Sorry for not updating! I've been very busy lately and just got over a REALLY big scare, so… yeah. Just a little update for those who actually give a damn about my work rather then some of the other stuff I work on. Like those freakin' Puzzleshipping stories I use to write and have lost interest in.

But let's get on with the story!

Warning: Nothing really, just a slight bit of fluff at the start. And the whole fact that Yami is going to get his ass kicked again.

On with the fic!

Bottled Up Gods

Chapter Seven: Creation of Fear

Yami pushed away after a moment, coming back to his senses. He had just kissed Seto Kaiba, and Seto Kaiba had kissed back. What had he done? He could have Kaiba be involved in his life right now, too much was going on and he was scared, what if Hiro found out, that would only add more to the evidence of him being a… whore…

"Yami… did I do something wrong? I'm sorry if I did…" Kaiba started but was stopped when Yami turned away.

"Look Kaiba, I… it's too soon for this and… I can't have you hurt, to many people have been hurt…" Yami broke down and Kaiba pulled him close, rubbing his back. They were like this for an hour until Yami fell asleep. Kaiba sighed softly as he placed Yami back on the bed.

Cautiously, placed a kiss on his cheek before leaving the room to find Yusei sitting alone and reading a book in the living room. "Where's Jack?" Kaiba asked as he took a seat on the sofa.

Blue-eyes looked over the pages of a book about science. Yusei sat up a bit and spoke. "He had to go to work, how's Yami?"

"He's asleep; he woke up an hour ago though but cried himself back to sleep not to long ago."

"Now why would he do that?"

"Because… because I kissed him…"

Yusei stood up and walked over to Kaiba, and with out him blinking, Yusei slapped Kaiba on the head. "What the hell?!"

"Don't take advantage of him! He's really in a bad scrap right now and he doesn't need you adding more junk to his scrap yard!" Yusei glared deeply at him before sitting on the couch again.

"Kaiba… Yami's not happy; he hasn't been for years…"

Kaiba looked at him, ignoring the pain on the left side of his head. "You never finished telling me his story, tell me everything. I'm worried about him and I want to help, but I can only help if I have an understanding of what is going on with Yami."

Yusei looked at him and frowned. "When Yami was fourteen, his mother was killed. She had been hit by an unlicensed car. She pushed Yami out of the way, the car was about to hit him at the time and she took the blow. She died three hours later in the hospital. Those two weeks that Yami was gone, that was for the funeral and for the court session."

Kaiba blinked. "Court session?"

"For ownership of Yami and Yugi. Their mom left a will, but never finished it. She left her whole fortune to Yami, him being the first born, and he was not control it until he turned eighteen. But this caused trouble, Yami's grandfather wanted to have ownership of the boys because he didn't trust Hiro with them."

"But isn't Hiro his…"

"I'll get to that. Hiro wanted the boys because he was their 'father' and he had every right to them. A court case was started and ended with Yami going to Hiro and Yugi going to their grandfather. And that's when the trouble got worse for Yami."

Kaiba looked at him, a little confused on this but let Yusei continue. "Well, Yami was sent to a new home with Hiro since the man had sold the old one for money. And mind you, this whole thing took place in two weeks. So anyway, Hiro got drunk that night and… he started yelling at Yami and beating him and then he…"

A frown came to Kaiba's face before he realized that Yusei was talking about. "He raped him…? But why would a father rape his own son?!"

"Actually, Hiro is not Yami and Yugi's father. He's their step father. He wasn't really married to their mother, hence why Yami and Yugi have her last name along with their grandfather's. Their real father lives in America and he sends them support money, which Hiro uses Yami's money for his own use. But when he raped Yami, he broke him. The boy was only fourteen! He was scared, he ran away and came to my place and told me everything."

Biting his lip, the mechanic tried to hold back tears. "I wanted to have Yami live with me, but Hiro found him the next morning and took him home. He locked Yami a closet for two days and didn't let him out until Monday and then sent him to school. Yami was so sick from not eating or drinking in those few days that he passed out, I'm sure you remember that."

Kaiba did remember, how could he not, it was so sudden and Yugi was crying when it happened.

"Yami made me promise never to tell Yugi why it was that he passed out; he said Hiro had threatened to kill Yugi if Yami ever told the boy what was going on. Yami took years of rape and abuse just to keep Yugi safe."

"And I'll continue to do so until I know Yugi is completely safe and that bastard is dead."

Kaiba and Yusei turned around and found Yami leaning in the door way, looking at them both with a hurt and saddened expression. "Yami I…" Yusei started before Yami spoke up again.

"Yusei, please, I'm sure Kaiba had to know one day and I had said that he wasn't allowed to ask me but I guess he found a loop hole in that statement." He spoke softly before taking seat on the couch away from them.

"Yami… I'm sorry… I should have asked if it was okay…"

"Yusei, its fine. He knows now and he's stuck in this mess like the rest of us."

Kaiba sighed before looking at the boy. "Yami, listen. Just because I know doesn't mean I'm going to take this whole thing lightly. I want to help you; I'll do what ever I can…"

"How are you going to help me?! For three years I've been putting up with those horrible moments of my life, and yet even though I put on a front and hide everything, that pain is still there. I can't have people helping me okay?! I don't want you to go through what I'm going through! He rapes me, hits me, throws me in a cramp closet, starves me, and now I have to take medicines to try and numb some of the pain! No one can help me because no one is going through this as well!"

"Shut up! Yami, for God's sake! Just shut the fuck up!" Kaiba screamed at him, making the other two look at him.

"I know what its like to be hurt by someone! When I was young, my brother and I got adopted by Gozaboro Kaiba and for years I put up with his abuse just to keep MY brother safe! He would beat me, starve me, and say horrid things to me. He even raped me! I put up this fucking cold demeanor to hide the shame and anger I felt inside just so people wouldn't know the truth! I never told anyone that, not even my own brother! And you know what, two years ago Gozaboro died, he flung himself out a window to spite me, make me feel guilty for taking over his company, and yet I didn't feel anything but pride for destroying the thing that was keeping me down."

He stood up and looked down at the surprised boy. "I felt free when I saw him kill himself! The weights of pain, guilt, anger, sadness, and fear were cut and I was free. Yami, you have to let me help you be free! I know what you're going through so don't you DARE say I'm haven't! Stop thinking that you are the only one who has suffered, you are not! Yami, you have to let us help you okay?!"

Yami looked up into serious blue-eyes. "I… I didn't know… I'm so sorry Kaiba… I'll let you help…"

Kaiba placed a hand on Yami's cheek. "Thank you…"

TBC

I know its short, but I had to establish some things.

Next chapter: Yugi starts to wonder what is going on, and things take a turn for the worse when Yami goes missing.

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