Hold On

Anon: *smirks* don’t worry, updates every Saturday.

Koorime13: WTF? *dodges* oh come on! I only set Yuugi’s house on fire and almost got him run over… okay so maybe I kinda deserved that but still. If I die I can’t update ya know *pouts*

Red Dragon of Egypt: meow?

Malin: lemon will be up in 2 weeks if I’m ont mistaking… yup, 2 weeks ^^

Lokvsanubis: noooo, don’t die! I need you to review! I’m updating!

Vampire_Aireanne: Ghe, the story’s already writing completely so everything’s already decided. You’re partially right though, but you’ll see that in this chap. Enjoy.

Catti-dono: FINALLY! Someone who thought of the same things I did! *grins*

Dragonlady222: I seriously should have blown up the lab (A) As for the rest, you’ll have to wait and see ne? ^^
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Okay, new chap people! I did get death threats but I survived! *sees disappointed faces* aw, you’re all mean! *pouts* Just go read the chap would ya.
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--: 06 :--
Reminder

“Yuugi-kun!” Yami rushed over to the trembling and silently crying form of his friend and hugged him tightly. Yuugi immediately leaned into the touch and sobbed into Yami’s chest, hugging him back for his dear life. Behind them fireman were trying to put out the fire that was still raging in the apartment complex.

As soon as Yuugi had said that his house was on fire, Yami had run out of his own house towards Yuugi’s, ignoring his father’s protests. The few blocks he’d always found to be nothing suddenly seemed a lot, and the only thing he wanted was to be with Yuugi.

“Shh, it’s okay, Yuugi-kun. I’m here now.” Yami rocked Yuugi back and forth a little to calm the younger. Slowly Yuugi calmed down, but he kept his face buried in Yami’s chest, refusing to let go of the other. Not that Yami minded really. “What happened?”

Yuugi sniffled a little, before pulling away slightly so he could look at Yami and speak, “I don’t know. I was watching some TV and suddenly the fire alarm went off. I ran out of the house just in time.” He buried his face in Yami’s chest again, tears once more streaming down his face. Yami rocked the boy again as he looked at the flames burning the complex. It seemed this wasn’t Yuugi’s day. First the car, and now this.

“Did you take anything from the house?” Yami asked, pulling away so he could look at Yuugi. The other boy just shook his head, staring at the ground in sadness as he thought of everything he’d lost. Yami sighed and smiled wryly. “Well come on then, you can’t stay here ne?”

Yuugi looked up at him questioningly, “What? Where?” His mind was obviously not comprehending a lot at the moment.

“To my house of course, or do you want to sleep on the street? You can just sleep with me again since we’ve half made that a tradition.” Yami chuckled as a blush made its way onto Yuugi’s face.

“Yeah, and the way we wake up…” Yuugi’s blush deepened, Yami smirked even more.

“Come on, you don’t really have anywhere else to go ne?”

“No… I guess not.” Yuugi smiled and nodded as Yami pulled him away from the fire and towards his house, trying his best to distract Yuugi by talking about something he and Kumiko had seen that evening. Yuugi appreciated the attempt even though it didn’t work, so he just tried to seem a bit happier.

As the entered Yami’s home, Yoru stormed up to the door angrily, his eyes flashing dangerously. Yami’s own eyes widened as he pressed himself against the wall, his eyes already showing fear for the man in front of him.

“Where did you go?!” Yoru demanded, a look in his eyes that said that if Yami lied, there’d be a whole lot of pain following.

“Y-Yuugi-kun’s house is on fire so I went to pick him up.” Yami pressed himself even closer to the wall, closing his eyes in anticipation of the blow surely to follow.

Yoru glanced to the side where a shocked Yuugi was standing, though a bit of anger towards the older could also be seen in the amethyst eyes. “This pipsqueak here? Who cares. He should’ve just burned with the rest of the house; one less person to populate this world.” He turned back to Yami with a smirk, though the look of complete anger on his son’s face surprised him.

“No one says that about Yuugi-kun.” Yami hissed, and without warning his hand lashed out and made a very visible print on Yoru’s cheek. The older man was so shocked by the sudden reaction that he was too stunned to do anything. Yami quickly grabbed Yuugi’s hand and pulled him away and to his room, locking it behind him as soon as they entered so Yoru couldn’t come after them. Only then did he realize what he had just done. He froze.

“Fuck… I just hit him…” His eyes widened and he stared at the door fearfully. This was not good.

Yuugi put a reassuring hand on Yami’s shoulder, “The door’s locked so he can’t get in. Relax, Yami-kun.”

“He might not be able to come in now but I can’t stay in my room forever! He’ll be mad when he sees me!” Yami was panicking, pacing around the room, and rambling to himself. Yuugi looked at him worriedly as this went on for a little while, until he decided that enough was enough.

“Yami-kun!” No response. Yuugi sighed and shook his head, before stepping closer and slapping Yami across the face. Yami stopped dead in his tracks and stared at the boy in front of him in shock.

“You were rambling, panicking, and pacing. That’s not good, so stop it and relax.” Yuugi said calmly, pushing Yami towards the bed and making the other sit down. Yami reluctantly did as he was told and lay down, Yuugi sitting down next to him.

“He’s going to kill me, you know.” Yami’s eyes showed a lot of fear, and Yuugi hated to see it. Yami’s eyes were usually filled with a passionate fire, confidence, life. Now despair was clearly visible.

“He’s not going to kill you. He’ll forget all about it tomorrow, and you won’t have to go out of your room tonight since it’s already late.” Yami glanced at the clock to see that it was already 11 o’clock. He blinked; time had gone very fast.

He sighed, “He’s still going to be mad…”

Yuugi rolled his eyes, “Well just go sleep; it won’t matter until tomorrow anyway.”

Yami slowly nodded, getting out of bed to get Yuugi some stuff to sleep in again. He frowned as he thought of the fact that Yuugi had lost all of his clothes and school books as well, and then slightly smirked at the thought that Yuug would have to wear his clothes for a while… and that meant that he could make Yuugi wear practically anything. Did he mention he had a lot of leather?

Both quickly changed and got into bed, at first each laying on one side. Yami shivered as he crawled deeper into the blankets, trying to get warmer; it seemed it would be a cold night. Well, it was winter after all.

He suddenly felt Yuugi shifting closer hesitantly, and opened his eyes to see doubting amethyst eyes looking at him, “Yuugi-kun?”

“I, uhm… I’m kind of cold so… uhm…” Yuugi trailed off and stared at the blanket. Yami smiled and pulled Yuugi close to him, letting Yuugi’s head rest on his chest.

“Well I guess we’ll be waking up like this anyway. Especially since it’s so cold.” Even though he couldn’t see it, he knew Yuugi was blushing like crazy again. He chuckled and wrapped his arms around the smaller teen and nuzzled his face into Yuugi’s hair, sighing contently.

Yuugi leaned into Yami completely, his blush not leaving but feeling very safe and warm in Yami’s arms. Both fell asleep slowly, not bothered by the cold any longer.

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“You failed, and twice at that.” The two demons kneeling in front of their overlord shivered at the cold tone their ruler was using. They gulped as Aknunkanon approached them, fearing the punishment that was sure to follow.

“We’re sorry, your highness. It’s hard to kill without it seeming suspicious and we’re not used to it.” A slap across the demon’s face stopped any further explanation, as dark crimson eyes glared down at him.

“Nonsense. He’s just as bound to mortal ways as you are; you should be able to kill him easily. The longer Yuugi remains with Yami, the more he’ll infiltrate into Yami’s heart. And that would mean that all the hard work of the past 8 years would be in vain!” Aknunkanon’s glare intensified, the demons shivering even though they couldn’t see it. They could make up excuses all they waned, but it wouldn’t stop their ruler from punishing them.

Overlord Aknunkanon had ordered his demons to take out Mutou Yuugi, the boy that was messing up with his plans. Ever since one of his demons had reported that Yami had become friends with someone named Mutou Yuugi, he’d been enraged. If Yami started to trust mankind again, his plans would fail and Yami would never become his. The only solution in his opinion was to kill this Yuugi. If that were to happen, Yami would bounce back into the shell he’d built up over the years, blocking out everyone even more than he had before, and there would be no one to gain Yami’s trust ever again.

It was just too bad that his demons were having some problems accomplishing their task. Since Aknunkanon didn’t want to raise any suspicion, he had ordered his demon to take Yuugi out in a mortal way. His demons had been frustrated since they had never done such a thing before, but Aknunkanon was set on not raising any suspicion.

The first attempt had been to run Yuugi over with a car. Aknunkanon had followed the scene from the top of a high building so he wouldn’t get spotted. Yami had pulled Yuugi out of the way just in time, though Aknunkanon had to admit that he was glad this attempt had failed. Yami could’ve been hit too, not just Yuugi.

The second attempt had been to light Yuugi’s apartment on fire. This attempt had almost worked. Yuugi had been dozing off on the couch and the fire had started somewhere near the door. The hallway had been completely on fire by the time Yuugi had noticed that something was wrong, and it had been too late to escape by then. It was just too bad that there were more than enough windows in the apartment, and even though it was on the second floor there were also enough trees to jump to and climb down from. Aknunkanon had observed the small teen as he first panicked, but then quickly and rationally thought of a way to get out of the situation.

Aknunkanon growled at the thought. This boy was a quick thinker when it came to life-threatening situations, and that would keep him alive for a lot of other murder attempts too. It annoyed Aknunkanon to no end.

“You failed in your mission, therefore you shall be punished.” Aknunkanon needed to get rid of his anger, and the easiest way in his case was by beating someone up, and preferably killing them. The two demons needed punishment, so he’d simply use them.

Both demons looked at each other in a desperate manner, knowing they were doomed and there was nothing they could about it. Aknunkanon smirked, smelling the fear coming off the two in front of him. Oh how he loved the smell of fear.

“Report to my chambers in an hour, I have some other business to finish first.” Aknunkanon’s smirk widened as he watched the two scramble out of the throne room hastily, as if leaving would save them from their fate. Too bad nothing could get them out of this, and Aknunkanon’s eyes shone with something that was probably happiness to him, though cruelty was probably a better word for it.

He spread his wings and quickly flew out of the palace, and onto the mortal plane. He made his way to Yami’s house and watched as Yuugi and Yami fell asleep together, in each other’s arms. Aknunkanon’s eyes narrowed in suppressed anger, and he had to pull on all of his restrains not to burst into the room and kill the smaller teen himself. The only thing holding him back was Yami, so the brat was lucky, for now.

Aknunkanon flew into the living room, passing through the window without breaking it. He saw Yoru glance up from the TV in a bored manner, and then raising an eyebrow as he recognized the person – or more like demon – standing next to the couch.

“Well, well, well, what brings the great overlord of demons to my humble household?”

Aknunkanon snorted, “I’d hardly call this humble, after all the money you earned because of our deal you have got quite the house. But that is not why I’m here. You do realize that your part of the deal is being endangered by some kid, don’t you?”

Yoru glared, “I know, but I can’t get Yami away from the squirt. I hoped the pipsqueak would just stay away from Yami if I showed him what I usually do when Yami does something wrong, but the kid just won’t leave! Yami actually punched me today because I insulted the brat!” Yoru’s temper was flaring, and his anger had returned. He had only just relaxed and calmed down, knowing that going after Yami at this point was useless since the other’s door would be locked, but now the stinging sensation in his cheek seemed to be all the more intense.

“You won’t scare the brat off; he’s a special kind of brat, which is what concerns me the most.” At Yoru’s confused look Aknunkanon rolled his eyes. “It doesn’t matter what I mean, all that matters is that you get the kid away from Yami or your end of the deal won’t be kept, and I won’t get Yami in my clutches.”

“You still haven’t told me why you want the punk.” Yoru gave the other a suspicious look, but Aknunkanon seemed unaffected, and didn’t say a word. It was obvious that the demonic overlord wasn’t going to reveal his plans or reasoning. Yoru mentally shrugged; he wasn’t interested enough to push the matter. That, and since the other was a demon he could kill Yoru at any time he wanted.

“Fine then, don’t tell me. And I will get rid of this kid. I don’t feel like dying just yet.”

“I’m sending demons after him too, though they will try and kill the brat the mortal way so as not to raise suspicion. If my plan fails, you won’t just be dying, Yoru, you’ll be suffering.” Aknunkanon’s eyes flashed dangerously, and his claws momentarily became sharper.

Yoru gulped, knowing full-well that the other could make that threat come true without a problem. He nodded slowly, not letting Aknunkanon out of his sight for even a split-second. If he was going to die, he’d go down fighting.

“Good, now that that’s clear, I’ll be leaving since I have two demons to punish for failing me.” Aknunkanon spread his wings and passes through the window without breaking it again. Yoru stared after the other as he disappeared to the demonic underworld where he belonged.

Yoru’s eye twitched. God how he hated that demon. The other couldn’t kill him of course, but hurting and torturing was a whole other deal. Yoru hated it when the demonic ruler came over just to threaten him and remind him of the deal. Like Yoru didn’t know that he still had to keep his end of the deal! He’d die if he didn’t so he really wouldn’t forget something like that.

Slowly he walked over to the dresser and opened one of the drawers with the key that hung around his neck. In the drawer were things he’d gotten from the demons to help him keep an eye on Yami even if the brat wasn’t there.

Yoru reached for a black orb inside and held it in the palm of his hand. “Yami,” he spoke clearly and purple smoke filled the glass orb, swirling inside as a scene started to appear.

He could see Yami’s room slowly starting to come into focus, before the scene zoomed in on the king-sized bed to display two forms laying there. Yoru’s eye twitched even more at seeing their position. Yami had Yuugi wrapped in his arms in a protective and slightly possessive manner, as Yuugi was snuggled into his chest. Both boys had content smiles on their faces and were sleeping soundly.

‘Damn, he really did get closer than I thought.’ Yoru ran a hand through his hair as he studied the two closer. Since when was his son gay? And since when had he fallen in love with this bratty look-alike of his? Damn, he had to get rid of the kid and fast.

He watched for a few seconds longer, before putting the orb back in the drawer. As soon as it left his hand the purple swirling smoke faded the image of his son away, until the orb turned to black again. Yoru locked the drawer back up so no one could get into it.

He sat back down on the couch, staring at the TV but not really taking any of what was on it in. His mind wandered as he thought of ways to either push Yami and the look-alike apart himself, or make Yami distrustful of people again so he’d do it himself. His gaze drifted away from the screen and sundered to the hallway where the stairs were, as a sudden idea suddenly jumped into his mind.

‘Kumiko…’
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Aw, I can’t believe I’m involving Kumiko like this… yes, you can all kill me now, I deserve it *sighs* well, if I survive once again even though I totally deserve to die, cya all next week.