A/n: I'm doing short chapters here. Please review and tell me if it's good so far!

Forever in Darkness: The video tape and an unlikely hero.

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At nine am Saturday, Yugi was about to open shop when he noticed the videotape lying in front of the door on the inside.

He stared at it for a moment, wondering if he should pick it up when a shadow was cast over it.

Looking up he saw the smiling face of his friend Ryou.

Momentarily forgetting the tape he opened the door.

As he did so the absence of bells worried him.

That meant the tape had been placed there after he unlocked the door that morning.

"Good morning Yugi. You look distressed, what's wrong?"

Yugi picked up the tape and looked back up at his friend.

"Someone must have left this for me while I was in the back...we all know what happens with video tapes."

Ryou nodded, losing his smile.

"Let's find out what's on it, someone could be in trouble."

Yugi nodded and Ryou followed him into the living room where he put the tape in.

Seto came on.

"Hello Yugi. What you are about to see is very real. I am about to kidnap Anzu Mazaki. I've just figured out the secret to all your power. If you don't lose a duel to me, give me the puzzle, and denounce your title as game king in twenty-four hours...I will not be responsible for what happens to her. Every hour that you waist makes me angrier and there's no telling what I'll do to her so you might want to hurry."

Ryou and Yugi watched in horror as the scene played out.

The pleading look in her eyes hurt.

Yugi clenched his fists and bit his teeth together as Seto came back on.

"Twenty four hours Yugi...and you have to lose. She's in a lot of real danger. Not from spells or mind control either...from me. If you don't show, I will find anyway of hurting her that I can and deliver her beaten body at your doorstep. I'm tired of playing games."

Ryou turned the tape off, heart pounding in his chest.

Bakura suddenly began to think.

He'd also seen the whole thing.

What was he to do?

He just couldn't let Kaiba take the crown and the sennen puzzle.

Yugi brushed tears from his eyes as he pounded on the floor.

"How could he touch her like that! She doesn't have anything to do with this, why torment her! I have to go. A title isn't important enough to lose Anzu over...I'll find a way to get the puzzle back."

He began to stand but suddenly fell as a pale hand came down on the back of his neck.

Bakura stood in Ryou's place and gave a dark glare towards the TV.

"I'm afraid I can't let you do that Yugi."

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Anzu opened her eyes to find herself staring into familiar sapphire orbs and the look in them scared her.

It was only a few more seconds before she realized he was straddling her lap, his weight nearly crushing her.

"Good morning Anzu. I hope you slept well last night. My kisses must have been more intense than I thought."

She sat up and glanced around.

To her horror she found herself tied to a chair in the middle of a dueling rink.

"What's going on?"

He smiled and gently placed a finger under her chin, tilting her head up.

"While we're dueling, if Yugi attacks, the attack will injure you...If he doesn't show up I will unleash the power of all three Blue Eyes White Dragons on you."

He could feel her begin to tremble and kissed her as he trailed his fingers up and down her neck.

"The feeling of power I get when my enemies are afraid of me is intoxicating. By far however you are the most beautiful of them."

He kissed her once more.

"Tell me Anzu, would you like to be awake when I crush your beloved little game king?"

He wiped tears from her eyes gently and she refused to look at him as she shook her head.

"I can't betray him like that. I don't want to watch his heart being broken."

He nodded.

"Very well, I will award you that courtesy. When you wake up this will all have been just a bad dream. Unless..."

He teased her neck with more kisses.

"You know Anzu, I may really have a thing for you. That perfume, wild strawberry, makes me want you. Badly."

She closed her eyes tightly, willing away her tears.

"Kaiba-san...just answer me one question. Why toy with me like this?"

He smirked and gently brushed his thumb across her cheek.

"Because my beautiful peach, you'll run home and tell him that I kissed you tenderly, had my hands all over you...that you've been tainted by me. Alone that will hurt him, but what you won't tell him will hurt him even more."

She began to feel light headed as he kissed her neck again, this time nipping at it playfully.

She gasped as she felt his tongue caress her neck, followed by a small prick.

"What...would that be?"

He looked down at her with a smile and tilted her head to the side.

"That you enjoyed every second of it. Don't try telling me that you're not...I can feel it. Your body gives into me too easily. You want me right now as bad as I want you but..."

He muffled her scream by kissing her as he withdrew the needle from her neck.

"We have a duel to wait for, there's simply no time."

Within a few seconds she had stopped struggling and her eyes glazed over.

He tipped her head up as he stared down into her eyes.

Before he could speak his last words to her a dark voice was heard from behind.

"I've come for the girl Kaiba. Don't try to stop me or you'll find yourself in a very sticky situation."

Seto swung around and stared him dead in the eyes.

"It's not you I'm after so just back off while you still can."

Bakura grinned like a madman as he pulled his deck out of his pocket.

"Let's play a game shall we? First to lose life points loses their most prize possession. I'll give you my ring if you win and walk out of here. I'll even help you bait little Yugi."

Seto was interested.

"And if I lose?"

Bakura chuckled.

"I take the girl and your soul to add to my collection. Problem solved one way or another."

Seto nodded.

"Agreed."

They stepped onto the platforms and placed their decks.

Bakura smiled at his opponent.

"I'll even let you go first."

'And I'm hoping that you'll call out your Blue Eyes.'

As expected Seto's first card was the Blue Eyes.

"Now it's my turn. I place one card in defense mode."

Seto attacked.

The monster was a Giant Germ.

"Under ordinary circumstances I would be able to call two more of these darling creatures to my side of the field...however since you just lost life points the game is over...I win."

Before Seto could move the sennen ring began to glow and overcame him.

When the light faded all that remained was the Blue Eyes White Dragon card.

Bakura then turned his sights on the unconscious girl below him.

'Now the question is what to do with you...'