Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh, if I did I would be very, very rich and
have a really big mansion with a really cool car.
And a huge Jacuzzi pool with my own personal Baskins & Robbins beside it. - And I'd also put more romance in the manga =) (between Tea and Yami - hey I support those two no matter what anyone says - n_n).
But then again. Heck I'd do more romance between Yugi and Yami =^_^=. (NOT HENTAI !!)
-and veering off the point completely, has anyone ever noticed Yami's pants? The way they stick to him like a second skin?
-And the neck buckle? God, I love the neck buckle.
"" is talking, is for thinking and reminiscing , ** is for coughs or sighs --- --- is for mental conversations [] is for loudspeaker announcements.
CHAPTER NINE - Nothing Could Be Worth This
Pain woke up Yugi, unbelievable pain. Gasping, he gripped the bed sheets and tired to push himself up but the whole world turned upside down and he was forced to collapse back on his bed, sweating profusely.
The pain in his chest had not gotten better over the night, it had gotten much worse. Yugi blearily noticed that his breathing sounded gargled, like there was water in his chest.
Oh god, what's wrong with me? He thought panicked.
He lay there on the bed for a few more minutes and then with all his strength reached for the packet of painkillers he kept in his drawer. He popped two in his mouth, chewed and swallowed, grimacing at the taste.
When the pain finally subsided to a bearable level, he dozed off again into a fitful sleep.
He woke and hour later to tapping on his room door. "Yugi-chan, come on lad. Breakfast is on the table, you can't be late for the school bus!"
The pain was still there but bearable. Yugi hauled himself out of bed and slowly walked to the bathroom. In the shower he gingerly looked down at the purple bruise on his chest that was now twice its previous size.
A bruise that grows.
"Yugi-chan, COME ON! What's taking you so long this morning?" Solomon's voice carried up from downstairs.
When Yugi had FINALLY managed to pull on his uniform (leaving the shirt loose so nothing could touch his chest) he limped downstairs.
Solomon was busy cooking something for himself and did not turn around to see the pitiful state his grandson was in. "Have I got something to tell you!" he talked amiably. "Someone stole all the artifacts last night at the function! No one saw who it was."
Yugi wasn't really hearing his grandfather; he had caught sight of himself in the corridor mirror. He stared at his wan cheeks and raccoon eyes and realised he looked a mess.
He decided to just leave while his grandfather wasn't looking, he couldn't afford for his grandfather to know about this. He grabbed a piece of toast and his schoolbag and walked to the front door.
"Only one person said they saw anything and."
DING-A-LING
"Bye grandpa!" the game shop door closed with a click and Solomon turned to see the kitchen empty.
"Yugi-chan?" he said sweatdropping.
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Yugi stood wobbling at the bus stop trying to eat the piece of toast, but every time he took a bite he felt nauseous and had to spit it out. Finally he gave up and threw the bread in the garbage bin. (AN: DON'T LITTER!! XD)
"Hey kid, you okay?" a kind voice asked.
Still wobbling, Yugi looked up at an elderly bushy faced man, eyes slightly out of focus. "Nani?" he slurred.
"You should go to a doctor kid, you look terrible!" the man said.
Yugi shook his head and looked down the road to where the bus was approaching. "I'm fine, domo arigato."
"Kid." the man began but Yugi had already stumbled on the bus. The door closed and left the man looking worried on the sidewalk.
Yugi dozed all the way to school.
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Yami strolled into his homeroom and collapsed in his chair. The events of the night before were still whirling in his mind. Someone had tried to enter his mind; did the guy have some kind of ESP? And that rod in his hand.
Great more things to bother about he thought darkly, flipping open his book and trying to study some Biology. Why can't my life be normal? And how am I going to get an 80 or higher in the science exams?
"Well the mock papers are here." A voice said behind him.
"And just how do YOU know that Sinji?" A brown haired boy with glasses asked him sardonically. He was fliiping through a manga and did not seem too happy about the news of the mock exams arrival.
"Because TIBIKI I saw them putting the papers in the office safe yesterday, with a big stamp 'MOCK EXAM PAPERS?!'" Sinji snapped back from his position on the chair back. "God, it's so close! My mothers going to kill me if I don't get my school choice."
"At least its your mom." one student groaned.
"C'mon guys, we're all studying, we'll get where we want to go!" Tea said cheerfully, she wasn't in the classroom but had stopped to drop of a book for her friend.
Mumbled agreements could be heard.
Yami frowned but it didn't last long. The papers were here? In the office safe? Maybe with a little skill he could get in there and get a look at the science papers. His face went red at the thought of cheating but desperate times called for desperate measures. He had to get that 80, he had to pass.
Yugi dragging himself into the classroom caught his attention.
"Hey Yugi!" one of the boys said cheerfully but then stopped smiling when he saw Yugi's pale face. "You look terrible! You okay?"
"Fine." Yugi mumbled and fell into his seat breathing hard. "I'm fine."
The painkillers wearing off, can you feel it?
Already?
Yami stared at Yugi, intense gaze studying every detail of him. For a fleeting moment he wondered if it was the punch that was causing Yugi to look so sck.
But you checked it, he should just be bruised, nothing worse.
Nevertheless when class started and he saw Yugi could barely get out of his seat, he began to wonder if he was wrong.
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The day went by in a haze of pain for Yugi, he barely got to each class and when he got there he sat at the back, trying to avoid being noticed.
But he did get noticed.
Several teachers asked him if he was well and if he would like to go the nurse. He politely turned them down and tried to make an appearance of at least paying attention.
Let the day end, just let it end so I can go home.
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Yami was staring at the office from the corner of his eye, all day he had taken every excuse to go by there so he could study the door and the security precautions of the place. After six visits and a quick peek inside to see what kind of safe it was (it was one of those serial number ones) he decided he'd need at least 20 minutes to crack it open.
But where could he get the time? The office always had someone in there.
At that same moment a cheerful voice bleared over the loudspeaker.
[Good afternoon students and teachers - This is your principle letting you know that there will be a school meeting in the last period of the day. All students and staff will be required to attend and as a result all classes after lunch are shortened by 10 minutes, all students are.]
Well isn't that the freakiest bit of luck?
(AN: no seriously, this kind of luck has happened to me before - NO I'VE NEVER STOLEN MOCK EXAM PAPERS BEFORE! - I'm talking about a teacher being absent when I have a test that I know diddly-squat on.that kind of coincidence)
He had a whole half an hour to get into the safe! Clenching his fist, he hoped he wouldn't loose his nerve. He couldn't afford to.
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Yugi was glad for the shortened classes; it gave the teachers less time to see him. When the final class for the day arrived, he excused himself halfway during class to go the bathroom.
He had to take another painkiller.
He was shaking so badly when he got the bathroom he could barely open the tablet bottle; only with supreme effort did he finally get the childproof cap off. He took one and chewed it, then collapsed in a stall waiting for it to take effect. The gurgly sound in his chest was becoming more pronounced.
Oh god, oh god.
The bell rang and the sounds of students coming out of the classrooms and heading for the main hall could be heard.
Yugi choked suddenly, he couldn't help it, his mouth had filled up with bitter tasting bile. He renched into his hand and was horrified to see blood covering it when he moved it away. His vision went double for a second.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, PROTECTING YAMI OR NOT, YOUR GONNA DIE IF YOU DON'T GO TO THE NURSE NOW!!!
Yugi decided he had to go, he was too frightened, blood coming up? He staggered to his feet and out of the stall. Frantically washing off the blood on his hand he swayed out of the door.
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Yami was picking the lock; he had run into some difficulty at first. Someone had locked the office door but his good old Swiss knife had done nicely, and without destroying the lock either. Yami felt rather proud of himself. As he struggled with the combination lock that pride began to fade however and guilt took its place.
Your cheating, your parents didn't raise you to cheat.
Shut up, I don't need to listen to this
The lock clicked.
Yami stared at it and breathing deeply pulled open the safe, before him lay the mock exam papers.
Don't do it.
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Yugi was dragging his way towards the nurse's office and had to pass the front office. He was trying to sneak by as quietly as possible when he caught site of Yami. He was standing in front of the office safe, which was wide open and fiddling with something.
He's a thief too?
NO WAY IN HELL IS HE WORTH HELPING!
"Wh.what are you doing?" he choked out softly at the door.
NOO! RUN! NURSE NURSE!! . ahhh shit
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Yami whirled around at Yugi's voice, eyes panicked. He lost his grip on the package and watched it slide across the room and touch Yugi's feet.
"MOCK EXAM PAPERS, CONFIDENTIAL, CODE 998" it read. Yugi's eyes went wide when he saw it and he looked up at Yami. For a moment his pain ebbed away, he had to stop Yami, had to stop him from doing this to himself.
Déjà vu all over again.blah.
Yami's initial panic faded when he saw it was Yugi but his heart was still pounding. If it had been the principle.
How is this any different? Yugi could prattle on you!
His heart began pounding again.
"What. the hell.are you doing?" Yami grated out. "Where did you come from?"
"Yami. you can't do this!" Yugi said, his voice was pleading. "You don't have to do this! Don't throw your life away by cheating! You'll be found out, put it back please!"
Yami got up, grabbed the package away from Yugi's feet and towered over his small doppelganger. He didn't know what he was going to do but he had to keep Yugi from talking.
"I WON'T be found out if you keep your big trap SHUT." Yami snarled, his voice as cold as eyes. His eyes bore into Yugi's relentlessly.
Yugi shrunk back, terrified Yami was going to hit him again, but he had to stop Yami, somehow. "I understand what your going through. but cheating won't solve your problem, I.I can help you study if you want."
Help me?! Yami almost laughed out loud.
"What the hell do you know?" Yami hissed dangerously. "You know nothing!" He gripped Yugi by the collar.
"I know that what you really want is to be a programmer, that you hate sciences and that the only reason your doing sciences is because that's what your guardian said your parents would want." Yugi said choking. "Cheating won't solve any of these problems they'll only make things worse! You're throwing your life away! Nothing could be worth this! Take your teachers advice Yami, start over."
How did he.Who.Kami-sensei..
"You were spying on me?" Yami snarled, shaking Yugi like a ragdoll. The pain in Yugi's chest intensified as he panicked. "YOU WERE BLOODY SPYING ON ME? WHO ASKED YOU TO BUTT INTO MY LIFE? WHO!!?"
He kept shaking Yugi. "You're going to keep your goddam mouth shut about this do you hear me? IF ONE WORD GETS TO THE PRINCIPLE ABOUT THIS, I'M GOING TO HUNT YOU DOWN AND GODDAM KILL YOU!!"
With that he shoved Yugi aside and ripped the package open, shuffling around for the science papers.
The shove hadn't been much, if Yugi had been well and in an open hallway the most that would have happened was that he would have hit into a locker hard.
But that wasn't the case, Yugi could barely keep his balance and he was exceedingly weak. The office was cluttered with desks. The result of that push from Yami was disastrous.
Yugi staggered to the side and collided into the sharp edge of a desk.
Chest first.
Something 'crunched' sickeningly inside him and all Yugi could see was red for ten seconds before the pain, agony beyond anything he had ever felt before washed through him.
Yami eyes went wide when the most anguished scream he had ever heard came from behind him.
Dropping the package he turned to see Yugi writhing on the floor, blood gurgling from the side of his mouth and crying out. His eyes were squeezed tightly.
What the HELL?
No matter what Yami had said before, he had never ever intended to hurt anyone this badly. All thoughts of cheating left him and he rushed to Yugi's side.
At Yami's touch, Yugi's eyes snapped open. The only thing his mind could comprehend at this point was that Yami had been the one to cause this pain and Yami seemed to be coming back to cause more pain.
He's going to hit me, He's going to hit me!!
"NOO!" he gurgled/screamed, tears running down his face. "NO!! DON'T HIT ME AGAIN, I WON'T TELL, PLEASE, I'M SORRY, GRANDPA!!!!!!" He tried to pull away, shuffle backwards with his feet. Blood kept pouring out his mouth and suddenly he began to choke. "Grandpa!!! HELP ME!"
Yami's heart clenched at the sight of the boy sobbing and trying to move away, was he this bad a bully? He had never meant to hurt anyone this badly.
Yugi finally stopped trying to crawl away, too exhausted to move he gave into heaving, gurgling sobs instead and holding his lower chest.
"Grandpa." he whimpered.
Yami didn't know what to do. He tried to lift Yugi into his arms but Yugi hit at him blindly with an arm and kicked at him.
What happened to him? Is it the punch? He's holding his chest
IT BLOODY WELL COULD BE THE PUNCH, GET HIM SOME HELP!!
Yugi's eyes head snapped back and he began sobbing again as another wave of agony shot through him. He was shaking violently.
Yami decided he had had enough and lifted Yugi up, despite Yugi's struggles.
You have to calm him down! He's gonna make it worse by struggling! SAY SOMETHING!!!
"Yugi, calm down, I'm not going to hurt you, shhhh." Yami said as gently as he could into Yugi's ear. "Let me get you to the nurse.please."
Yugi stiffened for a second and then went limp, letting Yami carry him. Yami could feel his burning cheek against his chest. Yugi had a bad fever too.
You got to get him to the nurse!!!
He's light, run!
Forgetting everything; that he had been trying to cheat, that if he did this he was going to be punished for bullying and ultimately was facing expulsion. Yami ran to the nurse's office, Yugi wrapped in his arms.
Yami's helping me? Yugi thought to himself. his voice. so gentle.
Getting so dark.can't breathe. Yugi's brain was saying sluggishly.
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"NURSE!!!" Yami bellowed, throwing open the door of the medical room. "YOU HAVE TO HELP HIM, HE'S BLEEDING FROM THE MOUTH!"
The nurse did not even give Yami time to explain anymore, she removed Yugi's jacket and shirt so he could breathe more freely and gasped at the large purple bruise on his chest. Yami saw it too and his eyes went wide as well.
Yugi was going around with this wound from my punch?
Why? Why did he do that for me?
The nurse snatched up a phone and speed dialed the ambulance.
"How did this happen?" She asked Yami as she transferred Yugi to another bed and began trying to get his lungs clear of the blood that was rapidly filling them. "God he's burning with fever too."
"I .I ...punched him. I didn't think it was so bad." Yami said helplessly. "Is he going to be alright?"
The nurse gave him a dark stare and opened the door for the ambulance that had just arrived.
Yugi was carried out on a stretcher, completely unconscious.
The nurse turned to Yami. "I don't know if he'll survive this, I suspect his lung is punctured. "I have to go with him, you stay here!"
She left Yami standing in the doorway of the Nurses office, his world crumbling around him for the second time that week. Looking down at his hands he could think only one thing. What have I become?!
To be continued
AN: AHHH YUGI!! WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU???
Yugi: x_x
(Pauses -_-*)
Aww, I know it was a bit dark (okay, very dark) but it had a touch of fluff (in an angsty sort of way). I know you all want to massacre me for doing these horrible things to Yugi (runs like heck from Superfreak).
Superfreak: WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM!!? DIE!!! (swipes ax)
Dillydally: AHHHHH (dodges) Will Yugi survive? Hey, I'm the evil sort y'never know.;)
Superfreak: 'passes out from the thought of it'
As for Yami he'll start suffering too. soon.
Yami: O_O.
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To Princess Strawberry: if you thought last chapter was weird... oops I had to hurt Yugi! I'm sorry!! It's for the story! I love Yugi!
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And a huge Jacuzzi pool with my own personal Baskins & Robbins beside it. - And I'd also put more romance in the manga =) (between Tea and Yami - hey I support those two no matter what anyone says - n_n).
But then again. Heck I'd do more romance between Yugi and Yami =^_^=. (NOT HENTAI !!)
-and veering off the point completely, has anyone ever noticed Yami's pants? The way they stick to him like a second skin?
-And the neck buckle? God, I love the neck buckle.
"" is talking, is for thinking and reminiscing , ** is for coughs or sighs --- --- is for mental conversations [] is for loudspeaker announcements.
CHAPTER NINE - Nothing Could Be Worth This
Pain woke up Yugi, unbelievable pain. Gasping, he gripped the bed sheets and tired to push himself up but the whole world turned upside down and he was forced to collapse back on his bed, sweating profusely.
The pain in his chest had not gotten better over the night, it had gotten much worse. Yugi blearily noticed that his breathing sounded gargled, like there was water in his chest.
Oh god, what's wrong with me? He thought panicked.
He lay there on the bed for a few more minutes and then with all his strength reached for the packet of painkillers he kept in his drawer. He popped two in his mouth, chewed and swallowed, grimacing at the taste.
When the pain finally subsided to a bearable level, he dozed off again into a fitful sleep.
He woke and hour later to tapping on his room door. "Yugi-chan, come on lad. Breakfast is on the table, you can't be late for the school bus!"
The pain was still there but bearable. Yugi hauled himself out of bed and slowly walked to the bathroom. In the shower he gingerly looked down at the purple bruise on his chest that was now twice its previous size.
A bruise that grows.
"Yugi-chan, COME ON! What's taking you so long this morning?" Solomon's voice carried up from downstairs.
When Yugi had FINALLY managed to pull on his uniform (leaving the shirt loose so nothing could touch his chest) he limped downstairs.
Solomon was busy cooking something for himself and did not turn around to see the pitiful state his grandson was in. "Have I got something to tell you!" he talked amiably. "Someone stole all the artifacts last night at the function! No one saw who it was."
Yugi wasn't really hearing his grandfather; he had caught sight of himself in the corridor mirror. He stared at his wan cheeks and raccoon eyes and realised he looked a mess.
He decided to just leave while his grandfather wasn't looking, he couldn't afford for his grandfather to know about this. He grabbed a piece of toast and his schoolbag and walked to the front door.
"Only one person said they saw anything and."
DING-A-LING
"Bye grandpa!" the game shop door closed with a click and Solomon turned to see the kitchen empty.
"Yugi-chan?" he said sweatdropping.
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Yugi stood wobbling at the bus stop trying to eat the piece of toast, but every time he took a bite he felt nauseous and had to spit it out. Finally he gave up and threw the bread in the garbage bin. (AN: DON'T LITTER!! XD)
"Hey kid, you okay?" a kind voice asked.
Still wobbling, Yugi looked up at an elderly bushy faced man, eyes slightly out of focus. "Nani?" he slurred.
"You should go to a doctor kid, you look terrible!" the man said.
Yugi shook his head and looked down the road to where the bus was approaching. "I'm fine, domo arigato."
"Kid." the man began but Yugi had already stumbled on the bus. The door closed and left the man looking worried on the sidewalk.
Yugi dozed all the way to school.
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Yami strolled into his homeroom and collapsed in his chair. The events of the night before were still whirling in his mind. Someone had tried to enter his mind; did the guy have some kind of ESP? And that rod in his hand.
Great more things to bother about he thought darkly, flipping open his book and trying to study some Biology. Why can't my life be normal? And how am I going to get an 80 or higher in the science exams?
"Well the mock papers are here." A voice said behind him.
"And just how do YOU know that Sinji?" A brown haired boy with glasses asked him sardonically. He was fliiping through a manga and did not seem too happy about the news of the mock exams arrival.
"Because TIBIKI I saw them putting the papers in the office safe yesterday, with a big stamp 'MOCK EXAM PAPERS?!'" Sinji snapped back from his position on the chair back. "God, it's so close! My mothers going to kill me if I don't get my school choice."
"At least its your mom." one student groaned.
"C'mon guys, we're all studying, we'll get where we want to go!" Tea said cheerfully, she wasn't in the classroom but had stopped to drop of a book for her friend.
Mumbled agreements could be heard.
Yami frowned but it didn't last long. The papers were here? In the office safe? Maybe with a little skill he could get in there and get a look at the science papers. His face went red at the thought of cheating but desperate times called for desperate measures. He had to get that 80, he had to pass.
Yugi dragging himself into the classroom caught his attention.
"Hey Yugi!" one of the boys said cheerfully but then stopped smiling when he saw Yugi's pale face. "You look terrible! You okay?"
"Fine." Yugi mumbled and fell into his seat breathing hard. "I'm fine."
The painkillers wearing off, can you feel it?
Already?
Yami stared at Yugi, intense gaze studying every detail of him. For a fleeting moment he wondered if it was the punch that was causing Yugi to look so sck.
But you checked it, he should just be bruised, nothing worse.
Nevertheless when class started and he saw Yugi could barely get out of his seat, he began to wonder if he was wrong.
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The day went by in a haze of pain for Yugi, he barely got to each class and when he got there he sat at the back, trying to avoid being noticed.
But he did get noticed.
Several teachers asked him if he was well and if he would like to go the nurse. He politely turned them down and tried to make an appearance of at least paying attention.
Let the day end, just let it end so I can go home.
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Yami was staring at the office from the corner of his eye, all day he had taken every excuse to go by there so he could study the door and the security precautions of the place. After six visits and a quick peek inside to see what kind of safe it was (it was one of those serial number ones) he decided he'd need at least 20 minutes to crack it open.
But where could he get the time? The office always had someone in there.
At that same moment a cheerful voice bleared over the loudspeaker.
[Good afternoon students and teachers - This is your principle letting you know that there will be a school meeting in the last period of the day. All students and staff will be required to attend and as a result all classes after lunch are shortened by 10 minutes, all students are.]
Well isn't that the freakiest bit of luck?
(AN: no seriously, this kind of luck has happened to me before - NO I'VE NEVER STOLEN MOCK EXAM PAPERS BEFORE! - I'm talking about a teacher being absent when I have a test that I know diddly-squat on.that kind of coincidence)
He had a whole half an hour to get into the safe! Clenching his fist, he hoped he wouldn't loose his nerve. He couldn't afford to.
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Yugi was glad for the shortened classes; it gave the teachers less time to see him. When the final class for the day arrived, he excused himself halfway during class to go the bathroom.
He had to take another painkiller.
He was shaking so badly when he got the bathroom he could barely open the tablet bottle; only with supreme effort did he finally get the childproof cap off. He took one and chewed it, then collapsed in a stall waiting for it to take effect. The gurgly sound in his chest was becoming more pronounced.
Oh god, oh god.
The bell rang and the sounds of students coming out of the classrooms and heading for the main hall could be heard.
Yugi choked suddenly, he couldn't help it, his mouth had filled up with bitter tasting bile. He renched into his hand and was horrified to see blood covering it when he moved it away. His vision went double for a second.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, PROTECTING YAMI OR NOT, YOUR GONNA DIE IF YOU DON'T GO TO THE NURSE NOW!!!
Yugi decided he had to go, he was too frightened, blood coming up? He staggered to his feet and out of the stall. Frantically washing off the blood on his hand he swayed out of the door.
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Yami was picking the lock; he had run into some difficulty at first. Someone had locked the office door but his good old Swiss knife had done nicely, and without destroying the lock either. Yami felt rather proud of himself. As he struggled with the combination lock that pride began to fade however and guilt took its place.
Your cheating, your parents didn't raise you to cheat.
Shut up, I don't need to listen to this
The lock clicked.
Yami stared at it and breathing deeply pulled open the safe, before him lay the mock exam papers.
Don't do it.
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Yugi was dragging his way towards the nurse's office and had to pass the front office. He was trying to sneak by as quietly as possible when he caught site of Yami. He was standing in front of the office safe, which was wide open and fiddling with something.
He's a thief too?
NO WAY IN HELL IS HE WORTH HELPING!
"Wh.what are you doing?" he choked out softly at the door.
NOO! RUN! NURSE NURSE!! . ahhh shit
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Yami whirled around at Yugi's voice, eyes panicked. He lost his grip on the package and watched it slide across the room and touch Yugi's feet.
"MOCK EXAM PAPERS, CONFIDENTIAL, CODE 998" it read. Yugi's eyes went wide when he saw it and he looked up at Yami. For a moment his pain ebbed away, he had to stop Yami, had to stop him from doing this to himself.
Déjà vu all over again.blah.
Yami's initial panic faded when he saw it was Yugi but his heart was still pounding. If it had been the principle.
How is this any different? Yugi could prattle on you!
His heart began pounding again.
"What. the hell.are you doing?" Yami grated out. "Where did you come from?"
"Yami. you can't do this!" Yugi said, his voice was pleading. "You don't have to do this! Don't throw your life away by cheating! You'll be found out, put it back please!"
Yami got up, grabbed the package away from Yugi's feet and towered over his small doppelganger. He didn't know what he was going to do but he had to keep Yugi from talking.
"I WON'T be found out if you keep your big trap SHUT." Yami snarled, his voice as cold as eyes. His eyes bore into Yugi's relentlessly.
Yugi shrunk back, terrified Yami was going to hit him again, but he had to stop Yami, somehow. "I understand what your going through. but cheating won't solve your problem, I.I can help you study if you want."
Help me?! Yami almost laughed out loud.
"What the hell do you know?" Yami hissed dangerously. "You know nothing!" He gripped Yugi by the collar.
"I know that what you really want is to be a programmer, that you hate sciences and that the only reason your doing sciences is because that's what your guardian said your parents would want." Yugi said choking. "Cheating won't solve any of these problems they'll only make things worse! You're throwing your life away! Nothing could be worth this! Take your teachers advice Yami, start over."
How did he.Who.Kami-sensei..
"You were spying on me?" Yami snarled, shaking Yugi like a ragdoll. The pain in Yugi's chest intensified as he panicked. "YOU WERE BLOODY SPYING ON ME? WHO ASKED YOU TO BUTT INTO MY LIFE? WHO!!?"
He kept shaking Yugi. "You're going to keep your goddam mouth shut about this do you hear me? IF ONE WORD GETS TO THE PRINCIPLE ABOUT THIS, I'M GOING TO HUNT YOU DOWN AND GODDAM KILL YOU!!"
With that he shoved Yugi aside and ripped the package open, shuffling around for the science papers.
The shove hadn't been much, if Yugi had been well and in an open hallway the most that would have happened was that he would have hit into a locker hard.
But that wasn't the case, Yugi could barely keep his balance and he was exceedingly weak. The office was cluttered with desks. The result of that push from Yami was disastrous.
Yugi staggered to the side and collided into the sharp edge of a desk.
Chest first.
Something 'crunched' sickeningly inside him and all Yugi could see was red for ten seconds before the pain, agony beyond anything he had ever felt before washed through him.
Yami eyes went wide when the most anguished scream he had ever heard came from behind him.
Dropping the package he turned to see Yugi writhing on the floor, blood gurgling from the side of his mouth and crying out. His eyes were squeezed tightly.
What the HELL?
No matter what Yami had said before, he had never ever intended to hurt anyone this badly. All thoughts of cheating left him and he rushed to Yugi's side.
At Yami's touch, Yugi's eyes snapped open. The only thing his mind could comprehend at this point was that Yami had been the one to cause this pain and Yami seemed to be coming back to cause more pain.
He's going to hit me, He's going to hit me!!
"NOO!" he gurgled/screamed, tears running down his face. "NO!! DON'T HIT ME AGAIN, I WON'T TELL, PLEASE, I'M SORRY, GRANDPA!!!!!!" He tried to pull away, shuffle backwards with his feet. Blood kept pouring out his mouth and suddenly he began to choke. "Grandpa!!! HELP ME!"
Yami's heart clenched at the sight of the boy sobbing and trying to move away, was he this bad a bully? He had never meant to hurt anyone this badly.
Yugi finally stopped trying to crawl away, too exhausted to move he gave into heaving, gurgling sobs instead and holding his lower chest.
"Grandpa." he whimpered.
Yami didn't know what to do. He tried to lift Yugi into his arms but Yugi hit at him blindly with an arm and kicked at him.
What happened to him? Is it the punch? He's holding his chest
IT BLOODY WELL COULD BE THE PUNCH, GET HIM SOME HELP!!
Yugi's eyes head snapped back and he began sobbing again as another wave of agony shot through him. He was shaking violently.
Yami decided he had had enough and lifted Yugi up, despite Yugi's struggles.
You have to calm him down! He's gonna make it worse by struggling! SAY SOMETHING!!!
"Yugi, calm down, I'm not going to hurt you, shhhh." Yami said as gently as he could into Yugi's ear. "Let me get you to the nurse.please."
Yugi stiffened for a second and then went limp, letting Yami carry him. Yami could feel his burning cheek against his chest. Yugi had a bad fever too.
You got to get him to the nurse!!!
He's light, run!
Forgetting everything; that he had been trying to cheat, that if he did this he was going to be punished for bullying and ultimately was facing expulsion. Yami ran to the nurse's office, Yugi wrapped in his arms.
Yami's helping me? Yugi thought to himself. his voice. so gentle.
Getting so dark.can't breathe. Yugi's brain was saying sluggishly.
Hurts.hurts so much.h. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"NURSE!!!" Yami bellowed, throwing open the door of the medical room. "YOU HAVE TO HELP HIM, HE'S BLEEDING FROM THE MOUTH!"
The nurse did not even give Yami time to explain anymore, she removed Yugi's jacket and shirt so he could breathe more freely and gasped at the large purple bruise on his chest. Yami saw it too and his eyes went wide as well.
Yugi was going around with this wound from my punch?
Why? Why did he do that for me?
The nurse snatched up a phone and speed dialed the ambulance.
"How did this happen?" She asked Yami as she transferred Yugi to another bed and began trying to get his lungs clear of the blood that was rapidly filling them. "God he's burning with fever too."
"I .I ...punched him. I didn't think it was so bad." Yami said helplessly. "Is he going to be alright?"
The nurse gave him a dark stare and opened the door for the ambulance that had just arrived.
Yugi was carried out on a stretcher, completely unconscious.
The nurse turned to Yami. "I don't know if he'll survive this, I suspect his lung is punctured. "I have to go with him, you stay here!"
She left Yami standing in the doorway of the Nurses office, his world crumbling around him for the second time that week. Looking down at his hands he could think only one thing. What have I become?!
To be continued
AN: AHHH YUGI!! WHAT HAVE I DONE TO YOU???
Yugi: x_x
(Pauses -_-*)
Aww, I know it was a bit dark (okay, very dark) but it had a touch of fluff (in an angsty sort of way). I know you all want to massacre me for doing these horrible things to Yugi (runs like heck from Superfreak).
Superfreak: WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM!!? DIE!!! (swipes ax)
Dillydally: AHHHHH (dodges) Will Yugi survive? Hey, I'm the evil sort y'never know.;)
Superfreak: 'passes out from the thought of it'
As for Yami he'll start suffering too. soon.
Yami: O_O.
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-------------------------------------- Now I thank everyone who reviewed last chapter!
To AngelsKitten - I will promise ^^ thank you for reviewing!
To KawaiiBlackMoon: was this action packed enough for you? =D (btw I love your stories ^_^!) thank you for reviewing!
To MoonlitSpire: Thanks!! I'm trying to speed up a bit ^^ two in two days whoo!
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To Ani-Coolgirl - no don't eat meee!!! ;_; I wrote more see?
To Moonnymph: I'm gonna check out your fic^^. And thank you for signing as one of my first reviewers! (Hugs)
To Princess Strawberry: if you thought last chapter was weird... oops I had to hurt Yugi! I'm sorry!! It's for the story! I love Yugi!
To Kugi Ra Muto: i didn't forget you! Honestly! It's just that i had made my thank you list already when you reviewed!! (Hugs) reviews greatly appreciated!!! (Please don't set Malik on me....;_;) i read your story! update please!
To Nightingale: hmm, good idea, I could do that...cept I'm not a HUGE fan of those two. Thanks for reviewing!
To innocent: Aww another vote against Ryou and Bakura, the people are speakin! Glad you like my fic! Please don't stop reading! (You got a good point too)
To Wolfspeaker: was it fluffy? Well not really...;_;
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