Dreams of the Undead - Arc 1 - Chapter 3: The Mansion

Yugi awoke to a dark room. His arms felt heavy and two warm bodies were lying on either side of his. He tried to look through the darkness to discern where he was.

"You're awake," A baritone voice said softly from his left side. It was strangely familiar to Yugi but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"We have a proposition for you," An even deeper baritone voice said from his right. "You can either live as our Donator, or die."

"I don't understand," Yugi said, his voice sounding braver than he felt. "What is a Donator and why do I have to die if I decide not to?"

"Because you saw our original forms," the softer baritone voice replied. "As creatures of the night, we have a law that no human can see our original form unless they are a slave, a Donator, or prey that will soon be dead."

"And you didn't offer me the slave position because…?" Yugi asked curiously. Something about these two voices made him not feel as afraid as he thought he should be.

There was a pause before the deeper baritone voice responded. "We are in love with you, Yugi. As vampires, we can't get close to you unless you are a Donator."

That gave Yugi some food for thought. "So this is more a case of 'if we can't have you no one can'." he sighed. "I really don't want to die…"

"Then you will be our Donator?" the lighter baritone asked, a little too quickly and eagerly for Yugi's comfort. "It will be worth it."

Yugi gave a small, reluctant nod. "As long as I can still do what I normally do. No point in being alive if I can't live."

"Of course…" the voices said in unison.

Yugi felt the weight on his right move. The weight on his left shifted to lay on top of him. A gentle arm wrapped securely around his waist. A hand cupped his head and tilted it to the right to expose the left side of his neck. Yugi gasped as sharp fangs pierced the skin and felt oddly calm as the sensation of his blood being drawn out took over his body.

After a moment, the fangs withdrew and a note of pleasure was heard. "I can taste it in your blood. You're in love with two beings already. I wonder if my partner will be able to see what those feelings are connected to when he takes his fill." Yugi felt him lick the wounds to seal them shut. "Offer me your wrist."

Yugi obediently lifted his left wrist and felt the vampire briefly bite, drink, and lick his wrist before placing a thick cuff on it. He must of looked confused as the deeper baritone voice chuckled at him. "As our Donator, we chose two points of access and mark you to ward off other vampires. Think of it like scent marking that animals do."

The one on his chest moved away and the other laid down on Yugi doing the mirror to what the first did, biting the right side of his neck and his right wrist. Another thick cuff was placed around his wrist and a collar around his neck. "Interesting. Do you want to confess or do you want me to tell all?"

"Confess to what?" Yugi asked curiously as he ran his fingers over the collar thoughtfully. "I don't spill my thoughts to people I don't know."

"Yet I can see it in your blood," the deeper baritone voice said. His voice sounded like he was smirking. "My partner has already said he can taste that you hold two close to your heart and I have a vision of the two."

Yugi sighed. "I don't have a choice?"

"Not in this, Akhu…" The deeper voice said causing Yugi to jump in surprise. "It is for your benefit as well as ours that you say it rather than I."

"Akhu…" Yugi whispered. "Atemu… Is that you?" He sighed and said in a louder voice. "It's been a long time since you called me by that name…" He closed his eyes. "I fell in love with you when you started using that name. More so when Yami joined you and called me aibou. What happened to make you two draw away from me?"

Candles flared to life revealing the two Sennens looked down at Yugi, their lips coated in a faint red from Yugi's blood they had drunk moments ago. They were denied the glance at his large amethyst eyes but waited patiently until Yugi continued to speak.

"I didn't want to burden the both of you with my feelings as I can't be with either of you," A tear slipped down his cheek. "You have each other… You wouldn't want me…"

"What makes you say that, Aibou?" Yami asked causing Yugi to almost jump out of his skin. His eyes flew open to stare up at the two crimson eyed men leaning over him.

"No one wants someone like me," Yugi closed his eyes again to get away from the stares of the two. "I'm weak. I cry and get hurt so easily. I rely on people to rescue me. I'm a burden on everyone who is near me…"

"Don't say that Akhu!" Atemu snapped a bit more forcefully than he intended, causing their new Donator to try and shrink into the bed. He leaned over and gave Yugi a gentle kiss on the lips. A small squeak was all he needed to push his tongue past Yugi's lips to explore thoroughly before breaking the kiss. He pulled away to allow Yami to do the same. "You're strong in your heart. Your compassionate, forgiving, and loving to everyone you meet. We don't think you are a burden. We chose you as our Donator because we are in love with you as well."

"Really?" Yugi asked in surprise once Yami broke his kiss with him. "But then why did you pull away from me before?"

"We were told that you were like us but hiding it," Yami answered in a whisper. "The succubus stated that you was going to kill us once you got close so we pulled back to observe." He nuzzled his head against the left side of Yugi's neck. "A supernatural can't hide what they are past the age of sixteen."

Yugi gave a very nervous laugh that made the two vampires stare down at him once more. "About that… I suppose I'm allowed to talk about it now." The two gave each other worried looks before looking back down at Yugi. "It all started when my Grandpa found an injured angel whilst he was on a dig in Egypt. He took the angel in and cared for her. Eventually they fell in love and she gave birth to my Father. Being part angel, he couldn't go to Heaven for training until he earned his wings on his sixteenth birthday. But he fell in love with a human girl whom waited five long years before he returned from his training. They married and had me…"

"So you are a quarter angel blood," Atemu asked trying to confirm what Yugi was saying. The youngest of the three nodded. "But you turned sixteen and nothing happened?"

"Dad said that because of my quarter blood that I might get my wings late…" Yugi paused noticing the worried looks on the vampires faces. "Or I might not get them at all…" He sighed. "If that is the case, all I will have will be the slight divine aura that caused you," he glanced at Atemu, "to call me Akhu in the first place. Dad said I wasn't allowed to tell anyone this until after my sixteenth just in case dark creatures decided to bypass the holy aspect."

"Bypass the holy aspect?" Yami sounded confused.

Yugi nodded. "Part angels are rare because up until they are sixteen, they are vulnerable to the effects of the dark. For example, in the case of you two, had you bitten me before I turned sixteen and I received my wings; the holy aspect that normally burns and kills dark creatures when they touch a light creature is negated when you touch me. It doesn't translate to other light creatures tho."

"So we would become immune to your light?" Yami asked.

Yugi nodded. "It could still happen tho. If I am a late bloomer, then you will be immune to the effects of my wings because you have both bitten me. I am a part of the both of you and therefore cannot be burned by my light."

"That was what we were worried about," Atemu said softly. "You see Yugi, we aren't just vampires. We are a part of the original eight vampires. The ones who cast the dark magic to transform from being human. We wanted to ensure the safety and security of Egypt. Yami and I were married back then and I was Pharaoh with Yami as my Queen. Little did we know that such a decision would cause us to lose the one person we both loved."

Yugi began to hum softly the Ancient Egyptian tune he remembered. "Me…"

"Correct," Yami took over when Atemu became too teary to respond. "You were called Heba, our personal servant and lover. We always enjoyed listening to you play your flute in the evenings. But one evening, after we performed the ceremony, we became hazed with bloodlust and attacked you."

"You survived but only long enough to show us that you had become too afraid to be near us," Atemu choked before gathering his emotions and holding them tight. "We tried to get you to become more comfortable around us but in the end, you committed suicide with Yami's sai stabbed through your left wrist and my dagger through your right."

"You waited 5000 years to find my soul again to bring it back to your side?" Yugi asked softly. He was amazed at the dedication these two vampires had towards his past self. "I'm truly that same soul?" 

"That tune, the scent of your blood minus the divine undertones, and your appearance leads us to believe so," Yami replied with a smile. He snuggled down against Yugi's left side, effectively trapping his arm once more. "And now that we have you, we aren't letting go."

Atemu copied Yami but on Yugi's right side. "Not now or ever!"

Dreams of the Undead - Arc 1 - Chapter 2: Ordinary Day - Yami's POV

We were walking out of the school gates when the amethyst eyed one caught our eyes. The scent of his blood always enticed us from afar and today was no exception. He watched him standing alone waiting for his friends, as per his usual Friday afternoon routine. He looked around too, I think he sensed our presence.

I should explain who we are…

I'm Yami Sennen and my partner/lover/mate/whatever you want to call it is Atemu Sennen. To put it simply, we're vampires. We aren't your ordinary, run-of-the-mill vampires so we are able to walk in the daylight but what we are is a secret for now. Atemu and I have been together for 5000 years and have been married for the majority of it.

When we were human, we had a little slave who loved us with all his heart. After we were turned, he committed suicide in fear of what we had become. We had bitten him in our blood-blinded state and when we awoke, he had already slit his wrists and bled out on the floor. We had been searching for his reincarnated soul for a very long time. We go to high school in various countries over the years in search for his maturing soul.

Back to the amethyst eyed one. The scent of his blood entices us on more ways than one. It carries a divine note that usually only angels carry. We figure it is his innocence that allows him to have such a note in his blood. He will more than likely lose it when it loses his virginity. Then there is notes of strawberries and lilacs, hints at his blood will taste very sweet to us… like a dessert. Lastly, there is the faintest hint of cinnamon… The same hint of cinnamon that our slave lover had when we smelt his blood. We won't know for sure until we bite him whether he is him or not.

Our little slave lover had the sweetest tasting blood, almost like having a piece of fruit. It was refreshing and fulfilling at the same time…. But I'm fantasizing a bit too much. Atemu is trying to get my attention. It seems our amethyst eyed one has caught us staring at him. He looks hurt… I wonder why.

"Don't look now," We could hear the dark brown haired one easily. "The Sennen partners are staring at us." It seems we are infamous for being married. Not that Atemu or I really care about that. "I wonder what got their attention."

Yugi gulped. Something about the dark brown haired one's comment sparked that reaction. I wonder what it could be. It would be nice if he had some sort of attraction to us. Would make biting him much easier.

"Unless you want something," The blonde American one yelled at us. "Leave!" We glared at him. It was not nice to tell us to stop watching our prey. Not that a human would really know that was what we had in mind. "It's not nice to stare." We left the group alone a slight smile forming on our lips. Tonight we will capture our prey.

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Atemu and I had followed the amethyst eyed one and his friends to the mall were they met up with more friends and, to our surprise, another vampire. It took us a while to find out where they had disappeared to but when we did, we found out something about our amethyst eyed prey… he could really sing.

I recognised the song as Affirmation by Savage Garden and we began to watch as he lost himself to the music. I knew that he could sense our presence as he looked up at us with an almost annoyed look. He shut his eyes and took a deep breath.

"I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness." he sang staring directly back at us. He was sending a message. He, or at least our slave lover's soul, forgives us and knows we are unhappy because of what had happened to us and then to him. He looked away, singing the next lines before looking back up at us pointedly.

"I believe in love surviving death into eternity!" I briefly glanced at Atemu. We could have taken that two ways. Either he loved us up until and after he died. Or his reincarnated soul loved us as well which meant his love for us was truly eternal.

"I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye." He kept singing, not realizing he had shocked us to the core, before he handed the microphone to a black haired child before sitting down out of our viewing range. We moved away from the window and found a seat ourselves.

"He has to be Heba's reincarnation," Atemu said with his hand over his heart as if to calm it down. "Why else would he direct those lines at us?"

"What about that last one tho?" I asked softly. "Does that mean he regrets killing himself?"

"Possibly…" Atemu replied. "We will have to ask him when we capture him."

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We waited at the intersection where Yugi usually left his friends to head off towards their homes. The intersection where he usually started his journey alone.

"Are you sure you'll be ok, Yug?" the blonde one asked our amethyst eyed one. I looked at Atemu curiously.

Nickname or real name? I asked through our mind link. It's an odd name for it to be real.

"I'll be ok," our amethyst eyed one replied with a smile. He looked so innocent and naïve to what was about to happen to him that it almost made me feel guilty.

"Call us if you need us, ok Yugi?" the girl insisted taking his hands in hers. "I don't want to hear from your Grandpa that you were molested on the way home."

Yugi sounds more like a full name. Atemu replied with a fanged smile. Works well for him.

True. I replied giving him my own fanged smile. Yugi means game after all. Just like Heba meant game. All the more likely he is our reincarnated Heba.

Our amethyst eyed one… I mean Yugi… waved goodbye to his friends and headed home alone. We followed carefully, watching him as he began to hum softly to himself. I almost froze in my tracks when I heard it.

Yami… Atemu's voice sounded shaken. That tune…

Yes… I swooped at Yugi frightening him. We must act quickly. I think Heba's soul is close to the surface. We both heard Yugi give an unmanly scream before breaking into a run. It was a task trying to keep up with him as he dodged through small alleyways and into the park trying to lose us.

Do you think he knows it is us? Atemu asked quietly. I didn't answered as flew down to trap Yugi after he fell to the ground. You scared him to death!

I did not! I retorted angrily before looking back down. "Oh… I did too." Picking up Yugi's limp body, I turned to Atemu. "Shall we?"

"Of course," Atemu took to the sky. I followed more carefully with our precious bundle in my arms. "Yami…"

"Hmm?" 

"Try not to scare him again when he wakes up." Atemu raised an eyebrow at me. "The last thing we need is for his reincarnated self to be closer to the surface than Heba's soul."

Dreams of the Undead - Arc 1 - Chapter 1: Ordinary Day - Yugi's POV

Just another ordinary day… I guess I should let you know who I am. I suppose you may of heard of me but I'm not surprised if you haven't.

My name is Yugi Motou. The International Champion for a card game known as Duel Monsters. People who duel call me the King of Games. But unlike any other sort of royalty, it doesn't come with many privileges… More like pains if you ask me. I love duelling… but for the fun of it. Not to prove I am still the King of Games.

I attend high school like any other sixteen year old. I have to do homework and study. I even have a part time job… Lucky me… I work for my Grandpa at his game shop. I'm small for my age so I seem to attract bullies by the bundle. Joey always says I look weak and that's why they are attracted to me… How can someone like me not look weak?

Anyway, today we're hanging out after school. Arcade… Maybe the mall… We haven't actually decided on where yet. But they insist that they want to spend some quality time with me before Joey and I go to the big tournament that is being held in Tokyo.

Oh! I should explain who Joey is. Joey Wheeler is a blond American who moved to Japan while I was in high school. He's a bully turned protector/best friend. I can trust him with anything. I have other friends as well… Tristan Taylor, a dark brown haired guy, use to be another bully. He and Joey were friends and bullied me together before I stood up to Ushio for them. Then there is Tea Gardener, a brown haired, blue eyed girl who seems to be mother hen of the group. When us boys get hurt, she's always fussing over us. My group of friends is small but tight knit.

I have two other friends who are more penpals as I haven't seen them in a long time. Ryou, Malik, and I grew up together. We were so close that our parents would tell us they would have to surgically separate us in order to take us home for the night. Ryou Bakura is an albino boy who moved to England with his parents as the weather there is kinder on his skin. Malik Ishtar, on the other hand, is in Egypt with his brother and sister. They moved there after their parents died. Initially it was supposed to be only for a month but things became complicated for him and they have delayed their return indefinitely. I receive a letter from them every week and I write back as soon as I get one.

I also have a rival. He is a rich boy by the name of Seto Kaiba, CEO of Kaiba Corp. He's been trying to win my title as King of Games ever since I earned it so many years ago. I suppose you could call him a friend as he has helped me out on occasion but he challenges me to duels more than he offers to help.

Anyway, I digress. I've been waiting for my friends at the school gates for a while now and I get the sneaking suspicion someone is watching me. I can feel that creepy crawly feeling you get up your spine when you know someone is staring at your back intently. This stare is intense, almost like lasers. But I can't see who is doing the staring.

"What's eating you Yug'," Joey always catches me in a headlock. He seems to enjoy it for some reason or another. "You look… I dunno… Paranoid."

"I just feel like I'm being watched," I replied with a sigh. I give a shiver and a smile. "I'm probably just imagining it."

"More than likely dude," Tristan gives me a slap on the back. Always for support but always almost knocks me over in the process. "I don't see anyone staring at you here."

"And if they were," Tea rests her hand on mine. I don't mind when she does that… She's the only girl who cares for me in that way. "It would be because you are the undefeated King of Games. Staring at you in awe!"

"Awe?" Yugi stared at her in disbelief. "It would more likely be judgemental. Trying to decide if I look weak enough to be defeated in a duel." He waved his hand at them to prevent any further discussion on the point. "It's probably just me over thinking things again."

"So have you decided what you're going to do next year?" Joey asked. I had yet to choose my electives for next year and was procrastinating over it. "I was thinking of taking up economics."

"Despite being bad at math?" I asked slyly. "I'm considering taking subjects that will help with an archaeology degree."

"So Ancient History, Religion, and Modern History." Tea supplied before arching her eyebrow at Joey. "And the day you do economics would be the day Yugi marries another man."

I laughed nervously at that. I realised I was gay a good while ago. None of my friends know this. I guess they assume I am as straight as an arrow. I don't know if I will ever have the courage to tell them. It was then that I saw a pair of crimson eyes looking my way… More like staring at me intently.

"Don't look now," Tristan hissed softly at us. "The Sennen partners are staring at us." It was well known that Yami and Atemu Sennen were married despite being in high school. They somehow managed to get permission from the government… I have no idea how they managed it but they did. "I wonder what got their attention."

Me… I thought with a gulp. They were the most popular guys in the school and the object of my unrequited affections. I've never acted on my feelings because they are together and knowledge of my affections would be a burden… not to mention unwanted. But I don't understand why they were staring at me.

"Unless you want something," Joey yelled at them, breaking their staring. "Leave!" The glare they gave Joey could of killed him if they had the power to. "It's not nice to stare." They left without once looking back at me.

"Annoying bastards," Joey grumbled before looking at me. "I suppose they were the ones that were staring at you. Made you feel really uncomfortable… I can see it."

"Yeah… I guess…" I shook my head trying to shake the uneasiness from my mind. "Where do you guys want to go?"

"Mall?" Tea asked, her eyes lighting up. "There is a new store that just opened up there!"

"Girly?" Tristan asked a little suspicious.

"I heard of that one," I said feeling myself a bit happier for the change in topic. "It's called Mizuya. It's a restaurant slash karaoke bar. Been meaning to check it out."

"I know right!" Tea said jumping up and down. "We could ask Serenity, Duke, and Mokuba to join us. It'll be fun!"

"Anywhere Mokuba goes, Seto will follow." I said with a sly hint at Joey. "I doubt he will let Mokuba out of his sight for any length of time."

"Let's give them a call and see if they can make it then," Joey said whipping out his phone. "I'll call Serenity." Tea called Duke and I called Mokuba.

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I sat on the couch listening to Tea sing The Technicolour Phase by Owl City. The song was kind of creepy in a way as it describes someone being almost stalker-ish. It really made me think of how Yami and Atemu always pop up unexpectedly near me… particularly the line 'You can go anywhere you wish cause I'll be there wherever you are'. I sighed, closed my eyes, and leaned back just letting the music wash over me.

"Yug?" Joey sounded concerned. "You ok?"

"Just tired Joey," I replied with my eyes still closed. "It's good to unwind a bit." I paused before asking. "Do you believe in reincarnation?"

"Not sure about all that mystical stuff, Yug." he said. I felt him move closer to me as Tea flopped down on the seat. The opening notes of I Write Sins not Tragedies by PANIC! At the Disco before Tristan started singing. Not a song I would of really picked him singing but whatever, each to their own.

"I'm not sure of it as well but I keep getting dreams, sometimes even memories, of someone who looks like me," I sat up and watched Tristan dance oddly to the music as he sang. "You know how you were all amazed that I could play a flute?" Joey nodded quickly, urging me to continue. "I didn't learn it. I knew it. I have a memory of me wearing a shenti from Ancient Egypt and playing the flute for two royals."

"The tune you played was from that memory?" Joey asked quietly. Tristan handed me the microphone and I smiled up at him before turning to Joey and nodded. "I'll explain a bit more when I get back."

I got up and flicked through the song list finding a song I felt I needed to really sing. Almost a statement really. The first few notes of Affirmation by Savage Garden began to play and the range of reactions from my friends was almost amusing. During the song I felt someone staring at me again, I looked up to see a familiar pair of crimson eyes watching me through the small overhead window. I closed my eyes and continued to sing, trying to block out the feeling.

Taking a deep breath, I open my eyes and look up at them as I sing "I believe forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness." And continued looking around to by friends until I felt the need to look up at them once more to sing, "I believe in love surviving death into eternity!" Something told me that they two needed those lines as much as I needed to sing this song. Another strong urge forced me to look up and sing, "I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye." I sang the last few words before handing Mokuba the microphone and sat down next to Joey.

"You looked distracted there Yug," Joey commented quietly.

"It seems Yami and Atemu are not finished staring at me yet," I mumbled softly. Joey reached up and shut the blinds on the window. "I don't know why they seem so intent on watching me."

"Perhaps one of us should walk you home this evening," Joey replied, his voice was full of concern. "I don't like how those two seem to always be near you, Yug."

"I'll be fine to walk on my own," I replied, forcing my voice to sound more confident than I felt. "They haven't followed me home before."

"If you say so…"

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Part of me was really regretting to taking Joey up on his offer. I ran from the sound of wings behind me. Someone… correction… something was following me and it sounded huge!

I fall over and turn around in time to see a pair of crimson eyes and giant bat wings before everything fell into darkness.

Angeli Intentions - Arc 1 - Chapter 5 - Gabriel

Yugi screamed as he was flung back knocking Yami and Atemu over in the process. They had come out with the intention of helping and didn't expect to be down so soon.

"Yugi," Yami groaned as the young hikari picked himself up and flew at the demon once more.

"Do me a favour and stay out of it," Yugi replied. His golden sais flashed in the light. "I don't need to think about hitting you if you keep away."

He winced as the demon grabbed his wing and pulled him hard before throwing him down to the ground. Yugi groaned and pushed himself up slowly before wincing again when the demon picked him by the wings.

The scream emitted when the demon grabbed Yugi's arm and pulled hard, dislocating it, shot through Yami and Atemu like lightening. Grabbing their puzzles in one hand, they focused bolts of shadow magic at the demon in an attempt to free Yugi.

The demon laughed. "You can't harm me! You created me!" He laughed harder as he pushed Yugi down to snap his other arm. "Your sorrow for your lights were my food to grow."

Yami and Atemu raced forwards to attack the demon only to be repelled by a wave of raw power. Yugi laid abandoned behind the demon as he stepped forward with a malicious gleam in his eyes. He wanted to kill the humans.

White wings slowly darkened to black. Sais vanished and wounds began to repair themselves. Heba pulled himself up and summoned his daggers before launching himself at the demon.

"How DARE you hurt my brother," Heba screamed slicing off one wing and dragging the other down his back. He used the leverage of the daggers to flip over the demon and land between it and the yami's.

"How are you able to move?" the demon demanded, staring intently at the now black winged hikari. "I disabled you completely."

"That's the beauty of a duality angel," Heba spat. "We die hard!"

Daggers and claws flew as Heba and the demon fought, each trying to harm or at least disable the other. But just like Yugi, Heba was thrown at Yami and Atemu's feet broken and bleeding.

Heaven's Light shone down on Heba and a deep voice tsked disapprovingly. "I sent you to find your fairies not get yourself killed." A six winged angel appeared next to Heba and gently brushed the golden bangs from Heba's face. "Isis, Ishizu," he called.

"Yes Gabriel-sama," they said in unison.

"Heal Heba and Yugi while I deal with this Demon of Sorrow." He summoned a fiery sword with a thin, slender blade.

"As you wish," They set to work. "Yami and Atemu knelt down near Heba's head and waited for him to wake up.

They watched the angel slice easily at the demon without much trouble. A small groan brought their attention back to Heba. Most of the cuts and breaks were healed, the faeries were healing his wings.

"Who is that, Heba?" Atemu whispered softly. "And what is going on?"

"That is Gabriel-sama," Heba replied weakly. "He is Yugi's mentor. Michael-sama is mine." He tested his wings uncertainly. "I'm going to switch."

Before either yami could say anything, the colour drained from his wings leaving an unconscious and badly injured Yugi laying in front of them.

It wasn't long until Yugi stirred. "I was run over?"

Isis giggled. "By a Demon of Sorrow," she watched Yugi looked away with a pained expression on his face. "Sorry Master. I didn't expect you to ask that."

"So much for my promotion now," Yugi sat up and tested his newly healed wings. "Gabriel-sama is going to murder me for this."

"Not murder…" Gabriel knelt and grabbed Yugi's chin. "Punish, perhaps?" He gently planted a chaste kiss on Yugi's lips.

Yugi swallowed hard when Gabriel pulled away. "P-p-p-punish?" He scooted backwards until his back hit the wall. "Not again. Please Gabriel-sama."

Yami and Atemu found themselves frozen to the floor. Something about this Seraphim and the way he looked at Yugi unnerved them. With only the ability to watch, they were horrified at the scene unfolding before then.

Gabriel grabbed Yugi's wrists and pinned them to the wall before kissing him once again. It took a lot for Yugi not to yelp at the roughness of the kiss.

"Now, now," Gabriel purred when he broke the kiss. "You're usually more vocal than this." He pulled Yugi, by the wrists, away from the wall before pinning him to the floor. "You're not going to make noise?"

"You said if I did you would make it worse!" yelped Yugi trying in vain to pull his wrists free. "Make up your mind!"

"I thought you could read minds," Gabriel purred once again. He pulled Yugi's wrists up over his head and pinned them together with one hand.

"You're not my darkness!" Yugi cried. Tears flowed freely. "You already know that…" He paused as his eyes widened as the gold clips that held his white tunic in place were removed. "Please stop, Gabriel-sama!"

"As your mentor, it is my right to punish you as I see fit." Gabriel purred, catching Yugi's lips with his own. He tugged at the tunic with his free hand causing it to fall open revealing Yugi's pale, slender body. "And I think now is a good time for punishment… don't you?"

Angelic Intentions - Arc 1 - Chapter 4: Demon of Sorrow

"Master Yugi?" Isis settled back onto his hand. "What happened?"

"My heart and my eyes were damaged from the attack," Yugi replied softly. "They transplanted Heba's into me along with his wings. Kami-sama gave me a choice. Either accept that Heba was dead or live as a duality angel with him."

"Two souls in one body," Isis breathed. "But what does that mean for Ishizu and me?"

"You both have the same Master now," Yugi replied. "You answer to whichever of us has control of my body at the time."

"Where's Ishizu then?" She watched as Yugi closed his eyes, fascinated by the change in wing colour from white to black.

Opening his rich purple eyes, he said "I will locate her, Isis."

"Master Heba!" Isis took flight as Heba left the room and headed down the hall to his old bedroom. He paused and stared at what was once the guest bedroom.

"I'm glad," Heba said picking up a nearby photo of Yami and Atemu. Atemu had his arms wrapped around Yami with the two sharing a kiss. "I was afraid they would be sad for a long time after we disappeared." He put the photo back down and continued on.

Isis paused staring at a linen cupboard that sat between Yugi and Heba's old rooms. Yami and Atemu could see the curious fairy through the wood slats.

"Isis," Heba called and they watched as he walked back to the fairy. "Something wrong?"

"There's something in there," she said trying to determine what the something was.

"Human or demon?"

"Not sure…" Isis looked up at Heba. "What should we do?"

"If it is human, it doesn't want to be seen and I don't want to push the issue. If it is a demon, I'll deal with it once we find Ishizu."

"As you wish Master," Isis said following him into his old bedroom.

Yami and Atemu breathed a sigh of relief. They listened to Heba and Ishizu speaking to each other before they left the room and stopped once again outside the cupboard.

"What do you think Ishizu?" Heba asked quietly.

"It is difficult to describe…" Ishizu brushed her storm blue dress that looked identical to Isis'. "Its dark but not demonic."

Heba said nothing before blinking in confusion. "Heaven's Light?" It was clear that he wasn't talking to the faries. "I can't use it, Yugi. You will have to."

After a quick switch, Yugi stepped back from the cupboard. He raised his left hand up to the sky and raised his right, palm facing out in front of him towards the cupboard.

"Light of the Heavens," Yugi called, his hands glowing a pale purple. "Filter through this house and draw evil out into the light. Twin pulses of light flowed out from Yugi as if to slice down anything evil.

"Nothing," Ishizu said looking at the cupboard.

"Then it is human," Yugi said softly. He looked at the cupboard sadly before a roar was heard from downstairs. "That…"

"Downstairs?" Isis asked flying up into Yugi's hair in fright.

"Well.." Yugi sighed and summoned his sais. "Let's hope it is a common demon. Anything stronger and I'm not going to be in for a good time." He headed downstairs.

Yami and Atemu snuck out of the cupboard and down the stairs. They paused when they heard Yugi's voice again.

"Isis! Fly to Heaven and get either Michael-sama or Gabriel-sama!" The fairy shot off out the window like a rocket. Yugi stepped back in preparation, his sais up in a defensive stance. "I'm so in trouble. That is a fully grown Demon of Sorrow. I should of expected one here… Just not so big!"

Yami and Atemu watched the midnight blue demon, easily three times Yugi's height, unfurl his leathery wings and tower over the little hikari. Fingering their puzzles, they decided it was time to act.

Angelic Intentions - Arc 1 - Chapter 3: Years Pass

Two years pass with no sign of Yugi or Heba. That fateful night, Yami and Atemu ran to the spot they saw in their vision only to find patches and splatters of blood.

Ryou and Malik denied knowing where they were after they were admitted into Domino City Hospital. They had gotten Mokuba to convince Seto to investigate the matter but he couldn't find any trace of the two.

Today was two years to the day that Yugi and Heba had gone missing.

"They would have been turning eighteen today," Yami said leaning back against Atemu's chest. "I miss our hikari's."

"I know habibi," Atemu said running his fingers through Yami's hair. "I miss them too." He looked out their bedroom window.

In their despair, the had turned to each other for comfort. Over the two years, they had developed a loving relationship that drew them so close to each other as they had been with their hikari's.

"Did you hear that?" Yami asked, suddenly sitting up.

"Hear what?"

A click sound like the front door shutting then a clack sound of it being locked again was heard.

"That!" Yami hissed as the two got up and made their way downstairs to investigate. They watched from the shadows as a youth rummaged through their lounge.

The youth had the same black and red tipped hair with yellow bangs as them but instead of it sticking up, it flowed down his back like a waterfall. The most shocking of all were the four white wings that protruded from his back.

"I can sense them here, Heba." Yami recognised the voice as Yugi's. "I have no idea where they hid themselves." There was a long pause before he said, "That is a good idea."

Yugi raised his hands to his chest, entwining his fingers as if to pray to the heavens. "Isis…" His head snapped up in the direction of the bedroom he and Yami use to share. "Found her." Another pause. "You want to switch to find Ishizu?"

Yami and Atemu's eyes widened in shock as the wings turned black. Were they to believe Yugi and Heba now shared a body?

"Yugi," Heba looked around cautiously, the hidden yami's saw the rich purple eyes. "I just had a thought. What if Yami and Atemu are here?" His eyes seemed to look inward for a second before he said, "I guess you're right." Raising his right hand high, he called "Ishizu!" he looked towards the room he and Atemu use to share. "So they are both upstairs… You want to switch back? This is your body after all."

Yami and Atemu's mouths dropped as Heba lowered his head, eyes closed while the wings turned white one more. The eyes opened to reveal clear amethyst eyes.

"I swear when I see Ushio again I'm going to murder him for doing that to us," Yugi said with venom in his voice as he climbed the stairs to the second level. "We could have both died that night." Another pause. "I know Heba…" Yugi stopped at the top of the stairs and sighed. "You know that I wouldn't do that to you." He sat down with his head in his hands. "You saved me. I wanted you to survive in spirit at least." A long pause before Yugi sighed and stood again. "Yes, we need to find them."

Yugi stepped into his old bedroom and stared wide-eyed around the room. "There's no dust in here…" He picked up the golden box his Millennium Puzzle had come in and opened it.

Yami and Atemu reached the top of the stairs in time to see a bright white ball of light shoot out of the box and hit Yugi in the face.

"Master Yugi!" cried a little fairy wearing a pale blue, off the shoulder, knee length dress. "You shouldn't have left me in there so long! I was so worried!"

"Isis…" Yugi said patiently.

"Why didn't you listen to me before going to the council meeting?" Isis asked, pulling on one of Yugi's golden bangs. "Something bad could of happened!"

"Something did, Isis." Yugi said raising his hand so the fairy could stand instead of fly. "Did you know?"

"I knew an attack on you and Master Heba was planned but I didn't know what. Ishizu and I wanted to warn you before you left," Isis sat on Yugi's hand. Her green eyes stared up at him worriedly. "What happened?"

"Ushio attacked us that night," Yugi sat on the bed. "We got our asses royally handed to us."

"You sound more like Master Heba," Isis said with a giggle. It died off as she noticed the sad look in his eyes. "There's more?"

Yugi nodded and sighed. "We were dying. Heba bled out completely and passed away before we reached Heaven. Gabriel-sama and Michael-sama made the decision to use Heba's body to save me as we couldn't bring the dead back to life.

Isis gasped in horror. She flew up and pulled hard on Yugi's tunic to reveal a long scar that ran the length of his chest. "What did they do?"

"Well…"

Angelic Intentions - Arc 1 - Chapter 2: Fear

Yami, Atemu and the rest of the gang were decorating the game shop for the party when the two fell to their knees in sheer shock. Their mind links were wide open and showing them every little detail through their hikari's eyes.

"Come on Yugi!" Heba held his brother's hand and ran. "Ushio is going to catch up."

"I can't," Yugi was stumbling as he ran. "I never knew Ushio was a demon."

"Then fly if you can't run," Heba glanced back and noticed Yugi's expression. He pulled him hard enough to get Yugi a few paces in front of him before he fell behind again. Those few seconds were enough. A bleeding cut ran across Yugi's back through a pair of white tattoo-like wings. There was no hope of Yugi using his wings to escape.

"Shit!" Heba once again pulled Yugi forward before spinning to face Ushio. Fiery daggers formed in his hands and he raised them in a defensive stance. Yugi followed suit, summoning a pair of golden sais.

"I like prey that fights back," Ushio snarled as he summoned a spear wreathed in tendrils of darkness. "It makes the hunt so much more sweeter."

Flames, light, and darkness battled fiercely. But as soon as it had started, things began to go wrong.

"Where the hell are our yami's?" Heba screamed as Ushio got him across the back, revealing a black pair of tattoo wings.

"Yami feel like he is frozen," Yugi yelled back before screaming as he slammed into a nearby wall, the cut on his back tearing painfully. He got up and panted before adding, "Something has frozen them so they can see but not assist!"

"We are so in deep shit right now!" Heba cried swiping at Ushio with his daggers. He cried out in pain as he got hit in the face before being stabbed in the stomach.

"Heba!" Yugi screamed. He watched as his brother fell to the ground. "NO!!"

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Atemu snapped out of his frozen state. "Heba and Yugi are in trouble." Tea brought a hand up to her face in horror.

Joey and Tristan were trying to shake Yami into a response but his eyes continued to stare blankly ahead.

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"You bastard!" Yugi launched at Ushio, sais high, ready to try and catch his throat or at least his chest.

"One down," Ushio said smacking Yugi in the chest with the end of his spear. "One to go!"

Yugi let out a gasp and clutched his chest. Ushio swung his spear pinning Yugi to the ground by his shoulder. Pulling it free, he was satisfied he had pierced a major blood vessel.

"You won't become Dominion class on my watch," Ushio hissed, kicking Yugi so he stared up at him. "The less of Heaven's forces joining them the better." He stomped down hard eliciting a pained cry from Yugi before walking off.

Yugi lost track of how long he laid there. He was painfully aware that both he and Heba were bleeding out and desperately needed help. His heart sang when he heard voices.

"Oh my!" A male with a British accent said.

"We better call for assistance," Another male with a more Egyptian accent said before the sound of a phone was being used reached Yugi's ears.

"Ryou, Malik," Yugi said weakly. His vision fading rapidly. "Thank Ra you are here."

"Don't worry," Ryou said pressing his jacket against Yugi's shoulder. Beyond him, Malik was pressing his own jacket to Heba's abdomen. "Help is on the way."

Yugi nodded and let himself give way to the darkness.

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Yami snapped out of his daze and stared wide-eyed at Atemu. "We have to go find them now!"