Chapter Three: And Separation
"Hello, your majesty," Susiros said with a sickly sweet voice. "And Yuri, sweetie! It's so nice to see you again!"
"Cut the crud and get to the point, you witch," Spencer snapped at her.
He didn't notice his son look up at him with anger in his eyes.
"Spencer, after much consideration, I've finally come to a very important decision," Susiros said. She looked down at Yuri with fake love in her eyes and finished, "From now on, I'm going to be the one that takes care of your son!"
"Oh, really," Spencer said, narrowing his eyes. "And why exactly would you want to do that?"
"Well, because," Susiros shrugged, "it's about time the poor little guy got the proper treatment he deserved. You're oh so busy with saving the world, hosting your parties for other people, being the emcee of so many different festivals in town…and all this time, sweet little Yuri has just been an afterthought in your life! You can't afford to spend your time doing anything that pertains to him! So I'm going to take him in, and this time, he's actually going to be one of the number one priorities in his guardian's life!"
What does this idiot think she's trying to pull? Spencer thought to himself. "Yeah, sorry, Susie, but there's one teeny tiny little flaw with that plan."
"Oh?" Susiros folded her arms. "And what's that?"
"There is absolutely no way that you're going to even get to touch one hair on my little guy's head!" he snapped. "Yuri is my child; I'm the one who can take care of him and get him everything he needs-the only thing you could possibly give him would be everlasting horror and torture underneath you and your boyfriend's rule, you little-"
"DAD, SHUT UP!" Yuri suddenly screamed.
Spencer stared down at his son's angry eyes in shock.
Yuri squirmed out of his father's arms and onto the ground. He dashed past a horrified Yugi and into the outstretched arms of Susiros.
"Yuri, what are you doing?!" Spencer cried.
Yuri looked back at him with absolutely livid eyes. "I'm getting myself out of here, that's what I'm doing!" he screamed. "I'm sick and tired of being beaten up 24/7 and never even being able to reveal my pain just so I can spare you any unnecessary problems! I don't want to be the least important thing in someone's life anymore! I want to be with someone that actually gives a hoot about me!!" He looked back up at Susiros with tears in his eyes. "And she's the only one who ever did…"
Spencer was stunned. "Yuri, you're the most important thing in my life, not the least!" he cried. "You'd never be forced to suffer in silence just because I'm the king of this world!"
"Bull," Yuri snapped. "I always had to heal my scars and bruises those three thugs gave me before I came home just so that I wouldn't force you to get away from doing something important! Susiros told me so!"
Spencer glared angrily at her. "She did, did she?"
"Spencer, honey, don't look so angry," Susiros said with fake shock. "I was only making sure that Yuri knew the truth about his place in your life."
"Stop using your little sweetie pie act, Sus; it's not going to work on me anymore." Spencer looked down at his child with pleading eyes. "Yuri, listen to me: Susiros is lying to you. Any problem of yours would never be unimportant in my book, even compared to something of importance to our entire world! You're my child; you're the little light of my life!" A tear trickled down his face. "Yuri, chiquito, please come back here!"
Yuri glared at him for a few moments. Finally he replied: "Dad, you're a pathetic liar."
"Yuri-"
"SCREW YOU!" Yuri let Susiros hold him tightly and said, "Get me out of here, please."
Spencer dropped down to his knees, his eyes wide open and his jaw dropped in horror. Susiros floated up in the air, holding tightly onto Yuri. She looked down at Spencer and gave him a nasty grin before the two flew off in the distance.