Chapter 6: Saving Lara

"Yug, please open the door!'' Joey said bounding hard on the door of Yugi's room.

"Give it up, Joey, he won't leave his room." Tristan said.

"Come on guys, he'll come out when he's ready.'' Said Tea, concern obvious in her voice.

"I guess you're right."

Joey sighed before giving in; then they all went downstairs and stayed in the living room when the phone started ringing.

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Yugi sat on his bed, holding tight to his knees, and buried his face in his arms. And inside the millennium puzzle, Yami stood before Yugi's soul room, he locked himself inside since they came back from the funeral, he tried to talk to him through their mind link, but he had blocked it. Yami put his hand on the door, feeling extremely worried about his aibou, he had lost the most important person in his life, his only family, and he's been depressed since then, he didn't speak a lot, and didn't get much sleep either. There are times that he heard him cry at night, it hurt him so bad to see his hikari suffering.

"Yugi, can you hear me?"

Yugi stood against the wall, his face showed no emotions at all, his eyes were dull, and the shine they use to have faded. The memories of his grandfather kept running through his mind, still unable to accept the fact that his grandpa is long gone. He shut his eyes tight trying not to shed a tear, but failed as a drop ran slowly down his cheek.

Yami sat on the floor, leaning against the door of Yugi's soul room, thinking of a way to speak to Yugi, and then he heard someone bounding on the door to Yugi's room, outside the millennium puzzle.

"Yug, Ryou's on the phone and wants to talk to the pharaoh!'' Joey shouted. Yami blinked, wondering why Ryou would want to talk to him, he took over and then opened the door.

"What is it, Joey?''

"Hey, Pharaoh, Ryou's on the phone, he sounds a bit……weird." Yami then took the phone from Joey, thinking what could possibly happen to Ryou.

"Ryou?"

"Oh, pharaoh, thank god! Please, you gotta come to my apartment. And Hurry!!"

"Slow down, Ryou, tell me what's wrong."

"It's…'' He took a deep breath and continued. "Bakura." Yami's eyes widened at the mention of his name, he hung up and rushed downstairs and outside the Game shop.

"What happened, Joey?'' Tea and Tristan looked at Joey as he shook his head.

"Dunno. He just left without telling me."

"Do you think we should follow him?"

"…We'll do if he didn't come back in 30 minutes.''

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Lara opened her eyes slowly, waking up in a dark place, and had no idea how she got there. She tried to move, but realized she was pinned to the wall by shadowy objects on her wrists, legs and waist. Then her memory came back as she remembered the attack at the cemetery, and the dark figure.

"So, you're finally awake."

"Who's there?!" Lara shouted, she heard footsteps coming closer and the same figure stood before her, it was too dark that she still couldn't see his features.

"You have an interesting life, you know that?" He spoke with a harsh tone.

"What do you mean?" She felt him holding her chin and lifting her face up, she couldn't see his eyes, but she knew he was staring deep into hers, which sent a jolt through her spine.

"I know everything about you, Lara. All your secrets.'' Her eyes widen, how could he possibly know her real name, and does he really know all her secrets?

"How did you…?"

"Know your name? Well, you were out for a long time so I wandered around your mind, and seen all your memories." Lara then tried to free herself from the figure's grip and started acting violently.

"Let go of me!!" She demanded, the figure let go and laughed maniacally. "Who the hell are you?!"

Suddenly a bright light filled the room, blinding Lara and the figure; he turned around to see his host and the pharaoh at the door. He couldn't do anything now so he disappeared, and then the shadows disappeared along with him.

When Lara's vision became clear all she saw was the figure's long white hair before he disappears, then she fell with the disappearance of the objects that was holding her.

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Ryou heard knocking on his apartment's door and went to answer it, seeing the pharaoh at the door.

"What happened? What did he do this time?" Ryou then lead him to his room and told him to look from the key hole. Yami obeyed and gasped at the scene of a girl hanging on the wall, chained. He turned the knob but found out it was locked, and then he started hitting the door with his body weight.

''It won't work, I tried. We got to get that girl out before Bakura do anything to her."

The millennium puzzle started shining and the eye symbol appeared on Yami's forehead, he held the knob again and then it started to glow, unlocking it. Yami opened the door revealing the darkness that covered the room, he and Ryou entered the room, seeing Bakura disappear before their eyes along with the darkness and saw the girl fall on her knees, and they ran in her direction to check on her.

"You're alright Miss?'' Lara was panting in relief and fear at the same time, what happened was something no one can imagine.

Yami and Ryou knelt down beside her and helped her walk to the living room and put her on the couch, she blinked several times before her eyes got used to the light. Lara opened her eyes to see someone with a tri-colored hair looking back at her, she froze at the sight of him, and she stared at him for a while.

"Are you alright?'' She sighed in relief when she realized he wasn't the person she thought he would be. She smiled slightly at him.

"I'm alright, don't worry."

T.B.C

Here's chapter 6, I know, I took so long to finish this chap, I had a major writer block, I had so many problems to deal with, mostly depression, at least I'm back now.

Don't forget to comment, I accept all kinds of comments.

Lara The Dark Angel