Lily: Hihi, here's the new chapter!! ^-^ *eating a chocolate bar*

Bakura: O_O Did you know you are not allowed to eat such things as candy or chocolate or any sweet things?

Lily: Why not?

Seto: Because you get way too insane when on sugar high.

Lily: How am I supposed to write a good chapter if I'm not on sugar high?

Joey: *mouth hangs open* You mean you CAN'T write chapter when san-... I mean, not on sugar high?

Lily: They get better when I'm on sugar high! ^-^ Besiiiiiiides... I'm not as insane as him *points to Yami Malik who's running around, laughing maniacally, and talking to himself*

Yami: *blinks* What's his problem?

Lily: He's on sugar high? ^^U

Bakura: O_O You fed YAMI MALIK sugary?! Ra help us all!! *runs screaming like a little girl*

Ryou: *jaw drops* I never thought he could scream like that...

Lily: Lol, me neither! ^^U

Iris: *sweatdrop* Anyway, as for the disclaimer... C'mon, you know the drill! Dun own, dun sue, dun bother... Never will so shut up XP

Yugi: ^^U Also, in this fic there's shounen ai, that means boyxboy relationship between *blushes* me and my yami... So please, if you don't like it, don't read it ^^

Lily: *nodnod* Yup yup... As for the keys, "__" means talking and '__' means thinking.

Iris: And before we forget, we'll no longer use the lyrics from "Runaway", by Linkin Park.

Lily: *nods* Yup. But before I begin... here's the list of *ahem* not showed reviews:

Karenu-anime

Plz finish! Thanx so much!!

I did, didn't I? lol I continued at least ^^U

bluepapercane

Well written I can't wait to see the next chapter

Yay! ^^ Ppl like the way I write, YAY!

Iris: *rolls eyes*

Cygna-hime

Hnh. Yuugi does suffer real cute, don't you think? *bonks Yuugi on the head* See? *Jou sneaks up behind her and drops an anvil on her head* What was that for?

Jou: You worked on Nowhere Man today.

Oh.Gotta go Yami no Yuugi has a sickle bye!

*just sweatdrops* Uh... arigatou! ^^U

Delka

Aww, it's so sad! Write more soon, okay? For my sake, at least! ^^

I did, didn't I? ^^

ShadowSpecter

Aw poor Yugi! Yami should pay! [shoots yami and his friends] muahahahaha!! Ahem, anyways GREAT ficcie! PLEASE continue soon and make it happy! Well, angst is always good too so... whatever... just update please!!

^^U Arigatou, I didn't thought my fic was THAT great! YAY! I like it too, and yes, I'll make it happy! O_O But dun shoot them!!

crazy DOOM kitten

NO! No more suffering for yugi! Please! Yami should smarten u pand hug him and kiss him... so thother stuff... ^_^ And make poor Yugi feel all better again!

PS: Their "friends" should suffer much pain. LOTS AND LOTS OF PAIN! Yay spooky DOM

*sweatdrops* ^^U I agree, NO MORE SUFFERING FOR YUGI!!

Iris: Do you realize those reviews are from the 1st chp? You made Yugi suffer even more after it.

Lily: *sweatdrops* Uh... yeah! I know!! *goes cry in a dark corner*

Voice of Lily from the dark corner: About their "friends"... you'll see about them in this chapter... long time for them to appear, ne?

Sakura Star

*sniff* *sniff*... This is so sad ;-;

Please write some more ^-^

Okay! ^-^ lol

Lizzie

*sniff* Poor Yugi... You do know you need to finish this, right? Or else I will whack you with my hard-back book of doom! *thunder crashes* Disregard that, I've had too much soda lately.

O_o Death threat!!

Iris: Took long to appear one...

Lily: ^^U I'm continuing, I'm continuing!

Princess Strawberry

*sniff* Sad opening chapter...but cool! ^-^ Poor Yugi-chan...*hugs Yugi*

Yugi: Can't breathe!! *chokes*

Whoops, my bad. ^^; Ah well, keep up the good work!

^^ It was sad, wasn't it? Lol, At least I know it'll get better... ^-^ And thanks! Good work, yay!

Autumn Ann

Wow! This is amazing and touching. You write so well. This is so good. I never read anything this touching. Please update soon!

Awwwww, thank you, thank you!! ^-^ Amazing and touching? YAY!

Iris: *wonders how much Pepsi she had today*

Lily: Weeeeeell... I suppose there are no missing reviews anymore! ^-^ And arigatou for you all that reviewed!! I appreciate it! Now I can finally continue my story... hoping you guys like it!!

Iris: Oh, and seems you guys are very curious about who this girl is... you'll have to wait and see ;-) lol

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Runaway - Chapter 5: Broken wings and hopeful soul

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(A/N: Dun mind the title... that's what sugar causes people! ^^U lol)

Yami sat on the living room, his friends sitting around him, all of them wearing a worried glance. Yami frowned, eyes closed, mind deep in thought.

Not much after Yami had woken up and walked down the stairs, the doorbell had sang into his ears, and Yami walked to the door. He was greeted by the smiling faces of Jounouchi, Honda and Ryou, but their smiles soon faded after seeing the ruby eyes of Yami red from crying, his hair a mess, his whole being looking miserable.

They asked him about what had happened, but Yami simply leaned over and hugged them, more tears falling down the face of the almighty pharaoh. After that, Yami asked all of them to enter and explained the whole situation.

And I mean the whole situation.

About how Yugi seemed more distant as the days flew by, how he sensed a gray aura around the bright boy, about his outburst, and then when he came back and found Yugi missing, the mind-link between them broken.

Of course they knew there was something wrong with Yugi, but they didn't quite know that it was this complicated. What had they done wrong?

For half an hour now they had stopped talking, and were silent, thinking on the probable reasons why Yugi had acted so odd, and why he had ran away.

Without much progress, they were still thinking over and over things again when the doorbell rang. Ryou stood up to go get it, for Yami was still lost in his thoughts. When he opened the door, he smiled slightly.

A girl stood at the doorway, a smile playing on her lips. She had light-chestnut hair that came down to her waist. Her bangs covered her right eye, making she look slightly older than she really was. Her eyes of a greeny-blue, and her skin was of a semi-tanned color. She wore a long wine-colored cloak, a white long-sleeved shirt and black pants. Her chestnut hair was tied at the middle with a black ribbon.

"Hi, Ryou." She said smiling. "You guys are here already?" she asked, looking over the boy's shoulder. She saw Honda and Jounouchi also, and Ryou nodded.

Just when a hand pushed both aside did Ryou realize that this new girl was not alone. A girl with dark-brown hair and blue eyes entered the house, a big smile on her features, totally oblivious of the dark situation that was happening at the moment.

Ryou watched in awe as Anzu greeted the other guys with a very happy "Hi!", the others just blinked at the sudden realization that she was there.

"I'm sorry, she kinda forced me to bring her along." The girl with long hair said, placing her hand on her forehead in annoyance.

"I guessed she would..." Ryou answered, and before he could ask the girl to enter, she spoke again.

"How's he doing?" she asked. Ryou blinked a few times before answering.

"Not good... What about him?" Ryou replied.

"Fine, I suppose..." she said, and Ryou nodded. He smiled at her, and motioned for her to enter. She nodded and walked in silently. (A/N: No, this is not the girl I would pair Ryou with...)

As soon as Yami got sight of her, he hurried and hugged her, crying on her shoulder. A little taken back, the girl soon placed her arms around him in a comforting hug.

"What's going on?" Anzu asked in her high voice, and all the guys looked at her.

"Yugi's gone." Honda said, and Yami's hold on the girl tightened, his tears falling once more.

"So?" Anzu replied, playing with some strands of her hair. Everyone looked at her in disbelief.

"What do you mean by 'So?', Anzu?" Jounouchi asked in a threatening growl.

"I mean, it's not like he's dead or something, he just kinda went away by himself. He's not a child, and could live well by himself. I'm even surprised that he hadn't done it before or anything. It's not like a big lose or anything..." Anzu trailed off, as she got sight of Yami's eyes on her. They had a menacingly glow, and fury filled his whole being.

The girl that was holding Yami had a somewhat similar glance on her eyes, and she, instead of Yami, hurried and hit Anzu across the face.

"How can you say such things?! HOW?!" She asked, and Anzu glared at her angrily.

"Tell me a part of what I said it's not true! You were the ones who almost ignored Yugi! Or haven't you realized that he was there too, not just Yami? It wasn't just me, but it was part your fault too! So yes, I'm not surprised that he left, and by the look of things, I thought you wouldn't mind it either!" Anzu shouted, leaving everyone but Ryou and the other girl, with wide eyes. Ryou and the girl just looked away.

Yami looked at the ground, eyes still wide and filled with realization. For the first time... Anzu was right. He knew she was. All the things she had just said... they were all true.

And it hurt him.

It hurt him to finally realize the reason why Yugi left. And how he had been so stupid not to realize it sooner. And when he looked at his other friends, he could see that they were in the same situation he was. Yugi had been sad because of them. Because they didn't know that Yugi was falling apart when all their attention was on the new member of the group.

"Anzu... get out." Jounouchi said, and Anzu frowned. She hmph-ed and then walked away, the others hearing the front door being slammed as Anzu closed it with all her annoyance.

Yami felt his knees giving up, and almost collapsed when he felt the slim arms of his only girl friend holding him, then leading him to the couch, where he once more gave up the tears, letting them fall freely down his face. The others just looked at him, sharing his pain.

"Ellian..." Yami whispered on the girl's shoulder, and she muttered "shh" and kept saying comforting words, eyeing the other guys, as if asking them what to do now.

"We have to find him." Honda said, Jou nodding his head in agreement.

"And quickly. Yugi must be.... really hurt by now." Jou felt the gaze of the girl telling him to shut up, before Yami cried harder, if that was even possible.

"We'll search for him... but first, why don't we think on all possible places Yugi could have gone to? I suppose he didn't leave home not knowing where to go." Ellian Mayani said, and Yami nodded on her shoulder.

"But where?" he asked quietly.

"That's what we need to know." Ryou said. The others nodded then remained silent, thinking.

He was in none of his friends' houses. Not at Jou's, not at Honda's, not at Anzu's, not at Ryou's, not at Ellian's.... So where would he be?

They knew he had to be somewhere, but they just couldn't figure out where. Finally, Jounouchi and Honda gave up and stood up, claiming that they had to go. The other two simply nodded, while Yami gave them a very weak smile from his place in Ellian's arms, saying a clear "Thank you." within his ruby orbs.

The two left, leaving the remaining three alone with their own thoughts. Yami backed away from Ellian and stood up, walking around the living room, deep in thought, his cheeks wet from all the tears.

"Why couldn't I have noticed it earlier?" he kept asking himself, while the other two remained silent, often sharing worried glances.

"There's nothing we could have done, Yami. It's not like it was our full fault..." Ellian tried to say, but Yami cut her off.

"Of course it was our fault! We did that to him! We pained him enough that he had to run away! Ra knows how he's feeling right now! Gods know where he is right now!" he snapped, trying to control his emotions. It was no use. His anger for himself, all the anguish, the regret, and all the wounds that remained in his soul... they were killing him.

"We'll find a way, Yami. I'm sure we will." Ryou said. By that time, Bakura managed to get out of the ring. He was leaning against a wall, watching the pharaoh walking back and forth, deep in his lonely and dark world.

"You could have thought of it before you have done it, Pharaoh. Now it's too late. First, find a way to retain your light. Then try to fix all the mess you've done. C'mon hikari, let's go." The tomb robber said, and Ryou could do nothing but nod, and follow the sennen spirit through the front door.

"What are we doing, Ellian?" Yami asked his remained companion.

"We are to try and find him, Yami. That's the only thing we can do for now." Ellian said, looking through the window. He nodded.

"What when we find him? What if... I can't..." Yami thought about it. If his hikari didn't want to come back with him and accept him again, then his world would be definitely over.

"We'll have to give him time, Yami." The girl said. "If he left... then he had his reasons..." she looked thoughtful for a moment. "Maybe if he can find his answers..."

"I just hope he is safe... And that I can find him soon..." Yami's hold around himself tightened. "I couldn't bare if something wrong happened to him..."

The girl smiled.

"I guess he's pretty safe where he is right now, Yami." Ellian assured, then looked at the clock. She had to go. She stood up, gave Yami one last hug, and walked out of the door.

Yami spent the rest of his day walking through all over Domino. He had left an hour after his friends. On the streets, on the park, he looked everywhere. If Yugi was outside in the city, he would find him. But he hadn't. And when the evening came, Yami walked back home, feeling worse than ever.

Having Yugi away from him was like there were a million daggers clanged into his heart and soul. He was sure of it.

He walked once more into Yugi's room, and laid down on his angel's bed. He could still sense the sweet smell of Yugi there. And crying, he felt into the world of dreams, feeling a bit closer to the hikari he missed more than anything.

Once again the dream of losing Yugi haunted his peaceful sleep, and Yami had them twice. This was getting totally out of control. If only in a little more than 24 hours without his aibou made him feel like this, he wouldn't stand a week without him... Less a month...

The next morning came, and Yami stayed there, lying on Yugi's bed, thinking about his friends. They were so sorry for Yugi. They, as him, hadn't realized all the pain they had caused the boy. And they would give anything to go back into the time, and fix all the damage done.

If Yami really could go back in time, he would hug his aibou every day and every minute he could. Now that he knew how it was without him.... he never wanted to feel like this ever again.

Even the tomb robber tried to "help". Of course his words more than criticized him than helped, but he had taken them as help too. Jou's words, Honda's, Ryou's, Ellian's....

But hey...

Wait a minute...

"I guess he's pretty safe where he is right now, Yami."

She had said that. And regarding every single word, Yami noticed...

And the thought made his eyes go wide...

Did she...

'Ellian knows where Yugi is!!'

[ To be continued... ]

Lily: ^^U Cliffhanger, wasn't it?

Iris: Yes... you are getting addicted to them.

Lily: *laughs* I am, aren't I?

Yugi: That's not a good thing, Lily.

Lily: *sweatdrops* Uh... yeah, you're right Yug... *ahem* Anyway, did you like it? Anzu acted like a bitch! YAY! Know what that means? *grins* Anzu bashing is neaaaaaaaaar... It sure is... heheheh

Bakura: *grins too*

Yami: *sweatdrops*

Lily: Anyway, did you like Ellian? I added her in this story so that she could be the feminine essence in the group, now that Anzu... weeeeell... she just sucks. =P And yes, she is close to Yami... you guys will find out why... Well, at least have a little idea about it later... ^-^ Please review!!

Iris: And don't forget: Do you want Bakura/Ryou or Ryou/OC? You NEED to answer, or else Lily will have to choose for herself... when she's actually asking for an opinion!

Lily: YEAH! Dun be evil! ;_; ^^ Anyway, next chapter will be good... and will be up very soon!! But you have to review, okay? Gotta go now, see ya!!