Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ YIB ❯ Revelations ( Chapter 7 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: HikariandYami 
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Suspense | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 09.24.2008 | Pages: 4 | Words: 4.1K | Visits: 323 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Suspense | Type: Yaoi | Uploaded On: 09.24.2008 | Pages: 4 | Words: 4.1K | Visits: 323 | Status: Work In Progress
Yuri: Here you go guys! Sorry it took a little longer than expected but this is a pretty long chapter! Anyways enjoy!
...Revelations...
FLASHBACK
“You let the top four members of the YIB get away! Our number one priorities!? What were you thinking?" Mai yelled as she paced around the large conference room. Every time she reached a side of the room, she would throw a knife towards the group of boys who were sitting at the surrounding tables; each of them ducking every few seconds or so. The only one who had remained completely still was Violet who had almost suffered a blow to the neck due to his insistence on not moving an inch. "Why didn’t you take them out!?” the blonde yelled again this time throwing a knife in Lab's direction.
"Where the fuck is she getting them all from!?" Lab gasped as he pushed himself back against his chair just in time to see the small blade fly right by him.
Silver and Bronze only shrugged as they attempted to protect themselves from the outraged woman as well. Violet did not hear Lab's words or Mai's screams. All he could do was think about him. About what had happened back in that warehouse. About what could have happened.
‘He didn’t kill me…' Violet said to himself. 'He didn't kill me...and he could of. Instead, he kissed me.’ Violet unconsciously raised his fingers to his lips and smiled. That smile, however, quickly turned to a frown when he realized who he was talking about. Atemu and him were sworn enemies from rival companies. The only way this could end was with either one or both of them dead. He was supposed to kill Atemu, he was supposed to hate him but instead...he was falling for him while at the same time falling for his handsome red eyed target.
“Violet?! Are you even listening to me?" Violet heard and looked up to meet flaring purple eyes. "Atemu has been your number one target for months now! Months! Why is he still alive then!? Please tell me that. Why haven't you been able to eliminate him?!
Violet didn't respond and settled for glaring death at the woman hovering over him with such intensity that the room felt as if it was beginning to melt. The glare cooled down Mai's anger which was apparent when she exhaled a long sigh and ran her fingers through her golden blonde hair.
"I’m starting to think," Mai said slowly and seriously, "that you can’t handle this anymore."
Violet immediately stood to his feet knocking over the chair underneath him in the process. With both hands rested firmly against the table, Violet said angrily: “I don’t have to take this!” The tri-colored hair youth stomped of towards the door and opened it.
"Violet," Mai's warning tone reached his ears making him stop but not turn around to face the blonde. "Don't forget who you are. You are Violet Iguy. The number one assassin in the HIB, and you have made an oath that you would let nothing get in your way from bringing criminals to justice. That is what HIB stands for! We kill murderers so that they won't hurt innocent people. You've vowed to do your job ever since your family was murdered. You know better then most how ruthless Atemu has been! He's the most wanted man in the world for the crimes he's committed Violet! He needs to be eliminated and I will not say it again!" Mai said so harshly that the other boys in the room flinched. With another drawn out sigh, Mai said as she slowly took a seat: “Don’t let your feelings get in the way of your mission. One way or another, one of you are going to be eliminated. You chose which one.”
The next sound was that of a door slamming shut and Mai watched the door where Violet exited with tired eyes.
"That was uncalled for Mai!" Lab shouted furiously. "Bringing up his family like that! That's low," the blonde boy spat as he also walked out of the room. Silver and Bronze stared after their friends while cursing the two for leaving them to deal with an extremely red-faced Mai.
...
Violet walked over to the round table in the middle of the room and fumbled through a few pages before finally finding his yellow folder with the picture of the boy who had taken his heart. At least he hoped he was the one and not Atemu.
"Violet..." a low voice said softly. The said boy didn't respond and instead kept his gaze on the picture below him.
"Yugi," Lab tried again addressing the smaller by his real name.
"I can't do this," Yugi whispered. "Jou, I don't care what happens but I will not touch Yami. What did he do anyways?"
Lab, or Jou, was slightly startled by the remark. Yami? What did he have to do with this? "What do you mean?" Jou asked curiously. Yugi sighed and then showed his longtime friend the picture in his hands.
"He's my new target," Yugi said sadly. Jou's eyes went wide with shock.
"Ha! I knew it! I knew he was-"
Jou stopped abruptly when he noticed the harsh glare Yugi was giving him. "Sorry Yug'," Jou apologized quickly and let his gaze falter down to the document on the table. "But it couldn't have been for nothing. All of our targets have done something horrible for Mai to send us after them. He must have-"
"Yami would never do anything like that. You don't know him like I do! He's sweet and kind and charming-"
"What about Atemu?" Jou interrupted. Yugi was confusing him now. Who was it that Yugi loved? Atemu or Yami?
"What about him?" Yugi said with a weary tone.
"Well, I have to admit that I am quite surprised that the top two assassins in the freakin planet can't kill each other. Are you sure that-"
"I don't care about Atemu!?" Yugi lied. "I care about Yami!"
Now that wasn't a lie.
"Okay Yug'," Jou said quickly fearing that he would lose his head any second now. "Just be careful," was the last thing Jou said before Bronze and Silver walked in with pissed off faces.
END OF FLASHBACK
Yugi rubbed his temples while the memories from the prior night vanished. What a stressful night it was! And today wasn't any better. Yugi had only seen Yami once the entire day and the older seemed like he was in a foul mood as well. He hoped that the others were having a better day then he was.
...
Yami was thinking. Thinking of what he should do. It was down to two things. Either he stay loyal to the YIB and complete his mission or...he stay loyal to his heart. Decisions...decisions...
Yami sighed as he looked at the clock above his head. It read 11:38 am.
Well, this was going to take a while.
...
Jou's blonde hair danced playfully around his face as his breath escaped in and out of his mouth steadily. He was extremely pissed when he sensed someone hovering next to him and had to struggle to open one eye. To his dismay, his new target was watching him with an amused look.
"Long night?" Kaiba mused as he took a seat. Jou didn't retaliate and instead just shook his head up and down.
"As did I so I'm glad that you're going to be tired so that I don't have to deal with your bullshit today," Kaiba said opening up his laptop.
The blonde glared at the other. "Whatever Kaiba," Jou scoffed. The honey-eyed boy watched as Kaiba's fingers started moving on the small keys and smiled when he noticed the look on the cold face.
"You look funny when you concentrate," Jou said keeping his sleepy eyes on the brunet.
Kaiba didn't even turn to look at Jou when he replied: "And you look funny all the time."
The dark glare returned to Jou's features but before he could say anything, a shrilly voice called out to him from across the room. "Katsuya!"
Jou flinched as he looked to see one of the cheerleaders of the school walking towards him from the other side of the classroom. "Oh, hiya Miho. How are you doing?" Jou said through clenched teeth. Honestly, he didn't want to be bothered right now but he didn't want to be rude either.
The girl named Miho smiled brightly and completely ignored the glare that she was getting from Kaiba. "Fine. I was wondering if you were free tonight!" Miho said with a small blush. Jou sighed inwardly but nevertheless gave a apologetic smile and said: "Sorry but I'm busy tonight."
"Oh please! I mean it would only be for like an hour or two!" the girl pleaded and by the look on Kaiba's face she was about to be assassinated.
Jou slightly frowned and then turned to Kaiba and gave him a look that clearly said: 'Help me.'
Kaiba rolled his eyes impatiently but decided that he would help the pleading blonde who looked so much like a begging puppy. Just this once though.
"Jou cannot go out with you tonight or any night for that matter," Kaiba said coldly.
Miho glared at the brunet angrily. "And why not!" she hissed.
"Because," Kaiba said cupping Jou's face and placing a small kiss on the blonde's lips. "He's taken," the blue-eyed boy said with a smug smirk. The shocked look on Miho's face was priceless, but so was the look on Jou's face. Within a second, Miho had ran away with her hands clasped over her embarassed red cheeks. Once out of sight, Kaiba wiped his mouth with his sleeve while giving a sound of disgust.
"You so owe me!" Kaiba growled.
Until that moment, Jou's jaw had been hanging open with eyes as wide as the moon. After a few attempts at speech, Jou just managed to say: "Ah ya. Thanks."
Kaiba rolled his eyes. "Don't mention it. Ever again. Or I'll kill you."
Jou nodded but he didn't realize how serious Kaiba actually was.
...
"Pissy today aren't we?" Marik said amusingly as he watched Malik bite another person's head off for no reason in particular.
"Rough night," was all Malik said as he took his seat once again. Marik had to admit, Malik was quite amusing when he was mad.
"Anything I can do to help?" Marik offered, hoping to stay on Malik's good side today. He had seen what had happened when Malik was in a bad mood.
"Yeah, go over there and put a bullet in Jou's head," Malik scoffed, glaring at the said blonde from across the room. There was no way in hell that Malik was going to forgive Jou and Yugi for what they had made him and Ryou go through last night.
"Why?" Marik asked, slightly interested.
Malik only shrugged. "No reason."
Malik glared at Jou when the said blonde threw an eraser at his head. He had obviously overheard what Malik had said.
"Well," Marik said before a fight broke out and also, he needed to get a start on his mission. He still needed Malik to show him where his Millenium item was. "We need to get started on our project-"
The Egyptian was interrupted by Malik's groan as the smaller of the two buried his head into his hands. Marik smiled and said slowly: "Or...we could go reek havoc on the entire city."
Malik turned to look at the other with a huge grin. "Now that sounds fun."
"Tonight at around eight then?" Marik inquired.
Malik nodded. "Wouldn't miss it."
The lilac-eyed boy turned just in time to see Jou's lips lock with Kaiba's and fell out of his chair in shock and surprise much to Marik's amusement. At least, it was until Marik looked to see what startled Malik so much and then copied Malik's actions completely.
...
"Bakura, what happened?" Ryou said looking over the boy's wound on his arm in the Nurse's office. After Ryou had seen the wound, he had forced Bakura to go to the Nurse and was currently taking off an old bandage.
"It's Marik's fault!" Bakura growled trying to push the other away.
"Hold still! It's never going to get better if you don't stop fidgeting!" Ryou said with so much force and intensity that Bakura immediately came to a halt and eyed the other suspiciously.
"I swear, you're bloody bipolar," Bakura scoffed.
'And I swear you're bloody retarded,' was what Ryou wanted to say but instead settled for: "Just let me take care of it. I don't want it to get infected."
Bakura sighed impatiently but nevertheless let the smaller boy have his way. He rolled his eyes when he heard a loud gasp escape Ryou's lips. Bakura assumed that Ryou had gasped because of how ugly the wound looked but little did he know that that was no where near the reason why Ryou was so shocked.
"How did you say Marik did this?" Ryou asked again with sad eyes. That was weird. 'Why was Ryou sad?' Bakura said to hiimself. 'Bipolar little devil.'
"We were playing around and he cut me with a knife by mistake," Bakura said nonchalantly. Ryou's eyes narrowed at the response.
"Where were you last night?" Ryou said in a tone that didn't fit his character at all.
'What is this 21 questions or something?' Bakura said to himself and aloud said impatiently: "Why?"
"Just answer the question," Ryou said louder then he should have.
Bakura grabbed Ryou by the collar of his shirt and pulled the boy close to his face. With a deadly voice, Bakura said: "You have no idea who you are dealing with. I would stop with the questions if I were you."
The older pushed Ryou away before standing up and walking out of the room. Ryou stared after the boy with a forlorn expression. After a few minutes, the brown-eyed boy sighed and made up his mind. He wasn't dumb. All the signs were there... and he had to tell Yugi.
...
The end of the school day came and Yugi was placing his book in his locker which still had the small dent in it. He closed his locker slowly and to his surprise Yami was right next to him leaning against the locker beside him with his arms crossed and gaze towards the ground.
"Let me walk you home," Yami said. It wasn't a request. And Yugi realized that to be true when Yami took his hand in his and walked out of the school building. As much as Yugi loved the fact of holding hands with the boy he had fallen for, he was much to worried about his mission to even enjoy the silence that the two walked in. Yugi's house came appeared sooner then he expected it to and Yugi was extremely disappointed that Yami and him could not spend more time together. Approaching his front door and turning the handle, Yugi turned around to say something to Yami only to have warm lips smash against his own. The kiss was short but has a overwhelming sense of want and need in it and as soon as Yugi started to revive from his apparent shock, Yami pulled away and stared down at the ground below them with disappointed eyes.
Yugi was at a complete lost for words. He didn't know what to do or what just happened. All he knew was that the man of his dreams had just graced his lips with his own and now that same man was standing in front of him with a blank stare.
"D-do you w-want to come in?" Yugi said still flustered. Yami gazed back up into Yugi's royal amythest eyes and nodded before saying simply: "Okay."
Yugi walked into his house and slowly put away his bag and jacket. He let Yami follow his upstairs to his room and opened the door for the other before stepping in himself.
"It's nice. Homey," Yami said awkwardly. Yugi nodded and looked down at his hands shyly. What was he supposed to do? The atmosphere was so tense. Did he talk? Or should he tell Yami to leave? No. Maybe he should...
"Hey did you want to see something cool?" Yugi said with a small smile. Yami nodded and watched curiously as Yugi dug into his dresser throwing clothes to the ground in the process. Yami gasped when Yugi pulled out a large golden pyramid. Yugi motioned for the taller to sit on the ground and the other complied. Crossing his legs, Yami reached out for the item and Yugi placed it delicately in his hands.
"It's beautiful," Yami said in amazement. Yugi giggled at the other's expression and with a small smile said: “If you really liked it then I could let you borrow it for a day or two." Yami stared at the boy with wide eyes.
“Really?” Yami asked incredulously. This was it! This was the item that he had been after for days!
Yugi smiled brightly and with a small nod said: “Yeah, I trust you.”
Yami's gaze immediately faltered. A sudden wave of emotion filled the assassin's once empty heart and with a loud sigh, Yami shook his head and shoved the golden pyramid back into the smaller boy's hands. “No. Take it.”
Yugi looked confused. “You sure?” he offered again.
Yami nodded and then, without any warning, gently leaned forward and claimed Yugi's lips once again. He proceeded to lightly push Yugi to the ground and crawl on top of him with their lips still locked in a passionate kiss. Unconsciously, Yugi wrapped his arms around Yami’s neck and pulled him deeper into the kiss. Yami responded by letting his hand begin to trail up Yugi’s side making the smaller boy shiver at the contact. Yugi couldn’t even think straight at this point. The kiss was so intoxicating…so addicting…and so familiar.
Realization hit Yugi like a ton of bricks and the smaller boy gasped out in surprise as he squirmed out of Yami’s grasp and backed up into the corner nearby.
"A-Atemu?" Yugi said quietly with obvious hurt in his voice. Yami didn't move at all and continued to stare at the ground below him where his little love was only moments ago. After a few minutes, Yami sat down and said slowly but surely: "Yes Violet?"
Yugi's breath hitched in his throat. He couldn't breathe. "You knew?" Yugi said with pain radiating off of his exquisite eyes. Yami shook his head in response. "No--"
"You liar!" Yugi yelled startling Yami a little.
"I didn't!" Yami promised quickly. "I didn't know until earlier today when we kissed outside," he said slowly.
Yugi's heart was beating so loudly that he was sure Yami could hear it. "No! Why? Why does it have to be this way," Yugi cried cursing life for being so cruel to him.
"It doesn't," Yami said suddenly. Yugi looked at Yami with evident shock at the words.
"What do you mean?" Yugi whispered slowly.
"What I mean," Yami said carefully crawling over to Yugi and taking the smaller boy in his arms and was glad when Yugi didn't struggle. "Is that, we can start over."
Yugi shook his head. "But we are-"
"Yugi," Yami said cupping the boy's face, forcing the other to look him straight in his eyes. Yami took a deep breath and thought carefully about what he was about to say. But why prolong it? It was inevitable and Yami knew that. With a small smile, Yami said honestly: "I am willing to give up everything to be with you. I don't care about the YIB. I want to be with you. I love you."
Yugi's eyes went wide at the confession and he felt his eyes begin to water. "You really mean that Yami?" Yugi asked disbelievingly.
Yami's smile widened. "I do," he said as he placed a small kiss on Yugi's soft lips.
Yugi let Yami's arms wrap around his waist protectively and leaned further to deepen the kiss. "I love you too," Yugi murmured into the kiss. He smiled brightly when he felt Yami's arms tighten around his figure and after a few more seconds, the two parted slowly.
Yugi let his fingers caress Yami's cheek and the other purred at the touch which made the smaller giggle. "You know," Yugi said seriously, "If we don't eliminate each other, then both of our companies will be after us."
Yami nodded. "I know. That is something that we will think about later. We cannot let the others know that we found out about each other. I can assume that Jou, Ryou, and Malik are HIB operatives as well?" Yami said and watched as his little one nodded. "It's better if we keep our discovery secret until we have figured out what to do." Yugi nodded in agreement. He didn't need Yami to tell him that Kaiba and the others were with the YIB as well. It slightly humored him that eight assassins could be so oblivious.
Yugi smiled up at his new love and then with an flushed cheeks, he scratched the back of his head and said quietly: "Oh Yami, about the whole shooting-you-in-the-shoulder-thing, umm...I'm really sorry about that."
Yami laughed loudly. "All is forgiven, little one. I mean, remember the time I put a bomb in your car," the older said and then winced mentally at the look Yugi was giving him.
"That was you!" Yugi yelled.
"You didn't know? Ah nevermind then," Yami said but knew that he wasn't getting out of this one. "Oh come on, it was just a tiny bomb," Yami said and suppressed the urge to chuckle at the glare that he was getting. Eventually Yugi sighed and said: "Well I guess we have both tried to kill each other numerous amounts of time."
"Yes but that was all when we first got assigned to each other. After a few weeks, I realized that I couldn't go through with it so I just put a bomb here and there and threw a few stray knifes to keep up appearances," Yami said.
"Same," Yugi replied. "But that's okay because if you can forgive me for the whole 'knife incident' then I can surely forgive you."
Yami chuckled. "Oh yeah, I still have the scar from that 'incident'," Yami said with the help of air quotes. Yugi laughed softly and Yami smiled at the angelic noise before saying: "So my little assassin. I want you...to talk to me," Yami said and smiled when Yugi tilted his head in confusion.
"I want to know who you are. And what you like. If I plan to spend the rest of my life with you, then I want to know everything about you," Yami explained holding onto Yugi like the amethyst-eyed boy was all he had in the world.
"Everything?" Yugi asked and then giggled when Yami brushed their noses together.
"Everything."
...TBC...
Yuri: PLEASE REVIEW!! I'll see you guys next week! Love you guys! See you next time!
...Revelations...
FLASHBACK
“You let the top four members of the YIB get away! Our number one priorities!? What were you thinking?" Mai yelled as she paced around the large conference room. Every time she reached a side of the room, she would throw a knife towards the group of boys who were sitting at the surrounding tables; each of them ducking every few seconds or so. The only one who had remained completely still was Violet who had almost suffered a blow to the neck due to his insistence on not moving an inch. "Why didn’t you take them out!?” the blonde yelled again this time throwing a knife in Lab's direction.
"Where the fuck is she getting them all from!?" Lab gasped as he pushed himself back against his chair just in time to see the small blade fly right by him.
Silver and Bronze only shrugged as they attempted to protect themselves from the outraged woman as well. Violet did not hear Lab's words or Mai's screams. All he could do was think about him. About what had happened back in that warehouse. About what could have happened.
‘He didn’t kill me…' Violet said to himself. 'He didn't kill me...and he could of. Instead, he kissed me.’ Violet unconsciously raised his fingers to his lips and smiled. That smile, however, quickly turned to a frown when he realized who he was talking about. Atemu and him were sworn enemies from rival companies. The only way this could end was with either one or both of them dead. He was supposed to kill Atemu, he was supposed to hate him but instead...he was falling for him while at the same time falling for his handsome red eyed target.
“Violet?! Are you even listening to me?" Violet heard and looked up to meet flaring purple eyes. "Atemu has been your number one target for months now! Months! Why is he still alive then!? Please tell me that. Why haven't you been able to eliminate him?!
Violet didn't respond and settled for glaring death at the woman hovering over him with such intensity that the room felt as if it was beginning to melt. The glare cooled down Mai's anger which was apparent when she exhaled a long sigh and ran her fingers through her golden blonde hair.
"I’m starting to think," Mai said slowly and seriously, "that you can’t handle this anymore."
Violet immediately stood to his feet knocking over the chair underneath him in the process. With both hands rested firmly against the table, Violet said angrily: “I don’t have to take this!” The tri-colored hair youth stomped of towards the door and opened it.
"Violet," Mai's warning tone reached his ears making him stop but not turn around to face the blonde. "Don't forget who you are. You are Violet Iguy. The number one assassin in the HIB, and you have made an oath that you would let nothing get in your way from bringing criminals to justice. That is what HIB stands for! We kill murderers so that they won't hurt innocent people. You've vowed to do your job ever since your family was murdered. You know better then most how ruthless Atemu has been! He's the most wanted man in the world for the crimes he's committed Violet! He needs to be eliminated and I will not say it again!" Mai said so harshly that the other boys in the room flinched. With another drawn out sigh, Mai said as she slowly took a seat: “Don’t let your feelings get in the way of your mission. One way or another, one of you are going to be eliminated. You chose which one.”
The next sound was that of a door slamming shut and Mai watched the door where Violet exited with tired eyes.
"That was uncalled for Mai!" Lab shouted furiously. "Bringing up his family like that! That's low," the blonde boy spat as he also walked out of the room. Silver and Bronze stared after their friends while cursing the two for leaving them to deal with an extremely red-faced Mai.
...
Violet walked over to the round table in the middle of the room and fumbled through a few pages before finally finding his yellow folder with the picture of the boy who had taken his heart. At least he hoped he was the one and not Atemu.
"Violet..." a low voice said softly. The said boy didn't respond and instead kept his gaze on the picture below him.
"Yugi," Lab tried again addressing the smaller by his real name.
"I can't do this," Yugi whispered. "Jou, I don't care what happens but I will not touch Yami. What did he do anyways?"
Lab, or Jou, was slightly startled by the remark. Yami? What did he have to do with this? "What do you mean?" Jou asked curiously. Yugi sighed and then showed his longtime friend the picture in his hands.
"He's my new target," Yugi said sadly. Jou's eyes went wide with shock.
"Ha! I knew it! I knew he was-"
Jou stopped abruptly when he noticed the harsh glare Yugi was giving him. "Sorry Yug'," Jou apologized quickly and let his gaze falter down to the document on the table. "But it couldn't have been for nothing. All of our targets have done something horrible for Mai to send us after them. He must have-"
"Yami would never do anything like that. You don't know him like I do! He's sweet and kind and charming-"
"What about Atemu?" Jou interrupted. Yugi was confusing him now. Who was it that Yugi loved? Atemu or Yami?
"What about him?" Yugi said with a weary tone.
"Well, I have to admit that I am quite surprised that the top two assassins in the freakin planet can't kill each other. Are you sure that-"
"I don't care about Atemu!?" Yugi lied. "I care about Yami!"
Now that wasn't a lie.
"Okay Yug'," Jou said quickly fearing that he would lose his head any second now. "Just be careful," was the last thing Jou said before Bronze and Silver walked in with pissed off faces.
END OF FLASHBACK
Yugi rubbed his temples while the memories from the prior night vanished. What a stressful night it was! And today wasn't any better. Yugi had only seen Yami once the entire day and the older seemed like he was in a foul mood as well. He hoped that the others were having a better day then he was.
...
Yami was thinking. Thinking of what he should do. It was down to two things. Either he stay loyal to the YIB and complete his mission or...he stay loyal to his heart. Decisions...decisions...
Yami sighed as he looked at the clock above his head. It read 11:38 am.
Well, this was going to take a while.
...
Jou's blonde hair danced playfully around his face as his breath escaped in and out of his mouth steadily. He was extremely pissed when he sensed someone hovering next to him and had to struggle to open one eye. To his dismay, his new target was watching him with an amused look.
"Long night?" Kaiba mused as he took a seat. Jou didn't retaliate and instead just shook his head up and down.
"As did I so I'm glad that you're going to be tired so that I don't have to deal with your bullshit today," Kaiba said opening up his laptop.
The blonde glared at the other. "Whatever Kaiba," Jou scoffed. The honey-eyed boy watched as Kaiba's fingers started moving on the small keys and smiled when he noticed the look on the cold face.
"You look funny when you concentrate," Jou said keeping his sleepy eyes on the brunet.
Kaiba didn't even turn to look at Jou when he replied: "And you look funny all the time."
The dark glare returned to Jou's features but before he could say anything, a shrilly voice called out to him from across the room. "Katsuya!"
Jou flinched as he looked to see one of the cheerleaders of the school walking towards him from the other side of the classroom. "Oh, hiya Miho. How are you doing?" Jou said through clenched teeth. Honestly, he didn't want to be bothered right now but he didn't want to be rude either.
The girl named Miho smiled brightly and completely ignored the glare that she was getting from Kaiba. "Fine. I was wondering if you were free tonight!" Miho said with a small blush. Jou sighed inwardly but nevertheless gave a apologetic smile and said: "Sorry but I'm busy tonight."
"Oh please! I mean it would only be for like an hour or two!" the girl pleaded and by the look on Kaiba's face she was about to be assassinated.
Jou slightly frowned and then turned to Kaiba and gave him a look that clearly said: 'Help me.'
Kaiba rolled his eyes impatiently but decided that he would help the pleading blonde who looked so much like a begging puppy. Just this once though.
"Jou cannot go out with you tonight or any night for that matter," Kaiba said coldly.
Miho glared at the brunet angrily. "And why not!" she hissed.
"Because," Kaiba said cupping Jou's face and placing a small kiss on the blonde's lips. "He's taken," the blue-eyed boy said with a smug smirk. The shocked look on Miho's face was priceless, but so was the look on Jou's face. Within a second, Miho had ran away with her hands clasped over her embarassed red cheeks. Once out of sight, Kaiba wiped his mouth with his sleeve while giving a sound of disgust.
"You so owe me!" Kaiba growled.
Until that moment, Jou's jaw had been hanging open with eyes as wide as the moon. After a few attempts at speech, Jou just managed to say: "Ah ya. Thanks."
Kaiba rolled his eyes. "Don't mention it. Ever again. Or I'll kill you."
Jou nodded but he didn't realize how serious Kaiba actually was.
...
"Pissy today aren't we?" Marik said amusingly as he watched Malik bite another person's head off for no reason in particular.
"Rough night," was all Malik said as he took his seat once again. Marik had to admit, Malik was quite amusing when he was mad.
"Anything I can do to help?" Marik offered, hoping to stay on Malik's good side today. He had seen what had happened when Malik was in a bad mood.
"Yeah, go over there and put a bullet in Jou's head," Malik scoffed, glaring at the said blonde from across the room. There was no way in hell that Malik was going to forgive Jou and Yugi for what they had made him and Ryou go through last night.
"Why?" Marik asked, slightly interested.
Malik only shrugged. "No reason."
Malik glared at Jou when the said blonde threw an eraser at his head. He had obviously overheard what Malik had said.
"Well," Marik said before a fight broke out and also, he needed to get a start on his mission. He still needed Malik to show him where his Millenium item was. "We need to get started on our project-"
The Egyptian was interrupted by Malik's groan as the smaller of the two buried his head into his hands. Marik smiled and said slowly: "Or...we could go reek havoc on the entire city."
Malik turned to look at the other with a huge grin. "Now that sounds fun."
"Tonight at around eight then?" Marik inquired.
Malik nodded. "Wouldn't miss it."
The lilac-eyed boy turned just in time to see Jou's lips lock with Kaiba's and fell out of his chair in shock and surprise much to Marik's amusement. At least, it was until Marik looked to see what startled Malik so much and then copied Malik's actions completely.
...
"Bakura, what happened?" Ryou said looking over the boy's wound on his arm in the Nurse's office. After Ryou had seen the wound, he had forced Bakura to go to the Nurse and was currently taking off an old bandage.
"It's Marik's fault!" Bakura growled trying to push the other away.
"Hold still! It's never going to get better if you don't stop fidgeting!" Ryou said with so much force and intensity that Bakura immediately came to a halt and eyed the other suspiciously.
"I swear, you're bloody bipolar," Bakura scoffed.
'And I swear you're bloody retarded,' was what Ryou wanted to say but instead settled for: "Just let me take care of it. I don't want it to get infected."
Bakura sighed impatiently but nevertheless let the smaller boy have his way. He rolled his eyes when he heard a loud gasp escape Ryou's lips. Bakura assumed that Ryou had gasped because of how ugly the wound looked but little did he know that that was no where near the reason why Ryou was so shocked.
"How did you say Marik did this?" Ryou asked again with sad eyes. That was weird. 'Why was Ryou sad?' Bakura said to hiimself. 'Bipolar little devil.'
"We were playing around and he cut me with a knife by mistake," Bakura said nonchalantly. Ryou's eyes narrowed at the response.
"Where were you last night?" Ryou said in a tone that didn't fit his character at all.
'What is this 21 questions or something?' Bakura said to himself and aloud said impatiently: "Why?"
"Just answer the question," Ryou said louder then he should have.
Bakura grabbed Ryou by the collar of his shirt and pulled the boy close to his face. With a deadly voice, Bakura said: "You have no idea who you are dealing with. I would stop with the questions if I were you."
The older pushed Ryou away before standing up and walking out of the room. Ryou stared after the boy with a forlorn expression. After a few minutes, the brown-eyed boy sighed and made up his mind. He wasn't dumb. All the signs were there... and he had to tell Yugi.
...
The end of the school day came and Yugi was placing his book in his locker which still had the small dent in it. He closed his locker slowly and to his surprise Yami was right next to him leaning against the locker beside him with his arms crossed and gaze towards the ground.
"Let me walk you home," Yami said. It wasn't a request. And Yugi realized that to be true when Yami took his hand in his and walked out of the school building. As much as Yugi loved the fact of holding hands with the boy he had fallen for, he was much to worried about his mission to even enjoy the silence that the two walked in. Yugi's house came appeared sooner then he expected it to and Yugi was extremely disappointed that Yami and him could not spend more time together. Approaching his front door and turning the handle, Yugi turned around to say something to Yami only to have warm lips smash against his own. The kiss was short but has a overwhelming sense of want and need in it and as soon as Yugi started to revive from his apparent shock, Yami pulled away and stared down at the ground below them with disappointed eyes.
Yugi was at a complete lost for words. He didn't know what to do or what just happened. All he knew was that the man of his dreams had just graced his lips with his own and now that same man was standing in front of him with a blank stare.
"D-do you w-want to come in?" Yugi said still flustered. Yami gazed back up into Yugi's royal amythest eyes and nodded before saying simply: "Okay."
Yugi walked into his house and slowly put away his bag and jacket. He let Yami follow his upstairs to his room and opened the door for the other before stepping in himself.
"It's nice. Homey," Yami said awkwardly. Yugi nodded and looked down at his hands shyly. What was he supposed to do? The atmosphere was so tense. Did he talk? Or should he tell Yami to leave? No. Maybe he should...
"Hey did you want to see something cool?" Yugi said with a small smile. Yami nodded and watched curiously as Yugi dug into his dresser throwing clothes to the ground in the process. Yami gasped when Yugi pulled out a large golden pyramid. Yugi motioned for the taller to sit on the ground and the other complied. Crossing his legs, Yami reached out for the item and Yugi placed it delicately in his hands.
"It's beautiful," Yami said in amazement. Yugi giggled at the other's expression and with a small smile said: “If you really liked it then I could let you borrow it for a day or two." Yami stared at the boy with wide eyes.
“Really?” Yami asked incredulously. This was it! This was the item that he had been after for days!
Yugi smiled brightly and with a small nod said: “Yeah, I trust you.”
Yami's gaze immediately faltered. A sudden wave of emotion filled the assassin's once empty heart and with a loud sigh, Yami shook his head and shoved the golden pyramid back into the smaller boy's hands. “No. Take it.”
Yugi looked confused. “You sure?” he offered again.
Yami nodded and then, without any warning, gently leaned forward and claimed Yugi's lips once again. He proceeded to lightly push Yugi to the ground and crawl on top of him with their lips still locked in a passionate kiss. Unconsciously, Yugi wrapped his arms around Yami’s neck and pulled him deeper into the kiss. Yami responded by letting his hand begin to trail up Yugi’s side making the smaller boy shiver at the contact. Yugi couldn’t even think straight at this point. The kiss was so intoxicating…so addicting…and so familiar.
Realization hit Yugi like a ton of bricks and the smaller boy gasped out in surprise as he squirmed out of Yami’s grasp and backed up into the corner nearby.
"A-Atemu?" Yugi said quietly with obvious hurt in his voice. Yami didn't move at all and continued to stare at the ground below him where his little love was only moments ago. After a few minutes, Yami sat down and said slowly but surely: "Yes Violet?"
Yugi's breath hitched in his throat. He couldn't breathe. "You knew?" Yugi said with pain radiating off of his exquisite eyes. Yami shook his head in response. "No--"
"You liar!" Yugi yelled startling Yami a little.
"I didn't!" Yami promised quickly. "I didn't know until earlier today when we kissed outside," he said slowly.
Yugi's heart was beating so loudly that he was sure Yami could hear it. "No! Why? Why does it have to be this way," Yugi cried cursing life for being so cruel to him.
"It doesn't," Yami said suddenly. Yugi looked at Yami with evident shock at the words.
"What do you mean?" Yugi whispered slowly.
"What I mean," Yami said carefully crawling over to Yugi and taking the smaller boy in his arms and was glad when Yugi didn't struggle. "Is that, we can start over."
Yugi shook his head. "But we are-"
"Yugi," Yami said cupping the boy's face, forcing the other to look him straight in his eyes. Yami took a deep breath and thought carefully about what he was about to say. But why prolong it? It was inevitable and Yami knew that. With a small smile, Yami said honestly: "I am willing to give up everything to be with you. I don't care about the YIB. I want to be with you. I love you."
Yugi's eyes went wide at the confession and he felt his eyes begin to water. "You really mean that Yami?" Yugi asked disbelievingly.
Yami's smile widened. "I do," he said as he placed a small kiss on Yugi's soft lips.
Yugi let Yami's arms wrap around his waist protectively and leaned further to deepen the kiss. "I love you too," Yugi murmured into the kiss. He smiled brightly when he felt Yami's arms tighten around his figure and after a few more seconds, the two parted slowly.
Yugi let his fingers caress Yami's cheek and the other purred at the touch which made the smaller giggle. "You know," Yugi said seriously, "If we don't eliminate each other, then both of our companies will be after us."
Yami nodded. "I know. That is something that we will think about later. We cannot let the others know that we found out about each other. I can assume that Jou, Ryou, and Malik are HIB operatives as well?" Yami said and watched as his little one nodded. "It's better if we keep our discovery secret until we have figured out what to do." Yugi nodded in agreement. He didn't need Yami to tell him that Kaiba and the others were with the YIB as well. It slightly humored him that eight assassins could be so oblivious.
Yugi smiled up at his new love and then with an flushed cheeks, he scratched the back of his head and said quietly: "Oh Yami, about the whole shooting-you-in-the-shoulder-thing, umm...I'm really sorry about that."
Yami laughed loudly. "All is forgiven, little one. I mean, remember the time I put a bomb in your car," the older said and then winced mentally at the look Yugi was giving him.
"That was you!" Yugi yelled.
"You didn't know? Ah nevermind then," Yami said but knew that he wasn't getting out of this one. "Oh come on, it was just a tiny bomb," Yami said and suppressed the urge to chuckle at the glare that he was getting. Eventually Yugi sighed and said: "Well I guess we have both tried to kill each other numerous amounts of time."
"Yes but that was all when we first got assigned to each other. After a few weeks, I realized that I couldn't go through with it so I just put a bomb here and there and threw a few stray knifes to keep up appearances," Yami said.
"Same," Yugi replied. "But that's okay because if you can forgive me for the whole 'knife incident' then I can surely forgive you."
Yami chuckled. "Oh yeah, I still have the scar from that 'incident'," Yami said with the help of air quotes. Yugi laughed softly and Yami smiled at the angelic noise before saying: "So my little assassin. I want you...to talk to me," Yami said and smiled when Yugi tilted his head in confusion.
"I want to know who you are. And what you like. If I plan to spend the rest of my life with you, then I want to know everything about you," Yami explained holding onto Yugi like the amethyst-eyed boy was all he had in the world.
"Everything?" Yugi asked and then giggled when Yami brushed their noses together.
"Everything."
...TBC...
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