To Want Love

P.S. Hello everyone I know it has been some time since I put a chapter up. I am sorry about that and would like to thank all of you who have been staying with up on this story for this long. Thank you for the views I have been getting on the story. I have some good news to tell all of you.

I have finished chapter 27 and as soon as Darth is done with it you well all get to read it and see the ending to this story. That is right the story is coming to a close as we wrap up the lose ends in this last and longest chapter yet. I hope you enjoy this chapter and are going to be looking forward to the next and last chapter to the story.

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Chapter 26: A Shadow Looms Over My Happiness

The two weeks that followed the arrival of the families were eventful. Obana, Darth and Mai busied themselves with the arrangements for Yami and Yugi’s mating show with the help of the females of Marik’s family. In fact, they where the ones who did most of the work from the invitations to the food and from the preparing of rooms to all sorts of trivial things, leaving Yugi and Yami feeling quite useless. Obana and Darth had gotten Yugi's clothing done with plenty of time to spare, the ending result being a lovely mix of purple and red. All the guests also arrived on time, even a more distant relative of Yami’s who brought along a strange hybrid between a cat and a dog that spooked Yugi to no end.

All of everyone's hard work and dedication led to this one moment where Yugi would perform the dance of love for Yami, starting the mating show. When the sound of music reached Yugi's ears the human took a moment to listen to the melody and then started moving his body according to the beat and his own feelings. Yugi gave the dance his all, forgetting all about his usual insecurities. Normally so very bashful and shy, Yugi was too engrossed in his dance to be aware of everyone looking at nothing but him. And as the song finally came to an end that seemed to have come after an eternity and still too soon, Yugi also slowed down his movements, finally coming to a stop and walking down from the stage to the greeting arms of Yami as the demon gave him a hug and kiss that were full of admiration and love.

After Yami let go of Yugi the crimson-eyed man went up on the stage to face his opponent, an incredibly large demon that looked like a mix between a bear, wolf, and bird. Yugi held his breath as he watched Yami fight the other demon on the elevated stage. Yami’s appearance would have seemed frightening to many, with his long and wide wings spreading out like curtains of darkness, his eyes glowing a bright red and his hands having shaped into sharp claws that matched his long fangs. Despite how strange such thoughts were for a weak-minded human, Yugi found Yami beautiful look at and an amazing sight in this demonic form. It seemed that Yami was also powerful, for despite his smaller size, the humanoid demon came out of the fight victorious and perfectly unhurt.

Everyone in the dimly lit room was completely focused on the fight, except for a female figure who was focusing on the small human near the stage. The person’s hands were squeezed around a long object but the hands kept it lowered down so that it did not catch anyone’s eyes. The figure moved with decisive steps but kept exceptionally quiet in order to avoid alarming anyone. Pale blue eyes shone icily at the back faced towards them, revealing malicious intent towards the small human, even as painful memories brought tears to the corners of that murderous glare.

Flashback

"Wait, what do you mean?" a small female figure asked, her voice and eyes hopeless as she gazed up into cold and cruel eyes that did not suit the man’s handsome face.

"I mean just what I said”, the man snarled. “I only mated with you in hopes of making kids I could sell.” The man knelt down and twirled a few of the woman’s locks between his fingers. “I never loved you, only the thought of what you could give me.” The man released the woman’s hair from his grip and gave a disgusted sneer. “Children are valuable items but exceptionally strong children are almost priceless.”

The woman shook her head furiously from side to side, refusing to believe this new revelation even as she knew that her body was dying from the poison she had been given, the poison her mate had given her.

“And then it was revealed that you can’t have children”, the man spat, those horrible eyes holding not an ounce of mercy. “I’ve wasted years in this fruitless endeavour and I can only hope that my next mate won’t be such a disappointment.” Now there was something akin to murderous pleasure on that face. “After all, the only way to sever a mating is through death.” And with that the man walked out of the little room that the women had been taken to. As the last traces of life escaped from the once-beautiful woman, the man was looking for his next conquest. Later on the woman was found cold and lifeless in that same room, having died alone, heartbroken and betrayed.

End Flashback

'I will not let my sister’s tragedy be repeated with my baby’, the woman thought as she took off into a run just as the fight ended and Yami turned around to help Yugi onto the stage. Convinced that she had to stop this mating from happening the female bellowed: "I will not let you harm him!" and swung forward the metal pole she had smuggled with her into the room. The swing was aimed at the weak human’s neck with enough strength to break the thin neck.

A sickening smack of metal against flesh echoed in the shocked silence that had followed the woman’s scream and Yugi’s lithe form crumbled to the floor. Yami had seen the woman coming too late to deflect the attack but he had managed to hit the pole with enough force for the blow to have gone lower than the intended target. Hopefully low enough that Yugi would survive.

In the next instant Yami’s mother was yanked back and away from the couple and the crimson-eyed youth noticed with warm gratitude that his friends had come to aid in mere seconds. Seto had seized a hold of Kya’s arms while Marik jumped to the floor to grab her legs and surprising of all even Bakura had come to the rescue, holding onto the still screaming but slowly calming demon woman’s waist.

Knowing that he could trust the three demons to both keep his mother under control and to not harm her, Yami turned to face his mate. He kneeled on the floor and gently grasped a hold of Yugi’s shoulder to pull him up into a sitting position. The amethyst eyes were blurred by tears of pain and the boy’s lower lip was swollen from how the human had bitten down on it to avoid any whimpers from escaping his mouth.

"Yugi, love, are you okay? Let me see", Yami crooned to the human is such a worried manner that it would have been funny if it were not for the dire situation.

“She got my back, around my right shoulder blade”, Yugi replied and Yami immediately glanced over the human’s right shoulder to see a large and colourful bruise shaping out on the pale skin. Yami’s heart ached at the painful sight even as Yugi’s voice assured him: "I’m fine, Yami. It hurts, of course, but I don’t think anything is actually broken. It’s not going to kill me or anything." Yami glanced to the boy to see the smaller male give him a small smile and Yami shakily returned the gesture before helping the human stand up.

"Are you sure about this?” Yami asked with a soft sigh. “I don't want you pushing yourself. Everything can wait if you’re hurt, even our mating show." Yami started to look Yugi over, making sure that the hit had not done more damage then what he could see from first glance.

"I swear that I’m alright, Yami”, Yugi insisted gently. “I am determined to go through with this despite anything that might happen. I can handle myself for now and once we’re in our bedroom you can have a closer look at the injury.” The young human did not falter once as he spoke and Yami was actually rather proud of his mate as Yugi queried: “But I’d like to know what’s going to happen to your mother.”

“I’ll tell you when we’re back in our room”, Yami assured Yugi, brushing his fingers against a soft cheek. “After this mating show is over we’ll tie up all the loose ends.” With that Yami gave Yugi a short hug before climbing up onto the stage in order to get everyone’s attention before speaking out: "Family, friends, the mating show will continued in just a moment, after we have removed a disturbance from the room. If you will wait for just a few minutes we will take care of everything, thank you.”

After his speech Yami jumped down from the stage and gave a meaningful look at the three demons restraining Kya. Seto gave a curt nod of his head in response, a wordless assurance that the brunet knew where they could lock the woman up until she calmed down. A rare smile was exchanged between the two demons before Yami turned from the exchange and picked up Yugi in order to carry him up onto the stage. Yami then lowered Yugi down and the two of them walked to the centre side by side before turning to face each other and taking a hold of one another.

A soft tune fluttered in the air and in the next instant the two forgot all about their frightening experience from moments ago. Yami led the two in a dance that neither of them had ever danced and yet they both knew the steps to. They were in a world that consisted only of each other and where there was not time. And when the illusion broke at the end of the song they both felt like only moments had passed when in truth they had been dancing for many minutes.

With the mating show now over Yami picked Yugi up once more before staring to walk towards their bedroom. In the silence of that walk they both allowed themselves to start thinking about what had taken place earlier during the show. The memory kept them both silent until Yami lowered Yugi down on the bed they shared.

A long moment of silence passed between the two as Yami paced around the bed and back a couple of time to see if Yugi had any other injuries but that one large bruise on the back of his shoulder seemed to be the only injury the human had suffered. Satisfied with that Yami released a deep sigh before sitting down on the edge of the bed and lowering himself to lie on his back, looking up into Yugi’s eyes as he spoke: “I’m really sorry about what happened, Yugi. I shouldn’t have allowed mother to come to the show.”

"It is okay Yami”, Yugi murmured in a gentle manner as he buried his hand in Yami’s hair, caressing his mate’s scalp. “She is your mother, so of course she had to be present. Not to mention she seemed fine up until the moment she attacked me. And I came out fine; I’m alive and well and that’s what really counts. ‘What if’s and maybes will only make you feel bad when it isn’t needed." Yami’s eyes had drifted away from Yugi’s at some point and somehow Yugi just knew that there was still something bothering the demon. "There is something about your mother that you haven’t told me, isn’t there?”

The crimson eyes flickered up to Yugi again as Yami muttered: “We should have all seen it coming. There is no excuse for our stupidity.” Yami closed his eyes for a moment before speaking again: “There is something very vital that you need to know about my mother. There is a reason why she’s so crazy. Her sister was murdered by her own mate and the event drove her insane.”

“So she can’t handle her grief?” Yugi spoke softly, clearly trying to relate to the woman, wanting to understand what had made Kya want to kill him.

“It isn’t so simple”, Yami answered, his voice also softening. “There is more to the story. You see, the man my mother’s sister mated never truly loved my aunt. He was a charismatic demon but there was no kindness underneath his pleasing features. I was told that the man’s beauty seduced my aunt and she fell in love with the man. In the end it was revealed that he only wanted my aunt so that he could benefit off of the children of their union, only my aunt was unable to get pregnant.” There was a frightening rage burning in Yami’s normally kind eyes and Yugi shivered at the unadulterated hatred Yami clearly felt towards the cruel man.

“In the end the man found out and poisoned my aunt, leaving her to die alone and betrayed”, Yami growled in a dangerous tone of voice and Yugi brought his hand to cup his love’s face in order to calm down the other’s frightening anger and pain. Those crimson eyes softened into a sorrowful look as Yami mumbled: “So don’t think my mother hates either of us, Yugi. She was acting on bitter emotions of a time that was long ago. She doesn’t mean any harm; she just doesn’t see mating as the act of love it should be viewed as.” Yami lifted a hand and placed his hand to the side of Yugi’s head, mimicking the human’s actions from moments before.

Yugi gave a teary smile to his mate before speaking out: “I knew from the start that your mother wasn’t an evil person. Neither of your parents could be evil.” The human gave a weak grin and Yami returned as he uttered: “I don’t know how I deserve you.”

“You are so amazing that you deserve anything you want or need”, Yugi replied and Yami sat up to kiss the human on the lips gently. Yugi brought his arms around the demon’s shoulders and two fell down onto the mattress. The two looked at each other with adoration before Yami started to speak: “You know, even though both of my parents are demons they had a human wedding ceremony instead of the traditional mating show.”

Yugi was smiling again as he spoke: “Then you’re both amazing and I am honoured to be a part of your family.”

“I know you’re going to disagree with me”, Yami started as he rolled on top of Yugi and started laying sensual kisses on the boy’s lips, chin and neck. “But, to me, you are the single most amazing thing in the world and it makes me so incredibly happy to hear you say that.”

“You’re such a romantic”, Yugi murmured before taking Yami’s face between his hands and speaking out: “Now how about you make love to me if I’m so amazing?”

A smirk came to Yami’s lips and the demon pressed his lips against those of his mate as he uttered: “Gladly”, and did just as he had been asked. And with that single word they both let go of their gloomy thoughts, knowing very well that Kya would be all right with Ramon there to take care of her.

A.N. Okay I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and are looking forward to the next as last chapter to the story. I am trying to come up with something nice to do for all of you that had stay with us for the last chapter. I don't know maybe after it is out I well put a thank you chapter out with a list of all those that had reviewed on both fanfiction and adultfanfiction. Well see what happens. I well put it out as soon as I get it back from Darth and editing. So I hope you all look forward to it and getting to see how we will warp things up for you all. Bye for now and see you when the last chapter is out.