Title: Prelude to What is Stolen

Genre: romance, hurt/comfort

Rating: T for language, mild violence, and suggest themes (might go up)

Pairings: JohanXJudai (spiritshipping)

Summary: Judai couldn't be happier. Johan has proposed to him! But just when Judai thinks that life can't get any better, Giese Hunter returns from God knows where and seeks revenge on the two. Yubel swears to protect Judai and Johan from the man that once worked for her, but will Yubel's strength alone be enough to stop the hunter and his new found powers? Giese decides to get revenge on Johan by stealing Ruby! Judai blames himself and goes to get Ruby back! But is this exactly as Giese planned? What will they do? Can Yubel help?

Me: Chapter ten of "Prelude to What is Stolen"!

Lucy: Johan has arrived and attacked Giese, but what will happen now that he's going to see what became of Judai? Did something happen or is Judai perfectly fine?

Me: Disclaimer! I do not own Fushgi Yugi or Yu-Gi-Oh! GX! They are the property of Yuu Watase and Kazuki Takahashi! And, we have changed up the idea so that it is not identical!

Lucy: Read on!

Chapter Ten: Fear's Only in Your Mind

Johan started to pursue after him, but stopped when he realized that he had no lead to go off by. He glanced down at his hand in shock, where he had felt a similar burning, but he wasn't burned, like Giese was.

"Did I really just do something like that on my own?" he asked aloud.

Suddenly, the same cold realization washed over him, and Johan heard Ruby squeaking and jerking her head towards the flap of the white tent, jumping up and down in urgency.

"That's right! Judai!" Johan turned and dashed for the tent as quickly as he could.

Johan grabbed the white tent flap and threw it open, rushing blindly into the tent as quickly as God would let him. He glanced around as quickly as he could.

"Judai! Are you in here?" Johan shouted.

His boot stepped on something with a crunch. Johan glanced down and saw one of the pale red beads that had been on the necklace that Rei and Asuka had made for Judai, as a present for his and Johan's engagement.

Johan knelt down before the small strand of beads and string and scooped the broken necklace that was still sporting several gold and red colored beads into his hand.

"Asuka and Rei made this for Judai..." Johan whispered.

"U-uh... ngh..."

Johan heard the weak moan and felt slight relief wash over him. He would recognize Judai's voice anywhere. Johan glanced up with slight shock when he realized that it had been a moan of pain that he had heard Judai make.

"Ju-"

Johan stopped speaking almost instantly. He felt as if his heart had stopped beating, and time itself seemed to stand still. He couldn't even feel himself trembling, nor could he tell how horrified he must have looked.

Judai was laying on his back on the ground merely a foot from Johan, his shirt torn wide open, revealing most of his shoulders and his chest, down to his stomach. His pale face was covered with a few scratches and some blood, and some of the blood was mixed in with his hair, which was messy from struggling and being handled roughly.

Judai's pants and boxers were missing, but his jacket and shirt were still long enough to cover his private areas from sight. But Johan could see scratches and blood on Judai's thighs and on his legs. He could also tell that Judai was still partially unconscious.

"Ugnn..." Judai moaned weakly in his unconscious state as he started to slowly shift back into consciousness.

Johan could only stare in horror, his throat unable to process any form of noise.

He couldn't even squeak in horror. His hand trembled slightly, enough to let the broken necklace slide and hit the ground, sending a few more of the beads skittering across the hard floor of the tent. One of the beads rolled forward and thumped softly against Judai's pale hand, which was trembling slightly in his unconscious state.

The bead was enough to start to awaken Judai.

Judai moaned weakly and let his eyes flutter open. Light poured into his dull vision, and after a moment, his eyes adjusted weakly to the light, noticing that he was still laying on the tent floor. He was aware of a figure sitting beside him, but Judai was too out of it to make heads or tails of who it was.

...Who...? the brunette thought weakly.

He shifted a little and rolled over so that he could start to sit up. Pain jolted like lightning through every single inch of his body. "Ow!" Judai cried out softly. The white hot stabbing pain eventually died down when he stopped moving around so much, but Judai was still aware of the agony that burned through him.

My body hurts all over... Why? the brunette thought.

A sudden, horrifying realization flashed through Judai's mind, and he was jolted into total awareness.

"Ah..." Judai gasped, his mind unable to allow him to speak anything more. He gasped and covered his mouth. Oh, that means that... That means that I... Oh my God! D-don't tell me that Giese...

Judai turned his slightly scratched face towards the figure who was sitting beside him.

Judai's heart nearly stopped beating when he saw Johan staring at him in horror. So many emotions were flashing through Johan's green eyes that Judai wasn't able to process any of them. Johan looked sad, horrified, upset with himself, slightly angry, all at the same time. He was so horrified and upset with himself that he wasn't able to speak.

Johan! Judai thought in horror.

He knew...

Johan knew what had happened!

Judai covered his exposed chest up with his hands, and his teeth started chatting again. He felt tears start to fill his eyes. He felt disgusting all of a sudden. He felt like, even if it wasn't his fault, that he had betrayed Johan.

"D-don't look at me, Johan..." Judai whispered.

Johan was still in his shocked state, unable to do anything but stare at Judai. Judai shuddered as the tears started streaming down his cheeks, mixing with the very small amount of blood and dirt that was smeared on his cheeks.

Judai whimpered and covered his body as best he could. He felt so gross and disgusting. He didn't want Johan, his fiance, looking at him after what had happened.

It wasn't his fault, he knew, but he didn't want Johan looking at what he was.

He was aware that he was defiled now, he was aware that he must have looked like Hell. He was aware that he must have looked incredibly pale, savor the small amount of blood and dirt that added color to his face, and he was aware of the fact that his pants were gone and that was blood on his legs, even if it was a small amount.

"DON'T LOOK AT ME-!"

Me: Oh... my... God... no!

Lucy: Poor Judai! He's so ashamed! And Johan! He's so upset with himself that he can't even bring himself to speak! What is going to happen in the next chapter, guys?

Me: If you want to find out, then read on as soon as we update! A big thank you to all our readers who do not flame us and to those who read our stories! You guys are the ones who make all of this possible!

Lucy: Please review nicely and we'll update!