1A/N Sorry for the long time to update. I have been really busy for the past few weeks. I'll thank the reviewers that the end of this chapter I promise!
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Joey looked impatiently out the window of his bedroom apartment. Something was wrong, dead wrong. He watched the cold night air nip at the snow that remained on the ground. He had just woken up from a nightmare, one about his close friend that he hadn't seen in days. What happened? Tristan and he had looked everywhere for Yugi and his Yami but never found anything.
Joey remembered all the crazy things that the gang had gone through for the past four years. Could it be possible that Yami and Yugi actually lost to a shadow game and an enemy he and the others never heard of? Joey sighed and rubbed his head with his index fingers. "Where are you guys?"
At that moment an impatient knock was heard at the front door. Joey put on a shirt and cautiously opened the door. He shivered as the wind wrapped its cold self around his body. Tristan and Tea were standing at the doorway both with worried expressions.
Joey motioned them to join him. "You felt it too?" he asked shutting the door and locking it. His worried friends nodded and sat on the couch. "Yugi's in trouble, and I don't think it's something we even know about yet."
Tristan nodded. "Where would he and Yami go? Without telling us I mean?"
Tea shrugged starring at the floor. "You know those two. Even if they are in some kind of danger they would never get us to help them for fear they would endanger us." Tea felt tears come to her eyes. "He's scared. I can feel it but I wish I knew where he was."
Joey put his hand on her shoulder. "We'll find them. We are all here because we know something is going on. Yugi was trying to contact us and we will find him and Yami." he reassured them. "Let's go and make sure your bundled up. Its freezing out there."
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Yami gasped for breath as he stopped to take a breather against a pole. Yugi was near, he could sense him but he was in trouble. What was going on? Yami tried not to panic but the thought of his hikari being in the hands of Marik kept ringing through his mind. Cautiously Yami crept around the corner of the building he was hiding behind. Something was following him even though he hadn't seen a soul for miles. Not a good sign.
"Yugi." Yami sighed looking left to right. "Give me some kind of sign."
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Yugi carefully walked around the corner of the alley. He was freezing and this feet were numb. Tears came to his eyes when he thought of the night he and Yami had watched the snow fall while under a warm blanket. He longed for Yami's arms to be around him and to feel safe again. Something he hadn't felt in the longest time.
A creak behind him made him turn around. Yugi gasped as two very largely built guys came from the dark alley he had been hiding in. He backed away and clenched his fists. The men seemed amused by Yugi's actions. One even winked at him. Yugi shuddered in disgust.
"What's wrong little one?" One of the men asked gently reaching his hand out to nudge Yugi's cheek. "Have you lost your way?" he chuckled.
"No." Yugi said firmly. He turned to leave but one of the men grabbed his arm. Yugi felt
no fear...but anger well up inside of him. "What do you want?" Yugi snapped shaking his arm loose from the man holding him.
"Listen to the mouth on this one." the man laughed trying to grab Yugi's arm again. "I guess all people have to learn eventually. Lets give him his first lesson."
This time Yugi panicked and bolted from the two who were immediately on his heels. A strong and thick arm grabbed him around the waist and another around his mouth. Yugi was dragged into the next alley way. Fear quickly turned back to anger, so much so that he was shaking, but why?
The men laid Yugi on the floor and one kicked him in the ribs. Yugi didn't make a sound but instead tried to get up. The men immediately pushed him back to the ground and hit him again. Yugi remained silent and waited for his chance. When the men finally stopped their kicking Yugi rose to his feet, covered in blood and a scowl written all over his face.
"This one just doesn't want to learn?" one commented.
They went to push Yugi on the ground again but Yugi was quicker. He pushed both of them back away from him. Surprised by Yugi's decision to fight back, the men smirked and advanced. Yugi was ready to face them with anything he had to. He had been molested by Marik, gotten in a car accident, took to another world, set on fire, put in the hands of someone he thought was his real Yami, and now getting his ass kicked by these two thugs. Yugi felt his fists shake with rage as he breathing became labored.
Blood dripped to the ground as one of the men took out of gun and pointed it at Yugi's head. "Get on the floor bitch." Yugi didn't move, no fear shown in his eyes as he breathing rapidly increased as did his heart rate. (A/N I know! Talk about a bad day!) "Get on the floor!" the man yelled as he slapped Yugi in the head with the gun.
Yugi fell to the ground. Sudden pain racked his body, why did that one single slap seem to set his body on fire? Again, anger flashed inside of him, he hated everything about this world, he even was starting to hate his life. Yugi screamed as his head felt like it was going to explode.
"What's wrong with him?" the other man asked. "How hard did you hit him?"
The men watched as Yugi's shaking stopped and he slowly rose to his feet keeping his face looking at the ground. One man backed away. "What the—,"
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Yami whirled around to his right side as he heard screams in the dead of the city. Goose bumps crawled up his arms. Sudden thoughts of Yugi flashed through his mind even though he knew that those screams weren't his. His heart told him something was wrong...dead wrong. He had to investigate.
Yami slowly walked then ran toward the place in which he heard the screams.
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Yugi moaned slightly and sat up against the closest thing to him. He rubbed his head in pain trying to recall what had just happened. Something wet touched his forehead, something on his hand. Yugi looked down and squeaked. Blood. Was it his?
That was when Yugi remembered what had happened. Those two men...what had they done to him? Yugi made the mistake to look around and started shaking. Blood covered the walls of the alley but that wasn't what bothered him the most. Body parts were scattered all over the place and they definitely weren't Yugi's. Yugi slowly sat up and starred at a head that looked like then guy who drug him in the alley.
Yugi backed away from the parts everywhere. Did...Did I do all this? He wondered. Yugi's breathing became ragged as he heard someone at the opening of the alleyway.
"Yugi!" a familiar voice rang through the blood smeared walls. Yugi whirled around to see Yami standing at the end os the alley. Yugi quickly looked for an escape route. He found one in the corner and rapidly ran toward it wiping the blood from his hands on his pants. "Yugi! Wait!" Yami followed him closely.
Yugi rounded the corner into another alley and ran toward the opening of this one. He wanted to get away from everything, no more people, no more fists, no more blood, and no more Yami. Yugi bolted to a trash can and quickly hid behind it. He saw Yami come out of the alleyway and look about widely.
Yugi crept backwards, tears coming to his eyes as he saw Yami walk towards where he was hiding. Whimpering at the nightmare he found himself in his curled into a ball wishing he was home and warm again. Someone grabbed him from the collar and dragged him into an abandoned building. Yugi shook as he could sense evil had its hands on him again.
"Shhhh." That deep baritone voice cooed him. Yugi whimpered as he felt his energy drained from every part of his body. He tried to get away from his attacker but didn't stand a chance against his Yami's strong arms. "I missed you." he whispered in Yugi's ear. Tears streamed down Yugi's face as Yami kissed his neck cooly.
"Yugi!" Yugi's eyes opened widely. Who was that? If Yami was here than who was that calling his name? "Yugi! Where are you?" that voice drifted into his ears again. That was Yami, his Yami, the one who loved him, or was suppose to love him. Who was the imposter?
Yugi watched through half slitted eye lids as Yami came into view near where they hid. Yami couldn't see him but by the look on his face he knew Yugi was near by. Yugi felt sudden energy seeing his real Yami approaching and began to struggle and even tried to call out to Yami but his attacker quickly covered his mouth.
"Sorry, but I need your energy in order to stay in this world. You're not going anywhere." The imposter whispered and pulled something out of his pocket. Yugi couldn't see it but when Yami made Yugi take it in his hand he knew what it was. A gun. Yami chuckled at Yugi's surprised face while he took Yugi's hand and made him hold the gun. Yugi struggled but Yami kept his hold strong on took one of Yugi's finger to put on the trigger of the gun.
"Wh-...What are you doing?" Yugi could barely get out from Yami covering his mouth. Yami must not have heard him because he continued to take the gun and aim at Yugi's real Yami. Yugi shook his head. "No." he whimpered.
"Squeeze the trigger." Yami commanded. Yugi shook his head feeling emotions rush widely within him. Yugi could feel a smirk cross his enemy's face. "Don't attempt to grow a brain."
Yugi watched as his real Yami looked for him desperately through the trash can across the street. Yugi bundled up all the energy he could muster and moved his head to free his mouth. Yugi screamed as loud as he could and launched himself from the enemy, out the broken window into the street.
Yugi's real Yami whirled around gasping at his bleeding hikari laying in the street. Yugi noticed the gun was gone from his hand and no in the hands of a mad man. "Yugi!" Yami yelled finally approaching Yugi but it was a little too late.
"Touch him and I'll shoot him." A voice much like Yami's own came from the burnt building.
"Yami, run." Yugi whimpered trying to get to his feet but failed miserably. "He's got a gun."
With that the imposter Yami stepped out from the shadows with his gun pointed at Yugi. Yugi gasped slightly for the man who had been holding him had changed appearance greatly. He was still a spirit and looked very much like his Yami but his eye color had changed from the beautiful crimson he adored to an ice blue. Yugi shuddered at those eyes, those harsh eyes.
Yami's reaction didn't seem to be one of surprise.
"You don't seem surprised to see me?" the enemy smiled cooly.
Yami shook his head and crept closer to Yugi.
"I wouldn't do that." The imposter said pointing the gun right at Yugi's head. Yugi stood up and looked desperately at Yami. He longed to fly into his arms and feel safe again. It was like teasing a dog with stake and then not giving it to him. Here Yami was about nine feet away and Yugi couldn't get any closer.
Yami didn't know what to do. If he tried to take Yugi out of here he risked killing him, if he didn't do anything at all Yugi would be forced right back where he started. Yami looked around raising an eyebrow. This place looked familiar. It hit Yami like a bullet to the stomach, this place was where he started out in this world. The passage back to their world was right behind them.
"Yami, run, get away from here!" Yugi shouted.
Their enemy smirked slightly. "Come here, Yugi." Yugi whirled around and shook his head slowly. "Come here!" Yami demanded again. Again Yugi shook his head. "If you don't come now..." Yami redirected the gun at the real Yami. "I'll shoot him."
Yugi looked back at his Yami with tears in his eyes. There was no way out, either go back with a mad man or loose the love of his life. Yugi sighed. "I love you." he worded to Yami. Yugi turned and started to walk back to the imposter.
"Yugi! Don't!" Yami shouted at him. Yugi stopped and turned around. "Please..." Yami reasoned. "I can't loose you again."
Yugi didn't have time to think, the imposter quickly strolled up to Yugi and wrapped and arm around his waist. Yugi immediately collapsed into the enemy's arms with his energy being taken from him.
"Yugi!" Yami shouted worriedly. He growled and looked up at the imposter. "What did you do to him?"
He smiled. "That for me to know." He turned and started to carry Yugi away from the scene but still kept the gun pointing at Yami.
Yami's blood boiled. He wasn't about to loose Yugi again. Not after being so close. Yami waited until his enemy wasn't looking and grabbed the piece of scrap metal next to his feet. With all of his strength he hurled it at the man keeping Yugi captive. Without a sound the man fell to the ground taking Yugi with him.
Yami ran up to the heap and finally but surely, wrapped his arms about his hikari. Yugi suddenly shook awake and gasped for air. "Yugi?" Yami asked concerned. Yugi looked up into his crimson eyes, tears welling up in his own. "Yugi?" Yami whispered.
Yugi's arms wrapped tightly around Yami's waist squeezing him tightly. "Yami." he sobbed into his chest. "I missed you so much. You have no idea the hell I have gone through." Yugi shook as he spoke.
"Shhhhh." Yami whispered hugging Yugi tightly. "I know how bad it must have been but I have to get you out of here, now." Yugi looked up at him and nodded. "Can you walk?" Yami asked.
"Yeah, I feel fine now." Yugi sniffed and rose to his feet.
"Come on then. It's only right here...in this alleyway. As soon as we get you warmed up you can tell me what happened to Marik and what the hell that...thing did to you." Yami gestured towards the unconscious spirit laying on the ground.
Grabbing Yugi's arm he ran toward the alley and soon the wall that would lead them home. "Hold on to my hand tightly and don't let go promise?" Yami asked right before they ran into the wall.
"I promise." Yugi whispered as they fell through the wall together.
It seemed like they were falling. Yugi suddenly couldn't keep his eyes open but he could tell lights were coming from all directions. Strong arms wrapped around him making him feel safe and oblivious to everything around him.
Suddenly Yugi felt cold air penetrate his skin. Yugi opened his eyes to see snow...snwo getting brighter and brighter...like it was lighting up. They were in their world alright but not the best place to renter. Yami and Yugi both looked over at the increasingly growing light to their side. Two beams of lights, headlights, coming straight for them.
Everything went in slow motion after that. Yami looked down at his love who was still holding tightly to his hand. With one hand he pushed Yugi out of the road leaving him right in the path. Screeching of the brakes, rubber slipping on ice, Yugi watch as the car advance toward his Yami as Yugi fell further way from him.
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A/N I am so evil...okay now for the thank-yous!
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