A/N- Ok, like I said in YGO Clue Case (I still need a better name for it; if you have any suggestions I'll be glad to hear them.) I'm sorry for being away so long, but I was at camp and it is taking me awhile to put these chapters up with everything I have to do. I'm trying to get caught up so if I normally review your story and haven't that means I'm not caught up yet. I have 23 reviews! That's the most I have ever had! Yay! I'm so happy! *dances* I want to thank all of you wonderful people who took the time out to review me. (Look at me, sitting here, bragging about my 23 reviews when others have 203. It's b/c I love you guys- no not that way; that way- thanks so much!) I will try to read your story(s), if you're an author, but it may take awhile. Like I said, trying to get caught up w/ lots of stuff.

Thank you everybody that reviewed! Here is your own personal replies! ^_^

ChaosDragon: There will defiantly be more Yugi torture in this chapter! So look out for it. ^_^

Sorceress Vanessa: I hope I spelled that right. Thanks and here it is. ^_^

Subieko: I'm so glad you like it, but here's a secret. (The Black Crystal Sacrifice is better) It has more detail, so it is not as fast, it has a whole lot more chapters than this one, and it has a more interesting plot- in my opinion. I hope you get better at the description thing too. Let's see what else. . . in this case, and for the sake of the story, all Yugi's friends know about Yami, I guess. And you wanted to know what Hikari and Aibou meant, right? Well, hikari means "light" and aibou means "partner". It took me awhile to figure out what everything meant too, so don't sweat it. ^_^

Chrono Cross: This is what happens next! I updated- finally. I hope you enjoy it. ^_^

digigirl-izumi: I'm glad we got to get together on Thursday before I went to camp. I got to see Allison there. We hung out together- a lot. It was fun. That present you gave John was so cool! It was kawaii! I'm sure he loved it b/c I know I did. I told Allison about it at camp and she laughed. Well I hope you like this chapter. Ha! Ha! Now you don't know what's going to happen anymore- you only read to chap. 5

Hazel: Yay! You finally updated! I'm so happy. It was really weird though. I was looking at all the reviews on my review page when all of a sudden yours popped up. I was like, whoa! Where did that come from? Thanks for the encouragement! It really helps. Hope you enjoy this chapter and I'll be sending you a review soon. ^_^

Thank you everybody that put me on their favorites list! ^_^

Hazel

digigirl-izumi

Subieko

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Chapter 8- Kidnapped I

Once his kidnappers (A/N-another had joined on the way) had gotten him away from his house they hid in an alley and tied his hands and feet. Then they gagged his mouth and blindfolded him. Working together the two were very effective in keeping the whole process quiet. When they were finished they carried him somewhere. He didn't know because he couldn't see (A/N- duh, a mention of the obvious). It was cold and uncomfortable. One of the kidnappers had been carrying him on the way there, so Yugi knew they had arrived when the man dropped him on the hard, cold surface of the floor. (A/N- You guys are going to hate me. I can hear Hazel now- No! Don't hurt my poor, kawaii, sweet, innocent, hikari Yugi! Ok, you can hurt him as long as you don't kill him. I'm sorry, Hazel, pleez don't throw things at me *runs for cover*)

Once he was down the two men started to beat him. Yami took over Yugi to help defend his hikari self. Yami had his magic and he could try to fight them off, while Yugi was defenseless. The men punched him, threw him against the wall, kicked him. It didn't matter. They hurt him anyway they could think of. Getting tired of that after a while, they would stop and talk about their boss's plans once their benefactor got the Millennium Puzzle and the other Millennium Items. Once they got done talking they would start beating him again. It became a never-ending cycle of pain. Time went by slowly, but Yugi and Yami could tell the days were passing by when they slept. They hoped whoever was sent to look for them would find them soon, but the never-ending cycle continued. They didn't give him anything to eat and when Yami needed to rest he would switch over to Yugi and vise versa.

Yugi felt terrible. He was weak form being beaten and starved, but with what little strength he had he was constantly trying to free himself from his bonds. What felt like six whole days had gone by when one of the men started telling his partner that their boss had paged him and wanted him to call.

The other one asked, "Who's gonna stay with the kid?"

The other replied, "You, stupid! The master only called for me not you, so you get to do guard duty." He opened what sounded like a door, then said, "And if he gets away you know what the boss will do to you." He left.

Yugi knew this by the SLAM! he heard following the speech. Yami took over and told Yugi, //We need to get out of here before their boss comes. These two might be as sloppy as clowns in their work, but we can't count on that with this new person.//

/Right/ Yugi replied and Yami told him his plan to get loose. /You're going to use the Millennium Puzzle how?/

//Like this!// and Yami started rubbing the rope that bound their hands against a sharp corner of the Millennium Puzzle.

Yugi commented, /That's brilliant, Yami, but if this doesn't work, let's hope someone finds us soon./

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"There is almost no hope at all of finding your grandson soon enough that he would still be alive, Mr. Mutou. We have no leads whatsoever."

"Yeah, well, it's your fault anyway," Joey told the officer angrily the day after Yugi had been abducted, "You guys were supposed to be on patrol so thing like this wouldn't happen!"

"Calm down, Joey," Tristan ordered his friend.

"How can I calm down when it is all their fault one of my best buds has been kidnapped with who-knows-what happening to him."

"I know how you feel, Joey, but that's not going to help bring Yugi back. It only makes things worse. Right now we need to concentrate on finding him."

Joey didn't say anything, just stood there and glowered. Tea stood with Gramps, patting his back comfortingly. The police officer left and the search continued. . .

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The other man had returned and told his partner, Nix, Yugi thought his name was, that he had to go see the master the next day because even though Yugi was not dead yet, their master wanted them to "hand over the boy" as the kidnapper quoted to Nix.

"You know," said the voice belonging to Nix, "I hate it when you call me Nix. It's not my name you know."

"I know, but your real name is. . .well, girlish so I'm calling you Nix.

//Blast! If that was his name we could have used it against him.//

/Don't worry about it, Yami. How is the rope coming?/

//Well, from what I can tell it is just about halfway cut. These are some really thick ropes they put on us.//

/Let me take over, Yami. I'll do it for a while./

//Ok// Yami said and handed control back to Yugi who continued Yami's tiresome job of sawing at their bonds.

Night came and went just like the shifts Yami and Yugi took. When morning finally came Yugi and Yami were so tired they could barely keep sawing, but they had to get away while Nix's partner was gone. They were also exhausted from being beaten and starved for a week. The kidnapper that had gotten paged left to go arrange Yugi's fate and they were left with Nix. Yugi listened for him and thought Nix was working somewhere to his left and paying him no attention at all. Yugi decided he could chance it and move his blindfold so he could see. He was indeed where Yugi thought he was. Yugi looked at the rope and saw that they had almost broken through. Yugi rubbed harder with the little bit of strength he had left and finally broke free. With that done, he untied his feet and then gave control over to Yami as he became so tired he couldn't move anymore.

Yami moved with as much stealth as he could and as quickly. He snuck around some crates and tried to make it to the door behind Nix, just as he noticed Yugi was gone. Nix turned around reflexively looking behind him and guess who he saw standing behind him. Yami rammed his shoulder into Nix's stomach, knocking him to the floor with his wind knocked out of him. Yami took the advantage of him being stunned and hid by the door, behind a large pile of crates. When the man finally got his breath back he ran out the door, thinking Yugi had already left. Yami then followed him and went in the opposite direction of Nix. Yami was heading as best he could for the game shop and hoped he could make it in at a decent time, since it was late-morning and he didn't know how far away it was. He also hoped he could make it back period; he was being drained of energy very quickly.

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As usual, Joey met his friends, with the exception of Yugi, outside the back of the school.

"I wish I knew what happened to him, guys."

No one had to ask whom she was talking about. "Yeah, me too, Tea. Joey and I have been looking around, but it is no use. Whoever took him, took him far away."

Just then the three were distracted from their conversation by a rustling noise to their right. They looked and the bushes beside them stirred. Tea backed up into Tristan and Joey while the two got into defense mode. Just as they were about to go in and drag whatever it was out, Yugi stumbled out of the bushes and collapsed in front of them all from exhaustion.

"YUGI!"

A/N- Well, that's it for this chapter. 4 pages. I think I might put up The Black Crystal Sacrifice one (now that I have 20 chapters) sorry I just can't stop writing. Now all I gotta do is type them all up. Goodness, that's gonna take awhile. Hope you enjoyed the chapter and the cliffy. If you seriously think this story is good, just wait for my next one. I'm do'n it the right way. Detailed, interesting plot, AU, and more action, not to mention all the Yugi torture. You guys are going to love it so check it out. See ya later! ( (*