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Chapter Ten

As Ishizu stayed with Malik, Yami and Shadi went to find Serenity as they ran to the other side of the fountain Shadi saw Bakura running away like a man being chased by demons. As they found the opening, Shadi opened the door with some magic and Yami went in first and the sight that they saw, took their breath away.

There lying on the bed there they found Serenity or what use to be her. There was a young lady covered with bruises and there was dried blood on the sheets that told Shadi that she had been a virgin when Marik raped her the first time and as they walked closer to the bed they noticed that she didn't move and when Yami touched her arm nothing it was like she was dead but she was breathing so that told Shadi that her mind had been shattered and he was so worried that they wouldn't be able to reach her ever again.

Yami picked her gently into his arms and they went back out of the room and to where Ishizu was waiting with Malik and when she saw the condition that Serenity's body was in she knew that this young lady was in terrible danger of being lost to them forever. "What do we tell her brother?" Ishizu asked Shadi.

Yami then spoke up and he said "We can't tell him anything right now till you can tell him one way or another if she will ever come back to him. Joey will fall apart if we tell him what condition she is in and not be able to tell him if she can ever be Serenity again." Shadi nodded that he agreed with Yami so for the time being they wouldn't say anything at all about finding her.

Bakura took off running as far away as he could to keep the ones he loved and cared for to be safe from Diabound and it was causing him to lose his ability to control the demon and he was frightened that if he lost control what would Diabound do? He didn't want to think about it so he just kept running till he fell down exhausted and as he fell on the ground he felt Diabound calm down too and then he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Shadi used some magic to try to reach Serenity and he failed to do so and when he tried everything he knew he then told Yami "Go get Joey and bring him here, he needs to know the truth about what is going on and we will deal with his anger and pain later."

Yami then contacted Yugi through their link and he told Yugi about finding Serenity and that it was really bad. He also told Yugi to let Seto know but asked him to keep it from Mokuba till Seto could talk to him alone.

Then Yami went to Ryou's and as the door opened and there stood Ryou and the fear that Yami saw in his face told him that he must know that Bakura was fighting for his very life and that of the lives of everyone else. "I have to talk to Joey" Yami told him. Joey stood up when Yami entered the room and from his expression Joey knew that it wasn't going to be good news and he was so right.

As he listened to what Yami was saying he couldn't stand the thought that his little sister was gone and that she might never come back and then he stood up and screamed, she's not going to die, she's going to live! Take me to where she is Yami and don't tell me that you can't or I swear that I'll kill you."

Ryou then asked Yami "Where is Bakura?"

Yami didn't know how to tell Ryou that he didn't really know; the only thing that he did know was that Bakura had gone off to try to get Diabound back under control and it didn't look good that Bakura was tired and worn out from fighting with Marik and that wasn't a good thing. Yami then told Ryou "Bakura took off to find a way to keep Diabound under control but I don't know if he'll be able to do that. Bakura was injured from fighting with Marik and he was so tired and" Yami couldn't go on. Ryou then said "I know where Bakura has gone and I'm going after him!

Ryou started to leave and go find Bakura when Joey stopped him by saying "Please have Yami go with you in case you need any help. I will go to the Ishtar's by myself and I will say a prayer for both my sister and Bakura, but please don't go off alone."

Ryou agreed and so he and Yami left to go find Bakura while Joey ran to the Ishtar's to see if he could help reach his sister. He knew that he wasn't going to like what he saw when he first saw his little sister but he also knew that he needed to keep his faith that just maybe somehow he might be able to reach her and bring her back to this world. He had to try.

As Ryou and Yami took off running in the direction that Ryou said they would find Bakura and they did find him but he was in really bad shape and there was a feel of evil surrounding him and Yami forced Ryou to stop and they looked around but didn't see anyone or anything and then Bakura opened his eyes and there stood his abiou and Yami and he cried out "Go away, Diabound is near and I'm so damn tired that I can't control him anymore."

Ryou then did something that Yami never thought he would do, he walked over to where Bakura laid on the ground and he doubled up his fist and smacked Bakura in the face and bloodied his nose and mouth and he yelled "Bakura get off you damn lazy ass and tell that demon to go to hell and make him understand that you're it's Master and get that thing back inside yourself and let's go get you some medical care!!!"

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