skye_bluu_kitsune: MEHEHEHEHE!! I'm sorry again!!
Bakura: Hn.
skye: Hope you like this chappie, and for those of you who didn't read my afternotes,
Yugi: Shame on you who didn't
skye: Malikky makes an appearance!! WHEEEEEEEE!!
Yami: Why the happiness??
skye: I just finished my Global Studies Project, and I'm getting out the crazy before I start to procrastinate on my English Project!! Homework over the damn summer!! Ger...
Yami: Right
skye: I don't own 'em, but please read and review anywho!!
~*~
It was Saturday morning, and the sun rose above the buildings, and did shine with so much brilliance, Shiranai woke up, hoping that it had all been a dream. But as she pushed away the blankets from Amethyst's bed, she was once again hit with the harsh reality.
Her blue eyes seemed to glaze over, and she just sighed and then burrowed herself in the blankets on the bed. Yami and Yugi stepped in around ten, and found the forlorn spirit laying there, glaring at the sun as if it would make it shine any less. The others came over later, and were confused as how to help the spirit out of the slump.
Finally, Yugi came up with the remark, "She'll still be at our school. If you come by after the schooldays, you're guaranteed to see her. Maybe then you can work on how to join up with the Dagger again."
"That could work, but what about her appearance??", Ryou asked.
"Hm??"
"Well, they are almost identical besides height and hair and eye color. They pretty much look related, and since her family, excluding Pegasus, is dead, that would be quite peculiar.", Ryou answered.
"You are right, but I have 'n idea.", Joey exclaimed.
"That can't be good.", Tristan muttered.
"'Ey, it's a good idea!!", Joey retaliated.
"Okay. Okay. What do we do??", asked an impatient Yami.
"Shiranai, will you work with us??", asked Yugi, while gently shaking the depressed girl. "Please?? It's for Amethyst."
Shiranai sighed then swung her feet over the side of the bed and sat up straight, facing the ground. She then looked up, a small smile on her face and some of the sparkle back in her eyes. "Fine, what do we do??", she asked.
"Well, ya' see. First ya' gotta..."
~*~
Amethyst woke up on Sunday morning and pushed away the thick comforter and rolled out of the immense bed. This room was huge, with a walk-in closet, a huge bay window, a queen-sized four poster bed, and so many other lavish things. Amethyst couldn't care, as she sat by the windowsill and looked out at the trees of the forest that surrounded the humongous mansion.
After she got dressed in an old football jersey and jeans, she quickly brushed her hair up into a sloppy bun. Then she flopped down into an overstuffed couch in the room, picking up the remote and turning on the television. The shows came on, but she didn't pay attention to anything, she was thinking of Shiranai and the others. Pegasus was playing in her mind as well, for she hadn't seen him since Friday night.
In the limo on the way to the mansion, Amethyst had stopped struggling, but only after Pegasus grabbed her towards him and threatened that if she didn't stop, there would be hell to pay. She wasn't too keen on this, but she had heard of Pegasus and how some considered him a bit sadistic, and, wisely, she stopped.
But when they came to the mansion, four of his thugs guided her up staircases and to her new room. Saturday had been uneventful while she unpacked her clothes and got settled in. Food had been brought to her, and she didn't want to leave the room anyways, lest she run into Pegasus.
But while stuck in her thoughts, one of Pegasus' men entered her room and coldly stated, "Master Pegasus wishes to meet with you immediately."
"You can tell, Pegasus, that I am fine where I am.", she snapped back.
The man stepped towards her and said, "He also said that you have no choice, as it is imperative that you come." He then grabbed her wrist, yanked her out of her seat, and led her out of the room and down numerous hallways and staircases.
Finally, after what seemed an eternity, they reached a huge and elaborately designed door. The man knocked twice, and Pegasus' velvety voice was heard saying, "Come in." He opened the door, and the man pushed Amethyst in, so that she ended up falling/kneeling before the silver-haired man. Pegasus closed the door and walked over to his desk.
Amethyst quickly looked around what she took to be a study. There were two parallel walls filled with books, an ornate desk with a leather revolving chair, as well as one wall, behind the desk, totally devoted to a huge fireplace. She slowly stood up as she looked around the room again, but was interrupted by Pegasus once more arising from his chair and strode over so that he stood in front of the small child, and for the first time, Amethyst truly cursed her small stature.
"Now then, Ame-chan", Pegasus began while placing a hand on her right shoulder. "I've just recently gotten off the phone with your school, informing them of our recent...reunion.", filling that one word with so much sweetness, Amethyst had to choke back a gag.
Pegasus then knelt down on one knee in front of her, but he still towered over her. "They were quite pleased to hear that I found you, but they also informed me of your refusal to wear a girls uniform. This will stop as of now, and you will be wearing the girl uniform to school."
Amethyst stared back at his one visible eye and simply said, "No."
Pegasus' small grin turned into a frown as he glared intently at the girl before him. His grip on her shoulder tightened and he said in a menacing tone, "What was that?? Are you questioning me??"
She looked back at him, biting her lip in pain, and repeated, "No, I will not begin wearing the girls uniform just because you told me to."
Pegasus' glare intensified and he reeled back his left hand and smacked her across the face. This sent here back a few steps, as her hand flew up to cover the burning skin. Pegasus stepped towards her and grabbed her front collar as he pulled her towards his face. "And this stupid nonsense of wearing boys clothes will be put to a halt as well. When you return to your room, you will find only proper attire for a girl, no pants or jerseys will be worn by a tomboy niece of mine.", he snarled out, then let go of the collar, causing her to fall.
He then opened his door and called for a servant. Amethyst followed the servant towards her room, her cheek red and burning, and stinging tears refusing to fall. After she closed the door, she flopped onto her bed and faced the ceiling. This was where she stayed until Pegasus passed by at around nine at night.
He opened the door and she bolted up in bed. "Good night, Ame-chan. Hopefully you've learned not to question me when I say something.", was all he said before he closed the door and walked down the hall towards his own room.
~*~
The next morning, when Amethyst walked towards the group, Yugi asked, "Why the skirt??"
"I had to.", she grumbled, while absent-mindedly pulling down the short skirt.
"'Ey, it's okay. Ya look nice in a skirt.", Joey said. Next thing he knew, he was on the ground on his back and Amethyst was nursing her right hand, which was now curled in a fist.
"Brighten up, Amethyst. Shiranai will be coming with the other two after school.", Ryou said, while smiling.
Amethyst blanched, "But if they see her, won't people get suspicious??"
As Joey sat up rubbing his jaw he said, "Nah. Tanks to my genius, no one'll suspect anythin'."
"Really??", she asked.
"Sure.", Ryou responded. Then the bell sounded and the all rushed to class, lest the hyper Ms. Smith mark them late.
~*~
Sure enough, five minutes before school let out, the three yamis stood outside, awaiting the arrival of their hikaris. Shiranai crossed her arms nervously across her chest, and kept toying with her hair.
Yami put a hand on her shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Shiranai. Everything'll be fine. Look, they're coming now.", gesturing towards the group.
Shiranai looked up towards the six people walking towards them. Joey, Tristan, Tea, Yugi, Ryou, and..., "AMETHYST!!", she called out.
Amethyst turned her head quickly and when she saw her yami standing in between Yami and Bakura, she was filled with more joy than she had ever known. "SHIRANAI!!", the girl exclaimed as the two ran towards one another. Amethyst and Shiranai met, and Shiranai swept her up so that her feet were off of the ground, both crushing each other in a tight hug.
The others gathered around, as the two embraced.
"Sappy. And they're making a scene.", Bakura said, gesturing towards the surrounding students.
"What're you looking at??", Yami asked the passer-bys, and they quickened their pace.
Amethyst stepped back for a moment and looked at Shiranai quizzically. "New hair cut??", she queried.
Shiranai nodded as Joey beamed at the success of his idea. Sure enough, Shiranai had gotten a partial make-over. Her long, straight, silky, turquoise blue hair, was now shoulder length and curled in little ringlets that framed her face.
"I like it.", Amethyst said, reaching up and pulling on one of her curls causing it to bounce back up. The group talked for a bit, when a black limo drove up, and one of Pegasus' men walked over to them.
"Master Pegasus wants you home straight after school.", the biggest one of them said, and Amethyst scowled at him.
"He has no right to take her away!!", Shiranai snarled back at the man, pulling Amethyst protectively closer to her.
"Oh, but he has all the right.", the man answered with a wry smile on his face. He then grabbed Amethyst forcefully by the wrist and led her to the limo, despite her struggles.
As the limo drove off, Shiranai had a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, and she slumped to the floor on her knees. "I failed...I failed again...", she whispered, as she fought with the tears threatening to fall.
Yami placed a hand on her shoulder and spoke reassuringly to the distraught spirit, "It's okay, Shiranai. We will get her back."
She looked up, and at the faces of the 'friends' that she had acquired over the past few days, and they all looked genuinely concerned.
"'Ey, we beat Pegasus before, an' we can do it again.", Joey said, thrusting a fist into the air to show his confidence.
The others said things like that as they returned to their separate homes, even Bakura who muttered something along the lines of, "Rip out the Ra damned eye, as well as the other one."
That evening, while Shiranai busied herself with chores to get Amethyst's situation momentarily off of her mind, she still couldn't shake the feeling that Amethyst was in pain somewhere, and she was defenseless.
~*~
Shiranai's premonition was correct, for at the very moment, Amethyst was indeed not fairing out as well as she would have liked to be.
Another smack across her face sent her stumbling back, and she tripped over a rift in the lush carpet, and fell on her back. She quickly propped herself up on her elbows and glared up at the silver-haired man who's hard stare demolished her own. He reeled back his foot and gave her a sharp kick in the side, and she rolled away into one of the bookcases, punctuated by a sharp yelp of pain on her part.
He strode over to her, and she, devoid of any protection, shakily tried stand up, and half-crawled half-dragged herself to the immense door, her one exit. But before she could reach the golden plated doorknob, Pegasus wrenched her back by grabbing a fistful of her hair. She let out a sharp yelp and instinctively reached up to claw off his hand, but he had an iron-grip on her hair. He then sharply drew his hand back, and she went careening into the wall, following the course his hand took before he let go.
Her relief at being released from his grip on her hair was short lived as he went to the large door and locked it with a key, which he then placed in his pants pocket.
Her only exit blocked, she tried to stand once more, but her legs refused to listen, so she crawled to a corner, hoping to fend off some of the blows. She shut her eyes tightly as she heard Pegasus talking while walking towards her.
"Maybe now, Ame-chan,", he began, "You'll learn not to question what your Uncle Pegasus says." He knelt down to the girl and held one of her wrists lightly, and she slowly opened her eyes as he continued, "The audacity of you, point blank going against my orders."
His stare hardened, and he violently twisted her arm behind her back as she cried out at the pain that began to course throughout her body. He twisted the arm more as he continued, "Remember this pain, for next time you dare take a step out of line, this will seem miniscule to what I could do to you."
He paused as a grin grew on his face and he went on to say, "Or what I could do to Shiranai." Amethyst's light whimpering came to a halt at the mention of her yami.
"You wouldn't.", she said incredulously.
"Oh, but I would.", Pegasus said sweetly as he let go of her arm and pushed her back against the wall, a large hand on each of her shoulders. Her feet were a good few inches off of the floor and she winced in pain as the grip increased.
He glared at her for a moment, then let go of her and she slumped to the floor. "Now then,", he began, in a chipper voice as if nothing had happened, "It must be time for you to sleep. So, get going."
Amethyst propped herself on the wall, and slowly made her way out. "Good night, niece.", Pegasus said as he stood in front of her opening the door. "What do you say??", he asked her.
"Good night."
Pegasus grabbed a handful of her hair and calmly said, "Good night to whom??"
Amethyst had had enough of this, and couldn't stand her pride being trampled upon any longer. So, she angrily spat back, "Good night, BASTARD!!"
Pegasus' fake smile quickly turned to a scowl and he brought back his fist and punched her in the eye.
All she knew was a sharp pain, then she was on the floor. As she faded into a state of unconsciousness, she heard Pegasus talking of something, but she couldn't make out the words. But just before she totally blacked out, she saw Pegasus take his foot and kick once more sharply in the ribs.
~*~
In Amethyst's old bedroom at Yugi's house, Shiranai shot up in bed, woken from a horrible nightmare, that was what had happened to her hikari, with a scream of pain and anguish.
~*~
The next day, Amethyst was pretty much quiet, and didn't she talk. She regarded others with a light nod of the head, and refused to talk about the black eye she now sported. Needless to say, the others were quite suspicious, and were pretty confident that it was due to Pegasus.
At the end of the day, Amethyst walked with her head down towards the black limo that Pegasus had sent.
She walked on, waving a quick good-bye over her shoulder, hoping that Shiranai wouldn't be there. But her hopes were dashed as she heard her yami call out, "Amethyst!! Over here!!"
She looked over her shoulder to see Shiranai making her way over, and she began to run towards the limo.
Shiranai, confused at Amethyst's actions raced over and placed herself in front of her and placed a hand on each shoulder. She noticed how Amethyst lightly winced at the contact, and she gently let go of her shoulders and cupped her chin so that she looked up at the spirit.
The female spirit gasped as she saw the swollen, black eye her hikari now sported, along with the tears coming forth. "Amethyst...", she stuttered, "What...What happened?? Pegasus??" The girl lightly nodded, and the spirit barked out, "That bastard. I'll never let him hurt you again, I promise. Come back to the game shop and we'll get you cleaned up."
Amethyst stepped back and said, "I can't. I have to go back."
Shiranai stepped towards her and asked, "Why?? We'll protect you." By this time, the others had gathered around, but were silent.
"I...I can't let him hurt you!!", Amethyst shouted, as more tears sprang forth. "He said that if I don't listen, he'll lock you and the others in the Shadow Realm. Even though Ryou and Yugi are safe, with their yamis, the others, and you aren't. I can't let him hurt you!!", she shouted before grabbing Shiranai in a tight hug and dashing to the limo and jumping in.
As the vehicle drove off, Shiranai, just stood there, dumbfounded. Letting all of the information sink in, while watching the car become a distant dot.
"Shiranai?? You alright??", Yugi queried, while steeping beside the yami.
She clenched her fists at her sides and lowly growled out, "I. Will. Make. Him. Suffer."
~*~
Life went on like that for three more weeks, and the number of injuries that Amethyst obtained began to steadily increase. It seemed that no matter what she did, Pegasus would find some fault with her actions.
It was becoming to much for the others to bear, especially for Yami. For, during the night, Yugi slept in a deep sleep that would only be awakened by a roaring stampede of lions. Whereas, Yami was awoken by Shiranai's cries each and every night, as she thrashed in nightmares she could not be awoken from, for they were reality.
Amethyst's reality.
Every blow Amethyst felt, Shiranai felt.
Every cry that Amethyst called out, Shiranai called out.
And every tear Amethyst cried, Shiranai cried.
It was getting a bit much for them all to bear, and the feverishly worked on ways to bring Amethyst back.
Even Seto, on behalf of Mokuba's insistence, had agreed to help them hire a lawyer in the case that they found a way to legally return Amethyst.
While they worked on that, Amethyst's suffering continued, and she struggled not to give in to Pegasus' mind games. Saying how they had all abandoned her, and that they would never help her.
But one night, Amethyst snuck out of her room in the dead of night, and unlocked the door to Pegasus' study. She was hoping to find a key that would start a car or something, but instead stumbled across a locked drawer, hidden inside the bookcase.
After fiddling around with the latch enough, the lock fell off, and she slowly opened the drawer. There were a few sheets of paper inside, and she looked at them carefully. One was her birth certificate, marriage-wise, so it showed her biological mother, and her father by marriage. Another was her legal birth certificate, with her mother and biological father, who had raped her mother. The third and final paper was the paper Pegasus had signed, signifying he was last of kin.
This had actually confused her greatly, for she never recalled being told that her mother or father has siblings. Suddenly, something clicked in her head, and she looked at the names on the next-of-kin paper and her legal birth certificate. The man who raped her mother and the man who was her 'uncle' shared the same last name!!
Pegasus was related to her by blood, but by the blood of her biological father, not the man her mother married. And by all legal accounts, when he had been convicted and thrown in jail for life, all ties had been cut from her to his family. Pegasus could not claim guardianship in a court of law, and she would be able to return to Shiranai and the others!!
Clutching the two papers she needed she swiftly ran through the halls, sneaking around security cameras and guards. She finally escaped to the outside, and ran through the woods to a road close-by, and was able to take a bus to the city.
Little did she know, Pegasus was watching her whole escapade from minute cameras set around his mansion, and he lightly laughed at her realization. "This only makes the game more fun.", he said offhandedly to no one as he stood and called for his men to prepare a car.
"With that girl, as well as that Egyptian boy, I'll get two Items with one stone."
~*~
After three hours of taking buses and walking for what seemed like ages, Amethyst reached the game shop and loudly knocked on the door.
Yami bolted up in his spirit room, and materialized out of the puzzle to get to the door. he was surprised that Shiranai had been sleeping quite soundly, and was prepared to kill whoever it was that woke him up with their impatient knocking.
He wrenched open the door and growled out, "What do you wa-" He was cut off as the realization of who was at the door hit him. It was Amethyst!! Sure she was soaked to the bone as the merciless rain lashed out at the Earth, but there she was!!
"Come in.", he said, as he lead her towards the den and turned up the heat so s she could warm herself. Her teeth were chattering, but she smiled at him.
He was about to ask how she had gotten to them, but she asked, "Could you please wake up Shirnai?? I really missed her."
"Sure.", Yami said, and went up the stairs to call the sleeping spirit and his hikari.
Shiranai and Yugi came bounding down the stairs, and crushed Amethyst in a bone-breaking embrace. She explained to them her story, and they were all elated at the proof she had found.
They stayed up talking for a little bit, but being as it was three in the morning, they decided to get some sleep, and call the others in the morning. As Amethyst lay down in her bed again, she lightly smiled as she heard her yami whisper, "Good-night, Amethyst."
~*~
A inconspicuous car was parked in front of the game shop, and one would think it empty, but it was full of activity. After Amethyst's departure, Pegasus sent out two teams of cars, one to pick up the Egyptian boy, and one to retrieve Amethyst.
When the lights to the game shop were turned off again, two men scaled the wall to the window of Amethyst's room, and released a sleeping gas so as to make sure no one would interfere.
They both entered the room, one grabbing Amethyst and climbing down the wall, the other leaving behind a envelope before leaving.
As soon as they reached the car, it's engine revved, and it took off down the streets. Amethyst soundly slept in the back as the two men in the front went down another alley, where a larger car was already waiting.
One grabbed Amethyst and threw her over his shoulder, while another man opened the over-sized trunk of the new car.
"What should I do??", the man holding Amethyst asked.
"Just tie 'er up next to 'im. It'll save rope 'n time.", said a man behind the wheel of the car.
Amethyst was thrown in the trunk and tied up. The trunk closed, of course with a ventilation system to the back of the car, Pegasus would have their heads if the pair was dead before they got to the mansion. And the car took off, making sure to weave a long and intricate route so as to throw off any legal people who may have been following.
~*~
Amethyst awoke to the feeling of being bounced around on the floor. Her entire body felt heavy as she lay on her right side, and she didn't bother attempting to move as the bouncing continued. All she knew was that she was tired, and wanted to get more sleep but the jostling wouldn't let her.
It was then that she came to the realization that an engine of a car was close-by, and the fact that she was no longer in her bed. She made a motion to stretch, but found that she couldn't move.
She still hadn't opened her eyes, due to the fact that they seemed like thousand -pound weights, and she oddly felt at ease and calm despite the fact that she knew she should be panicking.
She then became aware of a source of heat right next to her, and the softness of something caressing her cheek. She snuggled deeper into it, and a slightly euphoric feeling overcame her. Sleep would have claimed, had it not been for someone snarling, "I'm not a pillow."
Amethyst attempted to jump back, but only resulted in rolling on her back, and having a weight pinned on top of her. She heard the same person mumble something, and she was pulled so that she now lay on her left side.
"Who are you??", she meekly asked as she slowly opened her eyes, adjusting them to the dim light they had provided in what appeared to be the trunk of a car. As she looked up, she gasped at who she saw.
"Me??", the boy asked. "I'm Malik, and I'd prefer not to be used as your damned pillow.", he snarled.
Amethyst gulped. The others had told her about Malik and his yami, and the stories weren't pretty. And now, she was stuck in a trunk, tied next to him. And they had tied them in such a way that they were facing each other, and they were like siamese-twins from the stomach. Each had their arms bound to their sides, rope covering them from right below the shoulder to mid-thigh, except Malik had more space due to the fact that he was taller than she.
He sneered down at her, as she came to terms with the fact that due to the position of her head being right below his neck, she had been cuddling up to him before he had barked at her.
"Why??", was all she could say, dumbfounded by her current situation.
~*~
skye: CHAPPIE FINISHED!! 9 pages!! please review, and see, Malikky's in it finally!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!