Project: Destiny

Disclaimer: Unfortunately anything dealing with Yu-gi-oh does not belong to me but to a very rich and lucky person. So no suing!
Includes: Yaoi (male/male relationships), slight AU but no spoilers, original characters
Pairings: Seto/Joey, Yami/Yugi, Marik/Malik, Bakura/Ryou, possible others
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Beta(s): Az

LiveJournal: http://realm-of-ravenx.livejournal.com/

General A/N: Finally the time has come to end this thing. Although I do love this story but it feels like its been forever because well…it practically has with aff having problems and moving. I kinda stuck on the story I was writing on and now I have a new idea floating around in my head. So I have no idea what’s going to be put up next or when it will be put up. But if your on my mailing list you will be informed or you can check out my livejournal.

NEway, on with the story…


Project: Destiny Sequel
Chapter Seven
by Ravenx

“Mommy!” Kiya runs from the living room to the entranceway, her small hands reaching out to the motionless Ryou at the bottom of the stairs.

Suddenly an arm reaches out, snagging the little girl around the waist as the tall teal haired man pulls her to his chest. Kiya screams, her legs kicking wildly until the heel of one of her white dress shoes slams into the man’s groin causing him to growl and release her, letting her fall to the floor.

“Kiya?!” Bakura runs down the stairs followed by Yami and Yugi, Asheru wrapped in his smaller parent’s arms.

“Daddy, he hurt mommy.” Tears fall from the white haired girls light brown eyes as she hugs the unmoving form of her father.

“Who the hell are you?” Bakura growls as he jumps down the stairs, coming to a stop between his family and the tall man.

“You should know me. My name is Dartz, the one who granted you the ability to have children. And now I’m here to take them away.”

“I don’t think so.” Marik steps out of the doorway of the basement, Malik and Lyca right behind him.

“What did you do to Ryou?” Yugi’s wide purple eyes stare down at the still form of his friend.

“He got in my way which I would advice none of you to do.” Dartz points the gun toward Bakura’s head. “Now, give me the children and I’ll leave you alone.”

“Not going to happen.” Yami steps up beside the white haired yami, his fist clenching at his sides.

“Fine, then I’ll have to solve the problem myself.”

Bakura jerks out of the way, crashing into Yami’s side as Dartz’s finger pulls the trigger of the gun, a loud blast sounding in the room. The white haired yami grunts as the shoulder of his tight white, sleeveless shirt slowly turns bright red as he falls to the floor. Yugi screams, wrapping his arms tightly around Asheru as he watches Yami dive for the taller man, slamming Dartz away from the door and into the doorway of the living room only to be thrown back against the door, it shutting with a loud bang as his head bounces against it.

“You are so dead.” Marik growls, quickly sliding up beside the teal haired man and ramming him into the doorway, his tanned hand moving for the gun only to be shoved away.

Dartz punches the pale blonde yami in the stomach, forcing Marik to stumble back, his feet tripping over the carpet causing him to fall backwards. Malik leaves Lyca at the door leading into the basement before running over and colliding with Dartz as the man aims his gun at Marik causing the two to fall onto the floor with a soft thud.

Yugi slowly moves down the stairs, sitting Asheru on the last one as he jumps over Bakura who moans on the floor, his hand over his wounded shoulder, his eyes watching as his daughter cries over Ryou’s body, her small hands shaking the white haired hikari gently.

“Bakura, are you alright?” Yugi whispers.

“I was shot, what do you think?” Bakura growls. “How is Ryou?”

“I don’t know.” Yugi moves over to the other hikari, his eyes moving up to watching Malik fight with Dartz before looking down at Ryou. “Ryou? Ryou, wake up.” He gently joins Kiya in shaking Ryou.

“Why isn’t mommy waking up?” Kiya cries.

“I don’t know, honey. He probably just hit his head or somethin…” Yugi’s head snaps up as he hears a loud grunt.

Malik lies against the wall under the stairs, his nose bleeding as he struggles to get up. Lyca runs over to his fallen father, wrapping his arms around Malik’s neck.

“Lyca, no baby, go down to your room.” Malik moans.

“No, daddy.”

Yami slowly gets to his feet, then throwing himself on top of Dartz as the man tries to point his gun at the pale blonde boys, causing the two to topple back to the white carpet next to Marik where the larger pale blonde thrust his fist out, knocking Dartz in the jaw. The teal haired man only grunts once before slamming the handle of the gun into Marik’s throat, the yami gasping for breath as he rolls onto his side away from the two still struggling on the floor.

“Get off of me.” Dartz hisses through clenched teeth as he kicks his feet into Yami’s stomach, pushing the tri-colored haired yami over his head to land hard on the glass coffee table causing it to break under the weight, and resulting shards of glass cutting into Yami’s slightly tanned back.

“I’ve had enough of this.” Dartz points his gun at the still unconscious hikari, his finger pulling the trigger as a loud bang echoes off the walls.

“No! Don’t hurt my mommy!” Kiya steps up in front of Ryou, pulling away from Yugi’s outstretched hands, her light brown eyes suddenly getting darker, her hair billowing with the sudden gust of wind.

Then all of a sudden, a force of pure darkness seemed to come out from no where to wrap loosely around the angry girl and the boys behind her forming a force field, the bullets easily bouncing off it. All adult eyes turn to stare in shock at the little girl until Lyca and Asheru step up beside her, Lyca’s dark violet eyes narrowing as he holds his hands out in front of him.

Dartz sudden screams caused the widened eyes to move to him, for large shadowy hands had crept out from the carpet below him to wrap their strong fingers around his cloths. The teal haired man tries to struggle but nothing happens, his two different colored eyes widen as he is slowly lifted several inches off the ground by the mysterious appendages.

“Go away.” Asheru stares darkly at the man before a large black portal hole opens up behind him, the hands dragging the man through, his screams still bouncing off the walls as he slowly disappears, the hole closing behind him.

“Mommy! Mommy!” Kiya turns away from the now solved problem, her tears beginning again as she hugs her father, her now light brown eyes looking over at Bakura as he struggles to sit up. “Daddy, are you alright?”

“I…I’m fine, princess.”

“What the hell was that?” Marik asks as he slowly gets to his feet, his dark purple eyes watching his son hugging his lover.

“Yugi, are you alright? Asheru?” Yami quickly runs to his lover who is still on his knees beside Ryou.

“I’m fine, Yami. Asheru, are you okay?” Yugi looks to his smiling son so now stands next to the kneeling Yami.

“I’m fine, daddy. Did I do good?”

“You did very good, my little prince.” Yami takes his son into his arms.

“Marik, a little help here.” Malik holds his arms up to his lover who comes over and lifts him off the ground, a large tanned hand reaching out to wipe the blood trickling down his lips from his nose.

“You still alive?” Marik asks before bending down to pick up his son.

“As far as I know.” Malik’s head turns toward the door as the chime rings off the walls. “Who could that be?”

“Kaiba.” Yami slides back a little on his knees, reaching for the doorknob and opening it to look up into deep blue eyes.

“What you doing down there?” Joey asks from beside his husband, Talan wrapped around his upper body.

“Dartz was here.”

“Where is he?” Seto growls as he steps in front of his lover and child.

“Gone.”

“Is everyone alright? We saw Dartz’s van down the street.” Valon runs up behind Joey and Seto, Alistar right behind him with Xan asleep in his arms.

“Ryou’s knocked out.” Yugi pouts.

“No I’m not.” Ryou moans as he struggles to sit up, wincing as his back touches the railing behind him.

“Then I guess everyone is okay.” Yami nods.

“Hello! Gun shot wound here.” Bakura growls from his reclining position on the bottom step.

“Kura!” Ryou quickly crawls to his lover’s side, ignoring the pain shooting through his back.

“Daddy!” Kiya runs around Yami and Yugi to hug her father’s good side.

“I’ll call Jade and then you can explain exactly what happened.” Seto says as he pulls out his cell phone from his black slacks.

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“Is he alright? Well he be okay? Does he need surgery or anything?” Ryou sits on the edge of the bed next to his shirtless lover, his daughter sitting in his lap, his light brown eyes watching as Jade dresses Bakura’s shoulder wound.

“Ryou, just breath.” Jade chuckles. “Bakura is fine. The bullet went straight through without hitting any major arteries or causing any serious damage. He just needs to have it cleaned out about every four hours or whenever the bandages get soaked in blood. But hopefully the bleeding will stop soon, its already slowed down a lot. He needs to keep his shoulder and arm as still as he can which means no moving unless absolutely necessary, no raising his arm above his head for at least two weeks, and unfortunately no picking up a certain white haired little girl.” The forest green haired girl winks at the little girl who just giggles.

“But he is okay?”

“Yes, Ryou. He is fine.”

“Will you stop talking about me like I’m not here or something?” Bakura growls.

“Sorry, B. I’m going to go downstairs and tell the others that you’re both okay. Just remember, Ryou, you can’t lift up Kiya either for at least a week while your back heals.”

“Okay. Thank you so much, Jade.” Ryou watches the short girl walk out of the room before looking back at his lover. “Are you okay? Are you in pain? Do you need anything? Should I…”

“If the rest of that sentence is shut up, then my answer is yes.” Bakura growls only to grunt as Ryou slaps his uninjured shoulder. “Ouch! Hey! I’ve been shot here.”

“Not in that shoulder. I’m sorry I’m so worried about you.” The white haired hikari wraps his arms around his daughter, kissing her forehead as he glares over her soft locks to his lover.

“No, I’m sorry.” Bakura grits out through clenched teeth. “Is your back feeling better?”

“Yes. Thanks for asking.”

Kiya kisses Ryou on the lips before crawling off of his lap and onto the dark red comforter to Bakura’s side, she leans over and kisses her other father on the cheek before resting her head on his good, bare shoulder.

“Are you feeling better, daddy?”

“Much better now.” Bakura brings his good hand up to run through his daughter’s hair. “I’m so proud of you, princess. You protected your mommy very well.”

“Yes, you did and I thank you for that.” Ryou lies down behind his daughter, wrapping an arm around her to rest the hand on Bakura’s lean stomach.

“How long have you been able to call on the Shadow Powers?” Bakura asks.

“I don’t know. I’ve never really done it before. I just got angry cause he was going to hurt mommy and I felt like something was happening and then the shadows wrapped around us.” Kiya shrugs as she snuggles further in between her parents.

“I love you, my baby girl.” Ryou kisses her lace covered shoulder.

“I love you, mommy. And you, daddy.”

“I love you too, princess. I say we all stay here and go to sleep.” Bakura yawns.

“I think that’s the pain medication talking because I feel like that too.” Ryou rubs his sleepy brown eyes.

“Then let’s take a nap.” Kiya giggles.

“Not that I care, but what about Mokuba’s thing?” The yami asks as he tilts his head so his cheek lies on top of Kiya’s head.

“We’ll just have to miss it. We can make it up to him later.”

“Sounds good to me.”

“And me.” Kiya yawns, her light brown eyes closing as she starts to drift off to sleep.

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“Asheru sent Dartz to the Shadow Realm?” Joey’s honey colored eyes widen as he sits on the sofa next to his lover, Talan’s feet in his lap as the rest of his small body sits across Seto’s lap.

“Yep.” Yami smiles proudly and hugs his son in his arms as he stands behind his lover who sits in the white chair closest to the kitchen.

“Is your nose okay, Malik?” Yugi asks the pale blonde sitting across from him in the other chair.

“Yeah, just a little sore.” Malik gently touches his bruised nose, wincing at the slight pain.

“I can’t believe Dartz is finally gone.” Valon smiles as he wraps his arms around his taller lover from the side, his blue eyes watching Xan playing behind the sofa with Lyca.

“We’re finally free. We don’t have to run anymore.” Alistar nods.

“Okay, I’m done with the serious victim. Who’s next?” Jade walks into the living room with a black bag in one hand, her crystal blue eyes looking around the room at the others.

“Dada is bleeding.” Asheru holds up a red smeared hand from Yami’s back.

“What happened to you?” The girl asks as she moves behind the taller boy, noticing the cuts throughout his shirt and the blood soaking through it.

“He decided he wanted to know what it was like crashing through the coffee table.” Marik motions to the broken glass in the middle of the room, his hands on his hips as he stands beside his lover’s chair.

“We need to clean this up.” Yugi sighs before taking his son into his lap as Yami hands him down before removing his shredded tank top for Jade to look at his back.

“I say we wait and do it tomorrow when we’re all feeling better.” Malik says.

“But what about Mokuba’s graduation? Aren’t we late for it?”

“Actually we’re about thirty minutes late. There isn’t any sense in going now anyway.” Seto says as he readjust Talan across his lap, the boy’s brown hair laying against his chest as his small fingers play with the thin navy turtle neck his father wears.

“Sorry we made you miss it, Seto.”

“It’s alright. Mokuba will understand.”

“I’m still trying to understand how Asheru, Lyca, and Kiya did what they did.” Joey shakes his head.

“They are our children. They were bound to get some of our poweeeerrrrrrsss! Ouch!” Yami’s dark purple eyes snap behind him at the smirking forest haired girl.

“Sorry. A piece of glass was really buried in there.”

“That’s amazing.” Joey chuckles. “You’re going to have so much fun teaching them not to send stuff to the Shadow Realm when they get older.”

“I dread that day.” Yugi sighs. “Jade, how are Ryou and Bakura?”

“They’ll survive. Bakura will just be sore for several weeks and he can’t lift his arm over his head for a while. Ryou just has a little back pain which should clear up soon if he rests enough. I gave them both some pain medication which should have kicked in by now so I’m betting they’re zonked out up there right now. And make sure they don’t pick up Kiya for a while.”

“No problem. We’ll tie them down if we have to.” Malik smiles.

“Daddy, I’m sleepy.” Asheru pouts as he snuggles into Yugi’s chest, his light purple eye slowly drifting shut.

“He probably used a lot of energy opening that portal to the Shadow Realm.” Yami nods.

“Come on then, baby. I’ll tuck you in.” Yugi slowly stands up, carefully moving around the glass shards on the carpet before disappearing up the stairs.

“Butt kicking has made me sleepy too. Why don’t we go downstairs and get some rest?” Malik looks up at his lover who nods.

“Sounds like a plan. You get Lyca, my stomach is still too sore.”

“Baby.” Malik rolls his light violet eyes as he gets up, moving around the sofa and past Alistar and Valon to pick up Lyca. “We’re going to bed, chubby bear.”

“Okay, daddy.”

“Now I know he is tired. He never wants to go to bed this early.”

“We’ll leave you guys to rest then.” Seto says as he stands up, Talan moving to wrap his arms and legs around the tall brunette’s body.

“Maybe we can get together tomorrow.” Joey moves after his lover to the door.

“Yeah, we can start looking for jobs and a place to live.” Alistar bends to pick up his yawning son before following the others out the door.

“We’ll see you guys tomorrooooowww! Could you be a little careful?” Yami growls at the chuckling girl over his shoulder.

“What? I thought you were the big bad Pharaoh that could take all kinds of punishment.”

“Just hurry up. I want to go to my family.”

“You guys are really lucky. I can’t believe all that happened and not one of your neighbors called the cops.”

“Our neighbors are old and probably couldn’t hear the gun if it went off right by their ears.”

“Well at least you all are okay. Not to mention that now you know you have special kids.” Jade shakes her head. “That ought to be fun to deal with.”

“They’re good kids. I don’t think we’ll have any problems with teaching them how to control their powers or who to use them on.”

“Asheru and Lyca I can see were there wouldn’t be a problem but Kiya?”

“I know. I’m dreading that one myself.” Yami sighs.

“Maybe Ryou can control Bakura enough to teach her correctly.”

“That I’d like to see.” The tall tri-colored haired yami chuckles before wincing as another shard of glass is carefully removed from his back. “But like you said, at least we’re all alive. Now we can live without having to worry about someone coming and taking our babies from us. I think life will get a lot easier now.”

THE END
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