I do not own the song 'Falling Away From Me' by KoRn.

Chapter 22

It's Not Broken, Just Swollen

Hey I'm feeling tired
My time is gone today
You flirt with suicide
Sometimes that's ok

Yami held the child in his arms. He wasn't going to let anything happen. Yugi smiled slightly. It had been so long he had smiled and it felt so foreign to him.

"You hear me? Never. I'll never let you go." Yugi was held closer by the 2 adults.

"Get out! You are not allowed to be here!" Another guard yelled as he came to assist the other.

"No!"

"Are you risking your whole life over him? Just leave and we'll make sure he gets into a good home." Yami glared at the man.

"Like you did before? No won't let him get hurt again. He's better than a son...it's almost like he's a part of me. He's hurt and if he is so am I. I won't let him ever hurt like this again!" Yami said while holding Yugi protectively. The guards looked shocked but then glared at the group.

"If you don't leave now I'll find and call your chief." He growled. Yami shrugged.

"I'd rather get fired then let Yugi go." Yugi looked up at Yami.

"You know all you're doing is hurting your chances of being able to adopt him?" The guard smirked.

"I don't care. I'll protect him to the end. You can't keep him away from me." Alas nodded and also held the boy close. Yugi looked up worried at Yami and Alas. Then he looked down at his hands.

"Yami...I don't want you here if you can get fired. I don't want you in any more trouble." Yugi whispered. Yami smiled.

"It's ok Yugi. Don't worry about me." Yugi was shocked. He looked down and let the tears fall. Yami was going to get in trouble again because of him. Yugi sighed and hid his face in Alas's shirt. The two young adults just held the child tighter.

"Fine. You've been warned." Yami only smirked and continued to protect what was close to him.

Hear what others say
I'm here standing hollow
Falling away from me
Falling away from me

Everyone was now at the hospital. The word had gotten around that they wanted to take Yugi away again and everyone joined in. His doctors Mai and Duke were sitting over in the corner of the room about what they could do to convince the people that Yugi needed to stay with his family. Ryou, Bandit Keith, Joey, and Tristan were in the room watching everything. They were prepared to help no matter what. Seto was watching Mokuba and Serenity in the room, also Rececca which is Mai's niece.

"My dear boy!" A man shouted from the room. Yami looked up.

"Dad!" Yami ran over and gave Sugoroku a hug.

"That's not all." He said gesturing behind him.

"M...Mom?" She smiled. "I thought you left."

"No I'm so sorry you thought that honey. I just had to get us more money. I was sending you and your father money through mail." Yami nodded and smiled. He walked over and gave his mother a hug. Hari smiled and hugged her son back. "Well look at you." She said holding Yami in front of her. "All grown up. I'm very proud." Yami smiled and hugged her again.

"That's no all we brought." Mr. Moto said coming into the room with two more people.

"Mom! Dad!" Alas shouted running up to them.

"My baby girl." Miyeko said holding her daughter. Tsuzu smiled and held his family. (If you haven't noticed Miyeko is Alas's mother, Tsuzu is her father. Just making sure you know. ) After a couple of minutes to catch up they joined the gang.

"This is him?" Sugoroku asked walking up to the hospital bed. Yami nodded and to walked over. "He's perfect. He looks just like you when you were young." Yami smiled and nodded again.

"I just got him sleeping. He's been having some nightmares so I'm glad he's is finally sleeping." Sugoroku nodded.

"Is that why the blinds are closed?"

"Yes." Yami said softly.

"You want to adopt him?"

"Of course. He's a great kid and I love him. He's grown so much on me." They looked at the sleeping boy. Taking in small breaths. Yami smiled and sat down next to Yugi and started to rub his stomach gently.

Yami's and Alas's parents watched as they parented the little boy. They all smiled and their eyes shown with pride.

Yugi moaned and shifted in his bed slightly.

"Yugi?" Yugi opened his eyes and looked up. "Are you ok?" Yugi sat up slightly and felt his back. It was wet. Yugi hissed when Yami pulled him close and noticed his back was all red. "Oh Ra!" Yami lifted Yugi. Alas pushed the call doctor button. Yami lifted the boy's shirt. It looked like there were stitches on his back that had been re opened. They also noticed bunches of bruises on the boy's back. Yami sighed sadly and took one of Yugi's blankets and held it over the wound. "You're ok. Shh..." Yugi hid his face in Yami's shirt. The doctor walked in.

"How can I help you?"

"I think some of Yugi's wounds opened again." The doctor walked over and nodded. He called for a nurse to get certain supplies.

"Take off his shirt and lay him on his stomach." Yami nodded and did as he was told. The doctor put some morphine through his I.V. "You might feel a little pinch but try to stay still ok?" Yugi nodded slightly. Yami and Alas sat near Yugi's face and talked to him as the doctor re did his stitches.

"You're doing good Yugi." Alas said warmly holding Yugi's small hand.

"Ok all done. I think you better go wash him off and I'll have a nurse change the sheets." Yami nodded and carefully picked up the boy. Yami stripped him down and placed him in the bath tub.

"It stings." Yugi whimpered as Yami placed soap in the tub.

"Shh...I know I'm sorry. It'll pass." Yugi nodded and watched as Yami cleared him of blood.

"Why are there so many people in the room?" Yami smiled and used the rag and gently rubbed it over Yugi's shoulders.

"They are here to protect you. We aren't going to let you be taken again." Yugi nodded slightly. He swayed his hand through the water and played with the bubbles. Yami smiled and continued to clean him off.

Day is here fading
That's when I'm insane
I flirt with suicide
Sometimes kill the pain

"Ok time to get out." Yami said gently lifting Yugi out of the tub. He carefully dried the boy and wrapped him in a towel. He carried him outside. "Do you guys know where we can get cloths?" No one knew. Alas got up and walked to the front to ask the nurse. Yami held Yugi closer when he felt him shake slightly. He rubbed his back and waited for Alas to return.

"Here we go." Alas said handing Yami some cloths. Yami smiled and thanked her. He went back into the bathroom and put Yugi's cloths on.

"There all neat and clean." Yami said smiling. Yugi smiled and nodded.

"Yami?"

"Yes?"

"Um..." Yugi said shifting uncomfortably.

"It's ok Yugi. What is it? You're not going to get in trouble."

"Can I call you daddy and Alas mommy?" Yugi asked looking away. Yami looked shocked but then a warm smile spread across his face. He looked at the child in his lap and hugged him gently.

"Of course." Yugi smiled.

"Is it ok with her?"

"I'm sure it will be." Yugi nodded. Yami carried the boy back outside. Yugi's head rested on Yami's chest. Yami's parents came over.

"Can I hold you?" Hari asked holding out her hands. Yugi looked up at Yami then over at his parents.

"This is my mother Yugi. She won't hurt you." Yami said softly. Yugi nodded smiling slightly. Yami handed the boy over to his mother. She smiled and held him close. She sat down with Sugoroku and sat the boy in her lap.

"Hello there Yugi." Hari said smiling gently at the boy.

"Hi." Yugi said softly.

"My name is Hari and this is Yami's daddy, Sugoroku. You can call him Grandpa and I'll be your grandma." Yugi nodded. She turned him slightly. "This is Alas's mommy and daddy. They will also be you grandparents."

"I have two?" Yugi asked curiously. Hari smiled and hugged him closer.

"Yes you do."

I can always say
'It's gonna be better tomorrow'
Falling away from me
Falling away from me

Yami smiled as he picked up the sleeping child from his father. Yugi was lying against Solomen's chest sucking his thumb slightly. He placed Yugi's jacket on him and carried him to the front.

"Now remember if you have any problems please don't hesitate to ask." The doctor said. The gang nodded and headed home. Yami gave Yugi to Alas and she cradled the boy close. They smiled on their drive back home. Yugi was finally going home.

Alas laid him in his bad, in his room. He was safe and happy. They smiled and kissed Yugi's cheek and said their good nights and left.

But at night something unexpected happened. Yami got a call. He went to help assist in a speed chasing. The cars rammed into each other. Yami along with the culprit were sent into a wall. The culprit died on impact. Yami...was severely injured.

Beating me down
Beating me...beating me
Down...down
Into the ground

Screaming some sound
Beating me...beating me
Down...down
Into the ground

Alas rushed into the hospital with a half asleep Yugi in her arms.

"What's going on?" Yugi asked. He was worried at Alas's panicked state. Alas smiled to him and held him closer as she ran inside the hospital.

"Where's Yami? Is he ok?" Alas asked the assistant at the front desk.

"Are you talking about the officer that was just sent in?" Alas nodded. "He is in surgery. We won't know until the doctor comes out. Please take a seat and we'll call you over when he is done."

"Mom...where's dad?" Alas smiled when Yugi called them his parents. She held him closer.

"He's ok..." She said soothingly. 'I hope.' Yugi nodded and looked around the room.

"He's hurt?" Yugi said noticing they were in a hospital. Alas sighed and held him closer.

"Yes." Yugi looked up at Alas, tears in his eyes. "He's not going to die is he?" Yugi asked as some tears spilled over.

"No. No. Shhh...Everything will be ok." Alas said rubbing circles on the child's back. 'Yami you better not make me a liar. You better be ok.' Alas thought.

(falling away from me)
It's spinning round and round
(falling away from me)
It's lost and can't be found
(falling away from me)
It's spinning round and round
(falling away from me)
So down

"Yami Moto?" Alas stood up, with the sleeping Yugi in her arms. The doctor smiled and led them to his office.

"Is he ok?" The doctor sighed and sat down, and offered them a chair.

"He's on a ventilator. He's very weak. I think there may be brain damage. He hit the wall pretty hard it's a miracle he's even alive. He fell into a coma during the operation to repair his skull and one of his lungs that was quickly filling with blood. I'm truly sorry...but he only has a...15 chance of living." Alas looked shocked at the doctor.

"No." She whispered. "Please. Yami."

"If you want to see him you may. Please follow me." The doctor stood up and walked to Yami's room with Alas right behind him. "Once again I'm sorry." Alas nodded through her tears.

"Why does this happen to us." She whimpered weakly. She laid Yugi down on the bed next to Yami's. "Good night Yugi." She kissed his forehead and took a chair and sat next to Yami. "Please Yami. You can't leave us. Both I and your son need you." A tear fell down her cheek. "You can't give up. Not after we just became a family again." Another tear followed the next...then she broke down.

Beating me down
Beating me...beating me
Down...down
Into the ground

Screaming some sound
Beating me...beating me
Down...down
Into the ground

"Daddy?" Yugi asked opening his eyes. He saw Alas leaning over a bed. He got off the bed he was on and walked over to Alas. That's when he noticed who was in the bed. Yami. Yami looked horrible. His face was bruised and cut up. His head was wrapped tightly as was his right arm. "Dad?"

"Hello there young man." A voice came from the door. Yugi looked up and saw a man in a white suite.

"What's wrong with daddy?" The doctor smiled sadly.

"He got in an accident." Yugi looked over at the bed and up at Yami. The doctor lifted the boy and placed him on the edge of Yami's bed.

"He's hurt?" The doctor nodded and looked at Yami's vital signs. "Will he be ok?" How was he supposed to answer it? He knew Yami had a very small chance of living.

"I'm sure he'll pull through." Yugi nodded slightly.

"Yeah. Daddy's strong." Yugi whispered. The doctor felt his heart drop. He had just giving the boy false hope. He sighed sadly and smiled.

"I bet he is." He whispered quietly. When he left the room Yugi crawled over to Yami and rested in Yami's un bandaged left arm. He sighed with content and closed his eyes.

"Yeah. Daddy's strong." He whispered.

Pressing me...they won't go away
So I pray...go away...
It's falling away from me
It's falling away from me

It's falling away from me

Fall

Sugoroku sobbed with his wife.

"No. Why Yami?" Yugi was still curled in his arms. No one had the heart to move him back to his bed. Alas looked at Yami and held his hand.

"My poor baby boy. Please wake up." Hari cried. Alas's parents were back and comforting Alas the best they could. The guards smirked as they walked in.

"Your chief has decided to take the boy or you'll be fired from your job." Yami's eye lids flickered. Yami's arm wrapped around the small boy protectively. When the guards said that it seemed to have snapped Yami out of his coma.

"No." Yami let out a hoarse whisper. Alas looked shock as did his and her parents. Hari and Sugoroku smiled, tears still trailing down their cheeks. Alas got up and stood in front of Yami and Yugi.

"You heard him. No. We won't give him to you." Yami wanted to protect Yugi no matter what. He had come back just to keep this small 5 year old boy safe. Yami opened his eyes slightly. They were slightly glazed. His eyes drifted down toward Yugi. He smiled no matter how much it hurt.

"My son." He whispered.

Beating me down
Beating me...beating me
Down...down
Into the ground

Screaming some sound
Beating me...beating me
Down...down
Into the ground

Yami held Yugi a little closer. He felt a burning in his shoulders but was determined to protect him. The guards just smirked.

"We honestly don't care. You want to throw a perfectly good job away then fine." The turned and left.

"Yami." Alas breathed. Yami smiled at her. Alas pushed the button and called the doctor. The doctor was absoulty shocked to see Yami away let alone talking.

"Well I'll be darned." He said chuckling. He looked over Yami's signs and smiled. "Well Mr. Moto it's seems you have no sign of brain trauma. Just need to keep you still until your wounds heal and you should be just fine."

"Thank You." Yami said smiling.

"You're welcome. I'll be back later to check you again ok?" Yami smiled, since it hurt too much to nod.

"My dear boy. Thank the gods." Solomen said smiling and tears of joy running down his face.

"Oh Yami. My baby. I thought you were going to die." Hari said softly and rubbed Yami's hand. Yami smiled down at Yugi.

"He did it." The others looked confused. "He helped me pull through. I felt him near and his concern as all of yours...but his blared out. Then when I felt that he was going to be hurt I woke up." Yami said softly. The gang smiled. "My little savior."

Later that day...

"Daddy you're up!" Yugi piped, still in Yami's arms. The adults smiled at the child.

"Yes I am." Yami held the boy as close as he could without hurting himself. "I love you son." Yugi smiled up at Yami.

"I love you too daddy..." Then Yugi looked over at Alas. "...and mommy." Alas smiled as the parents laughed.

"I love you to honey." Yugi smiled and snuggled closer to Yami.

Beating me down
Beating me...beating me
Down...down
Into the ground

Screaming some sound
Beating me...beating me
Down...down
Into the ground...

I hoped you liked it! It was fun writing this crappie! I actually got everyone in it! Yeah!

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Time Keeper

I'll make sure the court date is set in the next chappie! I didn't know that. Thanx for telling me. I learn new things every day.

ShebytheDogDemoness

I do have spell check. It just doesn't catch things that aren't in the right way...like it only goes by spelling really not position of the words. I re-read it and I still miss a few.

Chetra-card

I liked the little poem I think it was funny.

Angeljean

That you for the ideas I'll have to put them to good use won't I?

Kyshin

That's a good idea! Thanx 4 it! It inspired this chappie!

Yami's Chan

It is sort of edging that way isn't it. I'm sure they will probably live together and raise Yugi. I got a question for you and the other reviewers. Do you think Yami and Alas should get married?

Sami Ryou's Hikari

LUVED THE POEM! THANK YOU!

animefreak54

Well I'm just planning on Getting Yugi home...there will be one more twist then adoption and happy ending for all!