The only one.
what happens when the only people you know and trust don't really like you? what if your enemy from the day you met suddenly helps and cares for you? becomes your friend and lover? what do you do when the only person that can stop an evil, save the universe, and light the darkness is you? The evil is here, the depths of darkness are calling, and only one small boy can stop it…
disclaimer: I don't own yu-gi-oh, nor any of the characters to this show. Linkin parks songs. which there is a lot of in this story.
warnings: Yaoi- S/J Y/Y, B/R, T/S A/M , sex [later chapters]. rape, . language, violence, bloodshed. death
" joy" speaking, 'pain' thinking, {stuff} me talking, [me doing an action] ( in ) a song
The people are a little different in the story.
kinda AU cause I don't mention the cards. that's all and I gave hints on who the boy is hope you can figure it out before his name is said.
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"no…please.." A desperate, broken voice whispered as a beer bottle came down, colliding on the tender flesh of the young teens cheek. It cut open the skin letting the crimson blood trickle down in small, red rivers.
"silence boy!" An elder man hissed, the man, maybe in his thirties, ruthlessly punched and kicked the boy's light frame. Sickening crakes were heard along with whimpered pleas and horse sobs for the man to stop slamming his belt hard across his back savagely over and over again. {[cringes] bad memories}
But this man, his father, his own flesh and blood, showed no sympathy in his actions.
In his deep black eyes all that shown, was only hatred and the sick pleaser he got from watching his son flinch and cower away in fear of the him.
" please, stop I'll do anything!" the boy begged. tears fell from his honey coloured eyes, spilling down his pale face, dropping to the bloody tile floor.
The man laughed 'don't worry, my little bastered you'll be doing plenty' he thought as his eyes roamed the younger boys small body. The man licked his lips, his mouth twisted into a sinister smirk. He kicked the boy a few more times then sat on his chest and punched the boy over and over. The young boy then lost consciousness. The evil man noticed this and stopped. Slowly he reached under the boy's shirt and played with his nipples, hardening them. The bent down and planted a bruising kiss on the boys already swollen lips, he kissed a line down to the boy's neck and bit it. Not enough to mark though he didn't want to be found out too quickly. He sucked at the boys neck and raised his shirt, his vile mouth descended on the left nipple, while one of his hands tugged at the boy's right. Suddenly the man felt the boy shift underneath him so he save one last lick and got off leaving the boy. Soon after the Boy awoke and saw his nipples and knew what the man had done, he hoped the man had done nothing more, like before….
The young boy picked himself up, slowly he made his way to his room. He went into the bathroom that was attached to his bedroom. More tears fall as he looked at his chest, face and arms. His face had a new deep gash along it, his chest was covered in bruises and cuts, his arms were in no better shape, a long deep gash went from his shoulder to his wrist. He started the shower with only the hot turned on and he stepped in closing his eyes as the burning water dripped down, leaving red marks in his path.
" How am I going to explain this?" Jou asked himself, he flinched as he remembered the others ask how he got the marks on this face and hands. {he always wares long-sleeved shirts and pants} He had to lie, saying that he fell down the school stairs. They believed him because he is the kind of person who would do that. Of course they also did believed him cause they don't really care, no one ever does….
It hurt him that he has to act tough, that he had to comfort one of them when the were hurt or sad. He wished that someone would comfort him, make him feel safe and secure.
He knows that they didn't care for him, he knows that there insults are real, no matter how sarcastic or humorous there tone sounds. They use him, because they want to. because they know they can, because he lets them, so he can keep there fake friendship.
Honda, his 'best friend' uses him for money and a punching bag when he's angry.
Anzu, uses him for an excuse to insult him, her kindness is only there to show others [manly Yami] that they can count on her and that she always cares.
Yami and Yugi, well, Yugi just feels he needs to thank him for getting his puzzle piece from the bottom of the pool, but mostly ignores him, Yami doesn't give a damn.
Mai, she only is there to break me and take my money as well. He usually ended up giving all his money away and not buying lunch. not that he'd eat the food anyway. he stopped eating weeks ago.
Ryou, the boy was kind and did seem almost concerned but still mostly ignored him like Yugi.
Bakura, Ha! all he did was use him as a punching bag to! happy [if possible] or angry.
Seto, he just enjoyed making fun of him.
Jou took in a shaky breath and got out of the shower. He didn't care that his skin was red, he didn't care that his wounds were still uncared for, he just didn't care.
He got dressed for bed and put on the stereo {he had headphones, his father would have beaten him again if he could here the music}
He put on his mixed CD and listened to the songs that described him so well.
(Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, confusing
This lack of self control I fear is never ending
Controlling, I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced
That it's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting, reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It's haunting how I can't seem...
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence and I'm convinced
That it's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing, confusing what is real
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, confusing what is real
This lack of self control I fear is never ending
Controlling, confusing what is real)
Jou felt the blood begin to dry against his skin, but his tears moisture wetted the blood once again. he sighed, flinching slightly as the pain shot through his chest where the numerous kicks, punches and glass markings were.
He skipped more songs and started another song by Linkin park.
(What do I do to ignore them behind me?
Do I follow my instincts blindly?
Do I hide my pride from these bad dreams
And give in to sad thoughts that are maddening?
Do I sit here and try to stand it?
Or do I try to catch them red-handed?
Do I trust some and get fooled by phoniness
Or do I trust nobody and live in loneliness?
Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin
I make the right moves but I'm lost within
I put on my daily facade but then
I just end up getting hurt again
By myself (myself)
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself
I ask why, but in my mind
I find I can't rely on myself
I can't hold on
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
If I
Turn my back I'm defenceless
And to go blindly seems senseless
If I hide my pride and let it all go on then they'll
Take from me till everything is gone
If I let them go I'll be outdone
But if I try to catch them I'll be outrun
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer
(By myself)
How do you think I've lost so much
I'm so afraid I'm out of touch
How do you expect I will know what to do
When all I know is what you tell me to
Don't you know
I can't tell you how to make it go
No matter what I do how hard I try
I can't seem to convince myself why
I'm stuck on the outside
I can't hold on
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in
I can't hold on
To what I want when I'm stretched so thin
It's all too much to take in
I can't hold on
To anything watching everything spin
With thoughts of failure sinking in)
Jou couldn't hold back the tears, they fell like the rain of a monsoon. He tried to block out the memories of his father, and friends. Slowly the boy fell into a troubled sleep.
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[next morning]
" I'm leaving" Jou said quietly, grabbing his backpack and throwing it across his back and running out the door to his bus stop. His blue long-sleeved shirt hung loosely on his small frame {Jou is very underweight maybe 68 pounds or less and shorter then what really, but don't worry Yugi is still smaller than him, but he is twice as thin as Yugi!}
His baggy pants slipped down a bit so he had to pull them up.
"Jou, how are you?" Anzu and Yugi said together, both emotionless.
" fine, you?" he asked
" good" Anzu said
" pleasant" Yugi said. Then in a flash Yami came out of the puzzle and yawned.
" Yo, whaz up" he said, clearly he just woke up
" hay guys!" Honda said while running here, Ryou was right behind, Bakura trailing behind him.
' why don't you just run away? no one would care' Jou thought as they exchanged greetings.
" Hay Jou how'd ya get the cut on your face?" Mai asked strutting up to them.
" Hump, the puppy dog probably fell out of a tree while getting chased by a cat"
Seto's voice rang out from behind them.
' why, why can't I go one day with out getting emotionally or physically beaten' Jou thought as he tried with all his might not to tear at the harsh words.
" Kaiba, for once can you leave him alone?" Anzu said, stealing a glance at Yami to see if he was watching.
' stupid girl she can't see that he and Yugi are together, and Mai is gaga over her?'
Jou thought rolling his eyes.
" Hn. Do you always need your silly friends to fight your battles, mutt?" Seto said, with a sly smirk.
Jou was about to say something when he felt a dark presence wrap around them. He could explain it, but he knew something wasn't right.
A wave a dizziness hit him like his fathers beatings he felt his energy slowly drain, and he staggered backwards, but managed to up-right himself.
" dude you o.k.?" Honda asked, but no concern was vocalized.
" …ya I'm fine" Jou said. He watched as Mai left because she didn't go to there school.
The bus came and they all got on. Jou sat at the very back, like always. Yugi and the gang wouldn't sit with him because none of them like sitting in the back. Others didn't sit near him ether, they all sat two sites up. { just to let you know this is a VERY big bus.}
Jou got his head phones and walkman out and listened to yet again the Linkin park, it is his favourite band because most of there songs matched his life so perfectly, it amazed and frightened him at the same time. He quietly began to sing the words to the next song.
(From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture is there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture is there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care
There's a place so dark you can't see the end
(Skies cock back) and shock that which can't defend
The rain then sends dripping an acidic question
Forcefully, the power of suggestion
Then with the eyes tightly shut looking thought the rust and rot
And dust a spot of light floods the floor
And pours over the rusted world of pretend
The eyes ease open and it's dark again
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture is there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care
In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up
Moving all around screaming of the ups and downs
Pollution manifested in perpetual sound
The wheels go round and the sunset creeps past the
Street lamps, chain-link and concrete
A little piece of paper with a picture drawn floats
On down the street till the wind is gone
The memory now is like the picture was then
When the paper's crumpled up it can't be perfect again
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture is there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care
From the top to the bottom
Bottom to top I stop
At the core I've forgotten
In the middle of my thoughts
Taken far from my safety
The picture is there
The memory won't escape me
But why should I care
In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up
Now you got me caught in the act
You bring the thought back
I'm telling you that
I see it right through you
In the memory you'll find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up
In the memory you will find me
Eyes burning up
The darkness holding me tightly
Until the sun rises up)
Jou stopped and looked around kids where laughing and joking around, acting like he wasn't there. His eyes rested on Seto, he was staring at Jou strangely. Jou could tell he was staring at the cut. Then he saw Seto's eyes widen eyes as he stared and his cheeks and directly in his eyes.
Jou suddenly realized he had been crying. Quickly he wiped them off and looked away.
The bus stopped at the school and they all got of and went to there classes.
Jou stopped at his locker forgetting a few books, the hallway was empty when he locked his locker. All of a sudden he was grabbed from behind and thrown against the lockers.
Theamoi hctibami [spell that backwards] , the worst student in the school, had him pinned.
" Hello Jou, I think you have something that you'd like to give to me!" Theamoi said menacingly, his bright red eyes narrowed in anger.
" let me go…" Jou whispered, his fear skyrocketed and the anger in the older teens voice.
" oh I'll let you go as soon as you give my all the money you got!" Theamoi said.
"I don't have any" Jou whimpered as the teen's grip tightened around his neck.
" well then we'll have to make up for that won't we?" Theamoi said as he pulled back his fist and trusted it forward into Jou's jaw. Hard. Blood spewed from Jou's mouth down his chin. He pulled it back again, and connected it with Jou's ribs, then his abdomen.
Theamoi grabbed Jou and threw him across the hall. Jou's body slammed against the wall, A sudden snap was heard as more of his ribs broke from the impact. Jou had time to look up and see Theamoi's leg race forward and slam into his arm, yet another snap was heard as the boy's arm snapped in two.
"now, for some fun" Theamoi said as he grabbed the blondes hair, and smashes Jou's head against the wall. More blood flew, splattering against the wall and the side of Jou's head.
Jou felt light headed, his body went numb from the pain, Theamoi continued with his fun, smiling at the small cry that emitted from the blonds now broken body.
Jou tried to make his mind shut down, tried to concentrate on something else, anything that would make him forget the pain.
" now to end this" Theamoi said as he pulled form his pocket a nine inch retractable knife. He held it high in the air and brought it down with tremendous force.
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Cliff-hanger!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! will Jou live or die?
Yami Serphyona: course he's gona live! he is the main character…isn't he?
Serphyona: somewhat, but did you not see the warnings there is death. any of them, even Jou, could die. cause I can make anyone be The One.
Yami Serphyona: but you already made jou feel the darkness!
Serphyona: no the darkness let it's presence be known somewhat! it can change ya know I don't have control over it!
Yami Serphyona:…….oh, um that's bad.
Serphyona: shut up! please review and I'll put more chapters! I hope to put up 23 chapters! cense that's how long it's probably going to be. O.O
Yami Serphyona: ya, like you could write that much!
Serphyona: could too!