Calai'di: Just to clarify the whole "duel with Jonouchi" thing, it wasn't any of the duels we've seen in the show. In fact, it just a trivial duel at school that didn't matter anyway. See how mean Yami is?
More torture, definite yaoi plus a lime, and quite a bit of cursing here.
And if you haven't figured it out yet, I guess this would be classified as an AU. I personally could never (well, maybe not never) see Yami being so mean to Yugi. I can, however, imagine Ryou as a masochist, so in this story (since it's AU), he's not that far OOC. And Yami's like canon Bakura, and Bakura's like canon Yami. Got it?
Lines of Pain: Chapter Three
"Hi!" Yugi said quietly, staring with interest at the figure standing in front of him. He knew that this was most likely the person that caused him to black out at times, but he'd never expected the boy to look so much like him. Or so hot… Yugi shook his head briefly to get those thoughts out, and then smiled back at the figure. "Who are you?"
"I don't remember," the figure said slowly, staring at Yugi with eyes narrowed. His face suddenly lit up and he smirked. "I remember being called 'Pharaoh', though that wasn't my name. Yugi, what's a Pharaoh?"
Yugi blinked with surprise. "The king of Egypt in ancient times. The Egyptians thought the Pharaoh was the incarnation of Horus on earth."
"Then to you, I'm Pharaoh Yami," the figure ordered, an evil grin forming on his handsome face. "But I don't want you to call me by my name. Got it?"
The teen shivered at his other's tone of voice, wondering how it could ever get to be so cold. "Yes, Pharaoh."
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"Yugi, brat, get fucking out here and fucking help me!"
Yugi peeked out of his soul room into the hallway between his and Yami's. The spirit was currently in the middle of dueling what appeared to be Kaiba, but he was clearly having a difficult time. Yugi crept through the crack and out into the hallway, shivering slightly.
"Yes, Pharaoh?"
"Tell me how the fucking hell I can beat this damn bastard!" Yami ordered, turning abruptly on his light. Yugi starting shaking like a leaf and stared at nothing, and what Yami saw suddenly appeared to his eyes. Looking down at his hand and then back at the field, he concentrated on the hallway and Yami again.
"M-magical Hats on the D-dark Magician, a-and S-spell-Binding C-circle under o-one of th-them as w-well," he answered bowing slightly. Yami smirked and refocused on the duel, not bothering to thank his host. Yugi stared at him for a few moments and licked his lips, wishing that Yami would think of him as an equal, before slipping unnoticed back into his soul room…
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Knowing he was disobeying every one of his yami's rules, Yugi dashed into the spirit's soul room, searching from room to room for the intruder. How could Yami be so cruel as to lead him on this stupid dangerous game; he didn't even know what room was his 'True Room' himself (AN: I'm aware that this happened in manga 2, but episode 40 was based on it so this is too). But somehow, his legs knew exactly where he was going and he soon arrived at an open room. He heard weird grunting noises from inside and suddenly, he found a giant hole in the ground in front of him with a very strange man–the intruder–hanging inside by his fingertips. Yugi hurried forward and grabbed the intruder's wrist, startling him greatly.
"Don't worry. I don't know why the spirit from my Puzzle is doing this, but I can't let him hurt you," Yugi said quietly, pulling on the intruder's arm. Slowly, he managed to pull the older man out of the hole and back up onto higher ground…
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"Damnit, stupid, fucking brat, what the hell did you fucking lose to that fucking bitch for?!" Yami exclaimed, throwing the boy against the wall. He'd come out almost as soon as they'd come back from their encounter with Rebecca, and he was pissed as ever.
"Y-you know as w-well as I-I do!" Yugi retorted, earning a hard kick in the head, sending a splash of stars across his vision.
"You didn't have to fucking show her anything!" the spirit yelled, slamming his hand under Yugi's neck and raising him slightly off the floor. The boy gasped and struggled to get free, which only tightened Yami's grip on his neck.
"P-p-please, my Ph-pharaoh!" Yugi gasped, tears streaming down his face. He could barely breathe and couldn't hope to move, as he back was pressed up against the wall. The spirit stared at him, his breath coming in seething pants, eyes smoldering in fury, and abruptly pressed his mouth against Yugi's, forcing his tongue in to play a bit. But before the boy knew what was happening, he'd drawn away and thrown him across the room to hit part of the bed. Yugi stared up at his other anxiously, trying to ignore the pain running through his back.
"Pharaoh, w-why–"
"Shut up! Don't ask stupid questions!" Yami suddenly smirked at the trembling boy and started undoing his shirt. "Are you a virgin, Yugi?"
"Y-yes…" Yugi answered tentatively, wondering what on earth would happen next. And suddenly, Yami was on top of him, forcing himself into the boy again…
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Yugi cautiously glanced back at Yami's sleeping form, aware that he'd be in so much trouble if the dark woke up and he wasn't there. But he had to get help; Yami was unpredictable and extremely dangerous. Yugi could hardly move anything without feeling pain, his beating had been so bad this time, and it had been over such a frivolous matter. He didn't even know how he could have made Yami his duel with Jonouchi; he hadn't been there at all! But Yami blamed him for everything, and his ways of punishment changed as frequently as his moods.
There was only one thing to do: get help from someone who might understand. He knew only two other people in a situation like his, Malik and Ryou, surely one of them would be able to help. And out of either of their houses, Ryou's was closest, and he didn't like Malik much anyway.
Glancing back once more at the pharaoh, Yugi crawled slowly out the door, hissing softly as he saw on a clock he passed that the time was 12:15. But knowing Ryou and Bakura, they'd most likely be awake still, doing what he didn't want to imagine. It was no secret that Ryou and Bakura were dating, and had been for several months, and Malik and Merik were soon to follow. Yami seemed to be the only dark that hated his hikari.
Yugi must have been thinking too hard, but he was snapped out of it as his hand suddenly met air instead of carpet and he tumbled down the stairs…
Yugi woke with a start, slightly disoriented as he looked at he surroundings, especially as he heard two laughing voices and the clanking of pots coming from somewhere nearby. But when he tried to sit up, he found that his body seemed to be made of lead; all he could feel or do was breathe quietly and listen to the voices coming from…somewhere. And then he remembered–he was in Ryou's apartment, having crawled there after a particularly bad beating from Yami the previous night. That also explained why his body wouldn't move; it would have hurt too much.
Suddenly, the sounds stopped and Ryou's head appeared over the edge of the couch.
"Oh! You're awake!" Ryou's head disappeared, and he emerged on one end of the couch; he walked around the sofa and to where Yugi's head was, placing a tray of food on the table next to him. "Here. Bakura and I just woke up a short time ago too, but we made breakfast. I bet you're starving."
Yugi felt a twinge of jealousy as he stared at the meal. "Yeah, Yami never lets me eat much." An unidentifiable expression flitted over Ryou's face before he helped Yugi sit up. But as he turned to leave, the smaller boy caught his arm. "Uh, Ryou, I…I heard what you and Bakura were talking about last night," Yugi confessed, looking slightly embarrassed.
"Oh?"
"Yeah, and I-I think it's a…a good idea."
Ryou smiled and nodded. "Hey, Bakura! Come out here, please!"
"I'm busy eating, hikari!" Bakura yelled back, though he did show up around the end of the sofa, scowling slightly at being bossed around again. But then he smiled and nuzzled Ryou's neck affectionately. "Yes? Do you want something?" he asked suggestively.
"Remember last night–"
"Yeah, so? Your decision, Ryou. You now I don't like it anyway."
"Yugi said yes, yami." Ryou turned and hugged Bakura around the neck, burying his face in the yami's snowy hair. "Meaning that for the next week, he's your hikari."
"Huh." Bakura smirked slightly at Yugi and stood up, leaving Ryou on the floor. "I still say it's a bad idea, but whatever. What you want is what you'll get, love." He suddenly leaned down and kissed Yugi lightly on the forehead. "And if you want Yugi treated well, he will be."
Ryou grinned and jumped to his feet, wrapping his arms around Bakura's neck again. "I love you, Bakura."
"And same to you. But don't you think maybe you should go over to Yugi's house now?"
"Oh, right!" He kissed Bakura quickly and headed out of the room. "Have fun, guys!"
"Wait!" Yugi called. Ryou stuck his head back into the room, staring curiously. "What about my grampa?"
"I called your grandfather earlier this morning and explained everything to him," Ryou assured him. "He wasn't sure what I was talking about, but he was okay with you staying over here for a week if it made you feel better. He said that you've been really depressed at home for some reason." With that, he disappeared again, and a short time later, they heard the apartment door bang shut. Yugi turned to stare at Bakura, a little unsure about what had happened.
"So, Bakura, what do we do first?" he asked cautiously, unsure of what Ryou had meant by 'fun'. Bakura scowled at his frightened tone of voice and pointed at the tray of food.
"First, you are going to finish your breakfast. I will not have starving people in my house." Then he smiled and sat down, staring penetratingly at his younger charge. "Then, we can do whatever you want."
Yugi picked up a piece of bacon and stared at it without actually seeing it. "Could we…go see a movie?"
"Sure, I'd like that."