Salvation

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"kids, i need you to find Yugi"

Solomon begged the three teens standing in his living room, looking curiously at the old man. They consisted of a tall blonde boy around Yugi's age, his arms crossed over his chest to give him the wanna be tough guy appearence. No one belived it for a moment, that is unless you did not know him. His name was joey wheeler. He had been a long time friend of Yugi's and helped out around the house every now and then. A girl, Tea, stood in the middle of the three, looking more kindly then Joey. She looked worried, giving off a maturnal aura about her. A slender Brunette with shoulder length hair. She protected Yugi for a good bit of his life, when all the other village children used to make fun of him for being shy and secluded. And the final member of the trio, Tristan. Another wanna be tough guy, only he wasnt afraid to take his mask of when he needed to. this brunette could be a combination of the other two, balancing them out as it were.

"I thought there were people being sent out to look for Yugi."

Tea piped up before anyone else could stop her. The subject of Yugi seemed to stab Solomon in his aging heart, and everyone could tell that he was really worried. Solomon wasnt one to question the choices of the village, so for him to question anyone seemed wrong.

"No ones gone after him. No one is planing on going after him. Its been a week and the village is going back to its old ways as if nothing happened."

Solomon started, his eyes downcast towards the ground. They looked so much like yugi's but the aged, time worn look about them set them appart. Solomon had seen so much in his time that the innocents that yugi still had was long gone.

"that night, when the half breed showed up, Yugi saved him."

A gasp was heard from all three of them. the idea that Yugi would protect someone who was trying to destroy their home seemed unheard of. This was Yugi's home too, he would do everything to protect it.

"the village leaders all agree, Yugi's better off dead. He's a traitor here, and he was badly wounded too by the arrow that was ment for yami's heart. But, despite what the village thinks, i know my Yugi. He would never do anything to harm anyone! there has to be a good reason for what he did!"

Solomon was so passionate in his testamony for Yugi that he seemed to overexhert himself. he hobbled backwards slightly, feeling around for a chair to sit down in. Joey and Tristan were first to his aid, helping him to his seat.

"please kids, save my grandson. I have no one else in the world, i can't lose him too, not after his mother."

Solomon's eyes looked up at the three pleading. The trio looked at each other unsure of what to do, but Tea answered for them anyway, knowing what had to be down, no matter how much trouble they could get in with the village. Yugi was their friend and they had to do anything they could for him. She gave Solomon a slight nod, followed by joey and Tristan who also agreed with her choice. Solomon smiled, his old heart seeming to lighten with the hope of his grandson's return.


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Sweat shimmered off of Yugi's pale skin, as slightly tanned hands ran over his shacking stomach, tickling his sides lightly as they found their way gently over Yugi's form, exploring every part of his body. A red line traced its way from Yugi's neck down to his naval, lining the way for a set of hungry lips to wonder. Nips and licks sent shivers running up and down Yugi's spine, causing him to moan lightly as he tried to catch his breath.

"yam...yami..."

He whimpered, wishing the other wouldn't tease him so much. Yugi yelped lightly at the sudden spike in pain on his lower stomach. It wasnt a normal pain, considering the activity that was going on, his hazy state made the pain more enjoyable then normal. Yami purred as he lightly licked the area to the right of yugi's naval that just recived a bite from him and his vampiric fangs, not a deep wound in the slightest, just deep enough to give Yami a sweet and long awaited taste of yugi's life.

"Do you love me...?"

Yami asked, as his crimson eyes, more blood colored then normal, bore into Yugi's longing eyes.

"of course i do..."

yugi said, reaching up, caressing yami's cheek lightly.

"you're my demon, and i'm your angel. We complete each other."

Yugi sat up slowly, making yami do so as well. The years of sadness seemed to be etched on Yami's face as he seemed to doubt Yugi a little. Being so used to being hurt by others, Yami's heart was so frozen, that Yugi was just starting to melt it.

yugi wrapped his legs around Yami's slender form and nuzzled himself under his chin, placing a hand over yami's heart.

"you've been alone for so long, and now, fate has brought us together at last. Please, let me take away you're loneliness. Let me in. Let me be with you..."

Yugi pleaded before he started to kiss Yami's neck lightly, comforting the other

"only you..."

Yami said before he leaned over, laying Yugi back on the bed, planting his form in between Yugi's legs, laying comfortably over the other.

"...only you can make me feel like i belong"


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"Yugi..."

A deep exotic voice invaded Yugi's mind as he was slowly shaken awake. Bright violet eyes shot open when he realized the reality of everything. He had just been having a "Wet dream" about the half breed demon who attacked his village. In the confusion of everything, Yugi punched Yami in the face on reflex, not totally knowing what was going on.

"ow! what was that for?!"

Yelled a slightly confused, and now in pain, Yami who was holding his nose that threatened to break at the next sign of movement. the startled Yugi sat, extrememly startled, clintching the bed sheet within his fingers for dear life, covering himself and the affect the dream had on his lower area.

"what are you doing in here?!"

Asked Yugi as if a pervert had just intruded on him taking a shower or something, intruding on an intamate moment of his.

"this is my house!"

Yami growled before letting go of his nose, sure that it would stay on his face, wiggling it to prove this fact farther.

"besides, you were talking in your sleep. i couldnt tell if you were having a nightmare or not."

he said, stepping away from yugi a little to avoid another assult on his nose. Yugi looked down at the bedsheet, looking at something only he knew about, blushing slightly at his bodies reaction.

"I was having a good dream..."

he whispered, blushing more, making Yami look at him curiously

"must have been some dream."

Yami mumbled as yugi moved the blanket off his stomach, running his hand over the tingling area by his naval, the phantom bite mark

"Yami, why were you at my village a few weeks ago?"

Yugi asked suddenly, seeming to catch Yami off gaurd as he seemed to be searching his mind for an answer to the question.

"I want to show you something."

He finally said after a few moments of thinking. Yugi blinked at him, confused. Did Yami just avoid his question.

"are you going to answer me?"

He asked a little aggrivated with Yami.

"not now, just come with me."

Yami said smirking, making Yugi get a bit more annoyed with him.

"That's not fair! i want to know why you were there, why i grabed you're attention, why--"

"why did you save me?"

Yami interjected suddenly, making Yugi shut up rather quickly. Yami didnt have an answer. his mouth only opened and shut in his attempt to think of something to say.

"I'll answer your questions when you can answer mine."

Yami said before he grabed yugi's wrist and dragged him out of bed. yugi, surprised by this, tried to grab for his blanket, hoping the other didnt see anything too embarassing, but thankfully, his growth had not only gone away beneath his boxers, but Yami wasnt even paying attention to the paniced Yugi.


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"alright guys, what are we going to do about Yugi?"

Tea asked softly in the darkened area outside of Yugi's house, close to the woods where Yugi had lost his shirt a few weeks before.

"look for him obviously."

Joey said with no hesitation. Tea looked at him uneasy. Her family was big in the council. They were almost as important as the leader himself, Yami's stepfather. She could be in big trouble if she went against them and found Yugi.

"come on Tea, i know you're worried about him just as much as the rest of us and grandpa hasnt looked too good lately. Wouldnt it be good for him to know what happened to his only family left before he dies?"

Joey said at the uneasy looking girl. Tea just bit her lip and looked down to the ground

"i know, but--"

"No buts, Yugi's our friend. are you going to help him or not?"

Tea closed her eyes tightly.

"of course..."

she whispered in defeat. Joey and Tristan smiled at her and nodded, glad to see that she hadnt turned her back on the smaller as well.


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"yami, come on, where are you taking me?!"

Insisted a seemingly annoyed Yugi who was still being dragged around the surprisingly large house that him and Yami had been staying in.

"It's a little farther."

he said, almost ready to pick up the reluctant other and carry him over his shoulders, but he figured the other wouldnt be to thrilled about that. Soon, they came to a set of stairs that led up to the roof, and Yugi started to understand what Yami was doing. He climbed up the well kept stairs to the roof and almost forgot to breath at the sight he saw. The moon, full and large, taking up a good amount of the horizon. The trees surrounding them lit up by the sight of the moon. Yugi looked around, not able to believe what he saw, able to even see his village not to far away. they really hadnt traveled all that far to start with.

"I've been waiting until you were better to show you this. Tonight was just the perfect night to bring you up here, the moon being so large tonight."

he said, smiling at the still dazzled Yugi. though, a frown came to his lips when he noticed that Yugi was starting to focus on his village.

"why do you still live so close to them?"

He asked when he felt Yami place a hand on his shoulder.

"you can't go back, you know, you're a traitor to them now. After all, you helped the half demon, a blood traitor to them. You've condemd yourself by helping me."

"That doesnt answer my question. Why do you live so close to us? Are the stories true? No, i dont believe all of them. i dont think it was because of you that the village's health was so bad, all our food and water gone. That wasnt your fault."

Yami looked at Yugi, confused by what the other was saying. It seemed that Yugi was forcing the other to tell him everything, and really, considering what the other had done for him, he deserved a few answers. He walked to the edge of the roof an sat down, allowing his feet to dangle off the side, Yugi followed suite and sat beside the other.

"My mother is why i stay so close."

"the unmarked grave by my house.."

yugi mumbled, again catching yami's surprise once again.

"no one notices it, but i did when i was younger. i figured that was what it was, mainly when i noticed a flower on it everyone and a while. In all honesty, i only found it when i tripped over the stone marker when i was younger..."

he admitted sheepishly with a blush. Yami looked at him, knowing the other expected him to be angry to harming the grave a bit, but it amused him more then anything.

"sorry."

Yami just shook his head, chuckling a bit.

"its ok. I've always wondered why there were weeds around her grave when i would visit."

Again, yugi blushed, and it made Yami smile. Yugi was such a comfort for him, being able to talk to someone, feeling safe with him. knowing that yugi was willing to risk his own life for him even if he didnt know him at all.

"well, it was unmarked, and away from out graveyard. i figured that not many people came to visit. everyone should have a visitor every now and then. Especally your mom..."

yami looked at Yugi confused. If Yugi knew the stories about him, then he should despise his mother. in fact he should also despise him.

"she protected you, died for her child, no matter what everyone thought of you. you were still her child and she put her life on the line to make sure you lived...you were so afraid..."

yugi started to recall the dream he had before Yami came into his life.

"you talk as if you were there."

Yami chuckled.

"You need one person in this world who loves you"

Yugi said as he smiled at Yami who seemed to stiffen after the comment.

"but who would love me?"

he asked, wondering what Yugi's responce would be, remmebering the phantom voice in his mind after his mother died. A voice that comforted him, his mother's voice.

"well...an angel"

Yugi answered with a smile.

"I had this dream once. It was like i was reliving something that already happened. This boys mother had just died and he was crying over her body. I heard a voice, and it wasnt the boys. It sounded kind. And it told the boy that an angel would be sent to him, to love him. because, everyone deserves to be loved."

He looked over to yami's horrified expression. he blushed a bit sheepishly.

"It was just a dream though. probably something about my mother or something. The boy looked like me after all."

"i look like you as well..."

Yami mumbled.

"yeah, but come on, why would i dream about you? before i even met you?"

yugi said, not wanting to admit that the series of dreams he was having were based off Yami, though the most resent one was an undoubtable one. he didnt want to admit anything about that dream.

"when did you have that dream?"

Asked the half breed, most interested in this dream of Yugi's

"a few weeks ago..."

"the night i met you?"

Yugi nodded, as he watched the fire light coming from his home and he smiled, missing it so much. But Yami was right, he could never go back.

"A-te-m."

"what?"

"A-Te-m. Thats the name the mother called the boy before she died. So it couldnt be you. you're name is Yami after all."

Yami stood up and turned his back to Yugi like he was going back downstairs. Yugi looked confused, and guilty, as if he had said something wrong.

"i had a dream that night as well, before i came. There was an intruder of my memories. A beautifully pale boy. I only noticed him because of this bright light that suddenly shown around him. and from his back, erupted two large angelic wings, and i knew that i must find this boy from my dreams. I have never seen him, or knew he existed until that night. That night i set out to look for him, and that night he saved my life even though he didnt have to."

Yugi seemed stunned by what was said to him, that he was paralyzed.

"by the way, my name my mother gave me was never Yami. That is just a horrible nickname the village called me. My mother was the only one who called me by that name. the only one who knew it. Atem is my real name, and the night in your dream was the night my mother was murdered."

Yami spat that last part, before retreating back down into the house, leaving yugi sitting stunned on the rooftop


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Evil Pharaoh: Sorry if it seemed rushed. just so you all know, Atem never really did deny the bond between him and Yugi, he just didnt really wanna go 'hey you're supposed to be this angel that is supposed to love me' blah blah blah.

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Update: *sigh* im sorry about my lack of posting. ive kind of hit a baaaaaaaaaad case of writers block, i know how i want this story to end and all, but its the getting to that point that is an issue. im sorry. but i am going to be starting a new story soon thanks to Moondalian's "lion heart" my story has nothing to do with her story, but some how it helped me think of it. hopefully this story will give me a boost to end salvation. <3