I shall write this in idiot speak (my natural language) ME NO OWN YU-GI-OH!

Me: O.K. this will defiantly be the last update before I go to my grandparents for Christmas.

Yami: I'll miss yoooooooooou!

Me: I'll miss you toooooooo!

Yami: (holds mistletoe over Chan's head.)

Me: AWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Yami me: (Kissing)

(Growling from behind door)

Yami me: (move apart)

Yami: What was that?

Me: I have no idea.

Yugi: I'll check. (Opens door) Bakura? What on earth……?

Bakura: errrrrr. Gotta go! Bye! (Runs out of room)

Yugi: oooookayyyyyyyyyyyy.

Yami: moving on…

Me: Reviews!!!

Dark-lady-devinity: Thanks for another nice review!!!!!! Merry Christmas to you too!

Mellinde: Thanks for the review. Sorry, but if I answer your question it would ruin the whole story! Tell me what your other questions are and I will do my best to answer them.

Yugi: So will Yami be alright?

Me: He's not the one I'd be worried about if I were you.

Yugi: Will I be alright?

Me: Read to find out……… (Voice fades out)

Chapter 5

The bully's revenge

Yami's P.O.V.

"A- a d-d-demon s-stalker?" Yugi was stuttering badly and I could feel him quivering against me.

"Yes." Ryou sounded so calm.

"How come I have both a guardian angel and a demon stalker?" I could not understand anything.

"Who cares how come it is?" Cried Joey "Lets just figure out a way stop it!"

"We don't know how to!" I felt a jolt in my heart in my chest. Tea sounded as worried as she looked. I didn't want to make her anymore upset than she already was.

"Look. I don't care about stopping it right now. The truth is, at the moment all I want is to see my grandpa, go home, get a shower, go to bed and try to get back to normal."

"Well I don't know about anything else, but I can defiantly make the first part of your wish come true." Grace had left when my friends came in, but now she had returned. And she'd brought grandpa back too.

"Yami! Oh god Yami! I was at the game shop! I would have been here sooner but I only just heard!" His face was sheet, white as he hurried over to see me.

"I'm alright grandpa." He hugged me as gently as possible. It still hurt though. Somehow I managed to not cry out. But when we moved apart, I had painful tears in my eyes. Grandpa brushed tears off of my cheeks.

"Are you sure you're O.K.?"

"I'm fine. Just a little bit sore, that's all." He looked like he didn't entirely believe me. His eyes scanned my face, upper arms and chest, trying to figure out where I was injured. Even though I was wearing a shirt, he would probably be able to spot the bandages underneath. I didn't want to have to explain about the two girls again. I knew that if I did, grandpa would push me further and further until I let my secret slip. That's just a bit too personal at the moment. I hadn't told my friends and I wasn't planning to. I had to think of an excuse and quick.

"I'm fine grandpa." I repeated. "I just really want to go home now." He nodded.

"I'll have to have to talk to the doctors first." We all turned to Grace; everyone except grandpa was looking pleading. She drew in her breath through her teeth.

"Oh I'm not sure about that." She said.

"Oh please Grace! Please?!" I begged.

"Well I suppose you could go…" all of my friends and me cheered.

"But!" Grace shouted over the top of us. "But if you do go, you have to take it easy, come back for a check up next week and you will have to go back to school." I groaned at the thought of school.

"That sounds fair." Grandpa cut in before I could protest. "Can I take him home now then?"

"I don't see why not. If he is going home it might as well be sooner rather than later." I would have jumped for joy if I wasn't hurting so much. I felt Yugi's hand on my shoulder.

"Hear that Yami? You can come home!" I still can't believe how sweet and innocent he sounds.

"Right. Get your stuff together and we can get going." Said Grandpa, taking control. I didn't have much to get. Before long, I was in the car on the way home. The second I got through the door, I went straight up to the room I share with Yugi and we both fell into our separate beds and we both fell asleep and I knew nothing more until morning.

"Yami! Yami! Time to wake up! Time for school!" I groaned and tried to roll away from Yugi's voice. "No silly! It's time to wake up now!" I was still moaning about early mornings when I was eating my breakfast.

"Come on Yami." It's not that bad!" Yugi was trying to be sympathetic but it wasn't doing the trick.

"You're not the one who just got out of the hospital."

"Well you're the one who wanted to come home so badly!" he had me trapped. "Besides, Tea will be there…" That did the trick. I was out of the house like a shot. Poor Yugi had to race after me and then took his revenge by teasing me all the way to school. He was still singing 'Yami fancies Tea' when we rounded a corner and came face to face with Joey and Tristan. I tried to get Yugi to shut up before they heard what he was singing. They heard though. Tristan burst out laughing; Joey however, didn't seem too shocked by the news.

"Well, always knew dat it would happen sometime." I was the one that was shocked now.

"What do you mean Joey?"

"Kinda like it wer destined to happen." I had forgotten that Joey had a past life too. Tristan finally managed to stop laughing just long enough to speak.

"Well we don't want to keep lover boy here away from Tea any longer than is necessary." He then sprinted out of my reach.

"You get back here Tristan Taylor!" we ran the rest of the way to school.

Bakura's P.O.V.

I watched Yami and his friends run into school. I didn't really pay any attention to what he was yelling after Tristan, I just enjoyed being able to watch the young pharaoh run. Suddenly he stopped dead still. He put one hand to his head and fell to his knees. I was about to run and help him up, but then I remembered that we weren't supposed to like each other at school. Besides, it was stating to look like I would have to take him back to my place at lunchtime. He didn't need my help right then, a large group were already gathered around him. I slipped further into the darkness behind the bike shed.

Yami's P.O.V.

"Yami?"

"Are you alright?"

"Can ya hear me?"

"What happened?"

What happened? Huh! Like I could ever tell them. I searched the worried faces. There was Joey and Tristan and Yugi, as well as a lot of other students whose names I didn't know. I sighed. The one person who would understand wasn't there. I didn't exactly expect him to be. We are quite good at pretending at school. I realized that everyone was still staring at me. I put on a large fake smile.

"I'm fine. Just a little bit dizzy." To tell the truth I always fell dizzy if I'm going to have a memory dream. The worse it gets, the closer to the dream I get. I managed to struggle to my feet just as the first bell went. Tristan put a hand on my shoulder.

"I'm sorry I teased you. I knew you had to take it easy, sorry man."

"It's alright. I'm the one who chased you." But as I walked into school, I couldn't help thinking; See you at lunch Bakura.

Normal P.O.V.

The gang walked to their first class. They never saw the figures hiding in the broken down out of order boys toilets. The leader leant back against the wall. He turned to his group of violent bullies. The one only slightly smaller than the leader was his right hand man.

"Which one again boss?"

"The little midget with spiky hair."

"Which one? There were two like that."

"The littlest one." The boss grinned and pushed his dark hair out of his eyes. "He shouldn't be too much of a problem as long as we get him on his own." Another one of the gang opened the door slightly.

"Now?" the leader pulled him back and shook his head.

"We can get him at lunch time. We need a bit of time to get ready first."

"Right behind you Ushio."

And then the bullies set about their evil plan.

Yugi's P.O.V.

I kept worrying about Yami all morning. I could tell there was something he wasn't telling me, I just didn't know what. I whish he could trust me enough to tell me. Poor Yami. The first class was history, one of my favourites. It was a double lesson so it took us up to first break. Yami seemed awfully spaced and distant all the way through history and break. I had caught Bakura looking at him across the classroom. I hoped that he didn't have an evil plan up his sleeve. I was going to ask Yami if he was O.K. and warn him about Bakura, but the bell went before I got the chance to. We didn't have any lessons together until after lunch so it would just have to wait. We get about one hour fifteen minutes at lunch but no matter how hard I look, I can never seem to find Yami. He's usually on time for afternoon registration but sometimes he comes in a little after the bell so he gets in trouble. Bakura's nearly always late and gets in trouble about everything so he doesn't really care.

Anyway, I was sitting in maths when Tarn, my maddest friend hissed out of the corner of his mouth:

"Hey Yugi, did you hear? Ushio was hanging around outside school with his mates first thing. You had better be careful." He then went back to head-banging along to a non-existent tune (see what I mean? Weird). He'd already freaked me out. Ushio was the guy who beat up Joey and Tristan and then tried to destroy me when I stood up for them. He beat me up so badly that I had to go into hospital with several broken ribs, a mild concussion and internal bleeding, among other things. Now you can see why he was expelled immediately. And you can also see why he would jump at the chance to get revenge. I was scared stiff at the very idea that he might be sneaking into school just to get me.

I was so terribly petrified that I couldn't concentrate in maths or English. The English teacher yelled at me for not paying attention and nearly kept me in at lunch. I wish she had done now. The second the bell went, I ran towards the school library, if I got in there I would have been safe. But I had to stop to catch my breath and I happened to stop…… right out side the out of order boys' toilets. I didn't know I was in trouble until I felt large, strong, cold, damp, hands fasten on my waist and haul me into the toilets.

Normal P.O.V.

Yugi struggled uselessly against his captor. He could make out a gang of tough looking seniors laughing. Most of them were holding a knife. He could smell a mixture of burning grease and bleach. He still couldn't see who was dragging him along. Whoever it was, forced him onto the floor and held his wrists above his head while another one of his gang tied them to the pipe of the sink. When they were done, they both straightened up and grinned manically down at there new prey. Yugi got a first glimpse of the leader, and opened his mouth to scream.

"Oh no you don't." said Ushio leaning forwards and forcing his mouth shut and then placing a piece of tape across Yugi's lips to stop him from being heard. Ushio then placed one hand on Yugi's cheek.

"Nice to see you again little Yugi." He then slapped Yugi's face as hard as possible. That seemed to be the cue for the others to begin punching and kicking every part of Yugi they could get at. Yugi cried and tried to yell for help, but no one could hear him. After about ten minutes, they stood up and moved into a huddle in the centre of the room. Yugi sat as still as he could, whimpering slightly, praying that it was over. Then he heard the flick of a lighter. With a muffled gasp, he shut his eyes, not daring to look at what they were planning on doing next.

Yugi's P.O.V.

"That's right Yugi. I'd keep my eyes shut if I were you." Hissed Ushio. The next second, I felt white hot, searing pain in my leg. I had to see what was going on. I opened my eyes, only to be greeted by a hard slap. I still looked down, and immediately wished I hadn't. Ushio was digging a knife into my leg; he had held the tip in a lighter flame so that the boiling hot metal burned me.

"Please…stop." I tried to say; unfortunately all that came out was muffled by the tape. The bullies only laughed and started to punch me again. They had ran their hands under the clod tap so that the wet slaps and punches, stung and hurt that little bit more. Ushio dug the knife deeper and deeper in my leg until it hit the bone. I shrieked in pain, but once again, it was muffled by the tape. I was in absolute agony. Then I felt the knife being tugged from my skin. Please let it be over. Please god let it be over. Of course that would have been far too easy. I heard the seniors cheering Ushio on, and then I felt a burning, stinging, blistering sensation on my face and legs. I didn't know at the time, but this was Ushio pouring a combination of bleach and hot cooking oil onto my skin. While he was doing this, the others were cutting me with knives. Eventually, they stopped. I could hear them dragging something out of one of the toilet cubicles. Ushio reached out and removed the tape from my mouth. He then yanked my head round to face myself in the full length mirror they had placed in front of me. I barely recognised my reflection. I was dripping in blood and what Ushio had been pouring on me. I just burst into tears.

"Maybe you'll have a little respect now." Said Ushio, before dropping my jacket over my head. They didn't leave, just stood there and laughed. And their laughter rang in my ears.

Yami's P.O.V.

My head felt like it was going to explode it hurt so much. Guess it must be now. And before I could even move away, I felt myself slipped into darkness. It was different this time though. I could actually feel hands on my shoulders, pulling me into the darkness at the edge of my mind. I could feel another presence taking me over. I knew where I'd be when I woke up, and then I fell into the darkness.

Bakura's P.O.V.

Here we go again.

End chapter

Me: oooh aren't I a devil leaving it on a cliff hanger like that?

Yugi: will I be o.k.?

Me: only if they review.

Yami: I already know!

Me: how's that then?

Yami: I read the notes you wrote.

Me: (winks at readers) Merry Christmas! (Golden ball over head explodes, showering Chan and cast of Yu-Gi-Oh! In gold and silver glitter and fake snow.)