Yugi woke up again, his vision still hazy from the dreams he had whilst he was asleep; however when he woke up and his consciousness flew back to him, he noticed that he wasn't in the same apartment he was at previously, his eyes widened as he scanned the room for any exit, though the room was completely black! The place around him was very strange and peculiar, but when Yugi attempted to move, he was held back by sturdy, metallic chains.
His eyes adjusted to the threatening darkness around him as that was when he realised something. He was in Yami's underground hideout... 'Oh no!' He thought, his heart thrashing wildly in his chest when he saw a figure sat next to him. The figure next to him had slightly-tamed, slightly-wild hair with his eyes half-open as if he was fighting for consciousness. His amber eyes glittered and gleamed like the sun coming over the horizon. Tears had slid down his face as he gave a hopeless expression. The figure's pale skin could have been easily spotted due to colour which resembled the colour of snow. The figure was Ryou.
Yami and his 'goons' walked in the room bringing Ryou out of his deep thoughts and into full-consciousness which then led to a small groan. Ryou growled lightly at Yami with a face full of disgust and that was when Yami turned to face the white-raven haired boy before yelling, "Shut up!" At him.
In retaliation, Ryou yelled back, "No!" which made Yami stride up to him and punch him in the face as hard as he could! Yugi just gasped and eyed them, stunned. Yami laughed a malicious laugh and walked towards Yugi before crouching down to meet with his eyes on the same level. Yugi's eyes widened as he came closer and closer towards the weak and somewhat paralyzed boy on the ground.
He grabbed Yugi by his star shaped, tri-coloured hair. Yugi forced his eyes away, but Yami made Yugi look into his piercing, beady eyes by bending his head back as far as he could with his stength, nearly snapping Yugi's head off of his neck. "Well, look who we have here? An unwanted, low-life, weak, fragile, stupid, tiny, boy." Yami spat venomously. "I'm going to make you sorry for interrupting my plans!"
With complete rage, Yami dig his clenched fist into Yugi's stomach causing him to flinch and gasp for air. Yugi turned pale and after a while he passed out from the sudden loss of air and the sudden gain of pain.
Yami smirked and turned towards the fear-struck Ryou and did the exact same as he did to Yugi, but to Ryou; only this time Ryou didn't pass out until more blows were dug into his snow-coloured skin. Ryou screeched in pain for minutes until his body eventually gave in and shut down, temporarily...
Meanwhile...
"What?! They're gone! Everyone, they're gone!" A brooklyn accented boy shouted in grief and panic as he noticed that Yugi and Ryou had gone missing.
"Wha'...?" Tristan said, confused.
They all got the message as soon as they walked into the room seeing that Ryou and Yugi weren't there in their naturally relaxed sleeping position as usual at this time of the early morning. "Where are they?!" Bakura boomed in a possessive and protective tone. His eyes were narrowed showing no mercy as he had a feeling that it was to do with that b*** Yami.
Crimson and Jole just stared at each other with shock that looked as if they almost got hit by a bus coming full speed towards them, only skimming them and missing them by one centimeter. All the while, Tea just looked around, frantically for a ransom note of some kind or at least something which tells them who did this and where they were... Tristan just stood there, blaming himself for what had happened with Joey yelling at him in a reassuring way. "Tristan, it wasn't your fault! We all fell asleep and we're all gonna' find him!
Tea ran back up to them revealing a note which was in Yami's handwriting... This could only mean one thing...
"You are all wondering where Yugi and Ryou are, aren't you? Well, Yugi and Ryou are in MY world of pain! You want to save them?! Well tough, you can never find where we are... But if you do, we'll be waiting... But hurry up; time's running out for those unwanted fools."
"What the hell?!" Joey wailed out of anger and frustration whilst punching a wall to the side of him.
"It's our fault!" Tristan cried.
"No, it's not our fault!" Tea retorted.
"I know where they are." Seto mentioned.
"Where?!"
"Remember Yami's underground base? I think they took him there..."
"Well then. Let's go check it out and find them!"
Meanwhile...
Yami continuously punched Ryou furiously as Ryou battled with his consciousness to stay awake and stay alive. The dreadful battle needed to be won, and Ryou's determination was a major impact on his moral and will. He endured the hit, refusing to look into Yami's eyes... Unfortunately, Ryou had to pass out. His body was exhausted and his stomach was in excruciating pain from the punches and kicks.
Yugi hadn't yet been hurt after he had passed out, but Yami walked over to him and yet again grabbed his hair and thrust the innocent Yugi's head up. Watching the frightened gleam in his eyes dance around and scatter amongst the fear within. "Boys, let's take this one to hell!" Yami bellowed in madness.
"Yeah!" They all raved in glory and malignancy.
They then rushed over to him and knocked the sense out of him, showing no mercy, and letting his life hang on the edge of a thin string. They weren't even finished yet until they heard footsteps angrily pounding on the floor behind them. It suddenly came to a stop and the cruel bullies turned to face the intruders.
There stood before them were Joey, Tristan, Tea, Seto, Ryou and Bakura. "Hey look, we found 'em!" Joey boomed.
"Yeah, let's go get that b***, Yami!"
"Son-of-a..." Yami whispered.
"Back away, or I will kill Yugi!" One of the bullies shouted, pulling out a knife and walking closer towards them.
An epic battle raged on and many punches and kicks were thrown. The bullying side had lost with many scars, cuts and blood being drawn all over. Screams could be heard from a mile away as many left, limping, throwing their weight on one foot due to the pain they were in. Many bones had broken and many sould were unconscious... Yami had ended up being trapped in a corner, surrounded by the animalic teens...
"Get away!" Yami screeched.
He looked over to Yugi's beaten and broken form, watching tears slide down his cheeks and fear eating away at his broken soul. Yami had realised how much he had hurt Yugi and shook his head as millions of awful thoughts filled his head before he finally fell onto his knees in front of the terrified boy. He raised his fists and watched Yugi squirm as he struck the chains, releasing him.
When Yugi was free, he fell to the ground, unable to support his own weight; Yami caught him and laid him gently on the floor below before freeing Ryou. Ryou eventually woke up and growled at Yami. Ryou was in too much pain to move, he walked over towards Yugi and stood over him as the rest walked over to him in case he attacked whilst Crimson picked up Ryou.
Yami got down onto his knee and leaned over Yugi, "Yugi I'm so sorry! Words cannot describe how sorry I am for doing this to you! Please, Yugi, please forgive me!" Yami begged. Yugi stared at him for a minute, wondering if it was a joke. But after a while he nodded slightly and instantly got pulled into an embrace by Yami who was giving him a million and one 'thank yous'
After a while, they all traipsed home, Crimson carrying Ryou and Yami carrying Yugi...
One week had passed and everything went back to normal once more, everyone happy and making sure that Yugi was completely unharmed...
