomach, clinging to him tightly.

"As you said my love, there's nothing to forgive." He bent down and kissed the tears from the brunette's face. "I love you Seth."

Seto stood, pulling Yami to him in a passionate kiss. He picked the other up and strode from the room, forgetting Joey and Yugi, thinking only how desperately he wanted to show his pharaoh how much he loved him.

Yugi smiled up at Joey and stood, holding out his hand. He led the blonde upstairs to the room he stayed in when he came to spend the night. Closing the door behind them, he turned to the blonde, wrapping his arms around him.

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Bakura: *glomps DD* THANK YOU!!

DD: *slaps at Bakura* Get off me you freak!

Bakura: *grabs YD* You finally let me kill someone!

YD: Well, we were getting sick of your whining.

Otogi: Is it just me, or was there a lot of blood in the last couple of chapters?

YD: *snarls at Otogi*

DD: Chalk it up to PMS.

Yugi: Aren't you done yet?

DD: Nope. One more chapter.

YD: That's right! And it's almost all lemon!

Guys: ALRIGHT!!

YD: Review please!

DD: The last chapter is almost done, so we should have it out in the next day or two.