Happy new year!! Yeah I know im late for the update…but I had author block, you know that illness is having many authors out of fanfiction for quite a while…. But for the happiness of your dear readers, I managed to get one chappie out of my little widdle mind.. hope you like it, and no fear! There will be more soon I hope….

On with the chappie.. Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! But Hishiro, Gekou, Kasumi, Karin I own them!! Yehh.

CHAPTER 9:

After what Mr Hishiro told, all went silent for a moment. In Yami's face crept a sad smile just by the memory of his father. Anzu noticed it and then turned to look at her father once more.

"Dad, are you saying that Yami's father actually found a way to control his abilities?" she asked surprised

Hishiro nodded. "Yeah, I'm sure because if not… well, maybe Yami wouldn't have make it alive until now" he said honestly

Yami unconsciously put a hand on his chest searching the only thing that was left of his father, and that he treasured with his entire being. But… it wasn't there.

He cursed slightly because he had forgotten that he lost the chain.

Hishiro noted his actions and asked "What are you searching for Yami?"

Yami just kept his hand against his chest and lowered his eyes.

"I lost something my father gave me, my necklace…" At the mention of his necklace, Anzu raised abruptly her eyes to see Yami still with a fist against his chest.

She put a hand on her pocket and there she felt the case in which was that necklace Kasumi had, and that she believed was a lot like Yami's necklace.

"Yami" she called softly, and he slightly turned his eyes to see her, these eyes that were still with those black strips on them…

Anzu slipped a hand in her pocket and pulled out the case. Yami looked at her wondering what she was doing; her father stared too as well as Karin.

"Look… I found this… it could be… maybe" she hesitated with the words while she offered the case to him. Yami lowered his eyes from her to the little case on her hands.

Slowly, he took the case with a hand and opened it, widening his eyes in doing so.

"What is it Yami?" Hishiro asked when he saw his expression. Anzu focused her blue orbs on him waiting his reaction.

Yami was shocked. He was seeing his chain, no doubt… but it was of another color…

He took it out of the case and the black rock glistened to the daylight.

"Wow" Karin exclaimed, "That is a nice necklace"

Hishiro thought the same, "Yeah it is… where did u find it, Anzu?"

When Anzu hesitated in answering, Yami turned to look at her expectantly.

His stare made her really uncomfortable…she didn't know if telling was a wise choice, so she remained silent for a moment.

"Anzu" he said and made her look at him "Is this my necklace?" he asked still with a little doubt, cause of the black rock…

"I think… yes. It isn't?" she asked

"It is… but this black rock…" he said staring at the necklace intently. It had all the features he remembered, but the problem was that black piece…

Hishiro frowned a little when he remembered something…

..Flashback..

"Many rocks in this world have different features and it is said that some have special things that made them unique among all" Hishiro listened to his friend talking excitedly "I discovered amazing things, one day I will show you" Gekou finished with a wide grin. Hishiro just smiled.

"Yeah, you will!"

EndFlash…

"Yami, why don't you wear it a moment?" Hishiro requested still with that frown on his face.

Yami looked at him again, and noted his seriousness. He grabbed the chain and locked it around his neck like many times he had done it before. When the chain hanged loosely on his chest, Yami felt a kind of flash pass through his brain that made him go rigid and tense.

Hishiro narrowed his eyes and stared at the chain for a moment.

Anzu felt him go rigid and stare at nothing ahead. She looked at his eyes and surprised, she called her father.

"Dad, look!" she signaled his eyes and Hishiro stared immediately. The black strings were retreating and soon, his eye color was back to the normal red.

Yami sighed heavily and caught the pendant to look at it again. Now, the rock was light purple again, like it used to be.

"What's the meaning of this…" he softly said more to himself than to anyone, but Hishiro answered anyway.

"Now I see… that was what he did" he smiled remembering his best friend intelligence.

"What dad?" Anzu asked. Karin was listening silently too.

"That rock… it controls his amount of energy, is one rare rock… Yami" Hishiro called him and he turned again his attention to the old man.

"You can't take it off again, or lose it. It is your stamp. Understood?" Yami frowned a little confused, and tired too but nodded anyway.

"Sir… do you know how was my father able to do this? Why do I have this abilities?... I still don't understand…" he said in a kind of defeated tone.

Hishiro knew what he meant. But just could negate his head. "Sorry Yami… I'm short of answers… but I will try and research ok? You will know…"

Yami sighed unconsciously again… he felt tired physically and mentally, he just wanted to go to sleep at his apartment.

"Anzu… you still haven't told where did you find it…" he asked and slowly locked his gaze with hers. Anzu couldn't hold his gaze for much time and stared at her lap.

"I…I found it" she sighed realizing she couldn't lie to him, not in this important matter… "Kasumi had it Yami… when you two went out of the classroom; I spotted it on her desk… I don't know why she had it…" she said and turned to look at him again to see his reaction.

Yami widened his eyes at the mention of Kasumi's name…

"What time is it?" he asked searching for a clock everywhere, cause he didn't had his wristwatch today.

"It's 17:00, why?" Karin provided the info.

"I have a meeting with her today!... so, she had my necklace?? What does she know about me? What does she want?? I'm confused as hell!!" Yami felt desperate that he stood up from the couch walking around.

"Calm down…" Hishiro said trying to get him to seat again but Yami remained on his feet walking around, with his head a mess.

"Kasumi, if it is the one I know, you must be careful with her.. She is a sick obsessed, maybe she discovered what you are capable of, so don't let her get too much to you" he warned and Yami answered.

"She told me you were the one who killed my family" he said pointing him with his finger. Hishiro frowned considerably as well as Karin.

"What??"

"As you heard. I know is not true now…" he looked briefly at Anzu, who nodded slightly.

"I have to go to that meeting… and confront her once and for all" he said determined, but then he felt his body complain with a headache.

He grabbed his head a little. Anzu stood up like a reflex when she saw him grimace a little. "Are you ok?"

Yami stopped rubbing his forehead so they wouldn't get worried, but the headache was still there.

"Yeah, I'm ok. I have to go to that meeting." He walked to the door but was stopped by Hishiro.

"Yami, you go there and don't let her get closer to you. We will call you to your cell phone and--" he was interrupted by Yami who smiled sheepishly.

"I don't have cell phone anymore" he said remembering the broken phone on his apartment's floor.

Hishiro frowned "What happened to your phone?" Yami answered right away. "I broke it"

Hishiro, Anzu and Karin didn't need any more explanations.

"Take mine Yami. We need to be in contact cause, we don't trust that old fart" Anzu said and pulled out her phone for him to take.

Yami smiled, and made Anzu smile too "Ok, Anzu." He took hers and kept it in his pocket.

"Now Yami, we call you, and you let the call open so we can hear all that woman is going to say… understood?" he asked. Yami nodded firmly.

"Yes."

"Ok. Good luck", Hishiro said smiling confidently. Karin smiled at him too and Yami smiled back.

"I'm going now" Yami said as he crossed the front door of Anzu's house. Anzu grabbed his arm and he turned to look at her. With worried eyes, Anzu whispered

"Be careful" Yami smirked "You said you wouldn't worry over me anymore" She smiled and replied "I lied"

He smiled and just nodded, then, he raised his eyes from Anzu to Hishiro, who was standing in the doorway too.

"Just follow the plan, everything will be fine" he reassured. Yami nodded again and walked away making Anzu release him.

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And so, Yami went to the meeting place. A kind of warehouse, a little away from the town, that he knew, that's why he immediately grabbed the place in his memory when he read the direction on the paper Kasumi gave to him.

Anzu's phone rang and he answered it.

"Yes.." he said and came out of the speaker Hishiro's voice

"Keep it open ok."

"Ok" Yami said and keep the phone inside his pocket, the call still open.

Then, Yami walked and spotted a woman in the doorway. He noted by her expression, she was annoyed, but quickly changed it when she saw him. Yami frowned slightly.

"Oh, Yami you came. I was starting to doubt if you changed your mind" Kasumi smirked while approaching him. And in doing so, she noted something familiar around his neck

"What is that?" she asked surprised.

Yami only grabbed the object with a hand. "That is none of your business"

Kasumi had to restrain herself a little and forced a fake smile.

"Come inside dear." She said and motioned for him to follow. Yami did it, staring at everywhere inside. He feared this could be a trap.

"What do you want with me?" Yami asked when he spotted he was being guided inside a kind of laboratory with some scary things like needles, big jails and a noise like electricity all over the place. He was trying to keep a safe distance from her, but it was difficult, she always was really close...

"I will help you to control it. Didn't you want that?" she said while walking besides him.

Yami just countered. "You know, I'm feeling good now. This is a waste of my time" he said and turned to leave.

"Wait! It will not be a waste of time. It will help you.." she tried to reason with him but to no use.

"Thanks but no thanks" he said and walked back from where he came

"You will help us, and I will do anything for it!" she exclaimed, feeling she was losing control over him.

"Now you are really a bitch obsessed! You are a wacko!" he exclaimed, sensing he was in trouble when she grabbed quickly a syringe with some black liquid on it. He was going to run but her yell distracted him a mere second. "Marik! Get Him!"

Marik was watching from a table when Kasumi and a boy entered in the place. "It's the boy of the yellow folder…" he thought and kept looking at them both when suddenly he saw Kasumi yell at him and grab a syringe with a black paralyzer aiming it at the boy.

Marik didn't want to obey but, he had no choice, so he ran towards Yami. In the mere second Yami turned to see from where this Marik guy was going to attack him, he felt an arm choking him around his neck and a needle in the area of his lower back, then a dense liquid entering in his system…

A yell was heard in the lab and then all fell in silence…

"Dad!!" Anzu yelled standing from her seat in the living room of her house when she heard through the speaker what seemed like Yami yelling.

"He's in trouble!! We have to help him now!" she said and was going to run outside the house but her father grabbed her by her arm.

"Wait Anzu! Is dangerous! Shhhh, they are talking again." He said and make Anzu grew quiet and seat again. Karin had her hands against her mouth, attentive of all that was being heard on the phone.

"Damn… now it's going to be more difficult..." They heard a women voice they presume like Kasumi.

"Carry him Marik and tie him up at that metallic chair. We are going to begin experimenting with him" she said. Then a male voice was heard.

"Mss Kasumi, he got a cell phone here" the sound of the phone being grabbed sounded through the speaker.

"Damn.." Hishiro mumbled. Anzu had a huge concern expression on her face, and Karin just seemed she was holding her breath.

"Its open" Kasumi said. Anzu couldn't contain herself. She grabbed the phone from the table and yelled.

"Let him go! You witch! Or I will call the police!" Her father scolded her.

"Anzu! Don't!" Karin, just was breathless.

"Oh I see… is that you Anzu darling? Heh, now this is going to be interesting" she talked through it

Anzu frowned more "Let him go!!" she yelled and a laugh was heard.

"Why don't you come over and save him? We are at the warehouse near town. If you got the guts that is.." Kasumi laughed and then hung up.

"That witch!!" Anzu threw the cell phone away out of rage, and her eyes started to water. "Yami…"

Hishiro was in silence for a min and so was Karin.

"Now what can we do…" he said and Anzu answered immediately.

"We have to go there and help him dad! We can't let her win!" she yelled. Hishiro nodded.

"We aren't going to let him there at the grasp of Kasumi. Calling the police will be a choice. But we can't go there ourselves because we don't know what is she capable of." He said and Anzu remained silent.

In that moment a knock was heard at the door.

Hishiro went to answer and opened the door finding…

"Sugoroku!" Hishiro exclaimed and hugged him. "Glad to see you too Hishiro" Sugoroku greeted.

They both entered and Hishiro closed the door behind them.

Anzu just stared at the old man that had just stepped in. Karin raised from her seat and saluted him.

"I'm here because I know you had contact with Yami" Sugoroku whispered at him. Hishiro just nodded.

"Look Sugoroku, my daughter Anzu" Hishiro presented her at Sugoroku.

"Nice to meet you Anzu, you have grown up a lot since the last time I saw you." He said kindly and shook her hand.

Anzu smiled "Nice to meet you sir." She said

"Now Sugoroku, take a seat. I have to talk about something that has happened"

Sugoroku nodded and took a seat.

"Anzu, darling you can go to do your homeworks" he said to Anzu and she frowned

"No dad! What about Ya--" she was cut off by Hishiro.

"Its an order Anzu" Hishiro give her a look that clearly say not to disobey him

Anzu just pouted and when heading to her room, her mom called her.

Karin called Anzu to help her prepare something to eat for them. She still had on that expression of concern about what might being happening to Yami in that very moment. Anzu mirrored her.

"Mom, we have to do something now! Who knows what's happening to him now!" she kept exclaiming and her mother tried to calm her down.

"It's okay, we will call the police darling, don't worry." She said and grabbed the phone of the kitchen dialing the police number to Anzu's relieve.

--

In the living room after some talking, Sugoroku came to the main theme of his visit.

"Do you remember when we promised Gekou look after his childs?" Hishiro nodded "Well, Yugi didn't make it, but Yami did, and we have the duty to watch over his descendant…"

"What? So soon?" Hishiro negated in disbelief. Sugoroku nodded. Anzu was hidden behind the door of the kitchen listening everything.

"Yes, I already have his fiancée. So I need your help in making him accept her." Sugoroku said and Hishiro frowned in thought. "He's a tough kid, so I need your help." He continued.

Anzu covered her mouth to avoid a loud gasp escape. Her eyes suddenly watering unconsciously, she exited the kitchen and went upstairs to her room without saying anything more.

"But Sugoroku, before touching that issue, something grave has happened" Hishiro said and told Sugoroku everything.

Sugoroku's eyes dilated. "What?! What the hell are we waiting for? Why didn't you tell me as soon as I came here?! This is dangerous!" he exclaimed almost out of breath.

Karin came out of the kitchen with the food for them wondering where Anzu went. She heard Hishiro tell Sugoroku everything.

"Don't worry, I already called the police. They said they were on it right away" she informed them

"I don't trust police these days…" Sugoroku said. "We need to do it ourselves!"

"Let's wait, I trust Yami can get out of there, but if not, then we plan something to help him. I can't expose ourselves to a danger we still don't know about. " Hishiro tried to reason

"Wait, and wait, its all an old man can do?" Sugoroku sighed.

--

Anzu seat on her bed thinking about what she heard.

"Yami has a fiancée?... " she couldn't help but feel something cracking in her heart. She shook her head. "No! Its not the time to.. to.. think about something like that! No… Yami is in danger, I must do something!... my dad can trust the police, I will do something myself!" with that said she turned to her window and exited her house quietly and quickly, heading to that damned warehouse..

--

The supposed 'police' laughed themselves. "Good catch we got the phone intercepted. Hehe poor idiots" they say showing in their actions and uniforms that they weren't police officers.

--

/At the warehouse/

Yami groaned opening his eyes abit, the intense light on them disturbed him, and so he closed them again uncomfortable. He tried to move but found himself tied up with chains to a metallic chair.

"What…" he whispered and struggled against it to get free when he heard a male voice besides him.

"I'm sorry, um… don't struggle, its really tight and you could get your skin ripped." He said warning him

Yami opened half his eyes again to at least try and see who he is talking with.

"Let me go" he ordered with the coldest voice ever.

"I can't do that. Sorry." He said while checking his necklace on a steel recipient.

"Let me go!!" Yami struggled more, impatient and starting to feel pissed.

"Stop it Yami." Kasumi said arriving once more and pushed a button besides his chair. It sent a huge electrical wave through him.

Yami screamed and went silent after it, hanging his head loose a little.

"Good boy" she said and turned to Marik to see how was he doing.

"I think it wasn't necessary" Marik said referring to the electrical wave. Kasumi looked at him intensely. "You just follow orders, understood?"

Marik sighed and just nodded. "Yes, miss"

"Good, now when he wakes up, test his psychic. I will be at my office. Remember I watch everything" she said signaling the cameras around.

Marik nodded and Kasumi went away.

He then started to put cable wires in his forehead to test and monitor his psych with a machine.

--

Anzu arrived at the warehouse and get herself inside because gladly the door was opened.

"Yami I'm going to help you…" she whispered determined

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Finally….. please leave a review, and if you wanna suggest something, feel free to do it. Im so OPEN for ideas. Though that doesn't mean I don't have any idea of whats coming next.. shifty eyes well… anyway, review! You know I love reviews…

Thanks for reading.

Shine Angel