Yugi woke up after being tossed onto the floor before whimpering in pain, "T-That... That hurt.." He looked up to see a man taller than him smirking at him. His ex-friends were standing in front of him. He saw Yami on the couch, grinning evilly at him and thought that he must have done it. Tears started to shed from his eyes as he only started to sob louder. He still couldn't get over the fact that his friends had betrayed him a while ago.

"Shut up, ya li'l runt!" Joey hissed. "Stop cryin', ya big baby!"

Hearing this, Bakura ran straight into the room, his eyes were narrowed, they were just like piercing darts. He noticed Yugi on the floor crying as the others were silently cackling to themselves. His eyes softened seeing this horrible sight, but they continued to pierce the others' eyes as soon as he looked at them, "Yugi! Are you alright?"

"Why do you even care for him?!" Tea snapped.

"Because yesterday, he was severely injured. He could have died!" Bakura yelled, anger rising in his voice as he continued to glare at the menacing teens. Seto looked surprised at Bakura's rage. He knew that Bakura was Yugi's true friend; a friend that no one could have ever been. He thought that Yami and Yugi were inseparable. But he was wrong.

"Bakura, tell us this, has Yugi been using us?" Seto questioned.

"What?! No! Yugi would never do that!" Bakura retorted, his eyes coated in rage which melted into his voice.

Yugi started to cry out in pain as the agony urged through his body, arms and legs. Bakura noticed this and pulled out a painkiller which Yugi had to take regularly; three times a day. The pain from previous events weren't just physical pain, they were mental and emotional pain too. Bakura picked Yugi up, carefully, and carried him towards Bakura's room - gently laying him down on the bed. As if by magic, Yugi had fallen asleep and his cries of pain ceased.

He then stormed back down towards the cruel and malicious teens. Before hissing at them, "All of you... Leave! Leave RIGHT NOW!"

"Alright then!" Yami replied, shouting. "Let's go guys! You can take care of that... that pathetic RUNT, but when I'M done, he won't even LIVE here; it will be like he NEVER existed." Silence filled the room as Yami's face had a shocked expression at what he had done. He knew he couldn't take it back and Bakura's face had turned into piles of fury and rage. However Ryou came in and laid his hand on Bakura's tense shoulder in an attempt to calm him down.

He stormed out the door as his friends followed him out too. All but Seto. "Bakura?"

"Leave!"

"Wait! I just want to tell him I'm sorry. I just want to help."

"Yami doesn't know what he's doing. He'll be sorry!" Bakura yelled, raising his fist into the air.

"Yugi has been hurt in more places then his body, Seto." Ryou said. "You can help, Seto, however he may not trust you at all."

"I'll do whatever I can to earn his trust. Thank you for allowing me to have a second chance, I only hope Yugi feels the same way. By the way, what's he doing right now?"

"He's sleeping. Yesterday... some bullies beat him up terribly. They... They restrained me and Ryou and forced us to watch him getting smashed. We could feel the agonising pain he was put through. It was awful."

The next day, Yugi still wasn't at school. Afterwards, Seto hurried over to Bakura's place, eager to make it up to Yugi. When he got there, Yugi was eating; when Yugi saw Seto, he was surprised, not with joy, with fear. "W-What a-are you d-doing here, S-S-S-Seto?"

"Yugi, I am here to make it up to you. I am awfully sorry of how me and the others put you through previously; especially Yami. Could you give me a second chance?" Seto begged.

Yugi stared at him blankly for a moment, wondering if this was a joke. Taking his chances, he replied with, "S-Sure."

"Oh thank you, Yugi!" Seto cried out, tightly hugging Yugi. Yugi hissed in pain as Seto gazed back down to him, "Oh sorry..." He said, realising that he had hurt him in the process.

"It's... fine." Yugi smiled weakly.

"The others don't know what they're doing, I'm sure they'll be missing you too." Seto said with a laugh, followed by Yugi's adorable chuckle.