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** Likewise, [[Obviously Evil|Master Xehanort]] is creepily interested in [[Skilled but Naive|Terra]]. {{spoiler|Sure, he was making sure that Terra would be [[Grand Theft Me|a suitable host for his heart]], but still...}}
*** Read that spoiler out loud and tell me that makes anything any better.
** Similarly, after she beats him up, {{spoiler|Vanitas}} decides he might want [[Action Girl|Aqua]]'s body more than Ven's... {{spoiler|erm, to possess, we mean. [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|We hope.]]}}
** Not to mention that [[Mad Scientist|4]]/[[The Starscream|11]] pairing...
** In ''Birth by Sleep'', when Hades first sees Aqua he gives her a suggestive once-over glance with a very creepy grin.
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** Let's not forget Axel and Saix in ''358/2 Days'', who {{spoiler|used to be best friends, but now have drifted apart and eventually become enemies, with each bemoaning the fact that the other has "changed" so much.}}
* Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami of ''[[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|The King of Fighters]]'' have spent over a decade obsessed with each other, even going so far as to be romantic rivals in the [[Dating Sim]] spin-off ''Days of Memories''.
** Actually, it's mostly one-sided from Iori's side. Both hate each other's guts, but Yagami takes his side of the Kusanagi-Yagami feud a bit ''too'' far. This is reflected in how they address one another; Iori calls Kyo [[First
** Same goes for [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Kula Diamond]] and [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|K']], at least if the [[Die for Our Ship|fandom]] has anything to say about it. Granted they team up after ''2001''.
*** Actually [[Justified Trope]] in that Kula was genetically engineered to be a failsafe should K' ever defect (hence her [[Code Name]], [[Meaningful Name|the Anti-K']]). However, even in ''2000'', Kula showed no true mixture of enmity and infatuation towards K'.
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** Or the fact in the first game, Liquid strips Snake of his shirt before the fist-fight -- when it's completely unnecessary. Doesn't help that Liquid is [[Large Ham|pretty flamboyant]].
*** Somewhat justified as the suit helped his resistance to physical attacks.
** The very, very breath-taking fight between [[Depraved Bisexual|Vamp]] and [[Bishounen|Raiden]] in the fourth game {{spoiler|has some extremely, though somewhat disturbing homoerotic imagery: the grappling, the almost rutting-like motion when Raiden stabs himself to nail Vamp--and don't forget the [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|white blood]] and the [[Lecherous Licking|crotch-knife licking]].}}
*** Plus, when Raiden stabs himself and Vamp, they end up in a pose that makes it look like Vamp is spooning Raiden. And then Vamp pulls Raiden closer to plunge the blade in ''farther.''
*** As well as when Raiden [[Freud Was Right|penetrates Vamp's body with his sword]] Vamp's response is to say "Yes..." in pleasure and get close to Raiden's face almost like he was trying to kiss him.
** Gray Fox is pretty obsessed with Snake... and his final fight with Snake is, erm, ''[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|interesting]]'' to say the least.
{{quote| "That's good, Snake! I've been waiting for this pain! More, more! Hurt me more!"}}
* Silly!Hawke calls Meredith and Orsino out on this in [[Dragon Age 2]].
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{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Mithos:'''}} Genis... you choose Lloyd over me? But I thought we were friends...}}
** Then, [[Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World (Video Game)|in the sequel]], Emil and Richter. Emil is constantly obsessing over Richter in a [[Hero Worshipper|hero worship way]] despite Richter almost killing him several times, and even remarks at one point "I'm not in love with him or anything, am I?". As for Richter, {{spoiler|Emil has the same physical form as Richter's dead best friend, whom it's highly suggested Richter was More Than Friends with}}
*** In a skit after Emil learns about Regal once being forced to kill the woman he loved, he starts to wonder to himself if he'd be able to kill Richter if he had to. He then quickly backtracks and declares that [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?|that doesn't mean he's in love]] with Richter or anything. In his own internal monologue.
*** In addition, there's Decus's response when Emil first meets him {{spoiler|in his own form}}, and Alice's obsession with "Mart-Mart".
** ''[[Tales of the Abyss (Video Game)|Tales of the Abyss]]'' has Jade and Dist. Classically, Dist is [[Stalker With a Crush|completely obsessed with Jade]] (after challenging him to a duel, he nearly freezes to death when Jade stands him up), while Jade is playfully malevolent and unreadable. Jade remarks to Luke once that he thinks of Dist "more like a pet than a friend." There's also an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dtCoe7sMIQ incredibly subtext-laden interrogation scene] which shows who'd be on top if they really did have something going on the side.
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** Hell, with only a ''slightly'' dirty mind, you could read some really brain-breaking things into some of the dialogue options between Revan and Malak. [[Ho Yay]] optional.
*** The torture scene between Bastila and Malak. That is all.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKOhzfkCdbY cinematic trailer] for ''Warhammer Online'' contains more than a little hint at this between the High Elf Shadow Warrior and the Dark Elf Sorceress. After all, one has to wonder why the Sorceress doesn't just kill the Shadow Warrior off the bat, and lets her live when she's got her helpless and [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|restrained in ice]].
** Note that the Ice only seems to be covering her legs, which raises the question as to why the Shadow Warrior doesn't fill her full of arrows in turn. Even more amusing considering that Dark Elves are meant to hate High Elves with a burning passion for a perceived wrong whilst Shadow Warriors (unlike other High Elves) detest Dark Elves so much they stoop to depths most High Elves wouldn't even consider to destroy them.
* Albedo and Jr. from ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]''.
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* Oh Come on. [[Space Channel 5|Ulala and Purge?]] How can those two NOT be a couple?
* While everyone in ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' is out to get Ragna the Bloodedge for the ridiculously high bounty he has on his head, Jin Kisaragi, his brother, takes an especially perverse interest in wanting to kill him. This is [[Playing With a Trope|played with]] in the "Teach Me, Miss Litchi" [[Omake]] skits, where Jin [[Yandere|flips back and forth between heart-gushing upon seeing Ragna and wanting to rip out his guts]].
** There's also [[Yandere|Nu-13]] who's conversations with Ragna are, [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|well]][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0V7Pc-iTl4 ...]
* [[By
* In ''[[Condemned]]'', there's Serial Killer X and Ethan Thomas. SKX got so obsessed with Ethan that he constantly monitored the other serial killers Ethan goes after so ''he'' can kill them first. The [[Foe Yay]] between them becomes ''much'' more blatant in the sequel ''Bloodshot'', where SKX actually ''rescues'' Ethan, gets close to him and holds a knife to his throat, whispering to him, "Yes.. I look forward to cutting you open... learn your little secret..." And then there's how he told Ethan, "Do you think of me whenever you look at your hand? I think of you every time I look in the mirror..."
* In ''[[Prototype (Video Game)|Prototype]]'', there's quite a bit of this between Alex Mercer and Elizabeth Greene, especially in the scene leading up to the battle with the Supreme Hunter. Both of them leap at each other, crash together, and fall to the floor, faces inches apart, and then Greene starts spitting goo on Mercer's face, [[Freud Was Right|as Mercer is injecting her with a long needle.]] Oh, and said needle is filled with an altered version of Mercer's own genetic material mixed with the genetic material being created by Greene's virus. Then Greene spits up the Supreme Hunter in a metaphorical birthing scene. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]?
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]'': The relationship between Battler and {{spoiler|Beatrice}} is heavily implied to be this way.
** Never mind Bernkastel and Lambdadelta...
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** The Chronicles of The Sword campaign has Luna, who ''obsesses'' over fighting the player until {{spoiler|[[Defeat Means Playable|joining you]] near the end}}.
** Nightmare (once he becomes Siegfried's [[Enemy Without]]) [[Alternate Character Interpretation|has been interpreted in some circles]] as being [[Yandere]] for his former host. Tira, [[The Dragon|his]] [[Perky Female Minion|most]] [[Mad Love|lavishly]] [[Psycho Supporter|dedicated]] [[Undying Loyalty|follower]], even angrily questions in ''SCIII'' why Nightmare continues to "cling on to the visage of that man for so long." And then there's the scene in (the admittedly non-canon) ''Legends'' where Sieg tries to seal away Soul Edge's power. And even years later (''seventeen'' to be exact) in ''SCV'', after jumping ship to a new host, Nightmare ''still'' uses his Siegfried-inspired fighting style, which is described as "what the sword wills." Unless you're writing this off as psychological warfare against the only host of Soul Edge who was able to escape Inferno's grasp, that is some freaky stuff right there.
** And that's nothing compared to the hostility between Soul Edge and Soul Calibur ''themselves''. Imagine if [[The Bible (Literature)|Eve was created from Adam]] for the sole purpose of ''destroying him''. Now imagine them clashing with each other numerous times throughout history, each wanting the other's blood ''badly'' and their powers continually growing and waning in unison in order to [[Balance Between Good and Evil|maintain balance]]. That sounds strange enough as is, but that's excluding the fact that [[Fusion Dance|Soul Edge needs Soul Calibur in order to become complete]], Soul Calibur herself [[Enemy Without|being created from purified shards of her brother]]. That's right; it's a [[Sibling Rivalry]] that ends in a weapons equivalent of ''[[Brother
* ''[[The Witcher]]'' has a few examples, and considering Geralt's general [[The Pornomancer|pornomancy]], these easily veer into [[Ho Yay]] and/or [[No Yay]].
** Berengar acts like a bitter ex-lover. When he's not being verbally hostile to Geralt, he's brooding incessantly about him.
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* ''[[Dragon Fable (Video Game)|Dragon Fable]]'': The relationship between Drakath and the protagonist (your character) can be seen as this. The further you get in the game, the more familiar they get with each other. They even (reluctantly) show a willingness to work side-by-side, at least until Drakath {{spoiler|decides that its in his best interest to run off and leave you with the newly-transformed "Brakenberry".}} It could, however, be interpreted as [[Shipping Goggles|Drakath believing the player character to be strong enough to defeat the enemy without needing his help,]] since they’ve fought against him before and he's [[Sarcasm Mode|obviously superior.]] He's also pulled a "[[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|Only I can defeat [protagonist]!]]" on multiple occasions.
* In ''[[Devil Survivor (Video Game)|Devil Survivor]]'', if you do end up fighting Loki, he is perfectly happy to attack you... after describing how to get through most of the game... and if Yuzu's the first one to attack him, he has this little bit of dialogue:
{{quote| "You think you're pretty hot, don't you? I don't care about you! My love is for [[Hello, Insert Name Here|[Protagonist]]]!}}
* Seen in ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]: Twinsanity'' between Crash himself and the villain, N.Cortex: [http://cortexcrashfluff.deviantart.com/art/Crash-and-Cortex-s-Wedding-40996537\]
* There's a ''very'' subtle bit of [[Les Yay]] between Chris and Lucia toward the beginning of ''[[Suikoden III]]''. Granted, it's fairly brief, but it's still there if you have your [[Yuri Fan|yuri goggles]] turned up high enough.
** Chris and [[Fiery Redhead|Lily.]] Nuff said.
* Archrivals Gulcasa and Yggdra in ''[[Yggdra Union]]''. He killed her parents. She spends the game killing most of his adoptive family. They each go through a period of obsessing over defeating each other, and wind up [[Sympathy for The Devil|having a lot of sympathy for each other]]. The sexual tension does not go unnoticed by the rest of the cast, and is actually blatantly lampshaded at one point while Gulcasa is holding Yggdra captive--in a conversation with Durant, Emilia claims that Gulcasa really likes Yggdra and is going to keep her alive until he's done with her. (She doesn't mean it that way, but that ''is'' how Durant takes it.)
* While ''[[Assassin's Creed II (Video Game)|Assassin's Creed II]]'' has Ezio and Leonardo da Vinci as its main yaoi pairing, there's also a notable undercurrent of Federico Auditore x Vieri de' Pazzi, and even before the release of ''Brotherhood'' there's a surprising bit of fic pairing Ezio with the new [[Big Bad]] [[Overlord, Jr.|Cesare Borgia]].
* [[Token Evil Teammate|Reaver]] from the ''[[Fable]]'' series is [[Depraved Bisexual|hardly discriminating]], but he flirts with the hero of Fable II and propositions the hero of Fable III. He repeatedly propositions [[Action Girl|Page]], who loathes him for his [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|horrifying business tactics]] (of which she was once a victim).
* Played with in ''[[Sam and Max]]: The Devil's Playhouse'' with Skun-ka'pe, a [[Killer Space Monkey]], and Papierwaite, a [[Keeper of Forbidden Knowledge|wizard who worships Yog-Soggoth]], who are mutually at war over the [[MacGuffin|Devil's Toybox]]. Nothing they actually do is that subtexty, and Skun-ka'pe is [[Mars Needs Women|very defensively heterosexual]], but all the other characters act as if they're a couple as if it was the most natural, normal and obvious thing in the world. This even carries over to ''[[Poker Night At the Inventory (Video Game)|Poker Night At the Inventory]]'', where the Devil's Playhouse deck shows Skun-ka'pe as the King and Papierwaite as the Queen.
* Wait a minute. No mention of Mario and Bowser (or Mario and Booster, for that matter) from ''[[Super Mario RPG (Video Game)|Super Mario RPG]]'', despite the picture at the top? Yes, it's perfectly plausible to end up with Bowser and/or Booster, instead of Princess, giving Mario a big kiss on the cheek, if you don't collect the wedding accessories she dropped earlier quickly enough.
* [[The Hero|Reiji Arisu]] and [[Big Bad|Saya]] of ''[[Namco X Capcom (Video Game)|Namco X Capcom]]'', ''big time''. She's quite [[The Vamp|vampish]] around him (with hints that she wants to get into his pants such as [[Terms of Endangerment|pet names]] and complimenting how [[She Is All Grown Up|handsome he's become]], even during {{spoiler|her [[Alas, Poor Villain]] moment at the end of the game}}), while Reiji just wants to see her dead for [[You Killed My Father|killing his parents]]. Their relationship was so thickly clouded by [[Foe Yay]] that the other party members mistook Saya for Reiji's ex and thought that they were going through a very violent breakup. That's right, an ''in-universe'' example of [[Shipping Goggles]].
* Juri of ''[[Capcom Sequel Stagnation|Super]] [[Street Fighter IV (Video Game)|Street Fighter IV]]'' has a very S&M vibe to her actions, taking [[Combat Sadomasochist|combat sadomasochism]] [[Up to Eleven|to new heights]]. Her status among the fandom as a [[Memetic Molester]] [[Depraved Bisexual]] is ''nearly canon'', given her general attitude and her Rival Battles with Chun-Li, Cammy, and Bison ([[Fan Nickname|Dictator]]).
** ''Especially'' with Dictator. Every single time these two have crossed paths, their conversations just ''reek'' of sounding like foreplay to some wild sexual romp. It was bad enough in ''SSFIV'', but their ending in ''[[Street Fighter X Tekken (Video Game)|Street Fighter X Tekken]]'' ratchets it up tenfold.
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