Heya guys!! I'm finally back! Listen, I'm sorry for the long wait, but I really depressed. Absolutely no one has reviewed my latest chapter of "Loves Forbidden Fruit". I'm really sad, and am desperate for reviews, so please. Keep me happy. Anyway, on with the story at hand. ^_^ I know I'm evil for leaving the story like that, but I had too. Makes you want more. Oh, I need to make another note quickly. I know that in an earlier chapter I said that Yugi's mother wasn't dead, but she actually is. I'm sorry for the mistake! Also, some one also kindly pointed out that Azar's size was wrong. *laughs feebly* Sorry again. I've been out of it for a while. If you see any other mistakes, just kindly point them out to me. Thanks! ^_^ So, here is the long awaited chapter!
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Fear. That was the only word that could express the terror coursing through Yugi's veins. Yugi had changed physically, oh yes, but he would still hold a fear in his heart from so many unhappy and painful memories.
The tension in the air was tangible. Yugi had frozen like a dear caught in the headlights. He had seen Yami look like this on many occasions, and it never turned out well for him. The last time Yami had looked this pissed, he had beaten Yugi to such an extent that Yugi couldn't get down the stairs for the next three days. And now, with Yami very hung over and very irate looking, it looked as though Yugi would be in for the beating of a lifetime. However, there was something different this time. Azar was with him, and there was no way that Yami was even touching her.
Yugi positioned himself in front of Azar, and faced his infuriated yami. "Yami." Yugi said curtly. "Why are you down here? You should go back to sleep."
"Don't tell me what to do insolent brat." Yami spat out in a half slurred way. "You woke me up, now you have to pay." A deranged grin spread across Yami's face, but it soon ceased when he saw Yugi's determined expression.
"You can do what you want to do with me." Yugi said in a quiet voice. "But you have to leave Azar alone."
Yami looked slightly confused, but soon spotted Azar standing behind Yugi, and grinned again. "Who's this Yugi?" He asked on a sickeningly sweet voice. "You haven't introduced me to your friend."
Azar was infuriated. What a bastard this man was. He had gotten drunk the last night, slept until past noon, and now was talking to Yugi as though he had done something wrong. She had become slightly suspicious when Yugi tensed and stepped in front of her, but now it was very clear as to why. This man, Yami was it, spoke as though he was going to hurt Yugi. But no, he wouldn't do that to his brother. Would he?
Yugi still hadn't responded. He was staring at Yami with his courage withering, and Yami growing still more furious. "Yugi!" Yami shouted suddenly, making both Yugi and Azar jump. "Who is this whore? And why weren't you home?"
Now it was hard to get Yugi mad, but that statement did it. The fear in Yugi's demeanor was replaced with fury such as he had never experienced before. It was washing over him in waves, slowly sweeping away his restrain. 'No!' Yugi screamed to his self conscious. 'Keep under control. There only words, only words. Stay back, don't rise.' He continued in this mantra for a few minutes before Yami grew impatient.
"Worthless brat!" Yami screamed unexpectedly. He raised his hand and backhanded Yugi hard across the face. Yugi fell to the floor with the momentum of the hit.
Azar screamed with fear and infuriation, but before she could move Yugi cried, "No Azar! Stay back! Don't go near him!" Her safety was the only thing on his mind right now, and he would be damned if he let anything happen to her.
An idea suddenly popped into Yugi's head. "Yami!" Yugi said loudly. "If you don't hurt Azar, I won't fight back anymore. But you can't hurt Azar."
Azar was touched by this show of selflessness. Yugi hardly knew her, yet he was willing to let himself be beaten to ensure her safety. "Yugi!" Azar cried. "Don't be stupid! Don't do that, I can fight well enough! I-" However she was cut off by Yami's booming voice.
"Fine brat. I don't see why the girl means that much to you, but if it means you wont struggle, then I'll comply. Besides, I have no grudge against the whore, she can go if she pleases."
Yugi's blood began to boil at Yami's words, but reminded himself of the problem at hand. "Deal then. Azar, go up to my room and lock the door. Please, go quickly."
"Yugi I can't just leave you here! He'll kill you! I won't leave yo-" But again she was cut off by Yami's voice.
"Listen bitch," Yami said in an impatient voice. "Get upstairs before I change my mind. Otherwise," yami said, a maniac grin crossing his lightly tanned face. He bent down and grabbed Yugi by the hair, lifting him a few inches off the ground, "I might just bash little Yugi's skull in. Now, how would you like to see that, huh? Yugi's skull continually smashing into the floor. Would you like to see that? No, I didn't think so. Get upstairs you slutty whore."
Yugi looked at Azar pleadingly and said, "Azar, please go. I promise, I'll be ok. Just please, go."
Tears flooded Azar's vision, but she nodded compliantly and headed up the stairs. There wasn't much that she would be able to do anyway. Her arm was broken in 3 places, and the amount of magic it took to partially heal herself had drained her completely. She would be of no help at all. Tears of fear and frustration streaked her face as she entered Yugi's room, and locked the door behind her.
Downstairs, Yami her the door close and lock, and his crazed grin grew. "Well now Yugi. You're all alone again. No one here to save you, and no one here to protect you. How does it feel Yugi? How does it feel to be completely alone?" Yami said, and he viciously kicked Yugi in the ribs.
Yugi gasped in pain as Yami's foot made contact with his ribcage. But he didn't cry out. No, Yugi had experienced for worse then this before. Pain was nothing new to him.
Yami took advantage of Yugi's prone position and kicked him again. This time however, he picked up Yugi's body and slammed him into the wall. Grinning with maddening satisfaction, he held Yugi up against the wall with one hand, and drove his fist continually into Yugi's stomach.
Pain. Oh so much pain. Yugi was losing the grip on his resolve not to scream, as Yami's fist made contact over and over again. Finally, Yugi felt something in his body crack, and he screamed. Blood flooded his mouth and spilled over his split and cracked lips. However, this was again nothing new. Yami had broken ribs before, but that didn't make it any less painful.
Yami laughed in delight as Yugi cried out in pain at last. That was what he had been waiting for, the signal that he had finally crushed the child's resolution not to scream. "That hurts doesn't it Yugi?" Yami said in dangerously silky tones. "But you have felt this pain before, I know you have Yugi. Even before you met me you knew pain. How does it feel to know that it was your fault your mother died? It is your fault you know. You killed her and this is what you get." After saying these last words, Yami kneed Yugi hard in the stomach, and listened to him scream.
Yugi knew why Yami was saying this. Those words were the only real things that Yami had said to him in a long while. Yami knew that Yugi's father had been abusive. He knew that it still haunted Yugi to the point of nightmares, but he also knew what Yugi's father had said to him when he beat him. He always told Yugi that it was his fault that his mother had died, and that he needed to pay. And Yami knew that those words were the ones that would break Yugi some day.
Yami could see that his words were taking effect, and grinned. Yami punched Yugi hard in the face, and laughed when blood started dripping from Yugi's nose. "You are weak Yugi, you know that don't you? You know that there is nothing that you can do to prevent me from beating you to a pulp everyday. There is nothing that you can do. You can't even help that slutty friend of yours upstairs. I could go up there and rape her right now, and you wouldn't be able to do a thing." Yami grinned wider when he saw anger spreading across Yugi's beaten and bloodied face.
"You will not touch her." Yugi growled in a pain filled voice. "You will not go near her."
Yami laughed at Yugi's words. "And what are you going to do about it? You are worthless Yugi. You can't stop me. I am strong and you are weak, therefore you will do as I say. But remember our deal." Yami added quickly, as Yugi tried to get up. "If you struggle against me, then I will go upstairs and rape the whore. You know that there is nothing you can do to stop me. Otherwise you would not have made a deal with me. Am I correct?"
Yugi wanted to scream in frustration. Yami was right and he knew it. Yugi wouldn't be able to stop him if he went after Azar. That was the main purpose of their agreement. If Yugi got up now, Yami would leave him there, bloodied and battered, and go upstairs and hurt Azar. There would be nothing he could do to stop him.
Yami took Yugi's silence as agreement with his previous statement. "Say it Yugi." Yami hissed out in a velvety whisper. "Say it Yugi and all of this pain will stop."
Yugi looked into Yami's eye's and didn't respond. He would not lower himself to that level and say what Yami wanted him to say. It tore him apart every time he was forced into speaking the vile sentence, and it was slowly destroying him.
Yami's eyes filled with anger at Yugi's small show of defiance. "Say it now or you can watch while I rape that whore upstairs!"
Yugi new that he wouldn't do that. He hadn't struggled or fought back, and even though Yami had turned into an evil person, he was too proud to break his deal with Yugi.
Yami had grown impatient. Moving one of his hands from Yugi's shoulders, he grabbed a fistful of hair, and slammed Yugi's head into the wall. "You. Will. Not. Be. So. Defiant." Yami screamed, slamming Yugi's head into the wall after every word.
On the brink of unconsciousness, Yugi waited for Yami to finish ad he said in a whisper, "I am worthless. I am completely and utterly useless."
Yami looked satisfied. "And don't you forget it. Don't forget your place and you won't be hurt."
Yami said this quickly and then kneed Yugi hard in the chest. Yugi felt more bones cracking and he spit out blood onto the carpet. Yami removed his hands from Yugi body and he watched him fall to the floor. "Insignificant brat." Yami muttered disdainfully, and he left the room. Grabbing his coat, he quickly made his way to the door, and left the household, where his hikari lay in a bloodied heap on the floor.
Azar had buried her face in a pillow when she had heard Yugi's first screams. Tears coated her cheeks and she choked on her tears when she heard Yugi's cry of absolute agony. This was too much. She couldn't stay up here, hiding in Yugi's room, while he was downstairs getting the life beat out of him. It was more then flesh and blood could stand, to sit safe and away from the danger while some one else was being beaten for it. Yugi had taken care of her when he hadn't even known her, and had saved her life. For that she would be eternally grateful.
Azar's thoughts were suddenly cut short when she heard Yugi's cries cease. A small ray of hope penetrated her distraught demeanor. Had Yami finished? She heard Yami's voice from downstairs, and then moments later the front door slamming shut. Had he gone? Was it safe for her to go downstairs to Yugi? After a split seconds thought, Azar jumped from Yugi's bed and moved as quickly as she could down the stairs to Yugi.
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So, did ya guys like it? I'm sorry for practically killing Yugi, but I needed to! You'll see later on. *starts to edge away from angry Yugi fans* Anyway, review and don't forget about my other fic, "Loves Forbidden Fruit". ^_^ Can't wait for your reviews!!