To Kill the One You Love or Save the One You Hate

By: DeDreamer

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Disclaimer: Hiya, people! Okay, so I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh but Kazuki Takahashi does. Going to move on now.

Warnings: This story contains Yaoi/Yuri and is an Alternate Universe.

A/N: DeDreamer: So what do you think's gonna happen to Yami?

Starangel (aznstarangel): Yami's in the story?

DeDreamer: Well I thought that since I wrote "Pharoah" so many times, I thought it implied that Yami was in it.

Starangel: oh... oops...

DeDreamer: -_-()

Starangel: heh heh ^_^()

DeDreamer: let's just get on with the fic... Author's note: I decided to keep this chapter the same, just to give a little back-round on Lana. Still, enjoy! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Chapter 1: Japan

"Lana, Lana, wake up. Come on little cuz, remember me!" a boy's voice came yelling in her ear.

"Joey I'm older than you," Lana said rubbing her eyes.

"What a great hello," he said laughing. "You're only a few months older and you're a pip-squeak. I think I'm all right with saying that," Joey said taking Lana's hand to help her up. "Welcome to Japan, your wonderful, and exciting new home."

"I hope not to exciting. After the last few years I could use a break," Lana said looking at the floor.

"Don't worry Lana I won't let anyone else hurt you. I'll protect ya!!!" Joey said hugging tighter.

"Yah, being an hour and a half late really shows that, but thanks Joey," Lana said hugging him back.

"Now let's forget about that and let's see a smile," Joey said grabbing her cheeks and moving them into a smile. She began laughing and pushed Joey's hands away.

"All right then, the past is the past and it cannot be changed but it won't be repeated," Lana said holding onto Joey's wrists. She never really realized how small she really was; she was only up to his mid-chest, if that tall.

"That's the spirit, come on my dad's waiting outside," Joey said seeming a little annoyed when he came to the word "dad." Lana had not seen him in a long time and didn't know why he didn't like his dad.

"Sure thing," she said, picking up her bags. Joey had a very shocked look on his face. Since technically his dad was her new legal guardian, she was moving in with them. Therefore, she brought a lot of luggage. Each case was more than half the size she was and bulging. She had a suitcase under each arm and each hand held two more suitcases in each hand. Joey couldn't understand how a girl her size could hold so much stuff. "Joey could you get the last two?" she asked, as if he might not be able to handle them.

"No prob," he said going to pickup the last two. "You sure you don't want me to take some of those?"

She just laughed in response and began walking. Joey picked up the last two. 'Man,' he thought, 'What'd she pack? Bricks? These things way a ton.' For all his mind complaints he was still able to follow her, not with ease, but still well.

"Hey, Lana how do you know where you're going?" Joey asked finally realizing that she was making all the right turns.

"That's a stupid question. I'm following the signs," she said rolling her eyes.

"Oh...Lana, I know this is none of my business but where is everyone else?" Joey asked. Lana had kept in touch so he knew her family was having some troubled times and her parents had died when she was five. Then there were the rest of the siblings. There were two boys and three girls in her family, and the only thing he knew was that one by one they left until only Lana was left. No one explained what happened to make them leave though.

"Well, Mandy is in an asylum, and Lee is well...exploring the world," Lana said continuing to walk.

"What?! An asylum?! And where in the world is Lee?! She has no legal guardian right now and isn't that illegal?!" Joey said shocked that she could answer like that with such ease.

"Yep, and as for where Lee is...I think she went to Egypt to visit an old friend," Lana said continuing to walk.

"What about the boys?" Lana become serious when Joey said this and made no sign of answer at first. Then she sighed and turned to Joey.

"They're dead. They've been dead."

Joey looked shocked. Why didn't anyone tell him anything? Was it not his right to know that his cousins were dead? Lana was looking at the ceiling in a daze as she walked. There was a staircase in front of her.

"Hey, Lana look out for the stairs," Joey said running to push her back a little so she wouldn't fall. He caught her off balance and so she hit in to him trying to catch her balance, and they both went flying down the stairs.

"Joey are you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine how 'bout you?"

"Well, as good as I could be, considering two of these darn bags fell onto my head."

"This clutz thing must run in the family," Joey said laughing as he sat up.

"Yeah, it must," she said blushing, because she knew that the fall was her fault.

They were both laughing though, as they picked up the suitcases. Lana was in the best mood she'd been in a long time. Joey just wanted to keep the smile on her face. Sure he hadn't seen her in twelve years but that did not matter to him. His last impression of her was a little girl who just wanted to play hide'n'seek in the backyard. He figured she would still hold onto her jolly nature, which she did, but there was something about her. Something that just did not belong.

One letter she had sent told of all the hatred in the orphanage she was in and the unique children there. These letters told of how she was the only one keeping the sanity and how some just wanted to study all day, while the two babies played in the corner; when darkness came some of the children would snap and the adults would beat them as she held her baby brother in the dark corner out of sight. On some days she would try to keep the children calm with the help of few, while they listened to the moaning and screaming that came from upstairs. Some children would try to get away only to return bruised and broken. Most of the children were ten and under and this was the life they had.

'That's the past' Joey told himself. 'I have a chance to make her life better. I have a chance to make her happy, and I'm going to do the best I can.'

They were outside now and loading the luggage into the car. Joey's dad seemed to be annoyed but still greeted Lana. She saw Joey and his dad glaring at one another disgustedly. Joey got in the back next to Lana, and the trip to her new home was silent.

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A/N: Starangel: RUN LANA RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JOEY'S DAD'S A BAD PERSON!!!!!!!!!

DeDreamer: Oh shut up. I wouldn't be worried about Lana if I were you...

Starangel: o.O.... RUN JOEY RUN!!!!!!!!!!

DeDreamer: oh god... -_-() ANYWAY.... You never answered my question. What do you think is gonna happen to Yami?

Starangel: How am I supposed to know?

DeDreamer: -_-() never mind.

R+R please!!!!