"Why?"

The question spoken by foreign lips rang in my ears and head. I sank to the floor, beside my older brother. I gripped my head as a painful headache splattered against me from the inside out. I opened my eyes and stared at him. He looked so much older than me; so much more than five years when he was awake but when asleep, that age deflated and he became a young soul with hardly an age to him.

"I can't do this to him. He's my brother; the brother that has taken care of me all my life, the brother that saved me. I love my brother." One side of me screamed at me with regret and horrible sorrow.

The other screamed with another notion, "He's abused you. His anger on the nekos was unjustified. There was no need to kill them all. The poor boy's the last one. If he killed him then there will never be another neko ever again."

My head was splitting in two. I gave a low groan at the pain that burst inside me but I kept all my screams inside. I fought the border of consciousness for a while then curled my head down to my chest, attempting to dislodge the attacking sensations burning through my entire body. The opposing sides inside me continued to battle it out but the pain lessened until it disappeared altogether.

I opened my eyes and saw my brother lying there helpless. I shook my head, "It's wrong." I bent down and took my brother's hand, the very hand that had beaten me many a times. I looked at it; it was so out of place within my grip. His hands were smaller than mine but even in unconsciousness, I could see their strength. I let his hand go and looked at the two grown men along with the kid.

The long haired one was the one to talk to me. I slowly looked away, "I really should have stopped him before." I lowered my head again, "He's gone too far. I never saw it until now." My voice carried off and I truly wondered what would happen to me. My life revolved around my brother and what he ordered. This was the first time I opposed him since I was little. I don't even remember what I did the last time.

I retreated once again into my thoughts, "Just why did I attack my brother? Wasn't it an order to kill the neko? He was simply completing the task he had given me. Why did I attack him instead of the kid?" My confusion locked me up in my thoughts, "…I'm not supposed to go against orders. But the little guy's the last one. Why did I kill all the others? Why am I soaked in nekos' blood? Why did I listen to Akefia so often? Couldn't I go against orders every once in a while?"

The kid looked at me and got down from the other guy's hold. He walked, limped, towards me, "You don't look so good. You sure you're okay?"

I froze, the words knocking me back to reality, "Wha-?"

The guy that had wrapped my wound made to grab him but the other one held him back, whispering something that sounded like, "Watch."

That spurred on my confusion. I shook and looked at the kid, "I'm fine." I added to myself, "I'm not allowed to be anything but fine." I grabbed the kid by the chin, which sent both the others into attack mode but they froze when I just stared at him, "What did those eyes do to me?"

The kid stared at me and tilted his head, "But he just attacked you."

I chuckled dryly, "I'm used to it, Kid."

"My name's Yugi."

"Well then, Yugi, you need to take those two and get out of here before my brother wakes up."

As if hearing my words, my brother pulled his arms under his body and pushed upward. He turned to look at me with eyes filled with anger. I dropped my hand from Yugi's chin and helplessly watched as Akefia walked towards me and him.

Akefia went to punch the kid, no Yugi, in the face which would have thrown him to the ground if it had connected to him.

I didn't even register what had happened but my next conscious movement was clutching Yugi to my chest, and curling around him, the punch landing on my bleeding shoulder. I whimpered at the hit but simply held onto Yugi for my life.

Akefia kicked me in the lower back, sending a spike of pain up my coarse body. His boots had blades attached to the bottom so my back was now bleeding like nothing else mattered. Akefia landed blow after blow on my body which was shielding Yugi's small form.

Yugi sputtered, "What are you doing?" His eyes were filled with unshed tears.

I gave the first smile I had given in a long, long time, "Everything will be fine."

Akefia screamed as he kicked me again in my already wounded shoulder, "Why are you helping a neko?"

I looked over towards my brother but stared at his feet, "Because you're killing them all."

He yanked my hair and pulled me up but I wouldn't relinquish my hold on Yugi, "Why do you suddenly care if I kill them or not? You've done a good job at doing so as well."

For the first time since our parents' death, I felt tears well up in my eyes, "You wouldn't get it, Akefia. You don't understand the pain you've put me through. You may have saved me from them but you landed just as much, if not more, damage than they would have done." I stared up at him and I saw his eyes flicker. His face twitched and he tossed me onto my back, a grunt passing through my lips.

Akefia bent down to look at me clearly and growled.

I wanted to close my eyes, to brace myself against what was going to come next but I couldn't bear to move, the pain actually swelling within me and I lay there, crying. My body ached. My head ached. My heart ached. I could literally see something snap within my line of vision.

"Get rid of them. All of them." Atem's stern voice commanded the group of Egyptian soldiers outside of the warehouse into fighting Akefia's men.

The soldiers fought against the opposing men with equal force, both sides where losing men and both sides were inching their way forward.

From amidst the soldiers, blonde hair ran through the forces towards the Pharaoh. Neither side could touch him but neither side wanted to. His body compacted terrible power and they knew what would happen if they faced off against such a person.

The young man ran up to the Pharaoh, "Pharaoh Atem, come. Come quickly."

The young king looked at his general and nodded before he followed after him, "What's wrong, Kaede?"

Kaede maneuvered through the fighting forces with supreme ease, "You will see. We are not sure how to proceed with this arrangement." He burst through doors and halls, heading straight for the stairs that descended. Leading the way through the dark, Kaede passed two doors on either side and went for the door at the end, the one with the light passing through the doorway.

Atem followed silently but froze when he finally stood in the doorway, "What in Ra's name is going on?"

Kazue hushed, "My Pharaoh, this is Yugi's power."

Yugi was standing in the center of the room with his hands raised in the air. Above his head, Bakura hovered in a dense bubble of red magic. Yugi had his eyes closed and he was concentrating on the mass of energy.

Inside the bubble, Bakura silently hovered with confusion and awe stretched across his face. He reached up to his shoulder and moved his hand, awe covering his face even more. He looked like he was speaking but no one could hear him but the young neko and he was concentrating on what he was doing.

Atem couldn't bring himself to stop Yugi from whatever it was he was doing to the renowned Prince Guardian.

Yugi lowered his hands but the magic didn't fade. Bakura watched the boy as he was lowered back to the ground. He darted forward and swept the boy into his arms. Bakura placed his hand on Yugi's eyes and closed them, smiling, "Yugi."

Atem shook his head before staring at Bakura. He whispered, "What happened to the Guardian?"

Kaede looked at him, "I do not know, Pharaoh Atem. The Prince Guardian was covered from head to toe in wounds inflicted by the King of Thieves while protecting Prince Yugi." He looked at Bakura who held Yugi in his arms, "I believe the Prince Guardian is choosing a new master."

Atem watched before his eyes moved over to Akefia.

The proclaimed King of Thieves had his hands chained to the wall and he was standing completely frozen as he stared at his little brother. The man's face was stone but his eyes held a dark betrayal.

Bakura seemed to feel Akefia's eyes on him and his smile fell. He looked at his brother and swallowed thickly, "Akefia…"

Kazue: Okay. Lookie here. I'm not sure how to end this...I believe there should be a good two or three chapters more but I can see the end coming...Still don't know how that will happen but we'll see...Thank you all for reading this far. I'm happy that everyone has read so far. I'm pleased that you have stuck around this long...I apologize if there are any mistakes. I tried a change...Let's see how this turns out...Give feedback if there is anything you can think of to improve or just want to chat. People, I'm not too talkative but I'm not scary. Okay maybe I am. But I'm not mean. I do like talking to people. It's fun. And I love anyone that can have the patience to read my stories.