Well I am sorry for the lack of updates. I have been battling the flu, my ex, many offerings to be my bed buddy, and I have been fighting back those that insult me. It's not like I'm afraid of them, because I can handle myself. I might have a laptop, but it's hard when you feel like you're dying, to get up type away, and then load them up on No...I am alive and doing much better. I have also been fighting a massive writer's block and other such things. But that's over now, and I'm here giving you the much needed update of "You Stayed", chapter 10! Same as before, R&R, flames okay, but don't be too harsh. I'm sorry it's not my best. Just as a warning, next chappie will be in third/ story format. No real poems next time. It will be based on a poem "Yugi" wrote though, and I'll have that posted at the end of the entry.

Like I said, it's not my best, but I was just trying to get something out there. It'll be better next time, promise!

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Ytak - Thanks for the compliments! You are really kind to say that to me! I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while, but that's all changed now. I have a lot to write and I have a lot to say. I have things to do, and trust me, your character will make his debute. Well, I'm trying to get into this once again. I kinda got lost, and I think I dropped out. But I'll bring this back! In fact. Cody is in this chapt! Yuppers...no lie! And I hope I bring your character name justice, I really do. After all, the name was your idea. Thanks again, Tak!

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My life was flashing before my eyes

I felt the fear that lived inside

it was growing faster than I could blink

even faster than I could think

nothing else could make me see

the hate that was just in me

I was holding onto my Item

my prize

I was thinking how I could survive

I was standing next to him

the new kid

the boy with the new face

the boy with the old embrace

I could tell from the poems he wrote

the stories he told

that simple sad smile

I think it might take a while

to be free from my pain

and now I must run away

Ganji looks at me

seeing something only he can see

a figure looms over them

I can't tell

is it him?

Something stirs in me

something unlike I have never felt

the three men that stood before us

they looked familiar

and then suddenly someone walked forward

that boy that grin

that hair that way

I know him

yes I do

that Kaiba boy

the man toy

rumours spread fast about him too

that he lost he own money to a freak show

I never saw that face again

since after the last duel we had

I wasn't sure if he remembered the lost

or everything that it had cost

the pain

the sadness

the strain

the madness

kaiba was lost

he didn't know

I knew his pain

but just as lost

I cut myself to escape the shame

all he wanted was the fame

the cash

the money

the senseless fun

he never had a chance

his heart was on the run

"well look here boys

two runts

a cutter

and a slut."

His words cut as deep as any blade I would use

he was once beaten and bruised

"I think I'll play with them

watch them run

and then I'll rape them

one

by

one"

what was this

kaiba a raper?

No this couldn't be

could my ears deceive?

I glanced at Ganji

his face was blank

didn't he hear what his fate?

I pleaded with him

talking to kaiba

asking him why

"simple really

you took my name

my fame

brought me to shame

some king of games

cuts himself

because he lost his voice

the voice in his head

stupid yugi"

then leave Ganji out of this

what did he do

"more than you know

more than he shows

he took my card

the one in charge"

what?

A thief?

No

"he comes.

We have to get out of here."

With a jerk of a wrist

I was pulled out of the huddle and dragged away

far away

out of the stalls

and out of the place

what was that?

What just happened?

I yank his grip

I was tired of the trip

what was he talking about

why would he scream and shout

"I took his card

his blue eyes

in a duel

he lost."

Sore loser to add to the list

but something else was amiss

"We're not safe

we must go

before the time

before he shows."

Again of this figure.

The darkness grows around me,

my heart in pain

I longed for you

my yami

my love

where are you?

where could you be?

my love was taken

far from me.

We walked out the doors

and into sight

something tugs at my heart

tugs at me

telling me

that a dark soul is once again free

but what could this for be?

I wish you were with me

you would know

you would be able to see

I wasn't sure if I should trust

but something told me that I must

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Seto was slapped hard across the face, knocking him to the ground. He covered his lips to stop the bleeding as the lackies around him vanished. Cody stood there, watching the cowering figure of the CEO. A dark laughter came from him and he spoke. "I thought I told you to hurt them, not let them go."

Seto whimpered as his body was surrounded by darkness. "I'M SORRY! PLEASE DON'T SEND ME BACK THERE!"

"Mariku wants to speak with you...I can't disobey orders."