The next day arrived quicker than expected and Seto arrived at Bakura's apartment with Joey and Tristan following. Seto hadn't realised they were following him, he was oblivious to what they were going to do next.

With brute force, Joey and Tristan burst into the apartment and noticed Seto was looking after Yugi. They stood there with their jaws dropped in shock and their eyes were locked onto Seto. "What the bleep are you doing, Kaiba?!" Joey yelled.

Hearing this, Yugi went into a state of shock and snapped his head towards the shouting of one of his ex-friends. Yugi looked absolutely petrified. "P-Please! Don't h-hurt me!" He begged, his eyes leaking tears of fright and panic.

Joey walked over to the ill-fated boy and grabbed his hair, he yanked him up and glared into his eyes, piercing his soul, "I'll do whatever I wan' with you, 'Kay?!" He hissed.

"Joey. Stop it, I'm looking after him whilst Bakura and Ryou are out." Seto warned.

"So? Not my prob'em."

"If he's all beaten up, Ryou will cut me into tiny pieces, and Bakura will end up sending my soul to the eternal torturing hole, the Shadow Realm."

Joey didn't care much for what Seto said, instead he smirked cruelly and flung him against the cold, solid wall. He then walked over to Yugi and picked him up once more and started to punch him rapidly and viciously like a wild animal! Just at that moment, Bakura walked in along with Ryou who stood still, frozen for a second. Their hearts were beating rapidly as the welcoming smiles on their faces turned to malevolent frowns. Ryou's eyes widened as Bakura's narrowed. "What the hell is going on here?!" Bakura roared, watching Joey and Tristan freeze at the moment. They turned around to see Bakura's merciless frown and Ryou's callous expression.

Ryou and Bakura charged up to Joey and Tristan, grabbing them by their necks and throwing them outside, ruthlessly. After that, they darted over to Yugi and helped him stand to his frail feet/limp legs. Yugi attempted to hide his tears, however Ryou swiped his blood-coated hair out of his face and noticed the tears. "How bad are you hurt?" Ryou asked sympathetically.

"I-I'm f-fine... They... They just s-scared me. T-That's a-all." Yugi protested.

"Yugi..."

"Th-They said that the-they would do w-whatever they want with me..."

Bakura placed him back on the sofa as Seto watched, unable to do anything. Ryou examined him for any fatal injuries as he came across a large purplish-blue bruise on his cheek. It shone, making it look even more fatal than usual, due to the light above reflecting onto Yugi's beaten body. Ryou touched the bruise on Yugi's cheek which caused him to twitch frantically. "They'll pay for this..." He murmured, angrily.

The next day came and Yami entered Bakura's apartment along with Joey, Tristan and Tea. They saw Seto alone with Yugi as they walked over towards him. Yami put his hand on Seto's shoulder which caused him to flinch and snap his attention towards the gang. "Hah! Look at this. Seto's gone soft!" Yami sneered. The others laughed menacingly along with Yami which caused Seto's face to turn a crimson red with anger and frustration.

"You're a traitor, Seto. How could you even like that weak, freak of a boy?" Tea shouted, questionably. "We ALL agreed to never go near Yugi again! Don't you remember?"

"You heartless people don't know what you're doing to him!" Seto responded, gesturing towards Yugi. "You're crushing him!"

"Yeah, right. He's never been hurt by us!"

"GET OUT!" Seto yelled. "Just GO!"

Yami grinned, evilly at Seto's fury and lunged over towards Yugi, grabbed him and darted towards the corner of the room. He held Yugi in a headlock as he threatened, "You come any closer, Seto, and I will kill him."

"Oh no you don't!" Seto attempted to dive at Yami with full force, however he was caught and restraint whilst being held back by Tristan and Joey. "Get off of me!"

"Give it up, Moneybags!"

Miraculously, Bakura and Ryou walked through the door; he saw the postion Yugi was in, in Yami's arms as he was about to break his neck. They also noticed Seto trying to stop them, despite his efforts they restrained him. "Hey!" Bakura yelled, dashing towards Joey and punching his cheek at full power with his mighty fist. Simultaneously, Ryou leaped towards Tristan and knocked him to the floor, leaving them both rubbing their heads as they were picked up by their collars.

Bakura and Ryou dragged Tristan and Joey towards the door and they threw them out, making them land head-first on the pavement. Seto ran towards Yami and caught him off guard as he jumped on Yami and pounded him to the floor, dropping Yugi on the floor and out of Harms' way. Seto then dragged Yami by his collar, slightly choking him, and threw him out of the door. All of the teens outside of the apartment were staring in shock as they had just been beaten up by them. Yami wasn't in shock, he was furious.

They turned their attention towards Tea and glared into her eyes as she backed away slowly. "Leave..." Bakura growled, holding up a fist, "I don't want to hurt a girl. You're lucky I didn't send all of you to the 'Shadow Realm' to get eaten alive."

"Wait!"

"What?"

"I-I'm sorry... I just wanted to say to Yugi that I'm sorry... I just wanted to help him. Yami has no idea what he's doing to poor boy."

"Why?!"

"I just want a chance... Just one chance please; Yami's jealous!"

"Jealous..?" Yugi asked, "How can Yami be jealous?","He's never been jealous of anyone before, Tea."