Salvation

Chapter 2: Holding My Last Breath

Yugi stood in complete shock as the village’s attacker stared at him with the same crimson eyes as the lonely boy in his dream. How could that be? And how could that same lonely boy now hold a murderous gaze that shook him to the core?

The voices of the other village men were unheard by Yugi as he just watched the boy in his dream standing, showing that he was no longer a small child whose innocents was taken away with his mother’s life when she was so brutally murdered. No, now he was much older, only a few years older then Yugi now.

‘Did I see his past?’ he thought to himself, still looking at the man before him in complete disbelief. He shook his head free of the thought. That would be ridiculous; there is no way someone could see into the past. It was just a dream, a silly dream that meant nothing. Though, the look the man in front of him gave him scared him. He looked as if he knew him, and was angry at him. What could Yugi have done to this person he hadn’t even met? The force of the stare unnerved him so much that he looked down. He was being stared down by these hypnotic crimson eyes that seem so exotic and at the same time, dangerous.

“Yugi, get back, you’re unarmed!” A villager stood in between Yugi and this crimson eyed invader, breaking Yugi’s trance. Yugi whimpered softly as the disproving voice of the man in front of him. He had been foolish. He heard a man call out that the village was under attack and Yugi just ran out unprepared. He could have been killed if it weren’t for whoever was standing in front of him. “After all these years, Yami, why have you returned here?” Yugi recognized the voice of the man now, considering the only view of him he had were the back of his legs. Yugi never looked back up after his stare down with the crimson eyed man. The man protecting him was named Akhenaden. Yugi didn’t know him personally, but he knew just about everyone in his village. This man had lost his wife a few years back. He didn’t know how or anything like that, he just knew it happened. People seemed to look up to him, the unoffical leader of the village.

‘Yami? Isn’t that the demon boy from the bed time story mother told me when I was little? The name of the half-breed who killed his mother?’ Yugi thought to himself, unable to understand how a bed time story could be standing in front of him. Though, the man’s crimson eyes made no sense to the other as well. No human could have such blood red eyes. But, demons couldn’t exist. They were just the things that parents made up to make their children behaved until they were too old to believe such stories.

“Oh how touching, step-father, you recognize me after all these years. I guess that means that a dirty half-breed like me was able to find his way in your heart. Though, I suppose it has something to do with the fact that your wife slept with a demon and conceived me!” Yami seemed to be rubbing salt into an already deep wound from what Yugi could tell. He never knew that Akhenaden’s wife had a child. Yugi blinked at the confrontation and felt slightly invisible. Something told him that he probably should have ran and grabed something to protect himself with and join the others, but he didn’t. The fact that he was really curious about the mystery man who seemed to know Akhenaden so well, who claimed to be his step son.

“Half-bred scum!” Akhenaden yelled aggravated. Yami just chuckled at his reaction and stepped closer to the man.

“You claim to be so righteous, but who is the one that killed my mother, the one whom you claim so much to love with your whole heart only to brutally stab her because she chose her own child to you!” This seemed to be a family feud of some sort, but he was so curious. Demons were real? The story about the half-breed was complete facts? Something about what Yami was saying didn’t seem to add up. He heard that the half-breed killed his own mother, not Akhenaden. Yugi shook his head, this was ridiculous. He really shouldn’t have been in this. This wasn’t between him, and really he didn’t want to be in the middle of all this hostility. Yugi took this time to slowly slip away from the two men’s little brawl. Away from the attention of the supposed attacker, and towards the forest

“Why have you come back, Yami? Care to claim your revenge for your whore of a mother?” Akhenaden spat out with so much distain that Yugi froze at the comment himself, though it wasn’t directed towards him. He looked back at the two and saw a look of anger on Yami’s face that made him shake with fear. It was then that he remembered Akhenaden’s weapon. He was provoking Yami to attack, so he could kill him without anyone questioning him? What a low life! And it seemed to be working as well. Yugi watched as Yami’s body started to stiffen as the other tried to control his anger. He didn’t want Akhenaden to know that he had hit a sore spot, but of course it failed. The older of the two lifted his weapon and aimed it at Yami’s heart. He wore a smirk he never knew someone to ever wear. It was like evil incarnate.

“No, you’ll kill him!” Yugi said as he said as he started back towards the two. He seemed to be the only who really cared what was happening while everyone else just stood there weapons ready for when they were needed. He even glanced at his house and noticed that his grandfather was now standing in the doorway, looking towards Yami with hatred. Why was no one taking act in this situation? Wasn’t it against their rules to kill someone? And yet everyone was standing there watching and doing nothing.

“That’s the point, Yugi.” Akhenaden said as he readied his index finger to release the arrow in the cross bow. Yugi then looked at Yami, curious as to why he wasn’t moving, but it seemed like the taller had everything under control. Or perhaps he was being foolish and not wanting to move to show any signs of weakness. Yugi then looked around once more. Yami was completely surrounded. If he retaliated, the other villagers would shoot him. “Now, Yami, tell Avita hello in hell for me.” Again, Yami’s anger showed on his body. Yami completely stiffened, and footed himself ready for an attack. Akhenaden was provoking him, this was sick! Just now, Yugi pictured Yami as the small scared boy he saw in his dreams standing behind his mother for shelter, but now Yami wasn’t protected by her. He was vulnerable, and out numbered greatly.

“Tell her yourself, old man!” This was it, Akhenaden had what he wanted. Yami was going to attack him.

The shot was fired. The arrowed soared towards its target. It was like in that moment, everything stopped. Like even time was having trouble moving through the thickness of the tension that filled the night air. It was suffocating. Yami moved in an attempt to release his anger, while Akhenaden waited for the arrow to hit his mark.

Then, everything faded. Yugi lost all sense of everything. He lost feeling of his body, and everyone sounded so far away even though they were so close to him. He couldn’t even tell if he was breathing or not. His consciousness just seemed to fall into shadows
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Evil Pharaoh Atem:
That is all for this chapter! I'm on a roll it seems. The irony to that is...knowing my luck, this story completely sucks or someone will think i am copying it from someone elses work or this story line has been over done. Mind you, i am doing my best not to be writing with an over used plot...so if i am...im sorry. IM TRYING TO BE ORIGINAL I SWEAR I AM!!! Please give me your thoughts about this [none pertaining to my grammar and spelling. i already know it sucks!]

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