Hidden Truths

Part Four

An Oath of Vengeance

I do not own Yu-Go-Oh!, or anything else related to it.

Actually, I don't really own much of anything, so please don't sue me!!!

'Where could she be! Oh Yugi, please be all right, please!' Yami sobbed silently as he paced the living room, trying to think of places his precious hikari could be, could have disappeared to, when the front door swung open.

A late spring storm had sprung up during the afternoon, wind raging and rain spraying. Any who had been unlucky enough to be caught in the downpour would be cold, soaked, and very miserable.

Yami looked up, only to find Yugi standing in the entry way, shivering.

"Aibou! I was so worried! I'm sorry about everything I said, I'm sorry!" Yami sobbed, his voice stopping short at the sight that opened before him.

Yugi was dripping, her hair plastered against her bruised and battered face. Blood streaked her shirt and dripped from her torn and tattered clothes. Yami had never seen such a horrid sight in all his days, not even when Yugi had saved him from the car.

Yugi's eyes were blank and dull, a sob escaping Yami's throat as he wrapped her in a hug, staining his clothes as well.

"Oh, Yugi, I'm sorry, I should have been there for you, this is all my fault." Yami whispered, carrying Yugi upstairs, into her room, leaving her alone only to draw a warm bath....


Yugi sat in the tub, staring down at her hands, and the muddied cast. She would have to get a fresh dressing, at the doctors. She would have to see the doctor again, and they would ask what happened.

Yugi sobbed, burying her face in her hands, curling up as best she could in the warm water, soap going up her nose, bringing her up sputtering, the heat invading her senses. All she could feel was heat, the heat around her....

"NO!!!!" Yugi screamed, scrubbing at her skin with the washcloth, drawing blood as she continued the torture, trying to bring the stench off her body, trying to rid herself of the horrid memories of what Bakura had done to her....

"Shhh, shhh, it's all right, I'm here now, it's going to be all right..." Yami whispered, lifting her out of the tub, rocking her in his arms as he wrapped a soft towel around her, trying to calm down his sobbing hikari.

"He, Yami, he, he!" Yugi hiccuped, burying her face in the dark folds of Yami's shirt, trying to escape from the memories.

Tears trickled down Yami's cheeks as flashes sparked through Yugi's mind, and leaked into Yami's. Images of torture, of pain, and of white hair. Bakura's face overwhelmed it all, the tomb robber laughing and grinning as Yugi screamed in fear, as she tried to escape.

"Don't worry, hikari, he'll suffer, he'll suffer!" Yami swore under his breath, carrying his precious aibou to her room, tucking her in, and never straying from the room, hushing her nightmares away.....


Ryou looked up as Bakura walked into the room, throwing his jacket on the bed with a grin. Blood was smeared across his shirt, and mud was caked on his pants. Ryou eyed his spirit warily, afraid of what he had done, and what might happen next.

"What!?" Bakura snapped, looking over at his lighter half, who was still engrossed in his homework. "You look like you've never seen a guy come out of the rain before!"

"You're covered in blood, Bakura. Are you all right?" Ryou asked warily. He found it was usually better to not know what his spirit had been up to. It was usually better to be the ignorant half in his illegal dabbling.

"I'm fine! In fact, I'm more than fine, I've never felt so good in my life!" Bakura fell back on the bed with a smile. Ryou shuddered, and went back his homework. His spirits joy could keep, math class could not....


"Yugi, what are you doing?" Yami asked, opening his eyes lazily, looking over at his aibou, who was struggling with something in the closet.

"I'm getting ready for school." Yugi whispered, emerging from the closet with a leather shirt, still on the hanger. Her bruised limbs would not allow her the freedom of movement needed to put it on, and buckle it up. Yami sighed, and shook his head, taking the hanger from his aibou.

"Hikari, please, stay home, for today. You need your rest, you hardly slept at all last night. You're hardly in any condition to attend school." Yami whispered, guiding Yugi back to the bed. A tear slipped down Yugi's cheek.

"You were right, he was dangerous." Yugi whispered, looking up at Yami with watery eyes. Yami hugged Yugi, trying to comfort her.

"I know, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have left you alone. I should never have let him near you." Yami whispered, tears streaming down his face, hiccuping as Yugi reached up, wiping a tear from his eye.

"It wasn't your fault, Yami." Yugi whispered, sitting in his lap, snuggling against the warmth of his chest. Yami hugged her tighter, burying his face in her hair.

"I still should have been there." Yami whispered, cut off as Yugi's lips met his own.

/It wasn't your fault Yami, nothing was./ Yugi whispered mentally as Yami's tongue found its way into her mouth.

//Are you sure, are you sure you want to do this?// Yami thought hesitantly, not wanting to do anything that his hikari would not want. He would die a thousand deaths before he ever did anything that would harm his hikari.

/Yes, Yami, I'm sure./ Yugi whispered back mentally.

'Anything to rid me of his scent.' Yugi thought, Yami pulling the covers over the two as clothing was shed to the floor......


"Hey, Joey, where's Yugi and Yami?" Ryou asked as he looked around the school yard at lunch. Joey shrugged his shoulders, munching on his sandwich.

"Don't know. He never showed up." Joey said through a mouthful of PB&J. Bakura sniggered.

"You know, maybe yesterday was a bit too much for him. Yami might have stayed home to take care of him." Tea pointed out. Ryou thought for a second, remembering the blood smeared across Bakura's clothes, and gave his spirit a sideways glance.

"Yeah, Tea, you're right. Well, wouldn't want to be late to class, now would we?" Ryou smiled as the lunch bell rang.....


~~~~~The Next Day~~~~~


"Yugi!" Joey called out, waving his arms like an idiot across the school yard.

"Hey!" Yugi piped, Yami standing behind her, resting his hand on her shoulder protectively as Ryou and Bakura approached.

"Yugi, I hope you're feeling better!" Ryou smiled cheerfully. Bakura grinned, Yugi backing up into Yami unconsciously.

"Bakura!" Yami hissed. Bakura merely smiled, and waved.

"Good job Pharaoh, you remembered my name! Now, can you put it in a sentence!" Bakura smirked, Yami looking down at Yugi hesitantly, and then over at Bakura.

"You will feel my wrath for what you did!" Yami hissed in Egyptian as the bell rang, giving him no chance at revenge, at that moment.....


~TSUZUKU~


Well, if you read this far, it must be good!

Or you're just bored senseless, and have nothing else to do.....

But I'm really hoping for the former!

Reviews appreciated!

Part Five