Chapter 20

We're Going To Be Crushed When It All Falls Apart

Yugi walked aimlessly down the street. 'I'm so screwed. I'm so fucking screwed.' The boy thought walking down the street. Absent mindly he kicked a coke can down the street. He climbed many fire escapes and tried to find the best place out of sight. Making sure no one followed him he huddled in a small corner and reluctantly closed his eyes.

Yami drove home feeling nothing but dread. His heart ached as did his head. He had sat and threw out ideas with Bakura about Yugi as well as getting to know him better. Bakura has offered to help out in the class room and Yami instantly liked the idea. So Bakura was now being paid to help out in Yami's troubled class room. Now he just wanted to take some ibuprofen, take a long hot bath, and go to sleep. Even after doing this his heart had not stopped aching. He knew in his heart that the boy was outside some where, cold and hungry, and in a troubled sleep. Closing his eyes he found he was too exhausted to stay awake any longer.

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And eerie howl drifted through the field. It was late at night. The moon hung low so the whole place was illuminated with the misty glow from the moon. He was standing in a grave yard. Fog drifted slowly around his ankles. Dew was forming on the grass below, as he noticed from the water he kicked up as he started to walk.

"Damn bitch." A slurred voice whispered through the air. He walked towards the voice. A drunken man walked through the field and collapsed to his knees before a grave. "Leave me along with the bastard." He threw his empty bottle at the grave and chuckled when he shattered and lay at the base of the tombstone.

"Hello?" Yami asked. The man didn't reply.

The scene changed. Memories of someone passed before Yami's eyes. The giggle of a small child reached his ears. Turning he saw a very small image of Yugi running around a garden. The small child kneeled down and stared at a flower. Atop the flower crawled a ladybug. The child giggled as he laid his tiny finger straight and allowed the insect to crawl on to his hand. Standing the child covered his hand so the bug couldn't fly away. Running inside, Yami followed, he ran over to a woman. The woman looked sad and beaten. She had a black eye and a bloody face, her arms were bruised and cut up.

"Mummy!" The boy squealed in delight. "Luk! Buggie!" The child help he's hands out to the woman. She looked angry at the small child.

"What did I say about brining shit in from outside! God damn it! You fucking boy! Take it outside or I'll have your father kill it!"

"M'sury." The boy said in his small high pitched voice, and nodded, as if it didn't faze him. Yami's heart broke at the sight.

"Buggie ya haf ta leaf. Daddy will hwrt ya." The bug walked off the boy and on to a leaf that was presented to him. A door slammed from the front yard. Yugi stood up straight and looked over at the back door nervously. Biting his lip he walked inside...

Then scene changed and they were now in a bed room. It was late at night and the boy's parents were fast asleep on their quilted soft bed. While the child laid on their hard wood floor. He had no pillows or even a blanket. Yugi lay in a ball on the floor shivering, trying to find a comfortable position to fall asleep to, in vain. The boy sat up and looked around the darkened room. He smiled despite the restless night that was coming for him. Yami watched as the boy sat through the whole night just staring at the wall, never letting his grin down. 'What is going through your mind?' The teacher thought to himself.

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A loud truck bumped down the road outside of his house. The large trash truck clunked and clattered as it picked up the neighborhoods trash cans. Yami was startled from his sleep. He looked up at his clock and noticed it was going to go off in 13 minuets. Sighing he turned it off and get ready for a tough day in class.

Everyone was seated, except for one student. Yugi hadn't showed up for class but he shrugged it off knowing he has showed up late before. Bakura really seemed to enjoy helping out around the room. They started on their daily assignments, when a knock was heard. Yami told his class to hold on and went to answer the door. Opening his class room door he saw the assistant principal hauling a boy behind him.

"I think you lost something." He muttered pushing Yugi into the room. Yami smiled and thanked the man. Bakura and the students gasped at the sight. Bakura also looked slightly horrified knowing it was blood on his face. Yugi hadn't cleaned the blood off of his face yet. It almost looked like dirt. Yami sighed sadly and kneeled down in front of the boy.

"Bakura will you watch the class? I'm going to go clean Yugi off." The albino just nodded and resumed where Yami left off, with the help of Yami's notes. The boy swayed as he pushed away from his teacher. "Come on Yugi. Cut it out. I need to look at your head." Taking the boy's hand he tried to pull him off to the nurses.

"Let go!" Yugi shouted raising his fist. Swinging down he socked Yami right in the stomach knocking the wind out of the man. The tri haired man gasped and his knees hit the floor. Holding his stomach he looked up at the boy. Yugi just stood there and watched as the man struggled to regain his breath. Once catching his breath his teacher stood and said, "Please Yugi. Let me look at your head. I won't ask anything else of you the whole day." Standing Yami turned and walked towards the nurses hoping that Yugi would follow. Sighing in relief he heard the boy slowly padding after him.

Once reaching the nurses Yami motioned to a chair and told Yugi to take a seat. The boy didn't move at the door way. Sighing he got down supplies himself knowing that the nurse would only make things difficult. Walking over he sat the supplies down on the chair and kneeled in front of Yugi. He smiled gently at the boy and grabbed an anti-bacterial patch and began cleaning his face. The boy didn't even flinch as the soggy cloth touched his wounds. He noted that the bleeding wound was just a bunch of small little scrapes. After cleaning his face he took some cream and gently applied it to the wounds. Then grabbed a patch and cover them. They would heal fast so he didn't have to worry since none of them looked infected.

Yami looked deep into the child's eyes. He had bags under his eyes showing he wasn't sleeping again. His eyes were still glazed over some.

"Let's go back to class." He said softly while walking towards the door. Yugi followed him back to the class room. When he got back to class he allowed the boy to go sit down. "Would you like to go lie down?" He placed his key on the boy's desk and slid it over. "If you'd like to, go ahead." Yugi didn't move. Walking over to Bakura he said, "Don't say or try to do anything with him right now. He's not doing well and...well he socked me pretty hard. You better not get close. We'll just leave him alone today." His assistant nodded, looking sadly over at the child.

The day went one and no one bothered Yugi. Ryou was becoming curious as to why everyone just seemed to ignore his friend. Walking over he grabbed a chair and sat in front of Yugi. The boy was looking down at the desk and didn't even notice his albino friend.

"Yugi?" He asked softly. Yugi's eyes lifted from the desk to the brown eyes of Ryou. His friend smiled when Yugi looked up at him. "Hi."

"Hey." The tri haired boy muttered tiredly.

"What's wrong? Is that the owie you got yesterday? What's the key for?" His young friend started to blurt out questions. Yugi smirked in a non menacing way.

"It's alright I'm fine. The key is for the teacher's work room." He said picking up the key and holding it out to Ryou. The young boy giggled and took the key. Yugi's smirk formed into a friendly half smile.

"Wow! Really? This is neat." Bakura looked over when he heard his son giggle. He smiled as he watched Ryou talk to the troubled boy. 'They have become such good friends.' He thought happily.

Once school ended and all the children were gone Bakura and Yami started to plan out what they would teach tomorrow. Ryou and Yugi were outside sitting on the swings. Bakura had complete faith that Yugi would not hurt his son and that his son was helping the boy.

Ryou asked questions out of the blue, trying to get to know his friend better. Feeling light headed Yugi stood up, tightly holding on to the chains of the swing.

"Ryou lets go inside." Yugi muttered stumbling to get away from the sun. Maybe he was just getting hot. The younger boy nodded and hopped off the swing and took Yugi's hand. They made their way to the door and down the halls. Feeling very weak Yugi collapsed to his knees, letting go of Ryou's hand.

"Yugi? What's wrong?" Ryou kneeled down nest to his friend. Yugi's body went limp and he hit the ground. "Yugi!" The panicked boy placed his hands on the other's back and started to push him slightly. "Wake up! What's wrong!" Tears poured from his eyes when his friend didn't respond. Standing up he ran straight for his class room. "Daddy! Daddy! Yugi! He fell to the ground! And...and he won't wake up!" He shouted rushing into the room. Bakura and Yami were both on their feet.

"Shh...son calm down. Now where is Yugi?" He said gently as he held his son at arms length. The two teachers were starting to lose the battle with their 'required' adult calmness. Panic slowly rising in them.

"He's...in t-the hall!" Picking his son up, he ran out into the halls.

"Which way?" Ryou showed where he remembered Yugi collapsing. Seeing Yugi's lifeless body on the ground Yami rushed over.

Thank You!

suekosa

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kameeko

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wolfwood-Voresse

Yes good point, huh? U all will have to write this then... . But no one would actually WANT to kill me...right?... Cause I luv all or u! Spread the LUV! lol

Padfoot13

lol u counted? I gave up after like 11...lol. I better go wash my mouth out with soap...actually go wash my hands then, ne? lol. I swear they have a mind of there own.

Sara

Ya last year I was a freshman and it sucked. . All skool sux then u get sick and die... . lol. Ya thanx for the ideas. Luv them. I'll see if i can fit them in cause me likie them! ;