Be Strong

Disclaimer: I don't own this, end of this short story.

Notes: Softball's over yea...I am so happy. Anyway this frees up my time a little but I have a lot to do with basketball still. I am going away to Connecticut next weekend and so I have to work hard to improve my skills.

Last night I threw a surprise party for my friend and it was small but fin, there was about eight people their four girls and four boys. We decided after truth or dare and a few games of Twister with the lights on that we were going to try and play twister with the lights off. Now if you have ever done this where you play two girls and two boys you will find that you can get in some freaky positions. A personal favorite is when you have to have one foot on each side of the board and then bend down so your face is in someone's ass! It was fun anyway, when we turned on the lights we took pictures of the funky positions we got in. Anyway enough about the party, here comes the long awaited chapter:

...wait there was a question someone asked. About Seto knowing who Yugi was, he did know him from school but had forgotten for a while in all that had happened. Then he remembered that he knew the boy from school. Now the real chapter coming up:

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"Yugi you can not take this anymore it is killing you slowly!" Yami argued but he could tell that if Yugi started to cry he was going to loose this battle.

"No Yami, you could get hurt and I would kill myself if anything happened to you, Yami you are my reason for taking these beatings, so you don't get hurt, please, just please go in the puzzle," Yugi said, he slowly had gotten softer and was crying at the end of his little speech.

"Yugi..." But Yami didn't finish what he was going to say, the foot steps slowly got softer until the door belonging to the room below Yugi's was slammed and the sound of breathing slowly got softer. "They went to bed, they left you alone tonight!" Yami exclaimed.

Yugi let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. "Good, now I am going to sleep. Sorry I got angry with you Yami, good night," Yugi said.

Yami went to say goodnight to him as well but he was asleep before he could, the poor boy was exhausted. In the morning he was going to make sure Yugi kept some food down before he was allowed to go to school.

In the morning Yami woke earlier then Yugi and quickly ran downstairs. He grabbed some thing that was called 'pudding' out of the magic cooler thing and brought it back to Yugi's room as the boy was waking up.

"Good morning Yugi, how is your arm?" Yami asked as he walked over to check on it.

"A little pain but not to bad, can you change the bandage?" Yugi asked with hopeful eyes.

"Of course aibou, hold still," Yami changed the bandage and then offered Yugi the container of food.

"I'm not hungry Yami," Yugi declined.

"No, you are going to eat or I am not going to let you go to school," Yami said trying to be stern, it was hard when he little aibou looked to helpless lying in bed.

But Yami, I really am not hungry why do I have to eat it?" Yugi asked, he was going to try the good old puppy-dog look.

"Because Yugi, you collapsed in school yesterday because he didn't eat anything, I heard what the fussy lady said, you need to have some food in your body, now eat," Yami said sounding final, Yugi was about to use his secret weapon when Yami interjected and said, "And keep your puppy eyes to yourself!"

Yugi looked defeated but eventually stomached some of the pudding. After that Yami allowed him to get dressed and went in the puzzle as he walked to school.

As they walked they had a mental conversation.

/Yami I still think you should come to school with me/ Yugi said.

//I don't think so, there is no reason for me to learn things like you do// Yami said.

/But wouldn't you like to know how to do stuff like read and write, I mean I know you know enough about Egyptian history/

//Not the point aibou, there is no reason for me to join school this late in the game, you have been going almost your whole life//

/I know Yami but I still think you should/ Yugi said, he was so wrapped up in this conversation that he didn't even noticed the car pull up beside him and the window roll down.

//Yugi, not that I don't find this a very interesting argument but there is someone trying to get your attention// Yami said smirking mentally.

Yugi looked over to see Seto's confused face looking out the window of the limousine.

"Hey Yugi, you want a ride to school?" Seto asked.

Yugi forced a smile; all of a sudden his vision swirled a little bit. He shook his head and it passed. "Um, actually I was going to my friend's house, I normally walk with them to school," Yugi said declining politely.

"Fine then can I at least give you a ride there, I am very grateful for yesterday and I just want to help repay you," Seto said, he even smiled and that didn't happen much.

"Okay, I guess I still am a bit weak from yesterday," Yugi said as he eased himself into the car being careful not to aggravate any of his closing wounds.

"So where is your brother?" Seto asked Yugi, Yugi had to think about an answer to that one because he forgot that Seto was referring to Yami as his brother.

"Oh, Yami, he doesn't go to school, he is home schooled, it's a bit funny I was trying to convince him right before I went to school today. Where is your brother?" Yugi asked.

"Well, our school starts before the middle school so I have a driver being him to school the days that I actually go," Seto said.

"Why don't you normally go to school?" Yugi asked.

"Well you see I do have a business to run so school doesn't fit its way into my busy schedule. When I don't go to school I am normally at work by the time Mokuba goes to school so he is use to having someone drop him off at school," Seto said.

"Do you work a lot?" Yugi asked, he felt bad that Seto had to work. He knew about Seto's life, everyone did. Seto Kaiba was forced to take over his step-fathers company when he was only fourteen, he worked to keep the mansion that he lived in and to keep his brother happy.

"Yes, and I don't have much time to spend with Mokuba, that's why I feel bad that our time together was ruined yesterday," Seto said.

Yugi's mouth make the 'o' look, he did feel bad for Seto. Before they knew it they were at Joy's house. Yugi got out of the car and thanked Seto for the ride before knocking on Joey's door.

Tea answered it, "Oh Yugi I am so glad to see you looking better, I'll go get Joey and then we can get going," Tea said, he disappeared for a few seconds and then reappeared with a sleepy Joey at her side.

"He slept late," Tea said simply as the three friends walked off to school together.

Throughout the day Yugi had small dizzy spells but nothing to bad, never the less he was glad to go home at the end of the day and extra grateful that no bullied decided it was pay day. Little did Yugi know that Seto Kaiba paid off all the bullied before the end of the day so no one was going to pick on him for a while. When Yugi got home he went right to his room and fell on the bed. Yami materialized next to him quickly.

"Is there anything wrong Yugi?" Yami asked he was a bit worried by his aibou's actions, especially how he declined to hang with his friends at the arcade earlier.

"I have just been a little dizzy today and I thought I would go home and get a head start in my homework before mom and dad got home," Yugi said truthfully, he got out his bag and did his homework in silence.

That night as Yami was in the puzzle and Yugi was getting ready for bed the door to Yugi's room slammed opened. Yugi had just enough time to throw the puzzle in his pillow case and out of sight.

"You little ungrateful brat, you told someone, hoe could you!" His mother screamed her voice was going horse.

"No, I didn't tell anyone I would never," Yugi cried, he in fact hadn't told anyone.

She slapped him and watched him fall to the ground. As she repetitively kicked him as hard as she could in the chest she screamed, "I got a call today at home, it was on the message machine, it told me that I better stop abusing my child or the individual would call the police on me!" She was beyond angry.

"I'm sorry someone must have found out, I swear I didn't tell anyone," Yugi cried out, he coughed up some blood.

Inside the puzzle Yami was steaming, he was trying to get out of the puzzle but it wasn't on Yugi so he couldn't leave, why did Yugi take it off?

Outside the house a young man was taking a walk, he didn't know what was going on in the house but a painful scream filled him in. Seto recognized that scream, this was Yugi's house. Seto was quick and precise with his movements. First he ordered a limo to the house for a quick get away and then called the house and had a bed waiting for and injured person as soon as he came in. He gave the maid orders to call the family doctor.

Yugi screamed as she twisted his ankle around, it was most definitely broken. He wished for someone, just someone who cared enough to save him.

Seto busted the door down and then ran towards the screamed. He ran into the attic and caught Yugi's mother's attention.

He quickly knocked her unconscious and went to take Yugi out of the house. Yugi struggled towards the bed and grabbed the pillow case before he was rushed into a car and away from the hell hole he called home for the longest time.

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I really have to go, hope ya like it, don't forget to review!