Okay so I seriously just now realized that all of chapter 1 was NOT uploaded. How the hell did it take me so long to realize that? Well easy. I didn't read the chapter when I uploaded it. So there.

Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! or Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. All I did was borrow the characters for my own amusement.

All he wanted to do was enjoy those moments in life that came from being free. Yet he knew that would never happen. Not while he lived in this cage painted crimson with his blood. He was doomed to be hated, to be despised by those he thought loved him. And he knew that he would never have anyone love him. So why? Why did he fall in love with a man that hated him for some reason? It wasn't fair. But, he thought with a dry laugh, when has life been fair to me?

Age sixteen; severely abused child.

Johan gave a sigh. That was all he knew about the boy who had suddenly collapsed in front of the clinic doors. He was bruised all over, his small body pale and covered with cuts, dried blood, and something else that Johan didn't even want to think about.

"How bad is he?" a voice whispered from the doorway, trying to make sure he wouldn't wake the sleeping boy. Jun leaned against the door frame, hearing Johan give a small sigh before turning to look at him.

"It's pretty bad. Must've hurt like hell to even walk, yet he made it over here." Johan glanced at the boy again, taking in the short body and tri-colored hair. "I gave him some pain relievers when he woke up, but he passed out as soon as he took them."

"He's gonna be alright though." It wasn't a question but Johan knew it wasn't a statement either. So he just nodded. Yea, the boy would be just fine as long as he stayed here for a while. Silence filled the air as the two just stood there, neither wanting to move or speak at the moment.

A small groan escaped the sleeping boys lips as he slowly awoke from his slumber. Johan was at his side in an instant, Jun deciding to stay back against the door frame and watch his best friend work his magic.

"Don't move," Johan ordered in a soft tone when the boy tried to sit up. The boy tensed at the sound of his voice, stopping his movements instantly, not even bothering to lift his head up. "Don't worry. I'm trying to help you." It took a few more moments before the tri-color haired boy finally relaxed and looked up. Violet eyes void of any and all emotion greeted him. Johan gave a light smile, not even bothering to try and hide his sadness. "I'm sorry if it still hurts. I gave you some pain killers but I'm not sure if they've kicked in yet."

Silence was Johan's only reply. Thats when Jun spoke up, making the boy turn his eyes onto him. "You're staying here for a while."

"Why?" The word was spoken so softly the two had to strain their ears just to hear it.

"You shouldn't move," Johan answered, reaching down to pet the top of the kids head gently, "so you're going to stay here."

"Where am I?"

"At a shelter." Johan rolled his eyes at Jun's answer. As if that would help the kid know where he is.

"You're at our shelter, and clinic, for abused children. Will you give us your name?" Johan clarified, looking at the violet eyed boy.

"Yugi." The boy answered, giving Johan a small smile even though his eyes were still blank. "Yugi Mutou."

"Okay Yugi. Can you walk?" Johan asked, motioning Jun over in case Yugi couldn't, but Yugi just gave a nod and slowly stood up. He knew that if he moved too fast he would end up getting dizzy and fall. The teal haired man lightly held Yugi's arm, just in case he ended up having trouble after all.

"Thank you."

"You can say thank you after we get you patched up, okay?" Johan asked with a smile, making sure Yugi didn't fall.

"I'm gonna get to work on contaction the police, make sure they handle things discretely." Jun stated, turning around and heading in the direction of his office. A panicked shout from the boy stopped him though.

"Don't call the police! Please don't call them."

Yugi couldn't let them call the police. If they did, it would be over. He would be dead. "Please," he begged, panic slowly gripping him as he thought of what would happen. The two men looked at him, both holding a surprised expression. He knew he couldn't tell them everything, even if they did work for kids like him, but he could at least explain why they couldn't call the police. "My father works with the police."

A dark aura instantly replaced the surprise. The man with black hair clenched his fists together, looking at the teal haired man as if he had all the answers. A sigh filled the silent air.

"Okay. Here's the deal Yugi." The teal eyed man started, looking at Yugi with such a serious look Yugi knew he couldn't disagree no matter what the deal was. "You have to come here everyday after school, and on weekends if you can, for a check-up. If you know you can't make it, I want you to call me. I'll give you my number after you take a shower. If something happens and we don't hear from you, we will call the police."

Yugi nodded. Those were terms he could agree to. A smile appeared on the teal man again, instantly making Yugi feel safer. "I'm Johan. The grouch over there is Jun." The sound of a phone stopped whatever Yugi was about to say though, and Johan gave him an apologetic smile before he went to go answer it, leaving Yugi alone with Jun.

"Johan gets his way." Jun said out of know where, making Yugi look up at him in question. "You wouldn't have been able to decline any offer Johan would have made. He's very persuasive." A small smile appeared on Jun's face. He didn't know why but Yugi reminded him of his late best friend. The innocence around him was probably what it was.

"It seems like he is." Yugi agreed, giving a small smile in return. He realized that these people weren't going to hurt him. It was just the opposite. But he wouldn't let his guard down all the way just yet. His violet eyes widened in surprise as a blur of teal passed by him, a trail of wind following right after.

"Ryo and Asuka are coming back!" Johan exclaimed after tackling Jun into a hug which almost made the man fall down onto the ground.

"Ryo and Asuka?" Yugi asked, even though he knew he shouldn't pry, but he saw the happy look on Johan's features and couldn't regret the question. But it also seemed like the young man wouldn't be able to answer because he was so happy.

"Our friends from highschool. Haven't seen them in a few years." Jun answered, giving Johan a small hug in return before pushing the man off of him.

"Sorry Yugi. C'mon. Lets get you in a nice warm shower, or bath if you want."

"That would be nice," Yugi said with a soft smile, looking up into teal eyes.

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Lightly tanned skin, dark crimson eyes narrowed in anger, and tri-colored gravity defying hair stared. Yami Sennen, the person Yugi currently spilled some water on.

"I-i'm sorry," he whispered, shrinking in on himself as he felt the anger radiating from the other boy. A growl was the reply to his apology. For some reason Yami had always hated him, but for Yugi there was no hatred towards the other boy. He probably deserved Yami's hate. It wouldn't be surprising. Which made him shift his attention to Johan and the clinic. At least there he wasn't hated. Pluse even though he'd been going for a few weeks now, it was always fun to be around Johan and Jun. A small smile formed on his face before he could stop it.

Yami watched with narrowed crimson eyes as Yugi smiled. He never saw Yugi smile before, never, and not once in his presense. So why was the little midget smiling? And why did his violet eyes go from bright and innocent to dark and void of any and all emotion? Even though those were the eyes he was used to seeing. Why did this runt bother him so much?

A nudge from his companion, the dark skin giving away who it was even without seeing his wild white hair, brought him out of his musing. "Don't waste your time with him, Yami." Bakura said, a grin on his face as he looked at Yugi. He missed the way Yugi's amethyst eye's grew darker as soon as the words where out in the open. If possible Yugi seemed to close in on himself even more. Was he... was he trying to escape into his mind? Mentally shaking himself, Yami nodded, but as soon as he was about to walk away someone called the runts name.

"Yugi!" the voice seemed to belong to someone older, but when Yami turned to look all he saw was a highschooler with untamed teal hair. Yami was guessing he was new, but Yugi whispered out a name.

"Johan?" His eyes weren't dark anymore. They held the same brightness he saw earlier. It seemed Yugi forgot all about him and Bakura. The teal haired man walked up to him, glancing at Yami and giving him a smile.

"Sorry if I'm interrupting you, Yugi. I didn't mean to barge in uninvited." The man named Johan said, still smiling at the little kid who just shook his head. "You wasn't interrupting. Did you need something?" Johan glanced at Yami and Bakura again, then looked at Yugi who really did seem to have forgotten them.

"Yea. I'm signing you out of school." Yugi's eyes widened in surprise as he looked into teal eyes.

"What?" He and Yami asked at the same time, both looking at eachother for a moment before Yami's eyes took on their usual angry glow. "Why? And how?" He asked, looking at the doctor who most likely saved his life those few weeks ago.

"Well as to the how, I am an adult you know?" Johan stated with a grin. Yugi read between the lines.

"You abused your authority as a doctor didn't you?" Johan gave him a sheepish smile, proving him to be correct. "And Jun called ahead didn't he?" That brought out a laugh from the man who nodded his head, taking Yugi's hand and pulling him up from his seat. "C'mon. We gotta go now or Jun's gonna send in a search team."

"Sounds like Kaiba when you go missing for a couple of days," Bakura mumbled into Yami's ear, making the tri-colored young man stiffle a snort of amusement. Seto Kaiba, his cousin, had actually threatened to do that to him before. He almost missed what the teal haired man, apparently, which was still kind of a shock to Yami, said.

"We have someone we want to show you off to." Show him off to? Who the heck were Yugi's friends? And why did he care again? But Yugi just smiled slightly and allowed himself to be pulled along. And thats when Bakura Ryou made his appearance, making Bakura growl softly. Him and Ryou did not get along, though Yami still hadn't figured out why. Though what Ryou was doing with Yugi was a question all in itself and why was he smiling at the teal haired man? Was Yugi and Ryou holding hands? It was time to put an end to all of these questions. With that, he pushed Bakura away, dumped his food into the trash can, and followed after the trio who was on their way to meet with another.

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Yugi gave Ryou a tentive smile as he aproached him. They met at the clinic, and Johan had gotten them to become friends relatively fast. It seemed Johan was able to click with anyone though. Ryou held out his hand for Yugi to take. Ryou needed some form of physical contact, but Yugi wasn't going to complain. He needed it too to be honest. So he took the pale british boy's hand into his own and gave a bigger smile.

"Aww, you two would make such a cute couple!" Johan exclaimed, smiling back at the two who sat together in the backseat of his car. The two blushed a dark shade of red before giving him a glare.

"Where are we going, Johan?" Ryou asked, his voice as soft as Yugi's as he gripped said boys hand tighter. "To have taken us out of school too, it must be important."

"It is. We're going to meet up with a few old friends." Not the answer they were looking for but it would have to do. If Johan didn't want to tell them, then he wouldn't tell them. In some ways Johan was a complete mystery, and in others he was as obvious as air. Yugi still didn't know why he and Jun had made the clinic in the first place. He just couldn't think of either of the men as abused children for some reason. So lost in his thoughts it took a small shove from Ryou to make him realize that they had come to a step. Infront of a cemetary. Yugi tightened his hold on Ryou's hand, hard enough to make the other boy wince slightly.

"Why are we at a cemetary, Johan?" It took all he had to keep his voice even, though Yugi didn't think he fooled either of them. The gleaming silver of the gates casted a glare into his eyes, making him feel like he was back at his home with the endlessly white walls that always glared back at him, making him feel helpless.

Johan gave the boy a reasurring smile, placing his hand on Yugi's shoulder to comfort him. "This is where Judai is."