My newest story, which I have been working on for the last few weeks. Since I finished on story, I thought I may as well write another. So here it is, my newest story, which I still need to find a good title to. By the way, this chapter has a lot of swearing, but later on it's less dirty. (starts scrubbing herself with soap) It's a rare event when I swear, vocally or on the computer. It's also very angsty and stuff, so be warned. I don't own Yugioh, or the song 'People Are Strange' by The Doors.
A loud crash was heard throughout the house. A sickening, strong smell of alcohol filled every space of clean air. It looked as though a hurricane occurred in the house, with all the toppled furniture, broken glass, and ripped up fabric as far as the eye could see.
"You disgusting pig!" a voice screamed. "You're wasted, again!"
"How do you know?" a slurred, angry voice demanded. "I only had a couple drinks."
"A couple?" the woman's voice laughed. "You think I was fuckin' born yesterday, or somethin?"
"Don't use that tone with me, bitch," the man warned.
"Fuck off Henry," the woman told him. "Ya wasted pig."
"Shut up, Jenny," the man growled. "You sure as hell ain't the boss of me."
"Oh yes I am," Jenny spat back. "Without me, you're nothing!"
"Take that back!"
"Piss...off."
The sound of another piece of glass braking went off throughout the house, followed by loud cursing.
Upstairs from all the madness, two children sat in a closet.
One, a girl about nine years old, covered the younger one's ears. She had long red hair, held in place by a black headband and emerald green eyes.
The boy she was covering had tri-colored hair, and currently fearful, amethyst eyes.
They had to go through this fight every single night.
The girl, who was called Sonya, would take her five year old brother, Yugi, by the hand and lead him to the closet.
There she would try to soothe him, and make the experience a bit less frightening.
They lived with their father and step-mother who both, unfortunately, aren't the world's best parents.
Sonya understood that her father was just having a hard time getting past her mother's death. It was hard on everyone, but he took it the worst. He began to drink, and pick up a lot of women.
This month's model was Jennifer, or Jenny.
She just ignores Sonya and Yugi, and hangs around their father.
Sonya prefers it that way, though. Her father had a cold, icy heart towards Yugi now. He blamed the poor boy for everything, when he had nothing to do with it.
A car accident is a car accident. The child had no part in it.
"Sunny," Yugi whimpered. "Is it over yet?"
"It will be soon," Sonya assured. "We just have to hope for the best."
She covered his ears harder, as the yelling increased in volume.
"Sunny, is he coming?" Yugi asked.
"I don't think so," Sonya told him removing her hands from his ears. "The yelling stopped."
They heard someone stumble around the stair and swear constantly.
"Don't let him get me," Yugi pleaded. "I don't wanna be punished."
Sonya gave him a reassuring hug. "I won't let him."
Hearing him getting closer, Sonya got up and whispered, "Stay here."
"Where are you going?" Yugi asked. "You're not leaving me, are you?!"
"No, I'm always gonna be here for you," she reminded him.
"Promise?" he sniffled.
"Pinky promise," she said holding out her pinky.
Yugi did as well, and they smiled at each other for a while.
Sonya let go, when she heard their father bang on the door.
"Open this up, brat!" he demanded. "Or else you'll be sorry!"
Sonya ran over to the door and lock it.
She heard him get more and more frustrated. "Open the fuckin' door!"
Sonya and Yugi just stayed quiet.
They heard a 'thud' and knew he had finally passed out.
Sonya ran a hand through her hair and sighed.
She desperately wanted to break down and cry, but she had to stay strong for Yugi.
Her sigh was ragged, however, and Yugi could sense her sadness and fear.
Sadness of her father acting this way and fear of what he could do to them.
Yugi crawled out of the closet and made his way towards Sonya.
His had touched hers, and they both looked at each other.
"I'm so sorry, Yugi," she said with a cracking voice. "You deserve better."
Yugi just crawled into her lap and nuzzled up to her. "No, you're doing a great job. I love you, sissy."
Sonya wrapped her arms around him and began to let her tears flow.
Yugi just comforted her and gave her the support she seeked.
"I love you too, Yugi," she sobbed. "Remember that."
"Get out of the way, Sonya," Henry demanded.
---
Sonya, who was now seventeen, stood her ground in front of Yugi, who was now thirteen.
Jenny was long gone by now, leaving Henry alone with no play toy at the time.
"No, I won't let you hurt him," she stated firmly. "You may not love him, but I do."
This ticked off her father to no end.
He grabbed her arm, and pulled her away from the frightened teen.
"L-let her g-go," he stuttered.
"Who are you to tell me what to do," he spat. "You're just some piece of trash!"
Sonya tried to wiggle out of his grasp, but he didn't allow any sort of opening for her.
"Protecting the worm deserves punishment," he informed her.
"No!" Yugi cried helplessly.
Henry then punched Yugi right in the gut. "Shut it, trash! You've no right to speak up to me!"
"Yugi!" Sonya cried before bitting his arm.
"Owww!" he cried. "You little bitch!"
A sharp pain spread across her face, causing her to stumble backwards.
Another kick to the gut made her fall over to her side.
He took of his belt and hissed, "I should teach you a lesson."
Sonya closed her eyes, waiting for the impact, but found none.
Opening one eye, she was shocked to find Yugi covering her with his arms spread.
"Leave her alone," he demanded bravely. "She didn't do anything to deserve this."
"Yugi... no," she pleaded. "Just get out of here!"
"No, he wants to be the hero," Henry told her. "Then I'll roll with that."
He grabbed Yugi's arm, and began to drag him away.
"I like your new backbone," he purred in the younger's ear.
Sonya's eyes widened, and she sprang up onto her feet.
"No please!" she wailed. "Anything but that! He's just a child!"
"Don't worry, princess," he told her huskily. "You'll get your turn soon, too."
Her father turned his back towards her, and opened the door to Yugi and hers bedroom.
Sonya grabbed a nearby vase on the and boldly smashed it on his head, right before he went after Yugi, who was already thrown in the room.
Immediately, he fell to the ground, and Yugi sprinted into her arms crying.
"He w-was g-going t-to..." Yugi stuttered too scared to finish his sentence.
"I know," Sonya sobbed. "I couldn't let him do it."
Yugi just kept his grip on her shirt, as she went over to get the phone.
"Don't worry, Yugi," she assured him dialing a number. "We're gonna be alright."
Yugi listened as his sister spoke to the person she was talking to. She told their story and where they lived. Once she hung up, he looked up at her.
"Who was that?" he asked.
"I called 911," she explained. "We're gonna be aright now."
They both leaned against the wall, Yugi still keeping a death grip on Sonya's shirt.
She began to run her hand through his soft, silky hair and hum a random tune.
Yugi just nuzzled up closer to her, keeping a close eye on their father.
"You know," Sonya whispered. "I never thanked you for saving me. It was really brave of you."
"I couldn't let him hurt you again," Yugi whispered back. "How's your gut feel."
"Not the best, but I'll manage," she told him. "How about you?"
"He knocked the wind out of me, but I'm only a bit sore," he answered.
He looked at her face and saw the pink mark on her cheek from the slap was still there.
Yugi moved his hand toward her face and gently placed it on the mark.
"I'm sorry that I did this," Yugi said. "If it wasn't for me, none of this would have happened..."
"No," Sonya told him sternly and touched his hand on her cheek with her own. "You've nothing to do with this. He's just a cold, heartless man now."
"But I'm the reason he's always mad," Yugi protested.
"Don't think that, Yugi," she begged him. "You're just a sweet, innocent child that got caught up in the middle of huge disaster, but remember that I love you. That's what matter, not him."
Just then the police barged into the room, guns in their hands.
One of them went over to the two siblings.
"Hey there, you two," he said with a kind smile. "You're going to be alright now."
Sonya smiled back at the man, but Yugi held onto Sonya tighter, looking for comfort and assurance.
"You hear that, Yugi," she told him. "We're gonna be alright."
"What are your names," the police man asked helping them up.
"My name is Sonya Mouto," she introduced. "And this is my younger brother, Yugi."
Yugi just shied away from the man, still a bit jumpy after the earlier experience.
"He's not too good with strangers," she told him. "We've been through some rough years."
"How old are you two kids?" he asked leading them out of the house.
They other policemen were taking care of the scene and their knocked out father.
"I'm seventeen, and Yugi is thirteen," she answered.
The man just wrote down everything in a notepad, and continued to ask questions about what happened, and how they were treated.
Once the questioning was done, he said, "My name is officer Dan Millennium."
"Millennium?" Sonya repeated. "That's an interesting last name."
"I think it suits me quite well," Dan told her with a smile. "It has a cool ring to it."
Sonya smiled back at him and nodded.
"So, what's gonna happen to us?" Yugi finally asked timidly.
"Well," Dan answered, "We're gonna look for any close relatives nearby, and if it doesn't work out, we'll put you in foster care."
"You won't split us up, will you!" Yugi asked in panic.
Sonya looked at Dan with a worried look on her face as well.
"We'll try to keep you two together, but that might not be an issue if we find any sort of family around here."
"Do you know anyone who lives around here, Sonya?" Yugi asked her.
"Well, now that I think about it," Sonya said, "I remember that grandpa lives in the next town over in Domino."
"We'll try to contact him, and make sure he is willing to accept responsibility of you two," Dan told them. "For now, get any things you may need from the house."
"Alright, sir," Sonya said. "Thank you for all your help."
"Yeah, thank you," Yugi agreed.
"No problem," he said to the kids. "And call me Dan."
Once Sonya and Yugi were done with their packing, Sonya smiled at her brother and wrapped an arm around him.
Yugi looked up at her and smiled.
"You'll see, Yugi," she told him. "Our lives will take a turn for the better now."
---
Sitting in Dan's office, Sonya started to hum another random tune.
"What are you singing?" Yugi asked.
Sonya smiled at him and replied, "'People are Strange' by The Doors."
"Oh," Yugi replied. "How come?"
Sonya shrugged and answered, "I always hum to pass the time."
Yugi stayed silent until he asked, "Wanna hum something together?"
"Sure!" Sonya exclaimed. "What would we hum together?"
"How about... sing?" Yugi suggested.
"Alright," she said. "What to sing?"
"The song you're humming," Yugi answered.
"Alright," she said. "You know the words, right?"
Yugi nodded and they began to sing.
People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down
When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange
Once they finished part of the song, Dan came up to them.
"You two make a great duet," he commented with a smirk.
Sonya laughed, as Yugi turned a beet red.
"So have you contacted grandpa, yet?" Sonya asked.
"Yep," he replied. "We found him, and I'll be happy to say that-"
Before he could finish, the two teen pulled him into a thankful hug.
Standing in front of the game shop/house, which their grandfather owned and lived in, Yugi stayed close by Sonya and kept a tight grip on her arm.
"Sonya, do you remember anything about grandpa?" Yugi asked nervously.
"Yeah," she replied with a smile. "You'll love him. Trust me. He's a game nut just like you are."
This made Yugi feel a bit more secure with the life they were about to start.
"You ready for a whole new life?" she asked.
Yugi nodded his head, and they walked towards their second chance at life.
---
"Grandpa, I'm going over to Seto's house, alright?" Yugi called.
Sonya hadn't lied about their grandfather. There was a connection between grandson and grandpa from the moment they met. Soon, the past had turned into nothing more than a distant memory for the two siblings, as they lived normal, safe lives with their beloved elder.
"Sure thing, my boy," the elderly man called back. "Be back in time for dinner!"
Yugi walked out the door, and came face to face with his sister.
"Hey Sonya," he greeted with a smile. "I'm heading over to Seto's house."
Currently, Yugi was a sixteen year old boy and Sonya was twenty.
She worked at a Diner, to pay off for college.
A better job would be nice, but at least it wasn't nothing.
"Do you have to?" Sonya asked with a frown. "I barely ever get to see you since you two started dating."
"C'mon Sonya," Yugi laughed. "You know I still love you, but I love Seto, too."
Sonya sighed and grumbled, "I guess so."
"I'll see you in a few hours," Yugi told her walking off.
"See ya later, Yugi," she said.
"Sayonara!"
Sonya watched as Yugi disappeared in the sea of people.
'I have a bad feeling about Kaiba,' she thought. 'Yugi's fallen hard for him. Too hard.'
Sonya shook her head, feeling silly about her thoughts. After all, Yugi loved the guy, and that was all that truly mattered, right?
'Still can't help but have an uneasy feeling about this relationship,' she thought. 'Kaiba never seemed like the lovable type.'
She sighed again, jumbled up in her own thoughts.
'The work hours must be getting to me finally,' she decided going into the game shop.
Hours passed, and Sonya waited patiently for Yugi's return.
She heard a car drive up to the front, and decided to take a peek through the window. She watched as Seto whispered something in Yugi's ear, which made him giggle and blush, and then they started to kiss fully on the lips.
Once they parted, Yugo went towards the house, and Kaiba had a strange smirk on his face. It looked so... lustful.
Those hard, icy eyes didn't exactly help on his current image, too.
He may be the CEO of his own company, but that didn't make him a perfectly trust-able angel.
When Yugi walked into the house, Sonya decided to make her thoughts heard.
"Yugi, I don't trust that Kaiba," she told him.
"Huh?" Yugi asked innocently. "Why not?"
"He has this strange aurora around him," she replied. "I think you shouldn't be too close to him."
"Just because you have those spooky feelings?" Yugi shot back with a frown. "You're little magic won't make me stop loving him."
"Yugi, don't go down a bad path," Sonya scolded. "Don't be blinded by love!"
"I'm not blinded by anything!" Yugi yelled. "You are!"
"Me?! What am I blinded by?" Sonya demanded.
"By hocus pocus magic tricks!" Yugi answered.
"If I didn't know any better, I would think that was something said by Kaiba himself," Sonya huffed.
"Well he is a genius," Yugi told her. "He's also kind, handsome, and loving."
"Can't you see the lust in his eyes, though?" she asked.
"There is lust," Yugi told her. "Lust for our love to flourish!"
"What!" Sonya exclaimed. "You're going in way too deep now."
"How come you have a problem all of a sudden?" Yugi demanded. "I thought you cared about my happiness!"
"I do!" Sonya insisted. "Which is why I'm stating my opinion."
"Well don't!"
"Yugi, don't get too wound up in this," she told him in a calm voice. "I'm sorry for angering you, but I think you're still too young to know what true love is."
"And you do!" Yugi demanded. "That's a laugh."
"I never said I did," she said in a gentle tone. "I just don't want you to get caught up in anything you may not be able to get out of."
"I can handle myself," Yugi insisted. "I'm not a little kid anymore!"
"You'll always be my little Yugi in my eyes," she told him with a small smile.
"Then go see an optometrist," he spat.
"Yugi calm down," she scolded. "Anger only leads to poor choices. Besides, you're getting a bit out of character."
"Stop bossing me around!" Yugi snapped. "I don't need your advice!"
"Yugi-"
"Leave me alone!" he yelled running up to his room. "If you can't accept Seto, then I'll-I'll disown you as a sister!"
A door was heard slamming shut.
Sonya shut her mouth completely, as well.
A few hours later, Grandpa found her on the sofa, hiding her face in a pillow and mumbling something.
"Sonya, are you alright?" Grandpa asked worriedly.
Her head bolted out of the pillow, and she put on a fake smile. "Every thing's fine. I just dropped my... uh..."
"You don't need to lie to me," Grandpa told her. "I'm not too old to help, you know."
Sonya let out a defeated sigh and mumbled, "It's about Yugi... and Kaiba."
"Hmm, you know I never liked that boy," Grandpa told her. "He seems so..."
"Lustful," she finished.
"I was thinking along the lines of suspicious,"Grandpa replied with a small smile.
"Oh," Sonya said with a blush.
"You should go talk to him," Grandpa advised. "He's just so concerned about your opinion, he may overreact if it's not the reaction he may have wanted."
"I guess, but he was furious at me," she said. "It wasn't something my Yugi ever did to anyone... especially me."
"Go talk to him," Grandpa insisted. "It'll make both of you feel better. Besides, you never had dinner today."
"That's right," Sonya said. "He must be starving up there. Thanks for the help grandpa."
"Any time, Sunny," Grandpa replied with a kind smile.
---
Getting the food all ready on a plate, Sonya made her way towards the stairs.
'Oh Yugi, I hope you can forgive me.'
With each step taken, she planned out what she was gonna say. Once she got to her destination, she knocked on the door gently.
"Yugi, can I come in?" she asked.
She was answered with silence.
"I know you're mad at me, but I wanted to make it up to you," she said. "It was stupid of me to be so uncaring about your feelings."
Still, not a word was heard.
Feeling a bit uncomfortable in the silence, she added, "I got you some dinner in case you were hungry."
Without an answer, Sonya became concerned.
"Yugi, I'm coming in," she announced without a cry of protest heard on the other side.
The reason why, was because Yugi was no where to be seen.
"Yugi!? Where are you?!?" she cried worriedly.
She noticed his window was wide open, and his school backpack was missing.
"Yugi... no," she whispered going over to the open window.
"Yugi!" she cried out. "Come back!"
She slumped against the wall, letting tears begin to fall, when she noticed a note on the bureau near her.
She opened it up and gasped when she saw the note was addressed to her.
Sonya,
I have decided to be with Seto for the rest of my life far away from Domino City, without the fear of your interference with our happiness. He's offered me everything I can dream of, Sonya. Perhaps someday you'll accept our love.
I'll prove to you we're meant to be together.
-Yugi
A few tears dropped onto the small, white piece of crumpled up paper.
In my opinion, this was a pretty long first chapter. Anyways, I warned you about the angst. I think Yugi was out of character, but that's okay. Next chapter, you'll all meet Yami. So while I finish typing up the next chapter, review and tell me what you all think, please! (P.S. I love The Doors!:-P )