Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-gi-oh. If I did, I would have a much faster computer and a house closer to Carly's.

I would also have a Jacuzzi and a pool.

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*Back at Alyssa's house*

/Yami help!/ Yami heard in his mind, snapping him out of his trance like moping.

Yami shot out of the Puzzle at the speed of light.

"Alyssa!" he cried as he ran out of the house with Yugi, Ryou, and Bakura at his heels.

/Have to find her, got to find her. OK stop panicking. Calm down and sense her energy/ thought Yami starting his car.

"Yami what is it?" asked Yugi, sensing Yami's panic attack through their mind link.

"Alyssa needs help," Yami replied shortly, "don't distract me. I need to sense her aurora."

Yugi, Ryou, and Bakura sat quietly in the back, knowing the seriousness of the situation through Yami's tone.

Yami was trying his hardest to find Alyssa but her energy signal was weak. /She must be unconscious/ he thought. With his blood boiling at this he was seeing red.

*Let's check on Alyssa shall we?*

*Alyssa's Point of view*

I woke up. /Ow/ I thought /this is the worst headache ever./ I opened my eyes but quickly closed them due to the harsh light. I heard voices outside the room /hey that's my capture's voice, grrr./ I opened my eyes slowly this time. I tired to rub my eyes, only to find that my arms had been tied above my head and feet had been tied below me a little apart. I was lying on a table. /Guess I should have let Nick drive me home/ I thought ruefully, and tears sprung to my eyes. /Just thinking of him is painful./

Just then, a man with white hair stepped in the room.

*Back to Yami Yugi, Bakura, & Ryou*

*Normal Point of view*

Yami felt her aurora grow stronger. He veered off to a side street going in the direction he felt Alyssa.

/NO!/ Yami heard Alyssa's scream again.

*Back to Alyssa*

*Alyssa's point of view*

"Hello, Alyssa," greeted the man with white hair, "how nice of you to join me on this lovely evening."

I looked out the semi-curtained window to discover it was raining. /Great a joker who likes to torment me. Oh no. It can only be.../

The white haired man interrupted my thoughts, "Yes I am..."

He was interrupted by on one his guards coming in. "Sir, someone has entered the perimeter. What shall we do?"

"Get rid of the Crochet. Must I always tell you," the white haired man sighed as Crochet scuttled out of the room. He continued, "Yes, I am Pegasus. I have captured you to get my revenge on Yugi and the Spirit of the Millennium Puzzle." That answered my unspoken question. "I will make sure you can never face Yami again; it will break his heart. Muhahaha," he finished. He removed his shirt and come closer to me. "My, my Yami did choose a pretty one."

My eyes bulged out when I realized what he meant. /NO!/ I mentally screamed as he kissed me. I wanted to throw up when he bit my tightly closed lips to open my mouth. /Ew/ I thought when he darted his tongue into my mouth and started rubbing my back with his grubby hands.

*Back to the foreign exchange students*

Yami's convertible zoned through the gate of Pegasus' facility. Several security men came running out and Yami smirked.

"Mind Crush!" he shouted and the guards disappeared.

~And the Pharaoh claims he does not like Alyssa in more than a friendly way~ Bakura told Ryou through their link. Ryou nodded but did not make a further reply.

/That building/ thought Yami snapping his head to the left. "Let's hurry," he ordered the others as they all jumped out of the car.

The four boys ran toward the building and forced the door. Ryou, Bakura, Yugi and Yami landed in a tangle of arms and legs. /ARG/ thought Yami, frustrated with his delay. He sprang up and sprinted towards Alyssa with the others panting and trying to catch up, twenty feet behind Yami. Yami burst open the door to the room where Alyssa was being held.

/Help/ was Alyssa's last thought before passing out.

What Yami saw was horrible. He saw Alyssa lying on a table, stretched and tied. She was also only in her underwear and bra. /I could get used to that. No! Now is not the time/ thought Yami. Alyssa had numerous bruises forming and already formed on almost every inch of exposed skin- which was a lot of skin. She also had several small cuts as if she was nicked with a razor. Even worse was Pegasus standing over her, grinning like a maniac, in only boxers.

"I see you've interrupted my fun," mused Pegasus in a mocking tone. "She's such a fighter too," he continued gesturing to her many bruises and cuts.

"You're sick," spat Yami.

"At least I have fun." Pegasus shrugged.

"What have you done to her?!" Yami practically screamed.

"Oh nothing besides mock her and tease her body. As you can see she resisted and was punished."

Ryou, Yugi, and Bakura chose this point to burst into the room.

"What hap," Yugi started but stopped when Alyssa came into view. "You," he spat at Pegasus and glared at the white-haired man.

"Release her," ordered Yami in his deadly voice that clearly said 'obey me or be sent to the Shadow Realm.'

"No," Pegasus refused. Much to the horror of those in the room, and Alyssa had been she awake, Pegasus started to kiss her again and let his hands roam her body.

Ryou ran to the corner of the room and started wrenching on Alyssa's behalf.

"Pegasus, I challenge you!" challenged Yami while he pulled himself, Pegasus and Alyssa into the Shadow Realm. After all, being a teenage male he could not have let others stare at a half-naked Alyssa while he was busy.

"All right," mumbled Pegasus, pulling out his deck out of nowhere.

Yami pulled out his own while explaining, "This will not be a normal duel. (it was going to be but I don't have the rules...) We will each draw one monster; the one with the higher attack points wins. The winner gets to keep Alyssa."

Alyssa, who was very weak, awoke in time to hear Yami's explanation of the rules. She weakly grabbed his ankle. His eyes went wide with surprise and he crouched down to hear her.

"Don't talk about me like I'm not here. If you don't win I'm going to kill you when Pegasus is don't with me," Alyssa shuddered as she whispered and thought about what would happen if Yami lost. As the whispering had used the last of her strength, she passed out again.

Yami smiled as he stood /that's just like her. Trying to make me laugh in the very depressing situation./ "Pegasus, you will not win!"

Pegasus laughed at Yami and smiled when he saw the card he was holding. "I drew my Gia the fierce knight. Muahhahaha, the only card in your deck strong enough to beat that is you Dark Magician. Your chances are slim, Yami-boy," Pegasus said eyeing Alyssa hungrily.

Yami took a deep breath and kept his game face on. He drew his card and it was......................................................................... .......Kariboh. His face fell as he dropped to his knees and cried like a baby. Not! I am just kidding he drew the Dark Magician. (As you all suspected except Carly cause she's naive.)

"Pegasus, you have lost," declared Yami showing Pegasus his Dark Magician.

Yami pulled Alyssa and himself back to the normal realm, Since time passed slower in the Shadow Realm the group had thirty minutes to haul butt. Yami slung Alyssa over his shoulder and started running out of the building, trying to ignore that her butt was right next to his face.

After the teens, well teens and 5,000 year old Egyptians, hopped in the car and were speeding down the highway home Yugi asked, "Yami what happened in the Shadow Realm?"

Yami proceeded to tell of everything from Pegasus accepting the challenge, to Alyssa's comment, to Yami pulling himself and Alyssa out of the Shadow Realm. He only left our why he brought Alyssa to the Shadow Realm, but no one questioned him.

Thankfully, Alyssa's parents were not home when the group arrived; that would have led to some awkward questions. Yami was again carrying Alyssa. Bakura, Yugi, and Ryou disappeared into their respective Millennium Items to give Yami some 'alone time' AKA incase he broke down and cried no one would see him. That way he would not be embarrassed. Yami was indeed close to crying when he looked at Alyssa covered in bruises.

/Oh Ra! Why me?/ Yami thought after lying Alyssa in her bed. She had her back to Yami and he could see there was a huge bruise swelling under her bra strap. Yami could tell that if the bra did not get off Alyssa was going to be in extreme pain when she woke up. /She is going to kill me/ he thought when he unhooked her bra. He thanked every god that he knew it wasn't the front hook kind like the one he 'borrowed' for Wet N' Wild. Yami started to go to the top bunk, but Alyssa started whimpering and would not stop unless Yami was near. /Fine/ he thought lying next to Alyssa. She snuggled closer and he wrapped his arms around her waist, trying not to think of her bare skin rubbing against his chest. He was thankful he had a shirt on. Then he fell asleep.

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