Hold On

Transversal: Ghe, I like good little readers who review XD and don’t worry, this is chap 11 and the story won’t end for at least another 3 chaps so you can still review ^^. Oh, and Aky told me to tell you that he doesn’t like your ninja monkeys cuz they’ve been kicking his ass for a while now and he wants you to call them back. In my opinion you should leave them right where they are now though XD Anyway, have for with the new chap!

Broken_Angel: Here’s the update, enjoy.

Wintermoon: O.o;; you people know me way too well with my cliffies by now *pouts* well I guess the cliffie won’t be much of a surprise to you then.
As for the excuse, fine I’ll accept it as long as you review from now on XD love the shrine, keep worshipping me! WHOOT!!!

Dragon Speaker: Here ya go, have fun.

Keara: Uhm.. I’ll take fast and painless but can you please wait with that? I’m already on the sequel of this story so if you want to know what happens you’ll have to wait ^^;
Oh, and Aky has also requested you to call back the army. The ninja monkeys Transversal send have been kicking his ass too much already.

Tavi: Good… I’m going to assume girl since most people reading here are. And ain’t I being good by reviewing you too?

Dragonlady222: Ghe, Yoru isn’t dying just yet… well technically he is but that’ll be explained later. Anyway, have fun with the new chap!

Catti-dono: ^^; WTF?!?! ANZU?!?!? YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME! THAT BITCH WOULD NEVER GET THIS KIND OF PART IN MY STORY!
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Okay, first of all. ANZU IS NOT ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN YUUGI’S HOUSE! There, I just had to get that out of my system ^^; Seriously people, ANZU?!?!?
I’m happy that most of you actually did get it right who the three are. (though I seriously don’t get where the Anzu came from ^^; I hate her, I’m not about to make her an angel or anything of the sort). In any case, have fun with the chap and R&R!
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--: 11 :--
Hell

“You mean Yuugi didn’t tell you about us?” the platinum blonde took an overdramatic pose that Yami couldn’t help but sweat drop at, “How could you Yuugi! I thought you were our friend!”

Yuugi pushed the still rambling blonde off him and rolled his eyes, “Well sorry Malik, if I hadn’t expected to ever see you again,” a bright smile broke through on his face, “though I am happy to see you guys.”

“You better be,” The blonde now sitting next to him on the ground snorted, “we came all da way here for ya so you better be happy about it.”

Yami slowly stepped forward and looked at his boyfriend. This night had been one surprise after another, and his head was hurting because of all the confusion, “Yuugi?”

Yuugi giggled at Yami’s expression, “These are my friends from when I was still an angel. This is Joey,” Yuugi pointed to the blonde that had nearly choked him earlier, “that’s Malik,” Yuugi pointed at the platinum blonde, “and the quiet one is Ryou,” the white haired boy was pointed at. All three grinned as Yuugi was about to introduce Yami.

“Oh don’t worry, Yuugi. We know who this is.” Malik grinned as he walked over, checking Yami out from all sides and whistling, “And did I mention you have good taste?”

Yuugi blushed bright crimson. Well Malik obviously hadn’t changed yet. The other was still a teasing slightly psycho teen who just couldn’t help but get his friends into trouble.

“Malik, don’t tease Yuugi.” Ryou shook his head as he walked over to the smirking blonde and pulled him back to the couch, before pushing him onto it, “We’ve only just gotten here and you’re already starting this?”

Joey grinned, “Course he is, Ryou. You know what Malik’s like ne?”

Yuugi pouted, letting Yami wrap his arms around his waist in a comforting manner, “Sadly enough I still remember exactly what Malik’s like. And here I was hoping he might’ve changed.”

“Never!” Malik punched the air with a proud grin on his face, “I’ll never surrender to the boring side!” Again an over dramatic pose. Yami decided to crown Malik drama-queen from now on.

Ryou shook his head again, before motioning for them all to sit down with a bit more serious look on his face. The three teen standing – or in Joey’s case sitting – in the hallway all came over and sat down on the couch. Yuugi gave them all a curious look. “So why are you guys here? I mean it’s not like I’m complaining, but I thought the rules forbade you from seeing me the minute I left Heaven to help Yami.”

“Well da rules do, but da big man’s been keeping an eye on you and he decided dat you two could use some help.” Joey smiled, “So we’re here ta help!”

Yuugi blinked, “God’s been watching me? Why?”

“Well for one, the person you gave everything up for happens to be the reincarnation of the most powerful and ruthless demon that has ever lived,” Malik was elbowed in the side sharply by Ryou at that remark, and everyone could see Yami averting his eyes. Malik mentally cursed himself for talking before thinking once again.

“Excuse Malik for that, he tends to speak before thinking.” Yami slowly looked back and gave them all a weak smile.

“Well I kind of have to start accepting it ne? It’s why I’m in the mess I’m in at the moment.”

“Well ya can’t really do anythin’ about it,” Joey shrugged, “da reason why God’s lettin’ us help ya out is ‘cause he thinks you’ve changed and deserve a bit of happiness. When you refused ta take Aky’s deal, ya showed dat you weren’t a greedy ugly demon bastard anymore, and dat you’ve learned from dis life. In short, we’re here ta help ya kick Aky’s butt and get your sis back.”

Yuugi’s smile came back as he was the one tackling Joey this time, “You guys are the best!”

Joey laughed as he hugged his friend back and looked at Yami for a second. He grinned at the jealous expression crossing the other’s face, though the crimson-eyed teen didn’t say or do anything. “I think your boyfriend’s gettin’ jealous Yuug, so you better go give him a hug too.”

Yuugi turned his head to see a slight blush on Yami’s face, and giggled as he could indeed see the jealousy in the other’s eyes. He quickly stood up and walked over to Yami, sitting in the other’s lap as he snuggled into the strong chest and sighed happily. The other three in the room couldn’t help but ‘aw’ as Yami wrapped his arms around Yuugi protectively and smiled.

“You two are cute together,” Malik grinned as Yuugi blushed again, “but we’re going to have to interrupt the scene though, since you two need sleep. You do have to be rested if we want to go kick some demon ass tomorrow.”

Yami chuckled, “Well I guess you’re right, though I don’t know exactly where I’m going to leave you… if my father comes home to see three angels in the living room I think he’ll freak… though I think that’d be pretty funny to see actually.”

Malik chuckled at the smirk on Yami’s face, before shaking his head, “Mortals aren’t supposed to know that we’re here, so we can’t really do that.”

Ryou thought for a second, before he shyly and hesitantly looked up at Yami, “Would you mind if we used Kumiko-chan’s bedroom?”

Yami’s eyes dimmed for a second at once again being reminded that his little sister was really gone, before pushing the thoughts aside. He was going to get her back no matter what happened. A weak smile once again crossed his face, “Sure, her room is upstairs, second door to the right.”

All three angels nodded and Joey and Malik got up, already starting towards the bedroom, as Ryou rolled his eyes at the two.

“Aren’t you two forgetting something?” Joey and Malik turned around and stared at Ryou blankly, obviously having no idea what their friend was talking about. “Yuugi’s powers ring a bell?”

Malik and Joey stared blankly for another second, before understanding spread across their faces. “Oh yeah.” Was all they said. Ryou sweat dropped, before turning to Yuugi.

“Since we’re going to be fighting demons and using your powers after you’ve given up being an angel is very tiring, God has given us permission to do something else.” He motioned for Yuugi to come stand by him, as Joey and Malik walked back as well.

Yuugi and Yami gave each other questioning glances before Yuugi slowly got out of Yami’s lap and walked over to his old friends. All three surrounded him, taking each other’s hands and closing their eyes. Yami could see a golden aura engulfing all four of them as incoherent words were mumbled softly. Okay… so what was going on?

The auras slowly retreated and the light dimmed to reveal Yuugi once again standing there in the angelic clothing he’d been wearing that one time he’d saved Yami and Kumiko from that gang. The only difference between now and then were the two large feather wings that were now sprouting from his back. Yami gasped at the sight; Yuugi had just become more cute and beautiful than he had already been… and Yami had thought that to be impossible.

Yuugi’s eyes widened as he felt the familiar surge of power and magic flow through his body again. He looked down at himself wide-eyed to see his angel robes back on as his wings flowed around him gracefully. He looked back at his friends to see them opening their eyes and grinning at his shocked form.

“Ya got your powers back buddy.” Joey slapped the younger on the back playfully, “Now ya can really kick some demon ass!”

Yuugi smiled brightly again and pulled all three of his friends into a group hug, thanking each of them over and over. Yuugi had missed the familiar feel of his magic protecting him as well as the ability to fly. When an angel decided to live on Earth, thereby becoming mortal, they kept a piece of their power – although most of it was no longer available and using the magic that they still had, cost a lot of energy – but they lost their wings. This had been the reason why Yuugi hadn’t had any wings when he had saved Kumiko and Yami; he simply didn’t have any.

Yuugi let go of his friends and turned back to Yami only to blush as he was met with a slightly lust-filled gaze. It seemed Yami approved very much of this form.

Yami smirked at the blush and slowly walked over to Yuugi, swaying his hips from side to side seductively. He could see Yuugi’s eyes glued to him as the other swallowed. “I believe it’s time to go to bed, Aibou,” he purred. He could see Malik trying to stifle his laughter behind Yuugi’s back, obviously amused at his friend’s flustered state. Yami just smirked all the more as he stood in front of Yuugi, “Come on.”

Yami swiftly took Yuugi into his arms bridal-style, making the boy yelp in surprise and blush even more red. That was enough to make Malik burst out in laughter as Joey snickered and Ryou just blushed.

“Y-Yami!” Yami shut the other up by kissing him while walking back up the stairs. Yuugi quickly melted into the kiss and pushed himself closer, ignoring Malik’s laughter.

As the two left, Joey sighed, “Dey really are a cute couple, ain’t they?”

“Yeah, though I think Yami was just teasing Yuugi just now.” Malik grinned, “I really do like Yuugi’s taste.”

Ryou shook his head, “You two are hopeless,” he sighed, “Let’s just go to bed okay? It’s going to be a long day tomorrow.”

All three nodded and went up the stairs to Kumiko’s room though Malik couldn’t help but smirk as they passed what was obviously Yami’s room. Soft moans could be heard from inside and not just from their long time friend either.

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“Why da hell has it been so easy ta get inta dis place so far?”

The entire group glanced back at their blonde companion and frowned, the same thought crossing all their minds. They were in Hell at the moment, hiding near the palace where Aknunkanon obviously lived. The only suspicious thing was that they hadn’t run into a single demon yet. Sure, there had been some close calls here and there, but even those were very little. Shouldn’t Hell be heavily guarded or something? If these were all the defences Hell offered against attacks, then one single attack from Heaven would completely destroy this place.

“It’s a trap.” They turned to face their human companion. Yami was staring at the castle, his eyes fixed on the front door and the demons patrolling around it.

“Ya mean he knows we’re here? But how? We’ve been very careful not ta get spotted.” Joey frowned and also looked at the castle. Why would Aknunkanon let them come into Hell this easily? Shouldn’t they be attacked by now or something by a huge army of demons?

Yami snorted, “It’s logical that he’d keep an eye on me as he wants me so badly ne? He’s obviously been following my life or he wouldn’t have known Kumiko meant so much to me. He knows we’re here alright, and he wants us to reach him so he can kill us all personally.”

“Guess you’re lucky then, huh Yami.” Yuugi smiled wryly, “Since you’re the one he’s after, he probably won’t kill you.”

“Oh I think that if I keep refusing him, he’ll kill me alright.” Yami gaze finally came to land on the group standing in front of them, “But I really am serious. If we were to walk up to those guards right there, they’d either let us pass while pretending not to see us, or they’d bring us straight to Aknunkanon.”

“Well let’s not test that theory. For all we know we’ve just been lucky.” Malik sighed, “Come on, we better keep going or they really will find us.”

All nodded, and they made their way around the castle, trying to find a way to get in. The only possibility was to fly in through a back window. All sweat dropped at that option.

“Okay, so he really is expectin’ us.” Joey mumbled. This really was too easy, and this really wasn’t just dumb luck.

“Yeah, and he’s making it quite obvious too. He’s just daring us to come for him.” Ryou sighed and turned to the group. “So are we going to take the bait?”

Yami scowled, “I don’t care if it’s a trap. He has Kumiko and I want her back.”

The other’s looked at each other hesitantly. Of course they had been sent to help Yami with this, but they had counted on the element of surprise to overwhelm the demonic ruler. Now that they had lost that slight advantage…

“Dis is gonna be more dangerous now, ya know.” Joey sighed and looked straight into Yami’s eyes, “maybe it’d be safer if you stayed here. You have no magic to defend yourself with, and we won’t be able to protect ya all da time.”

Yami glared at the blond, “I’m the last person of this group that he’ll hurt, and this is my sister we’re talking about. I’m going with you whether you like it or not.”

Joey glared back at him, “He can still use you against us by capturin’ ya. If you would just stay here and-“

“I’m not staying here!”

“Yuug, will you please explain to your boyfriend that he can’t come!”

“Keep Yuugi out of this!”

Yuugi, Ryou, and Mallik sweat dropped at the two arguing teens. “So how long do you think they’ll go on?” Malik glanced at the other two questioningly. Ryou rubbed his temple to stop the upcoming headache as much as possible. He was getting annoyed by Joey and Yami’s behaviour. Yami was too careless, and Joey was too protective, and those attitudes had been clashing the entire way. He was getting annoyed, and that didn’t happen a lot.”

“Will you two just shut up!” Joey and Yami turned to a frustrated Ryou. Ryou sighed as shook his head, the headache shooting through his head already. “Thank you. Yami, you need to be more careful of what you do around here. Even though you are the person Aknunkanon is after, these demons might still hurt you.”

Joey smirked, “Ha!”

“Joey, I’m not done yet. You have to trust Yami a bit more to take care of himself. He’s been doing that for the past 18 years just fine.”

Now it was Yami’s turn to smirk, though he kept quiet as he’d gotten reprimanded himself as well.

“Now that we’ve got that settled. Yami, you can come with us but promise us that you’ll be careful and stay away from the fight? If you get hurt Yuugi will kill us all, and I simply hate to see people die.”

Yami nodded slowly, “Alright, I’ll be careful as long as you take me with you.”

Joey just scowled, obviously not agreeing to this plan. Ryou ignored the glare that was being thrown at him, and simply turned towards the castle. “Well come on then.”

All angels except for Yuugi spread their wings – though Joey was still grumbling under his breath – and flew up to the open window, still being careful to not be seen. Yuugi walked up to Yami, “You sure you want to come with us?” His face held concern for his lover. Yuugi didn’t want Yami to get hurt, and coming with them to the fight made him worry about that.

Yami smiled gently, unlike with Joey staying calm. “Don’t worry about me, Aibou. I said I’ll be careful and I will. I just want to be there, I want to see Kumiko.”

Yuugi sighed and smiled back at Yami, taking the other into his arms and flying up to follow his friends. “If you get hurt, I’ll kill you.”

Yami chuckled as he tightened his hold on the other, leaning closer to the other’s ear so he could whisper – or more like purr – into it, “Well it that happens, I’ll just have to change your mind…” Yuugi blushed at the suggestive tone, but refused to answer to it right now. Besides, he could already see Malik looking at him amusedly. Continuing this conversation would only amuse the other even more. In Yuugi’s opinion, it was very bad to amuse Malik with stuff like this.

Man, Malik really needed to get a boyfriend of his own, and fast.

Without giving Malik the chance to comment on the furious blush on his cheeks, Yuugi quickly set Yami down on the ground and started to walk into the direction of the strongest aura in the castle, “We better hurry guys. No time to waste.”

Malik pouted at the lost chance of teasing Yuugi, but supposed staying alive was a bit more important than the fun he would’ve gotten out of that. He sighed and followed Yuugi, the rest of the group close behind him. Malik, Ryou, and Joey surrounded Yami – something that irked Yami slightly though he didn’t comment on it – to keep the other out of as much trouble as possible, though it didn’t seem like they would be running into any. The castle seemed strangely deserted, and the only aura that could be sensed was the one obviously belonging to Aknunkanon. Man, the demonic overlord really wasn’t trying to hide that this was a trap huh? Seriously that just sucked, and it made all of them more nervous by the second.

They came to two large ebony doors, the aura directly behind it. Well this was probably the throne room then. As soon as they went through these doors, there would be no turning back, although they all doubted that leaving would be that easy. It would definitely be harder than getting in.

They all gave each other one last uncomfortable glance, taking a deep breath, before Yuugi pushed the doors open to reveal a beautifully decorated large room. Aknunkanon was evil, but he definitely had taste.

In the middle of the room was a large black throne with someone sitting in it. Shadows concealed who the person was, but all knew it was Aknunkanon. The powerful aura and the fact that he was sitting in a throne kind of gave it away.

Behind the throne was a cage hanging from the ceiling. It strangely resembled a bird’s cage, only much bigger. In the cage lay Kumiko, unconscious but seemingly unharmed otherwise. Yami’s eyes still widened though as he saw her red eyes. She’d been crying, and she was still hugging her knees to her body as she lay on her side. Yami shut his eyes for a second, reminding himself for the umpteenth time that this wasn’t his fault as Yuugi had said last night. It was very hard to tell yourself that though if you were in the state Yami as in at the moment. The theory that he was really a chicken still seemed more likely than what he’d been told.

“I’m glad you could all come,” Aknunkanon stepped into the light and smirked as all four angels rushed forward to stand in front of Yami, “because I simply love the screams of angels in the morning.”

Without saying another word or the slightest warning, Aknunkanon launched forward, heading straight for the four angels defending their human friend and ready to tear each of them apart.
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And Whoooot! A CLIFFIE! I know you all hate me for the cliffie but I love it ^^ What will happen next? Well only me and my editor really know, you’ll have to wait another week! Ain’t I nice? *looks innocently* Please review!

P.S.: I LOVE MY MALIK!