Binding Circles

Disclaimer: I do not own YuGiOh!, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.


Title: Binding Circle

Part 6/?

Author: Shamise

Summary: The Ocean will call you home.' Is what Yuugi’s Grandpa told before he died. Now, a few years later, the ocean really is calling Yuugi, but not in the way he thought it would. A strange creature has claimed Yuugi as his mate. How will he survive? YYxY AU

Warnings: There is some kissing...kinda.

Disclaimer: I dont own Yu-gi-oh!.


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Yuugi could barely move as pure terror surged through his veins. His eyes starred wide in disbelief at what they were seeing. There was no way this was possible!

Atem, however, didn’t seem to have the same nerve-gripping paralysis Yuugi had. No, its emotions were completely the opposite. Crimson eyes looked at the frozen human with affection and possessiveness. His dark appendages continued to sneak closer to his mate, the movement going unnoticed by the teen until it was too late.

Yuugi’s heart leaped out of his throat at the first touch to his knee (which was the closest thing to the creature), and His body reacted with the force of a wound up spring. He jumped backwards, scrambling across the water-worn rock as the tentacles reached for him. One managed to snare his ankle and the rest converged upon him as his retreat was halted. He kicked and screamed, tears running from his eyes as he fought against the onslaught.

In retrospect, he should have been thankful that they were on dry land; otherwise the creature that looked like Atem would already have him in its grasp by now and there would have been little he could do.

What little balance he had was thrown off when a tentacle pulled his supporting arm out from under him. As his body landed with a thud he recognized the situation as hopeless, and his body fell limp under the advancing tentacles in exhausted resignation. He tried to curl up into a protective ball as the tentacles swallowed his trembling form.

Tears still leaked out from his now closed eyelids, dry sobs wracking his frame. He didn’t want to watch as the creature converged upon its helpless prey.

He waited tensely for the finishing blow, the chocking hold, or the deadly sting as the tentacles reinforced his immobility. He shivered as he felt the slick appendages glide over the surface of his skin. The sucker disks were the strangest feeling he had ever encountered, their latching and re-latching motion unconsciously reminding him of a groping kitten.

A soft touch to his face caused him to jump and flail against the restricting black appendages. Gentle hands, though slightly calloused and bearing strange oily texture, wiped the tears from his face. He could feel the creature lean over him, its warm breath fanning over his ear, earning a delicate shiver.

Yuugi tired vainly tried to get away from the extremely-to-close-for-comfort creature. He pressed his body as far as it would go into the stone beneath him, trembling when the tentacles tightened their grip. He had about half-a-second to prepare for the Atem’s next action.

Soft, butterfly kisses rained down on his exposed throat, tasting the salt covered skin and searching for the fluttering pulse. A gasp tore from Yuugi’s throat and his eyes flew open, black pupils dilated in hock. His body tensed instinctually, not having expected such intimate contact.

The searching mouth had apparently decided on a location directly above his pulse and he latched on. Warm lips sucked gently on the pale skin, licking and kissing in a soothing motion.

A hazy fog settled over Yuugi's mind and his body slowly turned into a pile of goo in the creatures arms. His voice was stuck somewhere between a moan and a groan when Atem bit down on the pulse point, not quite sure if it felt good or not. Yuugi's hands pulled at their restraints in an attempt to do something other than lay there.

The creature reluctantly removed his lips from his mate’s pale skin. Atem pulled back to admire his mark and the dazed expression that was on his mate’s face. Pride swelled within him at the knowledge that he was the one to cause such a look. He nuzzled into his mate’s neck, close to where his mark was, and cooed at his mate’s relaxed state.

Yuugi was completely out of it. His sense of smell was filled with something that smelled wonderful. He couldn’t quite place what it reminded him of but it sent images of foreign, underwater flowers into his foggy mind. The scent pulled him further into a daze that he didn’t realize that he had moved until the shock of cold water against his skin.

He starred confusedly through glazed eyes as he grasped at random strands of thought. The paralysis that held his body fell away. He came to realize that he was no longer pinned to the ground, rather, now he was propped up against the creature’s chest, secured there by two arms wrapped around his waist. The tentacles were wrapped around his legs and they were gathering moisture from the water that was now waist-high.

Panic shot through his previously peaceful emotions like wildfire. What was happening to him?! Was he going to be pulled under the surface to suffocate?! He shouted out in desperation and clawed at his restraints.

Atem squawked in surprise before a frustrated expression marred his features. Why was his little mate reacting like this? Well, whatever the reason he wasn’t going to let Yuugi continue to fear him.

Yuugi yelled when he was squashed against the creature’s chest, his struggles dieing immediately.

“Why do you fight me?” Yuugi jumped at the foreign words. They didn’t sound like any language he had heard before, but the words were perfectly understandable in his mind. He was turned around in the creature’s grasp and Yuugi gasped when his eyes were trapped in molten pools of fire.

Those eyes were currently laced with frustration but behind that was an abundance of affection and possessiveness? There was no anger or hunger; completely contradicting what Yuugi thought was going to happen.

“Why.” The creature asked persistently, those red eyes never leaving his.

“I-I…” The words came unbidden from his lips. “I’m scared.” Yuugi felt as if his voice was not his own. The few coherent thoughts that formed in his mind were sitting on his tongue and they jumped out at any given chance.

The creature’s brow furrowed in confusion. “Why are you scared?” he asked, gently massaging his mate’s scalp with soft fingers.

“I don’t know what’s happening to me.” Yuugi's voice whimpered. He was scared at his inability to control his speech and the affect this creature had on him was starting to terrify him.

Atem’s eyes softened at this mate’s confession. Now that he thought about it, most of the human or the Muer’in mates of his species reacted in this manner. And if he had been taken away from his home and forced to start a new and strange life, he would probably act like this too; albeit more violently though. It wouldn’t be of much help if he confused his mate more with trying to explain how his people found mates. That would be a discussion for another time.

“Don’t be afraid.” Atem whispered, nuzzling his mate’s delicate neck. “I would never hurt you.” He punctuated the statement with a gentle, chaste kiss to his mate’s jaw.

Yuugi cautiously submitted to Atem’s affections, it wasn’t like they were hurting him and he couldn’t fight back anyway. Too many confusing thought tumbled in his head and he was afraid that he would have an emotional breakdown if he tried to understand everything right now.

“I…” it seemed that Yuugi's tongue still wasn’t under his control. Atem tilted his head forward to show that he was listening, prodding when no sentence was forthcoming. Tears started to well in Yuugi's eyes as the dam on his buried emotions began to crack. He had kept up the accepting facade for too long and all this additional stress was the last straw.

“I just-“ Atem grew concerned at the tears that fell down his mate’s cheeks. “ –just want to go home.” The dam broke and Yuugi crashed into hopeless sobs.

Home. The home of almost two years ago, before his Grandpa had died and left him all alone. The home his heart yearned for. He had tried to adapt, to find a place he could call his own but nothing filled the void that his Grandpa’s passing had left.

Atem quietly held the sobbing human in his arms. The poor thing’s emotions were running rampant. It was probably a good thing that he hadn’t explained why Yugi was here, the human might have gone into shock.

Yuugi heartbroken wails eventually died down into distressed whimpers. He took comfort in the warm body that was holding him so tenderly and bluntly tool his mind to ‘shut the hell up’ when it reminded him that said warm body had just kidnapped him and wasn’t even human.

Gentle fingers continued to soothe him by lightly scratching his scalp and the chest he was laying on vibrated as Atem started to hum. Yuugi knew that he shouldn’t fall asleep in a predator’s arms and he really did try to stay awake, but it seemed as if any control he possessed had been swept away by the tide.

“Poor little Aibou.” Atem spoke quietly to the dazed human. “Too much too soon, I guess. Maybe a little nap will clear things up a bit.” Although, Atem didn’t think that it would make this emotional pain any better and he knew that his mate needed to let these bottled emotions out. But the human’s heart was straining against the pressure.

Yuugi's eyes were already dropping in exhaustion when Atem made up his mind. He merely had to plant a suggestion through their Kroshi-made bond and Yuugi gave way to sleep’s hold with little more than a mumbled protest.

Atem sighed. It was probably better this way. He suspected that Yuugi wouldn’t have gone to sleep if he had known that he was going to be literately ‘sleeping with the fishes’.

With a fond smile, Atem slowly pulled them both beneath the water’s surface, sighing gratefully when his gills filled with water. His mate snuggled into his arm’s warmth, blissfully unaware that he was breathing underwater.

He would adjust, Atem assured himself. Even his rival species, the Muer’in, adjusted when one was claimed as a mate, even though it was rare. It would just take time, patience, and persistence.

Perhaps, Atem thought as he too drifted into a doze, perhaps he could explain some of this mate’s new life when they awoke in the morning.


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