Will the pain ever go away?

Overview: Yugi has been abused for as long as he can remember but now with a help of a few new friends can he over come it.

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Oh Ya, Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, hey I don't even own the cards in my deck, my parents do!

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Yugi trudged home in the rain. He looked up at the place he was walking to, his 'home', Well it was more of a place he stayed, not counted a home, in his mind at least. He shuddered when he saw the cars in the driveway. 'They' were home again, his 'parents' or the people that claimed to be his parents were at this place he stays at.

Yugi looked up and noticed all the lights off, maybe they had gone out; Yugi prayed that they weren't home. He was late again at getting home.

It had been raining two days in a row, therefore making him late two days in a row. And Yugi knew what that meant. He would be punished, even though he couldn't help his tardiness.

He looked in the window before opening it with his key. He always kept his key with him because if he forgot it his parents would lock him out of the house.

He slowly opened the door and took a slow step in.

"Brat, where the hell have you been?" he heard a female voice say.

"I, I had to w walk h home in th the rain ag again," he stuttered, something he happened to do a lot lately.

"So, you should still get home in time," she spat at him.

"I'm s so sorry," he said.

"Sorry isn't enough you son of a bitch!" she screamed slapping him in the face. When he fell to the floor she kicked him hard to the ribs. He cried out in pain.

"You just wait until your father gets home you little brat," she said as she left the room.

Yugi slowly lifted himself up and made his way up the stairs to his 'room'. That is if you could call it that, it had a small futon with one thin blanket on it. The only other item in the room was a little dresser.

Yugi winced as he walked over to dresser and took out the puzzle that had occupied so much of his time.

He took it back to his bed and started to put it together again.

He only had one more piece left and was very excited to have finished the treasured item that his grandfather had given him. As he slipped the last piece in place he felt warmth flow from the object and it started to glow. Yugi dropped the item of his bed and backed up from it.

All of a sudden a boy, a little older then Yugi came out.

"W who ar are you?" Yugi asked.

"My name is Yami who are you?" the boy replied. Yugi sat there in shock and did not answer him. "Did you not here me, I asked you for your name boy," Yami repeated and raised his hand to Yugi.

"No don't hit me!" Yugi exclaimed as he drew back into a little ball.

"I am not going to hit you, but do tell me your name before I get angry," Yami said.

"Yu Yugi," Yugi said.

"Yuyugi, that is an odd name for a boy," Yami said.

"No, its ju just Yugi," Yugi said. He slowly uncoiled himself and looked the boy over he looked like him except taller and older.

"I see," Yami said. Just as he finished Yugi heard a door slam and he shuddered. His father was home, now he was in for it, he had to hide Yami.

"You have to hide! My father's home and I am in enough trouble," Yugi pleaded.

"Fine but I will return," Yami said. He was a bit hesitant, this boy, Yugi, seemed afraid of his own father; there was something wrong with that. He returned to his soul room in the puzzle just as Yugi's father came in.

"You little bitch, how dare you not only show up late from school but you talked back to your mother!" he screamed. Yugi winced at the tone of his voice; he was in for it now.

"But father, I did ." but Yugi did not get to finish his sentence he was cut off by a punch to his stomach which knocked the wind out of him.

Yami watched in horror as little Yugi, the scared little boy he had just met a few minutes ago was being thrown around the room like a rag doll. If he was in his right mind he would pop out of his soul room and kill the man, but he could feel Yugi silently asking him to stay there and safe.

"Why aren't you screaming brat?" his father yelled, Yugi stayed silent. He knew better then to talk back to his father. But today there was no pleasing this man. "Damnit boy I am going to make you scream in pain," he said as he picked Yugi's beaten body and threw him out of the window. Yugi landed with a thump, not moving at all.

Yugi's father and mother then both went out to get themselves good and drunk. Leaving poor Yugi to die on the grass for all they cared.

Yugi, come on can you here me? Yami asked through there mental link.

Yami, is it you? Yugi asked.

Yes, why didn't you want me to get out and teach him a lesson or two? Yami asked.

I didn't want you to get hurt, Yami it hurts so dad, please help me Yugi said.

Yami quickly came out of his soul room when he heard his request.

"Yugi, come on wake up boy," Yami said careful not to touch the boy in fear of causing more pain to his little body.

Yami, please it hurts, make it all go away, it's so cold Yami heard Yugi in his head.

Going against everything he knew about in the first aid section of his memory, he careful picked Yugi up, earning a whimper of pain from the smaller boy. He quickly made his way up to Yugi's room and placed the boy in his bed. He then raced down the stairs to the bathroom where he was please to find a first aid kit. He then ran back the Yugi.

He slowly took of his blood soaked shirt revealing many scars and new cuts. He bandaged him up and then moved on to find bones that were not in the place they should be in. He found his arm all contorted in ways it shouldn't. He wrapped that very carefully and then pulled the blanket up to the boys chin. Seeing he could do no more he let out a sigh.

He looked over the boy, for some on reason he felt a connection to this boy, like he was made to protect him. He shrugged off the idea and went back to his soul room for some sleep.

He woke to the sound of a child screaming. He quickly got out of the puzzle and ran to the young Yugi who appeared to be having a bad dream.

"Yugi, wake up," Yami said.

Yugi woke with a start. "Oh Yami, it was horrible you weren't there but my parents were and they were going to kill me," Yugi said crying into the older boys chest.

Yami returned the hug a bit uncertain of why he was doing it and said, "It is okay my little aibou, I will always be here for you."

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Okay what do you think my first Yu-Gi-Oh fic. Hey I try!