written by Shayne Thames and Kathryn Shiver
Yu-Gi-Oh and related characters and indica © 1996 - 2005 Kazuki Takahashi
Author's Note: Hello -
Yami: HOLD THE PHONE Sonic Remix: Oh no, I am NOT doing this!
Yugi:pops in: Do what?
Sonic Remix: THIS! This...prechapter skit!
Both: Why not?
Sonic Remix: Cause it makes me sound like some blonde ditzy fangirl.
Yugi: Uh, I wouldn't say that if I were you.
Sonic Remix: Why?
Yami: Cause there are hundreds of Puzzle-shipping fangirls you just pissed off with that comment.
Sonic Remix: Whatever. What's your problem?
Yugi: Oh don't mind him, he's only mad cause I ONLY HAVE ONE EYE! What were you ON, girl!
Sonic Remix: I'm a darkfic writer, its my job to torture you.
Both: - .-
Sonic Remix: NO! NO FACES! THAT'S FANGIRL WRITER STUFF!
Yami: You're not even a tradtional YGO writer! Not once did I call Yugi my-
Sonic Remix: Say it and die.
Yugi: Aibou?
Sonic Remix: AAAAA!
Both: (: - 3
Sonic Remix: Dammit, I hate you both. Maybe I should go back to writing Sonadow.
Yami: That would make me VERY happy.
Yugi: Sona-what?
Sonic Remix: Forget it. I'm thanking reviewers now.
Yami: Isn't that what 'fangirls' do?
Sonic Remix: SHUT UP! You know I COULD of given you BOTH to Gryph for her 23rd Birthday this last Sunday!
Both: -shuts up-
Reviewers:
Mystical Nonsence - Thanks! I hope to be updating once a week, on Fridays. And there will be lots of pain towards the end.
Apologies from last week, the website would not show. Anyway, the link for uncut fics would be atYami-Yugi (com).
I swear FF can be so mean.
Chapter 2: Homeward Bound
A few hours later, Yugi and Yami were flying on an airplane, with doctors working onboard to help stabilize Yugi while they flew him back to Domino City. Yami held onto one of Yugi's hands the whole time to assure him he was still there and that he wasn't leaving. At one point the teen had fallen asleep, the pain relivers the doctor gave him having taken effect. Yami looked at one of the doctor. "Can we have him taken cared of at Kaiba's place? Yugi's had incidents in the past with doctors in hosiptals and I trust Kaiba's staff much more."
One of the doctors nodded at the question. "We are actually a part of Mr. Kaiba's staff and he suggested you two be brought over to his mansion as soon as we land."
"Good good..." Yami looked at Yugi before looking back at the doctor. "Is there anything you can tell me about his condition? What we should be expecting, or is it too early to tell?"
Sighing now, the doctor's shoulders slumped a bit. "Besides the obvious wound on his arm and the missing eye, he was also raped."
Yami froze and shuddered. "Its...not the first time..."
Brown eyes blinked at that. "What do you mean?"
Yami sighed and looked down. "He's been raped before on different levels for different reasons. Something about his innocence always makes him a target. He's learned to shrug it off most of the time anymore, but he usually needs comfort and some pain relievers."
Slowly, the doctor nodded, glancing at the blanket covered sleeping youth. "I am more worried about his mental condition considering his injuries."
Yami squeezed Yugi's hand. "I think it will get better...now that I'm here for him."
"Over time his eyelid will eventually seal the empty eyesocket, to prevent future infections. Until then he is to keep an eyepatch over the wound."
Yami nodded. "How much further till we land?"
The doctor glanced at his watch for a moment. "About half an hour."
Yami nodded and squeezed Yugi's hand again. A faint mummer escaped the sleeping teen, not noticing the bandage that covered his missing eye, a bit flushed in coloring. "His fever is lowering thankfully, it was due to an infection that was trying to start up in the eyesocket and residue venom that was in his bloodstream," the doctor continued.
Yami nodded. "At least he's getting better."
After the plane landed at Domino Airport half an hour later, Yami walked with Yugi's bed as the doctors wheeled him off the plane. They kept a close eye on Yugi, knowing the guards would make sure they arrive to Kaiba's mansion without trouble. They got into a waiting personal ambulance and took off in that direction. Yami was still holding Yugi's hand the whole way.
Faint whimpers were emerging at times, a small nightmare plauging his sleep. Yami caressed at his cheek, hoping to calm him. Yugi calmed at the touch, curling up a bit within the bed. Soon, they had arrived at the mansion, and Yugi was carried upstairs to a prepared room for the boy to sleep in.
Yami sat with him for a long time, to make sure nothing else happened to him, before Seto himself came up to see the two actually there.
Ice blue eyes glanced at the two of them before entering the room, placing a small teddybear beside the one sleeping. "So you HAVE returned."
"Yes, but not in the way I would have wanted it." Yami said regrettibly.
One eyebrow raised. "How so?"
"A demon from the Underworld, Anubus, collected the Millinium items and used Yugi as a homing beacon to summon my soul from the underworld. But something about the cerimony was unholy, my soul was blinded by darkness and twisted for a time. If Yugi wasn't so strong in heart, I might of remained feral and Anubus could of used my powers for who knows what."
Seto frowned slightly, glancing over at the sleeping youth. "Then let us hope Yugi is strong enough to recover from the cerimony. I take it his eye was taken by the Millenium Eye that was stolen. That isn't good at all for him."
Yami shuddered and hugged himself. "How's he been since I left? I know how he unintentially attracts people that want to rape him. Its like something in his eyes draws out the darkness in people's hearts to just...take him. But you already knew that...we were both...weak...to the spell..."
Slowly, Kaiba nodded a bit at the reminder. "He has come seeking my comfort too many times to count since you've left. It seems that they have been after him alot more than normal without your protection around."
Yami hugged himself tighter and shuddered. A flashback came to him, of the time Yugi's spell accumilated the demon from HIS darkness. Blue eyes softened before Seto pulled Yami in for a rare hug. "He'll be fine Yami, now that you're here."
Yami hugged him back. "Thanks...thanks for looking after him. For everything."
"Yugi has saved me from the darkness I myself was surrounding myself with, it is only right I help him," Seto murmured.
Yami nodded. "He's done so much for all of us...I never want to hurt him ever again..."
"I have tried to talk him into remaining inside the mansion at all times to protect him but he has refused each time."
Yami shuddered and finally derailed that horrid train of thought. "We need to be on our guard, I think Anubus will be after me or even Yugi."
Seto frowned slightly. "Yugi may be his target. After all, Yugi did bring you back to your true self. Anubis may decide to rid himself of the boy to prevent that from happening again."
Yami agreed.
Out in the city, lurking in the shadows, a figure was swearing up a storm and called into his wrist communicator. "Pet, problem. They didn't take him to the hospital. Apparently he's with Kaiba, who's a snot-nosed millianare here."
There was a growl from the other end. "Then find a way to get in there and get him out! Eventually they will have to leave him alone, espically if he's drugged up."
The shadowed figure unhostered his twin guns. "I may have to roll a few heads. Its been a while since I had a mass shootout, and its not like these freaks know dimention hopping."
"No, then it would alert them to us. It would be faster to just sneak the child out without a fight."
"Okay pet-" The figure stopped and swore as a figure walked past. "Holy shit, is that the Wheeler kid!"
A pause. "If he's there, then be careful. Their other friends may show up as well. Get him out before that happens!"
"Right...man..."
"What?"
"...Wheeler looks ugly with those monkey ears."
Silence. "-er, no offense to you, pet."
A faint growl emerged at that. "Just get the job done." With that, the communicator went dead.