Wow, I completely forgot I was updating today. Haha, I barely started the format two hours ago.

Guess what kiddies! I'm leaving my house next week and going to Hawaii to drop off my blood relation at her college! YAY! This of course is bad news for you because I have no idea if I'll have internet access there. So be prepared for late/nonexistent update next week. Then guess what? Week after that is: (dramatic music) Otakon! YAHOO! I think… maybe I've got this calendar all mixed up (turns calendar upside down). Anyway I'm going to be busy fixing up my cosplay from Kastukon because I dropped the staff way to many times. So be prepared for that next week too, YAY!

I've been rereading my already posted chapters on (cause I'm just paranoid like that) and I really shouldn't cause it drives me INSANE! How many times have I read through these chapters before posting them? Like fifty! ARG! And there are still spelling mistakes! WHY! After I finish updating the story I'm re-editing all chapters and fixing all those silly things "Talk It Out" pointed out for me to change. Not now though cause I'm still working on the last chapter of "Padded Cells", which I've been working on forthe past 2weeks!

STORY TIME! YAY!

WARNING: SHONENAI AHEAD! MAN ON MAN STUFF! HIDE YOUR YOUNG EYES! No, really it's not that bad…

Profanity, violence, cars, Anzu (eeek!), cell phones and how they never work (CURSE YOU TECHNOLOGY!), and sexual stuff have all cause this story to be rate "T".

Yugioh? What is this Yugioh? Little old me taking credit for characters? Surely you are joking. (Neither do I own Our Lady Peace lyrics.)

No Bakuras were tortured in hell during the writing of this chapter.

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Chyaputa 10: Someone who You Left Behind

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It had been two days and there was still no word of Yugi's location. Atemu had not moved from the couch, continuously staring at the phone, willing it to ring, wanting to it tell him his aibou was alright, that he was safe. Anzu had finally convinced him to get some sleep, insisting he had to sleep in the bed. Atemu grumbled a gritty thanks as he finally went into bedroom and eventually fell into an unpleasant restless sleep. He had been only been asleep for five minutes when the phone finally rang. Anzu picked it up with trembling fingers.

"Hello?" she answered softly.

"Anzu, its Jounouchi. They have an idea of where Yugi might be!" the blonde's excited voice rang through the receiver. Anzu's breath tightened.

"Really?" she said, voice small.

"They tracked down his credit card being used at a convenient store outside of town! Honda, Otogi and I are going to go look for him. We were wondering if Atemu would like to come," Jounouchi said excitedly.

Anzu looked over at the bedroom door hesitantly, her throat stuck.

"Anzu? Are you there?" Jounouchi called through the phone. "Answer me, Anzu. Anzu? Anzu?"

"You know, I was having a wedding before you barged in," Yugi said weakly, lying on his back on the couch, looking up at the cloudy gray sky through the broken ceiling. He turned his head to see Bakura sitting at the table, forehead resting on his folded arms, his face hidden from view. The white haired man made no sign he had actually heard Yugi speaking, for all Yugi knew the man could have been asleep. "I was getting married to Anzu. That would have been a mistake." Yugi's face fell. "But Anzu had the courage to stop the wedding." Yugi sighed, looking sadly up at the sky.

"I can't believe Anzu got there first," Yugi grumbled regretfully to himself. "If I had just had the brains to figure out that I wanted to be with Atemu earlier, before the wedding, none of this would have happened."

"Yeah but you didn't," Bakura snapped coldly. Yugi jumped in surprise. Bakura had actually been listening? "So, suck it up. You'll never confess your love to Atemu cause no one will come looking for you. I bet he's not even trying to find you."

"Don't say that!" Yugi cried panicked. Bakura stood up from the table, glaring at his captive, dark eyes flashing.

"Why not?" Bakura questioned harshly, walking over to the couch. "You never actually told Atemu how you felt. For all he knows you still love Anzu! What makes you think Atemu hasn't given up and gone to the only person who actually loves him?" Yugi moved away as Bakura sat down next to him on the couch, rather too close for Yugi's comfort. He leaned forward, eyes intense, swallowing Yugi's personal space like a storm cloud. Yugi pushed himself back against the couch cushions.

"W-what are you doing?" Yugi asked frantically. Bakura's expression was blank, face emotionless, cold and stiff.

"You really think Anzu and him are sitting around in your apartment eating cheese and crackers?" Bakura said, leaning closer. "If she's had her way, Atemu's probably too occupied to care for his little light half." Yugi's jaw trembled slightly, he looked very pale, eyes wide.

"H-he wouldn't do that! He told me he loved me!" Yugi cried, trying in vain to fight back Bakura who was now practically lying on top of him. Bakura scoffed, his sour breath blowing into Yugi's face.

"What are words?" he asked degradingly, voice sharp. "You showed him you didn't want to be with him. Now it's too late. You've lost your only chance," he growled cruelly. Yugi opened his mouth to protest and Bakura shoved his own mouth against Yugi's, his intruding tongue making Yugi gag. Yugi squeezed his hands under Bakura's body, pushed up on his chest trying to shove him away and tore his mouth away from his attacker's.

"Stop! Leave me alone!" Yugi shrieked struggling to get out from under Bakura's weight. "I LOVE Atemu!" Bakura grabbed Yugi's thin shoulders.

"Don't you get it! You've already lost him!" he snarled roughly. "He's moved on after all this time, and he's probably happier for it too!" Yugi paused his struggling looking up at Bakura suddenly very disconcerted.

"You're… not talking about Atemu," Yugi realized calmly. Bakura looked as though he was about to say something but his voice failed him.

"I don't know what you're talking about!" he spat angrily, getting off Yugi and walking a few feet away, his walk lopsided because of his weak legs.

"Was there someone who you left behind after you died, Bakura?" Yugi asked, sitting up on the couch curiously. "Who was it?"

"Nothing. No one," Bakura said firmly, back facing Yugi. Silence followed awkwardly afterward, Yugi watching Bakura's fuming back as he remained silent.

"But don't you see," Yugi continued. "In your mind, you must have been replacing me with the person you're regretting, and that's why you kissed me."

"You think too much," Bakura growled, still not facing him.

Is anybody there? Does anybody care?

Ryou lay sprawled out on his bed staring up at the ceiling, watching ghostly shapes move across the room from the shifting headlights of cars coming and going from the hotel parking lot. Malik had tried to startseveral conversations with his friend to get his mind off their situation. Ryou smiled pleasantly every time Malik began talking to him but his expression was always strained and pale, eyes distracted.

On the end of the third day since the wedding Malik finally got fed up. He jumped from his bed with a loud stomp on the floor.

"That's it! I can't take this!" Malik cried exasperatingly, gabbing his suitcase and violently stuffing his clothes back inside it.

Ryou looked up very confused. "Malik, what are you doing?"

"We're getting out of here," Malik said. Ryou sat up, now looking a little concerned at Malik's behavior.

"Where are we going?" he asked cautiously.

"If we stay at Atemu's place we're more likely to find out the location of Yugi sooner, right?" Ryou stared quite puzzled then suddenly Malik's true meaning hit him.

"You… you don't mind?" Ryou looked away, feeling guilty.

"Of course not. And you'll find him sooner, won't you? That's what you want, isn't it?" Malik asked stiffly, eyes fixed on his packing. There was a long pause and then a pair of pale arms wrapped around Malik's shoulders from behind.

"Thank you, Malik…" Ryou said gratefully, his face buried into the back of Malik's shoulder. The Egyptian sighed regretfully. He couldn't help but lean back into the white haired man's arms.

'Is this all I'll ever get?' Malik asked himself silently.

"…I'm so sorry," Ryou whispered even quieter, but Malik still heard.

"Besides," Malik continued, moving away, as thought there had been no interruption. "I think Atemu might need some saving from his roommate, Anzu," Malik let out a fake cough. "You know those desperate women can be kinda scary." Ryou blinked.

"She wouldn't…" Ryou said.

"Let's go save Atemu, shall we?" Malik said smiling, holding out a hand to his friend. Ryou nodded and took it.

How many times has your face looked away?

Is anybody safe? Does anybody pray?

Jounouchi, Honda and Otogi reached the convenient store where Yugi's credit card had been used. After interrogating the very disgruntled manager, who had already been harassed by countless policemen and investigators, they finally found out that Yugi had entered the store two days ago, one day after the wedding. The weird thing was he had entered alone in a hurry, bought food and water and then left.

"Why would Yugi willingly enter a store when he was currently being captured?" Jounouchi pondered skeptically as they left the store.

"Maybe he escaped," Honda suggested hopefully.

"Maybe... The manager said he left on foot, so he's probably somewhere close by," Jounouchi said.

"Why are we even looking anyway? There are more policemen then there are of us, they're obviously going to find him first," Otogi said, bored, examining his fingernails distractedly.

"We're looking for him because we know Yugi and Bakura better then those police investigators do!" Jounouchi insisted firmly. Otogi frowned and grumbled something under his breath but kept it to himself. They got back in the car and drove around for a bit, stopping every once in a while at suspicious places and looking around before eventually giving up.

"Come on, this is getting us nowhere!" Otogi protested.

"Have you called Atemu recently?" Honda asked, forcefully ignoring Otogi's complaints. "I thought he'd be with us by now."

"I thought he would be too," Jounouchi said and took out his cell phone. He dialed Anzu's apartment number and the phone on the other line start to ring then suddenly it cut off with a crackle of static. Jounouchi glared frustratingly his phone. "What the hell? This dammed cell phone! It cut me off again!"

"Weird," Honda said, perplexed. "Why does it always do that with Anzu's number?"

"Can we go home now?" Otogi whined.

"It is getting late," Honda agreed. Jounouchi glared at the dimming sky.

"Fine," he hissed frustratingly through his teeth. They were traveling home when they passed the convenient store again. Jounouchi sighed in regret and continued driving. Not five minutes later, Jounouchi's eyes caught on something in the bushes outside of a decrypted old building covered in vines and moss, just on the outside of town. As he squinted he noticed the thing was a red motorbike. Jounouchi brought the car to a sudden screeching halt.

"What the hell? Why are we stopping?" Otogi exclaimed from the back seat as he was suddenly jerked forward.

"Just one more stop," Jounouchi insisted pulling the car to the side of the road. Otogi groaned.

"Give up already! Let the police do their job!" Otogi said. Jonouchi turned off the engine and kicked his car door open, got out and looked up at the building.

"I have a feeling…" Jounouchi said more to himself than to Otogi. Honda sighed and then reluctantly got out of the car as well.

"One more stop," he repeated to Otogi. Otogi growled but got out of the car anyway. They approached the warehouse, walking across a badly graveled pavement that must have used to be a parking lot. Jounouchi reached for an old rusty door and found it surprisingly unlocked. It opened with a loud metal scratching squeak. Jounouchi, Honda and Otogi all entered cautiously into the shadowing interior. Passing through a crumbling hallway, they arrived in a large empty space in the center of the building.

An old rotting sofa and damaged broken table were in the middle of the space, two figures resting upon each; one with a mass of white hair, the other red and black spikes sticking up all over his head. Without a second thought, Jounouchi sprung forward at full speed, Otogi and Honda running after him.

"Yugi!" the blonde cried. The black and red haired figure lifted its head up from the table and turned around to reveal jagged golden bangs and large purple eyes.

"Jounouchi-kun!" Yugi exclaimed standing up from the table. "Honda-kun, Otogi-kun!" he said as he spotted the other two coming up behind him. Jounouchi reached Yugi first and grabbed the shorter man in a fierce hug.

"I can't believe we found you!" the blonde cried squeezing the air out of Yugi's lungs. Yugi choked.

"That's great Jounouchi-kun, but could- you- let go- now?" Yugi strained. Jounouchi released him, grinning broadly from ear to ear.

"Sorry about that," he said. There was a movement from the couch and Jounouchi spotted Bakura lying there, only just waking up, yawning widely. "Bakura!" Jounouchi snarled jumping in between Yugi and his captor.

"Yugi, are you alright?" Honda asked also rushing up to his friend, determined to protect Yugi in case the white haired madman tried to attack; but Bakura looked in no mood to be attacking anyone. He glanced vaguely over them all; half lidded uninterested dark eyes resting on Jounouchi in the front.

"Do I know you?" he questioned rudely pointing at the blonde, not fully awake.

"Its okay!" Yugi insisted hastily, turning to Jounouchi and the others before a fight broke out. "Bakura didn't hurt me!"

"Yeah, he only kidnapped you," Otogi scoffed. Bakura gave all three of them a dirty look.

"I'm telling the truth, he really didn't do anything! I promise," Yugi said looking almost pleadingly at Jounouchi. He and Honda slowly lowered their fists. "How did you guys find us anyway?" Yugi asked.

"The police told us they traced your credit card to a store about two and a half miles away from here. And well, we couldn't just sit around waiting for you to be found," Jounouchi explained, still eyeing Bakura suspiciously.

"Is Atemu with you?' Yugi asked trying to suppress his eagerness, looking around the three of them to see if his dark side was coming up behind them. Jounouchi's face dropped a little and Honda looked away.

"Ah… he didn't come," Honda admitted awkwardly. Bakura resting on the sofa suddenly looked much more interested in the conversation, dark brown eyes narrowing. Yugi looked up, eyes hurt.

"Why?" Yugi asked urgently stepping forward. "Didn't he know you were looking for me?" Jounouchi nodded awkwardly.

"We called him and Anzu said that he said he wasn't feeling well," Jounouchi explained. "But it's okay! Now you can come with us and surprise him!" he said trying to keep Yugi's spirits up. Yugi looked very disappointed.

"Oh…" was all he could say. Jounouchi, Honda and Otogi exchanged nervous glances.

"Come on, let's go," Honda encouraged Yugi warmly, patting him comfortingly on the back.

"Wait," Bakura hissed, wobbling slightly as he got to his feet. Jounouchi's and Honda's forms stiffened.

"Bakura-kun," Yugi said taking a step out from behind Jounouchi.

"You're not taking him anywhere," Bakura demanded firmly, trying to look as threatening as he could on weak legs. He reached over and with surprising speed grabbed Yugi's collar, pulling him forcefully away from the protection of his friends. "I want the pharaoh. I'm not giving his host back until he comes, in person, alone," Bakura ordered roughly, eyes hard.

"You bastard-" Honda began rising his fists again.

"Wait," Jounouchi ordered holding Honda back, watching Yugi and Bakura carefully. "We'll get Atemu for you."

"Jounouchi!" Honda and Otogi exclaimed turning angrily toward their friend.

"What are you doing?" Otogi hissed.

"Yeah, look at Bakura, he can barely stand. We can take him!" Honda insisted.

"We can, but we won't," Jounouchi said calmly watching Yugi over Honda's shoulder.

"Why not?" Honda questioned angrily.

"Because Yugi wants Atemu to come and get him," Jounouchi explained seriously. Honda and Otogi both looked over at Yugi. The sadness and disappointment in his large eyes was very hard to miss.

"But why?" Honda asked Jounouchi confused. Jounouchi shook his head.

"That's between those two," Jounouchi answered and turned back to Yugi and Bakura. "Ok, we'll get Atemu for you… Bakura," Jounouchi said falsely. He gave Yugi a small wink. Yugi's face went hot. Bakura blinked sluggishly as though he weren't even paying attention. "Let's go," Jounouchi urged shooing Honda and Otogi towards the exit.

Thenan idea suddenly hit Yugi.

"Wait! Jounouchi!" Yugi called, slipping out of Bakura's limp hold. Jounouchi turned around and Yugi beckoned him closer. "Ask Ryou to come too," Yugi whispered secretly so Bakura couldn't hear. Jounouchi's eyebrows rose.

"Ryou? But Bakura said Atemu had to come alone," Jounouchi protested quietly.

"I don't think he'll mind," Yugi said with a small grin. Jounouchi nodded knowledgeably.

"So, see you later Yugi," Jounouchi said standing up and waving goodbye.

"Bye!" Yugi called cheerfully and ran back over to the sofa. Bakura glared at the shorter man distrustfully.

"What did you tell him?" Bakura questioned harshly as Yugi sat back on the couch.

"Oh, nothing," Yugi lied. Bakura's eyes narrowed further but he didn't press the subject. "And Bakura, thanks."

"I don't know what you're talking about," Bakura answered coldly.

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So yeah, Bakura's not a complete jerk… maybe… Yeah I know I said you'd learn more about him. I lied; not intentionally I just mixed up the Bakura scenes.

Next chapter: Anzu's… being Anzu. Atemu's pissed. RYOU AND MALIK TO THE RESCUE! Will Atemu and Yugi ever find each other again? Will you actually learn stuff about Bakura this time? You know, I'm not really telling you anything you can't figure out for yourself.

Remember I'll not going to be here next week, I'll try very hard to get an internet connection but I'm not promising anything.

Now it's my favorite time of the day…

The time when you all wonderful people fill my lonesome empty life with meaning

The time when I know all fifty re-edits of the same chapter was worth it.

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Response to Reviewers:

Yami Yuugi: Yeah, not many people get to see Bakura after he's been tortured in hell for a couple years, mwahahaha. More plans for Anzu next chapter!

Oroko: Yugi is the nicest guy ever! I can always imagine him doing that too. But if I made my chapters longer there would be less of them.

LonelyTombRobber: BAKURA ROCKS! YAY! I knew I could count on you! Bakura is hot… (drools)

Hell's Sorrow: OMG… You're like the coolest person ever. Heehee, I have no idea where those hobos came from. The scene first took place in a junkyard in the middle of a city so I guess they just appeared. No, Yugi did not steal the food; he bought it with his credit card. 10 POINTS FOR ENTHUCIASTIC ANZU TORTURE! I'm strange, why thank you! (glows with pride) Again originally I thought of Yugi giving Bakura his shoes but then I realized they would probably be too small, it would have been cute though! I LOVE YOU TOO! Exclamation points are fun:-p

Tal Zera: You know what, I liked that chapter too. It was so fun to write. Bakura throwing up is funny.

i v o r y . w i n g s: YAHOO! I'm funny again! I know what you mean; it's hard to fine good fics these days. I'm not saying mine's the best cause its sooo not but I'd like to think its one of the better ones.

Hikari Skysong: If by yami x hiraki fic you mean all hirakis and yamis end up together then yeah, it is.

Jazhira: Idiot Bakura, you have to live! Live dammit! (slaps Bakura) Pull it together! YUGI TO THE RESCUE!

Yami Adritha: Don't worry, you're not ranting yet. You have to go on for at least two paragraphs to be ranting. Feel free to write more, long reviews are fun! Of course Bakura misses Ryou; he just doesn't want to admit it, heehee.

xamosy: Atemu will find Yugi… eventuallly… soon as Anzu gets out of the way.

Rykensu Sulia: When I originally wrote that chapter Yugi mentioned amputation. It was funny but it went on for too long and it was getting further and further away from the point of the story so I had to cut it out, sadly. Yes, Bakura is an evil bastard but he's THE BEST EVIL BASTARD EVER! YEAH!

AngelTakio: heehee, I didn't really think you did have a problem. I was just teasing you. Agreed no prodding. Anzu is scary! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE ATEMU! Thank you! (bows)

Dragon C. Chan: Yes, he is, isn't he?

Talk It Out: Wow… (recovers) Don't get me wrong, I always appreciate it cause I know you're trying to help. Ok, I've always secretly loathed certain transitional parts of this chapter. I'm trying to go for Bakura being extremely unstable, crazy and not exactly thinking logically. I could have worked on the dialog more but it was just getting on my nerves. With the advice on Atemu… You're right, I should have added italics. In my mind he was practically screaming his head off, I didn't translate it well into words. I also have a great fear of making people waaaaaaaay overly emotional and dramatic (thinks of first BakuraxRyou fic and shivers). But the dialog you wrote was… a little too over the top in my opinion. Personally, I don't think Atemu even knows all those curse words. Hm… (thinks more) Maybe his language wouldn't be as colorful, and he wouldn't necessarily bite his friends' heads off but I see what you mean. I never really noticed that scene as a problem before. Heehee, I'm glad you enjoyed some of it. Maybe your story is sooo good that it's physically impossible to give you CC. Heehee, just kidding. I haven't given you any mostly because yours is a humor fic. If people are a little out of character as long as its funny it doesn't really matter, or at least it doesn't to me so I haven't really been looking that hard. But if you want really want something here it is: Mahado's hair isn't black, it's sort of chestnuty brownish but this is only relevant if you've seen the Egyptian arc. He's so cute as a little kid! (looks back at response and whistles) …wow… and you thought your review was long…

yamislover14: COOL! THANK YOU!

Atemu Yugi Lover34: AWESOME! And just when I thought no more reviews were coming in! YAY! Thank you, I'm glad I'm not writing those jokes for nothing.

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