Let Go

Well, I didn’t get that many death-threats. That either means you’re all a bunch of sadists or you don’t care about Yuugi at all °sweatdrops° Well anyway, to continue in the oh-so happy spirit set in the last chapter, more happiness is coming in this chapter! For those of you who didn’t notice, yes, that’s complete and utter sarcasm. Well, hope you all enjoy the coming chap and R&R!
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Soulless

Tsumi grinned at the girl in his lap, currently playing with his hair and trying her best to seduce him. The oh-so innocent Kumiko had undergone a complete character change and all it had taken was a bit of Lust.

Tsumi wasn’t called the master of the seven sins for nothing. He fought by infecting his enemies with a sin and watching them destroy themselves with it. The more of the sin he infected them with, the faster the process would go.

He had only infected Kumiko with a little Lust, but the girl had reacted to it greatly. The amount in her would need years to consume her and in the end kill her off, yet by her behaviour you’d think he’d injected a lot more. Tsumi vaguely wondered why it had affected the girl so much, but he was having too much fun to really care.

“Oh come on Shige-chan. We’ll have a lot of fun together.” He found it very amusing that Kumiko would still call him ‘Shige’ even though she by now knew his name was Tsumi. Even more so since she’d been yelling for him to get ‘the hell away’ from her when he’d first taken her to Hell, while she was now trying to get him into bed.

Oh yes, he definitely liked this character a lot more. Sadly he couldn’t do anything with her right now. She was bait for Yami, and if he found out that he’d gone too far with the girl, not even threatening to kill Kumiko would snap the other demon out of his rage most likely.

“Now, now, I don’t think your brother would like to find us that way.” An eye roll and Kumiko pressing herself even closer was his only answer. Tsumi mentally chuckled. Maybe he could have just a little bit of fun?

Before he could do anything a flash caught his eyes as he saw fire appearing out of nowhere. The flames melted away to leave the person Tsumi’d been waiting for in their wake. Rage-filled garnet met his eyes as he glanced up.

“You got here faster than I had expected. I guess I don’t have to expect the messenger to come back any time soon.” He smirked cockily as he wrapped an arm around Kumiko’s waist, the girl purring in delight in response.

Yami’s eyes darkened further if possible, “What did you do to Kumiko? Tell me!” His nearly non-existent temper had already flared.

“Me? She’s the one that wants sex here. I’ve been refusing it. You should really thank me instead of making plans to kill me.” Tsumi stood up, his arm not leaving Kumiko’s waist as he smirked at Yami, “It seems like she’s just lusting after me.”

Yami’s eyes narrowed as he growled. The urge to kill Tsumi grew stronger and stronger the longer he stood there. “If you don’t turn her back right now I’ll make sure there’s not even enough left of you to identify it’s really your corpse after you’re dead!”

Tsumi chuckled as he turned more to Kumiko, wrapping his other arm around her as well, “But if you kill me, who’s going to turn her back to normal? If I don’t do it she’ll kill herself eventually. And you wouldn’t want that, now would you?” He gave Yami a mocking look as Kumiko nuzzled his face, her hands running over his chest in an attempt to get more attention.

Yami growled once more, but didn’t attack. Inside he was debating whether or not Kumiko was worth not killing Tsumi over right now, but his human side was too strong to let anything happen to the girl. With hatred and rage still burning in his eyes, Yami’s posture relaxed to a stance that didn’t scream: ‘about to attack’.

“Fine, what do you want?” Tsumi grinned, an evil twinkle lighting his black orbs.

“What do all demons want? Power of course. And you have that power.” He was somewhat surprised as Yami snorted and rolled his eyes at the answer, but didn’t show it.

“You can have my father’s throne, I’ve never cared one bit for it.” If this was all the other wanted, this had all been for nothing. Even if the other hadn’t been threatening Kumiko, Yami would’ve gladly given the other the demonic throne.

Tsumi mentally frowned at the answer. It seemed his suspision about Yami stopping him when he’d take over the demonic world had been wrong; the other really didn’t care. Well, there was something else he wanted.

“The throne isn’t the only thing I want, I want your soul. If I have that no one will be able to stop me. Since you saved your two friends when I tried to take theirs, I think it’s only fitting I get yours first now.” Tsumi watched carefully as he saw yet another debate going on in Yami’s eyes. Doubt flickered across the garnet depths but resolution was far stronger. Resolution for what though, Tsumi had no idea. To save Kumiko, or to kill him?

Yami’s eye twitched and he bared his fangs as he spoke next, “If you release Kumiko from whatever spell you have her under, you can have my soul.” It would turn him into a mere shell, a body that couldn’t do anything. He’d researched the effects of the spell Tsumi had been about to use when he’d saved Bakura and Mariku from him, and knew it was unavoidable. Even so, Kumiko was more important to him than anything.

Tsumi smirked, turning to Kumiko, “Sorry dear, it seems you’re worth a lot more to him than even I thought.” He mockingly kissed the girl while removing the Lust he’d put into her. Kumiko’s posture stiffened and her eyes grew wide the second the Lust was out of her and she scrambled away from him, fear once more evident on her face.

“Stay away from me you demon!” Tsumi chuckled. She’d been the one seducing him after all, not the other way around.

“Of course, now that I have what I wanted I don’t need you anymore.” He turned his attention back to Yami who hadn’t moved from his spot, though his eyes were fixed on Kumiko to make sure she was alright. Tsumi’s expression turned wicked, “Now then, you’re mine.”

Power surged through his veins as he prepared for the spell he’d need, soft words muttered under his breath as he aimed for the official demonic heir. Yami didn’t move an inch, his gaze still trained on his sister as the girl stared at them with wide eyes.

Just as Tsumi launched the spell, two more flames appeared, Mariku and Bakura flashing out in an attempt to push Yami away before the spell would hit. They were too late as Tsumi hit his target dead on, a pained scream tore from Yami’s lips as his soul was torn away from his body.

“Fuck! We’re too late!” Bakura stopped his mad dash for Yami and turned in Tsumi’s direction, attacking the other now that his spell was still fusing Yami’s soul with Tsumi’s power.

“Ghe, too late fool.” Tsumi’s wings flared out as he jumped into the air, new power rushing through his body as the shadow aura Yami usually had to protect him burned around him. He couldn’t believe the amount of power he felt running through him now and basked in the feeling it gave him.

Yami’s body fell to the ground in a lifeless heap, eyes closed and not even a grunt coming from him as he hit the ground. Mariku growled at the sight before attacking Tsumi together with Bakura. Every kick and punch was blocked as Tsumi laughed at their efforts. Every spell and curse was deflected with the greatest ease, and only then did Bakura and Mariku understand just how powerful Yami had really been. They’d sparred against the other but never had they seen his full power.

Until now, and sadly it was in another’s hands.

“Do you two really think you can measure up to me now? I’m the most powerful demon to have ever lived! I’m more powerful than Yami, the one who killed former overlord Aknunkanon! No one can beat me!” Tsumi’s aura flared and with merely that, Bakura and Mariku were thrown into a wall. Both groaned as they glared at teen before them.

Their gaze was drawn to another figure in the room and their glares turned to looks of amazement. Tsumi didn’t even bother looking at what they were staring at, confident that whatever it was, it couldn’t beat him.

“Stronger?” The teen demon blinked at the gruff voice and turned around in shock. In front of him, standing tall and power surging around him, was Yami. His eyes looked even more clouded than they had before and his fangs were fully grown and bared now. His fingernails had hardened to a point where they could easily be compared to a demon’s claws, the connection to the fingers stronger so no pain would be felt if they were used in an attack.

“What the- You’re supposed to be nothing more but a soulless doll! You shouldn’t be able to stand without a command and you shouldn’t possess any power!” Tsumi couldn’t believe what he was seeing. Had his spell failed somehow? Had it only half worked?

Yami didn’t seem to fully comprehend what was going on or what Tsumi was talking about. The only thing running through his mind was that he wanted to kill, maim, and destroy. This boy seemed to be challenging him.

No one challenged the son of the demonic overlord without paying for it.

Without warning Yami’s shot forward, his moves faster than they’d ever been. Tsumi was caught off guard by the attack and was easily kicked into a wall, a shadow ball hitting him soon after with full force.

Tsumi quickly recovered, but Yami was already in front of him again. A punch to the teen’s stomach threw him off guard once more before he felt yet another kick throwing him into another wall.

He was being thoroughly beaten as if it were nothing. He didn’t understand how Yami could still be standing, let alone fighting and actually beating him. He’d received the power that had been Yami’s, so why was he still losing?

His thinking was slowing his moves down as he tried to attack Yami, the crimson-eyes demon easily dodging the blow before casting a spell on him to stun him temporarily. Even though it wouldn’t hold for long, it was more than enough time for Yami to create a shadow ball with enough power to blast the other through the wall he’d already crashed into earlier.

Madness danced in Yami’s eyes as he turned to the demon servants Tsumi had gathered. He dived for them, his nails easily cutting one to shreds before he quickly turned and killed another with a lash of energy. More and more fell as the demons hopelessly tried to defend themselves to no avail.

Bakura and Marku stared wide-eyed at the scene, staying hidden in the shadows in an attempt to avoid their rampaging friend.

“He’s… he’s…” Bakura couldn’t even finish the simple line he wanted to say.

Mariku stared as well, though awe was evident in his eyes. Death, chaos, and demons being killed were some of the things he loved. Whether he was doing it or watching it didn’t matter much to him. “In bloodlust.” He finished. The mad look and increase in power was more than enough to suggest it, though how Yami was even moving was a mystery to him.

“Guys? What’s going o-on?” Both looked down to see Kumiko curled up against the wall, terrified off what was happening. First she’d been kidnapped by someone she’d been crushing on, that turned out to be a demon, then she was hit by some weird spell and the next thing she knew she was kissing the guy. After that, that same demon had fired a spell at her brother that had seemingly killed him, but now Yami was killing left and right with a look in his eyes she couldn’t place. This was not her brother anymore, of that she was certain.

“I have absolutely no idea actually.” Bakura admitted flatly. “All I know he’s finally snapped and gone into Bloodlust. He’ll be killing for a while so we better make sure he doesn’t notice us. Luckily, as long as he’s like that his senses are clouded so if we stay here he shouldn’t see us.

Kumiko nodded, trying to push herself against the wall even more. She didn’t want to see her brother like this, and she regretted ever doubting if the Bloodlust was really the cause of Yami’s attitude change. It was quite obvious it had indeed been what had changed him so much.

White flashes shot into the room as all the angels appeared next to Bakura and Mariku, none moving as they stared at the scene in front of them.

“Wha-“ Yuugi’s mouth was covered by Bakura’s hand before the angel could scream and give away where they were. Clouded senses or not, Yami would hear it if Yuugi were to scream something.

“Hush if you want to survive this. A demon in Bloodlust will kill anyone, even the one he loves most of all.” Yuugi’s eyes widened even more as he realized what was going on. He took a step back as he caught a glimpse of the look on Yami’s face. Madness was an understatement in his opinion, Yami looked far worse.

“What happened?” Seto narrowed his eyes, muttering a spell that would conceal them better. He didn’t feel like becoming demon bait.

“He was hit by the spell that Tsumi uses to get souls to add to his power. Somehow though, Yami’s still able to do as he pleases even if he lost his soul. He kicked Tsumi’s ass and blasted him out of the room. I don’t know if he’s still alive really.” Bakura relaxed a bit with the new spell in place but kept a ready stance. He wasn’t going to go down without a fight if it came to that.

“What the- How the hell did he do that?!” Malik stared in shock. All flinched at his volume and snapped their attention to Yami to see if the other had heard the blonde’s cry.

Yami had just killed the last of the servants as Malik cried out and his head snapped in their direction, eyes still burning with a need to kill. He straightened as he focussed on the group before grinning.

More to kill. And there were even angels.

“Fuck, way to give us away you idiot!” Bakura’s stance went back to what it had been, ready to fight. He bared his fangs in an attempt to keep Yami at a distance, but the other was still too far lost in his Bloodlust to react to such a thing.

Yami once more attacked, his claws ready to sink into flesh as he aimed for the angels. Angel blood tasted the best of all, so he would enjoy killing them off to get it.

Ryou quickly made some hand signs as he muttered a protection spell, but Yami broke through it as if it hadn’t even been there. Bakura shot forward and punched Yami to the side, but the other was barely fazed and kicked Bakura into a wall with much greater force. Yami proceeded in trying to get his hands on an angel as Joey, Seto, and Mariku fired spells at him at the same time. Yami was thrown back, but recovered in no time to launch himself forward again.

Mariku threw himself forward as well to tackle the crimson-eyed demon but the other’s energy once more lashed out and threw him aside to land next to Bakura in the wall. Seto tried to put up a new barrier as Malik, Joey, Ryou, and Yuugi all formed a combined attack, launching it just as Yami had managed to get through the shield.

“We can’t keep dis up! He’s too strong!” Joey frantically gathered more power for another shot to keep Yami at a distance. The demon was obviously more after them than Bakura or Mariku but no matter what they did, Yami didn’t stay away for long.

“Well we have to try!” Seto joined him in the attack, but Yami easily dodged it. With one lash of energy all angels were thrown into the wall behind them as Yami launched forward and grabbed the first angel he could get his hands on.

Ryou was unlucky enough to be closest.

Yami grinned wickedly as he nails dug into Ryou´s flesh painfully and the angel cried out in pain, unable to move an inch in the spell Yami had already put on him. Yami’s grin only widened at the sound, “Mine!”

Just before Ryou could be torn apart, Bakura launched forward in rage and kicked the angel’s captor aside, holding onto Ryou so Yami would let go. “No, mine! You have your own angel, leave mine alone!” Even in the current situation Ryou blushed as the spell keeping him unmoving faded. He latched onto Bakura in fright as Yami once more came at them.

Mariku tackled the crimson-eyed demon this time to keep him away from the others, giving his white-haired friend a quick jealous look before focusing on the fight again. Now was not the time to rant to Bakura about the unfairness of Ryou clinging onto him while Malik tried to stay away.

Before another attack could be launched everyone’s attention was drawn to the wall that Tsumi had crashed through. A large explosion pulverized the entire left side of the room as an enraged Tsumi glared at all present.

“You fucking bastard. Fine, if I have to kill you to get rid of you and get the throne at long last then so be it!” Tsumi launched himself at his rival and the two once more started to fight. Yami’s eyes became somewhat more focussed as he snarled.

“The demonic throne is mine! How dare you even try to take it!” He lashed out with his nails, leaving bloody trails over Tsumi’s face before kicking the other into the ground. No one could take the throne from him. It was his!

Without giving Tsumi time to recover, he swooped down and let his nails penetrate the skin in Tsumi’s neck, drawing a pained cry from the teen below him, “Poison Claw!” The shadows entered Tsumi’s body and the younger’s blood turned to an acidic poison, eating away at Tsumi’s insides.

The boy had already lost a lot of strength in the earlier fight between him and Yami, and no matter what he tried he couldn’t get a single punch to hit the other now. Within minutes his vision clouded and pain shot through every fibre of his body until he simply couldn’t move anymore.

Yami grinned down at the teen as the younger collapsed, “Have fun dying, it might take an hour or so before you’re completely gone so pray that you’ll lose consciousness before that.”

He got no response but pained groans and moans. The demonic heir chuckled before turning to the group of angels and soulful demons.

Bakura was still holding Ryou in a possessive grip as he glared at the scene in front of him. Seto and Joey had both taken a battle-ready stance in case they were attacked again. Malik looked furious and scared at the same time, his stance hesitant and ready to attack at the same time. Mariku had crossed his arms and looked on in amusement at Tsumi as the teen died, though his posture was still tense and it was obvious he was still paying attention to any possible attacks.

The last one caught his eye the most. Yuugi, the angel that was supposed to be his lover. The young man had tears burning in furious eyes, hands fisted as if wanting to attack but being held back by his obvious love.

Yami smirked, this had been the group he’d been living with for so long, yet only now did he realize what a bunch of pathetic losers they all were.

He had calmed down, his fight with Tsumi and the deaths of all the servants having been enough to satisfy his Bloodlust. The group of friends would love to believe that was the end of it, but the smirk on their friend’s face and the dark look in his eyes predicted nothing good, and they doubted if the other had gone back to his normal self.

“Yami?” Yuugi hesitantly stepped forward, looking at his lover apprehensively. At getting a mocking look thrown at him, he glared. This was not the Yami he knew.

“I really can’t believe I killed my father over you, you know.” Yami gave the smaller a thoughtful look before looking at the girl hiding behind them all, “Or over her actually. Then again, I guess I wasn’t thinking straight. Souls tend to do that to demons.”

Bakura’s glare hardened, “So Tsumi really did take away your soul. How exactly are you still standing?”

Yami rolled his eyes and gave the entire group a bored look, “Before that bastard God gave me a soul I was walking around as well you know. The spell that idiot over there used was meant for demons that were born with souls, yet I was born without. When he sucked my soul out for his power, I came back to my sense.”

Bakura clenched his teeth. That actually made sense. So now they had to contend with a soulless Yami, that seemed to be stronger than when he’d had a soul. If they didn’t get out of there, he was sure they’d all die in a similar manner to Tsumi.

As if reading Bakura’s mind – and Bakura didn’t even rule that possibility out – Yami spoke up again, “Oh don’t worry, I have no intension of killing you,” he paused for a second before adding, “yet anyway. Right now you are of no interest to me. I suggest you enjoy the time you still have in the world of the living though, because I’m making it a point to kill all of you.”

His gaze turned to Yuugi and Kumiko, “Especially you two. You’re the first on my list of: ‘people-I-have-to-kill’.”

Without another word flames engulfed the wickedly smirking demon and he disappeared, leaving the group of friends behind without caring what they would do next. He’d come back for them and none of them would be able to stand up to him. Even if they all worked together, there was no way they could measure up to his power.

After all, with his father gone, there wasn’t a demon or angel alive that came close the amount of power he possessed. Even God himself would not be able to stop him now.

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So yeah, that’s the great happiness I promised at the beginning of the chap. Happy times ne? No? Ghe, didn’t think so either. Well, I’ll leave you all to review now and complain about the evilness. Trust me, far worse is coming! Review people!