To Want Love

P.S. Thank you for all the reviews. I hope you all like this chapter. Darth did a great job on this chapter. I will not lie when I did it the first time I lost it so I had to redo it and the redone one was a big mess. But thanks to Darth it was not only fix and saved but she gave me the idea to top it off. I love what she dose and I would like it if some of you would tell her how great her work is.

Chapter Nine: A Night Trip

With that in mind Yami walked out of the lab and strolled down the empty hallways, finally coming to a stop to think. The demon was now fully aware of the hunger he was feeling, caused by not eating anything that night. But, his hunger gave him an idea to win Yugi over.

‘If I am hungry, then he must be as well’, Yami thought to himself. ‘But I wonder if we have anything that my little soon to be mate could eat.’ That thought brought Yami some displeasure when he remembered something. ‘I think Seto said that he needed to get more food for Jou. That has to mean that the storage room is low on human food.’ The demon released a soft sigh. ‘I guess that means I have to go shopping if I am to feed Yugi tonight.’

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"Mr. M. why did Yami say storage room? Why not just call it kitchen?" one of the little girls asked, cutting the story off.

Mr. M. was not bothered by the interruption at all as he answered the question: "Well, you see, demons don’t eat the same kind of food as humans do. However, they still keep around food fit for humans, just in case there comes a need to it. But since it’s not that usual for demons to need human food, they don’t have any need for a kitchen either." After this Mr. M. took a moment to think before beginning the story again: “Having made up his mind, Yami…”

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Having made up his mind Yami took off on the mission to provide food for his future mate. He left the house, taking off into the night, and headed to the nearest town. Because the house was stationed deep in the woods, the nearest town was as much as ten miles away. Fortunately, for a demon, this was not that long of a distance.

After arriving into the town he located a small family-owned grocery store called Night and Day. The name was fitting, since the shop was open from early morning to the late hours. Yami was in luck when he located the store, since there probably were not many other shops that stayed open that late.

During the journey from the house to the town, Yami had been making a mental shopping list for himself. He had to take into account what Yugi might like and what items most stores held. Some fruit and meat would be nice, along with something to drink. He also added bread on the small list he came up with.

‘I guess the best way to go about this would be to take enough for Yugi to get a full stomach and then come back later after he has told me his preferences when it comes to eating’, Yami thought when he realized that he had no idea what kind of fruit Yugi liked, or if the boy ate meat or preferred the vegetarian diet.

When Yami walked into the store, a male voice instantly spoke out a greeting: “How are you doing today sir?" Yami was actually a bit startled when someone spoke to him so politely and turned his gaze towards the counter.

There was a man standing behind the counter with greying hair but also a kind face. Yami made a guess that the man was leading a happy life here in his shop.

“I am doing fine on this lovely night”, Yami spoke awkwardly. The man gave him an amused look, probably because of his odd way of speaking but it was not Yami’s fault that demons had long lives and his had been long enough for his manners to be rather out of date. As Yami began walking around the store, gathering the items he though were needed, he spoke to the old man: “I got a surprise guest and I hadn’t thought to prepare so now I have nothing to feed him." Yami was careful to keep his tone respectful, not wanting to give the man a bad image of himself. The demons preferred to do all of their shopping during the night, but Bakura’s antics had made it difficult for them to find a place to shop where they were not considered to be some kind of juvenile criminals.

Noticing that the only thing left missing was some sort of a drink, Yami headed towards the farthest wall of the store, where the drinks were positioned. When he got there he came across a youth with white hair that he did not think was a common trait among humans. Because of this he naturally thought the fair-haired person to be one of his demon companions, Bakura.

Curious to know why Bakura would come to such a peaceful human dwelling, Yami spoke out: "Bakura? What are you doing here?"

The person turned around to look at who was talking to him. But when the person’s face was revealed to Yami, not only did the demon drop everything he had been holding but he released a loud yell too.

The boy standing before Yami was definitely not Bakura. First of all the eyes were definitely human, soft and round. It was clear that Yami was not dealing with a demon here, but a human who looked like one of the demons Yami knew. The boy was also jumpy, what Bakura was not, which became apparent when he was so startled by Yami’s yell that he also dropped everything that he had been holding, allowing the items to fall on the floor.

"Yo-your not Bakura”, Yami stuttered as he pointed at the complete stranger in front of him. “But you look like him… How is that possible.” The demon rubbed at the side of his head in confusion. “This is just weird, that’s what this is…” Unable to get past the ‘weird’ thing, Yami kept repeating that last line over and over again, his tone softer each time until he was simply mouthing the words in awe.

"S-sorry about that”, the boy mumbled with an embarrassed blush dusting his cheeks. “I d-didn’t mean to give you a fright there, sir.” The fair boy seemed to be rather worried about Yami’s state as he started to hush in a calming manner: “Sir, would you places clam down a little? Okay, okay, if it helps you at all my name is Ryou. Ryou Bakura and my family owns this store. Sir, are you going to be okay?" The soft tone of the boy, Ryou, calmed Yami down effectively. The voice sounded strangely lulling, too lulling to be Japanese. Yami thought the voice to sound European and made a wild guess that the boy had roots somewhere in Europe.

It took Yami a few moments to get himself back under control, after which he started picking up the items he had dropped previously. Ryou also knelt down to pick up whatever he had dropped and Yami took this chance to observe the human some more.

‘He looks exactly like that ass hole of a demon…’ Yami thought as he eyed the soft and delicate features of the human. ‘The only difference seems to be in their species and that this Ryou actually has some manners, unlike Bakura.’

“Oh, I should be the one apologising”, Yami started in an apologetic manner. “I didn’t mean to scare you either. It is just that you look a lot like a friend of mine, is all.” Yami noticed that he had picked up all of his groceries and stood up. He waited until Ryou did the same before finishing: “Anyway, I just need to get something and I shall be on my way then.” With that Yami reached towards the nearest shelf and grabbed a bottle of milk. He then shot the human a friendly smile and spoke out: “It was nice to meet you, Ryou.” And, with that out of the way, Yami took his groceries to the counter. He paid for his purchases before leaving walking out of the store and down the street. Once he was convinced that no one would see he took flight towards the house with a few things on his mind. The thing Yami was pondering about the most was not Yugi for a change, but the strange look-a-like he had just come across. He would need to talk to Bakura about this.

A.N. I hope you all like it. Place review and remember to thank Darth for her hard work when you do. Look forward to chapter ten that well be out soon.