A/N- Thank you soooo much Angel-of-the-Apocalypse for reviewing me. I'm glad you liked the first chapter. You made me so happy by reviewing on the first day I posted it. Unfortunately no one else has reviewed me and now I'm in a down-ish mood. Pweez weview. *cries* cause only one person reviewed. Thanks again Angel.

Selina: Don't you guys have any more candy around here?

Serafina: No. ^_^

Selina: Why not? x_x

Serafina: Because you ate it all already.

Selina: Hey! What's this? *picks up bag of sour skittles*

Serafina: It looks like skittles. #_#

Selina: Yea. *opens bag and eats one* OHHH! They're sooo soouur! .

Serafina: Yep. ^_^ Enjoy the story!

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"Ah! Nixie. Ralph. So where is the lovely puzzle you have brought for me?" The master said as two men walked into the room.

"Uh. Sorry master we don't have it." The whole ambience changed at once.

"What?! You don't have it?! How hard could it be to kill one boy?!"

Nixie launched into an explanation of what had happened and showed the master his arm to prove the part about the dogs.

"Shut up, you imbeciles!" With a flick of the wrist the two men were lifted into the air and thrown into the nearest wall. "Well if everything is as you say then the boy should be at the hospital or about to be, at least sometime soon. I want you to go there and kill him. Make sure you keep it quiet too!"

"Yes master."

"Now GO!"

Ralph helped Nixie up and together they exited the facility and went back to their car to see if Yugi was at the hospital yet.

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Joey, Tea, and Tristan were on their way to their friend Yugi Motou's house. The game shop/house was in sight when Tea elbowed Joey in the ribs.

"Hey! Watch it, Tea." Joey said annoyed at his friend.

"J-Joey, l-look!" Tea stammered pointing at the side of Yugi's house. "What is that Joey?" Her voice was at an extremely high pitch. She was looking at a dried red stain that was under what they knew to be Yugi's window. The trio ran over to it and they all peered closely at it, while Tristan touched it since it had dripped down to dry at eye level. Some had even dripped off of the windowsill to the ground.

"It looks like blood," Tristan commented worried.

"Yugi!" Tea shouted then raved into the game shop on the first floor with Joey and Tristan right behind her. Yugi's grandfather was just opening the shop as they came in.

"Hello kids!" he said when he saw them. "Yugi! Your friends are here to pick you up for school!"

Tristan, Tea, and Joey waited anxiously for pounding feet on the stairs. Then they could ask Yugi what was outside his window. They waited, but to no avail, they heard nothing.

"I'm worried guys," Tea told Joey and Tristan.

"Why?" Grandpa asked her curios.

Joey told him what they found outside Yugi's window and Tristan, not being able to wait anymore, leapt behind the counter and flew up the stairs everyone else followed him. The group made their way into Yugi's room, but they didn't see anybody in there. Tea shouted and ran over to Yugi's bed; she looked over and let out a strangled sob. The other three saw the dried blood that was on the windowsill and the wall and they ran over to where Tea was huddled on the floor by Yugi's bed crying. They looked over the bed to see Yugi sprawled on the floor in a large pool pf blood. His nightshirt was covered in blood from his back, arm, and chest. His eyes were closed and the Millennium Puzzle rested on his chest. Grandpa stood there with Joey trying to comfort Tea while Tristan ran down to call an ambulance. Joey left Tea with Grandpa and went over to his buddy, checking for a pulse, like Tristan had done before rushing downstairs.

"He's still alive, but he's lost a lot of blood." (A/N- Aww! Poor Yugi! -O_O-)

Tristan came back and Said, "The ambulance will be here in just a few minutes."

"How can you be so calm?" Tea asked Tristan.

"I'm not Tea. It may look like it, but my emotions are on a rampage."

Tea didn't respond; she just kept crying. They waited a few more minutes for the ambulance when Mr. Motou realized something. "Um, kids?"

"Yes, Mr. Motou?"

"Aren't you supposed to be in school?"

"Oh yeah. Are you sure you don't need someone to stay here with you?"

"I'm sure. Are you going to be ok Tea?"

All she could manage was a nod. "Don't worry, we'll take care of her," Tristan assured the old man as they helped Tea up and headed for the door.

"Let us know what happens, ok Mr. Motou?"

"I will kids, don't worry, Yugi is going to be just fine."

"We'll drop by the hospital after school, so we'll see you later."

"Ok, bye."

The three left and as soon as they were downstairs they heard Grandpa sobbing in Yugi's room. On the way out of the shop Joey turned the "open" sign so it said "closed" instead.

"What do you think happened?" Joey asked Tristan.

"I don't know. I hope he's ok though."

"Yeah.me too." (A/N- *cries* so sad! ---U_U---) Tristan and Joey finally managed to get Tea to stop crying halfway to school.

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Solomon Motou went with the ambulance as they took his grandson to the hospital. They managed to stabilize his condition on the ride to the hospital. Mr. Motou figured that his grandson would need a blood transfer from the amount of blood lost. Once at the hospital the doctor confirmed Mr. Motou's suspicions. They told him he would not be able to give blood because he was too old, but that it was not necessary because they had blood reserved for occasions like these. Solomon breathed a sigh of relief.

"Will he be ok?"

"It's hard to say at the moment. He seems to have been without aide in his present condition for a long time. Once we get him all fixed up all we can do is wait and see."

Mr. Motou stayed in the waiting room for almost half the day while doctors tried to close the wounds in his chest, back, and arm. Tea, Tristan, and Joey came to the hospital after school got out and met up with Grandpa just before the doctor came out to see them.

"Your grandson will be fine, Mr. Motou. We have bandages on his wounds, the blood has been transferred, and he should be just fine. He's asleep right now. We've given him a room of his own, so you can go in if you want. I will take you to his room and you can see him."

"That would be nice doctor, thank you."

"Your welcome. My name is Finnininagan, but you can call me Finn. Oh, we have his clothes and possessions if you want them. Just go to the nurse's station closest to his room and they will give them to you."

"Thank you," Mr. Motou said as he, Joey, Tristan, and Tea followed doctor Finnininagan down the hallway to Yugi's room.

They entered to find Yugi on the bed asleep, just like the doctor said, strapped to all kinds of equipment. His shirt was off since the doctors hadn't put one on him, not wanting to hurt him anymore, so blankets covered him up instead. Yugi's friends stood around their friend while Mr. Motou went to get Yugi's possessions from the nurse's station. When he came back he was carrying Yugi's blood soaked pajamas and the Millennium Puzzle; he saw that the three teens had pulled up chairs next to Yugi's bed. They sat waiting for hours for Yugi to wake up, but he didn't. Finally it got so late that Tea and Tristan had to go home leaving only Joey and Grandpa with Yugi. Joey had fallen asleep when Yugi's grandfather woke him up and asked Joey if he wanted to go get something to eat. Joey complied and together they walked down the hall towards the café.

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"Nix.Nix!" Ralph elbowed his partner in the ribs.

"Huh?" Nixie said half asleep.

"Time to go finish the job. That kid's friend and granddad have just left. He's alone."

"Alright. I'm coming."

He got up and they walked into Yugi's room closing the door behind them. Nixie took a rope out of a pocket in his jacket and walked up to Yugi's bed. He put the rope around Yugi's neck and started to pull the ends in opposite directions. Immediately Yugi stopped breathing and began to turn different colors.

A/N- Sorry it was so long, but I wanted to end it in a cliffie. It was four pages on Microsoft Word! Not that that is a whole lot. On another story I've written (not a fanfic) is 86 pages long. I hoped you liked the second chapter (I hope you liked the first chapter) if you found anything wrong with the spelling/grammar/ect. please let me know. Pleez read and review peoples. If you read it and just thought it was boring please write that and tell me what I can do to make it better, but if you want to complain to just complain and don't have something specific you don't like please don't do that to me. (Pss! I'm new!) No flames except what I already mentioned. I don't mind constructive criticism. Do you know how many commas are in this thing? I noticed that while typing that there seemed to be a lot of commas. Well thanks again and don't forget to review.

Selina: I can't believe you didn't tell me those were sour skittles. V_V

Serafina: Well at least now you shouldn't go picking up candy that doesn't belong to you and eating it. -_-U