(Rated PG-13)
Loving You
Chapter Twenty One
The night was still dark as Yami stepped out of Joey's house. He wasn't exactly sure what time it was, but he did hear a clock strike 3 times so he guessed somewhere around 3:30am. His triangular hair was slightly droopy by large humidity, and his crimson eyes were dark in anger. Everyone knew where Richard was this time of night. Most people didn't know what they did though. He reckoned, like some, he's just hanging out and being cocky. Yugi, however, thought of him doing drugs. Yami was so mad he didn't care what the hell he was doing, but he'll get revenge no matter what.
"Yami?" a small voice said.
Yami slowly turned to see his abiou there. "Yugi, your supposed to be in bed."
His small hikari stood on the sidewalk a few feet away. Yugi clutched his chest firmly so that it wouldn't hurt with his steps and his purple orbs showed pain. "Where are you going?" he asked.
"No where in particular. I just came for a walk to clear my mind. Go back inside Yugi, I'll be inside before you know it as well." Yami said. To his surprise Yugi just nodded before turning around.
"Be back soon," he replied, not facing him. Does he know what Yami was going to do?
Yami nodded and walked towards the alleyways. There should be a warehouse somewhere by the harbor for storing fish. Richard should be there.
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Yugi walked into the house before stopping abruptly. He did know what Yami was going to do and he didn't like it. What if Yami got hurt? Joey could help, he's dating Kiaba! Without hesitation, the smaller boy slipped into Joey's room. It was funny to find his friend sprawled on a bed in an awkward position. "Joey!"
"Huh? Wha'?" soft talk came from the sleeping juvenile. Looking at his clock he groaned. "Yeah Yug'?"
"Yami's gonna pick a fight with Richard!" Yugi replied. "Joey you need to get help!"
Joey sat up and slipped on a shirt over his bare chest. "Why would Yami do that?"
"I don't know, but I do know Yami. He will!" Yugi said, his hopes dimming that Joey would be any help with this.
"Then we gotta help him!" the other replied.
Yugi sighed. "No, we need to call Kiaba. He can stop this."
There was an uneasy silence for a few minutes. During those minutes, Yugi looked at Joey's room. It was clean! The white carpeted floors were vacuumed with nothing on it, his walls were perfectly white with everything tidy on the shelves. A large window was placed on the opposite wall from him, showing the outside. "Yug'." Joey's voice speaking up. "I can't call Kiaba."
Yugi turned towards Joey but realized how his brown eyes began to glisten. "I understand Joey."
His friend looked up. "Can ya' walk?" When Yugi nodded Joey stood up. "Good, come on. We ain't gonna let Yami have all the fun."
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The rain dripped from the sky in a light drizzle. It's prickling coldness lashed Yami's back. "Almost there." he reassured himself out loud. He now wondered why he didn't bring an umbrella, this wasn't the first time he had been caught in the rain this past week. Plus, he had to hurry because of the promise he made to Yugi. Suddenly, his eyes caught a silver building made out of aluminum. The warehouse!
"Okay, everyone, how goes the money?" Richard replied from his seat. Crates stacked over their heads towards the ceiling with dim lights coming from the tops.
"Well boss, got a couple hundred from that chick down the street." a thug member replied, taking out a fancy leather wallet.
Richard grinned. "Excellent, how about you Dog?"
Another thug came up. His ragged brown hair did look like a dogs with his droopy brown eyes. "Yeah, I got stuff." He emptied out his pockets and dropped a gold watch, some cash, and a necklace, they were all stolen. Richard bent down to grab the necklace when he realized the pendent was missing of a silver latch.
"You go something?" he dared Dog.
"No. That's it." the other replied while turning a shade of white.
Richard shove the necklace in his face and grabbed his collar. "This is missing something."
"Oh that....heh... yeah." Dog replied, shakily turning out his coat pocket and letting the large diamond fall out. Richard through him to the unnamed thug and suddenly Dog was pinned against a crate. "Hey...it..it was an accident!"
Richard snapped his fingers and the unnamed thug let him go. "Really?" the boss replied, walking casually over to Dog. "Next time, check your pockets."
"Ye..yes sir!" Dog stammered, backing away in fear.
The unnamed thug chuckled but stopped as Richard glared. "Something funny about this?"
"Not really." he shrugged but then got a glance at the door. It was open, and they were all sure it was locked. "Hey, check it out!"
Richard turned around and caught the rain spilling inside. "Shoot, someone must have followed us. You and Dog better go check out the warehouse, I'll shut the door."
"Got ya." Dog replied, with the unnamed thug and they split up to search around them.
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Joey had Yugi on his back as he ran towards the harbor. The rain splashed upon them as it began to rain harder. Actually it wasn't even rain, it was more like a hurricane. "Joey watch out!" Yugi called, as they approached the warehouse. Joey ducked behind a crate just as Richard came into view. Setting the hurt boy on the ground, he shivered over the cold.
"Guess we know where their hidin' place is."
"Yeah." Yugi replied, as breathless as his friend. "How do we get in if Richard is guarding the door?"
Both stood up and looked to the warehouse. "Back door?" Joey replied but then mentally slapped himself for putting that idea in Yugi's head. The back door faced the ocean, and with the weather as it is, the waves would clobber them once they reached it.
"I can do it." Yugi replied, as if reading Joey's thoughts. Quickly he took off as fast as he could without killing his ribs towards the cemented sidewalk. Joey followed and grabbed Yugi as a wave barely missed them. "Hurry!"
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Yami still stayed in the darkness of the shadows as Dog came slowly down the side. The musty smell of fish, saw dust and rain came into his nose, making him stifle a cough. 'Hurry.' a mental thought urged the thug towards him. When he was close enough to reach, Yami lunged.
Using his hands to cover Dog's mouth, he grabbed a wooden beam and smacked him over the side of his head with it, knocking him unconscious. Without hesitation, he pulled him into the shadowed corner quietly. This was easier than he though. Looking down he suddenly realized a dangerous bulge in Dog's leather jacket. It was gun! 'Great.' Yami said through his head in sarcasm. 'This is going to be hard.'
"Found him Richard!" a voice suddenly called as a pair of hands grabbed Yami's throat.
Yami shot backwards and a fist collided with his stomach. Doubling over, Yami growled as he was dropped to the floor. "Great job." Richard replied, coming beside the thug that grabbed him. Looking at the boy on the floor, he began to laugh. "Is Mr. Boyfriend angry that I pushed around his little lover friend?"
"Shut up!" Yami yelled, lunging towards him and tackling Richard to the ground. "You underestimated me Richard."
"Have I?" the other mocked tauntingly as the thug lifted Yami off of Richard and put him into an armlock. He pulled Yami's arm back that he could feel pain snare his arm.
"You wonder why the Game Shop is the only shop in town that has never been broken into?" Yami winced in pain. "Because they got me!" Instantly, he brought his foot down on the person keeping him in the armlock and when he doubled over, Yami took his chance to spin out of it and kicked the guy into Richard.
"Get him!" Richard yelled at the unnamed thug before pushing him towards Yami who had ran towards the doors.
"Yeah alright." he replied before charging towards Yami and pulling out a gun. "You better stop."
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Yugi choked as water crashed upon him. The only thing that kept him from going over was Joey's strong grip on his jacket collar. "We...are almost there!"
The door had a red sign on it so it was plainly visible whether the water consumed them or not. Reaching for it, Yugi grasped the large handle and began to pry it open. Pain seared through his chest but he managed to get it open just enough so Joey could help him. "Hurry Yug'." Joey replied, before grabbing the young boy's dripping wet wrist.
With all of his strength, the small boy jumped into the cold warehouse and let the door close itself. "Are you alright?" Joey asked Yugi. "Yami would kill me if anything happened to ya."
Yugi couldn't help but laugh, relief flooded through him. "I'm fine, now let's go find Yami."
"Hey, get up." Richard's voice yelled as Yugi and Joey made it towards the center of the warehouse.
Yami stood up, his lips were cut and bleeding. "It's sad you had to tie me up just get a punch."
"I wouldn't be the one talking." Richard mocked, kicking him in the shins so he fell to his knees.
Yami looked around and smiled. "Wanna play a game?"
Richard kneeled down next to him. "Sure. We can play a game."
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Dum Dum Dum!!! MUHAHAHA!! I'm so happy with myself. Oh, and sorry about the unnamed thug. lol, couldn't think of a name. I wrote you guys an X-tra long chapter for all my awesome reviews and hopefully this one can make the 220 remark instead of 210. Since this chapter is so long I guess it'll be a while till I update. Sry 'bout that but you never know what I'll do. Heh, I'm so evil. Well, I love you guys and ta ta!!
~*Kerigan*~