A couple of hours later Yugi received his beating and was going to get the lashes in a little while. While Yugi was trying to catch his breath from being beaten up, he got dragged out of his cell and chained up on the wall by metal shackles that cut through your wrists if you tried to wiggle free. Stomach facing the wall, he was stripped from his shirt which was thrown on the floor where bits and pieces of hay where on the floor. The room had the stench of blood, (no doubt Yugi's); it only had one window that was at the top of the cell, surrounded by many cobwebs that decorated the rest of the rooms' corners. Yugi shut his eyes awaiting the many slashes he would receive. 'CRACK' with the first whip Yugi screamed out in pain. Around the twentieth slash, Yugis' screams became nothing more than little whimpers.
Yami was all of a sudden feeling bad about how big the punishment was for a voice that sounded so young, and was also a little guilty because they didn't give him a second chance to explain his side of the story. Making up his mind, Yami decided to go down to the dungeons to try and stop what was left of the punishment. So Yami headed down towards the dungeons with a little hope. Unknown to Yami, there was a lurking creature that was watching his every move. Once Yami was a distance away, Joey walked out of the shadows and shook his head side to side. 'He's too nice to be the King.' Joey thought smiling at the retrieving form of his older brother.
Unfortunately for Yugi, he was now going to receive another beating. Now, the guards, being able to do whatever they wanted with a slave, wanted to make Yugi's life a short lived hell. He was still chained up on the wall, but got unshackled and thrown carelessly on the stone cold ground, landing with an 'umph!' Yugi was curled up on the floor groaning in pain, while the current guards left to get the other guard that was on watch so that he could have a little fun tonight. All of a sudden, the new guard landed a kick in Yugi's stomach, earning a loud groan.
While the beating just begun, Yami was walking when he realized that he heard metal gates close. When Yami completely arrived to the dungeons, he noticed that he was too late. He saw a little boy on the ground in a cell, face down, and motionless, and from the looks of it, barely breathing. 'His hair looks like that little boys' I saw earlier today.' Thinking this, it finally clicked. 'Oh no, how could I have done this?' Yami thought feeling even guiltier than before.
Yugi only had a pair of pants on that were just clinging onto his legs. Yami could clearly see the slashes marred on the boys' back. When he looked close, he saw that he had an amount of bruises that were too large to count. Yami just stood there looking at the boy in awe and in shock that the boy was still breathing. Soon after, a girl around the age 15 walked in by Yami and into the cell to patch the boy up a little. Yami also entered the cell just to remember what the boy looked like. "Tea, what did this boy have to go through?" Yami asked in only a whisper. Shocked, Tea said "He got 50 lashes and a couple beatings, sir." Tea said as she got a cloth wet and started to wring out the excess water as she lightly dabbed his back trying to keep his scars uninfected. 'Oh, yeah.' Yami thought to himself. "Are they this rough with all of the slaves?" Yami asked incredulously. "Yes, sir." Tea said getting the bloody towel wet again. "Um . . . sir? What did he do?" Tea asked nervously. "No need to be nervous Tea. But if I recall correctly, he tried to mimic me and wasn't obeying what his master told him to do." Yami said, talking a little louder than a whisper. "Oh . . . um . . .how do you know my name?" Tea asked now that she had some time to think about it, and was shocked that the King new her name. "I know almost every person in this castle. "Oh." Tea said still trying to wipe away the blood that keeps coming up.
After a couple of minutes, Tea needed to go outside to get another towel and more water. "I just don't know his name." Yami said talking to himself in a whisper, thinking about the last sentence he said to Tea and using his hand to move the boys' hair behind his ears, so his face was more visible. 'His face looks so small and innocent. Where are your parents? Why is he working for Keith? Shouldn't he be in school or something?' Yami thought to himself as he looked dreamlessly at the boy, unknowingly, Yami was getting a little crush on the little boy. Shortly after, Tea came in with more water, new wash cloth, and a clean pair of clothes. Yami left the cell to go back to his throne while Tea tried to put the clothes on Yugi.
Back on his throne, Yami stayed in his seat a long time just day dreaming and pondering about the little boy.
2-3- Days Later
Yugi was lying on his chest and his back was all washed up and bandaged. All the cell mates heard a groan from the cell that nobody has from in a very long time. "Kid, you ok?" a cell mate across from him asked. "Mm . . ." Yugi mumbled, not feeling like talking and not finding the strength to do it. Yugi tried to sit up slowly and found a t-shirt no further than a foots length away from his arm. Yugi reached for the shirt and slowly tried to put it on but shortly gave up. Even with the dim light you could easily see the form of Yugi's body. Perfect biceps that aren't too strong but not too scrawny. Just by looking at his eyes, you could see that he was in a lot of pain, but handling it very well. Yugi had bandages on his stomach all the way up to his chest and was wearing a loose pair of pants.
A guard watching the cells notices that the boy woke up and sent for Yami and Tea, knowing that Yami was interested in him, and Tea was supposed to see how he was feeling. In a couple of minutes two people entered the dungeon and walked toward the cell that Yugi inhabited. "Come with me." Yami said to Yugi as Tea was looking at him.
When Yugi saw the King walk towards him, he immediately lowered his head and tried to sit up to kneel down to be polite. Unfortunately, Yugi didn't get too far, so he just sat bowing his head down. After Yugi heard Yami say come with me he said, "Yes sir." Not as scared of him as the last time they met for some reason. Yugi tried to stand up, but failed miserably, so Yami got Tea to help him get on his back for a piggy-back ride.
Yami walked to his room with Yugi still on his back. He was slightly surprised when he noticed the little creature on his back wasn't in any fear whatsoever, but instead he was resting his head on Yami's shoulder and was almost asleep. When they arrived at Yami's room he laid Yugi down on his bed as Tea checked his wounds. Yami helped Yugi sit up so that it would make Tea's job of undoing the bandages a lot easier, before going to get some food and water.
For a little bit, Yugi was a little confused as to why he wasn't in a cell anymore, but soon got over it because he thought that anywhere was better than that cell. As Yami came back with the food, he handed it to Yugi who immediately grabbed some of it and started to scarf it all down. Hearing a small chuckle from Yami and Tea, he stopped eating and blushed while looking down, still chewing on the food that was left in his mouth.
"When's the last time you ate something?" Yami asked not being able to control the act of smiling. "I don't. . . remember . . ." Yugi said looking down at his feet. "I remember that I didn't get fed if I did something bad, and even if I got food it would like a piece of bread or an apple." Yugi said suddenly losing his appetite and not so sure if he wanted to eat anymore. Looking up from his feet, "Thank you for the food." Yugi said smiling. "You're welcome. You can eat more if you want." Yami said looking over at the still full plate of food and back at Yugi. "Really?" he asked looking towards Yami happily, looking into those crimson eyes just staring.
um..i dunno if its sudan or not..i don't like history..:( or :)...hm...anyways...i noe that the characters are a little out of line...but i hope its ok! please R&R thnx!!!