Carved in Stone

Night of Questions


Serenity flipped her long brown hair off to one side to cover her face and smiled politely.
“Oh no Duke, thanks but no thanks. Your brownies look really yummy, but I’m not very hungry.”
Duke picked up another special brownie and took a bite.
“You don’t know what your missing, sweetheart. These are awesome.”
“I’m sure they are.” Serenity laughed weakly.
Duke popped the rest of brownie in his mouth and took a swing of beer to wash it down. He got up off his seat and reached for Serenity’s hand.
“Come with me, sweety, I’ll show you around. First I’ll introduce you to Jeree, she’s our cook. Than I’ll take you in back to the coolers where we keep the soda and beer and whatever.”
“Cool!” Serenity smiled brightly as she followed Duke into the kitchen.
After Duke had shown Serenity around her new place of employment, they sat back down behind the bar. A woman with long curly black hair pulled back into a pony tail and deep brown eyes pulled up a bar stool and lit up a cigarette.
“Is a new protege?” she ask with a quirky grin.
Duke automatically poured the scantily clad woman a drink and chuckled.
“Ha-ha, cute one Darla. No, she’s not a new dancer, she’s bartending part-time.” Duke looked over at Serenity and winked. “I couldn’t hire a little princess like Serenity to dance, her brother would kick my ass!”
Serenity covered her mouth and giggled.
“Joey wouldn’t kick your ass, I wouldn’t let him. I’m all grown up now, Duke. My big brother doesn’t really have a say in what I do anymore.”
Duke held his hands in front of himself defensively and shook his head.
“I’m not willing to take any chances......I’ve seen Joey fight....and that son of a bitch fights dirty!”
Darla blew out a puff of cigarette smoke and laughed.
“From the looks of it little princess here is quite a fighter too......nice eye, honey.”
Duke looked at Serenity and reached up to move her hair out of her face. She stopped him before he could reveal the secret her beautiful long hair was hiding.
“I fell......off the bed.....it’s nothing.” Serenity said quickly as she turned away.
Darla got up out of her seat and shook her head.
“Sure, hon.......I’d believe that if I was blind. Listen, I got a show to get ready for. You two have yourselves a fun time listening to the rants of the local drunks tonight.”
“And you have fun getting groped by the local pervs. Now go make us some jing, baby.” Duke winked back.
“Nice meeting you, Darla was it?” Serenity smiled politely.
Darla extended her hand to Serenity and smiled.
“Nice meeting you too, Serenity. Just a word of caution before I go: Watch out for Duke’s wandering hands.”
Duke rolled his eyes as he got up off of his barstool.
“Hey now! Be nice or you won’t get that raise I promised you, sweetheart!”
Darla mashed out her cigarette in an ashtray in front of her and grinned.
“Guess that means we’ll be seeing your skinny ass dancing on stage than, eh?”
“Yeah! Uh......No! Oh you, get out of here.” Duke snickered in response to his hired dancer.


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Yami lifted off his black t-shirt and tossed it into the hamper. He unzipped his jeans and pulled them over his hips while Yugi brushed his teeth at the bathroom sink.
“Yugi?” Yami ask as he slipped his jeans over his ankles.
“Yeah, Yami?” Yugi replied as he rinsed his toothbrush off and set it next to the sink.
Yami approached his light and wrapped his arms around his slender waist. He looked at their reflections staring back at them in the mirror behind the sink.
“I don’t know what I’d do without you, aibou.”
Yugi tilted his head back into the crook of Yami’s neck and smiled.
“Awe, Yami.” he giggled.
Yami slipped his hands under Yugi’s untucked t-shirt and gently caressed his light’s sides.
“You blow my mind Yugi Motou.”
Yugi’s cheeks blushed red. He stared at Yami’s reflection wrapped around him in the mirror.
“I do? How’s that?”
Yami tilted his head to the side and rested his cheek on top Yugi’s head. He wrapped his arms protectively around Yugi and pulled his back against his body. Yugi closed his eyes and sighed lightly. Yami pressed a light kiss Yugi’s hair.
“Let’s go to bed.”
Yugi gave Yami a quick nod as the walked out of the bathroom together and down to their bedroom. Yugi sat on the edge of the bed and watched Yami light a candle that was on the dresser. The pharaoh turned on some sexy fuck music before returning to his hikari. He stood in front of Yugi and held out his hand.
“Aibou....my love.” he sighed as he gazed into Yugi’s candle lit violet eyes.
Yugi reached out and took hold of Yami’s hand, pulling him down into a kiss.
“My yami...” he moaned as their lips met.
Yami gently pushed Yugi back onto the bed and crawled on top of him. He lifted Yugi’s t-shirt and brought his lips down against Yugi’s soft skin. He slowly kissed his way up from Yugi’s navel, savoring the sweet taste of his hikari’s flesh. Yami cleverly unbuttoned Yugi’s jeans and unzipped them with one hand, as he traced his finger around the pink area around Yugi’s right nipple.
Yugi rested his arms behind him and moaned lightly from Yami’s touch. Without taking his lips off of Yugi’s stomach, Yami eased Yugi’s t-shirt over his head and tossed it aside. He kissed his way up to Yugi’s nipple and licked it until it perked up. He than gently nipped at the flashy nub with his teeth, eliciting a pleasure filled whimper from his hikari.
Yami continued to tease Yugi with his tongue, causing his hikari to grow hard very quickly. Yami reached down and wrapped his warm fingers around Yugi’s erection, slowly stroking it. Yugi rocked his hips in rhythm to his yami’s motion.
“Yami......I love this....more.....” Yugi moaned as he brought his arms around and gripped Yami’s bare shoulders. He lightly dug his nails into the smooth flesh below.
“If it pleases you, it pleases me.” Yami purred as he nipped Yugi’s collar bone lightly with his teeth.
Yugi ran his hands over Yami’s back, taking in every ounce of pleasure his other was giving him.
Yami released Yugi’s erection and grabbed a tube of lube they kept on their nightstand. He flipped open the cap and cleverly squeezed out some of the clear gel into his hand. He coated his fingers with the viscous substance as kneeled between Yugi’s legs. Yugi instinctively brought his knees up to allow Yami easier access to his rear entrance.
Yami slowly pushed one of his fingers into Yugi’s tight channel. Yugi’s body instantly tensed up and squeezed around Yami’s intruding digit.
Yami rested his free hand on Yugi’s knee and kissed the inside of his hikari’s thigh.
“Relax......I know this is a little painful, but I promise I’ll do my best not to hurt you, aibou.”
Yugi bit his bottom lip and nodded his head.
“It’s okay” he said softly.
Yami slowly began moving his finger in and out of his hikari’s tight warmth. Yami’s heart was pounding like a hammer. He and Yugi had only slept together a handful of times since his return from Bakura and Marik’s control. He could count the number of times they’d been together intimately on one hand. Yami loved sharing himself with Yugi, but he still found himself fighting demons in his mind. He clenched his eyes shut tightly and tried to focus on Yugi, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t forget the pain he’d caused his other only a few months ago.
Yugi grunted as he fisted the white bed sheets below him.
“Oh yeah, Yami....oh gods yeah!”
Yami wanted to make love to Yugi so badly he could taste it. Only one thing was preventing him from sharing his love with Yugi: Yami couldn’t get hard. No matter how hard or fast he stroked himself, his manhood wasn’t responding. Yugi took notice of Yami’s predicament tried to make him feel better.
“Yami.....if you don’t want to do this we don’t have to. I don’t want you to feel you have to sleep with me.”
Yami crawled off of Yugi and turned onto his side and brought his knees to his chest.
“I’m sorry, aibou....I feel like such a failure.” he whimpered quietly as he curled into a ball.
Yugi crawled up next to Yami and laid back with his arms behind his head.
“It’s okay” he sighed as he pulled the covers up to his waist and rolled over.
Yami closed his eyes and tried to fall to sleep, but the he felt horrible for screwing things up. He couldn’t sleep. After a few minutes of laying silently next to Yugi, Yami could have sworn he heard Yugi sniffle.
“Yugi?” Yami ask quietly.
“What” Yugi replied a little more harshly than he intended.
“Please don’t be mad at me. I love you.”
“M’hm.” Yugi replied with a little hint of sarcasm.
Yugi wiped the tears from his eyes and sat up. He pulled his legs to his chest and rested his chin on his knees.
“You know how I told you that you need to tell me how you feel?”
“M’hm” Yami nodded as he rolled over onto his side facing Yugi
Yugi stared down at his toes and sighed.
“Well, I think this is one of those times. Do I.....um....not turn you on anymore?”
Yami sat up and shook his head.
“Aibou, I can’t believe you’d think that. No, that’s not it at all. This has nothing to do with you, I swear on the Book of the Dead!”
Yami’s voice cracked as it trailed off into almost a whisper.
Yugi glanced over his shoulder at Yami and bit his lip. He didn’t know what to say next. He felt empty inside......again. He’d already lost one love in his life, had he lost another?

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Seto parked his Lexus in the underground garage and turn off the key. He looked over at Joey who had fallen asleep on the short drive home.
“Wake up, Wheeler. We’re home.” Seto chuckled. He found it amusing how Joey could fall asleep just about anywhere.
“Huh? Wha?” Joey mumbled as he opened his eyes.
“We’re home. Do you need me to carry you in, sleepy-head?” Seto joked as he opened his car door.
“Oh, cool..” the blond yawned as he reached for his door handle.
Seto walked around the car and helped Joey to his feet. Joey leaned his cheek on Seto’s shoulder and sighed contently.
“Thank you”
Seto rolled his eyes and lead Joey to the elevator. He pressed a button that took them directly to the floor of Kaiba Corps in which they resided together.
“Come on Wheeler, I’ll take you to bed.” Seto smiled as he lead his drowsy partner down the hall.
By the time they reached the bedroom they shared, Joey was practically sleeping on Seto’s shoulder. Seto wasn’t surprised that Joey was so tired. They’d had quite an action packed night at Noa and Mokuba’s. While Seto went over legal forms regarding the Holographic Duel Transmogrifier (HDT for short) and discussed what needed to be done at Kaiba corps while he was away with Mokuba and Noa, Joey kept himself busy by playing tennis against Serenity for a few hours. Seto remembered back to the days when he was young and he and Mokuba used to sneak down to the indoor tennis court and play a game or two. It was risky, but Seto was willing to do anything to spend time with his little brother and get away from his studies, even if it was only for a short game of tennis.
Seto sighed as he began removing Joey’s clothing for him. After spending time with Mokuba, it only hurt Seto more that his younger brother no longer lived with him; even if Mokuba was a bit of a trouble-maker.
After he’d stripped Joey down to his boxers, Seto covered him up with a blanket.
“Sleep tight, pup.” He whispered as he pressed a gentle kiss on Joey’s forehead.
“Don’t go” Joey mumbled sleepily as he grabbed onto Seto’s sleeve.
“I’ll be back later, I have some work to finish up.” Seto responded as he tried to pull away from Joey’s grasp.
Joey opened his eyes a crack and refused to release his grip on seto’s jacket.
“No.....I want you to stay with me tonight, please?”
Seto bit his lip. He wanted to stay, but he knew he had work to do. He looked down at Joey and sighed.
“Wheeler, I don’t have time for this. I really need to get those forms Mokuba and you completed faxed out, and I have a stack of paperwork to go through besides.”
Joey still held tightly onto Seto’s sleeve.
“Please Seto? It’s been so long since you’ve spent the entire night with me. It gets pretty lonely sleeping by myself.”
Seto let out a frustrated growl and reluctantly sat down at the edge of the bed.
“Wheeler, running a business isn’t easy. I have deadlines to meet, you know.”
Joey stuck out his bottom lip and pouted. He looked up at Seto with his best puppy eyes.
Seto couldn’t resist saying to those big brown begging eyes.
“Fine, how does this sound: I’ll stay with you all night if you allow me 10 minutes to go fax the forms. I’ll bring the rest of the paperwork to bed and go over it while your sleeping. Is that acceptable?”
Joey nodded his head.
“Promise you’ll be back in 10 minutes?”
Seto nodded his head.
“You have my word.”
“Well get a move on than!” Joey grinned as he let go of Seto’s sleeve.
Seto quickly went to his office and sent the faxes. He knew he had to keep his word to Joey, so he scooped up some work that needed to be done and started walking out of his office.
He picked the Holographic Duel Transmogrifier (HDT) off of his desk and stacked it on top his pile of papers and quickly returned to Joey.
“That was 11 minutes” Joey smirked as Seto entered the bedroom.
Seto rolled his eyes as he set his armload of work down on the oak end table next to their bed.
“Wheeler, shut up and move over.”
Joey chuckled as Seto sat on the edge of the bed. The CEO removed his shirt and shoes and slid into bed next to Joey.
“Seto? Can you hold me?” Joey ask pleadingly.
Seto wrapped his arm around Joey and scooted closer to the blond, pressing his hips against Joey’s backside.
“Mmm....you’re so warm.” Joey purred as he pressed himself back against Seto.
“This is nice” Seto smiled as he kissed the nape of Joey’s neck.
Joey sighed contently as he lay in Seto’s arms. The steady beating of Seto’s heart lulled him back to sleep very quickly.
“Love.......you....” Joey mumbled as he drifted off to sleep.

After he was sure Joey was sound asleep, Seto sat up and switched on the lamp next to the bed. He picked up the HDT and looked his new money-maker over. Even though he’d seen how the device worked, he’d never actually tried it himself. He picked his briefcase up off the floor and pulled out his recently modified duel deck. He looked over his cards and smirked at his all-powerful assortment of monsters, traps and magic cards. His curiosity got the best of him, so he placed the cards in the slot and put the HDT helmet on his head. What could it hurt to give it a try?
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Ryou nervously watched on as Malik’s dream repeatedly flip-flopped from good to bad. He wanted to wake Malik up, but something inside him wouldn’t let him- something named Yami Bakura.
“Please yami, let me wake him up! I can’t stand seeing him like this!” Ryou pleaded with Bakura.
//Don’t even try, Ryou......You know I’ll stop you.//
“But yami! Look at him! He’s crying in his sleep! I can’t stand seeing him hurting, even if it’s only a dream! I don’t care what you say, I’m waking him up!”
Before Ryou could as much as reach out to shake his Egyptian lover, the Millennium Ring around his neck emitted a bright flash of light. Bakura was dead set against waking Malik from his strange dream. He quickly took over Ryou and prevented his hikari from waking Malik up.
//Plonker!!!!// Ryou screamed through their mind link.
“What the hell did you just call me?” Bakura queried his frustrated hikari.
//Oh bloody buggering hells.....nothing, nevermind.// Ryou groaned as he receded into the confines of his soul room.
Bakura quickly called on the powers of the Millennium Ring. He wanted to see exactly what was taking place in Malik’s head. One mystical power Bakura had discovered the Millennium Ring possessed was the power to see into dreams. It could also control dreams, but that wasn’t what he was interested in doing at the moment.
Bakura felt himself slowly slipping into Malik’s mind. He wasn’t surprised when the images in the Egyptian’s dream brought him back to a time long ago.
He saw Malik, who looked much older for some reason, dressed in a tattered linen sarong, kneeling on his hands and knees in front of a dilapidated gold alter. Bakura wasn’t sure, but the ruins that surrounded Malik looked to be that of a demolished palace. There were dead bodies littering the floors, and their blood painted the crushed mudbrick remnants.
Tears steamed down Malik’s cheeks. He seemed to be crying out to the gods in prayer.
“Enki, Lord of wisdom, please hear out your humbled servant! My kingdom of Ur has fallen into the hands of the Babylonians, my mother Nammu has been slain along my father An, my wife Inanna has betrayed me with my brother Demuzi, and all my children have been lost in this war. I have nothing left, my lord! What shall I do, great one! I have no where else to turn!”
Bakura heard a noise coming from behind a fallen stone pillar and turned his head. He was sure there was another person nearby.
Malik also heard the noise and quickly jumped to his feet and pulled a sword from the sheath attached to his belt.
“Who goes there!” He demanded in a loud voice.
Bakura watched as a women dressed in a black hooded cloak stepped out from behind the fallen pillar and bowed down in front of Malik.
“Ereshkigal? But..but....I thought you were.....” his voice trailed off.
The woman kept her head bowed as she began to speak.
“My ensi,” she cried out, “Please do not hold the actions of my sister against me. I do not condone what she has done to you. I will always remain loyal to you, my lord.”
Bakura cocked his head as he watched Malik kneeled down in front of the woman named Ereshkigal.
“Ensi? Malik was a king?” he mused to himself.

“Ereshkigal, sister of Inanna, there is no reason for you to kneel. I am no longer ensi, I cannot rule a land with no people. Please, call me Malik from now on.”
The woman in black lifted her head.
“Thank you for having mercy on my life, my lord......Malik.”
Malik smiled down and the raven haired woman and reached for her hand.
“You have never wronged me, goddess of the dark. I have to reason to take your life.”
Ereshkigal rested her hand on King Malik’s shoulder and smiled.
“I think I may know of a way for you to take your kingdom back, my lord.”
King Malik perked up at the mention of taking back his kingship.
“Oh? Tell me more.”
Ereshkigal’s wicked grin sent shivers down Bakura’s spine. He found himself rather turned on by her ominous presence. Go figure.
“The pharaoh Atemu of Egypt holds the answer to your future, my lord.”

Bakura was stunned to hear mention of Yami, or rather Atemu as he was known in ancient times.

Ereshkigal suddenly stood up and looked around nervously.
“My lord, I sense an evil presence amongst us!”

Bakura looked around and realized he was probably the evil she was referring too. It was probably a good time to leave Malik’s dream before he got involved in it personally. He quickly used the powers of the Millennium Ring and left the realm of Malik’s dream.

“Yami Bakura?” Malik mumbled as he began to wake up.
“Yes, were you expecting somebody else?” Bakura snapped, trying to look innocent.
“Kind of......why are you here?”Malik sat up and ask.
Bakura rolled his eyes and got to his feet.
“I saw you and got the sudden urge to fuck, you interested in a quick screw in the sand, Ishtar?”
Malik chuckled lightly as he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes.
“I take it you want me to get Marik than, eh?”
Bakura cupped Malik’s chin in his hand and pulled him into a forceful kiss. He licked his lips as he pulled away.
“No Cocoa Puff, I want you for a change. Now strip down, blondie. It’s time for you to experience a REAL dark fuck!”
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So sorry it’s taken a light year to get this update posted!!! Aside from the fact that Aff has been a dickhead, we had some nasty storms move through this afternoon that totally scared the bajesus out of me. I actually shut my computer off for the first time in like a month so it wouldn’t get zapped. LOL
Anyway, Ill update “My Pet Yami” later tonight and if AFF keeps it’s shit together I’ll have a very special Malik/BAKURA lemon for you by Thursday morning. I promise I’ll make it super hot to make up for the lack of updates. *winkdroolglompwink*

Also- Ill be going over this later to fix my stupid mistakes.

*hugs n’ kisses*