I would have used the song 'Scars' by Papa Roach...you should listen to it. It's good!

Chapter 15

Just Before You Hit The Floor

The doctor entered the room holding his folder. He smiled as he walked over to the two occupants in the room. "Yugi have you ever smoked?" The old man asked suddenly. Yami and Yugi both looked up.

"No." Yugi said dully. The doctor smiled and sat down across from Yami.

"I was looking at your x-rays we had taken and I was surprised at with I found." Yami seemed to listen closely as the young boy ignored the man. "Your lungs are very damaged. I assumed your guardian smokes?" Yugi didn't answer.

"Yugi?" The boy looked over at Yami when he called his name. "Does your uncle smoke?" The boy just shook his head. "Did your parents?" The boy shrugged.

"Don't remember." He muttered softly.

"It doesn't look like you have been Yugi. As your fingers should have nicotine stains as should your teeth. You had developed a mild case of asthma. Did you know that?" The boy's eyes drifted from Yami to the doctor and he slowly shook his head. "Have you ever had a hard time breathing?" Yugi looked back at the TV.

"Sometimes...never really bothered me." Yugi hissed to the doctor. The doctor nodded and wrote down some notes.

"I'm going to give you metered-dose inhaler. I want you to bring it with you were ever you go ok? Who knows you may never need it." Yugi didn't respond.

"How does it work?" Yami asked.

"It's quite simple. Just place the end in his mouth and push the button in at the same time he breathes in. Just make sure he inhales it." Yami nodded and looked back over at the boy. "I want to have one last look at your stitches ok Yugi?" The tri haired man got up and sat on the edge of Yugi's bed. Placing his hand on the boy's shoulder he watched as Yugi whiped his head around and glare at who ever was touching him.

"Can the doctor have a look at your stitches then I'm sure we can go." He said looking over at the doctor. The old man smiled and nodded. The tri haired boy just shrugged and looked back at the TV. The doctor unwrapped the bandages and inspected the healing wound.

"Looks good." He said as he grabbed some new clean bandage and wrapped the boy's head. "He's fine to go, but if he feels faint at all please bring him back. Ok?"

"Will do." Yami assured him. The doctor smiled and left. "Ok Yugi are you ready to leave?" The young man walked over and sat down in front of Yugi. "Are you ok? You seem distracted." Yugi shrugged and watched as his teacher sighed and picked up some items. The boy got up, went to the bathroom, and dressed in his old clothes that were sitting on the far chair. "Are you ready to go?" Yami smiled and waited for Yugi to approach. "Come here." He said extending his arm. Yugi walked forward and he felt his teacher place a hand on his back as they walked out. After signing his student out Yami led the boy to his car. Yugi stopped and wouldn't enter the car. "What's wrong?"

"My uncle use to have a car like this. I'm meant the interior. I never really noticed..." The boy trailed off.

"Do you want to get in the front?" Yugi shook his head.

"Look, thanks for everything in all but I'd rather just keep everything the way it is." Yugi said after he sighed. "I'm sorry if you got close to me." Yugi mutter as he turned and ran.

"Yugi! Wait!" Yami yelled as he ran after the boy.

"Don't follow! Leave me alone!" Yugi yelled over his shoulder. Yami stopped and ran to his car. 'That boy is fast.' He thought while starting the engine. Then he drove in the direction that Yugi went. He drove slowly as he rode around the neighborhood. 'Where is he?' Then he saw him. He was sitting on the swings. Hunches over and his shoulders were shaking slightly. "Yugi?" He muttered softly to himself. Parking he got out of his car and slowly approached.

"I just want to be alone." Yugi said softly that Yami barely heard.

"Yugi. I care about you. What's wrong?"

"Nothing." The tri haired man was unconvinced.

"Yugi. I know you're lying."

"It's nothing! Leave me the fuck alone!" Yugi shouted covering his ears and squeezing his eyes shut. "I can do this on my own!"

"You don't have to do anything alone any more-"

"You're just trying to cripple me!" Yugi accused as he jumped up from his swing.

"What do you mean?" The young boy's teacher asked, having never been accused of such thing before.

"If you have people help or do things for you it cripples you. You can't know your full potential then."

"Potential? I think you're smarter then every thinks you are." Yami smiled slightly as he continued, "Listen it's not a weakness to allow someone to help you."

"But you'll never be whole...not if you allow some one to do something for you. It's not good to protect others cause when they need you and you're not there they get hurt." His teacher looked slightly startled at this.

"Do you mean you? Did some one try to protect you and they weren't there when you needed them? I won't abandon you." The man assured the child.

"No not me. Yami do you have any brothers or sisters?" Startled at the question Yami quickly gathered his thoughts.

"N-no. I was an only child-"

"I didn't mean blood." The boy interrupted.

"You mean adopted?" After the boy nodded he replied, "No. I never had and siblings." Watching the boy cautiously he asked, "Did you?"

"I'm no good at protecting any one." He said coldly. "Everyone that knows me gets hurt..." The boy hissed trailing off, "...in the end."

"Who got hurt Yugi?" Yami asked his young student. The boy just looked at the swing he had sat in. Grabbing the chain he sighed.

"We used to come here all the time. I'd push her on this very swing. She always liked that." The boy said softly. Sitting in the seat he looked at the sand below before saying, "I can still hear her laughter. The way she called my name." Yami just watched him as he carefully continued, "Her dark blue eyes...ocean blue." His teacher could tell the boy was struggling to remember everything. "Kaoru (car-oo)" He muttered softly.

"What happened?" The man asked cautiously, afraid to set the boy off again. He was surprised he had gotten that much out of him. This memory obviously brought the boy a lot of pain.

"I was...9? It was about a month after I went to live with my uncle." The boy growled at the mention of his uncle, "She was 4...I think." Yugi paused before continuing. "Oh ya it was 4. 'Cause soon after she had her 5th party..." The boy trailed off. "She was never able to pronounce my name right..." He paused again," She'd always call me BB. It ment big brother." The boy's lips curved upward very slightly at the memory, which made Yami grin. "The slid over there." The boy pointed to the orange tube he usually slept in before continuing, "We hid there a lot. After school and stuff." Turning his head he looked behind them. "There used to be a patch of weeds that grew over there. The yellow flowers...she loved picking them." He trailed off as his smile grew very slightly. "This one time her friend taught her something with them." He deeply sighed as the memory tore his heart. "She took my hand and rubbed the flower over it. Then she softly said..." He tried to remember, "Monkey see, Monkey do, Monkey pee all over you." (Have you ever done that? It's fun!) Yami chuckled softly. "Every time we came here she always had to do that..." He choked on his breath slightly, "...and I never cared."

Then the boy's face turned grim. Face expressionless he muttered, "On her 5th birthday my uncle tried to do very bad things." The child's small finger's tightened around the chain of the swing. "I knew it was wrong. Something in my head just told me to stop him. I grabbed her arm and picked her up. I ran to here..." Pausing he sighed, "It was so cold. She was getting cold. I had to bring her back..." The wind pushed them both playing with their clothes, "My first mistake." He stood up from the swing and looked down the street where his uncle lived. "I tried to keep her a virgin as long as I could." He hissed breathing deeply. His teacher's eyes widened as he turned to look at the ground. "He beat me..." He croaked, "So bad that I was knocked unconscious. I never heard her scream..." Trailing off again he slowly sat down on the soft sand, "God..." He muttered softly. "That morning was the worst in my life. Her torn body. She was bloody and crying." The child looked down at the ground. "I kept screaming at him! He wouldn't take her to the doctor's! I tried to take her but he pulled me back. She was crying...but she couldn't scream any more. He beat me again but this time I faked being unconscious. Once he left I got up and tried to carry her to the hospital. I was so tired and I was frightened that some one on the street would take advantage of it! I carried her right down that street." He muttered pointed to the street his uncle lived, "Fortunately I made it. I kept telling them some man off the street did it. Once they finally believed me they called my uncle..." He stopped suddenly. Grabbing a fist full of sand he threw it ahead of him. "He was so pissed." A minuet passed.

"Are you ok Yugi?" The boy's head lifted slightly.

"Ya. Then...he took us home and I took care of her." He turned and looked up at his teacher. "Do you know what?"

"What?" Yami asked smiling. Wiping his hand's on his pants he stood.

"I made her smile again." The young man smiled gently at the boy. "Can we take a walk? I'm getting bored sitting here." Nodding Yami stood and let the boy lead the way. They started to walk around the park. "I was always with her. Standing outside the bathroom, but I always looked through it first. Just in case he was hiding and waiting to hurt her again. School I never had to worry because I knew she was just a couple class rooms away...since she just started preschool." He paused and looked down at his worn sneakers. Kicking a rock angrily he continued, "But one day my uncle took her out of school early. I didn't know until the end of school...I looked every where for her. Until her teacher told me he took her. I ran home." They continued to walk in silence for a couple of seconds. "They weren't home. I waited on the front porch for hours...then his car pulled up." The wind howled. "He got out. He was drunk." A scowl formed across his face. "I ran to the car. She wasn't in the front..." Taking a deep breath he continued, "She was naked in the back. Knocked out and bleeding. I took off my jacket and wrapped it around her. I picked her up and ran her over to the tunnel. I held her and noticed she was very cold. I took off my pants and put them on her. They were big but they fit." He stopped and watched a bird fly above. Sneering he look straight ahead of their path. "I knew I couldn't protect her...and I remembered I once saved some dogs before from my father." Yami stopped walking. "Yami?" His teacher blinked and smiled.

"Sorry I felt a mosquito bite me. Little buggers." Yugi nodded accepting this as Yami rejoined him on their walk.

"But I couldn't bring myself to hurt her. I just held her for all she was worth...Once she woke up I carried her to the police station not too far from the hospital. I knew this was the only thing I could do. I-I let her go. Told her to go inside and let one of them help her, but I warned her not to tell on uncle. I knew there was no hope for me but she didn't have to suffer. I pushed her inside and ran away. My uncle was so drunk then I guess he forgot about her. Forgot it even happened or maybe he thought he killed her. I don't know. I saw the news paper about a little girl that was raped and now in a safe foster home. It said that all she would do is scream 'BB' through the first weeks of arriving. She was scared, but I'm sure she is fine now." The child trailed off. Yami assumed he was finished telling his story, but something now nagged at his thoughts.

"Did your uncle ever...touch you?" Yugi shook his head.

"Never...that's why I was so surprised when he did it to her." Yugi paused, "I've been living on the street ever since I pushed her into the office. I knew I didn't need to be at my uncles anymore."

"You were still 9?"

"Yep." He said softly.

"I'm hungry. How about you?" Yugi looked up at Yami and slowly nodded. His teacher led him back to the car.

"Yami?"

"Hm?"

"In the end will I be ok?...is there hope?"

Me and my lazy ass ...; It's been a while huh? Yup. Been working on my Xanga and other stuff. U want to check it out go here http/ If the site didn't show it's also on my Bio. If you have one to you can give me you're web site and I'll go check it out . C my poem sort of went with this chappie as well…

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I'd like to c the lyrcis. I'd probably use them but they won't allow any copy write stuff on here. I still think it's stupid but I'd rather not gt kicked off or somin because of somin stupid like that. Then you wouldn't get to read my stories ... that would suck

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Ya sry 'bout all the 'putting my effort in this only story' I know I need to get workin on the others but I"m sort of uninspired. I'll get right on to them...eventually...sry about how long it's been.

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Thanx 4 The poems! They are awsome! XD