As Yugi walked with Ryou and Bakura, he noticed there were strange silhouettes following him. Yugi started to walk slightly faster, however he was still in pain from the torture and the suffering that he had been put through...
A small group of the mysterious figures came out from the shadows in front of him. They crept up and said, "Hey, Yugi... We wanna talk to ya. Come 'ere!"
"N-No! G-Get a-a-away from me!"
The figures revealed themselves as they walked out of the shadows. Yugi had realised who they were... They were the bullies from before. They cackled menacingly at his reaction towards them and they kept coming closer and closer. As he turned to dash away, one of them grabbed his arm with extreme strength and an iron grip. He was prevented from running away as they pulled him towards them viciously and let go of his arm; throwing him on the floor.
Yugi's eyes were drenched with tears as they rolled down his face. The merciless bullies glared into his lilac eyes which were coated in hopelessness and anguish as well as fright and panic. Bakura quickly grabbed Yugi and pulled him towards himself in a protective manner. "Leave. Him. Alone." He said in an enraged tone. "Get out of here and stop picking on people weaker than you." He continued, his voice sounding furious, and his eyes filled with rage and fury.
The leader stepped forward, fearlessly and looked Bakura in the eye. "Oh, yeah? Who's gon' stop us?"
"I will, you coward."
"No you won't. We're stronger than you, punk! And your other 'friends'" The bullies face was a crimson colour, you could see the anger inside of him building up and ready to be unleashed onto Ryou, Bakura and Yugi. "Boys, let's show 'em how it's done..."
The other boys leaped out from the shadow, grabbing Ryou and Bakura just before they lunged into the leader's face and smashing him. Their smirks were smirks of victory and cruelty. They dragged them into the dark abyss of an alley and forced them to watch Yugi get beaten up as they were restrained and held back. They through jabs at him and pushed him on the floor, grabbing onto his collar and smashing his face with their cold hearts and their metal-like punches; rapidly bashing Yugi.
As soon as they were satisfied, they stopped torturing the feeble boy and watched his limp body trying to endure the agony. Although it was just too painful and excruciating. It felt like he was attacked ruthlessly by loads of wild animals, even though that's basically what happened. The bullies were ruthless and they were animal-like. Their piercing eyes and their piercing fists broke his spirit and snapped it in two.
Yugi eventually passed out from the torment and pain as his body had shut down on him, preventing him from moving. Seeing this, Ryou eyes were leaking heavy amounts of water as he couldn't do anything. He was completely powerless. Bakura wasn't crying, instead he was thrashing against the people who were restraining him; he had been doing this for ages now, even though he was exhausted, he was determined to help out Yugi and get revenge on those who were beating him.
Just watching his body lay on the floor was painful enough, but not as painful as it really was for Yugi. They had eventually let Ryou and Bakura go as they scuttled back into the shadows to never be seen again, however they would be seen again. Just not right now. Bakura and Ryou dashed towards Yugi's motionless body and Bakura carefully picked him up, careful of any broken bones. "H-He needs a doctor..." Ryou sobbed.
"I know." Bakura said as they walked towards the nearest hospital.
They barged into the hospital with Yugi's limp and weak body in their arms. "He needs a doctor!" Ryou yelled in panic.
"Room 101 that way!" The receptionist lady gestured to the left with a shocked expression on her face. Seeing the poor boy's soul shattered as he was unconscious was just disgusting. Who would do that to a vulnerable young boy?
The reached the doctor's room and he told them to lay Yugi down on the hospital bed. He used x-rays to check for any broken bones, luckily there were none. Unluckily he was unconscious and in serious pain. The doctor pulled out some buds and put them in a special cleaning liquid for his body, he then cleaned the cuts on Yugi's body as the unconscious boy twitched in fear. He then gave Bakura and Ryou some painkillers for Yugi to take three times a day. "Your friend is in serious pain, take these painkillers and give him them three times a day; when he wakes up in the morning, before dinner and just before he sleeps."
"Okay, thanks." Bakura said, picking up the lifeless boy and walking out the room along with Ryou at his side.
When they reached the apartment, they placed Yugi down on the sofa, and went to bed themselves.
The next day, Bakura, Ryou and Yugi weren't at school, Seto Kaiba was the only one to notice whereas Yami, Joey, Tea and Tristan didn't notice Yugi, they noticed Bakura and Ryou weren't there; they didn't care about Yugi anyway. They only avoided Yugi as well as making fun of him. Also, they usually made him do everything, like before when Yugi came home and they demanded him to get them sodas. "I think we should go visit Bakura after school." Yami mentioned.
"Good idea." Joey commented.
After school, Yami, Joey, Seto, Tristan and Tea walked over to Bakura and Ryou's place. They were completely oblivious to Yugi being there, instead of him being unconscious, he was asleep. When they arrived at their apartment, they noticed an unwanted guest on the sofa. Unwanted by them of course, not Bakura and Ryou. "Why is he here?" Yami asked sounding offended and rude.
Bakure glared at Yami before shouting, "Be nice to him or LEAVE."
"I would honestly rather leave." He muttered.
"What was that?!" Ryou interrupted
"I'd rather leave." Yami said louder.
"You're so ungrateful! Yugi has done so much for you! He has risked his life for you previously, and this is how you repay him!?"
"Calm down, Ry." Joey said.
"DON'T call me Ry, and do you realise you're crushing his hopes and his dreams?! Don't be such a *bleep*" They all stared at Ryou with a shocked expression, even Bakura. He had never heard Ryou be so assertive before.
They suddenly heard a bleeping noise from the kitchen "Oh gosh, my pie!" Bakura said after the silence.
"My roast!" Ryou wailed.
They darted into the kitchen like lightning striking the Earth with its might. Yami walked over to the couch after seeing them gone, he pulled Yugi by his hair and threw him onto the floor with extra power, as Yugi hit his head on the table, causing him to hiss in pain.
