Yukei - Chapter 10

Chapter 10 –  Why?

That gaze gave them all the chills and he could tell as he watched each and every one of those bastard tense up when they saw him. He shifted his weight, placing a hand on his hip – his whole stature reeking of arrogance.

His lips curved up, taking that prefect wicked little grin, as he looked at all of them, his gaze piercing their own all at once.  "Ooh What's the matter? Not happy to see me?" He asked them his voice mocking them as took a step forward.  "I thought you were worried about me?" he continued his tone still dripping with sarcasm as he looked them over.
His eyes fell on the sight of the newest member of this band of demons and betrayers. This, Kiryu Kyousuke.  His nose wrinkled as he glared at him, approaching him towards him first of the four.

"We were worried about, Yusei." Crow's voice injected the spirit's prowling. The red head stood up, slamming his hand down on the table, glaring at the other man.  "Look, I don't know where you came from but we want Yuse-"

"Set down."  Came a low growl, as the raven haired man forcefully shoved the bird duelist back down in his set. "I'm not out here to talk to you. "  he hissed, before shifting his attention back to the icy haired man. "I have a few things to discuss with him."

Kiryu's eyes narrowed at the other upon hearing his words. Arms crossed across his chest, he placed his cup down on the counter top and looked to the other with an unchanged expression. "What do you want from me?" he asked, and he felt his stomach turn at the sight of the spirit's lips spreading up into a smirk.

"We need to 'talk', Kyousuke. Alone." Yukei ordered, not bothering to pay mind to the others in the room.  "You will meet me tomorrow, at your old place around 3 O'clock-ish, or I will make sure your precious Yusei suffers." He hissed at the other, who didn't seem all to phased by his words.  

"I don't know what you mean." Kiryu retorted, as his balled his hand into a fist, digging his nails in so deep he could have drawn blood.

Yukei shifted his weight, looking at the other man with a nonchalant look.  A look that easily said that he knew he was in charge of the situation, and why should he? He had the one thing they wanted, and they could never take him back, no matter how much they wanted to.  "Oh don't play stupid, Kiryu. We both know you know exactly what I'm talking about." The spirit retorted, just smiling at the other man. "And don't bail on me, or Yusei will suffer."

"You can't do anything to Yusei." Crow hissed from the table again, and he was met with a glare from two wild red eyes.  "If you do anything to Yusei, you'll only be hurting yourself." He continued, and those same eyes went wild.

Yukei looked to everyone in the room, smiling, smirking, before a light chuckle; a sadistic sounding noise escaped him.  "You don't believe me do you?" he started, turning his head around so that they all could see his gaze, before turning to rest his eyes back on his current interest. "Then let me show you."

Not one of them knew what happened really. The next thing they knew, the young signer's hair fell back to its normal position, his eyes faded back to blue, and they all watched as his body suddenly went limp and crashed towards the floor.

"Yusei!" Kiryu reached out from him, catching the boy before he could fall completely. The once Dark Signer looked down at his friend, worried, scared, concerned. "Yusei, are you alright?"  The boy said nothing. His eyes were open, but there was nothing there. He looked like a doll.  A perfect little doll. "Yusei!" Kiryu shouted, giving the boy a good shake. Nothing.  'Just what did this bastard do to you?' he thought to himself, his mind growling; thinking of all the ways he was going to make this Spirit this 'Yukei' suffer.

"K-Kiryu?"

Golden eyes snapped down, looking at the boy in his arms, to see those Blue eyes shining weakly back at him. He grabbed the hand that was weakly rising towards him, and held it firmly. "Yes, Yusei. It's me. I came back home for you."  He said, worried, but trying to reassure his friend.  He saw the signer boy smile, and those eyes fell closed, and he passed out again. Kiryu sighed as he held the boy. He moved an arm under his legs, to swing the boy up, and carry him out of the kitchen.  The others got up and followed.
He gently placed the raven haired man down on the couch, and then sat down next to him, never taking his gaze off of the boy.

"What the hell was that all about?"  Crow sounded again, and golden eyes narrowed glaring at the big-mouthed red head.  "What?!"

"You just had to open your damn mouth, didn't you?" came an angry growl. "You just had to push it, didn't you?" their once leader barked again. "Yusei is suffering, and you had to go and challenge the spirit that is holding him hostage.  What are you, stupid?!" Kiryu's hands were folded together, his fingers wrapped around each other tightly, as he tried his hardest to control his anger. Why didn't they contact him sooner? Why didn't they tell him about this before it had gotten this out of control? Why?

"Hey! I'm just as worried about Yus' as you are!" Crow just couldn't keep his mouth shut.  His own eyes flared, but soon he felt a hand rest on his shoulder, and he looked up to see firm violet eyes looking down at him, with a look that instantly drove him into silence.  Instead the delivery boy just dropped his gaze, and left the room.

Aki gave out a sigh at the mess before her. She looked to the other two, and rested a soft hand on Kiryu's back. "Take care of him. I just met you, but I can see you care about him a lot." She smiled at him, before moving to walk away from the two. "I'm going to go see what I can figure out, about psychic powers and if there's anything that will help us." She explained, as the sound of her heels clanking against the metal steps could be heard.

With the sound of the front door closing, Kiryu looked to his side to see Jack pulling a chair up next to him.  He didn't say a word; he just kept his gaze on his sleeping comrade. There was a long moment of silence between the two before it was finally broken by the blonde man.

"I'm sorry." He said softly, as he rose from his seat, and moved to leave the room himself.  Kiryu looked at the sudden words and stared at Jack confused.

"We should have tried to contact you sooner."

And then he was alone.

Kiryu's gaze fell back onto the sleeping boy before him and he let out a sigh, as he brushed those black bangs from his face. He looked so young… so innocent when he was sleeping. It was things like that, that Kiryu lost track of when it came to this boy. He was sure they all did. Yusei was always so busy, working on things for them, taking care of them, risking his life for them – that he figured none of them really had time to stop and notice how fragile this young duelist could really be.  Another sigh escaped his frame, as he dropped his gaze to the floor for a moment.
"Don't worry Yusei. I'll protect you."

….. To Be Continued….