Title: Trust

Author: supernerd3333

Rated: PG-13

Disclaimer: I don't own Yugioh. Ha, didn't forget it this time.

Summary: Bakura took Yugi hostage to torture Yami. Kaiba saved the pharaoh but there was something wrong with the body. They needed to figure out a solution and save Yugi, who didn't seem to be too desperate for saving. S/YY, B/Y

Warning: Kaiba/Yami, Bakura/Yugi. Don't like it, don't read. A little spoiler for Ancient Egypt. I suck at romance, don't say I didn't warn you. I try to put some action into it, but seems like I failed. Watch out for grammar mistakes. A lot of it doesn't really make sense, but it's the best my brain can do.

Here is my first chaptered story. I want to make it centered more on action, but it didn't work. This may be a very mushy story for all I know since I only finished this chapter and have basically no idea what's going to happen next. You guys would just wait and see.

Flames welcome. I can take it. Just don't flame the pairing, that's stupid.

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"Yugi, YUGI!" A desperate cry was heard across the shadow realm. The owner of the voice looked lost and helpless. The forever-proud game face showed none of the confidence it always had but instead whole lot of worry. He was running around aimlessly, didn't know where he was going to find his light. Distraught crimson eyes scanned around for any sign of multicolored hair, yet finding none.

Suddenly, a psychotic laugh echoed in the vast shadow realm. Recognizing it instantly, the royal figure muttered with despise as if mere mentioning of that name would taint his mouth forever. "Tomb Robber."

"Ah, I am pleased you recognized my laugh so quickly. I think I should ask for a patent for my signature laugh, huh? Then I don't need a signature card anymore. Although I do wonder if anyone is dumb enough to ask me for money once they hear me laugh, don't you think so, pharaoh?" The owner of the vampire-like voice kept on talking, knowing it would make the pharaoh more irritated and worried than before, giving him an advantage. After all, he had the one thing that was most important in the other's life, the boy who gave this life to the other by piecing together the Puzzle.

Sure enough, his tactics worked. A voice as rich as Horus' roared. "Give him back right this minute, Tomb Robber, or suffer an eternity in the shadows. And how come I have a body now?"

"Woo, impatient aren't we?" The kidnapper was enjoying this greatly to say the least. He got the pharaoh exactly where he wanted him. 'Your clemency will be your downfall, pharaoh.' "How you got the body is top secret. Yet if you want to get a mutant-haired dwarf whose growth hormones somehow got transported to his eyes instead of to his bones, then follow the trail of stones. But I advise you to come quickly, I can't seem to wake him up form his little…nap." A malicious laugh filled the shadow realm and no one needed a psychology degree to know that he had some sort of psychological problem, one not good for bystanders around him. He sure wasn't kidding about the signature part.

'Oh that psycho, if he does anything that hurts little Yugi, he is going to regret it.' Let's just say that the pharaoh is mad and you don't really want Horus on earth to be mad. Since our beloved tomb robber already did exactly that, then go find cover and prepare for war.

A trail of stones appeared from nowhere and extended into the darkness. The proud figure took a deep breath and ran to an unknown place that would surely turn into a bloody battlefield.

Yami finally reached his destination as a certain white haired fiend came into view. Beside him, a tiny figure was bounded tightly by iron chains around a pillar. There was no way to escape. "Yugi." He cried out but there was no response. Either the boy was unconscious or de… 'No, I can't think like that, Yugi is still alive. Bakura needs him to be alive.' Despair shone through the crimson eyes. His light was hurt, all because of one person.

And the one person who had done this was highly amused. Seeing the pharaoh's desperation, he chuckled and drawled. "What are you thinking about? You are usually the talkative one. Too shocked to see your precious light lifeless? Well, I suppose you should be. Your highness has always hoped your light would live without being held back by you, or worse, killed because of you."

"Shut up!" The pharaoh's third eye shone brightly on his forehead as he threw some dark energy to distract Bakura and rushed to Yugi's side, or tried to. He was blocked by a force field. He would have blasted it to pieces if he hadn't heard Yugi's painful cry as he ran into the force field.

Bakura, after dodging the energy ball, smirked seeing the concern shown on the pharaoh's face. "Awww, you hurt my feeling. Do you really think I would make things so easy for you? You truly underestimated me. The force field around him is linked to his life energy. You attack the force field, you attack him. You blast the force field, and you little light will go join his mommy."

Yami looked at the pained expression on Yugi's face. The little boy had already been through too much for him. He was not going to let him get hurt anymore or worse, die. It was his problem, and he was going to settle this himself. "Tomb Robber, I think this feud has gone on long enough. This world cannot contain both of us. Let's settle this once and for all. On last duel, to determine which one of us will be exterminated and which will survive. But no matter who wins, the winner is not going to hurt Yugi."

Bakura merely chuckled at the suggestion. "Pharaoh, King of Games, you really think I am that dumb? Do you think I brought you all this way and created a body for you just to duel you? We have had enough duels and I never won. I came to conclude that I might not be able to beat you at that silly game. But why bother to take chance on dueling when you can get a hostage that will make your opponent do everything?"

Yami growled at this as Bakura's smirk threatened to break out of his face. "I know you will never do anything to hurt a hair on the boy's head. So if you don't want him to suffer the most painful death, then I suggest you to surrender everything you have. And don't you even think about killing me, cause I linked my life energy with his also. You attack me, you attack him. You send me to shadow realm, you send him to shadow realm, And the force field will not go away just because you wounded me. I live, he lives. I die, he dies. Unless, of course, you want to conduct a little experiment, for I am willing to participate." He then opened his arm and virtually asked Yami to attack him.

Yami narrowed his eyes. He would not risk Yugi's life. He could not hurt the innocent boy. He meant too much to him. And Bakura knew that as well as he did. "Alright, tomb robber, I surrender. You can do what ever you want to do to me, but let Yugi go. You have no business with him. If you are willing to do that, then I am at you mercy."

The tomb robber was pleased, very pleased. He had total control of the situation. "No, I won't hurt him. I would have no further use for him and would be too busy enjoying his power than to torture your puny light. And since we are in the shadow realm, I can't go back from a promise."

After hearing this, Yami took off his puzzle and placed it on the ground, waiting for Bakura's move. A sadistic smirk formed on Bakura's face. The pharaoh finally was at his mercy. He ambled toward the pharaoh and stopped till there was only an inch between them. "I am going to enjoy this immensely, pharaoh, using the old way." Then he quickly connected his right fist with Yami's jaw, sending the later stumbling backward.

Yami's crimson eyes narrowed with anger, but did nothing about it. Any wrong move would cause Yugi pain, even his death. He was not going to risk it. He would take this. Closing his eyes and making sure the mental barrier was up, he prepared himself for the attack and mutilation that would sure follow.

Bakura smirked maliciously as he began to attack. 'He is mine.'

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The infamous Kaiba Corp. CEO was sitting in his office, holding his head, and definitely not looking as arrogant. He was working on the usual company stuff when suddenly his head started to hurt. 'Maybe Mokuba is right, I really shouldn't have worked for two days straight without sleep.' But something at the back at his mind said that this wasn't as simple as overworking.

Then, a blinding golden light engulfed his office. Appearing from nowhere, the Millennium Rod landed on his desk.

'What the hell? OK, Mokuba is definitely right, I have been working too much.' Yet when he stared at the rod, something seemed to draw him to it. Maybe it was the intricate carving, maybe it was the smooth golden texture, he just wanted to touch it. And hell to logic and common sense, he just wanted to touch it, and no one was going to stop him. Well, no one was in the office except him, (who wanted to?) but that was just to emphasize the point.

When he touched it, the light disappeared, his office disappeared. The only thing left was impenetrable darkness. 'I know where I am, I've been here before.' Being the genius he was, he figured out that he was in the shadow realm. Not that he believed all those nonsense, but he had been pulled in here once too many times to completely deny its existence.

'How on earth did I end up here?' Kaiba cursed as he tried to figure out how to get out. Then a maniacal laughter reached his ears.

"So, pharaoh, you want to play tough, huh? No worry, I enjoy this side of you. It's just going to make your eventual scream more satisfying."

Kaiba recognized that voice well. It was not everyday that someone sounded like a vampire walked into your tournament. What made him freeze was that Bakura seemed to be hurting Yami, the former pharaoh and spirit of the puzzle those idiots so fond of talking about. Without wasting a second, he ran toward the source of that voice.

Finally reaching his destination, he hid behind a boulder and peeked at the scene. What he saw made his blood freeze. In the back, Yugi, tied to a pillar, was now awake and crying incessantly. His violet eyes filled with worry as he begged the person in the middle to stop the beating. But Bakura never heeded the plea nor did he even hear it. His brown eyes were now tinted with crimson and filled with malice, focusing only on the person lying lifelessly on the ground, hanger for blood and pain from the said person. Yami's inanimate form, which did not even suppose to exist, was battered from all the beatings. Cuts and bruises marred the flawless skin. Blood seeped from the untended wounds, coloring his torn clothes.

Bakura lifted Yami up by collar. "Now what has become the glorious pharaoh of Egypt, lord of the two lands, the Horus on earth?" Yami's crimson eyes barely opened, hardly registering what Bakura was saying. "Look at you, all beaten up like any other scum in the street who you thought was worthless. Tell me, how does it feel to be at the bottom of the food chain, being beaten without your palace guard or your little friends running around to help you. How does it feel to be worthless and helpless alone in this realm? Your father sent me to this state and I am paying back the favor." He raise his other fist and punched Yami square in the jaw, but Yami only closed his eyes and clenched his teeth, bearing the pain wordlessly, while Yugi screamed for Bakura to stop.

"Now I am getting tired of your tough act. Scream, pharaoh. Scream in pain like any other of my victims." Bakura yelled as he kicked Yami in the ribs and stomped on his back, all of which the pharaoh took without uttering a single cry.

Kaiba felt his blood boil as Bakura kept torturing Yami. He felt unprecedented feelings of care and pride toward the figure on the ground, and in effect extreme hatred toward the white haired fiend. He didn't realize what he was doing until he came out of his hiding place. "Put him down, Bakura." Kaiba yelled as shadow magic he never believed in and didn't know how to use was fired from the Rod, catching the Tomb Robber off guard.

Kaiba grabbed the Puzzle on the ground, ran toward Yami, and lifted the barely conscious figure into his arms. He watched in satisfaction as Bakura staggered backwards, clutching his chest where the magic had hit him. But that satisfaction soon turned into confusion and worry when Yugi screamed in pain from the attack. How could that be possible? He didn't hit Yugi.

"Who do we have here? The priest is here to save his precious little pharaoh, is he? No worry. It would only make this easier. Now I don't need to waste energy to find you, priest, for what your father did to my village." Bakura smirked as he approached the former priest and the wounded pharaoh in his arm.

'OK, Kaiba, think, think. You can't attack him cause it will only end Yugi in pain. And Yami wouldn't like that. And why would I care if he likes it or not? Grr, now is not the time. OK, those morons said that this stupid Rod thing can control people's minds right? I'll just let him do some stupid stuff that won't hurt him, so it won't hurt Yugi and Yami will be happ…hem, and we'll have the chance to escape. Great, now just how do I activate this thing. Is there a button or something?'

As Bakura walked even closer and was preparing to strike, Kaiba knew he needed to do something. 'OK, concentrate. I can't believe I'm saying this but let's leave this to fate. Make him stop.' Kaiba concentrated on the Rod as it lightened.

Bakura felt the shadow energy drifting into his mind trying to subdue him. He utilized the Ring's energy to counter the magic from the Rod. "Do you think I can be that easily beaten?" The Ring shone brightly as Bakura inched even closer slowly.

Kaiba was shocked as his mind raced to find a solution. He tried to tap into more of the Rod's energy when a hand covered with cuts touched the Rod and a single word was uttered weakly. "Out." Then he was back to his office with a blood covered, unconscious, former spirit in his arm.

'Huh? How did we get out. Oh well, now we are out of there, we need some place to hide. If my memory is right, Bakura's Ring has power to track the items, so we need to be somewhere that he can't reach, at least not immediately.' Kaiba pushed the intercom and barked orders at his secretary. "Prepare Kaiba Corp helicopter right now. I am taking a long trip."

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"So the priest helped the pharaoh escape with the Puzzle, huh?" Bakura stated, talking to no one in particular. "No worry, I'll get them. But why try to track down those two, who most likely are 50 km away by now, when I can get them come to me. I have the perfect bait after all." Bakura turned his head toward the still bounded Yugi and a sadistic smirk formed.

Yugi's eyes widened in fear. Now Yami had the Puzzle back again, he was sure that Yami could feel the pain he felt, which would lead to the pharaoh coming back for his safety. He was never good at blocking his thoughts and feelings form the other, and he was sure with all the pain he wouldn't be able to block anything. 'Oh please, don't let Yami feel this, don't let Yami feel this. I can't get him into danger again. Whatever god is up there. Please don't let Yami feel this.'

Bakura was now standing right in front of Yugi. He was ready to strike before he saw Yugi's eyes. Those eyes contained fear certainly, but that fear was not just for the boy's own safety. The boy was afraid of what was going to happen to his dark if he couldn't block all his feelings. At the moment when his own life was on the line, he was concerned about someone else's life. Those tear-filled eyes were shining with fear, concern, desperation, and most importantly, determination. The boy was determined to spare his dark from the pain he would surely feel, determined to save his dark like his dark had saved him. Those eyes, those beautiful amethyst eyes, are just like his sister's.

He still remembered that night, when her eyes were shining just like the little boy's right now. She was afraid that he would be killed, but she was also determined to prevent him from dieing. All these years those eyes haunted him. Now they appeared in his archenemy's light. It took his breath away.

He could take the innocent life in front him away just like the old pharaoh did to his sister, but he couldn't. SHE wouldn't want him to. The pharaoh could wait. Knowing him, he would come back at fist chance he got. At that time, he still got the advantage. He still would have his bait. Meanwhile, he could use a slave since he wouldn't let Ryou out of his soul room for a while. Grabbing a very confused Yugi, he exited the shadow realm.

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In the Kaiba Corp helicopter, Kaiba was holding a badly beaten up pharaoh who had just regained his conscious.

"Where am I?" The once deep smooth voice was barely above a weak croak. Once flawless face was covered in cuts and bruises. The crimson eyes that usually held so much energy and confidence dully surveyed the surroundings, trying hard to focus and finally landed on the one who was holding him. "Kaiba?" Memory from earlier came back. "Thank you for saving me."

"Well, if we don't stop all the bleeding, you won't be thanking me for much longer." Kaiba said harshly, trying to hide the deep concern. His rival was in very bad shape. Many bones were broken and joints disjointed. There were cuts and bruises everywhere, but most importantly, there might very likely be internal bleedings in various organs. It could take his life. Kaiba mentally hit himself for not bringing any doctors, but even if there were doctors, the other man might die, again.

"Thank you for the concern." Yami tried to manage a smile but was too weak to do so. "But I have to go back, Bakura may be torturing Yugi right now and I need to go back to protect him and his friends. Who knows what Bakura would do to them for my escape." He struggled to rise but was apparently too weak to do so.

"Save little Yugi, save his friends, save everyone on earth. Why do you always think of others first. How about saving yourself? You may die from this Yami, do you realize that?" Kaiba knew he shouldn't be yelling but he couldn't help it. Why did this guy have to be so selfless towards everyone? Sure Kaiba could sacrifice himself for Mokuba, but for everyone on earth? No freaking way. Why did this guy have to defy everything he was taught? "Listen Yami, you are in very bad shape. So save yourself before you think about saving anyone else."

"But that was my whole life's purpose. Save Egypt, save the world. I suppose to sacrifice myself for everyone else. If I don't do that, what am I here for?" Yami asked his rival desperately.

Kaiba shook his head. "I can't believe I'm the one saying this but how about having a life? Learn about this new world? And maybe find a girl?" Kaiba felt a strange wave of jealousy as he said this while Yami chuckled lightly. "Look, I have already sent Mokuba to U.S. by plane and I will send all your idiotic friends there too. As far as I know, Bakura can't travel by shadow realm, can he?"

"No, he can't, and thank you for doing this. I can't repay you enough for this."

"You had done plenty for me before, so don't say that. Now let's figure out how to save you. I grabbed the Puzzle back there, would it be of any help?" Said Kaiba as he pulled the Puzzle from his briefcase and put it on Yami.

"Yes, thank you. I believe with the power of the Puzzle and the Rod, I can be healed. All we need to do are having our items touch and concentrating on my healing. It shouldn't be too hard." Yami explained excitedly as Kaiba got the Rod and touched Yami's Puzzle with it.

"Now think my body returns to its former form again." Yami and Kaiba both closed their eyes and imagined Yami's body returning normal. A blinding golden light spread from the items to cover Yami's body that was glowing as the healing process proceeded.

As Kaiba concentrated on healing Yami. He couldn't help but notice how well and nice the smaller form fit against his, and how great it would be to be able to hold the small, warm body like this forever.

The golden light faded as Yami's body returned to normal. All the cuts and bruises were gone. The broken bones were healed. And the internal bleedings stopped. Even the cuts on the clothes disappeared. Crimson eyes opened slowly. Kaiba smiled as those eyes were now shining with confidence again.

"Thank you, Kaiba, thank you. I can never repay you enough for this."

"Yeah, sure, whatever. Now get off me." Kaiba was a little grieved after saying those words but quickly pushes those feelings away.

However, Yami did not move. His expression turned form exhilaration to one of shock.

Concern overtook Kaiba as he asked: "What's wrong?"

Crimson eyes turned towards sapphire as Kaiba discerned fear in them for the first time. "Kaiba, I can't move."

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There's the first chapter of my chaptered story. I had been thinking about this for almost half a year and had just put it into action. Tell me what you think and whether it would worth continuing.

HELP: Please tell me about grammar mistakes, I suck at it. And I think there's a plot hole in there somewhere, but I can't find it. Oh well, hope you guys have better luck than I do.

Thank you all for having enough patient to finish reading this sorry excuse for a chapter. Have a nice day.