Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Virus ❯ Chapter 23
[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
By: leev 
Seto and Yugi talk. Pegasus and the yamis talk. There's a lot of talking here.
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Hentai / Suspense | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 01.11.2003 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 382 | Status: Work In Progress
Seto and Yugi talk. Pegasus and the yamis talk. There's a lot of talking here.
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Hentai / Suspense | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 01.11.2003 | Pages: 2 | Words: 1.6K | Visits: 382 | Status: Work In Progress
A/N: Thanks everybody for the reviews! I love them so much.
Silverdrake: Tee-hee. I have rendered you incapable of complete sentences. *bg* Yeah, Pegasus is a meanie. Big hint - he doesn't care for Chikan at all.
Jadesaber: Just another feeble attempt at humor by yours truly. I heard it on that show "Moonlighting."
Lily22: Kaiba is sly. He knows what he's doing, even if he doesn't know Pegasus ultimate master plan. His sneakiness will make itself known in the next chapter or two.
Daftdaydream: Thank you! I really like Bakura. I know he is way OOC sometimes, but he and Ryou are so kawaii together I can't stand it.
Cody Thomas: Sparkling manga girl eyes have little power over me! Hahahahah! (However, just the tiniest hint of bishonen - OMG! - types as fast as her fingers will allow)
Madyamisam: Be my guest! I enjoyed that so much, I think I'll do it to Kaiba every chance I get!
Disclaimers apply. On with the story.
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Virus - Part 23
Seto dropped like a rock. He couldn't think, much less try and stop Yugi from attacking him again. He clenched his eyes shut and lay in pain on the floor, waiting for a well-deserved beating. Instead of the expected poker to the forehead, he felt a caring hand wipe the brunette bangs from his brow. It stroked and patted his face as a timid voice asked, "Kaiba? Are you hurt?"
Seto couldn't help but snort with laughter, which caused the owner of the gentle touch to scoot away from him. Yugi didn't stay away long. He slowly edged closer and helped Seto sit upright with his back to the bed. When Seto seemed steady, Yugi backed off and sat on the carpet a few feet away.
"I'm sorry I hurt you. I just couldn't let you try to hurt me again."
Seto looked over at the other boy. He was upset, but not exactly afraid. /He must not know about the ritual. Pegasus hasn't told him./ "It's all right Yugi. I earned it. Will you allow me to explain why I tried to…to…," he took a breath and charged ahead, "why I tried to rape you?"
Yugi's eyes betrayed fear then, but he stayed in place and faced the one who had attacked him last night. "OK Kaiba. I'm listening. And it had better be good, or Yami will obliterate you, and I won't be able to stop him."
/Damn. He's calling me 'Kaiba' again. I've lost his trust; I have to get it back./
"Believe me kid, Yami is the least of my worries right now." Seto told Yugi everything about the Dark Soul Ritual, minus a few of the more disturbing aspects such as the complete brutality of the rape and the whole devouring of his beating heart part. Yugi's eyes grew rounder and rounder as the story unfolded.
"So, when you tried to, uh, take me, you were really trying to help because then I wouldn't be a pure sacrifice anymore?"
"That's about it."
"That's about stupid."
It was Seto's turn for rounded eyes. "Hey, I was trying to save your life, not to mention the entire world!"
"I'm sorry, Seto, I didn't mean it to come out that way. I understand now, and I appreciate the thought, but you're forgetting something." Yugi moved closer and placed his small hand on Seto's bare shoulder. He smiled and said, "Yami will find me. He won't let me down; I know he'll find a way to save us."
Seto shuddered. He couldn't believe it, but three things were perfectly clear. One: Yugi had utter confidence that his yami would get him out of this; the boy didn't even seem all that scared. Two: Yugi had called him Seto again. Three: Yugi had touched him. Sure, it was on the shoulder, but a touch was a touch, right? After his forceful actions of the previous evening, he didn't think Yugi would ever allow contact between them again.
Yugi mistook Seto's shudder as a reaction to the cool morning breeze coming in through the window. THE WINDOW!
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Pegasus lifted an elegant eyebrow and gave the yamis a moment to look over the letters. /Look at them, Chikan. Poor confused souls. They have no idea what is in store for them./
Chikan responded immediately. //We must play this very carefully. One false move, and we'll be stuck here with no sacrifice and no millennium item at all.//
Pegasus sent his agreement through their link, then replaced his mental barriers. Yes, Chikan, I must play this carefully. So carefully that even you won't know what's happened until it is too late. Pegasus laughed quietly to himself, then returned his attention to Yami and Bakura.
"As you can see, Seto Kaiba has directed his little brother to empty their bank accounts and sell me a large portion of Kaiba Corp stock. One of you will return and fetch the boy. I must have both of their signatures on the stock certificates; little Yugi can be the witness. Once I have those items, you will give me the Millennium Eye. Yugi and I will return to the mortal realm where I will set him loose. How and when you get back with the Kaiba brothers is none of my concern."
Yami glared his hatred at Pegasus, his stare powered by the weight of generations of Egyptian Pharaohs. "We shall do as you ask, but what guarantee do we have that you will keep your end of the bargain?"
"Why Yami, I'm shocked. You of all people should know I always keep my word. Remember the Duelist Kingdom? I could have destroyed those soul cards, the only things keeping the Kaiba brothers and Yugi's grandfather alive. But I didn't. I released them as I had promised." Pegasus/Chikan focused their one-eyed gaze on Bakura. "You, I am certain, remember what happened next."
Bakura lowered his head slightly and returned Pegasus' stare. A slow grin split the white-haired yamis face and he chuckled evilly. "It is one of my favorite memories."
Pegasus' face tightened and he responded, "Perhaps we will share some other memories…later." Bakura stopped laughing at the implied threat, but maintained eye contact with his vile opponent.
"I will leave you to decide who will stay and who will go. I will return near sunset. If you are not here with Mokuba Kaiba, the Millennium Eye, and my money by that time, the Keep will be sealed and Yugi will be given to the Other." Pegasus turned away, then turned back and said, "That is, unless Seto Kaiba is successful in his next attempt to rape little Yugi." Pegasus left the two yamis standing at the gates and returned with his retinue of monsters inside the castle walls.
Yami stood stock still. Kaiba had tried to rape his light? But why? He loves Yugi, just as I do. If he had raped Yugi…Yami fought back his anger and thought for a moment. If Kaiba had raped Yugi, then the little angel could not be sacrificed. He nodded to himself. Yes, what Kaiba had done was horrible, but with no other option available, he had done what he could to try and save Yugi's life. Yami would, of course, still beat the hell out of Kaiba for touching Yugi that way, but he could respect the logic of his rival's actions.
"He seems very confident," Bakura mused.
"Hmm. That may be something we can use against him. Now is the time for trust between us, tomb robber. I will not leave Yugi alone in the Shadow Realm. You must give me the Millennium Eye so that I can protect Kaiba while you go to retrieve Mokuba and the other items requested."
Bakura was loathe to part with his hard won Millennium Eye, but it was the only way. If he kept it, then Kaiba would die before they could return. If Kaiba died, there was no guarantee that Mokuba would cooperate. He slowly removed the item from his pocket and even more slowly handed it over to the Pharaoh.
Yami held his hand out, palm up. He knew this was difficult for Bakura; thieving was his life, and in his mind it was wrong to give back something once it had been rightfully stolen. Yami also knew that Bakura's strong feelings for his own hikari would force him to do everything in his power to protect Ryou. Eventually, the Eye was given into the Pharaoh's custody.
Yami concentrated on the Eye, casting its protection over Kaiba. Now, it would be safe for Bakura to leave the Shadow Realm.
"I am sorry you must give up such a precious item. I will find a way to repay you for your service."
Bakura couldn't believe the Pharaoh's audacity, or was it just stupidity? He sounded like an idiot babbling on about service to your Pharaoh. Bah!
"Must we go through this again, Pharaoh? I'm not doing this for you. I simply don't want the Other to access the mortal realm. Once Pegasus and his yami are back, I will dedicate myself to giving them a return trip. I will get back my Millennium Eye if it the last thing I do." Bakura walked away and in a flash of light, was gone.
Yami turned away from the Keep and recalled Curse of Dragon. He hated leaving Yugi here with such great danger about, but he had to return to the Dark Citadel. He had a magician to revive.
And so it was that neither Yami nor Bakura saw two people, one tall brunette and one small boy with tri-colored hair, make their way from a window ledge to the ground on a rope made of silken bed sheets.
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Silverdrake: Tee-hee. I have rendered you incapable of complete sentences. *bg* Yeah, Pegasus is a meanie. Big hint - he doesn't care for Chikan at all.
Jadesaber: Just another feeble attempt at humor by yours truly. I heard it on that show "Moonlighting."
Lily22: Kaiba is sly. He knows what he's doing, even if he doesn't know Pegasus ultimate master plan. His sneakiness will make itself known in the next chapter or two.
Daftdaydream: Thank you! I really like Bakura. I know he is way OOC sometimes, but he and Ryou are so kawaii together I can't stand it.
Cody Thomas: Sparkling manga girl eyes have little power over me! Hahahahah! (However, just the tiniest hint of bishonen - OMG! - types as fast as her fingers will allow)
Madyamisam: Be my guest! I enjoyed that so much, I think I'll do it to Kaiba every chance I get!
Disclaimers apply. On with the story.
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Virus - Part 23
Seto dropped like a rock. He couldn't think, much less try and stop Yugi from attacking him again. He clenched his eyes shut and lay in pain on the floor, waiting for a well-deserved beating. Instead of the expected poker to the forehead, he felt a caring hand wipe the brunette bangs from his brow. It stroked and patted his face as a timid voice asked, "Kaiba? Are you hurt?"
Seto couldn't help but snort with laughter, which caused the owner of the gentle touch to scoot away from him. Yugi didn't stay away long. He slowly edged closer and helped Seto sit upright with his back to the bed. When Seto seemed steady, Yugi backed off and sat on the carpet a few feet away.
"I'm sorry I hurt you. I just couldn't let you try to hurt me again."
Seto looked over at the other boy. He was upset, but not exactly afraid. /He must not know about the ritual. Pegasus hasn't told him./ "It's all right Yugi. I earned it. Will you allow me to explain why I tried to…to…," he took a breath and charged ahead, "why I tried to rape you?"
Yugi's eyes betrayed fear then, but he stayed in place and faced the one who had attacked him last night. "OK Kaiba. I'm listening. And it had better be good, or Yami will obliterate you, and I won't be able to stop him."
/Damn. He's calling me 'Kaiba' again. I've lost his trust; I have to get it back./
"Believe me kid, Yami is the least of my worries right now." Seto told Yugi everything about the Dark Soul Ritual, minus a few of the more disturbing aspects such as the complete brutality of the rape and the whole devouring of his beating heart part. Yugi's eyes grew rounder and rounder as the story unfolded.
"So, when you tried to, uh, take me, you were really trying to help because then I wouldn't be a pure sacrifice anymore?"
"That's about it."
"That's about stupid."
It was Seto's turn for rounded eyes. "Hey, I was trying to save your life, not to mention the entire world!"
"I'm sorry, Seto, I didn't mean it to come out that way. I understand now, and I appreciate the thought, but you're forgetting something." Yugi moved closer and placed his small hand on Seto's bare shoulder. He smiled and said, "Yami will find me. He won't let me down; I know he'll find a way to save us."
Seto shuddered. He couldn't believe it, but three things were perfectly clear. One: Yugi had utter confidence that his yami would get him out of this; the boy didn't even seem all that scared. Two: Yugi had called him Seto again. Three: Yugi had touched him. Sure, it was on the shoulder, but a touch was a touch, right? After his forceful actions of the previous evening, he didn't think Yugi would ever allow contact between them again.
Yugi mistook Seto's shudder as a reaction to the cool morning breeze coming in through the window. THE WINDOW!
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Pegasus lifted an elegant eyebrow and gave the yamis a moment to look over the letters. /Look at them, Chikan. Poor confused souls. They have no idea what is in store for them./
Chikan responded immediately. //We must play this very carefully. One false move, and we'll be stuck here with no sacrifice and no millennium item at all.//
Pegasus sent his agreement through their link, then replaced his mental barriers. Yes, Chikan, I must play this carefully. So carefully that even you won't know what's happened until it is too late. Pegasus laughed quietly to himself, then returned his attention to Yami and Bakura.
"As you can see, Seto Kaiba has directed his little brother to empty their bank accounts and sell me a large portion of Kaiba Corp stock. One of you will return and fetch the boy. I must have both of their signatures on the stock certificates; little Yugi can be the witness. Once I have those items, you will give me the Millennium Eye. Yugi and I will return to the mortal realm where I will set him loose. How and when you get back with the Kaiba brothers is none of my concern."
Yami glared his hatred at Pegasus, his stare powered by the weight of generations of Egyptian Pharaohs. "We shall do as you ask, but what guarantee do we have that you will keep your end of the bargain?"
"Why Yami, I'm shocked. You of all people should know I always keep my word. Remember the Duelist Kingdom? I could have destroyed those soul cards, the only things keeping the Kaiba brothers and Yugi's grandfather alive. But I didn't. I released them as I had promised." Pegasus/Chikan focused their one-eyed gaze on Bakura. "You, I am certain, remember what happened next."
Bakura lowered his head slightly and returned Pegasus' stare. A slow grin split the white-haired yamis face and he chuckled evilly. "It is one of my favorite memories."
Pegasus' face tightened and he responded, "Perhaps we will share some other memories…later." Bakura stopped laughing at the implied threat, but maintained eye contact with his vile opponent.
"I will leave you to decide who will stay and who will go. I will return near sunset. If you are not here with Mokuba Kaiba, the Millennium Eye, and my money by that time, the Keep will be sealed and Yugi will be given to the Other." Pegasus turned away, then turned back and said, "That is, unless Seto Kaiba is successful in his next attempt to rape little Yugi." Pegasus left the two yamis standing at the gates and returned with his retinue of monsters inside the castle walls.
Yami stood stock still. Kaiba had tried to rape his light? But why? He loves Yugi, just as I do. If he had raped Yugi…Yami fought back his anger and thought for a moment. If Kaiba had raped Yugi, then the little angel could not be sacrificed. He nodded to himself. Yes, what Kaiba had done was horrible, but with no other option available, he had done what he could to try and save Yugi's life. Yami would, of course, still beat the hell out of Kaiba for touching Yugi that way, but he could respect the logic of his rival's actions.
"He seems very confident," Bakura mused.
"Hmm. That may be something we can use against him. Now is the time for trust between us, tomb robber. I will not leave Yugi alone in the Shadow Realm. You must give me the Millennium Eye so that I can protect Kaiba while you go to retrieve Mokuba and the other items requested."
Bakura was loathe to part with his hard won Millennium Eye, but it was the only way. If he kept it, then Kaiba would die before they could return. If Kaiba died, there was no guarantee that Mokuba would cooperate. He slowly removed the item from his pocket and even more slowly handed it over to the Pharaoh.
Yami held his hand out, palm up. He knew this was difficult for Bakura; thieving was his life, and in his mind it was wrong to give back something once it had been rightfully stolen. Yami also knew that Bakura's strong feelings for his own hikari would force him to do everything in his power to protect Ryou. Eventually, the Eye was given into the Pharaoh's custody.
Yami concentrated on the Eye, casting its protection over Kaiba. Now, it would be safe for Bakura to leave the Shadow Realm.
"I am sorry you must give up such a precious item. I will find a way to repay you for your service."
Bakura couldn't believe the Pharaoh's audacity, or was it just stupidity? He sounded like an idiot babbling on about service to your Pharaoh. Bah!
"Must we go through this again, Pharaoh? I'm not doing this for you. I simply don't want the Other to access the mortal realm. Once Pegasus and his yami are back, I will dedicate myself to giving them a return trip. I will get back my Millennium Eye if it the last thing I do." Bakura walked away and in a flash of light, was gone.
Yami turned away from the Keep and recalled Curse of Dragon. He hated leaving Yugi here with such great danger about, but he had to return to the Dark Citadel. He had a magician to revive.
And so it was that neither Yami nor Bakura saw two people, one tall brunette and one small boy with tri-colored hair, make their way from a window ledge to the ground on a rope made of silken bed sheets.
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