Broken Open 2

Hi Hi, sorry it's been so long since I last updated this story but here is the second chapter. This is a hard story to write without having the right mind set so it will take a while to finish bu I hope you will all stay with me throughout it.

On that note, thank you to all who reviewed and thank you for your support, now for the next chapter!

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Dreams!

He sat there for hours just staring.

His whole body hurt but the moon was too beautiful and heart wrenching to look away from at that moment. It allowed him to think over what had happened to him and what he was going to do now that people knew. The pain over his body was nothing compared to how much his heart hurt at that second in time.

'How can someone you love hurt you so bad?'

He asked himself that question over and over and over and over! In his head but he never found and answer. For now, it just hurt. That's all there was and all there ever would be.

When Jack had left the room, the air had becoming suffocating. It was as though knowing someone was there and that they cared about what had happened made everything a little easier but as soon as he had left, it was like the world died. Now, he thought over the bad that would come out of people knowing what had happened and the horrible feelings that he was getting in his gut about what HE would do.

All he could do was sit back and wait like everyone else. He would try to get back his stolen bravado and see if he could continue on by hiding everything behind a cold exterior. He didn't know if it would work but it was the only idea he had at the moment.

A few hours later, as the sun was starting to come up, Crow came in and pulled the blackette from his thoughts. Crow, usually hyper and carefree looked drained and broken as he walked over to Yusei.

"Hey...your up." The younger boy greeted. Yusei started to nod but pain washed through his neck and head, making his vision swim. "Hey hey, don't do that. You need to stay still cause you took some pretty heavy damage... Your alive though so that's good."

Yusei almost wanted to disagree...say that he would have been better off dead. He knew though that saying such would hurt his friend and even though hurting others sounded good, Crow was not the one he wanted to hurt.

Crow just watched his friend with sadness before stepping further into the room. "Hungry? I made you some broth. If you want some I'll go get it..." The red head seemed unsure of himself so Yusei nodded ever so slightly so that his head didn't swim. "Okay, lemme go get that." Crow stepped out of the room, coming back a few minutes later with a hot bowl of broth.

"Drink this slowly. Luckily there were only bruises and cuts on your arms so you should be okay to eat just watch the shoulders..." Yusei knew what marks lay on him shoulders so he heeded the warning and slowly fed himself. His uncovered eye remained fixed on the task but that was mainly an excuse to not see the pain in his friends eyes.

Yusei knew Crow would confront him sooner or later but for now, he didn't want to deal with it.

"Jack will be back later...he is making plans so that you can move in with him." Yusei remembered that from earlier so he spoke up softly. "Yeah." Crow's head snapped up, shock and slight happiness evident in his eyes before it once more turned to pain. "Why?"

Yusei's cobalt eye cut towards Crow, emptiness filling the dark orb as he waited for Crow to elaborate.

"Why didn't you tell us someone was hurting you? I have seen the other bruises...this has been happening for a while now. Jack and I have been her for you since the beginning, why didn't you say something?"

Yusei looked down before shakily answering, his voice rough with both disuse, the strangling and emotion. "I didn't know how to ask for help...I couldn't. My pride wouldn't allow it and above that..."

He wrapped his arms around himself as though he could hold himself together.

"I was scared...I was afraid of what he would do to you guys and more then that...I thought you guys would hate me, be disgusted by me for being weak..."

He couldn't bring himself to look at Crow...he didn't want to see the hate and disgust in the eyes of his friend. "Why..." there was an audible swallow "Why would we hate you? We hate ourselves for not noticing sooner, not helping sooner. For keeping our mouths shut!" The last part was yelled but the self hatred was obvious.

Yusei didn't want his friend to feel like that but he didn't know what to say. He didn't have to figure it out though because someone answered for him. "He's been taking care of himself for too long to stop now Crow. He knows we will help him but hasn't he always needed to be on the brink before he would ask for help?"

Three eyes looked over to the door where Jack was standing. The blonde Aussie leaned against the door frame with a frown on his stern face. His lavender eyes that should have been accusing only held sadness for the younger boys.

"Yusei, you have been independent for to long and I part of the reason for that. Your 4 years younger then me and I wanted you to be strong, to follow me and defeat me one day but because of that, I forced you to go through a lot of pain. Now, all I know is that I should have been there for you way back when so that I could have been there for you now. I can't change what I did so I will prove that you can lean on Crow and I. Got that Yusei?"

The end wasn't really a question, Yusei remembered that order from both Kiryu and Jack since the had formed Team Satisfaction all those years ago. Instead of responding he went back to eating as though nothing could disturb him. The hint of a smile in his eye the only give away that he was feeling a little better if only for the second.

Crow stood up and looked at Yusei before sighing and putting his hands behind his head. "You'll learn to rely on us more. Eventually you'll see we care to damned much to let you go through shit alone." Giving a small smile, Crow walked out of the room to leave Jack alone with Yusei.

"You know, he really does care a lot about you and finding out that this happened to you and he couldn't do anything really hurt him. Were you planning on waiting till you got killed to tell us?"

Yusei shook his head gently, the food had helped with the dizziness which made him think Crow had slipped him something for pain.

"I was planning my escape...I was almost free when...when he..."

Yusei's nails bit into his arms as he started to tremble, images of what had happened assaulting his mind and covering his vision. Suddenly he felt his entire body being wrapped in something warm and he started to struggle.

"No! Please no!" He started to panic, not registering what it was until the warm thing spoke in a soothing voice.

"Yusei! Your not there Yusei, your not there anymore. Your here with me, you don't need to be afraid anymore." Jack was hugging him. The blonde squeezing tighter as he spoke. Yusei trembled and stared blearily at the ceiling as his vision cleared, returning him to the present. He knew he should be pushing Jack away and making himself seem strong but being held by the blonde made him feel safe and all he could do was sit there and let the man hug him.

He was terrified of being touched...even Jack's touch made him tremble in fear but even though he was scared, he didn't want to push him away either. As these thoughts ran through his head, Jack slowly let go of him to instead grip his shoulder, mindful of the wounds on his back.

"Please don't go to that place yet. One day you will have to face it but not just yet. When you do face it, bring us with you and tell us exactly what happened but until then, try to focus on healing and moving forwards Yusei. Your 17, you have a long life ahead of you and even with all the pain you have been through, you can move forward with us to achieve something more then this. If anything, show whoever hurt you that you are stronger then he will ever understand!"

Yusei just stared at Jack before looking at a space next to the blonde, fear still shinning in his eyes slightly. Jack released him and backed away a little, still waiting for an answer.

"Mm..."

Jack smirked slightly, knowing that for the blackette, that stood for yes. Turning his back to Yusei, he started to head for the door before calling back. "Crow thinks you can moved out in about two days...I should have everything ready by then. When that day comes, I will move you in with me and when you are ready, we will work through this together Yusei. I promise you this, I will never let a soul hurt you ever again...not even myself."

Yusei just stared out the window at the setting sun, glancing over when he heard the door close. When he knew he was alone, he let a single tear fall before freezing up. "No..." he mumbled softly " I won't cry...not until this is all over I will not cry..." With that final thought, he leaned back and drifted off into a dreamless slumber.

Running...he couldn't run fast enough...

His heart pumped as he ran through the dark.

Pain traveled through his body from all the different cuts and burns.

"You can't escape Yusei!"

His blood froze as he heard those words.

All that ran through his mind was 'Not again, please not again! I can't be caught again!'

He knew what happened though...he knew he would be caught no matter what he did.

His body kept running anyway, that's what it was supposed to do.

He screamed as someone grabbed him and pulled him to the ground, heavy breathing in his ear.

"Caught you now Yu-chan."

He whimpered as he remembered this part, the man pulling a knife...carving words into his flesh.

Screams of agony were wrenched from his lips as the man flipped him over and ripped off his pants and boxers.

Tears streamed down his face.

"Please don't do this..."

He felt sick as he heard himself beg...beg for this dream to end, beg for this man to stop...beg for it to kill him instead...

Suddenly, it was as though everything fell away...as though his wish had been answered.

Instead, the scene switched and he found himself climbing the steps to Crow's door.

He remembered knocking and just when the red head answered the door, Yusei saw himself collapse.

He watched as the scene grew foggy before dissipating and moving further away from him.

When it was gone, he felt his consciousness tug.

Pulling himself from the world of dreams, Yusei awoke sweating and panting. Surprised that he hadn't woke anyone up, his eyes darted around the room before locking on the closed door. 'I must not have called out.' He thought as he lay there, waiting for his breathing to settle down.

The only thoughts running through his head being, 'Why did this happen, and why can't I escape it...' The mans face danced behind his eyes as though to mock him and his heart wrenched as he remembered how much he had loved the man and when it all changed.

Sitting up, Yusei muttered softly.

"Love is equal to pain...so what is pain equal to?" As he thought on this...only one word surfaced.

"Death..."

Woot! Got number 2 done finally! Hope you don't all hate me for taking so long but wooohooooo! I got it out to you!

Sorry it is so short, I was having a little trouble holding on to the emotion that makes me write stuff like this.

This is a really hard story to write so it will take a long time to finish but I hope you will all stay with me!

Please Review! thank you!