Hello again! I have returned, to give you a new chapter to read and (hopefully) enjoy!
-cheers in the background-
First of all; Thanks everyone that reviewed! I love you all so much, you are the ones that inspire me to write, and not just give up on this story! Thanks again!
Secondly, Yugi's man (if you are still reading this though you don't like the Yugi/Yami pairing); No, I am not feeling you 'hommie'. Because you can't do that through a computer screen. And you can't see a person. So you wouldn't know if I am ugly, now would you? And 'The Blonde Midget' is a nickname. As far as you know, I might be a blackhaired girl that is 2 meters tall!
...well, I am not blackharied, nor am I 2 meters tall. But still, I could be!
Your review just made me annoyed, and angry. If you had had some constructive critics, I would have been alright with it. But just telling me that this story is, I quote, 'redunkulous' (which is not a word as far as I know), and that I am ugly (--;)...that is just idiotic. And, by the way, I am not sorry for telling you his. Flame me all you like for telling you this, I do not care. Why? Because it is my own opinion, and I stand for it.
...and if you don't like the pairing, why did you even bother to read it? It says in the summary; Yugi/Yami. That, I think, would make it clear what kind of a story this is. Just saying.
Now, when I'm done with explaining and giving my replies, lets move on...
Disclaimer: Wait a minute...-checks a list- Hm...chocolate, a pair of dirty socks, and a computer...nope, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! At least not yet...-evil grin-
Pairings: Same as last chapter; Yugi/Yami, Seto/Jou, Ryou/Bakura and extremely one-sided Anzu/Yami. Also, some minor Otogi/Honda.
Warnings: Major Anzu-bashing(mwaha, bashbashbash...sorry.) and boys loving boys. Some swearing and much violence. Rape. I recommend you to jump over those parts if you are easily offended.
/Yami talking with Yugi through the mindlink/
((Yugi talking to Yami through the mindlink))
"Thoughts"
"Spoken out loud"
Now that I am done with all of that, I'll let this story get started!
Chapter 8School-yard
12:01am
Normal POV
Yami sat under the soft shadow of the tree, where he and Jou had agreed to meet. He checked his watch, for what had to be the seventh time. "Come on, Jou...where the hell are you?" He mumbled to himself.
"Ya do know tha' talkin' to yourself is the first sign of insanity?" A sharp voice said behind him, with an accent that couldn't be mistaken on.
"You're late." Yami stated after looking at his watch (again), as Jou sat down next to him.
Jou huffed, and took out his lunch. "Well, I had to tell Seto tha' I wouldn' be with him for lunch." Jou glared at his sandwich. "Though I doubt tha' he'll even notice I'm gone. I saw Janice walk up to him after I left..." He took a large bite of his sandwich, and chewed it angrily.
Yami blinked, but decided not to ask. "Okay..."
The two boys now ate their lunches under complete silence, that was only interrupted by occasional slurps and large gulps when Jou swallowed. Yami didn't eat much though; he was too nervous.
When the last of the food was eaten, Yami sighed. It was time to get to business.
"Jou, about what happened the other day..."
Jou swallowed down the last of his sandwich with a large gulp. "No need to explain, Yami. Nothin' you'll say will change the fact tha' I'm fuckin' pissed at you for dating tha' bitch-nag, Anzu..."
Yami groaned, and interrupted Jou. "Shut up, and listen to me! Because what I am about to say, I will only say once!."
The blond looked at him for a few minutes, under complete silence, except Yami's slightly ragged breathing. Then he sighed deeply, and nodded. "Fine. Talk. I'll listen, but it doesn' mean tha' I'll believe ya."
Yami nodded, and took a deep breath, trying to figure out where to start. "First of all; I am not dating Anzu."
Jou snorted. "Yeah, right."
"It's true!" Yami said with a pleading voice. "I don't even like her, and you know it!"
"But ya kissed her!" Jou cried out, and glared at him. "And, as far as I know, you're a couple if ya kiss someone."
Yami glared. "To make things clear; She kissed me! I didn't kiss back. Yugi walked in while I was too shocked and disgusted to move." He shivered at the horrible memory of Anzu's lips against his and her tongue in his mouth.
Jou blinked. "What? You mean..." His eyes sharpened again. "How do I know tha' you're telling the truth?"
In that moment, something inside Yami snapped. Maybe it was the absence of his hikari's calming presence, or perhaps the lack of sleep (3 hours last night). But Yami suddenly just couldn't help himself. He grabbed Jou's shoulders and shook him violently.
"I'LL TELL YOU HOW YOU'LL FUCKING KNOW THAT I'M TELLING THE TRUTH!" He roared, his eyes glowing in a dangerous red colour. Students stopped to look at them for a few seconds, but quickly looked away when Yami turned his blazing eyes to them.
He started to speak, now in a lower voice, but still with the same intensity. "I don't love Anzu, hell, I don't even like her! I never did, and most certainly never will. And why is that? Firstly;" He drew a deep breath. "I am gay. You know, when you like guys, aren't attracted to girls? At all?"
Jou simply blinked. "I sorta guessed tha' you were, but..."
Yami interrupted him. "Shut up and listen. Secondly; how would I be able to like a girl who's only after my dick, and doesn't even care for my emotions? I know she doesn't care about me, I'm not stupid. I've seen the way she looks at me, with only lust in her eyes." He shuddered.
Jou sighed. "Okay, Yams, calm down now, 'kay? I get it; ya don' like Anzu."
Yami shook his head and panted. Somehow, he had to get it all out. The feelings inside him was too much, and it felt like his head was about to explode. "That's not all..."
"Huh?", was Jou's clever response.
Yami's eyes softened. "There's a third reason to why I can never love Anzu. And that is the most important reason of all."
"And wha' is that?" Jou asked with curiosity.
Yami's eyes softened even more. "I love someone else. The most perfect and lovely being of this earth. It's not a human, it's an angel fallen to earth..." His voice trailed off, and he sighed.
Now, Jou was beyond curious. "Who is it?"
Before Yami could stop himself, he blurted it out. "Yugi..." He put his hands in front of his mouth in a faint attempt to force the words back down his throat. A pale blush crept up to his cheeks, and he looked at anything but Jou.
Jou stared, and then grinned. "You love Yugi?"
Yami blushed deeper, and nodded. "Yes...I love Yugi. With everything I have."
"WHAT!" A shrill voice cried out behind them. The two boys quickly turned their gazes in the direction of the voice.
Only a few feet away, stood Anzu. Her blue eyes were big with surprise, but also filled with anger. She was dressed in a cheerleading-costume, and was shaking with anger.
She stomped up to Yami, and glared at him where he sat on the ground. "You...You love Yugi! Yugi! What the hell do you see in him, a short, annoying, wannabe idiot, who's good for nothing except whining!"
Fury flamed up within Yami, and he flew up from the ground. No one, especially not a bitch like Anzu, was allowed to insult his hikari. He grabbed Anzu's arm and glared at her. "You dare to say that again?" He hissed.
Anzu blinked at the tone of his voice, and then smirked. "Yes. Yugi is short, annoying, a wannabe, and an idiot, who's only good at whining. There, I said it again."
Clearly, Anzu was even dumber than she looked.
Yami growled, and threw Anzu up against the tree, holding one hand over her throat, and the other on the tree. His eyes was sending lightning, and his whole face showed anger and hate. Anzu's eyes grew big with fear, and she started gasping for air, that Yami's hand denied her.
"Now you listen to me, Anzu Mazaki." Yami hissed. "You call Yugi anything like that again, or even dare to speak his name with your filthy voice, I will personally make sure that you get a one-way ticket to the Shadow Realm. And there, you will be accompanied by the foulest creatures you can imagine in your worst nightmare. Understood?"
Anzu nodded. Or, nodded the best she could with Yami's hand over her throat.
"Good." Yami said, and was about to let her go, but tightened his grip on her throat again. "Ah, one more thing. If you get more than three yards within Yugi, you are dead. Hurt him, and you are beyond dead. Then you will live forever in a place worse than the worst hell you could imagine." Then, Yami let go of her neck, and she fell to her knees, gasping for air.
Anzu drew a deep breath, and massaged her neck. Her blue eyes glared at Yami with disgust and hate. "You will regret that, Yami." She hissed.
Yami glanced back at her for a second. "I only regret that I didn't do that earlier." He walked away. "Come on, Jou. I have to wash my hands." Jou quickly got to his feet with a smirk in Anzu's direction, before he ran after Yami.
"Yami!" Jou said when he came up to Yami's side. "Yami, tha' was so cool! I've wanted to do that for...um...forever!"
Yami sighed. "Me too. But I don't think that it will be the last we see of Anzu. If I know her right, she won't give up that easy." His eyes darkened. "She will be after Yugi. We have to get to him, and protect him until the danger is over."
Jou nodded. "We'll go straight after school-"
"We'll go now." Yami said sternly.
"Now!" Jou cried out, and stared at him. "Are ya nuts! My grades are already low, an' I most certainly don' need another detention!"
Yami sighed. "I'll take the blame. And, besides, Kaiba can tell you what work you will need to do." Yami paused. "Also, Kaiba might want to know that you're leaving..."
"Oh, him..." Jou mumbled, and glared to his right. "I don' think he'll even notice tha' I'm gone." The blond nodded towards a table, and Yami turned his gaze there.
Janice sat next to Seto(awfully close too), giggling every now and then, while they read a book. To Yami's big surprise, Seto was also smiling ever so slightly, and seemed to talk to Janice politely.
Yami's eyes narrowed. "What a bastard." Those words was spoke with such honesty, that one could think that Yami had never said anything else in his whole life.
Jou sighed. "I know, he is like tha'. Flatter him, and ya have him in your hand... but I never thought he...that he would...lets just leave, 'kay? We have a friend to protect!" And with that, Jou grabbed Yami's hand, and dragged him off towards the gates of the school.
Jou's house12:30
Normal POVYugi sighed, and put the pencil down. He closed the blue math-book and put it to the side. He was finally done with all of his homework, and the work he guessed the others would do in school that day.
"What should I do know?" Yugi said to himself, and looked out a window. The sun was playing in his eyes, and made beautiful reflections in the glass of water he had beside him, and made a rainbow of colours on the table.
"What a beautiful day..." Yugi mumbled, and sighed again.
Then he got a brilliant idea. He should go for a walk in Domino Park. It was very beautiful in the summer with green leaves and blooming flowers. He had always kept a close look at the sakura-trees in the park, and waited for their flowers to bloom.
They was his favourite flowers.
With a smile, he got to his feet. He was about to open the front-door, when he remembered Jou. If he didn't get home before the other teen, Jou probably would be worried.
Yugi ripped out a piece of paper from his note-book, and wrote a small message on it.
Jou.
I'll go out for a walk for a few hours. If you need me, I'm in Domino Park, by the sakuras.
/Yugi
Thinking for a few seconds, Yugi added;
P.S: Yes, I have eaten something, no need to force-feed me. D.S
Whistling, he put the note on the table under the edge of his glass so the note wouldn't fall off the table. Then, Yugi walked to the door and out.
It didn't take him more than ten minutes to get the to the park entrance, and he walked in. The first thing Yugi noticed was how empty and quiet the park was. People was either at work, or in school at that time of the day, so it didn't surprise him. "I wanted to be alone for a while anyway..."
But, unbeknownst to Yugi, he wasn't alone. No, a pair of blue eyes watched him from behind a tree, with an evil glint in them.
"There he is." Anzu hissed.
Next to her, a tall teen with large muscles and scars on his face appeared, and watched Yugi with black eyes. "Hmph...it's almost not worth the trouble. You could easily fix it by yourself." The boy, named Tony, growled and pulled a hand through his greasy, black locks.
Anzu laughed. "Yes, of course. But that would put me in a bad light...besides, you know more in the art of torturing. And I seriously hate getting bloody."
Tony shrugged. "Fine. As long as you pay us, we'll do it."
Behind him, stood four more boys with the same looks, and with a lot of scares and bruises. The were all a part of a gang, called 'The Hawks'. They were famous for doing any sort of service if you paid them enough. Everything from robbery to murder...they were most famous for the later part.
"So...how bad do you want it to be?" Tony asked after having watched Yugi for a little longer while.
Anzu smirked. "How bad can you do it?"
Tony watched her for a few seconds. Then he smiled, showing off many yellow teeth. "I see...dead or alive?"
"Alive." Anzu took out her wallet and gave Tony a large pile of hundreds. "I want him to suffer. Make sure that he'll be in a lot of pain, and make him scar badly." She smirked again. "Lets see how much Yami will love him after this..."
Back with Yugi...
Yugi reached the middle of the park, where a small lake ran through the park. Under the shadow of a sakura-tree, was a stone bench. There, Yugi sat down, and smiled brightly.
The pink petals of the flowers was beautiful, and made Yugi smile even wider, and his amethyst eyes started to sparkle. He really loved the sakura-trees, and always felt calmed by their beautiful flowers. It was so peaceful to just sit in their shadow, and listen to nothing at all, or hear the birds sing.
The next second, steps was heard on the stone path; some other visitors of the park Yugi assumed, and didn't bother checking who it was. Suddenly, two hands fell onto his shoulders. Yugi jerked, and he looked at the person in front on him.
It was a tall boy with scars in his face, and glowing black eyes. Yugi recognized him, his name was Tony. Jou had once been in a fight with him, and had just barely won. "He's a Hawk, Yug'" Jou had said later, while tending his wounds. "He'd kill his grandma for a penny."
And that teen was standing in front of him, holding his shoulders.
Yugi swallowed hard. "Um...excuse me, but-" A brutal punch to his cheek cut him off, and he found himself on the grass. Then a foot hit his stomach, and turned him over to his back. Yugi whimpered, as Tony pressed his foot down hard on his chest. "W-Why..." Yugi whispered.
"Someone dislikes you, Yugi..." Tony said with a smirk. "And that someone wants us to...how should I say; 'take care of you'."
Yugi heard cruel laughs, from several persons, and his heart grew cold. There was more than one boy there...not that it made any difference, he couldn't even handle one of them by himself. They would kill him...
Tony chuckled. "But don't worry, Yugi. We won't kill you. Only beat you until you look like a bloody pulp."
Yugi gulped, and fear overwhelmed him. Somehow, that didn't calm him down.
A hand grabbed his collar, and he was lifted off the ground. Before he could react, a harsh punch was handled to his cheek, and he cried out in pain. Then another punch hit him, on the other side of his face. Tony threw him down on the ground again, and kicked his stomach when he laid there. Yugi coughed dryly, and felt blood in his mouth, that soon trickled down his cheek from the corner of his mouth.
"What are you all looking at, join the party!" Tony growled to his companions. They didn't need any further encouragement.
Yugi only felt pain all over him, and he couldn't make out one punch from the next. He cried, pleaded and screamed in pain, but soon was reduced to whimpering when his body's strength vaporised, and all he could focus on was to survive and keep conscious.
Suddenly, the punches stopped, and Yugi slowly opened his eyes. The gang members was looking at him with grins, and Yugi thought for a moment that they maybe was done and would leave.
"Hey, Tony!" One of the teens said, and kicked Yugi's side loosely, forcing a whimper out of his mouth.
"What, Joe?" Tony said, and looked at him warily.
The teen grinned wider. "What do you say about that we have some...'fun' with our little boy here? I mean...the girl said no killing, but she didn't say anything about fucking, did she?"
Yugi's heart froze, and his eyes opened wider than they ever had been before. They...they wouldn't...they couldn't mean...
Tony laughed and looked at Yugi. For a moment, their eyes met, and then he grinned. "You know what, Joe? That is a great idea. One condition; I go first." He licked his lips. "They are always tightest the first time."
Yugi's eyes filled with tears, and his whole body shook with fear. They were going to rape him. All of them. And he couldn't lift a finger to stop them. Yugi was a virgin, and he was deadly afraid of what they would do to him. He knew how badly it would hurt. The punches he just had been handled would be nothing against that...
"P-Please...no, please, d-don't..." He whimpered, and tears spilled over the edges of his eyes.
Tony and the others laughed loudly. "You hear that, boys?" Tony mocked. "The little bitch is begging already! Lets not let him wait..."
Yugi sobbed violently, and shook his head when Tony reached for the belt of his pants. "N-No...S-Stop, no, you can't...stop!" He tried to fight against the bigger man, but failed miserably. The only thing his struggle resulted in was a slap to his face, and loud roars of laughter from the men.
When he felt his pants being pulled off, tears ran down his cheeks. It was then, Yugi did the only thing he could think of. He cried for help. But not out loud. ((YAMI!))
Outside Jou's apartment12:50
Normal POV
"Come on, Jou! You're so slow, hurry!" Yami called out over his shoulder, and tapped his foot impatiently, standing outside Jou's door.
Jou came running around the corner, panting heavily. "Okay, okay! Don' get yer panties in a bunch, I'm here!" He walked up to the door, and pushed down the handle. "Ya could've walked in ya know, it wasn' locked."
Yami rolled his eyes, and walked in after Jou. "How would I know that it wasn't locked?"
Before Jou could answer, he found the note on the table. It laid there so innocently, just waiting to be read.
Jou took it and read it, mumbling. "Jou. I'll go out for a walk for a few hours. If you need me, I'm in Domino Park, by the sakuras. /Yugi. P.S: Yes, I have eaten something, no need to force-feed me. D.S"
Yami blinked, and rose one eyebrow. "Force-feed him?"
Jou shrugged. "Never mind. Just a personal joke." He frowned. "So, Yug's in the park...we prolly should go there..."
Yami suddenly didn't hear Jou, and everything turned black. A wave of emotions came from the Yugi's side of the mindlink, and he fell to his knees when the powerful force hit him. Pain, fear and panic came in high waves, and made it almost impossible for him to breath.
"Yami!" Jou cried out, and grabbed his shoulders. But Yami didn't feel it.
Yami didn't hear Jou's frightened scream. All he heard and felt was the pain and fear that came from Yugi, and the faint screams that came from Yugi's mind. And he still knew that what he felt was only a weak reflection to what Yugi was feeling in that moment...
"Yugi!" Yami panted out, and closed his eyes to try to reach his hikari through the mindlink. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't reach Yugi's mind. The fear and pain within Yugi built a wall between their links, and made it impossible for his messages to reach through.
Then, as sudden as it had came, the pain subsided, and Yami could breath again. What only had been a few seconds, had felt like an endless period of time for him.
"Yami, are ya okay!" Jou said with worry in his voice, and shook Yami's shoulders.
Yami nodded quickly. "I'm fine. But Yugi is in trouble, someone is hurting him." Yami's eyes darkened. "And I can bet all I have that it's Anzu."
He rose, and walked towards the door. "You said he's in the park. Lets go there."
Before Yami could take one more step, a wave of fear came from Yugi's side of the mindlink, and a loud cry of fear rang in Yami's ears. ((YAMI!))
Jou saw Yami's eyes glace over, and then understood that he was talking to Yugi through the mindlink.
Yami quickly reached out for Yugi's mind. /Yugi! What's the matter, what's happening/ He sensed pain, both physical and emotional, from Yugi's side of the link.
Yugi's voice was weak, and fear filled. ((T-They're going to...going to...r-rape me...Yami, please help me...e-even if you hate me, please help! I-I'm afraid...))
Yami felt his heart clench in his chest upon hearing those words from Yugi. His hikari thought that he hated him? He could never...Then, the thing Yugi had said progressed, and his eyes narrowed. Someone dared to hurt his hikari, and try to rape him!
They were beyond dead.
/Calm down, Yugi. I'll come, where are you/
((Park...the sakura's...please, Yami, help me...I-I don't want them to...they're hurting me...))
/Hold on, Yugi. I'll come. I promise, I won't let them hurt you. Never fear, aibou./
Yami kept the mindlink open, but snapped out of the dazed state. He opened the door, and ran out, Jou hot in heel.
"Yami! What's happening? What's the matter wit' Yugi? Is he alright?" Jou called out worriedly behind him.
Yami choose not to answer. There was no time. He kept running, and refused to stop. Opposite to the park was a road, that they had to get across. Cars ran quickly on it, and Yami and Jou stopped. Yami could see the park, and Yugi was there. The only thing that stopped him was cars.
Yami growled, and he ran out in the road. He didn't have time for such trivial things. Cars had brakes, they could stop. Yami could not stop, would not stop, for anything in the world. His aibou was in danger, needed his help. What was a few cars against that?
Cars braked with screeching sounds, and angry drivers shouted numerous curses to Yami, that he simply ignored. Then the traffic started again, before Jou could follow.
Jou stopped on the other side of the road, and watched helplessly as Yami ran into the park.
Yami ran on the stone path, and jumped over obstacles. The sakuras was in the middle of the park, it would take some time to get there...
Sharp pain suddenly filled Yami, and he heard a loud scream within his mind and in the park. Before the scream's echo disappeared, he knew he was too late. The men that had attacked Yugi was already raping him.
Pure fury filled Yami, and his eyes glowed red. Someone had dared to hurt his hikari, tainted his beautiful angel.
Yami wanted their blood.
He ran towards the sakuras, and towards the sharp cries of Yugi. The cries cut his soul, and made his heart brake. /Hold on, Yugi! I'm coming./ He shouted through the mindlink. The screams suddenly stopped, and Yami's heart almost stopped. What if he was to late? Even though that his legs was starting to hurt and protest, Yami forced himself to run faster.
Only one second later, he reached the place where the sakuras grew. His blazing eyes scanned the area, and he immediately saw a pack of dark silhouettes under a tree, where small whimpers of pain and loud moans and groans of pleasure came, along with laughs.
A voice was suddenly heard through it all. "Oh man, he's tight...God, just wait until it's your turn, guys!"
In that moment, Yami seized to exist. All there was, was a spirit filled with hate and thirsty for revenge.
Without warning, Yami attacked. With a roar, he pushed away the four men in the ring with magic so they flew several feet to the sides, and then grabbed the half naked man on top of Yugi. He threw him as far to the side as he could, and felt a satisfied emotion when he heard a pain filled grunt from the man. He turned his attention to Yugi. His eyes softened.
Yugi was crying softly, and was bleeding almost from every part of his body. Yami felt his heart clench; first with worry and sorrow, and then with deep anger and hate. He gently pulled up Yugi's pants, careful not to hurt him., Then he turned around to face the men behind him.
His eyes was so dark red that they was almost black.
The man who had raped Yugi had now risen, and had pulled up his pants. He glared at Yami, anger fuming from every part of his body. "What the hell! Who the fuck do you think you are!"
"Who I am?" Yami's eyes darkened even more, and the millennium-puzzle materialized around his neck. "I am your worse nightmare." He hissed, and darkness appeared around his hands. Yami had never used his Shadow Magic in order to kill.
That was about to change.
The four men that had been in the ring paled, and gulped. They turned to their leader, to see what he would say.
The leader blinked first, and looked uncertain, but then his eyes narrowed, and he laughed. "Hah! You are one against five, you fool! You can't win against us!" He waved to his gang members to attack. And so they did.
They didn't even manage to take one step.
Without hesitation, Yami released a wave of his Shadow Magic, and let the darkness engulf the four men that was about to attack him. Loud screams of surprise, pain and agony came for a second, and then disappeared along with the darkness.
Where the four men had been, was nothing. Only black, burnt grass, and the empty echoes of their screams.
Tony started to shake when Yami turned to him, eyes blazing red, unforgiving and filled with the fires of hell. "Dude, calm down! I'll give you anything, booze, money, whatever, just let me live!"
Yami glared, eyes filled with hate. "You have hurt my hikari. Doing that, you signed your tomb-stone. But, I will not kill you." Tony looked relieved. Yami continued, his voice dark with hate. "No, that would me merciful. I will let you live forever in a place worse than hell. The place where your darkest nightmares turns to reality. I welcome you-" Black light appeared around Tony. "-to the Shadow Realm."
Tony screamed for a second, and then disappeared slowly, as black flames engulfed him. But, in difference to the other men, he left a trace.
A black pile of ashes. The remains of Tony D Jacobs's body that had been burnt in the fire of Yami's hate. His soul, however, would forever be lost to the monsters and horrible illusions in the Shadow Realm.
Silence echoed through the park, not even the birds dared to sing anymore. Yami stood with closed eyes and clenched hands, listening to the silence. Within his mind, he knew what he had done was wrong; he had misused his powers to hurt another human being, and to kill. But Yami didn't regret it. And he knew he'd never be sorry for what he had done.
Tony had deserved it.
Yami opened his eyes. They had regained their normal colour, but was pained. He would always hear the men's screams as the magic hit them, and they would always haunt his dreams.
It was worth it.
A small sound was heard behind him; a low whimper of pain. Immediately, Yami turned around, his whole being focused on the boy laying on the ground. Yugi had curled his body to a ball, and he was sobbing softly.
Yami fell to his knees next to Yugi, and lifted him up in his arms. "Yugi?" His voice was soft, and he looked down on his hikari's bloody face. The hate that once had been in his face was gone, and replaced with deep concern.
Yugi twitched, and then started to sob, and twist and turn in his arms. "P-Please, l-let go of me...stop, please, let me go!" He pounded Yami's chest weakly, and sobbed dryly.
Yami felt his heart twitch at the sight of his hikari's pain. He pulled the other boy closer to him, and petted his hair softly. "Sh...calm down, Yugi. It's only me; Yami. I won't let anyone hurt you, it's alright now...no one will hurt you ever again, I promise." Yugi kept sobbing, and tried to push him away.
It took Yami almost ten minutes to calm Yugi down enough to make him stop hitting him, and realize that it was him. And then, Yugi started to cry even worse. A wave of mixed emotions hit Yami; sorrow, fear and shame.
Yami held Yugi as sobs shook his entire body, and he cried out all of the sadness and fear he had felt. The former pharaoh had never felt so helpless before in his life. He had no idea of what to say. There was no words of comfort that could possibly make Yugi feel better. The loss he had suffered could never be replaced, and the wounds in his soul could never be fully
mended.
Guilt started to eat on Yami's soul. "I promised to never let anyone hurt him..." It was his fault, Yami suddenly realised. He hadn't been there when Yugi needed him, and he had been too late to protect him...
"It wasn't your fault, Yami..." Yugi suddenly whispered softly, and looked up slightly at Yami. His cheeks was wet with tears and blood, and he was deadly pale. His normally bright and happy eyes was dark and quite empty. But he still smiled softly, a smile that was meant for Yami, and Yami only.
Before Yami could say anything, Yugi's eyes closed, and he went limp in Yami's arms.
End Chapter!
Cliffhanger, cliffhanger, CLIFFHANGER! Do I really need to say anything more?
Um, to those who doesn't know, Sakura-trees are cherry-blossom trees.
Ah! And I'm so sorry about hurting Yugi like that! I love him, I really do! –huggles Yugi- But he's just adorable while angsting...
I hope you liked this chapter, even though it was quite much violence and such. Please review and tell me what you thought. (I love long reviews more than anything!)