Forever Scarred
Chapter 21
"What happened to me?" He groaned as he sat up and shook his head. He had the worst headache paining him at the moment, of course as he further woke up and thought back, that pain didn't bother him so much anymore. "Anzu… Where am I?" He muttered standing to his feet but he didn't get too far as chain locks were adorned each ankle. "Oh no…" He swallowed hard and glanced around in the cold darkness.
But soon later there was the sound of movement and what seemed to be clinking chains. "Hey."
Yugi shot his head up desperately searching for the owner of the voice. "Who's there?" He called back.
"I'm sorry I'm so late. Business always seems to pass over into one's personal time." She stated as she entered the living area and kissed her husband with a smile.
He nodded and smirked as well. "Lien, this is Seto Kaiba."
She sighed and faced the brunet and held out her hand. "Yes of course. I told you we have already met. It is again a pleasure to meet you."
Kaiba narrowed his eyes and smirked, "Likewise." The two shook hands and sat down. 'She came in a little too rushed and happy to be doing normal 'business-related' duties. Monuten did say she was doing something but he neglected to mention exactly what. There's something wrong here and I know it has to do with Jyonouchi.'
"So where were we?"
Kaiba took a sip of his drink, "We were arranging a set-up so that I can see exactly how well you've grown and taken care of your much-acclaimed inventory. But before that I'm curious to know what business took you scurrying around so late in the evening." He replied directing his attention to Lien.
She frowned, "I'm afraid Mr. Kaiba, that it's a little too early to be requesting such confidential information from me. And I might I add, Hinoto, I think it's also too soon to be showcasing our goods to a stranger, no offense Mr. Kaiba."
Kaiba smirked; he was already getting on her nerves. Obviously he was going to have a hard time trying to get her trust.
But Monuten shook his head. "Kaiba, will you excuse my wife and I for a moment?"
"Of course. After all, I want this partnership to last and every detail to be completely understood. Take your time." Monuten nodded and he and Lien left the room.
Kaiba surveyed the room carefully. There was no sign of wrongness or deceit, however he could tell something happened a lot here. He stood and walked around the massive room, picking up books that lay around on the small tables against the walls. And then he noticed how there were quite a lot of candles laying about. Two on the desk, one on every of the five small tables, three on the coffee table and a few more in the drawers of the desk by the bookshelf, and all were nearly depleted yet none were on at the moment.
'Candles make a nice incense for them I suppose. But I highly doubt they're used for kinky sex between the two of them. This must be the room Jyonouchi mentions so much in his journal. 'Nothing but burning wax all over the place. I'm so sick of the smell, I hate it so much.' But I guess they don't keep their playthings out in the open. I wonder then, where they would be.' He sighed, the whole thought made him sick. He grimaced as once again memories of his past were brought to him. It was so many years ago and yet the surroundings and information he kept finding made it all seem so close and present.
Perhaps he was too close to the whole affair but he had promised everyone that he'd bring Jyonouchi to safety. He swore to make everything better. He wouldn't be able to live with himself if he didn't succeed anyway. He strolled leisurely around the room, looking for any other peculiar things. But nothing else raised any suspicion, other than a few artifacts that he was sure were all very expensive, curiously all were shaped the same way; like a long round-ended rod, and each one stood near a blasted candle. He shuddered at the thought of what that meant.
A while later Monuten and his dear wife reentered. "Sorry about that, we were discussing some things."
Kaiba nodded and sat back in his seat. "I hope that those things were brought to a conclusion and reached to an agreement."
Lien refrained from looking at Kaiba but didn't seem to be too upset at Monuten. "Things are settled now. And if you truly want to see what we have in our 'gallery' and 'inventory' as you put it, you can next Sunday."
"Next Sunday?"
"Yes. It's a trading day so to speak. We will be importing goods and be exporting some as well. But it won't be here in my house; we have a special place where we hold these trades."
Kaiba sat back and crossed his legs. "Where then?"
He nodded getting up to refill his drink. "For security reasons, I hope you understand why I can't yet tell you. But, come have dinner with us the Saturday before, and I'll give you the directions and time then."
"I understand."
Monuten smiled, "Good. Now let's continue this over dinner." They all stood and headed for the dining room.
Anzu waited impatiently, as she'd finally gotten someone's attention and he was removing whatever was in the way. As the door opened she sighed and hugged the guy. "Thank you so much, sir! I don't understand what happened. I came in to fix my face and then I couldn't open the door."
The guy pointed to some boxes that were now neatly placed to the side. "Those boxes were used as a barricade to keep you locked inside long enough for your friend to be taken away." He informed, so emotionlessly and quietly.
Her happiness ran dry as she grew confused over his words. "What?"
"You weren't wanted in the trap so I had to keep you away long enough for my masters' plan to be completed. The young man you came and had dinner with is no longer on the restaurant grounds. He belongs to my masters now and this is a message you need to deliver to Mutoh Yami and Jyonouchi Katsuya." The man nodded once and then calmly walked away.
Anzu stood there in absolute shock. She didn't know what was going on. As she leaned against the closed bathroom door she noticed the man had given her a note, and it simply read exactly what he had told her. She started breathing hard and took off in a run, down the hall and out the restaurant doors. She ran, tears falling, back to the Game Shop and to Yami.
Yami felt a deep pain inside. He suddenly had this consuming thought that something horrible happened. The Puzzle started flashing in his mind, as did a strange, distant sense of Yugi. But normally he could sense the Puzzle and Yugi's soul closely linked when the shorter teen wore it around his neck. Now however, the link between Yugi's soul and the Puzzle's magic were distant, and far from one another. It had been removed from Yugi's neck, but, "But Yugi wouldn't take it off for any reason…"
He paced about the floor checking the time, he knew that Yugi and Anzu were going to see Jyonouchi so it made sense to still be out this late. But he was anxious and concerned so he picked up the phone and called the Kaiba Mansion.
"Sir, Mokuba, there is a phone call for you."
The young child blinked and put down the two drinks on the table. "Who is it?" He asked, following the elderly butler to the phone near the entrance,
"It's Yami Mutoh."
"Oh okay, thanks." He picked up the receiver, "Hello? What's up Yami?"
"Mokuba, are Anzu and Yugi there yet?"
He raised an eyebrow and tilted his head slightly, "What do ya mean? Are they coming over?"
"They were supposed to. Listen is everything all right there? Where's Kaiba at right now? I asked a servant but he only told me he wasn't home."
"Oh, I don't know where Seto is. He said he has a late meeting that he couldn't get out of and that he might be home real late. Is something wrong?"
"No. Well, I'm not sure. Yugi and Anzu were eating at a restaurant so they probably are still there or on their way to see Jyonouchi and you. I'll call you back in ten minutes all right?"
"Uhm, okay." Mokuba heard the phone click and he hung up too. "Now what's going on?" He headed back to the stairs but Yami wasn't the type to act so hastily and worried. "I better call Seto." He rushed to the phone and began dialing.
"Yami! Yami open up!"
The troubled Pharaoh quickly towards the door. "Anzu, Anzu what's wrong?" He questioned as he opened it up and let her in.
She grabbed onto him and continued crying. "They got'em! They took him away!"
"Who? What happened?"
She was trembling and shivering so uncontrollably, "Yugi! They took him! I don't know where, he's gone!" She cried.
Yami's face paled at the words. "Yugi..."
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There is nothing worse than what I'm feeling now. I have
finally met the most horrible man known to the world. And
his wife who is just as sick and demented as him.
I know now that I'm in Hell. I always knew I'd
End up here someday but even the Hell after death wouldn't be this cruel,
this horrible. I hated it. I hated being there for a whole month. It
Wasn't like that before. Dad would send me there for a few days or even a week but,
It wasn't like THAT before. Nothing but burning wax all over the place
I'm sick of the smell, I hate it so much. I know I'm better off dead.
I never want to go again. But I know once dad gets tired of me again he will
'trade' me in for one of HIS guys and I'll be with him and his wife again.
I hate Monuten, he makes me call him by his first name, I hate him
And his wife. I never want to go back. I don't like that place. I hate it.
Fuck how I hate it! I don't want to. I don't want to. Please why am I still alive?
I just want to die! Please let me die!