Yugi shuddered as he heard the leather belt hit his sister's skin. He also heard his Daddy screaming at her. His daddy took another swig of beer.
"Cry you damned little girl! You know it's your fault that your mother's dead! We never should have had you, or your worthless excuse for a brother! You can rot in HELL!" he screamed at her. Yugi heard the slap of the belt again, and he heard his sister scream. He wished he could help her, but she told him to stay in the closet until Daddy went away. Tears began to stream down the young boy's face.
'Why is Daddy so mean to us? He was never like this before Mommy died.' Yugi thought. You see, Yugi and Krystal (his sister) mother died shortly after giving birth to them.
After an hour, the beatings stopped, and Yugi heard the front door slam. He saw Krystal fling open the closet door, nearly covered in blood. And the blood that was dripping from her pink hair dyed it red. She took Yugi in her arms and whispered to him.
"Yugi, we're going to get out of here. We have to! Daddy will be back soon, and I can't lock you up in the closet forever." She said, breathlessly.
"Where will we go?" Yugi asked.
"We're going to Grandpa's house. We'll be safe there." She answered. Krystal took Yugi by the hand. And they went to their room, packing the very few clothes and other things they had. They ran out the front door, and down the road.
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When Solomon Motou opened the door to the Kame Game Shop, he never expected to see his grandchildren, without their father! When he saw his granddaughter, he was shocked that she was almost covered in blood.
"Krystal! What happened to you?!" he asked them. Krystal was in tears when she replied.
"Daddy beat me again." She sobbed.
"Again?" Solomon asked suspiciously.
"Yes. Daddy beats her every night when he gets home from work." Said Yugi.
"You two come inside right now" Solomon directed them. He looked both ways down the sidewalk and closed the door. He turned around and saw his two grandchildren, one bruised and bleeding, and the other whose shirt was stained with his sister's blood.
"Come on Krystal, let's get you cleaned up." Solomon took his granddaughter's hand and led her upstairs to the bathroom. He sat Yugi down on the couch and popped in one of the videos he had for when they came over. He gently took off Krystal's clothes and was shocked to see so many scars and cuts on her small body. He sat her in the tub and gently washed the blood away.
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(a few days later)
Krystal happily hummed a tune while sweeping up the floor of the Kame Game Shop, and Yugi wiped the counters with a wet rag. Solomon smiled as he watched his grandchildren play in perfect safety, away from their father. Then ,a black car pulled up in front of the store and Yugi and Krystal's father came out!
"You two, hide now. Your father's here." Solomon said to them. Krystal pushed Yugi into the closet and then she hid behind the counter.
"Hello Solomon." Their father said as he entered the store.
"What do you want, Hirugashi?"
"I simply came to get my children. They're here aren't they?"
"No, I'm not letting you take them away to abuse them some more."
"Abuse?" the children's father began to laugh. "Abuse is the farthest thing from my mind! I just want my children back." He walked behind the counter. "And here's one of them."
"NO! I don't wanna go!!" Krystal screamed, full of terror at seeing her father again. He grabbed her wrist.
"Come on Krystal, we need to get home so you- I mean so DADDY can start dinner. Now, where's your brother?"
"I'm not gonna tell you!" the young girl began clawing at her father's arm. "Now let me go!! Grandpa! I don't wanna leave!!"
"She has no choice Solomon. She MUST come with me." Solomon's face had an expression of defeat. His eyes filled up with tears as he knelt down beside the frightened young girl.
"Krystal, he's right. I can't keep you here, because I'm not your LEGAL guardian." He wrapped his arms around her. "I'm sorry." He whispered. Krystal cried into her grandpa's shoulder and Hirugashi picked her up, walked outside with her and put her in the car. Yugi ran out from the closet and got outside just as the car sped away. He ran after it, tears falling from his eyes.
"SISTER!!!!" he cried as the car got out of Yugi's view. He fell to the ground, crying. Solomon ran after him and picked him up. Yugi stared down the street where the car had taken his sister away, knowing that he would never see her again.
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A/N: you like it? I almost started crying when I wrote the last part. Well, this is my first non-humor YGO fic, so all flames will be used to make thanksgiving dinner. I WILL NOT continue until I get enough people who want me to, so this is almost a one-shot thing. I REALLY want to continue, so, PLEEEEASE tell me you like it!!!