Saving Myself from the Darkness
Rated: PG - 13 for child abuse, violence, and language
Chapter Created on: Sept. 5th, 2004
Finished Chapter on: Sept. 14th, 2004
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh if I did I'd be a very rich middle school teen living in a beautiful mansion swimming in lots of cash and be Queen of Games.
A/N: smiles Hey look everyone I finished a chapter in 9 days, well your wait has been longer but I finished in the second shortest amount of days. Well this chapter is mostly about angst or was it drama, oh well whichever. I can't believe I got 12 new reviews, I feel so loved and those 12 reviews are a record to how many I usually get. Well onto the story.
/Hikari to Yami/ and #Yami to Hikari#
'thoughts'
"Speaking"
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Full Summery: Abuse and pain was always in the life of two particular teens, one escaped but is still being haunted by the memories and one is still living it. Now this teen is almost enveloped by the darkness that has haunted him everyday of his life, who would save him? No it's not Yuugi nor one of his friends, but a certain brunet with Cerulean eyes. What happens if that teen should be fully enveloped by the darkness? Would he kill himself to take away this pain or experience love in the process of it and be forever with his love?- -takes place after Battle City- -YAOI/SHONEN-AI pairings: Seto/Jou and Yami/Yuugi. -
YAOI/SHONEN-AI: Boy/Boy or Male/Male relationships(don't like I suggest you run away and find a straight pairing fic!)
Chapter 5: The Dramatic Rescue
"I think that's enough, I hope you go to hell son."The elder Jounouchi laughed coldly looking at his bloody son, cuts all over his torso. The only part of his body that wasn't cut was his face, which was peaceful even though he's suffered through hell this day.
Kaiba growled, he just couldn't take it anymore no one deserves that much punishment in one day. He didn't think of what happened next, he suddenly charged at the man with a speed of a cheetah's and nailed a fist to his head, sending the man hard against the wall.
He panted quickly, what had he just done? Why was he doing this, it was all a big mystery to him as he slid back to the shadows to see what would happen next. Slowing he found himself walking toward the blonde youth's bed, his entire being that haunted him.
Jim stood up, rubbing his head and wondering who had done that, it sure as definitely wasn't his son if it was that would be just plain impossible. "Man what hit me."The other whispered, looking around the room to find whoever did that and send whoever to hell.
The CEO stood beside the bed looking at the blonde's cut body, something hit him in his heart as he looked at the blonde, he didn't know what this feeling was. Was it hate? Or was it another feeling he hadn't thought of? Then a voice spoke from his head, "It's worry, you worry about your beloved pup. Save him from his father Seto."
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Yuugi looked on worriedly, praying that his best friend was alright. While Yami on the other hand was staring at Yuugi with worry and jealousy on his face and his mind. Did Yuugi love Jounouchi or did he love him? Yami needed to know, it was killing him to death, wait he's already dead. Well he just needed to know before he snapped.
He looked to Yuugi as he took in a deep breath, signaling that this was going to be hard to ask. "Yuugi do you like someone?"Ever since the kidnaping of Jou began, he felt that soon he would tell how he felt about the young hikari, just looking at that innocent face wanted him to kiss the boy on the lips.
Which he did on nights while Yuugi was in a deep sleep, when was he going to admit his feelings to Yuugi, just the thought of rejection made it impossible for the ancient spirit to do so. 'What would happen if he rejects me..'He trailed off in mid-sentence in his mind. 'Will I ever survive this world with the rejection of the person I loved?'
Ever since the spirit had first laid eyes on his hikari for the first time, which was in Bakura's RPG game, he's never felt the same. Yes it was love at first sight, the ancient Pharaoh in love with his host or what he calls him, his "Tenshi no Hikari", Angel of Light.
He looked at Yuugi as they stopped, waiting for an answer, that answer would most likely determine if they had a chance to love each other or not. 'I love you with all my heart aibou, I don't know when I should tell you, but it shall be soon I know it.'
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'I don't love the mutt and I'm certainly not worried about him either.'The CEO retorted in his mind to the voice that strangely sounded like his little brother Mokuba. "Don't deny it Seto, you're worried about Jounouchi."He growled at the voice. 'Shut up will you?!'
While talking to himsel0f, well the voice in his head, meanwhile Jim looked at where Kaiba stood eyeing Jou and smirked. "So...he loves my son eh?"Charging at the lost in thought duelist the man punched him hard sending Kaiba to the wall.
"Damn it."He cursed, having been caught off guard which was very foolish of him. Wiping the blood that dripped from his mouth the chestnut haired boy stood up and pulled out his gun.
Jim just stood his ground smirking at the CEO, oh how Kaiba wanted to blow this guy's head off for catching him off guard. Aiming the gun at the man, he pulled the trigger, Jim had long since dodged the bullet. Impossible, someone would have thought while watching the scene.
Kaiba growled, pulling the trigger again, same result. "Fuck."He cursed again, he was supposed to be a master at the gun, but this guy was toying with him just like Pegasus.
"Damn it, he's even faster than the pup."Another pull to the trigger, again same result. This was irritating Kaiba to the very least, pulling the trigger again to only hear a sound of a 'click'. "Damn it! Outta bullets."This was just not Kaiba's day of being the master of fighting techniques.
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Yuugi's head shot up, surprise written all over his face with adding a tinge of pink on his cheeks. He was blushing, the ancient Pharaoh took a minute to admire the beautiful face of the hikari. "W-why?"Yuugi stuttered, this was not his day to be talking about love to his long time crush.
Yami wanted to just ravish him right then and there, his cute face, his adorable amethyst eyes like rubies in the Nile, his hair soft as silk. He could list how many reasons and many similes that was connected to the young teen in front of him.
"Nothing Yuugi, just forget it."The ancient Pharaoh felt warmness in his cheeks as he turned away from the angelic face of Yuugi. The young teen just shrugged and blinked before turning back to the road that would lead them to Jounouchi's house.
Yami sighed, he just couldn't tell him, couldn't tell him those 3 words, 3 words that would make him happy or sad, whichever he hoped he would get this off his chest soon. "Oi Yami?"
"Huh?"The ancient Pharaoh asked, being thrown off of his thoughts. "What is it hikari?"
Yuugi chuckled. "Are you coming silly?"
"O-oh yeah I am."He sprinted up to where Yuugi was and chuckled having a blush of embarrassment on his face, being embarrassed like this, was very, very, what's the word? Oh yeah it felt very uncomfortable to the Pharaoh.
Yuugi grinned, he loved to see Yami blush, it made him very handsome no wait very cute. 'I wish I can tell you Yami, but I know it will be soon.'They continued walking, having almost reached the house.
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Laughter was heard and did it annoy the hell outta Kaiba, the CEO wasn't used to being laughed at, nobody laughed at him. 'You know I should kill this man, but since it'll be counted as murder I'm just going to knock him unconscious, I hope soon he's annoying me to death.'
Jim smirked, he knew of Jou's feelings for Kaiba, while looking for the boy in his room, he caught a glimpse of his diary. Finding about lots of things, even his love for the Seto Kaiba and his dreams about him. 'Boy is this Kaiba nothing like what Katsuya mentioned.'
Kaiba growled, walking toward the other, each step with such malice. 'I wish I can kill him, he's hurt my puppy too much today.'Realization hit him like a lightening bolt striking a tree that's already on the verge of falling down. 'Damn it! After all this I'm going to take some Advil, this puppy business is just too over overwhelming.'
What would happen if the teen snapped, let's just say no one would stay near him after that. Why I'm asking you this is because he's on the verge of snapping, on the verge of killing this man for almost killing his puppy. 'I need a long vacation after this.'
He still walked forward, blood still dripping off the side of his mouth. If anyone was on Kaiba's bad side which is almost at the edge, the only advice from someone who's faced it before is for you to run and run till he's outta sight.
Jou's father stepped forward, smirking still, it's been so long since the other had been in a fight, far too long. Opening his mouth to confirm about Jou's feelings and Kaiba's own he asked with a deadly tone that scared the hell outta someone. "You love him don't you?"
A simple question would a simple answer be commented back to the father? What was the CEO to say, he still didn't know of his feelings for Jou, all that he's been thinking about is him and about that nickname, "Puppy".
It's been driving him crazy ever since who knows when, the CEO stopped for a second thinking it over. Did he love Jou? Or did he hate him with a passion so great he wanted to kill him? This was a question the CEO didn't have an answer to, or maybe the answer was in front of him the entire time.
He shook his head mentally, why was he even thinking about his love life, love is just an emotion that wasn't needed or so that's what his stepfather says. Why was he now thinking about his dead step-father, this was way to overwhelming for the young teen, was love even meant to exist inside this teen's heart?
If so, who would love him, a cold hearted jerk who calls everyone worthless and not useful. He snorted at the man in front of him, this was just an act to cover his uncertainty, he really was confused about his feelings for Jou. "Why would I like a dog like him, I'm simply trying to arrest you."
Was this giving him a headache or what? 'I'm definitely taking Advil today.'
Jim laughed, standing his ground waiting to see what the CEO had in store for him. He was the type to always stand down to see what would happen next. It was all amusement to him, yup even slashing his own son was delightful to him and he was never going to stop until he was done with his tasks of delightfulness.
Kaiba rolled his eyes, could this get any more annoying then it already is? Wait it just got more annoying, he didn't have a plan to carry out his "unconscious man" plan, things were not going well, well for the CEO at least.
If only Jou's dad hadn't dodged the bullets, if only he still had his bullets, if only he had a plan this wouldn't have to be dealt with. The only thing he could do at the time being was to fight him, but what if Jou's dad was faster than him? There was a possibility since Kaiba was known as the best shooter in Domino, well he hadn't picked a gun for a while but he still kicked some ass with it.
This was a dangerous situation for the brunet to say the least, now how was he going to fight the man without killing him. Sure he hasn't killed a human being in all his life no wait scratch that sure he has killed only one man in his life, but this man was annoying him all to hell and back. 'I wish I can kill him but I can't damn it!'
What was he going to do?
'What am I to do now?'The question has by far annoyed him to death by now, he groaned mentally. 'I wish this was all over, I wish Katsuya was in my arms and-HEY! WHAT THE HELL! I did not just think that! No! NO! NO!'
And so the denial begins again for the cerulean eyed teen.
Denial of his love life. Denial of who it was. Denial of what he was thinking about. And denial of taking care of him.
A thought then struck him hard like a lightning bolt striking a bulb to power up. He smirked, putting his hands to his pockets just as he expected, it was still there. 'I never knew this would come in handy for me.'
He never would have thought, that this thing would come in handy ever. Still confused? Well if you looked inside the trench coat pocket you would see a little spray can, not an ordinary can though.
It was a can that would save his life. Still confused right? Well the can was a hair spray, which was Lime green. Mokuba had tried to dye his hair back to it's original green two weeks after the Battle City Tournament, but he found out before the little black haired kid could unleash it's substance on his hair.
To think, this little thing was still in his pocket and it was going to save him. 'So the little kids pranks are useful after all.'
This was it, going over the plan again he looked straight at the dark eyes of honey-brown. First he would charge at Jou's father, making him think he was striking at him. Then the CEO would spray the hair dye near the the eyes of Jou's father blinding him to make his move when the blonde dodged his strike.
Next, in Jou's father's blindness situation, he would go strike at the man until he fell on the floor defeated like the drunkard he was. Then he would call the cops at the station, which were about 2 blocks away from where they were at, it'll take like 10 minutes for them to come.
This was now or never, the plan was either going to work or it was going to fail, either way it would be over. Either it would be Jou's father winning or Kaiba winning. 'I hope it would be me that wins, cause who knows what he'll do next to my puppy-ok I'll just ignore that thought for now.'
Taking his fighting stance he charged at the other like a cheetah hunting for his lunch. 'This is it, no turning back.'Pulling a fist back he still charged, the other smirked still standing his ground. Taking that fist as he neared the other he threw it and watched as hoping that the result would be the same as the bullets.
And he was right the other had dodged right before the fist connected with his face, but as the other did Kaiba's left arm had reached the spray can and sprayed the green substance near his eyes but not to blind him permanently. 'Yes right on the mark.'He chuckled to himself after that, that was something that Jou would say.
The other closed his eyes as pain surged through them, you can imagine how that hurts. Kaiba smirked nobody can defeat him when it comes to fighting, coming up with plans, and make use of useless materials. Jim wobbled throughout the room as Kaiba still smirked walking to the helpless man.
It was then he stopped near the other stalling a bit to regain some energy he lost during the first part of his plan. "Well..I told you I was trying to arrest you and I succeeded."
The other still had his eyes closed. "You lie!"
Kaiba chuckled. "Have you ever heard of a cell phone? I could easily pressed the buttons on the phone and have the police on you, well when they arrive you'll be unconscious."
Jim growled. "You won't get away with this!"
"Oh trust me I will."That was when he punched the man in the gut which made the other double over in pain.
Kaiba walked over the doubled over man. "I'll take care of your son after this."That was when he growled. "How dare you do that to your own son you bastard."A hard kick to the gut the man doubled over to the floor unconscious.
"Well that was easy."Slowly he got his cell phone it was plain silver with the initials S.K. on the back just what you'll expect from the CEO of Kaiba Corp. "Next let's call the police."
Looking at the man right below him he heard ringing and someone picked up. "Get here quickly there's been a case of abuse here, the address is.."Telling the police the address he hanged up as they said that they'll be there as fast as he can.
He looked at the blonde once more and then all around the room the place was all very bloody which left a lot of evidence. Taking out a random piece of paper from the room which was surprisingly blank and wrote a letter to the police about this also signing with a different name.
Taking a handkerchief outta his pocket he wiped his fingerprints clean from the can and put it next to the letter which was near the elder unconscious Jounouchi. Sighing he put the handkerchief back in his pocket, brushing his sweaty chestnut hair and looked back to Jounouchi.
A feeling struck inside him, in his heart, a feeling he didn't recognize and then another struck again. Was it what the voice in his head was telling him? Worry?
He pushed that thought aside, this was not a time to be thinking about that. Taking his cell phone again he began to dial the number to his limo. "Isono, it's Kaiba pick me up at 1302 Domino ave, also call my personal doctor, tell her it's urgent."
Closing the cell sighing he walked over to Jounouchi again. His cerulean eyes looking up and down his body, gods it would take weeks to take care of this and weeks before the blonde would wake up. "Why do I even care about this? He's just a stupid pup is he?"
The voice came back again for an aftermath to annoy Kaiba to no end and try to make him come to realize his feelings for the blonde. "Seto..go and help your puppy..he's hurt..he might be dead.."Putting a hand to the blonde's wrist he felt a faint heartbeat just to know that he was still alive.
"He's still alive so stop pestering me!"He growled in annoyance, was this his punishment for not caring for this blonde? "Face it you love him Seto!"The voice retorted back growling also, this was going to be very hard for the voice to convince the arrogant CEO that he loves Jounouchi Katsuya.
Ignoring the voice, for now at least he looked back to the poor helpless blonde haired boy, who's face was not damaged or even cut to the tiniest bit. It reminded him of his stepfather's punishments for him, the almost exact thing happened to him but he'd figured the plan out before his stepfather could do it.
The only choice he had, to escape this was...to kill. It was his only choice if he'd been killed what would happen to Mokuba? His stepfather might have done what he did to him, to Mokuba. It was the only choice, the only plan, the only thing that would save him from this hell.
Now Jounouchi was facing the same thing as him, but it was with his birth father not a stepfather, he would give anything for anyone not to feel that again. 'I've promised that day that I would help those in need, I can't believe I have to help the mutt.'He snorted annoyingly, but then realized that the police was going to arrive any minute and his limo was parked outside by now.
"Well mutt, time to come with me.."Now he resulted into talking to himself, he'd better get some Advil, maybe a lot. Taking off his ever-so-famous white trench coat he wrapped it around Jounouchi which surprisingly fits and which reminded him of something. 'Note to self take these to cleaners after I'm done with the mutt.'
Picking up the ever-so-peaceful Jounouchi who was very light might I add in the most unexpected style, bridal style who could've guess that the CEO would have to carry the mutt that way, this day has just gone off the bizarre charts for the young teen. He managed to get outta the house without tripping or cutting himself or the teen he carried.
Isono stood in front of the long black sleek limo, reading a newspaper as a cough alerted of Kaiba's presence to the other. The other gasped looking at the damaged blonde he carried. "What in the hell happened to Katsuya Jounouchi?"
Kaiba just sighed and walked closer to the limo and driver. "Long story short, been abused and called the cops."Yes dear ol' Isono still remembered Jounouchi, well who wouldn't after witnessing an almost near-death situation in such a harmless tournament or so others say.
Isono quickly complied to a nod and the opening of the limo car door, first went in the unconscious Jounouchi then it was Kaiba and then the driver, now they zoomed out of sight. "Have you called my doctor?"
"Yes, she said that she would be there,"He looked at the clock on the radio for a minute before continuing. "By now, she'll be at the medical room at this very moment."
Kaiba nodded. "That's good, she's needs a lot of time to take care of Jounouchi."Then without a word from either of the two Kaiba looked back at the sleeping face of Jounouchi, the same feeling he felt back at the house still in his heart.
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Sirens. Loud, annoying, and completely would drive a person insane if it wasn't headed down Domino Ave. to Jim Jounouchi's house. The sirens stopped as the police parked near the nearly abandoned house. "Well this is the place."One of the officers walked inside only to find beer bottles, shards of glass, and some blood on the walls.
"Damn.."
The police force looked around the house, evidence of what Kaiba said was true about abuse being here, but they haven't seen Jim's room just yet. "Hey guys over here, there's a lot and I mean tons of blood in here and a person."
The force walked over to where the officer was in only to gasp in surprise. "Damn..that's sure a lot of blood, let's look at the person."One of the police forced checked to feel a pulse. "This guys alright but unconciou-hey look at this."Picking up the note and the spray can, the others of the police force gathered around reading the note that was left to them.
Dear fellow police men,
Right here is a man who has abused his own son, I've knocked him unconscious so you can arrest him, right here is the spray can I used to blind him since he was going to kill me for witnessing this monstrosity. If you don't believe me look around the room, blood covers everything even the bed well most of it is on the bed, if you took DNA testing on the blood on the bed and the man's blood they would match meaning that I'm telling the truth. Thanks for doing business with you, the boy who was abused by this monster is going to be safe in my care, I'll have my personal doctor take care of him.
From,
Blue Eyes Dragon
Chief Maguire looked at the not in suspicion. "Get me a DNA sampler."One of the force nodded running out only to come out with what looked to be a chemistry set, but it was the DNA sampler. "Ok.."He trailed off getting some blood from the bed and from the person that was still lying on the ground unconscious.
Putting the two blood samples in two of the containers, a computer calculated the results only for them to gasp in surprise. "This-this person is Jim Jounouchi the wanted drug and gang dealer for 8 years straight, looking at the other result again to gasp. "Blue Eyes Dragon was right he's abused his son and wow they look the same."
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Yuugi and Yami who was still in spirit form finally arrived but all they saw were police cars and men everywhere, walking up to one Yuugi prepared to ask a question, the person was none other than Chief Maguire. "Excuse me but we're looking for Katsuya Jounouchi."
The chief looked down at Yuugi. "Sorry kid but Katsuya Jounouchi is with someone named, "Blue Eyes Dragon" I'm sure the person is taking care of him."The chief looked to his men. "Let's go everyone! Round up Jim Jounouchi and let's get outta here."
The whole police force nodded which left Yuugi and Yami confused to say the least. "Sayonara kid.."Going to his car he drove off followed by all of the police force with Jim Jounouchi in the back of one.
"Well there goes Jou's dad.."Yuugi smiled. "I think I know who this "Blue Eyes Dragon" is."Yami smiled also thinking the exact same thing. "Let's pay a visit to Kaiba."
Yami chuckled. "That was what I was going to say."
End of Chapter 5
Next chapter: Jou's Awakening Surprise
A/N: Well there you have it, the long-I mean short awaited chapter of "Saving Myself from the Darkness". Chapter 6, you can tell that Jou's going to wake up by the title..well as of now in Japan..Yuugiou's on it's third to last episode and then next Wednesday it's second to last episode and you get the picture. I'll post the link up that will let you download the Yuugiou episodes on my profile after I get this done. I wonder if this story will get to 100 reviews...well we'll just see won't we? Now for some review replies:
Kumori Sakusha formerly Saelbu
You're welcome Saelbu and I'm glad we're online pals now..and look I updated.. Chuckles Catch ya on the flip side on IM. gives you a kitten named Seto and a puppy named Jou
Alana-Star/SugarCat
I know I hate cliffies, cliffies bad, but they're very cool if you write them.. Hope this chapter makes up for the cliffie. gives you a puppy
Kate
Thanks for the compliment Kate I shall try and update as soon as I can..if school doesn't get in the way.. Gives you a Jou pushie
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Thankies on the compliment Black, hope you continue to read my story. give you a Black-Flare-Knight card
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I can see you're having fun reading the ficcy, hope your Seto x Jou story updates soon too. gives you a Jou pillow
Chaos Ritual
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WOW! Thanks for putting this story on your favorites list...Kaiba doesn't get hurt..too bad Jou's in the middle of getting hurt again..whoops I better stop before giving out spoilers. Thanks again and I love abuse fics too, I like to mention this is my first one, been inspired by others. gives you a Jou x Kaiba pencil pouch Have fun at school with it! lol
Wolfbane2
Wow eager are we..well you'll just have to wait until the next chapter to see what happens next. Thanks for reading the story. gives you Jou x Kaiba stories to keep you entertained
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.! LOL on that LP, thankies for reading what I have so far, keep reading and I promise you won't regret reading this fic, it's going to be great! gives you a Kaiba x Jou picture
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Thanks! I shall update soon I'll try and try until I get piled of lots of homework but that'll be a long time from now. gives you a Blue Eyes Shining Dragon card
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Seto-chan! Well sorry about the sad chapter, but next chapter will be happy, happy, plus Jou see Seto for the first time in the story! Whoo! gives you a complete set of the Doom season on DVD
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