"What do you want," Yami growled while moving to stand in front of his Hikari and Sakura to protect them.
"We want 'Master' Marik, of course," the leader said master as if it was a piece of dirt.
"You can't have him," Yugi exclaimed stepping next to Yami. "He's repented! Why do you want him?!"
"Payback, of course. We didn't like being controlled by that brat. So now it's payback time."
With that the Ex-Rare Hunters lunged at them.
"MIND CRUSH!!"
Several Hunters screamed and fell down unconscious. One of the Hunters snuck around behind Yugi and was about to grab him when Sakura was suddenly there giving him a karate kick. Everyone stopped to stare at Sakura who gave the Hunter one final karate chop knocking him unconscious. Seeing everyone staring at her, she smiled.
"I'm a black belt in karate."
Just then several more Hunters arrived on the scene causing the fight to resume. There were so many Hunters that they soon overwhelmed the three. They were so busy fighting that no one noticed when three of the Hunters started dragging Yugi away.
/YAMI!!!!!/
Yami did a mind crush then looked around for Yugi, only to see him being dragged away. Just then one of the Hunters hit Yugi on the head to stop his struggling. Yami was so filled with rage that he didn't even feel the pain from Yugi through the link. He was about to run to Yugi when he was surrounded by Hunters trying to prevent him from saving his light. He did a mind crush on them, but when he looked around, Yugi was gone. The rest of the conscious hunters ran back into the shadows. The leader sneered at Yami.
"Tell 'master' Marik to come to the warehouse on 5th st. and to come alone."
With that he disappeared into the shadows. Yami was shaking with rage. He fell to his knees and started punching the ground. Sakura stood by watching warily. This was all still relatively new to her. Just then all of their friends came running down the sidewalk.
"Yami," Joey yelled.
Joey knelt in front of Yami, who by now had stopped punching the sidewalk.
"Yami, what happened?"
"They took Aibou. They took him. I couldn't protect him. I failed my Light! It's my fault."
Joey sighed. He hated doing this. He stood up and punched Yami. Everyone gasped.
"Joey, what are you doing," Tea yelled.
"Trying to snap him out of his self pity!"
"Thank you, Joey," Yami whispered. "I needed that."
"Anytime, Buddy. Now tell us what happened."
And so Yami proceeded to tell the others what had happened. When he finished, Marik sighed.
"This is my fault. They kidnapped Yugi to get to me. I'll go to the warehouse and save him."
"It's nobody's fault but the rare hunters," Joey yelled. "So stop blaming yourselves! We'll get Yugi back! Let's go to the Game Shop and discuss what to do."
When they arrived at the shop they told Grandpa Motou what had happened. Then they all sat in Yugi's room discussing what to do. Fortunately they did not have a time limit. Marik wanted to exchange himself for Yugi. No one agreed to this plan. Joey and Tristan wanted to just charge in and save Yugi. That plan was of course full hardy. Everyone offered some plan except Yami, who was trying to contact Yugi. He didn't want to make a plan until he knew what situation Yugi was in. He had been trying for several minutes until:
/Yami?/
Yami was overjoyed when he heard his light's voice. However that one word carried with it exhaustion, weariness, and pain. Now that Yugi was awake Yami could connect with him and see through his eyes and determine the situation. While doing this he continued to talk to Yugi.
//Are you alright, Aibou?//
/I've been better. Yami, they took the puzzle from me./
//It's alright, Aibou. We'll get it back.//
By now Yami had determined the situation to be grave. Yugi was chained to a wall and his shirt was gone. Just then one of the hunters entered the room carrying a whip. A chill went down Yami's spine at the sight. He could feel that Yugi was terrified. Just before the whip struck, Yugi shoved Yami away so he wouldn't feel the pain as well. However that didn't stop Yami from hearing Yugi screaming in his head. He was so busy concentrating on Yugi that he didn't notice everyone staring at him. Suddenly a hand was placed gently on his shoulder startling him. As he opened his eyes everyone was shocked at the conflicting emotions racing though his eyes. He closed his eyes and sighed trying to calm down.
"What is it, man," Joe asked quietly. "What's wrong with Yugi?"
"They took the puzzle away from him and there. . . there. . . whipping him."
Everyone gasped. Yami could still hear Yugi screaming in his head. And as much as Yugi was trying to block it, Yami was also feeling some of the pain. Sakura, who was confused as to how Yami knew this, turned to Mai for an explanation. Mai leaned over and whispered:
"Yami and Yugi can talk to each other with their thoughts. They can also see through the others eyes if they want. That's probably how Yami knew that Yugi was being whipped."
Her voice cracked at the end of her sentence. Tears were streaming silently down her's and Sakura's face. She couldn't understand how everyone could remain so calm.
'Is this what they go through all the time.'
Her thoughts were interrupted as Yami spoke.
"I have a plan. All of you will surround the warehouse. I'll go back in the puzzle and make sure the coast is clear before coming out in front of Yugi. If It's not clear I'll return outside. If I don't come out for more than a minute charge the place."
Everyone agreed to this strategy and set off to save Yugi.
I will only be able to update this story once a week from now on. Sorry. However, I need advice. I'm thinking of putting an 8th Millenium Item in my story but I need advice as to what I should have it look like.