Here I am again. Sorry I posted a day later than I expected. This has not been the best weekend. I was pissed the whole time. I hate family. I did learn how to play maa jong though from my Philippine aunt. Yes, I am white, but my uncle married her. Long story. Anyways, thank you every one who replied.

Silver Fang: OK!!!

Yami Moto: Thank you, I have no plans in stopping.

Jadeyuy: Thank you! I'm glad you like the fact that it's not Yaio!

Lizzy9046: Hehe, I'll keep that in mind about the muses. I couldn't find one, so unless one finds me, I probably will never get one. I guess the one reason I portray Bakura well is because my personality matches his. However, it doesn't show up when I type. Dangit. Oh well. I couldn't resist the urge to bash Anzu. I seriously hate her. I think that the torture is over for the yamis, however, now they have to heal naturally. Oops, I shouldn't have said that. Hehe, thanks for your review. (Sorry about jumping around from topic to topic)

LightofDarkness: Well, I find it kind of hard to actually like Anzu.

Jaid Skywalker: OMG, I am sooo sorry, but the story took an unexpected turn. I think that Ryou (for now) is going to play a larger role in this than Yugi (I repeat, FOR NOW). I do like Yugi better that Ryou (I know it doesn't seem like that now, but I'll make it up to you, somehow.) Thank you for enlarging my Japanese vocabulary. I save all the words people send me for future use. Thanks for contributing!

Darkened Soul: I will try to update ASAP!

Ryuujin Dragon King: I'm glad you like this story! I can't wait to find out what happens either! Oh, I forgot to tell you this, but those men aren't really gay. Have you noticed that sometimes people assume people are gay, just because of some little thing? Well, she kinda assumed it.

I have a question for ya'll. In the stories you write, how many flames do you get? I mean, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ONE!!! Not that I'm disappointed, I am really happy! Thank you everyone for your kind reviews!

AHHH!!! I had a writer's block, so I seriously apologize for this chapter. My mind is in a blur. Ugh. I think I basically winged this. I am really sorry ya'll deserve much better than this. I am not happy with this.

Oh, and like I told Dragon King, those men (who won't be making an appearance again I don't think) ARE NOT GAY. Anzu just suspects they are. 

Even though it may not seem like it, there will NOT be a character death.

Disclaimer: I don't own. If you sue, I'll sick my rabid sheep on you.

With that in mind, begin chapter 4!

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Yugi and Ryou walked slowly to where Anzu lived. Part of the reason was that they still had immense headaches from being drugged. The main reason, however, was the fact that they were not looking forward to seeing the soulless bodies that would probably be there, thanks to their yamis. Even though a year had passed since Yugi first saw what Yami could do, he still wasn't used to the gruesome sight.

"I bet our yamis are having quite a bit of fun." Ryou said in an attempt to strike up a conversation.

"They must be if they have been there all night." Yugi wasn't in the mood to talk right now. The headache he had made migraines feel like minor headaches. He guessed that Ryou's headache wasn't as bad as his since Ryou seemed to urge them into walking at a faster pace.

About half an hour later, they arrived to what they knew as Anzu's neighborhood. Yugi knew exactly what house Anzu meant when he had talked to her over the phone. Anzu never liked the fact that she lived in front of those men and she constantly complained about it to Yugi. 

They arrived in front of the mansion.

"Shall we?" Ryou asked.

"I dunno, lets peek in the window and see what's happening."

"There is a window over there next to those bushes."

The two hikaris scrambled to the window Ryou had pointed out.

"I don't see anyone in there, do you?" Yugi asked.

"Lets go inside."

"Are you sure?" came a nervous squeak. "What if they catch us?"

"I'm sure that those men are in no condition to 'catch' us. If I know Bakura, I'm pretty sure that we won't be seeing them ever again."

"Alright, if you say so."

They opened the window and hopped inside the house. After examining the top two floors and seeing no signs of life of any kind, the hikaris were dumbfounded. If the yamis had done what they thought they did, there would be bodies littered around the floor; the yamis never cleaned up after themselves when it came to issues like this.

"Where the heck can they-Ouch"

Yugi looked at Ryou curiously. "What happened?"

"I tripped over a board of some kind sticking out of the floor. Stupid thing-hey, wait a minute it opens. I think it's a door."

Yugi walked over to where his friend was examining the "board". Indeed it was a door of some sort. Ryou pried it open to reveal a basement.

"Do you think that they are in there?"

"Why would they?" Yugi asked.

"I dunno, we've checked everywhere else. There's no reason not to check here too."

The albino descended into the basement, with Yugi behind him. They saw and heard nothing and were about to turn around and leave when a dark figure appeared in front of Yugi, blocking the way out.

"Two little hikaris," he sneered, "probably looking for their yamis. I have strict orders to kill anyone who comes down here unauthorized."

Since the man was looking down at Yugi, he didn't see the punch aimed at his stomach thrown by Bakura. The blow knocked the wind out of him, and while he was wheezing, Bakura finished the job by punching him in the face. The man dropped senselessly to the floor.

Yugi could only stare in amazement.

Bakura, noticing the stare, just shrugged, "I guess that's the reason why bullies never pick on me."

"But you knocked him out in two hits!" Yugi said amazedly.

"I'm a quick learner. Wait a minute," a thought hit him, "why is that man even here?"

"Huh?"

"Shouldn't he be in the Shadow Realm?"

Yugi got the message. "He probably got lucky and Yami missed him," said Yugi, always the optimistic.

"Well then, I see no reason why we should still be here. I find it odd that Bakura missed him though. Oh well, I bet they are back at the house wondering where we are."

They had just turned on their heels when they heard a hoarse yell.

"Oh my god, that sounds like Yami!" and without hesitation, the boys ran in the direction they heard the yell.

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It was not the massive amount of pain flooding through his body that woke him from the deep unconsciousness and caused him to yell. Nor was it the cold metal table that held his broken body. Yami had a nightmare. Not just a nightmare where one wakes up, realizes it's just a dream than floats back into merciful slumber. No, it was worse beyond comparison to that. What Yami had seen tore up his heart more than any other vision he had ever seen in his five thousand years on this earth; his heart-broken aibou.

Losing half your soul is neither easy nor painless. It is like a half of you has died. Those who have felt it say that it is worse than death.

Yami hated the fact that Yugi would have to suffer through that pain once he had left. He could care less about the fact that he was inches away from death. In fact, five thousand years ago, he would have embraced death. Of course, to his knowledge, he had nothing to live for five thousand years ago. Or rather, no one. His aibou meant more to him than life itself.

Yami thought it was rather funny that, in what he figured to be his last moment on this earth, he would see the one person who mattered most to him. In a daze, he saw his spiky-haired protégé running up to him and embracing him. He didn't feel pain anymore. All thoughts and emotions fled his mind as one last image and thought came to him.

"Yugi"

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"Hurry Ryou!" Yugi called as he ran towards the voice. His headache was forgotten as he ran along a narrow passage way. He skidded to a halt in front of a heavy metal door. Somehow he knew that the object of his anxiety was behind this door.

He waited for Ryou to catch up with him and together the two Lights pried open the heavy door.

Yugi almost collapsed at what he saw.  There was his yami, chained to a metal table, without his shirt or puzzle. Yugi ran up to Yami and hugged him. Yami looked up at Yugi and whispered one thing before he closed his eyes.

"Yugi."

"Oh god, Yami, speak to me!" Yugi sobbed into Yami's bare chest. Ryou found the keys hanging on a nail next to the puzzle and unchained Yami. Than he took the limp Pharaoh in his arms and carried him out of that room. Yugi not being strong enough to support Yami's weight grabbed the puzzle off the hook and followed Ryou.

"I don't understand," Yugi whispered, "he shouldn't be like this, he had his puzzle and Shadow Powers. He should have sent all of those men to the Shadow Realm."

"The puzzle doesn't seem to be working to heal him, we are going to have to take him to the hospitable." He said 'If its not to late.' He didn't want to upset the smaller boy anymore than he was by stating the obviousness of his last statement. Yami was in bad shape. His slender chest barely moved and his breathing was uneven. He didn't tell Yugi this, but his back seemed to be broken in a dozen places and he was sure that there was some internal bleeding. "Lets go to Tea's and call an ambulance from there. I wonder where Bakura is." Ryou was worried to death about his yami. If Yami looked like this, than what shape was Bakura in?

A moan came from a room to their right. The door was similar to the one on Yami's room. Ryou placed Yami gently on the floor and helped Yugi to open the door. Indeed Bakura was in there, chained the same way Yami was.

"I was so worried Bakura." Ryou resisted the urge to hug his yami due to the amount of gashes on his body. He unchained Bakura and took the ring off a shelf. "Who did this to you and Yami?"

"They… said that… their… ancestors knew us. They… left a few… minutes ago. I dunno why." Ryou wanted to ask his yami more, however he wanted to get out of the basement before the men returned.

Bakura tried to sit up, however his strength gave out and he fell into Ryou's arms. Ryou helped Bakura to his feet and lead him out of the room, Bakura leaning on his shoulder.

They left the room to find Yugi kneeling next to Yami. Yugi looked up, teary eyed at the two boys who had just emerged from the room. Since Yugi couldn't pick up Yami, he traded places with Ryou.

They left the mansion, Bakura leaning on Yugi's shoulders and Ryou carrying Yami. They went across the street to Anzu's house.

When Anzu opened the door, the color drained from her face at a record-breaking speed. Without a word, she opened the door wider to admit the boys.

"Can we use your phone?" Ryou asked urgently but politely.

"Yes of course, it's over there to your right." She watched as Bakura sat down on an armchair despite the blood that was caked on his body and watched as his Hikari gently lay Yami down on the couch. Yugi stood silently watching his yami as Ryou spoke to the operator and told her the address they were at.

"She said they'll be here in five minutes. Anzu, do you think that you could call Jonouchi and Honda and tell them what happened?"

Anzu only nodded and looked up when she heard the sirens.

Ryou went outside to meet the paramedics and led them inside. They came in, examined the two wounded boys wordlessly, and went back out to bring in two stretchers. They placed both Yami and Bakura (who was now asleep) on the stretchers and wheeled them out to the ambulance. Ryou led a still dazed Yugi out to the ambulance.

The ride to the hospitable was short. Ryou evaded all the questions that the paramedics asked him. He didn't have time to think of a plausible story. He decided to come up with one while sitting in the waiting room. He looked over at Yugi. So far, he hadn't said anything. 'This is he acted when Yami almost killed Kaiba at Duelist Kingdom; he's zoned out.'

Finally they arrived at the hospitable. The yamis were wisked away while the hikaris went to the waiting room. Ryou knew that it would be pointless to try to engage Yugi

in a conversation; he was still in his own little world.

Ryou settled down for what he figured would be a very long and worrisome wait.

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Sorry, but I had to stop it somewhere. This has been the longest chapter so far, sadly.  Ugh, I really cannot think right now. My mind has just stopped functioning. I try to reread my story, but my mind isn't processing the words. Ugh, if I made any mistakes I apologize a thousand times! Well, thank you for your time!