So i only got 3 reviews, which makes me sad :( but idecided to be nice and update anyway. i now have up to chapter 7 written so how soon i update all depends on your reviews.

now lets see i know i'm forgetting something...oh right disclaimer lets see......just to mix things up Harry you do it

Harry: But i'm not even in this story!

EHOD: I know but i don;t feel like asking Yami to do it and Yugi has enough problems in the stroy and won't talk to me.

Harry: fine but you better make it uo to me.

EHOD: fine i'll publish your story as soon as i'm done with this one.

Harry: EHOD does not own Yu-Gi-Oh(or Harry Potter) but her ideas are hers so back off or she'll sick flying demon monkeys on you! Happy?

EHOD: very now go back to your story

Harry: *Grumbles*

EHOD: enjoy the story!

Chapter 3

Too Late

Yugi screamed as the iron burned through his shirt and into his skin, his whole world was pain. When the iron was finally removed he whimpered his skin still burned.

"There now slave." The man said right ing himself again. He grabbed a dagger from the table and turned back to to the bound boy on the ground. Yugi's eyes widened as they locked on the dagger, he tried to scoot away from the man, but he would have none of it.

"Oh no you don't!" the man yealled as he grabbed yugi's ankle and dragged him back. The Man produced more rope and tied it around the boys neck leaving a three or four foot tail. He then brought the dagger out again, and once again the boy struggled to get away from him. The man slapped Yugi across the face.

"Quit your struggling or I'll give you a reason to fear this knife." Yugi stopped moving and the man moved the dagger towards Yugi's feet. Yugi shut his eyes, he didn't want to see the knife go into him, he didn't want to see the blood. He had never been so scared, but he lay still, trembling with fear. He felt the cold meatl of the blade touch his ankle and whimpered.

With one swift movement the man jerked the blade upward, splitting the rope binding Yugi's ankles.

Yugi's eyes popped open in surprise. Could the man be letting him go? Yugi looked hopefully at the man, only to receive another slap.

"DO NOT raise your eyes to your superiors boy!" The man shouted and Yugi glued his eyes to the floor, not wanting to be hit again. "Don't get your hopes up slave."The man said looking at Yugi, "I just don't want to carry your sorry ass. Now get up!" The man said delivering a hard jerk to the ropa around Yugi's neck. Yugi yelped in pain and tried to stand up, but abother hard jerk was delivered to the rope that sent Yugi back to the ground again.

The Man laughed as Yugi once again tried to stand and was once again pulled back to the dirt. Tears of frustraition pricked his eyes and he just lay there on the ground.

"Didn't you hear me slave I said 'get up'!" Yugi cried outright and once again attempted to stand. This time he made it to his feet. Panting Yugi stood still in the middle of the sparsely furnished room, waiting for what came next.

"Good now let's get going." The man said pulling on Yugi's lead gentler this time, Yugi stumbled but kept his footing as he followed after the man. Soon they had exited the hut and walked out into the cold Egyptian night just as they exited the house they heard people coming towards them.

"Shit!" the man cursed and pulled Yugi into an alleyway across the street. The man turned him back towars the house and wrapped one arm around him, holding him firmly in place. The other hand covered Yugi's mouth.

"If you make a sound, I will kill you." The man said and Yugi's eyes widened. A minute passed before the people arrived at the door to the hut. Yugi was shocked to see his friends along with what looked to be palace guards. And that was when he saw him, the Pharaoh, his Yami, looking regal in his Egyptian garb. Yugi smiled against the hand. Yami was here to save him!

Yami arrived followed Joey through the city to a hut not far from the palace.

"This is it!" Joey said running ahead. Yami signaled for the guards to stop and pointed out the house. Then he entered.

Yami saw a table and a cot against the wall. But it was the smell that got to him, it was the smell of burning flesh. Yami didn't know why he knew that, and didn't want to think about it. He just knew, that someone had been burned here.

"Yugi?" Yami called through the house, there was no answer. Yami's eyes widened, where was he?

"Yugi?" He called again hoping that he had somehow missed, the boy. Again the Pharaoh was disappointed. His heart pounded in his ears and he felt tears pricking his eyes. Yugi wasn't here his Hikari was gone.

"NO!" He shouted and pounded his fists against the wall. Tears fell onto his cheeks. He was too late, Yugi was gone and Yami didn't even know where to start to look. His lament had reached outside and guards ran into the hut.

"My Pharaoh, are you alright?" The guards asked urgently.

"Fine, please stay outside." The guards nodded, as they walked out the gang walked in.

"Where's Yugi?" Tea asked, Yami just looked down and shook his head. Tea gasped and began to cry. Joey angrily tried to slam his fist down on the table and ended up falling through it instead. He shouted to the heavens.

"Oh this is all my fault! I shouldn't have left him here, I should have stayed longer!"

"No Joey," Yami said, "There is nothing you could have done." They looked at eachother in silence for a moment.

"So what now?" Tea asked wiping her tears away.

Something caught Yami's eye, in the corner next to a dying fire, was a branding iron. Yami remembered the pain in his back and the smell of burned flesh. Yami winced as he realized what had caused it. Yami picked it up and spit on the end. It sizzled, still hot. Yami looked at the iron more carefully. He recognized the shape as an ankh, but unlike the one around his neck there was a name embedded into it.

Kassim Yami narrowed his eyes, he had a feeling that this was bigger than he had originally realized. The others were looking at Yami for advice.

"Now we go see Seto, if anyone knows how to fix this it will be him." Yami said throwing the branding iron to the side.

"Wait, Seto as in Seto KAIBA?" Joey asked looking at Yami incredulously, Yami hesitated.

"Sort of, he looks like Kaiba and to and he sort of acts like Kaiba too. But this kaiba is is a 5000 year old priest and my most trusted advisor as well as my firend."

"This is the same Kaiba we're talking about right." Joey asked Yami.

"That's just it we are but we are not. This Kaiba is the past life of the Kaiba we knew 5000 years from now." Joey blinked at yami who sighed.

"Let's just say that this kaiba isn't such a jerk and worships the ground I walk on."

"Oh gottcha!" Joey said.

"C'mon," The Pharaoh said suddenly grave again, "the longer we stay here the further away Yugi gets." The others nodded and they exited the house heading back towards the palace. What they didn't know was that Yugi was watching them with tears in his eyes.

Yugi had watched his friends enter the house. They remained inside for a few minutes before coming back out again and heading for the palace. Tears gathered in Yugi's eyes as he watched his last hope wlak away. He wanted so badly to cry out for them, to tell them he was alright. But he couldn't. he could only watch as his last hope walked off, leaving him in the clutch of darkness.

Yugi: I hope you know i hate you.

EHOD: :,( but...but...but there wouldn't be a story if they weren't too late. At least i'm not one of those authors who likes having your parents abouse you or Yami rape you.

Yugi: That's true, but i still don;t like you.

Ehod: well it's gonna get a whole lot worse before it gets better! ^_^

Yugi: *sighs* please review so the authoress can get on with the story.....and save me perferably.... they do save me right...

EHOD you'll just have to wait and see!