Chapter 18: I Had To See You Again

Yugi was cleaning around the stairs when he heard the front door slam open. He had cut his arms earlier that night and the loss of blood made him a little dizzy but the slamming door scared him half to death.

"Little Yugi!" His mother called out in a sickly sweet voice. "Guess what we have for you?" Yugi's eyes widened with fear. This was it. His parents would likely kill him and he wouldn't be able to keep his promise to Yami.

His parents quickly found him and smirked evilly. Yugi saw a pistol in his mothers hand while his father held a jagged looking dagger.

"I'm guessing you can tell what's going on," his father said taking a step towards Yugi. "Well, we've decided that we are bored of you. You know what that means, right?"

"We are going to kill you slowly and painfully." Yugi's mother said darkly and Yugi felt tears form in his eyes. He couldn't break a promise to Yami. He couldn't leave Yami.

Yugi quickly ran to the front door but his father caught him. Yugi grabbed a glass beer bottle that was on a table close by and hit it over his fathers head. His father made a last attempt to use the dagger and Yugi let out a cry of pain as he felt the dagger stab him in his right side and cut down his side before being roughly pulled out. Yugi didn't stop running though. He made it to the front door and turned the corner right as his mother shot at him.

Yugi ran through the dark streets of Domino City. For some strange reason, no one was on the streets. Yugi was glad because he could get away from his mother quicker but he was also disappointed because his mother could shoot freely. And when she could shoot freely, nothing got away from her.

He heard his mothers footsteps behind him but kept running. His side was burning but he didn't care. He just had to get to Yami. He had to see Yami at least one last time.

Yugi ran into the central park but let out a cry of pain as a bullet hit his left shoulder. This allowed his mother to catch up and she jumped at him pinning him to the ground. She turned Yugi around on his back and sat on top of him with an evil glint in her eyes.

"Time to end this all." She said darkly as she grabbed Yugi's throat and started to choke him. Yugi reached up with his own hands and grabbed his mothers wrists to try and pull her hands away from his throat. His mother was to strong though and Yugi was losing air fast.

"It was fun messing with you and beating you." She said with an evil smirk. "It is a shame that we have to kill you, but if we didn't kill you now, you would just blab to someone. And besides, we could always have more kids."
Yugi struggled to try and get out of his mothers grip. He gave a hard kick to her gut stunning her. He then pushed her off of him and started to run but his mother jumped up and grabbed his left shoulder. She turned him around and put the gun to his stomach.

"I said that I would kill you slowly and painfully, right? So what's the fun in shooting you in the head when I could have you bleed to death?" She said and smirked when she saw the fear flash through Yugi's amethyst eyes. She then pulled the trigger and shot Yugi in the stomach five times. She pulled the gun away from his stomach and let go of his shoulder. She stepped aside and watched with amusement as her son fell to his knees gripping his stomach with his right hand.

"I'll just leave and come back later when you have bled to death. For now, I need to go check on your father and make sure you seriously didn't injure him." Yugi watched was his mother walked down the street and disappeared in the distance. He slowly stood up and coughed up some blood. He couldn't break a promise.
Yugi made his way to Kaiba's mansion. He was determined to see Yami one last time. At least he would be able to keep the promise he made.

An hour had passed and Yugi finally made it to Kaiba's mansion. He dialed in the password for the gate and watched as the white gates opened. Yami had told him the code so he could visit anytime.

Yugi made his way up to the front door and started banging on the door.

"Yami! Please!" He yelled. "Answer the door!" Yugi continued banging on the door and yelling for Yami to wake up and come answer it. It felt like a year had passed but it had only been three minutes until Yami's light turned on.

"Who the hell is that!?" Seto cursed as he opened his bedroom door. He saw Yami walk past his door and Seto watched with confusion. "Yami? Do you know who it is?"

Yami turned around and looked at Seto. "I have a pretty good idea. I'll deal with this." Yami then turned back around and headed to the front door. He had quickly changed into his normal attire when he had first woken up. It was a habit of his.

He soon made it to the front door and unlocked it. He opened the door and his eyes widened when he saw his hikari standing there griping his stomach. There was a large puddle of blood on the ground. Blood came from the corners of Yugi's mouth and he had an agonized expression on his face.

Yugi fell forward and Yami instantly caught him. He held Yugi close not caring if his clothes got soaked with blood.

"What happened?" Yami asked looking down at Yugi's pale face.

"M...my...m-mom a-and...dad..." Yugi whispered weakly and coughed up some more blood.

"Why did you come here? Why didn't you go to the hospital?!" Yami asked feeling panicked. Yugi was in his lap bleeding to death and he could do nothing about it.

"I m...made a p-promise...d-didn't...I?" Yugi asked shutting his eyes in pain. "I p-promised...that w-we...w-would b-be able...t-to see e-each o-other a-again..."

"Oh Yugi," Yami whispered. "You need help. Just hang on."

"Can...t" Yugi whimpered weakly reaching up with his bloodied right hand and gripping Yami's black shirt weakly. The lack of sleep and blood from cutting his arm was making it extremely difficult to stay awake not to mention the pain and the current loss of blood from his wounds by his parents.

"SETO! GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE AND CALL THE HOSPITAL!" Yami yelled startling Kaiba a little. Why was Yami yelling at him? And why did Yami sound so worried?

Seto quickly made his way downstairs and froze at the sight in front of him. Yami was on his knees on the floor with Yugi in his lap. He grabbed his phone and quickly called the hospital and told them a brief explanation of what was going on then hung up. He quickly made his way over to where Yami was.

"What the hell happened!?" Seto yelled but Yami didn't reply. He only looked up at Kaiba, his crimson eyes full of worry but it also showed something that resembled a promise. He had promised Yugi something. Seto let out a sigh and walked up the stairs to go get changed into his normal attire. Whatever happened would have to wait to be explained and Seto was a very patient person.